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 →