Mindset

How to find your overland trail name?

What is an overland trail name? And how do you find yours?

Trips

Scenes From The Swell

Last week was filled with overlanding adventures with friends in the San Rafael Swell. It was a great way to kickoff the overlanding season. I'm so excited for more trips soon. I hope you enjoy the sights and sounds of the Swell.

Gear

Choosing The Best Starlink Tripod Adapter for Your Needs

This post explores the most frequently asked questions about choosing a Starlink Tripod Adapter and tripod for a Standard (v2) or Standard Actuated (v3) Starlink, including our own recommendations and tips based on our experience in the field.

Starlink

Internet Hour (aka when to turn off your Starlink)

Learn about when we use our Starlink while overlanding and camper (and when we turn it off). Lessons in being disconnected and present.

Starlink

Lessons in Drilling Through Your Camper (aka installing a Starlink ethernet port)

How we install a SmartPlug Ethernet jack in the side of our truck camper making it quick and easy to connect our Starlink at camp. Including how to drill through the side of your fiberglass camper.

Storied Stickers

Slowing. It. Down.

Lessons in slowing down along the trail.

Storied Stickers

Baby cow, why do you just keep running? Sticker

Oh, those baby cows. Why do they just keep running and running and running down the road?

Storied Stickers

Beware The Desert Bear Sticker

The story of our first night camping in our truck camper and how we met our first desert bear.

Storied Stickers

Givin' It The Beans Sticker

Check out our new Givin' It The Beans sticker. A reminder that adventure is better together with your team.

Starlink

Using Starlink While Camping

Does using Starlink at camp degrade the experience of camping? Would it be better to have no connectivity at camp? We share our perspectives on traveling with Starlink and how t changed our experience for the better and worse.

Mindset

Adventure Is Personal

It’s too easy to forget the personal nature of adventure. But who’s to say what’s an adventure to someone else?

Gear

Take A Tour of Our Overlanding Rig "BANTHA1"

Take a tour of our overlanding rig BANTHA1. Check out the inside and outside of our Ford F-350 SuperDuty, Hallmark Guanella pop-up truck camper, and Highway Products flatbed, and gear.

Storied Stickers

Friend Recovery Expert Sticker

Check out our new Friend Recovery Expert sticker. Because we all know your recovery gear is really for your friends and people you meet along the trail.

Storied Stickers

See You Out There Sticker

Check out our new See You Out Ther sticker and swag. Because sometimes beautiful desolation is more fun with a bit of community. And so we hope to see you out there as a friend on our next adventure.

Storied Stickers

Air Down Off-Road Sticker

Check out our new Air Down Off-Road sticker. Ready for action and way more traction. Show your support for airing down when driving off-road.

Gear

Introducing The TP Toter

Introducing the TP Toter, a premium accessory for your Dookie Depeuty (aka shovel) to hold a large generous roll of 2-ply within an easy arm's reach.

Storied Stickers

Introducing Storied Stickers

Storied Stickers is a project to create stickers, tee shirts, and swag based on stories from my overlanding adventures and the adventures of other overlanders I meet in the field.

Storied Stickers

I'd Rather Be Here Sticker

The "I'd Rather Be Here" sticker is a reminder that each day is an opportunity and a responsibility to do what you love. It's the first sticker in the Storied Stickers project.

Trips

Top Adventures of 2022

Learn about our top 20 adventures of 2022!

Gear Featured

Our DIY Starlink Tripod Stand + Adapter

Learn about our custom 3D-printed Starlink tripod adapter and stand which is much easier to transport and store than the stock stand.

Summer 2022 Trip

Coming Home

We finish our Summer 2022 Roadtrip slowly returning home to Colorado, visiting friends and family along the way.

Summer 2022 Trip

Getting Out There

We enjoy the freedom from expectations and responsibilities getting out there at Cape Hatteras National Seashore.

Summer 2022 Trip

Walking Like Don

Val and I learn the secret to walking like Don in Avalon, NJ.

Summer 2022 Trip

Embrace The Sweat

Val and I find the secret to being hot and sweaty while hiking to the summit of Dorr Mountain in Acadia National Park.

Summer 2022 Trip

Becoming A Canoeist

We try canoeing for the first time in "Keni" National Park.