Hello my name is Daniella, I'm 20 and I live in north flordia! I've been workin as a waitress and Saving my money to purchase an rv. I'm glad I found this site, hopefully I can get some help and tips from the community. I plan on purchasing a class c rv as well as a scooter. I want to live as lightly and green as possible. I currently have a little over $4,000 saved.
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Welcome Daniella!
Many people at this site have a lot of knowledge and hard-won wisdom based on experience in living in vehicles. If you're wanting to learn, I'm sure many will be happy to teach you, as they've taught me and many others.
Best of luck to you.
GP
Many people at this site have a lot of knowledge and hard-won wisdom based on experience in living in vehicles. If you're wanting to learn, I'm sure many will be happy to teach you, as they've taught me and many others.
Best of luck to you.
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Daniella, it sounds like you have a great plan! It'll be a little tight but you should be able to get-r-done with that amount of money. We're here to answer any questions you may have.
Bob
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Welcome Daniella!
WheelEstate USA
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Hi there 
Welcome to the best (IMO) for RV/van life website.
This is the place to hook up with experienced and knowledgeable folks.
More than members, its a tribe, many of which are long standing road warriors, but many of us have met others during our travels.
Sounds like you're on track to a wonderful new lifestyle.
I think small/medium class Cs are nice for one, maybe two people, but as a single, I'd also check out some campervans.
It depends on your needs, and around here, you'll get opinions that will help figure out the details of each mode.
I see no reason a person shouldn't get out and learn the ways of the road and enjoy our country's beauty well before retirement. There's many ways to make an honest buck while traveling if you're willing to do about any (within reason) job here and there, such as waitress/bartender, etc. Good skills if you like seasonal tourist areas....then take a travel break to clear your head.
Some work online to help support their travel addiction.
Hope to see you down the road
Welcome to the best (IMO) for RV/van life website.
This is the place to hook up with experienced and knowledgeable folks.
More than members, its a tribe, many of which are long standing road warriors, but many of us have met others during our travels.
Sounds like you're on track to a wonderful new lifestyle.
I think small/medium class Cs are nice for one, maybe two people, but as a single, I'd also check out some campervans.
It depends on your needs, and around here, you'll get opinions that will help figure out the details of each mode.
I see no reason a person shouldn't get out and learn the ways of the road and enjoy our country's beauty well before retirement. There's many ways to make an honest buck while traveling if you're willing to do about any (within reason) job here and there, such as waitress/bartender, etc. Good skills if you like seasonal tourist areas....then take a travel break to clear your head.
Some work online to help support their travel addiction.
Hope to see you down the road
I'm very excited to start. Hopefully I'll have enough money saved by the end of summer, early fall. I plan to install solar panals. I really want to go out west in New Mexico/Arizona. I've never been past Texas. I want to boondock for the most part and live off the grid. I know it'll have it's struggles but I feel so caught up in this modern world I'm ready for something different. I want to try metal detecting particularly for meteorites. I'm can also knit and crochet so maybe I could barter up north with my scarves and hats. I love working as a waitress and my mom offered to teach me how to bartend. Do these sound like reasonable ideas?
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Bar tending is a great part time job. Just be safe by never telling anyone where you live. Lots of creepy folks out there. You could think about working at renaissance fairs and moving with them. Sometimes a great lifestyle for a bartender.
Look online for what people make with sales on knitting.
Look online for what people make with sales on knitting.
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Hello Daniella!
I started out living in a stepvan back when I was your age...kinda wished I'd stuck with it.
Now I get paid to travel with my work, which is cool, but I miss the freedom to wander at will.
This is a great website for living in a rig, and you should feel right at home on here.
Welcome from the Oregon Coastline!
I started out living in a stepvan back when I was your age...kinda wished I'd stuck with it.
Now I get paid to travel with my work, which is cool, but I miss the freedom to wander at will.
This is a great website for living in a rig, and you should feel right at home on here.
Welcome from the Oregon Coastline!
WheelEstate USA
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Danni...I think you've got a good plan overall. Tons of free boondocking out this way and you can move into cooler altitudes in summer, and down lower in winter where its warmer without leaving the southwest.
When you get out here give a shout and I'll turn you on to a place I know for meteorite hunting.
When you get out here give a shout and I'll turn you on to a place I know for meteorite hunting.
WheelEstate USA
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If you like rock hounding there's lots of great opportunities out here all over the place. I'm not able to get go much anymore, but I can sure doodle up some rough maps to some neat places
BTW....do you have a pet that will travel with you?
