I'm glad that you came back and that I found you 🙂 I live in my little van in England, not really through choice and certainly not because 'van life': I ain't beautiful and my van is old and crappy, it's no Instagram life. Although I do love it, there are some challenges 😂 I can relate to a lot of what you do and what you go through. Thank you for the vids 👍
Glad I found this after having so many what..where..how questions bouncing round my head after just discovering you! Wow what a lifestyle...you're a whirlwind Maria!
This shows you have a great family and they would do anything to help you out. Your very lucky. Also you have traveled more places in your 20's than most people do in a lifetime.. Awesome!
Have seen ur videos around but never watched any until now. Was interesting to hear about when u started out u didn't know anything about van life. I'm 71 and started van life in 1976 -1982 in a VW camper. The term "out on the bum" was what everyone was called who didn't have a job and was roaming around. In that era the two biggest resources were physical maps and the libraries. When I started I had been climbing and backpacking since the late '60s so I used all my equipment to outfit my van. Also back then it was very easy to work on the VW on the road if anything happened. I am now full time for the last yr and a half, mainly on the west coast. Not a week goes by when I remember what it was like roaming around without the internet or cell phone. Safe travels.
I absolutely LOVED this even though I'm an OG subscriber! I really appreciate all of the effort you put into making this video & I enjoyed all of the clips you inserted too! Blue as a puppy 💙 We are SO excited to see where this adventure goes! 😁
You've had an amazing journey so far and I'm glad you didn't get discouraged and give up. I just recently discovered your channel and there's something so appealing about car camping and the freedom that comes with it. Keep living the dream! God bless and safe travels to you and your amazing pup!
Really loved this history lesson 😘 So happy that you & Blue continue to have the courage to live out your truth & be free! Very inspiring for when I begin my journey next year 💘
I remember you being vegan and stopping at all of the Chipotles. I found you back when you first toured your setup and loved the start of your channel. So glad that you're still here and keeping us all included!
I’m so glad I found your channel. You’re a true inspiration and badass young lady! In all honesty, your videos with the Blueman have brought me a lot of joy and are helping me get through a rough stage in my life. It’s awesome to see you’re making your mark in this world, owning it like a warrior! 💪
Thank you posted video..."The History of Roaming Reckless". Simply LOVED it!!! You and Blue are Wonderful!!! I am a retired grandma figure enjoying every post ... Wow! Thank you dear
Your story is awesome. Thanks for sharing the good and the struggles. I'm hoping to leave out next week, once my replacement Jackery comes in. It'll be my first time traveling with no set destination, by myself, and I'm trying not to freak out by all the what-if's my mind is generating. No one talks about what to do when you break down on side the road in the middle of the night in an area you don't know with no cell phone reception. Ugh!!!! Knowing you had breakdowns and you handled them is freaking comforting. The crazy thing is I know I can handle whatever, I've proven to myself and others that I can take care of myself, and I'm still scared. Fear is so not rational. It doesn't help that so many people gloss over the freakouts or omit them all together. "Hi! My car broke down so I'm now in this wonderful hotel for the next few days. Look at this room service menu!" Or "Hi, I've been at my mom's house for the last month. I had some challenges on the road so I came here to regroup. Let me show you my shopping haul!" 🤦🏽♀️ Ugh! People learn to get through stuff by seeing others get through stuff. So yeah, thanks for sharing your story.
Thanks for the back story. It's an amazing story and you are one determined person. And very independent. As a very independent person myself, I can relate. I too, like to be alone, love travel, camping, the outdoors. I enjoy your videos and you now have Poe, which is an adventure in itself.
We are Bob and Mariter, Im a long haul trucker of 25 yrs. My wife Mariter travels with me with our two dogs and we stay on the road a month at a time. We just found you this week on TH-cam Maria and love your videos ! We fully support what your doing as myself I learned the freedom of traveling long ago. Its something that gets in your blood and you just can't live without it ! We wish you the absolute Best Maria ! May God watch over you in your travels !
