Vagabender

This stuff has kept us on the road on a number of occasions. Strongly recommended.

This one we fixed with a can of Fix-a-Flat just outside Providence.

The new spare-tire securing mechanism: an eye-bolt, a lock nut, two washers, a couple u-clips and a 12-inch span of plate. Works great with a socket wrench.

The spare tire is a beast. We named it Manmohan.

A flag sticker and a support our troops magnet should help ease vagabender's passage through Texas and rest of the South.

This is the truck in Delorian mode -- dual rocketboxes -- taken as we packed up the morning after our first night camping.

Ol' Shifty, tucked up on the rise at Pirate Camp Zion.

A gift from Molly in LA before we headed into the desert. This might be the only girl we see for a while...