END OF VAN LIFE (for now?)
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- čas přidán 11. 04. 2023
- After 1.5+ years living and traveling in my van, we packed everything up and headed back to Canada. It was an incredible journey and I truly fell in love with the lifestyle, but we needed to come back for a while to get healthier.
In this video you join us as we fly back into snowy Canada and start to get set up at our new apartment.
I hope you enjoy joining me on this new chapter of life.
Thank you for so much love and support during this difficult time.
Much love,
Krys
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You’re so candid and open about your travels, hiking, and personal life. I love that about you and this channel. You don’t seem to sugar coat anything, but not whiny or complaining. Just open. Thanks for that.
I have loved watching your videos! thank you for sharing your life!
We're glad you're getting settled into a place where you can get the support you need and find the right balance for both of you!
Thanks so much you two! Hope you are well ☺️
I just came across your channel and have binged watched the videos. I have so much respect for you both and wish you all the best life can offer. I understand perfectly, I have been my son's primary caregiver for the past 25 years and my husbands for the past five. It is so easily to lose yourself and I've had to pull myself out of the mire many times. God bless you both. I live in the states and this past May my family gifted me a trip to Wales for 10 days to visit family. I felt like was in heaven! Looking forward to you watching your PCT hike!
Thank you so much for your comment 🥰❤️. I'm sorry to hear that you can relate, but also really glad you shared because it's so helpful. What an amazing gift your family gave you - Wales must have been incredible! Wishing you all the best ❤️
@@KrystaNorwick thank you so much. Wales was amazing. Saw so many places I could only have imagined.
You have a Murphy bed! I’m so envious. We ended up in the Oyster River area and I am absolutely loving this island. The trails, the forests, the ocean… it truly is paradise.
Yes it's a great way to save space!! Aw wonderful - I love Oyster River!
HI, Krysta and Brian, I am the "friendly local Bulgarian" 🙂 I am sure you wil be all right very soon because you are young and strong! Strange but I feel you like a part of my family in some way and it feels like I miss you here in Bulgaria because you were somehow closer.... 🙂 Take care of yourselves and wish all the best to you!!!
Aww thank you so much ❤️❤️!
I’m happy to see you making such self honouring choices for both of you. Sending love and light as you travel this part of your journey.
Thank you so much Deb!
Welcome home! I think it is so true that "two things can be true at the same time." I'm looking forward to seeing more of your VI content and also getting trip ideas. If you're ever looking for a hiking buddy feel free to reach out.
Thanks so much!! I'm looking forward to doing some more VI stuff too :)
Good luck. Take care of each other and heal the best you can. I too have ptsd, so know it is not simple. But health is number one priority.
Thanks so much Steve! Sorry to hear you also have PTSD. Completely agree that health is number one.
sounds like a refresher of west coast trail/Juan de Fuca marine trail will be some good hikes, and canoe the Seward forest canoe route near Campbell River..... just enjoy the playground.
Victoria is great - has been over 15 years since I was posted there, and I miss it.
Agreed!! We got permits for the West Coast Trail, so I'm hoping I can make a video of that adventure! It's such an amazing area!
Thankful you are back in Victoria safely and that you have found a suitable place to live. Not easy in this market today. Take care. I look forward to hearing what's happening with the two of you in the days ahead. Take care.
Thanks Judy!! It has been actually pretty smooth, which pleasantly surprised me. I am quite enjoying setting up our little apartment and started to get settled in a little more. Wishing you the best!
Its all part of your journey! Day by day!!!!
Please take care of yourselves. Will miss the travel stuff but would always rather you be healthy and safe. I suffer from some mental health issues myself and I know how it can be hard without support. I hope you can feel and see the love everyone here has for you.
Thanks so much - I appreciate that a lot. I'm sorry to hear you suffer from mental health issues as well, it can be so hard. I can feel the love and sending you some right back!
Hopefully all is going well for you guys. Just started to subscribe.
Thank you so much for saying that and for subscribing ❤️
It is certainly a transition for you both! A studio apartment is similar to the van?
I’m glad you are both getting the help and support you need!
Please let me know if I can help in any way!!❤
Yes the apartment feels HUGE compared to the van! It's the biggest luxury to be able to shower anytime I want and do laundry. Oh and the dishwasher!! Thanks for all your love and support ❤️
I would love to see you do the last section of the great divide trail!
You read my mind ... it is definitely on my list of potentials this season!!
Nothing wrong with going back to the home turf, getting recharged…then hit the road again. Need to do a few trails here on Pender Island plus we have one of the best disk golf courses in the world. We can meet up here for coffee / tea and you guys can check out our gardens and chickens…lol.
Hi Greg!! That sounds like a great time! I have heard it's an excellent disk golf course actually. I'll have to let you know if a trip out there is feasible!
Maybe a day trip this summer to the island with a few friends for a little fun disk golf tournament (it’s free). Wife & I would like to hear more about your vanlife. Plus it’s always great to talk to another ex 443 Sqn member. Take care…
@@gregforsyth9886 sounds like a lot of fun!
If you need help with a van in Europe/Croatia after this first 6 months let me know, maybe I can be of assistance.
And ofcourse, best of luck with your new life and new adventures 😊
Thanks so much Nikola! I need to return to the van in May to move it out of Bulgaria, but haven't figured out where I will move it to yet. I just need to figure out somewhere to store it for a while. Any thoughts?
Wow! Another overlander from North America leaves Europe travel abruptly, I’ve been seeing to many CZcamsrs giving up on euro travel😢 Well I hope everything works out well for you and I glad you are getting the care and support you need. Best of luck!
Thanks a lot!! I am hoping to return to travel more of Europe one day when possible.
Happy you are both taking care of yourselves. Where is this apartment? Downtown? Square footage of it?
PTSD is not easy to deal with. I have that disorder. Went through a very rough childhood. Going on 49 now and I definitely feel how it has effects for long term. I think that having a homebase and getting away camping can reduce it. Just a matter of coping which is hard. Getting help is not easy to find. But seeing that you two can help each other is huge daily. I don't have anyone. I am from BC as well. Keep up the good work.
I'm really sorry to hear that. It is such a difficult disorder to live with. I hope you are able to find some support. I agree, that perhaps a home base with camping trips could be a better fit for us right now. Wishing you well ❤️
@@KrystaNorwick But getting an affordable homebase is tough. Especially one that you can finally afford. That disorder is tough and tricky.
@@mylifejourney74 completely agree. That’s why we had to get a really small apartment. It’s definitely put a financial strain on us
North Coast Trail please.
That one is high on my list!!
I would love to see places that you can park and camp on the Island.
That's a great idea!! I'll have to start brainstorming!
I'm excited for you two to start this yr of healing! and I also have a crazy idea - would you want to join me on a west coast trail hike this yr?! in june 2020 my fiance and I were booked to do it but that was cancelled due to the pandemic 😭....a yr of gathering gear and training went down the hole. I still want to do it so dearly bad but my fiance has lost interest....I have been considering doing it solo but what if we got a group of a few badass females together and conquer it together?! I'm 33 and not sure how long I will be childless and have this opportunity so it's on my list to do this early Sept possibly...🤞
Hi!! Did you get westcoast trail permits when they went live? Brian and I plan to do it together and we got permits for our dates, but then when I looked around at other dates everything seemed to be booked up.
@@KrystaNorwick no I didn't yet because I'm solo and flexible, was watching it the past few yrs and there was always solo dates avail for Sept so I didn't want to stress too far in advance of I knew I was flexible 🙈
@@cyncole that’s good to know that cancellations come up!