Our Start of Winter Van Life in USA
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We have officially started Van Life here in the USA, but rather than sunny blue sky days we have been hit with a little bit of Winter Van life as we leave Utah and make our way into Arizona.
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Hi, we are Stephen, Jess, Hunter and baby Koa - an Australian family who have had quite the journey. After travelling the world as a couple in 2020 we had our very first baby, we then spent the following year self-converted a van before moving into it full-time to drive around Australia. Cut to 2023 we welcomed our second child Koa into the world before resuming full-time travel around the world.
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0:00 Intro
That scenery and canyon are out of this world! Mother Nature at her best. Fantastic to see the kids living their best life and learning about the world through personal experience rather than books. They're so lucky to have parents who love travelling. Better than any classroom.
You guys definitely chose the best place to start in the United States. I’m a little biased because I used to live in Utah but the whole southwest is just absolutely beautiful. With all the rock formations, you’re literally seeing how water, wind, sand, and in some parts volcanoes, have formed that part of the country over millions of years. It’s just amazing to me.
I can’t help but think of Frank the van that Travel Beans bought that caught fire 😱 🔥
Hahahaha I wish we had thought of that before naming poor Frank 😅😅😅🤍
The van life is going to be really good for Koa I think. I haven't seen him smile so much in other videos than this one.
Love, love, LOVE you guys. Thank you so much for taking all of us along with you. Blessings to you all!!
O wow!!! I’m from Page and I’m glad you visited my hometown. I hope everyone treated you well. Safe travels. Can’t wait for the next episode.
My husband and I drove from southwestern Ontario to California and stopped everywhere you've been so far! It was an epic road trip that we'll never forget!
It's wonderful to relive it through your wonderful family. Loving your videos!! 🤗💞
Page is awesome,you cant beat the sunset at horseshoe bend, it looked a hell of a lot quieter than when i was there last year
We’re in the Pacific Northwest and our high today was 58. You’ll find summer somewhere once you head south. Enjoy your travels! 🌹🌹
Thank you!!
I’m in Oregon and I can’t wait to see all the beautiful things your going see in the PNW! So many waterfalls, ferns, flowers, trees, mountains! Even a dessert too! Volcanos that are so beautiful! The coast is incredible! Would love to cross paths while I’m out and about in nature too!
My favorite place is Antelope Canyon, and Sedona driving through the red rocks. Red Rocks are my happy place, when I'm blue I'll slip on a pod cast and go north. I hope you're having a wonderful time. I wish there was a chance to host a meet & greet for all your Arizona fans maybe having my book signed. I bought you're book to support you and to start my grandbabies (2bee). You've been all over the world, what do you think of the canyons and red rocks, is it similar to any place else you've been. Just wanted to say, have a great time here in the US, I'm so honored you're here again. Peace, Love & Faith.
Book 3 Hunter's Journey Across America 😂❤
Hunter’s voice sounds so beautiful ❤she’s a big girl now 🥰also your little baby is adorable ❤
Living in the States, I am loving this new series of van tours. We loved Arches and Moab, there is so much to see and do in that area. Can't wait to see your next adventures!!
Loving these family travels.
Thanks for sharing your family adventures with us all.
You are so lucky to have had the canyon to yourselves for the kayaking. It was so beautiful! I love the desert. Your view of the monuments out your window was to die for.
Why is it so fun to see you enjoy the southwest where we live 😄
We are in California but have family in AZ, and NM and OK so we road trip a lot!
Don’t miss Sedona!
It’s always a good day, if you guys post!!! Hunter and Koa’s smiles, can brighten up anyone’s day!!!!!🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼
love this series so much! missing the aussie van series w cooper but soo excited to see more of frank in the usa!!!!! love seeing the little ones grow up and have the best time, love how fun the family is, ilyysm 💖
You picked the right time to go to the Southwest. Utah and Arizona get really hot in the summer and there are so many people! I’ve only been in the summer, but you’ve inspired me to go again in the winter/spring.
We just spent a week on a mission trip an hour from Page, AZ and hit Antelope Canyon and Horseshoe Bend afterwards. There are just no words to describe the beauty of those canyons and just how amazing and big the Bend really is!
Great video , man made attractions are great to visit on holidays, but there is something very special about naturally occurring attractions, the fact that mother nature created these places over thousands of years is mind blowing
I know right? Beautiful nature is infinity better than man made
Wow this area of the US is just breathtaking. I've seen all your US roadtrips vlogs from 9 year ago. Crazy to think that when I started watching you guys 5 years ago these vlogs seemed fairly recent. Time passes so fast!
Ahh, welcome to the western US in Spring! You can get all 4 seasons in one day! I’m glad you are having fun! I make s’mores on my electric stove all the time! You do what you must when the craving hits!
Utah and Arizona are amazing! If you get the chance you should check out Bear Lake in Northern Utah/Southern Idaho. It’s breathtaking and beautiful especially in the summer! Some of the best sunrises I’ve ever seen!
