Oddly enough, when we were getting our gear together for overland adventures, it was rather difficult to find useful guidance for radio communications. Professional race teams use the expensive equipment, sporting goods shops sell the restrictive low power handhelds (walkie-talkies)…
What is overlanding, exactly?
Lately, I’ve been adding #overlandfam to a lot of my Instagram posts. It’s taken me a little while to own our place as an overlanding family. I often get asked though, what does mean to “overland”. It’s not a silly…
Aerodynamics of Tailgate Closed vs. Open
Our first tow rig was a 2000 F350 7.3 Powerstroke Dually, amazing truck, however the tailgate had been stolen before we bought it, so we started to look for affordable replacements. One of the first things that comes up, is…
Camping Essentials 2019
DISCLAIMER: This is NOT a sponsored post, and these are not amazon affiliate links. This is a genuine post on items we have found to make camping easy and fun. Hope it helps. We have really enjoyed camping with the…
Overland: Flagstaff to Grand Canyon
This 4th of July, Savannah and I opted to push our comfort zone and join an off-raod group (Instagram: @overland_raptor_runs) for a three day overlanding trip. We had gone camping with the kids before, and we had gone on long…
The Night We Bailed, And Checked Into A Hotel
For our family summer vacation this year, we had originally planned a two-week adventure through Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. The trip was going to be centered around my brother’s graduation from Business School, but it would also be…
DIY Hot Tub Install
We had been talking about it for quite a while, and even though I do a lot of craigslist hunting, we had yet to pull the trigger on a hot tub. It was August in Arizona, so the temperatures didn’t…
Technology-Free Travel With Toddlers
Our kids have both been so fortunate to have a good bit of experience flying; our two-year-old took his first flight when he was six weeks old. However, up until this past summer, all of their flights had been to…
LED Light Bar Aerodynamics
Lights and trucks seem to go together since the early 1970’s when KC HiLites started re-purposing aircraft landing lights for Baja 1000 race trucks. Lighting technology has advanced tremendously since the 55-watt halogen lamps, and can now be attained in…
Arizona Snowventure
Yes, there is snow in Arizona, and it isn’t hard to find. To everyone that says Arizona has only one season, summer, they are almost entirely correct (Arizona averages 300 sunny days every year). I am usually the first to…