by Al Christensen | Mar 5, 2022 | Oregon, Photography
Blue Basin — 21 June 2018 — John Day Fossil Beds,...
by Al Christensen | Mar 3, 2022 | Mechanical
Premium gas is higher quality extra special super gas that will make your ordinary vehicle run forever and perform like a race car, no? No. What is premium gas? Let’s start with a little physics. Solids, liquids and gasses heat up when they’re compressed. The fuel-air...
by Al Christensen | Feb 22, 2022 | Cooking-Refrigeration, Heating
To the dismay of some, Campy Gear is not a line of flamboyant outdoor wear. The company sells various camping gadgets, including a line of stove-heaters. The Chubby is from the middle a the lineup that includes The Little Guy, Wiry and Hunky. I learned of the Chubby...
by Al Christensen | Feb 22, 2022 | Vandwelling Philosophy
We live most of our life surrounded by people who are very willing to tell us who to be, even providing detailed instructions about how, when and where to be it. In most cases, they want us to be someone who fits their picture of the world, fits their agenda. And we...
by Al Christensen | Feb 19, 2022 | Montana, Photography
After the rain — 17 August 2017 — Dickey Lake, Montana Submit your own photos to...
by Al Christensen | Feb 15, 2022 | Vandwelling Philosophy
DIVESTED One less thing taking up space in my life, in my mind One less object to care for or suffer guilt for its neglect The last one gone at last with a wave and a check and a sigh of relief My thing becomes his thing The baton and burden of ownership passes to...
by Al Christensen | Feb 14, 2022 | Heating-Insulation
WELCOME BACK to the second installment of our insulation presentation. First some terms: R-value: a relative rating of insulating effectiveness as determined under certain laboratory conditions which some people say don’t represent many real world conditions. Thermal...
by Al Christensen | Feb 13, 2022 | Heating-Insulation
We all want to keep our rigs warm when it’s cold and not so warm when it’s hot. Fickle humans. One answer—other than chasing perfect weather—is insulation. Actually, insulation is only a partial answer, a limited answer. There’s only so much that insulation can...
