The Loneliest Road This past week, we published 2 Vlogs highlighting our time crossing Nevada on Highway 50, also known as the loneliest road in America. You can watch the first one here. On that drive, we really had a good time, but we also kept running into the problem that everything was closed. Most…
Category: vanlife
Dealing with Cold Weather in the Van
With Fall comes colder weather. And that means if we want to keep traveling, we need a few strategies. Our plan for October and November is traveling towards warmer places but also having some necessary cold weather upgrades. When we left, it was summer, everything was on fire, on we were dealing with managing 100…
Visiting Yellowstone in 2 Days
One of the places we wanted to visit, that prompted the eastbound direction of travel in our second month, was to visit Yellowstone National Park. We didn’t know much about Yellowstone other than what you see a lot of people share: Old Faithful and Bison. For example, we did not know that Yellowstone is 4…
Where to Sleep on the Road
We are in month two of life on the road so we thought we’d share more about what we’ve learned about places to park at night while on the road. We’ve done almost every place vanlifers have done except for Walmart or Cracker Barrel. It seems pretty common for vanlife folks to stay in Walmart…
Star Gazing in the Dark Sky Reserve
Idaho isn’t exactly a place on most people’s bucket lists. In fact, when we tell people we are in Idaho, some of the comments we get include jokes about potatoes. But Idaho is on the way east towards Yellowstone, Glacier National Park, and more. We knew we were going to drive through the state. So…
Vanlife in the Northern Cascades National Park
One thing that is different between me and my husband is that I am not an extrovert. But it doesn’t mean that I don’t like talking to people. I do. But usually like 2 at a time and about big ideas and serious topics. I don’t like small talk and I don’t like big groups…
West Coast Best Coast?
We are back in Washington this week for work (specifically Will’s work). But we just wrapped up driving 3000 miles on the west coast through California, Oregon, and back to Washington. And some of the spots we camped were amazing and some we don’t want to go back to (I am thinking of you Southern…
Week 3 of Vanlife: Was this a bad idea?
We are on week 3 of living in a van and we are starting to get the hang of some parts of it. But vanlife is for sure an adjustment. This week, we headed into Oregon but changed our plans because of wildfires and smoke inland. We decided to stick to the coast. We also…
Gratitude
Have you ever noticed how much time you imagine you will have in the future? When I have an upcoming vacation, I imagine I’ll have time for everything. I always think I will have time to sleep in, work out, read books and go sightseeing. And then when I am actually on vacation, I don’t…
Life on the Road: First Impressions
Last week, we headed South in our newly finished campervan conversion. It was a bit of a grueling journey because the first leg of our trip was going to California to help our youngest move. In one week, we’ve slept in almost every possible way you can. We camped by the ocean, official campground, stealth…