Danielle Rootes
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Trying Van Life for 14 Days in the Adirondacks | Days 9-14
Trying Van Life for 14 days in the Adirondacks | Days 9-14
We tried van life for 14 days in the Adirondack Mountains-- heres what happened.
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Trying Vanlife for 14 Days | Days 5-8
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ABOUT US:
My name is Danielle and I bought this 2002 GMC Savana 3500 Cargo Van in April 2022. I converted this van into a home on wheels with no prior experience!
Now-- this isn't your typical sprinter or promaster build, my roof is short but I am trying to live more outside rather than inside, you know what I mean?
I have two dogs Nugget (10 yr old Boston Terrier) and Juneau (7 month old Mini Australian Shepherd). Nugget loves paddling and camping adventures and Juneau is still learning but is living her best life.
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MORE ABOUT THE VAN:
The van was built out by the previous owner with a bare bones set up that we adventured in a few times while saving money for its future build. We have a few finishing touches to add along the way but it is liveable and functional for the time being.
OUR POPULAR ADVENTURE VIDEOS:
Canoe Camping on an ISLAND
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Paddle With Me: ADK
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Northville Placid Trail:
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Fall in the Adirondacks: Drone 4K
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  • @aaronvalls9764
    @aaronvalls9764 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Boring...terrible sound

    • @DanielleRootes
      @DanielleRootes 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@aaronvalls9764 yeah not one of my best videos but thanks for struggling through it.

  • @johnmalatino9545
    @johnmalatino9545 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great, very relaxing video. Which part of the video shows site 21? The part when you were eating lunch?

  • @allison.garvey
    @allison.garvey 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey! Thanks for this video, lots of great info for my upcoming NPT thru hike. It is so impressive that you carried 10 days of food and crushed the trail in 8 days. Just wondering, did you go swimming at all while you were on trail? Cheers! :)

    • @DanielleRootes
      @DanielleRootes 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks! I only swam at spruce lake site number 3, west Canada lakes, and duck hole but there’s plenty of places to get into water along the way!

    • @allison.garvey
      @allison.garvey หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DanielleRootes Yay! I'm always on the hunt for a good swim spot and am really looking forward to swimming :) I'm also not planning to stay overnight in any of the towns so I hope it makes me feel cleaner, ha!

  • @crazyhairboy2
    @crazyhairboy2 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice job! Was the Lean-to you ate lunch at on day 2, Cedar Lake Lean-to #2 or 3?

    • @DanielleRootes
      @DanielleRootes 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I want to say # 3, it was the lean with the .4 walk off the main trail.

    • @crazyhairboy2
      @crazyhairboy2 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @DanielleRootes im thinking of doing it counter-clockwise and staying there for the night.

    • @DanielleRootes
      @DanielleRootes 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Good spot to stay for sure. Good luck!

  • @Alexie-LB
    @Alexie-LB 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How much did you need?

    • @DanielleRootes
      @DanielleRootes 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I can’t remember off the top of my head I just measured and bought a couple square feet over what I needed.

    • @Alexie-LB
      @Alexie-LB 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks. I just ordered some for our built, thanks for showing how not to big.of a deal it was

    • @DanielleRootes
      @DanielleRootes 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      :) thanks, good luck!

    • @irahughes8931
      @irahughes8931 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @Alexie-LB Do you have an express/savana? How much did you end up using?

  • @billyherring1916
    @billyherring1916 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome video! I’d love to go on this hike with some friends but I’m wondering if it would be too muddy for them. Was it crazy muddy all the time or just in certain spots?

    • @DanielleRootes
      @DanielleRootes 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks. Just certain spots were really muddy.

  • @maddys3955
    @maddys3955 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Gorgeous! Wow! And so peaceful ❤❤❤ great video 😊

  • @richiethesee
    @richiethesee 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Canadians call the front guy a "dippah". And now you know why they call it the Adiraindacks. Camped in the same spot (your first camp site) on Lows, that was grassy pond Mountain... climbed that a long time ago. Lows is a cool spot in the early summer, the loons are everywhere and boisterous, Barred Owls calling in-between. View from the mountain is not spectacular, this side of the Adirondacks are kinda non vertical, but you can see forever. . We did had a pair of A-10's fly even with us while up their, back when they were still local and on their way to and from Fort Drum! LOL, .. . Nice trip!

  • @ProyectoArkano6666
    @ProyectoArkano6666 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is the sadder pizza ever.

    • @DanielleRootes
      @DanielleRootes 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you it was amazing!

