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Abe and Mel
United States
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Traveling full-time capturing stories anywhere and everywhere while trying new ice cream somewhere.
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👋🏻Hey friends!, we are Abe and Mel!👩🏼💻🏋🏽♂️ We are full time travelers exploring the United States in our Van🚐🛣
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👋🏻Hey friends!, we are Abe and Mel!👩🏼💻🏋🏽♂️ We are full time travelers exploring the United States in our Van🚐🛣
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🏋🏼♀️ Want to workout on the road but don’t know how? www.youtube.com/watch?v=mneFA...
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I nearly let something as simple as rain stop me from reaching my dreams. With our first time in Idaho only being a couple days in the most northern point a couple years ago, we knew we had to come back and explore it even more. We are back two years later exploring the Sawtooth Mountains! New updates in this video! We are partnering with @TinyHomeTours and building out an Expedition truck! Bui...
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Often times we are adding and crossing off things on our bucket list, but what if we didn't cross something off? Come take a canoe trip with us in the Caddo Lake swamps of Texas. 👋🏻Hey friends!, we are Abe and Mel!👩🏼💻🏋🏽♂️ We are full time travelers exploring the United States in our Van🚐🛣 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 🔔 Subscribe for more tips, travels, and stories just lik...
Are they lying to you about Full Time Vanlife? Cinematic Travel: Second Time West
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What does slow travel mean? After spending our first time out west seeing as much as we can, we are doing a different type of travel during our second time west. After living in our van full time for over 2.5 years, we are sharing whether we think full time living in a van is sustainable or not. 👋🏻Hey friends!, we are Abe and Mel!👩🏼💻🏋🏽♂️ We are full time travelers exploring the United States ...
Cinematic Travel Short Film | Is Long Form Content Dead? - We Fell for it….
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Where have our long form videos been? Where are we and what are we doing? Lots of answers to many questions you've had are in this video. Cinematic travel short film taking place in Arkansas where we reflect on our travels, content in general and how it affects us while capturing magnificent creatures, the alligators. Enjoy! and please let us know how you like this format. We absolutely loved f...
MINI DOCUMENTARY WHALE WATCHING JOURNEY | Cinematic TRAVEL
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Abe has been wanting to go whale watching on the east coast ever since we took a small trip on the west coast in Oregon. We visited Gloucester, Massachusetts and rode out to Jeffreys Ledge. This is a bit of a different style of video than we typically put out but we absolutely love how it turned out and Mel enjoyed putting it together. 👋🏻Hey friends!, we are Abe and Mel!👩🏼💻🏋🏽♂️ We are full ti...
NO BUILD under $100 URINE DIVERTING Toilet | DIY Composting Toilet for FULL TIME TRAVEL
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After 1.5 years of travel, it is time to upgrade our toilet. We did a no build urine diverting toilet and after using this, it has made a big difference in our day to day life. The nice part about this was we already had this toilet, so all we ended up doing was adding and modifying it a bit more to make it even more useful. What do you use for your adventure rig for a toilet? Amazon Links: Toi...
WolfWise pop up shower, privacy tent review. Our new UPGRADED shower tent.
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We have been using the previous version of this tent for over 1.5 years while living in our van (showers, portable bathroom, etc.). Wolfwise reached out to us and are sponsoring this video review of their new upgraded version. We are definitely pleased with the added features. A must have for living Vanlife. Amazon links: WolfWise Privacy Tent: amzn.to/3uLYOFH WolfWise Store: amzn.to/3N4TrbF 👋🏻...
How to make MAGNETIC window and fan covers for a VAN, SKOOLIE , RV, Tutorial | DIY
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Step by step on how to make custom diy window and fan covers/shades. We went with magnets this time around as previously velcro degraded in the heat. Great to block out the sun, provide some extra insulation, and for privacy. Full tutorial here. Magnets: Small ones for cover itself: a.co/d/0QX2GlL Bigger ones with adhesive for fan plastic cover: www.amazon.com/dp/B07QJ6JMFV?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_s...