LOVE it! Thank you for sharing your story! It gave a lot of clarification :) I am so glad you decided to come back and do this full-time because it is VERY evident that you LOVE this lifestyle and you are awesome at creating videos for your channel. I love your content! I am fairly new, been watching your channel now since like mid-December 2022 and I am so happy I found it! Now it's like I have to watch your channel for my "Maria and Blue fix" lol. No, I'm not crazily obsessed, but I think you know what I mean. Your videos give me a huge positive boost that I need some days and that I just like to have on other days, so win-win. I kinda think you should post some of your older videos on Patreon (I still need to subscribe, just started working again, so I will soon and am looking forward to it!) because those videos are like the foundation of your channel and they are also what lead to all this wonderfulness today (does that make sense? I hope so, if not, I will explain more if need be). Though I've not seen them, I doubt they are so embarrassing, lol. You're super cute, pretty, funny, and adventurous, and I couldn't imagine anything negative! But it's your call at the end of the day and I respect that. But if you ever do decide to post them, I would definitely watch them and am sure love them too :). All-in-all, thank you so much for being so real, so positive, so funny, so.....awesome!! Looking forward to more! Hug Blue for me- Carlena, ABQ, N.M.
I LOVE YOUR JOURNEY, KEEP AT IT !! i would love to know more about your hard 2 years you were going through. i feel you will be as succsesful as kara and nate
Hey sweetheart I just want to let you know we love you we completely adore you you can do no wrong whether you with or without your dog and I believe you you should know your dog is the the glue that holds the channel together. Everybody loves your dog. Having settle this, we love you almost as much as we love your dog, only with one exception you have a much brighter better smile than your dog. You're one witty Smiley funny girl don't ever lose that please. And remember we love you for that just keep it up
glad to hear how roaming reckless came to be i enjoy your videos and seeing you enjoying something you love even when it gets tough seeing you power through it and still want to do it is amazing only just discovered your site and hope to see more of you and blues adventures thanks for sharing all this
Great channel, welcome back then! I'm new to your channel and loving it. Keep it going girl! Your content deserves more attention. Subaru should sponsor you!
Another great video pretty new to your page but have watched most of the older videos love them keep up the great work, you and blue keep living your best life ever. Enjoy
2013! Please, my wife and I had our youngest daughter in 2013, my discharge was in 2012 from the Army! My wife also says that you CANT tell me something is impossible..cause I would find a way to get it done anyway!!
I remember watching those videos in real time been watching you for a few years. When you took a break from your channel and was on the horse farm I missed ya 😊👋
Awe I totally loved this video and seeing clips of your old videos! When I found your channel I had just gotten my Subaru Outback and decided I needed to camp/adventure more!! It was so fun following your road trip!
Love the video/history lesson Been watching since the build a roof rack video ( building a roof rack song ) LOL Thank You for all the time, effort and work You put into Your channel. We appreciate it. Love and Blessings to You and Yours WE CARE !!!!!!
It was a thing long before. I lived in a 1972 VW Superbeetle for three months in 1979. It may not have been advertised on the internet as everything is now...but it existed.
Just subscribed to yr channel. I watch u all the time. I love it Don't usually watch you tube. Yr a brave young lady. I would b a nervous wreck if my daughter did it. Lol. I'm soo sorry to hear about about Blue made .e cry. Stay safe. I'll be watching u soon
Loved the history. What happened to your horse? And are you able to support yourself through TH-cam and Patreon alone or do you still do outside work? So happy I found your channel. I watch daily now.
Does sleeping in your car daily hurt your back? Also, can you or anyone here recommend a simple memory foam mattress to put on the floor to sleep on? Just want to simplify things and try it. Thx
i knew you were from Grand Raggity i used to live there for like 15 years been living in Tampa for the last 11 and loving it BRING ME A WET BURRITO FROM THE BELTLINE BAR YO i used to live by Cannonsburg
I cant even imagine what work you did to gain enough money in 6 months to deal with all this for 8 months off with no income 😕 thats a huge detail like majority of working class right now that could quite literally never happen.
The possibility of getting a drop or two of fuel on the button is the least of our worries. Hands free. She's not the only one that does it, you try holding a camera and pumping gas at the same time. 🤳 Stay Golden ✌
@@destinihereth3105 what's the difference between putting her hand around the nozzle and pressing the button 🤔...... there's more chance of getting germs from the nozzle as there is from the buttons that choose the petrol.....your statement is completely useless.....plenty of ppl use drugs so do you do it......plenty of people Rob banks so do you do it?????. Just because you want to be a sheep doesn't mean others want to follow, God help us all if YOU r the example of critical thinking 😎😎😎😎
Rhonda Whyte, I never said i was copying her only that shes not the only one that does it. The solution is the cover your hand or better yet wash them because making one post on one video isnt going to chage the world. Just Saying. I'm really sorry if I offended you, that wasn't my intention. The point that I was trying to make had nothing to do with what she was or was not touching and merely everything to do with the fact that she had a camera in her other hand leaving her the nozzle to select the grade. Just sticking up for a gal making a living off recording her life on the road for people like you and I to inspire from. There are so many other things, more important things, to worry about in this current world and debating with you over a fuel pump certainly isn't going to take up any more of my time. I wish you the very best in life and may you receive all the blessings that God has waiting for you. ♥
Yes I'm sure that there "were soooo many other things to worry about much worse than.....rape within marriage, equal rights for women, climate change, etcetera..." dissing me doesn't make it right..... BTW I luv maria's videos but I'm not going to 👍if she does the wrong thing, can I shove a petrol covered nozzle on the buttons if I'm carrying my handbag? Plz your response is ridiculous and you lack critical thinking......
