My inaugural trip to the 2013 SoCal Desert Rendezvous, put on by the American Adventurist, started in Vegas picking up the awesome Maxtrax Toyota FJ from Ben at Outback Proven. Ben couldn't make the trip this year, but graciously let me fly in and borrow the FJ for the event. Rendezvous is held at a Boy Scout camp high in the mountains just outside Big Bear in southern … [Read more...] about EVENT: 2013 SoCal Mountain Rendezvous
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REVIEW: Precipice (Book)
Precipice is a book of suspense and action. I picked up this book assuming it would only be about adventures in a kayak, as that is what the author of the book, Leland Davis, is known for, and how I know him. I couldn’t have been more wrong! Yes there are moments of extreme whitewater kayak action, but they are only means to another end, and a different kind of adventure all … [Read more...] about REVIEW: Precipice (Book)
EVENT: Overland Expo 2013 Wrap Up
Overland Expo 2013 was another HUGE gathering of overlanders and the overland industry at Mormon Lake, AZ. The event happens each year in May and seems to be growing with more participants, more vendors and more classes every year. The information available to you at this event is really quite astounding. I know that I walk away every year with all kinds of ideas on what … [Read more...] about EVENT: Overland Expo 2013 Wrap Up
Vehicles of Overland Expo 2013: VANS
I figured I'd start this year's Overland Expo coverage with a little van adventure mobile goodness. It is always awesome to check out the wide variety of van based adventure overland rigs that come to Expo each year. Of course the big Ford 4x4 vans are near and dear to my heart, but the well designed little VW vans are great as well. Sprinters, ambulance conversions and little … [Read more...] about Vehicles of Overland Expo 2013: VANS
The Adventure to Overland Expo 2013
This adventure began along the western slope of Colorado in Grand Junction. After a few days of selling off most of her worldly possessions Sarah Blessington, my new girlfriend and travel partner, hoped in the Sportsmobile to begin her adventure with me on the road. Our first destination would be Overland Expo, just outside Flagstaff, AZ. We left ourselves a few days to … [Read more...] about The Adventure to Overland Expo 2013