Don't drill into a lithium battery - if it has any charge left, it will be bad. Stick something on it instead!

For the folks concerned about towing capacity, check out the Pebble Stream camping trailer. It looks like what an Airstream wants to be when it grows up. It has a battery pack that pushes it along in order to save your EV’s range, or tits it be towed by a smaller vehicle. And a smart system (controlled from your phone) that hitches/unhitches itself and backs into the parking spot by itself. Just over $100k - but a new anything ain’t cheap…

Number 2 is really exceptional.

Excellent! Very nice detail. If you’re so inclined, there is a similar den with rattlesnakes and the occasional bull snake at the base of Looking Glass Arch, just south of Moab, UT. We were there in mid-April and the snakes were active, but just kind of hanging out in the sun - tread carefully!

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Great facial expressions! Katmai has a webcam on Brooks Falls, and every fall has a Fat Bear Contest where watchers can vote for their portly favorite. When we were there they were so close I was wishing for a shorter lens.

So, while making hospital rounds a doctor absentmindedly attempts to sign a chart with a rectal thermometer. When a colleague points this out, the doctor exclaims “doggone it - some asshole’s got my pen!”

Very nice work! Especially the pair with one landing.

Good for you! I took a Tamron 150-600 on a Sony A77 and had plenty of reach. Terry is right: sometimes the 150 will be too much - you'll see! I ended up using the iPhone for some shots. I'd take a bug net too (https://www.amazon.com/Hestya-Mosquito-Protecting-Climbing-Preventing/dp/B07CPNS1XW/ref=sr_1_8?crid=3P4ZIPKIUMDPB&keywords=headnet&qid=1684350289&sprefix=headnet%2Caps%2C142&sr=8-8&th=1). It's cheap at amazon, and some of those flies bite.

I think it is a wild clematis. see: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=wild+cliimatis+seed+pod&iax=images&ia=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2F60%2F80%2F15%2F608015c8205d4204298a55d326ad45c3.jpg

I suggest you check out some of the RV channel posts on Youtube.com. I follow the KYD (Keep Your Daydream), You Me and the RV, and Changing Lanes couples. KYD has made it a point to hit most of the big national parks and sightseeing destinations.
With the smaller rig you can get into lots of campgrounds, especially state parks, that the bigger units cannot. I highly recommend the national parks annual pass and joining Harvest Host. Both will pay for themselves in one trip.
As for scenic destinations, it's hard to beat Utah and Arizona. There is a Hwy 12 route in southern Utah that takes you to Zion, Bryce, Kodachrome Basin state park, Grand Staircase Escalante, Capitol Reef and up to Canyonlands National Park. Pretty country, all in one route.
Arizona spoils you for choice too - Monument Valley, Canyon de Chelly and the things others have mentioned.
Good travels - it'll be great!

Check out the (relatively) new Musical Instruments Museum. I'm not a musician, but the collections are very impressive. Reserve on line and I recommend at least half a day to see it. Carefree is just to the north, and has a very large sundial in the town square and beautiful homes built into the red rock hills. There is also a big artists' collaborative gallery in a permanent tent on the way to Carefree.

Excellent resource! Also, look at the characteristic "violin" pattern on its thorax - that's what gave it the other common name of "violin spider" Original post sure looks like a wolf spider to me.

Nice shot! Where did you see it? Somewhere pretty high up in the Sierras I assume.

Very nice! Check out “hover fly” entry in Wikipedia - they are just pretending to be bees.

Maybe the soft edge suggests that it came from an owl - they are quiet stealthy fliers.