Overland Expo 2015: a view by an outsider
http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/the-crazy-camping-rigs-at-americas-richest-off-road-adv-1705279152 will get you to piece written by someone with sleek writing skills who knows nothing about what we do ...
Forum Discussion
jefe 4x4 wrote:
Aye, Rick, me lad. I hear ya. Another thing; I occasionally go to the Expedition Portal site to see what kind of non-momentum they are up to now. I searched and searched to find ANY retrospective on ExPo 2015 and there was approaching zero mention. Are they trying to make those soggy memories go away?
Rick 4x4x4's Rig on Death Valley byways in 2008. He made short work of these turns:
jefe
I'm with jefe' on this. The lack of discussion there almost seems intentional. Keep in mind the "Expo" thing has spawned an entire industry. I see more farkled land rovers, dual sport bikes, and jeeps around that have never seen a dirt parking lot...never mind an expedition. Let's not forget titanium sporks, finely polished wooded camp "furniture" and cook systems that rival many high end homes.
I'd wager 10% of the Folks on that forum actually get outsided...the rest are posers...
Seems to me the powers that be on Expo Portal are trying to forget the whole "disaster"...those of us with TC's just keep doin' it...
Last week on the "Golden Road" many miles in;
Edit; did not check in to hotel due to heavy rain.
