What is a Vanlife Gathering? // Teton Valley & Colorado Van Meetups // The Van Project
What is a Vanlife Gathering? // Teton Valley & Colorado Van Meetups // The Van Project
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What is a vanlife gathering and how do people who live on the road find community?
We’ve been traveling full-time in our 1964 Clark Cortez campervan for almost two years now. Along the way, we’ve found an incredible connection to the vanlife community through social media like instagram and facebook, and through vanlife meetups and vanlife gatherings like those hosted by the Vanlife Diaries team.
In 2018, we planned the Teton Valley Vanlife Gathering in June in Victor, Idaho. We also attended The Colorado Vanlife Gathering in Basalt, Colorado planned by Kathleen of @Tinyhousetinyfootprint and Vanlife Diaries.
These gatherings have completely transformed our time on the road, giving us a chance to pause and intentionally connect with other people living a nomadic lifestyle. We asked attendees at both gatherings to talk about what community means to them, and how they find community on the road. For us, gatherings have been a major answer to this question, and a way we’ve been able to connect with our instagram and other online friends in real life . These gatherings are pet-friendly, kid-friendly, and open to all. You don’t need a van to attend. We had plenty of tent campers, car campers, truck campers, skoolies, step vans and other vehicles at the Teton Gathering.
This piece is a collection of interviews from these two vanlife gatherings. Thank you to everyone who helped make this video possible by contributing their words and thoughts. In order of appearance:
Nico (@TeslaVanlife: www.youtube.com/teslavanlife)
Hadley (@hadleyfuller)
Brett (@wilhelmvisualworks)
Anouk (@frenchyinvan)
Eli (@eliz_hutchings)
Jeff (@balanceandpeace)
Mike & Anne (@honeytrek): www.youtube.com/thehoneytrek
Lisa (@vacayvans): www.youtube.com/vacayvans
Jess (@van.there)
Melissa (@outdoors_is_free)
Peya (@PeyaBass)
Julia (@wheredid.juj.go)
Lance (@easyvegans)
Nick & Pushkin (@driftinghouse)
We’re hosting the 2019 Teton Valley Vanlife Gathering at the Linn Canyon Ranch in Victor, ID from June 14-16th, 2019. You’ll be able to buy ticket on the Vanlife Diaries website soon! www.vanlife.com.au/gatherings
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We’re Amanda & Matt (The Van Project): two major goofballs who gave up our San Francisco apartment, and sold most of our material possessions (although we somehow managed to keep *three* climbing ropes, and two tents ;-)) to try and live life on our own terms. After spending almost six months demolishing and then rebuilding her, we moved into Tezarae, our “van” (a 1964 Clark Cortez) in May of 2017.
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cool. tribal experience.
Looks like fun
Great video and Cortez RV! Question? How long is your RV? How many feet do you have from the inside of the back foot to the back of the back of the driver seat? How wide is it?
Hey it’s Patricia just met again this morning .. hope to see ya in Colorado July 10th Buena Vista clear creek
Campfire smoke shared forms a unique, special bond between the people who share it.
Sweeeeeeet! Do you by chance recommend any good LUTS for editing in post production? I just got the DJI Mavic Pro 2 and I’m excited to see how the video turns out! I’m trying to find some great LUTS for the drone footage. 😀
trustafarians
I’m crossing my fingers I can make it!
Rose and I miss you guys! We will definitely be there and will hopefully have the van done. We made it in the video too at 5:19 😀
I thought you weren´t coming back again to youtube.
thank you great video!
What? Only 1800 views?? Something is wrong!!
How’s Tez doing?
Vanlife…the parallel universe we’re all parked on, having the same epiphany. How does this happen? Excellent content! I love seeing how congruent we all are in our quest.
Eye love it !! Humans that have not experienced vanlife meetups have no clue what they’re missing. Been to van gatherings from Victoria BC, to Quebec, to Colorado, to beautiful Arizona, all of them spectacular. Reminds of the Unity and non-judgment and Openness people have at rock and Heavy Metal concerts. Where you can chill before shows on the grass or in the lots and can talk to people about anything. Lookup youtube for ‘ Blind Guardian – Valhalla" , for a glimpse of the beauty.
People are so open so you can talk to people about ANYTHING at van meetups and it’s because most love Nature and are connected to Nature ( which transcends to Art, music, love, Spirituality .. all naturally).
This woman at this link describes it best when she says that Van gatherings completely changed her life for the better – http://herwildheartwanders.com/vanlife-gatherings-changed-my-life/
Nature is my church, and Rock N Roll and Heavy Metal music ( and a touch of psychedelic trance) is my religion 🙂
When and where is next one?
Do these still happen?
Hippies. They get along because they have similar views. These people are the first to turn ugly once a differing opinion is thrown in the mix.
I have been binge watching all the van conversion videos. This video is like seeing an all-stars game. Go van lifers!
Wait wait wait….. there selling tickets for these events!? Whyyy
Am I at 69 too old to tag along with this group? Starting out my van travel this September.
CHICKS & BEER…………..