Buying a Boat, Take 3
Like the seller in New Smyrna, "Mike" was a little drunk.
The Truck Camper Diaries
Follow our truck camping adventures across the US in search of the best coastal foraging, spear fishing and rock climbing.
Driving on the Beach
One of the reasons we chose a 4-wheel-drive truck camper over a conventional RV was because we wanted to drive on the beach; seagulls whirling alongside, the waves erasing our tire tracks behind us.
This was not what we had in mind.
This was not what we had in mind.
Ben Saves the Day
They said it would take weeks to fix. It took Ben three hours.
Buying a Boat, Take 2
We’d done our research before buying the boat, but we didn’t think about the trailer.
Camping with Gnomes
Our camper battery was now completely dead. We had no choice but to go to an RV Park.
Limbo in North Carolina
It dawned on us that we were stuck here all weekend and probably longer, and we’d drunk all the wine!
Stranded on Cape Fear
We didn’t know it yet, but we were lucky. We’d broken down five minutes from Shannon’s Auto Repair.
One Night Stand in Carolina Beach
Boondocking is like a one night stand.You want to get in and out as quickly as possible.
On the Road at Last
We decided to keep driving south into spring, stopping only to eat and sleep and maybe throw out a few crabs nets.
"I'd say you're psycho."
"You're telling me you want to put this boat on top of this camper? Just the two of you?
Why a Truck Camper?
Why not a sprinter van; why not deck it out in shiplap and macrame and whimsical cushions from Anthropologie?
Putting the Camper before the Horse
We were now the proud owners of our dream truck camper, but we still didn't have a truck to put it on.
A cat inside a camper on top of a truck? What could go wrong?
First of all, we didn't have a truck. In fact, neither of us had ever owned anything more rugged than a Prius V.
