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Tag Archives: travel trailer
Three Brave Experiments with Grilled Cheese
From the Vagabond Galley Kitchen I have to confess something. Until recently, I had never made a grilled cheese sandwich in my life, without burning it. Don’t ask me how I raised two fine, creative sons to successful manhood…
Posted in In The Galley
Tagged Cooking, cooking in small space, grilled cheese, trailer, travel trailer, Vagabond, woman on the road
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Great Time to be a Chic!
Is it just me or has anyone else out there noticed how many of your friends also love, love, love their trailers? Slowly but surely our core group of friends has shifted to those who share the same passion….
Posted in That Mona!
Tagged Airstream, caravan, Shasta, travel, travel trailer, vintage trailer, woman on the road
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15 Minute Speed-Cleaning For The Woman On The Road
A popular lifestyle magazine gave their readers a 15-minute strategy for cleaning a back entry. It got me thinking: Could I clean my ENTIRE small footprint in the same amount of time? Bathroom | 3-4 minutes Cleaning solution –…
Posted in Lifestyle
Tagged Airstream, clean, clean small spaces, green cleaning, travel trailer
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It’s Towing Time
I’ve heard from several of you, as well as many of my friends, that you would be interested in some pointers on towing your trailers. Knowing that speaking from experience holds much more credibility….I’m tapping into my own personal…
Posted in That Mona!
Tagged DIY, how to tow a travel trailers, living on the road, RV, RV Full time, Tow, trailer, trailer living, travel trailer, travel trailer towing, women
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Press Release: Highway 101 Roll
DOWNLOAD PDF TRAILERCHIX BRINGS LIVING FABULOUSLY IN SMALL SPACES TO OVER 11 MILLION IN SPECIAL ROAD TRIP Portland, Oregon, April 6, 2011 – TrailerChix celebrates the 101 anniversary of the travel trailer by taking their living small and fabulous…
Tagged active woman, design, DIY, green, lifestyle, RV, shelah, shelah johnson, small foot, small spaces, trailer, trailerchix, trailers, travel, travel trailer, traveling, women
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Deanna Wohlgenuth
Are you chasing HAPPINESS? Deanna Wohlgemuth was and she found it! TrailerChix talks to Deanna about her approach to small footprint living and running two successful businesses out of her 1966 Airstream Caravel trailer in Portland, Oregon How…
Urban Revelation Goes Mobile
Urban farms are growing like weeds! They are popping up literally everywhere from rooftops, to walls and old parking lots. Urbanites, is seems, are no longer just thinking about summer gardens, but in many cases are implementing year-round harvesting….
Wallflowers That Are Hard to Overlook
Heading South or Staying North, get ready to mix it up a little in the RV Park? The popularity of container gardening among travel trailer owners is easy to understand. Containers are transportable, flexible and inexpensive. A…
Posted in Design
Tagged DIY, gardening, green, how to, patio, RV, RV Full time, sedum, small space living, trailer, trailer living, travel, travel trailer, vertical gardens
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A Well Stocked Galley
Every trailer chick needs a well stocked galley, but space is always an issue. With just a few staples you can put together a gourmet meal in record time. This galley pantry list is for the full-time long term…
Posted in In The Galley, Lifestyle
Tagged active woman, Alternative lifestyle, camp cooking, camping, caravan girl, cast iron, chick, chix traveling, cooking in small places, DYI, galley kitchen, get a way, independent woman, leisure living, pantry list, RV Full time, shelah johnson, small space living, trailer, trailer living, travel, travel trailer, women on the road
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French Press – The Swiss Army Knife of TrailerChix
Every trailer chick knows that it’s not how many kitchen tools you have that matters, but the versatility in each of them. Each kitchen gadget has to function like a Swiss Army knife. When space is at a premium,…
Posted in In The Galley
Tagged alternative living, Bodum, BonJour, camping, chix, Cocktails, coffee, coolers, fleur de thym and citrus cooler, French press, fusions, ginger green tea cooler, land yacht, mint mocha cooler, new trailers, recipes, RV Full time, RV vacations, shelah johnson, small foot, small space, small space living, summer beverages, the good life, trailer, travel trailer, woman, woman lifestyle, women on the road
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No One Pumps Iron Like A Trailer Chick!
How to season your cast iron One of the most challenging rooms for me to downsize was my kitchen. I love cooking, canning, and baking. Nothing brings me more joy than feeding people. So when it came to packing…
Posted in In The Galley
Tagged active woman, alternative living, book review, camp cooking, camping, caravan girl, cast iron, cast iron cookbook, chick, chix traveling, cooking in small places, dutch ovens, iron skillets, Joanna Pruess, mhaithaca, RV, RV Full time, shelah johnson, small space living, trailer, trailer living, travel, travel trailer, women on the road
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Learn How to Backup a Trailer like a Pro
Congratulations, you found the deal of a lifetime. Now how are you going to get it home? Having the ability to back up a trailer gives you the same sense of freedom and independence as parallel parking. It takes…
Posted in CleverChix
Tagged alternative living, backup, backup cameras, camera systems, DIY, reversing, RV, RV park, shelah johnson, small space living, trailer, travel, travel trailer, women on the road, womentrailer living
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How to Start Your Own Fire
No trailer camp site is complete without the smells and sound of blazing wood and nothing says welcome like the glow of a warm fire. With that said, it has come to our attention that there are still some…
Posted in CleverChix
Tagged alternative living, camp cooking, camping, chix, DIY, fire, fire wood, garden art, garden screens, living on the road, RV travel, RV vacations, shelah johnson, small foot, small space living, Stan Malino, trailer living, travel trailer, woman, woman lifestyle, women
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Move Over, Boys! The Travel Trailer Has a New Owner!
Say what you want about the last few years with the world’s financial and environmental challenges, as it has been difficult and challenging for sure. But one bright and happy thing has come out of our experience: The Rediscovering…
Editorial Contributors
Shelah Johnson Creator and Editor-in-Chief I’m a total trailer chick. I live full time in my 1976 – 31’ Airstream Excella 500 which is parked on an island in the middle of two converging rivers in the Pacific Northwest. …
Tagged Airstream, camper, chix, design, how to, lifestyle, outdoors, small spaces, trailer, trailer chix, trailers, travel, travel trailer, traveling, vacation
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What We Are All About
Adventure | Caring | Freedom | Style | Independence | Creativity This year the travel trailer turns 102 years old and we at TrailerChix(SM) feel it is more relevant today than ever before. Of course, we are all nostalgic…