Surprised after surprised / Summer van life
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Hi, my name is Emi. I'm born in raise in small town just outside Quebec City, this is where my lovely accent comes from. My #vanlife story starts in September 2018. After a long-term relationship that I was trying for more than a year to rebuild, I decided it was time to end this toxic relationship once for all. This is where I decided to move away from this man that I was still in love with. I put all my belongings inside my SUV (GMC Jimmy) and moved six hours from where I was living. I didn’t know where I would sleep, didn’t know where I would work, but I knew I needed to make a drastic move. At that time, I told myself I would only sleep in my car for a month while looking for a place to rent. What I didn’t know is that one month became another month and another month. In the end, I end up sleeping in my car for a full year. Even if people consider this the lowest time of my life, this experience was the best thing I couldn’t have done with my life. I took that year to focus on myself, decide what I wanted, and most importantly, what I didn’t want. That year made me also realize that for so long, I was chasing the wrong dreams. I was chasing what society wanted me to be: to have a big house, a steady job, kids, get married… None of those dreams was making me happy. In September 2019, while I was actively looking for a van, I received a phone call that someone had found my cat (Kelly). After trying for hours with no success to communicate with my ex-boyfriend (who was taking care of her), I decided to drive the six hours to go pick her up. Without going into too much detail, it turns out he wasn’t able to take care of her anymore. So I brought her in a cat kennel for a couple of days until I found a van we both could live in. I put all the savings that I had accumulated while living in my car and bought my van (a 2011 Ford Econoline that I end up adding a hightop) In the beginning, It wasn’t so glamour. My cat and I were sleeping on a mattress on the floor of the van. We both had to adjust. Now, my cat loves this lifestyle as much as I do; she looks at the window while I’m driving, and she loves exploring new places. Since then, my cat Kelly and I have been living full-time in my self convert van.
Hi Emi and Miss Kelly! Aww, Kelly is so tired from all the exploring. I enjoyed the history exploration. It was very interesting. Congrats to the Bluetti winner! Joy and love to you, Emi, and Miss Kelly!
So much history in every province, city, townships. I love how some do their best to try to preserve it. Very cool places you got to explore.
Happy and safe travels Émilie et Kelly 😘 😘
It was AWESOME to see all the historical sites. Love your videos.
Emi as of Friday July 12 my husband and I are now doing van life. We have to leave our apartment because the rent went up to three thousand a month and we couldn't afford it. So we are starting our new adventure in van life. Even at the age of 60. Take care Emi and give Miss Kelly a hug for me.
Praying the Lord keep you and bless you along your journey. Trust in the Lord Jesus.
Best wishes for your safety.
I'm a 61 yr old van lifer.
@@Susan-h9z I pray for your well being too.
@@Susan-h9z How do you find van life at 61 years young. My husband and I are just starting out. It's very different for us. We have had a lot of people calling us homeless. We are finding it so hard to live in Ontario Canada these days. Take care and God Bless you.
The stop at the Frank slide was very interesting. Thanks for showing us that.
Thanks Emi for showing us around your beautiful country
There was a devastating land slide here in Washington in a town called Oso in 2014. It killed a neighborhood of 43 people. Not as large, but it was a shock to see on the news.
The entire Crows Nest Pass area was always one of my favorite places to be a "tourist"! From the unbelievably ginormous Frank Slide to all the small town museums, from a tour down into an old coal mine to the old cemeteries for coal miners who died in some of Canada's largest mine disasters, there is just so much history and so many things to see and do. I haven't had a chance to go to that area for some years now, but I spent many summer vacations camping in the forests all around it with my kids when they were growing up, so thanks for a reminder of all the memories!!
There are so many things lurking in the back country that were operational at one point in time that we just don't know about unless we explore. Thank you for taking us with you Emi! Otherwise, we'd have no clue.
Hi from Anchorage
The restorative work on the buildings is extraordinary; wonderful to see historic sites treasured and preserved.
Enjoyed that update! Cows! History! Kelly being a purrfect feline!
Awwww 12:05 Kelly living her best life 😺🩷😊
Oh the Frank Slide !! I passed it so many times as a kid . I have a picture of me there in the 1970’s . My step dad’s teacher survived the Frank Slide as a baby.
Yay, cow camping! (Watch where you step.) Seeing the site of Frank Slide was one of those life changing Rocky Mountain events (of many) for me. It all happened in just a few minutes. Done. Powerful spiritual energy in that part of the world, too. Aw that was the best Miss Kelly ending I have seen so far.
