Being productive

Today was very productive and surprisingly cheap. I built a new drawer for jerry and it went very well so I'm off to but more materials tomorrow to continue my productive-ness. This is the first bit of diy I've done on my van and its a great feeling of accomplishment! I also learned how to make cord from nettle stems, rather simple but very useful to learn. More details of both to follow tomorrow!

My final italian mountain pass 04/08/2013

Today was pretty uneventful, mostly driving but I did manage to find a place to swim! I'm sleeping next to a dam tonight with a few other campers in an open lot which seems to have been procured by free sleepers. I am finally clean after being able to swim! There was a crazy storm about 30 minutes ago which has now cleared to a lovely sunset, my last sunset on the road for a while. Now that I'm heading back to society I'm a bit sad. Life on the road can be lonely but its beautiful and full of surprises. You never know where you're gonna end up!

Nestled in the mountains 31/07/2013

So it seems that parking lots at gondolas are fair game for overnight camping, there are loads of campers here but whether they stay the night is another thing. Ended up on a very interesting hike today through the old battle tunnels the italians used during ww1. Very interesting but no luck finding the via ferrata, that's tomorrows plan. The mountains here are incredible! I'm enjoying looking at them for the mere cost of €4.50 cos that's what a beer costs here! Heart failure! No drinking for me if that's what a beer costs!

Austrian peace 29/07/2013

What an interesting time I've had so far! Last night I tried to get up to a lake to sleep but it seems that the flooding recently washed some of the road away so I stopped where the road stopped, right next to a river surrounded by forest! I'm very proud of jerry for driving so well on those dirt roads. I fell asleep to the sound of a river rushing by and was asleep the instant my head hit the pillow! About 2 hours later I woke up in a panic wondering where all the kids were! I really felt like there should be kids with me and I started panicking about having lost them. I thought I'd fallen also inside and they were forced to sleep outside so I turned on the van lights and started calling for them to come back! It took me around 5 minutes to calm down and realise there were no kids and I was on holiday! Omg! After that I slept so well, until 10!! When some hikers walking passed woke me up. No one disturbed me and it was a cloudy cool day so sleeping in went well! Today I bought a gps for my travels and a new mattress and pillow for my bed in my van! Good night sleep for me tonight. I'm on my way to italy to the dolomites but following the gps got to a point where it told me to get on the ferry! I'm now taking a train across somewhere with my van in front of me! Hopefully I find a good place to sleep tonight! I'm still tired!