I've spent the last 5 months living in a van down by the river... and the lakes and National Parks and even some cities. No, seriously. In April I packed up everything I could fit into two bags and moved across the country to a small town outside of San Francisco. Two weeks later I was driving (and living out of) a van leading 13 foreigners on cross country active and adventure trips. 35,000 miles later I had visited 30 states, 20 National Parks and countless towns and cities. I watched the sun set in the Grand Canyon, the sun rise in Monument Valley (and Vegas) rafted the Snake and Pigeon Rivers, hiked Glacier NP, stood on 15' of snow overlooking Crater Lake and dealt with 117 degrees in Death Valley. The season is now over and I'm back home with plenty of free time on my hands.