My name is Dusty
Caswell. I’m also known
as the Velvet Gypsy. My
hilarious husband and
best friend is Cory and
our precious sidekick is our wolf Myhia.
We are the proud parents of 18-yearold
identical twin girls. We live in a little
place called Brownfield in West Texas
where our coffee house and women’s
retreat center keeps us hoppin’. Our
ultimate goal is to have our very own
“indoor out” camping retreat center here
soon as well.
After we had been travelling abroad on
our sailboat for a year and a half Cory
said to me he felt like we were ready
for a “whole new adventure”. Knowing
I had always wanted a gypsy caravan,
he showed me some photos of a 1963
Shasta Compact travel trailer he had
found for sale online. I just giggled and
said that would be a dream come true. He
handed me the phone and said: “Call her
it’s yours” and I burst into tears.
My trailer is named “Ruby” after the
most amazing lady in the world: Cory’s
grandmother. She loved me as if I were
I remember as a child
camping next to an old trailer
and telling my Grandma that
I wanted my very own tiny
trailer when I grow up.
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