Jason and I use our vehicles for epic road trips and escapes into nature! We love to camp, and have been trying to perfect that *perfect* car camping setup for years now. After a few design iterations, vehicle changes, and one really terrible night in the rain in a tent, we decided to finally build our dream camper!
Yeah.. that’s pretty cool! It has an almost queen sized bed, a little galley, electric fridge, and a tiny diesel heater. For once, we don’t have to suffer in the cold or the wet to go camping. No more cooking breakfast in the frozen mud!
The best part? It only took us about 3 months to build it. (yes, it was all summer, but still!) Here is a list of the blog posts below for the entire process!
- Dreaming
- Planning
- Materials
- Fun With Foam
- Seams Like Fun
- Boxing it in
- Fiberglass Frenzy
- More Preparation
- Everything Itches
- Walls and a Door
- Moving on up
- Less Exciting
- Cutting Holes
- Sealing Surfaces
- Finishing Details
- Progress and Setbacks
- Put a Lid on it
- Glue Everywhere
- Visualize Success
- Shaping Up
- Tying it together
- Unintentional Weather Testing
- Back to Work
- Finally Some Paint
- Procrastination
- Tired of Tyvek
- Just Plain Tired
- Making it Smooth
- Stellar Saturday
- Second Saturday
- Sunny Sunday
- Time for Paint
- Still Painting
- Lift and stain
- Roofing and Water Tank
- How to put it in the truck?
- Truck Upgrade
- Food and Water
- Bright White
- Weekend Warriors
- Roof over our heads
- Getting Lifted
- Stove and Cabinets
- More custom cabinets
- Paint and Electrical
- Tool Time
- Slightly Squishy
- Start Up
- Dry and Lockable
- Exhausted
- Slow Progress
- Fuel and Doors
- Seeing Results
- Going too well
- Repairs
- Cabinets
- Lighting
- Complete Cabinetry
- Canvas part 1
- Small Stuff
- Canvas part 2
- Canvas part 3
- Labor Day Weekend
- Canvas part 4
- Test Fit
- Canvas Complete
- Coffee is Important
- Final Details
- Finally Functional
The above links are just the build process! After the camper was usable we took it on an epic road trip through Nevada and Oregon and a few local places in Washington. I can’t wait for next summer to really put some miles on it!
I love your vehicles!! They really explain more about you than your “about me” blog. Love it!
Jessica needs to plant some trees in her yard… Heh, heh, heh…
Oh, and Ashley, this blog is sweet! I just subscribed for automatic updates. Lets hope it works for me just in case Jessica put some bad juju on it…