So glad you guys are familiar with Chris Shontz/Venture FWD. I just said to Velvet I should drop you a message about him and his Revel. Really enjoyed this video today. I believe its one of mt favs from you guys. Safe travels and keep on dancing Owen ! 😃
Thanks for sharing your adventure. I listen your video before going sleeping. That make great dream!Hoping one day doing the same. For the moment it will be a short vacation tent camping near our great and beautiful st-lawrence river!😊
We saw you using the dough cutters, whatever, to keep wind down for black stone...I got ours today...lol..got tired of using aluminum foil..thanks for the info.
I love watching you guys and Maggie. Not only for the content but also for the inspiration you give us to get out and enjoy our own adventures, to do our own versions of the "happy dance" makes your channel superb. The Monongahela National Forest is one of my favorite hiking and camping places. The Cranberry Wilderness and Dolly Sods are two of the best hiking areas in the Monongahela. BTW I hope people realize that the black king snake is a good guy, helping to keep the venomous population down.
We hope we can check out some hiking on our next visit. Thanks for the two suggestions. Thanks for pointing out the black snake is a good guy. We appreciate your kind comment.
Hi guys. This is my first time visiting your channel. I love the remote places like that. Is that a bear skull? When I was a kid, my dad loved to take us exploring on dirt roads when we went camping. Nice van! I pull my Winnebago with my van, but sometimes I just take the van. Mmmmm that looks delicious! Wish we had smell-a-vision. You made it sound so good. I'm sure it was. I subscribed and hit your bell, so I'll be back. Stay safe and thanks for sharing.
Another journey. Another happy tale. You guys always manage to find some fun no matter which road you choose. That is a good trait to have since some people always find the negative. Life at your stage should be about finding your joy and your happy place. I think you’ve found the way. Just point your vehicle down the road and look for an unexplored path. You’re sure to find something you’ll like. You keep me intrigued about the Blackstone griddle. I haven’t convinced my other half that we need it. But I keep hinting because it looks like an awesome, fun way to whomp up some good eats - no matter where you are. Those tacos looked so good and I could practically smell them sizzling on the griddle. I don’t even like spicy food and they still looked delicious! 😋 Until next time.....keep having fun, documenting the journey and be sure to share with your fans! Bye bye from NW Florida.
I'm with you in that i like dirt roads and remote camping but nothing too technical. I have no interest in rock crawling , seeing how deep my LR4 can ford or slogging thru sugar sand. Yesterday my wife wanted to go for a ride and i took her down a gravel road thru the Jersey Pinelands, i enjoyed it but i don't think she did.
We did our Sunday drive yesterday, drove through town and took the first left, some gravel roads in the north part of the county. I remember the sound of Grandpa's '53 Chevy pickup going up through the gears on an old back road. Windows down, he was always looking for a new fishing spot. Lost him at 12, I was always out in the woods, walked the 12 miles up to the city reservoir, fish in the creek along the way, for a week at a time, many times. One of our favorite meals is diced chicken, add the salsa right to the skillet after browning, some lettuce, tomato and bacon ranch dressing on lightly browned corn tortillas. The salsa is absorbed into the chicken, not so messy. Great video, once again....James
I enjoyed going on this West Virginia adventure with y'all! My late husband was a West Virginia boy and it brings back good memories to see that beautiful place. God bless you all!
Because we didn’t have any cell service it was a little hard to plan on refueling, and not every gas station has diesel, we definitely need to get better. We also realize we probably need to carry extra just in case.
We enjoy your channel. We're looking for a griddle like you have. Struggling to find one. Can you tell me what kind you have? Thanks in advance. Canadian Fan!
The griddle in a Blackstone 17”, we have it in our Amazon store in the “Outside Area” here’s the link if you are interested www.amazon.com/shop/VanTrekkingLifestyle. However, I did notice they are not available right now, they also carry them at Walmart.
Thanks guys for taking us along on your adventures and Lynn, say yes more your Revel and Owen can handle it. Hahahahaha I love makin perfect marshmallows and giving them away to those still learning or are impatient. ❤️🇨🇦❤️ Cheers!!!
I have been watching your channel for a while and l really enjoyed your video today. It included wonderful scenery, good traveling music, yummy food and a friendly, loving couple . Enjoy,
Planning we do mainly with Google Maps, Google Earth and Gaia GPS. When we’re rolling we use Google Maps if it knows of the road. If not we use On-X Offroad.