FREE CAMPING near LUDINGTON, Michigan, Boat access, Sulak Rec Area, Manistee National Forest,
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Free camping with a boat launch? What's better than that?! Enjoy staying at the Sulak Recreation Area for some free camping, Most campsites have enough room for all size rigs. GPS Coordinates: 43.92389, -86.00808 👋🏻Hey friends!, we are Abe and Mel!👩🏼💻🏋🏽♂️ We are full time travelers exploring the United States in our Van🚐🛣 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 🔔 Subscribe for more t...
Can a VAN system handle INDUCTION COOKTOPS? Amzchef Induction cooktop 2 burner Review. Does it work?
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Two year update: We are still currently using the induction on our solar system and it has been working well. If cooking a full dinner with it, on 400ah it takes about 10% battery if the sun isn't out. If the pan/pot is too small, sometimes the induction magnet doesn't recognize it very well but we rarely use our tiny pot. We recently sold our van and moved into a custom built truck camper and ...
Free Camping in MICHIGAN near Lake Michigan, | MANISTEE | Marzinski Trailhead Campground
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Even though we had to fight the mosquitos during our stay here in mid-May, we enjoyed how large the campsites were, how close it was to Lake Michigan, and also the fact that it is free. Marzinski Trailhead Campground GPS Coordinates: 44.22555, -86.16131 Manistee National Forest, Manistee, MICHIGAN 👋🏻Hey friends!, we are Abe and Mel!👩🏼💻🏋🏽♂️ We are full time travelers exploring the United State...
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Dark toned converted van tour/ tiny home with unique DIY shingle wall inspired by Norwegian stave churches fully equipped for off grid living. Mel grew up in Norway and we wanted to bring some of that "home" feeling to our new build. To our surprise, It turned out just the way we had hoped it would! Luxurious, modern, rustic yet minimalist. We really enjoyed DIY'ing the shingles. It took us 48 ...
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Sequoia National park FREE CAMPING | Review | Big Meadows Dispersed Camping, Kings Canyon Nat Park
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Coordinates in video are incorrect, Correct Coordinates are: 36.70199, -118.87456 Are you headed to Sequoia National Park or Kings Canyon National Park? Check out this dispersed, free camping while you are there, save some money! And as always, pack in- pack out! Leave no Trace! Big Meadows Dispersed Camping 36.70199, -118.87456 👋🏻Hey friends!, we are Abe and Mel!👩🏼💻🏋🏽♂️ We are full time trav...
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MURPHY BED in a van build. How it was built. Tiny home/ Van conversion in depth look
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Berryman Campground, Mark Twain National Forest | FREE CAMPGROUND REVIEW
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Berryman Campground, Mark Twain National Forest | FREE CAMPGROUND REVIEW
Are there fire rings there?
A couple years back there was not. Not sure of the last two years.
@@abeandmel so you know if you can have camp fires in that area?
@adrianruiz8690 i would check the local rules for the national forest. I believe when we were there we could not due to high risk of wildfires and also wildfires were happening that we had to leave early.
I've never understood how any urine diverting toilet can work, but they obviously do. For me and my young kids, right after number 1 and number 2 come out of us, they merge right away into a single mixed stream. It isn't as though number 2 is always neatly falling in the back while the urine precisely and separately falls more forward.
Put a little white vinegar in your urine bucket and it will kill the smell😊
Thank you for getting to the point right away and describing the road, size of rig and showing the campsites! I subscribed to your channel for those reasons!
Great short video. Love all the different places shown at the beginning! Amazing places from God's creation!
Thanks! that was a new thing for me, trying to find many clips, close ups, wide shots, drone shots, etc. plus a wide variety of landscape. the hardest part was music and lining the shots up with the music.
Beautiful footage + message! ❤
Thank you! Hope you are enjoying your travels as well and capturing all those moments☺️
excellent video
Thank you for watching! Glad you found it helpful
Thank you for watching! Glad you found it helpful
No indication of whether it will support a water bag or what weight…?
Hi, no i don’t believe it will. We always hang it on a tree or on the hinge of our van rear doors
Then it does indeed qualify for the name ‘privacy tent’ as per video title, but to me in no way a ‘shower tent’. I mean yes, you could have a dry shower, but….
