*CORRECTION* Corp of Engineer campgrounds only offer camping discounts to holders of the Golden Age and Golden Access passports and the America the Beautiful Senior and Access passes. NOT THE REGULAR ANNUAL NATIONAL PARK PASS.
My roots come from the South (my grandparents came from Appalacia) and I agree having grown up on the West Coast where life is so very different in every conceivable way. Yet the land felt so familiar in AL & GA when I was stationed there in the military many years ago. My DNA recognized "home" even though I grew up with surf culture in sunny California, it tragic that we feel the need to stereotype each other when we all have the same needs and desires as human beings.....good upon you for opening your mind and heart, Carolyn. John Lewis is one of my favorite heros, thanks for mentioning him.
Yes every state has rich and poor citizens. We all see what we want to or what we expect to see. Thank you for admitting that the first time around you filmed what you expected to find in the south. Being a southerner, I can say that most of the country poor have the most loving and caring attitude and will welcome everyone.
Alabama here. I just started watching your channel and appreciate your honesty about your growth. At 70, I've experienced a lot of it myself. I was a kid in the worst of the race troubles in Birmingham and have grown tremendously over the years. I like what you said about some don't grow but you do..same here and grateful for it. Thanks for the many good things you said about Alabama.. it's far from perfect but has come a long way. New generations move us farther and farther away from the sad history you spoke of. I may not live to see it but I have hope for us, maybe because as a rule, Southerners love people and most have good hearts. Anyways, I'm looking forward to watching your channel. :-)
Hi Janice, this is one of my favorite comments! I appreciate your candor and your ability to reflect and relate. I wish you all the best for a happy and healthy 2024!
The Princess and the Pea. A story by Hans Christian Andersen. A prince insists on marrying a real princess. When a woman comes to his door maintaining that she is a real princess, the prince's mother tests her by burying a pea in the bed she is offered for the night, covered by twenty mattresses and twenty eider-down beds on top of the mattresses. and then ordering the woman to sleep on the mattresses. In the morning, the princess tells her hosts that she endured a sleepless night, kept awake by something hard in the bed that she is certain has bruised her. The prince's family realizes she is a princess since no one but a real princess could be so delicate. The two are happily married, and the story ends with the pea being placed in a museum, where it might still remain. (And not Sleeping Beauty. That is a different girl forced to her bed because the bad witch did not get invited to a party. lol) So it is no wonder that some women grow up thinking they are victims or need rescuing. Luckily, women like me just smile and enjoy the fantasy that it is.
I imagine you will never read this but I need to say how I agree with your thoughts on Mother Earth. I always retreat to the outdoors and nature when I'm stressed or upset but I try to get out as often as possible to just maintain sanity, lol. It has always helped me much more than any religion and we need to protect her as well as we possibly can. I agree with you on most all of your views and appreciate hearing a different point of view from what I usually get here in the very red Midwest, lol. Looks like a very peaceful place to visit. Oh my gosh, love that froggy chorus! Sadie is such a beautiful sweetheart, love her so much! Great video. Thanks for sharing with us.
I feel the same way about Nature! She is my healer and refuge, for sure. Nothing soothes my soul than getting away from all the "noise" and into the great outdoors.
That is Spanish Moss hanging in the trees. It's an air plant and just hangs there. However, it covers the leaves and cuts down on photosynthesis, so the branch eventually dies. After enough branches die the tree dies. Yes, it takes a few years. I hate the stuff!!
I started watching this and thought… Man I think I subscribed because you were hiking some of the PCT.. and then u brought up healing on your hike. ❤I hope your Christmas is beautiful
I remember having to hunt for overnight spots in Alabama. I pulled up a road and there was a perfect, flat spot to park. Out of the way by a murky looking pond. In the morning I sat there behind the rig having my coffee. Perfect. Quiet but for the birds singing. All of a sudden, the loudest roar came out of that pond. I was up and in, in seconds flat!! I didn't know alligator's roar. lol. Safe travels. I love your bravery.
It was the “baby bear”, had choice of mama bear, daddy bear & baby bear: bowl of porrage, too hot, too cold, just right, then, bed to choose: mama bear too soft, daddy bear too hard, but baby bear’s bed was just right. Mother goose stories. Carol from New Orleans, LA. You and other RV UA-camrs made me finally sell my house, by Class B RV & October 2022 bought RV and loving it with my fur baby BeBe. Many thanks and warm wishes.
I loved your reflection in the ‘rain walk’. I am a woman of faith embracing a creator that has no gender. It’s like humankind is afraid of thinking beyond our tangibles. Submitting to anything larger than ourselves is just plain scary. But for me…I don’t need to know it all. 😉 Again, thanks for your reflective thoughts!!
I think many of us are comfortable submitting to something greater than ourselves. Just not a ghost man in the sky. :0) there are many ways to be spiritual, and I don't claim to think mine is the only way, as it sounds like you don't either. Thanks for sharing
I get that feeling of loving being out west. We’ve been in Florida for a bit and I’m missing the ease of exploring out in AZ & UT. Great video! Glad I found your channel.
