I was reading over the Overland Bound Guidelines and thought with the way it started out it would be a good place to talk about why we as individuals do it or what it means to us.
We traveled quite a bit in our younger years and although it was almost all international travel we are far from world travelers. Most of it was not by choice and some was not very pleasant. While living in Germany we got in the habit of visiting historical sites, including some Roman, but it wasn't until we moved to the States that we really got the urge to explore. What we seek to discover is anything related to nature and historical sites, battlefields or towns or simply something we read about.
To us Overlanding is about the journey, spending time with each other and seeing new things. When we pull out of the driveway our destination is the driveway at the end of our trip. We have a direction and points of interest in mind but we have no set destination or schedule (other than we have to be back home by a certain day). Our only rule is NO interstates. We use asphalt or gravel or dirt, whatever is between us and what we want to see. Sleeping arrangements are whatever is available, could be an 1807 Grist Mill bed and breakfast (way cool, couldn't pass that up) or what the Jeeps provides. Its about exploring and sometimes the best way to explore is to get out of the Jeep and do some walking. We define Overlanding as seeing how far we can "get out of our comfort zone".
We traveled quite a bit in our younger years and although it was almost all international travel we are far from world travelers. Most of it was not by choice and some was not very pleasant. While living in Germany we got in the habit of visiting historical sites, including some Roman, but it wasn't until we moved to the States that we really got the urge to explore. What we seek to discover is anything related to nature and historical sites, battlefields or towns or simply something we read about.
To us Overlanding is about the journey, spending time with each other and seeing new things. When we pull out of the driveway our destination is the driveway at the end of our trip. We have a direction and points of interest in mind but we have no set destination or schedule (other than we have to be back home by a certain day). Our only rule is NO interstates. We use asphalt or gravel or dirt, whatever is between us and what we want to see. Sleeping arrangements are whatever is available, could be an 1807 Grist Mill bed and breakfast (way cool, couldn't pass that up) or what the Jeeps provides. Its about exploring and sometimes the best way to explore is to get out of the Jeep and do some walking. We define Overlanding as seeing how far we can "get out of our comfort zone".
