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A Week Around Florida: Tampa to Tamiami Day 2
Our second day heading south started at our iOverlander trailhead parking lot just outside Inglis, FL. We were up pretty early and left in a deep fog before daylight. We headed over to a Pilot on I-75 to have breakfast and get ready to head towards the Keys along the west coast. We made it…
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A Week Around Florida: Auburn to Tampa Day 1
If you have been following our progress on the van you know we were ready to test everything out on a trip someplace warmer than South Alabama. Since there isn’t a whole lot of land south of South Alabama, Florida was it. We finally left on a freezing morning with frost covering all the windows…
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Van Camping at Rood Creek Park
A couple of weeks ago we installed the overhead bins in Loki and officially met the criteria for calling the conversion complete-ish. This does not mean that there will be no changes going forward, quite the contrary. Since we took this trip to Rood Creek, we have already changed several things and will constantly continue…
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Building Side Panels and Overhead Bins
The last few months we have continued to work on the van conversion as much as time would allow. This time we are back to working on the van cabinets. The final push to finish the main build of Loki required that we finish off the top inside space to make it more functional and…
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Installing Van Seat Swivels Bases
From the very beginning of Loki’s renovation-conversion to a camper van, almost 3 years ago now, I had Swivel Seats on the list as a top priority. We installed new seats in the Big Red Bus conversion we did so many years ago and it made all the difference in the living space of the…
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Installing Van Cabinets, Refrigerator, and Freezer
It is hard to believe we have come this far with the van build this fast. We have finally finished Loki’s lower living space section and the garage type area in the trunk. All of our cabinet work is what we are calling our “Shanty Chic” design… aka, functional and strong. We continue to be…
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Installing a MaxxAir Maxxfan Plus Vent Fan
This week we finally managed to get the long awaited vent fan installed. As you can tell from the first photo below, it is starting to get a bit chilly in the mornings here. While this weather is not the time that we really need the vent fan, it is something of a must have…
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Sun Shades and Water Tanks
This is a quick update on our van conversion progress this week. We have been working as much as we can over the last month because we are trying to take it on a road trip to Colorado in December, so the plan is to have water, electrical, and some cabinets done by then. On…
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Hitch, Cargo Carrier, and Generator Install
Long before Beyonce donned her custom denim covered pick-up truck and attempted to become an instant country singing legend, there was our conversion camper van, Loki. Early on, we decided to use recycled denim as the main material for the inside of the van, like Re-Covering the Cab Headliner or when we did the door…
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Weekend Drive to Pensacola and Gulf Shores
What started as a midday drive in Loki, our self converted camper van, to have lunch in a pretty spot about an hour away from the house turned into a 12+ hour drive down to the beach and back on a whim. We began our day by heading south to Eufaula, Alabama, planning to have…
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