How Can We Afford this Expedition?
Many people wonder how we can afford to undertake long expeditions … and proceed to tell us how they could never afford to do it. This is simply not true. There is no perfect time to do something … if you wait for the perfect timing, you will wait forever. Sometimes you just have to [...]
How Much Preparation is Enough?
We had the “I’m nervous about how much we have to do before we go” debate again last night. It’s t minus 3 months, 8 days and counting before we head south for South America. That’s a millennium to me. It’s right around the corner for Raenelle. Ok, she’s right, the work that I want [...]
How We Plan for Expeditions
To our family, friends, and coworkers who have recently asked us whether we have our whole trip route planned yet, my answer is NO! and we will never have it fully planned out. We are planners to the point of necessity – too much planning ruins the excitement of a trip, while not enough can be dangerous.
Photos Going Home from Central America, 2003
Photos of Belize, Central America 2003
Photos of Costa Rica, Central America, 2003
Photos of Guatemala, Central America 2003
Photos of Honduras, Central America 2003
Photos of Nicaragua, Central America 2003
Photos of the Pacific Coast of Mexico, 2003
Photos of the Yucatan, Mexico 2003
Photos of USA and Baja, 2003
South America 2008 Truck Preparation
As Raenelle pointed out in yesterday’s post, my responsibilities for our South America 2008 expedition include preparing the truck and dealing with our technological concerns. I thought it might be useful to talk about what I’m doing to the truck and related equipment to get ready.