MORE THAN A DECADE OF VANLIFE
The policeman found nothing humorous in the huge, black letters on the back of my van spelling out ‘Free Candy’.
He had been called out to the van - parked in the library carpark in Sandy, south of South Lake City, Utah - by a concerned parent.
"It’s pretty weird . You’re got ‘Free Candy’ on your van. There are children around. It’s pretty weird … "
He did not seem to calm down upon finding no children in or around the van.
I asked him if he wanted any candy. He did not.
I asked him if he’d like to take a look inside the van. He did not.
I went through some of the types of candy I had. It did not change his mind. "It's pretty weird," he repeated.
Adventure-seekers pondering vanlife are often concerned about safety and security; how vulnerable are you to thieves - or worse - when you park in a public space by yourself?
In roughly three years of living in my van in North America, I
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