Introduction: Project Office Space

We're Ben and Clara, and we're searching for a bigger office. We suffer from a very human longing for wide open spaces and views that can't be captured in photographs. We like seeing things we've never seen before, and we like doing it every day.

Our problem, like your problem, is that we have jobs, and these jobs require us to save our adventures for the weekends and keep them within a 100 mile radius of our home. Our solution (unlike yours) is that we are both employed remotely, which gives us the unique ability to live and contribute economically to society from a mobile office.

This brings us to Project Office Space, a unique adventure that's not quite off-the-grid and not quite on-the-grid. We'll experience conference calls and bucket showers. We'll be masters of Microsoft Excel and national forest service logging roads. In the morning, we'll make breakfast on our green Coleman propane stove, then punch the clock and put in our 8 hours. When the day is over, we'll be exactly where we want to be--which is... I suppose wherever we want to be on that given day. We are seeking to prove that a life filled with adventure doesn't need to be a double-life.

How are we doing it? Let's start with the gear. We'll be driving a V8 Chevy Trailblazer with a 6x8 vintage camper in tow. The camper will be our mobile office and bedroom, and the Trailblazer will house all our adventuring supplies, clothes, and food. On the road, the camper will also serve as a hauler for a dirt bike, which we can use for utility and pleasure. When we arrive at wherever we want to be, we'll pitch a canopy tent to spread out and cook some good food. Our office will be equipped with a Verizon 4G LTE Jetpack, which will allow us to connect our computers and phones to high-speed internet wherever we have Verizon data service. The mobile office will be powered jointly by a 100 watt solar panel and a 1200 watt generator, both supplying power to a Goal Zero battery. Finally, our most important possession is our floppy lab pup, Fitzroy, who has no idea how many sticks he's about to have access to.

Our current housing lease ends on August 31 (we just paid our final rent!) which means we only have three short weeks to make our plan a reality. We just picked up the camper a week ago, and while it's a sweet little rig, it needs about a dozen small projects, both mechanical and aesthetic, before it's adventure-ready. We've started our blog already so that we can document the trailer renovation and tasks leading up to our launch day.

If you're interested in off-the-grid living, tiny homes, or travel journals, we invite you to follow this blog and our Instagram @projectofficespace (content coming soon!). Words are probably from Ben, and sweet photos most likely from Clara. If you follow our media content, you'll hear more about our motivations for living simply, the values that drive us, and the practical challenges and joys of life on the road. We'd love to start a conversation about our trip and the larger societal issues that surround our lives, work, and travel. Leave us a comment or--better yet--come kick it with us and enjoy the good life.