V5E1: Pushing to Prescott and Beyond
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- A new chapter commences as the journey continues south into the varied and beautiful Prescott National Forest. Following some introspection, priorities shift, as I consider the story to come. The week concludes in downtown Prescott, before enjoying a lovely Thanksgiving dinner with friends!
I have recently found your channel and have been catching up on your episodes. You clearly take pains with your video and shots and it is impressive. You are talented at what you do. Regarding your dilemma, it seems to be very common to those who yearn for a nomadic life. I have followed many similar vlogs and blogs through the years and there is a clear pattern to them all -- a desire to explore the roads of America, a desire to find "self", and a desire for adventure. After about 2 years, the novelty wears off and the benefits of permanent homes and being a part of family and community come back hard. This appears to be where you are. At this point, the former adventurers either return to their home or set up a new one. I think there is a good reason why civilization developed into established, permanent communities and relationships. I don't pretend to know about your personal life but I would be willing to bet that you being physically close to your son would bless him in ways that are not immediately apparent. I think there is a middle ground where you can be in one place and also show the world your videos. One thing I have noticed from other TH-cam channels is that it becomes more personality-based vs. pushing a specific narrative -- people become invested in YOU, not the fact that you are an over lander living in a Jeep. You might find that your viewership would be just as interested in you taking a walk in your neighborhood and talking about life or your new job as they would you driving down a road in the Southwest. The best TH-cam channels evolve so don't fear it. Finally, I have seen a common thread in your musings of loneliness and a desire to find yourself or your place in this world. I was the same way for many years (I am in my 40s too). I found the answer where no-one wants to find it anymore -- when I realized I was I needed to stop living for myself and reached out a trembling, tentative hand to God. When I got saved, everything began to make sense. I pray that you will find the peace I have found because it truly does "pass all understanding". But know that you are doing a good job with your channel and be encouraged, friend. Take care.
Chris, I think finding a home base is a great idea. Your wanderlust pushing you to venture out from wherever your home is eventually located can make for an entertaining and fulfilling travel series, and I'll bet you'd be interesting to follow while documenting your new home and adventures there. Your videos are so beautiful. I now take screenshots and have them as a slideshow in the background of my laptop!
Hey Chris, I have greatly enjoyed every single episode, thank you so much. I am ex-military and one thing I know even the most ardent adventurers and the toughest soldiers need a base to operate from. Make it central to your further adventures and surround yourself with good people and you can't go too far wrong.All the best.
Sometimes I think if I'm able to retire from the military I'd like to live this kind of lifestyle. Just not so sure the wife would like it. Lol
Chris, to answer your question, simple, you do what's right for you, your happiness. TH-cam or no TH-cam.
Another Pizza!! You are a great Photographer/video editor. You are a natural at making a good story to go along with you videos. Even though I am catching up with your current videos I wish I had been along from the start waiting for every Friday to come so I could watch you new post. It has been a video marathon for me. I hope you do read our comments. By the way, your Son is very lucky. As always, take care and thanks for taking us along.
You can have both worlds.... a home base and adventure! When "home" you can adventure locally for the day, when out and about you can continue as you have! Lots of supportive comments here. We enjoy your channel. We hope you keep putting out content, no matter where you are!
All the best Chris!! Looking forward to following your future!!
As challenging as it has been and all the sacrifices you have made Chris, you have shared places in North America that very few have or will have ever seen. So much of what we do is about getting from point A to point B and very little attention is paid to the journey itself in our lives. It’s not just about the place, but personal growth as a journey as well. You have inspired me to do more exploring. I have to travel for work, and you have inspired me to do more driving rather than flying. I have outfitted my Subaru Outback to be able to travel long distances and camp out of it. I have to travel to Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh, Nashville and up into Canada regularly and now I plan road trips. I have to believe that you have inspired many people and despite the loneliness and fatigue, you have accomplished a great deal. Your photography and video content is always excellent and you should be proud of all this as you move on to your next chapter in life. Cheers.
