It is hard to believe that a full year has passed since I began the van build. If I have a large shop that would have enabled working through a Michigan winter, I’d most likely be done. I didn’t really get anything done from November to late March.

We finally have turned the corner on weather so that all of the outdoor building activities can be accomplished (present rainy excluded).

As a reminder, this was the starting point - an empty metal box.

The current build is very close to being camp-ready. I even placed the new Pendleton wool throw on the bed. Looks nice and adds a little splash of accent color (their Yakama design).

Up next is building boxes over the wheel wells in the rear storage/garage area under the bed. I’ll also add some charging ports and lights for things like air pumps or even a 12V cooler, if I decide to travel with one. At least to start, I’ll just use I.C.E. technology.