Anyone “overland” ?

lutzjk913

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Looking good brother

super stoked we could catch up again. It was nice to sit and chill and bullshit.

Not sure why my truck looks like it sits a foot taller in the rear in that pic though. Lol
 

clrussell

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Looking good brother

super stoked we could catch up again. It was nice to sit and chill and bullshit.

Not sure why my truck looks like it sits a foot taller in the rear in that pic though. Lol

it was a walk by pic so probably user error on my end lol
 
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So about 3 am this morning after fighting with two fuel stations, we roll into a much more promising site. Parking a mere 100’ from the bank of Lake Erie.

The waves rolling in was music to my ears. I set the tent up, washed my face and crawled into bed again.

So at this point I’ve had about 8 hours of sleep in the last 72 hours. Once again at 6:30 I’m wide awake so I got up and looked out to see what laid in front of us, or behind depending on how you see it. Well worth every bit of stress the night before.

After a good breakfast, we just kinda sat and drank coffee and just enjoyed the moment for a minute or ten, slowing getting our ducks in a row for the rest of the day. After packing up we headed further east.

One of the things I wanted to do on this trip was see Niagara Falls, I mean shit it’s on the way. I’ll just say this; worth every bit of the $25 parking and stress of dealing with traffic. Such an amazing place, we walked around for a couple hours with the dogs and just soaked it in. Just smiling to myself thinking; man, this is why I wanted to drive. Just slow down the world, that’s been my goal for the last year. Slow life down a little, enjoy it more and see more cool shit.

After that we hopped on I90 and ran over to a brewery in Faircraft called Brauhaus. A German joint with great beer and amazing food. Sorry no pics as I was to busy enjoying my drink on the patio with the pups.

That pretty much catches us up to where I am now, somewhere outside Albany NY at a campground with showers and a real shitter about to cook fajitas while drinking a local brew.

So far I’ve put 72 gallons of fuel in after driving 1300 miles, which netted me about 17mpg. Absolutely no complaints on that. The 60 gallon transfer tank sure is nice for these big trips. Still had 14 gallons in the truck tank when I filled up too.

total mileage as of now is just over 1700 miles.
While your up here, you could visit Howes Cavern's, Herkimer diamond mine, Fort Rome, Old Forge (water safari & tons of camping spots), Thousand islands
 

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Last nights camp spot first. Drove some beautiful scenery on the way here. Stopped in New Hampshire at the liquor warehouses and got a bottle of bourbon.

“Finally” to our destination. Portland Maine. Such a beautiful place. So different than any other beach setting I’ve been in. We met her folks for dinner, walked on the beach with the dogs and set up camp this evening. More excitement tomorrow!

Dogs are wiped, to the point when you’re stop the truck they just give you the puppy dog eyes and try to stay in bed haha.
 

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Local adventure day yesterday. Went to the oldest light house commissioned by the government, built 1791. Sat and watched waves roll Off the rocks for a little while but could have sat there all day.

Met her mom for lunch, and they took off together doe the afternoon while I went grocery shopping and restocked. Ended up having dinner at their place with some great steaks and chicken.

Afterwards we ventured over to a couple breweries and I had a couple drinks, collected stickers, and got some Togo drinks for today.
 

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So about 3 am this morning after fighting with two fuel stations, we roll into a much more promising site. Parking a mere 100’ from the bank of Lake Erie.

The waves rolling in was music to my ears. I set the tent up, washed my face and crawled into bed again.

So at this point I’ve had about 8 hours of sleep in the last 72 hours. Once again at 6:30 I’m wide awake so I got up and looked out to see what laid in front of us, or behind depending on how you see it. Well worth every bit of stress the night before.

After a good breakfast, we just kinda sat and drank coffee and just enjoyed the moment for a minute or ten, slowing getting our ducks in a row for the rest of the day. After packing up we headed further east.

One of the things I wanted to do on this trip was see Niagara Falls, I mean shit it’s on the way. I’ll just say this; worth every bit of the $25 parking and stress of dealing with traffic. Such an amazing place, we walked around for a couple hours with the dogs and just soaked it in. Just smiling to myself thinking; man, this is why I wanted to drive. Just slow down the world, that’s been my goal for the last year. Slow life down a little, enjoy it more and see more cool shit.

After that we hopped on I90 and ran over to a brewery in Faircraft called Brauhaus. A German joint with great beer and amazing food. Sorry no pics as I was to busy enjoying my drink on the patio with the pups.

That pretty much catches us up to where I am now, somewhere outside Albany NY at a campground with showers and a real shitter about to cook fajitas while drinking a local brew.

So far I’ve put 72 gallons of fuel in after driving 1300 miles, which netted me about 17mpg. Absolutely no complaints on that. The 60 gallon transfer tank sure is nice for these big trips. Still had 14 gallons in the truck tank when I filled up too.

total mileage as of now is just over 1700 miles.


corbin!! your in my neck of the woods man! niagra falls is pretty damn neat! glad you got to experience that.
 
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Beach day yesterday, no pics just enjoyed the day and got sunburnt. We were supposed to leave this morning but decided late last night to stay another day. Getting around this morning I noticed fluid on the rear shock mount and decided to look into it.

turns out I had a rubber line let loose on the way in last night. Limped it to a Napa, 6 quarts, trans line and an hour later I was on the road.
 

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Friday am we left for home. Tried hitting a couple camp sites on the way but it being Friday night they were taken so we just ended up driving more or less straight through to home. From the time we left up there to the time we were home including stops for lunch/ beers, getting a slice of pie in Rolla, and seeing my folks for about an hour, was 36 hours. About 1600 miles in a little over a day in a half.

total mileage was just shy of 4,000 miles, 7 nights in the tent, 260 gallons of fuel, one trans line, 6 quarts of trans fluid. A lot of smiles, great food, beautiful places, and good people.

I’m not looking forward to going back to work tomorrow, to the extent I started looking for new jobs on the way home. So we’ll see where the road takes us next!
 
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Friday am we left for home. Tried hitting a couple camp sites on the way but it being Friday night they were taken so we just ended up driving more or less straight through to home. From the time we left up there to the time we were home including stops for lunch/ beers, getting a slice of pie in Rolla, and seeing my folks for about an hour, was 36 hours. About 1600 miles in a little over a day in a half.

total mileage was just shy of 4,000 miles, 7 nights in the tent, 260 gallons of fuel, one trans line, 6 quarts of trans fluid. A lot of smiles, great food, beautiful places, and good people.

I’m not looking forward to going back to work tomorrow, to the extent I started looking for new jobs on the way home. So we’ll see where the road takes us next!

That’s pretty damn awesome dude. I’ve pulled plenty of 36-48 hour drives with no sleep. I’m over that crap!

What field you lookin in?
 

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Kickass Corbin.

my in laws just did 19 hours from Colorado Springs to where we had lunch. They tried several places to stop for the night but had no luck. They just pushed on through.
 

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That’s pretty damn awesome dude. I’ve pulled plenty of 36-48 hour drives with no sleep. I’m over that crap!

What field you lookin in?

Leaning toward something in the real estate game. Something that I can work from home with, and be rewarded for hard work.
 
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Stick with using your hands buddy, work is always steady, annoying but steady. People will always need expirenced hands, just find the right place and you will be rewarded. The jobs that don't require hard work are always greener from the other pasture, they have the constant threat of replacement by someone willing to work for less or a cell phone app. Expirenced hard working hands are almost nonexsistent now, it's getting to the point that I can charge about what I want bc no one else can or will do it. Don't jump off the train before it comes into our stop...
 
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