Months ago I came across Rosa’s videos & started binging them from the beginning, moved on to yours, & now I’m on Julia’s (almost caught up!). Each of your channels became comfort for me & I am so thankful to you guys for that! It’s crazy to me that at the beginning of this year I had no idea who y’all were & now I get SO excited when I see one of you post a new video 🥰🫶 I can’t wait to make friends like y’all on the road (starting a build rn)!
Oh my gosh, this is just so sweet. Thank you so much! You will definitely find your lil community on the road, it might take a while, but the wait is worth it 🥰
Madilynn, IMHO, you've made great progress in your videos - your confidence, and being comfortable on camera shows. I was on the road for a few years, and stayed at MANY rest areas, and always wondered if any of the nomads I watch on YT (or anyone else) has rated the rest areas along their routes. I think you may be the first (for me anyway). I've been in some shakey ones in NM. 😊
Loved this! Lovely to see Athena, really enjoyed the seat for her in the front and the pet run area at a rest stop. The $17 shower looked nice and also safe. Great video, thank you!
Cool trip, would say I hope you get to relax once you get to Julia's but looking at you doing the grading of the rest stops you look totally beautiful and relaxed. I see Rosa has made it too, which is fantastic. Now if only Emma and busbus and Mateo could stop in we would have the ultimate get together. Thanks so much for sharing and look forward to the next one.
Roadtripping from one coast of the U.S. to the other seems exhausting (probably fun but exhausting). I'm just glad that you and Athena are safe and it's fortunate that there are plenty of Rest Areas along the way. You might have a vlog series dedicated to visiting and evaluating all of the rest areas in the U.S.A. in your future.
The Iowa 80 is really impressive, and I've driven trucks from one side of this country to the other. The only one that compares is Jubitz in Portland, but since I live there, I never got a lot of chances to stay there. Glad you got there safe and sound!
I'm from SD. I'm so glad you were happy with your experience here. Lots of people think we're backwoods, and not modernized. Even the classic joke (Do you have running water, and indoor plumbing?). Har har har.
Loved this video! Love them all! It was so funny to see Athena just jump in that river for a nice swim! Lol. That was hilarious to me and idk why! It just was. She’s so sweet and cute! I love her! But……..did you make it? Again the end was just cut abruptly no goodbye I made it etc. I love the intro and outro’s. We love you and thank you for the new video! Be careful with the drive back! ❤😊 watching from Birmingham Alabama 😊❤
Next week, it looks like it’s all about getting creative with overnight parking spots. With so many campgrounds closed everywhere now (bummer!! waaah cry cry), it's all Loves Truckstops and **5-star Rest Stops** now. Jetboil coffee and just-add-water meals. :) Looking forward to your next channel vanlife philosphies :) -always inspiring! Love the fall, but now -- earlier and earlier nightfall is a little challenging, emotionally. Are you feeling it too?
Yes, Iowa has great rest stops, and the Walcot truck stop is huge, but it isn't the largest anymore. Heading east it is a great first recharging spot for me. I recognized all of them you went to, but then I have decades traveling Iowa's roads. One of the ones on Western I-80 has a large windmill blade mounted pointing up. I only say large because newer windmill blades can be over twice as long. It gives a very good idea how large modern windmills are. Your path through Iowa went past a number of windmill farms. At night you would have seen them as large areas of red blinking lights. I-80 passes through two of them. Oh, I often sleep at the casinos. I use their restrooms. Some even have level 2 chargers for me to charge up at while I sleep.
Your video 5/5 stars. Haha! I love rest stops! I stop at all of them driving up I-5 through California and Oregon. I could live on I-5 for months. haha // And that HUGE truckstop was a little too much. Love's is PLENTY big. Right? And cheaper showers. // I loooove coffee, but I switch off between matcha, chai, those little green tea shots ... stuff like that. // So strange that an employee called the police on you! Maybe they've been having a lot of trouble there recently? // Anyway, keep going!
Omg you came through the Midwest Yay! I actually live in my van in Northern Minnesota right now but I have been to the south Dakota and Iowa rest stops u went too. They are very nice, Iowa especially has great stops. I'm actually gonna be leaving Minnesota for Washington next summer, I'm going to Arizona for winter then going up the coast I'm kinda nervous but if you can do this I can too!! Thanks for being so inspirational.. I ❤ you 😂
When I travel I usually make coffee that saves a lot of money 1 120z bag of coffee usually under $5 about what you pay for 1 coffee at a coffee shop and you get at least 20 cups out of a bag
Your coffee loving cousin here 😂🖤 when I feel like I’m coffee-ed out I like a ice green tea with honey just sayinnnnnn 😂😂 love you and love watching you travel and live your very best life. Also your hair looks great 🖤
Back in '99 my wife and I drove to Florida and we stopped at some of the places you did (who could forget Walcot's?). I enjoy road trips although I don't think I'd ever want to drive that far with two cats again!
