How to Safely Tow a Camper or RV With Your Car by Levi Quinn
Often when going on holiday, there is a lot of packing involved. Find a thousand holiday makers and ask them the same question: “What do you least enjoy about going on holiday?” It is not a bad bet to say that the vast majority of respondents will say that their real bugbear when it comes to holidays is the packing. Taking a lot of stuff with you makes for a lot of bored, frustrated excitement that has to wait. This kind of irritation can rise even further for people who are not just taking clothes and sunscreen, a few books and DVDs with them. If you are taking along a boat, say, or an RV, then you have got even more logistical hi-jinks on your hands. And that is never fun.
However, if you are going on holiday to somewhere that has good lake fishing potential or you want to spend some time camping in the wild, then a trailer or RV will be important, if not indispensable. It will undoubtedly be the source of no little irritation when it comes to hooking it up and transporting it, but it will be worth its weight in gold once you are at your chosen location. It is all the more important, then, that you make sure it is hooked up properly and securely. It is great to look in your rear view mirror and see the back of a boat or a trailer full of something that will make your holiday fly by. It is terrible to look in your rear view mirror and see it getting smaller and smaller. That is the kind of thing that really spoils a family vacation.
Attaching a trailer is hard work, and often pretty unforgiving. You need to make sure before you do anything else that your vehicle is equipped to tow whatever it is you are carrying. In the owner’s manual for your car or van it will give a “tow rating” telling you what you can realistically expect the vehicle to tow along behind it. Obviously cars will have a lower tow rating than trucks. The lighter the car, the lower the tow rating, and the same goes for trucks. You may even find on buying a new car that the packages of options include one that allows you to tow an RV or a trailer with more confidence – including a heavy-duty barrier and shocks along with the right set-up of tow bars.
There are numerous add-ons that can help you tow a trailer more confidently. Trailer mirrors, for example, allow you to see not only your trailer but the road behind it more clearly, and prevent you from having major problems. Remember as well that, as a driver, the trailer will change the rules to some extent as turning and braking are now slightly more of a challenge. As long, however, as you keep all of this in mind and test out your trailer before you take it anywhere, you will be fine, as will your holiday.
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Under Great White Northern Lights features a CD of the first-ever live album from The White Stripes and a DVD of the film by Emmett Malloy.
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“In Under Great White Northern Lights, Emmett Malloy has captured and crafted a magical, compelling, and perfectly musical document. Having never played extensively in Canada, in 2007 in support of their album Icky Thump, The White Stripes em…
Learn to fly cast from the legendary Joan Wulff. With her trademark friendly, expert style fly casting, Joan demonstrates and explains the fly casting techniques she has been developing and refining for more than 60 years. On this DVD video, you’ll learn the important elements of great fly casting, vital hand and arm movements, practice routines that will teach you to make the most of all kinds of…
Did Ancient People Believe that Dinosaurs and Humans Lived Together? (Part 2 of 3) by Joel Gray
(Note: Please read Part 1 of 3 before reading this article below.)
Angkor Wat “Secret”
Representations of dinosaurs on large, flat surfaces are not limited to pictographs and petroglyphs on cliff sides. Some ancient buildings have eye-opening features either cut into or affixed to their walls and floors. One of the most clear examples of this can be found in the mysterious, ancient ruins of Angkor Wat. Richard Sobol, author of The Mysteries of Angkor Wat: Exploring Cambodia’s Ancient Temple, wrote about his experience exploring the ancient temple. A group of kids he met wanted to show him a “secret” (29). They led him over to a rock wall filled with carvings. Richard Sobol writes, “I moved closer, and saw there, on the wall, carved inside a circle, a creature that could only be described as a dinosaur–a stegosaurus, in fact” (29). The image he took of the dinosaur, which is carved into a circle within the wall, resembles a stegosaurus. Whether or not it is a stegosaurus, it does have some of the distinct features of the family Stegosauridae: triangular plates on its back and tale, four muscular legs, a head attached to a short neck, a large body, and a thick tail.
