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𝔹𝕖𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝔸𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 ℝ𝕠𝕤𝕖 & 𝔹𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤
Join us on our van-life adventure tattooing across the US, and see how we spend our time between appointments.

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For anyone that doesn’t know yet. A few months ago my wife and I gave up our home in Las Vegas and we moved into our Sprinter van! Since then, we have been traveling around the country, and I’ve been doing guest spots at shops all over. Admittedly, it was a bit of a rough start (due to unexpected heat waves and super unexpected Mercedes “mishaps”), but September might just have been our best month yet!

RECAP OF OUR ADVENTURES FOR LAST MONTH:
We got to spend our 2 year wedding anniversary in Yosemite, visiting all our favorite spots, showing Fondue around the park, and we got to hike half dome for the first time!

We then went to Fresno where I got to tattoo for the week @invictusinkfresno and hang with the coolest people!

Then it was off to Monterey California where I got to work @goldcoast1977 for the weekend and meet all kinds of amazing locals and tourists!

Then it was off to Berkeley and San Francisco where I got to tattoo @truelovetattooberkeley and we got to have a few amazing date nights!

Then, we got to explore some coast cities in Northern California and see some amazing sights while we made our way back to Vegas.

Huge thank you to every shop that shares their space with me, and to every client that books an appointment with me and allows me to live this crazy life.

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What’s your favorite color way for this flyer for October? 🍁

So stoked to spend spooky season getting to tattoo in the heart of it all! 🎃 I’ve still got some spots open each week, so let me know if you’d like to get in and we will get youmbooked! Your design or mine.

@acorntattoosalem
@grimnorth_tattoo

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For those that don’t know - I live in my van with my wife and my cat, I’m traveling the country full time, and tattooing my way across the states for the next 2 years! I’ve been tattooing in Vegas for the last two decades and I love doing every kind of tattoo, especially bright colors and fun pop culture subjects!

I’ve also given myself the challenge of trying to do a totally new flyer each month that I’m on the road to promote my travels! If you happen to see this I’d love it if you would repost & share it so I can try to reach as many people as possible! This month for my flyer, I thought it would be fun to recreate the classic GTA cover and add a bunch of my favorite recent work.

This month (September), I’ll be guest spotting in Fresno at Invictus Tattoo, 9/8 - 9/12 and in Berkeley at True Love Tattoo, 9/15 - 9/19! If you want to get tattooed or know someone that would like my work send them my way! Stoked to explore some new areas that I’ve never been to and meet some new clients! ❤️

hope to see you soon!

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Swipe to see a few of the tattoos that I did in July!!

Huge thanks to everyone that came out and supported me on my travels! If you want to get tattooed by me while I’m traveling shoot me a message!

The rest of my tour dates for 2026:

Portland- (Wilson Brothers Tattoo) Aug 5-8
Longview, Wa- (Heart Attack Tattoo) Aug 18-22
Vegas- (Hive Tattoo) Aug 25-31
Fresno (Invictus Tattoo) Sept 8-12
Berkeley- (True Love) Sept 15-19
Vegas- (Hive Tattoo) Sept 23- Oct 1
Salem- (Acorn Tattoo) Oct 8-12
Portsmouth- (Grim North Tattoo) Oct 14-17
Salem- (TBD) Oct 27-31
Dayton, Oh- (Rebel Rebel Tattoo) Nov 4-7
Chattanooga- (Mainline Tattoo) Nov 17-21
Vegas- (Hive Tattoo) Dec 3-31

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July was my first official month doing van life and it was a bit of a whirlwind. More time than I would like to admit spent in Mercedes garages. But eventually we got our wheels under us and we made the best of every situation.

Thanks to everyone that hired me on the road
@tildeathdenver
@thelittleblackchurch
@loveyoutattoo_boulder
And as always my time in Vegas at
@hivetattoovegas

Can’t wait to see what this month brings up in the Pacific Northwest!

And hopefully now that we’re getting our feet under us we can finally find some time to do some of our longer form content for YouTube like we’ve been planning. 🤞🏾🤞🏾

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Day 7 of ??? (it’s looking like about 10ish) of turning this van into our dream camper!

We were getting really crunched for time at this point and had to make some major progress, quickly.

