Dale from the North Georgia Mountains

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Hi Pippi,
I’m Dale. I can be found running around in my Vintage Airstream/RoadTrek Van combo. I rebuilt the Airstream a few years back. The combo fits me nice.
I tend to hang out in the North Georgia Mountains in the Summers and take random trips here and there these days.
I often winter in Florida or somewhere warm.

I enjoy your videos, and have to stop into your YouTube channel when I need encouragement to fix on something or start a new project.
Seems I’m often fixing something, especially when I stop in at the North Georgia shack.

*My current projects include:
*rebuilding my counter-top/cabinet in the Airstream, (the one I built a few years back isn’t holding up well, so time to remodel that).
*A Raspberry-Pi Smart home project for my Airstream and Roadtrek combo.
*A better Kayak lift system and Kayak rack for my two man Kayak (maybe with a tiny winch system to do the lifting. I’m tired of trying to He-Man that thing up onto the Kayak rack. It’s sweet when it is on the water though.)

The Lighting Bugs/Fireflies started their Dance-Dance-Dance here in the North Georgia Mountains a few weeks back. They are one of my favorite things to watch. I saw in your videos that you had them on your Bucket List. I have an unfinished Musical I wrote about them somewhere in a box. I do get the silly songs from that out from time to time.

I’m looking forward to a Summer with random music festivals, river trips etc. I’m also looking forward to the Eclipse this year. I have a tent spot on a lake in South Carolina reserved for that in the 100% area. I intend on enjoying it in a floatie on the lake with eclipse glasses and friends.

Anyway, thanks for the Encouragement viddies.
—
Dale

[Pippi]

Hi Dale, how are those projects coming along? Guess what, I saw fireflies in Minnesota this year. Only three, so they’re still on my bucket list!

Happy trails!

[travelfables]

Hi Pippi,
The projects I listed above awhile back came along well.
I finished the counter-top for the Airstream.

I finished the Kayak-lift system for the RoadTrek,

It helps a lot with my tall-rack and 2 person Kayak to deal with.

As for the home-made Smart-Airstream project, well it now has AC/roof heat/furnace all temperature controlled by a Raspberry-pi with my custom code and it even feeds me the Airstream’s gps. I have more fun things to add to that project, including a helpful camper-robot I’ve started collecting parts for.

I’ve seen some really fun looking adventures you have had on your videos, but, nope, seeing only 3 lighting bugs, no-no-no, that will not do at all, you must spin in fields of them, or that part of the bucket has a hole in it. The North Georgia Mountains in the late spring, early summer is a good spot.

Here’s a shot from last summer from the field by a shack I keep there. They are hard to see in the pic, but all those specs in the pic are lighting bugs/Fireflies in just a 30 seconds exposure, magical things indeed. Anyway, thanks for posting back to me. Happy Adventures — Dale

[Pippi]

I love the counter top! Great job on the kayak rack. Yes, I will be attempting some great sightseeing of fireflies this coming spring and summer.

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