Van Life: Day One of Hiking, Food, and Gaming in a DIY Build

July 16, 2024 — The perfect day of van life hiking, food, and gaming in my first DIY Ford Transit build.

Hello, my name’s Andrew, and this is my van Morpheus, a 2022 Ford Transit High Roof 250 with a full tank of gas for off grid van life adventures.

The only problem is…it’s completely empty!

Problem

Last summer I posted a video called “Van Plan” where I set the goal of buying a Ford Transit by July of 2024, and after a year of hard work I drove 328 miles to Connecticut and came back ready to start living my van life dream.

Parked

However, when I pulled into the driveway this crushing realization hit me that all I had really gained was a 5,000 pound, $700/mo hunk of metal, which was going to take an additional $5–10K just to make it livable.