Feature Caravan
All That
Glitters
WORDS & PICS AMANDA HOPPE
My name is Amanda Hoppe,
I am thirty-eight years old
and I live in Red Deer, Alberta,
Canada. I grew up on Malcolm Island, off
the Northern tip of Vancouver Island, in
a small fishing village called Sointula.
British Columbia is where my camping
roots began. As a kid my parents would
take my three other siblings and I out to
Sam’s Place to camp. We would set up
our big army canvas tent and inhabit it for
the next three months, cooking all three
meals on the fire, bathing in the stream
and peeing in the bushes. We were only
six miles from home.
I would have to blame my fibreglass
Boler trailer addiction on my youngest
sister Victoria. She bought a Boler
in November 2012 and asked me to
help with picking interior colours and
upholstery. I love decorating houses
and fabrics are my favourite part. I
found myself becoming obsessed with
decorating her trailer, searching Pinterest
and scouring thrift stores daily. I would
call her and say: “Vic you’ve just got to
buy this! Vic you should do this!”
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