Solo-Female Living In A Minivan In Santa Cruz, California

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@4BluDolphins Ай бұрын

Such a treat..Thank you…I grew up in Santa Cruz…1955-1998….Thank you for taking us with you..U passed my home 4 times…I so miss W. Cliff Dr…The Wharf…Not so much the Boardwalk…I saved this video so I can see it again and again…

@Banagal Жыл бұрын

There must be something about water that calms the inner person because the sights and sounds of the ocean are so refreshing to me. The town, restaurant, and coffee are icing on the day. Little Joey is always such a delight to watch. He's such a cutie!

@forestskylove Жыл бұрын

Your vlog was like "visiting Santa Cruz again!" It's been about 6 years since being there. I used to vanlife there as well. SC is where it seems real vampires live! Plus, WestCliff is my favorite "city" beachwalk area, especially around the Surfing Museum Lighthouse, although that 2.5 mile whinding beach sidewalk has SO MANY great places to relax. Yeah...in 23 years of vanlife, I got the knock 2x in SC over a 4, 5 year stretch. I don't even like "1 knock" much less 2!!! In 23 years... I have only had 3 knocks....2 were in SC. Each time though, the authorities were calm. Great vlog Sunshine Girl🌻💥

@Mother_daughter_adventures Жыл бұрын

Aww Joey is my favorite KZfaq puppy.

@xstanadu Жыл бұрын

Who could ask for more ?! The Beach , The sun and waves crashing , good food & coffee break , amazing scenery and OH …. There’s MISTER JOEY ( the Rock star ⭐️) He is amazing 🐶 Loved your Santa Cruz videos and sharing it all . Be safe and enjoy every minute 💫

@clarkleakins879 Жыл бұрын

Your opening scene, heading to Safeway, that brown/cream color van, it was still there yesterday. Saw many many many nomad vans all around Santa Cruz. A few had all sorts of gear tied on top, front and rear. Good that your van doesn't have such appearance. Be sure to stop at the bakery in Pescadero on your way north!

@aprilbaxter2578 Жыл бұрын

Well, such is life. I wrote you a nice, long note, and then the computer told me I wasn't logged in. Dang! Joey looks happy. It is another pretty place you are at. It's getting up into the 70's and 80's here in CT. You don't have to use a cover at night anymore. It would be nice to make a few trips, but my a/c doesn't want to work, and I have a little dog. Someday, I might run into you, just not now.

@jneum33224 Жыл бұрын

What a beautiful view. You got the best co pilot in Joey

@debbiesmith500 Жыл бұрын

Always wanted to see the west coast towns, they are absolutely gorgeous. And you have a beautiful office with a view.

@shawnmarie459 Жыл бұрын

Just discovered your channel this morning. I live on the Monterey side of the bay, so watching this felt like seeing home with new eyes. Safe travels!

@catzcradle Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the little tour! I used to live in the area in 1973 to 1975. It was nice seeing the upgrades in the downtown area. Stay safe! Hi Joey!

@Bellasafari Жыл бұрын

Yeah these vids of the coast made me homesick~ so miss the smells of the ocean and forests blended together. ❤

@nancycain4434 Жыл бұрын

Santa Cruz looks like a very nice place safe travels up to Oregon

@karenmays8889 Жыл бұрын

Looks so beautiful and peaceful. Safe travels.

@PedalsNPetals Жыл бұрын

So brave to do stuff alone. I do stuff alone a majority of the time in my own town and keep saying I will just do this but for now short trips in my Jeep ☺️

@carolineloeser3071 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful place, thank you for sharing 😊

@suearcher8708 Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry we have to leave Santa Cruz to head north for adult stuff! But, the good news is a cooler summer is predicted up here in Oregon. I'm holding "them" to that!

@debhaney6944 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful views Thank you! I look forward to your videos every Sunday morning!

