My fantasy of owning a camper van hasn’t gone away. Every day I search Craigslist and eBay and any other site I can think of. I’ve found several that would fit my needs. Now there’s just one thing keeping me from having a van of my own: Money.
A brand new one is out of the question, but I have hope that one day my slowly growing little cache of travel money will be ample for purchasing a good used vehicle. Of course I’ll be 95 by then.
Until that time I’ll satisfy myself with YouTube videos of those already living my dream. If you have a minute, watch the video linked below. It’s amazing, even if it’s not what I’m looking for.
Help a girl out—buy my books. 😊
Mayhem at the Happy Valley Motor Inn and Resort https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08P76RBRD/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_JE39S2D4P4WT9AZS5H3W
The Cowboy and the Executive: A West Texas Romance https://www.amazon.com/dp/B095F6VW2C/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_VESWSBTCR424N3V9ESK9
Praying for Eyebrowz 
You remain shameless – I’m happy to say 🙂
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Sometimes it’s a struggle to remain shameless. 😉
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My darling dreams can become reality. Did I not dream of some company, one day sitting over my morning coffee, looking out my kitchen window, that some iffy bunch of tree surgeons, or rather than iffy, should I say, honest cutters who don’t tell you a tree is unsound cos it is regular biz for them every year in our conservation area….. chapping the door having maybe pruned a neighbour’s tree and saying, would you like us to look at that maple of yours. The one that is blocking all your light, wrecking your lawn and leaning towards your annexe? The tree you have faithfully maintained at great cost for years. And then, having looked, said it is rotten and we will not even mention planning permission to remove it and being refused cos the council only look at google images that are 15 years out of date. We will just come back tomorrow and do it. Did I not wish for not being fined by the council a grand for saying,’You deal with a Fintry girl here, so drop the bull about it being rotten. How much to remove it?’ and instead in its place being told to put a little Japanese cherry??? And lo did that not all happen. Now see next time? I am wishing for nowt less than a million quid. SO dream girl, dream.
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I love this!
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Lol..honest it was epic. So so glad you enjoyed. xxx
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Your life is pretty epic.
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Let the wild be your toilet, lol
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I just can’t!!!
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Haha, neither could I, haha
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For one thing, my knees don’t like the necessary position.
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Omgosh, i have done the wild as a kid…..you couldnt pay me lol i imagine all sorts of mishaps…nope. but ya know wilds might be better than some rest rooms i have come across!
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That is true! But at my age, squatting in the forest sounds fraught with danger.
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There are some pretty terrible toilets out there. You might as well be in the wild! lol
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That’s true; however, I’m not sure how I’d ever rise once I’d squatted in the woods…
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This woman is my hero!!
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Mine, too! She’s my age and simply kicking ass.
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Clare is awesome! She did a lot of research and looks like she designed a gem.
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Isn’t that incredible? I have no desire to wilderness camp or to live off the grid, but her style is inspiring.
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Did you see that framed kitten photo in her kitchen?! Love it!!
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I missed that!
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I like that you can shower and poop at the same time. Great multi tasking…
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Lol!! A real timesaver.
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I kept reading that some trailers had a “wet bath”—now, to me, all baths are wet, right? But the term refers to the unit pictured in the post. I just picture globs of soggy toilet paper, but apparently the t.p. has its own little enclosure. Plus, there’s a shower curtain to keep most of the water from splashing onto the toilet.
There’s a little camper trailer brand, Scamp, I believe, that features one model with a good sized shower in the bathroom, it’s very appealing (and affordable). I just don’t know if I want to tow a vehicle cross country.
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I get that. I was thinking the toilet is a good way to shave your legs….
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True! Part of the reason I fell in love with the house we live in is the built-in leg shaving shelf.
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After you mentioned this the last time, I did some digging and was absolutely floored at how expensive these are. I do get it. You are driving a tiny house on wheels and all that stuff that makes it a house isn’t cheap, but DANG!! There are reasons why this appeals to me as well, but I don’t think I’ll ever convince myself that it is worth those prices.
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I could never spend that much either, unless it was going to be my permanent dwelling—and that’s not likely. But I could see myself buying a used van and fixing it up. There are lots of YouTube videos that provide instruction.
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I also watch YouTube travel vlogs 😁 A really good one to watch is Kara and Nate.
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We’ve been watching them! They’re a hoot.
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My 12 year old son introduced me to their videos. Now I watch with him. Our bonding time lol. If you know of any similar travel vlogs I would love to know of some. 😁
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My husband and I enjoy watching a YouTube channel featuring a solo female motorcyclist. I think the channel is called Itchy Boots. She travel all over the world in her own. There’s a similar one called On Her Bike. Both lots of fun.
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Thank you! I will check her vlog out tonight 🙂
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