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    Perfect Accessories from the Overland Expo
    • Aug 31, 2021

    Perfect Accessories from the Overland Expo

    Perfect Accessories from the Overland Expo Did you miss the Overland Expo in Colorado last weekend? Don’t worry! You can skip the wind, dust and expensive food trucks and just get the highlights here! Rather than featuring campers and trucks, I focused on those little goodies that every camper can use. Enjoy the video and please use my links below! Cheers! Links to items (thank you for using our associate/affiliate links!): #1: Lavabox Portable Campfire #2: Chef Adam Glick Ad
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    33 Quick Tips for your T@G or T@B
    • Jul 8, 2021

    33 Quick Tips for your T@G or T@B

    33 Quick Tips Video & Links It’s been over a year since we’ve been able to bring you our favorite type of video… a bunch of YOUR great ideas!! So to make it up, here are 33 quick tips for your T@G or T@B teardrop trailer in less than 15 minutes!! Get ready, because that’s a lot of info — FAST. A huge THANK YOU to all who participated in this episode. Amazon Associate Links to items (thank you for using!): #1: Perfect fit baskets What a genius idea to take a store bought item
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    The Cirrus 620: nüCamp’s Half-Ton Truck Camper
    • Jan 25, 2021

    The Cirrus 620: nüCamp’s Half-Ton Truck Camper

    The Cirrus 620: nüCamp’s Half-Ton Truck Camper A few years ago nüCamp RV made their first attempt at a half-ton truck camper with the release of their Cirrus 670 prototype at the 2019 Florida RV Supershow. The 670 ended up being a little heavy for most half-ton trucks on the market. So, nüCamp went back to the drawing board and released its new-and-improved half-ton truck camper—the Cirrus 620! This truck camper weighs in at 1491 pounds making it lightweight enough for a dece
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    Scavenger Hunt in Crested Butte, Colorado!
    • Sep 28, 2020

    Scavenger Hunt in Crested Butte, Colorado!

    Recently, we’ve been playing a fun little game with our Patrons; we let them give us a list of challenging items to find, they pledge to reimburse us for each item, and we go hunting!! This time around, we focused our energy in Crested Butte, Colorado. And boy did our Patrons come up with a great list of items! Even if you didn’t get to participate, we hope you enjoy the video and the fun places we explore in this episode around Crested Butte, Colorado. Watch the video, and c
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    A Day in the Life… #2
    • Jul 17, 2020

    A Day in the Life… #2

    After releasing our first “Day in the Life” video, we felt so excited to be sharing our raw and true “behind-the-scenes” lives with you! So, of course we made another. This time, after filming a YouTube video, we go on a scavenger hunt that one of our Patreons challenged us to do. It was great to have a purpose to our day, as well as explore some new areas! Watch the video, and see below for links, info and photos! Filming… We began our day with a bit of computer work. After
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    How to Pee (and poop) Outdoors: For the Ladies
    • Jul 12, 2020

    How to Pee (and poop) Outdoors: For the Ladies

    Alright Ladies, this one’s for you!! I know that peeing outside is supposed to be common knowledge… but yet there are still many women out there who struggle with it! Well – consider this your all-inclusive guide to “doing your business” outdoors. Here, I give you tips on finding your spot, how to squat, how to clean, dealing with your period, and finally – some very helpful products. First, enjoy the video – then find links below! Watch the Video Now! Tips to pee (or poop) O
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    A Day in the Life…
    • Jul 7, 2020

    A Day in the Life…

    I’m not sure what inspired me to film my day and share it with you. Mostly I think its just an attempt to be more authentic and connect with our viewers. In this video I take you through a day of fishing, drawing, and cleaning my camera sensor. No two days are alike, and that is the only constant thing about our days. Let me know if this style of video is boring or if you’d like more! Share a day with us! After Kendrick made me our daily coffee, I dropped him off at the lake
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    Rodent Proof your RV
    • Jun 11, 2020

    Rodent Proof your RV

    Evicting mice from Little Bear! Sometimes you assume that just because you’ve gone some place tons of times before without anything bad happening that you’ll get the same outcome the next time you go there. Well, that’s what we thought as we headed out to one of our favorite boondocking spots in Colorado. After about two weeks of being in our spot we woke one night to something most RV’ers probably dread—a mouse in the camper! Watch the video, then find links below The mouse
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    30 Essentials for Outdoor Camp Cooking
    • May 30, 2020

    30 Essentials for Outdoor Camp Cooking

    It’s taken some time, but we finally have the perfect setup for our outdoor cooking! We like to have options for both cooking over a campfire, or on a stove, and all without going electric. We also chose items that are easy to store and don’t take up a lot of space! So, check out our video – and get your outdoor cooking on!! 30 Essentials for Outdoor Camp Cooking #1: Fire Grill Cooking over the fire is without-a-doubt our favorite cooking method, so our first item is the 24″
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    Virtual üCamp 2020 Video Meetup!
    • May 11, 2020

    Virtual üCamp 2020 Video Meetup!