I'm glad that you came back and that I found you 🙂 I live in my little van in England, not really through choice and certainly not because 'van life': I ain't beautiful and my van is old and crappy, it's no Instagram life. Although I do love it, there are some challenges 😂 I can relate to a lot of what you do and what you go through. Thank you for the vids 👍
Glad I found this after having so many what..where..how questions bouncing round my head after just discovering you! Wow what a lifestyle...you're a whirlwind Maria!
This shows you have a great family and they would do anything to help you out. Your very lucky. Also you have traveled more places in your 20's than most people do in a lifetime.. Awesome!
Have seen ur videos around but never watched any until now. Was interesting to hear about when u started out u didn't know anything about van life. I'm 71 and started van life in 1976 -1982 in a VW camper. The term "out on the bum" was what everyone was called who didn't have a job and was roaming around. In that era the two biggest resources were physical maps and the libraries. When I started I had been climbing and backpacking since the late '60s so I used all my equipment to outfit my van. Also back then it was very easy to work on the VW on the road if anything happened. I am now full time for the last yr and a half, mainly on the west coast. Not a week goes by when I remember what it was like roaming around without the internet or cell phone. Safe travels.
Never be embarrassed by your past, it is what makes you who you are today!
I just subscribed! Why? because I love your always positive & chipper attitude! You're a breath of fresh air!
Glad to hear some of your history!!! I love your enthusiasm and confidence!!! Blue is such a great pupper!!!
Thank you for sharing the story. It is touching to hear that your family understands and supports you all the way. We do too!
I absolutely LOVED this even though I'm an OG subscriber! I really appreciate all of the effort you put into making this video & I
enjoyed all of the clips you inserted too! Blue as a puppy 💙 We are SO excited to see where this adventure goes! 😁
You've had an amazing journey so far and I'm glad you didn't get discouraged and give up. I just recently discovered your channel and there's something so appealing about car camping and the freedom that comes with it. Keep living the dream! God bless and safe travels to you and your amazing pup!
thank you!
Your drive/ambition to travel made those that help you along the way smile, as they live vicariously through your journey...
Maria I know this is an older video, but you are amazing. Thank you for sharing your incredible life with the rest of us❤ keep being you 😊
Really loved this history lesson 😘
So happy that you & Blue continue to have the courage to live out your truth & be free! Very inspiring for when I begin my journey next year 💘
I remember you being vegan and stopping at all of the Chipotles. I found you back when you first toured your setup and loved the start of your channel. So glad that you're still here and keeping us all included!
I’m so glad I found your channel. You’re a true inspiration and badass young lady! In all honesty, your videos with the Blueman have brought me a lot of joy and are helping me get through a rough stage in my life. It’s awesome to see you’re making your mark in this world, owning it like a warrior! 💪
I am so glad you are still making videos and sharing them with us.
Thank you posted video..."The History of Roaming Reckless". Simply LOVED it!!! You and Blue are Wonderful!!! I am a retired grandma figure enjoying every post ... Wow! Thank you dear
I find you so inspiring. Living life on your own terms 💪
Your story is awesome. Thanks for sharing the good and the struggles. I'm hoping to leave out next week, once my replacement Jackery comes in. It'll be my first time traveling with no set destination, by myself, and I'm trying not to freak out by all the what-if's my mind is generating. No one talks about what to do when you break down on side the road in the middle of the night in an area you don't know with no cell phone reception. Ugh!!!! Knowing you had breakdowns and you handled them is freaking comforting. The crazy thing is I know I can handle whatever, I've proven to myself and others that I can take care of myself, and I'm still scared. Fear is so not rational. It doesn't help that so many people gloss over the freakouts or omit them all together. "Hi! My car broke down so I'm now in this wonderful hotel for the next few days. Look at this room service menu!" Or "Hi, I've been at my mom's house for the last month. I had some challenges on the road so I came here to regroup. Let me show you my shopping haul!" 🤦🏽♀️ Ugh! People learn to get through stuff by seeing others get through stuff. So yeah, thanks for sharing your story.
