Hey Gaz, sounds like a great trip! I wish I was going. This is the exact trip I want to make someday. My wife and I are teachers in upstate NY and yes we have a ton of snow, I was just looking at my Mac 25 today and brushing some snow off. Hey if your 26 has a pop up like the 25 I made a cover that ...

I will post pictures of this same project I did last year. The hardest part was cutting the interior wall to gain access. I used an old stainless tang for the backing plate. I applied 5200 to bed the backing plate bow eye. I will try to add pictures.