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 […]
“The Powder Highway” has a pretty appealing ring to it, no? When we headed out on our #vanlife extended road trip, we booked it to Canada for the freshies. For the most part, our Canadian destinations were guided by the known powder spots. Below are some highlights and recommendations for the powder hounds and vehicle […]
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 […]
We have been on the road for about a month; though it feels much longer. In thinking up adjectives to describe the past month, I fail to find the ones that truly encompass the entirety of the experience. Exhilarating. Unsettling. Dreamy. Stunning. Expected. Unexpected. Cold. Annoying. Incredible. Fun. Exhilarating. Waterfall ice. There is so much […]
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 […]
During my freshman and junior years of college, I spent many a nights in the back of my Toyota Matrix . Feeling restless? Feeling stressed? Feeling over the Ugg and mini-skirt crowd from SoCal? I got in the car and drove, windows down, Ani DiFranco blasting, helping to sooth my angst-full young soul. I’d pull […]
