Category Archives: Overland

Pop-up Camper Expedition Prep

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In four months traveling down the PanAm, we have seen a range of vehicles from rusted Econolines to Defenders equipped for safari.  Noticeably absent is is the perfect overland vehicle, “the one.”  The monster truck equipped with more amenities than a Hilton Garden Inn suite, prepared for anything mother nature or wily banditios can throw at it.  Extended travel budgets have been exhausted in many a garage.  Most people making this journey are on the road because they dismiss the very idea of a perfected ride.

Our acquisition of the Palomino Bronco 800 happened accidentally on purpose.

We waited nine months for the perfect aluminum-framed Four Wheel Camper (FWC) to come up on Craigslist.  I used every technological tool available   Continue reading →

Toyota Tundra Expedition Prep

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The first visions we had of driving down the Pan-American Highway had us in a rescue orange, late model Sportsmobile complete with ladder and yakima racks.  That very model went up for sale on the Sportsmobile website and haunted us for weeks.  We bent the budget numbers like an Enron executive in an attempt to justify the $70,000 purchase.  Reality soon set in and we realized we could equip and fund the trip for nearly half that.

Toyota was chosen on account of it’s expansive service network around the world.  While the Tundra is built in and exclusively for the US, should anything go wrong, the network will never be far.  While on the road we have already passed a   Continue reading →