Cargo Van Conversion

This trip will lead me on a 14-day tour of eastern Alabama, western Georgia and a slice of Tennessee. I visited the following locations: Mink Creek Boat RampUnclaimed BagageFormer Cowan Train StationRestored Texaco GasstationFiery Gizzard HikePrentice Cooper State Forest ➜ 35.1641,-85.4168 Read the full story with descriptions, photos, visited locations (GPS) and FREE downloadable hiking…

North West Alabama This trip will lead me on a 14-day tour of eastern Alabama, western Georgia and a slice of Tennessee. I visited the following locations: UG White MercantileHistoric MooresvilleBeaverdam Swamp BoardwalkRailroad Bed TrailCambron Covered BridgeWeathington ParkMink Creek Boat Ramp campsite Read the full story with descriptions, photos, visited locations (GPS) and FREE downloadable…

I finish my computer setup in the van with an additional TV/Monitor mount, install a sewer extension from the gray water tank into the van’s interior and add clasps to the storage box lid in the rear of the vehicle. Second TV Mount I’m installing a second TV/Monitor mount, widening the number of choices, where…

Northern Alabama This trip will lead me on a 14-day tour of eastern Alabama, western Georgia and a slice of Tennessee. I visited the following locations: Sougahoagdee FallsHolmes Chapel FallsPine Torch ChurchShangri-La FallsWolfpen Campsite Read the full story with descriptions, photos, visited locations (GPS) and FREE downloadable hiking trails (GPX format) at AmericanVanLife.com READ MORE

Northern Alabama This trip will lead me on a 14-day tour of eastern Alabama, western Georgia and a slice of Tennessee. I visited the following locations: Noccalula FallsHorton Mill Covered BridgeEasley Covered BridgeShrine of the Most Blessed SacramentAbandoned Gas StationClarkson Covered BridgeBankhead NF Boondocking Read the full story with descriptions, photos, visited locations (GPS) and…

eastern Alabama This trip will lead me on a 14-day tour of eastern Alabama, western Georgia and a slice of Tennessee. A much more detailed account of the trip can be found at AmericanVanLife.com Heat and hiking on the first two days of this trip took its toll on me and Joey. I woke up…

eastern Alabama This trip will lead me on a 14-day tour of eastern Alabama, western Georgia and a slice of Tennessee. A much more detailed account of the trip can be found at AmericanVanLife.com Eufaula NWR After quiet night at the Rood Creek Landing campsite, located in the Eufaula NWR in Georgia, I drive a…

Southeast Georgia This next trip will lead me on a 14-day tour of eastern Alabama, western Georgia and a slice of Tennessee. Today I start as usual from my home base in West-Central Florida and drive several hundred miles north into the state of Georgia. A much more detailed account of the trip can be…

Van Mods This time I make some repairs to the sliding door of my Ford Transit, I finish the ceiling installation and find a storage solution for my water filter. CEILING Still had to finish part of the ceiling edge of the van, which holds up the ceiling at the edges. The rounded corners were…

Permanent Vanlife is still about one year away, so I decided to get a feel for it, by planning multiple one-week trips in the van, throughout the US Southeast. This time I visit South Florida. South Florida After an exhausting hike, I spent a leisurely afternoon at Tiger Branch trail campsite in the Tosohatchee Wildlife…