Hello again my friend! Mikey is here with another blog post :)
Thanks for coming back and checking in today. This is going to be a little insight into van travel and buying a van to travel in.
You might be interested in downsizing your life and seeing more of the world. With travel being a little restrictive lately you could also be thinking about traveling around in the country you live in. That is something we all can do.
The truth is that most think it is extremely difficult and very costly. I am here to tell you it is actually a lot easier than you think. If you have never thought about traveling before or if you can't imagine being without all that furniture and stuff in your house then this might be a stretch for you.
It took us a good 8-12 months to downsize and a little longer to get completely into the minimal life phase of what we are doing. It is a process but you can do it if you really want to.
Why van travel? What happened to RV travel?
For the first few years we were in our 32 foot travel trailer going around the United States and seeing some amazing sights. We actually did a lifetime of traveling and saw some amazing things just in our first year!
Fast forward just a little bit after that and we wanted to downsize to something smaller to travel around in. At first we thought we wanted to go bigger and then when we really thought about it one of the biggest factors was that we wanted to go see an stay at amazing spots that are normally very difficult to fit a big trailer or fifth wheel in to.
That is why we decided to do the van thing, First we were thinking of buying a camper van and saw how expensive they could be, or how old they were and then we saw people buying all different kinds of vans and building them out to meet their needs.
Here is a quick video about the day we picked up our van:
It was a long yet exciting process for sure! Even when we bought the van we knew we had a good amount of work ahead of us yet we were so excited about the process. There will always be hurdles to get over and challenges along the way no matter what you do in life and that is how this process was. It was a lot of learning as you go, making decisions, and hard work as far as building goes. It was fun to work together and create something that feels like a home.
This has been an exciting time all around from day 1 to today traveling in the van and it becoming more and more of a home on wheels. Her name is Rosie and she has taken us on so many adventures and we truly love her inside and out.
Here is what the first day looks like when we started stripping the inside:
1. Where do you want to go?
2. How do you want to get there?
3. How much stuff are you attached to in your current life?
After a little while we decided we really wanted to go more minimal and be able to see all the little nooks of this beautiful country. Maybe you want to do the same thing, maybe you are in a different country and would like to do the same thing. Figuring out exactly what you want to see and how you want to do it is the biggest step.
Maybe you don't want to do it full time and you just want to get away for a little bit, that is something you need to consider as well. You don't have to do what we are doing you can easily travel any way you would like.
One other thing you might be thinking about is C19 and restrictions. All I can say on that is you have nothing to worry about as far as traveling the country goes. Again, we are in the US so have a pulse on what's going on where you live. There are some restrictions with C19 and we have been able to travel without any problems, it's actually easier to get places because most people aren't traveling now anyway.
Here are some pics of the first phase of our van. We have since added a few things to it and put some finishing touches on it as well.
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