Welcome back to Notes From The Road, a monthly recap of where we’ve been and what we’ve been up to over the last 30 days.
And just like that, it’s July.
June was a weird and busy month for us. Typically we would hook up our travel trailer and head into Colorado’s high country at the start of June to position ourselves closer to where our work commitments take place. This year, however, we’ve been dragging our feet. Staying at our property has allowed us to tackle projects that can’t be accomplished when living nomadically on public lands. So, three of four weekends of the month we packed up all our photography gear, drove a few hours to wherever that weekend’s wedding was taking place, and then returned to our property on Sunday. All that to say, with the weekends dedicated to weddings, the weekdays went by fast.
Our love and desire for nurturing this website and promoting unconventional living seems to be growing everyday. While things may seem stagnant here on the surface, we’re working hard at designing an entirely new website that we aim to have ready in August. Juggling our paying job while also finding time to grow things here on Two Happy Campers is enough to fill our days and nights but we’re making some exciting progress behind-the-scenes. We hope you’ll stick with us through the transition to the new website, we promise it will be worth it!
Until then, here’s a little photo recap from the month of June…
We gave our full appreciation to every vibrant sunset we were gifted this month knowing that wildfires were imminent. 
After years of talking about it, we finally acquired a shipping container. It’s easy to ignore our storage unit when traveling the majority of the year but it’s due time for a purge and organization of our life’s possessions. Thoughtfully sorting through your every belonging, however, is wildly time-consuming. 
June kicked off our 22nd year as wedding photographers! It’s wild to think that at this point we’ve photographed close to 500 weddings (I stopped keeping track years ago). 
This month we alternated between AirBnBs and staying in the truck for wedding weekends. As much as we wish the truck was the perfect option for traveling to weddings, trying to get clean and stay clean while camped in a dirty and dusty national forest is pretty much impossible. The silver lining was getting to enjoy the company of our friends and fellow nomads, Heather & Adam. 
Last week several wildfires kicked up in western Colorado and the smoke quickly consumed our valley. 
Yesterday, when a change in wind direction moved the smoke out of the valley for a few hours, we rejoiced. 
The smoke soon returned. Here’s hoping the upcoming El Nino brings Colorado (and the entire west) some much needed rain.
In case you missed it, please check out our recent article about easy precautions to take to prevent wildfires while camping this summer. Our thoughts go out to the incredible people working day and night to fight these fires.
Help us decide on our next sticker design
We love handing out stickers to all the folks we meet on the road. Currently we have two different designs that read “always take the scenic route”. In preparing for Overland Expo Mountain West, we need to come up with some new designs! Let us know in the comments which saying you would love to stick on your rig, water bottle, gear boxes, etc…
- Conformity is Optional
- I like dirt
- Spend your life doing strange things with weird people
We can’t wait to hear your input!
Thank you for being here!
Cheers,
Michele & Mark
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I’ve spent over 70 years believing that “Conformity is Optional”, if not more stronger sentiments about it.
Sounds like we have some things in common!
Ooo I like all three, but the dirt one is my favorite, followed by the conformity one.
I wish we could hang out this summer! We’re somehow so close yet so far away. I think fall will bring some opportunities though. 🙂
I feel exactly the same about our proximity! I’m hopeful we’ll connect in the fall. 🤞
I would have to say my choice is #3. But I’d add “and a dog” at the end.
I’m thinking of you two with the fires on the Utah/Colorado border. Stay safe.
Thanks Rick. Have a safe and wonderful holiday weekend.
Love the pictures! Sorry to hear about the fires. I hope you get that much needed rain. I like saying #1.
Hi!
Brandon vote for #1 and I vote for #3! 😋