Make sure you have a survival bag!
You have come a long way and done what most will never do. I think it's great and can't wait to see what's next.
Thanks for the back story. It's an amazing story and you are one determined person. And very independent. As a very independent person myself, I can relate. I too, like to be alone, love travel, camping, the outdoors. I enjoy your videos and you now have Poe, which is an adventure in itself.
We are Bob and Mariter, Im a long haul trucker of 25 yrs. My wife Mariter travels with me with our two dogs and we stay on the road a month at a time. We just found you this week on TH-cam Maria and love your videos ! We fully support what your doing as myself I learned the freedom of traveling long ago. Its something that gets in your blood and you just can't live without it ! We wish you the absolute Best Maria ! May God watch over you in your travels !
LOVE it! Thank you for sharing your story! It gave a lot of clarification :) I am so glad you decided to come back and do this full-time because it is VERY evident that you LOVE this lifestyle and you are awesome at creating videos for your channel. I love your content! I am fairly new, been watching your channel now since like mid-December 2022 and I am so happy I found it! Now it's like I have to watch your channel for my "Maria and Blue fix" lol. No, I'm not crazily obsessed, but I think you know what I mean. Your videos give me a huge positive boost that I need some days and that I just like to have on other days, so win-win. I kinda think you should post some of your older videos on Patreon (I still need to subscribe, just started working again, so I will soon and am looking forward to it!) because those videos are like the foundation of your channel and they are also what lead to all this wonderfulness today (does that make sense? I hope so, if not, I will explain more if need be). Though I've not seen them, I doubt they are so embarrassing, lol. You're super cute, pretty, funny, and adventurous, and I couldn't imagine anything negative! But it's your call at the end of the day and I respect that. But if you ever do decide to post them, I would definitely watch them and am sure love them too :). All-in-all, thank you so much for being so real, so positive, so funny, so.....awesome!! Looking forward to more! Hug Blue for me- Carlena, ABQ, N.M.
I LOVE YOUR JOURNEY, KEEP AT IT !! i would love to know more about your hard 2 years you were going through. i feel you will be as succsesful as kara and nate
Hey sweetheart I just want to let you know we love you we completely adore you you can do no wrong whether you with or without your dog and I believe you you should know your dog is the the glue that holds the channel together. Everybody loves your dog. Having settle this, we love you almost as much as we love your dog, only with one exception you have a much brighter better smile than your dog. You're one witty Smiley funny girl don't ever lose that please. And remember we love you for that just keep it up
Came across your channel about 1 month ago just love your road trips ❤
glad to hear how roaming reckless came to be i enjoy your videos and seeing you enjoying something you love even when it gets tough seeing you power through it and still want to do it is amazing only just discovered your site and hope to see more of you and blues adventures thanks for sharing all this
Your videos are a delight, your charm is super adorable. I love your story telling.
I just started watching your channel, and I was confused by the timelines. Thanks for the explanation. I enjoy watching your channel!
Great channel, welcome back then! I'm new to your channel and loving it. Keep it going girl! Your content deserves more attention. Subaru should sponsor you!
Another great video pretty new to your page but have watched most of the older videos love them keep up the great work, you and blue keep living your best life ever. Enjoy
2013! Please, my wife and I had our youngest daughter in 2013, my discharge was in 2012 from the Army! My wife also says that you CANT tell me something is impossible..cause I would find a way to get it done anyway!!
I remember all those videos. I think they’re great! I’d love to see them again.
Your such a gem (in the rough 😂😂😂) ty for sharing your times, luv your work, don’t go changing 👍🇦🇺✌️
I remember watching those videos in real time been watching you for a few years. When you took a break from your channel and was on the horse farm I missed ya 😊👋
I remember those old videos! I’m so glad you came back!
Me too 🥹
I’m from mid Michigan and wanting to start my roaming journey… I’m getting things in order to do so! 😎
Awe I totally loved this video and seeing clips of your old videos! When I found your channel I had just gotten my Subaru Outback and decided I needed to camp/adventure more!! It was so fun following your road trip!
Stay tuuuuuned 🙃
Love the video/history lesson
Been watching since the build a roof rack video ( building a roof rack song ) LOL
Thank You for all the time, effort and work You put into Your channel. We appreciate it.