@amydayl3294 Жыл бұрын

I need to put that place on my bucket list... Wow it's beautiful I'm glad you're still there taking me along

@rrhopewell 3 ай бұрын

The ocean calls my name and soothes my soul

@pawsomfunandfrugal Жыл бұрын

Great choice on the coffee, have you been over on the east side yet to see East Cliff beach? It’s pretty cool over on this side too. Anyway I’m glad you’re enjoying Santa Cruz, I guess you didn’t see my last comment, that’s OK it looks like you figure it out where to charge up and everything. I was going to offer to let you charge up at my place. I am a part-time van lifer, and I’ve been following your channel for a while. 😊

@TheAngeltears99 Жыл бұрын

🏄enjoying your videos. I love the sounds of the ocean.

@tillyg8858 Жыл бұрын

Enjoy your trip up the coast.

@saracaldwell1738 Жыл бұрын

Love you and Joey so much! So glad I found your channel. And I love your hair! I'm gonna dye mine purple as soon as it grows out enough. Much love and hugs! ❤😊

@HappyTailsandHappyTrails Жыл бұрын

Love seeing you & Joey having so much fun! Sry your trip up the coast isn’t as leisurely as you wanted it to be. Happy trails!

@northstar68 Жыл бұрын

You’re such a breath of fresh air, Shantel, love ur videos!

@valeries4525 Жыл бұрын

Hi, Lovely Girl! I just wanted to say thank you. I look so forward to viewing your videos when I want to relax and unwind. There’s such a lovely peacefulness watching your wonderful travels. You are a bright light, and I like to travel vicariously through you. All the best to you and cutie pie, Joey! V

@naomimiller7602 Жыл бұрын

That sushi looks amazing!!! Great video!!

@amyfollmer1412 Жыл бұрын

Happy Sunday. It's Coffee time. The coast is beautiful!

@ricksgypsy2512 Жыл бұрын

I am happy you are enjoying your trip up the coast. I am thinking about visiting. It is beautiful.

@sancineto56 Жыл бұрын

Hubby and I will be in Florence Oregon tomorrow til the 3rd, then a week near McMinnville, then back to Florence the f 10th through the 17th. We love the Oregon coast

@jancross516 Жыл бұрын

So enjoyed this time with you as you have been chilling in Santa Cruz❤

@tammyinman1699 Жыл бұрын

What beautiful places! 💕 The ocean is gorgeous!!! Love to you and Joey❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻🌸

@chasethecat3839 Жыл бұрын

Our water in ocean city, MD and Rehoboth de etc is dirty brown. That water out there is pretty

@MelissaJohnson23408 Жыл бұрын

sure is beautiful and you cant beat the swimming pool or the laundry close by.

@susanmorgan647 Жыл бұрын

So much fun! Thank you for inviting us along. Hugs to Joey 💕🐾

@kathybest6950 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see you and Joey, and I'm glad you're enjoying your travel adventures 😀

@mollydoran9488 Жыл бұрын

...loving the June Gloom' everything is right!

@strangelyus4420 Жыл бұрын

Hi!!! I lived vanlife in the Santa Cruz area for 5 years!!! We mostly stayed in Aptos!!!!! We moved into an RV trailer a couple years ago but vanlife in this area was so amazing!!!!

@bernadinesackinger7115 Жыл бұрын

So serene

@las174 Жыл бұрын

I so enjoyed this. The long shots of the ocean and the sunset, were especially relaxing. Great job!

@gabe2045 Жыл бұрын

Awesome start to the summer!

@cynthiaharrell784 Жыл бұрын

Haven't seen anything from you on the tube, hope you and Joey are doing well.

@laurajphillips Жыл бұрын

Great Vid!

@veeemit9719 Жыл бұрын

Aww I’ll miss you being in CA!

@vandafedyszyn4612 Жыл бұрын

Great video ❤

@grannypeacock1218 Жыл бұрын

I was talking to a guy, and I’ve heard others mention this, they charge their Jackery with a battery maintainer or trickle charger from their car dc . It pulls energy an a slow gentle rate so it doesn’t trip a fuse or hurt the battery.

