Before I left on The Pacific Northwest Tour, I shared my road trip essentials... the things I do to prepare from a safety standpoint. Now for a random selection of road trip tips and tricks I use … [Read more...] about The Car-Camping Guide: Road Trip Tips and Tricks
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Rethinking Adventure Food with Fishpeople Seafood
A few weeks before I set out out on the Pacific Northwest Tour, I got a treat. The folks at Fishpeople Seafood contacted me to see if I'd be interested in trying out their products and sharing my … [Read more...] about Rethinking Adventure Food with Fishpeople Seafood
The Car-Camping Guide: Road Trip Essentials
You've probably figured out by now that I spend a lot of time on the road. There are a great many facets to making a road trip come together and, as you can imagine, there's a method to my madness in … [Read more...] about The Car-Camping Guide: Road Trip Essentials
A lesson in less
It's always amazing what you find when you clean house, even virtually. I found this little musing buried in my drafts and thought I should finally share it. I originally wrote it a couple of months … [Read more...] about A lesson in less
Car Camping 101
Here in Val in Real Life Land, the outdoor lifestyle— camping, hiking, geocaching, and such—is so normal to us that I forget how completely odd and unachievable it seems to some. I honestly do forget … [Read more...] about Car Camping 101