Love and Blessings to You and Yours
WE CARE !!!!!!
The building a roof rack song 😂😂😂 the good ol days!
It was a thing long before. I lived in a 1972 VW Superbeetle for three months in 1979. It may not have been advertised on the internet as everything is now...but it existed.
Just subscribed to yr channel. I watch u all the time. I love it Don't usually watch you tube. Yr a brave young lady. I would b a nervous wreck if my daughter did it. Lol. I'm soo sorry to hear about about Blue made .e cry. Stay safe. I'll be watching u soon
Very cool story,! Love everything about it!
Happy to have run across your challenge & join in your quest for all 50 states!
No wonder why I haven't seen you in a long time! You quit traveling! 😲
Maria, I think you should show what it was like when you started out!
Loved the history. What happened to your horse? And are you able to support yourself through TH-cam and Patreon alone or do you still do outside work? So happy I found your channel. I watch daily now.
I started watching you when your clutch went out and went to your brothers. Last video before your break was with Jory
This was a good one!
I love your dog blue he is such a sweet loving dog! Where are you now with ur 50 state road trip
Okay okay cool! That is awesome!
Im so happy your back. ✌
Now, you do realise that when your talking, Blue thinks your talking to him 😁
Does sleeping in your car daily hurt your back? Also, can you or anyone here recommend a simple memory foam mattress to put on the floor to sleep on? Just want to simplify things and try it. Thx
NoooooW I get you...OG
Grooving 🧬😃
i knew you were from Grand Raggity i used to live there for like 15 years been living in Tampa for the last 11 and loving it BRING ME A WET BURRITO FROM THE BELTLINE BAR YO i used to live by Cannonsburg
You and Dany #gotaworldtosee has the same tune! Cool 😎 beans 😆
I think Blue wants to drive!!!😂
Get Gone is an amazing so g by Mikaela Davis..must check it..tho she sings about the real get gone...
Great video!
I heard the comment about dog being the Greatest thing in your life wow that's saying a lot I'm sorry no one's been kinder to you in all those years.
I'd love to now how many miles that scobby doo has done!
That Rav 4 would last forever
I cant even imagine what work you did to gain enough money in 6 months to deal with all this for 8 months off with no income 😕 thats a huge detail like majority of working class right now that could quite literally never happen.
Ru' s in Reno with the vitamin D...😃...
Where is WV?
❤️
What all states have u been to
Every one but alaska!
Now i know❤😂
This makes me never wanna buy a Subaru
I thought you don't get embarrassed? 🤔
Blue is your baby ,I have to dog's my babies
Nasal surg..kinda saw you grow up .then I thot you got married to a horse rancher had kids😎🎶
Stop using the nozzle to choose your petrol ⛽. Ppl touch those with their hands and they don't want petrol on their hands.....
The possibility of getting a drop or two of fuel on the button is the least of our worries. Hands free. She's not the only one that does it, you try holding a camera and pumping gas at the same time. 🤳 Stay Golden ✌
@@destinihereth3105 what's the difference between putting her hand around the nozzle and pressing the button 🤔...... there's more chance of getting germs from the nozzle as there is from the buttons that choose the petrol.....your statement is completely useless.....plenty of ppl use drugs so do you do it......plenty of people Rob banks so do you do it?????. Just because you want to be a sheep doesn't mean others want to follow, God help us all if YOU r the example of critical thinking 😎😎😎😎
Rhonda Whyte, I never said i was copying her only that shes not the only one that does it. The solution is the cover your hand or better yet wash them because making one post on one video isnt going to chage the world. Just Saying. I'm really sorry if I offended you, that wasn't my intention. The point that I was trying to make had nothing to do with what she was or was not touching and merely everything to do with the fact that she had a camera in her other hand leaving her the nozzle to select the grade. Just sticking up for a gal making a living off recording her life on the road for people like you and I to inspire from. There are so many other things, more important things, to worry about in this current world and debating with you over a fuel pump certainly isn't going to take up any more of my time. I wish you the very best in life and may you receive all the blessings that God has waiting for you. ♥
Yes I'm sure that there "were soooo many other things to worry about much worse than.....rape within marriage, equal rights for women, climate change, etcetera..." dissing me doesn't make it right..... BTW I luv maria's videos but I'm not going to 👍if she does the wrong thing, can I shove a petrol covered nozzle on the buttons if I'm carrying my handbag? Plz your response is ridiculous and you lack critical thinking......