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Well it was time to see what the Tiny House On A Steel Soldier was capable of in the sand. Having limited sand experience I was excited to get off-road and deflate my tires. I thought it would be best to keep the truck in high lock keeping speed up so if the sand became to deep speed would save...

Packed tight with groceries and new gear we set off for the Oregon Coast. Traveling oregon hwy 126 from Eugene to Florence the truck made decent time through the narrow winding coastal mountain terrain. Our destination was Siltcoos Beach park near Dune City, Oregon where we had read that we...

Heading the Tiny House on a Steel Soldier further west we stopped briefly in Eugene, Oregon. Eugene seemed to be a gateway city with volcano mountainous terrain to the east, dunes and beaches to the west. The thought of camping on sand dunes next to the ocean just seemed the better choice since...

May 19th, 2017 This is a camp area we found below Mt. Hoods ski resorts. There were a bunch of young skiers boondocking the site so we decided to join them. Our kids pulled out the Play Station VR horror game called "Rush of Blood", the skiers brought over drinks and good spirits. Everybody...

May 20th, 2017 Finally getting out of the city with the breakdowns becoming a memory we headed for high altitude. Portlands temperatures were raising to the low 90s which in turn caused our m109a3 box to become extremely uncomfortable. With a great snow year Mt. Hood waited for us with cool...

May 7, 2017 Passenger side wheel on the M1101 trailer locks up…….Stuck again! Not even into the trip for more than two weeks having a PCB box failure, fuel line issues, and losing the Honda generator. I thought that would about wrap things up for having to pull out the tools. Spending another...

May 6, 2017 EM5000is Honda Inverter Generator Stops Running At the beginning of the trip we didn’t have many luxuries but the one we did have was a Honda generator. Running the tv, computer, PS4 gaming computer, hair dyer, all my fabrication tools, so forth and so on was upmost important to...

May 4, 2017 Fuel Tank Problems Stranded Again in Beaverton, Oregon Having solved the PCB problem we quickly returned to normal life enjoying the many large flower gardens, museums, and parks in the Portland area. We chose to sleep between two different truck stops one being near the Portland...

May 3, 2017 Break Down Scare in a Expensive City After spending several days in downtown Portland we headed towards the nearby town of Beaverton to have closer access to the zoo, museums, and parks nearer that area. Upon arriving and topping off with fuel I noticed when I turned on the...

With request to show the interior of the living space, I will be posting notes in the chronological order as I took the pictures during the trip to the present time. Several photos in the notes will give a good idea of how quickly we did the build out to hit the road. There is a back story for...

April 29, 2017 Camping downtown Portland was quite interesting and highlighted what is so special about our "Tiny House On A Steel Soldier". We were approached by a very eclectic arrangement of people, from the police, club, business, kids, elderly, hip hop, city works, homeless, tourists...

April 28, 2017 We found a campsite four miles from the Tillamook Forest Center along a rapid fill stream next to a bridge. Rained all night, campsite was quite muddy but we still enjoyed some outdoor grilling on the stove. I wished we could have white water kayaked, but after talking with the...

Hello back "german m1008", yea I have been a lurker for sometime now. I thought it was time to reach out and say hi, in the hopes of meeting up with members along our travels.

April 27, 2017 After spending the morning in Sand Lake, Oregon the weather started degrading quickly, we decided to head into the Tillamook Forest. The Wilson River in the Tillamook forest seemed like a good whitewater kayaking river to scout along Hwy 6, and we really didn't want to be on the...

April 26, 2017 Sand Lake, Oregon Sand Lake Recreation Area We arrived to Sand Lake, Oregon early morning in a bad storm. We parked on the dunes not really knowing where we were. Upon waking up we were treated to a endless sand and storm driven surf. The adventure was on!!

April 25, 2017 Post Falls, Idaho to Multnomah Falls, Oregon Truck ran flawlessly, made it from Missoula to Portland on one fuel stop.

The team! 1. Alisa Bellrose. 34 2. Brandon Bellrose 52 3. Alayah. 13 4. Trinity. 7 5. Brailen. 5 6. Smokey. 10

April 24, 2017 Philipsburg, Montana to Post Falls, Idaho First night on the adventure Post Falls, Idaho Walmart parking lot. Cold! Honda generator came in handy keeping the Tiny House On A Steel Soldier warm with a ceramic heater.

We bought a M923a2 beginning of 2013 pulling our RV through Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana ending up in Philipsburg, Mt.. The family fell in love with our big green truck on 53" tires making it our everyday driver. The only problem with the M923a2 is that it only seats three people, we have five...

Bellrose family of five complete a 19 day build out in April 2017 to travel the country in their M931a2 hauling a classic m109a3 shop van pulling a m1101 trailer for a cross country overland adventure. Currently the expedition is in its 124th day covering over 6124 miles. The following log will...