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May 30, 2025
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Van Demolition (Van Build – Part 2)
Enter offer code "WILDWEROAM" at Squarespace.com for 10% off your first purchase, or visit: http://squarespace.com/wildweroam . . Wow, this journey with Ody keeps getting crazier! I hope you enjoy all my hilarious faces while learning how use a crowbar, a ...
Getting our van OUT OF THE MUD! (Van Build – Part 3)
Our van Ody got stuck in the mud on a really steep hill for a couple days. We tried deflating the tires, we tried putting gravel and sticks under them, we rigged up a rope to pull him out, and after none of that worked it was time to get serious. Snow chai...
Van Demolition Continued (Van Build – Part 4)
One of my favorite things about being van owners and deciding to move to Spain to do the #vanconversion is the amount of time that Lou and I get to spend together working on Ody. It feels so empowering to be learning together, strategizing and designing....
Van Demolition (Van Build – Part 5)
Getting the van ready for the build has been a much bigger process than we expected. Or maybe a longer process than we expected? And with my trip to the States we ran into a few delays (with the build, but also with this upload - thank you for your patienc...
Fixing Rust on Our 38 Year Old Van (Van Build – Part 6)
The van life adventures continue this week as we deal with all the rust in our 38-year old Mercedes 307D. It was a huge task as this oldy was covered in rust. From the corners under the passengers seat, to the areas covering the back tires, at some points ...
Painting Our Van Interior (Van Build – Part 7)
Enter offer code "WILDWEROAM" at Squarespace.com for 10% off your first purchase, or visit: http://squarespace.com/wildweroam . . We can't believe Ody is finally clean! The amount of rust we found left us no choice but to give this old van a complete makeo...
Hilarious Day Fixing Our Van (Van Build – Part 8)
I have to admit I didn't think patching the holes in our old van would be such an adventure, but it turned out to be a hilarious day of work. I'm really happy we got them all sorted because it will be so much nicer when we put in our floor in a few weeks...
Disaster! Replacing Campervan Windows (Van Build – Part 9)
I feel like this week’s video is closer to a short film than to a normal youtube video!! Over 30 minutes of #vanlifedisasters as we try to take out the windows in our van and reseal them to stop some annoying leaks that have been bothering us ever since ...
Ody’s New Battery (Van Build – Part 10)
Enter offer code "WILDWEROAM" at Squarespace.com for 10% off your first purchase, or visit: http://squarespace.com/wildweroam . . In this weeks video, I happily found myself behind the camera as Lou replaced the battery in our van. It was super fun to expe...
A Vantastic Summer Plan : )
Hello!! We've been working so hard the last few months, and especially the last two weeks, on a big commercial project and we finally finished it yesterday!! So I am quite proud of Lou for making sure this video went up today, as my recommendation was defi...
Watertight (Van Build – Part 11)
Patience has never been my strongest characteristic and getting these windows and #vanwatertight over the past few weeks has definitely reminded me of that weakness. In reality, the #leakywindows are the perfect example of the beauty of working on an #old...
Dana Drives Ody!
As rain and other bureaucratic challenges slow down the #vanbuild, we took a couple minutes to film a little snippet of Dana learning to drive Ody for the first time. Ody doesn't have any power steering, as he was built long before complicated electronics ...
Donkey Life
The best part of renting this house in southern Spain is the gaggle of animals that the owner of the property has and two of our favorites are these beautiful donkeys named Myrtle and Nush Nush. They make every day working on the van more entertaining an...
Insulating Our Van (Van Build – Part 12)
3 weeks of filming, 30 hours of editing, 3 days spent waiting for this video to upload on sluggish Spanish internet, but it's finally done! Hope you enjoy this little look into our #vanbuild. #Insulatingourvan was probably the most time-consuming part of t...
Caution: Wet Paint (Van Build 13)
Opening the back doors of the van and seeing painted walls makes me feel like Lou and I really will transform Ody into our perfect home on wheels by the end of the month. The first half of this #vanbuild felt like it might never end, from stripping out t...
Work Starts on Our Custom Kitchen (Van Build 14)
Enter offer code "WILDWEROAM" at Squarespace.com for 10% off your first purchase, or visit: http://squarespace.com/wildweroam . . . How are you doing? It's been a few weeks since Lou and I uploaded a video and so much has been happening with our #vanconv...
