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Eastern Canada

Eastern Canada. Photos of our trip through Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Quebec.

This post will give a brief overview of the steps we took to finish the ceiling in our van – a 2021 Ford Transit.

Insulation in our 2021 Ford Transit. See how we insulated our floor, walls, ceiling, headliner shelf and back doors.

One thing all camper vans contain is a bed. There are very many ways to build one, we chose to build a fixed bed in our 2021 Ford Transit.

We’ll show you the bike drawer we made in our 2021 Ford Transit van. It’s holding up really well – a great addition to our adventure camper!

Nov 8, 2021 | Camper Van

There are many reasons to insualate a cargo van that will end up being a camper van. It will keep us warm on the...

Nov 5, 2021 | Camper Van

Before getting the van, and starting the build, we had always thought we'd made a bed that folds up to have a couch in...

Nov 4, 2021 | Camper Van

One thing we love to do when we're travelling is explore the area we're in by electric bike. We plan to take our...

Sep 12, 2021 | Camper Van

Installing a fan in the 2021 Ford Transit was a necessity for us. Although we got factory windows all around the van,...

Aug 29, 2021 | Camper Van

The first piece of work we tackled on our 2021 Ford Transit HR AWD was the subfloor. Here's how we did it.The main...

Jun 8, 2021 | Camper Van

In looking at the analytics on our website, some folks actually click on this van build page to see what we're up to....

Dec 23, 2020 | Camper Van

We are SOOO ready for vanlife. We started talking about it when we retired in February 2019. We watched YouTube...

Nov 16, 2020 | Camper Van

Long before van life was a hashtag, my dad knew that travelling by van was the easiest and most affordable way to...

Jul 29, 2020 | Camper Van

The last few trips we have taken have been with our Honda CRV camper conversion. We converted the car we already had...