The highs & lows of WINTER van life (Would we do this again?)
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Winter van life was full of highs...and lows. For our final adventure of winter van life we intended to go on a big Colorado road trip and check off a bunch of activities from our winter bucket list. But what we planned to be a fun 5 days turned into about 2 weeks of less than ideal weather, van issues, problem solving, and changed plans (some of which turned out even better than we hoped!)
📅 This video was filmed from early-mid February 2025
📍Locations in this video
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⌚Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:30 Our first time driving our van on icy roads
04:15 Rocky Mountain Taco in Minturn
05:18 Driving to Steamboat Springs
05:45 Camping here isn’t cheap 💸
06:18 Steamboat Springs Winter Carnival (Night Extravaganza)
08:21 Check out this coffee shop in Steamboat!
08:45 Steamboat Springs Winter Carnival (Street Events)
10:25 Our heater broke…AGAIN
11:28 Our pipes froze 🥶
12:05 Ice skating at Evergreen Lake
14:23 We changed our plans…
15:15 Attempting to hike to Nambe Lake
18:30 This is a MUST visit in Santa Fe
20:02 Back to FREE camping!
21:27 Valles Caldera
23:38 This area is an underrated GEM!
24:26 Soda Dam
25:19 Cheap riverside camping in New Mexico
25:56 Fly fishing the Jemez River
26:52 The best part of camping
27:49 Our new favorite hot spring!
31:25 The highs and lows of winter van life
34:25 Would we do this again?
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Hi y’all! We’re Adam, Kathryn, and Kona, an adventurous married couple (+ pup!) living on the road in our self-converted sprinter van! You can often find us driving all around the US and Canada, scoping out the best coffee shops, eating tacos and ice cream (we're a 5+ taco and 2+ scoop household), and enjoying nature.
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