16-19 May 2019. Overland Expo West.

We attended our fourth Overland Expo, this time in Flagstaff, Arizona, from 16-19 May 2019. This time, we did things a little differently and signed up for classes instead of just browsing the myriad of vendors. We learned a lot of new things, but we overbooked ourselves and didn’t really get a chance to see all the vendors nor visit with all our friends. Next time, we will try and pace things a little differently!

We had a great campsite for OE West, right next to the vendor area

There were lots of classes, I took a few photography classes, an electricity class, some vehicle marshaling and recovery classes, and how to survive overlanding with your spouse :). Chuck took classes like winching, left foot braking, and driving over obstacles. We brought the Jeep with us, so we could learn harder skills with our own vehicle without having to break camp.

Here’s Chuck at a winching class
A women only vehicle recovery class
Chuck driving our Jeep at a driving class

Did I mention that it was COLD this year? It caused a lot of folk to bale out a bit early…

Dusting of snow in Arizona

What is overlanding, you ask? Here is a short video from someone we met on overlanding and this event.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48405631