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Adventure Stories

The Adventure Stories section is full of fun and inspirational accounts from fellow truck camper enthusiasts. Do you have an interesting truck camping lifestyle? Share your story!

Adventure Stories
Reader Spotlight: From Bear Quest to Porcupines

What do you do when you have enough bear photos to wallpaper your house? Switch to porcupines, of course! The Stevensons have explored both the Dalton and the Dempster, and are still chasing wildlife. Their latest focus? A bit prickly.

Adventure Stories
Reader Spotlight: Orian Hartviksen Doesn’t Mind the Cold

In 2012, Orian Hartviksen was exploring remote logging roads, camping at -15°C (5°F), and traveling far from campgrounds. Fourteen years later, Orian shares her travels, why she upgraded to a Northern Lite 10-2EX, and experienced trip tips and inspirations.

Adventure Stories
Pulling Back From The Brinkley

By their own admission, Wally and Jill Cutchin made a terrible mistake. Seduced by a gorgeous Brinkley trailer, they believed bigger meant better. It didn’t. Here’s how they pulled back from the Brinkley and returned to truck camping.

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Reader Spotlight: The Coushaines Keep Going and Going

In 2014, Charlie and Jeannie Coushaine said their two-year truck camping plan might last five. Twelve years later, their adventures are still going—and going, and going. They’ve been to Alaska, Baja Mexico, Nova Scotia, and beyond. What keeps the Coushaines going? There’s a video for that.

Adventure Stories
Perfection Can Wait: The Pan-American Can’t

Heather and Dana’s homeownership plans hit a roadblock, so they changed direction. Now they’re living in a Phoenix camper and heading as far south as one can drive. Tip of South America, here we come!

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Reader Spotlight: Dave Ruane Goes Wild

After our first interview fourteen years ago, we catch up with fellow truck camper Dave Ruane. Since then, he’s made the leap from a pop-up to a Northern Lite 9-6 LE, and taken up one wild hobby. Get ready for mountain lions, wolves, moose, and beyond.

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Essential Alaska Tips From the Experts

Stacey and Gary Quimby have spent years helping RVers prepare for Alaska through RVing to Alaska, one of the largest and most respected online communities dedicated to the journey. Stacey also serves as Managing Editor of The MILEPOST, making them uniquely qualified to offer practical advice for anyone planning the trip north.

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Behind the Scenes of The MILEPOST and RVing to Alaska

Not only is the Managing Editor of The MILEPOST a fellow truck camper, but she’s also the co-founder of the hugely popular and highly respected RVing to Alaska Facebook group. Want to go to Alaska? Bookmark this.

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The Flying Professor of Law

From the lecture halls of Stanford law and economics to the rolling mountain-wave lifts of the Sierra Nevada, Mitch Polinsky is a man of two very different worlds. From his Supertramp Flagship LT, he waits each morning. Will he be a professor or a pilot? Only the weather can tell.

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Walls of Stone and a Life in Motion

Only a few days a year present the light, weather, and timing for David Clock to capture the images he’s chasing. From his Arctic Fox 865, he’s creating a black-and-white photography book presenting the Sierras at their most dramatic. The scene is set, the light is fading. Three… two… one… wow.

Adventure Stories
Essential Google Maps For Truck Camping

Here’s your 1-2-3 guide to revolutionizing your trip planning with Google Maps. You’ll never look at roads, campgrounds, and destinations the same way again. Drop that pin.

Adventure Stories
Dirtiest Rig Contest Winners and Stories

Look beyond the brown mud. Peer past the packed snow. Squint through the caked bugs. We swear there are actual truck campers in there! And the stories. Oh my, the stories. The winners are….

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Two Swiss. One Rig. Endless Adventures.

Every summer, Regula and Daniel fly over from Switzerland, pick up their Ford F-350 and Rugged Mountain 11RL, and explore North America to their hearts content. Here’s how they do it, and what they’ve discovered. Don’t miss these Swiss!

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The Moment Finder

After nearly twenty years of roaming the country in his Arctic Fox 990, Matt Nelson doesn’t have to go looking for incredible moments. They find him.

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Carried by Nature: The Wildly Fun Art of CamPets

An elephant hauls a vintage truck camper. Blue whales carry hard-sides to depths they have never seen before. Scott Wilhelm paints one-of-a-kind pieces that will make you scratch your head and uncontrollably smile. Hide your truck camper before one of these CamPets carries it away.

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From Firehouse to Forest Roads

After the embers are extinguished and the smoke clears, LA firefighter Ryan Brown hits the road in his Supertramp Flagship LT to pursue his true passions: overland travel and nature photography. This one is sure to ignite your off-grid wanderlust.

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