I live in Alabama majority of my life before returning home to Atlantic Beach, Florida. I miss Alabama so much. It's a slower pace, less crime and simplicity.
It’s “The Princess and the Pea.” Carol Burnett played the Princess Winifred in the Offf Broadway play, “ Once Upon A Mattress,”in the early years of her career. She also did a 1964 TV production.
Since you're no longer there, I'll let you know that there are gators in all the states this far South and in the East. Their numbers just increase in the swamped areas and the further South you get.
When you talked about mother earth I had tears in my eyes. What you said resonates with me so much. To conquer someone/something is destroying it in the process of conquering. I do not mean to offend any person, I know there are a lot of wonderful and kind man out there! But on a collective level there is a truth in the male versus female principle. So we have to protect mother earth and be kind and gentle to nature an animals, before everything is gone.
The sycamore tree sheds its bark it looks like a healthy tree to me….I have2 in my yard they shed branches constantly and a couple times a year they shed bark
The Princess and the Pea is the story, and the musical is Once Upon a Mattress. It is good to see you driving through Alabama. I am planning a trip next year into the south Miss, Alabama, Georgia, SC, NC, Tenn, then up to Virginia and West Virginia on my way to Penn.
You’re thinking…. The Princess and the Pea. You were looking at Spanish Moss. Spanish moss is great in trees but when it’s on ground and “dead” it will get red bugs. You don’t want that. People that use this moss in decoration will microwave it to kill bugs. Mobile pronounced Mo-bill.
Thank you for talking about your confirmation bias and the courage to admit it. Although I don't always agree with you, I love that you are open and honest and REAL. I enjoy your channel and your adventures. Once I get on the road full time next summer, I'm going to join the Patreon. Right now just a free member because I don't have the extra money. Keep being real. ❤
Hi ya! Thank you for sharing your Alabama travels! I’ve yet to have the opportunity to travel to Selma, etc as you have …. But I have plans!! Btw, I’m not from the Deep South (native Texan here) but I absolutely love your channel and so appreciate your travels, your shares!! All thought provoking. I believe that you’re confident in what you bring to your viewers but those who are negative or whatever can just move on in my opinion!! You know what they say about opinions, they’re like a-holes and everyone’s got one. Don’t change a thing. Haters are miserable individuals. ❤
Hi there! Ive just recently found your channel so Im getting caught up. I really enjoy your content and your style! You are also clearly super smart and an eloquent speaker! I love listening to you. Hey how is your experience with your new generator so far? Can you provide some information about it? Thank you for sharing your travels!
Starlink is a life changer for us as full-timers. We've had sketchy, or no Verizon cell service for a week. We set out Starlink, set our phone to use wi-fi calling, and it is no longer a problem.
❤ I've lived in over half the states in the USA, and many being in the south. I can tell you that there are alot of stories in those heavy wooded areas through Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Arkansas and even Texas. Stay safe on the road.
I am traveling in an SUV. I can find a place to park almost anywhere. My next vehicle will be a van. I am headed from Illinois to the RTR. I appreciate your information on Quartzsite. You are always putting out useful information. Safe travels.
Yes, it seems it's the Princess and the Pea! That's the one I was thinking of because I was thinking specifically of the pea. But many people shared a similar Goldilocks tale too! thank you.
I live in Chilton County, so i could have reached out and touched you! Alabama is beautiful if you like the woods. I so enjoy you and Sadie. (PS.. i miss John Lewis) we always called that stuff in the trees Spanish Moss.
I completely felt your pain in the beginning! I was just in Tuscaloosa to watch my niece graduate, and you would think there would be plenty of camping in mid December, but I had the same experience at Payne Lake! All the electrical sites were taken, and in the primitive area, all the sites were very unlevel. If you ever get back down there though, I highly recommend the Tannehill State Forest. Lots of history and pretty trails and you can get water and electric for $25. It was fairly empty and I got a nice spot next to the creek, but if it was during the summer, it would be an absolute cluster! The sites are really on top of each other, but being Winter, it was pretty open. AnyWho I’m gonna go back to watching the rest of the video. I just wanted to share that and say hello! Safe travels.😊
Goldie Locks tried out the 3 bears beds to find the perfect fit. Princess and the Pea was so sensitive she could feel a pea place under the bottom mattress with her sleeping on top of 99 mattresses, or something like that. I think you meant Goldie Locks, no pea. LOL
Rep John Lewis was my favorite! ❤❤ Very wise man! “Get in Good Trouble” he always said. We can’t be scared to “Get in Good Trouble” Elijah Cummings was another of my favorites ❤❤
Some fairytale facts 😂 You asked about the one with the pea-- “Princess and the pea” is the name of that fairytale. Someone said Goldilocks and she did test out beds to find the right one. “Princess and the pea” could feel a pea through a huge stack of mattresses. 😂
The princess and the pea. Spanish moss. Sadie always looks like she's on duty when she's on a leash, from that camera angle anyway.😅 It's a sycamore tree, I think. Big leaves. I used to have to rake them. Now I live in the woods, we don't even bother. I rake my driveway twice a year and let nature take care of the rest.❤
The Movie “Splash” - Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah - the mermaid turned woman learns to speak by watching TV in a department store. TV was how she learned about the non-ocean world.
