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Had the pleasure to meet and tour landshipcustoms van last night at sunset. Really awesome build and the name Landship really popped with the look of this van. Can’t wait to share with everyone on youtube
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During recording I saw a opportunity to snap a quick photo (first pic). Shane had no idea I was recording and taking another photo with my phone but I’m glad I did!

Left the coast in a hurry a couple nights ago. Thankfully, Twin the cat is almost back to her old self but for a bit she was really sick. Not sure what caused it but she vomited and then started to shiver, drool with her mouth open, and puff up like a cotton ball. There are no 24-hour emergency vets on the Washington/Oregon coast so we drove 2.5 hours in the dark to get her closer to help. Not sure what happened but a full day in her cat bed after subcutaneous fluids and an anti-nausea injection seemed to do the trick. A similar thing happened to Toby while we camping on a Croatian farm last summer. Only difference is a full work up in Croatia cost us like $30 and here in the US we paid $250 without bloodwork and X-rays. I keep saying this every few days and it still surprises me each time. It was cheaper for us to live in Europe. But it also may have to do with easy access to Amazon lockers here. Ha.

P.S. Thank you for all your kind words the past few days. I wasn’t fishing for comments but each and every one brought a smile to our faces. We’re all glad you are along for the ride.

Départ dans moins d’un mois pour le sud 🤗 Le plan exacte reste encore à voir (tsé des fois que je rencontrerais quelqu’un d’ici là 💁🏼‍♀️😅) mais chose sûre je suis très excité de repartir en van voir mes amis du sud, les spots de camping sauvages et bien sur biker! Qui sait ce que l’aventure me réservera cette fois 😊 Et vous, quels sont vos plans cet hiver? Y’a t-il d’autres snowbirds ici? 🚐

📸 Gabriel Gakwaya zegakster

During lockdown, when we spent the entire winter in our little Croatian village, we dreamt of this desert. The landscape, the sun, the sand, the food. It was difficult to warm up the old stone home during those cold days so we did what what we could to stay positive. And this is where our minds took us.

We went into Overland Expo hoping for two things: to share our story and to reconnect with our traveling community here.

Over five days, we got to meet up with family and reconnect with old friends we haven’t seen in years. On top of that, we finally had a chance to hang out and say hello to so many other travelers we’ve only interacted with online. It was exactly what we were hoping for, what we needed, a stronger sense of community. And hopefully those connections we made over the weekend will continue as we explore this continent. Thank you all. You know who you are 🙂

While sharing our stories during a variety of panels, I gave the kids the option to attend our chats. To my surprise, they chose to stick around for all of our sessions. They’ve heard, and lived, these stories a million times before but now they were soaking in everyone else’s unique stories. My most empowering moment of the show was to sit on a panel with four amazing women, all with totally different adventures, with my girls in the audience. They listened to stories from a solo adventurer, one who rides a motorcycle with her pup, one whose traveled to over 75 countries, and one who started this expo and traveled the far corners of Africa. There is no right way to live this life, no perfect vehicle, no best route. The one thing we all have in common is that we followed our hearts.

Yesterday was the start of a new year of roadschool! Ava is now in 10th, Mila in 8th and Luka in 5th. They’ve been homeschooled their entire lives. They’ve never been to a typical school so to them this is their normal.

We started off homeschooling through a charter program when Ava started kindergarten for some hand holding as we figured out the best ways to school our children. After a few years, we felt confident and declared ourselves a private school in California and schooled them around the world.

Now that Ava is in high school, we felt the need for a change. So this year, she is started a new home study program through a charter school. She will taking a range of online classes including Biology, World Literature, Algebra 2, Spanish and Digital Illustration. It’s definitely a shift because she will have more interactions with other students and teachers while gaining responsibly as she learns to manage her time and assignments.

And all of this can still happen from our home on the road as we continue to explore this beautiful world of ours together as family.

