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.
Ahhh!!! A lovely week off from work at home. I am already enjoying the space of being away from the truck. However it's not a hotel free week, we spent Saturday night at the fabulous Kirkwood Hotel in Cedar Rapids. We were surrounded by family to celebrate the wedding of Josh's cousin Angela to her... Continue Reading →
Salt Lake City greeted us with cool temps and crazy winds, but hey I have plenty of tent stakes. One of the perks this tour brings is that we don’t work on holidays and we take full advantage of that. Utah has some majestic views to found from the miles of trails available. Unfortunately I... Continue Reading →
Last week in California, its been real but I'm ready to move on. The mountains are calling. Next week takes us to beautiful Utah. There should be time for camping if we can get a spot somewhere. Notes from last week: Still trying to strike a balance with my studies and work. Still putting things... Continue Reading →
It's finally Portland week!!! We arrive yesterday with views like the shot below to keep us rolling. It was a LONG drive. In California and Oregon trucks are limited to 55mph on the interstate, that makes for some slow going. Lucky for me I had lots of time to finish a paper for my class,... Continue Reading →
Another week out in San Jose, enjoying the lovely spring weather. This week is pretty busy but next week will be very exciting. We are going to Portland, we spend so little time out West and Oregon gets neglected. I'm already looking forward to the food.
I want to give a big congratulations to the Seth and Abby!!! Being AVG is pretty awesome. This is the start of our nearly month long stay in the San Jose area. We are going to make a trip or two up to San Fran to see family and Josh is looking at what camping... Continue Reading →
Boy am I glad to be heading out of the Southwest, this Midwestern girl just can't take the heat. I actually travel with a very small bedside humidifier. Sunny California welcomes us back today with a drive to San Diego. We will spend half the week there before making for San Jose, a stop that... Continue Reading →
Vegas was great, but a week was enough for me. I do look forward to another visit, this time staying at a resort with a killer pool. We are back in Phoenix this week and will soon be making a run to California that will take us through May.
VEGAS BABY!!!! After five years on the road it's nice to go to someplace for the first time. Not only will this be our first visit to Vegas but it's a long one. We will be here for an entire week. We have some good friends who live here and are going to show us... Continue Reading →
I'm writing this as we pull into Grand Canyon National Park, spending a few days here before returning to Phoenix. This entire week will be in Arizona but we more onto Las Vegas next week.
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