Newbie Nomads: Update on #Vanlife!!

Our first week of Vanlife!! The first 2 days of the week were spent in a church parking lot and a truck stop in Centerville, when we finally arrived at Lake Limestone we were relieved and excited to be away, we spent 7 days of free parking, free lights, no water bill, no gas bill, just petro for the tank! We had a great time actually, it was an experience for all of us. We met some pretty nice people who were also a part of the alternative living lifestyle. We had a hard time situating ourselves in the van we hadn't figured it out. In all it was a nice time, we plan on going back and actually spending the entire 14 days. For future reference and anyone reading, the name of the lake is Lake Limestone in Groesbeck, Tx, there is a 14 day max stay, it was quiet and peaceful. The police came by to do a routine check up, we got a chance to test our solar lighting and set up another way so that all of us could fit comfortably.

We purchased this dutch oven from Walmart overall it was a good buy, we cooked some good meals with it and plan on cooking more! Now we could google dutch oven meals over an open fire! For some reason I can't seem to wait on that!

These little fire starters did the trick! We make sure we have everything else and we can have a really good meal for a nice price any where that we can pull out the pit and light a fire. We have recently updated our van actually today! We returned to Houston for a birthday party and ended up getting a room so that we could organize our tiny space,and it worked! We got it to where all of us can sleep comfortably in the back of the van. My oldest was sleeping up front and he ended up breaking the cup holders, so we decided that wasn't gonna work. I believe we finally got it the way it will probably stay for a while at least. I will post pics on tomorrow! Thanks for reading!! Below are the links to some of the things we purchased. It is our affiliate link, so we will get a small percentage, thanks for purchasing!

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