Even though we left Denver a few days ago, yesterday felt like the beginning of our trip as we drove West on I-80 out of Salt Lake. We were heading across Nevada, and it was going to be a long day of driving. It would also be the first time I ever drove the van. Nic’s been trying to get me to drive it ever since we got it, but I always said, “I’ll learn to drive it in Nevada.”…
She’s a beaut, huh? This is her good (aka less rusted) side. A few months ago we purchased this beauty, a 1982 VW Vanagon Westfalia. I knew it was meant to be when I discovered that the van and I share a birth year, although this means we’ve had to make a few upgrades (31-year-old crusty curtains can be pretty gross). She’s fully equipped with two beds, a sink, a two-burner stove, a fridge, and limitless possibilities. Although she smokes like a beast…
When Nic and I first got engaged in Peru in the summer of 2011, our first thought was to get married in Mexico on 12/21/2012. Nic had read a book full of essays about the supposed “apocalypse” date and discovered that rather than an end of the world, it’s likely that the Mayans viewed this date as a beginning of a new phase of life. We really appreciated this view of a new beginning and thought it would be great…