Princes and the pea - A story by Hans Christian Andersen. A prince insists on marrying a real princess. When a woman comes to his door maintaining that she is a real princess, the prince's mother tests her by burying a pea under a huge stack of mattresses and then ordering the woman to sleep on the mattresses.
The name of the book is. The three bears. Goldilocks she couldn't find a place to sleep. The beds were either too hard or too soft and then she found the right one. Before she started checking the beds she ate everybody's porridge and found the right one.
I live in Alabama and there is good here but racism is still present , people try to cover it up with "they were raised in a different time" my response to that is you have to grow as you age and you should know right from wrong by now. driving down the road you probably noticed all the churches, every small town has at least 10-15. I enjoy your videos.
Yes, I said that in one of these videos, "lots and lots of churches." It's kinda crazy. Almost on top of one another! And yeah, I get what you're saying about the racism. I think that's the tension I feel... Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
I’m a Christian and in the South. SC to be exact. I agree racism is still alive and well. It pains my heart to see how some folks were raised. Don’t judge all us Christians because we don’t all think the way the Maga crowd does.
@@taracorley3291 Respectfully Just Because We want to Make America GODLY Again Doesn't mean we are racist.Our LORD Celebrates Colors created colors so we celebrate too. Every Color of LIGHT including Beige pink. I went to school during the early 70's when in 1972 there were fight blacks against white. Respectfully I came from Lakewood Colo in 1963. We left in May of 1972 right after the race riots were over. The strange thing about that time was I was friends with all races. I didn't know I was s'posed to be prejudiced and my neighbors were the same way. So I had grown up with black and white neighbors we didn't know we weren't s'posed to get along. We just played together Betty Sue neighbor and Pam my Sister came home and was showing Mom new moves from a new dance called 'The Chicken' Betty Sue couldn't get it but my Mom picked it up. We all had a laugh Mom now RIP picked it up in a matter of moments. I say all that to say yes there a lil racism out there but most of US love and celebrate all colors. MAGA included. Respectfully research it yourselves Trumpismypresident Trump2TriumphinJESUSName He found JESUS so grant FORGIVE THEM for they know not what they do. GRACE GOODNESS with MERCY... Trump has a heart of Gold and is humble. JB has none of that. not legally our POTUS either.
It was so nice to see all the Spanish Moss hanging from the trees! FYI: my sister and family along with another couple and their kids, spend every Thanksgiving camping and have for over 40 years.
Just a memory while you were naming a few Civil Rights members, besides MLK, John Lewis was Rev. Jessie Jackson ( who ran for President 2 times snd Donald Trump paid for his campaign both times)
I live in Ireland…which is called Eire in the Irish language…our country is named after the Goddess Eiru….a goddess of the land 😊 (and then organised religion arrived and ruined everything 😅)
I had a giggling fit when you called it "lady's beard". It really tickled me. Heck, why not call it "gay man's beard". Ohhh, so silly. Whatever it's called, yes, it is beautiful. Great video.
I just learned something about myself. I think I have confirmation bias, too. I didn't know what it was called, and it has been dragging me down. I live in an area where there are a lot of poor and homeless people. I feel bad for those people, but it also disgusts me because it makes the city trashy and dirty. I find myself looking for confirmation, when I'd rather focus on the beautiful.
❤❤❤ When I was 18 I spent a summer there on the Coosa river in Gadsden, Alabama outside of Gadsden, very beautiful as a beautiful natural cliff and areas around there somewhere to look at. If you have time to go see them.
Princess and the Pea. My nickname as a child because if I didn't have the right conditions and comfort I would not sleep. Certain clothes absolutely bothered me. Textures. The princess could feel the pea through a big stack of mattresses. The ultimate test for a sensitive Princess. P.S.I am a Tomboy Never wanted to be a princess.
