Member Introductions *NEW MEMBERS INTRODUCE YOURSELF*

[Kent R]

Hello everyone, new here but not to the overlanding experience. Have been doing it for years before I knew it was called overlanding, mostly because it's a cheap way to travel and see things but also I enjoy going places few have gone and being in nature. I'm in the Western NY area and there are not many trails around here. I have two vehicles I use depending on how and where I'm going. 2008 F250 SuperDuty with a bed tent setup and a 2011 Wrangler 2dr for my solo camping. I am currently working towards doing at least part of the TAT this next spring/summer. My Jeep set up I removed the seats and built a bed inside, I stay warm and dry and no need for tent. I will post a photo of my truck when I get one. Still working on the set up and building it for overlanding. Hoping to meet some of you out on the trails.

Welcome to Overland Bound
Check the forum calendar and Meet-Up page for events, and the Trip Planning page for trips being planned by members. These pages can be filtered by region.
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You are in the East Region, local information can also be found in the “Overland Bound by Region”
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The closest Member Representative to you is @OVRLNDER
Your Regional Director is @Nomadik Nova
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[allgoode]

Hello Everyone!

My name is Dylan Goode and I’m from the San Francisco Bay Area. I drive a 1998 Toyota Tacoma SR5 V6 4WD 5 speed manual with a camper shell on the bed.

I go to school in Tucson at the University of Arizona. Usually I spend two thirds of my year in southern Arizona and the other third back home in Northern California.

I am lucky enough to have a travel companion for my journeys, my girlfriend, Caroline Oman. Caroline is from Nashville, Tennessee and also attends the University of Arizona in Tucson.

We have intermediate experience when it comes to overlanding. I bought the Taco (stock) back in October of 2020. Since then we’ve been outfitting the truck and exploring as much as possible! Our most recent trip was camping in Half Moon Bay on the Northern California coast.

Some of our interests/hobbies are camping with friends, appreciating/preserving the beauty of nature, listening to good music (especially Grateful Dead), all kinds of cars (occasionally working on them too), photography, collecting cool rocks/crystals/patches and fighting over the last pack of gummy snacks.

We are very excited to be apart of this community and to interact with people who share the same love of adventure. There’s nothing like having the freedom to take the road less traveled, explore nature, and to remove oneself from society!

Feel free to follow our adventures on Instagram @all.goode @carolineomann

 

[KerrFamilyAdventures]

Hello everyone!

New member here, very excited to be apart of this community. My wife and I have had a hard time finding people who are also interested in overlanding in our area. We figured this would be a great place to start. We have one 4 year old girl who loves being outdoors. We are in the Pacific Northwest, Washington specifically. We are currently building up our 2007 4Runner Limited V6 to be our overlanding rig. Bilstein 5100 and OME coils are about to be installed. We are getting it all outfitted for hopefully a new year of exciting adventures. My current profession is a firefighter/EMT. Prior to being a firefighter I was a wildland firefighter. Doing this for number years granted me experience off-roading brush trucks into some precarious areas, along with recovering operations to get out of some of those areas. I was also on a building spec committee on outfitting our new brush trucks to get places heavy diesel trucks normally wouldn't/shouldn't go. Very fun part of my career. Now, I am looking forward to showing my family the great outdoors. Thanks!

 

[M Rose]

Hello everyone!

New member here, very excited to be apart of this community. My wife and I have had a hard time finding people who are also interested in overlanding in our area. We figured this would be a great place to start. We have one 4 year old girl who loves being outdoors. We are in the Pacific Northwest, Washington specifically. We are currently building up our 2007 4Runner Limited V6 to be our overlanding rig. Bilstein 5100 and OME coils are about to be installed. We are getting it all outfitted for hopefully a new year of exciting adventures. My current profession is a firefighter/EMT. Prior to being a firefighter I was a wildland firefighter. Doing this for number years granted me experience off-roading brush trucks into some precarious areas, along with recovering operations to get out of some of those areas. I was also on a building spec committee on outfitting our new brush trucks to get places heavy diesel trucks normally wouldn't/shouldn't go. Very fun part of my career. Now, I am looking forward to showing my family the great outdoors. Thanks!

Hello Bryan. Welcome to Overland Bound.

I am the Northwest Director. @Gabriel Bozeman is your closest member representative.

To help navigate through the forums, here are some links that can be filtered by “Region” prefix. We are in the Overland Bound North America US Northwest Region (US Northwest for short).

Overland Bound Meetups- is where all member generated rally points are posted in forum format for discussion of Rally Point and other types of Meetups. A meetup can be as simple as a group getting together for coffee, a trail ride, or a full in expedition with other Overland Bound Members.

