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June 30 – July 1, 2024
Big Cliff and Big Trees The next morning, we got up early and jumped into the sporadic traffic headed into Yosemite. Yosemite requires reservations to enter the park during the summer, but I had not anticipated that we would get to the park so soon, so I had not gotten vehicle reservations for the 30th.…
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June 28 – 29, 2024
Coast to Mountains The next morning, we left the coast and started heading inland towards Santa Rosa, CA. We stopped at a coffee shop that lacked the required seating, wifi, and wall plugs, then kept going to the next small town. This one fortunately had a coffee shop with seating and wifi, so we shared…
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June 26 – 27, 2024
Big Trees and Little Beaches In the morning, we woke to a slightly less cloudy scene from when the sun set. We got up and headed back down to the beach to take another look at the seals who had hardly moved an inch since we last saw them. We hadn’t really seen much of…
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June 23 – 25, 2024
Coastal Town After Coastal Town We awoke in the morning to precipitation that varied between a fine mist and sprinkles as we got up, put on our Sunday best, and found a nice church to attend. The church we chose was very small and welcoming, and the pastor gave a good message about the importance…
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June 21 – 22, 2024
Cheese and Chip When we awoke to the morning light, there was no sun: we were still enveloped in mists. We descended back down the mountain and out of the clouds into Tillamook. My company has an office in Tillamook, so I took advantage of the opportunity to get a tour of the facility. I…
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June 19 – 20, 2024
Beaches, Rocks, and Pools In the morning of Wednesday, June 19th, we awoke somewhat groggily thanks to our midnight interruption and headed to downtown Astoria to get some work in before wandering around town. We got several hours in at a small coffee shop in the heart of the main drag. Unfortunately, we did not…
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June 16 – 18, 2024
A Tale of Two Rivers When we finally decided to poke our heads out of our sleeping bags, the sun was well on its way around the sky. So, we followed suit and showed our faces to the beautiful deep blues and high cliffs of Crater Lake. There wasn’t much else we could do at…
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June 14 – 15, 2024
Caves and Craters The sun rose and so did we, but not at the same time: we gave it a bit of a head start. It was still the work week, so we stopped in Westwood, CA at a coffee shop where I could work and Faith could bead. We both got a coffee and…
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June 12 – 13, 2024
Forests, Fires, and Water In the morning, we awoke to the traffic behind us positively flying by on the busy, 2-lane, mountain road. It wasn’t a great spot to get ready, so we got onto the road and started driving north. Just outside the town of Truckee, CA, we found a little rest area where…
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Vanlife Stats
Here are the overall stats for the places we’ve been, miles we’ve driven, and things we’ve seen so far on vanlife. We’ll keep this updated as we visit new places and see new things (even before we’ve posted about them!). If you have a suggestion for other stats we should track, please let us know!…