expedition

Expedition Travel

Expedition Off-Road Trips in the Lower 48
Bytomas February 27, 2009April 9, 2009

I keep telling people that I am building my FJ up as an expedition vehicle. Earlier this week I started asking my self what this really means. In places like Africa and Australia there are many WIDE OPEN spaces where one can leave the highway for days on end. For trips in those regions of…

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Expedition Gear | Recovery Gear

Building my Recovery Kit
Bytomas February 16, 2009October 15, 2026

We spend most of our off road time running solo. Our solo expeditions take us a long ways from civilization and assisted recovery or rescue. With this in mind I have customized our recovery kit to help facilitate self recovery. The main tool in my recovery kit is common sense. If possible, I avoid situations…

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Expedition Gear

Expedition Gear
Bytomas February 11, 2009April 9, 2009

I have spent lots of time working on refining our expedition camping gear. I will detail what gear we use and why in a number of post. I hope that you can learn from our experiences.

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Expedition Trailer

M416 Military Trailer Off-road Build
Bytomas January 26, 2009October 15, 2026

With a family of 3 and 2 dogs I decided that I needed a better way to haul gear than over loading the roof rack. After some investigation I discovered that people were modifying old military M416 trailers for off-road use. This looked like a good option for me. Trailers that a specifically built for…

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