New page of The Whole Road up. The main sites have more blog posts (and eventualy reviews and tutorials). They are: www.thewholeroad.com and www.patreon.com/msk -- Chapter 1, page 3: Inertia I'm writing you from somewhere near the coast of Oregon, camped on a river delta. I left two days ago on a new adventure, this time in a different vehicle; a 2005 sprinter van graciously lent to me by a good friend. It's a weird experience- i'm very, very used to truck driving and camping. A standard sized vehicle, with good offroad capabilities, zipping around and plopping down wherever for the night.   The van, so far, has several noticeable benefits and drawbacks. Firstly, on the 'con' side. It's *huge*, maneuvering around a town or parking in a lot can be quite a challenge. This puts a big hamper on any urban exploring and ease of shopping for say, groceries.   Secondly, and quite relevant to now, it is a big, heavy vehicle with no 4WD. I came to a campsite last night where I was meeting a friend, who got to it in his Civic, assuring me it was passable. However, when I here- nighttime, of course- it proved to be quite gravely and treacherous for a big heavy vehicle. I didn't get stuck...on the way in. I still need to, you know, get out. We'll see how that goes. I did bring tow straps.   On the positive side: similarly, it is *huge*. I'm comfortably sitting with both my laptop and Wacom Cintiq setup, a long time dream, merrily drawing and working in the shade with a nice breeze blowing past me. While I have a good portable table in the truck, it's not quite as cushy. Being diesel, it gets about the same mileage as the truck and at the time of this writing diesel and gas are both about the same price, and both very cheap. Being able to keep my normal sleep schedule - and not be confined to 'go to bed when dark' and 'wake up with sun' like truck/tent camping is quite nice.   So, verdict and judgement is out at the moment, but I'm very glad to have this opportunity to tryout vanlife.