Overland Travel

Driving Around The World
Once we started overlanding, we quickly became obsessed! Road trips offer so much freedom to come and go whenever we like. Overlanding, essentially road-tripping with our tiny house, is the ultimate freedom.

Our Overland Vehicle, Gimli

We purchased our overlanding vehicle, Gimli, in 2018. It’s a 2003 Land Rover Defender 110 (TD5). After waiting 6mo for it to arrive at our house and spending a few years on the camping conversion (prolonged because of Covid), Gimli left home on April 12, 2022. The plan is to spend a decade or so driving Gimli around the world.

BEFORE

AFTER

Gimli’s conversion was a massive undertaking! You can read about everything we’ve done to convert it from an Italian forest fire protection vehicle to a Canadian overlanding vehicle!

Gimli’s Great Canada Road Trip

by | April 24, 2024 | Defender, Overland Travel | 5 Comments

A Canada Road Trip has been on my bucket list since I was little, but I've never managed to make it happen—until now! Canada is a huge country, and a cross Canada road trip is a massive undertaking. It deserved time and, ideally, a vehicle that wouldn't break down on...
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