🎃 A little Halloween magic, from our camp to yours.

CHASING LIGHT · AFTER DARK

Some trails are
better with ghosts.

A moonlit forest. A few wandering spirits. Pull up a chair for the spooky side of Chasing Light Adventure.

Enter the haunted forest ↗Explore the Pumpkin Trail ↗

One hour of ghosts & relaxing spooky music.
Stay a little. Wander a while.

Ghosts drifting along a moonlit forest path, with Haunted Forest and 1 Hour lettering

YOUR EVENING ESCAPE Watch on YouTube ↗

PEOPLE · PLACES · PUPS · ADVENTURES

The places we go.
The memories we keep.

Relax. Have fun. Enjoy the journey.

We’re Tom and Maureen. Two dogs, an RV, a Jeep, and a loose plan. Come along for the beautiful places and the stories in between.

Come along

Stone steps leading through the pines to a misty lake — A little closer to the quiet.

Maureen and the dogs at camp beneath a soft peach morning sky — The best company. No hurry at all.

OUR DAYS OUT THERE

Pages from our camping journal

Real trips, told a little at a time.

A family canoe outing on the St. Croix River

FAMILY JOURNAL · WILD RIVER

Three generations. One river.

Tommy brought the canoe. Teddy and Grandpa shared a first. A summer memory on the St. Croix, with another chapter still to come.

Read our Wild River story

Stone steps toward misty Lake Itasca, with a soft photographic edit

JULY 2026 · MINNESOTA

Itasca: Where the River Begins

Life among the pines, Maureen and the pups, and the little moments worth bringing home.

Read our Itasca story

SEPTEMBER 2026 · MINNESOTA

Big Bog: Beyond the Forecast

A brighter-than-expected day, muddy Jeep adventures, and two dogs at the water’s edge.

Explore our Big Bog story

THIS IS CHASING LIGHT ADVENTURE

A few wrong turns.
A lot of good stories.

Some of our favorite days start with a loose plan and end with muddy tires, tired dogs, and a story we didn’t see coming.

Chasing Light Adventure is our place to share those days—the beautiful views, the things we learn, and the mistakes along the way. We’re here to relax, have fun, learn, share, and enjoy the journey as it unfolds. You don’t need an RV or fancy equipment to come along. A nearby trail and a little curiosity are a fine place to start.

Meet our traveling crew

FROM THE ROAD / 01

SEPTEMBER 2026

Watch the earlier trip film

Our first Big Bog edit, made with the earlier footage.

Play the 2:36 trip film

FEATURED ADVENTURE

The best days
aren’t always
in the forecast.

Saturday brought the rain. Sunday was supposed to bring more. Instead, the sky gave us a beautiful day to get out and explore.

A drive to scout dispersed camping turned into an off-road adventure. The Jeep came back muddy, Maggie had her time in the water, and Charlie got in on the fun. Fall colors and quiet water did the rest.

“God’s country.”— Tom, after our Big Bog trip

A story from the boardwalk

One of the memories we brought home was a conversation with a park employee whose father helped build the Big Bog boardwalk. They told us about the community effort to bring visitors to the area after the Red Lake walleye collapse.

Hearing that story firsthand made the walk more meaningful. We left with an appreciation for the place—and for the people who care so much about it.

WATCH · EXPLORE · COME ALONG

Everyone brings
something to the trip.

Maureen brings the good company.
Charlie brings… considerable enthusiasm.

Maureen on the lakeside boardwalk during our Itasca trip

01 / THE PEOPLE

Tom & Maureen

We’re the humans behind Chasing Light Adventure. We share the driving, the discoveries, and the days when the plan needs a little adjusting.

Photography is part of how Tom sees the world. Traveling together is how those photographs become stories. There’s always another road, another patch of beautiful light, and another reason to stay outside a little longer.

For Maureen — a little surprise ♥

Here’s to the back roads we haven’t found yet, the campfires still to come, and all the little moments in between.

The best part of this adventure is sharing it with you.

With love, Tom

02 / THE PAWS

Charlie

Chief Enthusiasm Officer

Bernese Mountain Dog. Big heart. Big ideas. Occasionally questionable coordination. Charlie approaches every adventure absolutely certain that everything is going according to plan.

Unofficial motto: “I meant to do that.”

02 / THE PAWS

Maggie

Director of “I Told You So”

Yellow Labrador. Quiet observer. Independent spirit. Usually three steps ahead of Charlie—and already aware of the flaw in his otherwise excellent plan.

Unofficial motto: “I’ll be over here.”

03 / THE WHEELS

The Chuckwagon Express

Our 2023 Winnebago Cambria 25P. Traveling home base, camp headquarters, and the place everyone returns to after a good day outside.

PARK THE RV. KEEP EXPLORING.

The Dog House

Dog House design board showing a white Jeep Wrangler, distressed flag graphics, wheels and lighting ideas — JEEP DESIGN CONCEPT · THE LOOK WE’RE DREAMING UP

Our white 2023 Jeep Wrangler. Forest roads, photo stops, scouting campsites, and the occasional muddy reminder that “just a quick drive” is a flexible concept.

FROM THE CHASING LIGHT STORY WORLD

The Legend of
The Dirt Balls

Muddy paws. Wild places. Questionable decisions.

Everyday adventures. Outrageously epic retellings. Tom becomes the expedition leader. Charlie becomes the warrior who has not read the plan. Maggie becomes the reason anybody gets home.

Read a tiny legend: The Quest for One More Throw

A PLAYFUL FICTION INSPIRED BY OUR LAKESIDE DAYS

At the edge of the great water, Sir Charlie stood ready. His mission was clear. His strategy was less so.

Somewhere beyond the shore lay the Object of Great Importance. It had been thrown. Therefore, it must be retrieved.

Maggie surveyed the kingdom. She had seen this quest before. Six times, in fact.

“One more,” declared the human.

Maggie looked toward the setting sun. Empires had fallen on more reliable promises.

Charlie charged. The lake lost its composure. And the legends would say that, for one shining moment, everyone was exactly where they belonged.

To be continued… probably after a towel.

EXPLORE · CAPTURE · SHARE · INSPIRE

It started with
the light.

The grand views. The tiny things.
The moments that make us stop.

Photographs from the journey and recovered drone images. Tap a photograph to take a closer look.

THERE’S ROOM AROUND THIS CAMPFIRE

Where should we
go next?

A little campground. A waterfall. That road you almost don’t want to tell anyone about. The next Chasing Light story could start with your idea.

A place we should explore

Copies your idea to paste into a message or a comment on one of our social posts. This does not send it to us.

Charlie and Maggie together in a cozy animated RV scene

Same trails. Two very different perspectives.

GATHER AROUND / CAMPFIRE TAILS

Charlie has a plan.
Maggie has concerns.

Trails, snack patrol, and a Labrador who has spotted the water. Our Lake Bemidji tale is ready to read, with two new animated previews from the Campfire TAILS story studio.

Stories & animated previews

Real adventures. Animated memories.

NATURE IS STILL OUT THERE… AND IT WELCOMES YOU.

Relax. Have fun.
Learn. Share.
Enjoy the journey.

No perfect itinerary required. Just good company and a reason to step outside.

Come along for the next chapter

Some trails are
better with ghosts.

The places we go.
The memories we keep.