We are lucky to have such a beautiful country to call home.

Great video.

Excited about your northeast jeeping overlanding videos

I’m one of those weirdos that love the chaos the weather causes. Within reason. 😏

West

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Love it,

Great format and details --thanks!

Great video and information. Love the trail videos but also like it when y’all just talk about destinations and products! Keep up the good work. It all really helps! I ordered a coddiwomple hoodie and t shirt! Tell them to make a long sleeve shirt!

Great Video!

I love get in national to camp off grid Friday and hike for a week. Go to Minnesota fishing in national forest. I do it little different

Cool video! Nice insight!

Learn a lot

In my experience there’s more land out west, more trails but not to the degree some think. 60/40 I’d say. The terrain is the biggest difference. More water and mud on a regular basis here in the east. I’m from Memphis but grew up in NV and CA age 8-48. Just a few wheeling trips in the 90s out east while stationed at Norfolk. We’ve been in SC a year now and we love the green but still appreciate the desert and mountain landscapes out west. Mind you I’ve only been doing mild trails in a 2wd Ram while doing some way overdue work on my old Ramcharger. I look forward to doing some real trails once it’s done.

Really enjoyed looking at your previous trips. I guess you have tendonitis also. I had to get a shot of cortizone to get rid of mine.

I think it depends on your interest, i drove trucks all over the country and allso camped all over . My thought is beauty is everywhere it just depends on what you call beautiful. Safe travels and god bless

Seems its just easier to get lost out west without much planning.

Many times the best overlanding is what you can get to in the amount of time you have. Although I'm retired, my wife would rather go out in our RV to a campground than to "Sleep in the back of and old Toyota". Given that, most of my trips are a week or less and tend to stay within a few hundred miles of home. Luckily, that includes western NC, North GA, East TN and the western portion of Va. As you guys well know, that includes some pretty nice National Forests. Nice video, I enjoyed the chat format.

I live in Maine and the North Maine Woods is practically in my back yard. Late Sept. early Oct. is the best foliage for color but it's also moose hunting season.

one of the best videos out there. the talk on the real gas usage. when you have a group going out need to plan for the one who has the least amount of gas mileage..gas stops are important. many have the tiny rotopacks. so you have to know what an extra 2 1/2 gal will get. smaller and lighter but the 5 gal jerry can is my choice leave home with no less than 10 gal extra fuel for me or somone else. middle of no where is no place to be out of fuel. down2mob experienced that played hard didnt have extra or watched fuel economy. keep going oh and more jk please.

Thanks guys! It sounds like the east is like the upper midwest. But guess what? I'll take any where and any time I can get out. Period! Good luck on getting OUT>

That fact that you are able to "find ice" when talking about an overlanding trip in North America kind of cements the fact we're all just camping/roadtripping for as long as we can stand it with creature comforts bolted to our overloaded vehicles getting shit fuel mileage until we miss getting cheese burgers from drive thru windows. Never really more than an hour away from a fuel stop, lodging or cell service.

not even close..West!

Great stuff! Sure miss seeing yalls JK!

I say doesn’t matter east west north south, just get out & enjoy

Scenery makes you appreciate where you're from there's nothing like the mountains of Eastern Kentucky

Really cool video explaining the difference. I just don't see many videos of the East side. I understand the BLM is free and not much on the east side. I would enjoy to see more channels showing the beauty of the east. I am out of Dallas, Tx and travel Arkansas a lot to find the trees and rocky streams. Keep up the great videos.

Having lived in Georgia almost my whole life and now a few years in Utah, and having done some overlanding in both, I love the opinion shared here. They both have their pros and cons and I love both sides. If I had to pick one side though, I prefer the west quite simply because of the plethora of public land. Even on crowded holiday weekends, I can always seem to find some peace and quiet not far from home. It took a lot more effort to find solitude in the east.

