Two of the Shoebaru-ers–Scott Brills & Mallory Brown–were interviewed this morning on Fox 2 News by anchorman extraordinaire Roop Raj.…
The Red Tape of Travel
After people pick their jaws up from the floor after hearing what Team Shoebaru is undertaking, one of the most common comments is “THE VISAS! MY GOD, THE VISAS!!!” To which we reply with a sigh, “yeaaaaah……the visas.”
For the …
“Where Are They Going?” Series
Hey all, we have decided to do a series of posts about the countries that we will be driving through and exploring. There are several purposes that included but are not limited to : giving the readers some information and …
License Plates Have Arrived!
The Commonwealth of Virginia came through today with the successful delivery of the license plates for our second Shoebaru Subaru, the right one!
As far as the left shoe? It is getting some mechanical TLC before the major “shoe-ing” begins! …
Shoebaru Twobaru!
We had a left shoe, and now we’ve got a right shoe as well! Step 1 is complete and we are now moving on to deal with the mechanical issues of the vehicles to get them ready for our epic …
What I Really Miss
Several of us have been to Africa and despite being only in Egypt, I really did miss the rains.
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January Updates
The clock is ticking! We’re getting closer to launch date, July 14th, and we still have a lot to do…
Biggest news is that we have found our latest team mate, Mallory Brown. Mallory is the owner of a …
Pics of “Lefty”
Here are some shots of our recently purchased 1998 Subaru Forester–half of the duo that’s going to (hopefully) get us to the tip of Africa. We’ll be taking her in for a once-over soon, and then proceed on to fixing …
Progress so far…
Wow…it’s already December. That means that we only have seven full months left in which to prepare everything…
As one might imagine, preparing for an epic journey such as this is no walk in the park–no siree. We’re at least …
Here we go again…
A team of experienced ralliers is coming together to undergo the adventure of a lifetime: London, England to Cape Town, South Africa in two vehicles of somewhat dubious quality. As most of you already know, expect stories of woe, hilarity, …