Darin

I see a lot of RVs in our neighborhood, and I see a lot of RVs parked in driveways in our neighborhood for months on end. To me, that’s a reality check worth thinking about before you buy your own…

If you’ve ever purchased clothing online, you already know what I’m going to say: Judging color online—if you are at all picky—is nearly impossible. The simple reason is that most digital cameras are not designed to give accurate colors, most…

A few years back, I bought an expensive bike rack, a Thule that had a swing-arm that allowed me to move bikes out of the way when I wanted to open the rear hatch of my FJ Cruiser. It was…

We live in an area with an abundance of bike-friendly trails, so I thought it was about time we got bikes. Of course, we bought e-bikes. I looked at several brands, especially Aventon and Lectric. Aventon didn’t offer a good…

There are many options to choose from at Noovo. I’ll walk you through what we chose, at least tentatively. The van itselfFirst you choose your van style. You have the Lite, the Pop (seems to be a Lite + pop-up…

Noovo does a great job telling a prospective buyer about all of the delightful ways they designed and built the van, but things are a bit less clear about the chassis itself. What year is the chassis? What features (such…

$200,000. That’s the answer. And that’s before tax. It is not a wise investment. If you invested that $200,000 in some boring index fund, you might earn 10% a year (the returns for the past five years have been higher,…

O.K., so I decided to start a blog, a travel blog which would not be exclusively about the Noovo van but about travel in general. Something for friends and family, and for anyone else contemplating heading in the general direction…

We’ve seen all the videos, many more than once, and not just on the Noovo. We’ve watched hundreds of videos of every RV you can imagine, even videos on the bus-like Class A behemoths (just out of curiosity and a…

The most difficult thing for me about choosing which van to buy was the question of off-roading. This is a big deal in van-world. People spend $150,000, $170,000 and more on vans that are “off-road capable” and then, in many…