San Francisco By Bike & Golden Gate Park
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ย. 2024
- Spreckels Lake Day Use GPS: 37.771673, -122.495194
Ocean Beach Day Use GPS: 37.767865, -122.510665
Overnight Parking Near Pacifica GPS: 37.650460,-122.492851
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My name is Eric and I travel with my cat, “Jax” in a 2001 Chevy Fleetwood Tioga Arrow 24D Class C RV. We travel about 45 miles a day chasing 70 degrees year-round. Here are some popular questions asked:
Cameras:
*GoPro Hero 4 Black for Vlogging. (1080p 60fps)
*GoPro Hero 3 Silver for Timelapses & Driving Narration.
*SJ4000 for driving shots out the window.
*Canon Vixia HF M500 with Canon WD-H43 Wide Angle Conversion lens for Macro and Zoom shots.
Stabilizer: Feiyu Tech 4GS 3 axis gimbal.
Time Lapses: Gopro Hero 3: 2 second intervals. Speed up 1200x, cropped 4K down to 1080 for panning
Night Lapses: Gorpo Hero 4 Black manual settings: 800 ISO, 30 second Shutter, 3000K WB, Protune On
Audio: Sony ICD-PX333 (Audio swapped in post production)
Editing Software: Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Areal Drone Shots: DJI Phantom 3 Standard
RV MPG: 7-11mpg depending on generator use. (7.4L 454 Chevy)
Solar: 500 watts on tilting brackets on roof. 5 AGM batteries totaling 400 amp hours
Mobile Wifi: AT&T Unlimited
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Jax in predator mode..
Liked Jax in his Batman cape....you could hear the theme song from the T.V. series playing....
Get em' Bat Kitty !!! Eric, you are the prince of parking !!! I spent 8 days in San Fran walking all over.... rained the whole time !! Thanks for the hard work and the ride along, Love You Guys !!!
The rawness of you looking for overnight or boondocking in areas makes the videos a little more exciting to me.I hope you can continue to do more of this.
exciting? lol. Well, usually it really is exciting for me to not know where I'll be sleeping even by 5pm each night. But in big cities where the streets don't allow you to park.... That's not always as fun for me. lol
Nomadic Fanatic Welcome back to the Bay! Sorry it's so anti-rv. A lot of people are getting forced out of apartments, and trying to live in rvs. The city has really been clamping down due to snooty rich people complaining.
Used to be you could stay in the outer sunset district but I think they're starting to put up signs there too. 😑
Also, wtf, exciting? What's wrong with that person lol. Geez.
On Google Maps there are some campers parked along a street on the east side GPS 37.7464066,-122.3945786
Great job parallel parking the beast.
Thanks. I know my RV. :)
Hello Eric, I just found your site a few weeks ago and I have enjoyed your travels. I will continue to watch. Lots of information and your parking ' impressive ' . Jax looks to be a great friend.
Great video, Eric! Thanks, and I hope you and Jax stay safe and enjoy your next adventure.
Legend. Love the video, so real.
As a cyclist, I just wanted to say thank you for giving that guy plenty of room while you passed him.
ERIC, don't forget to visit my home town of SANTA CRUZ!
Check out W. Cliff Dr. from natural Bridges Beach to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, then cruise down E. Cliff Dr on over to Capatola. There have been several movies filmed in Santa Cruz including lost boys, parts of sudden impact, return to witch Mountain, and a few more probably forgot about. Alford Hitchcock had a house in Scotts Valley at one time and the Smothers Brothers live there as well. Many famous people either have or have had homes in Santa Cruz County . The wharf near the boardwalk was built by my wife's family including the Canepa's , castinolla's , Italians from the old land and fisherman by trade. My wife's father Atillio Canepa was a very well-known fisherman off the coast of Santa Cruz. He was also a Santa Cruz police officer back in the day. Oh, and Jack O'Neill of O'Neill surf shops and apparel had a house on E. Cliff Dr. There's lots of history in Santa Cruz County . Waymore than I can mention here. I don't live there anymore, but I was born and raised there. Live in Redmond Oregon now. If you haven't already passed it by take a poke around for a day or so. Be sure and visit the wharf. Great fresh seafood and stores!!!!!!!!!
So cute watching Jax chase the pigeons...he is so chubby and adorable.
I bet it's very nerve wracking to drive in San Fran in the RV. The streets are narrow and steep. Thanks for showing me around the park. Very cool!
Batman Jax Excellent.
Great video Eric ...
I've been following you for a couple of years now and you have inspired me to go full time in my RV. Hopefully this year after I finish the remodel on my house. Keep up the great work!
