Taking family on the road for the long haul

(March 10, 2016) -- At one point, Stevie Trujillo, 40, described herself as a “high heels and manicures” kind of girl. Yet after getting laid off from her corporate sales job in 2009, the Venice, Calif., native decided to store the heels, ditch the nail salons, and take a breather from city life. She gave up her apartment and set off on a one-year road trip along the Pan-American Highway, which runs the length of North, Central, and South America, with her boyfriend, Tree.