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A YouTube adventure travel video series offering overland guide services and vehicle rentals.

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10/14/2025

Our 43rd guided trip is in the books and the weekend was so perfect! We covered over 220 miles under colorful canopies and woke up to frost almost every morning. Thanks for joining us gang, our WV Fall Tour is easily our most favorite trip of the year!

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08/23/2025

We’re at Mountain West! Come see us in the Creator Area and scroll through this post to see what’s new with some of our industry friends this weekend in Loveland CO.

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08/09/2025

Great sequence of shots from on our shoot in VT with and . Just wrapped up the post production work for “Vermont’s Most Technical Trails” and ready for the YouTube Channel. Be sure to tune in August 22 @ 5P EST to see the complete adventure - it’s a good one!
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07/28/2025

Camping on this in was amazing! Here’s a list of our Top 5 Campsites, their locations and why we loved them so much -

1. Red Head, Flatrock (47.71900271201671, -52.70137577899654) - Another cliffside campsite that not only offered epic views, access to trails, and wildlife sightings, but also plenty of solitude. Access to this trail comes with pinstripes and 4WD is definitely recommended.

2. Boutte du Cap Park, Grand Jardin (48.469411812565355, -59.26434104748504) - This cliffside site offered breathtaking views in every direction, amazing sunsets, nesting sea birds, and access to trails. We had the most beautiful sunset and the temps were perfect!

3. Anderson Cove, D***o (47.57717812617291, -53.565947286273776) - Set within a quiet cove, we loved this site because of the friendly locals, the nearby brewery, and the minke whales feeding in the cove all evening. We even tried grilled capelin on beach with Rob from .

4. Cape Ray Lighthouse, Cape Ray (47.620500835725956, -59.30698390933957) - Our first campsite upon arriving in Newfoundland and only a short drive from the ferry. Rocky shores and a bit of 4WD to get to this spot. Just avoid it like the plague if it’s foggy, the fog horn will drive you mad!

5. Lance Cove, Bonavista (48.676072526423695, -53.08804126924281) - Near Dungeon Provincal Park, we spent 2 nights on the edge of the ocean in Bonavista. This is a popular spot for travelers off a dirt road with plenty spots to camp. We could see humpback spouts out in the ocean and slept each night to crashing waves.

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07/26/2025

Over the past 30 days on this in we took advantage of every opportunity we could think of to get out and explore. Here’s a list of our top 6 excursions in Newfoundland -

1. Whale Watching in Bonavista - This 2.5-hour zodiac tour with Captain Bob far exceeded our expectations. We had an up-close experience with multiple humpback whales, dolphins, and hundreds sea birds. We also snaked our way through several small coves and sea caves, taking in nesting puffins, jellyfish, and starfish.

2. Hiking throughout Newfoundland - You are never far from a hiking trail in Newfoundland. From coastal hikes with sweeping views to trails tucked into forests filled with spruce trees, ferns, and ponds, it is one of the best ways to experience the natural beauty of this island. Along many of the coastal hikes, we were treated to sightings of whales and seals.

3. Cape St. Mary’s Ecological Reserve - A short hike takes you out to the cliffs of Cape St. Mary’s where you can see thousands (literally) of nesting gannets, gulls, razorbills, common murres, black-legged kittiwakes, and cormorants. We sat for close to 3 hours watching and listening and even saw whales feeding just off the coast.

4. St. Vincent’s Beach Whale Watching - This black sand beach, tucked in the tiny town of St. Vincent’s, boasts the best opportunity to see whales feeding close to land. Due to a steep drop off, the whales come in very close to shore to feed on capelin.

5. Western Brook Pond Tour in Gros Morne National Park - Western Brook Pond is a spectacular glacier-carved, land-locked fjord with waterfalls cascading from 2,000 feet from billion-year-old cliffs. Aside from stunning views, we learned a lot about how much of Newfoundland was shaped by glaciers over millions of years.

6. Sea Kayaking in Norris Point - For this 2-hour tour, we meandered along the rocky shoreline of Gros Morne National Park. We saw jellyfish, lobsters, bald eagles, learned about the history of the area, and even sampled some of the seaweed.

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07/21/2025

On this we’ve learned what we gear we’re using the most on this 30 day overland adventure in so we put our heads together and came up with our top 5 picks (pictured left to right) -

1. Dometic GO Compact Camp Bench - We picked this one up from a a couple months before the trip as an easy quick solution for camp vibes, putting shoes on at the trail, or doubling as table for dinner. More times than most, this is the first item that comes out of the truck when we stop.

2. PackTowl () Changing Poncho - Steph found this one and it’s an absolute game changer for camp showers or quick dips in the creek. This poncho has been super handy when we’ve stayed in the provincial parks and public campgrounds. Simply take your shower, throw on your poncho and walk back to camp and you’re dry and ready to go!

