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
- Aug 29, 2022
- 4 min
Come From Away*
Way, way up North in Nova Scotia. Cranky Scots and steep drops.
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Tom Piper
- Aug 8, 2022
- 4 min
Oh Canada - Stop Making Nice
Canada - The people are improbably nice. The scenery is exceptional. Which makes you wonder, what cool game are they playing up here?
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Tom Piper
- Jul 18, 2022
- 4 min
Up on the Blue Ridge Parkway
As long as I’ve had Airstream dreams, I’ve dreamed of the Blue Ridge Parkway. It’s hard to imagine a more captivating driving experience.
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Tom Piper
- Apr 13, 2022
- 3 min
Living the Dream?
We are living our dream, usually. Where there are dreams, there are nightmares.
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Tom Piper
- Feb 4, 2022
- 2 min
Jumping the Camp Shark
Camping is not just for dirt bags and Boy Scouts anymore.
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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 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 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
- 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
- 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
- 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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