im not the type to say "first" on a video but Im gonna this time because I admire you smooch. Got my Class C, and watching another women do it helps my confidence so much. do you think I have to get all terrain tires to do forest roads like you do? I hear they can eat alot of gas as well. oh its literally The Princess and the Pea. lol
Hi Sky, it's all about priorities. Sure my gas mileage sucks, but I also haven't been stuck since I got them. I spend as much time as possible off paved roads, so for me it's worth every cent. Best of luck in your adventures! Thanks for watching
@@CarolynsRVLife We should be so grateful for this country where women are free to follow their dreams. I came from Brasil many years ago and built a fabulous life for myself including winning an Emmy. NEVER ONCE I felt oppressed, discriminated upon, on the contrary, this country gave so many opportunities and the freedom as woman to be whatever I wanted to be. The feeling of second class citizen is a personal feeling and not a reality. We have women in high positions from all levels and paid high salaries like man do. Please be fair and please stop reactivating the sentiment of victimhood. You have so much so offer Carolyn! Be grateful instead and thank God we do not live in countries where women are really treated as second class citizens. God bless you.❤️
Lmao.. right. Ask #Kate Cox and #BrittanyWatts how grateful they are to live in the good ole U S of A. Our Supreme Court has actual sexual predators, and half the country thinks electing a confirmed rapist to run the free world is perfectly fine. Ask the millions of women who've been assaulted and raped without any repercussions for the rapist. Ask Chanel Miller, Christine Blasi ford, E. Jean Carroll, Anita Hill. Ask any woman who works in make dominated fields or who works online. HELL ask Hillary Clinton how grateful she is! We are NOT equal. Stop drinking the patriarchal kool-aid
Okay am with you... Mother Nature has always been credited with the Caring for Nature. The Creator! Yes, modern day religion has taken HER right place in the Creation of our Earth as we call it. I think believe our Creator - Mother Nature is of equal rights... Many so called religious people, just believe: What they are told by so called Pastors Reading the Bible or other belief written books. Which in the long run the common people do not truly understand totally. Mother Nature and our Creator is of equal rights and level. Remember it's the Male (man) that puts female (woman) to a lower level. Not our Creator. Thank you so much for an enlightening and informative video. I needed this video tonight.
*CORRECTION*
Corp of Engineer campgrounds only offer camping discounts to holders of the Golden Age and Golden Access passports and the America the Beautiful Senior and Access passes. NOT THE REGULAR ANNUAL NATIONAL PARK PASS.
The Princess and The Pea is the story you mentioned.
I've watched many of your videos. You are a genuine, kind, smart person, and I enjoy your videos very much. I hope you keep going!
My roots come from the South (my grandparents came from Appalacia) and I agree having grown up on the West Coast where life is so very different in every conceivable way. Yet the land felt so familiar in AL & GA when I was stationed there in the military many years ago. My DNA recognized "home" even though I grew up with surf culture in sunny California, it tragic that we feel the need to stereotype each other when we all have the same needs and desires as human beings.....good upon you for opening your mind and heart, Carolyn. John Lewis is one of my favorite heros, thanks for mentioning him.
Yes every state has rich and poor citizens. We all see what we want to or what we expect to see. Thank you for admitting that the first time around you filmed what you expected to find in the south. Being a southerner, I can say that most of the country poor have the most loving and caring attitude and will welcome everyone.
Alabama here. I just started watching your channel and appreciate your honesty about your growth. At 70, I've experienced a lot of it myself. I was a kid in the worst of the race troubles in Birmingham and have grown tremendously over the years. I like what you said about some don't grow but you do..same here and grateful for it. Thanks for the many good things you said about Alabama.. it's far from perfect but has come a long way. New generations move us farther and farther away from the sad history you spoke of. I may not live to see it but I have hope for us, maybe because as a rule, Southerners love people and most have good hearts. Anyways, I'm looking forward to watching your channel. :-)
Hi Janice, this is one of my favorite comments! I appreciate your candor and your ability to reflect and relate. I wish you all the best for a happy and healthy 2024!
@@CarolynsRVLife Thank you, Carolyn and same to you!!
The Princess and the Pea. A story by Hans Christian Andersen. A prince insists on marrying a real princess. When a woman comes to his door maintaining that she is a real princess, the prince's mother tests her by burying a pea in the bed she is offered for the night, covered by twenty mattresses and twenty eider-down beds on top of the mattresses. and then ordering the woman to sleep on the mattresses. In the morning, the princess tells her hosts that she endured a sleepless night, kept awake by something hard in the bed that she is certain has bruised her. The prince's family realizes she is a princess since no one but a real princess could be so delicate. The two are happily married, and the story ends with the pea being placed in a museum, where it might still remain. (And not Sleeping Beauty. That is a different girl forced to her bed because the bad witch did not get invited to a party. lol) So it is no wonder that some women grow up thinking they are victims or need rescuing. Luckily, women like me just smile and enjoy the fantasy that it is.
I imagine you will never read this but I need to say how I agree with your thoughts on Mother Earth. I always retreat to the outdoors and nature when I'm stressed or upset but I try to get out as often as possible to just maintain sanity, lol. It has always helped me much more than any religion and we need to protect her as well as we possibly can. I agree with you on most all of your views and appreciate hearing a different point of view from what I usually get here in the very red Midwest, lol. Looks like a very peaceful place to visit. Oh my gosh, love that froggy chorus! Sadie is such a beautiful sweetheart, love her so much! Great video. Thanks for sharing with us.
I feel the same way about Nature! She is my healer and refuge, for sure. Nothing soothes my soul than getting away from all the "noise" and into the great outdoors.
