After sleeping in, I was woken up because I was too hot! With the van in the full sun, it was actually warming up! Exciting! Halfway through cooking bacon and eggs, I stopped being brave and put my down jacket on, it wasn’t that warm. I was happy with my camp, even used the water…

Despite the sting of cold, the rising sun managed to add some warmth to my body while I made breakfast. Even though it quickly faded, I appreciated the morning start. I sat at the picnic table to eat my oats, next to where my fire had been, but I rushed the oats down so I…

The wind was back. Not as bad as South Dakota, but I dreaded the thought. I stayed inside the van to watch sunrise which was worth setting the alarm for, but unfortunately I’d got the angle of the van wrong by about 45 degrees, so it wasn’t the comfortable “roll over and watch sunset” situation…

My first Walmart camp went as well as could be expected. I strategically went to the bathroom around 9pm to ensure I’d get through the night (don’t I sound like an old lady?) and in doing so, I encountered a drunk/high/stupid man in the female bathroom, taking a shit, stall door wide open. Eyes forward!!…

The van had stopped rocking some time during the night and I woke to relative calm, or so I thought. There was still a few determined gusts every now and then but I think the worst was over. I enjoyed a slow start to the morning, again making breakfast inside the van, only cereal this…

It had been a windy night and the wind carried on into the morning, I could see the tall pines in Cara’s neighbourhood not just waving, but bending. There must have been comings and goings in the driveway as I slept because the Prius transformed itself into a truck, then the next time I looked…