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Hey, Kenny! I've been fussing with it a little today. I think I'll be able to get most of what I talked about done. One thing about having a vent on that small roof, it will impact my ability to get a larger solar panel mounted. I suppose the vent doesn't have to fully open, just cracking it might be good enough. For now I just want to make it work better. Later on I'll spend some money on insulation and some other modifications I have in mind.

@@camplapidary ah, that's true I hadn't thought about fitting some panels up there. well it will be interesting seeing what you do with it, even if it's just getting it started and functional to sleep in it.

First a temporary design, then perhaps something better built later on. Eventually I have plans to do a popout on the passenger side. I'd like to be able to sleep sideways in it.

@@camplapidary that would be totally awesome! Turn a small footprint into a large comfortable Cargo Trailer that is compact to pull! Genius!

One thing I have seen on campers that I like is a compartment accessable from the outside for a pull out kitchen area or a fold down/up counter. Also a box on the hitch frame for more storage options?

Good morning, Patricia! There definitely are some possibilities here. Another to consider is a stove shelf attached to the door, I've seen that a few times on others builds.

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I wish I was having this breakfast in some wild spot today. Perhaps next week! :D

@@camplapidary it is really hard to ignore the want of being out in nature doing what you love! I have been waiting for the water level to go down in the creek where I love to hunt. Rain keeps raising it and it covers all the rocks there. The creek is connected to Lake Cumberland and the dam control allows it to raise the water level in all the contributaries to the lake. So we wait lol.

@@patriciabock4299 The time will come.

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Anyone anywhere!

Any material

Any time!

It's a good spot. Really hot out there at the moment I bet. I'd need 2 more months, maybe early September or so if it's cool enough.

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That's great news! :D Mine is still working fine. Gonna fire it up tomorrow perhaps.

The door on the trailer is easier to access from the driver's side, that's why it's aimed that way. I was supposed to make this video a week ago, but I got the lazy summer vibe going... :D I'm kicking myself for not adding some geode footage in the last video, Digging the Pits. Would have made it 10x better. Next video is an afternoon walkabout, we'll see some stones for sure.

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One time, before I got the canvas tents, my tent blew into the lake as I was cooking dinner! I had a choice to save the food or the tent. I chose the food. :D

I've been doing good, Kenny. Planning a trip to Jeffery City, Wyoming. For the Jade Fest going on August 9th weekend. Should be a fun trip.

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Why does it take more coffee compared to a drip machine? Or am I just not letting it perc long enough? I do get good coffee if I put 25% extra grounds.

@@camplapidary It is strange how automatic drip perculators work. They actually heat the water before going through the grounds. With perculators the water starts flowing over the grounds before it reaches the maxime heat temperature. So it is a slower process of extracting the flavor out of the grounds. Allowing the perculator to operate longer gets that maxime heated water flowing over the grounds. Test it out and see if it makes a difference with less grounds.

I have tried! Nobody wants to watch me pour a cup of weak brew! :D lol. And I don't want to drink it either! I do drink it and I'm glad to have it, but... I mean I've let it go for up to 30 minutes of solid percolating. I have seen that turning up the heat to very high does help a little. I watch the glass knob for color. Over and over I find that it just takes more grounds to get the same flavor as a drip or french press. Just seems weird to me.

@@camplapidary My drip takes 3 scoops my camp pot takes 4 lol. You are right it uses more and that does not make sense!

@@patriciabock4299 The one thing I really like about the percolator is the aesthetic for the videos. The steam rising, the happy morning sounds of the percolating. Just makes for good video in my opinion. If it costs a bit more in coffee grounds to have it, so be it. Have you ever tried those moka pots, I think they're called?

It really is the best way. :D

Awesome, thank you! :D

I'm glad you found my channel as well, Sue! :D

I believe there are plenty of geode rocks out there. Digging through the loose dirt is not the way to find them though. I just wanted to see for myself.

Thanks, Appalachian Underground!

Thank you! Always exciting to do something new. Enjoy your build and happy camping!

There's a little crusty top to the dirt here. After that the digging is super easy. I just don't think that digging in the loose dirt is the best way to find good material. I need to find the layer that has the geodes, but I need that layer to be within a foot or three from the surface.

I think the Horn Coral from this location is world class material. I've not ever seen better! :D

@@camplapidary I have to agree with that! I found a large cluster of horn coral here that I had never seen before. I had always seen single horns and this was a large cluster. of them. Probably a small sphere of them would be more accurate, but looks big to me lol.

I've tried rockhounding in the forests, I can't seem to find anything because there's too much vegetation! I do much prefer the desert for hounding!

@@camplapidary around here it is a lot better to walk the creeks. Really cool during the hot weather. I usually go barefoot. I did buy some muck boots for when the it gets colder. I can find a lot of tree fossils and coral. Every once and a while you can find some plant fossils in shale layers. Biggest finds is huge Geods that have great crystal pockets but with iron staining that has to be treated to remove it. Most of the Geods are like 12 to 16 inches across. They are very bumpy on the outside and smooth. Use to paint them as Santa Claus heads because the bumps turned into perfect curls for his beard lol.

