Skip to content

This Vantastic Life

Explore. Connect. Share.

  • Your Driver
  • Chance the Camper
  • Pippa’s Ride
  • Rest Stops

Tag: minivan travelling

This Vantastic Life: My Sedona

March 3, 2018March 4, 2018 ~ Kit Vantastic ~ 12 Comments

Because Sedona is commonly referred to as a very special and unique place, I’m tempted to grow all kinds of expectations around being here. Hopes for what I might see, feel and experience. Being a spiritually curious  person, I might even be tempted to hope for a life-changing revelation or an out-of-body experience. Maybe I’m … Continue reading This Vantastic Life: My Sedona

A Month in a Minivan: Day 26

February 27, 2018 ~ Kit Vantastic ~ 13 Comments

I woke up this morning feeling like I had an actual  hangover. Is that a thing? A phantom hangover from merely fighting the idea of a drink? Given my mental fogginess, I gave myself permission to process less today. Today, I didn’t need to understand anything in particular. I declared it  “sensory day” - just … Continue reading A Month in a Minivan: Day 26

A Month in a Minivan: Day 24

February 25, 2018 ~ Kit Vantastic ~ 5 Comments

Today’s little journey is brought to you by the magic of “curiousity”. So, with Curiousity steering my ship, I managed to drift exactly 20 miles from last night’s port! Ha!  If youre going to be curious, do not be in a hurry. Do be ready to ask questions, and follow your wandering wonderings. It was … Continue reading A Month in a Minivan: Day 24

A Month in a Minivan: Day 22

February 23, 2018 ~ Kit Vantastic ~ 3 Comments

Anxiety is whipping around me like a strong Arizona wind, of which I now have first-hand knowledge. Instead of running away, I try to lean into it. As if it were a gentle breeze, and I a bird who could float on top of it, without being swept away into the up-current. It’s a strange … Continue reading A Month in a Minivan: Day 22

A Month in a Minivan: Day 13

February 14, 2018 ~ Kit Vantastic ~ 3 Comments

Lucky 13 🙂 Balance Restored. I woke up rested and peaceful, back at a long term visitor area but not in the circle. Just the nearest one to Quartzsite, so I could easily get on the road this morning. This morning Pip and I woke, walked, gassed up the van, poured a “double-the-caffeine” cup of … Continue reading A Month in a Minivan: Day 13

A Month in a Minivan: Day 10

February 11, 2018February 13, 2018 ~ Kit Vantastic ~ 7 Comments

Change is in the air. The maps are out. I’m making lists. It’s almost time to get back on the road. It’s not going to be easy to leave Quartzsite. I’ve been here since Christmas Eve. I’ve made memories, and more importantly, friends. I’ve drank from the communal cup at the RTR, the WRTR, and here … Continue reading A Month in a Minivan: Day 10

A Month in a Minivan: Day 7

February 8, 2018February 8, 2018 ~ Kit Vantastic ~ 5 Comments

Road Trip To Hot Springs! My friend suggested we  a little road trip to Tonopah (about an hour from Quartzsite) to visit Eldorado Hot Springs (also called Desert Pete’s) After a week romping about it desert dust, how could I say no to that? We left the van here and took Pip’s kennel and a blanket … Continue reading A Month in a Minivan: Day 7

A Month in a Minivan: Day 4

February 5, 2018 ~ Kit Vantastic ~ Leave a comment

I woke up at sunrise and made a pot of coffee in slow motion. Sat in the sun and sipped, lazy as a hot desert day. The temperatures here in Quartzite are in the 80’s right now, so it becomes quite hot quickly. I start with two layers on waking and am naked by nine. I … Continue reading A Month in a Minivan: Day 4

A Month in a Minivan: 28 Days with Kit & Pippa

February 2, 2018February 2, 2018 ~ Kit Vantastic ~ 20 Comments

Welcome to my February Writing Project: 28 Posts about van life  in 28 Days! My plan is to write a short post each day throughout February; a celebration of the ordinary and extraordinary moments of “life on the road” as a woman, in a minivan, with a dog. My hope is to give you a … Continue reading A Month in a Minivan: 28 Days with Kit & Pippa

Lessons from a Wise Right Ear

January 15, 2018January 15, 2018 ~ Kit Vantastic ~ 4 Comments

  Despite travelling 30,000 kilometres through two countries; seeing breath-taking sites and meeting fascinating people, the biggest lesson I may have learned in 2017 didn’t come from being on the road; it came from an earache. I’d like to tell you how the earache began while pelted by icy glacier water as I  bathed in … Continue reading Lessons from a Wise Right Ear

Posts navigation

Older posts

All Past Posts

SEARCH FOR POSTS

Van Tour Video

https://youtu.be/uMFXgzidaSM

Last Year’s Interview with Bob Wells of CheapRVLiving.

https://youtu.be/2Ao9Pgx6_jE

Stories from the Road

  • An Invitation
  • My Rearview Mirror
  • Day 31: Arriving Alive (the final instalment)
  • Day 30: Off Ramp
  • Day 29: Nature Speaks
  • Day 28: No Exit
  • Day 27: Portals
  • Day 25: A Foot.
  • Day 24: Pippa’s Ride
  • Day 23: My Outside World
  • Day 22: Close Encounter
  • Day 21: An Ode to Play
  • Day 20: A Balancing Act
  • Day 19: Today’s Traffic
  • Day 18: Notes from the Field

Hitch a Ride with Us

I’m so happy you’re coming along! You will now get email letting you know when we post something new :)

Join 1,056 other subscribers

My Inspiration!

  • Brené Brown
  • Cheap RV Living
  • Cross With Me
  • Frugal RV Living
  • Nomadland

Instagram

No Instagram images were found.

Join Us on Facebook

Join Us on Facebook

Recent Travels

Powered by WordPress.com.