Quite a lot of the materials are recycled, including the van itself, in a manner of speaking.
If you and your spouse were to quit your jobs in order to take a 1967 VW Microbus on an indefinite trip down the Pan-American highway, you might earn yourself some kind of a nickname. Continue reading »
Article source: http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/the-dangerz-take-their-eco-van-for-a-trek-through-south-america/
BioLite should be the first thing you pack for your next camping trip.
I hate camping. I don’t see the appeal in sleeping in a cold, damp tent, with no access to a shower or electricity. Once your iOS devices run out of battery, what is there to do? Continue reading »
Article source: http://www.cultofmac.com/179037/going-camping-take-the-biolite-and-charge-your-iphone-with-fire/
Turn your urban survival tool into a wilderness survival tool – or just have more fun – with these clever camping accessories for the iPhone.
For certain outdoorsy types, cellphones have no place in the outdoors. For the more open-minded camper however, a smartphone can be something of a digital swiss army knife, with dozens of potential uses that can help to enhance outdoor excursions. Aside from the laundry list of great iPhone apps that are available, there’s loads of awesome hardware that can make your phone a useful companion out in the wilderness. For all you nature lovers out there who believe electronics do have a place in the outdoors, we’ve compiled a list of outdoor gear with you and your iPhone in mind. Continue reading »
Article source: http://www.digitaltrends.com/gadgets/camping-with-your-iphone-the-best-accessories/
Smartphones are ideal accessories for the outdoors since not only do they provide instant communication via voice or mobile Internet, they feature built-in GPS (Global Positioning System) as well as digital compasses. They can also carry a number of useful apps. Here are some of the best we’ve tried.
Parks Canada Learn to Camp App Continue reading »
Article source: http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Three+outdoor+camping+apps+summer/7018821/story.html
Freddie the VW Campervan and family Continue reading »
Article source: http://www.zest.co.uk/active-breaks/carry-on-campervan/4260.html
By Helen Pow
A mechanic appears to have predicted the circumstances surrounding his own death when he died from a heart attack after completing work on converting a VW campervan into a hearse.
Mick McDonald, 50, had joked that the job would ‘be the death of him’ but then he became the first person to use it.
Mr McDonald had carried out the work for his friend Carl Bell’s business, Retro Farewell.
After the fatal cardiac arrest he was driven for his own funeral from John Meynell parlour in Darlington to Acklam crematorium in Middlesbrough.
Rest in peace: Carl Bell, pictured, stands with the VW hearse his friend Mick McDonald built before he died and was driven in it from his funeral Continue reading »
Article source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2214984/Mick-McDonald-campervan-Mechanics-grim-apparition-person-use-VW-hearse-built.html?ITO=1490
Now this is how to hitch a ride in a VW.
The Dub Box is a faux Volkswagen Microbus that has been reimagined as a travel trailer.
The 12-foot-long fiberglass creation can be outfitted in a variety of configurations, including a double bed sleeper or food truck.
It weighs about 1,300 pounds and comes with integrated trailer brakes, gas stove, sink, retro refrigerator and an audio system for a starting price of $17,990, but optional extras include heating, a pop top roof and even hinged safari windows. A do-it-yourself rolling shell is available for $8,990. Continue reading »
Article source: http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/10/17/vw-style-travel-trailer-is-perfect-for-long-strange-trips/
It is summer and it is camping season for all those who love spending time with the bears and mosquitoes. Now, if you are headed to the great outdoors in your MINI you take all the comforts, well some of the comforts, of home with you with MINI’s new camping add-ons.
MINI has announced its arrival among the ranks of European camping outfitters. An appointed caravan with two sleeping bays and a roof-top tent (also designed for two) in the classic John Cooper Works color scheme will wet the appetite for do-it-yourself summer vacations peppered with spur-of-the-moment detours along the way. Continue reading »
Article source: http://www.sportscarillustrated.com/News_2012/C/news12_0233.html
On a beach, at a farm, or on the grounds of a country house, all the world’s a bubble (when you’re in France).
Les Bivouacs de la Reine are space-age accommodation capsules on the grounds of a chateau that was built for Josephine, wife of the Emperor Napoleon, just outside Paris. These chic white-and-clear spheres (the smaller bubble can be used as a bathroom) offer a cozy spot for star-gazing, and some open intimacy – you can see everything, but only the animals can see you. French chateaux are certainly leading a revolution in avant-garde accommodation styling. Continue reading »
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(credit: Yvonne Condes)
There are so many beautiful places to go camping in Southern California it can be hard to choose. Just a few short hours from downtown Los Angeles campers can wake up to the sounds of gentle waves or ride bikes in the cool mountain air or the climb rocks in the dry desert. Here is a list of the best camp sites that are close to (or not too far from) Los Angeles. Some of these spots are popular and reservations must be made months in advance. Continue reading »
Article source: http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/top-lists/best-camping-spots-near-los-angeles/
