Cheap living...now that's my kind of living right there! I don't know about you but I personally love sustainable living of any kind and my goal is to transform to that kind of living situation. Gypsy Caravans, Volkswagon Van/Camper Van, RV, and Yurt all sound tantalizing to my ears and my bank account. If you love learning how to save money and want to change your living situation then this article is right for you!
I like the idea of living in something that moves so today I'm going to share with you some tips that I found about living in a Volkwagon Van.
So...Why Should I Live in a Volkswagon Van and have people think I'm a stereotypical hippie?
1. It's Cheap...If you shop around carefully you can probably get a second hand vehicle for less than $20,000. You’ll have to make some improvements based on your personal desires (if you want a shower or a fridge or good heating), but the initial investment is still incredibly low. Add to that the fact that you can sell your car, and you’re seriously in the green. Your utility bills (I mean gas) could be quite high, but since you’re now mobile, you can forget about paying for your internet connection and things like that. You can also use FreeCycle to its full effect and pick up a bunch of free stuff from a variety of locations (greenminimalism para 1).
2. No more useless junk! You will end up keeping the important things that can actually fit in your van. Lately, I have been scanning the items that I own and I have realized that I have WAY to many items that I don't even need.
3. Everywhere is your HOME! You can live almost anywhere...
4. You can't waste time! When you live in such a small space it usually has a good impact on your mental focus and getting things done.
5. You learn more about DIY/self-suffiency things! You become smarter while living on the cheap...bonus!
So, What Volkswagon Van Should I Get?
A very popular van for inhabiting is the VW Westfalia. From the outside, it looks like a regular vehicle you might see anywhere. Here is a picture below:
In this van the chairs in the back turn into a bed and it has a fridge, stove, and table inside.
Here is a cool fellow that looks like he is living the DREAM in the VW Westfalia:
Another picture of a cool fellow who is looking at a fridge in the VW Westfalia:
I really like the idea here:
So the question everyone wonders....How am I going to shower?
Well in the VW Westfalia their is a stove so you either heat up some water on the stove and have a sponge bath or when it's warm you could get a portable bath tub like this one below:
or...you could get a gym membership and just bathe there.
Here is a video below of a spiffy fellow who lived in a VW Westfalia for 3 months and longer...:
This spiffy fellow is such an inspiration:
This spiffy fellow cracks me up! Awesome video!
If anyone has lived in a VW bus please comment below I would love to hear your story!
Stay groovy!
Sincerely,
Radical Rose
http://radicalrose.wordpress.com
Resources:
http://greenminimalism.com/2013/04/18/5-reasons-to-live-in-an-rv-or-camper-van-full-time/
Below you will see an "officer narrative" of events that occurred on 4/19/14, when a Onslow County Sheriff’s Office deputy, Natalie Barber thought she had confiscated the only two cell phones filming her actions, but missed the third one! All three filmed recordings of the events survived and show an out-of-control cop, showing off the police state mentality that is being seen so often these days.
Beneath Barber's version of events, via the officier narrative, you will see the video footage of the actual events.
Background:
As a drill instructor in the United States Marines, Natalie Barber learned she can get people to do what she wants by yelling at them.
And that technique probably still works for her today as a deputy with the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office.
But it didn’t work Saturday night when she tried using it on Carlos Jaramillo, a former United States Marine combat instructor and longtime Photography is Not a Crime reader.
Frustrated that he didn’t obey her unlawful orders to “put the phone down” as he was recording her from his front porch, she ended up snatching the phone and handcuffing the 35-year-old father in front of his wife and kids, then snatching his son’s phone when he tried recording the detainment, injuring the teen’s hand and damaging his phone.
Barber's version:
Compare the above narrative with the video of the incident in question.
For the record, Barber was also a Marine Drill Instructor at one time.
Susan Duclos owns/writes Wake up America
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