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Leaving the Inland-Empire, we spent a few days around the Salton Sea exploring Slab City, Bombay Beach, and Anza-Borrego. We loved this spot!

While we were in California, we met up with some of our really good friends who also have a HiAce for an EPIC camp up in Malibu! We were there two weeks before the devastating fires would decimate this beautiful stretch of the California coastline.

Bombing through Arizona in an attempt to reach Riverside for Christmas, we couldn't miss Joshua Tree. I'm OBSESSED with these trees. And the terrain is otherworldly!

Now, Sedona isn't ALL bad. But free camping and the tacky touristy trap stores are pretty crappy. Everything around Sedona, however, is fantastic.

Winter in Arizona would kick off up at elevation, and at the edge of a big hole in the ground. You ever been?

Returning from Florida, we were back to the Van and pointed South. Leaving Utah hit me a lot harder this time around. Because for the first time since we quit our jobs and went full-time, we didn't know when we would be returning to Utah.

And just like that. The Cruiser was back in storage, and we were on to the next adventure. But for this one, we were going to need a bigger boat.

Maybe my struggling made it look worse than it is! Haha

Leaving Oregon was tough. Going back to Utah and Idaho for a bit of an oral emergency for my better half, was even tougher. My parents let us lay low with them while she recovered, which we appreciated immensely. At the end of October, Lauren went to New Orleans for her THIRD trip to see Miss...

Picking up where I left off last time! After an incredible time in Washington, we drifted down into Oregon for a meetup with some of our friends.

That's amazing! I always tell my wife that at some point I'd love to have a summer job working somewhere. Even if it's a gift shop in a National Park, it would be nice to stash away some travel funds!

Thank you! I worked there for a month shy of eleven years. My manager could not wrap his mind around me quitting so we could live in our van and travel. Lol. It is the best! Are you still traveling fulltime??

The Oregon coast was amazing. I cannot even begin to explain how good it felt to sit in the van and watch the sun set over the Pacific Ocean. We were doing it. It was really happening. After Descend on Bend, we pointed East. We had a trip to California planned, and would be flying out of SLC...

So between November of last year, and August of this year, we finished prep of the van, stashed more away into our savings, and hit the road. I know, I know. That's hilariously over-simplified. But when I get into the interior setup and the buildout, I'll go more into the work that it took to...

We brought Jupiter home November 19th, 2023. Incredible turnaround, given what V had done. We hibernated over the winter, and little progress was done on the van. It was a looong, cold, snowy winter in Utah. So you know, a normal winter lol. In April we took her down to Monument Valley for our...

Just like that, she was done. And it was an incredible journey to get there.

Life went on while our little home was under the knife in California. We went to Descend on Bend in August, New Jersey in September, and I planned a trip to the Dollhouse in October. The Dollhouse is deep in the Maze district of Canyonlands National Park, and I took the Cruiser on a solid end of...

July 28, 2023, I picked up our good friend Chris at the butt-crack of dawn and we headed West. Well, South, then West. Lauren and I stripped the rear interior in our driveway two days prior to this, and Squirrel was ready for us. Driving through Vegas and the California desert in July was...

January 6, 2023, we bought two one-way tickets to Portland, Oregon to pick up our future home. We were immediately in love with the plucky little van. And the plan was already in motion for how we were going to build it out. Have you ever heard of a small shop in Long Beach, California...

"Well, I put in my two weeks." Hearing those words from my wife Lauren hit me like a Miata hitting a brick wall. We already had the van. The camper conversion was basically done, save the electrical portion of the build, and we had spent the last two years preparing for this moment. But when she...