People > Places

When i first started traveling, 
there was never an emotional build-up to a life on the road, 
or a physical build out of customizing what i would call my home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
                          There was just me and my my bro,
                              a $600 van, and a wild idea.
                                  Here i am 4 years later.

                               ...my main takeaway so far?
                                                                 PEOPLE>PLACES

                  At first, traveling is all about the places.
                what you've seen, done, eaten, experienced.
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                What i've come to realize over the past 4 years?
                                    the more you travel,
                         the more your stories change from 
                  places you've been, to people you have met.
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             I never remember the vibe a place gave me, 
                         what i did or bought there, 
             the mood i was in while i were there, etc. 
                                              but 
I can NEVER give back or forget the impact made or lessons learned from simple conversation in unfamiliar territory, and i thank everyone that i've met for that.
           You all have made me who i am today,
                   whether you know it or not.


-Matt Monthei
@thevanwithnoplan

      In an attempt to "creatively" document particular places of             my travels,   ....this time, instead of just writing about it,
     i wanted to Lyrically express the details and    change of mindset one place can give a traveler.                      .....  like New York did to me recently     ____ -Matt Monthei

"I don't know if ANYBODY will read this whole thing, 
but if you manage to,  let me know what you think,
this is my first time doing anything like this."

*the beats in your head*

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Headin' back west, 

knowing something's different 

hard to give it a rest.

Put to a mental / physical test,
Stayed in New York long enough to stressed, 

Real jobs, responsibilities, ya you know the rest.. 

                         -

A stereotypical "life" came up and bit me in the face. 

And a sudden realization that this experience was just a taste,
of what people spend their whole life in school just to chase,
had me dwelling about my purpose, future, and my place,
cuz this aint an every day, all day, for years to come kinda thing
that is a life that i dont want to disgrace by any means,
i just feel misplaced and i just dont think im done doing random things

                        and New York? Thats a hike!
                              at first i was like,

    
A job on the books for a known period of time.. i dont know

We are the right kind of dudes to squeeze a dollar from a dime though

                         and it was about that time too, 

                                         -
I just wanted to be busy doing nothing in particular, 
But my wallet was screaming for attention for sure.
                                      -
So the money got the best of my time, and thank god it did, 
Cuz that's not all i took away from all this, and now i'm a different kid.

                         -

So here you go to catch you up in case you didn't know,

We met a guy and scored a job on craigslist in Idaho,

                                   -

3 months later i'm in Utah, Jeff calls me up late,

I need you, your bro, and the girls in New York, 

And not in city, i'm talkin', upstate

                                    -

       Says hes got all this work,

And needs a couple helping hands,

And he knows we live in vans so he offered us his land,

                                    -

Said come on over, work, you'll make some good money.

Learn about construction, chill.  meet some new buddies,

                                   -

You'll meet Richie Rich too, he's got a job for the state,

             ... aaaand that was the bait, 

           Maybe some would call it fate.

                                 buttt  -

       It's hard to say no to a 50 dollar an hour rate!

     2 van convoy headed there straight out the gates.

and while we leave this new place, its now makes it an old,
its just a memory that i plan to hold onto,
forever an experience that i worked through.
and found because we pushed through.

  I think we know a good opportunity, when we hear it,

But when we got there, we didn't see it, not with Jeff,.....    not even a teeny bit

Getting the runaround for payment, and him acting illegitimate,

                    Being the ultimate bigot,

We decided to leave his property, and almost his state,

Jeff had a washy personality, one of which i cant relate,

Thank god we met this "Richie Rich" first who agreed with us

Worked for him for a couple days, and that was enough to build the trust,

                                           -

We did some siding on the barn next to his mansion. seven acre property,

He said come park and live here. working kitchen, shower and facilities,

Of course ill give you house responsibilities, 

But you can park your vans here, and save money on utilities,

Just do whatever, and in the downtime work for me.

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Leaving a new place makes it an old,

Just a memory that no one else can hold and. 

Why were you there? What made you leave? 

How did this place come to be

WHAT IT IS TO ME

What is it to me?              Wait.

WHAT REALLY IS IT TO ME?
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In the downtime work for me?
more like in your downtime sleep.


