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.
A few weeks back a photo of Pippi won a monthly contest and now an image from that same set will be used in a travel guild. I am sure you can understand how exciting this is for us. We have done some of our photos published before but all in Funeral industry magazines or... Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago I let you all know we were going to be changing tours and that things were nuts. Well they have stayed nuts. This tour is a strange creature to us. We are taking around a vehicle that holds display models of blood testing machines for Johnson & Johnson. This is the... Continue Reading →
After some wholesome fun with the Campbells we moved onto Charlotte to see Bryan. Bryan is Josh's oldest friend, they have been buds since Cub Scouts and over the years their friendship has been a strong guiding force for each other. We used to spend a week with Bryan every year but now we just... Continue Reading →
We spent the weekend with some of our dearest friends, The Campbells now of Greensboro, NC. Austin and I used to work at the same office and slowly found out that we had just heaps of things in common. I am so lucky to have had him in my life and I adore his wife... Continue Reading →
In the middle of this crazy week I got a call from my bother. He was in Illinois and wanted to check in. I adore my older brother and his family. Have you met them? This is my very handsome brother Zach His lovely wife Jill Thier first born Derrick Then came adorable Dorothy At... Continue Reading →
We are going to have some crazy days coming up. Right now we are in Michigan helping with a tour for Meijer but on Monday we fly to North Carolina to take over a tour. The driver team in NC is sick and needs time off to deal with medical issues. Once I know more... Continue Reading →
Josh and I had plans to take the sail boat out yesterday, the weather had other plans. With winds more than 22 miles an hour on shore we got to the end of the port and came back in. We didn't even get the sail up. That didn't stop us from having some fun. Josh... Continue Reading →
Ask a little boy what he wants to do on his birthday and you might hear "shoot guns and ride horses". Ask Josh what he wants to do on his birthday and we did hear "shoot guns and ride horses". Josh's birthday was Saturday, the day of the funeral, and much of his family stuck... Continue Reading →
We have traveled home this weekend to attend a funeral, I am just not ready to post about that yet, but I will share a little about our visit with family. Josh's uncle Mike, the one in the middle, plays in a band and we got to town just in time to make their gig. ... Continue Reading →
Well it's about time I talk about the other blog Josh and I write; Dining Out With Two American Nomads. Our travels take us to some pretty good food but also some terrible. We do eat out almost all of our meals and we decided that it might be a good way to get some... Continue Reading →
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