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    Overland expo east 2021

    Driving up from Asheville NC very early morning on Thursday. Signed up for the Overland Experience to take classes. Don't know where I'll be camping on site, and won't till I get there, but if you want/need to hook up with others, you have to enter the Expo together as a group for campsites...
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    Who is a Wilderness EMT, Wilderness First Responder or Wilderness First Aid certified?

    Wilderness First Aid and EMT/Responder/CPR certified. Member of The National Ski Patrol.
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    Where do you go when summer hits the Southeast

    Go North! A good days ride will get you to NY state. Continue on to the Adirondack Mountains, or the White Mountains of Vermont. I know as I live north of Asheville, I have done that trip more times up I-81 than I can count. I was in Landrum SC yesterday, and the temp was 85. Back home in...
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    Looking to start overlanding. Can I do it with my new SR5?

    Of course you can: You have a great vehicle for Overland adventure travel. First thing is drive your new vehicle and get used to it and how it drives in all types of real world conditions, and then venture off road with a local group that is into adventure travel. You will learn from them, as...
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    What is the Quintessential Camp Food?

    Scrambled eggs with bacon, or sausage burrito: It starts the day off right!
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    Installing and powering a fridge in vehicle

    We use an Iceco JP40 coupled with a Bluetti AC50S 500Wh/300W Portable Power Station, and the Bluetti SP120 120Watt Solar Panel set-up, and we are good to go.
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    How are you guys powering your fridge in the back of SUV?

    It's a YouTube for a Toyota Tacoma, but it may be informative as to parts and ideas as to wire your Jeep.
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    How are you hauling your Gazelle T4 tent?

    In the truck bed of our TRD Off Road DCLB.
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    ICECO

    Own a JP40 - Love it.
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    Paper maps? still a thing or no?

    Electronic gadgets are fine, but I learned to use a map and compass when I was a young kid, and still use maps to this day either on the trail hiking, or overland traveling. Yes, I too use my electronic "toys" but I always travel with a paper map or map book.
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    What is the last thing you bought and plan to buy?

    I just purchased a JP40 model ICECO Freezer/Frig for our overland travels.
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    Bought a used taco (insert joke here)

    Go to "Tacoma World": https://www.tacomaworld.com/
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    Tacoma battery question

    Your best source to answer this is call your battery sales person or rep. regarding will your stock alternator work with the Group27F. There is a lot of discussion on the Tacoma World site about battery upgrade. Here is a start...
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    Greetings From Asheville, NC.

    I have had every good intention of attending, but there has always been something that comes up to prevent me from getting down to Mills River. I know exactly where the coffee house is (I have picked up hay down that same road from a farm). We own a farm, and raise sheep, and right now we are...
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    Greetings From Asheville, NC.

    Glad to meet you! Actually, I live in Burnsville.
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    Who's upgrading their rig or planning a trip with their tax return?

    Just reserved a camper van rental for a road trip through Iceland in September.
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    Greetings From Asheville, NC.

    I currently own a 2020 TRD Off Road Tacoma that I am slowly building and outfitting for just adventure travel. I had worked the Overland Expo Show East when it took place in Asheville for years, and my wife and I have international overland travel experience as well having traveled in India...
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    Definition of Overlanding

    "Overland Travel" is whatever you can, and want it to be, with whatever you have to get out there to enjoy the beautiful outdoors, and also to remember to leave it better than you found it when you move on.
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    Definition of Overlanding

    More like the $64,000 outlay for all of the rig, and equipment to do so...! (only kidding)