Van Life: Year 1

About these guides

Choosing to move into a van in pursuit of constant adventure and a way to live more closely connected to nature was simply the next evolution of the Outside 365 lifestyle. If a little nature is good for the soul, then more nature exposure has to be even better!

On this page, I’ll briefly document all the stops on my van life adventure (in reverse chronological order), with links to guidebooks, articles, and resources that I’ve published from each destination. If you want to visit any of these destinations yourself, you can use these resources as a shortcut to find the best and most exciting adventures! And as always, for the most timely updates, be sure to follow @mtbgreg on Instagram.

This page only documents my van life travels beginning in June of 2021, and not my extensive domestic and international travels over the previous 14+ years. For more exhaustive documentation, please see the Adventure Guides tab.

Destinations are only listed once, even if I visited a destination multiple times.

Definitions, in descending order of detail:

Guidebook: A collection of recommended routes on a particular theme, with an overview of the destination.

Article: Article that I’ve written about a destination.

Route: Recommended route with a detailed written overview.

Trail: Trail listing in a database.

Adventure: A lived adventure that I actually went on, but have not yet expanded with additional information to create a route.

I haven’t listed every single resource that I’ve published for each destination. For even more routes and guidebooks, be sure to visit FATMAP.com. And for more articles, be sure to visit Singletracks.com.

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