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By "high country" I assume you mean "cooler temperatures"? Unfortunately Bob Well's official Caravans, which were awesome, were disbanded in March 2020 due to the SARS-Cov-2 scare and haven't started back up yet. The original Caravan resources, however, are archived and still available (i.e...

LERCA, I think you said your first name is Lisa but please correct me. I loved Orchard Supply Hardware. My local OSH (Bay Area, CA) just vanished one afternoon a few years or so ago (2018?). That is one of the reasons I built a van and fled California in 2019. Sears and Penny's - same story. I...

I just saw that national gym chain 24 Hour Fitness has filed for bankruptcy, which will affect many of us. https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2020/06/15/24-hour-fitness-bankruptcy-carmichael-manteca-stockton-closing/ The article is out of Sacramento, CA and it says that at least three of...

Why do they want to leave their fingerprint on my van?

I don't have a Sprinter but my CA plates have been risky for me to display. I was confronted by two men in March of this year near Parker NV because of them: https://vanlivingforum.com/showthread.php?tid=39774 I don't want CA plates. Unfortunately the Pahrump, NV DMV is still closed due to...

I really liked Bob's June 8, 2020 video with Sally who taught us about about natural, and healthy, cleaning products. I want to know much more details about Sally's "potions" (my word, not hers). Sally, if you read this thread then I'd like to see your three bottles used "in action". For...

There are two costs I considered: 1) price 2) privacy I found that privacy was proportional to price; I could get more privacy with a higher price and less privacy with a lower price. For example, gmail is free in terms of price but expensive in terms of the privacy I would have to give up to...

The only time I've worn a mask is when I entered a business that asked me to, but most haven't asked.

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Me too - hopefully I'll have given them some good stories to tell about me.

I had five jobs over many, many years after graduate school before saving enough to build a van and hit the road. I was fired from three of those jobs because of my attitude toward my boss. I couldn't help myself. Being fired was scary. It both sucked and was awesome. I learned that I had...

I was hoping for a discussion of what my peers did from their experiences. I was a Bob ant, and mostly loved it. Now I am a Bob wolf, and mostly love it more. There is a thread from outdoorcamogirl asking how, and when, to make the pivot. That thread is women-only guys, which is why I was...

Bob asked this question on Memorial day 2020. I don’t have a YouTube account to participate in Bob’s video comments, so I wonder what you think? I had to do the things Bob admonished before van life in order to save for my current life on the road. [video=youtube]

This was the purpose of the Caravans that Bob Wells created. Unfortunately the organizers shut them down in late March due to SARS-Cov-2 and have not yet announced their reopening plan. The Caravans are how I got started - they are awesome. I camped with them many times and they showed me the...

I dig a cat hole for pooping, and pee squatting/standing. I will never go back to anything else. I originally bought a $1K "Nature's Head" composing toilet for my van that I never use. What a waste of currency. If you ever meet me (some of you have) you would never guess in a million years "no...

Great post abnorm! Thank you. The descriptions with pictures helps me a lot. I like all of the thought you put into your cats comfort. I too am in a Ford Transit High Roof Extended so I can try some of your mods.

I built my van around my cat and traveled with her until she died. Bob posted a recent video "Traveling With Cats" that offered advice from another cat vandweller. Some of the advice I followed and some I did not follow. If you are also a cat vandweller, I’d like to know your thoughts on the...

The waterbricks do not give off a taste, and I use them only for drinking water.

I use waterbrick. [video=youtube] I have several of their 3.5 gallon size in translucent blue. I like them because they stack flat and interlock with one another, and they fit perfectly under all of the desert water kiosks when filling. They are very rugged. I have dropped them a few times...

I use the Thermapen MK4. They are not cheap, but everything I grill is perfect. [video=youtube]