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Housesitting 101
Want to travel the world and live in other people’s houses? Housesitting allows you to see the world and not have the extra cost of rent or hotels. In this article we show you how to become a housesitter.
#Vanlife Solar System: 300 Watts Solar, MPPT Controller, and Pure Sine Inverter
Know What You Need and How You Will Use It The house electrical system of any conversion or RV is a pretty daunting and scary adventure for a first timer. To get the right system, a user has to know their current needs for electricity and how those needs will change when they are on…
Fresh Paint…Maintenance Monday on YouTube
We painted our bus in a hurry and ended up with a really good looking paintjob thanks to help from my grandparents, parents and Rachael’s parents. It was a team effort and it transformed the bus from a creepy former school bus to a shiny adventuremobile.
Vanlife Gear That We Can’t Live Without: Essentials for Living on the Road
When we purchased our bus and began to build it into a tiny home on wheels we were overwhelmed with the options of accessories and parts that were available and being shoved down our throats every time we opened Instagram. We sifted through the BS and did our own research and have built a bus…
Skoolie Overland Travel Part 2: Why a Skoolie-Conversion Makes a Great Travel Rig
I hope you have had a chance to read Part 1 of this article before reading this one. In the first article on this topic we cover some of the negative aspects of living in a Skoolie-conversion, a lot of which we did not expect before leaving for a period of extended travel across the…
The Dirty Side of #vanlife: 4 Ways to Stay Fresh & Clean While Living on the Road
If your social media feeds are like mine, they are littered with #vanlifers that are sprawled out in their sprinter conversions, physically exquisite companion half naked lying next to them and they all have the same thing wrong with them: they are clean!
Top 5 Things to See and Do in Southern Utah
Utah is beautiful, mystifying, and captivating. These are our top-5 stops in Southern Utah. These might not be the most popular, but they are unique, creative, and rewarding experiences for the traveler that is looking to beat the crowds and still see amazing things.
Every Once and a While, Do the Touristy Stuff!
Rachael and I are not very touristy people. We like to camp in the National Forest with few neighbors and even fewer utilities; this article is being written in a National Forest coincidently enough. We bike or drive into the National Parks before day-break so we can skip the crowds and still see the cool…
FREE Camping in Southern Utah
Southern Utah Free Camping Mexican Hat BLM GPS: 37.172547, -109.847076 If you are leaving Moab, UT and looking for something fun and interesting to see in Southeast Utah, check out Mexican Hat, UT. Mexican Hat is named as such for the rock formation that hangs over the San Juan River near the Arizona border….
