We’ve been fortunate to meet some great people while traveling across America. They come from all walks of life – and quite often, we find a common bond in our love for the outdoors. During our time exploring Kentucky, we were able to spend an evening around a campfire with local Louisville musician, Nathan Strange. [...]

We came across the track “Before We Lose Our Mind” by the tropical indie rock band The Hip Abduction, and for 4:10 we were transported to some of the great wide-open spaces of North America. Summer is coming, we promise. For now, enjoy the four minute ride. Check out a few of their other tracks [...]

We had the chance to gather some insight on festival camping from a true expert himself. Chris Alexander, better known as, “Bonnaroo Chris” gave us all the inside secrets to the Bonnaroo festival located in Manchester, Tennessee. Bonnaroo is one of the largest music and arts festivals in the United States, hosting around 140,000 people [...]

Dog Days and Awesome Nights Playlist All winter long we anticipate the warm days of summer and the fun activities associated with it. Now that summer is in full swing, we are starting to dread the dog days of summer. Dog days occur July 3rd to August 11th when Sirius, the Dog Star, rises at [...]

I fell in love for the very first time to the haunting harmonies of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and honestly, if CSNY are the last sound I hear when I depart this life, that will be just fine with me! I was fourteen years old the summer of love, 1969, too young to go [...]

My four-year old granddaughter Emme and I were sitting in my Santa Fe near the Timbuktu Marina launch on Lake Vermilion in northern Minnesota. We were awaiting my son, her Daddy, to return with his boat to take us out to the island where we would be camping for the next week. Adam was hauling [...]

Get that groovy campfire rocking! Here’s another Spotify playlist that I think you guys will like. I’m calling it Clint’s Indie Upbeat.  Yeah, yeah, I know there is disagreement as to what constitutes “Indie” anymore. I called it that because that’s how Spotify labels a lot of those tracks. In any case – I hope you like [...]

You can’t beat a good campfire and a groovy playlist. It’s one of our favorite things about camping, so we’re going to start sharing some of our favorite lists. If you’re anything like us you have different playlists for different parts of the day. You have to, right? No one wants Kashmir for breakfast. Of [...]