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Watched 3 of your build videos now, nicely done. Who manufactured the panels your friends had? Also a quick video on the chassis to subframe setup with your thoughts would be much appreciated. We hope to be out there in 2 years time, Enjoy

This place is terrible don’t come 😉

You guys can go to Pamela Anderson hometown :) it’s super beautiful too! Comox On the island..or ladysmith. Can go to both. Really cool towns 😊

Don't come here. Its awful and dangerous. Earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, killer whales, bears, cougars etc. Brain eating fungal spores. Killer slugs. Rains constantly. Be smart, stay away. Go to Mexico, much safer. Much warmer.

I still can't believe I live here. It's mind blowing every time I step out my front door. Truly the best place on earth

Be careful putting us on the map, we need less people here😂😂😂🥹🥹🥹

You know your dog thinks he/she is the star of the show right? Don’t blow it, just be grateful that you guys are included!😊

It's great that you travel with the flexibility, to change on a whim. It always makes me laugh how many seasoned travellers look at a map of the island, and say yeah I only need a week there. Good on you for seeing as much of this beautiful planet as you can. Well done.

I live in Victoria, love this Island, really enjoyed your story.

You don’t overland in Canada. It’s called camping.

Best place on earth

Thank you for this great presentation. I am so glad you didn't dig deeper and drove beyond super natural BC. Just around the corner is pure devastation. You stayed where you should. Thanks again for keeping image about Vancouver Island alive.

This was such a fun video! I loved seeing the Island from your perspectives. We went to Tofino with the kids this summer and we did the hike to see the plane, the kids loved it. If you go to the Island again you should go Holberg, Winter Harbour, and San Josef Bay.

I have lived most of my life here, always loved it, but loving it a little less as is way too crowded, dont know where that info came from about the number of people, but its way too crowded for my liking, and they keep developing and building. we are thinking of getting off the Island, somewhere small and without tons of people.Theres a lot of long time people here feeling the same.

Hay... Get a job eh

Have lived here all my 69 years,never gets old! We go on holidays but we also love coming home!

I have lived on the Island for almost 20 years and I still marvel at how beautiful it is. I’m so glad that you were able to experience our Island’s beauty

I see a lot of fellow islanders in the comments (me, born and raised here). Always fun to see my homeland through the eyes of visitors. I’ve lived, worked and travelled abroad, and there’s not another place I’d rather live than Victoria. Hope you have a chance to return because you barely scratched the surface. Enjoyed your video very much.

Too bad the whole place is full of junkies fags and criminals...

It truly comes down to cost, it’s not cheap to live here. But you get what you pay for 🤷🏻‍♂️.

Thank you for sharing this beautiful video 🙏🏾 Moved here 3 years ago and loving it! Have safe adventures!!

I grew up in Victoria, and now call Port Alberni home (which you would have driven through to get to Ucluelet/Tofino). Thanks for showcasing the beautiful place I call home. You'll certainly never get me to move away.

I love this build! I can’t live without microwave and I’m glad to see others who feel the same way ! This is such a smart, practical build - love love to hear how garbage and laundry is handled - thanks so much for sharing

We had Sportsmobile remove the microwave. I like the portable stove top idea. Very nice, keep on trucking!

We full timed in ours for 3 years & 3 months. Enjoy it!

Everyone comes back, in left for work in my 30s, just came home 😉

I am from a little town called Sidney by the Sea, just up the highway from Victoria. My wife and 3 kids love to travel, and we travel alot. Up to 3 moinths every year. Our favorite places usually involve some kind of surfing (with no sharks) or cycling. Mauii (but every year someone gets eaten by tiger sharks in the spot i surf, so i am a bit sketched out by it) and we love northern Italy (Piedmont area) for the hiking, dining, and of course, the food. The isle of Jersey in Guernseys is also a favorite, love that atlantic swell. The Isle of Skye in Scotland..... so good. We even recently went to the Antarctic to hang with the penguins. HOWEVER. All these wonderful places we travel to don't hold a candle to where we have put down roots, and that is Vancouver Island. Something about living on the water, the sun and the mist, the grey rainy mornings that seem so mysterious, the edge of the wilderness, and the rain. So much rain at certain times of the year. I love it. I love the storms as well and we have thriving stormwatch tourism. We just cannot get enough of. It stabs me in the heart when i think about home.

I have a beater benz ml 320 & it only takes premium gas which is almost $2 a litre on the Rock as its actually called or referred to by us locals here on Vancouver Island. C'mon it's o.k. here but there is one park to avoid, it's got lethal trees that have a deadly gift from its park... it's in between Victoria & Duncan.

