Larry
The Man in the Golf Cart Who Changed Our Plans Sometimes the best travel advice doesn’t come from a guidebook or a carefully planned itinerary. Sometimes it arrives in a golf cart. We pulled into Ponderosa Campground in Cody, Wyoming, late in the evening after the office had already closed. We found our designated campsite, settled […]
Jackie
Thrift Store Treasures & a Little YOLA Curiosity Sometimes the most memorable stops begin with something as simple as wandering into a little shop. While exploring Dawson Creek, British Columbia, we discovered B&B’s Thrift and Vintage — and behind the counter was Jackie, the heart and soul of the place. Her shop was filled with […]
Patty & Lee
From Shared Tables to a Friendship That Keeps Traveling Sometimes you meet people once along the road and continue in different directions. And sometimes, somehow, the road keeps bringing you back together. Our time with Patty and Lee began over a shared table in Inuvik, Northwest Territories. What started as a casual conversation over a […]
DIRK, RENATE & KEISHA
Eight Days, One Beautiful Friendship & a Very Special Husky Some of the most meaningful parts of this journey have been the people we never expected to meet. We met Dirk and Renate at a campsite in Canada. Originally from the Netherlands and now living in Canada, they first caught our attention because of their […]
Learning YOLA: Two Rookies, One 4Runner & a Whole Lot to Learn
Two Rookies, One 4Runner & a Whole Lot to Learn When we drove away from home in YOLA, we knew how to drive her. We knew how to pack her. We knew where the rooftop tent, stove, water, recovery gear, and all of our carefully organized belongings belonged. But did we really understand how everything […]
SCOTT BRADY
Founder of Expedition Portal • Executive Publisher, Overland Collective Exploration, Preparation & the Courage to Go Long before YOLA began making her way around the world, there were travelers whose journeys helped us imagine what our own adventure could become. Scott Brady was one of those people. As the founder of Expedition Portal and Executive […]
DAN GREC
The Road Chose Him — and Helped Show Us the Way Long before YOLA became our home on wheels, we were learning from people who had already taken the leap and discovered what life on the road could really be. One of those people was Dan Grec. Through his The Road Chose Me adventures, Dan […]
NICK & MATHILDE
One Life: Unlimited Realities Another couple who helped us imagine what a different kind of life could look like was Nick and Mathilde. They made the decision to step away from conventional routines and take their lives in an entirely different direction – exploring the world together in their overland vehicle, Albatross. But what drew […]
The Vole Diaries: Lessons in Sealed Boxes and Peppermint Defenses
One of the things we’re learning on this adventure is that when your entire home is packed into 144 square feet, everything has a story—and sometimes, something else is living in there with you. Our journey through the provincial parks of British Columbia had been nothing short of spectacular. Beautiful forests, quiet campsites, rushing rivers and […]
ERNESTO & TAISA
From Inspiring the Dream to Helping Build YOLA Long before YOLA became our home on wheels, Ernesto and Taisa of Overlanding the Americas were already showing us what life on the road could look like. We first discovered them through YouTube, following their incredible four-year journey along the Pan-American Highway. Like so many of the […]