WFAE After living in a van for nine months, Felix Godward left California and moved to Charlotte. He took the money he had saved and opened up a food truck. Felix Godward is a bit of a free spirit who needs constant change. When he was 21, he moved out of his apartment in Los Angeles and into his van. He traveled across California working as a server at different restaurants. “It was actually not that uncomfortable. I thought it was so exciting that it was like it never felt like it was something that was like an inconvenience,” Godward said. “It was really stimulating. I'm someone that needs a lot of stimulus.”