Our newest addition to the Sprinter

When you live in a 90 square foot palace, every inch counts! Problems manifest when, in addition to cloths and daily living supplies, you’re also trying to carry around 7 surfboards, 2 bikes, 60 bottles of wine, 1 dog, and 18 pairs of ladies shoes. Over the last 10 months that we’ve been living in the van I recognized this issue and took action. Our new custom-built black powder-coated steel platform roof rack virtually doubles our living space. Now Stand-Up and long boards go on the roof and we have a Thule rocket box full of rock climbing, scuba diving, and camping gear.

The net results:

-Gas mileage decreased by 2-3 miles per gallon

-Stevie has better access to her shoe rack

-Kiki’s living space increased by approximately 4 square feet

-2 collapsible bikes can fit inside the cabin

-We now have a platform on the roof where we can watch the sunset

We are ready to head south! Our official border cross-over date into Baja Mexico is October 10^th. Until then we’ll be enjoying the end of the California summer. We’ll be hanging out in San Clemente and Encinitas surfing at Trestles and Sano.

Over and Out - TREE

The problem, too many surf boards

The solution, custom roof rack

Would have been impossible without the help of experts

Installation was harder than I thought

Celebration after the rack is finally done. Total time, 7 hours 45 minutes,

Me showing Simko how to use his tools