Eggs are versatile and easy for cooking delicious and nutritious meals while camping out. Eggs for breakfast are our main go-to although pancakes, french toast (both of which use eggs), and oatmeal vary our fare. Hard-boiled eggs make a great snack whole or you can slice and add to toast. I make them ahead before leaving for our trip, pack…
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I was looking for an affordable way to still enjoy a romantic getaway after Pres unexpectedly lost his job of 12 years and our family was struggling financially. I cleaned out the back of our pickup truck that had a camper shell on the back and loaded it with an air mattress, quilt and pillows, BBQ and food to make…
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Our truck camping friends David and Nancy gifted us an odd wrinkled-looking gizmo that turned out to be an amazing and very practical camping lantern for us. The MPOWERD Luci Light uses solar to charge its lithium-ion battery which lasts a good 24 hours with 75 lumens of instant LED brightness. This little lamp lights up big by simply inflating it…
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Do you know you need an emergency GO BAG but don’t have a list to put one together? We got caught in the backcountry without access to some important essentials when we rolled our truck camper one summer. Our lesson learned is to keep BUG OUT BAGS ready in the vehicle WITH us. For instance, our 1st Aid Kit was…
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The shock of seeing miles of black burned trees met us as we climbed into the western Sierra Nevada in our truck camper. Bare foundations and forlorn chimneys could be seen in the aftermath of the Creek Fire – one of the largest wildfires on record in California burning 379,895 acres. The fire started in the Big Creek Basin in-between Shaver…
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Wrecking our truck camper really took the wind out of our sails while getting through the insurance and salvage process. To add to our grief, Pres could not lie down without terrible back pain. He had to sleep in a recliner (thankfully we have one) starting just a few months before our rollover in the Inyo Mountains. Inside the camper,…
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We were glad to have our truck camper wreck and recovery featured on Truck Camper Adventures online magazine. Our hope is to get the word out to fellow boondockers to be better prepared in case of an accident while traveling off-road. Please be sure to check out our lessons learned regarding insurance and finding help for off-road recovery in Truck…
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