Hi Eric I enjoy your videos and Jax the cat
And I like the entro to yr videos and the exit in particular the tun in the exit
great video! thank you for the entertainment...
"If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear flowers in your hair..." I remember the Golden Gate Park being a favorite hang-out of hippies and flower children. I remember seeing Black Panthers in black turtlenecks, black leather jackets, and black berets marching in lock-step down a major thoroughfare, each with a rifle slung across his back. I once saw a man walking two Standard Poodles, each with their coats in the familiar French pom-pom cut, one dyed baby blue and the other pastel pink. When you're little you remember stuff like that. Janis Joplin's beloved adopted hometown sure has changed a whole lot. Too bad!
Love the combo of your JackDaniels tattoo and coke rshirt👍😍🤘
San Francisco is so pretty. I haven't been there since "79" so bet it's really crazy driving in town now. The view of Golden Gate Bridge was pretty. Be safe.
After stumbling across your channel, I can see why you have a great following. Jax is the cutest!
Awesome parallel parking of the 'boat' Eric! Woooo felt like I was with you! Fun video!
I am so excited you are around my area. Enjoy!!!!
LOL!! Loved the end....could just feel the "whew!" at the end of trying to find a spot to park.
Very nice views of the big bridge with your drone.
Nice video Eric. Loved the Drone video shots near the Golden Gate Bridge. Drive safely and stop at an "In n Out Burger" and take a break!
Living in Berlin, Germany, I totally liked how you could ride your bike through the whole city while I was still together with my dog. Now that he's died, I only use my scooter or the car, but still, back in the day when I rode a bike, I never went as far as 18km (which would be about 11 miles). Respect!
Good job!!!
Eric,great video and and always be safe out there and remember we are all here as your co-pilot for help and support.HAPPY TRAILS
Thank you fort the video, thanks for the information. We enjoyed your bike ride.
Before you you cross the bridge your in Marine county which isn't part of SF. Congrats on finding a parking spot for the nite. SF is my home town, I do miss it but to damn expensive to live there now. Oh and Daily City is pronounced day-lee. Enjoy your videos.
California is Awesome, beautiful and unique. People make bad comments after watching TH-cam videos made by some people who had isolated bad incident. Other states don't have bad incidents? Wake up Hillbillies.
You got all that good vibes around you dude, keep it up you are awesome
Excellent , Adapt and Overcome , Military Style , Keep on RVing brother
Another great vid.. I love your work Eric..
Your subs are really racking up. Over 100K now. Haven't checked out your channel for a few months, I have to say Eric, the quality of your vids is really impressive. No wonder your channel is so popular, and you've become a natural on camera.
I am glad that you are willing to look weird talking to yourself for our benefit. Great video as usual. 😄
A lot more energy in this video than the last few. Glad to see it.
That was so cool. When you hit the spot where Hwy 1 was closed and turned off and turned right again you went right past what used to be "Patient and Family Housing" for UCSF Hospital back many years ago. We stayed there after my daughter was born several months premature and were transferred down to UCSF for her care. When she was finally big enough to leave the hospital after many month she had to stay close to the hospital so we still stayed there - it was her very first home when she left the hospital. It was exciting to see it and be able to have her see it since we now live in the Seattle WA area and don't get down there.
Have to give you mad props for that parallel park. Looked to tight from me camera angles
Thanks. I know my RV well. :)
Great video Eric can not wait until the next one be safe and Keep On RV'n
Eric! It's really neat to see you in my hometown. S. F. was very much friendly & fun when I was a young man. It is truly an unfriendly & unwelcoming place now. Forty miles north & south & east--it's all highway hell--traffic nightmare. Thank the Lord I don't have to work
anymore. I look forward to the day I can leave the Bay Area forever. Much could be said for the uniqueness & beauty...
be careful in California & definitely lock it up tight for Jax's safety as well. Cory the Moody Traveler had his RV stolen while in Venice Beach.
That was fun!
Jax I love the Batman cape!!! what an awesome cat! great job with San Francisco Erick, happy that you finally found a nice place to spend the night in peace, beautiful park ride thanks. safe travels.
Eric, thank you for taking me places I may never be able to go! Love your videos.
Suggestion: for your bike trip.. get a helmet cam
As a former San Franciscan, Daly City is pronounced with a long A sound. Retired teachers can't help making corrections!🤣 I so enjoy traveling with you and Jax - my cats say meow....
Valery Lytle just say it like this.
day lee city
Loving your RV Adventures man keep it up cant get enough of your videos! :D
Wow...that is amazing drone footage of the Golden Gate Bridge from that overlook! Thanks, Eric. Oh, and Jax is adorable stalking the pigeons in that cape. (:
anytime you get out of San Francisco without a parking ticket is a good time!
