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Travel Stats

We're always on the move. We figured it would be nice to keep track of the important details of our travels.

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952

DAYS ON THE ROAD

 

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76567

MILES TRAVELED

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38

STATES VISITED

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339

TACOS CONSUMED

Q: Who/what inspired you to do what you’re doing now? A: My (MAK’s) parents actually! When my parents graduated from college they had one month before my Dad had to report to his first assignment in the Army. They decided to head out on a road trip in a 20+ year-old hand me down car with just a tent and a handfull of AAA TripTik pamphlets. Which I’ve been told are things that AAA used to give out to help you plan road trips. I grew up hearing stories of this trip and how incredible it was to go out with no set destination and just see where the road takes you. My favorite picture of my parents was taken on that trip. They are perched on a rock overlooking the ocean in Olympic National Park. I always knew that I wanted to do something like that one day. As college graduation approached Owen and I started talking about we envisioned for our future, I told him about the trip my parents had taken and how badly I had always wanted to do something like that. Owen was all for it. We left just 3 days after I graduated from college. We ended up being on the road for 6 months before running out of money, but that trip helped us realize that we wanted to be living on the road permanently and thus inspire the life that we lead today. Thank you to our parents for not only being an inspiration but also for being endlessly supportive of all of our endeavors 😘 #bfnqanda
Some of our favorite memories from this past year have been those where we slowed down long enough to just enjoy stillness. As relentlessly active people, these moments are rare and so appreciated. You would think we would remember to do this more often. May the holiday season bring us all a little stillness 🤞🏼
Phase 2 of 4 in operation BFN gets a new rig is complete. In honor of this momentous occasion here is a #35mm picture of Amelia, our Sunrader project from earlier this year.
Time is the most precious commodity and I can’t think of a better way to spend it than this.
The end has kind of snuck up on us. On July 9th of this year, Owen and I pulled out of the driveway in Lando just fifteen minutes after Amelia left with her new family. We left not knowing the details of what the rest of our year would look like, we just knew that we wanted to go north. This weekend will be our last official days on the road for the rest of the year, and possibly ever with Lando due to the holidays, family visits, jury duty and logistics for the new rig. It’s sad to know we only have two more days before we pull into that same driveway marking the end. The past few months have been some of the best we’ve had since going on the road and I’m not sure we’ll ever be ready for it to be over. The other night Owen and I were talking about how great of a time we’ve been having since leaving in Lando, and trying to figure out why it’s felt so different. We think it’s because we threw caution to the wind, stopped caring about what our journey looked like and just went for it. We had no expectations for what we were going to experience this year because nothing had gone according to plan up until then. This is the point where I could say something insightful about how much opportunity is created from failure, because the past few months have been proof of it, but for now I’m sad to say goodbye to this chapter. It’s been grand beyond measure.
Currently working on our next blog post and sorting through photos that we took in Newfoundland. At this rate I might be a broken record, but this place got under our skin in a way that few places ever have. I’m still trying to put it into words how I feel about Newfoundland. Hopefully I can figure it out by the time the blog post goes live 🤞🏼
Sadly, our days are numbered in our little Lando. With the holidays drawing near, and our new rig soon to follow we’re savoring ever minute we still have together. Lando has proved that you don’t have to have the most decked out rig on the road to go to beautiful and far reaching places. You just need to start moving and eventually the miles, the destinations, and experiences will start to add up. On the subject of our new rig: we’re moving into Phase 2 of 4 🤐
There isn’t a day that goes by that someone doesn’t ask us how we support our life on the road. We work. We work really hard, and we have a small web store with small goodies designed and produced by Owen and I. Just in time for the holidays we have some new things up for sale: a tote bag (illustrated by me @makwashere), two patches, two new stickers, and a fresh batch of United We Roam key tags. If you’ve ever been curious how to support us, this is it. Bonus is that you get something cool in return! Link is in the bio to check it out. To everyone who has already purchased something from our site, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you. Thank you for bringing a little piece of us on your adventures and believing in us enough to support us. We’re eternally grateful & honored. Also thank you to @s0weboughtavan for the pictures of the patches and key tag #200 in the wild ❤️

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