We chose to travel around the USA in a van not just for the convenience and ease of getting around but also because it’s very budget friendly. In the entire three months of travel (plus two months extra that we were in Vancouver) we only spent money on accommodation twice. Once at a hotel in…
Have you ever dreamed of living the van life? Back in 2017 when we sold everything we owned and moved to Canada we did just that! We spent 5 months living out of our self-converted campervan, Elvis. We still have him, and use him on vacations and weekend trips. I love him but I still…
In early 2017 we bought a van. And not just any van, this van was to become our home for the next 5 months as we traveled around the USA and moved to Vancouver. This post has been a long time coming and I’ve finally got down to writing about how we went from a…
If you’re beginning the process of converting a camper van to live in a van full time then you’ve probably wondered how you’re going to get some power. You might want to install a campervan fridge, have some funky lighting, get fancy and have a television, or, like us, just be looking for a way…
If you’re planning on living in a van full time then you’ll come across a winter. Perhaps you’re wondering “can you live in a camper in the winter?” Well, the answer is yes and unless you live somewhere that’s hot all year round that means you’re going to have to think about how to live…
If you’ve recently bought a van to turn into a camper van perhaps you’re wondering how you’ll make a camper feel like home. When we first bought our van, Elvis, he was full of metal shelving and not much else. It was hard to imagine getting him into a place where we could live in…
It’s been about 2 years since we bought Elvis the Van (how?!). We’ve crossed the USA the super long way round (see our USA road trip route here), over three months and then spent another 2 months living in him in Canada. Since we settled in Vancouver, we’ve taken him on trips all over BC…
If you’re planning to travel and live in a camper van and sleep for free then you can make it a whole lot easier by making your camper van stealthy. Our Elvis the van is pretty stealthy and I’d credit that to us being able to sleep for free every single night while we travelled across…
Over the course of our three months travelling across the USA we never paid for a campsite. Every night we found somewhere to sleep for free in our van. It’s not that hard to do the same when you know what to look out for. The longer you’re living in a van, the easier it…
Over the course of five months living in a van (our van Elvis), we narrowed down the items we consider to be van life essentials pretty quickly. This essential gear for van life helped us live comfortably without overpacking our van. We refined our camping and best vanlife accessories over the months and now we’ve…