Overachiever/Underachiever on Planning

[flwyd]

I'm hitting the road next week to scout out possible camping locations for the 2024 eclipse in the Arkansas Ozarks and Ouachita Mountains. I've probably spent more time scouting campgrounds and picking the perfect campsites than I will actually spend at those sites.

I'm also treating this as a ham radio vacation; I'll be bringing my HF radio and a wire antenna that I can hoist into the trees by tossing an eye bolt on a length of paracord. I've spent a bunch of time this month making Anderson PowerPole[1] cables, testing out a discount "solar generator"[2], and getting logging programs set up. What I haven't done is pack any clothes or buy food for the trip. I guess I can take solace in the fact that if I'm hungry I can ask someone a couple thousand miles away to send me a snack.

[1] This process is remarkably fun, I'm now trying to think up other things I could power with 12 volts so that I have an excuse to make more cables.
[2] Unlike a gas generator it doesn't really generate electricity, it's basically a combined package with an inverter and several ports.

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[threemeninaboat]

My Uncle's airbnb is in the eclipse, we reserved it a couple years ago, and will get food at HEB :)