Josh and Steph
Our story
How two people with day jobs and a decent camera ended up filming the trips other people cut out of the video.
How this started
We got tired of the highlight reel
Most travel videos show the same five minutes of any trip: the drone shot, the sunset, the smoothie bowl. Not the 45 minute line for that smoothie bowl. Not the argument about whether we'd already driven past the trailhead twice.
So we started filming the whole thing, wrong turns included. That's usually the part people message us about.
The name
Why "short stories"
People ask about it a lot. It's not because our videos are short, some of the YouTube breakdowns run long. It's because every place, even the ones you've driven past a hundred times, has a story if you stop and look. A short story doesn't need a passport or a two week itinerary. It needs someone willing to actually stop the car.
What you'll actually see
A few of the moments that made the cut
- 01
The wildlife did not go as planned
We tried to get one cute walking shot through the jungle in Costa Rica. The drone nearly took out the canopy instead. It survived. Our dignity did not.
- 02
The phone that got away
Josh left his phone in a driverless Zoox in Las Vegas. Customer service pulled up the interior camera, found it wedged in the seat, and mailed it back.
- 03
The trail that wasn't really a trail
River crossings, a swim through a rock passage, and a hidden canyon on the La Leona waterfall hike in Costa Rica. Worth the wet shoes.
- 04
The day loop nobody warns you about
Mt. Carmel tunnel, a slot canyon, sand caves outside Kanab, and a cliffside sunset, all before dinner in southern Utah. Bring more water than you think.
Come along
New videos most weeks, new guides as we write them. Pick your format.