Category Archives: Travel

Bigfoot Camper Berth Condensation

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

On 1 May 2008 we discovered major condensation in the berth area of our camper. Click here for the story of diagnosing and fixing the problem: www.hackneystravel.com/docs/berthcondensation.pdf

Propane Systems for Expedition Vehicles

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

Perhaps no other system on an expedition vehicle is as wrapped in mystery or inspires as much outright fear as the propane system. With its inherently explosive nature and its bewildering variety of connectors, it is easy to understand why …

Field Fix: Garmin MapSource Registry Error

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

  Background:   Garmin MapSource (GMS) is software provided by Garmin with some of its map products. GMS is used to create, edit and manipulate waypoints, routes and tracks. GMS is also used to upload and download GPS data to …

2008 April Photos Posted

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

Photos of our travels in April 2008 are now posted at: http://dhackney.smugmug.com/Travel-Photos-by-Year/2008/2008-04-April/ Notes: 1. If you’ve recently visited the photo site, you may need to force a reload of the web page (CNTRL and F5) to see the new thumbnails …

2008 March Photos Posted

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

Photos of our travels during March 2008 are now posted at: http://dhackney.smugmug.com/Travel-Photos-by-Year/2008/2008-03-March/  

Fuel Log

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

I added our fuel log to the route map. You can click on the link at the top of the page to access the log or scroll down to find it. The fuel log summary is at the top of …

Rare Rewards

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

The rewards of travel are many. Some are small and some are big. And some rewards, the rarest rewards, are both at the same time. Click here for the rest of the story: http://www.hackneystravel.com/chile/docs/rarerewards.pdf

Service Log

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

I added the service/repair log for our expedition vehicle to the route map page. Click the link for it at the top of the page or scroll down. Route map and service log are here: http://www.hackneystravel.com/index-routemap.htm  

How To Create Route Maps

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

Garmin GPS to Google Earth For this task I use GPSBabel, a great little donateware utility, to generate the Google Earth KML files from GPX files created by Garmin Mapsource. The procedure for creating the GPX files from Mapsource is …

Route Map Photos Update

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

  You can get an idea of the places where we are camping by viewing the photos on the route map waypoint markers. I added 800 pixel size photos to the route map waypoint markers to make the photos more …