The van is all cleaned up, emptied, and even shampooed, and now we’ve posted it on craigslist and the other main sites. The worst part was taking off our personalized rambling three stickers.
We liked travelling in the van, but for most of our trip, it was a bit too cold to totally enjoy it. A van this size works well if you can spend lots of time outdoors. Often, after a day of driving, I didn’t want to spend my evening in the van and then sleep there, too.
It would be fun to keep it for weekend trips and all, but it’s an expensive toy. I think it will sell pretty quickly and then we’ll be back in our old red Kia that we started the trip with. The absolute worst part will be that we won’t be able to go to VW camp-outs anymore.
I am still happy that we took our trip in the off-season. We were a bit cold at times, but we had so many opportunities that we wouldn’t have had otherwise like playing with the dolphins in Marineland, Florida, or watching a rehearsal of The Very Hungry Caterpillar puppet show in Nova Scotia. We got to visit Mesa Verde and spend time at one of the cliff dwellings with just the three of us and a wonderful guide.
As well, most of the dangerous things in the south were hibernating – snakes, alligators, tarantulas, scorpions, etc.