3. Blue Ridge Overland Gear () Bum Bag - We’ve been using this Bum Bag to keep all our travel docs and funds organized. It’s small enough to stow in safe places and carry close to your self when your way from the truck.

4. GP Factor () Starlink Mini Mount and 67 Designs (@67.designs) Hardware - There’s no denying our Starlink has gotten the bulk of use on this trip while working remote. The mount is just solid, easy to use and it’s lockable! We paired the mount with some @67.designs hardware so we could align the dish at each camp for better performance and it locks down easily in a position for transport.

5. Nite Ize () S Biners - These little biners come in a variety of sizes and are super handy for hanging things all over the inside of the camper road or on the outside at camp.

What gear do you rely on for your whether it’s a month long adventure on the road or a fun weekender friends and family.

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07/14/2025

There was a lot of planning that went into this in . We learned a lot from planning Iceland and this time we had quite a bit more time to explore with the added luxury of having our own vehicle. Here’s some of the steps we walked through to plan our trip:

1. Discovery - The first step in our discovery process was watching YouTube videos, saving some of our favorite posts, reading blogs and generally cataloging a list of things we could do in Newfoundland. We even had offer to help us with routing!
2. Waypoints - We use Google Maps to create many, if not all of our routes for guided trips and family adventures. We used our discovery list to plot all the waypoints so we could start building a general map to understand where the concentration of activities would be.
3. Route and Itinerary - Through the discovery process we learned what time of the summer might be best to visit Newfoundland. Knowing our target time frame we started connecting the waypoints, building a day-to-day itinerary and assembling a route to travel.
4. Reservations - The only thing we reserved in advance was the ferry from North Sydney. All of the rest of our excursions could be reserved within a week or so during our trip.
5. Importing the Route - The last step was moving the route over to our Tread. With Google Maps you can export your route in a format that it can be easily imported to many GPS devices and apps. We’d be using our Tread as our primary navigation tool for our .

Bonus Tip: Be flexible - Your trip will change daily, almost guaranteed. Embrace the adventure, soak in local cultures and make the most of it.

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07/09/2025

Here’s how we’ve setup the back door of our Family Camper for our 30 day in .

1. Top - molle panels for mounting stuff like bags, hardware and things.

2. Bottom - drop table and cutting board. This gets a lot of use for morning coffee and lunch on the road.

3. Upper left - tunes and camp vibes courtesy . Anyone that knows MSO knows we love our Demerboxes.

4. Upper right - the paper towel roll holder from is clutch for cleaning and drying wet hands.

5. On the pull handle - general purpose pouches for the essentials. We’ve come to realize these are some of the more important things for us on the road.

Got any ideas for other gear you’d like quick access too in your camper? Share it below👇🏼we’d love to hear how you’ve outfitted your back door!

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07/07/2025

Last year, we booked flights and rented two Isuzu pickups with campers and traveled for 10 days in Iceland. I had the perfect truck for this type of trip but shipping the truck wasn’t cost effective. Getting used to a new vehicle was straightforward but missing the simple tools and creature comforts you couldn’t pack in a carry-on was a challenge.

After Iceland searching for whales and epic landscapes quickly become a family passion. Shortly after our return home from Iceland, the conversation we had was, “what’s next?” Naturally Baja was on the radar because that’s where whales breed and not too far down the line we started having talks about Newfoundland because that’s where whales feed on their way to Iceland.

Baja didn’t make the cut because a trip between February and May was just too hard to mix with school for our 10 year old. The focus quickly became Newfoundland during mid-Summer. Sure, it’d be 40 hrs. of travel just to get to the province but it was reachable with our truck and we have the perfect rig for this type of adventure.

As the plan started evolving we’d settled in on a 37 day adventure traveling to/from and exploring Newfoundland, working remote and focusing on the because opportunities like this are priceless.

Throughout the month on July, join us on our adventure in and learn how we planned, what we did and how we made 37 days living in our pickup work for a family of three and one big ole Chesapeake named “Cooper.”

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06/25/2025

Our first ever Pro Series Fishing trip is in the books! We spent two days on the trails and a full day on the New River with in . After landing over 100 smallmouth and logging nearly 250 miles, I think we all agree this guided trip will back in 2026. Thanks for sharing this adventure with us !
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06/07/2025

When natural calls, we **p
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06/02/2025

In some particular order we set up camp nearly the same every trip. After we crack open a cold one, it’s on to the chairs and changing out of our sweaty mud boots.

Since the Chair One hit the market in 2009, I’ve owned the one. It’s not been serviced once and my Helinox collection has grown to include nearly every chair model since then.

This year we outfitted our guides with Helinox chairs out of our own appreciation for such a well constructed product. All chair models are completely serviceable and come with a 5 year warranty so chances are you’ll never need to replace it.

While there might be a lot of other camping chair options on the market there’s only one chair that packs down this small and won’t end up in a landfill.

We choose .

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