Thank you for downloading the Vanlife Cookbook; we hope the recipes that follow provide inspiration for new meals, wherever you are! This book came to be thanks to everyone that shared their favorite recipe(s)! We hope you’re as excited as we are to try these. This book is precisely what we would have liked to have […]
We’ve had several people ask us “Why put cedar in there?” and our response is “why not?!” At the time of the build, we wanted the van to be functional, but also cozy and to feel like home. During the endless hours working on the van, we kept debating what to do with the walls and […]
We’re excited to announce that we’re launching a second round of recipe contributions in partner with Camp Chef! All contributors will have a chance to win an Everest Stove through a raffle as part of the second round. To enter the raffle, fill out the form below with your favorite simple recipes (remember: two burner stove, easy […]
Stove Storage One of our favorite aspects of our kitchen is that we can have stoves at the store, storing it in the bedframe, just below the bedside cabinets. Whenever we need it, we slide it out onto the counter. When we don’t, we can use the entire counter space. Out of ½” birch veneer, we […]
What’s the problem? Well, since the beginning of this trip we have found ourselves in a routine when grocery shopping and cooking ‘go-to’ meals. That can become a bit monotonous 11 months into a trip. We thought it would be fun to compile recipes from anyone that enjoys traveling (van, bike, motorcycle, foot, broomstick…) to help inspire new meals while […]
As we were building out the van in Pennsylvania last March, it started snowing (a lot) out west. At that point we had only completed the bed frame, but decided to take a little break from building and go on a 10 day “test” trip from Pennsylvania to Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, to ski. While […]
The platform for our bed and cabinet storage is 68” wide, of which we decided to use 50” for the bed, and the remaining 18” for storage compartments. To decide on these dimensions we laid down to see what is comfortable. The width of a queen size bed is 60”, so while ours is a […]
The most important consideration for our van build was, of course, the layout of the floor plan. We chose a Sprinter with a 144” wheelbase and high roof because its length allows you to park in regular parking spots, while its height allows both of us to stand up, even though Jakob is 6’2”. The […]
What Jakob and I have really come to realize is that the people we meet in Mexico are a huge contributor to why we love this country. So far, both the locals and travelers have been warm, friendly, welcoming, friendly, interesting, friendly and genuinely kind. With that said, we also understand that we’ve been in […]
In this post we’ll cover some of the initial steps in our Sprinter conversion, from back in March when we were struggling with freezing conditions that made it difficult to want to be outside. This post covers sound dampening, insulation and windows. Sound Dampening: When driving an empty Sprinter van, you can get quite a […]