The Golden Road
Camping is a glamorous life to be sure. But, sometimes you're the windshield and sometimes you're the bug.
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Mississippi Mud & Texas Tears
Life is good, except when it isn't. Our travels through the lower Mississippi Delta and Texas.
Baby Please Don't Go Down to New Orleans
Let’s get something clear right away – New Orleans isn’t for everyone. This is not Orlando with jazz music and proper chefs.
Tom Piper
- Mar 3, 2022
- 2 min
Nomads & Pirates in Sedona, AZ
Sedona is a bit like a perfectly poured, dry martini. It's pretty as a picture, but it's not going to quench your thirst.
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Tom Piper
- Nov 12, 2021
- 2 min
Best of the West
The question we have been asked the most since our recent tour across America is: what was our favorite place? It’s a tough one.
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Tom Piper
- Nov 2, 2021
- 3 min
This Bud is Not for You
One has to be careful when kindly strangers offer magic beans, or bud.
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Tom Piper
- Oct 22, 2021
- 1 min
End of Trail
The journey was long, but felt short. After 9 months, 28,000 miles and 28 states, it felt like we had been gone a week.
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Tom Piper
- Oct 10, 2021
- 4 min
Livin' in Tin - Where to Camp
Want the skinny low-down on where you can put your trailer, tent or RV across the U.S.?
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Tom Piper
- Sep 29, 2021
- 1 min
Mecca on the Miami River
We couldn't actually see where Stanley was actually made (closed for Covid), but the gift shop was definitely open for business!
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Tom Piper
- Sep 24, 2021
- 1 min
Red Rock(s) n Roll
All the great ones have rocked at The Rocks. The Beatles & The Allman Brothers Band. The Dead & The D (Tenacious D).
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Tom Piper
- Sep 11, 2021
- 2 min
The Black Canyon
The Black Canyon of the Gunnison is aptly named. It may be the deepest, narrowest canyon in the world. It’s more crevasse than canyon.
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Tom Piper
- Aug 28, 2021
- 2 min
Enchanted
"We stopped over in Santa Fe. That being the point just about half way."
- Me and My Uncle
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Tom Piper
- Jul 16, 2021
- 2 min
Beets, Bears & Battlestar Galactica
Dwight Schrute, as impersonated by Jim Halpert, insists that Black Bears are the best bears.
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Tom Piper
- Jul 16, 2021
- 2 min
Where I Make My Stand
Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the U.S. and one of the deepest in the world. It’s 1,943 feet deep, which is pretty god damn deep.
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Tom Piper
- Jul 8, 2021
- 2 min
Naked & Afraid
Sometimes after too many miles, the most relaxing and freeing thing you can do is simply remove all of your clothes.
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Tom Piper
- Jun 20, 2021
- 3 min
Riding to the Sun
When we arrived in Glacier National Park, the legendary Going to the Sun Road was not yet open. A blessing in disguise if there ever was one
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Tom Piper
- Jun 14, 2021
- 3 min
A Tale of Two Springs
Hot springs literally dot the American West, but they are not all alike as we would learn.
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Tom Piper
- Jun 10, 2021
- 2 min
And a River Runs Through It
“Stanley” our travel trailer got his name in 2017, just after he came into our lives. We did yet know that he had a geographic soulmate.
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Tom Piper
- May 26, 2021
- 1 min
Gaiters, Knickers, Whatever
Part of being a real life wilderness action figure is being flexible when it comes to gear.
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Tom Piper
- May 24, 2021
- 1 min
Ramble On Rosie
Many people bring pets along in their RV. Not us, we brought a plant.
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Tom Piper
- May 20, 2021
- 6 min
In the Zion's Den
Everyone decided in 2021 that the only safe Covid vacation was at a national park. Still, Zion was another level altogether.
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Tom Piper
- Mar 14, 2021
- 2 min
Texas Forever
Big place Texas. By all accounts, it's even its own republic. Whatever that means.
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