Madilynn the Rebel. Getting kicked out of parking lots for just parking and being chill. Good decision by you to move on. Nice to see three of my favorite RUclipsrs together again. 🤩
You say this with sort of a tone like it's all fun and games but this automatic discrimination of people living in vehicles to the point that they're being told to leave is wrong. It amounts to the return of segregation only this time it's based on financial status. The assumption that everyone living in a vehicle is in some way a bad person who will damage your property or steal from you or endanger your children, or whacked out on drugs, is increasingly accepted on a national level and hysteria is causing repercussions like lack of bathroom access for the general public because of the demonized "homeless" I even know an old man I was working with who literally shat his pants because the Del Taco bathroom was on lockdown with a retinal scanner, not to be confused with rectal scanner. So you know the homeless get abused and the general public pays for it in the long run. For me, it's getting to the point where our duty as real Americans is to deny the infringement on our rights to liberty, justice, and the pursuit of happiness, and if we really have to make an amendment, our right to use the restroom.
Very clever with the white board and made your travel interesting. Please try to eat healthy, get those greens in, can be difficult sometimes when on the road.
I was an OTR truck driver and you get free showers by how much fuel you buy at the truck stops. I'll never understand why truck stops don't offer a $5/month shower pass.
$17 is really not that bad for that nice of a shower and I see that they included towels and everything. I went to a Love’s or something in Oklahoma and it was $23 and they didn’t even have towels or soap or anything and it was pretty gross in there.
@@madilynndawn Yeah, my plan was to do it without sleeping, but I broke down and took a 2hr nap after driving ~24hrs straight. And another ~30min nap, ~34hrs into the drive. I left Oregon in the morning and got to Chicago in the evening the next day.
Weird, video just ends at some rest stop some where? When I travel, I stay as much self supportive as possible because I enjoy taking breaks and making my own coffee, sandwiches and so forth on the road. Public showers with possible germs and fungus freaks me out. I just stop at a restroom where I can lock the door, do a quick freshen-up and hit the road. There is nothing that excites me about a retail space where people getting their needs met at an alarming price. Would much rather spend any down time stopping at scenic nature places.
Be Careful Sleeping At Rest Stop’s Madilynn, because I Hard That The Government’s In Some States In America 🇺🇸 And Canada 🇨🇦 To, Limiting Times That People Can Sleep At Rest Stops To People Can Not Sleep In Rest Stops Anymore For Real.
Totally love your show I think you have a really good vibe but but when that officer hassled you,and got ahold of your ID, that was unnecessary and it hurt your feelings, you could see it ,and that put a damper on the whole trip! I think that some nosy person had to crush your dream there, was so upsetting ,I mean like why?? I bet it was you took somebody's shade spot ,that was for lunch break. where they were going to park for lunch and they saw that you were in a van out of state plates,and they thought "you know what I'm going to report a van "and that's exactly what they did is they wanted to report a van a suspicious-looking van and that's just down right now nasty and I'm sorry you have that experience I'm even bummed on it and I'm just watching this
Iowa we do have Karen’s unfortunately and that part of the state especially, but that trooper cop was very nice and respectful which is only the case like 50% of the time
Next time start filming your interaction with police first thing then you inform them that you were driving got tired pulled over to take a rest if they tell you you need to move along can you repeat I am tired I need to take a rest it is illegal for me to drive tired ask if they know of a different place they wish for you to park and get some sleep tell them if you drive and you have an accident it will be because of them if they still ask you to leave pull out and wreck into a car and then hire a lawyer and sue them
It's discrimination and the return of segregation but this time segregation due to financial status. It's time to start saying "no" again, like Rosa Parks on the bus. They just push people around who don't have anywhere to go, wasting resources. No plan. Just pushing, and pushing, and pushing.
Sitting next to you rn and I'm so happy you and athena made the journey east 🥹❤️ loveeeeee youuuuuu
hehehehe so happy to be together again!! 🤍 love u
The pair of you are adorable . your friendship , beautiful .
Haha. I know thevideo was in the pipeline ! From a reliable source 😀
@@madilynndawn Nice vids,.. just happened upon them last week.
Months ago I came across Rosa’s videos & started binging them from the beginning, moved on to yours, & now I’m on Julia’s (almost caught up!). Each of your channels became comfort for me & I am so thankful to you guys for that! It’s crazy to me that at the beginning of this year I had no idea who y’all were & now I get SO excited when I see one of you post a new video 🥰🫶 I can’t wait to make friends like y’all on the road (starting a build rn)!
