Tag: Freedom
Through out the years of my family and I living on the road, I was positive that I’d be so much more grateful to live in a house, but instead it’s taught me to appreciate the Rv life even more. During my experience I’ve… Continue Reading “5 Life lessons I’ve learned from living in a Rv.”
Category: Adventures, Mind, body and soul, UncategorizedTags: Canada, Freedom, life, nomad, rv, Travel, vagabond, water
Summer is officially just around the corner. Everywhere I look has turned green, Mother Nature has laid her blanket of wild flowers over our yard and the bumble bees and butterflies are over joyed. As I’m writing this, I am laying on our back… Continue Reading “Chasing away my winter blues”
Category: Adventures, construction, UncategorizedTags: bliss, blues, Freedom, journal, lifestyle, Photography, Travel, wildflower, work
Celebrate your hard work, your efforts, your freedom. Celebrate your health, your power and your worth. Celebrate your ethnicity, your religion and sexuality Celebrate your body, your curves and all that makes you beautiful. Celebrate your perfect flaws, your wrinkles and grey hair and… Continue Reading “Celebrate women”
Category: Mind, body and soul, UncategorizedTags: celebrate, daughter, feminist, femme, Freedom, her, history, humanrights, internationalwomensday, love, mother, sisters, soul, women, women’s day
Why be a morning person, would it be to listen to the early birds sing as they fetch themselves food before daylight has had the chance to takes it’s place in the sky or maybe it could be to take full advantage of the… Continue Reading “Early bird”
Category: Mind, body and soul, UncategorizedTags: body, breakfast, coffee, dance, feminist, Freedom, gulf island, gypsies, habits, happy, life, life tips, lifecoach, meditation, mind, morning, morning bird, motivation, natural, persuitofhappiness, Photography, pnw, poetry, Saturna, self love, soul, Travelbc, wake up, westcoast
I wake this morning, the weather is gloomy yet I feel brighter then ever. I press start on the coffee machine, the sound of the steaming water along with the birds chirping makes up that perfect morning melody. Derick is sound asleep, catching up… Continue Reading “Good morning.”
Category: Mind, body and soul, UncategorizedTags: Adobe, Bc, blog, diary, dream, Freedom, good morning, happiness, homestead, inspiration, kitchen, meditation, mono, morning, motivation, old, peace, Photography, relax, westcoast
Posted on February 25, 2021
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After almost 3 years of living on the road, moving from town to town, we’ve finally decided to settle down for a year or so in a adorable little trailer home, here on Saturna Island. We are heavy hearted to be getting out of… Continue Reading “Getting off the road”
Category: Adventures, UncategorizedTags: break, dream, Freedom, gulf island, happiness, happy, hard work, homestead, house, inspiration, islandlife, moving day, new home, Photography, something different, tiny house, wonderlust
Posted on February 8, 2021
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It’s now the middle of winter, the ground is covered with a mix of mud, fresh grass and blossoming flowers. Roses bushes are beginning to bloom and the locals are getting their gardens beds ready for this spring. The west coast has been treating… Continue Reading “Winter on a rain shadowed Island”
Category: Adventures, UncategorizedTags: Bc, dream, explorebc, explorecanada, exploretofino, feminist, Freedom, GoPro, gulf island, happiness, happy, island, island life, motorhome, ocean, pacific, pacificocean, Photography, Saturna, sea, seal, Squamish, surf, Travel, Travelbc, vanlife, westcoast, women
Posted on January 24, 2021
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As I was growing up, l had the stereotypical idea that by the age of 25 I would be married, working in an office, have a house, kids and in general be settled down near my family. I am now 25, move about twice… Continue Reading “Being a female, traveling carpenter.”
