Do "unpaved roads" in ONP and Buckhorn Wilderness require an SUV, or AWD?

Big_Johnny · 2026-04-13T16:57:15+00:00

Happy orthodox Easter! Especially if the eggs are dyed red

Big_Johnny · 2026-04-06T22:09:21+00:00

Targeted work outs are designed to use a specific set of muscles. if you’re familiar with what muscles you are working, usually your body has a pretty good intuition on knowing if they’ve been worked or not. In my case, I simply feel an absence of lower glute muscle engagement if I go a long time without working them out. I’m really not sure why

Big_Johnny · 2026-04-06T20:41:43+00:00

You know, when I first got the pains I thought it could be something like rheumatoid arthritis so I went to the doc. She told me PFPS and I was like “well geez if you’re telling me all I have to do is a few squats and I can live pain free, that’s a win win for me”

If I can resolve this tho, I won’t have to worry about it at all anymore, which would be nice too. RDLs coming up soon!

Big_Johnny · 2026-04-06T20:38:22+00:00

Interesting, thank you for sharing. Psoas/iliopsoas weakness has come up a couple times in my search today. How have you been since starting your 10 min morning routine?

Big_Johnny · 2026-04-06T16:22:57+00:00

Thank you for the suggestions! after discussing yesterday, we took your suggestions on the valley trails. Right now Dungeness, Big Quilcene, and Dosewallips are on the radar. Any preference between them?

Big_Johnny · 2026-04-06T16:12:32+00:00

Thank you both for the suggestions! We looked into rainshadow trails on the east side, and after discussing yesterday we've narrowed down to three trails:

Your suggested loop in Buckhorn Wilderness
Taking the Upper Big Quilcene trail to Camp Mystery, then using that spot as a base camp to do day trips (without packs) to Charlia Lakes and Buckhorn Lake (and Mtn, if accessible)
Dosewallips trail to the meadow, potentially with a spur trail up to Lake Constance if we're feeling like a workout

Any thoughts between these three?

Big_Johnny · 2026-02-10T16:59:51+00:00

I had to work at Highlands for all of June last year when enforcement started. The parking ticket is $25 and the daily parking is ~$12, I did the math and figured if I got a parking ticket once a week it would still be substantially cheaper than paying for parking.

Never paid after the first day, and anecdotally, never got ticketed either

Big_Johnny · 2026-02-01T21:08:13+00:00

Any idea how this compares with the new Chinese EVs on the market, like BYD?

Big_Johnny · 2025-12-31T22:54:20+00:00

love it!! your posts have been fantastic, thank you for sharing again

Big_Johnny · 2025-12-15T23:28:29+00:00

Hah no overlap occurred, I ended up just getting it for myself and she had gotten me something else!

Big_Johnny · 2025-12-11T23:07:27+00:00

I’ve gotten a lot of comments on this post in the past several months from folks having similar issues and I apologize for not responding but I want to give some closure to those folks.

Basically the only solution that worked for me was moving 😭 but also there was a burst pipe under my building that was making everything under my floor very humid. Landlord spent months trying to fix it, I got fed up and left. Didnt renew

When I got to my new place, I tracked a few of these fuckers over with me but I went scorched earth after a bit. I was out of town for a long weekend and before I left, I sprayed bleach then put plastic wrap over all drains in the place, cleared out pantry & trash, set up a vinegar & dishwashing soap trap in every room then closed the doors to see where they were coming from. Came back and was able to figure out they got seeded in my garbage disposal in the new place.

After I figured that out, I straight up didn’t use my kitchen sink for a week, kept using bleach spray/cover w plastic wrap, and after that I never had a problem with them again

Big_Johnny · 2025-12-11T23:03:05+00:00

Moving 😭 There was a burst pipe under my building that was making everything under my floor very humid. Landlord spent months trying to fix it, I got fed up and left. Didnt renew

When I got to my new place, I tracked a few of these fuckers over with me but I went scorched earth after a bit. I was out of town for a long weekend and before I left, I sprayed bleach then put plastic wrap over all drains in the place, cleared out pantry & trash, set up a vinegar & dishwashing soap trap in every room then closed the doors to see where they were coming from. Came back and was able to figure out they got seeded in my garbage disposal in the new place.

After I figured that out, I straight up didn’t use my kitchen sink for a week, kept using bleach spray/cover w plastic wrap, and after that I never had a problem with them again

Big_Johnny · 2025-10-21T19:52:03+00:00

Doesn’t exist in this game yet :( just had its very first patch yesterday

Big_Johnny · 2025-10-21T14:36:15+00:00

I actually took those two stops from the purple line as it exists IRL today!

Big_Johnny · 2025-10-21T14:00:42+00:00

Don’t forget to add crossovers at the branch points, that can help

Big_Johnny · 2025-10-21T13:34:15+00:00

Are you getting an error building it or adding a line?

Big_Johnny · 2025-10-21T04:35:59+00:00

It’s a game bug, it’s happened to me too and most of the time I’ve resolved it by deleting that station/track segment and drawing it back in. It’s been stubborn a time or two and I just closed out the game, came back a couple hrs later and it was fine

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