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A girl’s got to do what a girl’s got to do.
Join the ranks of happy glampers—women who add glamour to camping while traipsing “outside” the norm. Whether you want to glam up a backyard retreat, porch, or rooftop; gussy up a vintage travel trailer (parked permanently in your back 40); or hit the road with your glampin’ girlfriends, MaryJane is THE guide for all things glamping. If you’re looking for specifics on how to shop for a trailer, fix one up, pitch a tent cabin, or rig up a heated outdoor bathtub, MaryJane, the pioneer of glamping, will get you there, one step at a time. What are you waiting for?!
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Few trailers, if any, are decked out with built-in bathrooms. After all, we’re not talking about tour buses or mobile mansions here. The compact cuties I love simply don’t have room for full-fledged facilities. Not to worry, though.
For the most part, the gypsy glamper will be within reach of a rest stop, gas station, or campground, should she hear the call. The proverbial “pit-stop” is generally a quick and painless affair. But, say you find yourself on a desolate stretch of road, or you land upon a loo that’s less than, shall we say, comfortable. Or maybe, you wake up in the middle of the night to a cold rain and you simply can’t muster the gumption to get out and trek to the nearest public restroom. In these instances, a wise wanderer will rest assured, knowing that she is prepared with her own private potty.
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With an impressive string of female firsts, MaryJane Butters has always been a pioneer. After graduating from high school in 1971, she was the first woman to attend the Skills Center North Trade School in Ogden, Utah, in carpentry. With a certificate of proficiency in hand, she was hired to build houses at the nearby Hill Air Force Base--the only woman on the crew. From there, she spent her summers watching for fires from a mountaintop lookout in northern Idaho; worked in the Uinta Mountains as one of the first women wilderness rangers in the United States; and in 1976, became the first female station guard at the Moose Creek Ranger Station, the most remote Forest Service district in the continental U.S., in the heart of Idaho's Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area. She also built fences in the Tetons of Wyoming, herded cows on the Snake River below Hells Canyon, and raised an organic market garden in White Bird, Idaho.
After moving to her Moscow, Idaho, farm in 1986, she founded a regional environmental group still thriving today (PCEI.org). After four years, she resigned as its director to develop new products for locally grown organic beans that would provide a secure market for farmers transitioning to sustainable production. Along the way, she married her neighbor, Nick Ogle, whose farm borders hers on two sides. Since then, her unique agricultural enterprise has been featured in nearly every major magazine in the country, and in 2008, she was awarded the prestigious Cecil D. Andrus Leadership Award for Sustainability and Conservation. She also sponsors an organic farm apprentice program called Pay Dirt Farm School. In 2004 she opened the first wall tent B&B in the U.S., and her idea for glamping was born. Her "everyday organic" lifestyle magazine she launched in 2001, MaryJanesFarm, is available nationwide and she is the author of four books, with two more in the making. She designs her own line of bedding and home décor sold in 800 department stores, as well as fabric collections.
From her farm, she sells 60 different organic prepared foods and shares the message of simple organic living with readers of her magazine and websites (MaryJanesFarm.org and RaisingJane.org). In addition, she is the creator of Project F.A.R.M. (First-class American Rural Made), an organization that employs rural women who sew totes, quilts, dolls, and more. She is also the owner of the historic Barron Flour Mill in Oakesdale, Washington, and owns two retail stores, one in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and one in her hometown of Moscow, Idaho. "Nanny" to half a dozen grandchildren, MaryJane likes to brag that "going granny" has been her most important accomplishment to date. Two of her grown children and their spouses are employed full-time at
her farm.
After moving to her Moscow, Idaho, farm in 1986, she founded a regional environmental group still thriving today (PCEI.org). After four years, she resigned as its director to develop new products for locally grown organic beans that would provide a secure market for farmers transitioning to sustainable production. Along the way, she married her neighbor, Nick Ogle, whose farm borders hers on two sides. Since then, her unique agricultural enterprise has been featured in nearly every major magazine in the country, and in 2008, she was awarded the prestigious Cecil D. Andrus Leadership Award for Sustainability and Conservation. She also sponsors an organic farm apprentice program called Pay Dirt Farm School. In 2004 she opened the first wall tent B&B in the U.S., and her idea for glamping was born. Her "everyday organic" lifestyle magazine she launched in 2001, MaryJanesFarm, is available nationwide and she is the author of four books, with two more in the making. She designs her own line of bedding and home décor sold in 800 department stores, as well as fabric collections.
From her farm, she sells 60 different organic prepared foods and shares the message of simple organic living with readers of her magazine and websites (MaryJanesFarm.org and RaisingJane.org). In addition, she is the creator of Project F.A.R.M. (First-class American Rural Made), an organization that employs rural women who sew totes, quilts, dolls, and more. She is also the owner of the historic Barron Flour Mill in Oakesdale, Washington, and owns two retail stores, one in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and one in her hometown of Moscow, Idaho. "Nanny" to half a dozen grandchildren, MaryJane likes to brag that "going granny" has been her most important accomplishment to date. Two of her grown children and their spouses are employed full-time at
her farm.
