Ep. 213 - 4 days at Van Fest USA 2024 in Florida's Space Coast. Hundreds of nomads met for the first vanlife event at Space Coast Daily Park in Viera, Florida to camp, spend time with other nomads, show their rigs, and enjoy a wide range of activities including van life workshops, live music, trivia nights, and more. The event was also open to the public for two days for those interested in the nomadic lifestyle with an opportunity to tour vans, skoolies, and other rigs; talk with nomads; attend workshops; and talk and shop with vendors providing resources and merchandise for van life. We share a fun behind the scenes look at this van life meetup including several tours of vans and a skoolie plus a glimpse at how special the van life community is!

This was our favorite van life gathering! We enjoyed spending time with old friends and meeting many more fellow nomads! We enjoyed touring other vans and skoolies, meeting some of our patrons and followers, and making memories with other friends in the van life community!

FILM DATES: January 26-30, 2024

EVENT DETAILS:
https://vanfestusa.com/
https://viera.com/event/vanfest-2024

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VIDEO SEGMENTS:
00:00 Full-time vanlifers heading to VanFest
01:00 Day 1: Setting up for VanFest
02:21 Day 2: Vans start arriving
03:16 Van Tour: DIY Ford Transit van build
05:39 Behind the scenes at VanFest
07:13 Trivia with other vanlifers
09:04 Enjoying the vanlife community
11:58 Day 3 of VanFest
12:43 Van Tour: DIY Promaster van build
15:17 Festivities at nomadic gathering
18:25 Day 4 of VanFest
22:45 Van Tour: DIY extended Ford Transit van build
28:05 Things get crazy at VanFest
28:36 A special birthday celebration
32:49 Last morning of VanFest (We love the vanlife community!)
36:20 Tearing down & saying goodbye

MUSIC & SOUND EFFECTS:
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