Tag: Revel Gear
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The Set Up
As you may know, our overlanding rig is a 2007 Toyota Tacoma. It’s Michael’s daily driver, and so this is what it looks like most of the time: The storage platform we built back in 2015 lives in the back of the truck full-time, mostly because it’s a pain in the ass to store it…
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As a matter of fact, Taco Negro is the perfect festival rig
After coming back from two weeks in Utah we already had our next adventure set up: The Parkfield Bluegrass festival. Now, you might not think that our overlanding rig would be the best thing to take to a bluegrass festival. You would be wrong. Overlanders make excellent festivarians (to borrow the word from Planet Bluegrass).…
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Adjusting
It’s been easy to adjust to sleeping indoors. The real bed is nice – although honestly, I do miss my sleeping bag – but really, it’s been most noticeable if I have to pee in the middle of the night. I never thought I’d so appreciate the ability to just walk, barefoot, the dozen or…
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More Sailing. Plus, Canada!
After my disastrous effort at sailing in Puget Sound, you might think I was crazy to get back out on the water again. Maybe I am. But when we rolled through Anacortes, Washington, stopping at Penguin Coffee to do some research, I found Anacortes Kayak Tours. We’d talked about doing something like this for our…
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Escaping Portland
I know, the title makes it seem like a bad thing. Hear me out. It’s not like Portland was a bad place to be imprisoned, mind you, but the clutches of the Portland area seemed to be pretty long indeed. July 17th we headed out on a little day trip. I’d mentioned to our friend…
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Bend, Oregon (Part 2)
After July 4thwe finally had a chance to really check out Bend, which we did… for a whole week. I have to admit that I went back and forth with this love/hate relationship with Bend. Love: bike lanes everywhere. Bikes everywhere. Boats (kayaks and SUPs) everywhere. Friendly people. Friendly drivers. Tons of great restaurants, parks,…
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Bend, Oregon (Part One)
Heading out from Crater Lake National Park we headed north, towards Bend. It was 4th of July weekend and we steered towards an area south and west of Bend called Cascade Lakes. Tons of lakes there and lots of camping opportunities. The biggest lake around was Wikiup Reservoir. But after seeing the crowds Michael decided…
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It’s Just So Blue
After leaving Oregon Caves National Monument we headed north towards Crater Lake. We stopped in Grants Pass for a bit – specifically at Rogue Coffee Roasters. In addition to excellent coffee, this large coffee shop had power strips at every table so we could charge all the electronics while I worked on the blog. We…
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The Isolated Lost Coast of California
In my last post I said that we went back to our squatter’s site in Jackson State Forest, just east of Fort Bragg, CA. We were smarter about our second night of “guerrilla camping.” We still got up early and packed up before anything else, but this time we drove straight to the Fort Bragg…
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Back To The Coast
We spent just one night in Truckee, California, before moving on. It seemed like a cool town and all, with lots of trails nearby, but we had a valley to cross. During a hot summer. My first idea was to cross the valley at night, to avoid the heat. We simply could not drive with…
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Carlsbad Caverns and White Sands
It’s been a while since I posted, and our adventures continue. So strap yourselves in – it might be a bumpy ride. In our desire to get the hell out of Texas, we drove from Kerrville to Carlsbad, New Mexico, in one day. Normally we don’t attempt this kind of distance – we try to…
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Getting to Florida
Onward towards Florida. After our adventure with the tick we packed up and headed in to Tuscaloosa, Alabama. This town is home to the University of Alabama, so Crimson Tide signs were everywhere. We stopped by a cool little coffee shop called Heritage Coffee (which made me love Tuscaloosa immediately) and stocked up at the…