Hi everyone!
Here we are in Ventura still in California.
It's on our way to Mexico
so we stopped by.
We are about to explore the surroundings.
I hope you can hear me well because the waves next to me are pretty big.
Ventura is the place where there were the big forest fires in California.
The worst fires for more than 10 years.
And a few days ago it rained a lot so they got mudslides too.
People are still missing.
The mudslides were caused by the lack of trees and roots that got burned by the fires.
But the area looks beautiful.
Let's check the surroundings!
We talked about the people we meet along the road in the previous vlog.
This morning when we were filming the intro of this vlog we met a guy
who came talk to us because he had almost the same van than us.
We talked a bit and we discovered that he works at Patagnia here in Ventura.
It's funny because we wanted to contact Patagonia for a potential partnership.
He explained us that it's pretty complicated to have one.
Instead he suggested us to visit the company.
Here we are in Patagonia USA headquarters.
We can't wait to go inside and we hope we'll be able to film.
We just finished visiting the place.
It was so interesting.
So the guy we met is called RJ
and he supervises a team that check the quality of each product.
That means testing waterproof jacket.
They check if the pockets are at the right place for example or they test materials resistance.
We didn't realize all the steps that a product needs to go through before it goes to selling.
He explained us that 90% of the prototypes
are never sold because they are not approved when they are testing.
It was very interesting to see the design department
the production department
the materials department
It was very nice.
The work environment here in Patagonia is also awesome.
First of all they have an organic canteen
where they make fresh breakfast and lunch.
Here we are about to eat an amazing salad for example.
It's only $3.
It's all organic so that's great.
They have the ocean just 10 minutes walking from their building.
So the employees go surfing during their lunch break.
It was so interesting. We are very happy we were able to visit this place.
Plus RJ told us that we could stay in his driveway tonight.
So we might see him again later.
But we'll eat now because we are hungry!
We are on the road again still heading South.
We really wanted to thank again RJ and his family
for all the moments we spent with them.
It was awesome!
It's funny because
one day we wake up with a program in mind
but we change all our plans because we meet someone.
A person that invites us to visit his work place
and then to his home
and then we spend the night on his rooftop filming drone footage
and we read stories to his kids before bedtime.
It's so nice!
That's what makes our trip so inspiring and rewarding.
And I think that without our van it would have probably not happened.
I also think that it's a bit confusing emotionally
because it's pretty intense meeting people that quickly.
In two days we learn about new people
and then we are back on the road again.
It's very unique and interesting.
So thank you again RJ for what he did.
Plus he gave us two awesome Patagonia jackets
that you will see in the next vlogs because it's a bit too hot to wear them now.
Besides that we are heading now to Venice Beach.
It's a well known and touristic place in California
but it's on our way along the cost.
We'll stop by and see how it looks like.
The day is about to end and the sun is going down.
Venice Beach was pretty interesting.
It was funny to see it because it's very unique.
We are happy we stopped by.
South of California was really a time where we met people.
We just met a Belgian couple who is traveling in a van too for two months now.
Their names are Sam and Juliette.
We would love to travel with them
so we are trying to convince them to cross the Mexican border with us
and to explore Baja California together.
We'll see how it goes in the next vlog
which will be in one week.
The one vlog a week challenge is very fun but pretty intense too.
So we might take some rest in Baja.
We'll let you know.
It's over for this vlog
so we'll see you guys in a week!
Ciao!
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