Workin' all day, staying up all night
Being totally inexperienced on a million dollar job site
Having to use wit, common sense, and only do things when the moments right,
                                        -
Not getting ahead of myself and definately not behind the others,
How we ever even got to work here or made it work i often wondered.
                                        -
Richie saw potential and an eagerness to get the flow
A couple hardworking dudes with the ability to grow,
                                  -
Grew by getting dirty, and massively sweatin'
We'd get home and the smell would slowly settle in
                                  -
Coming home to the girls unintentionally stained

With mostly concrete and whatever decided to kick up when it rained,
But we knew it was in our best interest to remain,

.......So the money made us stay.

And due to the back breaking labor, and the daily mental strain
We always got back everyday just a little more drained.

                              but i still can say,

                        its a good thing we came,

Without it, I wouldnt know all my new friends names,

Be more experienced in construction, and even be OSHA trained,

Have all these pairs of pants with all these fucking stains, 

                                   -

But I do realize now that when we left what remained,

Was a 22 year old that's 1/8 of an inch more trained

In this marathon called life

And I'll take that

I'll run with it for a mile

Cuz when I look back on it, 

I will smile.

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When leaving a new place, it now makes it an old.

Now a memory that no one else can hold 

Why were you there? what made you leave?

How, did this place come to be

WHAT IT IS TO ME

WHAT IT IS TO MEEE

what is it to me?             Wait.

WHAT REALLY IS IT TO ME?
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It was a commitment, racking of the brain, stressful days, 
Early mornings, long nights,   

It was all for the best,

Showing up with nothing, 

And not meeting the right people to keep the motivation rushin, 

At first it was tough and,
                                - 

-After the dude who brought me out here, 

Turned out to be a hipocritical fucking nightmare,

but if i would of never met him, id still be in moab, i woulda stayed
but I wouldnt take back this impact that 2 months of New York made.

            
              A true imprint on this life that I've created

                               -I appreciate it.

We do leave now with deeper pockets and ever so many memories,

                    Im driving now, With a smile

Cuz the people we met, and what we did will never just be history,,

Then my mindset and heartbeat starts to change so rapidly 
As the thought of what we actually accomplished starts weighing down on me

And I know these steps im taking of course lead to the top right?, my destiny.
I just let it happen cuz i know that this is whats best for me.

Cuz life scares me to prepare me for something that's much bigger,
And I hope that i can live up to i think im worth, and im not talkin being richer. 
By the time my destiny shows itself lets just hope it puts me to the test
Cuz ive been studying for some time and its obvious that im not like the rest, 
So this new mindset that i'm now blessed with
Will get stretched as m headin' back west wit it

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Leaving a new place makes it an old now,

Just a memory that no one else can hold and. 

Why were you there? what made you leave?
How did this place come to be

WHAT IT IS TO ME

What is it to me?
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A whole new way of thinking, and a new meaning for school,
Traveling has turned me into one educated fool,
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Ever-changing places to lay my head puts it in perspective,

Experience and hardships mold my mind, en then reflect it.

My attitudes not all i got, but i still choose not neglect it, 

In fact, now i expect it
                                         -
To do now what it never used to do,

Enjoy the special moments of life and the hellos from people like you, 

                                         -
To be an authentic genuine member of society, 

And be so high on life, yet never go down the road of sobriety,
Chasing content moments is what it's all about to me, 

But I do have trouble fully appreciating something untill it's a memory.

,

And now that were leaving its overwhelming to believe

What a couple folks who live in vans can show up and achieve,

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Leaving a new makes it an old,

Just a memory that no one else can hold and. 

Why were you there and why did you leave how, did this place come to be 

WHAT IT IS TO ME

WHAT IT IS TO MEEE

What is it to me? Wait.

WHAT REALLY IS IT TO ME?

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Its already feels like a distant memory,

Who I met and what I did, I hold very close to me. 
Cuz that made me who i am now, and thats all i ever wanna be.
A person who can take what he did, who he met, and what he saw, 
And incorporate it all into one new thought.
And process it for a better understanding

2 months we're crammed into one heavy load,

It was one long windy road.

                                     -

You ever feel like placed where you are cuz you're meant to be?

Taking in surroundings and wondering what the world could be, 

If you could just see the reason you were placed here purposely, 

To get the most out of life, but of course freedom over security

But moneys temporary and connections are forever

Relations are more lucrative working together. 

