Podcast - Blue Yonder Overland
Blue Yonder Overland podcast is all about empowering you to spend more time in the great outdoors. We focus on overlanding and making dispersed camping easy to try, offering tips on gear, cooking, packing, and discovering off-the-beaten-path campsites across North America. Whether you’re new to the idea or a seasoned camper, we break down the barriers to getting outside at any stage of your life, helping you get more nights under the stars. Full episodes, transcripts, and resources at blueyonder-adventures.com
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 22
- Years Active
- 2025
EP.22: Expo Recaps and Top 5 Tips to Start Overlanding
Jen shares takeaways and top tips learned at Overland Expo PNW and summarizes the top 5 tips to get started overlanding drawn from across this season. Full show notes and links at blueyonder-adventur…
EP.21: FAQs & Updates: from Rooftop Tents, Hammocks, and Mapping to Overland Expo PNW
Jen and Mat revisit FAQs re: rooftop tents, discuss hammocks, and updates to mapping software and Jen previews Overland Expo PNW. Full show notes and links at blueyonder-adventures.com
EP.20: Why Blue Yonder, Healing in Nature, and Favorite Camping corridors
Jen unpacks the inspiration behind the "Blue Yonder" name and reflects on her recent outdoor adventures, and shares tips on her favorite overlanding corridors in Washington and Colorado. Full show no…
EP.19: How To Bring Friends Overlanding With You
Jen and Mat discuss tips for bringing friends and family along on your overlanding adventures. They share examples about expectations, goals, logistics, and extra things to pack. Full show notes and …
EP.18: How To Find Campsites Near Activities You Love
Jen discusses how to find good campsites near trailheads, ski areas, and other activity sites you love. She shares strategies for planning an activity-based camping trip, practical tips, and examples…
EP.17: How To Find Overland Community and Learning
Jen discusses how to find community to support you in all your adventures, with examples of groups and events, as well as tips on how to start your own community. Full show notes and links at blueyon…
EP.16: Foraging and Fitting Adventures Into Your Life with Mykal Lefevre
Jen interviews Mykal Lefevre, who works in aerospace by day, but has found time to fit in mushroom foraging, mountain biking, and overlanding in her spare time. Full show notes and links at blueyonde…
EP.15: Breaking Down Barriers to Adventure
Jen discusses some of the questions and tactics she has used to pursue her adventurous dreams and brings back in examples from recent interviews, ending with how to get past some of the most common b…
EP.14: Amanda Zito- Planning Adventures, Camp Meals, and Community
Jen interviews Amanda Zito about how her approach to adventures has evolved and what led her to start sharing lessons learned, how she keeps all her plans organized, and tips on finding and building …
EP.13: When Things Go Wrong, How Do You Recover?
Jen and Mat discuss recovery gear, tips to prep for the worst case, and share stories of what not to do to extricate you or your friends from overlanding adventures gone wrong. Full show notes and li…
EP.12: Azure O’Neil Talks Adventures As Catalyst for Community
Jen interviews Azure O’Neil, Director of Programming for Overland Expo. Azure discusses not only the catalysts for adventure in her own life but how her adventures have fueled friendship and communit…
EP.11: Comparing Overland Camping Rigs
Jen and Mat discuss the various categories of overlanding camping setups they have seen or experienced and outline the pros and cons of each. Full show notes and links at blueyonder-adventures.com
EP.10: Electric Campers, Adventurous Kids, and More with Will Curry of Kamperage
Jen interviews Will Curry, founder of Kamperage, dedicated to offering fully electric RV rentals and introducing people to the joy of more time outdoors. Will and his wife are also very intentionally…
EP.9: Adventure Planning Hacks & Keeping the Spirit Alive
Sometimes the hardest thing about camping or other outdoor adventures is just finding the time! Jen discusses planning strategies and practical tips to help you fit more adventures in your life. Jen …
EP.8: Camp Cooking Basics
From gear to prep, Jen and Mat discuss what you need to get started cooking while overlanding. Jen shares tips she learned at Overland Expo and asks Mat about his "go to" meals", plus packing and sto…
EP.7: How to Avoid Camping Pitfalls- Prep and coping with bad conditions
Excited to go camping this weekend until you checked the weather forecast? Jen talks through standard items to have on hand to mitigate common weather and seasonal problems, extra items to pack for s…
EP.6: Dirty Secrets of Overlanding- How to Deal with Bathrooms, Showers, and Cleanup
Jen unpacks some of the most commonly heard worries about camping outside of campgrounds and practical strategies to address these issues, including how to go to the bathroom, how to shower or keep y…
Ep. 5: Embracing an Adventurous Mindset with Megan Skalbeck
Jen interviews her sister, Megan Skalbeck, who has embraced all forms of camping- backpacking, motorcycle camping, car camping, bikepacking- and is always ready to say yes to her next adventure. Jen …
EP.4: Brewing up coffee and Adventures with Alex Hager
2022 US Coffee in Good Spirits Champion, Alex Hager, joins to talk about her background and lessons learned from camping, bikepacking, and overlanding. She talks about the mindset to embrace solo adv…
Ep. 3: Overlanding 101- What do you need to get started?
Join Jen and Mat to discuss all the basics you need to take with you on your first overland camping adventure. We’ll discuss everything from safety and recovery gear to basic cooking and camp comfort…