As we started getting more and more into off-roading and camping, one of the first big challenges we started facing was simply figuring out where to go. Sounds easy, but not… All the well known easy access places are busy,…
Category: Off Road Driving & Riding
Affordable Roof Top Tent for the Family
When we stated to do more camping and overlanding with our two boys, there was one simple question that was surprisingly hard to find a solid answer to – Will a roof top tent work for a family of 4?…
Off-road Radios
Oddly enough, when we were getting our gear together for overland adventures, it was rather difficult to find useful guidance for radio communications. Professional race teams use the expensive equipment, sporting goods shops sell the restrictive low power handhelds (walkie-talkies)…
What is overlanding, exactly?
Lately, I’ve been adding #overlandfam to a lot of my Instagram posts. It’s taken me a little while to own our place as an overlanding family. I often get asked though, what does mean to “overland”. It’s not a silly…
Overland: Flagstaff to Grand Canyon
This 4th of July, Savannah and I opted to push our comfort zone and join an off-raod group (Instagram: @overland_raptor_runs) for a three day overlanding trip. We had gone camping with the kids before, and we had gone on long…
Arizona Snowventure
Yes, there is snow in Arizona, and it isn’t hard to find. To everyone that says Arizona has only one season, summer, they are almost entirely correct (Arizona averages 300 sunny days every year). I am usually the first to…
Butcher Jones With SkyPixel Media
We had our friends from SkyPixel Media join us for a day in the desert before the New Year. While I often like to introduce them as “homeless”, Blake and Rachel are on a nomadic adventure. Currently, they’re based somewhere…