“Since 2015, I’ve been struggling with not becoming houseless,” Hounslow said. She did her best to stay positive, with some support from her family, friends, and church. “Each year, I figured it out,” she added.
A community member offered her a temporary stay at their guest house, which helped her rebound. But it wasn’t permanent, and her new social security income didn’t stretch far. Over the years, she was resourceful. She worked again as a camp host, house-sat when possible, rented rooms when she could find them, spent a lot of time in the Gorge as a wandering camper, and utilized the Bingen emergency shelter, Guided Path, at one point when winter set in and it was too cold to camp.
“Everywhere I live, I make it a home, even if it’s a little trailer,” Hounslow said, referring to a little 4’x8’ tool trailer that she used to get by when she didn’t have a rental to stay in. She altered it to have a peaked roof and added a bed and a little kitchen. “The Gorge is special. I hung out where the fishermen were for a whole summer,” she said.
Later, she got a bigger camper and parked it at her church. “I was living like a Gypsy for a while,” Hounslow said. Some of her favorite memories during this period were living in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, where she had space to roam and time alone. “It was really good for my soul not to offend anyone,” she said.
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