Hi Chris. I'm watching your channel chronologically and so I'm only just coming to this episode today. I imagine that by now you've answered the questions that you pose in this episode. If not however, here are some thoughts for you: while your jeep is definitely a superior way to get off the beaten path and into the wild of forest roads with free accommodation, in some ways it is also a hitch, because it causes you to seek out self isolation. I think that if you were to spend a few days a week in paid campgrounds that you will meet more people and also have easier access to showers. I traveled in a camper van for two years in Australia and New Zealand and for half the journey I also had my significant other on-board. That stemmed any feelings of self-isolation entirely. Later (after we broke up), I wandered somewhat aimlessly and ended up feeling similarly isolated. Trips to town helped a lot.
@15:27 Yes, your shots are so well composed. It show's how much you put into each individual shot and your videos as well in order to tell the story.
You are one cool ass dude God bless you. Thank you for the adventures.
Big thank you for making such enjoyable videos. I ran across one of your videos and was hooked. You need to do what is best for you and what makes you happy plain and simple.
Dude, if you decide to settle down for awhile, Arizona is a great place. Good people, good food, great weather.
Have enjoyed your content & your honesty (emotional) at times. It's a 1st person perspective of what it's like to live on the open dirt road. I always look forward to your content.
We are all traveling vicariously with you. The pizza looked great! Your videos are revealing back country that is so picturesque and peaceful. Find a small place near Moab that you can fix up and return to periodically for friendship and human interaction. Then keep your adventures in the western US going by partnering occasionally with those of similar inclination. Your videography is superb and captures the true spirit of the west. Hope your Thanksgiving dinner with friends restores your faith in people everywhere. We are grateful to be armchair companions on your wonderful journeys.
One of the things I appreciate about your channel is your own subtle self-deprecating humor (14:24). I think it's great that you don't edit those things out. Great video--as always!
I don’t comment often but I felt compelled to do so this time. I think you are very talented and I look forward to seeing here you go from here.
Welcome back to AZ. Look forward to seeing what comes next for. I’ve enjoyed watching your adventures and travels.
These videos are just amazing...It reminds me of Charles Kuralt’s “On the road”. Inspiring locations that I’m going to see!! Thanks
I'm currently in Mexico and have been having some fun adventures of my own.
But what's funny is, and this has happened more than once, even though I have adventure waiting for me as close as 20 minutes from my door step sometimes I choose to stay under the covers and watch one of your videos and experience one of your adventures instead. I never regret it either.
Sometimes I even watch one of your videos while I am camping. Even though I am often in a wonderful place I am still excited to experience your travels. So much so sometimes I will say to myself " I will watch this amazing real life sunset and then watch the video" But I will usually wind up cheating and roll the video before the sun has actually set lol.
Anyway I'm not a touchy feely person but this is my favorite content not just in YT but for anything. It's constantly what I choose to reward myself by watching and the first thing I watch. The methodoligy, the filming, the narration, the pace. It's all perfect for what I want to see.
Thanks for doing this. Whatever happens in the future, more of the same, a short break, a long break, finding a permanent place, finding a permanent place and then realizing you need to be a nomad again. Whatever happens will be what happens and it will be mostly good I think.
I drove a truck for 20 plus years and while I am more comfortable being alone than you and less desirious of needing friends and family I was not totally immune.
At a certain point as you go more and more places the sense of discovery starts to fade. That can really weigh on the mind because the sacrifices are only worth it if that sense of wonder is there. But if you push through a sense if familiarity replaces it. You see the connections of how one place relates to another place and how people are the same and different everywhere. With enough familiarity a sense of belonging starts to happen. Your neighborhood just becomes the whole country. You start remembering things, places and people and when you see them again in reoccurring travels it starts to feel like home. At least I was lucky enough to feel this way. Maybe you will be too.
