About the Trucks
Learn about the Texas Tortuga (a Mercedes 1017A) and the Gelandewagen…and what it takes to keep them running.
Field Notes
Find detailed reviews of parks, trails, and gear, plus resources and how-to’s learned along the way.
Travelogue
See trip journals, photographs, musings, and campfire conversations … from the left and right side of the road.
RECENT POSTS
Worlds First
22 July 2019 World’s First With no plan and just a direction you don’t know what you can find. It was just 257 miles further down the road and guess what I found? “World’s 1st KOA!” established in 1962.. Now if that was not enough excitement, this Billings KOA is the “World’s 1st KOA Holiday!”[…]
Lost Creek
21 July 2019 Lost Creek State Park: It continues to bring me much joy to go one mile more. Visited family in Hamilton Montana and it would be 1900 miles plus back to home beach. Late start and long good byes made it almost 11, but the Tortuga is not in a big hurry, but[…]
Sitting Still
17-20 July with Family and Friends It was time to get off the road and sit still and reflect. Reflection of the last few weeks, the last few years and the last few decades. Nothing is ever perfect but as my life’s moments of angst fade, and I count all the blessings bestowed, excitement builds[…]
Bose Alto Sun Glasses, Nice But
Sun Glasses are a must for Overlanding and if you can combine that with your music, how cool that would be. Bose to the call, it was love at first sight. Never out of fashion black rimmed glasses with dark lenses, with Bose sound mounted in the frame. A must have, even at Bose prices.[…]