The van
A year of building. Barely any nights in it.
Building instead of going is still not going. The upper cabinets went in on a Friday and I left that same Friday. It wasn’t finished. It was done enough.
Held up
- Two fridges
- Starlink for working from the road
- 400W of solar on the roof
- Roof fan running all night
Still on the list
- Diesel heater
- Plumbing and hot water
- Rear bump-out for sleeping
- Second battery, portable solar
Trip log: the shakedown
Phoenix → Tillamook → home
01
Weed, CA
Picked for the cool air. Best rest area of the trip.
02
Brookings, OR
Oregon. The one thing I wasn’t skipping this time.
03
Pacific City
County park by the beach. Corgis on sand.
04 · Turnaround
Tillamook
Skipped Cannon Beach on purpose. Chose the drive over the checkbox.
05
Fort Bragg
Tire pressure scare. Stable. Didn’t panic.
06
Golden Gate
Fog. The best footage I got all trip.
07
Big Sur
Closed for fires. Went inland on 101.
08
San Onofre
Where the coast road gives up and becomes I-5.