If not, and you have the inclination to do so, I recommend not getting one right away. I think its better to settle into the lifestyle first.
BTW....do you have a pet that will travel with you?
If not, and you have the inclination to do so, I recommend not getting one right away. I think its better to settle into the lifestyle first.
I do have pets, a leopard gecko, two firebelly toads, and a pacman frog. They all stay in aquariums. They are all very low maintenance. The only one requiring additional heating is my lizard. She uses an under the tank heating mat. I do want to adopt a dog in the future though. When the time is right I'm sure the universe will bless me. Where I live at now we have a family dog named jake and it's going to be so hard leaving him behind with my family. But I know he's better off with the family life.
And a map would be excellent
And a map would be excellent
WheelEstate USA
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We had a water dragon before moving in to the RV. We sold the set-up and gave the dragon. He would not have made it living in the desert in an RV. They don't do well with extreme temps, cold or hot. It can get tricky keeping the proper climate for them. No A/C boondocking without generator (costly), and its very dry out here.
I'm not a lizard/frog expert, so you might want to check out a few things.
I'm not a lizard/frog expert, so you might want to check out a few things.
DanniRico said:I do have pets, a leopard gecko, two firebelly toads, and a pacman frog. They all stay in aquariums. They are all very low maintenance. The only one requiring additional heating is my lizard. She uses an under the tank heating mat. I do want to adopt a dog in the future though. When the time is right I'm sure the universe will bless me. Where I live at now we have a family dog named jake and it's going to be so hard leaving him behind with my family. But I know he's better off with the family life.
And a map would be excellent
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Quartzsite, AZ is a Mecca for boondockers in the winter and I had a friend (young female) who lived in her RV and got a job as a waitress here in November and worked until February when the crowds leave. During the high season she worked 12 hours a day and made BIG BUCKS in tips because all the old lonely guys in their RVs loved the cute little girl who also lived in an RV. They either saw her as a daughter or a babe, but either way they all loved her and tipped accordingly. She made lots of money and even lost a bunch of weight. At the end she was really tired but had made enough to live on for the rest of the year.
You can also be a campground host in the summer and then work at Amazon.co warehouse till December and make lots of money that way. Then take the rest of the year off.
Bob
You can also be a campground host in the summer and then work at Amazon.co warehouse till December and make lots of money that way. Then take the rest of the year off.
Bob
WheelEstate USA
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I gotta agree with Bob 100%. A personable young person, especially female, can put together a sweet travel kitty in the tourist industry where the older RV guys hang out. You've probably seen it where you are.
Most of these old boys would have no mercy on someone who messed with you. Its like having your own enforcement squad that pays you for the privilege to protect you.
Quartzsite is sort of a different world. Lots of people stay in one of the many RV parks, some quite fordable, depending on your budget.
But...with the many square miles of free boondocking and long term BLM, there even more out in the desert.
Currently, there are somewhere around 3000 residents, and some of them split during the heat of summer. During winter the population easily can swell to a million. During the peak months the restaurants have long lines. Bars are SRO/patio. The whole area in a mass of flea markets and various activities, including RTR.
Quartzsite is a hoot. Not what it was 20 yrs ago, but still a great winter location.
We'll be there next season.
Most of these old boys would have no mercy on someone who messed with you. Its like having your own enforcement squad that pays you for the privilege to protect you.
Quartzsite is sort of a different world. Lots of people stay in one of the many RV parks, some quite fordable, depending on your budget.
But...with the many square miles of free boondocking and long term BLM, there even more out in the desert.
Currently, there are somewhere around 3000 residents, and some of them split during the heat of summer. During winter the population easily can swell to a million. During the peak months the restaurants have long lines. Bars are SRO/patio. The whole area in a mass of flea markets and various activities, including RTR.
Quartzsite is a hoot. Not what it was 20 yrs ago, but still a great winter location.
We'll be there next season.
WheelEstate USA
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Danni....I'd like to direct you to one of our member's blog site. I think you'll find it not only fun and informative, but inspirational in it's own right.
We've met Tony & Karen and their blog represents an aspect of the RV lifestyle that inspires everyone to look beyond life's challenges.
http://rollinginarv-wheelchairtraveling.blogspot.com/
Hope you enjoy the read
We've met Tony & Karen and their blog represents an aspect of the RV lifestyle that inspires everyone to look beyond life's challenges.
http://rollinginarv-wheelchairtraveling.blogspot.com/
Hope you enjoy the read
