This is a Road Life series episode, meaning we'll drop the script, and I will try to give you some honest insight into what it's like living on the road full-time in a truck camper.

The portable camp kitchen, the cooking bin, or whatever you want to call it - from morning coffee to toasted burritos- is the ultimate organizational tool for camp cooking, and I call it the Chuck box.

A video going over the simple power system I use to live full time in my OVRLND Truck Camper. I cover the foundation of the system - a Dakota Lithium Powerbox 135, and I talk about some of the products I chose, why, and how they’re installed. Hope you enjoy!

A video about the ultralight insulation and paneling I used for my OVRLD Truck Camper. I cover the products I chose, why I chose them, and how they’re installed. I am stoked with how it turned out.

A Tour of my 2016 Toyota Tacoma and OVRLND Truck Camper. In the tour I cover the truck chassis, camper, living space, cab, and gross weight. I am stoked with how the truck turned out. Stay tuned for more videos coming soon that will dive into the nitty gritty details of the everything featured!

In hopes that it might help someone out there, I’d like to put down a description of the aluminum box on my truck and how it came to be. The truth is - I was pretty neurotic for a time; I spent hours upon hours researching and weighing the pros and cons every vehicle dwelling option I could find. Everything from slide-ins to vans and travel trailers. I compared intricacies like fuel economy, use cases, pricing, weight, and payloads. I made detailed packing lists outlining non negotiables, nice to haves, and luxuries. There were spreadsheets and notes and frankly too many restless nights for something that should’ve been an enjoyable process. It got a little out of hand.

A snowshoe trip to Mirror Lake on Mt. Hood in Oregon.

We arrived at our ‘connecting trail’ in good spirits and sat for a second drinking water and snacking on granola bars. Refueled and motivated to get down the mountain for a pint of cold beer we started to hike again. Worry set in as the ‘trail’ quickly transformed into…

This project, showcasing the Jetboil MiniMo, follows a backpacker to a remote alpine meadow.

“It’s been a mixed bag to say the least. Starting with the positives: the weather has been phenomenal, highs in the eighty’s and nights hovering around sixty-five. Perfect for sleeping. And we haven’t seen or felt a single mosquito. The trail is gradual but challenging and ends at the river each night making it easy to bathe. The negatives: The campgrounds are public. No vacancy across the board. Not to mention there’s a strange and unwelcome juxtaposition from quiet trail time to rowdy river party, at least in my opinion. However, falling somewhere on the positive end of the spectrum, we’ve benefited each night from dumb luck and/or the kindness of strangers. Our campsites have been better than any we could’ve paid for. I guess overall we’ll call it a toss up. 7/10 for the wilson river trail.”

A commissioned photo assignment for Kuhl. This production follows two explorers as they navigate the rugged Oregon Coast Range and put Kuhl’s performance rainwear line to the test.

A wise man once said, measure fishing trip success not by the fish you catch but by the strength of your wading sock tan.

My right ski slips and all at once I’m tangled up like a baby deer on ice. I topple into a snow hill. My camera slings around my neck and lands, lens first, in the powder. “Dammit!”

I glance over to the dash clock. 12:42pm; we’re getting into the heat of the high desert afternoon now. Another bump in the gravel road jars the truck…

A hot tortilla, a heap of seasoned meat, some cilantro, some onion, a squeeze of lime, and cheap beer to wax finish. Devine.

My right foot is starting to tingle and so I readjust a few inches to the left. Ahhh, relief. I’m happily crammed into the back, bench seat, of an access cab Tacoma. Two of my best friends ride shotgun telling stories and laughing.