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Out There

Vanlife and COVID

Out There

Willow Belden

Wilderness, Sports, Nature, Science

4.6608 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Amber McDaniel lives on the road full-time. She and her partner are both freelance writers, so working remotely isn't a problem for them. And they love the freedom to spend their days in America's most beautiful natural places.

But what happens to van lifers when a pandemic hits? Where do you go, when campgrounds and public lands start to close?

On this episode, Amber joins us to talk about "staying home" when you don't have a home.

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0:00.0

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0:07.9

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0:14.2

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0:19.3

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0:25.3

Where I live, the mosquitoes are fierce at the beginning of summer,

0:29.8

so finding a good repellent is key to enjoying time outdoors.

0:33.9

I've found that pecaridin is more effective than Diet, and it's better for you.

0:39.1

It's modeled after a molecule that occurs naturally in pepper plants, and it's good for fending off mosquitoes, ticks, and biting flies.

0:48.2

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0:58.0

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1:06.4

And we have a link to that on our website as well.

1:15.6

Thank you. we have a link to that on our website as well. Everybody says, oh, stay home, don't travel.

1:18.5

Well, when you don't have a home to go to, you kind of have to travel.

1:22.3

You can't satisfy both of those commands.

1:27.0

Hi, I'm Willow Belden, and you're listening to Out There, the podcast that explores big questions through intimate stories outdoors.

1:37.3

For many of us, living through a pandemic means spending a lot of time at home.

1:47.0

But what if you live on the road? On this episode, we're going to talk with a woman named Amber McDaniel.

1:52.0

Amber lives in a van full-time, and she runs the website, Always the Adventure.

1:58.0

She and her partner are avid rock climbers, and living on the road means they get

2:02.7

to enjoy America's most beautiful natural places all the time. They're both freelance writers,

2:09.1

so working remotely is not a problem. But when the coronavirus hit and people started being

2:15.6

asked to stay home, their nomadic lifestyle was turned on its head.

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