We had a few good trips on the bike. I remember the first time, there were cows. We came around a corner and she seen them, jumped off the bike and charged the cows. She was quite younger at that point. Full of herself. She did pull up short once she got near the large cows and returned when I called her. Good times! :D

@@camplapidary lol a real cow wrangler! I can imagine you stopping the bike really quick, that would have thrown me for a heart wrenching loop!

Things been there since it made the road, and probably dug up the hilltop where the fossils are.

@@camplapidary I wonder if the owner will ever come back for it? I would never leave that cool of a bulldozer just sitting out there lol.

Now I don't know anything about anything, but the only way I can think that it will get off the mountain is under it's own power. I don't think a large truck and trailer can do that road.

@@camplapidary yes that bulldozer would have to exit on it's own power! Maybe the reason it has been abandoned. Shame i would still have tried to get it off the mountain lol. I love bulldozers! Got to drive one when i was in the Air Force lol.

Always nice to have a pilot around to fly for you. If not, some drones will track an object. And then there are programs you can use to tell the drone to fly a preset programable path.

@@camplapidary That is amazing of course i thought it was amazing when my oldest brought her first desk top into my house lol. I paid to put that online and we had a lot of fun with AOl chat lol. The advancements in technology is fantastic! Love it!

I just get so hungry out there. Carrying enough food and water on the bike can become an issue.

@@camplapidary there are some good MRIs but most of those take water, so you would be replacing one weight and space for more water weight and space. Planning ahead for meals takes a lot of knowledge of packing in what you need for a trip like that! Great Job on that Marc!

Water is easier to carry than foods that require refrigeration. I just can't afford those fancy freeze dried or prepackaged food items. I experimented with frozen homemade soup this last moto trip. Worked out good for a 1 night trip.

@@camplapidary if you can find a military surplus store you might be able to pick up some MRIs at a reasonable price.

She used to eat all kinds of foods. Nowadays if it's not a choice piece of meat, She'll have none of it.

@@camplapidary I can understand that! The older we get the more protein we want lol. Plus it has a lot to do with taste!

Last night she had half of my chicken breast! Half! :D

@@camplapidary she knows that you know how to fix the best chicken lol

Costco Rotissery chicken for the win!

In the past I have often needed to have 2 digging holes side by side. One for Gypsy to lay in, and one for me to dig. :D

I had to cut out all the cussing. Picking up a fully loaded bike will also get the blood pumping! :D

@@camplapidary I have to say I was wondering where all the colorful commentary on that was lol. It is no easy thing to pick a fully loaded bike up off the ground. I know you were not traveling that fast and I was hoping the bike did not land on a leg! or Gypsy! Thank goodness it was a small incident that did not result in serious injury! I have been dumped like that before and I too got back up and got back on. (I was not the driver I have never driven one but I love riding on them!)

It's a classic for sure!

Interesting!

Thank you, Crow! No trouble from moisture while cooking. I always run the vent fan at least on low while I have the stove going. When it's extra cold outside and warm inside the trailer, I'll get condensation on the windows and any other exposed cold metal. But that's about it for moisture problems.

Nothing wrong with fishing and beer! I did eventually find a source location for the turquoise in this area. But that is another episode! I still see that little piece of green from time to time, it's out in the driveway somewhere.

@@camplapidary If I ever find your driveway I will rescue it lol. Can't wait to see an episode on the turquoise in that area!

Thanks, Patricia! I like turquoise as well, looks good and is easy to cut and polish. Not overly difficult to make a sale with it too! Though it can be difficult to acquire rough material at a cost that is profitable for me to purchase. I made a ton of cabs using the composite turquoises from the Kingman Mine people. I used to be able to get that material at a reasonable cost, but even that has gone up so much.

@@camplapidary My mom was wanting a turquoise necklace. I had to tell her the cost is way more than I could afford right now. It has gone up so much. I guess it is getting rare. May need to source it in India or Israel. Africa is also a good place to find sources for it. Just takes longer to get it.

It's my pleasure to share, Sue. Thank you for watching! :D

These geode beds were one of the first places I went once I got the notion of lapidary and rockhounding. I collected many big pieces of the banded rhyolite as that is what really caught my eye at the time. Sliced it up and started learning to make cabochons. I made so many rounds from that rhyolite, like little gas giant planets they looked! I still have a few of those old cabs knocking around, I'll have to pull them out and show in a video. Won't be long I'm sure.. Concerning geodes vs thundereggs, here is my personal weird take on it. I'm sure you are correct... It's just that I don't really care for the word "thunderegg". From Wikipedia: Legend. Native American legend reportedly considers the rocks to be the eggs of the thunderbirds which occupied Mount Hood and Mount Jefferson. Thunder Spirits on the mountains hurled the "eggs" at each other. Now certainly we all know that this legend has no truth to it. So why call them that? Nobody wants to call them Lithophysa either, at least I don't. So, geode it is! Told you it was a weird take.. :D

