We had grand plans of posting a lot more (or at all!) last summer once we moved into the van and headed to Alaska, but our summer didn’t turn out quite as we had expected. We experienced a lot of unforeseen challenges on the road, particularly having to do with drastic changes in both of our (previously very stable) employment. Throughout the summer, Nic was working 50-hour weeks in addition to interviewing with various companies, and we were driving a…
We talked a lot about camping over Labor Day weekend, but we didn’t want to battle the crowds. However, when we woke up Sunday morning we decided that going on a spontaneous camping trip for the night sounded a lot more fun than doing yard work. We loaded up the van, filled up the propane, bought some groceries, and headed out. We decided to check out a spot about 60 miles northwest of our house in Nephi. It seemed small…
As I lay awake at 2 am, listening to the howling wind, the rain slamming down on the van, and the drip of water leaking in through the roof, I seriously questioned our sanity. Could we really spend the better part of a month living in a van? This was our first night sleeping in the van, and so far it was not going well. We arrived at the KOA in Reno just as the rain started. Luckily, Nic and…