Overland Bound Trip Planning- is a great place to talk about planning a trip wether by your self or as a group.

Overland Bound Routs: Downloadable- is exactly what it sounds like. Search, or share your GPX files here with a description of the route and POIs.

Share your Overland Routes- is similar time the downloadable posted above, but doesn’t require you to share the actual GPX file.

Overland Bound By Region < North America < US Northwest- is where you can find regional members discussing local events, Overland News, and general topics. It’s a great recourse to mete others in the regions.

Member Maps- a great trip planning tool. It can also be used to send out messages to members near your location, or a location you plan to visit.

Rally Point- a tool used to creat Meetups or send out an SOS.

Any questions, don’t hesitate to ask myself or your member representative team. Again welcome Daniel and hope to see you on the trails.

Mike Rose
Northwest Director
Overland Bound

 

[Gabriel Bozeman]

Hello everyone!

New member here, very excited to be apart of this community. My wife and I have had a hard time finding people who are also interested in overlanding in our area. We figured this would be a great place to start. We have one 4 year old girl who loves being outdoors. We are in the Pacific Northwest, Washington specifically. We are currently building up our 2007 4Runner Limited V6 to be our overlanding rig. Bilstein 5100 and OME coils are about to be installed. We are getting it all outfitted for hopefully a new year of exciting adventures. My current profession is a firefighter/EMT. Prior to being a firefighter I was a wildland firefighter. Doing this for number years granted me experience off-roading brush trucks into some precarious areas, along with recovering operations to get out of some of those areas. I was also on a building spec committee on outfitting our new brush trucks to get places heavy diesel trucks normally wouldn't/shouldn't go. Very fun part of my career. Now, I am looking forward to showing my family the great outdoors. Thanks!

Welcome! I'm just across the water from you on Whidbey Island! Our side of the region is full of people who love to get out and about, but COVID has restricted the events we are able to plan and such (sad face).

Anyhow, this is a great place to adventure, especially with winter coming!

Make sure to check out the Overland Bound NW Facebook page and sub-forum.

If you have any questions, or want a explorer buddy, let me know!

Cheers!
Gabe Bozeman
NW Member Rep
Pulaski_Overland on IG

 

[KerrFamilyAdventures]

Welcome! I'm just across the water from you on Whidbey Island! Our side of the region is full of people who love to get out and about, but COVID has restricted the events we are able to plan and such (sad face).

Anyhow, this is a great place to adventure, especially with winter coming!

Make sure to check out the Overland Bound NW Facebook page and sub-forum.

If you have any questions, or want a explorer buddy, let me know!

Cheers!
Gabe Bozeman
NW Member Rep
Pulaski_Overland on IG

You're not to far away at all! Super surprised to see such an active community on the OB map. I didn't think there were that many overlanders in the PNW! We are really excited to join the community and look forward to participating.

 

[Gabriel Bozeman]

Welcome! I'm just across the water from you on Whidbey Island! Our side of the region is full of people who love to get out and about, but COVID has restricted the events we are able to plan and such (sad face).

Anyhow, this is a great place to adventure, especially with winter coming!

Make sure to check out the Overland Bound NW Facebook page and sub-forum.

If you have any questions, or want a explorer buddy, let me know!

Cheers!
Gabe Bozeman
NW Member Rep
Pulaski_Overland on IG

You're not to far away at all! Super surprised to see such an active community on the OB map. I didn't think there were that many overlanders in the PNW! We are really excited to join the community and look forward to participating.

You would be surprised

 

[PNW EXPLR]

Hello everyone!

New member here, very excited to be apart of this community. My wife and I have had a hard time finding people who are also interested in overlanding in our area. We figured this would be a great place to start. We have one 4 year old girl who loves being outdoors. We are in the Pacific Northwest, Washington specifically. We are currently building up our 2007 4Runner Limited V6 to be our overlanding rig. Bilstein 5100 and OME coils are about to be installed. We are getting it all outfitted for hopefully a new year of exciting adventures. My current profession is a firefighter/EMT. Prior to being a firefighter I was a wildland firefighter. Doing this for number years granted me experience off-roading brush trucks into some precarious areas, along with recovering operations to get out of some of those areas. I was also on a building spec committee on outfitting our new brush trucks to get places heavy diesel trucks normally wouldn't/shouldn't go. Very fun part of my career. Now, I am looking forward to showing my family the great outdoors. Thanks!