Those trees!!! My idea of heaven. And you answered my question about having a gas generator as back-up even though I'll have my bluetti. Thank you!
That is Spanish Moss hanging in the trees. It's an air plant and just hangs there. However, it covers the leaves and cuts down on photosynthesis, so the branch eventually dies. After enough branches die the tree dies. Yes, it takes a few years. I hate the stuff!!
I really enjoy these videos with Carolyn.
You learn or i do and I always enjoy adventures with Sadie.
Thanks Carolyn.❤
Love your vids Carolyn. Gotta keep moving down the road, I totally get that. “And the road becomes my home, wherever I may roam.” Safe travels! 👊
God made the heavens everything in it. He made Adam then he made Eve a helpmate
I would love to see the proof of that! And it's interesting that we just believe that without questioning why Eve is the helpmate and not the leader.
What beauty there is to see in our country....Sadie is so shiny... Enjoyed this so thanks for sharing... You girls stay safe and happy....
I started watching this and thought… Man I think I subscribed because you were hiking some of the PCT.. and then u brought up healing on your hike. ❤I hope your Christmas is beautiful
I remember having to hunt for overnight spots in Alabama. I pulled up a road and there was a perfect, flat spot to park. Out of the way by a murky looking pond. In the morning I sat there behind the rig having my coffee. Perfect. Quiet but for the birds singing. All of a sudden, the loudest roar came out of that pond. I was up and in, in seconds flat!! I didn't know alligator's roar. lol. Safe travels. I love your bravery.
Wow! I didn't know they roar either! I do know to keep my distance from the water, so Sadie and I keep a wide berth. Glad you weren't closer
I just have a cat. Fat help she was! I've never had a mouse in the rig though. :)@@CarolynsRVLife
It was the “baby bear”, had choice of mama bear, daddy bear & baby bear: bowl of porrage, too hot, too cold, just right, then, bed to choose: mama bear too soft, daddy bear too hard, but baby bear’s bed was just right. Mother goose stories. Carol from New Orleans, LA. You and other RV UA-camrs made me finally sell my house, by Class B RV & October 2022 bought RV and loving it with my fur baby BeBe. Many thanks and warm wishes.
"Once you pull back the curtain..." I've read all the comments on this one, it's really made a few sit up and wonder, good for you Carolyn. 😁😁😎😎👍👍
This is my 2nd video watching you.Really interesting,inspiring and beautiful. I saw myself in your review about yourself and Alabama. Thanks
I really love your sense of humor. You make me laugh. I don't really get to do a lot of that in my life.
I loved your reflection in the ‘rain walk’. I am a woman of faith embracing a creator that has no gender. It’s like humankind is afraid of thinking beyond our tangibles. Submitting to anything larger than ourselves is just plain scary. But for me…I don’t need to know it all. 😉 Again, thanks for your reflective thoughts!!
I think many of us are comfortable submitting to something greater than ourselves. Just not a ghost man in the sky. :0)
there are many ways to be spiritual, and I don't claim to think mine is the only way, as it sounds like you don't either. Thanks for sharing
I love this
Well stated
I’ve lived in Talladega all my life. Thank you for pronouncing it correctly!!
If ever you come to New Jersey, you have a home here. You are welcome to stay any time. Wishing you a happy, healthy new year!
I get that feeling of loving being out west. We’ve been in Florida for a bit and I’m missing the ease of exploring out in AZ & UT. Great video! Glad I found your channel.
I live in Alabama majority of my life before returning home to Atlantic Beach, Florida. I miss Alabama so much. It's a slower pace, less crime and simplicity.
Thank you for sharing this! ❤ I like your statements about Mother Earth.
I’m a Southerner and I watch you! And I love you! And Sadie!
I appreciate that!! 💗
It’s “The Princess and the Pea.” Carol Burnett played the Princess Winifred in the Offf Broadway play, “ Once Upon A Mattress,”in the early years of her career. She also did a 1964 TV production.
Since you're no longer there, I'll let you know that there are gators in all the states this far South and in the East. Their numbers just increase in the swamped areas and the further South you get.
It’s The Princess & The Pea. Idk if she had a name. 🤷♀️
And of course, there’s Goldilocks.
In the movie, Princess Winifred Woebegone was the Princess who slept on the pea. It was a Hans Christian Andersen tale.
When you talked about mother earth I had tears in my eyes. What you said resonates with me so much. To conquer someone/something is destroying it in the process of conquering.
I do not mean to offend any person, I know there are a lot of wonderful and kind man out there!
But on a collective level there is a truth in the male versus female principle. So we have to protect mother earth and be kind and gentle to nature an animals, before everything is gone.
I stopped watching the news a long time ago, and I'm better off in so many ways because of it.
The tree is a sycamore ..my grandma taught me about trees..and the bark of the sycamore looks sick..
