Good afternoon adventurers
Good afternoon from our most epic adventure yet.
-This is our new home on wheels -We bought a van!!!
We didn't buy a van
I swear this is like the tenth time I shoulda known she was gonna try to make that joke again
I love it. One day, we're actually gonna do it and won't be a joke
We are going to be spending the next week driving this beautiful van all over the national parks here in Canada
We're working with a really cool company called Yama
that's run by a husband-and-wife team and they just finished renovating this van and let me tell you they've done an
insane job, tons of little details. You can tell behind us (It's beautiful). Yeah. It's so well designed so bright and clean.
we'll give you a proper tour in just a little bit show you all the features because there are a ton it is so
Classy I am so excited to be in this little guy for a week
And I don't think I would say that about too many other tiny confined spaces
We're gonna have the details for Yama in the description of all the videos we make with them
We cannot stress enough how cool this van is
And if you are wanting to take a trip or a road trip or anything in Canada
Check out the link in the description and check them out
You could take out this van
You could or if you want your own van like this, they will do a renovation for you
So that you could have this for yourself.
We're in Calgary right now. We're gonna head out to Banff
we're gonna stop kind of midway and
That's when we're gonna give you guys a proper look around and I think you guys are gonna like it because there are so many
Little details that went into this. This is a completely custom build. Everything is customized in here and it turned out great
Ok. Guess I've done enough stalling
Now I actually have to drive it
And we're off. Alright, first left turn. I gotta keep telling myself drive on the right
Yeah, we've been in a left driving countries for quite a while now.
Yes, quite a few
Hopefully it's like riding a bike though, and it'll come back real soon
This thing drive so smooth you guys when you start it up, you can't even hear it. It's great. Alright, that's enough talking
We're gonna get on the road
Wow you guys the scenery around here has already been absolutely incredible
It's beautiful.
There's these amazing green pine trees that are just as far as the eye can see them. It's been over cats
It's been raining
Now the sun's kind of trying to come out
You can see some mountains off in the distance giving us a little teaser
'bout what we're about to get into
we are halfway to Banff
So we thought we would take this a little scenic stop and give you guys an official tour.
Let's go take a look inside
Welcome to our home on wheels. This little sucker's name is actually Christopher Wallace
After this guy The Notorious B.I.G. The general vibe in here is super clean and rustic
It's got all these nice white features some wood
The dark blue is really nice
But it keeps it with all the white really like open and airy feeling and it has the sweet sunroof
So it gets plenty of light in here
To start we have our living dining space
We have this sweet little area with this little like coffee table that moves around
And look how sweet are they they gave us a little goodie box, y'all. They got us perfectly
Beer some local beer a Hefeweizen and what is this one?
New England Pale Ale. Oh it's gonna be so good and then check this out
Kombucha! Oh my god, such good flavors too
What's this? Is this coffee?
I don't even see this, they got us coffee
So I got some coffee that was roasted here in Canada and Calgary, I guess and then yeah tank top
Dude, cuz it's about to be summertime and my guns got to be showin
Yeah
Do I look Canadian yet?
Underneath this little seating area
There is actually a whole refrigerator in there and then a trash can and a little bit of storage
I thought that that was such a cool way to do the refrigerator. I have never seen one it lays flat
I've never seen that before it's always stacked but it's so cool
Moving on to our lovely dining area kitchen area
We have a fully functional sink check it out. It even has hot and cold water if we want it this little guy
Gonna be cooking and cleaning here
We can wash dishes like crazy
Think we're gonna switch up. So Eric can show you the back.
I have no idea what that meant
You know you like the booty oh, yeah the back but I really did not get that.
Good one!
Moving on to the rest of the kitchen and the back of the bus we have this little hot plate burner here
which actually runs off of diesel this the shower heater and the heat they all run off of the diesel so they go into the
Main gas tank and they just use that and they really don't use that much because a lot of these
Vans will have a separate like propane source or something like that or they'll run off the electricity and suck that down
But instead run straight off the gas tank. I love the countertops
They're solid wood and they're just solid in general really and then we have these amazing
Blue cabinets that they installed this one doesn't open and it's because there's actually a little secret lock right here
This is a magnet and then you're supposed to be able to kind of put it right here
Haha, I did it
But there you have all your pans and all your goodies. 'Cuz this drawer I think kind of fly's open while we're driving
So it's the one that has this little magnet
Magnetic lock on it
Continuing the magnet theme, we have handy little knife holder here that is very strong.
Little details like this, man
They make it because when you're done with the knife, all you have to do is just put it right back there
You're good to go.
They've even got multiple standard power outlets
So you can plug in all of your goodies and keep everything charged up.
In the very back of the van we have
The bed there's actually a ton of room in here and in this super cozy it barely fits my whole body check it out
So goes back in that nut
Actually, I didn't notice this but they look out here that gives me like just the extra headspace that I need
-Check me out! -That's awesome
Continuing the white theme everything is nice and white and clean vibes back here white sheets and everything
They have a couple reading lights over here that are real classy
Some windows over here so you can get a little bit of natural light in here
And of course a bunch o storage which is one of the most important things on a tiny space like this
And actually right over here
These are all little gizmos to run the things so you got all your meters for your water levels
This is for the heat
This is for the voltage on the battery
System and the back which we'll show you in just a bit and this is the little control panel
You don't actually have to jump up here like an idiot
Like I did they have a handy little ladder that you can just install right here
Now you can get into bed like a civilized person
This is all well and great but what happens when you're out,
Adventuring, having a blast in your new Yama van and then all of a sudden you got to go number two
Well, this thing is actually designed to be completely off grid
So this whole unit right here is a rest room. We have this little sliding door that reveals it and check this out
So this is a composting toilet, which we have always wanted to use
We've never used it before we're gonna show you that in just a minute how that works to give you guys an idea
Of the kind of room you have in here
Considering we're on a tiny bin. This is not that bad
and of course the shower and the toilet are kind of one in the same, but
Dual-purpose right?
