ABOUT US
Why do we do this?​
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What started as reviving our dad’s old Bronco and going on a new adventure has become something of an addiction — we love the challenge of not only improving our own skills each year, but improving the Bronco’s performance and capabilities, too. Rallying in a vintage vehicle definitely added a whole other dimension to the rally, but we’ve been here for it. However, for our 5th year, we’ve decided to retire the Bronco and experience a whole new rally for ourselves in the 1991 Toyota Land Cruiser.
Like Rebelle founder Emily Miller always reminds us, “If it were easy, everyone would do it.”
ROCHELLE BOVEE
Team Position: Driver
Rochelle lives in Southern Oregon with her husband of 24 years, Joe, and their 4 kids - CJ, Colette, Callie, & Cohen - and two hairy pups named Poppet and Millie. A small business owner and substitute SPED assistant, she enjoys overlanding and off-roading, remodeling, woodworking, oil painting, photography, and graphic design. If the kids were for it, she’d be traveling the world, living the digital nomad life full time.
MELISSA VANDER WILT
Team Position: Navigator
Melissa lives in Costa Rica with her husband Damian, 12-year-old son Milo, a ginormous Maine Coone named FatCat, and an adopted street dog named Chewie. When not working on her first novel or slinging herbs in the village apothecary, she enjoys meditation, tarot, travel, listening to Taylor Swift incessantly, all things British and/or Harry Potter related, making art, river walks, birding, and drinking in a shady hammock, preferably while being fanned.