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Our general route traveling East to West.
Coast 2 Coast Bicycle Adventure 2016
Day 295..
July 1st marks one year living rent free… On April 29th I’ll be downsizing from the van to a bicycle for about two months. Van Morissette will be missed. I find it a bit funny that the final weeks leading up to my one year anniversary of #VanLife, and I might be thousands of mile away from the van. No need to worry, the Dude In Van will still be posting even though I technically won’t be in a van. I have some plans for the future of this website, and I’ll be testing them out while I’m on the road. If it makes you feel better you can type www.onlysandro.com into your search engine, instead of www.dudeinvan.com.
Most of you know I don’t really talk to my parents that often. In fact, they don’t know I live in the van. I did tell my father about the bicycle trip, last week, because he emailed me inquiring about vacation time in April or May. His reaction was the same as Phil and Nick’s parents. Our parents in general are not pleased, to say the least.
I understand my father’s concern. I am his son, he reminds every time he emails me. (He starts off all his email with “Hi Son”) I just don’t agree with him implying that I’m ruining the rest of my life and career by taking a two month break to ride a bicycle across America. That’s a tad bit dramatic. Regardless, I’m excited for this trip, as you know. Quitting my job hasn’t really set in yet because I gave them a 6 week notice. I’ll give you an update in two weeks before I leave. Maybe by then I’ll be freaking out.
If you want to follow along with me and my friends, Nick and Phil, you can do so by clicking “Like” on our Facebook group Coast 2 Coast Bicycle Adventure 2016. We are planning on posting pictures and videos as we roll across the country.
Also, we have self-funded the trip. We bought touring bicycles, tents, all sorts of gear for the biking/camping, cameras, maps, and more. We are planning to camp and not using any hotels to keep our costs down. If you’d like to support the trip with more than just kind words, you can do so by visiting out GoFund Me page! www.gofundme.com/NJ2CA2016 Our plan is to use this money for food and bicycle maintenance.
Thanks for following along and all the support!
#NJ2CA2016
Day 226
Day 226...
I used a slow cooker today to cook my dinner tonight. I made some chicken dish. Sorry I don’t have any pictures. I'm also considering to sell my solar driven generator. I haven't used it much this winter and I'm thinking of downsizing for the summer. I'll keep you posted on that.
Yes, this is a blog post.. So you know what that means. No podcast this week. It’s funny the week I get two podcast cancelations is the same week I kind of missed out on a great opportunity because I haven’t booked any “BIG NAME” guests in my career. I’m sure the old me would get real mopey and start dwelling on where I went wrong, but honestly I’m okay with it. Now I can focus on my two month bike trip.
Living in a van is easy. The hard part is being creative and adventures enough to follow through with actually doing it. My life hasn’t changed much in the last 226 days, and the things that have changed are mostly a change for the better. I’m not talking about the morning I woke up and my brakes weren’t working.(Click on the Social Media portion of my page and scroll down my twitter feed to catch up on that) That change wasn’t fun. I’m talking about my life socially and personally.
I’ll keep this short. We are all busy and I don’t want to pull you away from your life too long. I’ll leave you with this.. Remember to think outside the box from time to time. I know what I’m doing doesn’t seem normal at first but if you take a moment to really think about me living in a van you’ll see it’s really not that crazy.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the picture above! (I know it's messy.. I'm messy!)
sandro@dudeinvan.com if you have any questions or interest to be on the podcast.