Chris recently had his Revel fitted with a suspension upgrade. He said that the ride on dirt and pavement was noticeably better. I’ve got a pack like yours Mr. Owen, it’s larger and has a padded waist belt. It’s called a lumbar pack, the extra volume comes in clutch sometimes. I hope y’all get to ford a creek on the WV trip, that’s always enjoyable. Thanks for the video!
We saw Chris’s video too, we may invest in a suspension upgrade. Owen really wanted to ford a creek, but we didn’t get to on this trip so I guess we need to go back. Thanks so much for the comment.
Your walking hand in hand just sealed the deal.. it reminds me of my wife and Myself. We hope to spend some time in a few years doing just what you guys are doing. Keep meandering… that’s the secret to a real life adventure
We still hold hands because of our love for each other but as we get older there’s a lot of holding hands to hopefully brace a fall, which might just mean we both go down. Glad you have a hand to hold and share with… it is this lifetime’s greatest treasure.
@@VANTREKKINGlifestyle, while we don’t have a B class RV just yet, we just finished a 2700 mile trip up to Boston and back to North Florida stopping in many places to absorb the culture and foods. With a Sprinter or maybe a Transit van, we will also travel to “places that 90% of people can’t” those winding gravel roads call us as well.
So awesome! Thanks for bringing us along on this adventure! Weren't you a bit afraid on those back roads, you might cross paths with someone hunting ginseng and not wanting you there? Be careful! I'm glad you've got the bear spray with you!!!❤️🙏from SC, Jane
Great road trip thank you. I will never see America because I have terminal cancer so I'm seeing it through your eyes. New subscriber greetings from Sydney Australia.
Hey guys because of your video about the Rad Power bikes we finally ordered two bikes today. So you should see a nice credit coming your way soon. It took us a long time to decide which styles to get, fat tire vs regular tire, plus color and design. Finally today we pulled the trigger on a RadCity 4 Commuter in black for me and a RadCity 3 Step Thru for Katie. So thank you for the $100 discount. Also we would really like a trailer like you guys have but those guys are so far away from us in Portland, Oregon. Have you pulled the trailer with the new van yet? We are looking forward to doing some long rides and having no fear of up hills sections of the roads. Recently we took our regular bikes to a State Park that was way up hill from a 25 mile bike path near by. We rode down and found that the first mile was all down hill. All I could think about was having an ebike! We turned around and the mile of up hill was terrible. That will soon be a memory to never be relived! Thanks!
Let us know how you like your bikes, we hope you love yours as much as we love ours. Thank you for the credit. We did pull the trailer on our Florida trip this year, I think it works well when you know where you are going to be staying. If you go to the Sundowner website they have a dealer search that you may be able to find one closer to home. We appreciate your comment.
It is just right as far as size. It’s an 5x8 Sundowner Mini-Go that has a lift up roof. We use that feature all the time. Don’t pull it as much as we thought we would but when we want to take toys with us it is perfect.
We love your adventures and glad you take us along. But we worry about y'all ,have you considered getting a satellite phone or emergency locater? Don't want someone coming along with a stick and flipping your bones over :)
You need to have the skills to self rescue is you decide to travel like this. First aid, wood craft and mechanic skills. The roads they were traveling on werent that remote, and the forest service or other outdoor types travel them pretty regular as there want any plans growing any where in the travel path. I wouldn't have an issue driving my daughters kia soul on it
We greatly enjoy your videos every week. I want to ask you a question but don’t use Facebook so I’ll just do it here. Your Amazon page lists the Waggle RV Pet Monitor. We desperately need a van temperature monitor and I want to know if you still use this one and can enthusiastically recommend it? I would need one that operates on cellular.
Hello Mark. Thanks for being with us. We have used Waggle in the past but when we went to Alaska it didn't work there. It has to be on a negative Verizon network to work properly. And here at our home that's not the case. So since it didn't work in Alaska we did not renew that year and have not renewed since then. But, we do recommend it. In fact there are many times we wish we had it for Maggie. When we're in hotter temperatures we can leave the air conditioner running for 2 to 3 hours and be relatively sure that she's going to be safe. But it would be nice to be notified if something happened to the temperature if something went wrong. If you live in an area that's covered by Verizon and usually travel to those areas then we highly recommend that you use it if you want to keep your pet safe. If you are not always in those areas then you'll probably find that something you need to rely on is not as reliable when you're not on the Verizon network. Hope this helps. Thanks for being with us.
Love your channel! Can't understand the need for bear spray. I have personally encountered bears in the wild with cubs in both Tennesse and Arkansas. Did NOT feel endangered. Research how many bear attacks actually occur. More likely to win the lottery than get attacked by a bear.
