Journey with no boundaries
Magazine | Fall 2021
Cooking
56 Coconut Curry Chicken-Mr Buckaroonie
DIY
22 Imagine the Perfect Drawer System Merri Morrall Family 38 Overlanding with a Toddler- Scott Parker 44 The Overland Travel Family
Overland Adventures Magazine
Fall 2021
www.OverlandAdventuresMagazine.com Cover Photography: Vil Van Merew Editor In Chief: Mary Beth Ebnet
Art Director: Rich Johnson
Social Media Director: Jillian Perez
Writer: Scott Parker
Proofreader: Ellen Driscoll
Writer: Joey Slayton
54 A New Adventure- Sarah Morrison
Featured
34 Overlanding Through Serbia- Aleksandar Veljković
International
14 Dirt-biking through Burma-Johan de Villiers 30 Overlanding Japan Eiji Matsushita 46 The Real North Cape- Mike, Andrea and Aimee the dog 50 There and Back Again-Thomas Fibrich Kids’ Corner 17 Peek-a-Boo Canyon and Spooky GulchJay H. Mowell
Maintenance
53 Maintenance is Key to ReliabilityMatt McClellan Others 8
An Office with a View- David Mountain
18 From Brooklyn to Boondocking- Delia Mo 3
Luke’s Wings
10 Overlanding 101- Joey Slayton 48 The Rebelle Rally- Thayer Low
Retirement
53 Traveling to New BeginningsMichael and Debbie Lee Auburn 58 Our Alternative Plan for Retirement David and Charlotte
Rig Builds
12 Burnt Trekky- Fred and Amanda 26 Our shop vehicle, Warthog- Cassie Burt 42 Reaching West- Rachel Nevill
States
6 48 States, 59 Days and 14,242 Miles Dayman Baker 20 Ghost Trains in Maine? Andrew Jordan 28 Overland Nevada-Nicholas and Benjamin Vaskov 41 Ozark Overland Adventure Trail (OOAT) Matt McClellan
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MISSION STATEMENT
We will do so by publishing a magazine and hosting a website where we share informative, inspiring and fun content with existing and aspiring overland adventurers!
We want to give our passionate community a voice: whether you are a family making memories with your kiddos or are a group of friends enjoying a weekend together, or sharing an amazing trip with that special someone. We want to feature you! And let your journey expand our minds, help us learn something new… and soar into something amazing and life changing!
VISION STATEMENT
We want our magazine to inspire the adventurous person in all of us, by:
Our mission is to connect and inspire people from all around the world who have a common passion for adventure and overlanding.
Our Vision is to help build an overland community across the globe where everyone’s perspective, knowledge and passion can be shared and valued.
CORE VALUES
It doesn’t matter what kind of rig you drive, or how much money you have spent building that perfect rig. We are all here for the same thing…. Adventure, a journey and maybe, just maybe, a destination!
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Being Inclusive
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Respecting everyone’s path and journey
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Sharing knowledge and wisdom
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Encouraging everyone to Tread Lightly and be respectful of their environment
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Having fun!
Luke’s Wings
Flying Our Wounded Service Members
Luke’s Wings is always looking to help more service members. To qualify, you must be a service member/active duty, veteran receiving medical treatment, veteran in hospice, or SOCOM. Luke’s Wings was founded with a specific mission: To provide complimentary airfare to wounded, ill and injured service members and their families during recovery and rehabilitation. The government provides just three flights for immediate family to be at the bedside of their wounded warrior after sustaining an injury. Once those flights have been utilized, families are completely on their own to travel back and forth between their everyday lives and their new reality. For the past 12 years, the generosity of our donors has allowed Luke’s Wings to provide over 5,600 round trip flights to warriors recovering from both the visible and unseen wounds of war, veterans in hospice care saying their final goodbyes, and service members battling life-threatening illnesses from all across our great nation. Many of these service members receive their care far from home and due to costly travel, remain separated from loved ones. This is where Luke’s Wings steps in. With the support of our donors, Luke’s Wings is able to provide flights to service members like U.S. Army Specialist Miguel A. (Ret.). Specialist Miguel A. was injured while completing a training exercise on his deployment to Kuwait.
