Life is meant to be felt.
We're Erin & Matt: an RV, a yoga mat, a camera, and every beautiful bend in the road across North America. This is the real, unscripted version.
We believe life is meant to be lived intentionally, and that beauty is already right where you are. These stories are our nudge: start your own journey, whatever bend in the road you're on.
we're so glad you're here. Erin & Matt
Fresh from the road
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Thirty years ago we were two broke kids waiting tables in Hawaii. This time we came back to Kauai for our 25th anniversary, with a doors-off helicopter, 14 miles on the e-bikes, and a plan to rest that did not survive the first day.
EP 02
Our first repositioning cruise, Vancouver to Hawaii. A bike ride around Vancouver, a first day on board we would rather forget, and a long, chilly crossing of the Pacific.
EP 01
The nest is empty, so we bought a travel trailer. First drive at 20 miles an hour, first turn, first tour of the rig, and the very start of Volume Two.
Moments we didn't plan
The Journal
Where we stayed, what it cost, what we'd do differently, and the stuff that never makes the final cut. The newest entries live here, the rest are in the archive.
ENTRY 04
What a Year on the Road Actually Cost Us
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ENTRY 03
Texas vs. Colorado State Park Passes: What Ours Actually Saved Us
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ENTRY 02
How I Got a Lifetime Access Pass for Tinnitus (and What It Has Actually Saved Us)
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most stops get their pages
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Where the road has taken us
State parks, BLM dirt, a few islands and our home base in Tamarindo. Every stop is on the map, with the episode it shows up in and our field notes when we've written them.
- 47 STOPS
- 7 STATES
- 2 COUNTRIES
go on, find your state
plus Hawaii, Costa Rica and one very big ocean
Erin's Corner
Alongside all the adventure, Erin is walking through a surgery and the slow, honest work of recovery. She's writing about it here: the hard days, the small wins, and what healing looks like when your life (and your job) is movement.
No hype in this corner. Just real notes, shared in her own time, for anyone navigating something similar.
okay, deep breath, back to the adventures
Pick your speed
The vlog is the two of us living on the road. The yoga channel is 400+ free classes with Erin. And when Costa Rica calls: the guide to moving there, the beach casa you can rent, and the retreats and trainings where you can learn with us.
Five Parks Life
RV life, empty nesting, and the occasional wrong turn, with both of us.
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Five Parks Yoga
400+ free classes with Erin, every level, filmed in the world's prettiest places.
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Pack what we pack
Fifteen years of travel distilled into the stuff that actually earns its storage space, sorted by the bag it lives in.
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- RV Newbie Essentials 20 items
- RV Lighting & Ambience 18 items
- Travel Essentials 17 items
- eBike Necessities 19 items
- Yoga Retreat Essentials 18 items
- Yoga Studio Must Haves 3 items
- Erin's Skincare 20 items
- Matt's Skincare 12 items
as Amazon associates we may earn a little, it keeps the gas tank honest ♥
Stamps in the passport
Ride along with the Crew
First to know when an episode drops, and when the rig rolls through your town, wherever the road goes next.
no spam, ever, it's just the two of us out here
Scribbled on purpose.
Each panel is hand-drawn because each one keeps changing, and the edges are left scratchy because that's how life is. Not really all that complete. Neither are we.
- The trailer, home is wherever we park it. The travel life, drawn mid-journey.
- The bike, the everyday adventure. Twenty "hiked" miles before dinner.
- The pose, where all of this began: one mat, one camera, 350,000 friends later.
the panels will change as life does. that's the whole point.