We bought the bear spray when we went to Alaska and still have it for “just in case” situations we get in. Owen always says it’s our protection for 2 legged bears.
Great video once again guys love your adventures, mine starts in a couple weeks up to northern BC Liard river , cassier, for two week adventure, I know you're familiar with that place 😁 cheers from Canada.
We love the dirt roads in our Revel. Campsites like you found make it all worth it. We haven’t ventured to that forest yet, but will add it to our list. We have discovered that the Revel does well in shallow water crossings. 😉
Hi Owen Lynn and Maggie! What a great place to camp and settle down for a bit. Didn’t like the snake. That look like a nice hike you took. Glad you brought the bear spray. Just in case. That looked good what you cooked ok the griddle. Maggie dud look all tired out laying on her bed. Very good video. Thank you fir making a great video. Hope you are enjoying yourselves wherever you are at. Have a great week and see you soon!
Suggestion: look into Comers Rock, Virginia and Grayson Highlands State Park Virginia. Neither of them is too far from where you live and they both have really nice network of gravel roads for you to enjoy and explore. We have driven the roads in our 21 foot Winnebago Solice class B with no trouble, but there are some areas we did not get into that are definitely four-wheel-drive!
Thank you so much for the suggestions, we’ve been to Grayson Highlands SP, but not to do dirt roads and we will definitely check out Comers Rock. We love it when people give us suggestions.
The work and detail you all put into these videos is unreal ! I'm born and raised West Virginian! There are so many places to go off grid camping it's unreal so many it take forever to tell you them all ! First check out Webster County where I was born and raised ! Check out Williams River , also a place we all love called " Rock House " that is total dirt road with tons of free camping sites! Also check out Bishop Knob camp ground ! Lol I can go on and on and on ! Awesome job with the videos ! Reach out anytime !
Thanks for all the great suggestions, we are planning another trip this summer/fall to head back to West Virginia/Virginia, we only scratch the surface. Your suggestions will really help .
Check out Dolly Sods and around Spruce Knob. And if you want to really start to test her abilities, look into Canaan loop road. There are easy portions, but some tighter harder.
Thanks so much for always sharing your trips... And loving your DIRT ROAD adventures. We are wanting to find places like that in the areas around NC to camp. We have our 2 dogs we want to carry with us. But with having the pitt breed many folks feel uncomfortable so we want to be able to boondock... so please keep on keeping on this adventure.
This is a fairly close drive from NC, but we are on the search for dirt roads close to us too. Let us know if you find any good ones and we’ll do the same. Some of the sweetest dogs we’ve meet have been part Pitt, they are great guard dogs.
Love the country dirt roads; I grew on a dirt road...it is the best! Do the chiggers attack you? Does it take a long time for the Solo Stove to cool down? SUPPER SMART idea for blocking the wind with the pastry scraper!!!! Thank you!
Hi guys, Wonderful video, love scenery...it's beautiful. Owen that's called an adventure...never worry about if you should have stayed at this site or that...you guys are great I enjoy your adventures. Owen to be a successful husband you only have to say two word " Yes Dear" 😁😁😁 seeing we all know that we will never win unless they allow us too!! Cheers! James
Looks like you had a good time! I am a little nervous driving so far from civilization on dirt roads, I kinda worry about things like flat tires. Looks like Maggie enjoyed it as much as you two did. I do love being in quiet places like that. Cannot wait to get our van! What elevation were you at? Glad you missed the storm. My son lives in Alaska and he does not have firearms, but he and his family hike almost every day. He has only needed the bear spray once in four years, It is effective stuff! Owen, listen to Lynn! Women's intuition is a true thing! Those chicken tacos look great. Tonight I am doing lamb kabobs and homemade naan on the Blackstone Griddle for dinner. Lots of sumac, onions and yogurt!
The elevation on this part of the trip was around 4,000 ft. It was nice a cool at the time. Good to know the bear spray is effective, hopefully we will never have to find out. Thanks for sharing.
I’m loving your trip to West Virginia. I’m intrigued….how do you plan a trip like this…how did you know the names of dirt roads, where the dirt roads go and how to find an alternative when roads are roped off like the one you encountered?
