Some cool campers in this thread. I bought this 07 Vista Cruiser B+/C last month. Its built on a Freightliner 3500 cab/chassis with the MB 2.7 liter diesel. I averaged 16 mpg coming back to Virginia from Florida @ 75 mph. Nothing like being able to wake up to a sunrise on the beach. Small enough to drive into downtown Savannah and park on the riverfront. However I just spent a week camping in Death Valley/Eastern Sierras (not in my camper). One of the guys in our group had a camper top on a 4x4 PU and thats definitely the way to go if you want to go off road without towing a Jeep.

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Hey - I camped in DV in one of those too!

Rented from a private party:
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Another one with a slide out.
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Here are a couple of sites I visit on a regular basis. The Expedition Portal Forum has info on vehicles, preperation, routes, travel logs etc, etc etc. You can spend hours/days here and travel the world. Great build threads and the people are very friendly.

Expedition Portal Forum

If you ever dreamed of driving to Alaska, here is a article for you....
One day I hope to do this.


Plan a Trip to Alaska | Places to Visit in Alaska

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...and another thing, the expeditionportal has a trailer subforum section that is pretty cool. Homebuilt trailers of all shapes and sizes. Some of these guys build some cool zhit....


Expedition Trailers - Expedition Portal

Why? Its massive, won't be very agile, slow, will catch to a of wind... And at the end if it all, you still just have a pickup truck camper...

That's a great link. One of the trips I want to do is East Coast to Alaska and then maybe parking the camper in AZ or Las Vegas for future trips in the West.

I think I saw this here on OT, this retired Lufthansa pilot has been traveling around the world in his G-Wagon : A Merc G Wagen Anyway it seems there are a lot of mostly European trekkers who are doing the earth roving thing. When I was in Utah in December and Death Valley last month I saw quite a few motorhomes and campers that were obviously ferried over from Europe.

Starry night in Death Valley, I think the light glow is from Lone Pine:

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This belongs to a buddy of mine..
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those are rare Byron! of course, you likely already knew that

He also owns one of the Brumos themed buses seen at the Rolex too, course he grew at at Brumos:D

I'll try and get some detailed pix.

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check this out!

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Hunt House Car


Futuristic Hunt Housecar*|*RVNN.TV: Travel, Apps and RV's

video shows the interior, including the stock toaster

ExPo is a pretty special site. There are so many fantastic adventures captured with excellent writing and photography, it's fun just to go live vicariously through others. Some of the trips undertaken by members of that site make my life seem boring indeed.

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My race rig setup. 1992 Lazy Daze 27 foot mid bath, 1968 R50/2 and 1968 Formula Vee. I often contemplate selling the LD and getting a camper/truck combo to have more versatility and not have to bring the motorcycle but the LD is very comfortable at the track and has become a home away from home and gathering spot for me and my buddies. Plus as usual I've got way more in to it than I could sell it for.

Jerry, I'm turning green over here. I was drawn to your rig when seeing a pic earlier. But now with the bike on board, too good!!
How do you get the bike on and off the rack? Have you been racing the F VW for long, Is it the fun group it seems?

Thanks for the dream pic!

Cheers Richard

Santa Rosalia

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