@lorrie5881 Жыл бұрын

Hope you are well Chantel..I look for your uploads every Sunday.

@joanneferguson8636 Жыл бұрын

This has been a great tour of Santa Cruz! Nice to know the in’s and out’s of a place. The video was just beautiful! TY!

@susanmaguire9009 Жыл бұрын

Love the lounge music.

@TexCynRVLife Жыл бұрын

What a nice place to hang out for awhile. TFS😊

@bencuraza6503 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for showing us around this beach side and Capitola. I’m a hop and a skip from Morro Bay, CA. Last month spent 24-hours quick trip SCruz. SAFE travels to Oregon and look forward to your next Vid☘️🚐

@hardworkingamerican8847 11 ай бұрын

If you're around still on Sunday there's a good farmer's market just up the street to the left of 17th .

@georgetitsworth8919 11 ай бұрын

9:01 there is a bench to the left that is really over looking the water 💧 where i had one of my first cigarettes 🚬 lots of memories

@LHer-gn8th Жыл бұрын

Quails baby bears are Joey too

@lynnnunezwhitlock1073 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic..

@juliehoot3916 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful! Nice to see an ice cream person again. Thought they were extinct. 😂 Thanks for sharing. 🤎🐾🐾🥰

@invictaland1983 Жыл бұрын

Such a nice, chillax video. Almost has the same effect as ASMR. Ahhh...

@tracker5849 Жыл бұрын

Not the view I expected when you peeled that window cover...lol

@TravelingGamer_ Жыл бұрын

Hey Shantel, so happy to randomly bump into you. Sorry it wasn't for longer. I was literally behind that white truck lol. Glad your out still enjoying things with the doggo. See you around. Happy Travels. 🤙🏾

@MyBasicJourney Жыл бұрын

It was so good to see you, Anthony! What a small world, eh? Where are you headed now?

@TravelingGamer_ Жыл бұрын

@@MyBasicJourney Back East for now, have some birthday stuff I gotta take care of. TONS of great spots up and down the coast I checked out. Depending on which direction you are going Pismo Beach, Pacific Grove, and Mendocino are all places worth a checking out. 🤙🏾

@MyBasicJourney Жыл бұрын

@@TravelingGamer_ Nice! Happy birthday! Thanks for the recs.(: I didn't make it to Pismo Beach, but I'll put it on the list for next time! (I'm actually in Oregon now. Lol)

@TravelingGamer_ Жыл бұрын

@@MyBasicJourney Ha, not my birthday, family member. Dope I was supposed to be in Oregon rn but I had to stop off and do some errands on the way back East and see some friends so I had to head down earlier. Might be back up there soon enough.

@MyBasicJourney Жыл бұрын

@@TravelingGamer_ oh cool! Well, hit me up if you come out this way!😊✌

@KaltrinaDemiri Жыл бұрын

Santa Cruz is so beautiiful :) reminds me a bit of Oregon and Washington lol

@Gunnerking88 Жыл бұрын

Love dogs sm 😢❤❤❤❤

@surfnburb89 Жыл бұрын

awsm 🤙 I luv beach towns 💗

@marianfrances4959 Жыл бұрын

Awesome!!!!👍🇨🇦😎🌊

@sheilacaine Жыл бұрын

Good time

@Shel731 Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤

@gayleb9656 Жыл бұрын

There is no poop fairy ….. 😂🤣

@robynfedalen1777 Жыл бұрын

❤️✌🏻

@gigievans395 Жыл бұрын

Ahhh damn! Reality check with mail box issues brings one out of paradise 😢! So sorry gf! Look fwd to ur return to paradise via Nomad life!❤❤

@antoniafogarty7196 Жыл бұрын

Can some of the KZfaq people put in the comments when they are in an area in the video like “ I was here in June ?”

@chicana85_ Жыл бұрын

9:09 I would love to have my coffee at a place like that! ❤☕🌊😊

@jojosjoyfuljourney Жыл бұрын

Oops I just heard you share about parking. The skies looks so gray. Does the air feel clean there?

