Van Life Guide: Boondocking

How to sleep free across America.

Boondocking on the banks of the Flathead River, MT — Photo by Author

Faded National Park stickers and added rust — time painted upon the van full of memories. After four years parked in Los Angeles, my campervan was itching for new roads, and in the wake of a breakup so was I. On July 18th, 2020 — five years since the van’s last voyage carrying us across Eastern Oregon — I sold it to a woman with her own Van Life Dreams.