Rolling Joy
![A white van parked in a dirt field with a red, gray, and yellow sky behind](https://corbettotoole.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/van-with-sunset-crop-scaled-e1657744243976.jpg)
![A white van parked in a dirt field with a red, gray, and yellow sky behind](https://corbettotoole.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/van-with-sunset-crop-scaled-e1657744243976.jpg)
Shortly before the COVID pandemic, I decided to explore the nomad life in my converted school bus “Rolling Joy.”
Videos on Corbett's Van Life
Solo Vanlife as a Wheelchair User | Van Tour: In this video we get to see how Corbett OToole’s van is laid out for her specific priorities and how she moves in and out of her van as a solo nomad using a wheelchair. (Watch Solo Vanlife from TheGalavan)
Disabled Nomadic VanLifer: Can you use a wheelchair and be a van lifer? The predominant theory of being a nomad is, “I’ll do it as long as I’m able-bodied.” But, what if you use a wheelchair or other mobility device and being a nomad is in your soul? Does using a wheelchair disqualify you from van life? In this video, Corbett O’Toole, long-time disability activist, shares her experience as a van lifer. (Watch Disabled Nomadic VanLifer from TheGalavan)
Updates from the Road
![Photo of elevator blocked by poles and webbing](https://corbettotoole.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Shed-elevator-225x300.jpeg)
![Photo of elevator blocked by poles and webbing](https://corbettotoole.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Shed-elevator-225x300.jpeg)
Unwelcome at The Shed
From left, Laurel Lawson, Jerron Herman and Alice Sheppard, rehearsing Kinetic Light’s “Wired,” a dance work that can also be experienced through audio description. Credit
![view of highway through a giant split boulder](https://corbettotoole.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2CFBB427-F6DB-4BE3-AB5E-01B1C3D54DF2_1_105_c-225x300.jpeg)
![view of highway through a giant split boulder](https://corbettotoole.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2CFBB427-F6DB-4BE3-AB5E-01B1C3D54DF2_1_105_c-225x300.jpeg)
First Lessons from the Road
After a year stuck in rural Florida, on December 27, 2021, I finally got on the road in a stripped down white hightop van. I
![White van](https://corbettotoole.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/rj-van-300x225.jpg)
![White van](https://corbettotoole.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/rj-van-300x225.jpg)
Rolling Joy One Year Anniversary
ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY! Wow! Year in review: Parked the entire year in Chiefland, Florida. A small rural town where the only delivery services are Walmart
![A red and blue sunset behind a bare tree.](https://corbettotoole.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sunset-nomad-life-e1655754350954-300x145.jpg)
![A red and blue sunset behind a bare tree.](https://corbettotoole.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sunset-nomad-life-e1655754350954-300x145.jpg)
Newbie Surprise
These first few months on the bus flew by. I kept intending to write a blog post to keep you all updated but there were
![View of a dry grass field out the window of a bus](https://corbettotoole.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/rj-dec-2020-300x225.jpg)
![View of a dry grass field out the window of a bus](https://corbettotoole.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/rj-dec-2020-300x225.jpg)
Crossing the US
On November 9th I finally got on the road. David drove me from West Coast to East Coast in six days. One of my favorite