Oh my gosh, this is just so sweet. Thank you so much! You will definitely find your lil community on the road, it might take a while, but the wait is worth it 🥰
9:43 OMG Athena's SOOOO GOOOOOOD 🐾🐾🐾🐾
Right!! She’s the best girl
MY FAV VIDEO SO FAR OMGGGG❤️❤️❤️❤️ This was amazing I love the rankings of all the rest stops too hehehe can’t wait to see where you’re heading tehe😉
🤪 thank youuuuu love u!!!
Madilynn, IMHO, you've made great progress in your videos - your confidence, and being comfortable on camera shows.
I was on the road for a few years, and stayed at MANY rest areas, and always wondered if any of the nomads I watch on YT (or anyone else) has rated the rest areas along their routes. I think you may be the first (for me anyway). I've been in some shakey ones in NM. 😊
Loved this! Lovely to see Athena, really enjoyed the seat for her in the front and the pet run area at a rest stop. The $17 shower looked nice and also safe. Great video, thank you!
Cool trip, would say I hope you get to relax once you get to Julia's but looking at you doing the grading of the rest stops you look totally beautiful and relaxed. I see Rosa has made it too, which is fantastic. Now if only Emma and busbus and Mateo could stop in we would have the ultimate get together. Thanks so much for sharing and look forward to the next one.
Thank you, Martin!! It’s been so nice to be here and I’ve definitely been able to relax and chill hahaha
@@madilynndawn Just watched you all buying your pumpkins, look forward to seeing you carve them. Take care x
Rating the rest stops was a great idea! Sometimes we fail to appreciate our public spaces. Nice vid.
Thank you, a wonderful video!
Oh my, thank you so much!!!
Roadtripping from one coast of the U.S. to the other seems exhausting (probably fun but exhausting). I'm just glad that you and Athena are safe and it's fortunate that there are plenty of Rest Areas along the way. You might have a vlog series dedicated to visiting and evaluating all of the rest areas in the U.S.A. in your future.
Madilynn that was amazing, can't wait to see the live of all three of you together again. Stay Safe
The Iowa 80 is really impressive, and I've driven trucks from one side of this country to the other. The only one that compares is Jubitz in Portland, but since I live there, I never got a lot of chances to stay there. Glad you got there safe and sound!
Mad's your a stickler with your point system haha, Thanks for Sharing... Hope you had a good trip across America.
I'm from SD. I'm so glad you were happy with your experience here. Lots of people think we're backwoods, and not modernized. Even the classic joke (Do you have running water, and indoor plumbing?). Har har har.
Loved this video! Love them all! It was so funny to see Athena just jump in that river for a nice swim! Lol. That was hilarious to me and idk why! It just was. She’s so sweet and cute! I love her! But……..did you make it? Again the end was just cut abruptly no goodbye I made it etc. I love the intro and outro’s. We love you and thank you for the new video! Be careful with the drive back! ❤😊 watching from Birmingham Alabama 😊❤
Next week, it looks like it’s all about getting creative with overnight parking spots. With so many campgrounds closed everywhere now (bummer!! waaah cry cry), it's all Loves Truckstops and **5-star Rest Stops** now. Jetboil coffee and just-add-water meals. :) Looking forward to your next channel vanlife philosphies :) -always inspiring! Love the fall, but now -- earlier and earlier nightfall is a little challenging, emotionally. Are you feeling it too?
You seem like you're an awesome person. Stay safe. You're dog is awesome!
Great vid Mad, haven't been on YT for a while. Great to see you are doing well, take care girl.
Love you Madilynn and Rosa !!!! ❤❤❤😂
Madilynn and Athena deserve to be with friends. Enjoy your time together 😊
Love south Dakota & the badlands ..area near Wall, SD has free dispersed camping that is beautiful overlooking badlands ..love your videos ❣️
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I looove the badlands! So cool you stopped there for a sec
Yes, Iowa has great rest stops, and the Walcot truck stop is huge, but it isn't the largest anymore. Heading east it is a great first recharging spot for me. I recognized all of them you went to, but then I have decades traveling Iowa's roads. One of the ones on Western I-80 has a large windmill blade mounted pointing up. I only say large because newer windmill blades can be over twice as long. It gives a very good idea how large modern windmills are. Your path through Iowa went past a number of windmill farms. At night you would have seen them as large areas of red blinking lights. I-80 passes through two of them.