The sycamore tree sheds its bark it looks like a healthy tree to me….I have2 in my yard they shed branches constantly and a couple times a year they shed bark
That just the way my grandmother taught me how to remember it
@judiwilson9229 oooh ok I see what you mean now by it looking sick lol yes with the different colors that makes sense
Merry Christmas 🎁 from Mexico 🇲🇽 on vacation 🎄🎄🎄🎄
The Princess and the Pea is the story, and the musical is Once Upon a Mattress. It is good to see you driving through Alabama. I am planning a trip next year into the south Miss, Alabama, Georgia, SC, NC, Tenn, then up to Virginia and West Virginia on my way to Penn.
You’re thinking…. The Princess and the Pea. You were looking at Spanish Moss. Spanish moss is great in trees but when it’s on ground and “dead” it will get red bugs. You don’t want that. People that use this moss in decoration will microwave it to kill bugs. Mobile pronounced Mo-bill.
Princess and the Pea 💕. Carol Burnett starring, was THE BEST !🥰
Thank you for talking about your confirmation bias and the courage to admit it. Although I don't always agree with you, I love that you are open and honest and REAL. I enjoy your channel and your adventures. Once I get on the road full time next summer, I'm going to join the Patreon. Right now just a free member because I don't have the extra money. Keep being real. ❤
I appreciate you!!! Good.luck
Hi ya! Thank you for sharing your Alabama travels! I’ve yet to have the opportunity to travel to Selma, etc as you have …. But I have plans!! Btw, I’m not from the Deep South (native Texan here) but I absolutely love your channel and so appreciate your travels, your shares!! All thought provoking. I believe that you’re confident in what you bring to your viewers but those who are negative or whatever can just move on in my opinion!! You know what they say about opinions, they’re like a-holes and everyone’s got one. Don’t change a thing. Haters are miserable individuals. ❤
You are crossing, east to west, the snowbirds path from snow country to sun country. Check the license plates. Tons of Ohio, Ontario, New York…
um, ok....? I was actually traveling north to south in this video.
Btw: I enjoyed the vid a lot.
Respect.
I just didn't understand your comment
here in Ar. we call that Spanish Moss. destructive to the trees. by the way Mobile is pronounced MoBill. ( have family in that area)
You may have been thinking of Goldilocks and the 3 Bears story. Confirmation bias is a real think and its hard to shake.
Thank you Carolyn. Another beautiful and thought provoking video. I wish you and Sadie a safe and peaceful holiday.
Lower Alabama here .. Family in Selma .. You should go to Old Cahaba ,
How i enjoy listing to you and your ideas and just love your talks about all things.
I live in Atmore Al and I don't hate you, I love u and your videos ❤😊 you're awesome.
Hi there! Ive just recently found your channel so Im getting caught up. I really enjoy your content and your style! You are also clearly super smart and an eloquent speaker! I love listening to you. Hey how is your experience with your new generator so far? Can you provide some information about it? Thank you for sharing your travels!
Is it more expensive for the waterfront sites, if not why didn't you take one? Is your star link better then relying on cell towers?
Starlink is a life changer for us as full-timers. We've had sketchy, or no Verizon cell service for a week. We set out Starlink, set our phone to use wi-fi calling, and it is no longer a problem.
Be blessed and continue to be a blessing.
Love in Christ Jesus ❤️
Are the corp of engineers the only federal lands where you can get 50% camping? With the park pass.
❤ I've lived in over half the states in the USA, and many being in the south. I can tell you that there are alot of stories in those heavy wooded areas through Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Arkansas and even Texas. Stay safe on the road.
I am traveling in an SUV. I can find a place to park almost anywhere. My next vehicle will be a van. I am headed from Illinois to the RTR. I appreciate your information on Quartzsite. You are always putting out useful information. Safe travels.
With the sparce details about the fairytale. It could be Goldilocks and the 3 Bears or Princess and the Pea.
Yes, it seems it's the Princess and the Pea! That's the one I was thinking of because I was thinking specifically of the pea. But many people shared a similar Goldilocks tale too! thank you.
I live in Chilton County, so i could have reached out and touched you! Alabama is beautiful if you like the woods. I so enjoy you and Sadie. (PS.. i miss John Lewis) we always called that stuff in the trees Spanish Moss.
I completely felt your pain in the beginning! I was just in Tuscaloosa to watch my niece graduate, and you would think there would be plenty of camping in mid December, but I had the same experience at Payne Lake! All the electrical sites were taken, and in the primitive area, all the sites were very unlevel. If you ever get back down there though, I highly recommend the Tannehill State Forest. Lots of history and pretty trails and you can get water and electric for $25. It was fairly empty and I got a nice spot next to the creek, but if it was during the summer, it would be an absolute cluster! The sites are really on top of each other, but being Winter, it was pretty open. AnyWho I’m gonna go back to watching the rest of the video. I just wanted to share that and say hello! Safe travels.😊
Correction… Tannehill State Park!