                               -

Other people are constructing my personal growth,
Traveling is powerful, ive taken my oath

  I am just one, I am just one

Just tryna build a life that I don't have to run from,

                 JUST LIKE EVERYONE.

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Side notes and ramdom lyrics i couldnt find a place for                              but didnt want to delete



Theres the ones who live through something that means a lot to them and hold on to it till death, 

And there's people like me who wanna scream it from the bleachers.
It doesn't make me a bragger if I just wanna blabber
About these things I experience that make me think that I'm a rapper,

i just heard that if you do something, you learn from it and grow

Well clearly, i just wanna do it, learn from it, and go.

stayin lit till the day I die,

-an everburning wick, 

Never asking why.
just tryna live it,
and do my best to share it.
i dont know why.

Vanlife in America

       The United States has (and holds up to) the reputation of being a "Green Zone", in which the Highway System's convenience and comfort comes together to seemingly target people to easily live a mobile lifestyle throughout the states, more so than any other country.
Gas stations, campgrounds, grocery stores, and even laundromats seem to be within an hour of you no matter where you are, and folks (including myself) are taking full advantage of this accessibility,

-Having built a life for themselves using these convenient resources,
van dwellers and RV go-ers in America has dramatically increased over the past 4 years, and are going on to prove that history does indeed repeat itself. this isn't anything new, of course, peolpe have been living in converted vans, trailers and buses since a vehicle was made big enough to do so.

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My opinion is, its more so people are CHOOSING to live in a vehicle nowadays, as opposed to having to live in one. That's the first thing a "normal" person associates the fact that you live in a vehicle with, is that you're forced to. Ive actually had someone tell me that they were sorry that i lived in a van. . .
 The way a lot of us (including myself) see it, we're not homeless,
Were home-free, and y'all are just vanless.
Vehicular advances, rising real estate cost,  reliability, comfort, and the fact that the term "job" no longer means what it used to leads more and more people each day considering a life on the road.
A huge percentage of people make a living off of a laptop nowadays.
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       - One cant find the accessibility to live so freely adrift in any                                    other country in the world.
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I personally have never even traveled out of the U.S.A. but have been avidly roaming it for 4 years across the lower 48. The fact that i'm still meeting unforgettable people, experiencing the rush of finding new spots, and still eager to revisit old ones leads one to believe that you can travel the US your whole life and still find no shortage of work to help fund it, sights to take your breath away, or the people that help light the way and keep you inspired.

Social media has noticeably made it easy to share the experiences that come with living in a van, and without a doubt this #vanlife explosion has sparked a flame so bright that things all over the world are changing to accommodate the fact that more people everyday are wanting to live small, or even off grid, but are you ready to dive into such a drastic lifestyle change? Some are not.
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.-I recently came across a blog post from someone who jumped into the very lifestyle choice that I and many others have thrived in, and they made this life of ours sound like nothing short of a social media joke involving inauthentic attention seekers taking pictures of a life misrepresented. 

#vanlife on @instagram has now reached over 500,000 posts, and after seeing it at >80,000 when I first joined, it's obvious to me that more and more people have decided to break down the walls and immerse themselves into this lifestyle.
But why? .. Social media? ..
Did we make it look too good?

 -Well it is,
 and the folks who are willing and capable to swell their life into the parameters of a vehicle deserve a chance at this taste of freedom that we EarthRoamers talk up so much. But do me a favor, when you decide to jump in, then find out the waters too cold for you to get comfortable. Please don't bash on the temperature because of the fact that you couldn't get adjusted. We happen to not be frigid anymore, and have found enjoyment in the feeling.
It is very important to be authentic and display your uniqueness in this world, 
but you can't judge a book by that books Instagram page.

-It's not #vanlife for some of us, it's lifelife, that happens to be lived out of a van. The fact that we have a hashtag to connect all of us vanners is frikkin sick, and i've met some life long friends due to that hashtag. so i hate so see someon ebash the ifestye choice that i find unreal amounts of enjoyment iving, everyone has diferent tastes, but motr and motr easch day are getting a taste of that living small freedom. . ill prove it.

