Thank you! I enjoyed this day of driving more than any other of this trip. I loved watching the elevations constantly increase while I was driving across the Plains, and then getting to see Pikes Peak from so far away was awesome (I didn't even know how big Pikes Peak was at the time of this drive, so when I first saw it about 100 miles east, I just thought it was a small mountain)!
@@unclecoolie Yeah, that's huge. We also have high mountains here in Switzerland. But there are the peaks at altitude, where there is a huge plateau here, a cultural landscape with roads, towns, fields and forests. The peaks are quite a bit higher. And of course the dimensions are completely different, you can't compare them at all. I've been to Colorado, but unfortunately not to this region. I drove via Denver and then through the valley of the Colorado River to Moab. That was scenically very beautiful, but no comparison to this route.
Absolutely loved this journey. So much more interesting going on the smaller roads than the Interstates, you get to see some of the small towns on these roads. I seem to remember once saying that I’d like you to do US50 so I’m especially enjoying this road trip, thanks. Greetings from the UK.
10:52:16 - face full of fumes from a motor in it death throes. Surely that truck cannot be legally allowed on the road like that! Enjoying the trip btw, especially as you are taking more of the roads less travelled instead of just interstates. Crossing eastern Colorado heading straight towards Pikes Peak as it grows more prominent was very cool👍
Thanks. Yeah, I don't know how that truck could pass emissions tests. I really enjoyed being able to see Pikes Peak from far out. Now I regret not taking an hour or so to drive up it. I'll do that the next time I'm in the area though.
Hi, you took a very interesting route, on different non-Interstate roads, enjoyed it a lot, especially the mountainous section after Colorado Springs is very scenic. Thanks for the video, greetings from a roadtripper from Germany!
Thank you! Greetings from Virginia! Of the 5 days that I drove from New York to California, this was my favorite day. I actually loved driving across the plains and watching the elevations gradually get high, and then seeing Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs was a pleasant surprise (I didn't know about Pikes Peak and how high it was and how it stood out due to being rather alone).
@@unclecoolie hi, yes, the appearance of Pikes Peak on the horizon was very nice, would love to hike up there, there is also a famous marathon race going on it.
I started watching your videos 3 years ago when the pandemic hit, and I have really enjoyed them all the way down to the details of time of day, date, elevation, etc. I see the latest series shows New York to Santa Monica via Cincinnati, Lee's Summit, MO and Salida, CO. Are you working on the real-time production for the Salida to Santa Monica segment? Although, all of your videos are great, I really enjoy the ones in real time the most. Keep these amazing videos coming. An I-40 road trip across TN and further west would be nice.
Thanks! I'm working on part 4 of the NY-CA trip in real time now: Salida to Kingman, AZ, and I will have it uploaded and posted in the next few days. The part from Kingman to Santa Monica will be uploaded next after that, before doing the real time videos of my drive from San Antonio to Virginia last March. I have another big trip coming up next month (although I haven't narrowed down the details yet), and I'd love to have these other videos uploaded before or soon after so that I can work on that trip's video, which is always a lot of work working on a new trip's video.
Thanks, Unclecoolie from across the pond. I have seen many similar videos around the world and yours are by far the best. One quick question, if that is OK - do you book the hotels in advance, or do you do it during one of your pit stops?
Hi. Thanks! I book my road trips usually 2-3-4 weeks in advance. I plan the route that I want to take and figure out roughly how far I can drive each day, then I book the hotel rooms accordingly. Almost always I rent the car that I drive for these trips, especially since most of the time when I drive across the country like this trip, I don't drive back to the origin (due to lack of time). I got to do this trip because I had to travel to Las Vegas (where I dropped the rental car off) for work, so I made a road trip out of it. I flew back home to Virginia after. I am also planning another big road trip next month because of another business trip that I'm doing. I haven't worked out the details yet.
I almost always drive rental cars for big road trips. For this one, I drove a 2022 Honda Ridgeline that I rented from Dulles Airport and dropped off at McCarran Airport in Vegas.
Thank you for the scenic rides unclecoolie. Since I watched so many of your long tours, I'm curious what vehicle are you driving ? Is it the same car every time? Greetings from Morocco.
Hi. Greetings from the Washington, DC area of Virginia! I take different vehicles each time I do road trips because I rent them. I drove a 2022 Honda Ridgeline that I rented from Dulles Airport and would eventually drop off at Las Vegas's McCarran Airport after driving to California.
Hi. How do you get the overlays? I've been watching a trucker use the same overlay but slightly different your's seems much cleaner I like the GPS at the bottom left. Nice video and 4k Quality! Earned a Sub!