Goldie Locks tried out the 3 bears beds to find the perfect fit. Princess and the Pea was so sensitive she could feel a pea place under the bottom mattress with her sleeping on top of 99 mattresses, or something like that. I think you meant Goldie Locks, no pea. LOL
Rep John Lewis was my favorite! ❤❤ Very wise man! “Get in Good Trouble” he always said. We can’t be scared to “Get in Good Trouble”
Elijah Cummings was another of my favorites ❤❤
Love love your long videos! Your videos are so informative ! Thank you! Doris Doug Chattanooga Tennessee!
Louisiana State Parks honor the America The Beautiful pass. Some of the other State parks but not all States Parks honor them
What a great night to watching your video with beautiful scenery and watching Willie Nelson's 90th birthday party on TV. LOL Blessings!
Are you thinking of Goldilocks and the Three Bears? And a little of the princess and the pea
Spanish Moss in the trees. Don’t handle it, it can harbor Red Bugs that will make you itch.
Some fairytale facts 😂 You asked about the one with the pea-- “Princess and the pea” is the name of that fairytale. Someone said Goldilocks and she did test out beds to find the right one. “Princess and the pea” could feel a pea through a huge stack of mattresses. 😂
The princess and the pea.
Spanish moss.
Sadie always looks like she's on duty when she's on a leash, from that camera angle anyway.😅
It's a sycamore tree, I think. Big leaves. I used to have to rake them. Now I live in the woods, we don't even bother. I rake my driveway twice a year and let nature take care of the rest.❤
The Movie “Splash” - Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah - the mermaid turned woman learns to speak by watching TV in a department store. TV was how she learned about the non-ocean world.
Love the song To The River, thank you!
Princes and the pea - A story by Hans Christian Andersen. A prince insists on marrying a real princess. When a woman comes to his door maintaining that she is a real princess, the prince's mother tests her by burying a pea under a huge stack of mattresses and then ordering the woman to sleep on the mattresses.
Hi Carolyn, the movie is The Princess and the Pea"?
Princess and the Pea is the name of the story ❤
A show thats not on anymore called Absolutely Alabama. You might enjoy it if its on UA-cam now possibly.
The name of the book is. The three bears.
Goldilocks she couldn't find a place to sleep. The beds were either too hard or too soft and then she found the right one. Before she started checking the beds she ate everybody's porridge and found the right one.
Safe travels and a lovely Holiday wherever you and Sadie may be! Much love, Carolyn and Sadie girl!💖🎄⭐
I live in Alabama and there is good here but racism is still present , people try to cover it up with "they were raised in a different time" my response to that is you have to grow as you age and you should know right from wrong by now. driving down the road you probably noticed all the churches, every small town has at least 10-15. I enjoy your videos.
Yes, I said that in one of these videos, "lots and lots of churches." It's kinda crazy. Almost on top of one another! And yeah, I get what you're saying about the racism. I think that's the tension I feel... Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
I’m a Christian and in the South. SC to be exact. I agree racism is still alive and well. It pains my heart to see how some folks were raised. Don’t judge all us Christians because we don’t all think the way the Maga crowd does.
Hi Carolyn loved the site beautiful thankyou good video tricia 😊🌸
@@taracorley3291 Respectfully Just Because We want to Make America GODLY Again Doesn't mean we are racist.Our LORD Celebrates Colors created colors so we celebrate too. Every Color of LIGHT including Beige pink. I went to school during the early 70's when in 1972 there were fight blacks against white. Respectfully I came from Lakewood Colo in 1963. We left in May of 1972 right after the race riots were over. The strange thing about that time was I was friends with all races. I didn't know I was s'posed to be prejudiced and my neighbors were the same way. So I had grown up with black and white neighbors we didn't know we weren't s'posed to get along. We just played together Betty Sue neighbor and Pam my Sister came home and was showing Mom new moves from a new dance called 'The Chicken' Betty Sue couldn't get it but my Mom picked it up. We all had a laugh Mom now RIP picked it up in a matter of moments.
I say all that to say yes there a lil racism out there but most of US love and celebrate all colors. MAGA included. Respectfully research it yourselves Trumpismypresident Trump2TriumphinJESUSName He found JESUS so grant FORGIVE THEM for they know not what they do. GRACE GOODNESS with MERCY... Trump has a heart of Gold and is humble. JB has none of that. not legally our POTUS either.
It was so nice to see all the Spanish Moss hanging from the trees! FYI: my sister and family along with another couple and their kids, spend every Thanksgiving camping and have for over 40 years.
Wow! That’s so nice!
Goldilocks and the 3 Bears
Just a memory while you were naming a few Civil Rights members, besides MLK, John Lewis was Rev. Jessie Jackson ( who ran for President 2 times snd Donald Trump paid for his campaign both times)
I live in Ireland…which is called Eire in the Irish language…our country is named after the Goddess Eiru….a goddess of the land 😊 (and then organised religion arrived and ruined everything 😅)
Wow, love that. Thanks for sharing the Goddess Eiru with us! And yes, sad that it was ruined.. :(
I had a giggling fit when you called it "lady's beard". It really tickled me. Heck, why not call it "gay man's beard". Ohhh, so silly. Whatever it's called, yes, it is beautiful. Great video.
