| Why van camping? It certainly doesn't
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| | solution. Just enjoy meal time warm-ups,
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| give you the luxury of life in an RV, but
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| | but unless you have electric power, I
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| then you don't have the discomfort of
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| | don't know of a safe way to heat a van
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| sleeping in a tent, either. It's cheap
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| | all night. Heat yourselves instead. Use
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| compared to an RV, and you can go places
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| | warm clothing, and bring more blankets
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| they cannot. That's why we spent more
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| | than you think you'll need. Fill a
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| than 25 nights sleeping in our conversion
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| | thermos bottle full of hot coffee each
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| van last year.
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| | night, so it will be waiting in the
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| Van Camping 101
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| | morning. You warm the van making it, and
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| You need a system of organization to keep
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| | warm up yourselves drinking it for
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| your space inside the van livable. We
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| | breakfast.
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| noticed after our first long trip that we
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| | Van Camping Advantages
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| had brought many things we never used. We
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| | Van camping obviously is cheaper than RV
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| learned to be more efficient after that.
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| | camping. Initial cost is a lot less if
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| We also learned how to keep the space
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| | you buy used, as we did. The cost of
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| open, by using plastic storage tubs. Not
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| | driving a van is substantialy less - we
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| only do they stack well, but if you need
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| | averaged 18 miles per gallon on our last
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| more room at night, you can put them on
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| | cross-country trip. An average
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| the roof, because they're rainproof with
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| | recreational vehicle is lucky to get half
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| the lids snapped on.
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| | of that, and will be very expensive to
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| You have to make your van into something
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| | maintain.
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| that's useable for you, especially if
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| | A van is much more comfortable than tent
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| it's going to be your residence for days
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| | camping. Also, if you do backpack, you'll
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| or weeks at a time. This meant, for my
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| | likely drive some kind of car to wherever
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| wife and I, having space to move around.
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| | you go. Use a van, and you can come
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| Removing the two middle seats gave us
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| | inside if it starts to rain. When
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| enough space for dressing or cooking. A
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| | backpacking a long way from home, you can
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| bench-seat in back folds out into a
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| | save on motels on the drive to and from
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| comfortable bed, so we were all set for
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| | the trailhead.
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| van camping.
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| | One great thing about vans is that you
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| Van camping can be cold, as it was for us
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| | can park anywhere. We've napped in
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| in the deserts of Arizona last winter. We
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| | parking lots, and nobody was the wiser,
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| ran the van and cranked up the heater
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| | thanks to the inconspicuousness of a van.
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| once in a while, but only for brief
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| | We got the best spot at a free campground
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| periods. Carbon monoxide poisoning is
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| | in Florida, on a bank overlooking Lake
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| just too possible, so don't leave the car
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| | Talquin, because our van was small enough
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| running while you are sleeping.
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| | to fit there, unlike the RVs.
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| Cooking a meal heats up the van, and our
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| | You can drive anywhere. With our
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| propane camp stove burned very clean.
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| | conversion van, camping wherever we were
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| When it was cold, it was time to cook
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| | when it got dark was no problem. We also
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| dinner, breakfast, or coffee. Cooking
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| | went down desert trails that no RV could
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| inside heats up a van, but again, because
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| | handle. That flexibility and freedom is
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| of carbon monoxide, don't sleep with a
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| | what we liked most about van camping.
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| burner going. Sometimes, though, a quick
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| | Steve Gillman hit the road at sixteen,
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| warm-up is all you need before you crawl
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| | and traveled the U.S. and Mexico alone at
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| under the blankets for the night.
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| | 17. Now 40, he travels with his wife Ana,
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| What's the secret to heating a conversion
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| | whom he met in Ecuador.
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| van when camping? Giving up was our
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