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                          SIGNS THAT LIVING small IS GETTING BIG. -especially in the U.S
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-     New companies everyday are appearing (and thriving) that directly reflect and promote the outdoor lifestyle through branding or products. Companies such as GOAL ZERO, POWER PRACTICAL, and OUTDOOR TECH are newer companies that have solved the problem of keeping things charged, having power on the road, and have been massively successful in doing so. also,
Clothing companies such as, POLER STUFF, FAYETTECHILL PASSENGER CLOTHING, WISH YOU WERE NORTHWEST, and many MANY more outdoor lifestyle brands have used social media to expose themselves to the millions of people that will ultimately support their vision.

-     The price of VW Vanagons (the most used rig for those living small) and other livable vehicles has dramatically increased over the past 7 years, and professional Adventure-Mobile makers such as SPORTS-MOBILE, EARTH ROAMER and TIGER ADVENTURE VEHICLES have people on months to years long waiting lists to own one of these preferred home on wheels.

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----------WORDS AND STORIES FROM MY ROAD-FOUND,                                         LIKE-MINDED FRIENDS----------------

'I've met some indescribable folks along my travels that live very similar lifestyles across the US driven by a van, and they all have learned a few things                   along the way as well that they would like to share.

    -words and picture by van-friends Emily and Corey of @wheresmyofficenow

The decision to live the van life happened smoothly, and to be honest, without obstacles. This is not to say that planning for and living in the van was smooth, but the actual decision to live in a van and travel seemed natural and effortless. I think that this is due to where I was in my life including my desire to do something outside of the societal norm, and also the acknowledgement of my internet skillset which I realized I could do operate from anywhere.  

 After this decision was made, the biggest obstacle for me was having the patience to wait for everything to come together.  After deciding, it took 6 months before we bought the van and then another two months of prepping.  I tend to be spontaneous and at times impatient.  I like to see results and there were times in this planning process that I had my doubts about it coming to fruition. I was thankful for Corey for constantly reminding me that it was going to happen.

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-Words and picture by van-friend Chris Cohen @souladventurer311

I'm happy! Sure I choose to live out of my van (something the average person couldn't do.) But with my van I also get to choose where I want to live everyday. I get to see all these amazing and beautiful places. I get to meet, bond, and learn about so many amazing and beautiful people. Even while home on Long Island for the five months I'm working I still live out of my van. I'm a simple man I guess. I live in my van, work out of my pickup truck and save for my travels. Freedom is what I thought this country was all about anyway, correct? So I'm grabbing my piece of freedom in the form of a van.
I mean sure I don't have tons of money put away or a retirement that will be kicking in after I worked into my 60's. But if they think I'm going to let them tell me when it's time for me to live my life, well they got another thing coming. So I'll take my chances living by my own rules and traveling as much as possible. Life is about experiences. I just don't see how I can experience much working all my life. For some people that's ok and their happy with that, I get that. For me though I know there's so much more to life. "I feel working all day to come home pretty much go to sleep so I can get up and do it all again is way more of a risk. It's a risk of a wasted life. A risk I'm not willing to take."

