Shadowing Practice: Inside the Ultimate NERD Camper Van ⚔️🏰 (Sc-Fi, Fantasy & 100+ Movie References) - Learn English Speaking with YouTube

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Hi, I'm Toria Delori, and this is my camper van

that I have been building out for the last two and a half years.

Which gave me plenty of time to perfect not only the nerdiness,

but also the unique features in my van.

From the second full-length hidden kitchen counter,

a bat signal, a fixed bed that converts into a couch,

a back-to-the-future themed cab, and even storage tables.

After living nomadically for six years and in numerous kinds of vehicles,

I think I may have truly made my perfect castle home on wheels.

I am so excited to show you all of the little hidden details

and movie references and just how fun I made this van.

I wanted to live in something that brought me joy and so I really think that's what this is.

Are you ready kids?

Aye aye captain.

So let's start with a fun fact about my lights.

They're really creepy because

when you do this you look like you could be in a smile movie so that's a great start.

So welcome to the front of my van

and this is my partition door

and I did not have one of these in my last van

and it's already one of my favorite additions

and it's a really big deal because

if I ever get in an accident I you know won't have this sword fly forward

and stab me in the back while I'm driving you know

or that dagger I'm not trying to be Caesar it's also really great at temperature regulation

because the windows in the front are so big they let

so much heat in and this stops that from getting back into the cab in the living area.

So, and then on it,

I put this necklace from Lord of the Rings.

And above that is the sign that you see when you're entering Disneyland.

I used to work in Disneyland and Disney World.

When I worked in Disneyland,

I took a 30-day road trip across America sleeping in the back of my Honda Accord.

And it was the greatest month of my life.

And I loved it so much.

But I just was not good at car camping.

And I knew I wanted to keep doing that,

but I knew I had to upgrade.

This is a clothesline that I put in to make drying my clothes after laundry day a little bit easier,

and it runs all the way to the back of my van.

I have my car keys,

that way if anything ever happens in the middle of the night I can just grab them

and go right up to the cab,

and down here is my cat Betty's food,

and a little Honeyduke's container of course,

and then this is the Mirror of Irised from Harry Potter,

and it essentially shows you what you desire most in life,

But also in the movie,

it's a reminder to not dwell on dreams and forget to live in the moment.

Yeah, so I love this mirror, but...

Mine's definitely broken.

I don't know what that was.

But moving on to my full-size closet,

and this sword is meant to be a replica of Damaris from Throne of Glass.

And I had Rattle of Stars engraved on it,

and it is removable in case I ever need it.

But then once you open this up,

you've got way too many clothes,

more than anyone ever needs.

I also have a full jewelry organizer in here that has,

of course, like Katara's necklace,

the coin from Pirates of the Caribbean,

lemon grab earrings, horcruxes, everything a girl needs, really.

More storage, lots of notebooks.

I have a notebook addiction.

I love writing.

But also just stickers from different things that I went to.

So Turn 4 Pour from Daytona 500,

Everglades National Park, Key West,

Mount Rushmore, New York Comic Con.

I interviewed to do the FIFA World Cup media,

which would be really cool if that happens.

The US Open, just a lot of NASCAR stuff.

And yeah, just some memories from my trips in the van.

If you're enjoying this video and you want to help out a girl solo traveling the country,

please consider taking a moment to like and subscribe to my channel.

I appreciate all of your support

and it really can go a long way in helping me

stay on the road traveling full time as well as get access to events like NASCAR

and the World Cup to make more vlogs in cooler places and be able to share all of those adventures with you.

And then on this side of the van I have my full kitchen unit.

So my water system which is a five gallon water jug

that leads through a whale foot pump into a water filter up through this faucet here then down to the gray water.

So pretty simple.

In the video I called it adult Legos a lot because

I think 80% of doing anything is just believing that you can do it.

And so simplifying how it sounds in my head,

instead of being like, oh,

I'm learning plumbing, being like,

oh, this is just Legos really helped build my confidence.

And with woodworking, I just called it sewing with wood.

So on the wall, I have a pet temperature monitor and my RedArc RedVision,

which tells me everything I need to know about my electrical system throughout the entire van.

So in the back, I have two 206 amp hour SOK batteries attached to the RedArc Manager Alpha 100

and I'm able to charge that a few different ways.

One is the two solar panels on the roof,

so I have 500 watts on the roof.

I also have a 75 watt alternator charger.

I also can plug into shore power and my little secret way is

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that there's an app called PlugShare

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that you can pretty much go anywhere in the country and plug in your van and get it recharge.

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Which has changed everything for me and is so great.

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Above my RedArc Red Vision I have Lego minifigures from the TV show The Boys.

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I even have Translucent.

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I think he's the most detailed one.

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Next to that I have this photo frame

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that actually opens up to be two wall outlets so I can make dinner up here.

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I bring the oven up here.

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I plug it in.

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I make smoothies with my blender

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and then I can just close it up and you never have to see the wall outlet.

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I also have these two switches,

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which I could have put them on the Red Vision,

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but I wanted these.