@@camplapidary everybody has their own personal preference, for calling them what they want. I just differentiate them by the volcanics or not. Thundereggs being volcanics because they are born in rhyolite, or geodes which are not. And geodes will usually have a crystal pocket in them, where thundereggs will have chalcedony whether completely solid or not. They may also grow crystals on the chalcedony pockets but the chalcedony is the difference and the rhyolite crust. Most ck then geodes because they arent solid. But that isn't the defining characteristic. Whether an egg born from the thunderbird or a lovely rock born from a volcano, I use the textbook description to differentiate the two. That way I know what to expect inside too. And I would very much like to see your rhyolite cabs! Rhyolite can be so beautiful! Sometimes, more beautiful than the eggs themselves! Like in the lily pad thunderegg beds! There is huge chunks of rhyolite that have just a bunch of tiny eggs in it, that when sliced is just gorgeous! It's more popular than the eggs themselves!

"lily pad thunderegg", I know I've seen this material. I might even have some, can't remember. I have photos of every cabochon I ever made and sold. But the old photos are on my old computer which is disconnected and put away. Might have to power it up and find those photos!

I noticed you getting to go some cool places, J. That Bear Canyon looked quite inviting to me! While these recordings might be old, I imagine a morning walkabout at the Dugway Geode Beds would look much the same today and or tomorrow as it did 3 years ago. Some places are timeless like that. :D

@@camplapidary yeah I liked watching and seeing an overall view. Helps for when go out if ever. Some of the broken ones you picked up I would have kept. Lol. Bear canyon was great for my first time going. I would love to go back and camp so I could have more time and not feel rushed on others time. There was so much awesome stuff just laying around. I think many places warrant 2-3 trips at least to really get to learning them. Just like you said.

It is! A great place to find solitude as well. :D

@@camplapidary I could use some of that these days.

I could make an entire video following that beetle around. Serious. :D

@@camplapidary It needs a little go pro camera on it's back :D Would be a very interesting video for sure!

Hey! You joined my channel, Patricia! WooHoo! A new hero to add to the Channel Benefactors Scroll!

​@@camplapidary It is great being a member of your channel! I love the videos so much! You got the travel channel beat all to pieces lol. Rockhounding, Camping and lapidary work no one else can match that!

How shall I name thee in the Hero's Roll? Patricia Bock? Patricia B.? P.B.? PBNJ? :D Or something else?

@@camplapidary I have no preference lol. I will let you chose! I usually go by my full name I started that when I had to make a RUclips account for a college class I took on Adobe Flash Movie creation. All of our homework was posted on RUclips. I made straight As in that class, it was fun!

Good luck, Maya! Your 5x8 will wait patiently for you. It'll be there when you have the time and or inclination to get it done. Thanks for watching! :D

If I remember correctly, I just used the green sauce. I really should have tried adding the sour cream, I bet it would have been fine and dandy! :D

@@camplapidary works great with hidden valley ranch mix lol.

I don't feel like an expert at anything! lol. I think that the singing will be kept at a minimum. I don't want to torture the other viewers.. :D

@@camplapidary nope you are a very seasoned, expert camper, even if you forget the coffee lol. As for your singing it is far better than some that get recording contracts today! No torture there!

I don't really know.. This is about the only beach I've looked at with a rockhounders eye. I wish I lived closer to go more often. :D

Thanks, Sue! The ground here is pretty tore up from decades of digging. This site was once a mineral claim, and they used heavy equipment to get these big pits. Nowadays it's all open to the public (no claims allowed) but the state or county sends equipment in occasionally to freshen up the pits. Once you get away from this digging area the desert looks pretty normal. Though some might still consider it to be barren.

One more good thing about cargo trailer camping vs tent camping is that you don't have to worry so much about a small river through camp, being off the ground an all. lol. I have at least 1 full year of backup video material sitting on hard drives here. Maybe more. If I don't put out the videos on a regular basis and quickly, I get backed up. I can spend a month, filming and then editing the individual videos from a 4 day trip. Someday when I'm really old, when I can no longer go out like this. I want to be able to pull from this video library and continue to make new videos. And since I keep all the footage I record (within reason), I could re-edit some old series to give them new life as well. Thanks for watching, Kenny! :D

Is it a struggle to pull? I don't feel like it is. Though I have read enough online conversations to know that many would disagree. Going up the worst grades I'm as slow as a loaded semi. People who would chafe at doing 20 to 25 miles an hour uphill probably would call it a struggle. Mileage in Tow? Honestly I have never bothered with finding my exact mileage doing anything. But, I have owned this truck for many years. Factory mileage was supposed to be some 20 to 22 average. I don't think I ever got that good as I had the ladder rack from the first week. Good average mileage is about 18 to 20. Bad mileage might be 15 (uphill, nasty headwind..). Towing my 6x10 loaded for camping, I think 10 to 12 average? If I plan for gas stops, I plan on 10mpg.