Or you will hit the jackpot and find someone to share the adventure with. I hope you best the odds in that one.
Well darn, Your videos have inspired me to get out and explore my state and close states. I just got my Escape travel trailer rigged up for boondocking and am heading out next week. I retired almost ten years ago and have been going on weekend or little two day trips but now I am interested in seeing some of the places in your travels. Thanks for the trip and best of luck in your future if you do settle down.
Chris Ive been watching your videos since the beginning and I have to say, every where you have gone, I wish I could go there and do it all. I appreciate that. Opens my eyes to the rest of the world I haven’t seen. But, one phrase that sounds cheesy and does come from a cheesy movies “Home is where you make it.” Being military we move around alot and really dont have a one home. We learn how to make the next place a little homier than the last. Hopefully we will find ours as well. Keep it up Brother!
great videos,, hope you find what you are looking for and happy thanksgiving......
Whatever you do, dude, I have no doubt you will do it right.
Godspeed, whatever happens. I’m hooked until you stop documenting, but god knows people need family and people.
I’m with you ‘til the end, whenever and whatever that may be.
Keep being the awesome dude you are!
Your TH-cam Channel inspired the color of my new JL. My goal is not to Full-Time. I agree with your various assessments on Full Timing alone. I just want to do a bunch of weekends next summer around New England. A few years ago I flew out West and rented a Sprinter camper van and toured Glacier & Yellowstone Parks. That was the way to do it for me. Keep making films! It's hard to believe you don't have a full film crew following you around! Well done!!!
Yes Arizona would be a good place for you to have to settle down and so much diversity for you to explore!!
Just some random ideas I thought of that might still provide an income and/or content whilst you take a break.
- a video about the financial side of your journey. Things like, weekly gas bill, maintenance costs, pizza allowance, propane usage etc
- a video on how you make your videos. Things like how you select shots, tripod/camera setup, editing workflow.
- a video on what's worked, and what hasn't over the last couple of years. Whether that is gear/equipment, or places that have been amazing, and places that haven't.
And going forward, maybe consider doing meet and greets when you're in a city. Or possibly tagalong tours? I'm on the other side of the world, but would love to fly over and hang out for a few days.
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I hope you had a nice Thanksgiving, and it's good to see you finally got a new spatula! :-)
Really great questions Chris and I look forward to your insight. Happy Thanksgiving.
Hey Chris, I appreciate your commitment to posting these videos every Friday. I enjoy watching them every Saturday morning with a cup of coffee. Going into the future I think you can have your cake and eat it too. Find a place to settle near friends and family, but also near plenty of adventure. Then film the adventures, and maybe a bit of everyday life also. Like projects around the home place or on the Jeep. I know I enjoyed the videos on installing the Goose Gear plate system. Also maybe seek out more chances to show off others rigs and their lives. You obviously have a gift at crafting a story, which you continue to hone. No need to think people will only watch if it only about you traveling in the Jeep.
I enjoy your vids and will miss them, thanks for the entertainment.
I wish you the best. Your ever inspiring videos comes with a cost that I've never considered. I hope you find home....
Real Talk. Transparency. That's why you're my favorite traveler.
Best video yet..
You gave great insight into what loneliness can do in your mind.. How it can change you. I've been there also
Your videos are exciting yet peaceful at the same time. I have been following for some time now. I long to travel as you are now. Change is inevitable. Do what is best for you!
Great words Chris. Family is important love how your journey has gone so far as I have been watching for a while now. Some days I feel like I need to do what you did. Find my self and drive. Great video work on all the shots you get.
Thank you for another great video, we as your subscribers support you with whatever you end up doing. Good luck to you. Thanks again for sharing your adventures!
Chris, you have the most interesting approach to your weekly vlogs. Simple and to the point, yet entertaining and worth waiting for the next one. One nice thing you have going for you, which probably makes your videos super easy to edit, is the lack of added background music, special effects, and click bait. Your content is real, even leaving in the occasional fall, trip or bonk on the head. It all gives to the feeling of being right there with you.
