Very cool trip. I've done some longer bike packing trips (250-375 miles) but they always start with a long car trip (e.g. Oregon, Death Valley) and primarily on gravel roads with few cars. But haven't done any since COVID happened - need to dust off the bikes and the gear and get out again. www.bikepacking.com is a great place to dig as far into bikepacking as you would ever want.

Thanks for sharing this trip and all the other trips you take.

When i started salt fishing 7-8 years ago, bought a Boga Grip. Expensive but works great. Added a small crab float to lanyard so it won't sink overboard. Sometimes a good tool is just worth spending a little cash on since it pays back every time it works well to catch and keep (or catch and release) fish. Feels like a big ling on a plastic gripper could death-roll it outta your hand.

Hi Mark, thanks for the offer - sorry I just saw your post. I needed to turn NOTIFY on apparently. Needing some longer bars (e.g. 65") to fit a mix of kayak, cargo box, and/or roof rack for "overlanding" (i.e. what we all used to just call truck camping).

BUMP to the top - anyone have ca. 65" Thule (old style. rectangular) laying around?

Thanks!

I submitted mine... thanks!

Would be good on the months section to replace "errors" with "arrows" and to say you can DRAG the months with a mouse click if you want (instead of lots of arrow clicks).

Takes about 30 seconds to respond - hope as many folks from here possible can do so!

Thanks!

I am a big fan of my DJI Mini 2. A big upgrade on the Mini 1 I think, and a great way to get in the air for not much money. I bought both of my Minis on DJI's official Ebay channel with the Fly More combo. Put them in Nanuk cases that come with custom foam inserts. They are good since they are under 250 grams and thus don't need to be registered (as long as you don't add anything that bumps it up to 250 or more, e.g. strobe lights).

I was happy that I learned to fly on a tiny, cheap toy drone, to get the muscle memory and "reversed" controls when it's flying towards you, etc. Then when you use a proper drone, it seems like cheating it's so stable and easy, with auto takeoff and landing, GPS controlled positioning, etc. Mini 2 doesn't have outward collision detection (just sensing the ground below when landing), but I don't feel like I need it.

If you want my toy drone for real, real cheap, or my Mini 1 for cheap, let's talk. Happy to have one or both go to a good home.

Also, on flight times, there is a maximum flight time, and then real world will be a little shorter depending on wind, altitude, how you are flying it. And you usually set a return to home warning for 20% left of battery so you make sure to get back with a good buffer.

And you can have a fixed home point (where it took off) or a moving home point (where you are now). That said, flying one from a kayak seems like too much messing around to me, since I'm usually trying to paddle, fish, crab, etc. (and the sinking it in water part).

Yep, the wheels kinda don't want to turn, which is pretty disappointing. Surprised that there are still bearings in there for how poorly the wheels rotate.

When you took them apart, did you just back off the four nuts and it all comes apart? Wondering what I can do to try to get things turning more easy. Any tips welcome.

(It's bad enough dragging a kayak up the hill at the end of the day. Not looking to lose much energy to friction in the wheels too.)

Thanks - that's a great deal. I've been wanting a pair for a while, so I pulled the trigger. Had a little REI dividend waiting so they were about $100 with ship to store. Nice!