Hi Jackie! Well, it’s a new skill for us for sure… and we’ll do a video about it really soon. Unlike rolling from state park to state park or boondocking spots when you’re overlanding on dirt roads there’s quite a bit of pre-planning. You usually have zero cell phone coverage, in our case for days, so you have to download maps before leaving WiFi or home. We use 3, maybe 4, apps/maps to find where to go on dirt roads. The first is GAIA GPS, It has lots of layers of different maps like roads you can travel on, private and public land, TOPO, etc. We also use the app OnX Offroad. Similar to GAIA but it has crowd-sourced trails that rate how difficult the trail is and even has pictures of waypoints along the route. Unfortunately like most things here on the east coast, the number of marked trails is less than on the west coast… but it’s getting better. And, when we’re “out there” we use the navigation system on our Sprinter van because its maps don’t require LTE… if you look when we’re bouncing around you’ll see that map up all the time. Just this week GAIA released their Apple CarPlay feature so that may be up a lot from now on. So when our next route is closed off we already kind of know because of pre-planning where the next route is. We put those coordinates in the Sprinter map and head that way. When we get close Lynn brings up GAIA or OnX and we start bouncing down the dirt roads again. Hope this helps. Let us know if a video showing and explaining would be good too. Thanks for always being with us no matter where we’re bouncing and what we’re bouncing in… that means the world to us.
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Love your videos❤
Thank you. We appreciate you watching.
Awesome video! Thanks for sharing
You are welcome and thank you for watching.
@@VANTREKKINGlifestyle no problem! We really enjoy making outdoor content also
Great video!!!👠🚌👠
Thanks so much.
Great video guys! I've camped at Bolar Mountain Campground. Great Lake. They have really nice hiking trails too!
Thanks for the suggestion we will check it out.
thank, you for you're video. Random vanners east coast virginia 2%
thank, you
It looks like you were near the Blowing Springs Campground/Hidden Valley Bed & Breakfast area
Zip me up baby? yeah... you two are in love! ❤️
Yes we are and it’s a good place to be.
Hi Owen and Lynn! We met you at Sebastian Inlet this spring. Enjoyed this video and showing us that there is some beautiful BLM land in the east.
It was so nice meeting you guys at Sebastian Inlet. Thanks so much for watching.
You guys almost got my cabin on video on the road to Moomaw! The cover picture looks like the bridge in Hidden Valley.
Wow, we love that area… you are lucky to have a cabin there.
So glad you guys are familiar with Chris Shontz/Venture FWD. I just said to Velvet I should drop you a message about him and his Revel. Really enjoyed this video today. I believe its one of mt favs from you guys. Safe travels and keep on dancing Owen ! 😃
You are in my neck of the woods. I was hoping you had bear spray! Enjoy your visit and stay safe.
You live in a beautiful area, we love it there.
Thanks for sharing your adventure. I listen your video before going sleeping. That make great dream!Hoping one day doing the same. For the moment it will be a short vacation tent camping near our great and beautiful st-lawrence river!😊
Sounds like a great vacation, have fun and be safe.
We saw you using the dough cutters, whatever, to keep wind down for black stone...I got ours today...lol..got tired of using aluminum foil..thanks for the info.
You are so welcome, glad we could pass along a useful tip.
I love watching you guys and Maggie. Not only for the content but also for the inspiration you give us to get out and enjoy our own adventures, to do our own versions of the "happy dance" makes your channel superb. The Monongahela National Forest is one of my favorite hiking and camping places. The Cranberry Wilderness and Dolly Sods are two of the best hiking areas in the Monongahela. BTW I hope people realize that the black king snake is a good guy, helping to keep the venomous population down.
We hope we can check out some hiking on our next visit. Thanks for the two suggestions. Thanks for pointing out the black snake is a good guy. We appreciate your kind comment.
If you want dirt roads West Virgina is the place!
Really nice...
Thanks, we appreciate you watching.
We were watching videos on WV this past week! Must be on the same wave length.
We’ve been watching Coddiwomple Overland you need to check them out if you haven’t already.
Hi guys. This is my first time visiting your channel. I love the remote places like that. Is that a bear skull? When I was a kid, my dad loved to take us exploring on dirt roads when we went camping. Nice van! I pull my Winnebago with my van, but sometimes I just take the van. Mmmmm that looks delicious! Wish we had smell-a-vision. You made it sound so good. I'm sure it was. I subscribed and hit your bell, so I'll be back. Stay safe and thanks for sharing.
So glad you found our channel. Thanks so much for subscribing, it is appreciated.
@@VANTREKKINGlifestyle My Pleasure!
Really enjoying the off roading. Keep'm coming....Happy Trails
Glad to hear, because I’m sure we are going to be doing a lot more.
Watching your video is a wonderful way to start my morning, thank you. Peace !
Thanks for spending part of your morning with us.
Photography just keeps getting better and better! This was just GORGEOUS. Thanks so much for doing these videos.
