The van and the three of them on the road in Baja California

About

Who we are

The team

Since 2019 · Ram Promaster

Evan smiling in a sandstone canyon, wide-brimmed hat, plaid shirt, and a tripod on his pack
Moab

Evan

Videographer · bike mechanic

Usually out mountain biking, and if not, watching videos about it. A self-taught videographer and bike mechanic. He carries the adventure gear and shares his side of the bed with Penelope.

Melanny smiling in a Utah slot canyon, wide-brimmed hat, hydration tube clipped to her pack
Kanarraville

Melanny

Photographer · writer

Colombian roots, American upbringing. Prefers being outside, with the occasional lazy day of Netflix. Always carries snacks. A self-taught photographer, formerly a data analyst at an accounting firm.

Penelope standing in a red-rock opening near Hurricane, Utah, GPS collar on, tongue out
Hurricane, Utah

Penelope

German Shorthaired Pointer · model

A mountain goat in a pointer’s coat. Three loves: food, balls, her people. Smart, agile, cuddly, and vocal. A pretty great model, and she knows the camera is on.

Our goal with van life isn’t to be forever nomads, but to use this unique moment in our lives where we are healthy and able to experience adventure to its fullest.
  1. 2015

    A rooftop tent on Evan’s Dodge Ram. Georgia to the West Coast. Two months out.

  2. 2019

    Left the accounting desks in Atlanta. Bought the Promaster.

  3. 6 mo.

    Converting it ourselves. Indoor bike storage, a shower, and a bed for three.

  4. Now

    Brand days when the fit is right, and free guides so you can go too.

The story

Why van life?

In 2015, fresh out of college, we put a CVT rooftop tent on Evan’s Dodge Ram and drove across the country from Georgia to the West Coast for a once-in-a-lifetime road trip. By the end of our 2 months on the road, we realized we wanted to see more. We needed to see more. The next several years of life were already planned out with graduate school and the start of our careers in accounting but the summer of 2015 changed what we thought life after college could be.

Fast forward to 2019, we made our dream into a reality and finally took the leap to leave our office jobs and hit the road. Both of us had great jobs but the 9-5 routine of work, home, sleep, and repeat was draining us. Mountain biking helped relieve the weekly stress but the local trails just weren’t enough anymore. We wanted to expand beyond the comforts of Metro Atlanta. So we bought a van, spent 6 months converting it, and headed west. Still in love with this way of living.

The cameras came later. We still write the guides so you can go too.

If you want to know more about how we got here, write us. The conversion parts we used are on the van build.

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