Considering the forecast I got of lightly with no rain, (Mon - Thu) but 30 kmh + winds of Lake Wanaka so did not put up my 270' Batwing awning this trip. 35,000 steps and some cold sunny days.. love spring road trips ice on windscreen overnight.

Hey! Hope you’re having a lovely weekend! ❤️ Here's another fresh episode of TVLN News—your quick catch-up on everything happening inside our beau-ti-ful vanlife community. Most of the things talked about happen inside our golden circle community (meetups, map, etc.). That's why I normally only share these episodes in there. But hey! I didn't want to leave you out! 🫶🏽 Now, here’s what we cover today: - Join Our NEW Challenge 🏆 - First Official TVLN Meetup Coming Up - We Had An 13-Hour Vanlife Zoom Call... 😅 - Experimenting With Co-Working Sessions - And more! 🔥 👉 Watch it on our YouTube channel here. Hope you found this update useful and I'm super grateful you're part of this. 🫶🏽 Your vanlife friend, — Rens P.S. If you want to enjoy ALL things and people talked about, click here to join our golden circle (now it's still just $5/mo).

One of the worst things is to arrive at a beautiful spot — full of trash. It’s the main reasons we vanlifers get a bad reputation. The fact is that often times it’s the locals making the mess, but authorities don’t seem to care. Anyways… I then read so many 2-star reviews on Park4Night on this topic with people leaving. Obviously I don’t understand people leaving their trash… But secondly: “Why do people do take the time to write those reviews, instead of doing anything about it?” Today I arrived at a nice, but messy, spot. Lots of litter, cans, bottles and even a whole bunch of bullet cases. It took me 20 minutes to pick up two full bags. Got some extra exercise. Did some good for the planet. Makes me happy. No need to leave a bad review. Spot is clean for my own stay and the next one’s! The only annoying thing is finding a trash can to dispose the bags. But hey, I’ll survive that. That’s also why here at The Vanlife Network we love organizing litter pick challenges. Because it’s even easier when done together as a community! It’s not our trash, but it’s our planet. 🫶🌍 👉 Do you have a litter picker in your van? If not, they’re just a few bucks and make a massive difference! ❤️ I’ll keep cleaning so you can enjoy after me. You join? 🚮 — Rens

What if, in the next 30 days we could learn a new skill, or improve an old one, together! For this challenge I arranged a partnership with Skillshare. They offer thousands of creative classes taught by creative pros and industry icons. Until the end of October we can benefit an extended free 30-day trial (instead of the regular 7 days). You could for example: - Improve drone/smartphone photography - Learn a music instrument like blues harp - Learn to draw or illustrate - Improve your chef skills - Learn artistic journalling Here's how to join: 1. ​Click here to sign up for a 1-month free Skillshare trial 2. Enjoy ANY course(s) for free for 30 days 3. Cancel your membership 24 hours before trial ends ⚠️ NOTE: Skillshare will timely remind you when the trial is expiring and in it they state clearly that I need to cancel at least one day before if I don't want to pay the subscription fee. I'm excited for this one, because I'll finally get my blues harp out of the box and learn the basics. You in? 😁 Comment below what you'll learn this month, so we can hold each other accountable! P.S. I think that even if you "lack time" – whatever that even means – you should join, because this challenge will actually help you improve as a person. Your future-self will love you for it! ❤️✌️

For me it was the beach at night in Saturday.