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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!

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. ;)

Thank you!

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. :)

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.

Oh that makes sense! You are so creatively clever 🧡🧡🧡

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. :)

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!

Thank you so much! I am smiling as I type!

It just had to happen.

Thank you! I miss connecting with you all! Hope you are well!

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!

Thank you so much! You really made my day!

Hey there! Happy to be back! Hope you never do either! It's really not a good time! HAHA :)

We sure do! Especially in the desert. :)

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. :)

Oh wow!! Thank you!!

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 :)

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!

Yes!! It's every Sunday! I believe at 1pm or 3pm.

Still going! It's every sunday!

Thank you!! Color makes my heart smile!

Thank you so much! Much love to you my friend!

Hello!!! Thank you!!

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. :)

I made a video for that - you can see how I turned myself into a human pretzel here: th-cam.com/video/itlpKvD101w/w-d-xo.html

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.

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!

Much love dear one.

Thank you!

It does!! The whole experience was incredible!

That is a great tip. Living in WA it wasn't so much of a concern but down here in Arizona - it is!

Thank you so much!

Yeah. That would not be a good time. I was glad I was there in July!

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?

Thanks for watching! <3

Thank you for taking the time to listen. Much love to you.

Thank you so much!

Thank you so much!

Color is everything! Thank you!

@@thetravelingdork I'm currently doing up a van I'll show you mine when it's done. Have a great day xx

Back atcha!

Thank you so much

Thank you!

Thank you! I sure do have a lot of fun with this guy!

Oh that is a great idea!

Thank you!