We’ve been traveling full-time in North America since February 2014. This is where we gained confidence and skills to attempt international overlanding farther afield.
To quickly drill down to the geographic area that’s most interesting to you, you can visit our pages about overlanding through interior Mexico or Baja. Our most popular travel article is about the hot springs outside San Miguel de Allende in Mexico.
Our most-read article related to overlanding in the United States is all about spectacular Drummond Island, off the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Note: since 2014, we’ve spent at least one night in all Lower 48 United States (our son Caspian marked this milestone when he was four years old). Though we lived in an RV at first, our travel logs from that time are full of destinations that would likely be of interest to you as an overlander. You can browse those articles from our RV Travel category.
Baja Border Crossing at Tecate and First Night in Ensenada
What a difference 72 miles can make! We spent a frigid night at Potrero County Park in California, just 10 minutes from the border crossing at Tecate. Though the weather
We’re Leaving for a Two-month Overlanding Trip Down the Length of the Baja Peninsula
At some point in 2019, Eric said to me, “You know you always get to plan where we travel.” “Nuh-uh,” I rapidly denied. But after some thought, I realized he
Our Weekend Overlanding on Michigan’s Drummond Island
There is no place in Michigan to go off-roading like Drummond Island. We spent a weekend exploring the trails out there and want to share some protips for those of
Cost of Overlanding Through the Interior of Mexico
Credit: @chepocdt I’ve hesitated to write this article because budgeting is based on so many variables and is highly personal (and therefore subjective). But since I ultimately decided to share
Dipping Into Hot Springs Near San Miguel de Allende
On our way to visit the “Sistine Chapel of Mexico,” in the little town of Atotonilco, our taxi driver pointed out the hot springs in the area. He said that,
That Time We Took Our Jeep on an African Safari in the Interior of Mexico
That time a lioness jumped on an old Jeep Caspian was driving at Africam in Puebla, Mexico Eric spent part of his childhood in Puebla, where we’ve spent the past
The Best Hotel in Bernal, Mexico: El Cantar del Viento
We’d spent three days off-roading through dust and rivers, up and down mountains. We’d put in two nights of rooftop tent camping. At the end of our journey, we pulled
Overlanding the Mountains of Sierra Gorda With Overland Bound Friends
We were breaking every overlanding rule we set for ourselves. It was pitch black as we tentatively pointed our Jeep’s nose down 45-degree mountain switchbacks. There was no shoulder. There
