About Us

Our love of camping came from quite different origins.

I started the journey in the Scouts back in the 1980s,  where I learned amazing outdoor skills, many of which I remember and use today.

Tina apparently found that there is no adult supervision when one is miles into the wilderness away.

Regardless of how we got into camping, it was a mutual love that we both had

As we started our journey into adulthood, we didn't have much money.  That translates into we were dead broke!

We realized that between us, we owned a ratty old tent, a green Coleman camp stove, and a few folding camp chairs & tables.

We couldn't do much back then, but we could go camping - and camping we did.

Hot or cold, rain or shine - we'd drive up to the Mogollon Rim @8,000' (Fire In The Sky), packing (eventually)  3 kids, 2 dogs, and all of our camping gear into our tiny little cars and make an adventure.

Camping deep in the woods was amazing however, it seemed that every camping trip came with a 100% chance of torrential downpours.  We'd no sooner set up camp and the sky would open drenching us with days of thunderous rain.  Everyone would retreat to the tents, and we'd spend the next few hours (if not days) crammed into our tents.

Tina and I got to chatting, and agreed the solution would be an RV!  All the joys of camping, with a solid roof and floor to keep us dry, beds that did not rest on the ground, and a simple table to eat & play cards to ride out the weather.

As most everyone who has lived in Phoenix back then, we purchased a used Coleman pop up trailer from Little Dealer Little Prices (I 17 & Indian School) for about $1,000

Boondocking in Northern Arizona continued with "luxury accommodations" now

It never rained again....LOL

One day we woke up, and had become adults.  Our kids were growing, and our jobs had become careers.

Our evenings and weekends were now filled with homework assistance, sports ball practice & band recitals.

Our jobs had evolved in to well paying careers and as we later discovered, our work - life balance had become a work - work balance.

We just didn't have the time to camp - or that's what we told ourselves.

A work opportunity came up that would have required a cross country relocation.  With the pop up taking up garage space at this point, we offered to sell it to some very good friends of ours who were still in the tent camping stage of their journey.

Ultimately, we did not take that opportunity, but had no regrets having sold our PUP.

Fast forward , 10 years or so.  Our kids are now teenagers and doing their own things and being semi-independant.  Our jobs are stableish, and the income is good.

We realize that something is missing...something...something like camping!

We haven't been camping in YEARS and are just realizing that it is deeply missed.

We pulled the old tent and Coleman camp stove out of the garage, packed up the cooler, and headed out.

NOPE, WRONG, tent camping was fine in our teens and 20's, not in our late 30's.  We survived that trip, went online as soon as we were home, found and bought another Coleman PUP we found on Craigslist.  

We spent several weekends complely gutting and remodeling the interior - looked quite sharp inside by the time we were done.

Funny side note here; with the kids now teens, sleeping the 3 of them in the 2nd bed wasn't practical - the dogs got the 2nd bunk and the kids inherited the tent and sleeping bags.  The wife and I with the dogs got the RV, the kids got to tent camp!

Time for a new vehicle, and no more excuses to not buy a Truck.  With the Arctic Fox landing at 30' and 11,000 LBS - quite a different beast from the last trailer

With the tow vehicle no longer the weak link in our camping adventures, we were back to the dealerships.
We landed on an Arctic Fox 28F which now redefines what camping is or isn't.

Words like "camper" or "trailer" are completely redefined.  

We'd spend the next 5 years traveling in, and working from Foxy.  In 2023 (our last full year), we spent 40% of the year "on the road"