I won a tent!

Thanks to some good luck, I won this $2400 www.autohomeus.com Overzone tent! Thanks to the Disabled Explorers group for selling me a raffle ticket!

Fundraiser raffle & auction for Disabled Explorers

February 6, 2009 - Overland Expo.2009 is pleased to announce that our fundraiser raffle & auction will benefit Disabled Explorers, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing resources to disabled people so they may adapt, overcome, and explore the world. As of February 6, our grand prize sponsor is AutohomeUS, who is providing an OverZone rooftop tent for the fundraising raffle, to be held Sunday afternoon, April 26, at the Overland Expo. More prize sponsors will be announced in the coming weeks, along with details on purchasing raffle tickets. Disabled Explorers will be on-hand at the OX09 to demonstrate their specially equipped vehicles, teach courses, and present slide programs.

Overland Expo

So, I've decided to do more research on the trailer. I used up some frequent flier miles on Southwest and booked a quick trip to Arizona next week for the Overland Expo in Prescott.

All the major vendors will be there including Jeep, Adventure Trailers and Autohome (the tent company I am interested in).

I'm flying out Saturday 4/25 and will be back on Tuesday 4/28

I'll be staying in Prescott and I'll try out the SPOT some more and maybe do some geocaching as well.

test posting from the cell phone

pretty awesome, I can post updates right from my cell phone. hopefully the picture shows up too! -- MTB

Planning

So I've recovered from my horrendous "on-the-job" knee injury and and have continued planning my trip. Tonight I worked on the first leg of the journey. Here's what I have so far...

• Stopover at Mom's in Lancaster, PA
• Visit to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH
• Visit my grandmother in Oshkosh, WI
• Stopover in the Mt Rushmore area
• Continuing on to Pine, CO for several days

Also, I'm considering a southerly route home, along I40.

***UPDATE 04/16*** may have to reconsider Cleveland after this: