Our 5200 pound behemoth lies in a small clearing overlooking a rocky gorge. Cool air rising from the stream below makes the morning a bit colder. The FJ Cruiser is fully deployed in camp mode like an adult 's transformer toy with Roof mounted tent, side mounted awning and all the camp stuff helpful to spend a week wandering mountain trails in western Italy and eastern France. We 're at the staging area in the mountains north west of Genoa Italy, preparing for an offroad adventure with TC-Offroad Trekking. We normally avoid group tours and pre-arranged trips. But we like what these folks do and thought it would be good to see others conduct these sorts of activities, possibly getting new ideas. We came early and watch others arrive from all over Europe. They 're driving an interesting diversity of trucks from Land Rover Defenders and alpha-male Land Cruisers to Hyundai Terracan and LR4 Discoverys, as well as a couple of Jeeps. |