If you are craving people and some foundation in your life, maybe you could work camp for a few months at a time in various towns to get to know the locals and explore the area thoroughly. Maybe offer to work short term on a farm, in a small grocery store, coffee shop, pizza parlor or gas station in those tiny little towns you venture through? Maybe have your kiddo meet up with you for some of that time in each location to help with lack of family you are feeling. Maybe through this approach you will meet a nice lady to settle down with. In the mean time, while you are stationary in the various locations, continue to vlog your experiences as much as you feel fit to share. I am quite sure your subscribers will hang with you in the interest of your content.
Glad you are hanging out with your new Thanksgiving Friends and that is what Thanksgiving is all about ... the answers to your own questions will follow !!! Happy thanksgiving ! Thanks for sharing !
Move to Utah! Love your videos. Thanks for all you do.
I have enjoyed your journeys and good for you to change it up and have a stable footing somewhere best of luck and look forward to the next chapter with you and your journey.
Yes, evolve. Make perfect sense. Great vid, thanks. Best of luck.
Chris, I love your channel ! You inspire me to do the same, to go overlanding and exploring across North America ; perhaps one day I will when I'm fully retired. Thank you for all you do.
I love your videos. I can see your joy out there. Always keep you happy, man. Best wishes and safe travels to you. Cheers from Houston area.
Awesome video Chris thank you for doing what you do. Hope you find what your looking for.
I hope you choose to land in Prescott. It's a great town that I enjoyed for 15 years in my twenties and thirties. Awesome community and incredible access to amazing outdoor adventures. (And, I met my wife there, so there's that!)
Inspiring video as always, Chris... appreciate the fact that you keep it real and love sharing your journey.
Hey Chris just as your journey has evolved your core viewers will also. Keep doing you. Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving and as always thank you for your great content it is much appreciated, and always looking forward to your weekly videos. ✌
happy thanksgiving,Chris.you have a lot to be thankful for.and thank you for your travels
Appreciate your openness and honesty..safe travels
I hope you had a great Thanksgiving, I absolutely love watching this weekly adventure you are on, I hope you find exactly what you are searching for.
Chris thanks for sharing your adventures. The way you film makes it feel like we are with you but I have to remind myself that you are alone and speaking to a camera. So I empathize with the sentiments you have shared. I wish you success in your pursuits but selfishly hope you include us in continued adventures
That is awesome, I know that area quite well. A lot of scratches in my rigs from trying to go, just a bit further. Just an amazing number of trails and the ranchers are super nice.
Greetings from France ! I started following your journey a few weeks ago, that is real awesome and inspiring ! You should travel with other people some time.
at 18:43, Michael Myers is watching you at the top of the steps....Great video Chris.
I believe Chris, your TH-cam followers are all in agreement, we will follow your adventures wherever you take us! Roll on Chris, roll on through wherever that may take you. We will all be there with you!
Chris, I’ve been following you for awhile now and have used your setup to model my own upcoming journey. Not full time, but long 4-6 week trips and then returning to home base for recovery. You can hybrid your lifestyle. Find a home base to give you a needed foundation and then continue exploring in chunks. Show us your planning and preparation between trips -lessons learned, deeper level of pros & cons on areas visited, etc. There remains plenty of content your followers will be happy to watch. All the best in finding the next chapter in your life’s journey.
Great job Chris God speed to you.
Happy thanksgiving 🦃
I've really enjoyed the evolution of your videography. You seem to have itchy feet. Which doesn't allow you to stay in one location too long. May I suggest the rubber Tramp rendezvous or, the RTR in southwest Arizona. You will meet like-minded individuals. It starts In mid January in
Quartzsite Arizona.
