Can a Woman Over 60 Do Van Life Solo? Jill Drove to Alaska and Back.
Jill stood on a glacier in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and filled her water bottle from a blue stream at her feet. She got there in a 2017 Mercedes Sprinter she built out after retiring at 62. Jill spent her career as a marine scientist mapping the seafloor and hunting sunken ships, and living on boats taught her you really don't need that much. Her first big trip lasted over a year and put 31,000 miles on the van. You'll hear her two non-negotiables for a build, the mechanic move that gave her peace of mind before Alaska, the phone checklist she's tested for years, and why you don't…
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