Awesome video, so much to see. It is amazing to see Kelly running and exploring, she is so inquisitive. I love to see her out running around. Thanks for taking us along, things I would never see without you. I wonder what Kelly would think of the cows? Stay safe on the roads! 18:01
@Syl-Vee sort of like goat yoga. Cow camping 🏕:)))
OMG... Such a sad thing that mountain slide and so many loss of lives. However thanks for sharing it with us that would never known about it.
Congrats to the winner of the Bluetti! Blessings and Hugs to Ms. Kelly!
Cow camp, I don't think it's random. More like a meat up😮😉😆 There's more going on there than meats the eye!
What a great find! I love history, thanks for sharing !
Emi you wore Kitty out adventuring😂❤
Thank you Emi for a lovely video. ❤
Thank you for sharing all these adventures.
Congratulations to the winner of the Bluetti. 😊
One of my favorite days of the week. Good morning ☀️ Emi.
WOW! I can't imagen a Rock slide like that.. WOW! So interesting... Another Great Adventure... Thanks for sharing!
I love this lady and her cat ❤
It's a cow camp. Lol😂
thank you miss emie end kyti
I went to a campsite right on the beach in Maryland just south of Ocean City with horses . It was nice but the flies and mosquitoes were nuclear
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Another grand adventure!
Beautiful scenery in this video again. That’s so strange to see cows at a campground, but they were so cute! I love cows ( not to eat of course) ❤️✌🏻🐱
Congratulations SuziAnn! Lucky! I wanted it lol
The Crowsnest Pass is one of my favourite places to be. It's less than an hour for me. The Leich Colliery (you pronounced it correctly 🙂) And the Frank Slide. The Crowsnest Mountain at the beginning of your video is my absolute favourite mountain! Thank you for the video. It's very cool to see familiar things through someone else's eyes.
Enjoyed the Canadian history!!
Love how you recorded the sunset at the beginning of the video ❤
It was nice getting to see some historical sites.
Your watermelon looked good.
July is always the best month to buy. Have a good evening.
Great video Emi. Youre looking fabulous. Hello Miss Kitty!
Limestone (karst) is known for its cave formations. In other words, a limestone mountain is a hollow mountain. Superb content, Emi.
You inspire me!!
I always enjoy your videos and adventures....
LOL people bring their cows camping?? hahahaa!
That blue shirt looks so cute on you great color!
Another good adventure. I sure would love to hold kitty, she is so sweet
Love all the history you shared with us. That was awesome. Miss Kitty was like, 'no kiss today momma, but thank you for chin scritches'. See you both next time.
That watermelon looked delicious! It's always hit or miss every time I try to pick a good one. The ones already cut at the supermarkets don't look as ripe and juicy as yours. I also would eat the whole quarter, lol.
Nice to see Frank slide area which I saw when I was a kid and I was so sad over the story. It's nice they have trails there now. Those boulders are so big hey!!!
I ❤ how adventurous Miss Kelly is! My cat is a scaredy cat 😄 Thank you for sharing the info about Public Land in Alberta, I didn't know that but am very happy to know it now 🤗
Those limestone furnaces look alot like the old Bay Furnace in Munising Michigan that was for smelting Iron.
Nice outing. You guys enjoy the cooler weather. Have a good day Emi and Kelly!! 😊
In B.C. you don’t need a permit or pass for wild camping as it is totally legal. Dispersed or wild camping is allowed on public land/crown land, which makes up approximately 94% of the province. You can find solitude pretty much anywhere ; no need to camp on top of eachother in designated areas like in AB. Campers can stay at a site for up to 14 days before having to move at least 100 meters away. The only exception is when there are „no parking“ signs posted.
3:13 I can’t wait to find out what all those cows are doing there!
Emi I love your accent 😍 you are very beautiful and absolutely gorgeous I love your cats even though I'm a dog lover
Looks like you are in the Castle River/Lynx creek area. South east of crowsnest pass and west of Pincher creek. I used to live in Pincher Creek.❤ Roads are usually really rough 😂
Brilliant Eminreally enjoyed this day out 😊
I love your little giggle, it's so cute. Driving to who knows where because it's fun and cows! No matter what you're doing, you enjoy it and laugh. That's how to live.
So pretty there. Looks like topical Island thanks for showing up
I love the cows in the campground. I don't know why but I do. I guess because it was unexpected. The Frank Slide was much bigger than I thought it would be. Did it say what caused it? It had to horribly loud. Such a full day. Miss Kelly wire herself out. Take care.
In Alberta, at least in the Crows Nest Pass, herds of cows from local ranches graze throughout the mountains.
