Recent content by Dandelion_Puff

I was summoned once, for the federal court located in the state capitol (which I live near). There were two defendants being tried together on the charges of trafficking marijuana across state lines. Before selection started the judge actually asked if anyone there believed marijuana should be...

I'm glad to hear nobody has ever had issues with things going missing at the mechanic. I'm usually someone who has a similar attitude to Almost There with believing the vast majority of people are basically honest, but I trust mechanics about as far as I can throw a car. Going through life as a...

I have to think this has been asked before, but can’t find the threads about it. Once I’m living full-time in the van, how am I supposed to handle taking it into the mechanic for service/repairs? I have another car and am fine with going to a motel if it will be in the shop for longer than an...

I have quite a few credit cards. I keep track and have made almost $800 in cash back (or Amazon gift cards, which are as good as cash to me) in the last 8 months. I have paid exactly $0 in interest and fees in that time, since I only carry balances on cards which are in their 0% APR period and...

This is something I've actually thought a lot about as I intend to spend the summer mostly in state parks and state forests here in Pennsylvania. The risk there, of course, is the very trees which will otherwise be saving me from needing AC all summer. Even a moderate storm can bring winds that...

Just so everyone knows, this is every bit as true on the east coast as out west. If you look up advice for hiking the Appalachian Trail, you'll almost always find "get a Verizon cell phone" on the list because they're the ONLY carrier who gets a signal in many rural areas all the way from...

Hi and welcome to the forums. It is indeed so downright surreal taking that first real step after the planning. I just bought my van on Tuesday. I keep looking out the window to make sure she's really parked out there and I didn't imagine it, lol. Gorgeous trailer. Of course I love the colors...

Hi and welcome to the forums. That sounds like an awesome van. Hope you'll post some pics of the van and build.

Thanks for all the positive comments, guys. I've actually made a ton of progress on the build already--obviously from the aspect of planning, as even I can't work this fast, plus we're having a snowstorm, lol. I don't know if it was clear in the first post, but this will be a build for...

So, I took the ultimate plunge and bought a van yesterday. I had two real motivations. The first is that if almost-husband and I don’t get out of my parents' house soon I’m going to commit murder-arson-suicide. The perfect pre-built RV refused to magically appear at a price I could remotely...

Wow, great information added here after I assumed the discussion was done and stopped checking, lol. But not too late, since I still haven't bought an RV. I looked at a few travel trailers at dealerships, but I hated the interior layout and construction quality with so much passion I sort of...

Thanks again, Snow Gypsy. I am rather dreading any pressuring sales tactics, since they tend to annoy the crap out of me, but it's impossible to talk me into spending more than my budget, since my budget is set by the amount of cash we currently have on hand. We're not going to qualify for...

Snow Gypsy, I'd had that exact same thought, about the time of year and them wanting to clear out inventory. I'm in Pennsylvania, for the record. Definitely not weather that would make most people think of camping right now (I say as the ice clicks merrily away against my window). I think I will...

The scam RVs on Craigslist are indeed rather annoying since they keep cluttering up my search results. They're painfully obvious for the most part (only one or two pictures always of only the exterior, vastly underpriced newer model RV, utter lack of description--some of them even photoshop...

Welcome to the forums! Sounds like you have a very solid plan and I wish you the best of luck with your great escape.