Over the last 10 years I've slowly developed a taste for camping, offroading and exploration. See, I'm originally from New York City and camping meant you slept in a crappy tent in a glorified parking lot. But when I moved to California and purchased my first SUV, I ended up going to Death Valley with a small group and the place just blew me away.
Since then, I've gone through several trucks. Mercedes ML's, Land Rover Discovery's (I and II), Range Rover P38, LR3 and a Toyota FJ Cruiser. There's been one truck that I've wanted for years but the price of entry was just too high or the timing just never seemed to work. However, this year the stars aligned.
What made things even better was the fact that the company I work for allows a 2 month sabbatical every 7 years, so after two week vacation with my wife, I decided to take off and explore the southwest.
I spent some time prepping the truck. Changed the oil, tranny fluid, new tires, diff fluid, transfer case fluid, new plugs, new wires.
The timing was just right to meet up with a bunch of other G-wagen enthusiasts at G-Treffen. So before I took off on my southwest trip, I headed up to Oregon to meet up with some old friends.
As I leave the SF Bay area, I decide to stop by the Golden Gate bridge.
The drive up highway 5 was uneventful and I hardly took any pics...
Since then, I've gone through several trucks. Mercedes ML's, Land Rover Discovery's (I and II), Range Rover P38, LR3 and a Toyota FJ Cruiser. There's been one truck that I've wanted for years but the price of entry was just too high or the timing just never seemed to work. However, this year the stars aligned.
What made things even better was the fact that the company I work for allows a 2 month sabbatical every 7 years, so after two week vacation with my wife, I decided to take off and explore the southwest.
I spent some time prepping the truck. Changed the oil, tranny fluid, new tires, diff fluid, transfer case fluid, new plugs, new wires.
The timing was just right to meet up with a bunch of other G-wagen enthusiasts at G-Treffen. So before I took off on my southwest trip, I headed up to Oregon to meet up with some old friends.
As I leave the SF Bay area, I decide to stop by the Golden Gate bridge.
The drive up highway 5 was uneventful and I hardly took any pics...