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A Jillion Miles with a Thule Roof Box

June 5, 2017 By Val Weston Leave a Comment

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For quite a few years my trusty Subaru Forester has served as the main adventure-mobile for my explorations with Fred and George. She's been in semi-retirement as life has moved on but this week … [Read more...] about A Jillion Miles with a Thule Roof Box

Filed Under: Outdoors, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: adventure, camping, forester, road trip, subaru

Western Adventure Road Trip Wrap-Up

June 22, 2015 By Val Weston Leave a Comment

I recently wrapped up another western adventure. This road trip chimed in at 31 days, 5,890 miles, and spanned 11 states, making it one of my smaller undertakings. I spent 18 of those days exploring … [Read more...] about Western Adventure Road Trip Wrap-Up

Filed Under: Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: flexibility, forester, geocaching, overland expo, road trip, subaru

Embracing My Wheelhouse

May 12, 2015 By Val Weston Leave a Comment

I've gotten in the habit of naming my longer trips. It's a label that makes for easy reference. Over the last few years we've taken on George's Birthday Adventure, Geowoodstock to TBEX, Overland Expo … [Read more...] about Embracing My Wheelhouse

Filed Under: Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: forester, overland expo, road trip, subaru

The Pacific Northwest Tour – Week 6

June 24, 2014 By Val Weston Leave a Comment

It's now been six weeks on the road in the Pacific Northwest tour and we've finally made it to Canada... and started moving back eastward. What I've been up to... 1 day exploring Seattle: We … [Read more...] about The Pacific Northwest Tour – Week 6

Filed Under: Outdoors, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: british columbia, canada, deception pass, fidalgo island, geocaching, great wheel, mike off the map, pacific northwest tour, pnwtour, road trip, seattle, space needle, subaru, The Pacific Northwest Tour (2014)

The Car-Camping Guide: Road Trip Essentials

May 12, 2014 By Val Weston 3 Comments

You've probably figured out by now that I spend a lot of time on the road. There are a great many facets to making a road trip come together and, as you can imagine, there's a method to my madness in … [Read more...] about The Car-Camping Guide: Road Trip Essentials

Filed Under: Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: car-camping, emergency, forester, Guides, road trip, safety, subaru

Overland Expo to TBEX: The rain in Maine… again.

February 19, 2014 By Val Weston Leave a Comment

So we were driving back through Maine. Again. Through torrential downpours. Again. It was a slow drive, but fortunately I'd left myself plenty of time to get from Fundy National Park to Bangor for our … [Read more...] about Overland Expo to TBEX: The rain in Maine… again.

Filed Under: Outdoors, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: camping, geocaching, maine, massachusetts, Overland Expo to TBEX (2013), road trip, subaru, weather, wompatuck state park

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