Getting outside has always been an imperative for Minnesotans. Often that means classic pursuits that have remained the same for decades, like camping under the stars in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, gathering with the whole clan at a family cabin on Lake Pepin, or reeling in a monster walleye while ice fishing up north.

There are others, however, who have updated their outdoor lifestyle, elevating it to an art form by buying, building, or rehabbing a custom camping vehicle, all the better to pursue their every nomadic whim. 

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