The Greatest Road Trip on Earth
What: Live performance with stunning photography, dramatic video and lively storytelling.
When: Monday, April 21, 2025 at 7 PM
Where: Arkansas School for Math, Science and the Arts, Rainey Room
Peter and Kathy Holcombe, known as Famagogo on YouTube, set out in August 2023 on an audacious journey to traverse the Americas in their Winnebago Revel 4x4 Sprinter van. This dynamic duo didn’t even make it to the starting line before disaster struck in Deadhorse, Alaska. A broken axle waylaid their plans for almost a week as they struggled to replace an axle on the side of the road in the arctic tundra, while being stalked by a curious grizzly bear. From there they drove almost 35,000 miles across North, Central and South America before reaching their ultimate destination of Ushuaia, Argentina in February 2025, marking this one of the most ambitious family overlanding adventures documented on YouTube.
Join the Holcombes as they recount highlights of their travels along the PanAmerican Highway, showcasing stunning landscapes, cultural encounters, and the challenges of long-term and remote overland travel. This performance features lively storytelling intermingled with cinematic aerial footage and breathtaking photography that tells the story of their heart-stopping adventures across the Americas, such as exploring the rugged, high mountain peaks of the Cordillera Blanca in Peru, escaping a dire entrapment in a salty quagmire on the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia (the largest salt flat in the world), or spending an afternoon with penguins at the end of the earth in Ushuaia, Argentina. Along the way, the Holcombes experienced broken bones, breathtaking scenery, and extraordinary people. Buckle up and hang on as Famagogo brings you along on the greatest road trip on earth!