Oh, I often sleep at the casinos. I use their restrooms. Some even have level 2 chargers for me to charge up at while I sleep.
Your video 5/5 stars. Haha! I love rest stops! I stop at all of them driving up I-5 through California and Oregon. I could live on I-5 for months. haha // And that HUGE truckstop was a little too much. Love's is PLENTY big. Right? And cheaper showers. // I loooove coffee, but I switch off between matcha, chai, those little green tea shots ... stuff like that. // So strange that an employee called the police on you! Maybe they've been having a lot of trouble there recently? // Anyway, keep going!
I relate to this so much, as I've done the hotel Prius on so many cross-country adventures. Safe travels!
Thank you! ☺️
Great video, the Midwest does have nice rest stops. Always great to see your smiling face. Athena's seat looks very comfortable 😊
Omg you came through the Midwest Yay! I actually live in my van in Northern Minnesota right now but I have been to the south Dakota and Iowa rest stops u went too. They are very nice, Iowa especially has great stops. I'm actually gonna be leaving Minnesota for Washington next summer, I'm going to Arizona for winter then going up the coast I'm kinda nervous but if you can do this I can too!! Thanks for being so inspirational.. I ❤ you 😂
When I travel I usually make coffee that saves a lot of money 1 120z bag of coffee usually under $5 about what you pay for 1 coffee at a coffee shop and you get at least 20 cups out of a bag
Ugh I forgot how much I love your videos!
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Your coffee loving cousin here 😂🖤 when I feel like I’m coffee-ed out I like a ice green tea with honey just sayinnnnnn 😂😂 love you and love watching you travel and live your very best life. Also your hair looks great 🖤
wait that's a good idea hahaha thank you for my hair 🤪 love you!!!
the whiteboard stuff was charming af
Great video, and good to know about certain places along the way. You looked so pretty, hope your allergies aren't too bad.
oh my gosh athena jumping into the river!!!! hahaha
Awesome playlist I see you have slightly Stoopid on their Great band I see them every year at reggae rise up in Tampa
Love your hair in the intro!
That’s looks perfect for a long haul trip.Whats the food like.?
I like the video it feels like your along with the drive.
Thanks for sharing.
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Hair all fancied up! 🔥🔥😍😍🥵
Back in '99 my wife and I drove to Florida and we stopped at some of the places you did (who could forget Walcot's?). I enjoy road trips although I don't think I'd ever want to drive that far with two cats again!
Omg yeah 2 cats is crazy!!
Madilynn the Rebel. Getting kicked out of parking lots for just parking and being chill. Good decision by you to move on. Nice to see three of my favorite RUclipsrs together again. 🤩
It’s so nice to be with friends again!! :)
You say this with sort of a tone like it's all fun and games but this automatic discrimination of people living in vehicles to the point that they're being told to leave is wrong. It amounts to the return of segregation only this time it's based on financial status.
The assumption that everyone living in a vehicle is in some way a bad person who will damage your property or steal from you or endanger your children, or whacked out on drugs, is increasingly accepted on a national level and hysteria is causing repercussions like lack of bathroom access for the general public because of the demonized "homeless"
I even know an old man I was working with who literally shat his pants because the Del Taco bathroom was on lockdown with a retinal scanner, not to be confused with rectal scanner. So you know the homeless get abused and the general public pays for it in the long run.
For me, it's getting to the point where our duty as real Americans is to deny the infringement on our rights to liberty, justice, and the pursuit of happiness, and if we really have to make an amendment, our right to use the restroom.
@@JustGoAndFly Just go and fly outta here.
@@fredricjulien8738 don't make excuses for or bend to the whims of any would be oppressors, that's not the American way.
Very clever with the white board and made your travel interesting. Please try to eat healthy, get those greens in, can be difficult sometimes when on the road.
See you in Iowa 😊❤
Thank you so much 😊 ❤️
I was an OTR truck driver and you get free showers by how much fuel you buy at the truck stops. I'll never understand why truck stops don't offer a $5/month shower pass.
Yay new vids ❤
I want to go to that Iowa 80 truck stop some day.
Heck yeah! I love that truck stop on 80. Swing by SW PA and come say hi.
nah, south EAST PA
Love your vlogs there so well done keep up with the awesome journey your on and be safe
Thank you! 🥰
liked the rest stop info.....continued safe driving
$17 is really not that bad for that nice of a shower and I see that they included towels and everything. I went to a Love’s or something in Oklahoma and it was $23 and they didn’t even have towels or soap or anything and it was pretty gross in there.
You have a great smile 😊
Bruh. Be careful out there. This is next generation lifestyle right here
You're the best
I did Jacksonville to Portland in 4 days back in 2020. Stayed in rest stops like you. I was so worn out afterwards.
yes, i was soooo tired after. I did nothing for a couple days.
