3 years on the road, living and traveling in a new upgraded Tacoma, living the dream

She estimates that she has spent over $50,000 on the renovations.

Costs included purchasing a camper, adding solar power, replacing the truck bed, upgrading the suspension, new tires, customizing a bumper, and installing an electric cooler.

When the truck was ready, Kaye decided to journey the Pan-American Highway, starting in Denver. The highway stretches from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Ushuaia, Argentina.

Since living and traveling in the truck full-time, Kaye has visited Mexico, every country in Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile and parts of Argentina. In total, she’s been to over 20 countries so far.

“Ever since I started traveling, [I learned] life is just too short. You don’t have to go and quit your career to travel the world but whatever your dreams and goals are in life just start now and everything else is just figuring out a goal,” she says.

Kaye says when she was younger, it was her dad who taught her that she was capable of anything.

“I grew up with my dad raising me and telling me every day ‘You can be anything you want when you grow up and you can do anything,’” she says. “He was 57 when he passed away, so he never even got to retire. His passing taught me how to live life because you never know how much time you have in life.”

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