Here are some pictures from a hike we took to finger rock in the Santa Catalina Mountains. Finger rock is a local landmark that can be seen from towering above from most of Tucson. The trail is a difficult hike that gets extremely steep towards the end, but the views are great. We hiked the [...]

Here are pictures from our run to Chimney Rock to go fix a friends f350 that bent it’s drag link on one of the obstacles there and couldn’t make a right turn. We ended up packing a welder, generator, cutoff wheels, grinder, hand tools, and pipe (for sleeving the bent drag link so it could [...]

The trail to chimney rock is easy and can be traversed by 2wd vehicles. The rocks themselves are much more challenging than the trail in and has many obstacles that require 4wd.

Here is some basic information for new hams to help them get started.
Being a new ham can be a little intimidating at first as there are many established protocols for conducting conversations on the air. However, with a few attempts and contacts it all begins to make sense and is truly very easy. One thing [...]

Few know the story of bustling coal mining town turned ghost town. This town didn’t dry up from a lack of coal, but an abundance. Prior to 1962 Centralia was a bustling coal mining town with over 1000 residents. However in 1962 the town’s volunteer fire department set the town landfill on fire as they [...]

Chivo falls is a moderate trail system with obstacles and routes ranging from easy/moderate to moderate/challenging.

With Miles guidance,I went to the range and found some more stuff. I have 2 20mm rounds, 3 .50 cal casings, a hundred plus .50 cal bullets and at least that many links. The icing on the cake is a 80mm mortar point detonating nose cone. I will go back as I have found [...]

Here are some pictures I took at the WE Rock competitions in Tucson, Az.

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While out shooting my friend led me to an abandoned Word War Two artillery range. While out there we spend a few hours scouring the ground for pieces left from the range. Together my friend and I found about 130 .50 Caliber tracer and AP (Armor Piercing) rounds. We also found numerous .30 Caliber rounds, [...]

After using Google’s new 411 service I discovered that it makes awesome gnome sounds while it is searching. It is really funny to listen to and easy to do.

Here is how to do it:
Call Google 411(1-800-466-4411)
Say a city, such as “Denver, Colorado”
Then say a category such as “Restaurants”
Now narrow the search by saying cross streets, [...]

The iPod Linux installer for windows.

A stunning panoramic picture of edgertown harbor.

Here are some photos from a backpacking trip along the Appalachian trail I went on last year.

Here is a nice little animation that demonstrates geometric shapes. I made it for a school project with a friend. It will take a while to load the first time but after that it will load fast. It is worth it to load. If you want to download it right click here and select “save [...]

I just purchased an older light bulb because I thought the filament in it was very unique. When I purchased it I had no idea what it was but for the $1.00 I paid for it I thought it was worth it. I tired it in my lamp but it did not work. Then I [...]