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 thought it was about time to share another one of our Grown-Up Field Trips, taking in Portland. This place is made for an GUFT. , While we have been there a few times, the opportunity to explore had not been present as our main client has an office in the Portland area. When we finally... Continue Reading →
I have a thing for tracking apps. I like Swarm (formally Foursquare), Untappd, I've got an Apple Watch that tracks well just about everything, you name it I either use it or have tried it, but until recently I didn't have a good way to search all that data. That's where Momento comes in, this... Continue Reading →
Texas is always good to us, allots us opportunity to visit with our family and all our rowdy friends. This past spring we set out to see San Antonio via an Grown-Up Field Trip, while in the area Fredericksburg also made the list. Whereas San Antonio is full of historical sites and notable bars, Fredericksburg... Continue Reading →
I mentioned Sunday that we have been able to connect with a bunch of friends and family over the last few months. If we are lucky our route crosses with the great folks at GoPetFriendly.com and a dinner full of "have you tried this ensues". Outside of our coworkers, there aren't many people we know who... Continue Reading →
We all have memories of childhood trips to museums and monuments, getting drug around a parent to, UGGG, learn some history. For some these events ignited a passion getting to know what makes a community special, in others they are antidotes for how they don't want to travel. Well, Josh and I think we have stumbled upon the... Continue Reading →
Something we often get asked about is, how we get our mail. Managing your post is a fairly difficult aspect of road life. Most people we know have a mailbox (not a PO box but a UPS Store or the like). This requires calling and arranging for the collected contents to be shipped out. We... Continue Reading →
Each week we sit down and put together the "Coming this Week" post, our little post with maps, pictures, notes, and sometimes a "song of the week. This Sunday post is meant to serves two purposes. The first is it is sort of a diary for us. There are lots of things I mention but don't... Continue Reading →
There is certainly lots of "advice" we can give on traveling, but I try to keep these Travel Tuesday posts a bit more focused on tips for living on the road. Little ways we deal with being itinerant, as well as not having a residence to go back to. We don't ever look forward to... Continue Reading →
Something that frequently gets mentioned here is our passion for Overdrive. We both love to read and listen to an incredible amount of audiobook while driving. I actually prefer an audiobook while running over music. Having access to so many titles lets us explore interest and sometime just pick some fun read for the entertainment.... Continue Reading →
It has come time to write one of my favorite posts, an overview of the "numbers" we racked up over 2015. As always feel free to ask about anything I don't mention. Countries Visited: Bonaire, Belize, Canada States Visited: 29 - really low numbers this year, we hardly left the East Coast National Parks Visited:... Continue Reading →
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