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.
Now I am a firm believer that this is the perfect way to start your weekend! A sampler from a killer MicoBrewey call New Holland Brewery in Holland, MI set the mood right. With the aid of some liquid relaxants we headed to the beach. I am not a huge fan of sand in the... 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 →
After an amazing night of rest, well as restful as one can be with a tear in their sleeping pad, it was time for some oatmeal and six miles of hiking. The trail in was all downhill so out was going to be just as challenging.Our first mile included an uphill that even off road... Continue Reading →
Part two of our adventure was to do an overnight backpack into a National Park, we chose Canyonlands. But first a trip into MOAB and some dinner was required. Since we needed some supplies it made sense to stop for dinner too, our destination was the Moab Brewery. Not only was the food wonderful but... 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 →
I got so excited about getting to do the press stuff that I skipped telling you all about my trip back home. Our life has been nuts the past few weeks, well months, we have not had a day off tour in a while. After leaving Washington DC, we went straight to Josh's folks house... Continue Reading →
After spending the first part of our Holiday break sick and traveling it was time to settle in for some relaxation. Well not exactly we have been avoiding all outside contact in order to put in new flooring in the house. Takes just a day to put in huh! What about the two days of... Continue Reading →
We ran off this weekend!!! Skipped up the north shore to Port Huron to play and get away on our days off. We stayed at the Thomas Edison Inn right on the water. We dined at Quay Street Brewery and had a few of their delicious handcrafted brews. After a very refreshing sleep we grabbed... Continue Reading →
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