Hi all! Most people know me by my dog, Wynnie the white Husky :D I started in a Travato in 2021 (need to fix my profile - I think I exaggerated by a year). It broke down on a cross-country trip (that I was taking my mom on to show her how awesome vanlife is!) in the summer of 2024. It took forever to get fixed, so I got a 2nd van (Chinook Bayside TB because I was entranced by the dry bath and I really wanted AWD after some learnings in the Travato and the blue color was cool) that winter because I still needed to travel. The intent was to sell the Travato (and it is listed for sale), but the check engine light just came on again, so it’s going back to the shop. Sigh! In the meantime, I’m using it as my office and kitchen (because it’s so much bigger) and 2nd bath to extend those tank dump trips lol. We’re trying out AirBnBing our house out and living in the van on another property when it’s rented. I’ve vanned through most of the contiguous 48 except for the upper northeast north of NJ and the far north middle states. I avoid the cold. The goal is to fill in the map, though, and I’d really like to do Alaska in the van, but probably not this summer. I work full time (remotely) still and largely use the van to travel back and forth between Florida (where I live and my first/only grandchild is) and California (where I work and my daughter still is) so people in the office still remember my face and I still remember their names. But we also use the van for fun. Most recently, we went up through Oregon, Washington and Vancouver. By we, I mean my husband goes with me on the fun trips. It’s mostly just me and Wynnie on the California trips, but I love my alone with the van and dog time.