<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">Hello!!! I have been planning to join this forum 'forever' (especially since I heard Katie was here & a moderator or more! <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"> When I read her saying she wasn't real.. that did it! <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">First, someone posted the link about you gp mentioning me & my 'vandwelling' eBook: </span><br><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">'<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; color: black;">How to Set Up & Comfortably Camp or Live in Your Vehicle or Van!</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">'</span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;"> <br></span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">gp: Thank you so much for your kind comments, it real</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">ly blessed me!</span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;"> </span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: georgia,palatino;">OK, so.... Katie not real? Hahahahahahaha!!! As a person? As real as it gets, down to earth just really cool person!!! And not a real vandweller? Are you kidding me??? She may not be vandwelling currently but she has spent plenty of time in her van(s) she self set-up and traveled all over the place. She is a wealth of info, second only to possessing a wealth of personality & heart! <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"> Actually, I personally planned for years... literally years. I was one of those single parents that raised my son (who is now 30 married & in his own world period of life... + I have no grandkids yet so my travels are perfect timing IMO) anyhow so I planned & dreamed for many years as one of those stuck to a buzillion hour corp jobs.</span><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><br></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: georgia,palatino;">I have been vandwelling fulltime now for over 3 years. I have traveled across the country years ago in a pick-up camper & had a TT for a few years but officially full-time vandwelled since Oct 11, 2009. The first year mostly in a fixed place up in the GA mountains & the last 2 years+ traveled as a vandweller. I have heard Bob Wells say many times that traveling with the seasons was the way to go and he was so right!!!<br></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: georgia,palatino;">Anyway... back to Katie... way back when I was still planning and dreaming it was Katie's spirit& love for vandwelling & her pics of her set-up of her van that made me feel I really could set up a van & vandwell full-time! Her pics have stayed with e to this day, she & then inspired me so much!!! It is part of the reason that I post so many pics myself. I am so thankful for Katie... who she is and the example she has set. She is indeed an inspiration! Katie not really vandweller! Wow... she is an ultimate down to earth real person with real heart vandweller in my book. Whether she is currently vandwelling is imaterial, she is the awesome gal she is. <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"> <br></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: georgia,palatino;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: georgia,palatino;">Sorry to pop on here but just had to say thanks so much to gp and speak my heart about Katie! Still love ya sis-friend!<br></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: georgia,palatino;"> </span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> </span></strong></p><p> </p>