ErMo's Adventure Blog
New and Blue
It’s been three and a half months since we got our new van. The experience of selling the ...
Hellos and Goodbyes
Ah, the new year. We had been enjoying the last few weeks of 2023 in and around San ...
Vanlife: Season 3
It’s been three and a half months since we got our new van. The experience of selling the ...
Trading Vanlife for Boatlife
Anyone who knows us knows that we love celebrating. On August 3rd of this year, we ...
Mountains, Caves, Lakes, and Friends
The trek north from Florida began, and we decided to stay a night up on Signal Mountain, ...
The Northeast and Florida Tour
Maybe you’ve been wondering what’s been happening since we came back to the ...
Let The Good Tides Roll
Canada seems like forever ago (September-October of last year), but I’ve only ...
Onward, Upward, and International
With summer coming to a close, it was time to leave the midwest and head northeast ...
Plans Are Things That Change
We often get the question, “Where are you headed to next?” And while we generally have ...
The Joys of [Van]ownership
#Vanlife for us came after being 2x homeowners. We owned each house for ...
Third Time’s the Charm
We did it! We *finally* went to Hawaii! If you don’t know the backstory, here’s what I ...
A Cross Country Winter
Since mid-October, California brought us more than 12 weeks of all kinds of weather ...
We All Begin as Strangers
The endless loop of “Seventy Six Trombones” that has been living rent free in ...
Up (and Down) the Coast
The ultimate destination by the end of the year has always been to make it to Pasadena ...
Alabama Hills & Joshua Tree
Have you seen any of these movies? Gladiator, Django Unchained, Iron Man, Firefly, ...
The Vanlife Variety Show
There are certainly aspects of #vanlife that we don’t talk about much. Like how we ...
4 Girls, 2 Vans, 1 Dog
When visiting Bryce Canyon, people will also typically visit Zion National Park, since ...
Grand Tetons & Bryce Canyon
We woke up in a parking lot. (Intentionally.) It was the parking lot of ...
Milestone in Yellowstone
Yellowstone National Park was our second national park of this journey, and has ...
Black Hills & Big Horn
While leaving the Badlands, we made the decision to make our way toward Yellowstone ...
Badlands Boondocking
One week after leaving Chicagoland, we made it to our first national park of the year: ...
Leaving the Nest
“Reset the odometer!,” Momma Longo called from the driveway as we put our ...
Adventure Awaits
Earlier this month, we flew from Chicago to LA for a friend’s wedding (aka The Wedding ...
Pure Michigan
A typical July/August for us would normally be packed with marching band ...
Less Stuff, More Adventure
It’s been a little over one week since we officially moved out of our house. The last ...
Change of Plans
When you announce that you’ll be making an extreme change in your life to do ...
We’re Hitting the Road!
“The world is too big to stay in one place… and life is too short to do just one thing.” ...
Dumpster Kitty
Perched atop her throne She contemplates her kingdom The morning sun ...
Winter Camping
Here’s the situation: It’s winter It’s a long weekend There’s a camper van outside on the ...
Home Improvement
One of the biggest attractions of van life for us was the amount of opportunities to ...
Thanksgiving 2020
Like so many people this year, we had to reconsider how we were going to spend our ...
Harvest Hosts
The day after picking up our van, we became members of Harvest Hosts. Harvest ...
We Bought A Van!
In August of 2020, we purchased a converted Sprinter van. The original owner ...