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…
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…