@@68Bards we used it countless times as a shower tent during our travels. 😁
Fantastic - I was thinking there was a work around and you two found it and showed us how- Australia that toilet 50$ that Funnel 50$ =100$ beats paying 800$-1000$ over here for a toilet that l can l can now make for just 100 bucks -hooroo
@@shane9ish 😁 yes! Glad it works for many different countries 👍🏻👍🏻
It is so incredibly beautiful there! Well done!
Thank you for watching! Absolutely a beautiful area! :D
What about the contents sloshing around while vehicle is in use?
Never had an issue but we also emptied as often as possible. Helped with the smell
Yay! We did this one with the boys. It was one of our favorite hikes!
Thats so awesome! It was a TOUGH hike but extremely rewarding! That was the week we met yall! 😁
Wow, that was simply amazing! Didn't realize you had seen all that. Wow! Thanking God for his amazing creation.
Right! Absolutely incredible colors and scenery!
Great video and good to see you back...👍👍
Thank you! We have missed creating and sharing!
Thank you! I am making a plan to try to make a window cover with magnets so this is helpful!
Wonderful! Glad it helped!! Good Luck with sewing yours 😃
If you spray some vinegar down the funnel after use, that will help with the smells.
We tried that and found the vinegar and urine mix was terrible. We have tried a few different varieties. Currently been using citric acid from the canning section at the store mixed with water.
Hey did you ended up doing a 6months review? what's the experience? how much power do you use per cooking? :)
Hello, Apologies we never posted a 6 month review. We are still currently using the induction on our solar system and it has been working well. If cooking a full dinner with it, on 400ah it takes about 10% battery if the sun isn't out. If the pan/pot is too small, sometimes the induction magnet doesn't recognize it very well but we rarely use our tiny pot. We recently sold our van and moved into a custom built truck camper and purchased this same exact induction and same thing, its been working great the last few months.
Thank you so much no way did I have $1,000
Youre welcome! Glad you found it helpful!!
You can see shadows from the outside, so I'm wondering if you can see the shadow of whoever is inside, too.
We haven't really noticed shadows when someone is using it. but I could see that if the sun is hitting just right it would create some.
Also, the inside is 12.5" tall. How are you fitting a 15" bucket in there?
The toilet ends up sitting higher which then allows a milk jug to fit under the funnel
Fyi they no longer include a bottomless bucket. Came instead with pee sheild? Wtf? And a solid bottom bucket. So it's no bucket at all if i want to use a urine diverter. Disappointed.
Oh no! That would definitely not make this work as well
Any update on how this is working? Im looking at buying this exact one, thanks!
Hi, apologize for the late reply. This is still working great, have been using this one for two years no problem. with a 400ah battery system and a full dinner cooked it takes about 10% battery with no sun on our solar panels.
Great quick vid. Loved the drone action. Very helpful, gave me confidence for our trip!
Thank you! Enjoy your time there
Relaxing kayak or canoe rides are awesome!
thanks how to get to this free camping place from las vegas thanks
Thanks for watching, you can find the coordinates in the description
This is awesome!!
Thanks! Hope you got some ideas from it 😀
Kindly post an Induction cooktop update.
Hi, apologize for the late reply. Our induction is still working great, have been using this one for two years no problem. with a 400ah battery system and a full dinner cooked it takes about 10% battery with no sun on our solar panels.
This is fantastic! Love using what you have, not what you have to get!!
Went by there a week or so ago and it’s pretty busy and ugly Stewart’s point is much nicer but further away I ended up at Boulder beach campground which if you have a senior parks pass it’s $10 a night and I usually don’t like paying it was way nicer with trees and bushes and clean bathrooms and a great view of the lake
Yes, it's not the most aesthetic area but it works. I imagine these places will get busier and busier as time goes by. We haven't been there in a few years, but remember last time we were, some people were basically setting up shop and leaving their rigs to save spots. One got towed while we were there it had been there unoccupied for so long. Thanks for watching!
I have the same toilet. Did yours come in black or did you paint it?
It came in black. I think las we looked they were only selling the grey one.
