Why? Part 2

 Another “why” we’ve been asked is “Why live in a mini van?”. We initially bought Bearry, our van in 2018, to become weekend warriors for car camping. The Dodge Grand Caravan was a definite upgrade from tenting with our Honda Civic. Kendra had dreams of grandeur of what Paul could create for a camping set-up and Paul had dreams (maybe nightmares) of how everything would actually work and who would build it.  Eventually, Paul convinced Kendra that we may want to look at buying a camper van kit. Kendra found a kit company located in Quebec but her frugality took over and that dream was dashed. Somehow a kit from that Quebec company became available a few hours away in November of 2020 that was made for Bearry’s specifications, and the rest is history.

Now living in 30 square feet will definitely test us, but we figured that having a Dodge Grand Caravan will be economical in gas costs (we filled up at $209.9/L at the start of our trip in Prince Rupert, which feels significantly cheaper than the $2.169 in Prince George or $2.139 in Quesnel when we left) and hopefully relatively easy to find parts and certified repair people along the way, if needed. 

There will be a few bumps in the road, but we’ll figure it out or at least be able to find someone to figure it out. Kendra has been reading a book called Road Fever about two men in the late 1980’s driving the same road we will, and their GMC Sierra (the first truck Kendra ever drove) is being serviced and maintained along their record setting trip, although they are sponsored by GMC. We aren’t setting any records, but knowing that service was available in the 80’s has our hopes high if the going gets tough.

Stay tuned for a new post, mostly written by Paul about our most recent adventures!