A Few Rough Days | a day in a life of
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- čas přidán 21. 05. 2022
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I’ve been going through some rough times. But today I’m determined to turn this around. This morning I made breakfast with some cage-free eggs. And I got out and walked around a little to set my day off on the right foot. Then I spent some time at Thorpe Park. I also was able to pick up an Amazon order that I had been waiting several days to receive. Since I’ve been experiencing elevation sickness while in Flagstaff, I made plans to leave the area.
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My name is Scott and in 2015, I bought a Ram ProMaster City to live in. Even though I didn’t know much about RV’s and campervans, I set about building the van out as a minivan camper. And in April of 2016, I moved into my minivan full time.
Over the years, I’ve learned you don’t need to have a big skill set to build your own campervan. And that living as a minimalist and utilizing solar power can be a less expensive way to live. I’ve also learned that a minivan can be a very comfortable home.
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Thank you for the honest no frills reporting on van life, I do wish many others on here would leave the show business to the professionals. Your channel is totally real love it. Stay safe .
Lol. I wish that, too. It wears me out. I think they lose perspective quickly. 1 year on YT and they’re Paramount Studios.
We're skinny too & if we don't eat we don't feel good , because we been pushy with our nutrition over the the yrs , people's have been pushy with us & it's all we had to be pushy back , so we did, 💝
You are so calm wish more people had that demeanor. lol
God bless you scott.
Thanks Ann
I like the Zen ambience of your videos..Im living vicariously through your videos.
Yeh......you know, everybody is in a funk with the current state of things. So umm, take heart that you are not alone in experiencing anxiety recently. I mean, gas prices alone at record highs are enough to dampen anyone's mood. Take care my friend! 😀
Yes
As I’m sure someone else has noted, water boils at 92.8 degrees Celsius in Flagstaff. Loved the opening horns. This comment commands you to start feeling better.🦋
Yes, I realized the elevation effects of boiling later. But I’m compelled to leave in the clips that show I am a dunce because this is a vlog of my day. Haha
Scott, Your a good problem solver. Your skill sets for sorting things out and facing challenges are remarkable. Don't stress over a bill or two. Just pay a little bit on each one until you catch up. If you get a win fall pay everything off. Reduce fuel consumption by finding an interim place to stay where fuel is least expensive. Keep living your best life.
Scott- I really do appreciate how you take us through your day(s) and your decision making. Every day cannot be a ‘great day’. That’s the same as us. Thank you for your willingness to share your less-than-great days too. I understand your frugalness and your limited space. It will be interesting to see whether or not your hot water pot will be ‘a keeper’. -Carl
Thanks Carl. I appreciate the encouragement
I was in Flagstaff last night (5/21), on my way to Utah for a few days. Looks like our paths didn't cross this time. I hope your various problems clear up soon. Wishing you well.
Thanks Al. Wish I could have stayed longer. But I gave it as much time as I could. Hope to see you down the road.
@@StaticCamperVan - I assume you were stealth camping somewhere there?
Stealth? No. I haven’t figured out what that is. I was mostly parked somewhere around the city. I did some dispersed camping outside the city. But I was feeling so poorly that I wanted to stay in town near services.
👍🙏Hopefully you’re feeling better. Thanks for sharing your journey. 💖
Feeling back to normal, Thanks
@@StaticCamperVan - Fantastic 👍🤩💖
I raise my own chickens and eat four eggs a day. Best protein and vitamin source there is! You've got me hooked on Yellowbird. I like the habanero version.
Yellowbird and eggs are a great combo!
You are welcome
That's good
I hope you feel better , you are in my prayers .
Took a tram up to 13,000 feet in New Mexico. It was like being high. Light headed after just a short walk. Amazing. Hope you feel better soon.
That draining hack using a slotted spatula was brilliant. Goodbye bulky strainer👍 Amazing what we learn from you!
Thanks!
I hope it helps some💝
👍Cool appliance!
Scott- thanks for the video! Glad you can eat eggs now! They are a quick, easy, nutritious food to have on hand!
And I'm jealous of your nice nap- I am such a Light sleeper- a bird breathes and I wake up! 😆
😂👍myself also
Glad you made it safe to your destination 🙏
Elevation sickness is no joke. Had it in Nrderland, CO. A little health food store up there had some tablets that really helped me. Don't recall what they were called. Going to s lower elevation will help. Sorry you aren't feeling well.
