We drove south through a narrow cactus-lined two lane road with no shoulders. Not just very little shoulders, there were literally no shoulders at all. The lane just ended. It was pavement, then a drop of 6-12 inches, then desert. We had no room to mess up. We had no choice. We had to stay alert…

Here it is. Our new rig. It’s a 1994 Toyota Land Cruiser Troop Carrier. It has come a long, long, way before it nested into its quiet parking spot in California. It was trucked across the land mass of Australia, boarded a giant ocean-going ship, floated around the major ports of Australia, toured the whole of South East Asia before making its way to China, Korea, and Japan before it made the huge leap across the massive pond.