Hi Eric! I had a great laugh at Jax trying to GET a pigeons!
Looked like a long day. Lots of great footage.
As a UK RV'er I have found that Europe is far more welcoming to RV's with thousands of various RV boon docking - municipal - commercial - vineyards - farms and more places to stay for free, they have got the idea that you will buy locally and positively court your presence. On a recent trip to Italy I found one place that gave free electric and water plus dump station. I wish the UK would catch up but unfortunately there are two main organisations and other commercial companies that like to own everywhere, even Scotland is becoming more restrictive now.
The use of Google Earth to scope out a spot was a great use of technology and good info. Thanks......
very impressed on the parallel parking! love Jax in his batman cape too.
About the Vista closures in SF: I was reading somewhere a while ago and they were talking about finding a solution to the over crowding. Apparently people getting in and out of parking spots, people waiting for parking spots, and the traffic backup on the freeway is creating chaos and unsafe conditions. Especially during peak times which is probably spring to fall.
I'm glad you stuck with it. It looked like a nice ocean view.
Good One !!!
I love SF. I lived there for a couple of years. Lived near the park and the ocean.
Great video, thanks for the ride along.
Good job in S F . Personally I am not a fan of that city but you made it work.
Great you found parking. ;)
Go to Santa Cruz next.
Persistence pays off.
It's "Batcat"! Jax is awsome!
I called to wish you Happy Easter but it was the pre-paid center but anyway Happy Easter & you amaze me with how great your filming, editing & camera techniques are. Plus you got a place, you never gave up, your no quitter. Thanks for making such great films. We look be watching you! Hi Jax, meow meow
Nerves of steel! :)
great video- I too am a bike rider- use to live south hwy 1 in Davenport,CA-in a 1962 step van -in 1978 when lots of us park in buses along the cliffs ....but seem around 2 am the law would `come a knock` to telling us to move on
Eric , you should always seek out where the local fishing boats parking and marinas parking lots are, Lots of marinas only charge 5.00 parking overnight.
You did very well day parking your RV free for a few hours in San Fransisco. The last time we were there we stayed at a RV Park across the bay and took the ferry into the city. Once in the city we hopped on a city trolley to Fisherman's Wharf. From there we got on a double decker hop on/ hop off bus and took a narrated tour of the city, then took another city bus back to the RV park. Costs of rents are so high there the homeless problem has created a no boondocking policy there for years.
Thanks for this, I lived here for more than 6 years and I left a month ago, I miss sf, especially GGP like hell..
God parking, ERIC!!
I'm looking into my helmet cam now as I prepare for my bike tour.will be an awesome adventure for me as I'm 62 and it'll be an awesome adventure for me...THE AMBITIOUS ANTIQUE ! (my brand new travel name !!!) HAPPY TRAILS ERIC AND JAX WHOOP WHOOP😄😎💛Sunny days ahead !
Yay, you guys are in the City! :-)
it is hard to park in SF and Daly City is said like Daily. We have always found parking at the beach but in the park is often hard.
any place south of SF on the coast is easier for parking, more rural.
I camped in SF many years ago, but I had a van conversion. I also had a cat, and we traveled all over the western and central US.
SanFran doesn't want people living in their vehicles,, places lije Santa Barbara got rid of their RV parks for the same reason.
I've heard from a lot of my collegues in the tech industry that San Francisco is VERY unfriendly towards van and RV dwellers. It's unfortunate, because they make really good morning working there, and have to turn around and spend most of it on a tiny apartment. As usual, though, you made the best of it, and Jax had fun chasing Pigeons!
Thanks for another fun and interesting video. I really enjoyed it.
The new bike looks nice.
I would have probably taken a chance on that first parking spot in the park, but it's never a bad decision to play it safe.
Happy Trails
Jax the Bat Cat.
Wish you would have been to San Francisco earlier in the week lol. I was there, I was determined to find a spot to sleep and I just couldn't find anything. I ended up driving around 30 miles to a truck stop twice while was in the city. Great info, I'll check out that spot next time :)
2:16-18. Wow Eric, that was magical! Just as you were saying you wanted to do something with nature, right on cue, a bird flew right up to your head.
I agree, Seattle totally reminded me of a better version of San Fran. I have lucked out and every time I've visited up PNW, it has been sunny. I'm a former native San Franciscan, from the olden days when it was more chillax.