Love your videos Chris! I am not sure I have a complete answer to your question but further collaboration with fellow overlanders and vanlifers might help with the solitude. There was mention of setting up meet and greets. You might be traveling solo but I am sure you never far from new friends. Additionally if you ever find yourself back in the WA we (my wife and dog) would love to tag along in some of your travels, as I am sure others would throughout your journey. Stay safe out there! Thanks for sharing
I hope you will consider Utah!!! You could be stationary and when you feel like it there are more roads to explore than you could ever explore in a lifetime. I have always thought Northern Utah is such a great place to be for a central location for outdoor exploration. If you ever want to throw fly fishing into the mix, let me know and I will give you a Tenkara set-up.
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Chris, you should organize 2-3 trips a month to take a minimum of 3-4 families on an adventure and charge about a $1,200 per family or (car). You have a lot of experience in finding the best places. The trip could be 3-5 days long. They can book them on your website ahead of time. Create a year in advance schedule on your site with limited slots available. The schedule can be seasonable depending on the weather. Let's say winters can be in the south somewhere and the summer can be in the north east or west so on so forth. You can also film them where filming will be a part of the deal where your customers will have a special uncut copy. You are great at what you do and we want to see you do more of these videos. Of course you can have a place somewhere and go back to for a couple of months a year. These are only suggestions. Anyhow, we love your channel and wish you luck!
Hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving with your friends. Travel On.
I like the meet and greet mentioned below. We always talk about how lonely it must be but felt it was your wish to be so. It's not necessary to give it all up. A base camp with a meet and greet theme sounds great too.
At first I thought I would like this video because I live in Prescott, and another viewpoint would be interesting. I ended up liking it more because of the photography and the story told in pictures, good job!
am Italian and I live in Tuscany where there is the Maremma Park, a wonderful place like the ones you make us visit in your videos. Continue what it is.Thanks.
I like it... life is all about new seasons and improvement.
Chris!!! your locker sensor cable is hanging out!! :D :D :D
He disconnected it several videos ago.
@@robertmarsh3861 I know, hence the laughing emoji's...
Your adventure is amazing but I love what You said about becoming stationery.....
Wherever you decide to go and whatever you decide I'll keep watching. I enjoy your videos. That said... if you happen to pass through north Texas heading back east I would buy you a beer at the brewery on your way through!
You are good at making videos. Definitely interesting and relevant. Prescott, yuppie, was a good transition destination.
Love your videos and wanna explore for a a long time as well, but i know the feeling of lonely is sucks. All the best to you no matter what happen in the future!
Chris.....you should reach out and talk with OvrlndX or other full time overlanders. You should also consider reaching out to those who may want to travel in small groups of just a few people, such as 2 - 5 people for weeks or even a couple of months at a time then break away and be alone for a short period of time then find another small group or few fellow overlanders for a few more weeks or a couple of months. You'll have more interaction with people to fill the void of being lonely, you'll meet new people who share in the same style of living as yourself and if you open up a lot.....you might meet someone who may want to tag along to be a traveling partner. You can still be on a moving journey but shake up in small towns or places for more than just a couple of days. Maybe stay in one place for a week or longer depending on supplies needed. Just ideas!!! But reach out to OvrlndX for some advice. Head towards him and hang with him for at least a week to really take in how he does it. Take care, Happy Thanksgiving and look forward to your next video.
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Im saying though... if I had the means I wouldn't give this lifestyle up for a minute... but im weird like that...I like the company of others but don't really care for it... lol...I don't know, I just overlanding and the idea of doing it full time that I don't think I could give it up but I get it...
Nice video Chris thank you 😎👍
Your channel is totally unique, unlike others I follow. Whatever you decide, do it for you and your son. Your channel is a getaway for us slaves to the grind. Lol, don’t let this become your grind though!
Great videos as usual. Chris, just do what works for you. It is not easy doing what you do. If you are fatigue, get some well deserved rest for as long as you want. Make whatever change you want to your channel. It is all going to be new content. We will watch. Some people may leave, new ones will come. You will always have viewers.
