I can’t understate how terrifying and isolating Manhattan was in March and April 2020. During that spring, 1 of every 300 New Yorkers died of COVID. Thoroughfares were deathly still except for the blare of ambulance sirens. Morgue trucks parked on Manhattan streets, and a tent hospital sprang up in Central Park. Midtown was deserted […]
The most frequent question I get is “How do you stay connected to the internet while traveling and working from the road?” This post will be a living document to answer that, and will evolve as I have time and more insights. In general, staying connected has been easier than I expected/feared, and I haven’t […]
“What should we see and do while we’re here?” It’s a dangerous question, filled with hope and naiveté. When we arrive in a place we often know little more than its name- but within a day we’ve gotten a variety of locals’ tips on things to do, sights to see, routes to climb, restaurants to […]
When we’ve fallen in love with a place, it’s as much about the people we’ve met as about the scenery we’ve seen: a half-hour of conversation with a long-time local can teach you more about a new town than two days of wandering its streets and trails. Because of this, and to help get outside […]
In the last two weeks we’ve driven from stormy British Columbia to sunny California, transitioning from winter to summer along the way. The increases in temperature have meant changes to our lifestyle, measured in van terms: -5F: Engine starts on first try 0F: The interior metal surfaces form dew, not frost 10F: Don’t need to […]
You live in a van? Do you have a bathroom and a shower? Where do you park? How do you fit everything you need into a van? Many questions come up the moment we share with friends or strangers that we are living out of a self-converted Sprinter van. No, we do not have a […]
The snow chills my back as I squint up into the guts of the van, once again looking for something wrong. This morning we’ve fixed the plumbing (again) and are now dealing with a diesel heater that’s leaving black soot on the ground outside and stinking up our cabin. This isn’t the #vanlife of countless […]
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 […]
