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On the Dollar Tree's soy milk: You may want to check the ingredient list and nutrition panel. The last time I checked their soy "drink" it wasn't quite soy milk, though it had some soy milk in it. Instead, it had a much lower protein and other nutrient content than actual soy milk. But maybe...

Roadworthy, My sympathies to you and your family on the trouble you've had. Forgiveness is a very tricky and difficult thing. For many of us, myself included, the effort can often seem a fine line between noble, saintly, and self-empowering forgiving, on the one hand, and, on the other, the...

a45cap, Wow, I give you credit for not letting serious medical (and financial and other) issues defeat your ambition to live a life of travel. There are some other individuals on this forum who, like you, are courageously living on wheels despite all kinds of physical challenges. Good luck to...

Jamo, welcome to you. It sounds like you'll fit right in to this forum and group. Many people love those Toyota motorhomes, and have had great experience with them. I hope yours treats you well, too! T.

G'day to you NM. Welcome! It sounds like you have some experience with van dwelling, and can share your valuable input--as well as learn from the many experienced van-dwellers at this site. May these next months be productive and clarifying for you, as you prepare to hit the road again. T.

Welcome, Fabber. As others have indicated, you seem to have the hands-on skills that will come in very useful in building your rolling home. And a man of action like yourself, who gets things done, will undoubtedly achieve the goal of enjoying your travels in a nicely done conversion. And...

Van-Tramp, thanks for explaining the details relating to guns and their transport in CA. Your advice sounds right for me. I've been carrying for the past 15 years, and I'm inclined to maintain that freedom if at all possible. Most states allow for concealed (and some, even open) carry, and...

VanTramp, I'm enjoying the accounts of your travels, as well as the beautiful pictures. Question: If I remember correctly, somewhere you discussed firearms. One of the reasons I've sort of kept California off my potential itinerary is their strict gun laws. I'd be reluctant to leave my guns...

Hi Unity Gain, 'Nice job on the rough draft. That really can help a person visualize things in a way that pencil scribblings can't quite equal. What software did you use? I'll leave the van questions for those actually living in their vans to answer...but in looking at your draft I noticed...

Quick follow-up and clarification for word-lovers: Parallel word use is especially important when one introduces a set of words as a pair or a set. In the sentence referred to above, the author introduces a pair by saying ..."both" (followed, of course, by "possessor of an enchanted vastness but...

Owl: Yes, Thoreau was a passionate individualist, and the sentence you cite reflects this orientation vis-a-vis his view of government. I sympathize strongly with that approach. ATB: Okay, you've convinced me to buy the book. :) Her cumulative sentences, insightful and lyrical, with a good...

Mockturtle, As you may know, Thoreau lived in his cabin in the woods, on Emerson's land, for two years or so. Even during that time, he had a good number of visitors to his cabin, and he visited his family and friends in town fairly regularly, too. His experiment was never intended to be one of...

Nicole, thanks for the response on Velcro. Some of us, including moi, find sewing intimidating, so not having to sew on zippers is appealing. :) As to functionality, the only possible advantage I could see to Velcro is that it might be more hardy in absorbing the accidental bumps and jostling...

ATB: Thanks for the follow-up. Yes, the confluence of the snow metaphors, the Thoreau screen name, and now snow and cold in much of the country...is fun. Some of the most telling passages I've found from Thoreau come not from his book Walden, which, though excellent, was heavily crafted and...

Nicole (and/or others), By any chance, had you considered Velcro tape to affix the screens...but chose zippers over them for functional reasons? Or, does anyone have a basis for comparison on zippers vs. Velcro? Thanks

ATB, thanks for taking the time to share that extensive taste of the book. Ms. Solnit sounds like she can write quite lyrically. From the snippets shared, it seems that the book, content and style, is something of a mix between psychology, philosophy, and poetry--and sometimes uses...

Nicole, Thanks for elaborating on how you put the zippers on the screens. (And thanks for the generous offer of sending the unused zippers to another van-dweller. I'm not sure if that was directed at me, but since I'm not quite ready for my build, I wouldn't trouble you for that.) I also...

It's nice in a lot of ways... I like the fold-down Ikea desk, the sliding closet doors, the loft, etc. On the other hand, it cost them $35,000 (yikes!) and they pay $500 a month for rent (which does include utilities)...which is not better than one can pay for a tiny apartment of that size. So...

Very nice work! Question: The screens look like they'll be very helpful... How did the zippers get on them? Did you do that yourself? If so, how? And if not, where does a person get screen material with zippers? Thanks

Hi CaseyC, Yes, the Sawyer filter seems like a good deal: Inexpensive, filtering out smaller particles than even far more expensive competitors, and with a very long life, too. (Reviews say that it can also be screwed on to many bottles, including a 2-liter soda bottle...that would be used as a...