Nature is everywhere, surrounding us, affecting us, all the time. Living in our Bus, we can’t escape it’s incessant, magnificent pull. It is both a gift and a curse living in such close proximity to nature – but a gift it truly is.
Browsing: Vanlife
In our modern world, television screens are everywhere. Vanlife conveys freedom in many ways, but the absence of TV is one its less-known nuances.
Travel is not about the miles. It is about growing as people, experiencing things you would never have been able to had you stayed at home, meeting people who are different from you. This week is our first official ‘vanniversary’ – we have been on the road for six months. In that time, we have come over 15,000 miles, and spanned the line from north to south on one very large continent.
I spent my college years studying to become a teacher. Now, my studies are radically different, revolving around engines, mileage, and car parts.
Giving and sharing is a common theme in the vanlife community, a spirit that we felt with special intensity at a recent vanlife-gathering: Descend on Bend.
As you miss the fellowship of those back home, your fellow vanlifers become an important ingredient to life on the road.
We travel the American continents in our VW Bus, and we also live in it. But what is it like to live in a car? What is the culture behind the hashtag #vanlife? And how do we find a place to camp every night?
Welcome to our house. It’s pretty small, and it rolls around a lot. It has three floors: an upper level, a ground floor, and a basement. It also has many different rooms – a sun room, a semi-detachable kitchen, two bedrooms that each sleep two, a library, and a living and dining room. I’m sorry, but we don’t have a bathroom. If you need to go, feel free to just step outside, or we can make a more civilized pit stop, if that’s what you prefer. Please, come in. I’ll give you the grand tour.