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Like I needed them to be here.

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So this is the bat signal.

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And when you click it,

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either Lego Batman shows up or an alarm goes off and just around the entire van.

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So it kind of gives a warning and if anything bad ever happens,

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which yes, I have had to use it.

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I have had someone try to break into the back of my van in the middle of the night.

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Great times.

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And next to that is Dragonfire,

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which actually makes my LED lights go on,

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which are hard to see during the day.

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They glow red as if Dragonfire is pulling up the van.

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And this symbol is actually from the book Fourth Wing.

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So I also have the book Fight Club here,

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which I've been reading lately and I actually think is a great book about van life.

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It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything

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because you see the things you own end up owning you.

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Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes,

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working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need to impress people we don't even like.

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So good!

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But anyway, I have an oven down here,

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a bunch of storage drawers,

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my trash can, my water, lightsaber.

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I'm Tori Delori and you're watching Disney Channel.

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Do do do do.

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Look, I could have, I could have Avada Kedavah, would you? because this is Hermione's wand,

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but I didn't.

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See, I buy too much stuff,

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and that's why I need that book.

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The next thing in my van build is my upper cabinets.

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This one has my microwave,

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my toaster oven, and some plates up top.

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This one is all of my camera gear,

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my energy drink addiction, my Minecraft lamp,

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my BMO storage bag, just a bunch of random stuff,

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as well as my TravelFi internet which is how I get internet on the road.

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After that I have the third cabinet which is my cruise

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and comfort air conditioner which is how I cool down the van.

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It is 12 volts.

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It's also under mounted so it saves me a lot of roof space

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so that I can have my dream roof deck

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because I love going to NASCAR races

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so I needed a roof deck to stand on and so this is completely was just like a no-brainer for me.

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I needed the under mount.

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I also have the Van Life Tech Radiant Hydronic heated floors for a heater in the winter.

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It is much, much, much better than the Wabasto I had in my last van

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because I used to wake up

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and it would be like negative four degrees in the van when I lived in Vermont and it was horrible.

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As well as my security cameras.

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So I come over here and I can turn this on

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and I can lay in bed and look at the security cameras,

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which has just made me feel so much safer in the van.

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One of the best upgrades I've made for sure.

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This down here is my projector screen so that I can watch movies or TV shows,

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which I know you didn't think I liked movies,

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but I guess I kind of do.

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And over here is more hidden picture frames.

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This was definitely an idea I got from Pinterest,

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but now I can just open these up and have my control switches without ruining the aesthetics of the van.

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This is kind of boring.

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It's just a door to the garage.

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However, as you can see,

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I go to the gym a lot.

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And up here I have a full slide-out table at four feet long.

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And in my last van, I also had this.

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And I knew I wanted it in this van,

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except with one little tweak,

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which is that when you open this,

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now there's storage inside, which when you have a van, storage is key.

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So all of my makeup and my hair stuff with a mirror I can do every morning.

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And well, when I have motivation.

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And on this side is a full desk.

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So I have a computer screen,

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a Geekom mini PC, the official TVA notebook,

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the captain's log from the United Federation of Planets.

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What else could you need?

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I've got a keyboard that this piece of wood that sits up here so I can type on the keyboard.

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It's super functional.

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Everywhere I can get an extra inch of space is always appreciated.

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And over here is Betty's home.

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She's got her framed photos of Pedro Pascal as the Mandalorian,

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her name, and of course the heart of the ocean.

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Under here is my Dometic 75 liter fridge freezer.

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I actually got mine from Bob Vance from Vance Refrigeration in Scranton,

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Pennsylvania, so very special limited edition.

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And one of the top secret unique things

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that I actually come up with all on my own for this van build is

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that this bench seat actually turns into a second table.

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I know.

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You didn't see that coming.

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Very exciting.

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And there you go.

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Within seconds, I have a second table for second breakfast or whatever else I need it for.

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It's very sturdy.

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Definitely can still hold a lot of weight,

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but it takes up no storage space in the van.

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And now I have two full kitchen counters.

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And the only reason I thought of this was

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because it felt criminal to take this big piece of wood and just screw it into the bench.

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So, multi-purpose.

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At this point, you might be wondering,

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should you start van life?

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Well, let me help.

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Have you ever wanted to live in parking lots?

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Do you love using outhouses?

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Do you want to make your house your entire identity?

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Do you love becoming actually homeless whenever your car has to go to the mechanic?

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Do you want to increase the number of spiders you eat in a year?

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Then van life might be for you.

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There's nothing quite like the feeling of escaping the matrix to realize you've just entered another one

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because there truly is no escape except death.

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Possibly.

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We don't actually know that for sure.

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So if this sounds interesting to you,

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quick, go out, buy a vehicle almost the price of a house.

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That makes you wonder, wait,

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why am I doing this again?

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So quick, get a van.

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Actually, don't.

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And this is the final area inside the van.

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This is my bed and it is a full-size bed

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and it also has hinges in the middle so it can fold up and become a couch.

