024 Top Vanlife Myths, SS Badger, Laundry, Solar Controllers, A Storm, Travels with Charley

Top 10? Who knows - but here are some myths about #vanlife that need to go away. A moving highway? Yes, it exists and it's called the "Badger." How do the pros do laundry? Infrequently. And we'll explain the difference between solar charge controllers, tell a story of a storm and recommend Travels with Charley.  

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• Top 10 Myths
  • #vanlife is gaining popularity and so are the stereotypes. Don't buy them.
    
    
• Tales From the Road
  • What can a storm teach us about perspective?

• Q&A - Laundry? 
  • • Use the laundromat?
    • The Scrubba promises to let you do your laundry in a bag. For a price. https://amzn.to/3bQRegx
    • A mini washing machine. https://amzn.to/3cOJo8v
    • A fine salad spinner washing machine. https://amzn.to/3e6ehp9
      
      
• Resource Recommendation
  
  • Perhaps the very first "#vanlife" book, Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck. 
    
    
• Tech Talk: Solar Charge Controllers
  • Will Prowse is the god of solar. Here's is explanation, which is a lot more thorough than mine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB6zojol9o0
    
    
• A Place to Visit: SS Badger
  • The last coal-fired steamship running the United States today.
  • https://www.ssbadger.com/