Thank you so much for your kind comment, it is much appreciated
Another journey. Another happy tale. You guys always manage to find some fun no matter which road you choose. That is a good trait to have since some people always find the negative. Life at your stage should be about finding your joy and your happy place. I think you’ve found the way. Just point your vehicle down the road and look for an unexplored path. You’re sure to find something you’ll like.
You keep me intrigued about the Blackstone griddle. I haven’t convinced my other half that we need it. But I keep hinting because it looks like an awesome, fun way to whomp up some good eats - no matter where you are. Those tacos looked so good and I could practically smell them sizzling on the griddle. I don’t even like spicy food and they still looked delicious! 😋
Until next time.....keep having fun, documenting the journey and be sure to share with your fans! Bye bye from NW Florida.
I could taste those Cajun tacos thru the screen! Yum. Thanks for taking us along on your backroad adventure. 👍❤️
We appreciate you watching and taking the time to comment.
I'm with you in that i like dirt roads and remote camping but nothing too technical.
I have no interest in rock crawling , seeing how deep my LR4 can ford or slogging thru sugar sand.
Yesterday my wife wanted to go for a ride and i took her down a gravel road thru the Jersey Pinelands, i enjoyed it but i don't think she did.
Thanks for sharing.
Great video! I love being amongst the trees.
Thank you we appreciate you watching.
No crowds with that adventure, thanks for the tag-a-long. Happy Tails Maggie 🙋🏼♀️🐕👍
It’s hard to beat. Thanks for watching.
We did our Sunday drive yesterday, drove through town and took the first left, some gravel roads in the north part of the county. I remember the sound of Grandpa's '53 Chevy pickup going up through the gears on an old back road. Windows down, he was always looking for a new fishing spot. Lost him at 12, I was always out in the woods, walked the 12 miles up to the city reservoir, fish in the creek along the way, for a week at a time, many times. One of our favorite meals is diced chicken, add the salsa right to the skillet after browning, some lettuce, tomato and bacon ranch dressing on lightly browned corn tortillas. The salsa is absorbed into the chicken, not so messy. Great video, once again....James
Thanks for sharing your wonderful memories and how you make your chicken taco’s, will try that for sure.
Omg what a wonderful spot !!! Enjoy guys 🥰🥰🥰. Maggie smart girl 🥰
We agree Maggie is a very smart girl. Thanks so much for watching.
Loved this episode. Very peaceful. Starting our trek back from Oregon next week towards Florida. Keep having fun and safe travels!
Enjoy the rest of your time in Oregon and have a safe trip back.
I enjoyed going on this West Virginia adventure with y'all! My late husband was a West Virginia boy and it brings back good memories to see that beautiful place. God bless you all!
Glad we were able to bring back some good memories. Thanks so much for watching.
Looks like fun how do plan for fuel !!!!!!!!!!
It is the east coast probably never more than 20 miles from a gas station.
Because we didn’t have any cell service it was a little hard to plan on refueling, and not every gas station has diesel, we definitely need to get better. We also realize we probably need to carry extra just in case.
Great video as always. Thanks for taking us along.
I was thinking the same thing
Thanks, we appreciate you always following along.
Thanks for a great episode! Peace, Love & Prayers for you.
You are welcome and we appreciate you watching.
We enjoy your channel.
We're looking for a griddle like you have. Struggling to find one.
Can you tell me what kind you have? Thanks in advance.
Canadian Fan!
The griddle in a Blackstone 17”, we have it in our Amazon store in the “Outside Area” here’s the link if you are interested www.amazon.com/shop/VanTrekkingLifestyle. However, I did notice they are not available right now, they also carry them at Walmart.
Glad to see you two enjoying my home state, West Virginia!
You have a beautiful home state and we can’t wait to go back and explore even more.
Thanks guys for taking us along on your adventures and Lynn, say yes more your Revel and Owen can handle it. Hahahahaha I love makin perfect marshmallows and giving them away to those still learning or are impatient. ❤️🇨🇦❤️ Cheers!!!
I’m working on saying yes more, and I’m getting more use to what they both can do… but to be honest I still get nervous.
Love your videos. Love how you can take your Revel out on these trips,. Keep up the good work and cooking.
Thank you, the Revel is very versatile. We appreciate you watching.
Awesome video. Great idea for the Blackstone. Been using a cardboard box. To tight to buy a commercial windscreen lol
The dough scraper worked really good, $4 and they pack up really small.
Fantastic again. Always great music and editing
Thanks so much, we appreciate you watching.
