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Cat. Van. Do.: About Us

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Cat Van. Do. Life in a Van with Cats. Cat Van. Do. Fact Sheet. Former engineer (still an engineer at heart). Practical, logical, realistic. Has a younger sister. Former teacher (still one at heart). Dreamer, organized, clean. Team Nate and Kate. Met in 2003 on a camping trip. Started dating in 2005. Bought a house in late 2005. Built a massive garage for all of our gear in 2006. Got married in 2008. Moved into a 450 sq ft apartment in the Middle East in 2008. Acquired a street cat - Dui - in 2009.

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Cat. Van. Do.: 4 Years in the Desert Really Thins Your Blood

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Cat Van. Do. Life in a Van with Cats. Sunday, August 4, 2013. 4 Years in the Desert Really Thins Your Blood. Forget seasons, I like 70 and sunny. Kate is a Colorado native and spent her whole life in that beautiful state. Needless to say, she was a bit overwhelmed when I raised the possibility of moving to the desert inferno known as the Middle East. Her father's statement: "Why would you ever want to leave Colorado, Kate? We used to go snowboarding in minus. Didn't we just move away from the desert?

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Cat. Van. Do.: Trip Down Memory Lane...

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Cat Van. Do. Life in a Van with Cats. Monday, July 22, 2013. Trip Down Memory Lane. We were able to extract most of our old posts from our previous blog and since it's just about a year since we've hit the road, I thought I'd post those periodically. Here's our VERY FIRST ONE! On the Eve of Our First Outing. Slick They looked real slick. Yup. Looked. Despite this, and many other calamities I'll let you know about, our van is ready for the road. We think. Here's a few pics of us on the road now:.

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Cat Van. Do. Life in a Van with Cats. Friday, July 12, 2013. When you are on the road as much as we are, smelling "it" at different times of the day is typical. It's like a bad fart - we just roll down the windows, turn our fan on high, let everything air out, and at the next stop clean up the litter box and toss the evidence in a bin. About a month ago I smelled something more foul than the usual cat's trip to the litter box. Litter Box Locale: way in the back with strong candles around. At the very sta...

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Cat. Van. Do.: Convincing your wife to live in a van...

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Cat Van. Do. Life in a Van with Cats. Friday, June 28, 2013. Convincing your wife to live in a van. Is not a terribly easy thing to do. It probably took all of five minutes for me to be hooked on van life. Sometime in 2010 I started looking at camping vans online. I happened upon the VW Syncro Westy. And fell in love. I did some more searching and found a couple fully restored versions. I was super excited and couldn’t wait to show Kate. Some time passed and I slowly let go of the Syncro Westy idea, but ...

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Cat. Van. Do.: FAQ's

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Cat Van. Do. Life in a Van with Cats. Q: You live in a van? A: Yes. But more specifically, a 2011 Mercedes Sprinter Cargo Van. Blue. Nicknamed Cookie Monster but affectionately called "Monster", "Cookie", "Blue Beast", and "She". Sprinters have been available in the US since 2002, but were sold and badged as Dodge and Freightliner until 2010. Ours is the 170" wheel base version. Q: What kind of mileage do you get? Q: How many square feet is your living space? A: Strictly speaking, we live in approximatel...