We got the van wrapped(@purpleflarewraps), installed the lights, ran all the wiring for the electricity, and made and installed upper cabinets. All within about a week!

We were really hustling since the deadline to move out of our apartment was approaching so quickly.

Be sure to follow along to hear about when disaster struck and we almost lost EVERYTHING 4 days before we were supposed to hit the road!!!

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Day 6 of ??? of building out our dream camper.

Listen, time jumps happen, ok? lol. Van builds are expensive, the heat in Vegas is unreal, and also- life. For us, we had to base our build schedule on not only when we could do the work, but when we could afford it. And this last push included the most expensive aspects of the build; so we sold our Subaru (which had been the plan all along) and funded the rest of the build with that money.

Installing windows that open was crucial for us. Julia works from the van 4 days a week, so airflow is a must. (We used @vanwindowsdirect ). And then we got into the fun, make it feel like a home, part.

Thank you guys so much for following along! These next few videos will reallllly transform the van into something that feels like a comfy, cozy place to call home.

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Day 5 of ??? of turning this big van into our dream home on wheels.

In this video we put up some walls, we did the ceiling planks, and we installed an upholstered bed frame!

Every project in this van has felt like a hurry up and wait situation. After this we waited almost two years before we finally finished the rest of the projects… which we did in like 4 months immediately before moving in.

I can’t wait to put together the rest of the videos!! The fun part is about to start!

See you tomorrow for part 6.

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Day 4 of ??? of the big van build.

In this episode we tackled some of the scariest projects, including cutting a big hole in the top of the van for the vent fan and then screwing solar panels into the roof (circa 2022).

Tune in tomorrow for another major upgrade we made to the interior!

Thanks for following along on this crazy journey, everyone!

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Day 3 of ??? turning this van into our home on wheels!

We may or may not have had some mishaps during this project, but we made the best of it and still got to use the van to go explore!

For future reference: don’t try to use spray foam insulation inside a black van, in the Vegas heat 😂🔥

See you tomorrow where we cut a huge hole in the top of the van to install a fan and we mount the solar panels.

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Step one: living in a van down by a stream… we will upgrade to a river when the time is right. 😉

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Week one of official van life is in the books!! 🚐

I’d be lying if I said we didn’t hit a single snag- we did... like 2.5 hours outside of Vegas.. and again a couple states later; but thankfully we planned well, we know our resources, and are generally pretty adaptable people, so we rolled with it and made some great connections through it. (we’ve got an entire post coming about what we’ve been through since mid-May with unexpected and untimely van repairs that felt like they’d never end and seem to be continuing to pop up and say hi) 🙈

Here’s our takeaway from the week: if it allows us to spend time together it’s an investment, not an expense. So even if some months we trade rent for Sprinter shop diagnostics and a hotel for a night or two, it’s all completely worth it.

Also, @fonduebenoit is perfection and quite literally could not care less about where we are as long as he can physically see us at all times.

Enjoy this little rewind of our first week as vanlifers!

Clinton Gulch Dam Reservoir (Breckenridge, Colorado)… gorgeous views, 64 degrees, and completely quiet all night!

Photo taken approximately five minutes before minor snag #2…

(Turns out, the snag was truly a glitch and we remedied it in the parking lot with the help of our trusty Vegas Mercedes GM- who answers Julia’s calls even on Sunday, July 5th at 8am.. because of course he does 😂)

We did it!!! We made our first meal in the van and didn’t burn the place down! And, it was LEGITTTTT 🧨

Making our first van-cooked dinner.. at like midnight: deconstructed vegan burgers on our induction cooktop, fingerling potatoes in the air fryer, and Mexican Cokes. 🍔🥔

We FINALLY made it out to Maple Canyon for some climbing, and clearly Fondue was really stoked about the entire thing.

He’s SO good on his leash and harness, and he has a fully enclosed backpack! So when we climb he’s able to safely be with us, all comfy in the shade, without being a danger to himself or to us. 🐱

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Night one in the van:

All of a sudden we couldn’t find Fondue. Anywhere.
The. First. Night.

We had packed the “garage” so precisely, and even installed cat netting to separate the water tank and the electrical

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