Congratulations! You bought a big empty cargo van- now where do you start? You’ve already checked out all the vanlife options, and know what you’ll need to buy for the conversion– but staring at the empty shell, where do you start? When chatting with other vanlifers, we get a lot of questions about how to […]
If you’ve decided you want a conversion van but aren’t sure what type of van to choose or how to convert it, this post lays out some of the options. After exploring different options for living on the road, we chose to convert a utility van- mainly driven by the ability to save money on […]
When we decided we wanted to live on the road, we didn’t understand our options- but along the way have learned about some of the fast or cheap ways to hit the road. This overview may help you decide how you want to get going. #MidsizeSedanLife: Sleep out of your current car. With a fold-down […]
Over the last year and a half we’ve spent countless hours wandering through the aisles of hardware stores or poring over technical specs of online retailers. The following is a rough list of what actually made it into our van over the course of converting our 2005 158” wheelbase T1N Sprinter van. The van came […]
I’ve spent the past few weeks researching cameras, and finally bought a Sony a6000 – and am completely in love with it. Here are some resources for your own research, if you’re considering the same type of purchase. With a big summer of trips coming up, I knew that I wanted to get a better […]
I recently mounted a pair of Dynafit Speed Superlite bindings (original version prior to 2015-2016 model year; not V2.0), and wanted to share my notes from the process, as I found very few resources online for do-it-yourself mounting at home. Feel free to contact me with additional suggestions. Mounting these tech race bindings requires much greater […]
Hike your own hike. I enjoy planning for big trips- but in hindsight I realize that I could have invested less time and stress in preparations, and still had just as much fun. Many hikers do little or no preparation, and once I hit the trail I realized that all of my planning and structure […]
Backpack: I hike ultralight, and am a fan of frameless packs- I brought the lightest backpack I knew of at the time, the Gossamer Gear G4 (14oz). It took some time to get used to organizing all of my gear using the pockets, but I came to like the simplicity and love the comfort, even carrying […]
The following posts are from my trail blog of my four-month hike on the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada. Hike your own hike. The following entries will offer perspectives developed from my experience on the trail, but my experience is limited to the gear I carried, the year in which I hiked, and […]
