Jess Stiles and Greg Williams live full-time in a camper van, pictured above in Baja, Mexico, and document their experiences on the Drifter Journey blog. | Courtesy of Jess Stiles and Greg Williams

?Our quarantine is this five-foot-by-six-foot van. Yours has got to be better than that? Throughout the U.S., at least 200 million Americans in 22 states have been asked to stay home in an attempt to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. But whether it?s called ?shelter in place? or ?safer at home,? the stay-at-home mandate has thrown some nomads into a crisis: How do you ?stay home? when your house is mobile"
For decades, people have chosen to live full-time in RVs, often as ?snowbirds? who travel south to avoid harsh northern winters. But since 2011, an increasing number of younger Americans have swelled the ranks of full-time nomads. And many of them travel in smaller, more sustainable off-grid camper vans, finding in #VanLife both a way to maximize made-for-Instagram adventure and a solution to rising housing costs. Now, both savvy van lifers and traditional RV snowbirds are facing the realities of life on the road during a pandemic. The details of stay-at-home orders vary across the country, but in general, they dictate that people can only leave their homes for necessities, like going to the grocery store or the doctor.
At first, it felt like life as usual, said Amber Baldwin, a digital storyteller who documents her travels on a YouTube channel and her w...