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Maiden Voyage: Greenwood Furnace State Park
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La Tortuga Debuts at Mid-Atlantic Overland Festival
Two days after taking delivery of our new camper we headed out on our maiden voyage starting with the Mid-Atlantic Overland Festival. Thank goodness I am a compulsive packer and had almost everything we needed already staged in the house for loading in.
We had a Four Wheel Camper encampment next to the Mainline Overland vehicles and each of the five campers was a different model and vintage. La Tortuga was a big attraction which we gladly showed off when we were near it, which wasn’t often since we spent most of our time at workshops and visiting with other overlanders.
It was great to meet people of all ages with all kinds of vehicles and especially nice to spend time with other Four Wheel Camper owners.
We attended workshops on a variety of subjects including photography, personal safety, traveling with children, off-road driving, first aid, and self-rescue. There were more interesting workshops than we could attend which I consider to be a sign of a good event.
Each day started with great coffee and ended with happy hour, a speaker or live music and a bonfire. I was delighted that my film festival submission received many complements.
Many thanks to Mainline Overland and the Henwood family for hosting such a great event. We will definitely plan to attend again next year.
The Flatbed Camper: From RAM to La Tortuga the Glamper
We delivered our truck to Mainline Overland and left it for them to assemble the flatbed, camper and solar panel. They completed the work in time for us to pick it up and quickly pack for our maiden voyage to the Mid-Atlantic Overland Festival
What a transformation! Our pretty, new brown truck became La Tortuga the Glamper. It’s like a tiny house on wheels with infinitely more amenities than we are accustomed to.
Our cruising sailboats were both extremely minimalist as is camping with what you can check on an airplane or even from the back of our RAV4. Our Four Wheel Camper flatbed Hawk camper has flush mount sink and stove, refrigerator, heater, hot and cold pressure water, cassette toilet, dinette, inside and outside shower, tons of storage, 160 watts solar on the roof, all led lighting, and most lovely of all, a queen sized bed we can leave made up while we are traveling.
The Camper and Flatbed Arrive
Our Four Wheel Camper Hawk flatbed camper and Alum-Line aluminum flatbed arrived yesterday at Main Line Overland. Today we drove the truck up to their shop in West Chester Pennsylvania and left it for them to remove the existing bed and install the flatbed and camper.
The camper was sitting on a brown Unimog so we got to see how nice the color will look on our truck. We sat in the camper and looked in all the compartments imagining it on our own truck, in our driveway and living in it on the road.
The flatbed is very shiny, almost square, and light weight enough that I can lift one end.
Main Line Overland expects to finish installation by the end of next week when we will return to drive it home.
So much adrenaline is tiring so we decided to spend the night in West Chester. We ate yummy tacos and carne asada at La Rancherita. Tomorrow we will visit Longwood Gardens before returning to Maryland.
4th of July Coconut Blancmange
We usually eat fruit or a square of dark chocolate as a treat, however, a “not too sweet” dessert is welcome on special occasions. This blancmange is super easy and could be made on the road if space is available in a cooler or refrigerator. If possible, use all organic ingredients. Serves 6.
About Us
Welcome to our Very Active Life. We are two boomers who have learned to maintain a level of fitness that enables us to continue our adventures such as trekking in the Himalayas and Andes and camping off-road in our truck.
Our goal with this website is to share our knowledge and encourage others to pursue their own healthy lifestyle and adventures. Continue reading About Us
Grand US Taco Tour 2014
In the fall of 2014 we set out in our RAV4 to drive from Maryland to California and back. Along the way we visited friends and family and stayed in many National Parks.
Flexibility is required on this type of trip and we learned to find motels and cook in our room when the weather was bad or it was too late to camp out.
We developed a talent for finding good inexpensive tacos and Mexican food all over the country.
We loved camping in remote places so much that we decided to buy a truck and camper to make it easier to explore comfortably regardless of the weather.
Roanoke to Maryland via Skyline Drive
Nashville to Roanoke
Hot Springs Arkansas to Nashville
