This was finally the year that very little was done in regard to “upgrades”. All the previous year’s posts have highlighted fairly significant additions (battery system, heater, etc). This was the year to really just sit back and enjoy the completed van (is it really every completed?) as-is. Really the only thing I did this…
Category: vanlife
Cultus Lake
For as long as Mia and I have been in Oregon we’ve seldom traveled much beyond the first 10-15 miles of the Cascade Lakes Highway out of Bend. I have been to Wanoga Sno Park for 24 hour racing, fat biking, XC skiing, etc. Last fall I finally made it out to Devils Lake for…
It Has Been Hard
Mia and I have struggled with Codi’s passing. The first three weeks were especially hard. The next morning, as I walked into the master bathroom, I totally lost it. Codi liked to sleep on the tile floor between the vanity and bathtub. That empty space hit me like a sledgehammer. We did a lot of…
Small Tweaks & Upkeep
Just like everything else in life (house, car, body, etc.) owning a conversion van requires a tad bit of TLC every once in a while. Because you’ve basically bolted, screwed and adhered a bunch of stuff to a large, somewhat flexible, metal box, it should come as no surprise that things might loosen up after…
Closing Out 2025
Well, that went fast It feels like January 2025 wasn’t all that long ago. Here we sit though looking at the dawn of 2026 just a week away. It was a good year, not a great year. I had some goals set, and some were checked off, some will fall short. Life isn’t about perfection…
Clifford Turns Five
The past twelve months have seen only a few changes/modifications to Clifford the Big Red Van. The larger focus for me personally has been to get out at least once a month, even if it was only for a single night. You can link back to the previous four years of annual updates from my…
