Chronicling the adventures of an elite experiential marketing team. From the nine years on the road to new adventures in Portland, OR. We are the Roving Van Gelders and we can’t wait to see you down the road.
I'll tell you what floats ours, Lake St. Clair in Michigan. That's our sailboat, we decided to buy into a partnership of this O'Day weekender. The other owner, Nathan, is someone we work with and truly enjoy spending time with. I have no experience sailing, there aren't too many places in Central Illinois to sail,... Continue Reading →
After a week in St. Petersburg, we got bored. Yeah we can't stand to be in one place to long anymore. Even though we moved to Clearwater there still wasn't much to do, a little beach time and we decided to take a boat tour. We found one with a lunch and headed out.I highly... Continue Reading →
Do not fear, we were able to make it back out to the beach last week. Not just any beach, a dog beach. What I know of dog beaches are areas that allow dogs to slash around and get dirty, not a place to hang out. This was not what I expected, everyone sets up... Continue Reading →
It has long been a fantasy of Josh and mine to hike the Appellation Trail or at least part of it. A good portion of the guide books we have in our collection are about long distance hiking and the AP. Last week we finally got to live a little of the dream, we did... Continue Reading →
Once again we were able to slip away for a weekend under the stars. This trip however held a few more adventures then normal. At a nice recreation area just north of Detroit we decided that this would be a water weekend. Beach, sand, sun and fun were on the list. After a nice little... Continue Reading →
This being our first trip into the woods there were a few errors made, like forgetting fuel for the camp stove and bugspray. That only added the adventure, we had to cook over coals. It takes a little more work but honestly it was fun. That wasn't even a tiny part of the fun we... Continue Reading →
Taking full advantage of all this downtime while we ramp us to start our new tour, we went camping. Now this was good ol' out in the wood Minnesota style camping but have no fear with was FULL of good times. Our lazy morning took us to a state park north of the Detroit Metro... Continue Reading →
However beautiful Utah was Oregon has to top it, the greenest place I have ever seen. It took us a little more then a day to drive there and everything was alive with spring. Little waterfalls were pouring from the hills with snow melt, animals were out everywhere. I saw more deer then I ever... Continue Reading →
I have spoken numerous times about the time demands of this job. That we are often working for weeks with little break and even then it is on the open road. When we first started this job there were many time that we did not take full advantage of this downtime. We vowed to start... Continue Reading →
After our harrowing arrival to Salt Lake City and completion of our first show out here a day off was in order. Josh and I thought a little outdoor adventure might be in order, since the weather has turned into spring here. Right now we have an extra traveler with us, Frank has stayed on... Continue Reading →
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