Big Bend National Park Trip in our RV Camper Van

Overlooking the Rio Grande in Big Bend NP

We headed out in January for a week long trip to visit Big Bend National Park in southwest Texas along the Rio Grande River. We made a few stops along the way, including Granbury, San Angelo, Del Rio, and Marathon, TX. The camper van did great, and the diesel parking heater got a good workout …

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Promaster Seat Swivel Install in a DIY RV Camper Van

CTA Promaster Seat Swivels

Promaster Seat Swivel Install in a DIY RV: In order to have additional seating and usable living space for our floor plan in our DIY RV Promaster van, we opted to install Promaster seat swivels on both seats. Swivel seats are an option on the Promaster, but it is rare to find vans with that …

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DIY RV Window Install in a Promaster Camper Van

DIY RV Window Install in a Ram Promaster: Our Ram Promaster 2500 was a cargo van, with the only windows in the cargo area located in the back doors. We knew that we wanted additional RV windows installed for light and ventilation. We first finalized our floor plan, which then allowed us to determine the …

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DIY RV Floor Plan for a Promaster Camper Van

DIY RV Floor Plan Promaster

DIY Promaster RV Van Floor Plan: We spent a considerable amount of time trying to determine which Promaster van floor plan would be best for our RV build out. There are many pros and cons of different layouts, and we drew and considered half a dozen floor plan designs before deciding on our final plan. …

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Welcome!

Welcome to Wandering Wakes… Greetings from the Wandering Wakes! We will be using this blog to document our RV DIY van build as well as our travels and adventures. We invite you to join us as we learn and explore. The use of ‘wandering’ in our title may confuse some, but for us, this is …

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