The Tomb of Richard Bell
Another oddity is found in the tomb of a fifteenth-century bishop at Carlisle, Richard Bell. A brass fillet, dating back to the 1400s, runs around the perimeter of his tomb. Engraved into its metal surface are various animals such as a dog, a fish, an eel, a bird, a pig, etc (8). What is really intriguing is the engraving of what appear to be two long-necked creatures with long tails apparently struggling with each other. All the creatures in the tomb are fairly accurately portrayed, so it is most likely that these creatures were accurately portrayed as well (8). Having long necks, four legs, and thick, long tails, the creatures appear to be sauropods (8). No animal that we know of today fits that description.
The Nile Mosaic of Palestrina Mosaic
An incredible and yet very real mosaic from ancient Italy, the Nile Mosaic of Palestrina is a huge image that was originally set into the floor of the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia, which is located in Palestrina, Italy (9). Currently located in the Museo Nazionale Prenestino in Rome (20), the Nile Mosaic of Palestrina displays various scenes from the Nile River, showing life in Egypt during the Roman Empire. This mosaic is notable not only for its historical value but also for its depictions of strange creatures. One creature clearly looks like a large dinosaur resting on a rock, and the human figures standing beside it are small in comparison.
The “Hunt” Mosaic
A most intriguing mosaic from the same era was discovered in the ancient city of Pompeii, Italy. It was in the year 79 A.D., on the 24th of August, that Mount Vesuvius erupted, sending a hot cloud of vocanic ash through the city of Pompeii, preserving the ancient relics and artifacts within (9). It was from the house of a rich physician in this city that the “Hunt” mosaic was discovered. The mosaic shows people interacting with, or hunting, reptiles and large animals. The most unique aspect of this mosaic is the fact that the creatures are not normal animals one would expect to find. A man is riding atop a large reptile with vertical plates along the ridge of its back. The creature is not a poor fascimile of a crocodile because, elsewhere in the same mosaic, an accurately rendered crocodile is seen resting on a bank (9). Why more people are not aware of these amazing pieces of history appears to be due to an intentional suppression of the existence of these ancient Roman mosaics. If both these mosaics, all the abovementioned artifacts, engravings, and artwork were actually studied by unbiased scientists, historians, and other experts, and judged without any preconceived beliefs regarding the nature of the objects, then history books would likely have to be rewritten.
Considering the evidence above, a few questions emerge. Did ancient cultures believe that dinosaurs existed with humankind? Did ancient people actually see dinosaurs and encounter them? If so, did they tell their descendents what they witnessed?
Stories passed down by word of mouth–some of them originating apparently not that long ago–have come out of remote jungles and wilderness areas as western civilization has expanded to distant lands. Such information by word of mouth has come from the Australian Aboriginees, a people who have lived in the sub-continent for thousands of years. According to the Aboriginees, a number of large and powerful creatures once inhabited the vast expanse of Australia.
The Bunyip
In July 1845, and article appeared in the Geelong Advertiser of Victoria, Australia (12). It described the discovery of an un-fossilized bone of an unknown, giant animal. When the bone was shown to different, separate Aboriginal tribes, they all immediately identified it as a “bunyip” bone. The tribes were quite distant from each other and had no way of communicating with each other (12). According to their descriptions of the “bunyip”, the animal was big, laid eggs, could walk on two feet, and was considered dangerous (Driver). According to the Aboriginees, the “bunyip” had “the characteristics of a bird and an alligator” (12). One native claimed that some deep scars in his skin were caused by a “bunyip” (12).
The Yarru
The Kuku Yalanji is a tribe located in rainforest of Far North Queensland, Australia (12). A missionary, Dennis Fields, learned from the elders of the Kuku Yalanji that a creature called the “Yarru” used to live in large waterholes in the rainforest (12). When Dennis Fields asked a tribal artist to paint the “Yarru” for him, the result was astonishing. The artist, who had no knowledge of what textbook dinosaurs or extinct creatures were supposed to look like, created a painting that was an accurate portrayal of what appeared to be a plesiosaurus (12). The painting was based entirely on the descriptions passed down to the tribal artist from ancient stories (12).
The Kultra
A creature that is described as a quadruped with a long neck and a long, pointed tail is said, by the Central Australian aboriginal tribes, to have lived in swamps which once covered the region. The Aborigines call this creature the “Kultra” (12). From the descriptions they give, it appears to be a type of sauropod.
