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A man and woman pose with their silver Sprinter camper van in the Arizona desert, surrounded by cacti, while traveling the United States.

About

Stephen
& Andie

We’re setting out to see all 50 states – plus Washington, DC and Puerto Rico – by the end of 2024. And we’re doing (most of) the rest of it in our Sprinter camper van Ace! #vanlife ! 🚐

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Hi! We’re Stephen and Andie, a travel couple creating U.S. road trip travel blog posts and vlogs as we go. Our latest adventures are taking us all over North America in our camper van Ace! We love travel, in general, and have been all over the world, but we especially love road trips and slow travel. We share travel tips and information, and hopefully entertain you with our many misadventures – like when the skylight flew off of our van on the freeway (we installed it wrong)! If there’s one thing we’ve learned, it’s that things rarely go as planned, and that’s where some of the most fun and best experiences take place!

“Travel Matters” is the tagline on the Stephen & Andie travel vlogs, because it couldn’t be more true. Traveling gives depth and meaning to our lives, through the experiences and connections we create as we go. It MATTERS. But we also learn about the world through travel: what concerns and inspirations, dreams and fears we all share, and most importantly, how local communities are affected by travelers visiting them. These are the travel matters that we hope to learn more about and share as we do.  And now we have these platforms via YouTube and our site to share with even more people and build a community of fellow travel lovers, so we’re so glad you’re here!

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Let’s Go Back To The Beginning…

We met at a club in Los Angeles, where we each went to see bands play. We both love live music – Stephen plays drums professionally and I (Andie) was the photo editor at a music magazine. But one passion we didn’t yet share was travel. I grew up traveling the world, thanks to my dad’s job (no, he wasn’t military, to answer the inevitable question 😉). Stephen, on the other hand, had never had a passport. But he did know he was interested in seeing more of the world, and he had hoped to do so while touring with bands. That eventually came to be, but not until a few years after I suggested he get a passport:

“I’ll get one when we have someplace to go,” Stephen insisted.

“Oh, we’ll have places to go!” I replied.

He conceded, got his first passport, and almost immediately after that my parents announced they were moving to Ecuador. Stephen and I made our first international trip as a couple to Quito, Ecuador – and even managed to go back recently and add the Amazon and Galapagos Islands to the itinerary! – and thus, the seed was planted.

It took many trips abroad together, some tours with bands, and a global pandemic before we started sharing our adventures, misadventures, and occasional wisdom online. We are well on our way to vlogging in all 50 U.S. states, Canada, Ecuador, and St. Maarten. In 2025, we plan to take the blog and channel international full-time… but more on that later. We have the rest of the U.S. to road trip to first!

Please come back throughout the summer of 2024 for our Canada and Alaska adventures, and then in the fall to see us complete our 50 state mission.

Thank you so much for visiting this site and joining the misadventures. We look forward to helping you travel more!
~Stephen & Andie

Our Travels (So Far)

United States (in order of our travels)
1: CALIFORNIA
2. ARIZONA
3. TEXAS

Van Troubles AGAIN (includes Marfa, TX)

4. NORTH CAROLINA
5. TENNESSEE
6. SOUTH CAROLINA
7. KENTUCKY
8. ALABAMA
9. MISSISSIPPI
10. GEORGIA
11. PENNSYLVANIA
12. OHIO
13. MICHIGAN
14. ILLINOIS
15. INDIANA
16. ALASKA
17. WASHINGTON
18. NEVADA
** U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

19. NEW JERSEY
20. NEW YORK
21. OREGON
22. NEW MEXICO
23. FLORIDA

Central Florida on a Budget (spoiler alert: we saw manatees!!!)

24. VIRGINIA
** WASHINGTON, D.C.
25. WISCONSIN
26. MINNESOTA
27. SOUTH DAKOTA
28. COLORADO
29. WYOMING
30. MONTANA
31. IDAHO
32. UTAH
33. LOUISIANA
34. OKLAHOMA
35. ARKANSAS
36. MISSOURI
37. KANSAS
38. NEBRASKA
39. IOWA
40. NORTH DAKOTA
North America
South America
Cruises