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While I agree with your assessment of "pretty people in pretty places" as it applies to the giant Instagram accounts, it really doesn't apply to most people who
by pilom 9y ago
While I agree with your assessment of "pretty people in pretty places" as it applies to the giant Instagram accounts, it really doesn't apply to most people who live this lifestyle. Living in a van allows you to not need to worry about making rent or anything like that. Most people living the life have some form of normal work income. They work as campground hosts, or as ski instructors, or raft guides, or park rangers etc. I'm just saying recognize that there is a huge bias of, the people you know of doing this life are the ones who advertise it on social media, but there are an order of magnitude more people who live in the same accommodations without the same source of income.
- narrowrail 9y agoI agree, as I did this in the 90's while in college working as a raft guide on the Arkansas river. We were allowed to camp on our employer's land for free. There was no social media to pimp our activities on, and I imagine it would've been looked down on at that time.
- aphextron 9y ago>I agree, as I did this in the 90's while in college working as a raft guide on the Arkansas river. Such a small world. I guided Brown's canyon for a couple summers as well. Best few years of my life, and we were living in tents. What company?
- narrowrail 9y agoApparently, pretty small. Sorry I missed this. I'm not exactly a public person, so let's say 'buffalo' was in the name. WA was the only other company I know of at the time with a similar set-up.