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Bella was sitting in someone s backyard in Riverside, California. When we walked up to her, I instantly fell in love. Though she was covered in dirt and missing a car battery, she was the perfect travel trailer for us.
Fast forward four months later, she s sitting in front of the office of a trailer park on the treasure coast of Florida. She s suffered two blown tires, a leaking roof, several thunderstorms, and some dents in bumps. I still love her though.
Since we lived in a spacious three bedroom house with an R3 lot in California, living in a nondescript 18 ft. box was really challenging. You can see everything the moment you walk in. Our whole lives on display for anyone who cared to go up the rickety metal step to our home. To the right, the blue foam dinette that looks like an old 70s diner booth by day, and queen bed by night. The kitchen ez rent a car coupon codes that was covered with newspapers and tiny 4-cup coffee maker we snatched from a state park in Virginia. ez rent a car coupon codes The miniature bathroom that could barely fit my skinny dad. Last but not least, the two bunk beds that were meant for kids but was now my cave, *ahem*, I mean bed.
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Being forced to downsize your clothes and products is incredibly helpful to show that your stuff is just stuff. There have been times when I looked at our shared two by three foot closet and wished I had more. More clothes, ez rent a car coupon codes more space, more everything. The experience that we ve been having though, ez rent a car coupon codes has made everything worth it.
We live and breath travel, everyday. We wake up in a new location, new parking lot, new RV park, new city. Our small size has made it possible to leave the trailer in a parking space and explore the city like we re staying in a hotel nearby.
Yes, sometimes it gets to you. I  call it gypsy fatigue. Sometimes you want to wake up in a King size bed with a big-screen TV in front of you. Sometimes I want to cook in an  actual  kitchen, not a play-sized one with a microwave the size of my hand. Waking up in Walmart parking lots and rest stops on your way to the next big thing can be exhausting. I ve only been at this roadtrippin thing for a few months, but I can already see it wearing me down. It s the price you pay for living ez rent a car coupon codes the life you think you want. Most days, it s worth it.
Also, that 18 foot box? Extremely small space for three people. That means bonding. Lots and lots of bonding. You want to get closer to your parents? Roadtrip with them. Skip the therapist, and the counselors. Just roadtrip.
Ultimately though, I feel really free. We can go  anywhere we want. We can stay wherever the roads lead us. That s the whole point of having a house on wheels, to have the liberty to go anywhere. We ve taken full advantage. What does it feel like? Freedom.
Who Am I? I'm Gretel, a recent college grad who loves travel, ez rent a car coupon codes people, and storytelling. I'm a Californian at heart, but a traveler by nature. I studied Anthropology and Latino Studies at beautiful Cornell, have worked for several newspapers and interned ez rent a car coupon codes for the Smithsonian in DC. I write about growing, traveling, and learning, with happiness as the ultimate goal.