I lived in Nederland for years and used to see those who came up to us who would just be sick with nausea and what seemed like hyperventilation behavior. We found that the best thing was to exercise. A brief hike in the mountains, chopping wood etc would help alleviate the symptoms much more quickly. Laying around only made it worse. Its amazing how well developed the lungs are on those that live in the high country.
How considerate of others you are.
Realizing the baseball families would so much appreciate the parking spaces and your leaving to seek out another place.
Electric warmer 🍵👍
I appreciate you and your show. I subscribed to follow your adventures.
Hope life improves for you.
Thanks. But my life is s dream come true. For over thirty years I wished for a life like this. Now I am living it.
Nice to make your Seadeale Best coffee!👌✌️🤞👍🇺🇸🙌🙏🌅🌄🌞✨
Scott, I learn so much from your postings. Thank you. I truly id not know about the commercials. Will watch them from now on. Also interested in your comments about soy free eggs. Very interesting. Seems like it’s time to go back to San Diego area. Safe travels!
Thanks Linda. But I probably will never go back to San Diego. Lots of other places to search out.
I love your sense of humor and I enjoy watching all your videos. I will start watching all the commercials. I did not know I had to do that in order to help you. I do want to help you
Please just watch as you feel. Skip the ads if you’re not interested in them.
I read the comments during the commercials 😊
I didn't know Flastaff was that high, about 7000 ft. It's still nice an cool up in the northern states, 50s and 60s. The occasional 70s.
When I was told Flagstaff was higher than Denver, I didn’t quite believe it at first.
🤣😂 The Marvin Mars reference!! Funny! Oh, and I watched the ads. Just for you. 😄
Hey - I'm really enjoying your videos and watching back through your old videos. You clearly put a lot of effort into them and want to share/help others with your experience. I hope things get better for you and your coffee always tastes great!
I LOVE this Channel. It's so peaceful.
Thank You, Sir.
Thank you
I listen while I work at home and it calms me down on stressful/cranky days.
For the record, I watch everything on your video!😉(on 2x though😁) Hope you feel better and be more productive.🙏
Thanks Mo
Glad that you’re getting out of the high elevations, can’t say you didn’t give yourself time to adjust but it wasn’t happening so I can see why you’d get a little cranky. You really have spent a pretty significant amount of time away from CA and with the gas prices I don’t blame you.
Arizona has been a surprise. It’s a very nice place. Flagstaff especially.
Didn't know that about ads. I'm sure it's not going to make any real difference in income but from now on I'm going to let the ads run. I'll just do something else while they are running 😮🤫
Sorry you were I’ll. My co-worker years ago had one of those, she used it in motels when she went away, then at work, before the ease of microwaves. I hope it works well for you. Good reality video. Stay safe on the roads.
I am getting my RAM Promaster City next week and your channel has inspired me! I hope you know that your videos make a difference.
Thanks. Best wishes with your new van.
@@StaticCamperVan I'll send a picture when the build is completed
Cool
I had trouble in Tierjas NM a couple months ago. I was ok in Alb. but another thousand feet did it to me. On Eggs: An egg farmer told me that you don't refrigerate eggs until you wash them Once they are cleaned up they have to be stored cold.
Prayers for you to get well soon.
Great blog 👍❤️
Glad to hear you are drinking more water and getting back to having breakfast. 💕
Marvin is my favorite!
It was so cute to peek in an see Marvin!
Love the smell of fresh cut grass sans the mower exhaust :)
Always good to see your updates. Sorry to hear that the elevation just got you down. Thanks.
Have a good drive 👍
I had a hard time in Flagstaff too. The elevation made me lightheaded.
You could come back to WA it's just starting to get nice here 😀
Hope you feel better soon Scott, Take Care.
Stay strong, keep positive, cool videos, your viewer from Oregon 🤓👍
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Stay strong Stay Safe. U will.b alright. Amen
Awesome setup
👌Have a nice drive. Enjoy it. 🌅
Best wishes to you! Missed your Vids!
Ahhhh. The smell of fresh cut grass and Diesel 🤣
Neat you did laundry and even have a clothes line. Very resourceful and creative.
Love ❤your channel! Keep up the incredible quality work!
Thank you
🙏all continues to go in your favor all-around 🙂
Hope you're feeling better Scott !
Feeling right as rain. Or something like that ✌🏼
Some people can’t be in high altitude. I get sick an end up in bed, I’m one of those people that can’t be in high altitude. You’ll feel better once you get back to lower altitudes
Nice to see you back on youtube, your dedicated van fan. I had the 2012 Ram Cargo van I converted several years ago, then got really sick and had to retire from traveling, although My intention is to get back on the road again. Thanks again for sharing your travels.
Sorry to hear you’ve been sick. Wishing you a speedy recovery.
I actually haven’t left CZcams at all. If you’re interested, here’s a Playlist of all my videos from the first until the most recent: czcams.com/play/PL9PWzpL1cZIHAST4lDsBmmENA2Dil_tRh.html
Watching van life video is really relaxing.
I've fixed My eggs 🥚 the way you did. Their really tasty made that way. Yum! Hope your doing better. Take care.
👍😅 Haha! I'm loving the "Scott washes his pants and hangs them to dry in public".. episodes. He's such a rebel!🤓 If the coppers came around to investigate he would just dazzle them with his calm demeanor and yellow bird recipes then happily sign them up as Patreon supporters!😆 As far as the heat goes, that "Wim Hoff ice bath method for general good health could be the ticket. Setting up an inflatable tub with ice water in a park and going for a dip would draw a crowd !🤣 BTW I watched two full ads on this vid., happy to do my part for the channel. Keep on rocking in the" hot and arid world!"✌️I'll just have to suffice with my 10 K stroll around the breezy, sunny ,SEA wall up here in 49th parallel region! Cheers.
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Life gets larger-than-life sometimes. Feel better...👍😎🇨🇦☕⚘
Its a good thing to listen to your body... Naps etc.. Take good care 🌈😊
I'm enjoying the videos, nice and chilled
Great you can cook.... a bed of chopped parsley or lettuce topped with your omelette....so healthy...make yourself smile every day..yea x n
Good stuff....
Hope you feel better soon…
Hey man, great video and best of luck for the rest of your journey.. lower and cooler seems the plan ❤ .. best wishes from New Zealand 😀✊
I hope you feel better. And may good fortune find you with those bills
Thanks
Wish you well...
You deserve the very best
We all deserve the very best. Thank you
Will mention you in my prayers today.
Little prayer to remember. Just few words for you to say. JUSUS I TRUST IN YOU.✝️.
Hope you found a balance. Northern AZ is either high or hot. Can take two weeks to adjust to major change in elevation. So much forest north of Flagstaff. Also seasonal jobs in and adjacent to Grand Canyon NP. Good luck.
I played all of the ads! Hope it helps. Keep on trucking !!!
I have a used Presto electric tea kettle. I drilled a couple holes so I had zip tied through a couple holes I drilled in the handle to the underside of a shelf where it constantly hangs and I can just tip it forward to pour water out of it and it's fixing the show for the carabiner in case I had to move it for some reason.
I hope you find a really nice place to stay for a spell. You might like the Mt.Backer hey. Going east from Bellingham. The air there is the most beautiful thing you'll ever smell. I wish you all good things.
The Good news is....there are literally thousands of divorced women out there who would kill to Husband you up! Keep in mind you'd have to cook daily for her and the girls night out crew but you'd have a roof over your head with all the hot water you could use! I'd do it myself but with my shaved head it frightens most modern and well educated women! Timmy C Arizona
Hahaha
KTF (Keep The Faith),
Just found your channel.
Interesting to watch.
Happy trails to you.
Traveling mercies. I live in Shiro TX lots of great parking places with lakes and Ponds. Also free range eggs everywhere.
I didn’t know watching the ads helped your channel so I guess I’ll use that time for a coffee break hey anything to help 😀😀
I lived in Texas for a while and what you made for breakfast they called migas.... basically some sort of tortillas, eggs, salsa, cheese... Was a great breakfast! 👍
That’s one of my favorite towns. It was good to see how you felt better after eating. Good luck with soy free eggs. I also avoid soy. I look forward to finding out where you landed after Flagstaff. I’m keen to hear more reviews about the electric kettle because I’ve been looking for one. Yours is also very pretty in those colors with gold tones. I’ll be hitting the road in September with a nicer looking car as my Toyota is in the body shop getting a face lift, plus during this grounded time I’m painting commissions and stashing away the money for my wanderings. Stay Safe and keep up the videos, it’s always good to see you and hear your thoughts about things. ❤️✅
New subscriber here. Not skipping ads. 😁
Scott, water boils at lower temps at higher elevations,
Haha, I did realize that later.
Maybe later you could get a set of carving knives and whittle yourself some kitchen utensils, kuksa cups, little people and animals, chip carving things or relief carving pictures, and you could carve to make alittle mo ey too. I buy used books from amazon, so my library doesn't cost too much. CZcams helps with learning and understanding. Just an idea to help take your mind off things and you could take them with you most everywhere. Hope you soon get to feeling better. I started learning to make California rolls, I want to make your tortilla recipe but keep for getting. Hang in there.
Hi, if you hang your pants by the legs and not the waste ,they will dry a lot quicker x
I’ll give it try, thanks
@@StaticCamperVan Disagree for drying pl us you will have peg marks on trouser bottoms!!!
@@nancythomas-wardm.b.a2993 I’ll need to do some diligent research and report back!
@@StaticCamperVan 77 years of practise
LOL
Free range, are the best eggs.
I like that you’re a rebel (saying honest things, even though you know YT doesn’t like it)…it shows that you have integrity. I also like how you show yourself making food and then reviewing what you’ve cooked. And now I’m craving eggs! I never make eggs at home, for some reason, but now I think I will buy some eggs the next time I go shopping.
take care bro
I’m glad that you mentioned that thing. I’ve always wondered about that. I’ve asked another CZcamsr about it before, in the past, and I guess they played dumb about it because they just said that they didn’t know. I’ll be sure and watch them all for you. 👍✌️
Lots of CZcamsrs don’t understand the subject. Thanks for your help. But please just watch as you normally would. I hope everyone will watch what interests them and skip what doesn’t.
I started to drink iced coffee, now l make 2 liters of coffee in the morning, hot then sip it though out the day. As it gets cooler I don't mind. Takes a few tries to get it as you like. We all have not great days van or stick and brick. Like watching ya !
It takes weeks to acclimate to altitude. The air is cleaned by rain. No rain no clean.
Never knew about the "soy" in eggs, I'll give 'em a try. Thanks Scott.
The same eggs I eat. They are cleaner and appear to be healthier.
Man, first of all: I hope you'er doing better in your new location - both regrading high elevation and heat. Second: I just love following you along in "a day of your life". As it is, commenting on whats happening, having your daily routines, reflecting on stuff and food and preparation and what not. This is wonderfully relaxing. Today I had a packed day (for a sunday) by picking up used tires for our Defender at a price I couldn't resists. But it was 220 miles overall and I noticed I've gotten kinda driving-lazy in the last two years of home office work (wouldn't want to call it "mobile work", since from the point of view of NOT driving its not really mobile but rather static... - a concept that might sound familiar to you :-))
All the best and I hope the unpleasant expenses will be sortet out soon. Btw, did you mention the type of work you do besides YT? Would be cool to get to know what stuff you have to deal with on the other side of the income-moon. (if thats fine for you of course). Thanks and take care!
Thanks. Yes, I’m feeling much more myself now that I’m not up in Flagstaff.
220 miles is LONG. Haha. I’m not accustomed to so much driving anymore either. Great that you found a deal on tires!
I have only talked about the other work I do on Patreon and CZcams Member videos. I probably won’t discuss that info here publicly.
@@StaticCamperVan great, thanks for taking the time to answer. I'm on Patreon also, must have slipped me when you mentioned the other job. I'll dig deeper there 🍀😁☀️👍
I’ll be talking about work in a member post soon. Getting to a place where I can work a little is as much of a priority as feeling better.
I’m sorry that you’re not feeling well. You’re doing what I would do. Also, bananas for potassium, if you can keep them down. Take care. :)
I made sure to watch all the commercials even as much as I hate advertising lol. I hate u are feeling bad. I've never had elevation sickness but I can only imagine how crappy it could make ur day. I enjoyed the day in the life video. I get to live thru u n that's what the vids r all about right. Get well soon and good luck in finding u a nice place to chill for a bit and maybe find a lil bit of work. Many blessings and much love
The only eggs I buy now are organic pasture raised. They are the best.
"Egglands Best"
I lived at the Grand Canyon and the Flagstaff area for many years. I would call about the altitude we suggest drinking water before they even leave a lower altitude. If you have the time on your travels, stop at different altitudes to help your body adjust; Enjoy that area and continue drinking water. As you know altitude sickness is nothing to fool with.🌵😊🦋🌼🌻
I spent a month slowly working up to Flagstaff.