As I mentioned last time, EmJ and I slept on the rear seat-bed. Jmy slept in his seat, tilted back, sometimes. Other times he slept on blankets on the ground. The way back was fixed up as a bed with lots of blankets. Ria and sometimes Tea slept there. I laid out another blanket pallet between the driver's seat and the first row of seats where Kat and sometimes Tea slept. Jessie slept in the front seat leaned back.
He wouldn't consider sleeping anywhere else. He was on hyper alter and very vigilant.
We hung blankets over the front windshield and from the driver's and passenger's windows. The rest of the windows had pull-down shades and some of the side windows also had curtains. Those were really helpful!
Because we were all over East Texas looking for our land, we couldn't leave all our stuff with the trailer in Tyler. We used that to store much stuff, but we kept a couple changes of clothes for each of us in the van.
Also, we had to keep food and a way to prepare it... so we purchased a huge cooler and used the smaller one that we already had as a dry-goods pantry. We also purchased a coleman-type stove. We did eat in restaurants, but not every meal or every day.
When Jessie searched for a place for us to van camp, he was always very mindful that he must unload the ice chests so that the way back area could be used as someone's bed. I think that was one of the most stressful aspects of his almost nightly effort.
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