One good thing I have realized about travelers on TH-cam is that if you can offer to meet with people at different destinations, many people would love to come say hi. Meet you in person, encourage you, ask you tons of questions, and above all they will encourage and cheer you on. I promise you, that works.
Post meetups or say host a meetup. Ask for suggestions from your viewers and see who would like to show up and what location would be best. Also ask for suggestions or you suggest what you guys would do at the meetup. Go there and even if it is only 5 people who show up, that is more than enough. But the more the merrier.
The meetup group can meet and you all do a volunteer job for a community or you guys come with an idea like camp together, do a trail together, have a outdoor cookout, do a volunteer work for a local community or even do a food drive.
If you do this, you will always have people in contact with you trying to set up the next meetup or coming up with new ideas for future meetups. You will make a lot of positive impact in many people's lives and you will get a lot of satisfaction and not feel so alone.
To answer your question you could go the format of doing seasons (doesn't necessarily have to follow a schedule for the seasons). you could park the jeep for part of the year and settle down somewhere. I believe you have a place in Vermont(?) that you have shown, correct? well with seasons if you want to go travel for a period of time start a season and end it whenever you like and go back to your stationary life. this could also lead to bigger things like seasons abroad, overseas, or seasons to specific places. it could also make you more marketable if that's what you wish to do. If you decide to take little trips like weekend things without a whole season you can just post them as little life updates to keep people interested. as far as the social part I would recommend you to join one of the "overlanding" social clubs online (one example being overland bound but there are many more) that way you could do your own rallies, events, join up with other people doing things, just hang out with people of the same interest. I'm sure many people would also offer for you to stay with them for a bit considering how friendly you are. that's just my two cents, hope it helps. good luck with whatever you decide to do.
another thought. you have said you are/were a web developer right? in your free time you could try to make a dating, meeting people, or hooking up (i don't judge) app like tinder, match, grinder 😂, etc. focused to people like you who don't really like to stay anchored for life to one place. it would probably help quite a few people like you and would be another source of income if you decided to do ads or make it paid. it would also help people be more willing to try out a lifestyle like yours because they would have options to meet other people willing to do the same. just a thought
Hi, Chris. If you made some T-Shirts, I would buy one. Love your videos. -Dan
Love your videos! I can't wait to get my Jeep out west. We were in Arizona years ago but flew out and had a rental car. I'm from MD so it was nice to see you're from PA. Because of you I've subscribed to GAIA GPS and the maps are amazing!
Living off of vlogging -a form of being stuck- is like the twilight zone episode of the man who had to eat forever. (Hopefully you know which one that is a reference to). Another form of misery is when the most exciting social interaction on a daily basis comes down to strangers giving comments and likes and hearts...some of which you enjoy and welcome and others you thumb up out of a jobastic sense of responsibility to the craft. What is exciting to watch about your travels isn't your travels at all...its the process of watching you ponder life, since we all have the exact same stuff going on in life, to one degree or other. (Minus so much grilled cheese perhaps). Whatever angle you choose to vlog about and photograph will be awesome to watch. I dare you to hike the PCT! You don't know me, but I dare you to take on my dare. :)
Chris, another great video. Since you love to travel, you should move somewhere in the middle of the US that way whatever direction you decide to travel in, east, west, north or south, you'll always be halfway home. Second, why don't you team up with a few overland groups?
I suggest looking around the Prescott area as a place to settle down. I moved here 2 years ago from Ohio, and it’s been the best decision I ever made. Very central to everything Overland
Chris I can understand your thoughts on finding home. My wife and I just completed two round trips AZ to OR, 6000 miles in two months. It gets tiring out there even with another person along as your always feeling the need to be somewhere...
Perhaps taking a breather every now and again would help, pick a nice location, invite some friends to visit, organize a drive with others, hold a workshop on photography techniques (you’ve certainly got some great skills).
