Hi Everyone,
I'm Dan (the not so furry one in the profile picture) and am excited to have found this community. I live in Norwalk, CT with my girlfriend Liz, our adorable pup Georgia, and what used to be my and what has since become Georgia's 2008 Jeep JKU. My experience is really more in on the road than off the grid travel, but the more adventurous and off the map parts of the world have been flicking me in the ear for a while and telling me to get out and explore more. It is funny how every time you reach the summit of a mountain or a beautiful coastline it only makes you want to do it again...
I am a big believer that it doesn't matter what you drive and that it is the people you are with and the places you go that really make the trip worthwhile. Some of my favorite trips include driving my cousin's Fedex truck from Vegas to NY, camping out of a rented Fiat 500 for two weeks on a trip from Seattle to San Francisco, and the tens of thousands of miles of road my friends and I covered in my dad's Ford Van that we dubbed the Thunderdome because of how loud the uninsulated, unfinished van would get when it rained.
I am really looking forward to sharing any knowledge or help I can give, learning from the more experienced members here, and inspiring or being inspired by the community's ideas and adventures.
Here are some photos of my favorite adventures and rigs.
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Mario, the Fiat 500, and Liz on the Oregon coast
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Fully loaded Jeep on our first road trip with Georgia (the kiddie pool may have been unnecessary for her)
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And the trusty 2008 JKU who is about to hit 200k miles