We Live in a Van! 6 Months. 5,000 Miles. 5 Nuggets.
6 months ago in a land far, far away: Our hearts raced and our minds filled with excitement as we realized we were pulling out of the driveway to our house for the last time. This was it. The moment we'd talked about for the last 2 years. Happening. Really. We headed down the road in giddy anticipation for our first real night as van dwelling vagabonds. So many realizations floated through my head as I piloted our new home out of suburbia. Filled with euphoria, my focus shifted back and forth from the road to the windshield as oncoming headlights hit the glass and passed from bottom to top, bottom to top. Each car making it's way past us on their rhythmic return to their assigned suburban plot. We find our back door exit from the neighborhood and head down a dirt road to some camper-friendly public lands. Street lights and houses fade in the dust behind us. Read more