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Good question. I've been going back and forth on different rig setups since we've been on the road for just over three months. For what we want to do and what our budget was this is the best setup for us. It was fairly inexpensive, it's super small/light and capable, so because of this we...

Chacala to Guadalajara Full blog post with pics here: http://desktoglory.com/chacala-to-guadalajara/ Our last stop before heading inland was Chacala. We didn’t have time when originally passing by to check out this town, but made sure to stay here for a night before driving east. The...

Mexico Nothing new to the truck, we just keep driving south... this was a month or so ago near Cabo Pulmo, Baja Sur. And a couple of weeks ago south of Mazatlan in Chacala.

lysol, I think that was about 1500 miles. We've been paying just under $1/L for 92 octane... :)

Our Baja Summary Post Our latest blog post summarizing our Baja,MX budget and route: http://desktoglory.com/baja-california-summary-39-days-in-paradise-for-1386/ You need three things to spend 39 days adventuring through Baja California: 1. The AAA Map for Baja This map showed all of the...

Full blog post here: http://desktoglory.com/a-christmas-miracle-in-puerto-vallarta/ December 23, 2013 – 9:00 p.m. The night watchman arrived by surprise at our door. He rattled off a string of sentences in Spanish, which Richard interpreted as “follow me!” with a big smile...

3.0L From my personal experience the 3.0L wasn't too bad. I had one in my '88 4runner with well over 300,000km which gave me no issues whatsoever... even with welded 4.10s and 35in MT/Rs. Geared properly it would have been a lot of fun (and easier on the engine). They've got a little more...

We Made It To Mazatlan Check out the entire blog post and photos here: http://desktoglory.com/mazatlan-how-we-love-thee/ We arrived in Mazatlan fresh off the boat, and with no map we made our way through town to the Zona Dorada (The Golden Zone) in which the RV parks are located. After some...

Cabo San Lucas and the East Cape Cabo San Lucas and the East Cape Read the full blog post here: http://desktoglory.com/cabo-san-lucas-lands-end-and-the-east-cape/ It took four weeks for us to get to the very southern tip of Baja after crossing at Tijuana into northern Mexico. We had...

How a Shirtless Mexican Ruffian Almost Drove Ashley from Todos Santos Back to Canada Full blog post here: http://desktoglory.com/how-a-shirtless-mexican-ruffian-almost-drove-ashley-from-todos-santos-back-to-canada/ By Ashley After a long day of driving around the port city of La Paz...

Missions, Mudbaths and Machetes Link to the full blog post is here: http://desktoglory.com/missions-mudbaths-and-machetes/ It may sound weird to our friends and family back home who are dealing with the rain, snow, and sleet right now… but we were beached out and, as John Muir would say...

We definitely feel like we're living the dream Mike and we're having lots of fun updated everyone back home with the blog. There are tons of people we're meeting along the way who are doing this trip from anything to a stock VW Golf to Duramax Silverados with giant slide in campers. Keep the...

Our ARB fridge has been awesome. I think ours gets a little more beat up than usual since we're always stacking junk on top of it, but we have had no issues whatsoever. :)

Been there! You really don't need much to do a trip like this, that's for sure! Throw a roof top tent (CVT? :ylsmoke:)on the Wrangler, a fridge in the back (ARB :ylsmoke:), and call it a day. As long as the truck is reliable, you're fairly comfortable, and you've got some cash in the savings...

Our spanish is garbage so far. I think we're only on the third Pimsler lesson... whoops! We plan on stopping for a couple of weeks in Guanajuato for a couple of weeks for some intensive one one one classes though.

Dual Battery Install Our dual battery and solar installation is finally a blog post! The photos and text are here: http://desktoglory.com/dual-battery-installation/ We opted to install a second battery after we purchased our ARB 12V 37qt Fridge/Freezer and Samlex 1000W inverter. After some...

You definitely don't need much to enjoy baja, just some time! We're loving the trip so far for sure! Averaging about $35/day right now all in (and that's with at least one or two cans of beer a day...) It's too cheap not to go ;)

2013 Tecate Score Baja 1000 Before the race even started I knew I wanted to come back to Baja for the 2014 Tecate Score Baja 1000 race. The atmosphere the night preceding the race was full of anticipation as we chatted with others who had been to races in the past. They shared stories...

Gonzaga Bay We drove south from San Felipe assuming that we were going to stop in Puertecitos for a few days before continuing to Gonzaga. When we arrived at Puertocitos to find less than optimal campgrounds (more like campground-junkyard combos on the beach) for almost $30/night we decided...

San Felipe - Four Course Meal For $12.50 We headed out early and took highway MX3 from Ensenada towards San Felipe. The windy and potholed road took a few hours, but the scenery was epic once again. We climbed the mountains through Oso Negro, paralleling part of the Baja 1000 racecourse...