I left DC mid morning and started heading south not really knowing what to expect over the next few days, but I'd packed enough underwear and SD cards to handle whatever this trip decided to throw at me. The 6 hour drive down to the Uwharrie Off-Road Training Center in Uwharrie, North Carolina gave me plenty of time to mentally prepare myself to cover the International … [Read more...]
Fall Event Season 2015 – Preview
"Overlanders" all over the east coast are starting to pack their rigs and Land Rover owners are renewing their AAA memberships in preparation for the 2015 Fall Event Season. This year, as in years past, DirtRoadTrip is planning on attending all three. This means we'll be driving over 2,600 miles over a period of three weekends, from the hills of North Carolina to the … [Read more...]
Kayaking Savage River Reservoir
Sometimes all the planning in the world still leads to a terrible trip, and sometimes you just get lucky. For the past few months, Tax and I had been planning to take our kid brothers on a camping trip since none of them had ever received a lesson in manliness really spent any real time out in the woods. Unfortunately, sometimes life get's in the way, and what was supposed … [Read more...]
American Expedition Vehicles (AEV) – Factory Tour
While planning out the routes I’d traverse to and from the Upper Peninsula (UP) Overland 2015 gathering in Michigan, I was determined to carve out a bit of time to visit with the folks at American Expedition Vehicles (AEV) just outside of Detroit. Thankfully everything came together and Kyle Leeds, International Parts Representative, agreed to host my daughter Raegan and I on … [Read more...]
I4WDTA – An Intro
Back in March of this year we were given the exclusive privilege of attending the I4WDTA's Training for Certification (TFC) in Uwharrie, NC. We were also the first "media" outlet of any kind that's been allowed to sit in on this rigorous 4 day event. Over the next few weeks we'll describe and share with you everything we had the privilege of experiencing, but for now, lets get … [Read more...]
