Expedition Ready. Just Pack and Go! Price: $104,500 ****SOLD**** We’re selling our beloved Toyota Land Cruiser 78 Troop Carrier! We purchased our Troopy new in August 2015 from Market Toyota Culemborg in Cape Town, South Africa and spent 12 months working with R&D Off-Road, Alu-Cab, and numerous vendors to transform it into our dream expedition … Read More
Van Solar Panel Installation Trying to find the best solar panels for a van conversion can seem overwhelming. There are so many options and deciding what is best for you might feel like a challenge in the beginning. After doing much research, we share our solution for an affordable Sprinter van solar panel installation. It’s … Read More
We continue to enjoy exploring Truckee and the surrounding area as we wait to head back to our Troopy in Argentina. We take our first overnight trip since we got here to the Nevada Desert with our friends, Christian and Persephone. We first met them at an Overland Expo 11 years ago, where they … Read More
Since our last vlog, we left our tiny cabin in the woods near Yosemite to spend the summer at a friend’s house in beautiful Truckee, California – only 10 miles from Lake Tahoe. After our motorcycle trip to Alaska ended in 2016, we stayed in Truckee and instantly fell in love. A beautiful mountain town, … Read More
In our 4th Vlog on Youtube, we share our quarantine routine. Two weeks ago we were living life on the road as we traveled across South America in our Land Cruiser, Maggie. Then the coronavirus forced us to abandon van life and retreat to the U.S. Now we find ourselves quarantined in a tiny … Read More
Heading north for Bolivia, we’re faced with the Coronavirus’ rapid advance into South America. Episode 3 covers a stressful week where we’re forced to make a difficult choice. With borders closing, quarantines going into effect, and flights being canceled, we can either try to ride out the pandemic in Argentina or abandon our overland travels, … Read More
Travel has been our lifestyle for the past 24 years. Now, 5 years into our current trip, we’re FINALLY starting a travel vlog! In our first vlog, we take the opportunity to explain a little bit about us – how me met, our past travels, and where the road might lead. We hope you’ll join … Read More
Introduction When preparing for our most recent overland trip through Africa and South America, we were looking to upgrade some of our overland gear. A key priority was finding new folding camping chairs to replace the worn-out travel chairs we used on previous overland trips. But finding a fold-up camping chair that strikes the right balance between comfort, ease of use, durability, and packability … Read More
Let me start with a quick story. Back in 2007, our friends were camping in their rooftop tent on a beach in Mozambique when their Land Cruiser was broken into. Sometime during the night, a team of enterprising thieves quietly went about cutting through the seals around one of the Land Cruiser’s rear cargo windows … Read More
Since publishing our Land Cruiser Troopy Camper Conversion 4-Part series, we’ve received questions regarding what we consider to be essential overlanding gear. With that in mind, we’ve put together a list of some of our favorite items that we use heavily. To be clear, this isn’t a complete packing list. Nor is it a guide … Read More