Thursday, January 1, 2015

More About The Van Plan

My plan of eventually retiring into a full time, living in a van, lifestyle is moving forward at the pace of a stone making it's way up a beach.  In other words, it's not progressing in the least.  But, this is not all bad.  It's giving me plenty of time to figure out exactly how I want to do it.

At first I simply wanted to live in a tiny apartment.  Then I saw the tiny trailer homes built by The Tumbleweed Tiny House Company and started thinking about the advantages of living in a trailer.  I could park it just about anywhere.  I have a number of friends that would allow me to park in their back yard for a small fee.  But, then I realized that I'd have to have some kind of large vehicle to pull it.  If I was going to need a big truck anyway, why not just get a one I could live in?

Then I started looking at used box trucks and step vans.  But I soon realized that these wouldn't suit my needs.  I need something small enough to fit into a common parking space so that when I'm away on my job I can leave it in the company lot where it'll be safe and it won't cost me anything.

A van seems to be the best option.  Large enough to live in, but still small enough to park easily.  Sure, it gets lousy mileage, but I won't be paying any rent or utilities and that should be more than enough to make up for it.