“Everything I buy is vintage and smells funny.” – Lucy Liu The Overland Trailer crew are hard a work building some new vintage-looking 58 Heald teardrop trailers. Soon new campers can have new adventures! As we’ve worked in the Overland shop, I dug through some inherited tools and found a great set of vintage […]
“Of course I’m scared. I’m not Superman.” – Jackie Chan Anything that starts with an embarrassing photo of horrified campers is bound to make for a good story. The photo above holds many surprises besides the panic stricken aspects of those having their picture shot. From the looks of things you’d think they were actually being shot.
“And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.” – William Shakespeare Today is earth day! If you’re not out camping and seeing scenes like the one I enjoyed (above), at least have an adventure and go outside for a
“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” – Ben Franklin If you have visited The OverlandTrailer.com website recently, you’ve probably noticed some changes in the website function. This is because overlandtrailer.com has a new division under the license Overland Trailer, LLC. A friend, Nathan, and I are
“In the state of society in which we now find ourselves, it is difficult to imagine a nation which lived solely on bread and vegetables.” – Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826) About 10 years ago was the last time I ate food in France. As much as people make a big deal out of French cooking & techniques, I thought I’d
“Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.” – Gandhi In my grade-school years, I remember recess time more than anything else. Sure I have some memories of classrooms, lessons, and teachers, but let’s be honest, the playground was were it was at. It happened that the school I attended for grades
“If at first you don’t succeed; call it version 1.0” As the child of an Engineer and the grandchild of a clever inventor, I have geek running all through my blood. Now before your stereotypes of Steves (Jobs, Wozniak, Urkle) flood your mind, I mean that I am interested in computing, new media, and technical
“The trouble is, you cannot grow just one zucchini. Minutes after you plant a single seed, hundreds of zucchini will barge out of the ground and sprawl around the garden, menacing the other vegetables. At night, you will be able to hear the ground quake as more and more zucchinis erupt.” – Dave Barry Every
“The place to improve the world is first in one’s own heart and head and hands.” – Robert Pirsig Although the website has appeared to be dormant lately, Overland Trailer has been a buzz with a new adventure. It is inevitable that a website, like this one, which has thousands of subscribers, would receive requests for build
You have freedom when you’re easy in your harness. ~Robert Frost As a history teacher, I am fascinated with people, trends, and how we ended up the way we did. This is why my interest in vintage teardrop trailers exists. Why do we do what we do? Why do we camp the way we camp? I love