We had so much fun in the van life phase of our year of travel. We left Seattle on March 1st and returned on July 8th. Over those four months, we drove 20,000 miles, traveled through 34 states, visited 15 national parks, and learned that we don’t need much space or stuff to enjoy ourselves….
Finding a Place to Stay
Over the course of our road trips, we’ve stayed in all different types of places, so we wanted to share how we decide where to stay in each of our destinations. This was something that I was worried about before buying the van – will we be stressed out every day trying to find a…
Road Trip Recap – Arizona, Utah & Colorado
As I’m writing this, Mike is getting the van packed up for our next trip. We’ve been at my mom’s place in Marana, Arizona for the past 3 weeks since our last trip waiting on our license plates and registration to be delivered so we are antsy to hit the road again. We finally got…
One Week in the Van
Today marks one week since we started out on our Arizona, Utah and Colorado National Parks adventure. With that milestone, I wanted to document our initial thoughts and feelings of van life and specifically the little things that we didn’t know we would enjoy so much and the other things we didn’t realize would be…
How Our Year Off Came to Be
It was late Spring 2020, just a few months into the Coronavirus pandemic. Mike and I had been working from home together in our 830 square foot condo in Queen Anne, and like most people going a little stir crazy. But this shake-up in our routine allowed us to slow down and reevaluate what we…
Come Along For the Ride
We are excited to share our travel adventures with all of you. Our first adventure was trying out van life with our new Sprinter van, Big Deb. Now, we’re off to Europe for a couple months!