As offices shut down for Covid, workers bought vans and hit the road -- and some don't want to return - CNBC

"Nothing else made more sense than van life once that reality became true," said Horn, who lived in Oakland before moving into her van.

But many workers who've adopted the van life don't want to give it up.

"It's become a lifestyle," said Smriti Bhadauria, who lives in her van with her husband Kartik Vasan and their dog Everest.

"We're extremely happy in this life and the freedom it gives," Bhadauria said.

Fong spends his day working out of the desk he's set up in his van, and takes walking breaks to enjoy the variety of locations and gather his thoughts. .

"I just can't imagine myself doing that again because there's so much flexibility working from anywhere," said Fong, whose company builds software for remote workers.

Working a nine-to-five job can also be a nuisance for van life workers.

"We almost never do activities on the weekends because it's usually crowded, so weekends end up being work days for us," Vasan said

Eventually, Dillon said, you just learn to live a little bit dirtier. 

Dillon said she felt very lonely during her first three weeks on the road, and it wasn't until she got her dog Koda that she began to overcome that. 

For example, Bhadauria said, she would have wanted to throw a big party for her husband's 30th birthday, which happened during their time on the road.  

Although she and Vasan love life on the road and plan to continue it for the foreseeable future, they understand the lifestyle is not sustainable indefinitely. 

Despite the challenges of life on the road, those who spoke with CNBC said they plan to continue their nomadic lifestyle until their companies stop allowing remote work or until they get burnt out

Horn said she originally planned to live on the road for at least a year, but that's now changed. 

"At six months, I still feel like I'm just learning this, just getting the hang of it and just getting started," she said