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MODERN-DAY VAGABONDS ON THE ROAD OF ADVENTURE! If you had stopped Gary Wescott on his way to journalism class at San Diego State University in 1967 and told him he would spend his life traveling around the World; or if you could have caught Monika Mühlebach Wescott as she peddled her bicycle home from school […]

Friends of the Trail By destiny, we were all hiking the John Muir Trail at the same time. Some were moving, like we were, from north to south, others the opposite, and a few just hiked for a short section. We took a photograph of all of them and posed one question: Why do you […]

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As we make final preparations and modifications to The Turtle V expedition truck, the latest news will be here on The Turtle Expedition Blog. We will also be showing some of the last adventures we’ve taken, including a recent trip in Nevada following the historic Hastings Cutoff, part of the Emigrant Trail to California. In […]

Welcome to the all new Turtle Expedition Website, and our new Blog. In the coming months, we will be giving you updates on our intensified preparation for our next adventure, The Trans-Eurasian Odyssey. We will be starting in California, shipping from the East Coast to Europe, and driving from Lisbon, Portugal to Shanghai, China, following […]

THE WEEKEND WARRIOR A True Multi-Purpose Vehicle What would it be like to have a luxury SUV that also had the capabilities of a serious 4X4, with the option of a quick-connect fully self-contained camper for a couple of weeks in the desert or the mountains? Need to haul a load of firewood? No problem. The […]

THE TURTLE V Bound for Adventure Check out the Vehicle Blog section for updates! 6/6/2019 The latest in the 40-year dynasty of Turtle Expedition research trucks, the all new Turtle V and its Tortuga Expedition Camper may take us another step toward the elusive goal of the ultimate backroad travel/adventure vehicle, but it is an experiment. […]

THE TURTLE IV Siberia bound The most cursory inspection will tell you The Turtle IV is not a show truck. It is a work truck, designed to transport the photojournalist team of The Turtle Expedition and Tortuga Film Productions into the most remote and inhospitable areas of the World in safety and relative comfort. It often […]

The Turtle III South America Bound Sold in 1997 for $34,890 Ongoing reliability problems with The Turtle II made it a poor choice for extensive travel in Central and South America. In 1987, Ford became a sponsor and supplied us with an F-350 4X4 truck, powered by the International 6.9 L diesel. The Turtle III was […]