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Thank you, but I'm not 100% sure if I'll be wearing that cowboy hat anyway more😂,

@SARGEinc 😃👍🏻

I think it's a sign that you need more vanlife

I'm not a opposed to eating bison, But bison are sweet!

Thank you, I appreciate that. I too feel like it'll be big one day, hopefully soon😂

Dang that's crazy, I never heard of brown rain before. I found Alberta pretty wild, once you get past the rockies, it felt like a whole different world.

Now there's an idea! One day when I I own my own spaghetti sauce empire, I'll remember this comment as I dive into my pile of money😂

Thanks, Frank!

Thanks! But I'm not 100% sure I wear it again, but it will always be my lucky bison hat lol

I'm only an influencer once I make enough money to survive, but thank you. I appreciate it.

Thank you

Have things staked down different ways. Some are staked with wooden stakes with a screw though it, some are held against a metal stake with metal strapping. I will be making another video of my Christmas display this year, so maybe I'll put more focus on how I actually set it up.

I know, I just wish I didn't screw up the livestream by doing it sideways😂

I don't have a PO box and I don't think I should list my address on here, but if you want to send me something I can provide my address

This is good to know, I had no idea they did this. I also realize that I don't know anything about butterflies at all.

Beavers are awesome. Imagine being able to bite down a whole tree, wild!

You might be stoned but I definitely fucked this livestream up.

For my voice over, I have a simple wired lav mic and an adapter that turns it's headphone jack into a USB-C that plugs into my phone/Tablet. It's pretty ghetto, but it works alright. When I do the livestreams I use the same adapter but have a different style mic that plugs in and I sit it next to my phone. There's definitely better ways to do this stuff, but I'm not very technically savvy and I keep it super simple.

@SARGEinc thanks, man. I appreciate the information. This will help.

@thommyoveralls5390 And on power director there's a button that says "voice over" and you record right in the editing software

@SARGEinc power director and app for smart phone or tablet, or laptop 💻?

@thommyoveralls5390 I use it on my tablet and phone. There's a free version you can try, but now I pay like $100 a year for it

It's definitely pretty tight back there. That's the biggest problem with these vans, they are actually pretty small. I tried to build it maximizing the height but also having functional storage underneath the bed. I don't find it bad for sleeping, but if you're doing anything else back it feels a lot tighter. I edit with power director from cyberlink, and I do it all on a Samsung tablet. I definitely don't think it's the best system, but I really have no idea what I'm doing😅

@@SARGEinc You don't at least have a laptop to edit on?. You're quite self reliant then, you weld and build stuff!.

@colintaylor3303 I haven't used a real computer in like 10 years. I'm not very tech savy. I can do basic stuff, but I'm definitely way behind technology wise.

Thanks! You're kind of late for last Christmas, but you're a little early for this one. So it all depends on how you think about it. I actually added a nativity scene to my collection this year. I found a really good deal on one in the summer. Mary, Joseph, 3 wise men, a Shepard, some animals, and it even came with an angel, some LED Palm trees, and a plywood building frame for it sit infront of. I'm pretty excited for this years display.

@ I use 3 pallets and a big stakes and then a tarp on top. My angle got stolen in the early 2000s kids would come and steal stuff and I belive that was one that never got returned but I have the North Star so that’s good and the only box I’m missing is Mary Joseph and baby Jesus’s box but I’m planning on getting a new angle and rewiring my North Star it kelps short cicuriting

@KeithMelps That's dope. I grew up in a crazy Christmas light house, and we definitely had a few things stolen by kids in the 2000s too. One night someone just came by and cut a whole bunch of stands of lights for no good reason, and my dad said fuck it and took everything down. He stopped doing a big display for like 10 or 15 years, but now that he moved away and retired, he's gotten back into it.

Sometimes that's what you start looking for when you're by yourself living in a van😂

Thanks man!

It's definitely a sweet Walmart. I'll probably camp there again, quite possibly the next time I'm in Jasper. It has everything you need, and it's free. What a deal!

