Once again, our nuCamp TAB 400, Gunny, got out on the road and truly lived his best life in 2025! From our usual rallies and workshops to getting away for a little bit of R&R and everything in between, Gunny was basically our two-wheeled refuge, sidekick, spiritual guide, and emotional support trailer.
nuCamp Rallies & Other Camper Events
Obviously, 2025 was a year full of nuCamp Rallies, as well as sharing our love of nuCamp at several other RV shows, events, and expos.
This year, we organized and hosted four of our nuCamp Rallies with Mandy & Kendrick (this is just our fancy way of saying “Summer Camp for Adults”) across the country. It’s always a great way to see familiar faces and make lots of new friends! We hosted rallies at:
- Tabazona in Tucson, AZ
- Smoky Mountains nuCamp Rally in Townsend, TN
- Taborado in Palisade, CO
- Northeast Rally in North Hudson, NY
Sometimes it’s nice to just show up and let others do all the work at these gatherings. You know, just be a pretty face or something like that. We had that chance twice this year at the Brown County Indiana get-together and the annual uCamp Rally organized by nuCamp!
RV Shows and Other nuCamp Events
If you haven’t figured it out, we love doing our part to help build and strengthen the nuCamp community. The rallies are a huge part of that, but an equally huge part is helping new people decide to join the family in the first place. That’s why we’ve loved getting to help work the nuCamp booths at several shows and expos each year over the last ten years.
This year, we went to the Florida RV Supershow (Tampa, FL), the Overland Expo Mountain West (Loveland, CO), and the Hershey RV Show (Hershey, PA).
Landscape Photography Workshops, Backpacking Trips, & 4×4 Driving Adventure
A lot of folks might think all our work involves nuCamp, which is understandable. Heck, even for our non-nuCamp work, we always have Gunny in tow! In 2025, our guided trips were all a huge success, filled with some wonderful people!
We taught several landscape photography workshops, including those in Rocky Mountain National Park in Winter, Death Valley National Park, the Great Smoky Mountains, and the Adirondacks for Fall Colors.
Our backpacking trips are a great reminder of why we choose to sleep in the comfy bed of our campers rather than tents most of the time. But if you can endure sleeping on the ground for a few nights, we guarantee you’ll have the experience of a lifetime. Tent camping is certainly more enjoyable in the Grand Canyon or Rocky Mountain National Park, which is where we guide our trips. This year, we did one trip in RMNP and two incredible itineraries in the Grand Canyon!
One of our favorite events each year is our Colorado 4×4 Adventure. For an amazing week, we use Gunny as the heart of our basecamp and explore the endless miles of Jeep trails throughout southwest Colorado! We also have our camp kitchen set up and dialed in for some unforgettable camp cuisine, including smash burgers, homemade pizza, campfire paella, and sizzling fajitas, to name a few.
Life Outside of Rallies & Guided Trips
(a.k.a. “Wait, These Two Have a Life Outside of Rallies and Workshops”)
Yes, sometimes (though not very often) we do have a life outside of work. Don’t get us wrong, our work takes us to a lot of beautiful places, but we usually don’t have much free time while we’re in those places. Sure, we drive by tons more amazing places between work events. Again, our schedule is typically so jam-packed that the best we can commit to is a quick “hello/goodbye” in passing. I mean, how else do you drive 1,800 miles in three days?
Lucky for us, when we do get to take our nose out of the laptops, or we’re not doing in-person events, we almost always have our home-on-wheels there with us for an adventure!
A few highlights from our 2025 travels include:
- Casa Bonita in Denver, CO (with Jerry and Kristin Davis)
- Most of you probably don’t know what this is, but if you do, then you know how big a deal it was to get reservations. After waiting over a year, we finally got in!
- Skijor in Estes Park, CO
- What happens when a ski bum and a cowboy (or cowgirl) match on a dating app? Most likely the invention of Skijor! That’s right, imagine a horse, a track with jumps, and a skier holding on for dear life as the horse books it around the track! It’s just as awesome as it sounds…
- Boondocking in Arizona with a fleet of TABS (with Rob, the Dunnucks, and Jane)
- Sure, it was between work events, but we found a beautiful place to camp, enjoyed a 5-star camp-cooked dinner, and sat by the fire!
- Las Vegas for Valentine’s Day & Mandy’s Birthday (with Rob, the Dunnucks, and Jane)
- Nothing says, “I Love You” and “Happy Birthday” quite like parking the camper in the middle of Vegas and hitting the nearest poker table! Bonus points if you strike it rich and can pay for your entire stay there! If not, at least Gunny provides a safe space to cry into a pillow after losing $40.
- Deam Lake State Park, Indiana – Kentucky Derby (with the Prices and Maxsons)
- FACT: Your horse is 48% more likely to Show and Mint Juleps taste 63% better when viewing the Derby from the comfort of camp. We read that somewhere. Our horses didn’t win, but the juleps tasted great!
- Kentucky Bourbon Adventures (with a LOT of nuCamp family)
- We organized bourbon trips to Bardstown and Louisville—twice. Then returned to the area later in the year for a bourbon festival.
- Montreal, Canada, eh! (with the Dunnucks)
- We heard it was poutine season in Canada. So, we had to check it out!
- Oktoberfest in Burlington, Vermont (with the Dunnucks and Butchers)
- Some say it’s the most wonderful time of the year. Fall foliage, huge pretzels, lederhosen and dirndls, polka bands, and BEER! Oh yeah, Kendrick may have placed second in a one-liter glass beer stein-holding contest, and Chris Butcher may have won a yodeling contest…
- Friendsgiving in Colorado
- We opted to spend the holiday with friends. Great folks, too much food, a smoked turkey-fueled nap, and some festive drinks always lead to lasting memories!
- Belize & Guatemala Anniversary
- A spontaneous, last-minute, Anniversary/Christmas escape full of Mayan ruins, clear blue water, too much delicious food, and just the right amount of relaxing. No camper this time—just us, wandering hand-in-hand and remembering that it’s OK to go on an adventure without the camper sometimes.
Time Sure Does Fly
It seems that each new year ends just as fast as it began.
So, here’s to more adventures. Here’s to new friends. Here’s to the road. And here’s to doing it all again (plus much more) in 2026.
Hope to see you all out there!
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