Today Four Wheel Campers announced a host of substantial upgrades and options for their popular line of off-road truck campers. We’re on our second Four Wheel Camper - the Hawk UTE flatbed - which we’ve had for almost three years. Our first FWC was a slide-in Raven model, which we used for over a year before upgrading to the Hawk UTE. In this post I’ll cover each one of the new options and offer my thoughts on whether they are must-haves ro just nice to haves. I’ll also share a few changes I hope to see Four Wheel Campers embrace at some point…hopefully in the near future. Let’s dive in. Stan ..read more

Overland camper equipped with Four Wheel Campers Hawk UTE and Battleborn Batteries at campsite near Moab, Utah. Over the last twenty years my wife and I have had travel trailers big and small, two motor homes, and two overland rigs, both of which were built using Four Wheel Campers as the habitat. All of these RV’s utilized AGM batteries as part of the integrated power system. At best, the AGM systems are…just okay. Twenty years ago, the only way to add power was to add more batteries, and with space at a premium this often wasn’t possible. Fast forward to today, and we now have the option of ..read more

I’ll be honest – I didn’t have high expectations when I plunked down $650 for the Tamron 28-200mm f/2.8-5.6 Di III RXD lens for use on my Sony A7IV. I just needed a relatively compact, affordable lens with a wide range of focal lengths that would be easy to travel with on commercial flights. There weren’t many lenses in the running and I settled on the Tamron because it was readily available and within my budget. I bought mine where I buy almost all of my camera gear, from the fantastic team at Pictureline in Salt Lake City. Not long ago, superzoom lenses were an exercise in compromise; what ..read more

Ford F250 Tremor with Norweld Deluxe Weekender Tray in Moab, Uta A 2021 Ford F250 Tremor with a Norweld Deluxe Weekender flatbed tray parked below Moab Rim near Moab, Utah. Ford F250 Tremor with Norweld Deluxe Weekender Tray in Desert Be A 2021 Ford F250 Tremor with a Norweld Deluxe Weekender flatbed tray on a desert road below the La Sal Mountains near Moab, Utah. Man Wearing Off the Grid Surplus Trailblazer Pants Opens Storage A man wearing Off the Grid Surplus Trailblazer pants opens a storage box on a Norweld Deluxe Weekender flatbed tray near Moab, Utah. Looking for information about F ..read more

A wildflower garden of columbines, indian paintbrush, harebells and more bloom in verdant American Basin outside Lake City, Colorado. American Basin. The name alone brings joy to the hearts of landscape photographers, especially those of us living in the American West. It’s the kind of place that’s being loved to death these days, for a variety of reasons, and the last time we were there it had lost much of its charm. RZR’s were parked all over the meadows, the flowers were being trampled by wannabe IG influencers and one had to watch one’s step to avoid piles of human excrement. Back in 2011 ..read more

Dramatic light strikes the White Rim at sunset below dark storm clouds at Green River Overlook in Canyonlands National Park near Moab, Utah. This post brought to you by eFotoGuide, the ultimate guides to photographing America’s national parks. Check out our ebook guides to Arches, Big Bend and Zion National Parks. Each ebook contains information for over 20 of the most stunning locations in each park, plus everything you’ll need to know plan a successful trip. Only $15 each, or $40 for for all three in the eFotoGuide Ultimate Bundle. While you’re in Canyonlands, don’t forget to visit Mesa Arc ..read more

The sun peeks over the top of Mesa Arch framing Washer Woman Arch, Monster and Airport Towers in Buck Canyon at Canyonlands National Park near Moab, Utah. This post brought to you by eFotoGuide, the ultimate guides to photographing America’s national parks. Check out our ebook guides to Arches, Big Bend and Zion National Parks. Each ebook contains information for over 20 of the most stunning locations in each park, plus everything you’ll need to plan a successful trip. At only $15 each, or $40 for the whole bundle, it’s quite the bargain! Mesa Arch needs no introduction. If you’re a landscape ..read more

A warm winter sunset splashes light on the Second Wave in the Coyote Buttes region of the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona…or Utah? When a friend calls you with news that he has a permit to hike into the Wave, and then invites you to join him on that hike, you do whatever you need to do to make it happen. Such was the case in early 2009, when my buddy Jim Talaric invited me to join him and a couple other photographers on a short trip throughout the Page area. My wife was very pregnant, but she was also very understanding, and encouraged me to join the guys on what would be a whirl ..read more

A riot of colorful foliage lines a muddy creekbed in one of many side canyons of Zion National Park, Utah. Earlier this week I was thankful to have a half day to dedicate to photography in Zion National Park. I was hoping to find some colorful leaves but on the drive in from La Verkin, passing cottonwoods along the Virgin River, disappointment began to set in. Almost all of the trees were still green, with only a few barely starting to show signs of yellow in their leaves. I knew the east side of Zion was at higher elevation, so even if the canyon wasn’t popping off there was a chance I’d fin ..read more

Early in my photography career – probably somewhere around the year 2000 – I purchased a nature photography book published by Arizona Highways. As a budding photographer, the images in the magazine provided limitless inspiration. I wanted to create similar images, so it came as no surprise when one of the first “how-to” books I ever bought was published by them. In the years that followed my collection of books would eventually grow to include titles produced by many of the best nature photographers of the era; John Shaw, Art Wolfe, and Galen Rowell – to name just a few. All were excellent, a ..read more