Hi, for my wife’s 70 birthday she wants to try Overlanding and since we live in Cincinnati there is no place to go here. So we were thinking of going to the Natural Bridge area to try our luck at Overlanding. We have a 2010 Nissan frontier 4x4 that I’ve added skid plates too. With 32” MT Patagonia tires. Can you give me ideas for trails that would be fun but not too difficult. Thanks for the great.Videos

What got me into overlanding was a thread on expedition portal in 2011 called "The map is not the territory" it was a trip into the Northwoods of Maine. That is on my bucket list of overlanding trips. I am looking forward to your north woods trip!

I think that you and Deb nailed it on which is better East vs West. Setting up the vehicle for where you live and explore is definitely different with tires being the hardest thing to decide upon. I am set up for the west and looking forward to going east in April.

That was very cool and thanks for sharing y'all 👍

Really like your talk about Overlanding, and totally agree with you, one question, do you guys use app to find a free camp site? on the way it is hard to book, as we keep moving

Loved this video guys! Having been in a lot of states, it’s hard to call one better than the rest. They all have such amazing things about them. And some not so good things.

You both are awesome been watching your videos for the past week the places you have gone are great looking to get a jeep soon. Thank you and God Bless.

I live in the north east. West is WAY better!

Just my 2 cents... Ozarks ,Mark Twain, Utah,and Arizona. Those would be my choices. So if you kids decide to do any one of those, I'd be more than happy to follow you!

You mostly hit it on the head East vs West is comparing apples to oranges. Both are incredible in there own way. The wide open western scenery and history is incredible but then again the lush green forest of the middle to eastern US is incredible too. It’s just a matter of what interest you. I like South Dakota and Wyoming because of the absence of people. The eastern states while beautiful and blessed with lots of cool history are jammed with way to many people. Even here in the Midwest I’m surrounded by corn fields and cows there’s starting to be too many people. I’m a fan of solitude. Thanks for sharing your travels and opinions with us . Peace ☮️

My wife and I were just talking about this the other day. I've been planning a route up around Nantahala and Cherokee. Our biggest concern is finding dispersed sites. But, also seeing out west, my confidence is higher than hers, lol.

Really good video and I definitely agree with everything you have said… from camping to resupply to all of it.. I do have to say I enjoy the lack of ticks and mosquitos (at least fewer) out west and no poison ivy which is a blessing. Alaska is on my list.. and the Adirondack mountains would be great. Also hoping to spend time in Canada soon but Mexico might be first. FYI, my diesel with my 5 gal jerry has about a 500-550 range :-)

Thanks for sharing your adventures! Im new to overlanding, and have a limited perspective on western US being from Pennsylvania, but the big open night sky in the west is just incredible. Its hard to find a spot in the east where you can see without light pollution and humidity in atmosphere limiting the amount of sky you can see. I have a trip coming up in June, heading to Colorado, Utah Arizona and looping back through southern states. Really going to push my build to the limits!

Good information and informative. Next tine out west take a good look at Arizona as there are many areas that are public land and good camping in the non populated areas! In my area (PNW Washington state) many passes are closed in the winter as even now two major passes near Mt Rainier are still closed due to snow, Good luck!

The two of you have an amazing channel and I thoroughly enjoy it and thank you for all the hard work you put into producing such quality content. When I was much younger I did a lot of camping and four-wheeling in my home state of California. Back then we didn't call it over landing, it was camping in our Jeep! Things have come a long ways. I have lived in Tennessee for over a dozen years now, and I would agree with you that each region of the US has a different kind of beauty. I love how lush and green it is here, and how there is beauty at every turn in the road. I do miss the abundant availability of dispersed camping compared to the Western states, which was the only camping we ever really did. There is something about pulling out a map, finding a secluded Alpine lake and picking your route to get to a remote and gorgeous camping spots. I am much older now, and am living with a disability as a result of a stroke from a couple of years ago, so I get to live my adventures through you and your channel. I think that is one of the reasons I enjoy Coddiwomple so much. Thanks for taking me along!

Any plans for trip to alaska?....i want in🤠

We should camp with you guys.

