When we first started Camp My Minivan, we didn’t expect our little Dodge Grand Caravan, affectionately named Timmy, to take us more than 13,000 kilometers across Canada. What began as a weekend project to create a functional, cozy camper slowly turned into a full-on lifestyle experiment in tiny living. After two months on the road, […]
Our Dodge Caravan Camper Kitchen & Storage Setup – Simple, Cozy, and Built for the Road Transforming a Dodge Caravan into a cozy camper van isn’t just about saving money, it’s about creating a space that works beautifully in real life. After two months of building and eight weeks on the road, our van (Timmy!)
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Welcome to Camp My Minivan. In this article, we’re sharing how we turned our Dodge Caravan into a cozy and functional camper van in just two months, then drove it across Canada from Calgary all the way to Prince Edward Island during the summer of 2025. If you want to see the full video tour,
How We Turned Our Dodge Grand Caravan Into a Camper and Traveled Coast-to-Coast We’re not professional builders. We didn’t have a garage or fancy tools. We were just two people with a dream: to convert our Dodge Caravan into a camper and explore Canada from Calgary to Prince Edward Island. What happened next changed everything.
Dodge Grand Caravan Camper Conversion Guide: The Perfect DIY Adventure for Under $3,000 If you have ever dreamed of embracing vanlife but thought a full-size van was out of reach, converting a Dodge Grand Caravan into a camper might be your perfect solution. The Caravan’s compact size, reliability, and affordability make it one of the
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I’ve heard this sentence a few times:“The way we do one thing is the way we do almost everything else.”But I never truly let it sink in not until this trip, when I finally slowed down enough to observe myself. Timmy (our camper van) is moving, the scenery constantly changing.But inside me, there’s a strange
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Last week, during a session with my peer coach, something unexpected happened:I told him… I had nothing to be coached on. Not because my life was perfect. Not because everything was easy.But because, in that moment, I was fully here.Content with where I was, who I was being, and what I was living. All my
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We made it.One full month on the road with Timmy our little minivan turned home from Calgary to Charlottetown, across nearly 6,000 kilometers. When I look at the map, it still feels surreal: we actually drove from the western plains to the furthest eastern tip of the second-largest country on Earth. Though technically, the westernmost
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Some days on the road feel like a dream.And some days… feel like a survival reality show. This was one of those days:A heat wave warning blaring on the weather forecast.Stuck in highway traffic for over an hour — no AC.Day one of my period.And then, like a final boss level: Timmy broke down.Oh, and
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It’s funny how something so simple can suddenly feel like pure luxury, like watching Netflix in the middle of the forest, where there’s barely any signal. Somehow, that moment felt more exciting than any 5-star experience. Maybe it’s the contrast, the quiet of the trees, the crackling fire, and then… a familiar screen lighting up
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