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@Fatherofthepack22 6 сағат бұрын
Nice setup very orderly and looks comfortable
@lesalbeck6336 2 күн бұрын
I’m watching mini van rv KZbin getting ideas so that when it’s my turn to build my rv I’ll sorta know what I want. And I just LOVE your RV!!! There are so many ideas that I want to incorporate into mine!!! I love your testimony of how van life saved your life…I am SO PROUD of you. Thanks for your transparency! May our paths cross some day
@bobbiolah2320 6 күн бұрын
Love your home but what about cooking? bathroom?
@thetravelingdork 5 күн бұрын
Hello! Thank you for visiting and the question! I don't cook on the road. I spent a lot of money on all of the "kitchen stuff" when I first started and found that my eating style is more of a "Grazer" and I was spending a lot of time and effort making meals because I thought it was what you were supposed to do in van life. I eat small amounts through the day - morning fruits/yogurt or toast. Lunch - sandwich/salads/fruit/veggies/smoked salmon etc and for dinner - sometimes a pasta salad or healthy ready made meal from a deli or I will treat myself to a meal out for something like pasta or mexican/thai food because the leftovers last me 2-3 days and the $15 I spend on the one meal - really is $5 a meal because I eat it for a few days. I invested in a little hot logic food warmer that I can put small portions into and heat up my leftovers or I will find a truck stop and microwave it. I work full time remotely and tend to stealth camp in cities more than out in the wilderness when I am doing van life - and I have steady income so I like to support small mom and pop/local shops and businesses when I am in town and it also gives me an opportunity to meet people, have conversations with wait staff, and plug a few dollars into the economy of the area if I dine in a place that is not a big chain or fast food. When I want a home cooked meal, I will treat myself to an Airbnb that has a kitchen and make myself some food to pack into my cooler for the week. :) My bathroom? I have an emergency portable toilet for #2 but have yet to use it in 3 years. For #1 - originally I used a glass mason jar and cleaned it daily but now I have a variety of female urinal devices I use that are much more comfortable. :) I have videos about both of those situations on here somewhere if you want to dig through my videos. Hope that answers your questions! Thanks for asking!
@marywright2239 7 күн бұрын
Oh my young lady you have really got it all together the supper cool place at my age of 83 takes me back to the hippie days ok🎉😂❤
@thetravelingdork 5 күн бұрын
It was super fun building it out and finding all of the fun ways I could add color! I'm a 70's baby - my momma was a hippie and it's apparently in my DNA. ;)
@JH-zk6dk 8 күн бұрын
🥳🥳🥳
@thetravelingdork 5 күн бұрын
Thank you!
@ewakraft5770 8 күн бұрын
I really like your colorful van. I wish you many adventures ❣️🎉
@mayuming3085 9 күн бұрын
Wow I love your van I’m a colorful person too
@thetravelingdork 8 күн бұрын
Thank you! It makes such a huge difference to my mental health and general joy in life to surround myself with color!! Sometimes I don't even drive anywhere, I just go lay on my bed in the van and stare at the ceiling and enjoy being enveloped by rainbows. :)
@cathjeffares1363 12 күн бұрын
This made my day! It looks amazing but please tell me how did you manage to get the fairy lights up there? Love your van, you are just so clever and creative 🧡🧡🧡
@thetravelingdork 8 күн бұрын
Thank you! I got the fairy lights that have a wire so I just wrapped the wire around the corkscrew pins I used to put the ceiling up with. :) It was really easy. I made a random pattern moving from one to the next so that the whole ceiling had some fairy light love.
@cathjeffares1363 8 күн бұрын
Oh that makes sense! You are so creatively clever 🧡🧡🧡
@tryingndoing 16 күн бұрын
Was there a stove?
@thetravelingdork 8 күн бұрын
Nope. :) I don't cook on the road. I realized it was much easier to just eat simple for breakfast/lunches and often my dinners were raw veggies, smoked salmon or a piece of baked or fried chicken from a deli, fresh salads in bags with some protein thrown in etc. I'm a grazer - I eat little bits here and there through the day so cooking a meal just made it more complicated. I also tend to stealth camp in cities or small towns and I will treat myself to a nice meal at some local mom and pop shop and support a small business while I let someone else make me my dinner and then keep the leftovers in the cooler and warm up what I want to eat in my hot logic while on the road the next day and that one "eating out meal" usually feeds me for 2-3 dinners. I tend to eat fruit for breakfast or yogurt, lunch is basic sandwich or meat/cheese/crackers and dinner depends on my mood. :)
@jenniferbouldin113 21 күн бұрын
That's so funny I seen those in the stores in St Augustine last summer they're actually collectors items and only get more valuable as time goes on❤ I love what you've done with the van I'm about to do something similar with mine and hit the road.... I wasn't born for the 9 to 5:00.... I was born to play in the dirt and collect rocks and be free❤❤
@thetravelingdork 8 күн бұрын
YES! I got Matt-A-Dor in St Augustine at that little shop! It was hard to choose which one but he just spoke to me. He's still back there, riding around enjoying my adventures with me!
