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#VANLIFE : Where to…um, go! 💩 Tips on going to the bathroom and showering in a van
(Updated April 2022) In the summer of 2020 (yep. THAT summer! 😷) I purchased a 1997 VW Eurovan campervan because rather than sit in my apartment during the lockdown of Covid, I found this cool van, gassed it up, tossed in some essentials like a pillow and down comforter – and a box o’ wine – […]
Misty of Chincoteague – Of Swimming Ponies, Kayaks, and a Hurricane
Revised April 2022 When planning my maiden voyage in my new-to-me VW Eurovan campervan named Tilly, (wondering why my van is called Tilly? Read about how she came to be named here) I planned an ambitious East Coast road trip. I had a rough idea of where I was going for the first half of […]
PODCAST: Living The Dream – How It All Got Started
Updated April 2022 If you’re wondering how this “quitting a perfectly good job at a fab company/traveling the world alone and over 50 with a backpack/road tripping across the USA in a VW van” kind of life of mine got started, you should listen to my podcast interview with Cepee Tabibian, the founder of She […]
Hey, Doll! Check Out This Unusual Hike: Crazy Doll Heads in Atlanta
Updated April 2022 When I travel, I like to see the “touristy” sites – after all, that’s what makes a place noteworthy (for the most part). Why go to Paris and forego the Eiffel Tower? Or travel to London and skip Buckingham Palace? But as much as I treasure seeing and appreciating these types of […]
#VANLIFE: Travels with Tilly – How I Kept the Travel Bug Going During COVID
Updated: April 2022 As a world traveler/vagabond/gypsy who has traveled full-time since the end of 2017, the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic in the USA in March of 2020 has tossed all my plans into the trash, leaving me frustrated and restless. I had reservations to fly to Peru and hike Machu Picchu and spend […]