Great video! Any plans to do Alaska in the future? We did it in 2019. A little over 12K miles round trip from SC. The Canadian Rockies were incredible. I'm planning to do the TAT this summer and spend some quality time in Utah in the fall. Thank you for sharing your adventures, they help us plan ours!

I think they both have pros and cons. In the west, I love the vast open views and lack of biting insects, but lack of water and civilization can be a serious problem. If things go south in the desert your life can be at stake quickly. In the east I love the smells and sounds of the forest with its abundant rivers, streams, waterfalls and wildlife (including mosquitos and ticks). Oh, and the east has SO much more history. Thanks!

Haven't watched the video yet but unfortunately the answer is pretty easy. The West has 1000x more trails. That 1000x number might actually be higher! Not to mention camping of all types. Living on the east coast we make due with what we can reach and try to get out west as much as possible.

Nice to see some fellow Kentuckians traveling. I'm in Louisville but plan on doing a 3 week road trip out west next spring. Only set back is my truck gets 10.5 mpg "6 inch lift+35's", so extra fuel will be needed. Besides that,any advice for a Easterner for traveling west for the 1st time? Thanks!

Thanks for making this video, I am going to be retiring in a year and a half and want to move out of Michigan to somewhere warmer like Eastern Kentucky. I've been really looking into the Daniel Boone and the KAT, I also see there's a lot of off-roading parks in Eastern Kentucky as well. I'm a casual overlander off-roader, and a walleye fisherman. I've been house hunting looking for things that I'll fit my needs in Eastern Kentucky. Is there any small towns you really like in Eastern Kentucky that you would recommend to someone that has my interest in fishing and off-roading ? Thanks and I really enjoy your channel

My thoughts are people get too hung up on the dispersed portion. I totally get it that is the main goal for a lot of people but if you stay at a campground every now and then doesn't mean you aren't overlanding. I firmly believe traveling with your vehicle and camping from it is overlanding no matter where you are camping for the night. You hit on why overlanding can't just mean one thing, there are tons of areas where you can get off-road but there is no where to camp but in campgrounds. That is still overlanding because you are traveling "over land" to get from one place to another to stay the night camping. Staying in a structure is not overlanding, anything else is.

Why the Mojave over the Rubicon

neither one , Canada's overlanders vehicles are off the hook .

Great video. You have done some great camping, and amazing wheeling. You've boondocked in some diverse dispersed camping areas. What you are doing may be considered touring, but it is not overlanding. In the same way that a ballerina is a dancer, but not every dancer is no ballerina. Overlanding may look similar to that but it requires long term world travel. Overlanders leave their home countries and travel the world for long periods of time, like months or years. If you are not using a passport, and you don't need extra insurance, and the locals speak your language, and AAA can take your rig to your regular mechanic you are car camping. I don't mean to diminish the wicked cool stuff you are doing, but overlanding is the ultimate, extreme, MVP, marathon, pinnacle version of that. Like comparing rec hockey to the NHL All Star game. You are doing a better job then I am doing currently, but all you Americans need to stop miss using the term. You are watering it down! Think of it like running. I have a tread mill I hang clothes on. You just ran your first 3 mile race, and we meet Forest Gump in a crowd of professional runners at the water station where I am giving out water, after he ran the lower 48 states. If I claim to be an ultra marathoner that might not go over well in that crowd even if I am wearing the same sneakers as Forrest. It is not about thinking about it, or training for it, or gearing up for it, or planning to do it or practicing, or going to an event with the word is on a banner. To be an overlander you have to "have done it". Past tense! Traveled the world, outside your home country, self supported by vehicle. Until then we are all just campers with nice gear, practicing.

ugh being in charleston SC really hurts my desire to do this :/

In my opinion the west is overall better, so much more freedom.

East coast mountains can’t compare to west coast mountains. Not only are the mountains way big but why’re also more pronounced. When it comes to wooded mountains the the cascades have east coast beat. Also east coast is muggy.