Great to see you guys in the good old US of A 🇺🇸, we have travelled with you now for a few weeks and have finally caught up to your episodes. What a journey, we laughed, we cried and best of all you have brought to us the wonders of the world 🌎. Thank you for allowing our family be part of these journeys. We see that you love your coffee and being lovers also of coffee how do you find the American blends? Well enough chatter, take care, be safe and God Bless until the next episode. 👍😇🙏🚐
Isn’t Mother Nature amazing. What a beautiful place xx
Aww thank you so much for sharing this beautiful family journey with us I’m really enjoying your content and your videos
That sounds about right! Utah in the blink of an eye in the Spring it will be warm, then it will snow, then the snow will be melted and not look like it has snowed at all. Or drive five minutes and the weather will be different lol. Swiss Miss is indeed the best!! Stephens is another good one!! The shock on Hunters face when you said you were out of hot chocolate was great. Thank you cat face was great too!! Natural beauty at it's finest and who knew nice out houses to boot haha. Lake Powell is so pretty. Sadly you can see how low it is. I am so glad you had a great time kayaking!!
Its so wondeful to see you 4 enjoying the big wildwonders of USA outdoors. And it's great to see how adaptable you guys are to Van living 😎
We experience the same whiplash winter weather change in northern California. Driving from our home and then into the mountains is suddenly super snowy and beautiful. Have so much fun on your trip! How many "do you want to build a snowman" songs have you sung with Hunter?
Amazing! Well done for enjoying all your travels with your little ones! I did the same with my 3, (under 3), in Europe for 7months. I had a bigger camper thou…
What a windy but wonderful episode! The canyons were stunning 😍 Mumma take care of yourself, you sound a little hoarse x Thanks for sharing another glimpse with us all 😊
hahaha - its because Disney and the cruise was just before...i completly lost my voice but its coming back!
No way! You guys are in the US!? We just moved to Houston TX from Perth. My son and I love watching (and reading) your adventures. We will look out for you guys if you're this way 😊
Aww no way!! How’s Texas life going?
So far pretty good thanks for asking! Everyone here is incredibly welcoming and is always ready to help which has made our transition pretty smooth. It is different to what we are used to especially having to drive everywhere but it has been fine. So many good food options and activities. I am super keen to get up to Arizona at some point too so just like your Aussie van trip, your videos will come in handy! Hope you guys are doing okay and the adventure continues to go well.
I already know this video is going to be amazing. It reminds me of the old days when you were in. The Van called Cooper riding along Australia.❤😂😂
Hey here's a little useful trick. Smash some avocado and mix in some salsa (chunky or pico de gallo works best), and bam you have guacamole! A little southern california van life trick, because we don't always have fresh ingredients handy on the road!
Great drone footage
"But it has no faces on it"
cutest thing ever❣❣
They sell Swiss miss hot chocolate at the Costco in Perth if you guys get a craving when you're home! 😁
when i was a child , my best friend was a tumble weed. i talked to it every day!!!
Aww! Hunters obsessed with them too
Superb video! What awesome sites!! What time of year was this filmed with all these weather woes? You guys definitely make the most of cold, snow and wind- still looked like a great time.
Thanks for the journey. Fun fact for you. Here in Canada the Canadian Tire store has a name brand product called Frank!
Aww I’m so glad you made it to two of my favorite places in the US…Monument Valley and Antelope Canyon are both amazing. This brought back great memories of when I was there with my sons and their best friend.❤
Winter? Curious what month this filmed as summer is here now! Lol. I understand delays in production...just curious when it was filmed. Thanks for sharing!
I think they spent easter back at home as Hunter has just started school in Australia. So I'd guess a 6-8 week delay! They have current updates on their Instagram if you're interested :)
In the newest video they talk about Valentines Day so in February!
Winter in US, summer in Australia
beautiful scenery, love seeing the kids enjoy nature, great video!
Aww thanks for watching!!
Oh my gosh! I'm so happy you got to winter desert camp! I grew up in AZ and have wonderful memories of cold desert camping❤️❤️❤️❤️
Oh my goodness that clip of Koa sitting in his tiny chair gives me a lot of flashbacks. I genuinely thought you put Hunter’s old clip with cooper 🥹❤
If you make it to Idaho, the Sawtooth Mountains are stunning! 🌲🌲🌲 It is also a Dark Sky reserve. The night sky is breathtaking. ✨
Cutie kids 🥰 beautiful family 🥰 your videos are always amazing 👍🏾
Wow how quick is koas hair growing love you all so much ❤❤❤❤
Steve, you are a genius. I checked my key and sure enough, it has a button that releases a normal key. I would never have known. Enjoy your travels, stay safe 😀
😂😂 woohoo glad our predicament taught something!!
@@flyingthenest In 1968 my husband and I locked our keys i the car outside of Green River Wyoming on a Sunday! The roadside guy tossed a coin to see if he would help us on Sunday or wait til Monday.
Did you know tumbleweeds drop their seeds while rolling the earth! So cute.