I didn't expect to see them so far in the mountains lol
GREAT VIDEO
Hi Emi, what a beautiful place you and Katie stay safe👍😊❤️
Good job nothing flying around van 😊 Miss Kitty is adventurist…I’m surprised she wanted to explore that hole 😂 Kitty says kiss kiss will cost you treats 🤣
Very interesting stuff! Thanks for sharing
What a lovely adventure today.
What a nice drive and a neat campground. Thank you for sharing with us, Emi.
Good Morning from Texas!
What a surprising adventure you had. I will visit Canada one day and look you up.
Thank you Emi for opening the world to us in your life on the road. True adventures 😅. I just love the video. God Bless you on your journey and keep you safe. Thank you
Hi Emi, glad to see you and Mz. Kelly enjoying your summer rambles. The area that you are in, being "government" land is also probably land local ranchers lease during the good grazing months to fatten their cattle on. Sometimes a couple of ranch hands or even family members of the rancher will pull trailers and campers into one of the local camping spots and enjoy camping, but also be around to semi-monitor their cows. You end up with campers, ranchers, cows, and travelers all kind of sharing the area... I spent a few years living around Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, and we used to camp in the back country out past Jackfish Lake and there were always cattle, wild horses, and even sometimes herds of sheep grazing on leased land, and we'd usually run into the occasional group of campers from 2 or 3 different ranches. The cattle "free graze", water is usually a creek or a river, or a lake, and west of Jackfish, I've even seen cows using sloughs and run offs created by beavers and their dams (if not the beaver ponds themselves. Sometimes the beaver ponds flood over the road and make it hard to get through if you don't have a 4x4 or a quad. Anyway, enjoy your trip, stay safe, and peace out, from Doc, in the Great White (now summery green and lush) North of southern Ontario, Canada... and give Mz. Kelly some pets from me.
I was through there in 1976 or 77...
Hi Emmy, that was an interesting place to visit.
I also noticed your clock, it's an older style handwound clock. I've been looking for one like that ever since my manually wound clock died. They are hard to find, I'm still looking for one.
That was a fascinating place to explore
Hey Emi what a beautiful camp spot you guys had. It was pretty cool seeing all those abandoned buildings. Thanks for sharing. You guys always make my day. Be safe out there.🇺🇸♥️🫶🙏😎👍🐈⬛🏔️🚐🇨🇦
Hey Emi, glad you're loving the Kootenays. Make sure you check yourself and Kelly for ticks.
Amie you sooo lucky that’s kind of views you gonna wake up with amazing views. You have a great lifestyle just be careful always were you gonna be. ❤❤😘🙏Amie thank you for showing everything you been traveling to I feel like I been to Canada 🇨🇦 just for watching your videos thank you.❤
So many beautiful and interesting places. 😊
WHOA! Seeing the landslide!
Wow fabulous!
Beautiful places Emi ,thanks for the tour ,stay safe ❤
Ooh melon I love melon. It looks beautiful there xx
Beautiful!
Great video!
❤😊safe travels 🎉
Love going with the flow! What a great day!
Hello Emmi and Kelli. I really enjoy your videos. All the way from the UK. Xx
You’re so polite Emi, not wanting to wake people up.
your gym membership is showing...looking toned!
Some beautiful views across the mountains although the road is bumpy
That was so interesting!! Kittie was brave to go a little ways in to explore!! Thanks for sharing!
Another pretty area. Bless you both!❤❤
Very interesting sights! Thanks for sharing!
Hey, Emi and Kelly! Sending love from Ny.
Looks like an old limes kiln.
keep cool you two; it's getting hot again here in Saskatchewan as well
You do have the road to the arctic, Dempster Highway as a suggestion
Atleast you won’t have to go far for fresh beef 🥩 MOoOoOo 🐄 (if you wanted it ) 😅😂😂😂😂😂😂
So fun, thank you Emi & Kelly
Hi Emi and miss kitty, do you sell your pictures like the one of the bear that you have in your van. 👍✌️
You look enchanting. You are definitely an inspiration. Shamim 🐓🕊🤝👫💑🎎👄💋🧿🍌❗💫
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Saying hello to this lovely young lady with a giggle! Stay safe Em.
Hi Emi n Kitty
Kelly telling us, its sleepy time not kissy time 😂 she’s is beautiful ❤
Kitty is a very brave explorer wandering into the hole....
Nice video 🎉🎉
Kelly wanted to climb up in that chimney!😊
I had no idea about that slide I only know of the hope slide. I am from bc in the lower mainland i love watching places you go as I recognize most