I noticed that you passed that Water Tender Truck on the right side... twice
Or I reused the clip because I needed b roll
We will never hear enough of Carolyn. ❤
How do you keep your dog/you free of ticks and fleas in all these areas?
Thanks for the history lesson. And very true about those of us living in rural areas and amazed at the changes over the past 30+ years.
Mixing stories. Goldilocks looked for best bed. Princess and the Pea could feel a pea under 20 feather mattresses.
I just learned something about myself. I think I have confirmation bias, too. I didn't know what it was called, and it has been dragging me down. I live in an area where there are a lot of poor and homeless people. I feel bad for those people, but it also disgusts me because it makes the city trashy and dirty. I find myself looking for confirmation, when I'd rather focus on the beautiful.
Hi looking 4 Peace. we all have conformation bias, the trick is being willing to admit and see it. Congrats!!!
Guntersville is my hometown. It is so beautiful!
I spent a summer when I was 18 many, many years ago in Gadsden on the Coosa river.
❤❤❤ When I was 18 I spent a summer there on the Coosa river in Gadsden, Alabama outside of Gadsden, very beautiful as a beautiful natural cliff and areas around there somewhere to look at. If you have time to go see them.
Princess and the Pea. My nickname as a child because if I didn't have the right conditions and comfort I would not sleep. Certain clothes absolutely bothered me. Textures. The princess could feel the pea through a big stack of mattresses. The ultimate test for a sensitive Princess. P.S.I am a Tomboy Never wanted to be a princess.
Are you talking about Goldie Locks? lol. Alabama has the best BBQ imo. Roasted Peanuts too! I believe those are oak trees and that's spanish moss.
im not the type to say "first" on a video but Im gonna this time because I admire you smooch. Got my Class C, and watching another women do it helps my confidence so much. do you think I have to get all terrain tires to do forest roads like you do? I hear they can eat alot of gas as well. oh its literally The Princess and the Pea. lol
Hi Sky, it's all about priorities. Sure my gas mileage sucks, but I also haven't been stuck since I got them. I spend as much time as possible off paved roads, so for me it's worth every cent.
Best of luck in your adventures! Thanks for watching
kittycat is correct.
Mother Nature is a wonderful thing
Sad fact, New Mexico is the state with the highest amount of people on public assistance. Top 10 , Florida is number 8.
Yep Spanish moss!
It' s so pretty!!!
Selma to Montgomery, AL. (My mother & grandmother grew up in SE Alabama). John Lewis was an amazing man who would not be intimidated.
Thank you for sharing your journey Carol! I appreciate all you do to bring content to us all ! ♥️🫂To you both 👩🌾🐈⬛
The princess and the pea
I live in north Alabama Glad you enjoyed the area
I never felt as a second class citizen. Absurd.
Just because you never "felt" it doesn't make it less true. Plenty of women gladly accept crumbs and call it cake.
@@CarolynsRVLife We should be so grateful for this country where women are free to follow their dreams. I came from Brasil many years ago and built a fabulous life for myself including winning an Emmy. NEVER ONCE I felt oppressed, discriminated upon, on the contrary,
this country gave so many opportunities and the freedom as woman to be whatever I wanted to be. The feeling of second class citizen is a personal feeling and not a reality. We have women in high positions from all levels and paid high salaries like man do. Please be fair and please stop reactivating the sentiment of victimhood. You have so much so offer Carolyn! Be grateful instead and thank God we do not live in countries where women are really treated as second class citizens. God bless you.❤️
Lmao.. right. Ask #Kate Cox and #BrittanyWatts how grateful they are to live in the good ole U S of A. Our Supreme Court has actual sexual predators, and half the country thinks electing a confirmed rapist to run the free world is perfectly fine. Ask the millions of women who've been assaulted and raped without any repercussions for the rapist. Ask Chanel Miller, Christine Blasi ford, E. Jean Carroll, Anita Hill. Ask any woman who works in make dominated fields or who works online. HELL ask Hillary Clinton how grateful she is! We are NOT equal. Stop drinking the patriarchal kool-aid
@@CarolynsRVLife God bless you.
More patriarchal kool-aid. Wow
Okay am with you...
Mother Nature has always been credited with the Caring for Nature.
The Creator!
Yes, modern day religion has taken HER right place in the Creation of our Earth as we call it.
I think believe our Creator - Mother Nature is of equal rights...
Many so called religious people, just believe:
What they are told by so called Pastors
Reading the Bible or other belief written books.
Which in the long run the common people do not truly understand totally.
Mother Nature and our Creator is of equal rights and level.
Remember it's the Male (man) that puts female (woman) to a lower level.
Not our Creator.
Thank you so much for an enlightening and informative video.
I needed this video tonight.
I could have sworn l saw that truck in the driveway twice
The Princess and the Pea!😂❤
"The Princess and the Pea"