From: wolverine01@charter.net   
      
   On 10/11/2025 10:50 PM, Ted Heise wrote:   
   > On Sat, 11 Oct 2025 16:59:30 -0500,   
   >    sticks  wrote:   
   >>   I'd like to give a report on my trip last weekend to the Kettle   
   >>   Moraine area in Wisconsin.  I stayed in the Northern District   
   >>   at a place called Mauthe Lake State Park.  I did this trip   
   >>   solo, so I was unsupervised. But wow, I shall remember this   
   >>   trip for quite some time.  It was absolutely wonderful.   
   >   
   > Sounds like a great time indeed, thanks for the excellent report.   
   > I'll keep the Kettles in mind for future options.  And the privacy   
   > makes no water hookup worth it.  And as winter approaches a lot of   
   > campgrounds will be turning off water anyway.  Also, one of my   
   > strong preferences is not having other campers on top of us.  We   
   > try for off season camping as much as possible.   
      
   Most of these State parks do have pretty nice showering facilities and   
   bathrooms, so you can save a bunch of water that way.  If I'm by myself   
   I can probably easily go 5 days on the 30 gallons I carry.  If I bring   
   the extra 20 it really extends it.  I have been just bringing two 5   
   gallon bottles empty, and if I need to can just add some without having   
   to move the vehicle.  With 40 gallon tanks for dirty water that makes   
   for over a week, which is about all I want to stay in one place.  If I   
   were planning on longer, I would have a place with water and sewer hookups.   
      
   > Don't remember if I posted this but seeing that porterhouse made   
   > me think back to it again.  That steak is cut through the short   
   > loin at the fattest part of the tenderloin, so it stands to reason   
   > they might charge filet mignon type prices.   
      
   At home, my wife buys me (she doesn't really like them herself that   
   much) steaks from Costco that are much cheaper, and actually better IMO.   
     The T-bone I got was not good at all, the rib eye was a pretty good   
   steak, and that $52 Porterhouse was just OK.  I did have a good steak   
   knife, but was using a plastic fork.  I gotta get some metal silverware   
   for that RV because cutting a steak with a plastic fork is a pain in the   
   ass and makes working through it less enjoyable.  You just can't hold   
   onto it, and I even broke one of the tips on the fork one night.   
      
   > And what program were you using for tracking your hikes?  It looks   
   > a bit like Strave, maybe?  I use Ride with GPS for cycling and   
   > just default to it for hiking as well.  Here's an example of the   
   > hike we did on Sunday...   
   >   
   > https://ridewithgps.com/trips/340289296   
      
   That looks like a pretty cool hike.  Must have been some great river   
   views up at the top.  You also had a pretty good clip going at averaging   
   3.33 mph, even with all the climbing.   
      
   I use a program called Gaia.  I started using the free version, and   
   liked it so much I pay for it now.  You can use it for many different   
   type of activities, as I also use it when I bike, and even track   
   motorcycle rides.  My main goal was first to create a route, and second   
   to actually track them.  My wife pays for All Trails, but for some   
   reason I just didn't like it.  I would hate to go back to the days of   
   hiking without it.  The kind of trails you don't need one on, are   
   generally not the ones I like to hike.   
      
      
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