Recent content by Perridox

Welcome! We started in our converted van (a low top Ford e350) about 6 month ago. Better to do it now than wish you had, right? Hope your transition to van living is a smooth one.

Welcome! We are new to van living too, but had spent many years tent camping. I echo what others have said-- try it out first. Even with years of tent and backpacking experience, it took us some time to figure out how to organize and live in a van (still learning this...) but having the basics...

This is great advice! I aspire to be this minimal! Right now we have a milk crate each for tops and also one each for pants, small backpacks for everyday gear and backpacking ones for overnights... I thing we have double everything you mentioned :( but we are working on it! I agree the...

This is super a helpful way to think about it. We are lucky to have a cedar storage closet in our garage that we can use while we have renters in our house this year. Mostly it is sentimental stuff. ... But I am also grabbing all kinds of extra doodads as we pack up-- more duct tape, more...

This is a GREAT idea!

Great discussion! We decided not to spend too much time, energy and money on insulation on our e350 passenger van. We wanted to keep the windows and plan to follow good weather as much as we can. We have our backpacking sleeping bags for really cold nights and our maxxair ceiling fan works GREAT...

Thanks for your response, Tony! This is exactly the sort of thing I am trying to learn. We are in the process of packing up our house and donating almost everything to the local thrift stores. We found we needed very little when we did our shakedown but are now second guessing everything. We...

Time to fix that broken right vent so that it closes.... :(

Wise advice! As we get rid of all our stuff and pack up the van over the next few weeks, I will try to keep that in mind so we don't end up with more stuff than we need (always an issue for me). Perri

I would love to learn more about how you manage your mobile greenhouse-- this sounds fantastic! Perri

Yikes! We are brand new to van life and one of my biggest worries is exactly this-- mice! I'm not squeamish about much, but mice in a confined space with me? Ugh! We have a spray bottle of peppermint oil that we spray on the tires before going to bed (Truthfully, have only done this in spots...

This site has been a source of information for us for years and now we are finally ready to take the plunge and say Hi! We are starting full time in our self-built Ford Econoline Van at the end of this month! Our 1 month summer shakedown trip taught us a lot about organizing the van and...

Welcome EB! We are also working on our van-- an e350 extended. Almost finished and excited to try a summer "shake down" trip... wondering which parts of our build might actually shake down. We plan to be fully on the road by September. Perri