The Mokele-mbembe
Thousands of miles away from the jungles of Australia, another rainforest spreads its leafy canopy over a vast area. The Congo Basin covers 1.5 million square miles with a swamp-filled jungle (3). Filling up a large portion of the Congo Basin, the Likouala Swamp is the largest swamp in the world (21). Covering roughly 55,000 square miles, an area larger than the state of Florida, the Likouala Swamp has been officially declared by the People’s Republic of the Congo to be 80% unexplored (21). Over the years, starting in the year 1776 and up to the present time, people who have traveled to the Congo and talked to the native people have heard about a large creature that the natives call the “Mokele-mbembe” (21).
Various expeditions sent by different countries into the Congo have heard strange sounds coming from the jungle and have seen unusual footprints in the ground. A few have claimed to have actually seen the “Mokele-mbembe”. In 1932, Gerald Russel, an animal trader, and Ivan T. Sanderson, a world famous zoologist at the time, were paddling up the Mainyu River in the Congo Basin. Suddenly, a large head, attached to a thick, “swan-like” neck, rose from the water (21). For a few seconds, the creature stared at the two men. Sanderson would later sum up his encounter with these startling words: “I don’t know what we saw, but the animal, the monster, burned itself into my retinas. It looked like something that ought to have been dead millions of years ago. As a scientist, I should have been happy, of course, but this encounter was so frightening, so nasty that I never want to see it again” (21).
The natives describe the creature as being generally reddish-brown and about the size of an elephant, with a long neck and a long tail. It is known to devour plants and leave behind rounded tracts with three, prominent claws (21). Thus, it is a herbivore. These descriptions strongly suggest that the creature is a sauropod dinosaur (21).
The Thunderbird
Tribal people from Africa and Australia are not the only ones to have passed down stories about dinosaur-like creatures. Legends about large, scaly reptiles can be found in many ancient cultures. China, Europe, and the Middle East have tales about dragons. Though mythicized, the accounts of large reptiles capable of killing humans can hardly be the result of some highly imaginative people around the world who all happen to imagine very similar creatures. Though they do not have stories about dragons, Native American tribes, isolated from the rest of the world by giant oceans, have stories about dinosaur-like creatures. The Thunderbird is one such creature. The Thunderbird is claimed to have a huge wingspan and claws that it uses to pick up people. The belief is that the Thunderbird causes storms. Over the years many people have claimed to see a giant bird or pterodactyl flying through the air. As recently as the 2000s, people have claimed to have seen large, flying creatures. In the year 2001, several sightings of huge, “grayish-black”, winged creatures were seen on June 13, July 6, and September 25, by various witnesses, in the state of Pennsylvania (32).
Joel Gray is the author of “Sign of Treason”, a novel published in 2009 and “The Paragon: A Quest Begins”, a novel published in 2011. He has written more than ten manuscripts, which take place in a variety of strange and interesting settings, ranging from futuristic, totalitarian governments to ancient civilizations in faraway lands. You can contact him at quasarstarlight@hotmail.com or check out his blog for fiction and science-fiction at http://spaceforswashbuckling.blogspot.com/.
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Summer Salmon Fishing in The Waters of Green Bay by John And Mary Neilio
Looking for a place to catch monster fish? King Salmon in the 20 lb class are easily accessible in Green Bay waters. These screamers as they are commonly called by locals can take out hundreds of feet of line on their initial hit. You can throw in some incidental brown and rainbow trout for added fun.
Spool your reels with as much line as they can hold. Pros and charter boat captains are going to Power Pro line. The 30 lb test has an equivalent of 8 lb line diameter so you can get 1000 feet or more on a typical line counter reel.
Green Bay, surrounded by Northeastern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, has numerous ports with lots of boat launch facilities for access to this exciting summer fishery.
Mid June into July Green Island, Chambers Island, Washington Island, the Whales Back Shoal and many places in between hold great concentrations of these kings. Fish can also be found along the deep water shorelines surrounding this body of water. In late August and September you can also find these fish moving toward and staging near their spawning rivers along the western shore of the bay.
