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Travel Blog
Travel Video: Montana from the Air
In this YouTube video we show you some of our favorite drone video clips from our time in Montana.
First Impressions of Full-Time Living in a Roof Top Tent
We live in Roof Top Tent FULL TIME! Read up about our first impressions of living in a roof top tent on the road.
Housesitting 101
Want to travel the world and live in other people’s houses? Housesitting allows you to see the world and not have the extra cost of rent or hotels. In this article we show you how to become a housesitter.
New Travel Video: 4×4 Driveway to Our Housesitting Gig
Join us as we travel from the nearest paved road to the house that we will be house-sitting for the next 4 months. The road into the ranch is roughly 6 kilometers long and takes approximately 40 minutes to drive.
Baja Bound-Crossing A Turbulent Border into Mellow Mexico
We crossed into Mexico via Tecate in a dramatically different fashion than shown on Fox News.
We are Quitting Buslife!
We are quitting #buslife…for now! Our jobs and travel plans have outgrown our bus for the immediate future and we are heading to Baja in our 1st generation Toyota 4Runner!
165-Mile Thru-Hike of the Tahoe Rim Trail/Route Planning/Gear Lists
In June 2018 Rachael and I tore off on a thru hike around Lake Tahoe on the Tahoe Rim Trail. The TRT is a 165-mile long distance hike that passes through two Wilderness areas and crosses two state borders, California and Nevada.
How to Enjoy Lake Tahoe on a Budget
We have all seen the images or videos of the picturesque scene with the bikini-clad paddleboarder gliding across the iconic crystal-clear water of Lake Tahoe and it looks like she is the only person on the lake. This is NOT REAL. Being one of the prettiest and largest freshwater lakes (that also happens to be…
1st Generation 4Runner Suspension Replacement│Old Man Emu Dakar (MED)│Bilstein 4600
The suspension on our ’86 4Runner was tired, rusted, and inappropriate for the type of travel that we enjoy. The previous setup was an old heavy leaf pack, a 4-inch lift block, and really worn-out shocks. The shocks were so rusted that you couldn’t tell if they were Old Man Emu’s or Monroe AutoZone specials….