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VanEssential Storage Solutions That Saved Our Cross-Country Road Trip

VanEssential Storage Solutions That Saved Our Cross-Country Road Trip

In this article, we review our experience installing and using 3 separate VanEssential storage solutions after spending a month on the road with them. Prior to departing on a cross-country road trip, we added some major storage upgrades to our DIY Mercedes Sprinter camper van build with VanEssential’s 48-inch upper cabinet, sliding door storage panels, and rear door storage modules.

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How We Finished Building A Camper Van in Just 4 Days Before Driving Across the Country

How We Finished Building A Camper Van in Just 4 Days Before Driving Across the Country

With only four days left before our cross-country road trip, we raced to make our DIY Sprinter van road-trip ready. This article shares the final push of our camper van build, the mistakes we made, the lessons we learned, and how we somehow managed to hit the road just in time for the adventure ahead.

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The Migration Weekly Ep.03:            The Week Of Attempts
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The Migration Weekly Ep.03: The Week Of Attempts

This past week on The Migration has been CRAZY! It all started with Claire attempting features on a mountain bike trail we rode last June that she didn’t even consider possible at the time. Then I attempted to summit Mount Bachelor for the first time on snowshoes and ski back down. To top things off, Spoke and I head deep into the woods down a dirt road and cook an Outdoors Boys inspired dinner. Check out the video to see how it all turned out! It was an absolute blast of a week and going to be a great video!

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