Hey Bryan, Welcome to the group. I see your on the soggy side of the state. Sounds like you have a great start to your 4runner build. I hope to meet you someday in the cascades!

 

[Nls707]

Want to introduce myself.
I have a 2018 Silverado z71
Working on making this truck my overland build. Still new and looking to read up and check out other build ideas.

 

[Kent R]

Want to introduce myself.
I have a 2018 Silverado z71
Working on making this truck my overland build. Still new and looking to read up and check out other build ideas.

Welcome to Overland Bound
Don't hesitate to message your Regional Director @Narbob if you have any questions. For local information about trips and meet-ups contact your NorCal Member Representative; Bay Area @PapaDave
There was one meet-up held in Rohnert Park last summer but it didn't get much traction mostly due to Covid restrictions, hopefully this summer it will get going again.
Check the forum calendar and Meet-Up page for events, and the Trip Planning page for trips being planned by members. These pages can be filtered by region.
Overland Bound Meetups
Overland Trip Planning
Quick adult & youthTread Lightly online awareness course.
Tread Lightly | Online Courses
Tread Lightly! Youth Online Course

 

[Kent R]

Hello everyone!

New member here, very excited to be apart of this community. My wife and I have had a hard time finding people who are also interested in overlanding in our area. We figured this would be a great place to start. We have one 4 year old girl who loves being outdoors. We are in the Pacific Northwest, Washington specifically. We are currently building up our 2007 4Runner Limited V6 to be our overlanding rig. Bilstein 5100 and OME coils are about to be installed. We are getting it all outfitted for hopefully a new year of exciting adventures. My current profession is a firefighter/EMT. Prior to being a firefighter I was a wildland firefighter. Doing this for number years granted me experience off-roading brush trucks into some precarious areas, along with recovering operations to get out of some of those areas. I was also on a building spec committee on outfitting our new brush trucks to get places heavy diesel trucks normally wouldn't/shouldn't go. Very fun part of my career. Now, I am looking forward to showing my family the great outdoors. Thanks!

Welcome to Overland Bound.
Your Regional Director is @M Rose for additional help or information.
Our NW Region is very active normally, so once Covid restrictions and weather permits there is usually trips and meet-ups happening.
Check the forum calendar and Meet-Up page for events, and the Trip Planning page for trips being planned by members. These pages can be filtered by region.
Overland Bound Meetups
Overland Trip Planning
Quick adult & youthTread Lightly online awareness course.
Tread Lightly | Online Courses
Tread Lightly! Youth Online Course

 

[Ollie603]

Hey suchon, is that the Gx470? Can you tell me. Why you went that route. I'm going to start shopping for an overland vehicle. I've read that the Lexus is super popular. Just wanted your take.

Cheers!

 

[Kent R]

Hello Everyone!

My name is Dylan Goode and I’m from the San Francisco Bay Area. I drive a 1998 Toyota Tacoma SR5 V6 4WD 5 speed manual with a camper shell on the bed.

I go to school in Tucson at the University of Arizona. Usually I spend two thirds of my year in southern Arizona and the other third back home in Northern California.

I am lucky enough to have a travel companion for my journeys, my girlfriend, Caroline Oman. Caroline is from Nashville, Tennessee and also attends the University of Arizona in Tucson.

We have intermediate experience when it comes to overlanding. I bought the Taco (stock) back in October of 2020. Since then we’ve been outfitting the truck and exploring as much as possible! Our most recent trip was camping in Half Moon Bay on the Northern California coast.

Some of our interests/hobbies are camping with friends, appreciating/preserving the beauty of nature, listening to good music (especially Grateful Dead), all kinds of cars (occasionally working on them too), photography, collecting cool rocks/crystals/patches and fighting over the last pack of gummy snacks.

We are very excited to be apart of this community and to interact with people who share the same love of adventure. There’s nothing like having the freedom to take the road less traveled, explore nature, and to remove oneself from society!

Feel free to follow our adventures on Instagram @all.goode @carolineomann

Welcome to Overland Bound Dylan.
When you are in NorCal don't hesitate to message your Regional Director @Narbob if you have any questions. For local information about trips and meet-ups contact your NorCal Member Representatives; Bay Area @PapaDave
In Arizona the Southeast Member Representative is @Prerunner1982 and the local Regional Director in Tucson is @brien.
Check the forum calendar and Meet-Up page for events, and the Trip Planning page for trips being planned by members. These pages can be filtered by region.
Overland Bound Meetups
Overland Trip Planning
Quick adult & youthTread Lightly online awareness course.
Tread Lightly | Online Courses
Tread Lightly! Youth Online Course

 

[Kent R]

Hey suchon, is that the Gx470? Can you tell me. Why you went that route. I'm going to start shopping for an overland vehicle. I've read that the Lexus is super popular. Just wanted your take.