I have been watching your channel for a while and l really enjoyed your video today. It included wonderful scenery, good traveling music, yummy food and a friendly, loving couple . Enjoy,
Thank you so much for your kind comment it is much appreciated.
What type of maps are you using in your Revel? Excellent dirt roads.
Planning we do mainly with Google Maps, Google Earth and Gaia GPS. When we’re rolling we use Google Maps if it knows of the road. If not we use On-X Offroad.
Owen: where's the Trailer???? ;-)
It may not have been the best roads to tow a trailer so we left it at home this time.
@@VANTREKKINGlifestyle Time to upgrade to an "Overlanding" Trailer????
Aren’t you ever afraid out there all alone?
So far we have not been afraid. That’s the best thing about traveling in a van if we do get afraid we can just leave.
Chris recently had his Revel fitted with a suspension upgrade. He said that the ride on dirt and pavement was noticeably better. I’ve got a pack like yours Mr. Owen, it’s larger and has a padded waist belt. It’s called a lumbar pack, the extra volume comes in clutch sometimes. I hope y’all get to ford a creek on the WV trip, that’s always enjoyable. Thanks for the video!
We saw Chris’s video too, we may invest in a suspension upgrade. Owen really wanted to ford a creek, but we didn’t get to on this trip so I guess we need to go back. Thanks so much for the comment.
Your walking hand in hand just sealed the deal.. it reminds me of my wife and Myself. We hope to spend some time in a few years doing just what you guys are doing. Keep meandering… that’s the secret to a real life adventure
We still hold hands because of our love for each other but as we get older there’s a lot of holding hands to hopefully brace a fall, which might just mean we both go down. Glad you have a hand to hold and share with… it is this lifetime’s greatest treasure.
@@VANTREKKINGlifestyle, while we don’t have a B class RV just yet, we just finished a 2700 mile trip up to Boston and back to North Florida stopping in many places to absorb the culture and foods. With a Sprinter or maybe a Transit van, we will also travel to “places that 90% of people can’t” those winding gravel roads call us as well.
Great adventure and video.
The view on the lake and background hills is superb.
Thank you, the lake was beautiful and there was no one there. We wished we had our kayaks with us.
We are enjoying your travels in the new Revel 👍
Thanks so much we appreciate you watching.
So awesome! Thanks for bringing us along on this adventure! Weren't you a bit afraid on those back roads, you might cross paths with someone hunting ginseng and not wanting you there? Be careful! I'm glad you've got the bear spray with you!!!❤️🙏from SC, Jane
We didn’t see hardly anyone, but we felt safe. Thanks for your concern.
Great road trip thank you. I will never see America because I have terminal cancer so I'm seeing it through your eyes.
New subscriber greetings from Sydney Australia.
So sorry to hear of your illness, we will keep you in our prayers. We are really glad you found our channel and have subscribed.
I don’t see my chunky little class c going down that road. Of course, the road would be wider if I did manage it.
Some of the roads were pretty tight and bumpy, I don’t it’s a good idea for a Class C . Thanks so much for watching.
Hey guys because of your video about the Rad Power bikes we finally ordered two bikes today. So you should see a nice credit coming your way soon. It took us a long time to decide which styles to get, fat tire vs regular tire, plus color and design. Finally today we pulled the trigger on a RadCity 4 Commuter in black for me and a RadCity 3 Step Thru for Katie. So thank you for the $100 discount. Also we would really like a trailer like you guys have but those guys are so far away from us in Portland, Oregon. Have you pulled the trailer with the new van yet? We are looking forward to doing some long rides and having no fear of up hills sections of the roads. Recently we took our regular bikes to a State Park that was way up hill from a 25 mile bike path near by. We rode down and found that the first mile was all down hill. All I could think about was having an ebike! We turned around and the mile of up hill was terrible. That will soon be a memory to never be relived! Thanks!
Let us know how you like your bikes, we hope you love yours as much as we love ours. Thank you for the credit. We did pull the trailer on our Florida trip this year, I think it works well when you know where you are going to be staying. If you go to the Sundowner website they have a dealer search that you may be able to find one closer to home. We appreciate your comment.
Can you tell me the specs and options that your Sundowner has. Is it just right? Thanks.
It is just right as far as size. It’s an 5x8 Sundowner Mini-Go that has a lift up roof. We use that feature all the time. Don’t pull it as much as we thought we would but when we want to take toys with us it is perfect.
We love your adventures and glad you take us along. But we worry about y'all ,have you considered getting a satellite phone or emergency locater? Don't want someone coming along with a stick and flipping your bones over :)
You need to have the skills to self rescue is you decide to travel like this. First aid, wood craft and mechanic skills.
