Adventures, misadventures, travel tips, guides, and stories from life on the road. Join us on our journey as we explore North America in our 1990 Roadtrek Popular van. Follow @vanrouge_roadtrek on Instagram!
Looking to furnish or decorate your new van but don't want to buy crappy plastic products? We have the perfect list of eco-friendly van life essentials for you! When Paul and I bought our van, we knew we wanted to keep the style minimal and eco. As much as possible,...
Is there such a thing as an ultimate Canadian road trip? Well, you better believe it because we did it! During our van life travels, we spent 3-4 months on a road trip across Canada starting with New Brunswick, moving our way up through Nova Scotia, crossing over on a...
One of the first questions Paul and I had when considering buying a van to live and travel in was whether we should do a van conversion or just buy a prebuilt campervan. There are many pros and cons to both, I'd say, but I can only really speak from experience from...
In this Van Life Journal combining weeks 7, 8, AND 9, we explored more of Newfoundland and Labrador, the most easterly province in Canada, before taking the ferry back to Nova Scotia and down on through New Brunswick, and eventually, Québec!! Between hiking on earth's...
Hello there! What a crazy, fun-filled week! Van Rouge is still going strong. We had to charge her batteries this week and now she's back to health. In short, this week we celebrated Paul's birthday in Newfoundland, went to a stargazing event, had some successes and...
It's hard to believe that we've just passed our one month anniversary living in Van Rouge! When I see how fast time is going it makes me realize we could easily spend a year or two in the van. We'll see where these adventures lead. Cheers to a new week full of new...
Hi everyone, a day late publishing Van Life Journal Week #4 but better late than never! In short, this week we discovered a colorful gem of a town on the Atlantic coast classed a UNESCO World Heritage site - Lunenburg delighted and surprised us in so many ways. We...
So now I'm 26 and a labeled "flexitarian." We're into our fourth week into van life and third week in Canada. And already I'm finding it hard to keep up with the journaling. But I'm grateful for doing it because one day we're really going to enjoy reading about our...
Time is flying and I almost couldn't keep up this week on the daily journaling. Here's a short but sweet look at what our second week of van life entailed (including my birthday!) Day 8 - Van Rouge Goes to the Bathroom It's the 1st clear day we've had since arriving...
It's hard to believe it already came and went... Our first week of #vanlife! In efforts to remember all the crazy shenanigans and misadventures of life on the road, I'm starting a new series called "Van Life Journal" in which I'll be writing about our weekly...