Category Life

tetons fishing, moose beach, wyoming fishing, wyoming skyline, family fishing, tetons family hike, kids who fish, patagonia model

2019 IN PICTURES

mountain sunset, road sunset, brainard lake,

2018 IN PICTURES

wisconsin fall colors, northern wisconsin fall leaves

Our Life In Photos

 

strawberry park, strawberry park hot springs, colorado hotsprings, hot springs, steamboat springs, steamboat colorado

GEAR REVIEW – RUKUS SOLAR MUSIC PLAYER

It is large, heavy, plays extremely directional sound, and isn’t waterproof; but I still love this ugly chunk of plastic.  The newer models seem to address many of these issues, but I hope not at the expense of durability.  Our Rukus has survived all sorts of abuse over the 6 years we have owned it: […]

big sur, big sur camping, car camping, big sur dirt road camping, big sur backcountry, backcountry camping, 4runner camper, camping, car camping

2017 IN PICTURES

colorado, coloradopass, rockymountainnationalpark, rockymountainnps, rockies, mountainroad, epicroadtrip

EPIC ROAD TRIP – WEEK 3

Continued from WEEK 1 and WEEK 2… The ocean-withdrawal gloom was heavy as we left the coast and climbed into the Sierras.  However, with their massive lodgepole pines and spotless white snowfields, we quickly remembered that there are many other beautiful places in our world other than the ocean.  The higher we got, the more […]

epicroadtrip, bigsur, ca, california, camperconversion, 4runnercamperconversion, 4runnercamper, toyota, 4runner, thule, nacemiento

EPIC ROAD TRIP – WEEK 2

Continued from WEEK 1… Saying good-byes Monday morning was tough as always with our friends, but we were excited to see the place that we had been hearing amazing things about for so long, Big Sur.  Due to the recent landslides, only a small portion of the park was accessible and we would need to […]

pacific, ca, california, swingset, playground

Epic Road Trip – Week 1

How do you prepare for a three-week road trip with a two-and-a-half-year-old?  With the help of my dad, Molly and I built out our 4Runner into a 4WD camper, spent countless hours dehydrating food, researching routes, purchasing gear, and booking hotel rooms. After a year of thinking, planning, discussing, and anticipating the trip was finally […]

4-runner camping, car camping, SUV rv, arapaho national forest

4Runner Camper Conversion

**UPDATE** We easily retrofitted this platform for our 5th generation 4Runner and will try to get some pics/ dimensions posted!   **ORIGINAL POST** With a 10 day Colorado road trip looming and an early 2017 three-week epic family adventure in the planning stages, Molly and I thought it might be a cool idea to turn […]

Engineering student, college with a kid

2016 In Pictures