Category: Adventures, construction, Construction, UncategorizedTags: badass, Bc, Camping, carpenter, carpentry, challenges, concrete, construction, crab, dream, explorebc, exploretofino, femalecarpenter, feminist, Freedom, futur, generation, GoPro, gulf island, happiness, happy, hard work, inspiration, island, motivation, motorhome, ocean, pacific, pacificocean, Photography, sea, surf, trades, Travel, Travelbc, traveler, vanlife, westcoast, Whistler, women, women in trades, women rights, womeninconstruction
Posted on January 10, 2021
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It’s been a while since I took the time write about what’s going on work wise for us, so let me get you in the loop. Before the holidays, we finished the footing on the ocean front here on Saturna Island. Now I won’t… Continue Reading “Change of plans”
Category: Adventures, construction, Construction, UncategorizedTags: Bc, carpenter, carpentry, challenges, concrete, construction, femalecarpenter, Freedom, GoPro, gulf island, happy, hard work, inspiration, island, island life, motivation, ocean, pacificocean, Photography, sea, secluded, sgi, trades, Travel, Travelbc, westcoast, women, women in trades, womeninconstruction
Posted on December 17, 2020
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Let’s take a minute to thank the dads, husbands, boyfriends and brothers. Take a minute to thank your bosses, foremen,supervisors and co-workers. Some of us are lucky to have certain men by our side to teach us ,defend us and support us. I’ve had… Continue Reading “Thank you …”
Category: construction, Construction, UncategorizedTags: appreciate, badass, Bc, Camping, carpenter, carpentry, challenges, concrete, construction, femalecarpenter, Freedom, futur, generation, GoPro, hard work, inspiration, island, motivation, Photography, sea, thank you, trades, women, women in trades, womeninconstruction
Posted on December 10, 2020
by The Run Away 🌻
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You had an interview with her and wondered why she was so anxious. You might not know that she has been turned down from every other application. You wondered why she took things so seriously. You might not know how many people took her… Continue Reading “You might not have known.”
Category: construction, ConstructionTags: awareness., carpenter, carpentry, challenges, change, concrete, construction, femalecarpenter, feminist, Freedom, futur, generation, GoPro, hard work, inspiration, motivation, new world, ocean, pacificocean, Photography, poet, poetry, sea, trades, Travel, Travelbc, traveler, westcoast, women, women in trades, women rights, womeninconstruction, workplace, YouTube
Posted on December 7, 2020
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It’s been just over a month now that we are living on a beautiful Vineyard on Saturna Island. The sunrises along with the sunsets behind the ocean and mountain view’s have not been disappointing. Our days at work have been a beautiful balance of… Continue Reading “So far on Saturna Island”
Category: AdventuresTags: Bc, crab, explorebc, explorecanada, Freedom, GoPro, happy, island, ocean, pacific, pacificocean, Photography, Saturna, sea, surf, Travel, Travelbc, traveler, westcoast
Posted on December 1, 2020
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So a few weeks ago Derick and I had booked a room at the Water Edge resort in Uclulet, Bc, with a balcony hot-tub with a harbor view with a plan to get some good surfing done. Last week I got a call saying… Continue Reading “Birthday Weekend”
Category: AdventuresTags: Bc, birthday, carpentry, crab, dogs, Freedom, GoPro, gulf island, happy, island, lighthouse, ocean, pacific, pacificocean, rv, sea, sea lion, seal, Travel, vanlife, walk, westcoast
Posted on November 28, 2020
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Physically Let’s talk about the 3 biggest challenges I’ve had to face to become a carpenter so far. Not saying they are the only ones, but definitely the ones that took the longest for me to get through. So I’m about 5’6” and weight… Continue Reading “My biggest challenges”
Category: construction, Construction, UncategorizedTags: badass, Camping, carpenter, challenges, concrete, construction, explorebc, femalecarpenter, Freedom, happy, hard work, motivation, pacificocean, Photography, Skoolie, trades, Travel, Travelbc, westcoast, women, women in trades, womeninconstruction
Posted on October 26, 2020
by The Run Away 🌻
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After living in a motorhome for 2 years, it’s good to remember to treat yourself. Don’t give me wrong, I love the Rv life, but a big cozy bed and unlimited hot water is definitely nice once in while. So on Thursday night,… Continue Reading “Treat yourself”
Posted on October 1, 2020
by The Run Away 🌻
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A lot has changed since I last wrote anything on here . To start off, the bus project has been put on pause. We decided this when last spring when we had moved to Squamish and unfortunately faced some major financial issues due to… Continue Reading “Long story short”
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