In midsummer look for thermal cline, water temps in the mid to upper 50 degrees are good. If you have a temperature gauge or temperature and trolling speed at the cannon ball it can be a great help. If you do not have temperature gauges just watch your fish finder. Look for the big hooks or blobs of bait fish with hooks around them. Put your tackle into or just above these concentrations.
There is an endless supply of lures to use for this type of fishing. Typically Pro King, Diamond King or Moonshine spoons in bright colors with silver backs or diamond reflective patterns are good. E-chip Dodger or Spin Doctor and Howie Fly are also used with many different manufactures in many styles and colors. Trolling speeds are across the board for this type of fishing with GPS speeds of 1.7 to 3 mph with 2 mph being most common.
All methods of deep water trolling can be employed such as downriggers and Dipsey Divers. Dipseys can be used off of wire lines or PowerPro rods. Another method, which is relatively new, is the use of lead core and copper lines to get your lures down. Lead core is color coded 10 yards per color and each color drops your lure about 5 feet down. Three colors will get you about 15 feet deep, five colors about 25 feet down and so on. Copper is typically run in 100, 200 or 300 feet per reel. Both these lines are generally backed with PowerPro and tipped with floral carbon leaders. One hundred feet of copper drops your lure about 20 feet, 200 about 40 feet and 300 feet of copper will get you down about 60 feet. If you are new to using copper lines, get advice from a dealer or someone who has used it. It is not easy to deal with.
For information on fishing in a particular location, check out the area sport shops, talk to local fishermen, listen to the marine radio or search the internet for local fishing reports. You can find a lot of info on the internet at Pro Fishing Blog For more information visit Pro Fishing Blog today!
Good Luck and Good Fishing!
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Looking for a place to catch monster fish? King Salmon in the 20 lb class are easily accessible in Green Bay waters. These screamers as they are commonly called by locals can take out hundreds of feet of line on their initial hit. You can throw in some incidental brown and rainbow trout for added fun.
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Fly Fishing- Interrelated Fact For Fishing by Deepak Kulkarni
It’s difficult to provide accurate Fly Fishing information, but we have gone through the rigor of putting together as many Fly Fishing related information as possible. Even if you are searching for another information somehow related to hunting rules, Fly Fishing DVDs, fly fishing vacations or fly in fishing this article should help a great deal.
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If you plan to go to Alaska for salmon fishing, you need to plan for terminal tackle in all shapes and sizes, tempting treats in the form of worms and the like, the best-designed rods and reels, and fishing maps. Many prefer to go for fishing using a fishing charter service and this is most probably a best decision to make your trip successful.
The first series of open fishing boats was developed in 1974. They ranged from 4.8 m (16 ft) to 9 m (30 ft) for use in inshore and coastal fishery. They were initially utilizing the local timber of standard commercial sizes. Planking was done with boards of uniform width to simplify building and reduce wastage. The hull shape was well adapted to be economical, low powered engines. In the current scenario, plywood has maintained its role as a material well adapted to use in small-scale boat building.
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Garmin Rino 120 GPS / FRS / GMRS has a voice scrambler and vibration mode for top-secret calls! The Rino 120 state-of-the-art GPS navigation and 2-way communications combined, with enough memory to download detailed mapping for driving, hiking, hunting, fishing… or just about anything else you can dream up. It’s waterproof, can send communications up to 2 miles using FRS channels, 5 miles using …
Garmin Rino 110 GPS / FRS / GMRS. The Rino 110 is a GPS-enabled handheld that integrates radio functionality to provide 2-way communications. It’s waterproof, can send communications up to 2 miles using FRS channels, 5 miles using GMRS channels, and can “beam” your exact location to another Rino user using “position reporting.” And because the Rino 110 had standard FRS / GMRS capabilities, you can…
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This is a detailed river guidebook for the famous tailwater fishery of the San Juan River in Northern New Mexico. This guidebook is 4 legal-size (8.5″ x 14″), laminated, custom USGS, National Geographic topographic maps covering 10 mile sections of the San Juan River from it’s headwaters below Navajo Dam, New Mexico downstream to past Archuleta, New Mexico. Each map has a detailed narrative on the…
