We’ve bought and sold many travel trailers over the years but our Four Wheel Camper has always been a mainstay. It’s never come off of our truck in the 12 years we’ve owned it and has provided us with many unforgettable adventures. To this day we believe it’s the best money we’ve ever spent.
It’s been twelve years now since we bought our 2012 Four Wheel Camper. In that time we’ve slept in it well over a thousand nights, a figure I used to keep track of and long ago lost count. While we’ve experimented with towing trailers of various sizes for living on the road full-time, the one thing that has remained the same over the last decade is the truck and Four Wheel...
For the last three winters we’ve taken our truck camper plus utility trailer setup to Baja for several months of exploring. Our experiences have been so rich and rewarding but what was once a place that felt outside of our comfort zone is now a place of familiarity. While Baja ranks at the top of our all-time favorite regions, we’re ready to get back to the unfamiliar, to exploring...
A few weeks ago we moved back into our travel trailer after spending 3 months traveling around Mexico in our truck camper. Since we’ve taken a unique approach to full-time travel by alternating between two different rigs, I thought I’d share the details behind the 10 years of experimentation that led us to this choice. I hope you enjoy this peek into our backstory! Every spring is...
February 15, 2020 When Mark was offered the job he has now, it took us a year to decide if it was the right move for us. We knew that no longer being business partners would change everything. And it has. Last year, more times than I can count, one of us was walking in the door from a work trip just as the other was on the way out of town. What made it all okay was knowing at the end of the year...
After a week spent in the magnificent Alabama Hills, March was coming to a close. We’d been on the road for six months and it was time to decide how we wanted to spend our final six weeks of travel before returning to Colorado for the summer. We could go anywhere and do anything but there was one particular thing that we couldn’t stop thinking about and that was an...
Of all the Instagram photos I’ve seen over the years, there has been one place that I’ve seen over and over and over again that I knew I had to see with my own eyes. The Alabama Hills outside of Lone Pine, CA. This well-known, insanely beautiful and unique stretch of public land is perfectly poised at the base of the Eastern Sierras; making it easy to understand...
At the end of January we made a goal to cut way back on our stays in campgrounds and take better advantage of the free camping opportunities found throughout the vast public lands of the West. We’d been missing the peaceful serenity of the wilderness, not to mention the cost of campgrounds was adding up. However, we were quickly learning the major disadvantage to...
After leaving Death Valley we decided to delay our Northbound trajectory due to the weather. As we were lazily cruising down a deserted California highway, I noticed some interesting rock formations in the mountains to the West. We pulled over, dug thru our maps and found a road to take us there. The start of the road was easy then turned to sand. We were hopeful we wouldn’t have to turn...
I can hardly believe that it’s been 6 months since we sold our house and set off to try our hand at full-time RV living. Without a doubt there has been a learning curve and we still become a little better accustomed to this lifestyle every week. There have been good days and bad as well as a lot of learning about ourselves and life on the road. Here are a few things we’ve learned...
Here’s what I knew about Death Valley before going: 1. A select group of crazy people attempt to run 135 miles thru Death Valley to Mt. Whitney every summer in a race called the Badwater 135. I know this because I love to read about them. 2. There are rocks that mysteriously move across the flat desert floor on their own accord and no one is certain how. So why did we go to Death Valley? I...