San Fran, the city by the bay! Luv the Golden Gate Park you showed. Jax looked super cute walking around & chasing birds 🐦. I will check out the GG Park soon, never been. I'm a native LA Woman.Thanks for posting this vid, I enjoyed it, awesome!😍👍🏽👏
As you get further south it will become easier to park. Great video and looking forward to points a little south.
love what you're doing Eric. great videos and love traveling with you. somebody may have mentioned parking in and near the Presidio on the on the beach and also I have seen lots of people staying in campers near the Safeway at Crissy Field but that was a year ago. where you stopped in Pacifica. wondering if you noticed the apartment buildings and houses sitting on the Clift ready to fall into the ocean.. the house at the very south end of those houses has a sign asking for a place to take their house too but it has to be vacant land located in Pacifica. I walked down the nice path to the beach in this area saw a couple of people living in tents on the beach and that the North End of the beach there are some great waterfalls and an old truck half buried in the sand near the creek. it is amazing the power of the ocean will take your house into the ocean if given enough time and that is exactly what's happened to many buildings located this area. this has been ongoing in this particular neighborhood for at least 10 years and those houses you are parked in front of are now condemned.. as you came down the coast just below where the Russian River hits the Pacific Ocean there is another section where there are at least 5 houses sitting on the bluff that are condemned and as many houses that have been torn down in the last few years as the ocean is taking these houses also. just below that area is a town called Bodega Bay with a jetty called Doran Beach which used to be our favorite spot to go camp when it was $16 a night , it is now $35 plus $2 a dog times for 4 us. now I would rather Boondock like you. when you get down near San Diego Parking on the beach is very costly and hard to get but we did find a camp spot just below San onofre Nuclear Power Plant with an outdoor shower behind a bathroom with an ocean view 4 $15 a. night but that was a few years back but it was the best spot we found within an hour of Disneyland. did you park your rig and stop after the tunnel at devil slide and hike on the portion of Highway 1 that they have made into the coasta?l Trail that was pretty awesome for me. I myself have travelled both sections of coast from SF all the way down to San Diego and SF all the way to Cave Junction Oregon I much prefer going north than south. Happy Trails buddy
Hey!! I am in San Jose... SF sucks for boondocking honey. I think that portion of 1 is closed because the road has fallen off in a few pleaces. it is because of all the rain we have had. Glad you found the spot. If you are coming over the hill meaning like on Highway 101 there aren't a lot of boondocking spots however Stanford on El Camino Real there are a lot of RVs all the time. I am in a RV Park that is cheap enough for the area.
Catman stalking the pigeons. Biff....Pow.....Zow...!
Holy Batmobile Eric! No place to park! Tune in tomorrow: same bat time, same bat channel! Holy Joker! ;-)
That seems stressful, I think for me a van would be in order. Thanks Eric.
On Chris and G Travels, Chris has a camera he uses while running, he even had a camera that set on his dog while his dog was running down trails. So there must be a camera that would be adaptable to use on your bike.
Nice job parking and loved the bike ride part too.
In October at the latest I will be beginning my full time RV life. I LOVE your videos, intend on starting my own TH-cam channel, and in the meantime am insanely jealous of the life you are living. Hope to meet you someday! Stay groovy my friend!
All the rain and wind we've been having here in California has probably triggered a land/rock slide alert. That's why they're not allowing you to park on the side of the road--where they physically blocked it off. Maybe it saved you from a boo-boo! I sure enjoy your channel!
You could prolly contact "Bex the cat hurder" I think she's from that area and maybe she could give you some insight on parking. Oh, and cool sweater on Jax!!!!
hey man great video ! sorry ya had a tought time parking in San Fran ! your spot on Commercial Street in Portland , Maine is open
I lived in SF 7 years,only thing that sucked was the parking,sometimes I had to move my car 1-2 times a day,
Great video, Eric. SF is not an easy place to find parking, even for a small car. Good job on using your resources. Do wish you could have met my daughter. She would have cooked you a home cooked meal, if not working. Me, on the east coast in FL right now. Thanks again! 👍🏻
Ram Mount makes several options for mounting camera, GPS and radios for handle bar mounting. I believe they are in Tucson.
Nice parking Eric, there are people that can't do that in a car. Thanks for sharing, safe travels. By the way, the Batman Jax was great!!!
Jack might want to consider light beer. lol. love the batman cape, cool videos bro!
Awesome drone footage!!
Eric please where a helmet when cycling. I'm a former EMT having treated bikers who smashed their heads even at slow speeds like in this video. We don't want to learn you are hospitalized for weeks drooling and staring confused at a wall.
Think about Jax too. LOVE your vids. Safe journey!