Thanks! I create the overlays separately using Paint/Photoshop. It's tricky getting the overlay over the white route line correctly, and is the most time-consuming overlay that I create. The virb software that the Garmin camera uses is what extracts the GPS data that the camera records, and I can pick which gauges that I want on the video and where on the video they go. I've thought about doing a how-to video later this year. I want to get all of the real time road trip videos that I'm currently editing first. I also have another big trip planned next month.
Thanks! I used the Garmin Virb Ultra 30, which records GPS information, with a 512 GB micro SD card. The Virb software displays the GPS information per my selection, and I use Final Cut Pro for all other editing. I use Paint/Photoshop for all of the graphics, such as the highway signs and the map overlays. The micro SD card is large enough to store 16 hours' worth of UHD video, and I bring my MacBook with an external hard drive to back up the card each night.
When you were going down them remote farm backroads in Kansas which probably are some of the most remote in this country, I was thinking anyone who lives outhere is living off the grid especially in those fifty or less small Colorado and Western Kansas towns.
Well, one thing I wished that I had done was drive up Pikes Peak when I passed through Manitou Springs. I had more than an hour's worth of extra daylight when I made it to Salida, so I could've taken that time to drive up to the summit. The next time I'm in that area, I'll be sure to do that. Otherwise, the most spectacular scenery was on the 4th day when I drove through SE Utah and down to the Grand Canyon--no shortage of beauty there. I'll have that video uploaded by the end of this month.
@@unclecoolie it's my favorite part too. I hope to go driving there too someday :-) thanks for the sneak peek. Those small, empty country roads were the cherry on top.
My dream for your next trip would be starting in South Texas and going due North right into somewhere in the boreal forest on the Canadian shield :-D But maybe then I'd eventually finally get tired of watching plains...
About that time, yes. That's Pikes Peak up ahead. At first I didn't know about how big Pikes Peak is, so when I first saw it, I just thought that it was a small mountain on the Front Range.
I want to go to Vermont as it's the only state in the continental US that I've never been to, but it won't be from California. It will most likely be from Virginia, where I live.
It was something that I'd always wanted to do. For years I only traveled via air, so I missed out on so much between destinations. I was finally able to start doing it in summer of 2017.
Sometimes. I usually get into a groove once I've driven for an hour or so, and I sometimes get surprised by how fast the day goes. There are times when I wind up driving much longer than anticipated (such as 14+ hours), such as my first day of this trip when I drove up to NY from my home in Virginia before driving all the way to Chillicothe, OH--that was nearly 16 hours' worth of driving.
The camera records GPS information, and the software extracts the GPS data and puts it on the screen to my customization. I then do all of the rest of the editing using Final Cut Pro.
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I'll always be amazed at the space you guys have over the Atlantic
Another good part of this road trip as always! Love the scenery of Colorado towards the end it’s such a beautiful state
Thank you! This was actually my favorite day of the five days that I spent driving to California.
Wow, the landscape in the last section was terrific! Such a vast country and all that at over 8000 ft. Simply great! Thanks so much for this journey!
Thank you! I enjoyed this day of driving more than any other of this trip. I loved watching the elevations constantly increase while I was driving across the Plains, and then getting to see Pikes Peak from so far away was awesome (I didn't even know how big Pikes Peak was at the time of this drive, so when I first saw it about 100 miles east, I just thought it was a small mountain)!
@@unclecoolie Yeah, that's huge. We also have high mountains here in Switzerland. But there are the peaks at altitude, where there is a huge plateau here, a cultural landscape with roads, towns, fields and forests. The peaks are quite a bit higher. And of course the dimensions are completely different, you can't compare them at all. I've been to Colorado, but unfortunately not to this region. I drove via Denver and then through the valley of the Colorado River to Moab. That was scenically very beautiful, but no comparison to this route.
There’s so much arable land in Kansas! The mountains in Colorado are spectacular! Thanks for another great video!
Thanks! This was my favorite day of driving, for precisely those reasons that you listed!
Absolutely loved this journey. So much more interesting going on the smaller roads than the Interstates, you get to see some of the small towns on these roads. I seem to remember once saying that I’d like you to do US50 so I’m especially enjoying this road trip, thanks. Greetings from the UK.
Thank you very much! I enjoyed this day more than any other of the 5 days that I spent driving from New York to Los Angeles. Greetings from Virginia.
10:52:16 - face full of fumes from a motor in it death throes. Surely that truck cannot be legally allowed on the road like that!
Enjoying the trip btw, especially as you are taking more of the roads less travelled instead of just interstates. Crossing eastern Colorado heading straight towards Pikes Peak as it grows more prominent was very cool👍
Thanks. Yeah, I don't know how that truck could pass emissions tests. I really enjoyed being able to see Pikes Peak from far out. Now I regret not taking an hour or so to drive up it. I'll do that the next time I'm in the area though.
