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Continue reading →: The Logistics of FreedomThe one thing I didn’t anticipate about living in a van is how much time the logistics of daily life would take up. Add in the hours spent driving, and it really eats into the day. I designed my electrical and water systems for abundance, and so far they’ve been…
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Continue reading →: The Road Is OpenI’m finally doing the thing. After a month spent mostly in my parents’ driveway, I cut the umbilical cord and went on the move. That means I have to figure out where to park every night, and where to fill my water tank, and where to throw out my trash.…
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Continue reading →: I Love My Tiny HouseI’ve been living in the van for nearly a month now, and while there have certainly been challenges, it’s working out great so far. My primary design goal was “abundance.” I don’t want to be worrying every day about running out of water or electricity. My home is tiny, but…
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Continue reading →: Taking the Week OffI made it to Massachusetts and have been enjoying a few drive-free days. For the first time in two years I’m going to take a week off from writing a blog post, but I figure I’ve earned it after 100+ posts. Hope you all had a great week, and I’ll…
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Continue reading →: The First Real Road TripWhat a week. On Saturday morning I loaded up the van and hit the road. I had about 1,100 miles to cover and decided to break it up into six evenly-spaced segments. In retrospect, I don’t think that’s the way to do it, since it meant that every day was…
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Continue reading →: NorthboundToday will be my last day in Florida. I did not expect to spend three whole months here. On the one hand, Florida has been a great host. It provided warmth and sunshine and a stable place to build my van from scratch, while the northeast experienced one of the…
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Continue reading →: Turning a CornerI feel like my van build has finally turned a corner. When I arrived in Florida in early February, I did not expect to still be here in May. I’d heard people say that their van took many months or even years to finish, and I had assumed that they…
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Continue reading →: Progress You Can Cook OnThe other day I was working from the Lowe’s parking lot and I needed to go inside for some plumbing fittings. I was parked in the far corner of the lot, since I wanted to avoid any curious passers-by. The previous day a man had stopped at the open sliding…


