New way to travel

Now that we're without a cruising boat we decided it was time to try land travel.  On Sept. 30th we purchased a 2010 Sprinter Van and started converting it into a camper.

Since then it's been full speed ahead to get it ready to head south before the snow flies.  Getting cooler and dreary here & we're looking forward to heading south on Sat. Nov. 12th.

Joe spent hours looking at you tube videos to get some ideas on how to do this conversion and in between work and playing pickleball he attacked it full speed ahead.

Here are some photos of the process - hope you enjoy them.

 insulate inside with 1 " of spray foam and pink fibreglass all covered with 1/4 inch luan underlayment

making bed panel bulkhead and cabinet 

hole cut in door-that was scary

Now we have a nice big opening window with a screen and roller blind on the inside.  Picked this up at a  trailer salvage yard.

Having the berth raised leaves room for plenty of storage

Cut out the metal cargo wall to make a walkthrough to the  rear of the van.  Also had to remove the bench seat and installed a bucket seat (picked that up at the salvage yard)

Using 2 -5 gal. gerry jugs-one for fresh water and one for grey water.  Will be adding a 12V refrigerator later.

Very simple port-a-potty which also acts as a step for getting into the berth

Purchased a dresser and countertop from IKEA and with some adjusting  made a very useful storage area.  After driving around in the van and having all of the drawers fly open Joe added these locks.

Made a small sofa from one of the seats in our old van.