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Hi Fluffhead :-D I don't know that I would've changed the order on anything. It worked out pretty well the way I did it. I'm sure that after a certain point (the wires for vent fan and lights, insulation, wall panels, and floor) it didn't matter much what order I did things in. Here are a few...

Keep in mind that different Makes of vans have different widths. I believe the Dodge vans are wider than Chevy or Ford. (I'm talking the normal style cargo vans that the big 3 all made up until the last few years). I'm 5'10". I have an inch of insulation on each wall, and I still have a few...

Then we went to the beach! There’s a really nice beach in Oswald

HIKING We went for a hike in Oswald West State Park - on the Falcon Cove trail. It was a pretty nice trail with very nice views at the end.

CAMPING WITH FRIENDS My friends (an old college buddy and his wife) came out for the weekend. We went to the beach near the campsite in the morning, and my buddy didn’t change from the warm clothes he’d slept in. :-D

MANZANITA

--------------------------------- Northern Oregon Coast --------------------------------- Well, I’ve made it to the coast! I drove out west from Portland to go on a hike with a guy I know from the internet. He took me along a river he fishes regularly. We did quite a bit of wading through the...

We also went to another lake. The name escapes me. This one was just a few minute’s hike form the F.S. road. It’s a wonderful place to spend a day. After my friends headed back, I explored a bit more. I went up another FS road and found more of the same - no good campsites. There...

-------------------------------------------------------- OLYMPIC NATIONAL FOREST -------------------------------------------------------- I went out to Olympic National Forest for a weekend of camping and hiking with my friends from Seattle. I drove out there on a Friday morning, and they...

HANGING OUT IN SEATTLE Then I spent a week on my own hanging out in various Seattle neighborhoods. I really like Seattle. It has some normal nice aspects cities can like being in good shape, relatively clean, feeling safe, having young people, etc. But one thing I really liked is that it...

---------------------------------- SEATTLE ---------------------------------- A WEEK WITH AN OLD FRIEND An old friend of mine from college live in a suburb south of Seattle with his wife, toddler, and purse dog. I spent a week hanging out with them / at their house. It was great seeing my old...

Yep, fountain pens. I use the wooden box (that my dad made maybe 30 years ago) to carry my pen stuff

I just don't consider eating out an option. Having a refrigerator and stove in the van are critical for me. I've found rotisserie chickens are a nice way for me to have meat that is pretty cheap and that I don't have to cook. For the times I want to eat something quickly and without cooking...

Next up: Seattle. I'll be there for two weeks to visit an old friend and his wife and bum around the city. Those two weeks have actually came and went and I've left Seattle. I'll get around to that post pretty soon.

On Sunday, my last day there, I went for a hike up the trailhead that starts right by the campsite. It went up to this lake. Can’t remember the name.

CAMPING NEAR LAKE WENATCHEE I drove into Leavenworth and stopped at the Ranger/Visitors station to ask about camping spots. Leavenworth is a very touristy town with an old German theme. In some parts of the town, every single building was build in the same style and follows a consistent design...

DRIVING FROM SPOKANE TO  LEAVENWORTH WA I’d decided to drive a lot and pass quickly through a lot of area in order to get to Seattle without stopping in a different place each night. Here’s the route I took. The drive from Lakeview to Coulee City was the best part by far.

Thanks for sharing that. Yeah. I feel like I'm missing and skipping an incredible amount of things. I believe that will be one of the things that I will play around with and that might not ever feel entirely right: how long to stay in a single campsite, in a region, etc? At what point have you...

Thanks Vsession, Muddy, and Whitey. @Whitey - all my recent bikes had modern road brakes that worked really well. The disc brake are nice though. Yes, I've learned a ton from the ERE book, blog, and forums. Their forums have some incredibly smart, intuitive, and well-spoken regulars. Also many...

------------------------------------------------ NEW BIKE ------------------------------------------------       DRIVING TO SPOKANE   After camping in Shoshone, I drove back to West Yellowstone.    Leaving my campsite:     I had some mail there. I had also ordered a new micro SD card for my...