@blairhaffly1777 Жыл бұрын

Our air is clean here. Because we're on the NorCal coast, it's often overcast. Right now, while the rest of the state is enduring triple digit heat, it's 70-80 degrees here on the coast in the afternoon.

@123blunsford Жыл бұрын

I remember a cbd that you mentioned a couple years ago. Do you still use it and if so, what was the brand? I had bought some, but it’s been a while and I can’t remember the name.

@kennethbailey9853 Жыл бұрын

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

@robinexley-williams8175 Жыл бұрын

What kind of van do you have? How many miles are on it? I’m going to make the leap to get a van.

@MacksellAKQJ109 Жыл бұрын

I saw your poop bags. Thank you so much

@jojosjoyfuljourney Жыл бұрын

Is there parking near the ocean that’s legal? I have lung disease I think I must get out of New York as I am locked in my apartment with windows closed from the Canadian tires. Praying For a direction end guidance on the day I should leave. Also, wondering if it’s safe for a woman to drive from New York to California

@atthecrosshealing Жыл бұрын

You should join the Uber eats family and do some deliveries a few times a day for extra income.

@shantiishta Жыл бұрын

Joey is a Yorkie?

@melodymcminn4107 Жыл бұрын

Try adding sea food to your diet? Humans are omnivores not veggies only. The Mediterainien diet would be a great boost for you? NP though gal pal, your the best and just trying to help a little .Thank you for your channel. There are minerals found in sea food that you will never get from plants.

@MacksellAKQJ109 Жыл бұрын

Also cholesterol

@paulbauswellsr3296 Жыл бұрын

This has been a beautiful place for you, but for some odd reason, I found myself wondering what would be the minimum cost of living there would be. I am not sure why I even thought of it but it is a beautiful place right next to the ocean and I am just curious. Also I heard a rattling noise in your van I have not noticed before. Was there something rolling around? Hey after all the adventures my wife and I have followed you on I guess by now I have the need to help watch out for you. I don't want you to be somewhere on the highway or a place unsafe and something break or come loose.

@pawsomfunandfrugal Жыл бұрын

I don’t have a calculation, but I live here, and it’s very expensive. Those of us who were here earlier in the years, might be doing OK, unless they have a lot of money. I don’t think there are many people, except for rich people, who can afford to live here now, it’s very sad.

@paulbauswellsr3296 Жыл бұрын

@pawsomfunandfrugal thank you for your reply. I must say that this is a very beautiful place you have. I could sit and watch the waves coming in for hours. I somehow never thought of California as this. I always seem to see it as Los Angeles. You have a wonderful place here. Again, thank you for the comment.

@pawsomfunandfrugal Жыл бұрын

@@paulbauswellsr3296 Thank you Paul, I’ve tried to highlight Santa Cruz on my channel as well. I have one good video of a great place to check out, there’s some old historic places here that are really cool. But Chantel is really highlighting it really well, probably better than I have, probably because it take for granted that I’m here and I should not. L O L

@shawnmarie459 Жыл бұрын

@@pawsomfunandfrugal Yes, I agree. I live on the Monterey side of the bay. Those homes are multi-million dollar properties. Out of reach for most of us. It is sad seeing so many locals being priced out, and forced to leave their homes :(

@amazingpower2761 Ай бұрын

You'll need to show your face if you want a lot more subscribers. 😊

@stephaniemoore3779 Жыл бұрын

How tolerant is Santa Cruz to vanlifers?

@patriciaperry2028 Жыл бұрын

No overnight RV parking ; so you might get the knock

@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom Жыл бұрын

Uhm… 🤔so that place you parked when you had to move @10:19 , the little dead end street that looked like it ended at a cliff with a guard rail… there was a “no stopping anytime” sign on the right 🤔… I feel like that’s REALLY bad advice lol. Just sayin’.

@MyBasicJourney Жыл бұрын

Lol No parking past that sign. Where i was parked was the parking area for the cove. Not long after that (shown in video) there was someone parked in front of me as well as behind me.