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ShaVanda's Travel Journals are our written stories and blogs along our travels.

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Six months in.

How quickly time flies ... Six months ago today, we packed up and left Poulsbo, WA, officially beginning our travels. We have seen so...

Mardi Gras and a Birthday

Mardi Gras, also known as Shrove Tuesday or Fat Tuesday, is the day in Roman Catholic tradition that marks the last day before the...

Asheville, NC. It's just - "weird".

A month ago we were finally leaving Florida, making our way back to North Carolina. We had said farewell to Key West, where we had called...

It's Getting Colder

After over two months in Key West, Florida, we are now slowly making our way north towards North Carolina. The one thing we knew we...

Vanlifers In Key West

During our time in Key West, Florida, we met so many amazing people, locals as well as travelers. This was the first place were we've...

Key West: Our Home for Two Months

As of tomorrow, we will have lived in Key West, Florida, for two full months. We've been in the Florida Keys for a day longer. And within...

Christmas in Key West

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas... What does that song make you think of? Could it be cooler temperatures? Maybe snow...

Sewage Spill

Water leaks are no fun. No one likes the damage that a little water creates. But make this sewage waste, and this is just plain nasty!...

Our Stay On Base

Accessible toilets, showers, gym, and laundry, guaranteed safety and parking, affordable food, diesel, and carwash. These are a few of...

Necessity is the Inspiration of Innovation

Sleeping, eating, and bathing, these are all necessities of life. Not having one of them can get a person really ill or worse. In order...

The Southernmost Point

There are many northernmost, easternmost, westernmost, or southernmost places around the world, and even in this country. These places...

Stealth Camping in the Keys

What an adventure we've had so far. Yesterday (Thursday, 15 November) we left Miami after three nights in the city. Our goal was to make...

ShaVanda in Savannah

(Hey, that rhymes!) ShaVanda spent three nights in Savannah, Georgia. Deciding to slow down a bit, we ended up staying in Savannah as...

South Carolina's Coast

South Carolina has been a real surprise! I didn't know much about South Carolina, and anything I had known I had long forgotten. It was a...

Where To Shower Now?

We finally decided to take our first shower away from the comfort of family or friends' bathrooms. You could say we had been holding off...

We Have No Power!?

Earlier today (Saturday, 3 November) we had one of our biggest panics yet. We had no power. Our system completely shut off. What the heck...

"Is That 4×4?

We're here in Ellerbe, North Carolina, and we were seriously offered $20,000 on the spot for our van - and this without knowing it is...

We Are Home

I have been trying to write this journal for over a month now. All I can say is that I am still in complete and utter amazement at our...

Pacific Northwest Rain in Green Bay

Here we are, it's raining again. … One of the many reasons we were excited and ready to get out of the Seattle area was the impending 9...

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