Animal Attacks In the Middle of the Night – A Story

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 […]
Freedom of Travel & The Wilderness

“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 […]
Minirodante Hecha En Casa – Teardropping in Argentina

“That’s the thing with handmade items. They still have the person’s mark on them, and when you hold them, you feel less alone.” – Aimee Bender In grade school, I remember having a pen pal in a foreign land (Germany? possibly…). I remember being amazed at the personal touch I received from someone on the other side […]
Adventure Canada: How to Go Crazy

This is the 3rd post on the Adventure Canada Series. If you haven’t read parts 1-2 of the blog series yet, you can read them here: Adventure Canada: Failure to Launch Adventure Canada: The Gravel Strip & Beauty Adventure Canada: How to Go Crazy “All you need is love. But a little chocolate now […]
Merry Christmas From OT

About the Photo: This is our first customer ordered 58 Heald Trailer in the Vibrant Yellow color. During this build, we dubbed this trailer “The Honey Bee” for two reasons. Obviously a black and yellow trailer looks like a honey bee. The second reason is that the customers are involved in the honey and bee […]
Adventure Canada: The Gravel Strip & Beauty

This is the 2nd post on the Adventure Canada Series. If you haven’t read the other parts of the blog series yet, you can read them here: Adventure Canada: Failure to Launch Adventure Canada: The Gravel Strip & Beauty Adventure Canada: How to Go Crazy “I grew up on the edge of a national park […]
Adventure Canada: Failure to Launch

This is the 1st post on the Adventure Canada Series. If you haven’t read the other parts of the blog series yet, you can read them here: Adventure Canada: Failure to Launch Adventure Canada: The Gravel Strip & Beauty Adventure Canada: How to Go Insane “You never really learn to swear until you learn to […]
99% Camping Fun 1% Flummoxed

“Of course I’m scared. I’m not Superman.” – Jackie Chan Anything that starts with an embarrassing photo of horrified campers is bound to make for a good story. The photo above holds many surprises besides the panic stricken aspects of those having their picture shot. From the looks of things you’d think they were actually being shot. […]
Camping With Your Mother

“And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.” – William Shakespeare Today is earth day! If you’re not out camping and seeing scenes like the one I enjoyed (above), at least have an adventure and go outside for a […]
Simply Growing!

“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” – Ben Franklin If you have visited The OverlandTrailer.com website recently, you’ve probably noticed some changes in the website function. This is because overlandtrailer.com has a new division under the license Overland Trailer, LLC. A friend, Nathan, and I are […]