Camping Archives 2 - Family Off The Map

Falken Tire – The Journey is the Adventure

July 12, 2017 by Crismateski (BlkWgn)

I was very lucky to be part of an amazing trip with our partner Falken Tire traveling across Arizona en route to this year’s Overland Expo West in Flagstaff. It was an amazing couple of days with an even better group of people. I shared quite a few of the photos through our Instagram feed, but … Read more

Memorial Day Camping Trip -or- We Forgot Everything!

June 2, 2017 by Paige Mateski

We hope everyone had a fantastic Memorial Day, while remembering those who have fallen for our country.

We spent our time just out side of Big Bear near Rose Mine, with some great friends.

What Works? 5 Days On The Road With Baby

February 1, 2017 by Paige Mateski

Every year, the week after Christmas, we take a week or two and go on an epic trip with friends, usually from our American Adventurist family. This year, we decided to make a go of it with BW. She’s been out with us several times, so we decided why not try a longer trip? As … Read more

Review – Teton Sports Sleeping Bag

December 14, 2016 by Paige Mateski

My whole life, we have had down sleeping bags for camping… it has been drilled into my thick skull that down will always be the warmest. So it was a MASSIVE surprise to me when it was recommended by an American Adventurist friend that we try a synthetic sleeping bag from Teton Sports. It came … Read more

Thanksgiving weekend in the SoCal Desert

December 8, 2016 by Crismateski (BlkWgn)

Hard to believe but it has already been 5 months. We have no idea how, or where the time went, but that’s what the calendar says.

To be honest, we know where the time has gone. We have been camping.

We normally take advantage of the long Thanksgiving weekend to head out, and this year it was out to Death Valley with a few of our friends from American Adventurist.