Make the Most of the Dash

About Us

After experiencing living in a motorhome full-time for the three years, we gave everything up and moved into our Jeep Wrangler, aka Black Betty, with a rooftop tent. We traveled the USA full-time for a year and a half, visiting national parks and monuments, seeing the sights on the roads less traveled, and living on a budget out of our Jeep with a rooftop tent.

In 2022, with gas and food prices rising over our budget, we had the opportunity to workamp in Indiana for the summer, and which led to us managing a campground in Northern California for 14 months. We have since purchased a 2023 Winnebago Hike 100 travel trailer as we continue our travel adventures.

We have been together for thirty years, raised four children, had our respective careers, became empty-nesters, and are now grandparents. We decided to take on this adventure while we physically are still able as we are all in for more experiences and less things.

Brian is from Michigan, a Michigan football and Detroit Lions fan, U.S. Navy veteran, former construction worker, and medically retired.

A California native, Anna Maria became a Michigan football fan when she met Brian, has always been a LA/Oakland/Vegas Raiders fan, and worked in the fields of trade compliance and project management.

As the saying goes, "Your life is made of two dates and a dash. Make the most of the dash." Hope you will join us on our travels, and share our new experiences and adventures.