#vanlife
![What It's Really Like to Live and Work in a Converted School Bus](http://images.ctfassets.net/r7p9m4b1iqbp/5OWIpiiqzCUJqfresd1TGq/2b9cbc6c93e3d3a7dea8096dc07ff337/Steve-Yocom-Living-In-A-Bus-Thumbnail.jpg?w=600&q=85&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
How Steve Yocom & Jordan Meeks found a retired school bus for $3,000 and turned it into a mobile cabin that crisscrosses the country
![The Best VW Camper Van Rentals Across the USA](http://images.ctfassets.net/r7p9m4b1iqbp/4wE7eaAtK0MsSuuyUWUiUK/ec361be8c50d4da97501dca3dc012493/James-Barkman-Real-Vanlife-2.jpg?w=600&q=85&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
Explore closer to home without going full #Vanlife in a universally loved bit of German engineering, Volkswagen
![Pandemic Van Camping Along the Northern California Coast](http://images.ctfassets.net/r7p9m4b1iqbp/2WJ4JDE0NRCH7N7KT0KDPN/40f1ea6b9d33c357b9072948721f0d2e/Rood-Northern-California-Vanlife-Hero.jpg?w=600&q=85&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
This lesser known, lesser loved ‘86 Toyota Van is a true ticket to freedom—at a quarter the price of your average VW or Sprinter adventure van
![The Thule x Tepui Foothill Rooftop Tent Is a Camping Game Changer](http://images.ctfassets.net/r7p9m4b1iqbp/6vV7PGhvRGeqsr6FG6HYHU/9d70caafd17b495844f16956bff649cd/Thule-Tepui-Foothill-Rooftop-Tent-1.jpg?w=600&q=85&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
The all-new rooftop tent is lighter, shorter, and half as wide as competing designs, leaving space for other toys on top
![Go.Go.Go: Skiing, Surfing, a Super 8 Camera, and Micro RV in Japan](http://images.ctfassets.net/r7p9m4b1iqbp/6k3VAKCKwbQxI4oIOBrLkr/5fe341ecce0306a9b0160c13a564c03a/GoGoGo-Ski-Film-Thumb.jpg?w=600&q=85&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
Pro skiers Callum Pettit & Mike Henitiuk roam the South Island in a micro RV to ski, surf, and explore in new short film
![The 13 Best Overland & Camper Van Rental Companies in USA](http://images.ctfassets.net/r7p9m4b1iqbp/20aiP20NMhSsVmMX3rhtFd/19ea794b35020c94ca1f9874aac9c605/Cascade-Adventure-Vans-Credit-Reagan-Aleea.jpg?w=600&q=85&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
Whether looking for a hotel suite on wheels or just a rooftop tent, there's an adventure-ready rig out there for you
![The New American Dream Is a Rent-Free Life on the Road](http://images.ctfassets.net/r7p9m4b1iqbp/YvSyQDTpn9JMJeny0SEjE/cef0881fc17b2813c087a95aede48fe8/Features-Bree-New-American-Dream-Fieldmag-1.jpg?w=600&q=85&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
Why this writer left their corporate life to renovate a 1979 RV and what the nomadic lifestyle can mean for Black & Queer communities
![A Nomad No More: How One Road Lifer Adapts to COVID-19](http://images.ctfassets.net/r7p9m4b1iqbp/5Jpn1GvpfhQ3ZepxcgBIJN/cda5f39c620fad151b4e5ea2a7245d48/Andy-Cochrane-COVID-Nomad-4.jpg?w=600&q=85&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
After nearly five years of living in a Toyota Tacoma, professional adventurer Andy Cochrane returns home to find a silver lining
![An Obsessive Adventurer's Ode to Gas Station Coffee](http://images.ctfassets.net/r7p9m4b1iqbp/4czg9qH3qeZ32IjQSvyVC3/da5baeea1dc327fc403b7b7b4e3c7ff6/Andy-Cochrane-Gas-Station-Coffee-Fieldmag-1.jpg?w=600&q=85&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
For late night sends and early morning adventures, nothing fuels excitement quite like a $1.69 cup of cut rate black gold
![Why The Ideal Adventure Rig Isn't a Van—It's a Pickup Truck](http://images.ctfassets.net/r7p9m4b1iqbp/5eF6SChzNunXC6gilangrg/af010141ca4c2db63daa896e5d59bb41/Andy-Cochrane-TacoMama-Best-Adventuremobile-Fieldmag-1.jpg?w=600&q=85&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
After more than three years and 130,000 miles of living in a pickup, I’m convinced there is no better way
![Vanlife Diaries Book Documents a New Generation of Nomads](http://images.ctfassets.net/r7p9m4b1iqbp/2Arlf1v4qTQNL3WEYig5Gk/f9ba3d2430526a388d7a9921136920a8/Vanlife-Diaries-Book-Cover-Fieldmag-1.jpg?w=600&q=85&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
200 pages of dreamy converted camper vans, custom Sprinters, classic VW Buses and Vanagons, and more, photographed by James Barkman
![Pan-American Trail Part One: The Alaskan Highway](http://images.ctfassets.net/r7p9m4b1iqbp/59sL68TEM8wQ8Y2OO2CgIa/49f6d85b5264487ffa987b80236568fb/James-Barkman-Pan-America-AK-8.jpg?w=600&q=85&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
Adventure photographer James Barkman sets off toward Alaska on a 30,000-mile motorcycle mission to climb peaks across the Americas