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-Words and picture by My girlfriend Sarah @freelyadrift
 "In June 2015 I graduated from High school and quit both my jobs working at a pizza joint and as a barista to jump in blind to a somewhat, not so much, planned adventure across the nation." 
---What lead from this trip minus the amazing friendships, and mosquito bites was mostly internal. I was given 3 feet of room in a shuttle bus crammed with seven people with me being the only girl to put my clothes. It almost sounds like that would be miserable, a mistake on my part to say the least but I never saw it that way. It wasn’t until a month into the trip, finally hitting a state with rain that I felt that I had time to actually reminisce on the steps life has taken me to get where I was in that moment. The obligation to go to college and be someone that someone else remembers is engraved into our heads throughout our golden years. I was determined to satisfy that feeling and conquer that step in life just like everyone else. It wasn’t until my senior year that I noticed the plethora of false statements, or at least opinionated ideas. I felt brainwashed, categorized, part of an assembly line. Just because you take one step, doesn’t mean the second one will fall within reach. There is an infinite amount of routes people can take in life to succeed, or nonetheless follow their dreams. Being rich in money, and being rich in life are completely different. Who is really to say which one is better, or which individual is doing it “right?” That path, the one that is embedded in your head since you are young, is all we know. We procrastinate what we want, we as humans don’t like making life changing decisions. We take every way to make it easier because one simple choice could change it all. As i’m sitting inside the bus somewhere in the middle of the United States thinking about how all my friends are getting ready to progress in their education, and how i’m in a state i’ve never been not knowing where i’ll be next, I finally got it. I am learning, and growing and becoming something of myself out of highschool just like everyone else. I’m smiling and laughing and learning to be open minded. I’m stepping out of my comfort zone just to master being positive. By the end of 3 months, ending in NYC, I’ve gained more in one summer than I thought ever possible. I took with me how anything is possible. Even though that sounds broad, I mean it, everything is possible. Living out of a suitcase in a shuttle bus for 3 months is possible. Not showering for six days in 100 degree heat is possible. Being bit up by mosquitos till you look like you have the chickenpox and still enjoying your day is possible. What makes it all possible is the random swimming holes you come across, the abundance of good souled people you run into, a warm shower after a few cold ones, loud music in the back seat of a trying-to-be-cold A.C  vehicle. You learn so much of what you’re capable of, and how much you love the world. Many nights staring out the window knowing that your stomach is in a pit wanting to burst in tears, Your hands shake because you are so mad but you can’t say anything. A collective amount of occasions take a toll on your legs that they become jello but you don’t want to look weak. It takes moments like these to fully appreciate the good ones.


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Matt Monthei
Avid Roamer @thevanwithnoplan

Happily stumbling into a community of off grid rock-dwellers.

 "Whatt'ya live under a rock or somethin'"

_Wondering if this community would mind if we parked here for the night,
 actually led us all to get a pretty epic experience, new friends, and a good story. :)
        After seeing (and parking) under this natural arch that's smack-dab in the middle of the community of rock-dwellers, we were happy when Joe (the neighbor under the rock next door) came out and said that it's no problem that we park there, and he even welcomed us in if we wanted to see the inside. Very humble person Joe was, and we were sure happy he came out because we only asked one of the kids down the street named Nefi if we could, and he said it SHOULD be alright. so we were a little uneasy.

The next morning though as were done making coffee, we got the "full tour" from Nefi, the 3 Joes, and a couple of their friends too, when they came over to say hi.
We talked about how cool it was and how thankful we are that they let us take this epic parking spot for the night. Then they said how cool it was we live in these vans, then we said how cool it was that all you guys live in rocks, and i think we all became good friends at that moment.
We each all gave each other a new perspective on living.  i dig that.

       

Being blown away was a constant as we hiked around with them all day. Learning about the solar panels that give them  power, the water sources, the gardens, and the individual chicken farms and cattle soon made me realize.. these folks are off-grid out here just living happily under a rock.. Brings a whole new meaning to "whattya live under a rock or something?

Nefi and all of his friends showed us everything from the community house, to the zipine at the top of the rock, and everything in between.

Looking down the community zipline that we unfortunately didn't get to try out due to it being Sunday

The crew led us up the mountain with help from these sketchy ladders

Empty spots. You build to suit.

Climbing up onto the roof

The view of the homes from the top of the rock.

Every house has a church room, but in the case of the community house, its fitted with a room for getting baptised.

Community house entrance

The wealthiest member of the community outfitted his portion of the rock to resemble a castle.

We had some fun with our new rock-dwelling friends.

These religious people live in unique homes blasted out of sandstone rock in the desert south of Moab, Utah. the story goes that "The Rock," was founded about 35 years ago by Rob Foster, who's mission was to create a safe, remote space for a Christians that embraced plural marriage after "god" told him to come here to do just that. These large houses were built by using dynamite to blast caves into the sandstone, then they fittted modern homes complete with running water, electricity, internet access, and more into the crevice. this place is rad, and so are the people. they don't get a lot of visitors like us who are just willing to drive up there, but i'm sure glad we did.

If you look real hard, you can see us trying to blend in with the locals in our spot under the arch.

The reason we traded our bus, and now live in seperate vehicles. @thevanwithnoplan

"My brother Josh and I lived in the same vehicle together for 3 1/2 years, and it wasn't until recently that we traded our shuttle bus home for 2 Chevy Astro van conversions"

Many actually think
, "Well they're brothers.""I could never do that with my brother, so they probably got pissed at each other and traded their bus to have their own space.",
-Aside from the common time to time bickering that you would expect over time, we have never really fought to a point where I can remember a certain scenario or major conflict. In fact almost everyone we met would comment on the fact that we get along so well for being brothers so close in age, and living in close quarters. 


