The vehicle

Earlier this year I bought a 2014 Toyota 4Runner to achieve such explorations as this one. Its off-road capability is that of a Jeep and some would argue better, but I won’t go down that rabbit hole of which is superior I bought a Toyota because I’ve known of their incredible reliability, and I have a small obsession with Japanese engineering. I felt like it was a good idea to bring both sets of keys with me and was I right. Originally, I had the spare hidden away underneath the chassis but that soon went away During areas in which pets weren’t allowed I kept Theo in the vehicle with the A/C running while I went and did a few short hikes and site seeing. I wasn’t gone for more than an hour and I could lock the vehicle knowing Theo and all my valuables were safe. While the spare key was always in the vehicle I made sure to have my original on my locking carabiner on my hip. Before my trip I bought some screen material and cut it out in the shape of my windows, to hold it up were a plethora of little magnets; this came in handy when sleeping in the truck on warm nights to keep the bugs out During the entire 2,000-mile-long trip I averaged 18.9 miles per gallon which isn’t the greatest but in the overland community that isn’t half bad Normally I run ethanol free 91 octane which gives me the longest range on a full tank but in some areas the only choice was 87octane with 10% ethanol. I have nothing against running ethanol especially if your vehicle is designed for it, I encourage it due to it being a cleaner burning fuel The 4Runner is a little older and I just wanted to have the greatest range on a full tank Overall I couldn’t see myself doing this sort of trip in any other vehicle