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It's good to have been doing an activity long enough that you can just pick up and go--or change tack and take another route. We were planning on a warm'ish-weather trip in southern Arizona during the New Year's break, but socio/economic/governmental issues with legal and illegal border...

The problem with sticking with a hobby for a number of years is that it gets difficult to find "new and different." We wanted to do some exploring and camping for the week after Christmas, but we have already done most of the trails and nearby destinations. Death Valley and KofA: been there...

Here's a good old fashioned trip report with words and photos (until I get the go-pro drone and more :) ). Our adventure trips are usually nomadic affairs: camp overnight, pack up in the morning, and hit the trail. Rinse and repeat. This trip was a bit different. Once we got to Great Basin...

As we started planning a couples vacation with friends Chuck and Pam, I immediately thought of remote, overland adventures. March is supposed to be a great time to explore Death Valley, so I threw that out as a destination for a 5-day trip. Hint: wildflowers can help sell a Death Valley trip to...

Just posted a Trip Report in the Adventure section. Many nice pictures of the Land Rover taking us on a great adventure in AZ. https://expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/winter-wanderings-in-az-gila-canyon-colorado-river-valley-kofa-swansea-and-beyond.221988/

For sale: Oztent Foxwing 270. $400 (Phoenix, AZ, in-person pickup only). Used for just one trip. Solid on the trail and the interstate. We were hoping the side extensions would provide privacy, but not really. Package includes: Foxwing 270...

Welcome to 2021. Covid nixed plans for a longer, out of state trip, but we still had some time off and wanted to bust out for a multi-day camping trip over New Years. Laurie is always concerned about cold weather during winter trips, so the planning parameters were: Stay in AZ Try to stay in...

Kind of old news, but I did a blog writeup of AZLRO Utah Traverse last May. Folks on this forum might be interested to see Land Rovers (and owners) having fun in Utah. -> Utah Traverse A few action shots:

I wonder where that trail goes? This lunch spot would be a great campsite. Let’s drop a GPS point in case we ever return. We’ve been looking at those mountains for the past 3 days; let’s explore there some day. Overland adventure can be addictive that way. The more you get out, the more you...

Have you ever thought about where you'd like to be buried or have your ashes spread? Not to be lugubrious (such a fun word for a dour subject), but the thought occurred to me when considering the attraction of a place like Kofa National Wilderness Preserve. Kofa is a big swath of desert...

It wasn't about grief. That's the last thing she would have wanted. Rather, a few weeks after my Mom's death, I wanted to just get away from household obligations and give myself the opportunity to think and reflect. She would have been delighted to know that I found this peace, quiet and...

Second Gen Spot for sale. $45 $40 $35 (pickup in Phoenix area) or $50 $45 $40 shipped. Based on previous sales, this seems on the cheap end. Works fine, and it has served me well for the past few years. I bought the protective cover with clip, and it has always lived in that, so it's in good...

Don’t go! The drug cartels are having territory grabs and wars. Mexico has the highest per capita murder rate. Did you read last week about the tourists killed in a bar shootout? You’ll step on a manta ray or be attacked by killer squids. Etc. Etc. On the other hand, friends who recently went...

I was reminiscing about our late summer trip and thought it might be nice to post here, so fellow Land Rover owners, or those considering the platform, can see the vehicle out where it belongs, possibly in different part of the world. This was a 9 day trip (2 days highway travel and 7 days of...

My wife and I had a great overland trip to northern New Mexico and southern Colorado a couple weeks ago. It was a different approach for us. Usually I plan gpx tracks in advance, but this was a quick, Plan B kind of trip (wildfires changed our plans for northern California), and we took the...

I usually like to link to LR3-based trip blogs from this forum. For some reason, it slipped my mind this time. Our trusty steed took us on a fun adventure to the Grand Staircase Escalante area a couple months ago. The LR3 is a great platform for overlanding. Some photos to prove it happened...

A few years ago, I packed into a small, hot, crowded room in Kanab, Utah, to enter a lottery for hiking permits for the Wave. The Wave is a unique, highly photogenic landscape that has become so popular that the Bureau of Land Management restricts access to 20 people per day (10 via online...

Hi all, just posted a Trip Report about our recent trip to Big Bend. Thought you might be interested to see the LR3 in its element. The vehicle did great offroad. And the fold-flat rear, large enough for a double mattress, adds flexibility for camping. The air suspension hasn't let me down so...

The sun rose over Leyva Canyon but hadn’t yet hit our campsite. The December chill was still in the air, so we carried our chairs and coffee mugs to a nearby hill in the sun. Enjoying the hot coffee on a cold morning, Laurie mimicked the line from MASH, and I played along: “Listen, do you hear...

I posted a trip report in the "Adventure Reports" section of this site a while ago, but it occurred to me that it might be good to post a link here too. It's great to see the Land Rover in it's preferred environment. The vehicle did great. The LR3 is a great platform for this kind of trip. ->...