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Adventure Stories

The Adventure Stories section is full of fun and inspirational accounts from fellow truck camper enthusiasts. Do you have an interesting truck camping lifestyle? Share your story!

Adventure Stories
From Full-Time to the Future

TCM reveals why they decided to pause full-time truck camping and how the pandemic impacted their truck camping lifestyle.

Adventure Stories
From Long-Hauler To Truck Camper

After 44-years of driving a semi, the Truvers are exploring the countless places they could see, but not visit. 

Adventure Stories
The Hard Road To Independence

MAK and Owen’s story tells us if there’s a lifestyle you truly want, always be prepared to fight for it.

Adventure Stories
23 Top Boating Destinations For Truck Campers

Here are some of the favorite places fellow truck campers tow their boats, and why. Take us to the river!

Adventure Stories
Justin Chatwin: The Balance of Acting and Adventure

On camera or in his truck camper, Justin Chatwin finds purpose, play, and peace between his two extraordinary worlds.

Adventure Stories
Travel Queen Time Capsule

Who doesn’t dream of the day they are the ones to stumble on a well-preserved barn find? This Travel Queen camper is a glimpse of history.

Adventure Stories
The Truck Campers of Apollo 11

Lost for half a century on 70mm film, the movie Apollo 11 reveals stunning behind-the-scenes moments from man’s first Moon landing.  It also reveals a number of unidentified truck campers from the 1960s in all their glory.  Can you name these rigs? As the story goes, Todd Douglas Miller had just directed a short film […]

Adventure Stories
An Inspiring Story of Rebuilding

Andrew Muse converted a 1976 camper into an, “adventure tiny home” and set out with his dog, Booter. Then, the unthinkable happened.

Adventure Stories
Two Fifths and a Truck Camper

Ted and Jan Werner have a Ford F-550 with a custom bed, a Northstar 12STC truck camper, and two fifth-wheels.

Adventure Stories
13 Unusual RV Destinations

Chuck Webb takes us to a baker’s dozen of odd and uniquely fun RV destinations. Most of these spots were accidental discoveries

Adventure Stories
Lineman Camper Returns the Power

Jonathan Manikateri takes his Capri Camper into areas devastated by natural disasters and brings back the power. 

Adventure Stories
NBC Today Features Truck Campers

NBC’s Today television program featured the Gregsons and their Cirrus 920 truck camper rig for a segment called Digital Nomads.

Adventure Stories
Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks

First time truck camper, Michael Holland, takes out a Four Wheel Camper Hawk and explores the underground worlds of Lassen Volcanic National Park and Lava Beds National Monument.

Adventure Stories
Vintage Truck Camper Commercials Gone Wild

Prepare yourself for gunshots, roll-overs, and new-found perspectives in these 1960s and 70s vintage commercials.

Adventure Stories
Escaping Wildfires With A Truck Camper

At 9:30pm a sheriff’s car was at Jim and Cindi Goodrich’s home telling them to evacuate an approaching wildfire.  By 10:07pm they were on the road in their truck and camper.  Their house was set to sell just a few days later. Living in an area that’s prone to natural disasters can lead to complacency.  […]

Adventure Stories
Kris Millgate: Cast, Crew and Truck Camper

Faced with shutdowns due to Covid-19, independent filmmaker, Kris Millgate, adapted her production plan and set out in a Tacoma and FWC. 

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