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Day 17: August 12th, 2017 Our itinerary had us spending two nights in Calgary, with our actual tourist day slated for that Saturday. We woke up with the sun, partially due to habit of the past weeks of living in a tent, but more likely due to the floor to ceiling glass windows that our Airbnb...

Glad it was helpful. It sounds like we're on the same line as you with dry food storage, even down to the spilled cheerios... (quite literally, I spilled my cheerios in a dry-food duffle bag). Power wise, we had zero issues. In prep for the trip I tested the set-up a few times and had no...

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Always happy to help. It's on my list to update the overland section of 2180miles.com with our gear for this trip. The gear pages of my hikes are some of the most heavily trafficked pages of the entire website.... people love to know! Pelican #1 - 1610: - Coleman 2-burner Stove - Coleman Camp...

I've been trying to post a reply but it continues giving me errors.. I'm going to try and reformat my writing to see if that will work.

Really kind of you, thanks so much. The majority was captured on one of my Canon 6D's with either my 24-70L or 16-35L lenses. As additional info, the gear for this expedition was stored in a Pelican 1620: 2x Canon EOS 6D bodies Canon EOS T2i Rebel Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L Canon EF 50mm f/1.8...

What a great idea. The thought to integrate a bed box that was already constructed with storage was pretty crafty.

Thanks so much! I have to ask about your username... Airline allegiance?? I'm a ~120k a year Platinum Delta guy.

Thanks so much for reading along and your kind comments. I put a lot of effort into the writing and photography to do my best to make it entertaining, even if people only scroll through for the photos :) It's funny that of all the things, you commented on the lake that morning. Moraine was...

It was! Despite being almost out of gas in the WK2 I wasn't willing to just pass by that place without stopping for some photos. I wish we had time to fly the drone around it, but I was waist high in brush that had grown in around the property and it wasn't too easy to explore. I've got a few...

Great documentation, Rob. It was awesome to see this in person last weekend and get a sense for the progress you've made first hand.

Had a great time in Ipswich, MA yesterday meeting up with a handful of guys from the Northeast forums here. It was great to talk to people about the overland community, North Maine Woods, rigs, equipment, and all the usual ********-chat when guys get together around cars and hobbies, haha. Few...

Thanks guys! Appreciate the kind words.

Ian- Appreciate you taking the time to post. It certainly seems like you've got a great build going as well. Your thoughts on the OEM rear deck make sense, retaining it and attaching the fridge. For what it's worth, you could buy the same rails I have and replace the factory "rails" on the OEM...

Nice to see you doing a write-up on here. Definitely a great platform to be building on! Loved your idea about a WK2 meet-up.

Day 16: August 11th, 2017 The beauty of the stars glistening in the sky overhead was slightly interrupted throughout the night by trucks passing on the nearby highway. We woke with the sun, the air cooler and more crisp than on other mornings, and I began packing up camp immediately as Dani...

Great read, looks like you two had a blast. My girlfriend and I just did a semi-similar trip this summer from Boston out to Jasper/Banff across the Trans-Canada Highway, so I'm able to relate to parts of your adventure quite well! I dont blame you about avoiding the gravel bath. I'd do the same!

First Name: Ryan Call: KC1HTW Freqs: 2/440 Location: Boston, MA Currently 2x BaoFeng UV-82s, and searching for a mobile for the WK2 Trailhawk build.

Day 15: August 10th, 2017 Waking to the sunlight casting shadows of trees across the rainfly of our tent, I checked my watch to verify both the time and date. As I had suspected it was our last morning in Banff, and we had just spent our final night at Tunnel Mountain. After relaxing for a few...

Custom Rear Deck / Dometic CFX-35 Installation So there are a few updates I never got a chance to catalogue before we departed for the Trans-Canada trip this summer. One of the most integral additions of gear to the Trailhawk was the Dometic CFX-35 fridge/freezer… I had hesitated at the cost...