Travelogues
(Updated 12/08/2009 )
We absolutely love to travel, though long-time obligations to agriculture and business made getting away a bit difficult for the last two decades. Recent ranch changes support our wanderlust, and we now hope to spend more time experiencing the world. At his business, RUF, Inc., Darrin builds marine-grade extreme condition RVs for extended overland travels. We'd like to split our time each year between running the camper business and using the vehicles Darrin builds.
There are a number of ways to read about our travels. You can scroll down this page for links to individual trips. You can also visit our travel-specific website called Kalzb'gon, or visit the Kalzb'gon TravelBlog to keep up to date on more recent stuff. The TravelBlog is the best place to stay current, as it's the first thing to be updated. Before we had the blog, we used to keep our travelogue here on these webpages...
Holland 2001 - Darrin and his friend Pete fly to Amsterdam, then drive into Germany, buying Unimogs!
Rocky Mountain Unimoggers 2003 - A Unimog camp-out with friends in Colorado.
Florida, North Carolina 2005 - The maiden voyage for the prototype AATREC-FG camper.
Idaho, Oregon, California 2005 - Darrin took the AATREC-FG camper to the Northwest.
Rotterdam, Holland 2006 - Anna and Darrin met on this trip!
Four Corners 2006 - Our first real trip together.
Yellowstone and Jackson 2008 - Anna's Dad visits us from Holland.
Alaska, 2009 - Banff and Jasper, AB, really. Mechanical problems changed our plans.
Hawaii, 2009 - (under construction) We're hit the Big Island in early Fall, 2009.
Before we close this page, we'd like to say that some friends have inspired us over the years, most notably:
www.fullpassport.com - Darrin went to high school with Wes and Jill in the mid-1980s. They have literally seen the world, and made their incredible backpacking journey public here.
www.camion4x4.com - Based in Paris, Marc and Hélène have built a few expedition campers and traveled to some amazing places in Africa and the Middle East!
www.outdoor-production.com - Sonja and Klaus have been traveling for 18 years, through 51 countries. We met them at Lake Powell in 2006 when we noticed their Unimog camper parked among the "normal" RVs.
www.ayabombe.org - Jean-Noël, Stephanie, and their FOUR kids are circumnavigating the globe in a Mercedes Atego 4x4 camper Jean-Noël built for himself. It's an amazing journey, that right now is just beginning in North America.