Wow! What a busy summer we had! What seemed like maybe a month or so, has turned into 6 months. Thus, the account of our last 6 months will be more in photos than lengthy story. In April when...
Winter In Arizona
Our route from Houston, Texas to Tucson, Arizona was direct and quick. We had managed to escape freezing temperatures thus far and wanted to continue this trend. Our overnight stopovers were chosen based on night time temperature forecasts, hoping...
COVID, the Summer of Breakdown and the last of 2020
Well, it certainly wasn’t the year any of us had planned. As the world shut down, we found ourselves in Las Vegas, Nevada. We were to be part of an annual friend get together and the yearly holiday known...
South Africa: Adventures in Maintenance
Our return to South Africa was only supposed to be a week or two at the most. We had lined up repairs with both Conqueror, the trailer manufacturer, and Zone Off Road, a Jeep specialty shop in the Johannesburg...
Mozambique 1: This Feels Like Vacation!
After “winter” in Botswana and a couple of weeks of legitimately cool weather in the highlands of Zimbabwe, Jen and I were looking forward to the warmth of Mozambique. With warm, sandy, palm studded beaches calling our name, we...
Getting Ready for Take-Off
It’s called Slaying the Dragon within the international travel community. I think that starting from the USA may give us an unrealistically simplified view of the process of shipping a vehicle overseas. I will wait until we are driving...
And We’re Off…
We have a departure date! One-way tickets to Africa are purchased and shipping for Snort is arranged. We are feverishly finishing up last minute details on Snort, sorting out paperwork and other particulars, then will need to pack Snort...
Sand Dune Driving for Africa
“It’s amazing the number of great people I have in my life that I would have never met if I didn’t own a Jeep.” We first met Lonnie on a trail run to the Tillamook National Forest. His orange...
Midsummer Update
During the last year of our planning, Pronghorn Overland Gear has been one of our most excited supporters. They committed to work with us early in the process, and are always excited to hear about what we are...
Reunited
On March 29th, it happened. The event we had anticipated eagerly and anxiously, that would allow us to set in motion other pieces to the puzzle of getting our Africa trip off and rolling. We got the call from...
Our First Interview
We were interviewed by The 4×4 Podcast a bit ago to talk about our upcoming trek! We had never been interviewed before and I would say were a bit nervous. Thus, we were quite happy when the podcast was...
The Jeep goes on a trip without us!
It is a little unsettling to watch your vehicle pull away, loaded on a car hauler semi trailer, when that vehicle will be your “home” for the next two or three years. That’s right, last night, we finally loaded...