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Kristen, did you ever think about being a van lifer?

No, actually.

For some reason, it has no appeal to me, even though I love the idea of, like, tiny house living and living kind of all over.

Come home.

No, this is my version of

camper van life.

[laughs]

It's SEOed on alternative living, van life living, and what it means to, uh-

[laughs]

Not live outside the system.

If they even exist.

Yeah.

And so the reason I w- I'm actually into the fact that we're talking about community today is because we're actually gonna mention a couple of people that we've met along the way where van life has become the only, like, choice for them.

Mm.

Yes, okay, so you were filming while they were eating.

So you know that van life, back doors open?

Yeah, I know exactly the thing.

Yeah.

Shitting's a problem.

[laughs] There's a guy from Instagram.

So [laughs] I'd say van life, the van life you see on Instagram is fucking trash.

Oh, I thought you were gonna say true to a point.

If that cum was into an egg, you'd be driving for a driver's license test right now.

Speaking of making life easy, did Gabby Petito ruin van life for all women?

She got murdered by her husband, by her boyfriend.

Yes.

Because like, I'm pretty sure there was a definite like down tick of things that I've seen about van life since the whole Gabby Patino

incident.

Yes.

Got murdered by her boyfriend.

We talk about how she met her husband.

We talk about her van life, so she's done an awful lot of traveling.

She's been to India, Bali, New Zealand with her husband.

It's, well- It's my dream life, and that's exactly what I start the conversation with.

And, you know, like on the retreats as well, I try to do a repetitive morning for this reason, so simplicity.

Yeah.

Yeah.I love the idea that the van life is still very much part of, of you and your dream life.

I remember you telling me that when you were at home and, and kind of wondering what was next, you and your dad went...

[beeping] Welcome to Built to Go, a Van Life podcast.

I'm your host, Jeff Wag, coming to you from the College of Curiosity.

This time, it's episode 305, and we're gonna talk about KISS.

Now, many of you already know the problem, but this is, this is what I'm calling the Victron problem.

So Victron is the highest-regarded maker of electrical components for vans and actually marine applications, sailboats and things like that.

That's their real forte, but it, it bleeds over into van life.

Very, very good stuff.

Very highly regarded.

They got rid of their house and basically just bought, bought a van.

And, uh, they're doing the van life.

They're taking their kids around, spending more time with the kids, you know, uh, uh, talking and, uh, you know, not on social media.

And living out of a van, uh, is, you know, is the, the, a, a new trend that people are doing.

Bam, and we're back.

Uh, y- Wh- What a, what a-

The, the, the van life.

Could you?