Over The Hill Hikers - CA

08/13/2025

Our 2022 Rockwood Mini Lite 2509s recently had a power stabilizer issue. The Lippert PSx2 front Stabilizers would go down but not back up. Here is my video on how to diagnose and repair the issue.

08/13/2025

Our 2022 Rockwood Mini Lite 2509s recently had a power stabilizer issue. The Lippert PSx2 front Stabilizers would go down but not back up. Here is my video on how to diagnose and repair the issue.

if your Lippert PSx2 Power Stabilizer Jacks will crank down but not crank back up, or won't crank down but did crank up, I will show you the diagnostic steps...

08/10/2025

A few takes from tonights Sturgeon Moon from my Samsung S24 Ultra

07/31/2025

The Andromeda Galaxy, also called Messier (M31) is the nearest major galaxy to our Milky Way. It is 2.5 million light years away from Earth and is the other major member of our local collection of galaxies.

Like our Milky Way, it is a barred spiral galaxy, so-called for the bar-like structure formed by the stars in its center.

It is 260,000 light years across, and estimated to be 5 to 10 Billion years old.

The Andromeda Galaxy and our Milky Way Galaxy are slowly drifting towards each other, leading scientists to believe that they will likely collide in about 4.5 billion years, forming a huge elliptical galaxy.

Andromeda has 14 dwarf companion galaxies in its orbit. The two brightest can be seen in this image... M32, a rare compact elliptical galaxy.. and M110, a dwarf elliptical Galaxy.

Seestar S30, Equatorial Mode, Mosaic 80 x 30 second images stacked in Seestar and edited in Lightroom.

07/30/2025

The Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) is next door to the North America Nebula in the constellation of Cygnus. This gaseous emission nebula bears a resemblance to a pelican, hence its name. The Pelican Nebula is located near the first magnitude star "Deneb" and is separated from its more prominent neighbor, the North America Nebula, by a foreground molecular cloud filled with dark dust. Seestar S50, 30 second exposures in EQ Mode, Mosaic. Stacked and denoised in Seestar, post processed in Lightroom.

07/30/2025

The Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) is next door to the North America Nebula in the constellation of Cygnus. This gaseous emission nebula bears a resemblance to a pelican, hence its name. The Pelican Nebula is located near the first magnitude star "Deneb" and is separated from its more prominent neighbor, the North America Nebula, by a foreground molecular cloud filled with dark dust. Seestar S50, 30 second exposures in EQ Mode, Mosaic. Stacked and denoised in Seestar, post processed in Lightroom.

07/30/2025

Virginia Lakes Trail is located in the Hoover Wilderness Area of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest near Lee Vining, in California's eastern Sierra. This trail can take you to five lakes surrounded by rugged peaks. It climbs to a scenic pass with panoramic views of the surrounding peaks. On this day we hiked out past Blue Lake but turned back after the weather became menacing (you dont mess with mother nature in the Eastern Sierra). Lots of wildflowers at the end of June! (2025)

07/30/2025

We stopped at Olmstead Point along Tioga Pass Road near Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park where you will find postcard views of Half Dome, Tenaya Lake and Clouds Rest. We even watched a Marmotnfrolic on the granite!
We also hiked the paved walkway at Tenaya Lake (dogs allowed!), and marveled at the granite outcroppings around Tuolumne Meadows!

07/29/2025

The North America Nebula, also known as NGC 7000, is a vast emission nebula in the Cygnus constellation that resembles the shape of North America. It is 1,700 light-years away and spans 100 light-years across. Discovered in 1786 by William Herschel, the nebula is part of a larger complex called Sharpless 2–117. The North America Nebula is faint and difficult to see with the naked eye due to its low surface brightness.

07/29/2025