• Borderlands

    It was a long drive after Las Vegas, snaking our way south on secondary highways, our focus shifting to the international border (memories of the long waits at Peace Arch not too distant)...

  • 6 Weeks from Launch

    Our To-do List is being whittled down. I have accommodations already booked for a week over Christmas and a full month in Merida. I’ve touched up our trip plan nearly every day this week and everything seems to add up...

  • Klymit Double-V Air Mattress

    We were determined to make it work. We were going to camp in style. And If we were determined to camp, we would not be sleeping on hard, backpacker-style pads...

  • Yeti Tundra 35 Hard Cooler

    The Yeti Cooler was a tough choice to make. It’s just so damn expensive - how good could it be...?

  • Eureka Kahuna 4 Tent

    Once I decided that we could travel comfortably in our little car - that I wouldn’t buy a van or a truck and try and convert it into some kind of camping machine - the way forward became simpler...

  • New Me/New You

    I needed to test our gear. More than that, I needed to get out of the house before I went crazy from pandemic hibernation...