That was a fun video! Well done!
Thank you!! :)
White boards = awesome! More people should use white boards!
I love bag salads!
I drove Astoria, OR to Chicago this same time last year. I think it took me ~40hrs, including rest-stop breaks and a couple naps.
Such a long drive!! 😭
@@madilynndawn Yeah, my plan was to do it without sleeping, but I broke down and took a 2hr nap after driving ~24hrs straight. And another ~30min nap, ~34hrs into the drive. I left Oregon in the morning and got to Chicago in the evening the next day.
Good video!
Weird, video just ends at some rest stop some where? When I travel, I stay as much self supportive as possible because I enjoy taking breaks and making my own coffee, sandwiches and so forth on the road. Public showers with possible germs and fungus freaks me out. I just stop at a restroom where I can lock the door, do a quick freshen-up and hit the road. There is nothing that excites me about a retail space where people getting their needs met at an alarming price. Would much rather spend any down time stopping at scenic nature places.
lol I can’t believe I recognize a rest stop in this video so crazy💀 I’ve driven through MT way to many times
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You are my favorite😍
Wow, that's a stupid reason to call the cop's. Man some people should be fined for making false reports.
What kind of work do you do? Glad you are still in contact with Rosa. You two need to do another video together.
the whiteboard was very helpful for me...
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All of your videos are interesting .
Be Careful Sleeping At Rest Stop’s Madilynn, because I Hard That The Government’s In Some States In America 🇺🇸 And Canada 🇨🇦 To, Limiting Times That People Can Sleep At Rest Stops To People Can Not Sleep In Rest Stops Anymore For Real.
Cool video! I liked the rest stop rating.
thank you!! I was unsure about it, so happy you liked it :,)
So fun!! What does Athena do when you’re in the places without her? Does the van run A/C still or is it just cool enough out? I need to know! 😂
Hiii kat!!! I only leave her in the car when it’s cool enough 😂
Aloha you make good content on every video
Calling the cops on someone for being in a parking lot for a couple of hours, seems strange
Totally love your show I think you have a really good vibe but but when that officer hassled you,and got ahold of your ID, that was unnecessary and it hurt your feelings, you could see it ,and that put a damper on the whole trip! I think that some nosy person had to crush your dream there, was so upsetting ,I mean like why??
I bet it was you took somebody's shade spot ,that was for lunch break. where they were going to park for lunch and they saw that you were in a van out of state plates,and they thought "you know what I'm going to report a van "and that's exactly what they did is they wanted to report a van a suspicious-looking van and that's just down right now nasty and I'm sorry you have that experience I'm even bummed on it and I'm just watching this
Iowa we do have Karen’s unfortunately and that part of the state especially, but that trooper cop was very nice and respectful which is only the case like 50% of the time
New subscriber here. I look forward to following your page.
Hiii so happy to have you here!! :)
Iowas not shy about calling the cops on ppl for no reason.
i think i've seen this Vanlifer rolling through my hood.
Why show your ID what law did you break. Love to know where you stop don’t give up your rights!!!!
The most beautiful polite and interesting person on RUclips x🚐🤟✌️🙏
You look beautiful in black ❤
You showed him your ID. 😂😂😂😂 learn your rights
Im new here quite interesting
Welcome!! :D
have you ever had the implication happening to you?
Madilynn.your.the.brightest.star.shooting.across.are.nation.10.out.of.10.❤ol.wandering.bear🐻🐾🐾🐾🐾🌹🧸
Not enough nose rings.
*F the cops. Don’t give into to any of their requests.
You should have stayed where you were. Don’t let them push you around.
Next time start filming your interaction with police first thing then you inform them that you were driving got tired pulled over to take a rest if they tell you you need to move along can you repeat I am tired I need to take a rest it is illegal for me to drive tired ask if they know of a different place they wish for you to park and get some sleep tell them if you drive and you have an accident it will be because of them if they still ask you to leave pull out and wreck into a car and then hire a lawyer and sue them
The whole kicking out of parking lot things... you're like the most NON-problem... they just need to leave peeps alone ya know? FFS. SMH.
It's discrimination and the return of segregation but this time segregation due to financial status. It's time to start saying "no" again, like Rosa Parks on the bus. They just push people around who don't have anywhere to go, wasting resources. No plan. Just pushing, and pushing, and pushing.
I hope you are on the way to me.🤣
maddie. cheap prices is what happens when you don't vote for dems. 😂😂
What do you do for work? Do you not want a planet fitness membership for showers?