Southbound - Episode 1: Crabs and Climbing Mountains in Homer, Alaska

Northbound Episode 8 - Brokendown on the Dalton Highway - Eventually Vanlife Turns South

Northbound Episode 7 - Disaster in Deadhorse, AK

Northbound Episode 6 - The Dalton Highway

Northbound Episode 5 - The Dempster Highway

A Solo Finale to 1000 Miles of Self Powered Adventure

While, I have often ventured into the wild on remote and difficult expeditions, my husband Peter has always been beside me. He has always been the more skilled of the two of us. The one I relied on to know what to do when things went wrong. The one ...

Northbound Episode 4 - The South Canol Road

Baja and the Broken Shell

I awoke at dawn with my Winnebago Revel parked alongside the Sea of Cortez in Baja, Mexico. I watched the sun stretch its pastel pink tendrils across a rippling sea as the world came to life around me. Pelicans cruising along the surface ...

The Art of Going Big: How to Plan a Multi-Continental Road Trip

TODAY’S THE DAY!! We have been planning this expedition for the better part of three years, and now we can finally share our big news with you. Today we will cross the border into Canada and begin phase two of the Famagogo World Tour: The ...

How Four Generations of RVers Have Passed Down a Love of Adventure

How Four Generations of RVers Have Passed Down a Love of Adventure Some of my earliest memories are sitting around the dinner table with my parents and grandparents and listening to them share legendary stories about days gone by and their ...

Sprinter 4x4 Adventure Van Takes on the Shafer Trail, Moab, Utah

The Playa- Boondocking on a Mojave Desert dry lake bed

Record Setting Descent of the Grand Canyon

In 2017, Abby Holcombe set the record as the youngest female to have kayaked the entire length of the Grand Canyon, 280 miles through some of the most notorious whitewater on the continent from Lee's Ferry to Pearce Ferry.  Abby shared her ...

Famagogo kayaking Nottingham, UK

What Famagogo's 6-Month European Van Adventure Looked Like

In June, the Holcombe family shipped their Revel from Baltimore, MD to Zeebrugge, Belgium for a six-month European adventure.  They traveled 40,000 miles across 18 countries:  from the top of Norway to the tip of Spain, and the mountains ...

Famagogo- Via Ferrata in France

How to Ship a Revel to Europe

The years spent dreaming and planning for this around-the-world adventure were long, filled with research and eager anticipation. But the past month leading up to our launch date was brutally short, and I was swept away by a landslide of logistics: ...

Famagogo Blasts off to Europe

Famagogo, aka the Holcombe Family, leaves Colorado and embarks on a 6-month tour of Europe. In this episode, the trio flies to Paris, France for a few days exploring the city, and then heads to Belgium where they reunite with their Winnebago Revel ...

How to Pack a Kayak for a Multi-Day Paddling Adventure

Famagogo's Kathy Holcombe breaks down what gear is needed and how to pack dry bags and load it inside her sea kayak for a 5 day solo self-support traverse of Everglades National Park, FL. These are the same methods Famagogo has used to self-support ...