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If you are not one for campgrounds and if you have off-grid capacity, I'd suggest Cabela's stores, Cracker Barrels, and TxDOT Safety Rest Stops.  With the latter, they generally allow overnight parking as long as you are not conspicuously camping and there is no suspicious activity (such as...

Declared value, AND, full-timer RV policy on our van.  If you use your van for anything other than pure occasional vacation travel, then you may not be covered if something happens when (for instance) you are driving it to and from your job.  This is the case with many conversions - people often...

Yes.  One of the other forum users whose Sea Eagle kayak developed dry rot purchased one of those.  He responded to the situation by going high-end, and I responded by going low-end.  Those Orus are megabucks!  Up to $2,500.  I figured I'd wait to see how they held up over the long term before...

This is the first forum I've encountered that disallows blog links.  I wonder how folks communicate the full range of their DIY solutions? It does appear to allow photographs.  Here's a pic of the van roof carrier I designed to hold my inflatable kayak.  It is sewn out of tarp material.  The...

I did my roof earlier this year with Bus Kote.  So far, I've been pretty pleased with the results.  Blog post describing roof prep and application (removed by Moderator per New Poster rules)

I do NOT recommend the more expensive inflatable kayaks unless they have been proven to stand the test of time.  I had a Sea Eagle that developed dry rot and had to be tossed.  Reading other user forums, I discovered I wasn't the only person who experienced this. After losing an expensive kayak...

In remote areas, I use the largest-size Kelly Kettle (Base Camp in stainless steel) to boil water which I then use to heat a two-gallon silicone bucket of water (I use the Infusion Living collapsible silicone and stainless steel bucket... expensive but I've learned the hard way that cheap...