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I remember a case of an arrest in the neighboring town, around 2006...I worked for the gub-ment at the time building enterprise systems. The hubbub from all the wach-a-moles in the office was the amount of ammo the individual being arrested had. I asked a colleague what was being reported and it...

I'm sorry, the layer and level of laws/codes/ordinances is one of the major contributors of why we lack responsibility today. When we made our last big loop out west we skipped all the states on the coast due to the ridiculous rules regarding firearms and no reciprocity. We really like WA down...

357 magnum is ridiculous in price and not the easiest to come by, at least in the areas of the southeast we have been. It is slowly coming back but still at or over $1 per round. 38 isn't much cheaper. The versatility of 357 and 44 is really attractive, especially since both are available in...

For a long time before the recent boom in options, the FourWheel was the U.S. overland truck camper of choice and they have travelled all over the world. Personally, it makes a great base camp for you to still explore on foot or climb and remain in both worlds (or take up surfing, kite boarding...

We have a jack-knife sofa in our van and in a pinch I can use a tray table as a desk and work. It is slower going as I only use the laptop and forego the second monitor. It does make using the rest of the van difficult and since I don't travel alone I usually just use the tray table outside with...

On a long trip you will wear your clothes much longer than when living in a house. We have several sets we work from, such as: decent or respectable clothes for eating out, shopping or when crossing a border; driving set which is usually just a simple shirt to keep cool with the windows down and...

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We've run both AGM and Lithium fulltime, we still have the lithium bank in our rig. For a part-time rig we recommend going with AGM. You can piece together a simple system, something like a single AGM, a Victron SmartShunt, a Blue Sea Systems Automatic Charge Relay (ACR) or Battery Link, a...

It's normally having too much fun over a connectivity issue. We had a few times where we were getting messages from a bunch of family and friends that were wondering if we were OK. We had service but we were hanging with friends every day without a care in the world. Granted, we rarely uploaded...

As every year ticks by the amount of annual maintenance grows. We never understood why those that were on the road much longer than us had shipped back to their home country at some point to work on their rig, now we do. You are in a much newer vehicle so you may never have the need but around...

Next time we hit the road we're going to have a home base, hopefully a small cabin on some acreage. While we throughly loved our time on the road, once we made it back to the States it was difficult to not have a place of our own while we waited for the van. It would also be nice to have a place...

Glad you posted, started to wonder if every thing was OK or if you were just having too much fun :wink:

Download iOverlander or visit the website and start looking into the listed campgrounds and surf spots. We don't surf so we can't give you any leads besides using that app. Being a holiday, returning to the US can take hours even at a small border such as Tecate.

The people. While we love nature, the far away places, and all of the freedom...after 7 years of fulltime overlanding we can unequivocally say it always comes down to the people.

If we make it back to S.A. we will definitely let you know!

We have a lot of friends that drove through several parts of Brazil and a couple that drove all the way to Venezuela. Those that drove through Venezuela all had family there so that made it easier for them. We would love to ship south and drive north, this time sticking to the eastern side of S.A.

We must be one of the odd men out. We use a regular Garmin but not for mapping. I like to see the road contours ahead and our unit has a built-in dash camera. We use our iphone for routing, either Google Maps or Maps.ME, and iOverlander, UltimateCG, and Avenza for planning…along with books...

If anyone is ever in the Fort Meyers, FL area the Edison and Ford Winter Estates is worth a visit. Besides the engineering and beautiful gardens full of exotic species, there is a neat photo exhibit about Ford organizing a Muir and Roosevelt trip. Much like the old wagon days, several vehicles...

Every time I blurt out 42 to a question I have no clue about at least one person laughs. I agree that the book is better but the movie scene when they are rescuing Trillian and have to cross the field of no ideas has me at the verge of tears every time.