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Thanks Jeremy. It was definitely a trip to remember. There are some things we learned along the way that we would have done a little differently, but overall it went well. The rack is a BAMF rack. I can't recall the brand of the cover, but it's a soft roll-up cover. It was NOT easy to get them...

On Friday we headed south a few miles and went to check out the lighthouse. By this time, we were lobsters and the sun was our enemy. We got in the truck, cranked the AC, and went to the lighthouse. We parked the truck about 12 miles north of the lighthouse so we were closer to the...

The ferry drops you off about 2/3’s the way north the island. The flies are worse the north you are. So we headed south. There is a designated traveling road on the island but it’s still on sand and with ruts. I put the truck in 4hi and headed south. Didn’t slip at all. Didn’t air down. The...

We departed from Sarah’s Creek at 4:30am to meet our reservation for the Davis Ferry in NC to take us to the island of Cape Lookout at 4pm. We were told to arrive 30 min early. But we like to be real early and have time on the road to stop if we need for food, gas, and to let the dog out. The...

Alright so originally had our ferry booked for 5pm Saturday but got so sunburnt Thursday that we decided to change the ferry reservation a 8am Saturday departure. Overall, Cape Lookout was amazing but the flies and our sunburn was brutal. We lathered up bit it wasn’t enough for the NC sun...

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Leaving tomorrow morning around 4:30 am. Today has been exhausting to say the least. Between getting stuff down around the house and yard since we will be gone, and getting the RTT and truck set...I’m soooo ready to hit the road. Filled up the gas and water tanks and got those strapped down...

Zombiecat, thank you for the info! We are going to add that hike to the plan if our husky doesn’t get too hot half way there! Oh I’m a huge fan of some free moonshine tastings. Might have to stop by as we are passing thru. Even without a truck, and just the rental car, that’s going to be a...

Been planning a trip for a few months now. Getting the last of the supplies together. We are planning to leave this Saturday at the crack of dawn, stopping at Shenandoah first. We are from Maryland, so it’s not a far drive. We are planning to stop at 5 or 6 spots over 9 days. Virginia...

Getting some more items together and packing up some of our bins with supplies. 1 bin for dry goods 1 bin for kitchen items 1 bin for safety/tools/utilities Will be bringing 3 5-gallon gas tanks cause I’d rather have them and not need them then need them and not have them. Also going to...

Here’s a sub par picture of the truck and tent opened up. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Alright so we are two got the bed rack and roof top tent installed. Confirmed that we can explore backcountry in Shenandoah and some others on the trip but are open to any suggestions for places to stay and places to explore. Winging it a little on our destinations since we don’t want to stress...

Yeah I’m beginning to think that we have a lot of ground to cover in little time while still seeing everything we want to see. We wanted to do more initially but cut the trip back to this. A buddy of mine spent around 2 months going around the country going to national parks. And even then, he...

Thanks windybadger. I’ll definitely take a look at those links. Just looked up what a moonbow was, even though I should have been able to figure out what it was by the name. We will be sure to keep a lookout and picture if possible. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Eric. Thank you for your response! Not really sure what these we are going for. We wanted to go farther west but don’t want to rush over the 1 week span we gave ourselves. So we are going to stay relatively close to the east coast. We will be sure to bring a lot of bug spray, no one likes being...