Hi, you took a very interesting route, on different non-Interstate roads, enjoyed it a lot, especially the mountainous section after Colorado Springs is very scenic. Thanks for the video, greetings from a roadtripper from Germany!
Thank you! Greetings from Virginia! Of the 5 days that I drove from New York to California, this was my favorite day. I actually loved driving across the plains and watching the elevations gradually get high, and then seeing Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs was a pleasant surprise (I didn't know about Pikes Peak and how high it was and how it stood out due to being rather alone).
@@unclecoolie hi, yes, the appearance of Pikes Peak on the horizon was very nice, would love to hike up there, there is also a famous marathon race going on it.
FINALLY ANOTHER ROADTRIP VIDEO, THX UNCLECOOLIE😃👍 Btw, do you have any plans for Spring Break
First
Thanks! I'm trying to get these out as quick as I can. I'm planning to go to Florida for Spring Break with my family.
@@unclecoolie Nice looking forward to it
Just finishing up new York to santa Monica looking forward to this.
This was actually my favorite day of driving from this trip.
I started watching your videos 3 years ago when the pandemic hit, and I have really enjoyed them all the way down to the details of time of day, date, elevation, etc.
I see the latest series shows New York to Santa Monica via Cincinnati, Lee's Summit, MO and Salida, CO. Are you working on the real-time production for the Salida to Santa Monica segment?
Although, all of your videos are great, I really enjoy the ones in real time the most. Keep these amazing videos coming. An I-40 road trip across TN and further west would be nice.
Thanks! I'm working on part 4 of the NY-CA trip in real time now: Salida to Kingman, AZ, and I will have it uploaded and posted in the next few days. The part from Kingman to Santa Monica will be uploaded next after that, before doing the real time videos of my drive from San Antonio to Virginia last March. I have another big trip coming up next month (although I haven't narrowed down the details yet), and I'd love to have these other videos uploaded before or soon after so that I can work on that trip's video, which is always a lot of work working on a new trip's video.
I ride them on my excercise bike you can't beat that!
Thanks, Unclecoolie from across the pond. I have seen many similar videos around the world and yours are by far the best. One quick question, if that is OK - do you book the hotels in advance, or do you do it during one of your pit stops?
Hi. Thanks! I book my road trips usually 2-3-4 weeks in advance. I plan the route that I want to take and figure out roughly how far I can drive each day, then I book the hotel rooms accordingly. Almost always I rent the car that I drive for these trips, especially since most of the time when I drive across the country like this trip, I don't drive back to the origin (due to lack of time). I got to do this trip because I had to travel to Las Vegas (where I dropped the rental car off) for work, so I made a road trip out of it. I flew back home to Virginia after. I am also planning another big road trip next month because of another business trip that I'm doing. I haven't worked out the details yet.
Thank you so much uncle
You're welcome!
Beautiful ride as usual, I'm from South Dakota and I can say yep Kansas is almost identical. Still a really great trip though nonetheless
Thank you! I hope to drive through your state this summer.
Thank you for your sharing.. ❤😊
Thank you for watching!
Thank you very much uncle
My pleasure! 😊
Not tryna be weird but, What car do you drive?!? Because its one good heck of a car!
I almost always drive rental cars for big road trips. For this one, I drove a 2022 Honda Ridgeline that I rented from Dulles Airport and dropped off at McCarran Airport in Vegas.
@@unclecoolienice I guess a ridgeline is something to recommend! 😄
@@luisplayz5909 You can't go wrong with a Honda. They've proven to be the most reliable vehicles out there.
Thank you for the scenic rides unclecoolie. Since I watched so many of your long tours, I'm curious what vehicle are you driving ? Is it the same car every time?
Greetings from Morocco.
Hi. Greetings from the Washington, DC area of Virginia! I take different vehicles each time I do road trips because I rent them. I drove a 2022 Honda Ridgeline that I rented from Dulles Airport and would eventually drop off at Las Vegas's McCarran Airport after driving to California.
Me gustó mucho el vídeo saludos cordiales desde Honduras
Thank you! Best regards from Virginia!
Another adventure with unclecoolie! 😁
I've been busy, which is why it's been a while since I've uploaded anything. I will have something uploaded in the next few weeks.
Thank you for uploading such videos, may I know the car you drive?
Thanks! I drove a 2022 Honda Ridgeline that I rented from Dulles Airport and dropped off at McCarran Airport.
@@unclecoolie I might take up one trip from LA to San Jose during Thanksgiving. I am so excited to make a recording.
