Overlanding in a 1988 Ford Festiva: 50 States in 1 Year • Road to Wanderlust Film • YogaSlackers

“A junkyard car gives two free spirits a love story and adventure of a lifetime.”
No one ever thought I would amount to much and the reality is that my life didn't really begin until someone pronounced me legally dead. ~ The Peace Love Car
What would it be like to live a life of true wanderlust?
A life where home is 28 square feet inside a 1988 Ford Festiva, and your days are filled with travel, teaching, and spectacular adventures. Meet Sam Salwei, Raquel Hernandez, and the Peace Love Car - two charmingly talented wanderers and their trusty (if quirky) steed.
The Peace Love Car is one-of-a-kind. A solar panel on the roof provides power for the fridge, the seats fold down into a bed, and the oven under the hood can cook you a perfect burrito. It custom-built shocks bear 1,500lbs of adventure gear with nary a squeak (OK, not true), and it has transported its occupants with moderate reliability across almost half a million miles of open road.
But friends, the Peace Love Car was in it's last days.
Due to a rusting unibody, the PLC had only about a year to live. As a final farewell, Sam and Raquel took the vehicle on a 45,000-mile tour of North America, crossing the continent 7 times and visiting all 49 states and most of Canada. Along the way they met an array amazing people and pushed their bodies (and relationship) to the limits in some of the most beautiful locations on Earth.
Here’s the thing - they filmed all of it…
Filmed in 2014, The Road to Wanderlust is a film about travel, love, communication and the unimaginable connection that arises on the open roads.
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[@user-vf6rv8iq2t]

Love festiva

[@ManuelMendez1]

Small cars are freedom.

[@Yogaslackers]

Yes they are! So easy to fix and very affordable to drive.

[@Growingup80s90s]

This is the greatest video ever.

[@Yogaslackers]

Thanks, this car and message has been a huge part of our life and we are happy the spirit of the #PeaceLoveCar can live on through this film. Thank you very much for taking a moment to drop a comment as creating this film took years and years of effort.

[@ianhoag5100]

Love it! "There's no need to give up on anything."

[@Yogaslackers]

Thanks Ian :)

[@JRBaltazar41]

Proving that anyone with the small purse and the big dream can have the adventure of a lifetime. Greetings from Taal, Batangas Ph.

[@Yogaslackers]

One of our most favorite lines of our film :)

[@JRBaltazar41]

@@Yogaslackers thank you for this wonderful film.

[@greggbagni]

most excellent!!! ack ack :::))

[@austinpetemo]

Great stuff. I need to go fix my festiva now...

[@Yogaslackers]

How's your Festival these days?

[@kendracharts3890]

Such wise teachings the Peace Love Car had for you two. Thanks for sharing those lessons learned with the rest of us.

[@wtfu812omg]

I miss my 89 festiva I went everywhere in it and did everything . camped traveled to Canada . Got laid in it(it can be done) if I could get that car back today I would I. A heart beat. Had that car almost a decade.

[@Meysias]

Great!

[@iAmMarchal]

Hey Sam and Raquel! Awesome meeting you today. Just watched this video it was so inspiring! We could all learn lessons from this. Mine is to be content in the place I am with the things I have and knowing happiness doesn’t have to come from things. I loved this. Hopefully we can catchup with you guys again while you are still in town. Marcus

[@Yogaslackers]

Hello Marcus! It was our pleasure to meet you! We had to run sooner than expected after the event. But we come to CO quite often. Hopefully we can catch up on our next visit.

[@yogabrent2138]

Glad to see you guys are doing so well. I met you both about 7 years ago in the Narita airport waiting to get on a plane to BKK...peace

[@Yogaslackers]

Oh cool! Hope we get to connect again!

[@crybabytv5715]

Heyy, I appreciate this video so much. I have a kia pride, which is the asian variant of this car. Everyone keeps telling me to let it go, but they do not understand the love I have for my car. I am now slowly restoring it. Safe travels!!

[@Yogaslackers]

We definitely understand the love for a classic micro car! And not wanting to let it go. We did had to move to a different vehicle, due to rust in the unibody. But... we kept the year! We now live and travel on a 1988 Mitsubishi Delica. Nothing wrong with 'old'.
Enjoy the restoration process and may your vehicle bring you many more years of joy.

[@golfguy25]

I love small cars too. I daily drive a 2010 Golf, and have always secretly wanted a Festiva, Chevrolet Sprint or Geo Metro

[@Yogaslackers]

It is a great car!

[@brycehuff]

“I Feel the distant echoes of wildness creaking in my bones. I Hear the resonance of freedom rumbling through my body.” ... ditto!

[@Yogaslackers]

Our editor Ben Fullerton, did such an amazing work. Those are his words. He managed to captured the essence of the Peace Love Car like no other.

[@SenileOtaku]

I wanted to see how you built the roof-rack. The only thing I wanted to see here. We had wanted to build one for one of our 6 Festivas we had over the years.

[@Yogaslackers]

We used electrical unistrut... Just welded it together and bolted it through the roof. Hopefully that helps.