Campervan tour of our budget stealth minivan RV. A micro camper conversion DIY build. 2000 Oldsmobile Silhouette van conversion for dispersed camping or boondocking, road trip adventures and weekend vanlife. Are Minivans cool? Yes! We hope to inspire some ideas on what to do with your van as a new empty nester! Convert it to a vanlife campervan! A great way to transition to empty nester life. Start living for you! Travel and explore on the cheap!
Follow our dorky empty nester journey and watch the transformation of our health and well being while we work on getting better at capturing our adventures. We've got so many awesome adventures planned. We will visit some cool spots around Arizona and beyond! We hope to inspire some ideas planning your next needed getaway. So please consider subscribing to the channel @gino_colucci
How we got started here...
My dad figured out an interesting way to travel the country on a budget several years back in a converted minivan.. I loved hearing his travel adventure stories and it was truly inspiring to learn you don’t need to be loaded to have a good time traveling and exploring. We haven't been able to afford a real vacation in over 6 years, pretty much since I left my career as a firefighter/paramedic back in Illinois due to PTSD.
My phone must have been eavesdropping because I started getting video suggestions about campervan conversions. I went down that rabbit hole and was blown away by some amazing builds people have done. I instantly fell in love with the concept. We didn't have that kind of money it takes for a pimped out van and we weren't even sure we were going to like it but we do have a small van which was a good start. It's an ugly weird brown extended minivan that gets amazing gas mileage. A neighbor called it a gangbanger soccer mom mobile lol! This van had been so reliable and never left us stranded!
We bought it used in 2013 when we were taking a lot of family road trips wasting $ on renting.
It became so important to us when I left the fire service. It was then used to start my handyman business which grew and soon I could afford a work truck. The van became back up. Seven years later, we almost sold it for $500!
Instead we decided to convert our van into an adventure van so we can camp and budget travel while our daughter is at school. We always loved camping but really hate setting up tents in the dark since we’re always late for everything lol! It’s made a huge impact on our lives as we take many mini trips now!
This van is super nostalgic so it was perfect for this project.
We’re glad to say it worked out and now we are hooked! We're taking full advantage of our situation. This is OUR time. We aren't waiting until retirement to explore this world. We are focusing on us now that our daughter is away.
As mentioned before we picked up a full size Chevy high top camper van started by someone else. We plan to finish it
while redoing some things to fit us, a little at a time while we live that adventure life! We will show that process and tour it when it’s closer to being finished.
We are extremely grateful to every person who subscribed, it means a lot. We are working to make these videos better and better. We always appreciate your feedback.
Also, this is new for us. We are posting links to products we have used and love for those who may be interested. We will do some in depth reviews coming soon. If you purchase anything from amazon through any link here we get a small commission which helps support this channel.
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3 ноя 2021