While his unit prepared to push into Iraq, Miguel sustained intense injuries to his back, including spondylolisthesis from a fracture on his L5 vertebrae. Once arriving at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for his long-term recovery, Miguel had surgery for the fusion of his L4 and S11 vertebrae and received an implanted spinal cord stimulation device to assist with pain management. His motivation through it all? His two young daughters. We are honored to have provided flights for this family to be together on several occasions and Luke’s Wings will continue to provide flights during his recovery. We cannot help but reflect on a year that has been unlike any other in our organization’s history. For many of our beneficiaries, the current uncertainty surrounding flying presented new challenges for families to be together when they needed it most. This has meant delayed medical appointments, cancelled visits with loved ones, and a critical gap in support as these men and women recover far from their loved ones. While we continue to book flights for those trips that just cannot wait, Luke’s Wings has also provided gas cards and other transportation support to ensure that no matter how near or far, by plane, train, or car, Luke’s Wings will get you there.
Please contact our programs team for further information: Beatriz Ibarra, Program Manager beaibarra@lukeswings.org 202-803-2041 Amanda Gonsalves, Program Coordinator amandagonsalves@lukeswings.org 202-803-2042 Have any unused airline miles? Since 2012, Luke’s Wings is proud to be one of 15 charities selected as a Delta SkyWish Partner. This means you can donate any amount of your unused miles free of cost! Donate your Delta Sky Miles directly to Luke’s Wings, allowing us to say YES to military families in need. These miles will help us book hundreds of flights for warriors in need. Visit lukeswings.org/ ways-to-help/ to learn more!
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There and Back Again …
A Mystical Journey to the Land of Trolls PART 1 Thomas Fibrich – November 28, 2020 After having a great time in Greece in the year 2017, I suddenly realized that staying in hotels during my vacation was not an option for me anymore. The decision was made – I was going to heavily modify my 2015 Toyota Hilux to be able to stay closer in nature and do overlanding trips, which can last longer and give me the opportunity to stay completely on my own, if I would like to do so.
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Then, in 2018, after the mods on my pickup were finished end of 2017, I did it the first time, just by circling the complete European coastline all around. It was an absolute adventure, driving around 10.000 km (about 6,200 miles) and visiting 13 countries.
People could never really convince me to go there because I would rather love to use my holidays to visit the south and sit on the beach, enjoying the warm sun. That might not be possible in an area where you have to expect snow and rain in August.
After another visit in Greece, passing Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia and Serbia, my beloved friend and advisor Lisa came up with the idea that I should visit north Europe, because I would love it.
After my amazing experience, I am so glad that I stayed open-minded, listened to the recommendation of my very private advisor Lisa and just gave it a chance. Well, because the target was really to see Denmark for some days and then head to
the North Cape, which is 4500km (2,800 miles) ahead, I just passed the whole way from my home town to the border of Germany to Denmark within a day; this was quite challenge. But after arriving on day two on Rømø Beach in Denmark late evening, I was rewarded by a breathtaking view and atmosphere right away in the first second. What was really a pity was that wild camping was not allowed in Denmark. So, it would be wise to find a place where nobody would be disturbed by my parked truck and any trouble can be avoided. I had on my mind, coming back the very next day, to enjoy this great beach by off-roading a little bit, trying out my new toy drone and maybe taking a bath in the northern sea, at approximately 10 degrees Celsius (50 degrees Fahrenheit).
After enjoying Rømø Beach, time had come to head to the north coast of Denmark and get a booking for the ferry. This is something I would do in the evening in my cozy roof tent, an Autohome Columbus (Black Storm edition small), so I decided to take the SuperSpeed 2 from Color Line Ferries, taking in Hirtshals Denmark to Kristiansand at the south coast of Norway. Since I never took a ferry for such a long ride (it took more than two hours) and of course never passed the Northern Sea, I got really seasick. The sea was very rough, which is why I, coming from the southeastern end of the Alps, was not used to it. So, arriving in Norway, it was very much a challenge that first evening to find a camp site and recover.
It was an experience, which was not so nice but I would not have liked to miss; once in a lifetime everything has its first time. After getting my long-range fuel tank refilled the next morning, I went to the west coast of Norway, passing Stavanger and heading to the Hardangervidda National Park, realizing that this country has an amazing new thing and a new surprise after each and every corner. People there were very kind, and the traffic could not be compared with anything I had experienced in any other European country; it was very smooth and drivers were very courteous. The number of motorways was very limited so I learned that, to get to the most northern spot of the European continent would be a challenge and take a long time.
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