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Living in our #van in Arctic #Norway gives us a unique opportunity to experience #nature like few others do.
Last night’s #northernlights were amazing!
This is what #vanlife is all about!
SolarMax is upon us!

#newnomads #aurora #sobertravel #travel #travelcouple #astronomy
September 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The #sunset last night was amazing, but in a very subtle way.
No grand clouds with swirling #colors, just peaceful nuance to end the day.
That’s #norway - it’s beautiful in an “OMG, that’s stunning!” and in the sublime (yet #epic) enormity of it all.

#vanlife #travel
September 28, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I have to say, Wales Is my happy place.

#wales #vanlife #vanlifeuk
June 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Before I came to Norway, I never really enjoyed #fishing - but here, in the Arctic, you can catch lots of interesting things! #cod

#norway #vanlife #newnomads
May 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
When you’re called to a life on the road, it’s nice to find a place where the road calls to you.
That’s Norway.

#vanlife #newnomads #norway
April 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Turns out, you don’t need 2,400 square feet and a lawn service to feel free.
Sometimes 38 square feet and the sound of wind through birch trees is enough.

#norway #newnomads #vanlife
April 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Everyone insists the Lofoten Islands are “must see” in Norway.
The truth is that most of northern #norway looks like this!

#vanlife #newnomads
April 21, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Superlatives don’t do #norway justice.
After a while, “wow” isn’t a usable word.
It’s all just a part of being here. This was a normal ferry from one little village to another.
Nothing special… except that EVERYTHING is amazing!

#vanlife #newnomads #landscape #nature
April 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Another day, another ferry!
That’s #vanlife in #norway
Today I think we’ll take 3 ferries but it’s a holiday so they are on a reduced schedule.
We’ll have to see!

#newnomads #helgeland
April 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Scotty, beam us up…
The #aurora in #norway last night was AMAZING!
The lights danced across the sky just above our #van - building and waning in a colorful dance that kept us saying… WOW!
#nature is so incredible!

#newnomads #vanlife #coupletravel #northernlights
April 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Anywhere else and this region would be a national park.
In Norway, this is just the view from the end of one of a thousand islands.

#norway #vanlife #newnomads
April 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I’m happy to indulge those passions, as well as enjoy her other passion: cooking!
The results?
Let’s just say I’m the luckiest man on earth to find her!
I love her for many reasons… she’s an intelligent, strong, kind and good person… but I’d be lying if I said this wasn’t a factor too!
April 14, 2025 at 3:19 AM
She not only catches them, she is obsessive about cleaning and filleting them!
She does the FULL process once it comes out of the water too!
She wants to make sure she does the fish justice!
April 14, 2025 at 3:19 AM
That is until they started catching fish!
She’s good. She’s really good… at catching fish.
Fast forward 40 years and she’s still REALLY good at catching fish!
She’s obsessed with it!
It’s the biggest reason we’re in Norway at the moment. This is the best fishing on earth!
April 14, 2025 at 3:19 AM
When the guys would come on the boat and find the pretty young blonde girl in the bikini, they always thought she was just eye candy, or worse.
They could not have been more wrong!
“I’m here to catch fish” as she was gutting a fish for bait.
I can imagine the disappointment of the charter customer
April 14, 2025 at 3:19 AM
A great wife thread 🧵
My wife is an amazing woman in so many ways. Here’s just one:
When she was growing up in Boston, she found she could make way more money working on fishing charters than she could working in a shop at the mall.
She instantly fell in love with it!
April 14, 2025 at 3:19 AM
My wife is a magician who can transform a lovely Norwegian cod into an amazingly tasty creamy chowder!
Yeah that was FANTASTIC!

#vanlifeeats #vanlife #fishing #newnomads #norway
April 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
That’s the face of the guy whose wife just told him we were having cod chowder for dinner tonight!
(because we both caught a couple of really lovely Norwegian cod today!)

#vanlife #fishing #norway #newnomads
April 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
An absolutely lovely oceanfront spot where two fjords open out to the North Sea.
Life in the far north just makes Sunday morning feel a little better.

#vanlife #norway #newnomads
April 13, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Good frosty morning from Rørvik, Norway!
It looks like the rain and snow that have pummeled us for the past 48 hours might be blowing out!
It’s going to be a great day!

#vanlife #norway
April 12, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Fish on! Our first pollock of the trip! A bit on the small side, but it’ll do!
Diane also got a cod, but I didn’t get a shot of it!
There will be plenty more where these to came from!
Woohoo! Norway!

#fishing #vanlife #norway
April 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Everywhere you look, this country amazes me.

#vanlife #norway
April 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Norway can always give you a surprise snow!
Woohoo! Brrrrrrrr!

#vanlife #norway
April 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The bright moon and high overcast blocked a lot of last night’s aurora, but it was still partially visible… nature is truly amazing.

#vanlife #norway
April 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Anchors aweigh!
April 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM