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I am 26. I have Facebook and internet access regularly. Also looking for fellow millennial van dwellers to meet up with. I am hoping to start shooting some documentary style video's covering the van dwelling lifestyle. Find me at www.jbigsmedia.com I would be happy to be in contact.

Hey Cyndi. Thanks for the heads up. I don't plan on spending the winter here. I would like to be done and out of here by November. It's kind of open ended on the job spectrum here. I have the option to stay if I wish or at any moment I can give them a heads up and they will start looking of my...

Hey Fizz, I am back and forth between NYC and Norwalk CT. I don't know where you are in CT but if you're close by, get in touch with me and I'd love to come see a fellow van dweller and check out your rig etc. Find me at www.jbigsmedia.com. I have contact info there as well. Best.

UPDATE ALL: I have successfully installed my 100W solar panel. I'll be honest trying to read up and understand everything electrical can get really confusing and overwhelming. I basically followed the pictures and put the right wires where they need to go. The hard part is knowing wether you...

Hey Jim, Where would be a good place to write updates regarding my adventures? I keep a blog online, but for this website where does on post beyond the new comers corner?

Hey all! I'm posting in here cause I consider myself a new comer still. I've been keeping a blog about my journey into the van life at www.godgoneviral.wordpress.com  Currently I picked up a job in NYC, the first month and a half they had me traveling out of town for 4 weeks, so I didn't even...

Thank you Shawna. I am really inspired by seeing people able to live off of 500 a month or so and being able to do that personally is very appealing to me.

Thanks PhotoGal, do you travel and shoot a lot of pictures then?

Hey All, I posted on here like 8 months ago, but got caught up with life and hadn't really had a chance to hit the road. I recently quit my job working part-time at a News Station. I was wanting to move to NY or LA to work in the television industry as a production assistant, which pays about...

I will have to check out the Captain's log. I would certainly like to make a note of my journey's. Most recently I drove down to shoot some video for a church in West Virginia. So I might check out that Captain's log as a place to document my Journey. I did feel free. I love being on the road...

Hey ya'll I recently flew from Detroit to Houston and back. Being from Cleveland, I decided this would be a good time to take the van up and test it out for sleeping. My flight got in to detroit last night around midnight. After a long wait at the baggage claim, and then shuttle to off-site...

Thanks Theadyn, I've heard there are a few other Production assistants who have done the same thing. So at least I know I'm not out here alone, but it is fun reading through the forums. I'm hoping I'll meet a few of you fellow van dwellers and see some great conversions in person. I learn...

Hey OffGrid!  You mean you don't need an inverter when using a 12v battery? How do I go about plugging in my laptop and phone then? I plan on running some cabling from the alternator to the battery in the very near future. Obviously that is the best and cheapest way and probably an easy...

The van is much more comfortable to sleep in than the car. I don't see the advantage of test running a trip living out of my car. That doesn't sound comfortable or seem useful. I can take the van out and test run off the van and I get the added comfort, plus the van is my intended long term...

Hey Rollin,  Thanks! It is a sturdy beast, with sweet a comfy captains chair and a fold down bed to boot.  I do have a personal vehicle, but it does not lend itself to sleeping in due to its dodge neon like size.  I had thought about doing the 12v and keeping it charged via the van running...