Hi! We're Melanie and Babe (or Andrew, only if you must)! We spent two years exploring the Sunshine State in our sweet little travel trailer Flo! We loved the RV life so much that we quit our jobs to follow our dreams full-time road life!! We traded in Flo for a 2011 Keystone Cougar named Delilah and headed out in November 2018 to explore parts unknown (at least to us)! We spent a few years on the road before missing family and some of the stability brought us back to Florida for the time being. We miss the road life, but are trying to find a balance between adventure and roots. We are still uploading our travels and RV fun from our time on the road, but Melanie is also sharing reviews of all the books she loves to dive into, new home things, and general lifestyle finds on her new channel- www.youtube.com/@melaniefostersnavely.
Join us on our adventures! We're working on getting back out there full-time ASAP, but until then weekend warrioring it will be!
I used flex seal on my house flat roof It had an old hot rolled roof they wanted $14k to replace it. I rented a floor sander lifted it up on the roof using 2x4's and ropes sanded my roof get rid of all the old flaking roof paint not all the way through to the plywood. I bought 10 gallons of flex seal to cover 1200 sq feet of roof and rolled it on the roof with a roller 3 coats. I'm in the south west desert where we have 120F heat and very high UV. Still looks like new been 3 years in fact I even had a roofer redo part of my roof shingles he was really surprised how well it's held up to the UV. I figured the worst that could happen is I wasted $1400 and the roofer just tear it all out anyway.
I’m new to the RV community and seems like soon l’ll be exposed to this type of maintenance. How long ago did you apply the seal, and how long is it supposed to last? Thank you for sharing the video. Very nicely done 😊🙏🏽
Trailer life💚. Melanie, you’ve got great taste. Beautiful layout, storage can be tight, although camp life and its simplicity feels like freedom and less chaos. Grateful for being retired with my Beau and spending May-Oct in a trailer park in Ontario Canada. Lots of light, high ceiling helps a small space feel open and airy, and even though the majority of the time we’re outside in the great outdoors enjoying everything nature has to offer, the rainy days and under-the-weather days are super cozy and zen in a space that you love. Life is short. Life is a trip! I am now in the head space even more of ‘don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today’. It really is all the little things you enjoy that add up and fill your heart. Everyone’s ‘normal’ and ‘happy’ is unique. “Don’t worry, be happy” is a minute by minute journey and a healthy mindset; that’s a challenge when life hits hard, and the strength and resilience we gain staying positive around it is a gift. Love that you are such an inspiration to everyone that’s following, and first and foremost, yourself💚
@@KikiBear_01 oh wow!! I love it. That’s what we hope to go when we retire. Spending time hopping around. Maybe a month or two in each start and we DEFINITELY want to make it up to explore Canada. But you’re right it’s just the simplicity of it that I truly love so much! You really don’t need much! And rainy cozy days in the camper are my FAVORITE
@@LifesSweetJourney Melanie, that sounds like a sweet plan for your retirement. And living the best life doing trips with your hubby and baby girl as she grows up. I loved my summers as a kid-teen as my parents pulled a trailer around to different provinces here. So relaxing, and always plenty of other people enjoying the same gig, around to help, or just meet and laugh around a campfire with. We park at one place for the whole season now, less than two hours from home, and it gives us convenience and comfort knowing we can dash back for doctor appointments and other ‘more fun’ commitments, lol. Fishing for Bass out of my kayak is a wee addiction, hehe, and it’s because of the anticipation of the catch, the thrill of the action. My happy place. Best wishes tomorrow for a smooth surgery and recovery. I hope you’re feeling excited with anticipation about it as more progress is just around the corner. 💚XO
Absolutely beautiful. Totally understand why you fell in love with it. Lots of room, not cramped and privacy to boot. Good luck. Hope you get the RV of your dreams. Keeping you all in my thoughts & prayers.
It actually looks like you didn't get a lot of water or a lot of heavy winds as the boat next to you is empty and all of the boats and campers are still standing and the cover on some boats are still there.
Hilarious, just used some Flex Seal spray to touch up a vent yesterday and then this video pops up. I wasn’t talking about it and my phone wasn’t near me so RU-vid must be reading my thoughts.
It's held up really well! 9 months of full-time travel from Florida to Maine and back. Then exposed in the Florida heat, through one big hurricane, and a few weekend road trips since being back.
We did, it was actually a year and a half almost two year in. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-b3mGyUtohDo.html Still looking just as good!
Now thats it has been awhile longer what has been your maintenance schedule on this? DO you tear the edges off what comes off then cover over it? How much does your RV cover rub off the edges when you remove it and can you use any flex seal products to seal over the flex seal liquid around say vents etc
We haven't had to do any of that, it is still holding up really well and hasn't rubbed or peeled at the edges yet at all! We also no longer have a cover- it got ripped in a storm so it is just exposed to the sun. But yes if we needed to patch spots we would just paint over with more of the flex liquid.
I was considering using this stuff but there’s just too much risk to be worthwhile. Maybe if it was 1/2 the cost. I’m glad it’s worked for y’all tho! But for me at least, the amount of money and prep it takes I think I’ll go with something that’s less failure prone and actually meant for RV roofs 😮. Not to come off sounding like a elitist dink 😅, it’s just I’ve tried ‘alternatives’ and ended up doing it over, costing a lot more time and $¥€£ in the long run. Like they say pay once, cry once lololol
Still holding up great! I would love to do another update video soon but I am currently battling cancer and we have a baby at home so filming has taken a very back seat unfortunately.
As a blue-haired-vegan-effeminate-male-patchouli-smellin-hippy, I cried when I thought about all the fumes you put into the environment by doing this. I cried. I cried for the climate change you caused and the baby dolphins that died as a result. I cried.
We did this several years back. we removed all the covers and washed the roof throughly with Dawn dish soap to remove and grease or oil or wax build up. Let it dry we did put ours on with a brush. It's held up very well, and the roof does not get hot like it used to, and the inside of the camper stays cooler in the summer heat. It does get dirtier quicker, but once you wash it. It looks brand new. And I would do it again also, no cracking or peeling.
People are so worried about being right, if it works for them who gives a shit. If anything, im certain it hasnt hurt what's underneath the flex seal. Flex seal is some amazing stuff im sure it woould work well. RV roofs are notoriously bad antways so what are they really huring.
Ok - Definitely going in the mini 🪣 bucket. Thanks! (The Finger Lakes region of Upstate NY should go on your list - baby/kid/pet friendly and beautiful with hundreds of wineries!)
Oh my gosh, we were up there too and LOVED it. Wish we had more time. Didn't get to fully go into the finger lakes like we would have liked. We did Watkins Glen and stayed at a park where we could see the finger lakes from the fire tower. We will definitely be back!! All I had known on NY was NYC and I am not much of a city girl. Upstate NY fully redeemed NY for me!!
@@LifesSweetJourney Yay!!! Knew it would be right up your alley! Well you'll have to come back soon and you'll love how baby/child/pet friendly the region is :) Watkins Glen is just beautiful 🤩
I totally admire you. You can see your blessings and don't let them become clouded behind your pain God Bless you through your journey. Many hugs and keep up the good fight ❤
