YEAR OF THE VAN

Bears are true symbols of the wild. It didn't take us long, traveling through bear country, to learn  bears are real and incredibly powerful creatures.  Only an hour into Banff,  and we encountered not only our first bear, but our first Grizzly. I'm sure many people ha...

A month (June) in southern Colorado was barely enough time to see any of it and everything we got to see was amazing.  We caught some fish despite runoff being very late, and we saw a number of wild animals including a mountain lion, a moose in our campsite and a porcu...

The mountains of Colorado have been incredibly good to us, giving us days upon days of perfect weather, letting us rinse off in the cold alpine lakes and rivers, and introducing us to some crazy wildlife characters. But, nothing has been as rewarding as reigniting old...

We bought a 1986 Volkswagen Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition Multivan back at the beginning of 2016. We drove up to Ft. Collins and a great guy named Larry let us take him for a ride in what is now our van. Now, if you don't know much about these vans (which we didn't) this g...

Remi speaks! One day into our year long trip and Remi is showing signs of being too tired to move forward. He has conducted a number of silent protests where he lays directly in front of Larry (our van) in order to keep Larry from moving onward. However, Larry is capab...

We both quit our jobs.   Two years ago, shortly after meeting each other, we would casually discuss the idea of living out of a van while exploring North and South America. Now, we are going to make it happen, or at least see what happens when we try. Looking outward t...