Album: Overland Expo 2010, Apr. 16-18
Held south of Green Valley, AZ, Overland Expo was an event that showcased overland equipment, held classes and seminars and brought the overland community together. It was great to see old friends and put faces to online screen names from the ExPo forum. We had a great time!

Album: Joshua Tree, Feb 13-14, 2010
Friends from ExPo invited us to join them on a overnight trip to Joshua Tree NP. We camped at Berdoo Canyon. The company and weather were great and we had a fun time.

Album: Death Valley, Jan 15-17, 2010
Met up with some great friends from ExPo for our second trip to Death Valley. We all had a great time and saw some incredible places. Weather was perfect though really cold the second night (27*). Burrrrrr. Can't wait for our next trip. There is so much to see in Death Valley.

Album: ExPo Toys for Tots, Dec. 12, 2009
This was the ExPo Toys for Tots Christmas meet and despite the rain and bad weather, we had a good turn out. Dave and Yoshi did a great job on setting up this meet and over 100 toys were donated. Great job by all.

Album: Death Valley, Thanksgiving 2009
A group from ExPo joined Lisa and I on our first Death Valley trip. Man was it fun. It truly is an amazing place and we are already looking forward to many return trips. The trip was cut short by a day due to nasty weather, including snow. Weird to see snow when in the desert. It was great to make new friends.

Album: Big Bear Oct. 16-19, 2009
This was the 2nd year we did the Big Bear Octoberfest with the San Diego Miata Club. It was a nice, relaxing weekend. We did the Alpine Slide and Miniature Golf and had some wonderful massages. It was a great weekend.

Album: Oriflamme Canyon, Oct. 10-11, 2009
This trip was the first overnight camping trip with Ellie, our dog. We did the Oriflamme Canyon and Blair Valley areas. We camped at a nice little spot at the bottom of Oriflamme canyon. Overall Ellie did very well for her first time out. Fun weekend away from it all.

Album: Big Island of Hawaii, Sept. 19th - 26th, 2009
This is our trip to the Big Island of Hawaii. We had a great time but put on over 1100 miles of driving over the week we were there. It truly is the Big Island.

Album: In-Ko-Pah Mountains, ExPo Run, Sept. 12, 2009
This was an ExPo run to the In-Ko-Pah mountains. It was a great day with nice people. It was also a benefit run for Agent Rosas of the Border Patrol, who was killed in the area.

Album: ExPo Meet & Greet, Fiesta Island, Aug. 29, 2009
This was the Meet and Greet at Fiesta Island for the Expedition Portal group. We had a great turn out, lots of cool rigs and great people. Tons of food and the weather was great, considering it was about the hottest weekend of the year, to date.

Album: Canyon Sin Nombre, Apr. 5, 2009
This was our first trip offroading with our dog, Ellie. She did great. We visited the mud caves, Diablo dropoff, the marshes and Palm Spring. It was a great day and we had a very tired girl by the time we got home.

Album: Tierra Del Sol 3-7-2009
Went out for a day trip with some friends to the annual Tierra Del Sol offroad meet. It was my best friend, Chris, first time out with his $500 Jeep Cherokee. We all had a great time and no one broke or got stuck. Always a good thing in my book.

Album: El Camino Del Diablo Dec. 19-21, 2008
We set out across El Camino Del Diablo trail which starts in Ajo, AZ and Ends at Welton, AZ. We camped the first night at Papago Wells. The second day we stopped at Tule Wells for lunch and headed up Christmas Pass. We camped at Christmas Pass Saturday night. We took this trail up north which comes out at Tacna, AZ. This was our first overland trip by ourselves and everything went fine. It was a little muddier then we had hoped but had a great time!

Album: Thanksgiving, Nov. 2008
We went to Las Vegas for Thanksgiving. It was a great time spending it with wonderful friends. These pics so the offroad trip across Bitter Springs trail and then into the Valley of Fire State Park. It was an amazing day. We will be going back there.

Album: Big Bear Oktoberfest, Oct. 17-19, 2008
This trip was with the San Diego Miata Club and was a wonderful weekend in Big Bear. It was great times with great people. The Pinzgauer offroad tour was great fun. Man do I want one. We look forward to doing this again.

Album: Overland Journal Trailer Test May 8-11, 2008
I was invited to join a group who was participating in trailer testing for the Overland Journal magazine, in Prescott, AZ. It was a great time, spent with great people, traveling is a beautiful part of the country. It was cool to see all of these different trailer being used as they should be. Check out the Summer issue for all of the details. I only wish I did not have a cold during this trip. :-(

Album: 1st Anniversary Trip, May 3-7, 2008
Lisa and I celebrated our 1st anniversary by taking a trip to San Luis Obispo and Monterey. We traveled with the San Diego Miata Club for our stay at the Madonna Inn, in SLO. We visited Hearst Castle on a night tour. We also went to the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose. While in Monterey we visited Laguna Seca raceway and did the 17 mile drive. We had a great time and it was a wonderful way to spend our 1st anniversary.

Album: Adventure Trailers Movie Night
The crew at Aventure Trailers held an open house/movie night. Lots of the folks from Expedition Portal.com showed up as well as those with AT trailers. The movie shown was about the 1st Overland expedition from London to Singapore. It was a great evening seeing cool rigs and meeting very nice people. Can't wait for the next one.

Album: Mojave Road, March 14-17
This was our first major trip with our Cherokee and Kamparoo tent trailer. We drove across the historic Mojave Road. We were joined by James, Stacey, Steve and Joanne, whom we met through Expedition Portal.com. This trip also was to celebrate my 40th birthday. It was unbelievable and we all had a great time. We even got snowed on. :-)

Album: Superstition Mar. 2008
Our trip to the Superstition OHV area with our new to us, Kamparoo travel trailer. It towed great, hardly being noticed behind our 2000 Cherokee. We left early Sunday morning as the winds were blowing 15-25mph since the night before. We thought we would get blown away.

Album: Thanksgiving 2007
Lisa and Mike took their first trip to the Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Four Corners and surrounding areas. We did this with a group of Miata people, driving almost 1500 miles in our Miata. It was amazing and we had so much fun!

Album: Kauai, Sept. 2007
We spent a week in Kauai using a vacation time share we bought. Kauai was amazing and we were not there 5 minutes when we were ready to move there. It truly is what old Hawaii is really about. Unbelievable beauty unspoiled by overwhelming tourisim. We will be back!

Album: Coyote Canyon 11-17-2007
This was our first run with the Expedition Portal.com group, up to Coyote Canyon. This was the most extreme 4x4'ing I have done in a vehicle. The Cherokee did great!

Album: Catalina Trip, March 18-19, 2007
We took our first trip to Catalina to celebrate Mike's 39th birthday. We had the most amazing couples massage that we still talk about. We had a great time.