As someone born and raised on the island, I LOVE seeing it through the eyes of visitors. I’m so glad you enjoyed your time here and I hope you come back to explore more! I recommend heading up to San Josef Bay and checking out a few of the gulf islands (Salt Spring Island and Hornby Island are my favourite). Hope you have a great time in Alaska!

Welcome to our island! Born and raised in Victoria with no plans to leave the island. Although now I am up island just a tad bit in Shawnigan Lake right by that trestle :) The only reason most people I know that have left is cost of living. It’s very expensive to live here but when it’s home and all your family is here you do what you can to try and make it here. Definitely not easy but we do live in the most beautiful place.

Beautiful video! Love Victoria, glad you guys got to enjoy it.

Did you know that Vancouver Island has the highest concentration of cougars (mountain lions) in North America? If you didn't see one, don't worry. They saw you ... or so they say. An average of 800 cougars roam the island. Love the vlog :)

I wouldn't give up that much space for a slider for my bikes, but those are some serious bikes! As long as you have the room you need, it makes sense. I've been thinking about that Fuso chassis. I'd probably buy a factory-built camper. Much respect for people who do their own builds.

yeah!

Love it . I purchased NOR 18ft . hopefully start this winter.

There are several downed WWII aircraft on the island to hike to - I find the Tofino one a bit sad with how vandalized it is. If you do come back and make it to Port Hardy, or if you're exploring the Cowichan Valley, there are two really excellent locations that are treated with more respect and have quite a different feeling to them. One is intact and the other is in so many pieces you just have to marvel at how hard the plane must have hit the hillside (no one survived that crash and it is also a gravesite). Looks like you had a great adventure and hit many of the good spots! Hope you get more sun on your next visit! it really is spectacular here in any weather, but the sunshine just makes it so much more pleasant.

Yes, a lot of amazing adventures on VI. My favorite time of the year is July-Sept. The salmon are running, the rivers are packed with life. Strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, huckleberries, and thimbleberries all ripe for the picking. The weather is amazing!

It was cool watching you drive onto BCferries out of Nanaimo. I saw my co-workers on youtube :)

Vancouver Island is purely magical!! ❤❤❤ this place and miss it so much!!!

Love Vancouver Island there’s just too many freeloading hippie liberals. Especially south of the Island bunch of panzies. The men are mostly soy boys. You find a bit of work ethic the further north you go.

Big like, thank you for showcasing our wonderful island in such a beautiful way !

you didnt even get to the best bits.... north island... im never leaving🤙

Nice build. I miss my FG. I was using it as my work truck as well as overlander and my work is doing off grid solar. I still cant believe some of the crazy places I took it. The newer ones dont have low range in 4x4 mode, bad move on Fusos part.

Dreams can come true!

Local Islander here 🙋🏼‍♀️ there’s so many more spots to check out here. I’m wanting to sell my van and trailer and get an expedition truck instead. Subscribed to your channel so I can ask you guys some questions 😊

I'm so happy you had a great time exploring the island. Thanks for bringing a fresh perspective in such a great video. If you have time in the future, check out Strathcona park (Kings peak is an excellent 1-2 day adventure in the island mountains). Time of year will be a critical factor in how this adventure unfolds. Have a great time in Alaska. Excited to see your adventure unfold.

Haida Gwaii next?

As an avid traveller, we are so happy you enjoyed our basecamp of Vancouver Island. I moved here fifteen years ago, my best move. We have visited more of the island than most who have lived here all their life. We call it our basecamp because like you we love on the road. We just got back from our 'Rock-to-Tuk' tour visiting northern BC, Yukon, NWT and AK for 2 beautiful months. Part of the reason we travel is to see if anywhere else is as beautiful. Last year it was 'Rock the Klondike' tour to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Klondike Gold Rush in Dawson City and to drive the Alaska highway. I am confident you will love Northern Canada and Alaska.

I was born here on VI 57 years ago. Many of my school friends couldn’t wait to move away from here. Thinking maybe I was missing something, I have travelled all over the world but always come back home to the island as I have never found a more beautiful place to live. Having said that, there are so many people who have now moved here and that has changed it. Now I have a hard time finding a camping spot or a quiet place to be near the ocean. I mourn the loss of my quiet paradise. There are still times when I can find that solitude in the parks I love… but the chances are getting less and less by the year and the ‘evidence’ of human activity increases as people don’t respect the rule of leave things in the same condition you found it. Don’t take or leave anything is the rule in our naturally beautiful environment.