Great write up and pics. Where do you find a miniature sleeping bag like this? Did he actually sleep in it? Looks like you did some pretty technical off roading. So he just sleeps the whole time and the big bumps and twists of the vehicle don't bother him? It's great to see a couple traveling with a young baby. My wife and I are ready to start a family and I don't want our traveling to stop. You are an inspiration.
Justin, sorry for a super delayed response to this, I haven't been on Expo much lately. That sleeping bag is a Therma rest with a built in air mattress. We were in an outdoor store in Moab picking up some WAG bags and other supplies on our way through for this trip. That was hanging on the wall as a miniature display in the sleeping bag section. Jokingly I asked the gal at the counter how much they wanted for it since it was perfect size for our little man Kruz. The owner walked over, snagged it off the wall and said $10. Done! It worked great for giving him a cozy place to chill out in at camp and sleep in when we weren't in the tent for the night. We started travelling with Kruz when he was 1 week old, in fact, he did his first 14'er at one week old. We moved from Jackson, WY to Minturn, CO that week. At 3 weeks old we did our first overland/camping trip with him. He actually sleeps the longest, and most sound when we are bumping around offroad. He is way less content when we are stopped and sitting or when he is confined indoors. Sometimes when he gets really tired and won't sleep, Jules will put him in her car and drive around and he falls asleep instantly. Perhaps we are just really lucky or maybe its because he started off riding in vehicles on long trips right away, not sure. We are planning a trip to Mexico with him next spring and it hasn't slowed us down a bit. He has added another level of complexity to the camping process with his feedings and needs but its been pretty doable. Our goal is to raise him with an appreciation of travel and expose him to a good amount of time abroad once he gets old enough to appreciate it. Jules is a talented mountain biker, skier, surfer, and motorcyclist and so is my background, so most of our adventures will be getting back into a skiing/mountain biking or surfing type of theme here again by next year. We are dying to get back on motos as well, not sure how that is going to work. Already looking at striders and mini bikes for Kruz.
I think in the meantime we might get a dualsport bike and take turns using it. Anyway, if you want to keep the travelling going, a kid won't stop you. Everyone told us it would, but if anything, we did more initially. The only reason it has tapered in the last month is due to my new job's incredibly busy schedule in the winter. If anything, doing this stuff with your family adds a whole new level of value to the experiences.
