Road trips go back much further than the movies. The Odyssey was a road trip, Alice in Wonderland, Lord of the Rings, The Wizard of Oz is a road trip.

Here's this guy making this road trip on his own nickel, everything's breaking down, and he beat them to New York,

We cant always take every piece of equipment we have off-road, but we can take the MARCBOT off-road, ... Out vehicles have the potential to get stuck if we take them into too-rough terrain, and that poses a whole new problem of exposing ourselves while we try to get the vehicle un-stuck.

Say there was a suspicious looking bag 60 meters off of the road. It could be a bomb or a small weapons cache, ... Our best option is to send the MARCBOT out there to check it out. For all of these reasons I think the MARCBOT is a valuable piece of equipment for us to have.

We can't always take every piece of equipment we have off-road, but we can take the MARCBOT off-road, ... Out vehicles have the potential to get stuck if we take them into too-rough terrain, and that poses a whole new problem of exposing ourselves while we try to get the vehicle un-stuck.

When I was younger, I had no problem renting a car and driving down every dirt road in Baja or Costa Rica looking for great waves to avoid crowds, ... It was fun, but as I've gotten older, I'm more inclined to charter a surf camp trip. Frankly, I'm looking for a little more comfort and a lot less hassle.