The Simple Camping Podcast Posts
“I want to be the condensation on the glass. I want to be that phenomenon that takes place between hot and cold.” – Terrence Howard Road Flares & Ice are both features of my camping experience. Let me explain. At the Overland Trailer production shop this past week, it is about 108 degrees (F) …
Do the math, it never lies! A key to camping in a teardrop trailer is efficient use of space. Like backpacking, it necessitates careful packing and self-examination of what one needs when camping. When we built our first teardrop trailer, we had concerns over space. We were tent campers and hadn’t had an RV of …
“I was wearing my Italian leather hand laced moto jacket. Sophisticated yet different; nothing to make a huge fuss about. Rich dark brown calfskin leather – wooden buttons. Matching leather vent. Men’s whole and half sizes. Price: $135.00.” – J Peterman We’re All Metal Fans -whether you know it or not. That jacket sounds pretty …
“He climbed cathedral mountains, he saw silver clouds below He saw everything as far as you can see” – John Denver It is rare, in my life lately, to have a vacation or break away. There have been a lot of curve balls in the past year. I started saving some cash little by little …
Something that I’d like the podcasts to do is feature actual camping stories. The last episode focused primarily on an author and was largely editorial. This one is just one of my favorite camp stories. I was in the 3rd grade when this story happened. This is my recollection of the story. Since many of …
Animal Attacks In the Middle of the Night – A Story Read More »
“My wife says, ‘Camping’s a tradition in my family’. It was a tradition in everyone’s family, until we invented the House!” – Jim Gaffigan When did people start roughing it in the wilderness for fun instead of out of necessity? I have long been fascinated by this question. Our – documentary was intended to answer a …
“Just Living is not enough…One Must Have Sunshine, Freedom, and a little Flower” – Hans Christian Anderson To me, Freedom is adventure. It isn’t the day to day grind. That is a groove of habit that becomes a trench with boundaries in my life. “Freedom,” as Robert Frost wrote, “is being bold.” Freedom is …