Just checking in...
I've been following the Overland Bound's youtube videos for some time now, but just joined the website. I've been reading all the articles, listening to the podcasts, and browsing the forums; it seems like a great group of people!
A bit about me...
This is actually a funny time for me to join the forum, I don't even have a rig at the moment! I've had various vehicles over the years and have done some car-camping, but I have never been able to do so constantly, and haven't been able to get out at all in the last few years. I've been in Colorado about 5 years now, and we moved out here to enjoy the mountains, but life has gotten in the way of that pursuit, however, That is going to change!
I sold my rock crawler almost 2 years ago when my wife got pregnant with out first child, and we replaced it with a mini-van; that hurt a bit! We now have a toddler, and will likely be having a 2nd kid soon, so by all appearances, now isn't the right time to get into overlanding, but I've decided that if I wait around for a "good time" to get in to overlanding, I'm going to be waiting quite a while, and I'm going to have missed out on a whole lot of "good times" figuring out how to do this with little ones!
Money's tight for a new rig at the moment, but ideally I will be picking up 2nd gen. Montero over the next several months, although all the usually budget-friendly rigs are still on the table.
Below was my first rig (Frontier) and most recent (Toyota). In-between there was a Ram 1500, 1st gen Tacoma, Jeep Patriot, and a few cars. Over the next few months while I am looking for a new vehicle, I'll be browsing the forums, and learning all I can, I hope I'll get you see some of you out on the trails before too long!
I've been following the Overland Bound's youtube videos for some time now, but just joined the website. I've been reading all the articles, listening to the podcasts, and browsing the forums; it seems like a great group of people!
A bit about me...
This is actually a funny time for me to join the forum, I don't even have a rig at the moment! I've had various vehicles over the years and have done some car-camping, but I have never been able to do so constantly, and haven't been able to get out at all in the last few years. I've been in Colorado about 5 years now, and we moved out here to enjoy the mountains, but life has gotten in the way of that pursuit, however, That is going to change!
I sold my rock crawler almost 2 years ago when my wife got pregnant with out first child, and we replaced it with a mini-van; that hurt a bit! We now have a toddler, and will likely be having a 2nd kid soon, so by all appearances, now isn't the right time to get into overlanding, but I've decided that if I wait around for a "good time" to get in to overlanding, I'm going to be waiting quite a while, and I'm going to have missed out on a whole lot of "good times" figuring out how to do this with little ones!
Money's tight for a new rig at the moment, but ideally I will be picking up 2nd gen. Montero over the next several months, although all the usually budget-friendly rigs are still on the table.
Below was my first rig (Frontier) and most recent (Toyota). In-between there was a Ram 1500, 1st gen Tacoma, Jeep Patriot, and a few cars. Over the next few months while I am looking for a new vehicle, I'll be browsing the forums, and learning all I can, I hope I'll get you see some of you out on the trails before too long!
