Oct 15th, 2007: San Francisco - Inuvik - Puerto Toro - Buenos Aires

[Quixote]

In a few months we will be leaving for an extended tour of the North and South American continents. We have setup a website to track our progress at:

http://www.alongdrive.com

The proposed route and dates of the expedition are located at:

http://www.alongdrive.com/about/

The preparation and build-up of the truck can be found at:

http://www.alongdrive.com/fj-cruiser/

We expect that the trip will last about 15 months - if any of you are going to any of our destinations we would love to hookup! This will be our first 4x4 expedition any feedback or suggestions will be welcome!

[stevenmd]

Nice! I am about an hour east of you in Ripon.

[expeditionswest]

Fantastic! Please let me know when you come through Arizona.

This is a nice mod:

[Mlachica]

wow, that is a nice cargo barrier to fit the sweet FJ. I like the dual tanks as well. Is it hard to fill with the neck in that location? Very covert, I like it.

Now I gotta see your itinerary to see if you're coming through my neck of the woods.

[Quixote]

Originally Posted by Mlachica

wow, that is a nice cargo barrier to fit the sweet FJ. I like the dual tanks as well. Is it hard to fill with the neck in that location? Very covert, I like it.

Now I gotta see your itinerary to see if you're coming through my neck of the woods.

The filler neck is a bit tricky to get to but all in all the solution is pretty nice.

[Desertdude]

Real nice Blog site, and a great FJ for the trip, well done.

Going up then heading down, what a fantastic trip

...a bit of blogging on our North to Alaska trip in 06







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[Quixote]

Originally Posted by Desertdude

...a bit of blogging on our North to Alaska trip in 06

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What a lovely adventure with nice pictures! Beautiful FJ80 - I still feel a twinge of regret whenever I see a nice one.

[2aroundtheworld]

Congratulations on the beginning of your adventure!
Starting at Burning Man is an excellent choice. It will help making the transition between the rat race and the traveler's life...

I am actually going to work on our art car tonight!



I am in San Francisco myself, so if you ever have a going away party or something let me know!

bye

[Quixote]

Hello all,

The expedition took a huge step forward last Friday when both my wife and I resigned our posts in the computer industry. Since then we have been working full-time getting our vehicle ready and putting all our things in order.

It is now only three weeks to our departure date of October 15th and our To-Do list is long! We're now working harder than we ever did at our regular jobs - really shows that if you do something that will help you achieve your goals you can put in long hours.

[dmc]

must be an exciting day to walk away from the job and know that the future is on the road. i have a month of work left and needless to say i'm pretty much a worthless employee. if i didnt' need the q4 bonus i'd be gone already. i'm lookign forward to running into you on the road.
dmc