We're back! We took a week off but back to our usual antics. During our time off Ben's son Miles was born! Also, Jared decided to head north up to Overland Expo PNW in Redmond Oregon. After hanging out at Expo a few days and having a great time visiting with old friends and making new ones he kept the Tundra heading north to explore more of the PNW. He shares how his trip went traveling 4000 miles and crossing 9 states in just 10 days. With countless stops along the way seeing amazing sites, tons of animals including 3 types of bears, rams, bison, fox, elk and more. Did the trip go perfectly smooth? Where there repairs needed along the way? Listen in and find out.

This week we're hanging out with Aric @as_is_overland. We go over his recent trip to Kings Canyon and the Sequoia's then over to Pismo Beach. Before that trip he was out exploring Mojave showing his brother what a 2 wheel drive 4Runner can do! Jared also share's some of his loose plans for his trip up north to Overland Expo PNW. 

We're having a good time this week as we are joined by Mr. Motts @frankiemotts and his daughter. As usual we are all over the place but some fun stories and laughs are had. Frankie shares with us some of his adventures in Baja and a few of his builds including a sweet 2019 Tundra, and nicely outfitted GX 470 and his latest addition a 4x4 Sprinter van he's building out. We get into changes he's made to his style of wheeling and how he plans to deck out the van and some of his favorite trips while his daughter helps us try to fit in by educating us on the current lingo used by the younger generation. We also share some gifts given to us by some awesome listeners and discuss our go to ice cream, pizza, and spicy foods. It's all about the people and the food.  

Ben and our guest this week Alison @charmin4runner have caught a case of "gold fever". Their recent trip in search of good times with friends on a fun prospecting trip may have turned into a True Crime episode. With some not so great map directions and some suspicious characters. But overall a good time was had. Some good stories and fun times ensue.   

We're hanging out this week with our buddy Adam @the_twig_rig. We talk about his recent trip to Pismo Beach with 41.22 and O4Lo. We also talk about some trip planning and who makes the best pizza among other random topics. 

This episode was a lot of fun hanging out with Olaf @aventuraseeker and Paola @paolaadventurer. They share with us some of their adventures including their many trips south of the boarder down to Baja, where they've been running comms for years for all the big Baja races. They are a couple that loves adventure. Recently spending a good amount of time exploring Arizona after the last Expo, then after a few days rest right back at it heading out for the Baja 500. Always getting out and exploring which is how Jared met them while on a trip together through Death Valley. We dive into that amazing trip which was lead by Robert @waltzingmatildajt. Couldn't have asked for a better guide. As usual after the drinks start flowing we get off topic a bunch which always leads to some great stories!

With the sacrifices of many to allow us to have this holiday free, we decide to make the most of it. Ben and Jared talk about the fun times they had together at the Fast Friends meet up Friday night to the Temecula Overland coffee meet up the next morning. Then splitting up, with Jared heading up to Thomas Mountain for the night and Ben meeting up with friends for some trails runs near Big Bear. A lot of fun was had over the weekend and we are very grateful for it.

This episode is jam packed with Clancy @mosey.on.overland joining us to recap this years Overland Expo West. Both Clancy and Ben made it out to Flagstaff for Expo this year but had totally different experiences. Ben headed out with a solid group of friends for a 4 day adventure but ran into vehicle breakdowns and a crazy hail and rain storm on the Friday at Expo. Clancy was out at expo all weekend hanging at the Xtrusion Overland booth with his sweet F-250 build on display. Both of their times in Arizona varied but both had an awesome time. We also had a surprise guest, Tate from Overland Spices calls in to give Ben some news.

This week we're hanging out in the studio with Mark @trailhawkdoods. Mark's been out hitting the trails with mans best friends, his Goldendoodles Chewie & Kandie. He actually breeds Goldendoodles. You can see some of the pups on their account @sweetdoodles. They seem to be the perfect camp dog as he takes them on all kinds of adventures in his well built up 2014 Jeep Trailhawk. We discuss how he has it outfitted to suit traveling with 2 large pups including a trailer he's setup for overlanding. Ben is about to find out how great of travel companions they are as he's getting ready to head out to Overland Expo West in Flagstaff with one of his Goldendoodle.

After celebrating our 100th episode it's now time to get back to taking some trips! But with having been busy the past few weeks it's come down to the last few days and minutes to get everything ready, packed up and vehicles prepped for our next trips. That's nothing new though. Seems like it always comes down to scrambling in the garage or driveway finishing up some new addition the adventure rig that we just had to have for this trip. Or figuring out what food you need to bring or packing clothes. It always seems to work out though. We might forget a few things or be super tired the next morning but once you get out there it's all worth it.