Cheers!

If you direct message this member you might get a reply faster.

 

[Ollie603]

Thanks, will do!

 

[PapaDave]

Hello Everyone!

My name is Dylan Goode and I’m from the San Francisco Bay Area. I drive a 1998 Toyota Tacoma SR5 V6 4WD 5 speed manual with a camper shell on the bed.

I go to school in Tucson at the University of Arizona. Usually I spend two thirds of my year in southern Arizona and the other third back home in Northern California.

I am lucky enough to have a travel companion for my journeys, my girlfriend, Caroline Oman. Caroline is from Nashville, Tennessee and also attends the University of Arizona in Tucson.

We have intermediate experience when it comes to overlanding. I bought the Taco (stock) back in October of 2020. Since then we’ve been outfitting the truck and exploring as much as possible! Our most recent trip was camping in Half Moon Bay on the Northern California coast.

Some of our interests/hobbies are camping with friends, appreciating/preserving the beauty of nature, listening to good music (especially Grateful Dead), all kinds of cars (occasionally working on them too), photography, collecting cool rocks/crystals/patches and fighting over the last pack of gummy snacks.

We are very excited to be apart of this community and to interact with people who share the same love of adventure. There’s nothing like having the freedom to take the road less traveled, explore nature, and to remove oneself from society!

Feel free to follow our adventures on Instagram @all.goode @carolineomann

Glad you guys found us here! Nice Tacoma wheels! I am the Bay Area member rep and I can help connect you to meet ups that are happening near you. In Pleasanton CA there is a meet up on the second Sunday’s of the month and it has a great regular turn out and active. The Tri-Valley (Pleasanton) group had a big year with 7 trips and we are beginning to plan out 2021. Our next meet up will be January 10th, 1-3pm. Below is a link to the meet up page and thread with information.

This is the regular meet up info

Tri-Valley Meet Up
US West - Tri-Valley Monthly Meet Up- Pleasanton CA
Just come! :)View Rally Point Tri-Valley Monthly Meet Up- Pleasanton CA STARTS MONTHLY ON DECEMBER 8TH EVERY SECOND SUNDAY MEET UP 1-3pm We are looking to gather together those living in the East Bay (and greater Bay Area) in downtown Pleasanton CA. Everyone is welcome as we look to gather...
www.overlandbound.com
If you have questions feel free to reach out

 

[Country Boy]

Hello from northern North Dakota. New to overlanding, but a long time fan of exploring, camping, cooking, and great scenery. Have a basic Chevy Trailblazer with some camping gear in the back end, and excited to do some planning for the summer. Adventure is necessary.

 

[Ursa Major]

Howdy Ho Junior Campers!

New member here, pumped to be apart of a community of adventurous people! Right now I'm building on a 2020 Ford Ranger STX, seems a little ridiculous I know, but I have the "built, not bought" mentality with this rig. Big project for the spring will be adding an Old Man Emu suspension package and bigger tires. I've already found a few of the listed Class 4 roads in my area and explored them with little to no problems already. I'm looking forward to meeting new people, finding new trails, and adding to the community!

 

[Cory B]

Hello from northern North Dakota. New to overlanding, but a long time fan of exploring, camping, cooking, and great scenery. Have a basic Chevy Trailblazer with some camping gear in the back end, and excited to do some planning for the summer. Adventure is necessary.

I had a chevy colorado. I put an add a leaf on the rear and torsion keys on the front and could run 33's. If they hadn't been so wide they wouldn't have scrubbed. I should have went with 10.50's instead of the 12.50's lol. Welcome to a great community with great people.

 

[MarioT'sCJResto]

Want to introduce myself.
I have a 2018 Silverado z71
Working on making this truck my overland build. Still new and looking to read up and check out other build ideas.

Welcome to the Team,
Like you I'm building out my Rig, right now I'm buying the mods to install this spring.
I just picked up the Decked Drawer System but since it doesn't work with the Drop in Bed liner I want to either LineX or Raptor Liner the truck bed before installing the Decked in my Ram.
I also picked up the Prinsu Rack, Light Bars, Bumpers, Winch, and my favorite Mod - the Softopper
Running a 2.5 Pro Comp Leveling kit for now, and my favorite Pro Comp A/Ts.
Well there's year 1 in a nutshell less the storage boxes and interior mods

Can't wait to see what you do, Happy Holidays