@Me-kq7om 21 күн бұрын
Amen dear sister! The smile manifests from within. Yours most definitely does! Be safe out there. Congrats with you partner. Stay strong and encouraged.
@thetravelingdork 8 күн бұрын
Thank you so much! I am smiling as I type!
@goldpanvanman 24 күн бұрын
Lol
@thetravelingdork 8 күн бұрын
It just had to happen.
@goldpanvanman 24 күн бұрын
Welcome back 😊
@thetravelingdork 8 күн бұрын
Thank you! I miss connecting with you all! Hope you are well!
@benitasprint5610 24 күн бұрын
Good to see you back! I had a park model in Yuma for a winter place, so I know about the desert dust…but I loved it out there! I hope your allergies improve for you soon 😊
@thetravelingdork 8 күн бұрын
Thank you! I have to take a break a few times a week from the dust and the doggy dander but working through it all one day at a time. Hope you are well!
@kimjagodzinski7011 27 күн бұрын
Ohhh! I just love your beautiful home! So comfy and cozy looking! Love your personality too! Blessings to you sweet girl!
@thetravelingdork 8 күн бұрын
Thank you so much! You really made my day!
@orbyjett2864 28 күн бұрын
Good to see you again. Thanks for insight, hope never run into something like that 😮
@thetravelingdork 8 күн бұрын
Hey there! Happy to be back! Hope you never do either! It's really not a good time! HAHA :)
@Jack-b3z2m 28 күн бұрын
IN AMERICA WE HAVE DUST STORMS.
@thetravelingdork 8 күн бұрын
We sure do! Especially in the desert. :)
@angelabraggs7614 28 күн бұрын
You don't have your mini van anymore
@thetravelingdork 28 күн бұрын
Oh yes, I still have my van and do solo trips in her every once in a while but having a boyfriend and a giant dog required an RV ;) so we can all live together. I do solo trips in my van now and again and she's still running strong. :)
@ToddM452 Ай бұрын
You can add a momentary switch back near the actuator and wire it in to the solenoid. Air up the coach and use it while parked when doing your lubricating maintenance, it works great.
@thetravelingdork 8 күн бұрын
Oh wow!! Thank you!!
@caminostud Ай бұрын
I have just watched your video. I laughed so hard, I really needed that today! I think you are very creative and I would have probably tackled it the same way! It looks great!
@thetravelingdork 8 күн бұрын
Thank you! Glad you got a chuckle. It's still up there!! Holding strong - no matter how many times I smack my head on the ceiling! HAHA :)
@karenhirschkorn2360 Ай бұрын
Such a cute little home! Love it!!
@thetravelingdork 8 күн бұрын
Thank you! I love it in there. I spend time in there just reading and enjoying my own living space now and again even when I am not in it full time!
@zqxzqxzqx1 Ай бұрын
Is this still going on, and if so, when is it?
@JenOwen-qq5sr Ай бұрын
Yes!! It's every Sunday! I believe at 1pm or 3pm.
@thetravelingdork 8 күн бұрын
Still going! It's every sunday!
@indaymyles8541 Ай бұрын
I loved it so colourful thanks for sharing,
@thetravelingdork 8 күн бұрын
Thank you!! Color makes my heart smile!
@marycorbett1881 Ай бұрын
Love your minivan ,you have made it so bright and colourful and it looks great.You sound such a lovely person and I wish you many happy journeys. Just love the beautiful tapestry and lights on your ceiling .Take care and stay safe .🥰🌺🦋🐎🐝🌹❤️🐝xx😮❤
@thetravelingdork 8 күн бұрын
Thank you so much! Much love to you my friend!
@DieuTruong-z5l Ай бұрын
Hi friend it’s jeni Jen shampoo here!! Beautiful van!!
@thetravelingdork 8 күн бұрын
Hello!!! Thank you!!
@noneyabusinessnoneyabusine1959 Ай бұрын
Very pretty, how does everyone make a living on the road?
@thetravelingdork 8 күн бұрын
Thank you! I have a full time remote job - where I can work from anywhere as the creative director, marketing manager for a company that sells 3D printers and laser cutters online. :)
@MothersHeartGypsyDoVe Ай бұрын
How did you put the tapestry up securely to the roof. I've got one I wanted to do similar with, without it falling down.
