This morning Mark & I were sitting at camp in Nevada having a conversation when we remembered…it’s the holidays. I’d completely forgotten. Then, what immediately came to my mind were the millions of people running around frantically attending holiday parties, catching flights and shopping, shopping, shopping. It saddens me that the holidays have become synonymous with...
For many, camping is synonymous with summer however we’ve found that the Arizona desert may have just as much to offer during the winter. It’s definitely the place to go if you’d like to log more camping nights in your year or if you’re like us and just don’t have time to camp much during the summer months. I’ve experienced my fair share of heat from 11 years...
Most of my adult life I’ve wondered what it means to be content. I used to always be caught up in the future thinking “I’ll be happy when…” “…when I land that job, when I lose 15 lbs., when I go on that trip”. It was a vicious cycle that I couldn’t escape. I chalked it up to being a kid and that I had a lot to accomplish before I could really be happy...
I was 17 years old when my grandfather passed away in 1998. Some of my fondest memories are of the delectable waffle breakfasts he would craft every Christmas and the times he would ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up and I always enthusiastically answered “a photographer”. He had a great love of photography himself and the kid in me today would be giddy at the opportunity to...
A few weeks ago, while camping at Lake Mohave, I was looking around camp and noticed all the items we’ve thoughtfully accumulated over the last couple of years that are fun, efficient and space-saving. All of which contribute to a great overall camping experience. Truck camper travel teaches you just that, to be extremely thoughtful about each and every item you take along with you...
When we purchased our FWC truck camper we included a 85 watt solar panel and two auxiliary batteries with our purchase. The purchase proved to be a good one as we primarily camp in remote places with no access to hookups of any kind. Running our refrigerator, the furnace and charging electronics had been no problem with the solar panel. That was true until our first winter. With the sun...
In June 2012 we purchased our new Four Wheel Camper Hawk Shell Model. After countless hours researching the perfect off-road camping rig, we couldn’t be happier with our choice. Here’s a look at what options we included, what we’ve added since the purchase and some photos of our setup. Standard features included in the Four Wheel Camper Shell Model: All aluminum flex...
This post is a follow-up to last week’s “Of the many ways to camp, why we chose a truck camper”. After all the research that went in to deciding on a truck camper vs. a trailer, camper van, etc., we thought we had made some progress when really we had a long way to go. Okay, so we want a truck camper, now we need to decide on a truck and a camper. We wanted to get a rig...
It was the summer of 2010 that I first laid eyes on a VW Syncro, you know, the bad ass 4wd camper van. It was about the same time that Mark & I discovered Sportsmobile. It was like we had opened a door to a whole new world. I always thought that if you wanted to travel the open road, a motorhome was the only option. Boy was I living in a box. Mark & I have always loved off-roading. ...
It all starts with a tent. That wad of fabric (you know, the one you can never get back in to that damn bag) that introduces you to everything the great outdoors has to offer. Your first campfire, the first time you can truly see the Milky Way, discovering that food, when cooked and eaten outside, always tastes better. The conversation and the silence, all more rich when done while…...
