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Excited to find a family if color. Love the ingenuity especially the shoe area. Im building a campervan inside electric rig. Once delivered, let’s keep in touch! Brighdrop Zevo 600 series by GM.
Great! We've met a few couples who live nomadic. Sometimes, the big dream can seem so far away. I recommend you start small, now (if you haven't already). Maybe do multi-day camping road trips and camp out of your car or even rent a van. This way, you can start adjusting to the lifestyle and figure out what works best for you. Best wishes!
Yes that was part of the inspiration. Green Book, underground railroad, and other historic organizing projects that focused on connecting Black folks to safe and affirming spaces.
I wish I had known you were coming. I live in Toronto and would have been happy to show you around, and been your connection here. I won't be here for much longer though. It's almost 14 years since I moved to Toronto from Vancouver and am planning a huge move in a few months. I'm happy you enjoyed yourselves. Matt - Toronto, Canada
I love your outlook on van builds and realising that it's an amazing learning opportunity, and reframing mistakes/costs like that. We are a way off being able to start our van life, but your layout is the best I've seen for us (we'll also have two teens by the time it finally happens) and your reasons for taking the family on the road are really aligned with ours, too. It's a scary thought that things might go wrong that cost us more money, BUT you're absolutely right that those mistakes are valuable lessons and it's not wasted time/money if you look at it like that. Hopefully that will help us to try out things we never thought we could do! Thank you for taking the time to walk through the more technical aspects :-)
Thank you for watching! It certainly can be scary to take leaps. And it is also frustrating when things don't go according to plan. But lived experiences (including big mistakes) are the price of wisdom.
Awww thanks. There's so many wonderful Black families hitting the road and exploring van life. We're sharing some of our journey in the hopes of inspiring more to take the leap and get outside!
Thank you for showing this alternative style of living available to us. Also grateful for the Above Ground Railroad. ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY while traveling. Delivered RV’s and experienced some discriminatory behaviors so this means so much to me and I’m sure a lot of others…thank you
Okay okay okay...I liked and definitely subscribed. It was y'all's small self document 📃 about your family and how you got to this point. Love it, may you guys continue your journey in God's peace and Grace #ThankYouForSharing 🌻💐🙏🏽💪🏽🙌🏽
I'm came back for the bathroom space love how you utilized that space at all cost...to be able to change it out into a mud room/coffee view scaping mental peace getaway love it truly love what you guys have done here. Family goals #InspirationAtItsBest 🤗🙌🏽👍🏽👌🏽
I was initially concerned about your safety roaming white America, so I'm pleased you have a network. Your design is ingenious and I love your fabric choices. PS. I'm a white 🇬🇧 mother who only hates the haters. Happy Holidays!🚐🏞😉
Your layout inspired us. We are building a L2H2 into a van for 5 persons. We will probably use your idea for the double bed. Are you going to post a video on this setup? It seems like the backchairs are lower than your front seats, how did you solve this?
You're correct. The back seats are lower so It doesn't rest on those. Had to come up with an innovative support solution of our own. We'll make a video about that at some point. So many projects going on at the moment. Thanks for watching!
The only downside to the promaster is no 4-wheel drive. It's been an inconvenience at times. But at half the price of a Sprinter, it checked all of our other boxes. Best wishes on your build!
We have plenty of room. One of our goals when traveling is to connect with nature and enjoy being outdoors. Being in a van encourages us to spend most of our time outside. And when we're rained in, there's enough room for all of us to be comfortable. Plus, a van fits into a normal parking spot and drives like a car. So it's much more convenient to move around in
Yall have done a Marvelous job,you seem to be a loving and engaged couple (meaning)intuned together enjoy your lives and be oh so well enjoyed watching you both oh by the way hello from mphs.,Tn. Be safe bye🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Beautiful build and nice cushions. I love that it extends to the inside in this heat it's a must. I was going to ask were you working towards off grid living. I will check out the channel for sure.
I love this. Kiyoshi said to me the other day, when I was in that packing for a trip space, ‘getting something done is better than nothing’. We all get to live in our destiny and do and be who and what we are here for.
Thanks for sharing. I think I am more introvert than not though I also enjoy the company of other(s). I also have days, moments when engaging is really challenging and some days, just not going to happen. Due to the challenges, life and time has taught me that it's ok to get out often, even if that means alone and surprisingly, I may meet/greet others doing life alone at that moment and most of the time, that's enough for me.
