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2 Brothers, 1 Van — Years of Adventure

What these two brothers can teach you about #VanLife.

Adam J. Cheshier
World Traveler’s Blog
9 min readMay 1, 2021

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Photo by Hasse Lossius on Unsplash

Adam and Justin Henderson are two brothers from Ohio with adventurous souls. They share a unique bond in that they both made life-changing decisions to move into a van at the age of 19 and 20 years old, respectively.

Over two years later, they’re still exploring an alternative lifestyle. Today they are settled in the United States, holding standard employment.

But Adam says it won’t be long before they’re on the road again. In a recent Instagram post, he mentioned, “Already my mind wanders to the idea of the open map of the world I’ll have in front of me in six months or less — ready to retire once again.

It seems as if these nomads have bought into the idea of an alternative lifestyle.

I’ve always been intrigued by the #VanLife lifestyle movement. It coincides with the minimalistic way of living I buy into.

Adam bought his van at the age of 19, and they left their home state of Ohio shortly after. They started with the East Coast, where they drove the coastline all the way down to the Florida Keys. Then, back up along the Gulf of Mexico and onto New Orleans. To date, the van has seen about…

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Adam J. Cheshier
World Traveler’s Blog

Documenting obscure pockets of the world across long-distance overland expeditions. Recently celebrated 7 years of nomadism. https://linktr.ee/adam.cheshier