    Hi Everyone! Hello! By now, we’ve all heard the news that nüCamp has had to cancel üCamp 2020. But there’s good news! Whether you were signed up, on the waitlist, or maybe couldn’t even make it at all… now, you can! We’ve teamed up with nüCamp RV to create and share videos, greetings, and a virtual version of many events. Even if we can’t be there in person, we can see each other’s faces and smiles! But we need YOUR help! We’d love for you to participate by submitting short,
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    Cookin’ in Little Bear: Biscuits & Gravy with Breakfast Calzone
    • Apr 9, 2020

    Cookin’ in Little Bear: Biscuits & Gravy with Breakfast Calzone

    Biscuits & Gravy with Breakfast Calzone Food that makes us happy. We’ve been living in our camper for over three years now and have always enjoyed seeing what great food we can make on the road. Just because you’re traveling or camping doesn’t mean you can’t eat well. Our camper kitchen is a perfect space for cooking just about anything, but when we’re out in nature nothing beats cooking over an open campfire. This meal allowed us to do both! Happy Sunday Funday! First, check
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    The Best Bits: 2019
    • Mar 17, 2020

    The Best Bits: 2019

    For each of the last 5 years I have compiled a video summarizing the best parts of my year. While there are both ups and downs to life, I am the ever optimist and these are the memories I want to remember. Usually, I get this video out by January, but I’ve been busy this year. However, with everything that is going with this coronavirus pandemic right now, perhaps this is the perfect time to release the video. Even if you don’t watch the entire thing, let it play and enjoy th
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    15 Worries of RV Campers
    • Feb 22, 2020

    15 Worries of RV Campers

    The best way to learn is from our own mistakes. The next best place is from everyone else’s! So, at the most recent T@bazona trailer rally, I took advantage of all of the experienced campers around me and asked my fellow happy campers… “What do you worry about when going camping, and how do you avoid those problems?” First, check out this video to hear their advice! Then, find links below to learn more about the products and services. #1: Roadside Assistance Whoever you are o
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    Camp with your Dog! Tips, Tricks & Accessories!
    • Jan 28, 2020

    Camp with your Dog! Tips, Tricks & Accessories!

    While we don’t have a pup of our own, we sure do love dogs and take every opportunity we can to play with the ones we come across! That’s why we realized a great topic would be tips and tricks for camping with your dog! At our most recent trailer rally, T@bazona, we asked dog owners what they would suggest, and here were their answers: Watch the video: #1: Hook for Leash Amelia and Mercy showed off a great idea for putting a simple eye hook in the frame of your camper. If you
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    20 Items for the Perfect RV Kitchen
    • Jan 15, 2020

    20 Items for the Perfect RV Kitchen

    If there is one question we get A LOT, it is how do we eat while we’re on the road? Well, just like you… we cook! Now that we have been in Little Bear for over 9 months – we’ve filtered out the “keeps” and “keep-nots” from our kitchen arsenal. And here are the items that made the cut – our perfect kitchen set-up! Watch the video and then click the links! #1: Cast Iron Pans If you only take one thing from this video, I hope it is these cast iron pans! Our go to cooking vessel
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    10 More Tiny Trailer Mods
    • Dec 24, 2019

    10 More Tiny Trailer Mods

    Whether you have a T@B, T@G, or really any RV at all, this video is likely to spark your creative inspiration for remodeling! We recently attended the annual Texas Tiny Trailer Rally hosted by Princess Craft. It was a weekend surrounded by amazingly talented and ingenious campers who were happy to allow me to share their creative ideas! Enjoy the video showcasing their creative modifications, and find out more at the links below. Shopping through our Amazon links even helps s
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    Grand Canyon Guided Backpacking
    • Dec 6, 2019

    Grand Canyon Guided Backpacking

    Watch the Video Adventure Now! Sign up for a 2020 backpacking trip here! We’ve been teaching landscape photography workshops in beautiful places for several years now. That’s one thing we don’t plan to stop doing any time soon. One request we’ve been getting more-and-more lately is to include more hiking in some of our trips. So, in November, we decided to venture out and try something a little different—guided backpacking adventures! For our first trip, we took an amazing gr
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    14 Useful Camping Accessories
    • Dec 2, 2019

    14 Useful Camping Accessories

    We recently attended the annual Texas Tiny Trailer Rally hosted by Princess Craft. Once again, it was a weekend surrounded by amazingly talented and ingenious campers who were happy to allow me to share their creative ideas! Enjoy the video showcasing their favorite camping accessories, and find out more at the links below. Shopping through our Amazon links even helps support us on the road! Watch the video now! #1 Narrow Shoe Holder/Hanger This is a great idea for extra stor
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    8 Must Have Cooking Items for Camping
    • Oct 19, 2019

    8 Must Have Cooking Items for Camping

    We’ve been going to the Overland Expos for two years, now. Of course, there are always plenty of rugged, off-road rigs on display at these shows, but those don’t really appeal to us because most of them are completely over-the-top. One thing that always catches our attention is all the creative gadgets people have come up with for your kitchen on the road. So, check out our latest YouTube video below for demonstrations of all these great products and then continue reading th
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    Viewer Q&A: Cooking, Photography & Tires
    • Aug 12, 2019

    Viewer Q&A: Cooking, Photography & Tires

    We’re at it again, answering more viewer questions on our YouTube channel! We think the best way to enjoy our answers are to watch the video first, and then follow up with the links below. Enjoy! Watch the Viewer Q&A video now! Question #1: Who does most of the cooking in your T@B? And what are your favorite go-to appliances? As Kendrick explains in the video – he cooks more often, but we both know our way around a kitchen! Here are links to the two favorite accessories we t
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