Van Camping: First Night in the VW Campervan | Van Life

Join me on my first night camping in the campervan. I've officially joined the van life and got myself a VW Transporter T6.1 which is fully rigged out for off grid camping! I hope to do some camping with my family over the summer months and so I wanted to get used to using the camper and all it's gadgets! Safe to say I had an awesome night and can't wait to explore more places to camp in the van!

Recipe:
1 x Onion
2 x Cloves Garlic
Around 150-200g of Pancetta
1 x can chopped tomatoes
1/2 can chickpeas
Baby Spinach leaves
1 x Lemon
A shake of Moroccan spice!

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[TAFishing]

I hope its long enough to take all my beach fishing rods !!!....And the fridge would be handy to keep the Ragworm in .... Bring it on..Totally Awesome vehicle...(Dad)

[eric_bakken]

It's really fun to see you so excited about the van. Congrats on your purchase.

[grant]

Love those VW vans, one of those would be great for just getting about at the weekend fishing and shutting out the bustle of the week.

[mcoffey]

Awesome content and I can relate. I live in the US/Virginia and we have a 31 foot RV now. We started out tent camping in our National Forests and loved it. Still, nothing beats settling down for the night in our RV. Especially when it's a bad storm. Most of the day is outdoors exploring and enjoying nature, then in to the RV for a nice meal and some TV before bed. It's a great life. For some reason, the older I get, the harder the ground seems to become when in a sleeping bag regardless of what's underneath me. Can't wait for more like this.

[kenmacrae]

Don’t cook inside.Who wants to cook in their bedroom. I’m waiting for my Marco Polo Activity which has no kitchen of which I was disappointed at first. Now I’m glad as I have more room with 2 sliding doors opening.I’m so excited, can’t wait for my van.

[endokin]

Been following you and Ole Joe since the beginning, 2 OGs! Bout time you got that van, going to be so versatile and only add some variety for us die hard fans! Thanks as always!

[mham]

You gotta take that van abroad with the family! We took ours all over Europe and as far south as Morocco! We have great memories that we’ll cherish forever.

[christopherpeterson]

Wife had me make and " outdoor" induction cook setup bracket / counter for greasy or steaming boiling style cooking. Keeping smell, oil, moisture condensation out of living space.. it makes a huge difference.

[stevefisher]

Sweet ride - a well deserved "treat" for all the hard work you have put into this channel. Congrats and God Bless.

[susanneward]

My first van was an 85 VW Westfalen. I had that for 18 years, and I made so many improvements to it, from a new engine and rebuilt transmission to cabin heat, a compressor fridge, cabin batteries, and solar. I never thought I could love a vehicle that much, but it represented so much freedom to me. I’m on my third van now, and I can’t imagine living without one. Congrats!

[janicewood]

This will be so much easier to travel in with your family - can’t wait to see all your trips.

[Yeseviltube]

Beautiful van! I've got a 77 VW westfalia. I absolutely love him. A few tips I've learned-

Use square containers/bottles if you can find them. They pack nicer and if they tip over, they don't roll all over the place.

Find yourself a grey water tank - some places don't allow you to just let it run out freely.

Ditch the sleeping bag and get yourself a proper duvet. It's so luxurious. 😂

Make sure you're mouse-proof. Nothing worse than a 3am visitor.

Most importantly, give it a name. It's a VW for goodness sake! They all need a name! 😂

Oh! And sometimes if you have way too much stuff it is easier to make up the downstairs bed and use the upstairs as storage. I'm not sure if it works the same in the fancy new ones but having the stuff upstairs (bins of fishing gear or camera gear etc) lets you keep everything more organized.

[ThomasHeatonPhoto]

I’m jealous of the van, it looks very nice! More comfortable than a rooftop tent, for sure.

[PK]

A trick from a camper family: 99% of the time we cook outside of our van on a 2 burner gas stove. So the smell doesn't stick in the van and you don’t mess it up. These gas stoves are at a good prize level, maybe you want to try it out ;-)
Keep up your great Videos, all the best from Germany!

[donniecatalano]

Nice to see you so excited, after all that kind of feeling is what really makes life beautiful! Congratulations and thanks for another quality video. cheers

[donaldeugenealford]

Magnificent Volkswagen van Mike, glad to see you out camping in it and most of all cooking in it, I've noticed in a lot of my other survival videos that cooking is becoming part of the videos, I really think it's a great idea because people think that you can't eat good when you're out surviving in the wilderness. Congrats on the new van it is awesome van and I really enjoyed the video. I also love it your plan identification knowledge, I think I like that most of all your knowledge on medicinal and edible plants, take care and enjoy.

[Sushi]

This brought back happy memories for me. I’m 1968 my mother traded in her Chevy Impala, on a whim, for. VW Pop Up Camper Van. My father was furious with her, but it was her $$$$. I was 16, my baby brother 1yr. And we went all over in that van. I slept up in the Crows Nest, my brother in the canvas sling over the front seats.
Mom bought the tent that attached to the sliding door, so you could take off in the van.
My father was ugly on all the trips, but we loved it 😍 much happiness with your new VW Van! Hope it brings you as much happiness as it brought my Mom, my brother and me 🤩🤩 Happy travels!

[montymagic]

Loved this, first time of watching your channel. I also have a T6 Camperking VW. Had it for about 9mths and love it. Its like watching myself, although I'm a lot older, and have none/zero, foraging skills. At 67 I've managed to sleep in the poptop, that was an achievement for me! You have a new subscriber.

[Roger_Ramjet]

I had an older VW Westfalia Camper for many years. So fun to have a little house on wheels. Great video. Your happiness is palpable.

[deanbrown]

Got a 1967 split screen VW. Love it even though it drives really basically and doesn’t have too many modern comforts. Never fails to get waves and smiles when I take it out.