Holy crap that went fast. It feels like a week or two at most but a full month has passed since I jumped into the van full-time. And it’s been a crazy busy month on […]
The Road
Goal Zero Portable Camping Power – Initial Review
Goal Zero really invented the portable, out of the box power generator market for camping, camper vans, etc. Their systems make it easy to instantly have a solar panel and power pack in a variety […]
Fly Fishing the Pan American Highway – Planning Phase
If you could fish anywhere between Montana and Antarctica, where would you go? Um, yeah. That’s about where I’m at on the planning phase of this trip and I’m expecting to depart Jan/Feb 2019. Should […]
Montana Fly Fishing Trip: 3 Days of Awesome
Runoff has been a pretty major event around Missoula this year. It’s basically a flood and even the sure bets like Rock Creek are blown. The creeks are still closed and fishing reports from around […]
Road Trip – Fly Fishing Alberta
Road tripping through Canada and fly fishing Alberta has always been a dream trip for me. The stars aligned last August with an unexpected break between jobs and housing, a thousand dollar van with a […]
Interior Campervan Framing
Framing up the campervan interior went well. I decided to run storage boxes along the side wall with a divider for the kitchen area. Eventually, that divider will likely hold a few hooks to hang […]
Campervan Flooring Install
Installing the campervan flooring was fairly easy. I had a smooth, level surface to set the stick on floor tiles. The sub-floor is 7/16 OSB and the only issues were a few protruding screw heads […]
Camper Van Conversion – Interior Subfloor
Stripping the interior and building the sub floor and sidewalls was fairly simple. My cuts over the wheel wells were less than accurate but it came together well. If you plan on doing this in […]
Building an Interior Fly Rod Roof Rack
Building a fly rod roof rack is a critical feature. I’ve been keeping rigged rods on the interior and placing them on the roof when sleeping. If I’m sleeping in an urban environment, I have […]
Safari Van Conversion 1.0 – Interior Ceiling
I’ve been thinking about the van a good bit, mostly plotting and making plans that I don’t really know how to sketch on paper. I walked outside to look at the interior and ended up […]