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River of Change

August 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Rants, Raves and the Zen Art of Road Trip Management

The second universal truth of the Buddha is that everything is continuously changing. Life is like a river flowing, ever-changing. It flows slowly and sometimes swiftly. It is smooth and gentle in some places, it snags on rock crops out of nowhere. As soon as you think you are safe, something unexpected happens.
Pain finds men [...]

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A Picture’s Worth A 1,000 Words

August 7th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Rants, Raves and the Zen Art of Road Trip Management

Those of you who have read through our stories here know that pictures are a big part of the last great road trip. And like boho chic runway models you will find one or two of our images that better than average. But most of the time I rely on point shoot… shoot [...]

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Hula Betty Goes To Prom

May 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Rants, Raves and the Zen Art of Road Trip Management

I’ll be the first to admit…  We are not high on the cool scale of 18 year old seniors. But when prom rolls around…  the laws of physics and high school insecurities are suspended.
Turns out that even the lines of limos didn’t draw as many looks or photo ops as the FJC.  Of course after [...]

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1 Truck, 4 Freinds and 9,500 Miles

February 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Rants, Raves and the Zen Art of Road Trip Management

Sound familiar…
Four college students, The Durango Drifters: Amy, Billy, Tricia, and Kristina are readying for their cross country adventure.  On May, 26th 2010 the friends plan on piling into a Dodge Durango for 37 days to drive from from one end of the country to the other and back again. Along the way they [...]

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And They Call It Vendor Love…

February 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Rants, Raves and the Zen Art of Road Trip Management

With all the mods on the rig we’ve had to work with a number of 4×4 shops and after market vendors. And as you know some of them are better than others. So what makes one vendor better than another?
Certainly some vendors produce higher quality gear than others, but not everyone wants or needs [...]

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