Some people said it couldn't be done. But after spending the winter warm and dry in her insulated RV, Carrie Steeves feels triumphant. 

"It feels good that it was successful," Steeves said in a recent interview. "It feels good that so many people told me that we couldn't do it and that it was not doable to live in a camper for the winter, and I knew that it could be done.

"We survived it. Not only did we survive it, we thrived."

Steeves led the charge last year for the pilot project that allowed 1…