The Crew — About Diesel, Dust & Golden Hour
The Crew ✦ About Us

Two wanderers, one mini explorer, zero regrets.

We're Bridget and Josh. Full-time RVers, entrepreneurs, parents to one very tiny traveler, and the team behind Diesel, Dust & Golden Hour.

Based in Cottonwood, AZ
Full-Time Since 2021
4 Active Ventures
The Crew — Bridget, Josh and Mini Explorer
the crew ✦
HEY HI!
Full-Time RV Life
Entrepreneurship
Mini Explorer on Board
Northern AZ HQ
Built From the Rig
Full-Time RV Life
Entrepreneurship
Mini Explorer on Board
Northern AZ HQ
Built From the Rig
How It Started

We sold the everything.

In 2021, we looked at each other across a kitchen table in Goodyear, Arizona, and decided that the house we were supposed to love forever was starting to feel like a trap. A week later we were listing it. A few months later, we were pulling out of the driveway for the last time.

We'd been talking about RV life for years. Dreaming about it. Telling other people "someday." Then one day we ran out of reasons to wait — and we realized every reason we'd ever had was really just fear dressed up as logic.

We pointed the rig north. Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah — we just kept going. Nothing was planned past the next week. We figured it out as we went. And somewhere around the third sunset in a state we'd never been to before, we realized we weren't going back.

day one ✦
First day on the rig — Grand Design Momentum 2021
The Route

Five Years.
One Rig.

From Goodyear to Cottonwood, the long way around. Ten stops, fifteen states, one baby, and more sunsets than we can count.

01 · 2021
Goodyear
sold everything we owned
🏠
02
Utah
first real red rocks
03
Idaho
cooler than expected
04
Wyoming
Yellowstone summer
05
Washington
top of the map
06
Reno
heading home-ish
07 · 2022
Las Vegas
hi Mini Explorer ✦ launched RV Tank Specialist
👶
08
Bullhead
working our way back
09
Prescott
cooler elevation
10 · now
Cottonwood
home. for now.
5+
Years on the Road
15
States Crossed
1
Mini Explorer Born
1
Very Lasting Rig
The Team

Meet the crew.

Three humans, one rig, and a very specific division of labor. Here's who does what.

Bridget Brooks
Bridget.
✦ Founder · Strategist · Drone Pilot

The one with the laptop. Founder of Search Everywhere Marketing, creator of the SEvO methodology, and the person keeping four ventures moving while Josh is under the rig with a wrench. Also flies the drone. Also writes this. Also probably on a call right now.

Agency Founder Creator Part 107 In Progress
Josh Iles
Josh.
✦ The Hands · Mechanic · Co-Founder

30 years of combined diesel and RV repair. If it moves, breaks, leaks, smokes, or refuses to cooperate — Josh fixes it. Launched RV Tank Specialist in Las Vegas in 2022, co-founded RV Journey Genie, and is the technical brain behind half of what we build. Now serving the Sedona + Verde Valley area.

Master Mechanic 5.0 ★ on Google Tank Whisperer
Mini Explorer with GoPro
Mini Explorer.
✦ Wild Card · Backseat Driver

Born in Las Vegas in 2022, road-raised ever since. Has already been to more states than most adults. Specialties include asking "are we there yet" in creative new ways, commandeering the drone controller, and reminding us that this life is bigger than any business plan.

Toddler Rodeo Fan Monster Truck Expert
Behind the Scenes

How we actually
live and work.

The Rig Is HQ

Our fifth wheel is literally our office. Zoom calls happen from the dinette. Edits happen from the passenger seat. The "commute" is sliding out the slide-out in the morning.

Northern Arizona Anchor

Cottonwood is home base. We've got Copper Canyon's laser workshop here and spend most of our time anchored in the Verde Valley — but the rig still goes where the story is.

Division of Labor

Bridget handles strategy, marketing, content, client work. Josh handles the physical world — tank repairs, rig maintenance, anything mechanical. Mini Explorer supervises everything.

Built to Move

Every venture is designed to run from the road. No fixed office means no pressure to fill it — just the work, the family, and wherever the next sunset happens to land.

Why We Do It

"Someday" is the most expensive word in the English language. Every time we've said it, we've regretted it. Every time we've thrown it out and just started — we've been glad we did.

— Bridget & Josh ✦
Come Along

Wanna ride with us?

Join the Crew, book Josh's mobile RV repair, or partner with us for your brand. We'd love to meet you.