  • @ThalaiviStyle
    @ThalaiviStyle 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    😍😍

  • @normanrogers8057
    @normanrogers8057 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Do you need to make reservations and how much does it cost

    • @DanielleRootes
      @DanielleRootes 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      First come first serve.

  • @sspice8934
    @sspice8934 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video...thanks for sharing

    • @DanielleRootes
      @DanielleRootes 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for watching!

  • @vladimirpetrenko9041
    @vladimirpetrenko9041 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I strongly do not recommend devices from this supplier. Firstly, the devices are of very low quality. E 1 error code cannot be corrected on these devices. They sent me two devices and additionally two control units. None of the devices worked normally for even two months. Secondly, the support service is terrible. Not a customer-oriented salesperson. By purchasing their device, you may waste money and time and you will not be able to use the heating device in winter.

    • @DanielleRootes
      @DanielleRootes 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They are low quality but I haven’t had any issues going on my second winter using it.

  • @AmyCross-i5f
    @AmyCross-i5f 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where are you in these videos?

    • @DanielleRootes
      @DanielleRootes 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Adirondacks in northern Ny

  • @CanoeCampClimb
    @CanoeCampClimb 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love it. Lol Nugget

  • @TrickShepherd
    @TrickShepherd 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One dog figured it out.

  • @nathalieestrada8746
    @nathalieestrada8746 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Gracias Danille

  • @nathalieestrada8746
    @nathalieestrada8746 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Que rico

  • @nathalieestrada8746
    @nathalieestrada8746 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No el perro

  • @Jared_Albert
    @Jared_Albert 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you. Great video. We camped on the south side of middle saranac lake and heard road noise all night… is it quiet on weller pond?

    • @DanielleRootes
      @DanielleRootes 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was quiet. Nice place to camp.

  • @CanoeCampClimb
    @CanoeCampClimb 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    hahaha. This is great.

  • @skjoiner
    @skjoiner 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where (approximately) are you staying?

    • @DanielleRootes
      @DanielleRootes 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      White tank mountains but not there anymore.

  • @johannestremel3541
    @johannestremel3541 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why don't just go to a place with washin machines?

    • @DanielleRootes
      @DanielleRootes 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Too far away. Gas isn’t cheap.

  • @treyb2885
    @treyb2885 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When you live a van life you live a true life

    • @DanielleRootes
      @DanielleRootes 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      🥹 thanks

    • @treyb2885
      @treyb2885 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're welcome you guys stay happy and blessed

    • @DanielleRootes
      @DanielleRootes 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same to you ❤️

  • @WickedEarthAdventures
    @WickedEarthAdventures 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome video! It was so peaceful where you were. It was nice hearing some Raconteurs too!

  • @guyinachair1983
    @guyinachair1983 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    With the axe is the most Viking thing I've ever seen.

    • @DanielleRootes
      @DanielleRootes 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It works pretty good too.

  • @envy425
    @envy425 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When you unzipped the tent and we saw the sky that made me so happy

  • @rcote1234
    @rcote1234 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great trip, and nice footage. Enjoyed it!

  • @NikonF5user
    @NikonF5user 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Definitely an immature Bald Eagle. It takes over 5 years for the head to get fully white. That one was probably 1.5ish years old (about the time they start to get the tinge of a lighter color in the head)...

  • @foggy561
    @foggy561 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There is a cache of a couple boats "row boat and a kayak" about 100ish yards behind the first lean-to on Cedar Lake "the really rough lean-to". Used to have a notepad in a plastic bag that just asked that you bring the boats back after using and also a place where you can add your name or just say thanks for using the boats. It's been many years since I've been there but going out on the boats with the loons wailing all around me at the break of dawn on a foggy Cedar Lake. Is by far my favorite memory of the trip. Looks like you guys had fun though

  • @fertilious021
    @fertilious021 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Similar thing happened to my cousin and I at Roaring Brook Falls parking lot one night 10 years ago, guy used the same line on us......

  • @hike-bike-paddle-and-drone
    @hike-bike-paddle-and-drone 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    LOVE IT! I am hiking in to West Canada Lakes next week. Maybe a little late but I am sure it will be spectacular all the same!

  • @hike-bike-paddle-and-drone
    @hike-bike-paddle-and-drone 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    At least that is the one you see!! :-)

  • @MEK679799
    @MEK679799 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really good editing.....and the music selection ties it together so well.

  • @lynnscadden1446
    @lynnscadden1446 ปีที่แล้ว

    BEAUTIFUL!!!

  • @GreenRanger090
    @GreenRanger090 ปีที่แล้ว

    nature has such outstanding beauty

  • @gkookies1254
    @gkookies1254 ปีที่แล้ว

    Right on!

