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May 10, 2005

Mexico Roadtrip by Sportsmobile

Some of our friends are planning the great North American roadtrip by Sportsmobile - a van conversion for 4WD.

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Sample Sportsmobile Layout

Smaller than a mobile home - self contained, perfect for a couple, with high clearance and all sorts of possible amenities. While I've never been interested in a winnebago-type vehicle, this does interest me a bit. I'm looking forward to seeing our friends' when they visit. The varied layouts make it as exciting as outfitting a house!

Here's the account of another roadtripping group with a Sportsmobile, who has been rumbling around Baja and beyond:

The strong rain from the night before continued through the day. Driving to La Paz was rain, rain, rain. Still, we were not prepared for the way the we found La Paz: flooded! The roads were filled with water. The manhole covers were popping up, splurting brown water from the storm drains below. Rivers of water were filling the intersections and there was no way to escape it. Fortunately, our van is a high clearance vehicle so we had no problems, but we watched efforts of the small city cars as they tried and sometimes failed to navigate the water.

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Posted by sorsha at May 10, 2005 3:31 PM