The roads they were traveling on werent that remote, and the forest service or other outdoor types travel them pretty regular as there want any plans growing any where in the travel path. I wouldn't have an issue driving my daughters kia soul on it
We greatly enjoy your videos every week. I want to ask you a question but don’t use Facebook so I’ll just do it here. Your Amazon page lists the Waggle RV Pet Monitor. We desperately need a van temperature monitor and I want to know if you still use this one and can enthusiastically recommend it? I would need one that operates on cellular.
Hello Mark. Thanks for being with us. We have used Waggle in the past but when we went to Alaska it didn't work there. It has to be on a negative Verizon network to work properly. And here at our home that's not the case. So since it didn't work in Alaska we did not renew that year and have not renewed since then. But, we do recommend it. In fact there are many times we wish we had it for Maggie. When we're in hotter temperatures we can leave the air conditioner running for 2 to 3 hours and be relatively sure that she's going to be safe. But it would be nice to be notified if something happened to the temperature if something went wrong. If you live in an area that's covered by Verizon and usually travel to those areas then we highly recommend that you use it if you want to keep your pet safe. If you are not always in those areas then you'll probably find that something you need to rely on is not as reliable when you're not on the Verizon network. Hope this helps. Thanks for being with us.
@@VANTREKKINGlifestyle thanks so much for your reply! We are giving it serious consideration.
Awesome video as always! Love West Virginia ( almost heaven as the locals say)!Monongahela national forest area is a great place to explore!
I can see why they say “almost heaven”. We can’t wait to go back and explore even more.
Love your channel! Can't understand the need for bear spray. I have personally encountered bears in the wild with cubs in both Tennesse and Arkansas. Did NOT feel endangered. Research how many bear attacks actually occur. More likely to win the lottery than get attacked by a bear.
We bought the bear spray when we went to Alaska and still have it for “just in case” situations we get in. Owen always says it’s our protection for 2 legged bears.
Wow what a great ride and video we really enjoyed it..
Thanks so much, we appreciate you watching and commenting.
Great video once again guys love your adventures, mine starts in a couple weeks up to northern BC Liard river , cassier, for two week adventure, I know you're familiar with that place 😁 cheers from Canada.
Sounds like your are going to have a great adventure. Safe travels and I hope you see lots of wildlife.
We love the dirt roads in our Revel. Campsites like you found make it all worth it. We haven’t ventured to that forest yet, but will add it to our list. We have discovered that the Revel does well in shallow water crossings. 😉
Owen really wanted to find a water crossing so it’s good to here the Revel does well.
Hi Owen Lynn and Maggie! What a great place to camp and settle down for a bit. Didn’t like the snake. That look like a nice hike you took. Glad you brought the bear spray. Just in case. That looked good what you cooked ok the griddle. Maggie dud look all tired out laying on her bed.
Very good video. Thank you fir making a great video. Hope you are enjoying yourselves wherever you are at. Have a great week and see you soon!
Suggestion: look into Comers Rock, Virginia and Grayson Highlands State Park Virginia. Neither of them is too far from where you live and they both have really nice network of gravel roads for you to enjoy and explore. We have driven the roads in our 21 foot Winnebago Solice class B with no trouble, but there are some areas we did not get into that are definitely four-wheel-drive!
Thank you so much for the suggestions, we’ve been to Grayson Highlands SP, but not to do dirt roads and we will definitely check out Comers Rock. We love it when people give us suggestions.
The work and detail you all put into these videos is unreal ! I'm born and raised West Virginian! There are so many places to go off grid camping it's unreal so many it take forever to tell you them all ! First check out Webster County where I was born and raised ! Check out Williams River , also a place we all love called " Rock House " that is total dirt road with tons of free camping sites! Also check out Bishop Knob camp ground ! Lol I can go on and on and on ! Awesome job with the videos ! Reach out anytime !
Thanks for all the great suggestions, we are planning another trip this summer/fall to head back to West Virginia/Virginia, we only scratch the surface. Your suggestions will really help .
Check out Dolly Sods and around Spruce Knob. And if you want to really start to test her abilities, look into Canaan loop road. There are easy portions, but some tighter harder.
Thanks so much for the suggestion, I’ll sure we will be going back so we will make sure we add these to our list.
Thanks so much for always sharing your trips... And loving your DIRT ROAD adventures. We are wanting to find places like that in the areas around NC to camp. We have our 2 dogs we want to carry with us. But with having the pitt breed many folks feel uncomfortable so we want to be able to boondock... so please keep on keeping on this adventure.
