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Hi. Remember us? Full-time wanderers not wandering very far? Well, hopefully that’s about to change. 🤞 This June we are planning on traveling within Croatia. Visiting some of our favorite spots and hopefully some new ones too. And then in July, if borders become easier to cross and if we feel like it’s safe for our little family, we will continue our travel plans from last year. We will start in Ireland and the UK, and then meander down the coasts of France, Spain and Portugal.
We would love it if you shared your favorite spots with us :)

“FINALLY! Our personal van is complete and ready to hit the road! So stoked on how this came out. We tried some new things in this van that we’ll go over in our van tour video this coming week. Huge thanks to all the companies involved on this project and getting us parts quickly despite all the crazy covid supply delays!!” 🤩🤩🚐👏
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“Our beautiful home on wheels.
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Sometimes I have to pinch myself that this is actually where we live. Sure, it’s a tiny space, but it’s homey, and it’s OURS and we love it.
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Our home has everything we need, and nothing we don’t.
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Many of our friends thought we were mad when we said we were going to move into a van, but I’m sure some are secretly envious. But here’s the thing: if we can do it, anyone can!
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Live is short; if you want to do something, do it now, tomorrow isn’t guaranteed.
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And we’re back on the road! 🙌
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It always takes us a full day of living in the van to feel settled in again. Clean laundry, random items shoved in bags, and food from the grocery store all need to put away in their designated places. When living in a space this small, it really makes a difference to have everything where it’s suppose to go.
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So our first stop was one we’ve spent some time at before. We knew it would be a good spot for the cats as well.
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And how does it feel to be out again? It feels like home. ❤️

Next week we have to ferry off of the island and make our way to the city again to pick up Dan’s new residency card. I don’t think we can swing a day trip or even an quick overnight. With a cold front blasting through Europe right now, leaving the kittens outside here in the village isn’t an option. So they will be road tripping with us. To prep them for the trip, we’ve been spending time in the van together and they are confused but slowly getting more comfortable with it.

It’s the first phase of testing out this kittens in the van thing. The next will be how to open doors without them running out, how to have them spend time safely outside to get daily exercise and then leash training them.

We’ve traveled 10 years with a cat before but that cat was older and didn’t care to be outdoors. But these two? They are so rambunctious and really crave being outdoors that I’m having a real hard time figuring out what the best solution is for them and for us. I don’t want to take away their freedom nor do I want to take it away from us too.

The option of letting them be “wild” again is off the table. Either we adopt them or they will go to another loving home. Time will tell.

When we are settled at a camp spot and it feels safe, we let the cats roam freely. They both check in on us multiple times a day and respond to our clicker calls and to my sorry attempts at whistling. Except for last Saturday.
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For the past couple days, Toby’s abdomen has been a little sore. After he jumped out of the van that morning, he didn’t check on us at all nor respond to our calls. Twin was also acting strangely by staying closer than usual.
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Dan and I walked through fields of tall grass, up hillsides, near neighbors’ barns and the streets in the late afternoon. At dusk, we noticed a fox and our thoughts went to a dark place.
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When the sun slid beyond the horizon and the brisk evening air entered the van, we reluctantly closed the van with one cat missing. We kept checking outside in the dark and after 14 hours, Toby came back. We lifted him into the van, he slowly made his way to our bed and remained there for hours until we could take him to the vet.
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He most likely ate something poisonous at our last camp spot and maybe hid somewhere to die that day. After multiple injections, he’s now on the mend and slowly showing signs of his old snuggly self again.

Did you see the latest YT episode?
If not, go check the Link in bio.
This week capusedan & lboogie305 showed us their amazing tiny home on wheels. 🚌

So we’ve stepped up our anti-condensation game. Hopefully between our diesel heater, dehumidifier, rooftop fans and anti-condensation mats under our mattresses, we won’t have to worry too much about mold. Usually this isn’t an issue because we are always on the move and in warmer/drier winter climates.

Oh and speaking of being on the move, next week we head out in the van to do a border run for our US-plated van and see how this rambunctious kittens in a van thing works out.

And we’re off! I didn’t talk about this trip here because I was afraid to jinx it, that some problem would come up with the bus and that we wouldn’t be able to leave. You see, I’ve been counting the days for months…
We’re heading to the Yukon for a month and I can’t wait.
We’re going up the Stewart-Cassiar, taking our time to fill our senses with the northern wilderness we’ve missed dearly. I can’t wait to find silence, although it might come with mozzies white noise as I’ve heard they’re pretty bad this year…!
We’ll be back at our beautiful campsite in Squamish in September.

📸 go_van_com (La Belle Vie)

Indie spent the weekend blowing out diapers...
I spent the weekend cleaning our house...
And Zach spent the weekend renovating the camper van - AKA Marge (large and in charge Marge!)

I can't wait to get back on the road soon!

The best part is the anticipation and planning. There are so many great places I would like to travel to as soon as it is possible again, such as Greece, Iceland or Portugal. What are your next travel destinations?
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“How do the kids feel about sleeping in such close quarters in the van?”

I just asked all the kids and they all responded with “Ummm, that’s what we always do.” Haha. I guess the difference with our kids and other kids is that this is all they know. It’s not strange for them to share a bed or a small living space or have a non-private bathroom or roadschool because they were born into this lifestyle. It’s natural for them.

They did actually have their own beds when we traveled in a Casita trailer for a short time. Ava (our oldest) says the van bed is larger thus better, Mila (our middle kid) actually enjoyed the personal space of her small bunk but likes the van too, and Luka says he doesn’t like sleeping alone so the van wins.

(1) The first photo is from our current van, a self-built mercedesbenzvansusa Sprinter. (2) Our casitatraveltrailers that we had for a little over one year with separate beds for everyone. (3) Our fourwheelcampers where all kids slept on top in a king-sized bed. (4) Our airstream_inc trailer where the girls slept together on a pull-out gaucho bench and Luka co-slept with us. (5) And one more photo from the Airstream because they were so little. Gah.

When we exchanged our wedding vows, we’re sure we didn’t see ourselves spending our 19th anniversary cleaning and packing up our home on wheels. But that’s exactly what we did and we wouldn’t have changed a thing. In a couple days, we will say goodbye to the island we’ve called home for all these months for a little loop around Croatia and then finally across some borders this summer. Thanks for photo, mali.mish.ava ❤️

Have you ever wondered what life is like living in a van? We are happy to answer any questions you may have!
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Connaissez-vous ma chaîne YouTube? 😊 Je suis en train de mettre la touche finale à mon plus récent épisode 💻 Entre temps, je vous invite à aller y découvrir les autres épisodes. Voici les plus 5 populaires:
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This community is incredible.⁠
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I won't lie, I had high hopes for summer fun.⁠
But, time flew by and I did other much-needed things instead of galavanting about Ontario as I had envisioned.⁠
Of course, I did make some epic memories.⁠
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Thank you to all of you I got to bump into and to all the new friends.⁠
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Now it's time for fall fun and I'm ready for it!!⁠
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What was your favourite memory of the summer?⁠
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Had an amazing time at one of the few vanlife.ontario meets this year⁠
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follow travels.of.heather to see what fall bring our way

With my favourite things in one picture (plus the man behind the camera). 🧡
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In crazy times like this i am in my mind somewhere in mountains with this old van and good book. 🚌📖🏔

Best summer memory with beautiful Linda again✨. vandruj.sk