This episode of the outside podcast is sponsored by Hydroflask, maker of beautifully designed, insulated bottles, cups, coolers, and a range of gear for your outdoor kitchen.

Hydroflask is also a company that believes every adventure starts with two simple words. Let's go!

The good news is that there are so many ways to get out there and get on the road.

Meet Shruthi. She and her husband Peter have been living and working in their Volkswagen van again since 2016.

So welcome to the van. This is Blitz. Our travels have taken us to Mexico, Canada, and all over the United States.

It's something that we've found that we need to thrive and really feel like we're living life to the fullest.

Peter says that the first rule of van life is there are no rules.

Don't overthink it. Just get the stuff that you think you'll need and get out there and try it.

That approach can have them venturing on the dirt roads. They get them to the open spaces they're after.

So we're in Southern California. A good thing to do is look at public lands or places where this first camping is allowed and then just go explore it.

After a day of driving, one of their favorite things to do is to get out their Hydroflask tumblers and mix cocktails for happy hour.

So we are making some margaritas. Margs have become kind of a staple until we run out of tequila and then that's probably it.

Usually do half a lime, double shot of tequila and then a single shot of controy and then ice.

Hydroflask wants you to get out there and enjoy yourself, just like Shruthi and Peter, which is why their vacuum insulated tumblers are designed to keep your drinks at the perfect temperature, no matter how long your happy hour stretches on.

Have a drink and enjoy the sunset, which is the real start of the show.

You can shop Hydroflask products for yourself or for the outdoor lovers on your holiday list this season at Hydroflask.com.

From outside magazine, this is the outside podcast.

If you've been paying attention at all to what's been happening in outdoor culture in recent years, you've seen a growing movement to make the trails and beaches and rivers and all the other beautiful places we love to play more diverse, equitable and inclusive spaces.

Maybe you've contributed to that change. Here at Outside, we've been trying to do our part and as a media company, one of the ways we do this is to tell stories about the people who are leading the charge.

And I gotta say, none of the people we've covered so far are quite like the women I want you to meet today.

I'm Ivy Lee with one e and this is Fogo, fear of going outside. Fogo is a nature show with the most reluctant host ever, which isn't saying much because most nature shows are hosted by reckless white men.

I am obsessed with those nature shows but they never ask the questions as indoor people want to know what's the difference between hiking and walking.

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