“They sped by us in a rage as we reached the top of the hill and approached the first passing lane we’d seen in the last 30 miles. On steep inclines with a fully loaded camp setup, my van tops out at just over 25mph. I’ve come to appreciate the “going nowhere fast” ethos that many van owner’s adopt, but the Tesla Model X behind us likely didn’t share the sentiment.

Unemployed and stuck in my college town, I decided to finally invest in a camper—a “pandemic van” as some have come to call such a thing.”

Read the whole feature on Field Mag here.