How does this composting toilet work?
Well, it is actually a very very simple system if you open this up, you have two different chutes here
You have the poop chute and the pea shoot when you're going number two
All you do is open this thing right there inside you'll see a bunch of brown stuff
Which is the peat moss the number two goes in this hole and then you spin this thing down here and it kind of turns
It up and mixes it all up when you pee it goes into this forward thing and and goes into this tank down here
So the number one of the number two stays separate and that actually makes it to where it doesn't really smell like
Sewage in here because it's the mixing of it all that makes it smell like sewage
Keep it separate, no smell
I have yet to go number two in there
so we will report back on that but I have one number one and the only downside is that as a man you
Have to sit down on it just to make sure the pee goes into the front which is totally fine
It just feels a little awkward
It's even more relaxin' man.
Yeah, you just got a chill, go with the vibe. Enjoy nature
Before we show you the rest of the front of the van
I want to show you the garage which is basically just the big old boot, but look how much space we have back here
So you can see we've used this for extra storage for our bags
There's some window screens back here for the night time
I think these are some camping chairs.
More importantly, we have the grey water and the good water right here
Which you can pump in up here
Then there's a spot back here where you can pump it right out
Back here are the brains of the operation
so we've got all the controlling units for all of the power and then two huge batteries and there are actually solar panels on the
Top of the van that power all this stuff
also when the car is
Running the alternator actually charges these batteries back here
So you don't have to rely completely on solar it gets charged as you drive
Also you guys we didn't think about it
But you could be laying in bed with these doors open, just have the world out here
That's gonna be really sweet for sunrise, I think
Of course, we couldn't leave out the cockpit, y'all
This is where the magic happens for the driver
These seats are amazing. They're leather and they were imported from Germany
But they actually are really freakin nice and comfortable and classy and yeah, absolutely love sitting in a month. Hmm
I do. I feel like like I'm in a business meeting or something like that are like flying first-class or something
One of the downsides to these vans I always think is that this whole area is kind of wasted as a hangout space
But not in this van. They've got a swivel y'all
I got it
Check it out you guys
We are officially no longer driving we are hanging out
You totally sit here and work because this table is a swivel. Yeah
And I think it'll come all the way around here. See
Whoa, check me out
If I want it
Hey guys just doing some work then
I feel like we shouldn't be this excited by a swivel but swivel just make everything better
I gotta be honest with you guys. I love this van. It's making me want to renovate a van
It's making me want to renovate a van so much
It's so much fun
It's a deer! You guys there are two deers.
There's four of them up on the road down there
We're gonna be keeping our eyes peeled because odds are that we are gonna see some black bears
We're gonna see some I think mountain goats, maybe a lot more deer
I'm sure hopefully the from far away far far away
I think that about does it we need to get back on the road. We have about an hour
I think until we get to Banff we have to go get supplies
So that we can cook in here tonight and check into our campground. I'm excited. Let's do it
Trying to do a cool transition but didn't work. Let's just do this!
We're just a little ways outside of Banff, oh my god the scenery you guys it's getting insane
We turned a corner and we were just greeted with tons of mountain ranges and snow-capped peaks
The clouds are kind of crashing into them. It's insane
Drive was incredible. We had a lot of fun. We were just jamming out the music
Yeah, it was super easy
Well, if we hadn't taken that little detour it would have been just an hour and a half I think
Yeah
but now we just stopped at an IgA in the town of Banff just down the road from our campsite for the night and
We're gonna grab some supplies
We've made it to our campsite we are all hunkered down for the night. Mm-hmm
They has these little advisors that you can put over the windows when you're kind of tucked in for the night
Instead of little clips. These are magnets that just attach to these little screws that you put in
-Very cool -Yeah, very clever
We've got some for the front and to the side so we got epic privacy
All we can see is the beautiful sky and some trees
tomorrow we'll be booking it all the way up to Jasper staying there for I think three nights back down here for three nights and
Then back to Calgary so we might not do too much of the campgrounds
We'll show you it later
the Sun sets so late here since the summertime, so it's actually after 9 p.m
And we were just now going to start cooking
Probably a horrible idea because I think that means they're not gonna eat too like 10:30. Yeah
That's alright. Check out here is until 11:00. So we're good. All right time to cook
Dinner is served, y'all. Probably turn off the tune. Oh, yeah. We'll listen into the new Robin album highly recommend it
Alison made a delicious dinner
I did it was chicken broccoli carrot quinoa
something
it's gonna be good and we got some wine to go along with it
Yes, some delicious wine.
Yes, I was so nervous when I first saw them up in the cam now like these are gonna break like one second
Hope you guys enjoyed our first day of our epic campervan road trip
We always talked about getting a van or an RV or something
And now we're finally living in one watching at the end of the week. But I think we're gonna really like it
There's gonna be unbelievable lakes and wildlife and more mountains and trees and oh so many cool things. I can't wait
We're gonna be heading up to a Jasper in our next video
The idea is that we go up there and then slowly make our way back down and then back over to Calgary where we have
To drop off the van.
Yeah, perfect. All right. Goodnight adventurers.
We'll see you on the road, literally at this time.