I am a new subscriber. I just met Mel in person,she is so nice.
Was that at MAACO?
Yes,it was @@abeandmel
We talked in the lobby
@@reedb9039 It was great to meet you! Be sure and take a look @tinyhometours as well. That's where the build series is going to go up on.
Will do@@abeandmel
I have one but the only bad thing about it is that it doesn’t hold up very well n breezy conditions and that’s also being tied down breezy meaning 10 to 12 MPH wind other than that it works fine
That's good to know. We haven't really tested it in those conditions. We have a pop up shower in our van so if it's too windy we use that.
Lovely
Thank you!
I know this video is a year old but for anyone watching, you can get thermal suction cups to insert into the window covers thay keep them tighter against the window
We thought of doing that for our side window that doesnt have magnets. Good idea
Excellent, and congratulations to you both for being inventive and handy.
Thanks so much! Glad you found it useful!
Where do I get magnetic s bc magnetic tape didn't work
We purchased them on amazon, you have to buy ones that are heavy duty enough to go through the plastic vent cover. Magnets: Small ones for cover itself: a.co/d/0QX2GlL Bigger ones with adhesive for fan plastic cover: www.amazon.com/dp/B07QJ6JMFV?...
How about that "6 month" review? Do you guys like it? Is it sustainable for van life?
Hello, we went away from this style of video and towards cinematic ones we enjoy making more. We love the induction overall. It does require a pretty good electrical system. We have run into issues in the winter months because of getting less sun and the caveat now is that we both have remote jobs so our computers draw a ton of power with both of them plugged in (along with Starlink). Those draw about 250-300 watts. Without those I don't think we'd run into a lot of issues but we do have a portable one burner gas stove as backup for areas like Washington and Oregon.
some really really great shots in this! We will have to add this spot to our list of places to check out once we back back on the road again!
Definitely!!! Let us know if you ever find yourself there as we will always be up for it if we are close enough by 😁
Good to see you both again.
Great to hear from you! As always, Thanks for watching!
Wow, that was an amazing video and an amazing place. Glad we could experience it with you the first time.
Thank you! Yes it was a lot of fun to see it for the first time with you guys!
Thanks for making these videos, they really help!
Thanks so much for watching, im glad that you have found them useful
Were you allowed to make camp fires?
While we were there we were not able to
Is there a group site, or can a group occupy a couple pull thru sites?
Hi, its first come first, I don’t recall too many site have enough parking for more than one rv. But we stayed there with a friend and we each parked in a different campsite.
@@abeandmel Thanks. It would be individual vehicles, no RV's. Just wondering about rules for car count per site.
@user-fu9vj9ix3g i am not sure if there are any rules about that but there is a board at the front with the rules/info
I was looking for something I could do, thank you. They want $1,000 for other toilet it's just crazy.
Yup! That was our thing as well! Glad it was useful for you!
Not to disagree with the video comments. However the narrative could stand alone. As if Kerouac had a writer daughter. Well done
Thank you so much! 🙏🏻 really means a lot!
Drop a ping-pong ball in the funnel. It will keep the odor down. Ball will float when in use and seal when done.
That is an interesting idea, with urine, I would feel the ping pong ball would smell quickly
DUDE!!!! GREAT IDEA!!! A LITTLE SPRAY FROM VINEGAR OR EVEN GLASS CLEANER TO HELP KEEP THE PING PONG FROM SMELLING WOULD BE GOOD TOO I THINK!
Love this video! Nice life. Thanks for taking us along 👍
Thank you for watching!
I love this! The only issue I was seeing is that the toilet doesn’t fit snugly over the bucket and the funnel. It seem to hover above it in a wobbly way. See you like that or does it go down further and stay snug? Also, when pulling it back up, does it pull on them in a way that could tip them over? Do they get stuck is what I’m asking.
The toilet comes with a bucket with no bottom that then snuggly fit in the bucket. They dont get stuck when you pull up the toilet. If you sit too far on the front and use a flimsy milk jug it can smoosh in
how many magnets did you use for the larger windows?
2 on top, 2 on bottom and depending which one, one on side