Kitt

Rad! Yeah if you could get me a link that'd be awesome!! And yeah my grandma was your classic 60's hippie. She lived and traveled in a converted ford econoline and after she had my dad (born in 1969) she lived in a trailer with him and traveled. And when my uncle came along soon after they parked the trailer and settled for a bit. She has this adorable pictures of my dad when he was maybe 5, just this little blonde hair blue eyed chubby kid, can't remember if he's shirtless or full on naked, with my grandma at some hippie festival! The first picture my mom ever saw of my grandpa (he died when my dad was 11) was him standing on a rock in the middle of a river with a big ole bushy beard and butt naked!! As my dad has told my stepmom "no she's not a runner. She's not trying to run away from her problems. That's just how she is. She's a traveler, a free spirit. She's just gotta go and who knows if she'll ever stop and come home. But I've known that since she was a toddler and I've accepted that she might never come home to us because to her the road IS home." I elaborated a tiny bit and switched a few words to make it sound more poetic but that's basically what he said. When he told me about this conversation I damn near cried! Anyways. Glad to know I'm a bit crazy but that it's all good and I'm in good company. And thanks for the app recommendation I'll def look into it. And I don't mind traveling provided the rig can make the drive back to Cali!

I'm mostly looking from my phone so I'm looking in Santa Maria/Santa Barbara area. Where this type of living is hella popular lol. I'll try looking at the San Jose craigslist and surrounding areas. I'll try LA too. Thanks.

Oh trust me I know! I've had both a '93 Honda Civic and a '95 Tahoe. I'm used to things breaking and having to fix them. I really need to get out on my own and this is a good compromise between what I want, my safety, and what makes my parents feel better about it. My dads been a mechanic for 30 some years, he's also really good with repairs etc. he always works on the trailer him, my stepmom and their kids go camping in. I'm pretty mechanically inclined myself and pretty handy. I've been known to fix the sink in designer jeans, face full of makeup and nail polish still drying lol. I eventually want to upgrade to a Toyota Tacoma and a 19' escape travel trailer. But I want a 2016 Tacoma 4x4 double cab, long bed and towing package. Not cheap. The trailer is Canadian and comes out to about 22-25k. But after some research I'm really digging the Toyota sunrader. I also had plans for a Toyota Sienna build out and I contemplated building my own teardrop or restoring a vintage trailer. A smaller motorhome seemed like a good compromise. And yes I expected that gas mileage. Better than I got in my Tahoe! I was known to sleep in that once or twice or a week lol. After I've fully gone full time I'm going to be adopting a rescued racing greyhound as a psychiatric service dog prospect and need the room for a 50-90# dog lol. Thankfully they are mostly couch potatoes. Also as long as I have a bed I can sleep and live in something. So I'm probably gonna be crashing in it as I'm fixing it up unless there's too much damage. Like I said it's the ideal goal. Realistic? Maybe not but a girl can dream!

Am I crazy for wanting to live in a late 70's Toyota dolphin at the ripe old age of 21? I don't think so! I've never bought an RV before and it will probably be close to a year and a half before I have the money saved to buy one. My dads a mechanic and he's bought trailers before so he's coming with me for a pre buy inspection. I honestly have no idea where to start researching all this stuff. Like Toyota made motor homes other than the dolphin? Whaaaaa?? i don't even know how much one will cost because they are never for sale in my area. I once saw one with a redone interior for 7k so I'm aiming to save 5k by the end of 2017 then sell my car for 3k and hopefully start 2018 living in my new motor home. But is 7k enough for one in decent shape? I done even know where to start. Before this I was planning on building out a van to live in, then I decided I want standing room, a kitchen, and a bed and I liked the better gas mileage of the dolphin over other motor homes. Thanks all!