Vanessa is my love, and she deserves to be written about. As well as other van life specific events and changes.
I totally lucked out. This coolant leak issue really concerned me. Coolant goes everywhere in the van and a leak could be minor or catastrophic.
So I added water to the system to fill up the resavoir. Then I got the engine hot, stopped an opened the hood to see …
I am waking up in Connecticut. I don't have much going on in my head or heart. I am ready. I am moving. And I have a plan for where to go and when.
I am eager to get to get to warmer weather and feel more comfortable about showering …
Wow. I am so pumped about the kitchen update to Vanessa. I still have things to finish up, but all the hard part, which I needed help from others, is done! Life is different now that this is complete.
Take a look!
I am finally building a kitchen unit in my van!
So, I decided to do a fun thing and put the stove in a drawer. This way I don't ruin my countertop and space with a dumb looking thing. I am using an old large stainless steel mixing bowl for …
Thank you for the love so far, the experiences, and more to come. I'm sorry you were hurt recently, please trust I will take care of you.
My mother was driving, we were shortly off the highway and a merging truck did not yield to us. My mother had no option to change lanes and the clipped my slider door and scraped toward the back. Very minor, but damn am I pissed.
I have not been in …
So, due to many reasons, I have decided to stay in MA until the summer hits. I know. SADFACE.
Now the plan is to focus on selling stuff, getting my kitchen built in Vanessa, and continuing my other plans as much as I can while still in MA.
I do …
Sigh. so the Wheel bearings didn't fix the issue I was feeling. Turns out it was the center drive shaft bearing.
I had made assumptions it would be the bearings, instead of investigating deeply. And while I needed to do that bearing anyway, I felt disappointed. Anyway, Vanessa is all …
A while back a mechanic informed me I will need to repack my bearings in my front right wheel. Now is the time.
I've begun making sound and I've scheduled to get that repaired. I hope they can repack and reseal, but thankfully it's not that expensive to do 😁
Finally, I have Vanessa back. Things were fine. It was the belt tensioner. I should have seen this coming. I heard light squeaking in the belt the last month or two.
Anyway. I got in and drove off. I parked, opened the door. But Vanessa kept beeping at me like …
On my way home, I felt it. The heat stopped coming out. The cold creeped in quickly. I noticed the battery light on the dash. The steering felt stiff, barely noticable at highway speeds but unmistakable. And finally, the temp gauge began to rise fast.
I had thrown my drive …
In the last 38 days, I was social 29 of them. This is a lot for me. I have never spent so much time and energy meeting new people in my life. Van life gave me this month. Van life gave me all the growth I experienced the month of …
Today I finally departed for my next trip in Vanessa! Took way too long, but after support from my kith and kin I am off.
This trip I should still make it down to Florida again, but I must return in January. That's the sad part. So this is really …
