5 years of planning, waiting, building, rebuilding, testing, repairing and more waiting have gone past and in spite of Covid-19 and everything else we are embarking on our adventure.
Undoubtedly we’re going to see a lot more of our homeland initially than we thought, but that’s not such a bad thing. We will post photos regularly, write-ups occasionally.
cheers, Pamela and David
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Queue the eerie music! 🎵 we spent the afternoon at Devil’s Tower in Wyoming, an incredible natural wonder with questionable attribution. It’s been in a few movies over the years most famously Close Encounters of the Third Kind. After our visit we camped way out in the middle of nowhere in the Black Hills forest and thanks to Mr Musk we were able to watch the HD movie 🍿 which I had actually not seen. Pretty cheesy by today’s standards but still fun.
///eaten.linking.eagle
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#landroverdefender
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#defender130
#onelifeliveit
#best4x4xfar
#shadowawning
#alucabcanada
#overlanding
#adventuretravel
#adventure
#travel
#expeditiontravel
#camping
#lifeontheroad
#exploretheworld
#othersideofthemountain
#homeiswhereyouparkit
#totalcomposites
#builtnotbought
#capit
#ifyouknowyouknow
Well it’s definitely changed to summer in Montana! Hot and sunny 😎 today. High flow warning on the Yellowstone River so we’ll be keeping an eye on the level tonight. Beautiful spot on the way to Little Bighorn tomorrow.
///suspecting.appetite.rapid
#landrover
#landroverdefender
#defender
#defender110
#defender130
#onelifeliveit
#best4x4xfar
#shadowawning
#alucabcanada
#overlanding
#adventuretravel
#adventure
#travel
#expeditiontravel
#camping
#lifeontheroad
#exploretheworld
#othersideofthemountain
#homeiswhereyouparkit
#totalcomposites
#builtnotbought
#capit
#ifyouknowyouknow
Mmm thanks @goingglobal.faves lunches on the road are great!
///imaginative.camera.encryption
#landrover
#landroverdefender
#defender
#defender110
#defender130
#onelifeliveit
#best4x4xfar
#shadowawning
#alucabcanada
#overlanding
#adventuretravel
#adventure
#travel
#expeditiontravel
#camping
#lifeontheroad
#exploretheworld
#othersideofthemountain
#homeiswhereyouparkit
#totalcomposites
#builtnotbought
#capit
#ifyouknowyouknow
Another great free camp spot:
///shifters.landslides.cheekbones
Brie is enjoying our first night out on this leg of our trip. We will be slowly meandering eastward and hopefully I’ll start posting with a bit more regularity.
Happy World Land Rover Day!
#landrover
#landroverdefender
#defender
#defender110
#defender130
#onelifeliveit
#best4x4xfar
#shadowawning
#alucabcanada
#overlanding
#adventuretravel
#adventure
#travel
#expeditiontravel
#camping
#lifeontheroad
#exploretheworld
#othersideofthemountain
#homeiswhereyoupark
Masks are for more than just Covid! Thanks @projetomundocao for the Land Rover muff. Really came in useful this morning.
<==PANORAMA==> scroll to see full image. Looking down at Hatcher Pass, Alaska. Can you see Fitz? If you zoom pic number 3 he’s hiding behind a Sprinter can.
Some random shots of the northern half of our Alaskan drive. We are fast approaching Anchorage and the Peninsula which is showing obvious signs of much more civilization. Not sure if this is a good thing! Note a certain fixation with snow-cats… there are lots of variations up here.
For those who didn’t see Pamela’s much more informative posts at Tuktoyuktuk here’s a few shots of Fitz at the Arctic Ocean…
Fire on the Dempster south of Eagle Plains at KM 298. No road closure, no fire crews, a little scary but we came through without any issues.
Some random shots from the past few days. Route was from Whitehorse to Dawson City, and then from Dawson City this morning to close to the Arctic Circle tonight.
We again visited the Sign Post Forest in Watson Lake today. Theme of this post is mostly Land Rover stickers — although our sticker from 2021 was so well hidden we couldn’t find where we put it! Was cool to see other Land Rovers we know as well as some new ones and some friends! Sergio and Elena you gotta get back up here and refresh your stickers! 😃
<==PANORAMIC ==> scroll through the set. Panoramic view of Salmon Glacier above Hyder, AK and Stewart, BC.
Something has been busy overnight!
After a lovely break at our friends Jim and Carla’s cabin on Stuart Lake, we are back on the road. Tonight’s camp is at Sunset Lake by Topley, BC
Set up camp at Chubb Lake and used the #harborfreight flagpole for the #starlink for the first time. Too many 🌲 to get good signal from the ground. Worked well — until a big thunderstorm rolled through and we figured we were safer with no 🛜
Our first camp spot on our way to the Arctic Ocean. A long road ahead!
Check out the cool Pinzgauer!
It was great fun and a little nostalgic taking Nelson around the technical course at @bcoverlandrally. This Discovery 1 has a long history of off-road and overland travel and we had the privilege of being its keeper the last year. Brian and Suzi, ole number 9, or as we call it, Nelson, made you proud this weekend.
Lots of interesting rigs at the @nwoverlandrally
Nice to be on the road again… on our way to #nwoverlandrally
Young black bear crossing the road at McDonald Creek Provincial Park near Nakusp
Finally got to drive Fitz somewhere that was not a workshop! Along the ghost highway, hwy 31a heading towards Kaslo.
Getting excited about putting the finishing touches on Fitz. Donovan at @wholesalegrafix takes it all in stride in the bright sunshine. I’d be worried sick doing this job myself!
Thanks so much to Mason at @capit_canada truck accessories for the great deal on @alucab_canada #shadowawning for our new build.
We owned a left opening Alu-Cab Shadow Awning with our previous build and used it virtually every day while on the road.
With the new build we decided early on that the Shadow Awning was again going to be part of the build. This time it sits a little higher up so it’s going to take some getting used to opening and closing but it definitely will provide us both shade and shelter and extend our living area to a bigger footprint.
Time for a final alignment and safety check at @rovalution . @rova_don and @rova_piet know what they’re doing on this stuff and it’s nice to get some additional eyes on my work as I’ve recently rebuilt the swivel hubs, cv joints and repacked all the bearings. Looks good except for an adjustment to the freshly installed steering box. Will work on that next week…
Another project finished — I added air helper springs to the rear of Fitz. The heavy duty springs previously installed we’re doing their job but the ride just didn’t feel great when loaded up. These definitely improved the ride and keep it from waddling. The lower spring seats have bolt heads protruding so the kit comes with some nice pucks which I glued into place to keep the bolt heads from damaging the air bags. Similarly this kit from #rovalutionautomotive has inserts to close the hole at the top of the Defender spring turrets.