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Peace out South Australia we had a blast ✌️always love visiting such a beautiful state 🙌We’re headed north for some warmer weather 😊

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Every winter, we head back to Croatia to take care paperwork that allows us to travel in the EU freely. We also jammed back here from Western Europe in hopes to catch the tail end of summer with a dip in the Adriatic Sea. But instead, the storms of the west followed us east. As the sun dipped behind the horizon last night, the sky lit up like I have never seen before. Everything was a hue of orange, even the sea. Okay, Croatia, we forgive your crappy weather… but we are still crossing our fingers for a one last hoorah.

Southern California is the undisputed mecca of the American fast food burger. Here in Baldwin Park, from a little unassuming 10x10 ft shack, Harry and Esther Snyder started serving burgers to drive-thru customers back in October 1948. Less than 50 miles away in San Bernardino, the McDonald brothers started their own humble burger stand in the same exact month.

It is obvious that McDonald's and In-N-Out have chosen different paths. Their individual successes however are nothing short of miraculous.

It took 74 years to grow their still-family-owned operation to 358 stores in 8 states. A number dwarfed by modern franchised operations run by private equity firms designed to maximize profit. There is something respectable about keeping it in the family.

My burger order is 'Double Double, animal style, add raw onions and chopped chilies'.

Since 2014, a replica of the original restaurant was built adjacent to the original lot now occupied by the freeway on-ramp.

4 days a week and 3 hours a day, an employee works as a docent at the 'museum' to tell you some history of the restaurant and helps take photos of you.

I asked our docent Gabriel about the now-famous 'secret menu' animal style burger. He said that it came from the 50s when teenage 'greasers' would hangout and harass the mostly cleancut employees at the store. These greasers were so hated that they were referred to as 'animals'. As they ordered their burgers a specific style, the name 'animal style’ was born.

Today animal style burgers are less-than-secret and you can even order your fries 'animal style'. I don't claim that these will be the best burgers and fries YOU will ever have. Chances are that they won't be. Especially if you've heard only all of the hype and expect it to deliver on them. But they are for me.

It i's where we go for a burger when we're back. It smells and tastes like home. What kind of food you can't find on a road trip does that trick for you?

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For decades people have been coming to camp on the beaches here in Bahia de Concepcion. For us, it is one of the most beautiful places in the world. We are certainly not the first to stay here and won’t be the last. You might hear about people talking about some secret places in Baja that they got coordinates to but the reality is that none of those places are secret at all. We were fortunate to camp at a couple of our favorite spots here for about a week and even had a spot to ourselves for a night. But what we really enjoyed are those nights meeting and camping next to other likeminded travelers sharing stories and laughters.

So it finally happened. We are surprised it took us this long. Just as we turned the corner on one of these sandy roads along the beaches of Todos Santos, we sank into soft ruts that appears to have been claiming many unsuspecting tourists just like us. Even though we were already in 4WD low range, our heavily loaded rear end hopelessly spun as one of the front tires teeter tottered into the air. Effectively making us in 3WD. Luckily for us, we had just replaced the shovel we lost in San Felipe and promptly deployed our trusty Maxtrax. It is actually quite amazing how well recovery boards work even for such a heavily loaded van like ours. While they certainly look good bolted to the side of our van in our new Front Runner Outfitters mount but we are definitely carrying them for a practical reason.

T-minus-2 days until I'm back on U.K. soil 🇬🇧

I don't think I've ever been this excited to return to the U.K. 😂 bring on the bad weather, but ALL the hugs from family and friends plz! 🤗

The van will also be getting some much needed TLC. After a year away in the mountains and by the coast, the salt and weather has well and truly given it a beating. Time for some mechanical work, some body work and some long awaited interior work.

I'll keep you guys updated on all the work I manage to get done before the return to france in November 🙌 I'm hoping she will be spic and span, ready for another year of adventures!

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Incredibly relaxed july weekend with alexandrablatt only 100 km away from home. Can‘t wait for next summer 💛

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