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Thankfully no tummy troubles here (well, mostly)...hope you feel better fast!

Curious about this since I'm currently nursing the flu or some such other yucky crud. For you fill-timers, particularly van and other small vehicle dwellers...how do you handle being sick? Do you find it more difficult than being sick in a traditional home, due to space, parking or other...

When I think of my Dad and how he supported my desire for the mobile life. I hope to make him proud when I finally get out there!

Thanks for the info, folks. That's pretty much what I thought. I'm tent camping so that pretty much means a no on this cool spot I found, lol.

Hi folks, hope y'all are well. Doing some campsite research this morning and I see a lot of posts (particularly on freecampsites.net) that say rigs must be "self-contained." Can anyone shed some light on exactly what this means? I know I've seen this mentioned here before but I can't find it...

NM Lady My heart goes out to you. And that young man, and his family. I was an EMT for several years and responded to several calls where the person in question was already deceased. It's never easy, it's always unsettling, and you never get used to it. I can only imagine how much more...

I use the bags all the time! We pack clothes in them when we travel, store winter jackets and heavy blankets when not needed, etc. One of those small electric pumps that you can use to inflate air mattresses would work if you have the kind that you can reverse to get suction. I have one I paid...

What a gift, awesome keepsake.

Congrats!!!

Just curious, but do you folks prefer reading full blog posts posted here in this thread, or an introduction and a link to read the rest on the blog?  For now I'll just post an intro because I don't want to make a huge, long post for the sake of those folks who are trying to read this on a...

Freerollin....that is so true! Even just going in the backyard or to the park calms me, changes my perspective and helps put me in balance.

Thanks, I'll go check it out! :D

I've been eyeballing the Westys...I think that's what this one is but I'll need a closer look. Can you elaborate on the lack of reliability? Are there particular things that tend to go wrong with them? Also, is it tough to find parts for those or the Vanagon?

That's the thing, sadly I'm not in a position to purchase right now, so I guess I'd feel like I was bugging them for no reason. But I'll keep an eye on it and maybe I'll get lucky and the owner will be outside one day when we're there. In that scenario I would definitely ask.

Do you think it would be weird if I went up to a total stranger's door and asked if they wanted to sell their van? :P Ok I'm not going to do that, but I'm intrigued with this situation. Next door to the park I take my kids to, there's a house, and parked on the side of said house is a VW van...