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.
We have some big news, of all the 30 drivers and staff teams at our company we were selected to be the back up tour for the Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum truck. We are in Champaign right now learning the set up. This is one of the highest profile tours the company does and... Continue Reading →
This tour stop was my second time in Seattle; the first was a sunny spring weekend earlier this year with my buddy Jeff. Since I was coming from my visit home and Josh was drive from Dallas I got there a day early and had a chance to see my good friend Ric Peterson. We... Continue Reading →
Today was one for the books! We left LA this morning to head to Denver, the route taken famous Hwy 15 to Vegas. We stopped for lunch in Barstow; at the In and Out Burger! Headed off the beaten path a bit to Needle, CA where we met up with a good friend from college... Continue Reading →
The company we work for allows for you take time off the tour for family events and such. Since the truck can't leave the road you have to fly; so I flew to Chicago and road down with my uncle Matt to Mt. Sterling for my family's annual cookout. My grandparents' birthdays and anniversary are... Continue Reading →
So after spending three wonderful days with the Bairds we checking into the Gaylord Texan to get ready for our set up day. This place is ridiculous, I would never recommend to anyone. Service was ok but they charge for everything, you pay to stay there and on top of that you get charged a... Continue Reading →
Stop number four on our tour was Dallas. This will be a two part post since we actually arrived in Dallas three days early and were able to spent that time with Larry and Kathy Baird. Pulling into the Gaylord Texan early on Sunday evening we were picked up by the Bairds. This was a... Continue Reading →
We are off to Dallas for our fourth show, hopefully there we will make it there in three days and have a few off on the other end. Any ideas on what is cool to see Dallas? Other then the Bairds 🙂
Last night was the first night the girls had to sleep in the truck. We stayed at a Howard Johnson where there was no way to sneak them in; yes we do not pay for our dogs to stay at most hotels. We drove almost a full 500 miles to Lafayette, LA and it was... Continue Reading →
Stop three on the Mazda 6 Press Release Tour was Miami, and what a crazy time it was. Very conflicting reports here, weather was nuts, hotel was AMAZING, event site was a homeless population hotbed, we cut our work days in half, it was hot, but it was beautiful. So I will just run the... Continue Reading →
After driving down to Melbourne and having a chance to get some things done we got a full day off. We finished the drive to the Miami area and made it to Deerfield Beach, FL. We got a decent room at a Best Western, it had a cute little balcony and a living room.However the... Continue Reading →
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