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.
It was a great time shooting pics while diving, a bit crazy at times. We borrowed a housing from a friend whom was kind of let us try out underwater photography. To make sure that it wouldn't leak at depth we took it down a few times with a weight in it. After a few... Continue Reading →
No one ever promised us that SCUBA diving would always be all smooth sailing, that's why we took classes. That's why we review the text book before our trips. However all the prepping can't prevent issues with rental gear. We decided to take it slowly with our investment into our own SCUBA equipment and only... Continue Reading →
I'm happy to report that after three days in Cozumel and four dives we are healthy and not sunburned, yet! These are both a bit of a feat, us Midwesterns have skin like glistening ivory in the Mexican sun and Josh had his tank come loose durning a dive. Thankfully he remembered the proper hand... Continue Reading →
Josh and I have a fancy new toy to take on our trip to Cozumel, a Dive Computer from Oceanic. When we decided to pursue SCUBA diving as a hobby we also decided not to rush into buying a bunch of gear. As each trip has progressed we have a better idea what types... Continue Reading →
If you were going a six-month long trip how would you pack? How would you predict what events and happenings would be coming your way? How would you plan for the changing seasons? How would you plan for what hobbies might present opportunities out there, away from your stuff. That is the subject of today's... Continue Reading →
I'm thrilled to share with you even more shots from our vacation. Shots that were lost and have been found! For lunch during the full day dive trip we stopped at Half Moon Caye Natural Monument Park. This is home to a bird sanctuary for the Red Footed Booby. Josh was kind enough to tromp... Continue Reading →
Today a wonderful thing happened, we found the lost SD card containing all of our vacation photos. I would like to share a few here that would have been in other posts. The dive shop we used for most of our trip My graceful exit from the water The wonderful team of diver instructors and... Continue Reading →
So I lost the SD card that contained all of our vacation photos, I'll write about that next week, however thanks the great folks at ZAO I was able to recover many. The ones that were not recovered were most of the dive shots. So I have none of the great shots of us in... Continue Reading →
After the response from my first post I want everyone to know that we had a divine trip, we are very good at letting the obstacles pass in travel. True we would have stayed someplace else but it did not take away from the trip, I just want to be honest if someone finds that... Continue Reading →
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