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That's still a little bit of a work in progress because I need to add some more supports in the back,

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but essentially it folds up,

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becomes a couch, and I can watch some movies up in the front

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and have the projector screen hang there

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and just be able to sit up in bed if there's ever anyone else here and,

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you know, whatever happens if other people are here.

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I don't, I don't know.

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I don't have friends.

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Besides that, there's just a lot of pillows which actually are camouflage.

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I like store things under here to hide it.

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So my Starlink's behind that pillow.

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I have a little table.

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Who even knows what's back there?

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A portal ring from Doctor Strange?

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You really never know what you're going to find behind these pillows.

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There's also a skylight up in the back corner,

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which I can use instead of a ladder to get up onto my roof deck.

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My roof has two 250 watt solar panels,

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a Lumar Marine boat hatch that I use as a skylight,

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a max air fan, a high boost internet booster,

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and a full roof deck,

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which all sits on my Orion roof rack.

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Welcome to my Back to the Future themed cab.

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It starts with my flux capacitor sign.

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And of course, I do also have a flux capacitor that does light up down here at the bottom as well.

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I have to keep it down there because I do try to keep this vehicle pretty stealth.

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This sign does come off and I have a different one that goes in that spot that says caution waste products.

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That way anyone who walks by thinks it's a poop van because who wants to break into a poop van?

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No one.

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Hopefully.

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There's some weirdos out there.

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You never know.

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But I also have some reminders up here like the height of my vehicle,

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so I never get in that kind of accident.

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And also an internet reminder,

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which is interesting because like two weeks ago,

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I did have my internet on my roof and I did drive away.

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And rest in peace to my original TravelFi router.

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In here, I keep my maintenance notebook as well as all my van build notes.

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And I keep a mileage tracker for everywhere

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that I go for tax reasons and I also keep a picture of the reason that I do everything that I do.

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Little Magikarp.

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I don't know if you guys noticed but my nails are all derpy Pokemon today.

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This is one of my favorite parts of the van.

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It's a step that I made

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because in a Promaster this does kind of dip a little bit

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and so I wanted it to be stronger

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but then I hand painted it with a quote from Throne of Glass and you're just so cute aren't you?

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I also have a mat up here because in a Ram ProMaster,

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the battery is actually right here.

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And one time, I spilled a whole thing of chocolate milk right down into it.

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So now I at least have a buffer between the battery.

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On the passenger side, I store all of my shoes down at the bottom.

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And then Betty has her little car seat up that can buckle into the chair.

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This is Betty's litter box,

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and it has the Lord of the Rings,

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no admittance except on potty business sign on the outside,

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and a Gandalf you shall not pass gas sign on the inside,

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as well as a little Edward from Twilight meme.

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But most importantly, it does have an external ventilation system to the outside of the van,

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because what she'd be doing in there makes Chernobyl seem like a peaceful afternoon.

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To spice up the dashboard,

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I put some stickers up here like the bananas from Mario Kart,

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the Grim Reapers, and a fire missile button.

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I also have some ghosts and the DeLorean

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because my last name is Delory and that's actually what started the whole Back to the Future theme up here.

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And I would say the best piece up in the cab is Han Solo's dice.

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And I think that concludes the inside tour so let me show you the garage.

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so this is a little stand for my ipad or a phone

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or whatever i want to be able to watch movies in bed with

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and then i also use this little table to store my lightsaber

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and something i want you to know about me is

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that i took the time to learn the ob annie spin

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but i've never taken the time to learn what a 401k is.

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That's really not funny though, is it?

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So down here is my electrical system.

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This is the Redarc Manager Alpha 100.

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The TVMS Rogue acts as my fuse box,

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and I have little fans here to kind of add to the circulation back here.

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Betty has a stroller, my toolbox, all reliable of course.

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I also have an extra solar panel,

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an extra power station, and traction boards,

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which I learned the value of in Vegas when I got stuck in the desert twice.

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I've got a camping chair and I also have the moonshade awning,

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which is a removable awning I can put on the side of my van and pull down.

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That about sums it up.

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Oh, these?

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These.

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Okay, these are one of my proudest build things that I did.

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This is shatterproof glass.

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This is made of polycarbonate and it cost me 600 bucks to do this,

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but essentially now if someone smashes the windows they can't get through.

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There's also locks here, a lock there.

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There's going to be thunderbolt locks in the side.

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No one's getting through these doors or any of my doors.

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I have gone over the top on security,

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but I think it was really worth it

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because I can go to sleep at night and not worry

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that someone can just shatter that window and my face is on the other side.

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I think that about sums it up.

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That's my camper van.

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It was so hard for me to fit everything I wanted to show you in this one single video,

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so I hope you caught some of the other movie references I didn't get to mention,

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like the Hunger Games, Alien,

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and X-Men cabinet handles, the Eye of Sauron pencil holder,

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the Cubone flower vase, and I didn't even get to film my Rick

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and Morty Mr. Meeseeks box or my Pulp Fiction briefcase,

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so be sure to subscribe because I'm about to take to the road and have so many fun, ridiculous adventures!

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