Enthusiast I
Hey everybody,
Still new here but very excited to finally be a part of the community. My wife and I are planning our first big Overland adventure with our 4 year old son and need some help as we're going into unknown territory. We are looking to head out August 8th thru the 15th.
A bit of background on us, where we've been, and the rig we're taking. We are both in our 30's and grew up camping and spending time outdoors hunting, fishing, etc. I did several years in the military and we were stationed in WA state for 6 years and spent most our time exploring the mountains and surrounding areas. (Lake Chelan for the win). We now live in St. Louis MO and have been missing the wide open spaces and mountains. Our rig is a pretty stock 1997 Toyota Land Cruiser (Elsey) that my grandma bought new in 97. I took ownership in 08 with 100k miles and drove straight to WA with it and have daily driven it since. We are running BFG KO2's (305/70/16) for the tires and have had great luck so far with them.
In terms of our camping set up, I just picked up a 2021 Opus 4 trailer (which my son quickly named Opie) a few weeks ago and have only had it out for a few weekend adventures so far. Our old set up over the past couple of years has been a 12 x 12 canvas tent with cots, etc. Great for longer stays and deer camp, especially with the wood stove however way to long of a set up time and fills the back of the rig pretty quickly.
We are planning a 9 day adventure with the end goal being Lehi UT to visit the Museum of Ancient Life as my son absolutely loves dinosaurs. Outside of that, we don't really have any solid places we have to be. We really want to explore Moab for a bit and camp high in the mountains and wake up to amazing views. Maybe do some fishing, but I need to see about getting licenses for those states. We are looking to take 70 for the most part and are looking to take our time driving. Where we need help is places to go and trails to take in both Colorado and UT. We are open to going anywhere a stock 80 series and trailer can go.
Any recommendations would be great appreciated.
Still new here but very excited to finally be a part of the community. My wife and I are planning our first big Overland adventure with our 4 year old son and need some help as we're going into unknown territory. We are looking to head out August 8th thru the 15th.
A bit of background on us, where we've been, and the rig we're taking. We are both in our 30's and grew up camping and spending time outdoors hunting, fishing, etc. I did several years in the military and we were stationed in WA state for 6 years and spent most our time exploring the mountains and surrounding areas. (Lake Chelan for the win). We now live in St. Louis MO and have been missing the wide open spaces and mountains. Our rig is a pretty stock 1997 Toyota Land Cruiser (Elsey) that my grandma bought new in 97. I took ownership in 08 with 100k miles and drove straight to WA with it and have daily driven it since. We are running BFG KO2's (305/70/16) for the tires and have had great luck so far with them.
In terms of our camping set up, I just picked up a 2021 Opus 4 trailer (which my son quickly named Opie) a few weeks ago and have only had it out for a few weekend adventures so far. Our old set up over the past couple of years has been a 12 x 12 canvas tent with cots, etc. Great for longer stays and deer camp, especially with the wood stove however way to long of a set up time and fills the back of the rig pretty quickly.
We are planning a 9 day adventure with the end goal being Lehi UT to visit the Museum of Ancient Life as my son absolutely loves dinosaurs. Outside of that, we don't really have any solid places we have to be. We really want to explore Moab for a bit and camp high in the mountains and wake up to amazing views. Maybe do some fishing, but I need to see about getting licenses for those states. We are looking to take 70 for the most part and are looking to take our time driving. Where we need help is places to go and trails to take in both Colorado and UT. We are open to going anywhere a stock 80 series and trailer can go.
Any recommendations would be great appreciated.