This Is Our Open Road

Life on the road. By car, it's just another journey. Another motorway. Another A road. Sat Nav telling you where to go. The climate control keeps you cosy. The steering and gears so simple you don't even need to think about them. You jump in and you go. Press the accelerator and your car goes. It's almost a guarantee. No, it is a guarantee.

Our open road is different. It's a special place. After you've checked the oil level you jump in. You set the choke. Find the right key, turn the engine over. Smile when it bursts into life. You take in the roads, the scenery, the life. You learn gear changes. Reading maps, reading signs. Getting lost is part of the adventure. When the top of the next hill is in sight, you relax.

The engine. You think about it. That last repair you made, you hope it holds out. And it does.

There's not much to warn you it's going wrong. Your dashboard has two lights. Battery. Oil. Both mean nothing when it's too late. They only work when it is too late. Faith is what you have.

There is no air conditioning. There isn't even a heater anymore.

Pure simplicity between you and the highway. The windscreen becomes a picture frame to the world. You chat, you take it all in. When the camperbus is involved, when its full of supplies for the days ahead, you enjoy the trip even more. 

Roadtrips become part of the adventure. Part of the holiday. Just as important as the destination. 

You are travelling in what will be your home. In front, the journey is unfolding. Behind you is your room, your space. All the memories of where you've stayed before now. Your van was there. That space was there. You are inside the very same place, but you are taking it somewhere different. 

Plans become adventure. The adventure is what you lust for. The excitement and the relaxation. The slow pace, the rest stops, they make you explore. The places you'd have never known about by car become the places you return to by van.

This is why we do what we do. We don't travel by car. We explore by camperbus.