@thetravelingdork 8 күн бұрын
I made a video for that - you can see how I turned myself into a human pretzel here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6XPoX6seZZjZ9k
@stseinyt Ай бұрын
I saw someone with a portable toilet from Amazon
@thetravelingdork 8 күн бұрын
Yep! They are pretty handy. I mostly use my female urinal devices for myself. Haven't had to use the emergency #2 toilet yet thankfully - so far have made it to a public restroom for that business.
@Juju-l3o Ай бұрын
Y2K vibes !
@thetravelingdork 8 күн бұрын
HAHA how so?! Curious minds want to know! I actually still have a Y2K pamphlet that was passed out on the street back in 1999 that warned of pulling all of your money out of the bank, stock piling food and making sure you had your babies before the clock turned over if you wanted to have your baby in a hospital vs a dark, no electricity home because the world was going to end!
@Oceanspirit26 Ай бұрын
I had a very similar experience. Thank you for your channel. I love my van.
@thetravelingdork 8 күн бұрын
Much love dear one.
@robinlather2062 Ай бұрын
Very cool!! ❤
@thetravelingdork 8 күн бұрын
Thank you!
@wamamasoma1536 Ай бұрын
The drums sounded lovely. ❤
@thetravelingdork Ай бұрын
It does!! The whole experience was incredible!
@Arazhul12 Ай бұрын
Keep the medicine and vitamins in the fridge or at keast in an isolated bag. The car heats up
@thetravelingdork 8 күн бұрын
That is a great tip. Living in WA it wasn't so much of a concern but down here in Arizona - it is!
@thebloomroom6984 2 ай бұрын
Awesome van and you are just a beautiful soul ✌️😎
@thetravelingdork 8 күн бұрын
Thank you so much!
@trmon8890 2 ай бұрын
Drove through Ely in JUNE 2019. it got below 30 F and was to cold to sleep in my car. The motel in found wasn't much better either
@thetravelingdork 8 күн бұрын
Yeah. That would not be a good time. I was glad I was there in July!
@harrypottah8889 2 ай бұрын
She need to let that hair go…
@thetravelingdork 2 ай бұрын
Really? I am not sure why you feel the need to tell someone how to wear their hair. It makes her happy, why would it need to go?
@SG-es2hf 2 ай бұрын
So fun! Thank you for putting a smile on my face this morning ❤
@thetravelingdork 8 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching! <3
@SimplyDande 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing your story. ❤
@thetravelingdork 8 күн бұрын
Thank you for taking the time to listen. Much love to you.
@PamLoftis-r2d 2 ай бұрын
Love ya van & the vibe it gives!
@thetravelingdork 2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
@gildasteves3341 2 ай бұрын
You are a massive inspiration!!!! Thank you!!!
@thetravelingdork 2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
@Jetdale200Canalhouse20 2 ай бұрын
you are a real Role Model......very sexy on the inside and outside.....Thank you....Dave in lreland
@debbiegriinke4973 2 ай бұрын
I love your place, I love color too!
@thetravelingdork 2 ай бұрын
Color is everything! Thank you!
@debbiegriinke4973 2 ай бұрын
@@thetravelingdork I'm currently doing up a van I'll show you mine when it's done. Have a great day xx
@ziskavog1071 2 ай бұрын
❤
@thetravelingdork 2 ай бұрын
Back atcha!
@pattimachugs1945 3 ай бұрын
I am sorry that you felt that way and glad you're still here and that you found yourself and are sharing your spark with the rest of us and keep dancing and keep spreading your specialness with the world.
@thetravelingdork 2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much
@oorusaccount 3 ай бұрын
Beautifully decorated and organized.. and you have a pleasant voice ❤
@thetravelingdork 2 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@pamheisler4927 3 ай бұрын
You two are so cute! Love your energy and that you spent some here charging. I live here! ❤
@thetravelingdork 2 ай бұрын
Thank you! I sure do have a lot of fun with this guy!
@Joanncoker 3 ай бұрын
To keep the heat out in extreme temps, like at Burning Man, I put reflective outside my vehicle windows. Not pretty and certainly not stealth, but it made a big difference. I used a lot of blue tape to hold it on during dust storms and it held. .
@thetravelingdork 2 ай бұрын
Oh that is a great idea!
@Travelvanman 3 ай бұрын
I think the thought of ending your life is the lowest place one can get. I can't imagine anything that could be worse than that. You've been there and came out the other side. I'm proud of you! There is nothing you can't do! God bless!
@thetravelingdork 2 ай бұрын
Thank you!