Get out there.
For the trip you keep putting off.
Field guides from the roads I actually drove and the camps I actually slept in — the routes, the legal places to sleep beside the road, what it cost, and the mistakes I made so you can skip them. Every guide is free — the Out There Club keeps it that way.
Where the road forks, somewhere above the sea.
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The Adventure
Blueprint.
The system everything else builds on: how I plan a route, find legal camp, eat well out of a truck, and make the money last. Every other guide assumes you’ve already got this one.
The Adventure Blueprint
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Free, like everything I make. If you pay something, that’s what keeps it free — the guides, the weekly essays, whatever comes next.
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How the guides work
Free for everyone
Every guide is a free download, always. The Out There Club keeps it that way — members at $7 a month keep the guides and the writing open.
Actually lived
Every route in these pages got driven and every camp got slept in. The mistakes came with receipts, and they’re written down so yours cost less.
Gear that earned its place
Anything named in a guide is something I carried until it proved itself. My exact picks wear a ° mark and route through one gear page.
The Guides
Where you take it.
Place-by-place guides that build on the Blueprint — plus the presets I edit every photo with.
The California Guide
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The Autumn Guide
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The New Zealand Guide
Coming soonGuide
The Winter Guide
Coming soon
The Out There Presets
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What’s the catch?
There isn’t one. I didn’t start driving with anything figured out — I started because I’d lost more than I could sit still with, and the road was the only thing big enough to hold it. What I found out there was quieter than what I’d gone looking for, and it was never mine to keep.
So everything I make is free. A handful of readers pay $7 a month so it stays open for the next person. That’s the Out There Club.
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