WHO ARE WE?
We are travelers and adventurers – in our 1988 Ford E-250 Cobra Conversion we travel the USA in search of beautiful sights, immersive culture, research contracts, and anywhere good food can be found.
Calleigh
Eccentric by most definitions of the word and a full-time narcissist, Calleigh spends her days designing websites and developing web solutions for major nightclubs and Michelin-star restaurants across the road. Outside her main job, she is the director of web and communications for a long distance skateboarding non-profit, SkateIDSA. On the side, Calleigh works to build passive income through both dropshipping and web-based classified listing business ideas.
Calleigh was the first woman to attempt to skateboard across the United States solo, and became a self-published author in September 2018 with “Carrion, Carried On.” She stands in the worldwide rankings for women globally in distance skateboarding, and breaks barriers by pioneering and advocating for transgender women in endurance sports.
Caroline
Caroline is a comedian at heart with a passion for nature and wildlife. She leads the charge in the van by dictating where we lay our temporary roots to make way for her next contract job in the field of wildlife research. Her continued drive to work collecting hands on data for major conservation and wildlife research sends her around the world and to increasingly remote parts of the country. With a wide background in ecology ranging from outreach programs with state and national parks to collecting data for population and diversity of wildlife for climate change studies, Caroline is well equipped to take on any job the van can drive to.
Outside of her amazing work, Caroline humbly works with linoleum blocks to create beautiful inked projects from holiday post cards to tote bags sporting her art. With her style of thick outlines and use of white-space, she only continues to grow as an artist by working in other mediums, from anything between drawing and redesigning the interior of the van. Her drive to explore the world through her work in the wild has given way to an untapped knack for taking photos of the beautiful places it has to offer.
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THE BLOG
From personal project announcements and recaps of our adventures to expert advice for living in a van and seeing the world, you’ll find it all here.
Why I Hate New York City
First of all, I’m well aware that anyone from New York will look at this, read part of it, and create a million and one reasons (excuses) for why [...]
South of South – Discoveries of Being Only a Few Weeks Into Van Life
My, my, my. It's been so long since I originally published this website - and equally long since I updated it. No matter how much time I seem to [...]
So it (Almost) Begins…
Moving back to our home state of Massachusetts after an isolated and explorative look deep into the Midwest was almost instantly a shock. The harsh reality that we'd have [...]
Grief
I found out my dad died when I was in Mississippi, in the very first few days of driving to my new home in Vancouver, WA from Miami Beach, [...]
Drive Cross Country: Day 5
You would think a place themed like an old 70s cartoon would still want to hang onto the charm of the show and carry it into entertaining [...]
Hiking the North Dakota Badlands in Theodore Roosevelt National Park
The Theodore Roosevelt National Park is easily one of my personal favorite national parks here in the United States. Though admittedly a newbie to national park exploration, I have [...]
Drive Cross Country: Day 4
We didnt waste any time getting out of Amarillo. I felt like maybe I didn't give Texas a chance. Of course, our time constraints to get to [...]
9 Things Not to Bring – Gear You Won’t Miss On a Long Distance Adventure
Going long distance is no joke. Going long distance for multiple days at a time is even less of a joke -- often times it could end be life [...]
The First American Women’s Boston Marathon Winner in 33 Years – What Does It Mean for the Future of Endurance Sports?
Following up on this article about gender diversity in athletics, we've just witnessed history being made as Desiree Linden, 34, became the first American woman to win the Boston [...]
Drive Cross Country: Day 3
Caroline's phone had mysteriously unadjusted itself to the time zone change in St. Louis, so we woke up at 530 and were out the door by 6am. I wondered [...]
Drive Cross Country: Day 2
While we had tons of fun with Alex and Sarah in Pittsburgh, it was unfortunately a short stay. I didn't have a single spare minute to skate [...]