Interesting question came to mind as I find myself stuck at home this weekend (like many other weekends). . . . .

If we are all such outdoor type folks, why in the heck are we all glued to our computers instead of out enjoying the outdoors and our toys?

This weekends excuse is I am sick, (same symptoms as Giardia, but not Giardia just really hot tex-mex) but thats stretching it.

It usually looks to me like there are a lot fewer posts on weekends than weekdays, leading me to think that a lot of us are indeed out and about. I am stuck in the home on wheels thanks to my bumb shoulder and a wife with a monster migraine...

I'm at work and the outside temperature is 35 degrees; up from 18 degrees. I'm docked outside of Joliet, Il.

Speaking to home on wheels, are you using one of these ?

If not, you should. I watched a million dollar coach burn to the ground two summers ago in Minnesota.

Mine got hot, but worked as advertised.

Dentist for myself and both kids this AM, wound care doc 1 hour later, wife off at class for work, both kids doing homework right now, plus out of it on pain pills - but at least the pain is gone for the first time in 10 days (Doc upped the doese on the pills)

Finished shredding knee over the summer & can't spare the time until the semester's over to fix it.

i do my "computering" with my AM cup of coffee and then in the evening while things are winding down..being retired i jump on in the day if i'm between house chores and the Honey Dew List..
for my outdoor time i head down to the Mississippi River backwaters,summer and winter to try out gear or really use in in the summer--check out Youtube--"wetcanodogs" for my first couple trys at posting videos..

I was shopping for soon come twins today. Besides, on a 9mile x 22mile island, there's not much 'out doors'. But there are beaches though!

I still spend a lot of time outdoors through work, instructing with the local youth group and having fun on my own or with my family. I am in the field for at least part of the day, about 4 days per week.

I have had bad knees since I was a teenager and in the past couple of years they have really limited the scale of my outdoor adventures. I need to have surgery again but really do not feel like being laid-up through the long recovery time. Maybe I will start the process in January after deer hunting and Christmas holidays are over.

I usually check ETS Forum in the morning before work and again after supper with a cup of tea. I watch very little television anymore, although I am hooked on Survivorman and Ray Mears!

Mike

Hey Kris,

When is the BIG DAY that the twins are due? How is your wife doing, carrying twins cannot be fun?

Mike

I spend every Saturday, regardless of the weather, training dogs outdoors. Today we worked dogs from 9AM until sunset. It was definitely chilly in Joliet today.

Minnesota huh? How close to Faribault? Kids go to Shattuck St. Mary's each summer for camps. (Son: Hockey, Daughter: Dance)

We always take 5th wheel and Harley and stay in Waseca as base camp. Ride all over several states and Canada from there.

Did anyone know it is illegal to cary a Kimber 1911 .45 in Canada? I sure as hell found out the hard way. Got to leave it with customs, but it was a real job getting it back!

Everyone in my house is sick and its under 20 degrees now. I'd go out but my one and almost three year old aren't suite ready for that cold.
Picked up a nice bicycle and trailer a week ago so we got to run around the block before it started snowing.

This time of year is when I get stuff ready for spring. Got my bike and the trailer for example, watching craigslist for a bike for my wife. Going to pick up helmets for all.
Pulled the vehicle bob/ghb's in and unpacked and repacked and replaced anything that needed replacement.
Have my map binder still in the house sorting through it updating maps and such.

My excuse for not being out is, it's too cold. The wind sucks.

For being here.... I could say I have no life, but there is medical evidence to the contrary. *laughs*

Desperado..Faribault and Waseca..both nice MN towns but a bit too "farm country" for me..i like the NE by lake Superior and the canoeing up there..whatever you do don't try and take a handgun into Canada..the laws on that go back to the 1800's when out friends to the North wanted to stop the wild west and it's shootouts from spreading into their country.

Yeah, I already got that one two years ago. We ride all over that area. Two years ago it was Waseca to Winona to Thunder Bay, Canada. That was where I was educated about bringing one of John Browning's finer creations across the border.

One fellow with the RCMP had a good sense of humor about it and said two things funny. 1) "Contrary to what you think sir, this is not North Minnesota" and 2) "I can just 'hold onto' that for you sir". Both were tongue-in-cheek and with a smile.

Of course at the time, I thought I was about to make my first guest appearance in a jail cell, and my wife was ready to kill me.

Spent the entire summer in a national forest dispersed camping area. Complete with coyote, bear and elk for "yard pets". Now on a high bluff overlooking a large lake. Every time we go out the door we are beginning an adventure.

The EDC gear always goes with us.

Nomad

Unfortunately my chosen profession has me sitting in a boring cubicle ala "The Office", but that's not where my heart is.

I get out at least one, if not two weekends a month - usually with my son's Scout troop, but also with my family. Most summers I'll spend a week at summer camp with my son's troop, and my family will take a week-long trip (usually) to places like Kentucky, Yellowstone, and Glacier.

Our PLB was purchased when we were heading to Glacier very early in the "season", and we'd read that unexpected storms could cause issues.

Next summer we're talking about a clockwise trip around Lake Michigan using our new travel trailer.

In the meantime I get to plan & play on my own little horse property.

Nope, don't have one. Yet. I kinda worry about theft, with it being attached to a removable power cord. High dollar lose that way...

"...Did anyone know it is illegal to cary a Kimber 1911 .45 in Canada?..."

Yup

"...getting it back!..."

You got it back? How did you manage that???

Locking bail available, or can get a mounted unit added. Saved my rig the day I watched a seven figure coach go to the ground. "Supposedly" some insurance companies will give a "small" discount if you use one. Notice the " " 's , I haven't found one ever.

The 1911 was in the same saddle bag as the passports. Customs saw it, and then began all the paperwork to leave it with customs. Getting it back from customs made an over night trip a two day trip. It is do-able, but I will not repeat that again willingly. See " I need a Canuck" post

EDIT-------
Let us just say, it would have been easier to change citizenship, qualify to own a handgun, buy it back, and then re-do the whole citizenship thing again. I thought sure I was going to get free room and board while we straightened the whole mess out. I was really concerned about the quality of the accommodations, slant bar motel don't ya know. The extra two days were not for sight seeing, just sweating the details.