HOW IT STARTED

It was going to be a simple camping just north of Durbin, West Virginia during Fall 2013. Five friends met up for a three-day fishing trip on the West Fork of the Greenbrier River.

We fished on Friday with some success and by that evening the rain had settled in on what would be two full days of showers. We set up our blue tarps and anchored each from truck to tree until we crafted the prefect shelter for the 5 of us to cook and celebrate for the remainder of the trip.

The deep fryer ran for 2-3 hrs cooking everything we could through at it and we cheered to the sounds of the Mountaineer football game broadcasting from the local FM channel. We had drinks and loads of good conversations but one subject in particular drew a lot of attention - what is overlanding?

One friend spoke up, “have you heard of it? It’s like driving around in the woods and going camping.”

Another spoke up and said, “but isn’t that what we’re doing now?”

The conversation went on for hours and we spoke of trips we could take, places we could go and interviews we could produced all armed with cameras and a love for adventure.

Over the next few weeks, we planned a couple weekend trips and interviews to film for the first season of “Mountain State Overland.”