Archive for the ‘Expedition Vehicles’ Category
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
Steph is in the news again. This time twice in the same day.
First, in a story in MSN Money: http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/FindDealsOnline/big-discounts-on-little-pleasures.aspx
Second, in a story on FoxNews: http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2010/04/16/rv-travel-beginners/
The Fox story included a link to our Travel web site, www.HackneysTravel.com, which was nice of them to include. I haven't checked the traffic levels ...
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Much to the chagrin of my long-suffering wife, I’m a bit of a pack rat, as well as a horizontal filer.
What that translates into is an office that inevitably evolves into stacks of material covering every horizontal surface.
To my wife’s and others amazement, I can locate the correct strata of ...
Posted in Cultures, Expedition Vehicles, Motorcycles, Travel | 16 Comments »
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
Part two of our interview by Truck Camper Magazine is here: http://www.truckcampermagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=842&Itemid=34
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
While unpacking the Fuso after its arrival from South America we found a few pounds of white powder.
We were not amused.
Click here for the rest of the story: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/ecuador/fivestarhappycampers.pdf
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
We've been asked more than once what we carried on the Fuso in its 10,000 liters of locking storage space. Since we loaded it as we built it, and started ejecting stuff off of it immediately after pulling out, we didn't really have a good answer to that question. Until ...
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
We were recently interviewed by Truck Camper Magazine.
The interview is here: http://www.truckcampermagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=841&Itemid=34
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Saturday, August 1st, 2009
OK, so it's been a while...
Four months, in fact.
It’s been almost exactly four months since we handed over the keys and paperwork to ship our Fuso from Guayaquil, Ecuador to Long Beach, California.
I know what you're thinking, "What could possibly take four months to ship an expedition vehicle from one ...
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Thursday, February 19th, 2009
The day started like any other day out here. We got up, got around, had some coffee, tea and toast, and started out again, following our noses around Ecuador.
Click here for the rest of the story: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/ecuador/justanotherday.pdf
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Posted in Expedition Vehicles, Travel | 9 Comments »
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
It was pointed out on a forum I participate in that while I am advocating conservation and energy independence, we live in a vehicle that is not all that fuel effecient. I took that as a valid observation and decided to compare our current and previous lifestyles in the current energy ...
Posted in Expedition Vehicles, Sci / Tech, Travel | 1 Comment »
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
Hello, my name is Doug, and I am a stuff-o-holic.
Click here for the rest of the story: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/ecuador/stuff-o-holic.pdf
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