2013 Honda Odyssey, the perfect vehicle for any road trip.

The photo above is the vehicle | drove from Vancouver, BC, Canada down to San Diego, California, U.S.A. and back. If your going to live in your van for a month or however long on your road trip, It is obviously up to you and your personality what vehicle you would want it to be. For me personally, this vehicle was the best option. When I'm on a road trip and sleeping in my van, I want to blend into my surroundings and for nobody to know I am sleeping in my van. I would highly recommend anyone who is planning a road trip to do the same.

Oregon

When I started my trip, the first place I spent the night was Portland, Oregon. Portland felt like the bottom of a lake. It must have been the rainiest of the rain season. In Portland, I got a sim card with unlimited data, thank you America for having cheaper than Canada cell phone plans. After Portland, I headed down the rain coast. It did not stop raining the entire time I drove down Oregon, this was early February. Oregon coast is really beautiful, and I went surfing in a town called Lincoln City. If I had more time, I would have liked to surf there for a while because the waves are really good. But I wanted to spend my time in California. Also it was February so Oregon and Washington were raining the whole time.

Oregon Coast, USA

Oregon coast, USA

Oregon Coast, USA

San Francisco

San Francisco, California, USA

I spent a week in San Francisco. I mostly skateboarded at the Soma West Skatepark, and spent my time in that area. San Francisco is really cool. It's kind of crazy with lots of street people. I always parked up high somewhere to sleep in a nice neighbourhood. There are some really nice Neighbourhoods in San Francisco to sleep, just drive up high and look over the city somewhere like my photo's location.The hills in San Francisco are insane, steepest hills I've ever driven on. When I went on my road trip, mostly all I did was skateboard or surf. Some of the hills in San Francisco are insane and I couldn't skate down them.

Los Angeles

Venice Beach Skate park, Los Angeles, California

Venice Beach, Los Angeles, California

Venice Beach, California

As you can tell from the photos, Los Angeles is beautiful. I spent a few weeks in Los Angeles. If you want to be a living in your van having a great time like me, park in Venice Beach in a nice area and have a nice van like mine which people will always think is a soccer mom van and you will never get in trouble or get caught speeding. I stayed in Venice Beach and went to skate parks all over L.A. Huntington Beach is really nice place to visit as well but I spent most of my time at Venice beach and my favourite skate park in Los Angeles was Westchester Skatepark. Venice Park can get too crowded to enjoy skateboarding there I guess but I still loved it and pro skate boarders often skate there which is fun to watch. I don't know what to say about Los Angeles other than it is very chill and fun to skate. People are chill and it seems like a nice community. There is a lot going on and a lot to see. Some neighbourhoods are almost completely Spanish speaking. It's a diverse city and good weather. Maybe living there is expensive, but I think living there would be really fun especially if you like skateboarding or surfing.

Another nice day at Venice Beach, LA, California

One of the days of my Cali trip I met up with my ex-girlfriend who was my girlfriend at the time on a business trip in LA from Japan and we went to the Hollywood sign and that's where I got the Hollywood cover photo, it was a super good time! Hollywood sign was bangin and one of the dopest tourist attractions I've ever been to, you can see all of Los Angeles one way and the other beautiful hills many untouched by urban environment. Quite a spectacular place could not recommend it more. the nature in California is incredible and I didn't see a lot of it because I was skateboarding in cities but I did see Yosemite which is cool! and Also the Hollywood photograph I got is nice. It's generic which is comforting.

Yosemite, California, USA

Yosemite, California, USA

Going on a Road Trip is a good time for anybody. It's a great way to see the world and have fun. I stayed off Social Media for the entirety of my trip, just to live in the moment and enjoy my time. it was a great experience and I wouldn't trade it for anything. It's something I knew I wanted to do for my whole life, it was always going to be a part of my story and my destiny. When something is in your heart and was always meant to be, you don't have to think about it you just go and let life play out naturally. Nobody can control the world, but you can control your own actions. Maybe going on a road trip to California is not for you, but if it is I hope this article can help you because its full of tips and advice as always. If you haven't read my previous article about travelling Europe, you might not know yet that I give out travel advice and tips on how to travel but also stay alive which is pretty difficult but I've made it through some places and was able to write about it to help others as well. My tips are just to always park in safe neighbourhoods in cities or small towns, if you want to stay in campgrounds that's a good option too but it's not necessary, if you download the app "IOverlander" it will help you find safe places to park. And for showering just go to community centres or YMCA's and you can go for a swim exercise and shower. Just have fun and actually I checked social media and realized my friend lived in California and I messaged him (and another friend of mine from California I didn't message so she was pissed so sorry about that ;) ) but anyway I checked social media was reminded of a friend I met at a hostel in Tokyo lived in California so I stayed with him in Fresno and we went to Yosemite so checking social media once on the trip was a good idea to meet up with him. but it's fun to take breaks from social media when travelling to fully commit your attention to a new area instead of being on the internet focused on other things around the world. That's how I like to travel but everyone is different. I also met up with a friend I met in England and met up with him at his house in Chico which was cool. It's cool to hang out with local people in the places that you travel to, when granted that opportunity it's nice because your not always going to know someone in every part of the world if you travel a lot. I actually think I do travel a lot because I've ran into someone I know on an air plane 3 times. Probably it's a small world. And last thing of advice for travelling California Coast is important because people are dumb and can get caught doing dumb things that are illegal even if the illegal thing is simply sleeping in your van at the wrong place is to think like a soccer mom and drive a Honda Odessy best way to live it up and also buy stocks online then sell them to your dad at a higher value to help provide funding for these kind of adventures, and go tree planting in northern Canada because its peace work so just work hard all day for less than three months and stack revenue so basically e=mc2 + hard work + good paying job + investments = enough money to pay for a road trip and just have fun and go on adventures all the time. Overall, California is a dope time and I'm glad I got to see it and I hope that I can go back one day, especially for Skateboarding. But Skateboarding is also big in Japan and they have fun parks as well so I'm enjoying my time living there. I don't think travelling down the coast and living in your van is that abnormal of a thing to do because I know two other people who did it but California has bigger problems than a soccer mom that's why soccer mom van is the way to go and no police or anyone will be messing with you! How many times do I have to say this.

My Oma passed away a couple months ago (grandma) and this article is dedicated to her. she always told me to write after I wrote about Travelling Europe for a school project, and while she was alive I never did because I didn't want to give up my free time to write about something if it wasn't for a job or school grade, but she inspired me to write for myself. She was one of my best friends and she taught me so much about the world and she was such a good person. I'll miss her forever and so will my whole family. Everything I have in my life was because of her and for that I am eternally grateful. The most memorable thing she ever told me was when she was helping me clean my room she told me that the "first step towards being successful in life is being clean". She didn't just mean my room she meant clean as in drugs maybe I don't know. But she was a good person and I loved her so I wanted to dedicate this to her. I know I'm not the best person in the world and I haven't always made the right choices but I still love my Oma no matter what happens.