Several years ago, we stepped into a season of life that changed us more than we ever expected. Living on the road invited us to slow down, listen deeply, and learn from people and places that reshaped how we understand community, home, and belonging. While our vanlife chapter eventually came to a close, the questions it raised never really left us. How do we build meaningful connections in a world that is always moving? What does it mean to feel rooted, even when our surroun

After a nice anniversary weekend in Eugene, we drove straight west and traveled along the coast of Oregon for about a week. We stayed at...

Crater Lake is one of the few national parks Adam hasn't visited yet. We took the five and a half hour drive from Lake Tahoe to another,...

We got married on May 29, 2020 on the campus of Bowling Green State University, where we met, with our immediate family in a small,...

Heading north through California, we decided to take a few days stop at Lake Tahoe along the border of California and Nevada. We stayed...

One of Adam's best friend, coincidentally also named Adam, moved out to the LA area a few months ago. We were driving right past, so we...

We didn't have original plans to go to Lake Mead when we left Salt Lake City, but Adam had an inkling that Lake Mead was famous for some...

After an S-shaped drive through the northern Rockies in Wyoming, we hauled ourselves across a bridge to Antelope Island State Park on the...

Driving to and through Colorado the Rocky Mountains are unavoidable. Roads with miles of incline and miles of decline, the inevitable...

Our second attempt at visiting a sand dune national park was still full of blowing sand and stinging eyes, but the views were incredible...

Our next national park, Mesa Verde National Park, is one we have both wanted to visit for a long time! It did not disappoint.

White Sands National Park is one of our newer national parks, being changed from a national monument status to national park in 2019. It...

We spent a few days in the Dallas-Fort Worth area doing an interview for our book and visiting a spring festival at a historic farm. This...

We're on the road for the summer! It was a big change to get ready to be mobile compared to our stationary life in the state park the...

Madi got a few days off work and took a day off of school so we could take our first out-of-van backpacking trip since our honeymoon in...

For the last two and a half months we've been living in a state park just south of Dallas, Texas for free... yes, for free! How in the...

We had some interesting conversations and debates about what insulative materials to use for the van walls and ceiling. There are so many...

One guideline for cooking we've followed is to use the least amount of pots/pans and the least amount of fuel for cooking as possible. It...

So we were at 20 degrees last week and now we're back in the 70s and 80s. We recovered well from the storm with no ice or cold damage......

We took a trip down to Colorado Bend State Park in the late fall and loved this park! It might be one of our new favorite places in Texas...