I agree with the point about the rockies. I'm used to seeing mountains, but the rockies absolutely hit different. As for the rain, I definitely think I'm getting soft. I was actually laying the groundwork to bail on a camping trip this weekend because of the potential of rain. I just think I spoiled myself by camping so much in great weather, it's hard to bring myself to get out there in the rain😂

It is crazy how much different it is. I'll have a video come out in a couple of months where I go back into Jasper to really check it out. It'll be pretty wild. That time I do see a herd of elk on the highway, nature always finds a way. Ultimately Jasper has been changed forever, but stuff will regrow, and it will be still be a beautiful place.

Pros and cons, but it's pretty wild what Beavers can do to a landscape. People get upset because they build dams which flood their land, but on the other hand, beavers can build their own lakes which can keep land irrigated. So it all depends on if you're inconvenienced by them or not. I've watched many videos on TH-cam about people trying to stave off desrtification by building artificial beaver dams on creeks. Also it's just crazy to imagine being able to bite down a literal tree. Beavers are a pretty crazy animal when you think about it.

@@SARGEinc Ya its pretty cool to watch videos of them chewing down trees. There are some places too where people are reintroducing beavers to allow them to naturally rebuild the eco systems

That's awesome. I don't remember the waterfall, and I kind of think I actually saw people getting water but I didn't know what was going on. I did see Rearguard Falls on my way here, it was awesome, but I was too early to see the salmon. I actually would like to go back there and see them when they are running. It's a beautiful place up there and I'll almost certainly be back. Maybe even next year if they actually open the Berg Lake trail.

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I did it a lot. It's definitely the move lol

If you go back to clearwater next summer hit me up, might be able to show you some secret spots :)

Dang, I'm intrigued by these secret spots... It's still too early to think about next summer, but if I have it my way I'm driving across Canada!

No I just left it off and recycled it.

It's wild!

Thanks man, and I believe you that you were first. The first one to watch and the first one to turn it off😂

@SARGEinc 🤪😜🤣🤣!! Here's a cup of coffee ☕️ for a thought. [ me daydreaming again] on your travels on the lake, what if you put a 10×10 lowes or Home Depot tiny garage on a pad [ obviously buying a small portion * cough ,cough Mum & Dad & patreons ] of land and beef it up for all weather purposes. So you have a place to camp, rest etc. Like them log cabin you came across. That be, cool. Or coleslaw tiny pop-ups and convert it into permanently erect stand-up camper like on YT. Ok. I'm done drinking my cup.Lol Lol 😆

* Coleman used camper, not coleslaw 🥗

Thank you, I agree!

Thank you!

The start is definitely not ideal. I actually moved down from the rest stop start because it was even more chaotic. It's a super popular rest stop, so there's a constant stream of cars pulling in and out to use the bathroom or take selfies. It would actually be nice if they built a bigger and better access point somewhere. I don't know if that's even possible because it's all close to the highway/railway, but it would be nice to have a calmer place to start.

I'm definitely pro overnight paddles. It's an awesome way to get to camp because you can really pack as much stuff as you want, and you don't really have to worry about the weight. You can really cover a lot of water if you don't have to go out and comeback in the same day.

I agree, it was a pretty wild color. It's interesting how many different colors water can be lol.

likewise, I did not know that either!

I had no idea until I went there last year. I was looking it up because I thought it was the first lake on the Fraser, and that's when I realized it was the only lake on the Fraser. I had no idea before, but also I had never thought about it before lol

@@SARGEinc hahaha true.... I never thought about it either. But here we are... "anyways" lol

I kind of knew this spot wasn't the right spot before I did it. I stayed there the year before and it was fine, but they probably had too many people doing it since then. I'll definitely be more stealthy next time, sometimes you need something like this because you get complacement. I had this and one window knock in my 2 summers, and both spots I kind of knew I shouldn't of done it.

@SARGEinc You do get the feels when you know it's not the right spot... I've been lucky... Only one knock in the 4 1/2 years full-time... It wouldn't have happened if I had left earlier than my norm...

It comes out at 4 today