Tim and Kelsey of Dirt Sunrise

Episode #111 - Meeting Tim and Kelsey in person is like reuniting with old friends, even when it's for the first time. It's not often such awesome people cross paths with you, and although it seems to happen more often in the Overland world, Tim and Kelsey are clearly extra awesome. Humble yet bubbling over with an energy for life, you know overlanding is good for the soul.

After meeting up at the NW Overland Rally in 2019, they soon returned to South America to finish their overland adventure to Ushuaia. In this episode we talk about what it was like to reach such an epic destination, their return home as COVID set into our lives, along with their drive North to Prudhoe Bay Alaska. Of course we cover their decision to sell Goose, along with some great insights on their new rig, Dusty.

Enjoy this episode packed with positive energy, insights and stories from one of our favorite overlanding couples in the universe!

Dusty: 1990 Toyota 80 Series - HDJ80 with a Maltec rear living quarters
Holds 65 gallons of diesel getting 18-24 MPG
Water Capacity: 20 gallons
Fridge: 45 liter
Laundry: mostly doing it by hand
Cell Service: primarily Google Fi

A few Favorite Places
Baja
Argentina
Bolivia

Finance Insights / Thoughts
$800 a month being conservative and not driving much.
$3000+ a month when shipping.
Total Pan American historical average cost is known to be around $25,000

Fun Fact: Route Dependent the Pan American Highway is 18,640 - 30,000 miles. Explorers like Tim and Kelsey put on over 100,000.

Safety Recommendation:
Have Paper and Digital duplicates of Everything
Have a second hard drive backup of everything kept in a separate place