ROVA

ROVA is a print and digital magazine about traveling the roads of North America: the insightful stories, the spectacular images, and the people who make up this vibrant, growing community.

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GEAR UP!

OVERLANDING ON A BUDGET • Equipped with only a 2013 Land Cruiser and $1,000, I set out to create a comfortable overlanding rig.

TIPS FOR YOUR FIRST TAILGATE • There are few traditions more American than tailgating. Pull your RV up, set your gear out, and prepare to make some new, like-minded friends.

NATURE’S HIDDEN TREATS Foraging and Discovering Wild Flavors While RV Camping • The most extraordinary flavors on your RV journey aren’t found in grocery stores; rather, they’re waiting to be discovered along forest trails and riverbanks across America.

FIVE PLACES TO FISH YOUR WAY ACROSS AMERICA • The open road presents all kinds of opportunities, and you never know when stowing a rod and reel in your RV will pay off.

GET IN GEAR FOR BEER • Wherever you’re headed on your next road trip, there’s sure to be a brewery within easy driving distance.

WHEN THE WHISPER BECOMES A ROAR • A story of knowing when it’s time to pull up roots and head on down the road for good.

BONDING AND THE WHOLE BACK SEAT A Photo Essay

UNSEEN CALIFORNIA Fifty Miles of Coastline You Should Know About • Slow down and fall in love on California’s Central Coast.

THE PEAK TO PEAK Colorado’s Most Underrated Road Trip • It’s amazing how much beauty, adventure, and oddball charm you can fit into 55-odd miles of scenic roadway.

A COSMIC RIDE THROUGH WEST TEXAS • In what is now one of my favorite remote corners of the United States, I traced a zig through an eight-mile-wide astrobleme into Big Bend National Park—part of the largest Dark Sky Reserve in the world—and a zag up to Marfa for a couple of art-filled days and excellent burritos.

AURORA BOREALIS IN AMERICA’S MIDWEST • We typically expect the northern lights to appear in places like Norway or Alaska. In 2024, however, Mother Nature treated the world to the most intense solar storm in 500 years, and this phenomenon spread across the globe. As a photographer already out on my annual storm-chasing trip, I chose to chase space weather instead—to Nebraska.

DELMARVA BY RV A Crabby, Quirky Coastal Meander • Seafood, wild horses, history, and unassuming towns make the Delmarva Peninsula a relaxed, fulfilling place for a driving vacation.

CAR-CAMPING ON THE NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK COASTS • Car-camping along New Jersey and New York’s coastlines may not be as picturesque as living in a converted campervan in the Aussie bush—but it’s certainly full of its fair share of adventures. Here’s how I safely slept in a sandy SUV in suburban and city streets so I could surf up and down the coast.

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