Off-Road

While thousands visit Mexico each year despite media reports of its dangers, few explore Baja as one can in a truck camper. Baja is a large tract of land roughly 1,000 miles from Tijuana to [read more]

Any tour of Big Bend National Park should include several drives. The most popular of these include Ross Naxwell Scenic Road, the Basin Road, and the Rio Grande Village Road. These roads are popular because [read more]

If you’ve never been to Big Bend National Park, you’re really missing out. This underappreciated, 800,000-acre park located in west Texas offers not only stunning beauty with hundreds of miles of hiking trails, but also [read more]

Overlanding is often described as self-reliant adventure travel to remote destinations where the journey is the primary goal. Having a 4×4 rig capable of reaching these remote destinations is key, of course, but having a [read more]

EarthRoamer, the world leader in off-road, off-grid, luxury expedition vehicles, just announced the expansion of their product line with the highly anticipated XV-HD. Built on a ruggedly capable four-wheel drive Ford F-750 chassis and designed [read more]

The EarthRoamer luxury expedition vehicle—everybody wants one, but at $438,000 for the “base model” few can afford it. If you’re not familiar with the EarthRoamer XV-LTS, it’s an amazing piece of engineering. Imagine a solar-powered, [read more]

Nitto Tire showcased its new Ridge Grappler all-terrain/mud-terrain tire at last weekend’s Off-Road Expo at the Westworld complex in Scottsdale, Arizona. Featuring “a revolutionary dynamic hybrid tread pattern,” Nitto claims the tire bridges the gap [read more]

Would you be surprised if I told you that the recently released Lance 650 is the second best-selling truck camper in the Lance truck camper lineup? It’s true. I was able to confirm this with [read more]

Truck Camper Adventure is proud to officially announce the 2016 Truck Camper Adventure Photo Contest. Like last year’s Truck Camper Adventure photo contest, this will be an off-road truck camper photo contest, meaning that no [read more]

Airing down our tires when we go off-road is a truck camper ritual that happens more often than not. The improvement that it makes to ride quality and performance is so significant, it’s silly not [read more]

Truck Camper Adventure is proud to present this interview with Derek Parent and Nikki de Courval. Derek, who goes by the moniker “Silversand” on the Internet forums, is a geospatial analyst with a focus on [read more]

Truck Camper Adventure is proud to announce that we’ll be attending the 2016 Overland Expo West in Flagstaff, Arizona. The event runs from May 20-22, 2016. This will be the third time that Truck Camper [read more]

Truck Camper Adventure is proud to present, The Climb Up Murphy Hogsback (Part II). Part I of this epic climb was posted last week and has been a big hit with readers and viewers. Unlike [read more]

If you’re like me, you have a bucket list, a lifetime wish list of things to do and places to see. My bucket list is pretty extensive. It includes destinations and 4×4 roads from Alaska [read more]

During our recent three-day trek on the White Rim Trail, the climb up the Murphy Hogback was one of the highlights. The climb is fairly steep and requires 4×4 low to get to the top. [read more]

Truck Camper Adventure is pleased to present this interview with Steve Blackman. Known on the truck camper forums as “Sabconsulting,” Steve lives in England and has worked on financial computer systems for 20 years. Steve [read more]

Truck Camper Adventure is pleased to present this interview with truck camper enthusiast and explorer Cal Willis. Known as “cewillis” on the truck camper forums, Cal has been exploring national parks and off-road trails since [read more]

A few weeks ago we explored the 14-mile-long White Canyon Trail in the White Canyon Wilderness near Superior, AZ. The scenery along this 4×4 trail is pretty spectacular. In fact it was so stunning I [read more]

Having traveled on six continents and sailed every ocean, I consider myself well-traveled. I’ve seen a lot, but the geologic wonders of southern Utah never cease to amaze me. Some of these wonders are found [read more]

If you’re looking for an incredibly scenic drive near Phoenix, Arizona that can be completed in a day or two that also offers excellent camping opportunities, then the Apache Trail (Arizona-88) is right for you. [read more]

“God created the Grand Canyon but He lives in Sedona,” the old saying goes. If you’ve ever been to Sedona, Arizona you know why. Sedona’s vivid red buttes, picturesque canyons, and mysterious vortexes are famous [read more]

Truck Camper Adventure is proud to present a truck camper review written by a guest author. In this insightful and informative piece, Steve Barsky provides us with his thoughts on the 2015 Lance 865, a [read more]

Despite its poor fuel economy and mediocre safety ratings, the Jeep Wrangler continues to be a huge seller for the folks at MOPAR. What makes the Jeep Wrangler so popular with men and women of [read more]

Yesterday marked the last day of the 2015 Overland Expo – West at Mormon Lake, AZ. Since I first attended the Overland Expo in 2013, I’ve been hooked and now look forward to this annual [read more]

This is the final installment of my two-part interview with off-road and extreme truck camper expert, Jeff Reynolds (aka Jefe 4×4). Part one of this fascinating and informative interview can be found by clicking here. [read more]

When it comes to extreme truck campers (XTC’s) and exploring off-road, few people know more than Jeffrey Reynolds. Known as Jefe 4×4 on the Internet forums, Jeff embarked on his first off-road adventure in 1965 [read more]

It’s evident from watching the news, that far too many Americans rely on the government when disasters occur. Recent hurricanes, forest fires, and floods provide stark evidence of this fact. If you think the government [read more]