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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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!… Read more

Infiltration, Immersion, and Indulgence The next morning (a Monday), we got ready, had some oatmeal, then drove back to the Atlantis Casino. We walked our way over to the event center and right through the doors past the security guard whose only gesture towards us was a “Good morning”. So much for “invitation only”. We… Read more

Boulders and Basins The hike up to Wheeler Peak was a bit over four miles and about 3,000 feet of ascent. I wanted to get up there early so we had time to get back down before the snow melted too much or afternoon thunderstorms made an appearance. So, we awoke at 4 AM and… Read more