My wife and I both got sold on the idea of camping as a family from a pastor speaking at a marriage conference. He said the best family counseling you can get is to go camping together. We both loved camping so this made sense, but the stress of being parents with 3 young kids was getting to us. I was working IT jobs that often had me up late in the night dealing with deployments and issues. To be honest, I didn’t really love my work. My wife was dealing with post partum after our third child, and all of it’s craziness. It was a constant battle trying to keep our kids off screens and to go outside. Finally, we made the decision to go on a big trip in 2016 from Atlanta, GA to Portland, OR. Yes, the trip had some hard moments but looking back no regrets. We have been hooked on the idea of camping as a family ever since.

In the video below, I had just finished up the nose over the cab model. We had our 6th child at this point and unfortunately my wife’s post partum had gotten progressively worse after each child. We both decided it was time to do another big summer trip to gauge interest in the campers, but we were really nervous adding that sixth child to the mix. Well, this trip turned out to be one of our best in terms of our set up. The highlight for me was seeing my wife come alive on this trip. Our family was working better together on set up and pack up. She was doing some epic mountain bike rides with my oldest son. She saw the kids playing well together without the distraction of screens and so much more. Hope the video below inspires you to do an epic camping trip!