When you’re traveling by the seat of your pants — as our campground neighbor from Ontario called it — you’re in for curve balls. This photo of Lake Palourde, Louisiana best captures the essence of our recent moods We were driving on a dark, dirt road alongside a levee in the middle of nowhere when we finally got to Lake… Read more →
How do you cook (more than Cup o’ Noodles) when you live in a van? Let us begin by saying that Googling “camping meals” and related search terms is a waste of time. Because everyone will suggest either a) cooking a grand feast in your full kitchen, freezing it, and reheating at your campsite, or b) making something in a… Read more →
Surprise 1: We’re showering every day. Before setting out, we were mentally preparing for going two or three days at a time without showering. (Not a joke!) In reality, we’ve only gone one day without a shower. We wanted to get the hell out of a creepy RV park, so we literally just woke up and drove off. Showers have been free and… Read more →
This past week, Red Delicious was parked in front of a rustic Airbnb cabin on the edge of downtown Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. The city changed its name in 1950 when the popular quiz show, Truth or Consequences, announced it would air from the first city to change its name. To the east is Turtleback Mountain, rising up… Read more →
On our first night camping, it rained. On our second night, we left out Holly’s half-chewed, stinky bully stick. That’s when we realized we needed to plan for smells in the van. This is only our third night camping; we’ve been visiting family throughout California before heading east. I’m writing this from a campground on the bank of the Colorado… Read more →
Unlike our time in Latin America, Chris and I will be freelancing consistently while on the road. As a result, there are additional logistics we need to consider as “digital nomads.” Digital nomads are individuals who leverage telecommunications technologies to perform their work duties, and more generally conduct their lifestyle in a nomadic manner. (Wikipedia) Here are the three big… Read more →
This morning we headed over to U-Haul and had a hitch installed on our van. We got a 2-inch receiver — not a ball hitch. This is by far our biggest expense besides the van itself: approx. $200 for the hitch and installation. Chris ordered the parts online and the installation took 30 minutes at our local U-Haul. Now we need… Read more →
In January 2015, we begin our next adventure: traveling North America by van. The idea first came to us in June. Chris and I had just arrived in Tulum for the last leg of our one-year sabbatical. We’d spent a lot of time in big cities, and were excited to be in a relaxed, tropical paradise. It was nighttime, and our earlier conversation was… Read more →