Here's how a California couple is quarantining in a van for months in the Western wilderness, fighting off swarms of bugs and hunting for stable WiFi
A California couple has been living in their van and traveling through the desert for about two months during the coronavirus pandemic and statewide stay-at-home order.
Life on the road has involved flat tires, swarms of bugs, fluctuating temperatures, and weekly 7 am Walmart trips to stock up on food. But one California couple is taking the tiny home lifestyle to the next level. Kristin Hanes and her partner usually live out of their 1994 Chevy Astro campervan in the San Francisco Bay Area. Now, they're traveling through the desert as the world weathers the storm caused by the coronavirus disease, known as COVID-19.
Hanes said it was a bit intimidating. She was thinking about if they could even cross state lines, or how they would explain their living situation to law enforcement if they ever got pulled over."It is kind of scary when you're living in a van to have a shelter-in-place order," Hanes told Business Insider.A lot of campsites and RV parks closed when the statewide stay-at-home order was issued, Hanes said.
"It's been pretty amazing," she said. "We've deep in the desert or in the forest and I'm able to work. So that's been pretty phenomenal to just sit in nature and be able to have access to the internet out there." "I think that really helps with the sheltering in place aspect — just being outside and having access to nature and hiking," Hanes said. "I think it's really good for us — our souls."Kristin Hanes
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