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Finding Focus
Award-winning photographer develops new lifestyle In the spring of 2008, Alison Turner exchanged her demanding six-figure desk job for a new way of life. For eight months she wandered the country in a teardrop trailer with her canine companion,…
Posted in Travel
Tagged Airstream, Alison Turner, camping, community, lifestyle, Living, living on the road, RH Colman, small footprint living, tear drop, trailer, travel, traveling, woman on the road, women, women on the road
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Rolling Solo: 3 Wise Women Share Airstream Tales and Advice
An empty-nester with an eye for the road, an adventurous gal with a pilot’s license (and her canine companion), and the founder of an online women’s community for small-footprint living; three remarkable woman share their wise advice and personal…
The Original TrailerChic
Hope you’ve all had a fantastic summer – apologies for the silence on my part, we’ve spent quite a bit of time camping in our trailer and enjoying every minute of it!! A few weekends ago, as a large…
Posted in That Mona!
Tagged active woman, adventure, Airstream, Living, living on the road, RV Full time, trailer, travel, women, women on the road
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Lady Fly Fishers: A Look at a Proud Lineage and Bright Future
Because the art of fly fishing requires strategy and awareness of one’s surroundings, it had widely been considered a gentleman’s sport and the sport of kings. However it is these very reasons that make this is an ideal sport…
Meet Pudge!
Meet a woman who should, if she doesn’t already, have a permanent sign “Gone Fishing” on her door. Cecilia “Pudge” Kleinkauf is one of today’s most prolific and award-winning writers on the subject of women and fly fishing. She…
Posted in Every Woman Has a Story
Tagged alaska, Cecilia Pudge Kleinkauf, fish, Fly fishing, lifestyle, outdoors, Pudge, simplicity, trailer living, travel, travel trailers, woman, women, women on the road
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Small Spaces, Big Hearts
A whopping 73% of TrailerChix readers travel or live in small spaces with one or more animals. So when it comes to living fabulously with pets, who better to ask for best tips and best practices than an authentic…
Posted in Travel
Tagged living on the road, pets, RV Full time, small space living, small spaces, tips and tricks, trailer, trailer living, trailerchix, women
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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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Meet Mona!
TrailerChix welcomes Mona Heath as a regularly featured contributor and sits down with her to discover her personal passion for small space renovation and the joys she has found meeting and making new friends with other fellow travelers. Tell…
Passion – It’s Addicting!
Rather than starting out answering your questions, I’d like to ask something of you…. Of all the lovely people I’ve met during my three short years of glamping…”Rose” is one of the most intriguing, joyful and absolutely passionate yet. …
Posted in That Mona!
Tagged alternative living, camping, RV Full time, Shasta, trailer, trailer living, trailerchix, woman, women, women on the road
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Road Test: Soap Cinch
One of the biggest complaints we hear about living in small spaces is the lack of a bath tub. So although we realize we will not be able to replace a good hot soak, we are on a quest…
Posted in Lifestyle
Tagged small space living, trailer, trailer living, women, women on the road
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Perfect Pantry Part Two
Now that you have filled your trailer with the tools you need to create delicious, and impressive meals, let’s talk a bit about some of the things that you should always keep on hand. In your pantry, always keep…
Posted in In The Galley
Tagged alternative living, green, pantry, small space living, trailer, trailer living, women
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Living with the Masters
Big Art for Small Spaces. While visiting Monet’s home in France in the mid-80s, I learned that he had a custom of celebrating the “opening day of picnic season”. He carted the indoor furniture to one of his many…
Posted in Design
Tagged alternative living, patio, small space living, trailer, trailer living, women, women on the road
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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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The Glamping Craze Holds Strong!
‘Glamping’ is a growing trend that highly appeals to women. Here are some clues on what to look for if you’re looking for a glamping ground. One word that keeps coming up more and more in travel articles is…
Destination: Roadside Attraction
7 roadside attractions that should be on your bucket list! 1803 may have been the birth of the road trip in America when Meriwether Lewis and William Clark took off on their famed journey up the Missouri River and…
Posted in Travel
Tagged alternative living, camping, roadside attraction, RV Full time, RV parks, shelah johnson, trailer, trailer chick, trailer living, trailerchix, travel, women, women on the road
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Tired of Sitting at the Tourist Table?
Go native with these six travel essential phone apps. Yelp is a must for travelers who want to get their fingers on the pulse of local hot spots in their host city or town. Yelp is an all-encompassing one-stop…
Posted in Travel
Tagged living on the road, phone apps, RV Full time, trailer, trailer chick, trailer living, trailerchix, travel, women
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Where the Wild Things are!
Lone woman camper, deep in the mountains of California and one very unwelcome late night visitor! The Labs wake me up barking. I tell them to quiet down, don’t fuss about the coyotes, go back to sleep. But my…
A Secret Code of the Road
Finding ways of breaking down the wall of isolation while traveling. They came in singles, but more often in pairs. Whichever way these men of the rail came, they knew they could always find a hot cup of black…
Posted in Travel
Tagged campsite, code of the road, hobos, living on the road, RV Full time, shelah johnson, trailer chicks, trailer living, trailerchix, trailers, travel, women, women on the road
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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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Kill the Ugly
EDITORIAL NOTE: Open letter to our very dear, but pathetically design-challenged Trailer Manufacturers: Dear Trailer/RV Manufacturer: First, let me say that we love you. We love you because you manufacture trailers and we love trailers. If you weren’t manufacturing…
Posted in Design
Tagged adventure, design, how to, RV, small space living, trailer, trailer living, trailers, used trailer, 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…
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…