Midland Radio

This week, a powerful coastal storm hits southern Spain just as we realize something serious: our Schengen 90-day limit is almost up. For Canadians and Americans traveling in Europe, the Schengen Area allows only 90 days within any 180-day period — and overstaying can mean fines, travel restrictions, or future entry bans. With time running out, we pack up and begin a 2,000 km drive north from Gibraltar through Spain and into France, aiming for the ferry to England before our deadline expires. Along the way, we pass through: • Flooded farmland after severe Spanish storms • Bordeaux and the quiet French countryside • The English Channel crossing toward Dover We navigate rain without a functioning driver-side wiper, monitor the weather constantly, and push long hours behind the wheel — because missing our exit window simply isn’t an option. This episode explores overland travel logistics in Europe, the realities of the Schengen 90/180 rule, and the history carried along this ancient corridor once traveled by pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago. This week’s episode is brought to you by OnX Offroad — the app we use back home in the U.S. to plan our overland routes. If you’re building your own adventure, use promo code EFRT for 20% off. If you enjoy thoughtful overland travel, European road trips, history, and real-world travel logistics, consider subscribing. We post a new adventure every week. And in the meantime… we’ll see you down the road. 👇 Subscribe for weekly episodes of real-time overland adventure. @EpicFamilyRoadTrip ❤️ Thank you to our Patreon family—your support makes this journey possible. 🔗 Join here: https://bit.ly/2BLoYNb ☕ Drink EFRT Coffee: www.efrtcoffee.com 👕 Wear EFRT Gear: www.efrtstore.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🚐 Friends of EFRT: ROSSMÖNSTER BAJA – https://bit.ly/TheBAJA GLOBAL RESCUE – https://bit.ly/GR-EFRT ONX OFFROAD – https://bit.ly/ONXoffroad MIDLAND RADIO – https://bit.ly/MIDLAND_EFRT OK4WD – https://bit.ly/OK4WD_EFRT ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📺 More EFRT Content: Peter Jr's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCI3yQR-jkgoQLARqyZTi2MQ Dan's Channel: https://youtube.com/@UC3ZVMlcik4Ahv12FlY3UPAA Caroline & Matt: https://www.youtube.com/@CarolinevSKimberly ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🧰 Gear & Affiliates: • Cabin Depot — $20 off with code EFRT: https://www.thecabindepot.ca/efrt • Harvest Right Freeze Dryers: https://bit.ly/3VTWYRG • Fjällräven Clothing: https://bit.ly/Fjallraven_EFRT • DJI Drones + Power: https://bit.ly/DRONES_EFRT • Lodge Cast Iron: https://cabelas.xhuc.net/EFRT • 67 Designs Mounts: http://www.67d.com/epic • KC Hilites — Use code "EPIC FAMILY": http://www.kchilites.com • Striker Flotation Gear: https://bit.ly/Striker_EFRT ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔖 Hashtags #overlandtravel #truckcamperlife #campershipping #emptynestadventures #coasttocoast #europetravelprep #fulltimerv #adventureawaits #OverlandingEurope #LakeCamping #EFRT