I am writing this because people need to know that Foundation Financial Group in Charlotte NC is a fantastic mortgage company to do business with. They return your phone calls, they are friendly, and when you speak with them they genuinely believe that they can help you and on top of that they truly work hard to make you happy. After my first contact with them I read some various reports about them on google which made me concerned, but since I have done business with them now, I am SOOOOOO happy I decided to work with them and I still haven’t heard from the bum’s at Bank of America who promised to do so much for me, shows how much they care!

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I met up with a few friends while there, the line up of vehicle’s included 2 Range Rover’s 2 Discovery’s and 1 Series Land Rover.

The details of the trip along with pictures can be scene at LROffroad.com, but what you need to know it that we had an AWESOME time! We managed to roll one of the Discovery’s and my Interco SS M-16 tires really got a work out. I was aired down to about 15 PSI and anyone who owns a Range Rover knows that they weigh a ton! In fact I weigh over 6,000 lbs, so for me to be aired down to 15 PSI in a 6,000+ lb vehicle is no small task. I was ripping on the trails all day, crawling over pointy rocks and hitting steep cliffs. In fact the rocks were so sharp that I sliced my sidewall pretty deeply, and yet my tires still didn’t blow out! These SS M-16 Tires by Interco are by far the best off road tire I have ever owned. I can now say that I have beat on them and they are holding strong and true!

The trip was awesome, check out the site and find out more!! LROffroad.com

I know that I dont know any of you personally, but if you are interested in saving a beautiful womans life then click this link and see about donating, every dollar counts.

I hope that none of you have to experience something like this in your family, it never makes sense and to be completely honest, I still think this whole situation is total Bull Shit. I want my Mom alive, she is only 50 and if you could even spot $20 that would be awesome, now if you can do more that would help us meet the goal faster.

I am posting this here because I know this site is awesome and gets a lot of traffic to it. I know this has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with Land Rover’s, but I hope you can understand me wanting to spread the word about my Mom’s need. Here is the link Click HERE to support her!

One thing that I found interesting is that Afghanistan’s army was closest to the polls keeping watch to ward off any possible attacks while American troops stood further away to intervene if necessary. In my mind this is fantastic foreign policy. We should be there for support and encourage other to fend for themselves while supplying the necessary support as they fight for their own stability. I am excited about this, and cannot wait to see how it goes.

Tonight I even got a pre taste of the action. I got a call that a fellow enthusiast was stuck and needed a winch to come pull them out. So I pulled up in the Range with the 12,000 lb winch and pulled them right out. Now tomorrow I get to have some fun exploring Uwharrie National Forest in my Range Rover with some great people and dear friends. This my friends, is what life is all about, and this is what dreams are made of! Wish us well as we step out on our journey and keep in touch with LROffroad.com! We just uploaded a new video of the week for you to enjoy! Take care and Happy Rovering!! PS sorry for spelling, it is after 1:00am and I am excited and cannot sleep!! Live life and pursue dreams, that’s all I can say! God Bless, He is good!

The design of the Land Rover LRX makes me think of an Aston Martin, in fact Aston Martin has designed an SUV that looks a lot like the new LRX, only the LRX looks better! I have been wondering what the interior would be like in one of these things and tonight I found this video on Hulu which settled my curiousity and made me fall in love with Land Rover’s new LRX!! Check it out! In case the video does not work, just go to LROffroad.com and check it out on my home page!

The worst part so far has been the process. First my Mom developes a lump, she’s very aware of how expensive cancer treatments can be so she dismisses the fact that she has a lump and continues to live her regular day to day life. She was waking up, running, eating healthy, and looking beautiful. She showed no signs of sickness so she assumed she was fine. Finally one day she expressed her concerns and we set the appointment to have it checked out. After the doctors had a look at it they said it was a tumor but that it did not appear to be cancer, and they suggested that we have a diopsy done to just make sure that she didn’t have cancer. The biopsy showed that it was in fact cancer, and that she has Ductal Carcinoma, which is the most common and most curable form of breast cancer. Instantly my mind was set at ease when I heard it was common and curable, but the process is pretty brutal. Chemotherapy is what the doctors are suggesting, and they are now saying that my Mom may not have much longer to live since her form of cancer is acting so aggressively. Today she was meeting with a doctor who would give her the life expectancy…… Is MY MOTHER seriously going to have someone tell her how likely she is to be alive next year?….. This all seems to crazy to be true.

Basicly, what I want anyone to learn from reading this post, is that Cancer is a frightening road to walk down. Every single day I talk to my Mom who is tears, and every other day my sister breaks down and my Dad keeps getting found in the garage soaked in tears. This is by far the strongest emotional, physical and mental battle that my family has ever encountered. My brother and I are still shell shocked, and although my emotions have been up and down I have to admit to maintaining a very calm demeener and seeking to understand what is going on, and fully understanding the problem before I react and search for solutions, I suppose that may just be my reaction as a man. But what you need to know is that when you or someone you love battle’s cancer the battle is largely mental. We all know that when your emotions, fears and physical exhaustion run high your mental strength tends to get warn down. My advice is, be solid, be patient and wait for facts, but aggressively educate yourself. I have read a few articles on the type of cancer that my Mom has, and when she is in tears and afraid that she might die, I am able to comfort her with the positive facts. Most often what causes her to break down is a negative thought that isn’t supported by anything that the doctors have found yet. For instance, she is concerned that her heart is un healthy and that her liver is being attacked by the cancer. However, with breast cancer those organs cannot be attacked until the cancer reaches the blood which it accesses through an area in the arm pit. The doctors have not found cancer in her arm pit which means that her heart and liver have not been attacked. However, part of her emotional melt down is this idea that the cancer is taking over her entire body. So I am able to comfort her and correct her thinking by assuring her that her heart and liver are healthy and strong and not being attacked by the cancer.

It’s a freightening idea, I have trouble accepting that my Mother is a cancer patient, she is so beautiful, and young, and she is so full of vision. This is all happening at the most unexpected time, my Mom has just invested a ton of money and is in the middle of growing her business and venturing out into other parts of the country, then this happens. It is all very surreal and I’m not yet convinced that it has actually happened, but I wanted to write about it, and if you read this and want someone to talk to and vent, then I encourage you to contact me. I am writing this blog just to get my thoughts out there, Out of respect for my Moms privacy I haven’t written about this on my facebook or twitter but I figure noone on this site knows me personally, they just know LROffroad.com, but LROffroad.com is run by a very real person who experiences life just like you. Not that that should surprise you, but I would like to help whoever I can who is in a similar situation. Take care, and God Bless…….. -Dante(LROffroad.com guy)

I am determined to never sell anything through LROffroad.com, only accept advertising. I do not want to be the guy who says something is great and then asks you to pay here! I want to be the non biased enthusiast who people can trust and enjoy! With all that said, the Good Lord has bestowed a great amount of vision in me for LROffroad.com and I am excited to see what He has in store for our future. I am determined to not become another Land Rover Forum site, although the integration of an online forum may be a benefit to our users, and you may see one pop up on the site in the next month or so!!

I want you to know that when you see the forum pop up on our web site, that we are not trying to be like everyone else. I am in the process right now of reading and learning all that I can to build what I have in my mind for the future of LROffroad.com, but like every good thing in life, it will be worth the wait:)

I hope you all are as excited as I am to see what we have brewing, be prepared to experience Land Rover in an entirely different way on the internet in just a few short months(possibly weeks)!!! Cheers, your friends at LROffroad.com