Im an old grandma raising a grandson, really thinking about what ur doin. You're so smart God bless you and Keep you i can tell you have a relationship with My Lord God
Your family of four van tour caught my attention what an awesome use of space you guys knocked it out of the park hope you had a great Juneteenth and as an 80 year old white woman I want to apologize to you guys for having to worry about your safety as you travel this beautiful country we will definitely be following your Channel traveling Mercies to you all
❤Nice van and lovely people.As a Scottish 🏴 Great Grandmother it stabbed at my heart to hear you say that you have to be careful where you go to feel safe. That shocked me! We are all Gods children nobody has the right to make you feel unsafe and not welcome.I never realised that racism was so bad in America.🇺🇸 they should be ashamed of themselves. Racists are actually soldiers of Satan and if people go down that road then they are going to suffer for their wickedness on the judgement day.I wish you many happy travels and send you and your family lot’s of Love ❤️ I will pray 🙏 for you all may God keep you all safe ❤
It's a needed conversation that actually goes deeper than the "cookout", because if we literally do wind up in a race war, then you have to see who's part of the tribe. The "others" might be a given, but what happens when you have to start cutting off the problem within--- including relatives. You don't have to be an anti-Black "hire" to be a serious problem either. It does require knowing who can still be redeemed and deprogrammed... some can, some can not; and we'd have to be able and willing to let them go, because sometimes you can invest to a point of no return. KW and CO are definitely NOT... EVER... invited.... EVEEERRRRR.
"Juneteenth Cookout" is being used as a metaphor here, representing events that are specifically centered on the Black freedom struggle. These kind of events require more discernment on who is invited and are necessarily more exclusive to preserve the sanctity and focus of the event. The concept of a "race war" is often used to stoke fear and tends to lean into bigotry. In reality, it's a bit too "black and white" to be considered a realistic outcome of our current situation. It doesn't take into account that our struggle against oppression has always been inclusive of other oppressed communities and allies. We live in a racist society that is also plagued by systems of imperialism/colonialism, patriarchy. It will take a diverse, intercommunal movement to end these oppressive systems and transform this society.
It is most def a necessary conversation and thinking about it as a special cookout is a easier way for Black folks supportive of the struggle to share and hash out those real factors. I hear you loud and clear on KW & CO not coming to the Juneteenth cookout. I also struggle with giving grace and offering redemption! Thanks for that insight.
@@WayOutRailroad I understand the metaphor, but consider this: Black people have no friends; even among the "allies", we'd have to still sort out who's there to actually HELP and who's there to only MANIPULATE. Having Juneteenth on the books is a manipulation, as the same factions simultaneously fight against reparations. Every "gift" ain't good. Next, we have to be absolutely CLEAR on what "help" actually means. Some believe being absorbed and integrated equally into this (corrupt) society should be the end goal. Others of us believe in a version of "peaceful" sovereignty where people co-exist without being bound by the confines of integration. Based on those general worldviews, we will categorize who is helping and who is sabotaging and manipulating. Behind us and in front of us NOW, we have EXTENSIVE history--- GLOBAL Black history--- that reveals to us what to do and what not to do where these matters are concerned. That history tells us about how our enemies use us and themselves to attain their goals, so we have no excuse to keep falling into the same trap. If we are HEALED, then our discernment will tell us who is who --- internal or external, we'll be able to KNOW "helpers" from "manipulators".
@@WayOutRailroad Grace and redemption are accorded individually, because, like I stated, people may truly become "woke" (coming to hate that term at this point) based on spiritual inclination, experience, exposure, education, and how much they are (socially) vested into the "others". Candace Owens may have been one of the "hires" you alluded to, but if she had chosen a non-public, regular life and married a white man because she believed she was improving her DNA, she'd still be a problem simply because those values would be pushed into our community; regardless of how or what means you push the "agenda", it would still be problematic.
I think you did a bang up job on converting your van! I also think you are giving your children such a wonderful experience that will give them the best memories of traveling with both of you, and gaining more knowledge about our country.
I watch and have watched many, many, many videos about RVs, stealth vans, camper vans, refurbished busses, vans and cars that folk live in and use for travel. This is the very first tour I have watched where a fire extinguisher and/or carbon monoxide detector was mentioned. That point was a great teaching moment. Thank you and happy travels.
Thanks for watching. It's a small but important thing. Between cookinh inside the van and having wires running all over the place, a fire extinguisher could come in handy. We may end up switching to a fire blankets because they are less messy.
