Jessica Gonzalez

Jessica is an illustrator and art director who lives on the road full time with her husband. She grew up as a military brat and spent a short time in Panama as a youngster where she eagerly observed leaf cutter ants and the local battalion of three toed sloths. Nowadays, when she's not sharpening the blades of her knife collection you can catch her chasing around some animal or other, snapping reference pics so she can sketch them later.
Advice & Tips

Shipping the Troopy to Europe

We recently went through part of the process for shipping our truck from the US to Europe and wanted to share a few things we learned along the way. Keep in mind that this is not intended to be an exhaustive treatise on the subject, but rather us sharing our experience. We hope this will ...

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Advice & Tips

Working from the Road
Part 2

In this second post about working from the road, I’d like to get into some details about how we both got started in our careers after we finished school including finding clients, setting your rate, tax considerations, and getting paid. Be sure to check back tomorrow for Part 3 if you’re interested in our set up ...

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Advice & Tips

Working from the Road
Part 3

This last post about working from the road will cover the logistics of this nomadic lifestyle including what gear we use for work, how we keep our computers and other gear charged off the grid, and how we access internet and handle large file transfers with our clients. Our Gear It takes a surprisingly small ...

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Advice & Tips

Working from the Road
Part 1

We often get asked what we do for work and how we sustain this nomadic lifestyle of ours. There are a million different ways you can make a living from the road depending on your skill set, standards for what you are willing to do, and creativity in finding odd jobs. We know of some ...

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Gear Reviews

Yeti Rambler Drinkware

When we first hit the road, we invested in a Yeti cooler to keep our food and drinks cool. That worked for a little while, but given our constant opening and closing to access food and drinks we quickly learned that a fridge was in our future. So we said goodbye to Yeti…but just for ...

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Interviews

Van of My Dreams

The first time we met Hawk and Kenz we were outside a grocery store and the two of them just walked right up to us and gave us huge hugs. From then on, it was like we were brothers-from-another-mother/sisters-from-another-mister. Hanging with these two is like being on roller coaster of giggles and tickles. I’ll stop ...

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Gear Reviews

Ketzal Organizer

Living in a small space, clutter can be the bane of your existence. This is especially true when you inherited obsessive cleaning habits from both sides of the ole family tree. Enter Ketzal organizers. They are hands down the most stylish junk drawer you’ll ever own. Ketzal organizers were developed by fellow van lifer Miles ...

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Film & Stories

Solar Panels on Rifle Cases

We often get asked to show more details of how we mounted solar panels to the roof boxes on the top of our Syncro. So, here’s a video Jorge made about it. We’re nothing if not accommodating. _________________ links and fun stuff: SKB 4719 Rifle Cases: http://amzn.to/2kLTrmG *** Renogy Solar Panel: http://amzn.to/2kM1yzy *** Music by ...

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Film & Stories

Perspective is Key : S1 E5

We set out to live on the road to challenge ourselves and to grow from the experiences we’d be sure to encounter. The build on our Syncro tested us in ways we never thought possible. In this video we share a piece of one those experiences and what came of our time getting the transmission ...

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