EP.14: Amanda Zito- Planning Adventures, Camp Meals, and Community

Written By Mat Hager

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 community. Amanda also shares about upcoming adventures and planning the follow-up for her Motorcycle Camp Cookbook. Full show notes and links at blueyonder-adventures.com

  • Links below but here are a few markers of topics we covered today:

    • 2:20 Amanda and Jen discuss camping in Northern Arizona

    • 7:07 Amanda’s introduction to camping

    • 13:19 Intro to motorcycle camping and differences in planning adventures

    • 19:05 Planning adventures

    • 30:37 Backcountry discovery routes

    • 32:40 Finding community with motorcycle events

    • 36:20 Rocky Mountain Rollout

    • 46:11 Amanda previews upcoming adventures and projects

  • Here are the places or other links referenced in today’s podcast:

Mat Hager

Mat is our COO. He began his career in manufacturing engineering, focusing on jet engines, before joining the Navy as a nuclear engineer on submarines. During his eight years in the Navy, Mat held various roles in engineering and operations. He has spent a total of one year and 93 days underwater and aspires to spend an equivalent amount of time camping under the stars. Currently, he camps for about 30-35 nights each year, meaning he will achieve his goal in another 11 years. Mat's association with Campworks began as a customer. Now, as COO, he has played a crucial role in transitioning our manufacturing to CF Maier and restarting production. Feel free to reach out to him for any inquiries.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathew-hager/
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