Hi. How do you get the overlays? I've been watching a trucker use the same overlay but slightly different your's seems much cleaner I like the GPS at the bottom left. Nice video and 4k Quality! Earned a Sub!
Thanks! I create the overlays separately using Paint/Photoshop. It's tricky getting the overlay over the white route line correctly, and is the most time-consuming overlay that I create. The virb software that the Garmin camera uses is what extracts the GPS data that the camera records, and I can pick which gauges that I want on the video and where on the video they go. I've thought about doing a how-to video later this year. I want to get all of the real time road trip videos that I'm currently editing first. I also have another big trip planned next month.
Really nice! What technology do you use to get the telemetry on the video?
Thanks! I used the Garmin Virb Ultra 30, which records GPS information, with a 512 GB micro SD card. The Virb software displays the GPS information per my selection, and I use Final Cut Pro for all other editing. I use Paint/Photoshop for all of the graphics, such as the highway signs and the map overlays. The micro SD card is large enough to store 16 hours' worth of UHD video, and I bring my MacBook with an external hard drive to back up the card each night.
Always Colorado is so scenic
I was surprised by how nice the drive was on CO-94, especially as I was getting closer to Colorado Springs.
When you were going down them remote farm backroads in Kansas which probably are some of the most remote in this country, I was thinking anyone who lives outhere is living off the grid especially in those fifty or less small Colorado and Western Kansas towns.
I agree.
Yeah!
You should do a video driving to Alaska
One day I'd love to.
Feeling like I'm in the car with Unclecoolie. 😂
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Greya drive! Which car rental company did you use when you're doing a road trip like this?
Thanks! I rented this from either Alamo or Avis--I can't remember which one.
Are any good videos of the road trip to take pictures and videos of a good vacation
Well, one thing I wished that I had done was drive up Pikes Peak when I passed through Manitou Springs. I had more than an hour's worth of extra daylight when I made it to Salida, so I could've taken that time to drive up to the summit. The next time I'm in that area, I'll be sure to do that. Otherwise, the most spectacular scenery was on the 4th day when I drove through SE Utah and down to the Grand Canyon--no shortage of beauty there. I'll have that video uploaded by the end of this month.
6:29:55: plains be plaining for real :o It's like a bugged out video game where all the objects failed to render so you only see the base layer
I actually enjoyed driving across the plains, and watching the elevations increase as the topography got even flatter and more desolate.
@@unclecoolie it's my favorite part too. I hope to go driving there too someday :-) thanks for the sneak peek. Those small, empty country roads were the cherry on top.
My dream for your next trip would be starting in South Texas and going due North right into somewhere in the boreal forest on the Canadian shield :-D But maybe then I'd eventually finally get tired of watching plains...
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First view of Rockies at about 9:18?
About that time, yes. That's Pikes Peak up ahead. At first I didn't know about how big Pikes Peak is, so when I first saw it, I just thought that it was a small mountain on the Front Range.
California to Vermont road trip PLZ
I want to go to Vermont as it's the only state in the continental US that I've never been to, but it won't be from California. It will most likely be from Virginia, where I live.
What got you into doing all the road trips? How did you get started/what got you interested?
Also do you ever get bored during long stretches of driving? And how tired are you after 12 hours out there 😂
It was something that I'd always wanted to do. For years I only traveled via air, so I missed out on so much between destinations. I was finally able to start doing it in summer of 2017.
Sometimes. I usually get into a groove once I've driven for an hour or so, and I sometimes get surprised by how fast the day goes. There are times when I wind up driving much longer than anticipated (such as 14+ hours), such as my first day of this trip when I drove up to NY from my home in Virginia before driving all the way to Chillicothe, OH--that was nearly 16 hours' worth of driving.
Show! Só falta fazer aqui no Brasil
I'd love to see one in Brazil.
I’m just starting to watch this another great roll trap 1:41
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I meant to say another great road trip
@@rileybarker7482 😊
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How ware you be able to stay awake Dearing your road trips?
I get into kind of a groove when I'm driving.
How do you add the gps info at the bottom left?
The camera records GPS information, and the software extracts the GPS data and puts it on the screen to my customization. I then do all of the rest of the editing using Final Cut Pro.
You should upload a video for my birthday. My birthday is April 2006 so let me know if you want the day
It would have to depend on when I get the video finished, uploaded, and ready to post.
Kansas really is just all farm land lol
Just about, yes.
Then do Ohio Portsmouth to Columbus
I drove across that route.
@@unclecoolie Ok
I can’t see the video.
@@l.p9344 I don't have video of that route. I was just saying that I criss-crossed it on this route.
@@unclecoolie Ok. Thanks telling me know
Put it hands down I. The baddest