Years that is. Yes, Occidentalist turns 10 today! This site has been following our travels for the past ten years! A few of the stats over those ten years: two Four Wheel Campers, two pickups, two fishing boats, about 200,000 miles, 3 countries, 38 U.S. states, two states in Mexico, 4 Canadian provinces, and about 700 nights spent in the camper(s). It’s been quite a ride over the last decade.
Check out our timeline page for a quick snapshot of all the stories posted in reverse chronological order.
The first Four Wheel Camper really started it all, beginning with the Maiden Voyage to the Ochocos. Truck campering started a whole new way of life.
Since then we have been from the Redwoods on the west coast to Acadia in Maine on the east coast. From the tip of the Baja Peninsula to the Yukon Territory. (check out the map to see the spots geographically)
We’ve done our share of backcountry adventures like the White Rim Trail and the Mojave Trail as well as backroads of the California Coast, we’ve even enjoyed camping in New Jersey!
After four years and 140 nights in the original camper, we decided that yes, we were going to use the thing. We traded into a newer model Eagle and continued the adventures in 2019.
We’ve spent a lot of holidays in the camper, including most Thanksgivings. Now that is something to be thankful for.
And we did have one occasion to get temporarily stuck, but never, luckily, stranded.
And after 250,000 miles or so on the Toyota we moved on to the Ranger.
We’ve also been out in our share of weather.
We, of course, went east to Vermont and carried on adventuring on a big east coast adventure before moving back west.
Of course it hasn’t been all about truck camping. There’s been some great fishing trips, backpacking and rafting along the way.
I didn’t know exactly what I was creating when I started this site, but I wanted a place to post a few photos and reports of trips. It’s turned into a great memory book, and also a way to share travels with friends. Ten years and over 260 posts later, I’m glad I started this thing called Occidentalist. For any of you along for the ride, we hope you’ve enjoyed it as well.
As far as what’s next… be on the lookout.
It’s time to hit the trail.
I enjoyed this so much. Im just an Orofino boy, and we didnt start our FWC adventures until about 3 years ago when I retired. Thank you so much for sharing!
You are very welcome. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Have loved following along with you both! From a short time working with you both I have thoroughly enjoying your trips to places I will never go (reluctant husband to let his car go over rough roads and never to walk if he can drive!). Now I have convinced him to buy an RV at least we can get out to some of the places that a travel trailer can go, and maybe, just maybe we can see each other again in the future somewhere on a camping site – which has electricity and water and no off road requirements!! I’m going to introduce him to the blog to see if he can start something for our adventures next year – RV safely winterized and a trip to UK planned for this winter! I look forward to your next adventures and hopefully see you down the trail sometime – Carol (and a reluctant Phil!)