This is a fairly close drive from NC, but we are on the search for dirt roads close to us too. Let us know if you find any good ones and we’ll do the same. Some of the sweetest dogs we’ve meet have been part Pitt, they are great guard dogs.
We have an abundance of ticks in tall grass this year. Did you have that problem?
No, we didn’t have problem with ticks on this trip or any other.
Which Solo stove do you have?
so.... how do you store your solo fire pit????? a nice relaxing exploration
It goes back in it’s storage bag and we put it in the back of the van.
That snake would of scared me too! I don’t like snakes at all!
That snake was actually a good snake… if there is one. It keeps away poisonous snakes.
Love the country dirt roads; I grew on a dirt road...it is the best! Do the chiggers attack you? Does it take a long time for the Solo Stove to cool down? SUPPER SMART idea for blocking the wind with the pastry scraper!!!! Thank you!
We didn’t have any issues with chigger on this trip. The solo stove does cool down pretty fast. Thanks so much for watching.
@@VANTREKKINGlifestyle Thank you!
Hi guys,
Wonderful video, love scenery...it's beautiful.
Owen that's called an adventure...never worry about if you should have stayed at this site or that...you guys are great I enjoy your adventures. Owen to be a successful husband you only have to say two word " Yes Dear" 😁😁😁 seeing we all know that we will never win unless they allow us too!!
Cheers!
James
Good advice for Owen. We appreciate your comment.
Thank you for sharing this video with me !! BS & BK
You are so welcome and thank you for watching.
Looks like you had a good time! I am a little nervous driving so far from civilization on dirt roads, I kinda worry about things like flat tires. Looks like Maggie enjoyed it as much as you two did. I do love being in quiet places like that. Cannot wait to get our van! What elevation were you at? Glad you missed the storm. My son lives in Alaska and he does not have firearms, but he and his family hike almost every day. He has only needed the bear spray once in four years, It is effective stuff! Owen, listen to Lynn! Women's intuition is a true thing! Those chicken tacos look great. Tonight I am doing lamb kabobs and homemade naan on the Blackstone Griddle for dinner. Lots of sumac, onions and yogurt!
The elevation on this part of the trip was around 4,000 ft. It was nice a cool at the time. Good to know the bear spray is effective, hopefully we will never have to find out. Thanks for sharing.
I hope you don't stick that van somewhere you can't get out and the towing company charges you thousands
Wonderful video! Just curious, do you guys carry an emergency satellite phone or some sort of a locator, i.e., Garmin InReach?
If you feel the need to take those crutches you probably shouldnt be out of cell phone coverage.
We didn’t on this trip but we definitely will the next time we go out.
I’m loving your trip to West Virginia. I’m intrigued….how do you plan a trip like this…how did you know the names of dirt roads, where the dirt roads go and how to find an alternative when roads are roped off like the one you encountered?
Hi Jackie! Well, it’s a new skill for us for sure… and we’ll do a video about it really soon. Unlike rolling from state park to state park or boondocking spots when you’re overlanding on dirt roads there’s quite a bit of pre-planning. You usually have zero cell phone coverage, in our case for days, so you have to download maps before leaving WiFi or home. We use 3, maybe 4, apps/maps to find where to go on dirt roads. The first is GAIA GPS, It has lots of layers of different maps like roads you can travel on, private and public land, TOPO, etc. We also use the app OnX Offroad. Similar to GAIA but it has crowd-sourced trails that rate how difficult the trail is and even has pictures of waypoints along the route. Unfortunately like most things here on the east coast, the number of marked trails is less than on the west coast… but it’s getting better. And, when we’re “out there” we use the navigation system on our Sprinter van because its maps don’t require LTE… if you look when we’re bouncing around you’ll see that map up all the time. Just this week GAIA released their Apple CarPlay feature so that may be up a lot from now on. So when our next route is closed off we already kind of know because of pre-planning where the next route is. We put those coordinates in the Sprinter map and head that way. When we get close Lynn brings up GAIA or OnX and we start bouncing down the dirt roads again. Hope this helps. Let us know if a video showing and explaining would be good too. Thanks for always being with us no matter where we’re bouncing and what we’re bouncing in… that means the world to us.
I always get so jealous of BLM land and the West, thanks for this reminder of what we have in our backyard
We get jealous of all the BLM out west too. That was reason we went searching for what is close by. Thanks so much for watching.
Do you think you could have travelled to that spot in your travato?
Absolutely, I could have traveled there in my daughters kia soul
Yes, I do think we could have went to this spot in our Travato.