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Lisa C. Kivirist
on August 20, 2012
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This book is so much more than tips and ideas for girls having fun outdoors . . . it's a toolkit of creative ideas to be yourself and to express yourself in innovative, personal ways that blend your love for all things outdoors, fun, fashionable and female -- ideally shared with a community of close girlfriends. What I love and admire about MaryJane Butters is she's the real deal: an authentic organic farmer for decades who turned her love for the land into a passion for connecting women to the inner farmgirl in each of us. Whether you're a hard core camper or never lit a Coleman stove, this book will give you the fuel to do things your way with style and snacks.
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on September 17, 2012
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I was so excited to recieve this book. Having just recently purchased a vintage camper I was at a loss as what to do with it. I have never owned a camper before and this book was full of helpful info and tons of pretty pictures. Can't wait to get started on my first Glamping adventure.
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Mary Furlong
on March 6, 2013
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MaryJane takes the mystery out of "Glamping" for those of us that dream of making our own way down the road. She answers questions that I wouldn't have thought to ask and does it in such a friendly, down-to-earth way. I'm psyched and am going to start looking for a camper. Of course, mine will be a sewing studio away from home..and a reading room on wheels...a mobile experimental kitchen...whatever I want. Thank you for writing this book, MaryJane!
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on October 6, 2013
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I have other MaryJane Butters books and I can appreciate what she stands for. I am definitely NOT as earthy as she is, but, I still enjoyed this particular book. I haven't read it front to back, but, there is a lot of eye candy and some very helpful advice included. If you follow her advice, I can't help but think you wouldn't have a very pleasant "Glamping" experience. . .if that's your thing!
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Who doesn't love a good camp-out? The cozy fire, delicious S'mores and mystery meat, those confining sleeping bags...I can almost hear the crickets and see the lightning bugs! Camping is sometimes viewed as more of a masculine hobby--what with all the tent raising and fire building. But with women becoming more self-reliant, a new craze has popped up in the world of camp-making...Glamping!
Glamping (or glamorous camping) is every bit as much fun as it sounds. Not only do you get to experience the great outdoors, but you do it in a fun and comfortable way. This book makes any kind of camping sound doable, and fun. Any woman is capable of glamping; and there are many different ways to go about it. A tent can be built by hand, or you could take things a bit further and purchase an adorable old-fashioned camper. Either way, I can't wait to try it out! Glamping with MaryJane is filled with pictures of instructions of what to look for in a camper, recipes, gear one might want or need, and fun accessories to fill your new abode with. The recipes that are included are fun and creative, and show ways you can cook simply in the wild.
MaryJane has an eye for rustic style, and that is proved again and again in this beautiful book. More than just a how-to manual, this book would make great eye candy for someone stuck in a big city; and might even inspire a glamping trip!
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Glamping (or glamorous camping) is every bit as much fun as it sounds. Not only do you get to experience the great outdoors, but you do it in a fun and comfortable way. This book makes any kind of camping sound doable, and fun. Any woman is capable of glamping; and there are many different ways to go about it. A tent can be built by hand, or you could take things a bit further and purchase an adorable old-fashioned camper. Either way, I can't wait to try it out! Glamping with MaryJane is filled with pictures of instructions of what to look for in a camper, recipes, gear one might want or need, and fun accessories to fill your new abode with. The recipes that are included are fun and creative, and show ways you can cook simply in the wild.
MaryJane has an eye for rustic style, and that is proved again and again in this beautiful book. More than just a how-to manual, this book would make great eye candy for someone stuck in a big city; and might even inspire a glamping trip!
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Grace Christine
on August 23, 2013
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This movement sounds like soooo much fun, and I'm sure for many people it is (myself included). But the book is mostly an ad for her bed and breakfast which is (are?) tents. With bathtubs. The extreme focus on bathtubs really disqualifies it for mobile camping--there is not even a fiberglass-antique weight comparison. The recipes are all ads for her mail order food company. I think it might be a coffee table book, but the photos are not too good in a kindle format.
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Actually, my idea of roughing it is staying at a Holiday Inn, but I couldn't resist this book. It must have resonated with something in me. I so enjoyed the vicarious thrill of glamping with Mary Jane. Her little trailer is like a doll house. I even seriously considered buying a trailer of my own, but then I came to my senses. I don't think it would be for me, but, boy oh boy, it sounds like a heck of alot of fun. I'd rather be one of those girlfriends who comes along for the ride.
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on July 6, 2014
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This book is helping me to be one step closer to my dreams!!!
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