So, what's new?
It's been cold here recently. Really bloody cold! Regularly hitting -20 overnight and sometimes that low in the Alpine up on the mountain too! I've been able to stay at a friends a few times recently though, which was great on the coldest, windiest nights. But the hardest part? Everything freezes, and then defrosts when you run your heater. I've thrown a small mound of fruit and veg away that has frozen and defrosted more than once and just gone off. The coold I can deal wit, but I'm very grateful I invested in a better here before the winter really kicked in!
This is what I bought, and it's worked well:
Buddy Heater
I've also spent some time catching up with Anne, my fellow vanlife friend here in Revelstoke. She's great to chill out with, as you'll have seen in an earlier post, I've also been touring with her and her husband, so she can ski well too! There're a number of van-dwellers here, but it's not much of a 'community' - the problem being that the more public you become about living in a vehicle, the more likely you are to be moved on. Despite being recognised as something that happens a lot here in Canada (without being a 'pikey'), it's still generally not welcomed as a full time thing.
Still, we relax, chat and watch comedy or NZ Grand Designs - I'm slowly getting her into appreciating decent architecture, and we watch the Kiwi version so she gets reminders of home!
Here's another photo:
This is what I bought, and it's worked well:
Buddy Heater
I've also spent some time catching up with Anne, my fellow vanlife friend here in Revelstoke. She's great to chill out with, as you'll have seen in an earlier post, I've also been touring with her and her husband, so she can ski well too! There're a number of van-dwellers here, but it's not much of a 'community' - the problem being that the more public you become about living in a vehicle, the more likely you are to be moved on. Despite being recognised as something that happens a lot here in Canada (without being a 'pikey'), it's still generally not welcomed as a full time thing.
Still, we relax, chat and watch comedy or NZ Grand Designs - I'm slowly getting her into appreciating decent architecture, and we watch the Kiwi version so she gets reminders of home!
Here's another photo:
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| More of the spectacular scenery here in Revelstoke. This was the top of MacKenzie peak, a 200 vertical meter hike, taking about an hour to do, with my board of choice for the day; the Burton Kilroy Custom |
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