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Great overland and expedition training people and resources

[Image credit: Jonathan Hanson - ExporingOverland.com] My top favorite people in overlanding and expedions are probably: Expedition Portal / Overland Journal Top 10 Overland Used vehiclesThe 10 Commandments of Modifying

Photography

Sunsets and Sunrises 2009-2019

I went through my photos to try to find my best sunrises and sunsets. I'm definitely my father's son. Early morning training with the crew at Ocean BeachMorning over BostonBat-dogA

Overlanding

The Ineos Grenadier is getting close

I think this will be the successor to the original Land Rover Defender. In fact, the CEO of the company behind it tried to buy the Defender name from Land

Dogs

Finding good dog food

[Image courtesy of smallbatch.com pet food] We recently got a new addition to the household and wanted to feed him raw food, like we did with a prior dog.

Overlanding

Four-by-four driving 6th edition is out!

If you have a 4WD or are into Overlanding, and do not have a copy of this book, do yourself a favor and pop over to Jonathan Hanson's ExploringOverland.com

Overlanding

Wheels and Tires for the LR4

Ah, the age old question! What wheels and tires should I use! Turns out that there are hundreds of pages of forum discussion about this. MY first principles (yours may

Overlanding

Vehicle 3: Building a 2013 Land Rover LR4 5.0 V8 for overlanding

I've always had a love of Land Rovers and always wanted one. After driving the 4Runner for a while, which is an excellent if uninspiring vehicle, I decided to make

Dogs

Adventure Day at the Beach

Some action shots of Finn at the beach.

AI & ML

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Dogs

11 weeks - meeting new friends

Finn got out to meet some new dogs today for the first time. First stairs!First new friend!

Adventure

1800 mile 5 desert solo overland trip (SoCal)

Anza Borrego, Algodones Dunes, Joshua Tree, Mojave, Death Valley

Photography

Best photography from the 5 desert trip

I selected these photos not because of the story they tell (that's over in the other post) but because they are some of my favorite photos from this trip. One

Photography

Recent Panoramas

TIP: Make this window wide to see them in full screen!

Adventure

Favorite photos of the LR4

Some favorite pics of the 2013 Land Rover LR4 out in the wild.

Adventure

Salt Point State Park and Lake Sonoma Oct 2019

Great day trip up the coast to Salt Point State Park and Lake Sonoma. At a cool cafe just outside of Guerneville.... Getting to the actual state park Driving back

Adventure

Angel Island Sep 29 2019

Great day exploring Angel Island. What a great park!

Adventure

Vehicle 2: 4Runner Build 2018-2019

This was a fairly minimal build. Just a roof rack, rear wheel rack, and wheels and tires. Equipment: Truck: 2018 Toyota 4Runner TRD Off-road Premium Wheels: 17" TRD Tires: Falken

Adventure

Endeavor 2019!

As always, a great adventure race with friends!

Adventure

Endeavor Training Day

Great day training up near Bear Valley. c

Adventure

Corral Hollow - Bear Valley Overland weekend July 2019

Spent a few days exploring Stanislaus with a good buddy and really enjoyed the trails there. Video here Photos below:

Overlanding

May 2019 Overland Expo West

Another great OEX! The 7p.io driving courses are highly worthwhile Practicing failed hill climbsI love these winches - super accessible but super expensive! Learning winching and recovery Duncan Barbour

Dogs

Family Dog Foster Dog - Balto

What a crazy boy! We got out for a great day of adventure.

Adventure

Pismo Beach SloCal Nov 2018

Had fun running around SloCal. Video is here: Photos are below: