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You are still young and healthy you should enjoy this part of your life going to different places traveling around America in your house. It’s a beautiful thing it’s amazing it’s like a dream I know it’s gonna be hard sometimes, but so is anything else that we do living in the house paying for bills that’s not fun I literally work just to be able to pay my bills and I can’t even see any new places because all I have to do is work to pay my bills. I would love to live your life and trust me I understand it’s hard, but anything that you do in life that is worth doing is hard you should really enjoy this part of your life because later on, you will look back on it and you will be like I was so young and healthy, and I could see the world, you will have beautiful memories don’t give up
I have been gumming ‘Roxanne’ by Sting since I first saw the new red light. 😂 Laughed when you said it’ll make you more popular with your van life friends.
Will u still do regular videos as well??😢❤
I have to be honest, I would have given up on van life a long time ago. I am retired and don’t want to have daily struggles….. Blessings to you! 😀❤❤
She definitely doesn’t seem to enjoy it.
What’s life without struggles? I’m eligible for retirement right now, but then what? I work outdoors, which is all I ever wanted, it’s 80% heaven, & whenever the weather doesn’t cooperate, it’s the pits.
If I stopped working now, I doubt I would be able to walk 16 miles a day next year… doubt I could come up with a reason to.
Get a booth at Lake Havasu Swapmeet..Every Sunday in Chabones parking lot to sell your wares..
You’re blessed to not have to be forced into the lifestyle like I’ve seen a lot retired creators on here.
I love her life and find it really interesting I would love to switch places with her to be honest haha I think this looks so much fun
This is what I found on roadrunner:
To see a roadrunner may represent mental agility. You tend to run toward one idea after another. At the same time, you also have the ability to stop at a moment's notice to consider your next plan of action.
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Aww, sounds like a challenging two weeks, and I know what you mean about the weather affecting your psyche. It was exciting to see your road runner friend, the way it was checking out your she shed was too sweet, I'm thinking it could have been the one that visited you before, ya never know. Danna, that you are doing this road travel is something you will never forget, I can see you in your beautiful home by the lake on the veranda looking back with this huge smile thinking, I can't believe I did all that. It's always great to see you, and may the sun keep shining on you.💕🌞👍
I miss ur regular videos like this one waaa 😩 com3 back we are waiting for you ❤
You are an amazingly inspiring person. You inspire me to watch you as much as possible. ❤
Just trust that things will get better. Also I'd suggest you create a more streamlined environment, as cluttered spaces increase cortisol, the stress hormone, so instead of spending a lot of time tidying up, keep around you less stuff, you'll feel less overwhelmed.
ha! Looked up the symbolic meaning of road runners. " quick thinking, being able to shift dimensions easily, and being able to switch directions quickly." thats you! :)
so glad youre doing ok!!
Red light = I looked up roadrunner it means magic and good luck so glad your back Dana remember spring is coming soon daylight savings times is coming march 20th your gonna feel better be blessed my traveling friend ❤
Just tried red light therapy for the first time 3 weeks ago and my old knee injury pain is like 70% improved! Use it every day for 10 minutes directly above my knee 😊
I agree
Harbor frieght they have solar pannels that work on jackerys etc for future backup. Sending hugs and support.
Girrrrllll we live off grid in Montana we have been on the road since Nov. with our trailer and I will tell you I for SURE get crazy when the weather gets gloomy..we are in Cali and it clouds and rain..and Montana is 50 and sunny hahahah..I feel you on all this. We are moving between the trailer and ArbNB it's sooooo helpful!!! Xoxox
Thanks!
Aww, that was so kind of you, Tamara 🥰💖 thank you ❤️❤️
@@montanadanna you’re very welcome. Just a little something🩷 I love your channel and appreciate all the effort you put into videos.
I wish I had land that I could have you park at and let you build a tiny home on!! I know when you're gone that you are probably having a rough time with van life. I wanted to do van life before you started because of all those channels that make it look so glamorous and wonderful.
Thanks for showing us the realities of van life.
Good morning Montana happy new year to you and your loved ones and I hope that 2024 brings you a lot of love and happiness
I feel ya hun! Paid on the 1st and broke by the third! Been there 😩
Yes…I always look up Totem/Spirit Animal of the animal that made itself know to me. There are no mistakes or coincidences. He has a message for you, for sure.
Definitely missed you and glad your ok💕🤗 sorry it's been a rough few weeks, hugs🌻🦋The road runner was awesome to watch! Thank you for sharing, take care of yourself 🥰
Red light. Good to see you Dana. You are very encouraging and honest. I like that you keep on keeping on. Life can be a struggle sometimes no matter where we are or how we are living it. And I sure know it personally. But whatever we are going through we can say, ‘this too shall pass’. You are strong in so many ways. Sorry I don’t mean to preach. Anyway I pray you find what and who you need going forward. And always share your talents with others. No more being stuck in one place for too long 🥴💙. I’m praying for you 🙏🙏🌸🌼
Red Light! For 2 weeks I have been watching all your old vlogs from a year ago, when you were at the same spot with the lighthouse. You amaze me that you do all this traveling by yourself. I would never have had the verve to do it . Maybe I will run into you one day on a trail in St George! Safe travels.
I've been thinking about you, good to see you!
Red Light!! I love your channel. You are totally real. I feel bad for you, but know that you have many people rooting for you. God bless you!!
Happy new year, I was wondering where’s Danna, I google search Dana Montanna through burning man. Once that came up, I got connected to this video. Happy all is well loved this video.🙏🏿❤️
Red light! Hi, Danna! Just wanted you to know that I missed you the past couple of weeks. Your new light therapy box is fantastic! Safe travels!❤
Red light! How awesome is that? Enjoy your day spa vibes!!
I hope you find some peace in the desert and take care of yourself!! I get it with the emotional struggles and just daily life struggles! If I could run away and live in the desert I think I would leave burnout marks! It’s that stressful at the moment! I will just live vicariously through you and imagine being somewhere peaceful and without having everyone dump their problems in my lap constantly!!
Thank you for giving me an escape!
Red Light. I am glad you are journaling! I always feel the lack of sunlight. But I do not like high heat, like in deserts. Hope this week is better for you.
Redlight! Hi Danna, it's wonderful to see you. Always wishing the very best❤
I so can relate! I’m on disability and get a check every second Wednesday of the month. Sometimes it’s 5 weeks instead of 4! Ugh. The things I have done to survive.
Red Lights , well I can agree that Mental Health is certainly being tested right now .. But what doesn't Kill you makes you Stronger .. Kelly Clarkston song .. I had to live in my car about 10 yrs ago for a year that indeed tested every cell in my Body to keep moving , crying everyday, Depression I couldnt figure out how someone who worked so hard in her life was finishing up it in a car ! anyway seeing you cry today I was crying with you about the Holidays and things going wrong , I was right there with you , like a Mom I wanted you to have money to eat properly .to give you a hug . then I realized Im watching you move in your Apt ..Today ,so I joined up to do whatever you do when you join ! Im going to celebrate when you get in and life is smooth ..I don't drink ..LOL
I am so sorry you have had a really rough time 😢, glad you are back it really takes a strong woman to travel alone. Enjoy your time with nature, love the orange hoodie. Please take care of yourself
Aww, thank you Sheila 💖 That means a lot! Hoping for a little more fun and ease soon.
Awe. I think you are awesome. If you come by Tampa, Florida I will make you a super healthy meal and give you a spa treatment. I am a Holistic practitioner and I have a spa room out of my home.
I was gluten free for a year and fell off the wagon. But now 90% gluten free and working on 100%.
I've been watching you since you were dating Skylar. I can't for the life of me figure out why you continue to do van life. It looks exhausting.. you say it's exhausting. You are a young woman with a lot of life left for you. Why don't you get a job and an apartment. You would feel so much better! Hope things go your way!💜
That’s a good question. I’ve had a “real job” for the last 20 years and I am committing full-time to my business. It’s taking a lot of sacrifice, but I’m not willing to go backwards. It is quite exhausting, but I feel like I would have let myself completely down if I give up now. I’m living for my future not for my present comforts. 💖💖 UA-cam is a full time job so I’d have to give it up.
You’re gonna have struggles, might as well live life on your own terms, cause at least you’ll look back with fewer regrets & you’ll have stories to tell.
Hey Danna, sounds like you had a rough couple of weeks . I hope you are feeling better now and things start looking up for you. I think spending time with friends might be helpful . I wish that your manifestations manifest for you. ❤
red light. Love to see you living life. You’re helping me learn what works and what doesn’t work.
thank you.
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Woodpecker. LOL. And I love birds. I would have been so excited to have that guy come inside and visit. So fun!
I likely was at that same location at the same time, only over to the right. I went out there for several days. On my channel I did a video of that aircraft and also there was a coyote hunting in the daytime.
You talk about Taco Bell, I’m at TB right now, lol.
I'm intrigued by this red light. Gonna look into it. Glad to see you back to posting - I missed you! 🧸
Red light hope you are moving in the right direction, sounds like van life is more like packing and moving daily. Tiny spaces have drawbacks if we still have crafting,working materials and need to find the food! It's perfectly fine to find a stay place for awhile
Red light!! I love the orange hoodie! It's so cute on you. Thanks for being normal and sharing your struggles AND how you make them better. You always keep it real! Next time you're in a funk? Come here! Rocklin California is gorgeous and close to so many beautiful places to hike and eat.❤
Thank you, Diane 💖 Would love that and would LOVE to meet you one day. Thanks for the invite and hope you're doing well 💖
I'm too familiar with clinical depression, glad you're feeling better now. When I cut carbs, it seems to bring on my depression...for some reason, carbs help my mood. Unfortunately, there is rain in the forecast so I hope your light from Bontanny helps. Love your personality and the funny things that cross your mind. Take care. Red Light.
Good to have you back!
Thank you so much 💖
Red-light 😊 I live by myself but don't think I could do van life. Keep on truckin! 🌞
It’s a LOOOOOOT! Keep on keeping on 😅
RED LIGHT ❤❤
I love when you go to your storage unit lol, but also, I hope u find an appt that u can go to as like a home base, van life seems so exhausting. Although I’m sure it’s very rewarding, but like, also verrryyy exhausting!
I will be going there for sure haha. In need of a massive yard sale and clean out hehe. It is exhausting ... but working full time and doing youtube (which is a full time job) was even more exhausting. I hope my channel can grow enough this year to get a place. It's the highest highs and lowest lows for sure 💖
Red Light!🔴💡😊
Red light therapy sounds amazing! Have never done it. So glad to see you back and sorry it's been a rough couple weeks! You have more grit and determination than anyone I know! I love your Roadrunner friend! You're kind of a little "Road Runner" yourself! ❤
How about you try it out when I’m in St. George!! See if you like it 💖💖
Sounds like an offer I can't refuse!😃
Red light you got this girl ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Red Light! Girllllll you are doing it! Be kind to yourself! Maybe head south! ☀️
Girl!! I am south haha. In Cali and southern AZ. I'm heading to my storage unit in Utah tho ... I'm scared 😅😅
@@montanadanna Noooo not Utah! Just head towards Florida - it’s cool and sunny! 🤍🙃
@@choosingsimplicity haha. I wish my storage unit was over there 😅😅
@@montanadanna I’m thinking warm thoughts for your Utah journey!
Ravens are protectors.
Red light! I could tell you my story and you would know that there is always someone in a worse position than you. Fortunately I don’t have the income issues like you but being stuck at home on hospice and feeling like Pooh most days will take a toll on my mental health. I have a red light therapy light. Love it!! It truly has helped with my pain. I have the MitoMID 2.0. Love it and can’t live without it! I paid about $350 for mine. It’s smaller than yours but it gets the job done. If I lived in a cold climate I would purchase one of your beanies, I love them. But here in Louisiana it is only cold enough for a beanie and heavy coats about 3 weeks a year. I live right at the “tip of the boot” in Louisiana and way out in the boondocks so when the wind is high I only have to worry about pine trees snapping their tops off or oaks dropping limbs or occasionally blowing over when it has rained for several days. Vitamin D is really good for your mood. I sit outside when the sun is out just to absorb all the rays I can have. Love your Vlogs, thanks for sharing your honesty! No one’s life is all rainbows and butterflies! Take care! Thanks for being my friend (virtually)!!!❤😊
Red light. So glad you are back, I really enjoy your vlogs!
Loving Red Light!!😮
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Glad you're ok. Take care of yourself ❤
Thank you, Karen 💖
Well, Ms. Montana Danna, I wanted to adopt you (my daughter needs a sister). If you had accepted, you would not be poor alone. I have eliminated sugar from my diet, and I don't feel like I'm 300 years old anymore. Now, I'm a vibrant and full of life 200 year old young MAN!
Stay safe, stay healthy, and stay happy! Everything else is manageable!
Pops
Red light.
Danna, you just seem so down, and so.. off. Like, even though you are smiling, your eyes are not (if that makes any sense) Just know that we are all rooting for you. Brighter days are ahead.
Good to see you danna have a great day 😊 red light
Glad you are okay 👍
Red light. I had no idea that Planet Fitness has a red light. I’ll check it out! If it helps my joint pain from Hashimoto’s then I will be forever grateful to you!
Some do and some don’t. I hope it helps ❤️❤️❤️
Red Light! I don't have the wandering spirit that you have, but I sure do enjoy watching your videos.
So happy you enjoy watching them. I don’t really have a wandering spirit either lol. I have a. “ I’m not ready to give up UA-cam and can’t simultaneously do it while working full-time” spirit 😅😅
Is that lighthouse real dana, I'm a bit of an anorak with lighthouse's 😂it looks very small. My advice as a 7yr fulltimer is to just keep plodding along I honestly think things would be alot better if you still had your van, but because you still want an apartment I would honestly keep trying to save money 💰💰 yes i know it's very hard but to be honest I'm a guy but your clothes you make and sell are absolutely brilliant honestly, if they were over here in the UK they would have sold out, your a real go getter and look forward to seeing how your life pans out. Oh and I really love your videos 😊x🚐🚐😁💯🙏✌️🤟📽️
You got this. Go girl❤❤❤ Red Light😊
Aww… red light! I hope things continue to move in a more positive direction. How goes the yarny adventures?
Red light, we missed you so much! Glad you’re ok. Hope to see you very very soon! God bless you❤
Thank you so much 💖 I appreciate the love!
Love you soul sis 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 happy yo see you back! 💖💖💖💖💖 depop is fun and free to resell and I think you’d do great at least for some fun side hustles if it sounds good 💖💖💖💖
I just received a red light sleeping bag version (Hooga). I love it!! Come back to St. George!xoxo
Red-light ❤ Hi Danna 🤩
We fell off the Carnivore diet after two weeks too!!! Too strict and we felt hungry 🤤!!! So don’t feel bad! Keto is probably the best way to go…. Oh, and also, we couldn’t afford eating meats (just like you said!)…
And January was also quite cold and depressing for me!!!
Just started weight training in our garage and I’m not gonna be mad with myself……. Until bathing suit 👙 season 😮😂😊.
So so good to see you again.
Red Light Good to see you back 🇦🇺
Red light 😂 I just spammed the crap out of your comments but had to ❤ p.p.s. I love red light therapy so much too! So happy for you getting that panel to use whenever! 🎉
Just went through 3 weeks of shitty weather, with the freeze & the mud, makes it seem like 8.
Lots of valuable info for me in this episode. Red light has been on my wish board for a year… pending reassessed tax appraisal will determine the size I’ll order. 👍 👍
It has helped me SO much. Definitely notice a difference in skin/mood and scars clearing up! Let me know how it goes for you. So exciting!!!
Red light!
Do you own a backpack? It might be easier to use one if your're going to the store to buy a few things if you're walking. The placement of weight would be even and it is a heck of a lot easier to carry things on your back than one arm at a time.
Probably not bc of her spine.
I just have my computer bag. My backpack was infested with fire ants in storage so I tossed it hehe 😅
@@montanadanna OMG!!! Yeah that is a perfectly good reason to toss it! Yikes!
I love Red Light therapy!! When you said you could make friends with it my head started playing TLC Red Light Special 😂😂😂😂
Haha! Amazing! 💖💖 Yes, love red light tooo. Hope you're doing well!
Red light! That red light machine is sure something I need with my severe arthritis pain!!
I love red light therapy. Gives me a boost of energy and skin glowing. I don't know from experience if it helps with aches and pains, but I've heard great things 💖 Let me know how it goes for you if you try it.
Hello, I am a Holistic practitioner who used to have severe arthritis pain. I make an amazing remedy that has done wonders for myself and others called Restore and Rebuild, let me know if interested.
Lil Roadie matches your decor! So cute!!!
Haha. I love him so much. He came up every day when I was at that spot 💖🥰
@@montanadanna ~ BTW, a roof rack with some solar panels up there sounds like a great plan- will act like a sun shield also! Call Rich Solar-they are super nice and helpful. Their panels are A+. They might even do a brand deal? I have 2/200w RICH panels on top and a portable bluetti 350w that just got ripped to hell/flew a football field away in 100mph wind…SO I just bought 2 hardtop portable 200w RICH solar panels. Yeah they are bulkier, BUT I can leave them out in the rain and wind 24/7 if need be. (And won’t rip apart! 900$ down the drain!). Oh the joys…hang in there! You are definitely making headway. ✨🥳
Red light!🚦 🤣💙💙
I love when you share your day with me! Red light!
Red light, you're one of the few vanlifers left on UA-cam. Almost every other mainstream vanlifer is off the road of some kind. It's a hard life.
The RED LIGHT Roadrunner is the spirit of travel. Just be on the lookout for coyotes carrying large magnets and boxes labelled ACME. ;P
Did u ever think of just getting a job and an apartment? Seems like it would be easier than van life. I give u credit for sticking with it!
I did that for 20 years lol. I’m doing Vanlife so I can do UA-cam full-time. I was doing UA-cam while working full-time and had time for fun or relaxation. I’ll give it one more year lol if I got a job, I’d have to quit UA-cam for sure.
That would be sad if u stopped doing videos , and now I’m sad that ur not going to do regular videos anymore 😮even tho the acting is fun I still want to see u as u are ❤you
Roadrunner means magic and good luck.🥳🤑🤗🤭
Red light...green light!❤
Hello from New Mexico USA
What does red light therapy do?
I hope you're naming that red light Roxanne?!?! 😋Or something Smexy! Happy to see you 💚
Hi kiddo, great to see you,, know how ya feel, waiting once a month for SS check! Be well!
The struggle is so real haha. Hope you're doing well 💖
Red light.
Roadrunner= Magic and Good Luck. You got this, girl!
Oooooh, I like that 💖 Thank you so much! Hope you're having a good week.
Red light!
Ur to freaking amazing ❤
Red light ! Hi Hanna ❤
I am a huge sugar addict too and to suppress it I eat pb&js a lot lol. Not as satisfying but definitely takes my mind off of what I really want... cupcakes. Always cupcakes..
Haha! Always cupcakes! 😅🧁 love it! I’m a donut gal. Once I start, I can’t stop. PB&J, haven’t tried that one. I drink so much hot tea though and it helps with my sugar cravings.
I missed u a lot im happy ur back girl 👧🏼
Girlie you’re almost at a million subs!! By the way….Do you have a vision board? I feel like you’d bang out your dreams and goals super fast with a vision board ☺️💯💖💖💖💖💖
P.s. I love that Orange hoodie!! And all the stuff you make general ☺️
Freaking missed you and your videos!!!
Red light 🚨
Red Light ‼️
Also, consider/research exposing your eyes to the LED Red Lights. It mimics benefits of sungazing.
Would u ever considered doing a mukbang channel?? I think u would blow up even more before people love u and watching u eat and chat would be so much fun 🤩
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