Author: Van-Tramp

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A weekend in the mountains

We have been here a week already. That usually means we are on our way out. But, here we remain a full week after the wheels of the trailer came to a rest, and we have two more weeks of exactly the same in the future. Normally the itch to...

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Revisiting the Sawtooth Mountains

It involved two big days of driving – solely by Kerri, I might add – but 770 miles were conquered solely to avoid having to stop for a work week in Utah where daytime temps where higher than we would have been able to tolerate with our re-broken AC unit....

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Insipiring

Recently the folks at MightyGoods.com put together an info-graphic of 79 inspiring vanlife nomads and the cool vans they live in and they chose to include Van-Tramp in that list. It is weird to see my name included in such a list I must admit. When I see how long I have...

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Visiting more Colorado Ghost Towns

Kerri planned a nice day of exploring for us. Not only were we looking for a place to boondock not far out of Silverton, but there were two ghost towns within reach as well. That made for a whole day of off-road adventures. The boondocking ended up a bust… the...

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Meeting the San Juans

We moved on after only a few days camped just outside of Durango. We didn’t move far, but we did move a few thousand feet up the San Juan Mountains to get back to free camping in the wild. Our spot, only a short hop from the first pass in...

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Back into the mountains, finally!

We spent a full week down on the front range, visiting with my son and running my necessary paperwork errands needed to leave Colorado for an extended period. The heat of a July on the front range is pretty extreme, so an RV park with electric hookups was a must....

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Back on the front range

It took over six hours of driving, with an overnight stay in Wyoming, to make it from Rapid City to my home town in Colorado. We arrived a  week and a day early thanks to Kerri’s South Dakota’s residency being so easy to resolve. This allowed me to start the...

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Rapid City Redux

We had returned to Black Hills area of South Dakota with a single purpose in mind; moving Kerri out of California. Even when you do not set foot in that state, they make sure to tax you to the max. What Kerri paid in California taxes and vehicle registration over...

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Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Theodore Roosevelt National Park was the reason we drove all the way through North Dakota.  A long time I have wanted to drop in on Teddy, but North Dakota has always been so far off my route. I knew this may be the last opportunity (at least for many years)...