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Right on Brother ! where is BHC AZ?

I firmly believe we have much in common. I think out loud a lot too. I think that in this day and age it would be nearly impossible to get your, mine, and OBs message integrated into our public schools. Yes, it would be very cool, and yes it is badly needed. Our next generations need to be...

Careful, in todays political climate you might be accused of being a lefty liberal. So good luck getting any of that into our public schools. I am not a tree hugging lefty liberal, but I'm constantly being accused of being so, because of my ecological outlook. I want access, motorized and...

Hmm, I went to the linked web-site and saw the Gaspe' peninsula trip map on there. Unfortunately no map was to be found on the Ottawa Valley route, which I am interested in doing one day as a part of getting near Waltham PQ, where my cousin spends his summers. It starts at the border, I'm...

Thank you Ben, I wouldn't say all rigs that have a ton of lighting are mall krawlers, as some guys do find, oddly enough, a need for a lot of lighting because they actually travel the back country at night, a lot. I mean A LOT. If that is what one is into doing, then who am I to judge? But in...

Great information.. We love heading north and have been to Gaspe' twice in the past 25 years and am aching to go back up again.

I saw this type years ago. If I would have kept my jeep I'd have one by now.. cool x10

You have comfirmed my old fashioned belief that a good driver is 10xs better than any computer controlled traction devices on modern vehicles. Yes, I'm old school. Yes, if I had the extra money to convert my automatic transmission to a manual transmission complete with lock out hubs on my front...

Once we got up off the ground we tried the Gander mountain cheapo $50 cots. Now my grandsons have those. Then we went super expensive and purchased the Roll-a-Cot. There were a PITA to set up, especially in cold weather and all that black crud rubbing off of the aluminum frame. Now our daughter...

OK,, all great questions. I hope my life long experience can help you.. about 20 years ago I too jumped on the "lighting" bandwagon. we had 2 floods, and 2 pencil beams up on the rack, we had three flood lamps and two more spotters on the front bumper. We also had a flood lamp on the rear of...

Goal Zero are great products.. We have the Lighthouse 400. After 8 weeks out last year the charge is still up, even after not being used for nearly a year. I love the crank on top of the 400. I agree completely with your assesment. Between this lantern, our headlamps and the Black Diamond...

Choosing a high and dry spot, protected from high winds is foremost. As mentioned above, everything is packed in an orderly fashion so we don't have to dig for things we need. Tent first. For multiple nights the big tent goes up. For overnighters the small 3 man tent goes up. We are always...

Tool roll up for all cooking utensils and we keep the dining utensils in in a perfectly sized small tupperware container.

It is a bit off topic but I may be making the switch to KM3s next go around..

Hey,, I started out with a 66 VW bug, weekend trips to the deserts. Then a 64 F100. We all gotta start somewhere, I definitely get that. As ones love for the backcountry experience grows, one finds they want to experience it more and more and for longer periods or blocks of time. Getting away...

No judgement at all. . If you are a weekend warrior, or play locally, which may or may not be overlanding, the tires will dry rot before you wear them out with mileage. If you are using your off-road tires for long distance trips and street tires the rest of the time, then they will more than...

Friend, I'm three years retired now from driving an 18 wheeler for 25 years. I used that type of cooler almost exclusively for about the first 15 years, then the last two company issued power units had compressor type refrigerators built in. I cannot say how often all my food was spoiled with...

Interesting question... I am one of the lucky ones, in that, my wife prefers back country camping. Established campgrounds are OK, and in some National parks there is no other choice, but all in all we both prefer being out and very much alone. Since that is what we do, we utilize our...

Hmmm, I run only one set, I replace them, needed or not about every 45k miles, sell them to someone in the market for excellent used KOs thereby reducing the cost of new KOs. We do go long distance, think 7 or 8 thousand mile round trips and one day, Baja and Alaska, which would easily bring...

Good write up for those wanting to develop an understanding of basic skill sets necessary to operate full size rigs as their primary overlanding rig. 80 series Landcruisers I think are considered to be mid-sized rigs and yet mine scales out at 6,000 lbs. Loaded down with all our gear and...