{"id":13351,"date":"2023-05-21T12:41:16","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T12:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2025\/?page_id=13351"},"modified":"2026-06-08T21:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T21:55:11","slug":"team-109","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/2026-teams\/team-109\/","title":{"rendered":"Team 109"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13351\" class=\"elementor elementor-13351\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4e35a19 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4e35a19\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-298507c\" data-id=\"298507c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ca4efb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2ca4efb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NR26_Teams-TOPS-9.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-14138\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NR26_Teams-TOPS-9.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NR26_Teams-TOPS-9-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NR26_Teams-TOPS-9-1024x341.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NR26_Teams-TOPS-9-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NR26_Teams-TOPS-9-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NR26_Teams-TOPS-9-2048x682.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0d04fe3 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0d04fe3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e7a07d\" data-id=\"5e7a07d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47ca6d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"47ca6d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Michael &amp; Diane SMITH | Jeep Wrangler | CA<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f235ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f235ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hi, we\u2019re Mike and Diane Smith from Northern California.\u00a0 We\u2019re avid travelers, off-roaders and outdoors-people who, since retiring in January 2025, have spent over 300 days away from home including 11 US states, B.C. Norte, B.C. Sud and Sonora, Mexico.\u00a0<\/p><p>Our primary home-away-from-home is a 2006 E-350 4&#215;4 SportsMobile camper van affectionately called \u201cWanda\u201d (besides our travel style, the steering used to be a little loose and she wanda\u2019d a bit. . .).\u00a0 Our main off-road rig is a modified \u201806 Jeep LJ named \u201cDarth\u201d (Vader).\u00a0 You\u2019ll also see \u201cForrest\u201d (Run Forrest, Run!), a \u201999 Jeep TJ that lives at our cabin in Idaho.<\/p><p>We were introduced to the Nomad Overland Rally by Charlene Bower and the friendly folks of the Ladies Offroad Network last summer. We have quite a bit of travel planned for this year with our co-pilot <em>Lassen the Wonder Dog<\/em> and look forward to a little friendly competition while sharing and following you all!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7db9beb elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7db9beb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ed25e87\" data-id=\"ed25e87\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e0d68d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9e0d68d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NR26_Teams-BTMS-9.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-14157\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NR26_Teams-BTMS-9.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NR26_Teams-BTMS-9-300x50.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NR26_Teams-BTMS-9-1024x171.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NR26_Teams-BTMS-9-768x128.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NR26_Teams-BTMS-9-1536x256.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NR26_Teams-BTMS-9-2048x342.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c827f6d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c827f6d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-24f8d7b9\" data-id=\"24f8d7b9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72896037 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72896037\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/2026-teams\/team-108\/\">&lt; Previous Team<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/2026-teams\/\">All Teams<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/2026-teams\/team-110\/\">Next Team &gt;<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael &amp; Diane SMITH | Jeep Wrangler | CA Hi, we\u2019re Mike and Diane Smith from Northern California.\u00a0 We\u2019re avid travelers, off-roaders and outdoors-people who, since retiring in January 2025, have spent over 300 days away from home including 11 US states, B.C. Norte, B.C. Sud and Sonora, Mexico.\u00a0 Our primary home-away-from-home is a 2006 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":14044,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13351","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13351"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14194,"href":"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13351\/revisions\/14194"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nomadoverlandrally.com\/nomadrally2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}