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Overlanding the PanAmerican highway in our Landcruiser.
  • Sanctuary.
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  • Dream conditions, with Rainier in the distance ... time lapse shot with Mobile by @PeakDesign , swipe to see detail on how low profile and easy this tripod is to use . #findyourpeak #sponsored @jess.wandering Song by: Phoebe Bridgers
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  • Progression of cars I’ve lived in: 2014: moved into my 2001 Toyota Corolla, slept in a sleeping bag beside the car. Pros: cheap, inconspicuous, great gas mileage. Low point: woke up with a moose next to me in the Canadian Rockies. 9/10 would recommend, awesome budget choice. 2016: got my first van (video number 1). $4000, 1985 Toyota Spacevan. Converted it in 2 days. Was broke down 90% of the time. It marked a low point in my career. Swore off vanlife at that time. 2/10. 2017: 2005 Honda Element salvage title ~ $5000. Stealthy, and more space than you’d think. Bad gas mileage. Decent off-road. Overall 7/10. 2018: purchased already built 2005 sprinter with money from photography ~ $39k. Took 3 years of working on the road to develop a savings. I was amazed how livable the van was. Being able to stand, lay and cook with a roof over my head at night saved me from creative burnout. 2019: (video 2) wanted to build my own Promaster after living in the sprinter full time for a year. Dedicated 2 months to it, called in help, because it was a lot tougher than expected. Ended up costing about $55k. Drove it thru South America, covid hit. 2020: (video 3) built van number 4 in quarantine. Figured I’d use the ample free time to obsess over design and build everything . 2019 Sprinter 4x4. End cost: about $90k + 5 months of my time. This has been my equivalent of climbing the corporate ladder. In 2014 I’d see nice vans and dream. My last 3 builds have all been 10/10 experiences in relation to the amount of money I spent on them. Meaning the van I’m laying in right now is 3x better than the first sprinter, as the price suggests. (main things you pay for: reliability, capability, functionality). It’s easy for me to justify the high price because the years of struggle were specifically spent to get to where I’m at now, and I use it every single day. Live within your means, define your life direction, own only what you need, share what you learn along the way. Video 1 🎶: Beck “hell yes” Video 2 🎶: Kurt Vile “lost my head there” Video 3 🎶: Moderat “a new error”
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  • Laying here in my van, it can get pretty silent . Sometimes it hits me.. Im in my thirties, and live in a car. Not married, no kids, and no grand plan for the future. But man, am I rich in stories.
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  • New fav way to catch a sunset .. @jess.wandering @onewheel
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  • Looking for symmetry.
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