VANLIFE GOALS: Hannah's Dialed MTB Van Tour

outside and cook and I can sit here, super simple, Timmy, it was It's not worth it to have a permanent desk that says I can only work here. Having this also means that while I'm cooking dinner back and forth and I have extra space to cut, sir, yes, on the table while I'm cooking and you can bring it outside if you need to, you know, if you're poking around a campfire or something like that, yeah, yeah, it's pretty versatile that way, this is a cool little storage area right above here, just throw it in randomly, yeah, that was good, yeah, olive oil would be the worst. this touch of yes and again has a legend built up I don't know how but lunch works yeah let me kill my ginger beer usually Vanna White is full of amazing snacks smart cookie okay so I hop on the pot, I stand on the chair, I'll hand this to you first, oh yeah, hello, oh wait, yeah, here we go and then you step on your that. not so bad right no, hey, can you tell me what's up with this?

Yeah, a former coworker gave it to me once I threw it in my old Jeep when I used to go camping a lot and I always slept with it in my tent and then I thought it was appropriate for a man's life because the spaciousness it came in three layers and so it insulated the clear and black plastic layer and then the mesh layer which is so sick and you've had it right so one of my first questions was how sturdy is the outside of this because you know it would be catastrophic if this thing always broke or broke or whatever, have you had any problems?

No, I lost a zipper pull, so that's okay, that's not okay. Yes, it is not easy, do not replace it. A cross breeze is coming. but look how much light comes in, I love how bright it gets, that's so important and just being here I imagine being here in so many interesting places and this is cool, yeah I mean I've even taken day trips from Chattanooga to I go on a bike ride and I go up the top and I just hang out and have lunch here and then I read a book and it's like a little mini vacation, so to give everyone a perspective of how long this takes to complete, I'm very quick.

My head doesn't even touch the end here and my feet hurt. You know we're near the end. Wow, yeah, there's a lot of room, like you have a cat pillow down there and a cat pillow up here and then you have a dog, yeah. I don't actually have a cat, I'm just on the lever, I'll probably never have a cat, I just want to be the crazy cat lady, there are some jokes, oh hey there down there, what's up dude, don't I like it? junk space, but you know, this is something super cool about the top, is that not only do you have a huge bed here and all this space, there's all this extra storage space here, yes, even when the top is down .

I mean, all of that remains even when I lower the top completely for an extra blanket. I put my half-dirty clothes there. Another thing in fan life is that you can't wash your clothes every time you wear them. It was important for me to understand where I would put half-dirty clothes so I knew I would be wearing riding clothes two or three days in a row. It would hold my little library and all my maps and stuff like that, even a Even with a little window on that side, you'll have full 360 degree windows on this thing.

I like that I have normal bedding here, so I have a normal duvet and sheets, so I'm very calm. I was not sleeping. a sleeping bag for a year, yes it has made it much more comfortable, yes I can attest that it is as comfortable as the paco pad. You can't be a real bed, yeah, let's check the garage, I'm sure the most fun part is this. Great, I have a bike rack for two and two. I really want a bike rack for four so wink kawatte if you want ha ha yeah so Anna Hanna has been a carrier.

SERP has helped transport so many times right now on the Manitou bikes inside comfortably and two on the bike rack. Legally I can only see two people, but for fast laps I can fit a group of people in there too and then the other thing of course is that this is a bike stance so yes you can because and also. your Rack Attack out of the way so you can access the back to the fun stuff full time. I mean, I was carrying enough stuff for four seasons, so I had a bunch of clothes in there, just the solar charger, a controller, that's it. everything here yes there is a solar panel on the top and it was already on the truck when I bought it and if you ask me a lot about electricity Chris I don't know anything about it so I couldn't make an extra battery that sits underneath from the driver's seat. seat and it charges via the solar panel when it's sunny or it charges while I'm driving and it doesn't charge or that battery will work the sink pump the lights the fan for the heater fan and the fan for the vent plus room to store shoes I like that stuff yeah it's weed for those stinky shoes there are hooks everywhere yeah actually I really like the way you have a place to hang your helmet on Camelback yeah and I'll click because they always need to dry .

I have your brand. new bike, my pre, this is my Kona process and it's beautiful, yeah, so this frame is from Rockymounts, their company Boulder, you have to take the front wheels off. Yes, I slide into the saddles and it just slides out, yes, and it's super stable. it doesn't go well and yeah with two bikes there I just stick the wheels in the middle and just be careful with the rotors that come along with the trailer, that's a good line. I get this call to come also to pull people. Yeah, I guess you should take me out.

Yeah, and when other people leave your truck stuck in the mud, I feel like you were just talking to someone through the lens, it's a car thing, so there are the wheel wells, so there's not much room like if the wheel was good. Here like that it's okay so actually it's okay interesting so I always thought this could if in my accommodation I could believe this and get more space for the bike but honestly I probably can't because oh yeah you can't do it all. these come back here, I don't know how to describe it, but they were designed to be accessed from the most practical point, so this space here in this cubicle is a dead space back here, like it's hard to get to the right, that's why it opens up. in the front, that's where the clothes cubby is in the front, yeah, just open it straight to the back because this is an awkward space when there are two bikes here to try to mmm-hmm.

I like this material, it is very resistant, well, for me I can lift. and I don't know, I didn't realize until now that you didn't have a regular apartment back here. Wow, that's really thick, yeah, so I can take some water with a hose and rinse or brush it off. In it is my clothesline or my changing area, which of course you can always change in advance, but it just squeezes in so I can hang dirty or wet clothes. It's very important, that's something no one thinks about until they live on the road. it's how things dry, yeah, how things dry and how you like things half dirty, like you have a place to put things that you don't have, like real dirty clothes, and then, okay. can be used a second time, yes, a third time, oh yes, this is because I just put things in right now.

I put things. I keep them in my racks on top of my roof with all the dry food. The official van

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. I can't wait to get in my own truck. I'm so excited you two, it's definitely such a daunting task and honestly it's so nice to meet someone who's actually done it so we can talk. Oh, I get opinions on things like why is it. a huge project, it's so big and you know, I thought you'd make a couple of mistakes and you'd realize along the way, I'll pick up on some things, but I think so, you got it, I think so too, okay. well thanks for the

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yeah let's do it until I see you next time when I'll have an update on the van situation you guys know what to do live free ride hard and stay excited. hashtag van life you