Chris I was looking at the New Jeep Gladiator and after watching your videos, can you imagine the new Jeep Gladiator with a Ursa Minor J30 Roof Top Tent ? Keep up the GREAT VIDEOS!
Happy Thanksgiving. Chris you will figure it out and o have hunch you can find home and still create without always being on the move.
I only started following your channel recently. What you've done to this point is cool and inspiring. Why not take a break from it and try something different for a while? Nothing says you have to stay with that choice forever either. You already broke the rules. Break them some more!
Plus, I have these same feelings from my cubicle job and stationary lifestyle. I'd say roll back into Pennsylvania, driveway camp for a month or two to remind you why living stationery wasn't for you, then move on to more adventures...and take us with you!
The key is to have fun the whole time. No matter what you do. Loneliness is an illusion. Like anything else, dwell on it and it will consume your time. Perhaps I've a talent for isolation, and should not advise on such things. Ah well... What's the worst that could happen?
My father was a wanderer and spent a lot of time in Prescott National Forest. He loved the area.
Chris, if you packed it in & "closed up shop", all I can be is happy for you & letting us come along for the ride. If/when you make your way east, I'd love to chat & buy you a coffee. In South Jersey, I'm not far from your home.
Chris, I have watched most but not all of your videos and I have come to look
forward to seeing what you have done during the past week, I do hope you will find
what you are looking for. I suggest you work your way back to your parents home and enjoy
enjoy their and your son's company. Talk over with them your future and see what you want to
do with the next phase of your life. As someone said you can still do videos from a base, as
virtually all of them do. So drive home and be with your family and contemplate what you want to
do next year. I hope that I'll be lucky enough to meet you in person. I'd like to have you as a friend.
All the best, Philip
Solitude and constant wandering could be difficult. Here are some ideas that may/may not help: 1. Schedule regular visits with family. Every few months fly back home for a week. 2. Slow down on your travels. Spend 4-6 days exploring one area/county then move 3-4 hours away and explore a neighboring area/county for 4-6 days. Stay in Prescott for a few days, then go explore Sedona for a 3-4 days. Moving camp every night can be exhausting. Returning to the same campsite provides a sense of comfort and security, like home. 3. Have a monthly meetup with subscribers. We aren't family but we are part of a community. If you make it to Southern California you can stop in for a hot shower, fast wifi and coffee at my place. There are some good hikes and roads to explore here too. Kind of like meeting with your friends in Prescott, meeting with subscribers can provide the sense of community/friends/family that you are lacking. A stationary person gets that through their workplace/church/clubs/neighbors. 4. Thank you for all the travels you share. I appreciate each one. - Keanan
Happy thanksgiving. Safe travels
Glad you enjoyed or are enjoying arizona.
Oh you're killing me smalls... was just in Prescott a month ago...I got a grandfather who lives there... first time I went I was 12... now im 40... holy cow how big that place has gotten... lol...
I hope you keep up the adventure. I enjoy the scenery. It would be very nice for you to find a traveling companion.
Lol, when you are used to traveling alone like this, a traveling companion can be exciting only for a week. After that they will seem to he in your space and slowing you down on your random schedule or things you do. Except the travel companion is temporal like a week or so and they leave.
The problem too with a companion is how do they make money also? They cannot move into his Jeep and be dependent on his income.
Many people are not living this lifestyle because it is not easy to sustain it. Plus, people want stability in finances and it is not easy to have it when you are just starting a youtube travel channel or any kind of channel.
As a an old school rock journalist who has. Spent the lion’s share of his time on the road, I must say three months home is about all I can take and it’s time to go!! You’ll feel the tug of the road soon after your home.
thanks for the adventures:)
Hey Chris, No reason why you can't have a home base and still adventure out for shorter periods of time. Solitude and lack of community can be challenging for the sole and mind. The key I have found is balance. Good luck with the decisions and looking forward to what the future brings.
Great job on the fire pit.