I have not been posting my monthly finances as of late, mainly because they have been pretty boring with the long stretch of urban camping this year. I spent more than nine months sitting still this year with only about 10 weeks of traveling [in the van], so the year...
My holiday activities started in Colorado where I drove 800 miles to Las Vegas. After spending a few days there I made the 650 drive to Northern California. Again, a few days then I flew 2500 miles to Hawaii where I drove another 1000 miles touring the Big Island before...
I have been proud that ever since I started van-dwelling I had not been sick with those annual illnesses such as the common cold or flu. I have had some bad allergies and even food poisoned, but no cold or flu. I credit that I am near so few people...
Being born and raised in the Bay Area, Mount Diablo was the mountain in which all others were compared as a kid. I remember my Mother bringing us kids up to the peak when we were younger. The thought of being nearly 4,000 feet above the majority of all other...
Since I regularly publish my finances of van-life I was asked by more than a few of you to publish the finances of my Hawaii trip. As usual, I am happy to do so. I expected the trip to cost me about $1,500 when it was all said and done,...
My second to last day on the island was spent checking off one final box on my list. While I had driven and explored the entire circumference of the island along the roughly 200 miles of highway that circumnavigate the island, I had failed to drive the 50 miles of...
Pu’Ukohola Heiau National Historic Site was the final feature I visited on the island and the 4th (and final) National Park on the big island. The site preserves the ruins of the last major Ancient Hawaiian temple, and other historic sites. The Temple on the Hill of the Whale was...
Pololū is the Northernmost series of erosional valleys forming the east coast of Kohala Mountain on the big island. The valley forms a deep cut in the side of Kohala Mountain where Pololū stream makes it’s way to the ocean. It also happens to be the a-typical scenery of Hawaii...
Lapakahi State Historical Park is a large area of ruins from an Ancient Hawaiian fishing village, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Not much remains but for a reconstructed hut, a few stone walls, and a trail that lead you to the ocean and back. Coming...
The 442 foot plunge of Akaka Falls is likely the biggest natural attraction on the island, and matched with the smallest parking lot it was a pain in the ass to see. Add to it the $5 “parking fee”, which of course you have to pay even if you do...
