This week I headed Southeast to Banning State Park. My first night I was searching for campsites and stayed overnight in a truck stop. The snow is putting a cramp on my abilities to get in the woods. This was an amazingly beautiful hike. The snow is deep, but it makes the woods magical. Every weekend in the Truck Camper is a win in my book. Hopefully we won’t have snowstorm or blizzard in January so i can get back to truck camping. Thanks for coming along on the adventure.

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This week I stayed at the Maplewood State Park near Pelican Rapids Minnestoa. I stayed overnight in the truck camper and the park was empty. The weather forecast was calling for warmer temperatures all week, but Mother Nature had different plans. It was cold, windy and the snow started falling around 2am Sunday night. I tried my hand at making ribs in the Dutch oven. They turned out great, however I had to sacrifice half the rack to the campfire gods. I hiked through the woods looking for a prime location to put a camera to observe the northern lights but wasn’t able to get a clear shot of the horizon. I jumped on the bike to check further away but came up empty handed. It was all good though, the snow would have made the lights impossible to see. The weather channel is calling for snowstorms and blizzard conditions this week. Next week’s video might be interesting. Thanks for coming along on this week’s adventure. I’ll see ya down the road.

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This weekend I’m doing some preventive maintenance checks on my Arctic Fox Truck Camper and Chevy Silverado 3500 Truck. I have torn my roof in the past and used tape to cover it. Now my tape is ripping. I’ve been thinking about putting a metal bar along the roof edge to protect it from branches. Kind of like a rocker guard on a jeep. For now, I’ll just put another layer of tape over it…….it’ll be fine! I also checked for gas leaks because that is very important to do often. The Silverado needed to be greased. I do my own oil changes and sometimes I skip the zerks. It was also a good time to check that all the aftermarket parts I installed are still mounted tightly. Thanks for checking out the video.

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