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…
How About a Van Tour?
Finished! We finished the van build. It’s been four months of work and we are so excited to be done. We started this project knowing that it was a big project and we weren’t always sure that our skills could meet the task. We watched a lot of van build videos. For every step, we…
Vanlife Time (and I Add Up the Costs of the Build)
This is one of those posts like on a recipe blog, where someone tells you a long story before finally getting to the Lemon blueberry scone recipe. Except in our case, the recipe here is how much our van build cost us. When I was a kid, I spent as much time outside as I…
Van Go: Taking the Van for a Test Run
*Where we talk about camping which includes toilets Let’s go camping Last Friday, I woke up knowing we were going to take the van for a test run. We had contacted a nearby winery through Harvest Hosts (we have a membership) to see if any spots were available for camping. I told Will don’t worry…