Mesa Verde National Park In southwest Colorado, about an hour from the famed “four corners” where Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona meet, is Mesa Verde National Park. Mesa Verde NP was established in 1906 to preserve and interpret the … Read More
Van loaded, good-byes hugged and coffee mugs topped off, Jon and I hit the road on June 3, 2019. We first made some brief stops in Los Angeles, CA and Ojai, CA to say more good-byes, and then we started … Read More
In early May, my group of bestie girlfriends from college picked a date and location for our next reunion – June 6 in Kansas City, MO. For the first time in five years, all six of us would be together! … Read More
You may have noticed that we’ve been incommunicado for the last several months! A couple weeks into the van build, we realized that as much as we wanted to document our van building journey, we also very much desperately wanted … Read More
It’s been a month and a half since we purchased Alevander the Great. It’s been about two weeks since we started hard-core working on it. This means every day from 9am – 6pm (except for one day, Jon’s birthday). Yet, … Read More
Most van builds incorporate at least a handful of roof battens spread throughout the van. Usually of wood, they are used to provide your plywood ceiling something to attach to.
Another momentous day! We installed our first major item – one of two vent fans in the roof! I can’t tell you what a relief it is to feel like we’ve officially begun. As of today, we’ve had Alevander for 24 … Read More
We did it! Our house was finally listed for sale on Friday, February 22, 2019. After a month of hard work, our home looks great and quite fit to be sold. (Although, truly the home stager and the photographer probably … Read More
One of the best side effects of this crazy goal to sell our house and convert our first ever campervan in a period of 2 months, is that we were able to enjoy some of the unique excitement – and … Read More
Get it? Alevander the Great, instead of Alexander the Great 😀 After a month of researching and shopping around, we have FINALLY found our van.