A van life couple ended up by a cliff edge with their two young children after taking a wrong turn: 'I swear I thought we would all die'
- Van life couple Tammi Keirl and Jason Weller took a wrong turn on a recent trip.
- The mistake caused them to drive down a cliff facing path that was not suitable for vans.
Van life couple Tammi Keirl and Jason Weller said they thought they were close to death after taking a wrong turn and driving near a cliff edge during a recent trip with their young children.
The couple, who were travelling with their young daughters, Ruby, 5, and Savannah, 3, went down an alpine road through Kosciuszko National Park in Australia. They soon realized, however, the path wasn't suitable for their 21-foot caravan.
Keirl posted videos of the experience to her Instagram story, saying there were no warning signs before they started driving down the trail. The cliff side route was 980m above sea level, and had a sheer drop to the right, with "nowhere to turn round," Keirl, who has 85,000 Instagram followers, said.
At one point they had to move to the cliff side edge to let another car past. Keirl wrote on her story, alongside a video of her looking incredibly worried, that "I swear I thought we would all die."
Once they had made it off the road, Keirl warned people in similar vehicles not to take that particular route from Victoria to Jindabyne.
"No one take this route with a caravan," she said. She also posted another photo of her hugging her daughters, saying, "Legitimately just grateful to be alive tonight."
Keirl and Weller started their van life journey in December, pulling their daughters out of school to drive around Australia.
However, they announced they had to cut the trip short after it took a significant toll on their marriage, the Daily Mail reported. They are now planning to head home in April.
"It's putting too much pressure on our marriage with zero kid-free time and Sav on the drives," Keirl wrote on her Instagram earlier this month. "I'll cherish all of it until it ends."