We have exciting news! Finally, after about a year of work (and a lot of patience) we are up and running with out business. Let me give you a little background on how Cawood Anchor USA came about. While...
Summer Fun 2021
Wow! What a busy summer we had! What seemed like maybe a month or so, has turned into 6 months. Thus, the account of our last 6 months will be more in photos than lengthy story. In April when...
Winter In Arizona
Our route from Houston, Texas to Tucson, Arizona was direct and quick. We had managed to escape freezing temperatures thus far and wanted to continue this trend. Our overnight stopovers were chosen based on night time temperature forecasts, hoping...
COVID, the Summer of Breakdown and the last of 2020
Well, it certainly wasn’t the year any of us had planned. As the world shut down, we found ourselves in Las Vegas, Nevada. We were to be part of an annual friend get together and the yearly holiday known...
Remember the Overland Adventure?
We were recently interviewed for a Four Wheeler Magazine article that ties back to the Overland Adventure we did in May 2019. They have been doing stories about the participants, one per issue, and our turn is coming up....
Our First Year(ish) Home
Well, what better time than sheltering in place during COVID-19 to bring our blog up to date. It is a bit shameful to realize that we have been home for 16 months and have not updated you all on...
Homage to Portland
There are many wonderful aspects of Portland that we will miss. One will be the bounty of deliciousness that has passed across our palates. Portland has become a hotspot of up and coming chefs to test out their skills on...
And We’re Off…
We have a departure date! One-way tickets to Africa are purchased and shipping for Snort is arranged. We are feverishly finishing up last minute details on Snort, sorting out paperwork and other particulars, then will need to pack Snort...
East Oregonian Newspaper Interview
A week or so ago, we were in touch with the newspaper of Jared’s hometown and were interviewed about our upcoming trek through Africa. We can now add print media to our collection of interviews (now two in total) and...
Family, Friends & 5000 Miles
Driving across the U.S. was not just about breaking in the Jeep, it was about the people we would see, both those we know and those we would meet along the way. After leaving our gracious hosts, Pradeep and...
A Simple Way to Support Us Through Your Normal Shopping
We have become fans of Amazon over the years. Honestly, it is convenient, and when price shopping, it often cannot be beat. Thus, when we discovered that Amazon had an affiliate program, where we provide advertising for them on...
Our First Interview
We were interviewed by The 4×4 Podcast a bit ago to talk about our upcoming trek! We had never been interviewed before and I would say were a bit nervous. Thus, we were quite happy when the podcast was...
Health & First Aid
We have never really thought of ourselves as big planners, more of the ‘play it by ear’ folk. However, when taking on Africa with our Jeep and each other, we seem to be a bit more on the detail...
A Plan Is Just A Point From Which To Deviate…
As humans, it would be ridiculous for us to think that everything will happen as we’ve planned it; as overland travelers, even more so. It would also be silly for us to not go with the flow of change,...
Tradition- Part Three
With the Pendleton Round-Up behind us, we headed to the Spokane, Washington area to spend a few weeks and visit a large portion of Jared’s family. What a treat it was! We were able to see lots of family...
Tradition- Part Two
After a week of camping in the Eastern Oregon desert with my family, we headed to Jared’s hometown and a week of rodeo with family and friends. The Pendleton Round-Up has been going strong for over 100 years, due...
Tradition
One last camping trip in the States had to be fit in before leaving for Africa. This secret location in the Eastern Oregon desert is a place that most refer to as dirty, desolate or too far from civilization,...
Here. We. Go…
We have spent many hours, first dreaming, then planning, and now, finally, making things happen. We are going to drive through Africa! We are not the only ones who have made this trek, and for that we are grateful....