By Robert & Gayla Scrivener, Living the Work From Anywhere Lifestyle
The podcast currently has 86 episodes available.
We have been looking forward to our newest adventure for the past several months. The time finally arrived about 20 days earlier than planned.
As of August 11, 2020, we have graduated into the adventure of grandparenthood. In this episode, we share how we dropped everything and pushed up our trip to Colorado to be with our daughter, son-in-law, and new grand baby by the time they arrived home from the hospital.
We were already preparing for our trip, so we were partly packed. Our original plan was to depart from Missouri to head to Colorado on August 19. Then we got the call that the kids were headed to the hospital for an early delivery, we hopped in the car and were on our way.
There were still trips to Creston, Iowa and Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. Listen how we split efforts and were able to get to all the places we needed to be.
Enjoy!
P.S. We won't be showing pics of our little grandson to preserve the privacy of the kids and their little nuclear family.
Lately, our travel has taken a different turn. Instead of RV or Jeep travel, we've turned to our bikes. Not motorcycles...good, old-fashioned bicycles.
Over the last several weeks, our business has us glued to our computer monitors, working on various client projects. Our little get-aways have been hopping on our bikes for short rides around the neighborhood.
We got a wild hair one weekend and decided to bike the entire Frisco Highline Trail. This 35-mile trail connects Springfield and Bolivar, Missouri.
Although we had seldom gotten on our bikes for at least 5 years, and our bodies weren't accustomed to such physical activity, somehow we thought riding our bikes for 35 miles would be a really good idea.
Get this...in our scheme of a weekend biking activity, we also thought it was a good idea to bike back! This would be a weekend of over 70 miles of our rears in the saddle.
Could we do it? Well...in this episode, we share our little adventure.
Wanna see the video? Here's the link.
What seems like ages ago, just before the announcement of stay-at-home policies, Robert and I had a little adventure with our teenage nephews.
Henry and Max spent the weekend with us and Robert schooled them in leather bag making. We woke up extremely early on that Saturday morning and made our way to Concordia, MO for the Concordia Trade Fair.
This was the first show that Robert had a table. All three boys had things they displayed for sale. What a wonderful day! Long...but wonderful.
This episode was recorded in the car on the way home from the trade fair. You may hear some road noise...but it sure was fun to set up all four mics and share earbuds to document our time together.
Enjoy!
Even though we're supposed to be staying home and practicing social distancing, we're still having little adventures, Been There Doing That style.
For the most part, we already keep to ourselves so the social distancing rule is pretty easy. But staying at home...no way. We can meander backroads just fine and remain socially distant.
With all the events canceled, certainly, our travel plans had changed, no doubt about that. We still have a lot to do around the homestead. That's why time slipped away too quickly and we hadn't posted in a while.
We hope you enjoy the little quarantine post that we actually recorded a few weeks ago.
Enjoy!
Snowmageddon was coming so we thought it was time to take a little road trip.
OK…snowmageddon is a made-up word, but goodness! The weather forecasters make it sound like a little snow will be the end of the world. Drama in the news…drama in the weather. In today’s episode, you’ll find us recording as we are driving down the road. We’re on our way to our RV after a few weeks of short trips packed full of events.Here’s a list of the highlights of all that has happened since our last show:
We hope you enjoy the episode as we talk about our snow day in Council Bluff, Iowa and all the other events we enjoyed in just four short weeks. We also reveal something that we’re a bit disappointed about, but our disappointment is very much overshadowed by wonderfully joyful news.
Also revealed…a new possible career for Robert. Join us for the ride.
It has been a long time since we've published a podcast episode. Time just has a way of getting away from us...especially when we are on the go.
This episode isn't any different. We're on the go. Yes! We decided to record this episode while driving down the road. Not parked anywhere and recording in the car.
Nope. Recording while actually driving down the road. That's a first for us. It probably won't be the last either!
We got through the holidays and it's the start of a brand new year...a brand new DECADE!
In this episode, we share what big changes are on the horizon for us. This year, 2020, is going to be our transition year.
We start off the episode sharing our trips in the fall and into the holidays. We can't believe that we've spent 15 New Year's Eves together. Fifteen seems like a lot, but the time has gone so fast and we've had so many adventures. We're ready for more!
We are shifting things with our businesses, traveling a bit differently, and changing our home. All this in preparation for a big trip toward the Pacific Northwest, into Canada, and up into Alaska. This epic trip has been on our 5-year goal list and we're already 2 years in...it's time to make drastic changes!
And this is the year!
We're concentrating on other creative endeavors for the year 2020. We've decided to pull back on the podcast and commit to publishing an episode once a month this year.
Not to say there won't be some bonus episodes once in a while. Since we're doing more video, be sure to check out and subscribe to our YouTube Channel.
Additional Resources:If you caught episode #77, you heard all about the adventures Brian Driggs from The Gearhead Project had behind door number 2.
Curiosity got the better of me and I had to know what was behind door #1.
Here ya go...this is what was behind door number 1.
Enjoy ;)
One of the best things that came out of Overland Expo West this year was meeting Brian Driggs with The Gearhead Project. Brian wondered over to the Camel Trophy Area and saw Robert with a feather in his hat and they struck up a conversation.
Our time as guests on The Gearhead Project Podcast was such a hoot, that we wanted you to meet Brian. Truth be told, we just enjoy talking with Brian and we wanted to learn more about him and his adventures, we decided to hit record.
Have fun as we talk cars, sailing, and unusual vehicle travel. Adventure stories take us places from Hawaii, Germany, Australia, to even Mongolia. Brian becomes quite intrigued as we share our experience with testicle festivals.
We hope you enjoy the episode as you get to know Brian, hear about great vehicle-based adventure and all about The Gearhead Project.
Be sure to check out these links that were mentioned in the episode.
Brian Driggs
P.S. It took us a while to publish the episode. At the time of the recording, The Gearhead Project forum was still in the works. Now it’s LIVE! Congrats Brian!
Yep...he did it. Robert caused quite the uproar on Facebook.
Funny how a profile image change can cause so much controversy.
We hope you enjoy today's episode as we share how Robert caused so much havoc and upset on social media...all over a little thing.
It wasn’t our first trip to Franklin, Tennessee and we doubt it will be our last. This time was far from an overlanding trip. Instead, we rented a car and stayed in a hotel. Our mission was a business conference that was held in Franklin.
We enjoyed an evening in downtown Nashville to see an old friend play in his band. Then discovered a little local festival when we returned to Franklin.
Before returning home to Missouri, we decided to swing down to Pensacola to visit our daughter and her husband. We were already south. What're a few extra miles to say "hi," right?
It was a whirlwind trip and a lot was accomplished. We did have the opportunity to take in a few new sites. We hope you enjoy the episode as we give you a rundown of our trip.
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The podcast currently has 86 episodes available.