Here today, Vanagon tomorrow

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Nico Poggi and Lola Munilla stand smiling in front of their 1981 Volkswagen Kombi in the Pagosa Springs Visitor Center parking lot. Poggi and Munilla have been driving northbound to Alaska from Buenos Aires, Argentina, since Aug. 10, 2014. Nico Poggi and Lola Munilla stand smiling in front of their 1981 Volkswagen Kombi in the Pagosa Springs Visitor Center parking lot. Poggi and Munilla have been driving northbound to Alaska from Buenos Aires, Argentina, since Aug. 10, 2014.

“All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost.” — J.R.R. Tolkien.

Anywhere between Argentina and Alaska, one might find Nico Poggi and Lola Munilla, two vagabonds currently living out a road trip that will make you want to quit your day job.

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