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Pitstop Penny
I’ve had the Cali Ocean since late 2019 - I know, unlucky! And although we’ve not yet taken it abroad, we’ve done quite a few nice trips and feel very grateful given it was a dream come true! But we did a classic beginner mistake and got a little over-excited on buying stuff.
Now we’re older and wiser. Getting better at packing the van. But also realising we’ve got way too much “stuff” that we need to tone down. Just an inflatable mattress for the bed. Massive comfy chairs that go behind the driver seat. Screens and more screens. Just getting ridiculous. Haha.
Opting for a minimal approach from now on. I mean, we’re not too bad. But we really need to slim down. Going to use the VW blinds for the spring and summer months we reckon. Remove the VW upper mattress and keep the Sea2Summit air mattress up there. Gonna keep The Wool Room topper. And the pillows and duvet. Chairs are going. Unless we go somewhere where we just camp out at and stay put, like Eskdale or The Quiet Site.
I don’t want to get a pop up tent where we dump all our stuff, but that’s what so many of you do, right? Here’s our current setup!
![747D9529-C741-4DA9-B932-4BA2F851EE97.jpeg 747D9529-C741-4DA9-B932-4BA2F851EE97.jpeg](https://vwcaliforniaclub.com/data/attachments/79/79180-2af9a0e9e74d8adfac095e6603e6f6fc.jpg)
My question is, did you go through the same process and what stuff did you tone down? What solutions did you find?
Now we’re older and wiser. Getting better at packing the van. But also realising we’ve got way too much “stuff” that we need to tone down. Just an inflatable mattress for the bed. Massive comfy chairs that go behind the driver seat. Screens and more screens. Just getting ridiculous. Haha.
Opting for a minimal approach from now on. I mean, we’re not too bad. But we really need to slim down. Going to use the VW blinds for the spring and summer months we reckon. Remove the VW upper mattress and keep the Sea2Summit air mattress up there. Gonna keep The Wool Room topper. And the pillows and duvet. Chairs are going. Unless we go somewhere where we just camp out at and stay put, like Eskdale or The Quiet Site.
I don’t want to get a pop up tent where we dump all our stuff, but that’s what so many of you do, right? Here’s our current setup!
![747D9529-C741-4DA9-B932-4BA2F851EE97.jpeg 747D9529-C741-4DA9-B932-4BA2F851EE97.jpeg](https://vwcaliforniaclub.com/data/attachments/79/79180-2af9a0e9e74d8adfac095e6603e6f6fc.jpg)
My question is, did you go through the same process and what stuff did you tone down? What solutions did you find?