Hi folks
I mentioned this in my first post of this thread, but beyond overlanding, my wife and I like to document our adventures and I enjoy working with video as a hobby. We are not and have no plans of doing the overland youtube thing as a way of making money — we make these for three reasons:
1) it’s a way of bringing two hobbies together.
2) it’s a way of making a record so that future generations of our family can see what we got up to first-hand
3) it’s a way of letting those we have a meaningful connection with (friends, family, and overland communities like this) know what our latest adventures are in a medium that’s a bit more interesting than text.
Basically if you remember being subjected to your family friend’s vacation slide shows or handycam movies as a kid, this is the same thing except we won’t be inviting you over for dinner first, and you aren’t going to be a captive in our living room so you can shut it off anytime! Jokes aside, we aren’t full timers and we have no desire to be asking for Patreon contributions or anything of the sort. There is nothing wrong with folks who do that, more power to them, but if my video hobby ever came to that it would feel more like a job, and I have a few of those already so I don’t want more! We also always self-fund our adventures and appreciate the freedom that gives us.
With the caveat that you are not going to be getting professional level videos out of the way, we put together a little tribute to our beloved Jeep. It more or less says the same stuff as the first post but it’s below if you want to watch it. I’ll be adding more videos of our build if and when I feel like it in the future too! I’m particularly excited about our new tent plan which we will finish this winter.
Anyway here you go:
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