Back to Work in the Mini Van Office Suite

One of the burning questions I will always have come Monday morning is “where do I work?”  My plan was to take my phone/Skype clients out of my van but parking was the concern.  I’ve been camping out on national forest grounds where there is no cell phone or Internet reception, so I have to find a place to park the van where I get both shade and reception.

As I was driving around Taos, I found a Coffee house, quite by accident, perched in the trees with a big parking area and even a little stream running between the parking area and the adjoining property.  This was it!  How perfect!  I could get my coffee “to go” and instead of spending countless hours occupying a table in the coffee house, I would just occupy my van in the parking lot.

I decided on Sunday to go for a visit to take a closer look.  No sooner did I walk in the door I saw an old friend “Hinton” from Sedona who was also traveling around in a van.  He purchased a Promaster, did a camper conversion and lives in his van full time now.  I met Hinton through mutual friends, who also travel around in a Sprinter Camper.  We all work on the road and have different projects going.

Hinton left Sedona the day before I did and is leaving at the same time.  He will also be visiting many of the same areas as I am, so it will be fun to connect here and there.

Monday morning, after cleaning up camp, I headed to the coffee house and the far end parking spot was available, so I backed in and headed into the shop for a coffee.  I noticed on my way in that some nomads were setting up a drum kit outdoors…”oh NO!”

It was too late to change plans so I set up my office and started working.  No sooner did I start working, the drummer began playing for pennies.  Another opportunity to practice tolerance and the understanding that life always gets in the way of our pristine plans.

I also found the Internet connection on my Verizon Hotspot wasn’t so “hot” back there in the corner.

Hinton popped back in, between clients and took a photo of me in action.

In the afternoon I moved to another cafe with a large back parking lot and the reception was great. So were there veggie burgers.  I enjoyed the rest of my afternoon in peace.