  • @JohnWernly
    @JohnWernly ปีที่แล้ว

    Great spot. What lake is this?

  • @TOPMOSTPOP
    @TOPMOSTPOP ปีที่แล้ว

    49 years after going 2Saranac lake regularly as a kid I am wondering what it even looked like. ..sitting in a cabin Lake Wister in Oklahoma watching Saranac campsites video from a skinny little hanheld television. At that age we used 2watch th movie Oklahoma! Little did i know i would be livingin Oklahoma! ...watching 49 years later Saranac lake videos.

    • @DanielleRootes
      @DanielleRootes ปีที่แล้ว

      Haha small world. Thanks for watching :)

    • @TOPMOSTPOP
      @TOPMOSTPOP ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DanielleRootes but th even closer 2home part is at the end u mention "cold water!" I had 2do a double take. I was just telling a friend from New York (Bobby Burns) how HOT thwater was here so, I was just on my way out thdoor 2go down to thlake measure its tempwrature & u suddenly said "COLD water." Are u an alien time traveler??? So anyway I lived in Colonie New York. Sun isnt thsame as it used2 be. Its warming Atlantic to over 100° and our lakes & creeks are so hot here its like standing beside a big coffee cup thwater is HOT. Wow I didnt remember there being pine trees Saranac i vaguely always recalled being nex2 a bridge tho. I think is same bridge this video. So now i know it was actually a real bridge that existed lol. Lake Wister has th same looking pine treez.

  • @br33zey
    @br33zey ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m going on my yearly camping trip to the Adirondacks really soon and can’t wait

  • @cerealoffenders
    @cerealoffenders ปีที่แล้ว

    Best place on earth

  • @talesofthebobber1506
    @talesofthebobber1506 ปีที่แล้ว

    You two earned a subscription not even 3 minutes in. Chasing the dream is what it's all about. Glad to be here claiming a little over 1000 subs. Keep up the good work!!!

    • @DanielleRootes
      @DanielleRootes ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks so much! :) trying to keep the dream alive

  • @alisonmclaughlin681
    @alisonmclaughlin681 ปีที่แล้ว

    💋 'promo sm'

  • @briansynenki1314
    @briansynenki1314 ปีที่แล้ว

    imagine if the rest of the world knew how little it takes to be truly happy in life,kudos to you two!enjoy your journey #crushingit

  • @CanoeCampClimb
    @CanoeCampClimb ปีที่แล้ว

    Barb and I loved the vid. I can't get enough of Nugg. Thank you for such a huge shout out too... we totally did not expect that and it was very thoughtful of you. We loved visiting with you and Jason. And to have Nugget greet me upon arrival was awesome. Looking forward to hanging out and getting in some paddling. We've been busted our butts on our property. Currently, it looks like a good location to film a horror movie... but we will have it in good shape soon :-)

  • @goonriders6914
    @goonriders6914 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video I have a quick question about a past video. So canoe camping on the upper Saranac lake are those spots first come first serve? I wouldn’t have to reserve a spot correct? Thank you!!

    • @DanielleRootes
      @DanielleRootes ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m pretty sure spots are part of Saranac Islands campground. I would call and ask them to be sure

  • @jimspinale4055
    @jimspinale4055 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your necklace! She does wonderful work. #haliboustudio

    • @DanielleRootes
      @DanielleRootes ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s my favorite! Thank you! She doesn’t beautiful work

  • @adventuresbytimdogrootes968
    @adventuresbytimdogrootes968 ปีที่แล้ว

    Inspirational Indeed, I Need The Life As Well... The Legacy Lives🙏👍✌️On Amazon I purchased 2 Different Bug Hats And Yes They have Pink... Camouflage and Solid Colors Too, They have Bug Nets Attached to Hat 👒 Also Highly Recommended "Murphy 's Organic Bug Repellent. 🐛 And I Never Heard You Mention Rain. LoL 😆 Impressive on Your Kayaking Adventure. Alotta Lakes & Portages. Highly Recommended Lake Lila & Mt. Fredrica Hike 2 Adventures in 1. And May I have Sticker Please? 👍✌️🌞🐛👒😆🙏HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

  • @pdxtechy
    @pdxtechy ปีที่แล้ว

    cool, thx

  • @joefuerst1179
    @joefuerst1179 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a way to unwind! Good job. Beer tree makes some good beer! Love the PBR measuring cup, good idea!

    • @DanielleRootes
      @DanielleRootes ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Joe! Hope all is well and thanks for watching! We love finding new beers to try! ill have to check out the kind you recommended.