"Well now i see they got girlfriends, and they wanted their own space."
- Both the girls that Josh and I have found while living on the road have eased their way into our mobile life shortly after meeting them in Oregon. over the years, having a girl thing  never began to, or could've separated josh and I. In fact, both of our girls have joined us on the road for certain amounts of time. My girlfriend Sarah was actually on the road with us together for 3 months at one point.
I feel that it was just the next step to get our own rigs after all of this time together. 

-The fact that we each have a girl living with us on the road is NOT the reason we traded our bus for 2 vans.

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I'm sure when anybody thinks about living in a small space with their brothers or sisters GIANT red flags go off in their head and their mind skips to all the things that could go bad with that. Thinking about it though, positives can and will outweigh the bad if you could make it work, and Josh and i did that. 

Being too much alike would probably be one of those red flags in your head when you think about living in a van with your sibling, but Josh and I (being so alike) both thrived being together, and fed off of each others energy. Whether we were skateboarding, working, finding work, or just socializing, we were just doing it, and after a while its natural to strike a conversation with anyone within 5 feet for too long of time. We each put eachother out there to have a positive mindset and positive outlook on situations, and now, the experience of a lifetime that we shared for the past couple years solidifying our will, will only be twice as awesome by hopefully making a larger impact on the small town teens who feel stuck and resort to "small town actions." Honestly, we just both live for the random conversations with complete strangers in a weird small town, the everchanging skateparks, but most of all we both just live for the memories. Overall we have both enjoyed building this positive relationship with unfamiliar areas.

Lifechanging shit. Honestly. 

The type of thing that cant be put in words..

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-THE REAL REASON WE BOTH HAVE OUR OWN VEHICLES NOW- , much like everything else, started with an idea..
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What if we got two different vans, and used everything we've learned about living this to make a film about us crossing the country off of little-to-nothing. we already do that. We could each start with a stockpile of food, full tank of gas and $100. coast to coast. . . . . . . . . .  Could be fun! that was the first thought......

So we were in Portland Oregon one night for the POLER X PENDLETON release party.
(2 rad companies coming together to make awesome shit, we didn't want to miss it.)
anyways, we posted on our Instagram that we were going to be there at POLER, and our good friends who also live out of their van said they'll be there, and we were stoked to see them as we haven't seen them since hotspringin' in the California desert.

That night as we were sitting in Matt & Lorae's van and we brought up our idea of trading the bus to them, and it was brought up that they love the bus but when they said they have 2 vans that they would trade for it.. shit got real.
-what kind of vans? low miles? what year?  we attacked with questions!
--Astro vans? .... hmmmm
---nah you know were kind of looking for something with more room for outfitting it and what not..

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---Matt and Lorae both say at the same time.. THEYRE NOT NORMAL ASTRO VANS!

well they were right about that.. these are not normal Astro vans..

As the night went on and we realized we were all kind of serious about the trade, and we made plans to meet in Northern Washington 2 weeks later.

It still didn't seem real until we were driving away from the bus we called home for quite some time and took across the nation a couple different times. we of course still miss it.

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Josh chose the more Spacious 1987 Astro Van allegro Adventur-mobile

I chose the less spacoious 1990 tiger Provan.

Both of us are more than happy with our new homes, and our relatonships born on the road.

we aren't doing anything different, now we just have 2 vans. :)

-And yes, Josh and I will be filming a nationwide race off of little to nothing in these vans.
During this adventure we will not leave a state until we find work and do volunteer work in that state.
We will each see at least 4 national parks, hike over 50 miles, have a van party with strangers, and other random objectives as we move across the US hoping to show the world that you CAN just leave. if your in a bad situation, you can work your way out of it, keep your head up and keep going. You don't need a plan, You don't need materialistic things.
You only need a positive mindset and a good work ethic, we have proved it.
stay tuned on details of that, we will be asking our social media audience what other things we should do as we work across the country.
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Feel free to shoot me any questions or comments you have.

ill see ya out there.  MM