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Trail Guardian Clean-Up: Mojave Preserve

Trail Guardian Clean-Up: Mojave Preserve

In October, Overland Bound Executive Director, Kent Reynolds hosted a Trail Guardian event at the Mojave National Preserve. On a cool fall morning, 53 Overland Bound member volunteers from California and Nevada joined representatives from the National Park Service and Mojave Desert Land Trust to help with projects at the southeastern California Preserve. By the time members headed home from the weekend, they had logged 650 volunteer hours.

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North to the Mountains – Part 2 of 2

North to the Mountains – Part 2 of 2

When we left them in Part 1, the Van Stralen family was feeling good after traversing what was left of an avalanche in the British Columbia backcountry. Now things start to get really good/bad. Lots of winching, tons of recovery gear, ample good spirits.

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North to the Mountains – Part 1 of 2

North to the Mountains – Part 1 of 2

The Van Stralen family headed north after their travels through New Mexico right before the Canadian border closed in response to COVID-19. They crossed, quarantined, and then got back in their Jeeps to begin a snowy adventure that didn’t go quite as planned.

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43 degrees off camber in the Wilderness

43 degrees off camber in the Wilderness

What would you do if your entire world and worldly possessions sat on the edge of a muddy abyss? Jorge and Jessica Gonzalez of Live Work Wander share through words and illustration one of the most harrowing moments of their life on the road.

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Exploring Lincoln National Forest with 2 Overlanding Families

Exploring Lincoln National Forest with 2 Overlanding Families

Throwing it back to when Epic Family Road Trip and their new friends Lifestyle Overland met up for a trek through Lincoln National Forest in New Mexico. Trails were traversed, winches were deployed, and lifelong friendships were forged in an unforgettable landscape.

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Rooftop Tent Camping on a Remote Island

Rooftop Tent Camping on a Remote Island

This week we had the privilege of camping on the beach at the Padre Island National Seashore.

This is the longest undeveloped barrier island in the world and is found on the west shore of the Gulf of Mexico in the great state of Texas.

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Dealing with an Overland Breakdown

Dealing with an Overland Breakdown

The trail rating was “moderate to difficult” but the weather had taken a turn for the worse and the track we were driving on a cold afternoon was anything but moderate. It was tough going. Tough enough that the Defender 130 needed low range and diff lock to conquer some of the steeper, muddy switchbacks as we climbed the Rif mountain range (the origin of almost all Moroccan hashish) into the clouds.

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Wheeling in Big Bend National Park

Wheeling in Big Bend National Park

You probably know the van Stralen family from adventures on their YouTube channel: Epic Family Road Trip. If you don’t, you should. In 2015, the van Stralens embarked on an EPIC family road trip around the world. Most recently, they spent some time in Big Bend National Park in Texas.

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Exploring Red River Gorge

Exploring Red River Gorge

An overland adventure through Red River Gorge with words and images by Overland Bound member Jason Price. Outfit and Explore!

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Unperfect in Moab Part 2

Aaaaaaaand out! After a cold night curled up next to Buddy Heater (yes we kept it going), I woke up at o-dark thirty...

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Chasing Mali, Africa

Overland Bound Member 3482 and writer, Luke Gelmi, is currently overlanding across Africa on his Royal Enfield. This...

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Unperfect in Moab Part 1

It didn’t all go according to plan… Corrie and I headed to Moab in December. Some things went to plan, some things did...

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Alabama Hills, CA Part I

We recently traveled to Alabama Hills, CA to camp under the shadow of Mount Whitney, and visit the Cerro Gordo Mining...

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Winter Snow Run

We made a quick snow run up into the Sierras to see for ourselves how much snow had fallen. Lots! The Sierras can be a...

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Off the Grid Rally Part 1

Watch our first ever "Off the Grid" rally! This is Part 1, day one and two, setting up and conducting a pre-run of the...

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Overlanding Morocco

Follow Robert, Overland Bound Member 33 and 48. He is in the middle of an epic expedition, Overlanding through...

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Sequoia National Awesome

Must Watch! You need to take an adventure!  Let us take you to Sequoia National Park in this video, and yes, it's...

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