Building Our Van Bathroom! (Van Build 15)
When we started thinking about doing #vanlife a few years ago, the #vanbathroom situation was always something that made me a little hesitant to go for this alternative lifestyle full-time. However, after doing a bunch of research we ended up deciding on b...
Donkeys, Construction, and Exciting New Projects (Van Build 16)
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Installing the Gas Tank (Van Build 17)
It's interesting how Lou is transforming all the footage into these specific #vanbuild topics like - the toilet, the bed frame, or today's gas tank. In reality, we were working on so many different things and doing so much in the last 45 days of the build ...
Complete Beginners Try to Install Plumbing (Van Build 18)
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Doors, Floors and More (Van Build 19)
Like the title suggests, this week's #vanbuild video covers a bunch of different topics, but my favorite part was putting in the hardwood floors as they really transformed Ody from a construction site into a fragment of a home. This video also captures Lou...
Painting Ody Round Two (Van Build 20)
With a fresh coat of paint, our #vanconversion series is close to coming to a close! Right now I'm sitting in our almost finished van, by a beach in Southern Spain, and taking a second to stop and really appreciate the paint on the walls. It still looks ...
Installing Solar Panels on Our Van (Van Build 21)
This video was completely edited and uploaded on #solarpower!!! Lou and I are so grateful to have worked with Philip and the whole Sunflare team to make our solar power dream setup a reality. We have 3 Sunflare panels - two 134W panels and one 77W panel....
Finishing Touches (Van Build 22)
Enter offer code "WILDWEROAM" at Squarespace.com for 10% off your first purchase, or visit: http://squarespace.com/wildweroam . . . We only had two days left in our rental cottage and so much to do to get Ody ready to function as a full-time home for us an...
Goodbye Alfie
We met a woman recently who says that animals pick you, you don't pick them... I'm not sure if she is right, but all I know is that our time spent on the top of the mountain in Casares building our van will always be defined by the companionship, love, and...
Climbing the Rock of Gibraltar
Our first adventure in van life was climbing the #RockofGibraltar!! Lou and I have been looking at the Rock of #Gibraltar for over 5 months while working on Ody in the small town of Casares in southern Spain. Just last week we finally had the opportunity ...
Portugal’s Anchor Cemetery – Cemitério das Âncoras
At Praia do Barril in Tavira, there's an anchor cemetery built from the rusted old anchors of a generation of fishermen whose livelihood was lost when they overfished the bluefin tuna that used to roam the sea in #Portugal. Cemitério das Âncoras, as it's...
To The Lighthouse (Sketchbook Stories 1)
Don't let age make you feel like you can't start a new creative endeavor because there will never be a day when you feel 100% ready whether your 11 or 88. Starting something new is always a mixture of excitement and hesitation. Like so many wise creatives ...
Van Life Sucks
#Vanlifesucks might seem dramatic, but honestly, the first few weeks were more challenging than I could have ever imagined. At first, it seemed manageable, but soon we realized that our timeline for getting water running and solar panels going was much lon...
We Have A Visitor!
You might already know from the new Sketchbook Stories series, or our newsletter/insta, but if not last week my little brother came to visit us all the way from California and get his first taste of #VANLIFE!! The trip really couldn't have come at a bett...
Searching for Flamingos (Sketchbook Stories 2)
Learning to draw from life or #urbansketch is completely unlike the practice I did drawing faces from photographs on my computer while we were living in the cottage in Spain. Now there are no tutorials to check if I have a question... there are no tables t...
Whiplash
Right now life feels like a crazy, beautiful, intense blur. Zipping from one place to the next, building memories, meeting friends, then saying goodbye all over again, waking up some mornings unsure of where we parked the van the night before, or what coun...
Urban Sketching in Lisbon (Sketchbook Stories 3)
Learning to #urbansketch on the streets of #Lisbon is a memory I will never forget. We met so many warm and curious people, walked many miles through winding streets covered in colorful tiles, and ended the night bathed in the gorgeous Portuguese golden su...
Lisbon in 24 Hours
#Vanlife in a city is a completely different experience. There is so much to see and do and we're spending many many hours away from Ody, which is a completely different daily routine from our weeks on the southern coast of Portugal. Our time in #Lisbon h...
Shoot Film Lisbon with Beatriz Geada
Enter offer code "WILDWEROAM" at Squarespace.com for 10% off your first purchase, or visit: http://squarespace.com/wildweroam . . Thank you Beatriz for coming along on this adventure with us through Lisbon! Her Instagram: www.instagram.com/beatrizsgeada/...