Archive for the ‘Travel’ Category
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
Americans don’t get out much.
That should come as no surprise considering that, according to the U.S. State Department, only 27 percent of Americans hold a valid passport. That means that 73 percent of Americans couldn’t get out to see the rest of the world even if they wanted to; even ...
Posted in Cultures, Geopolitics, Travel | 6 Comments »
Sunday, October 25th, 2009
Reentering the grid is a challenging experience when planned and voluntary. When unexpected, arbitrary and not of your own making, it is doubly so.
At times, the pragmatic aspects are overwhelming in their breadth, requiring an entire life to be reconstructed and assembled out of sometimes moving parts. But those challenges ...
Posted in Cultures, Motorcycles, Travel | 3 Comments »
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 »
Thursday, September 24th, 2009
Setting up a house can often be laborious, if not tedious, but there are some hidden joys.
Such as unpacking all the motorcycle stuff that's been stored in various locations around the U.S.A. for the last few years.
While there were plenty of Christmas morning moments for me, one of my favorites was ...
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Monday, August 31st, 2009
Any major move begins with a truck full of stuff.
Click here for the rest of the story: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/docs/anymajormove.pdf
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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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