Really? I actually need to look into tumbleweeds I don’t know anything about them
You should always have a jumper box on road trips
I know it’s a far drive and I don’t know how long your out here in the U.S. but you should definely try to come to Michigan specifically the UP the scenery is beautiful up there!!
That was amazingly beautiful. Thank you for sharing ❤
Love love love your video! Gave me so much inspiration and points to learn from 😊
I was first like "wait what? It's summer not winter" 😅
Still spring. 😊
They actually did this roadtrip in February I think :)
Yay! 🎉 happy Sunday to you and your sweet family. Looking forward to this series 💜 🇨🇦
Gosh I love my country! Enjoy!
Thanks for another great video. Loving the new series. I have looked at your link for camera gear but can’t find one for a car mount. Hoping you can recommend a mount that can withstand the bumpy Australian dirt roads?
i think its just the GoPro mount :)
Beautiful vlog. Fantastic experiences for your kids.
One of my dream destinations... hopefully one day I will get there.
Love this!!! I hope to do this myself one day 🙏🏾
Hope you can 😀
You are visiting some very beautiful places.
So many beautiful spots in the US
It's HOT in Arizona this time of year.
Hi Nest 🪹 family I had no idea you had another child since Hunter was born good to see you in the USA ❤
Thanks for information on the camping App. Brilliant, I’ll be using that. Beautiful scenery.❤
Wauw those views from the water just breathtaking 😍 very peaceful Safe Travels 🙏🤞🥰
On the subject of travel adapters, I have a 4 plug extension cord with a euro plug on it, but the sockets on it are uk sockets so I only need the 1 item and it charges all my uk items at once. An adapter like your sponsored one would be handy in combination with an extension cord.
LOVED those shots you got in antelope canyon 😍😍 I've been twice and struggled to get good video there cause of how dark it is haha! and I feel you with the wind. I went to horseshoe bend and antelope canyon last year and the wind was CRAZY! sand got EVERYWHERE!
Can't wait to see the next Our Home on Wheels USA addition kids book come out after this hehe 😋
I was cackling when you said you’re going south so you can warm up and the next clip it’s full on snow and white for miles 😂😂 maybe I misunderstood but it’s really funny 🤣
Hahahahha that’s exactly what happened 😅😅
Please take your time. So much to see 🥰
Will ❤️❤️
Side note you can buy portable jump packs that have a portable charger like you use with the phone I'd suggest you get one for the trip
Try Land O Lakes hot chocolate sold in individual packets and flavors.
Wholesome video as always but can we talk about how awesome the b-rolls are??? Well done Steve!
The hot chocolate part made me want a hot milo.
I’ve been watching your videos every day. Love you guys from Vietnam ❤
Great work as always guys 🤗Thanks for sharing and take care 😁👍
Such a beautiful place. Thanks for sharing ❤
Thank you too
So cool seeing you guys in a van again.
OK, Swiss Miss is good, but if you have a chance to buy some Stephens (yep) it's even better. :) Sorry Utah gave you the cold shoulder, maybe you can swing back through at the end when the weather is hot hot hot.
Ooooh!! Will have to get Stephen to try some Stephen’s
“The perks of having a baby, they wake you up before the sunrise”… totally!!! We’ve enjoyed European city walks or sunrises with no one around thanks to our young kids. Pros and cons? Haha. Be safe!
Oh, I went to Arrowhead when I was little!
No way?? Such a beautiful camp site
I really hope you make it to the Smokey Mountains in Georgia and to Charleston, SC!
Beautiful video as always ❤
Love Arizona my niece and her family live in chandler
For $50 you can get 'AAA' and jump starts and toowiing and much moore is free in your fee. There is also a compact battery charger people get tha will charge your battery on your own. Home Depoot, etc sells them annd many hardware stores.
Ooh did Hunter just gave you an idea for the next business venture? I’ll patiently wait for a cat face cafe to open in Perth 😅
Four seasons in a day when we went there
When I was about 12, we had a family reunion on Lake Powell, in house boats. It was amazing ❤️
Edit: This was circa 1992 for reference 😅
We also loved our time out West!
Need to look for hot springs😊 all over Utah
love love love your family, your story ❤
Koas react to the snow 🫤😂
Love you guys! You should totally try the UBE PANCAKES from Trader Joe's! So good!
Oooh adding it to the shopping list
16:31 it's a good thing you guys didn't run into anyone trying to do you harm because you were the only ones out there
I am thinking of you last big van trip and the epic spot that Hunter first walked… I wonder where Koa will choose and if it will be in the red center.
I feel like Aussies are always a bit hopeless in the snow 😂❤.
You know Australian alps or Snowy Mountains get more snow each year than Switzerland.
You don’t realise how cold it gets in America xx
You guys are amazing :))))🙂🙂🙂
I'm thinking you are so close to Las Vegas that has to be the next stop unless of course there are anything touristy along the way but I'm presuming you will stop in Las Vegas at some point