Year: 2024

The Complete Guide to Truck Camping

The tiny living movement has been growing off the charts over the last five years as more and more people chase a nomadic lifestyle of adventure. The trend to purchase or build a home on wheels gives so many of us the freedom to travel and take our homes everywhere. When we first became full-time RVers, we purchased a 28 ft travel trailer. Ever since then, we envisioned going even bigger and upgrading to a 42 ft fifth-wheel, but as time passed, we did the opposite – we went smaller. Big rigs are great…

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Things to do in Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone is a one of a kind natural wonder, full of diversity both in terms of nature and wildlife! In this article, we go over some of the things to do in Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone is one of the most awe-inspiring attractions in the United States. Home to almost 500 geysers, some of the most beautiful natural springs in the world, and a slew of majestic wildlife, the park is a must-visit if you’re in the area. Here are some of the best things to do in Yellowstone. Old…

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Heather – Maple Pass Loop

If ever there was a hike to satisfy all a hiker’s desires, this one comes as close as any. A loop hike with many fabulous changing faces throughout the seasons, Heather-Maple Pass features ridgelines blanketed in wildflowers in summer, lakes ringed with golden larches in fall, and before the highway closes for the season, a dramatic place to experience early winter’s snows. The trail heading counter-clockwise leaves immediately from the parking lot, heading uphill moderately through second-growth forest and dappled sunlight. After about 1.25 miles, a trail branches left to…

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Tune Outdoor Introduces the Cold Weather Comfort Accessory Package

As the vehicle-based adventure market evolves, Tune Outdoor remains focused on its mission to elevate the level of style, comfort, and confidence available to those doing cool things outside…any time of the year. Tune announces the launch of its Cold-Weather Comfort Package, a curated bundle of heat and insulation accessories tailored to provide added comfort and functionality for all-season exploration. Whether its first-chair powder pursuits or elk scouting deep in the bush, the Cold-Weather Comfort package makes the Tune M1’s huge indoor space four-season worthy. This comprehensive bundle includes both a…

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Mesa Verde National Park

Mesa Verde was the first national park intended to “preserve the works of man,” in the words of Theodore Roosevelt. To this day, it’s the only park designated as a cultural park. Established in 1906, Mesa Verde offers visitors a rare chance to step inside some of the best-preserved cliff dwellings in the United States. These mesas were home to the Ancestral Pueblo people for over 700 years. For the first six centuries, people lived on top of the mesas. In the last 100 years, they built and lived in the…

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The 25 Best Places to Camp in the U.S.

The Northeast 1. Acadia National Park, Maine After a day spent wandering wooded paths, admiring breathtaking views, and dipping your toes into a crystal clear creek, you huddle around a campfire to look up at the glowing stars, crack a beer, and enjoy a some s’mores—ahh, peace and quiet. Then you zip up into your tent, van or RV for a few (mosquito-free) hours and wake to the faint hint of early morning sunlight and the sweet sound of birds chirping in the distance. This is what camping is all…

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Grand Prismatic Spring

First discovered in the early 1800’s amidst the geysers and sulfurous bubblings of Yellowstone National Park, the record setting natural wonder has been stunning visitors for over a century. The pool is a piercing blue surrounded by rings of color ranging from red to green. The otherworldly effect is caused by varieties of pigmented bacteria and microbes that thrive in the warm, mineral abundant waters surrounding the hot spring. Changing along with the seasons the colors fade and grow more deep depending on what type of bacteria is thriving in…

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Chasing Michigan Waterfalls

The web of rushing waterways that cross the “Mitten State” creates more than 300 waterfalls in Michigan. Each season, the falls take on distinctively different personalities. Come autumn, they are framed by colorful foliage that accents photos and makes for gorgeous hikes down paths that lead to them. In winter, the falls are frozen into ice sculptures as stunning as art—and great for recreational climbing. Spring brings the roar of winter’s melt, and in summer, weather that’s perfect for falls-focused picnics and more. Our Top 10 Waterfalls in Michigan What is so…

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Trifecta: Tetons, Yellowstone and Glacier National Park

Grand Teton, Yellowstone, and Glacier are three of the most popular national parks in North America. For many Truck Campers, visiting all three is a bucket list adventure. We’ve visited all three at different times over the years, and combined our must-see spots into a trip the whole family will remember forever. We’ve arranged our trip starting from the south in the Grand Tetons, where you can see jagged peaks reflected in crystal-clear mountain lakes. From there, we’ll visit the dazzling geothermal wonders of Yellowstone, where you’re almost guaranteed to…

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Nomadic Lifestyle-The New American Dream?

The tired, huddled masses of the next generation are waking up to realize that flexibility and movement are the keys to unlock joy. The American dream is dead. While still nestled in infancy, star-spangled hopes of anything resembling my parents’ life had pretty much vanished, and a strange subtext for what was to come silently gestated as I grew. The car, the house, and the child before age 30 were all near impossibilities for those of us who inherited the great recession. We were taught to dream small and assign…

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