Morning Minute with the BROfessor

  I do not know about you, but I LOVE to eat!  Food is my hobby and my habit.  It is my crush.  It is one of the loves of my life…okay I am getting excited and a little "carried away."  I will calm down.  It is just that in my older age I appreciate the art of preparing food and the taste of well-prepared food.  It is a delight, comforting to the soul, and filling to the almighty belly! Now that the heat from summer is past and the fall, temperatures are making it where you actually want to be outside, I am eager to cook again.   I am eager to fire up the gadgets and pack the kitchen to the hilt and make sure I have plenty to prepare for up and coming trips.   My freezers are packed with almost all the meat I could eat in a year just waiting to be chosen for the next adventure.   One of the best things I have done is to upgrade my Vacuum Sealer.   I can purchase meat when it is on sale (and when I have extra money to burn), prepare it, then vacuum seal it for future endeavo

  Many different things affect our mindset as we prepare for our Overlanding journeys.  How long will we be gone?  What food do we plan to prepare and will we need to eat out or replenish at some point?  How far are we going?  Can we bring firewood and have a campfire?  Is charcoal allowed or will it be propane only?  Many questions must be answered as we prepare for the setout of our adventure.  Another critical situation to consider would be weather… Camping and Overlanding involves all kinds of weather. If you have ever camped then you completely understand that you must be prepared for all of the elements that Mother Nature can throw at you.  People are paid to give a generalized prediction that may or may not come true so it is almost impossible to be completely prepared, but you can get close.  You know if it is November to February, it will be cold.  You know that if you are in the Midwest in June to August it will be unbearable hot.  You do not have to be a weatherman to know t

  Mama said there would be days like this.   There would be days like this my Momma said.   I am not sure there would be a more fitting statement that rings true right now in this life for me.   For starters… I drove 3 hours to Artemis Overland in Springfield, Missouri last Saturday in order to install a couple Howling Moon Rooftop Tents and Awnings on my FJ Cruiser and Trailer.   It started out well as the first tent went on the trailer perfectly without a hitch.   The awning however, was a large 270-degree awning that was much heavier than my previous.   My brackets were not large enough to fit the lining of the bolt pattern on the awning.    Once we finally figured out how to get the brackets to work, we moved on to the FJ.   We finished the trailer and the next project was in line and waiting. We removed the extremely heavy FreeSpirit tent from the top of the FJ.   The previous awning had already been removed before arrival.   We unwrapped the tent that Aaron had set out for me

  Every day, while scrolling through Social Media, I see where someone has just purchased new gear and they are so excited they just cannot help but share with the world.   I guess in the old days, before internet, we had to get on the phone (called a landline phone that had a cord attached to the wall), call all of our friends, and tell them whatever we just picked up or opened for Christmas.   Even though times have changed, and ways of communicating have changed, things have not changed much when it comes to "This is incredible!   This is life changing!   I have to tell somebody!" The excitement can be all we can take sometimes.   If we keep it in, we will explode.   It is like the day a beautiful lady is asked for her hand in marriage.   It is like the day the announcement is made that baby is on the way and again the day the gender is discovered.   As a child, you cannot wait to tell everyone what Santa left you under the tree or how much the tooth fairy left under you