Our van, Steven, is a 2014 Ford Econoline e350 xlt passenger van. It has a 5.4 liter, 8 cylinder gas engine and gets about 14 miles per gallon. We bought from some friends who used it on their maple syrup farm. We found Steven through sheer luck (or perhaps fate) when our friends stopped by… More Crazy Brave Little Van: How We Found Our Perfect Van Life Vehicle
We are five days into the summer shakedown trip and the van build is holding up well. How’s “vanlife” you ask? Well, there are things we love, things we don’t love quite so much, and systems that are still… let’s say “in development”. Although we are experienced car campers (sooo many years of car camping!)… More Learning New Systems for Van Living
The van is (mostly) finished, the house is (mostly) in order and we are (definitely) headed off today on what we are calling our “Six Week Summer Shakedown”. We fully expect that in the process of driving cross country, pushing the van up a few mountains, and down more than a few muddy and rutted… More Testing our Van Build on a Cross Country Summer Shakedown Trip