The Super Camper appears in a 2010 4Runner webisode

A few months ago I was invited to spend a weekend test driving the new 2010 Toyota 4Runner. They gathered 4 current Toyota owners and set us loose in the new model. We surfed, ate, shopped, camped, and then tested the new ride offroad. Super fun experience! Check out the clip and watch for the Super Camper cameo!

And if you are interested in what I thought about the 2010 4Runner, you can watch the video below as well.

The Super Camper Survives Baja

Those of you who are familiar with this blog know that we started building The Super Camper in 2004. By the end of 2006 it was finished and made it's maiden voyage to Baja. On it's second journey over the border it was broadsided by another truck and nearly totaled (see the second video clip embedded in this post for that story). Finally at the very end of 2009, The Super Camper returned to Baja and completed the mission successfully. Check out a few clips from the adventure.


Music: The Mother Hips
Camper POV and longboard footage shot with the GoPro HD cam



Back in 2006, ten hours into a 14 hour drive we were hit in the side by an oncoming truck.
Our vacation that had just begun was suddenly cut short and we spent the next two nights in a junkyard.

The Super Camper goes to the Desert

Cell phone turned off, computer left behind, we took off down a 4x4 track to let the mind unwind...

I'll admit that before this little weekend getaway, I wasn't too fired up on the desert. It's dry. It's hot. It's kinda empty.
"Can't we go to trees?" I asked Ryan.
"Let's go to open space." He responded.
Silly me for not trusting him. Open space was just what I wanted.


I sat for a couple of hours with no phone service, no internet connection, not even a magazine for distraction. I sipped my coffee and sat. I let my eyes take in all that open space and felt at peace to let my mind wander. He was right. It was exactly what I needed.

We had taken the camper off of pavement before, covered by van insurance, but it had been far too long. We were both stoked to get the camper back into the dirt.


It was really nice to get away from people and appreciate different things...

new perspectives...
different views.
Ryan heard a desert tortoise shuffling under a rock while I was lost inside my head. Luckily, he pulled me down to check it out.




Ryan took some time to go look for lizards,

and take more pictures of heaven.


My second favorite find of the weekend (besides that view) was a cute little "horny toad".



Click here for the video of the trip!