We started making our way back toward California, camping the first night in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. After walking Riley in the morning, we continued on, stopping for a photo moment at the lighthouse in Biloxi, MS. We found a Harvest Host location that sounded pretty neat – John Schneider Studios. John Schneider was “Bo” […]
Our granddaughter had her first birthday. She’s getting so big! And it was time for us to head back to California 🥲 It was a fun ride getting familiar with living in a van and meeting the wonderful van community. And of course, this wasn’t going to be the end of the story; we would […]
That one time at van camp… GSLL had a camp out on the east coast of Florida. Several VanLifers arrived for a night of good food, camaraderie, karaoke, swimming and a campfire. I met several new people from the GSLL circle. We had a great time and I think marked the beginning of new friendships. […]
My friend T from high school brought her van Boots and her dog to spend the night on the river lot. Very nice!
Finally, another GSLL Roundup we could attend. Scott hosted a van drive in movie theater experience in Lakeland, FL, and we attended. I went in the wrong entrance and had to finagle the van past a check-in booth overhang without catching the AC unit on the roof, and was successful! We couldn’t socialize too much […]
Yep, we became the SNL phrase. And it was fantastic. We took down the fence and gate between the house and carport. With the lightning struck tree gone, it was easy-peasy to pull the van into the back yard. And thus, we truly began living in a van down by the river and it was […]
I was really missing my view of the water while being camped out in the front yard. I had the brilliant idea to relocate my tent to the top of the carport. Not so brilliant, actually. The roof was lumpy and had weak spots, and it was rather precarious, not to mention having to climb […]
A Facebook ad popped up for a Tiny House Expo in Pinellas Park, so we took a day to go visit. We had become Harvest Host members and I found a HH bar in downtown St. Pete I was able to make a reservation for. The deal with Harvest Hosts, at least at the time, […]
Remember the Travato Owners and Wannabes group I mentioned a fellow traveler had referred me to? Well, I had joined the group immediately after. It became a wealth of information on “mods”, hacks, storage solutions, system information and ideas, many of which I applied to our van. I had also been more avidly following Go […]
Still set up in the front yard and with the holiday break over, I had returned to working in the tent. A thunderstorm rolled through early in the afternoon. Suddenly a bolt of lightning blinded me as a thunderclap boomed simultaneously. It was so violent, I actually screamed. That had to have hit close. Once […]