We Were NOT Prepared for RV Winter Camping | Frozen Slides!
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- We’re finally done working the Sugar Beet Harvest, but we can’t stay long camping in North Dakota! Freezing temps are blanketing the midwest and we have to tow our RV camper over 1,000 miles in three days to escape the cold.
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00:00 Intro
01:19 Would Joe do the Beet Harvest Again?
02:18 Cleaning Day at the Beet Pile
03:14 Who Won our Bet?
04:52 That's a Lot of Beets!
10:44 Fleeing the Cold
15:43 Our Slide Out Toppers Froze!
18:31 Lewis and Clark State Park
21:57 Bois D'arc Water Management Area
22:58 How Much Joe Earned from the Unbeetable Experience
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Hey there! We're Joe + Kalyn!
As online entrepreneurs, we thought, "why not work from home... on the road"? So in 2019, we bought and renovated a 2005 Jayco Designer Fifth Wheel, which took us to every state in the lower 48. But the economy hit our business especially hard after the 'vid, spurring us to pivot in new directions and try different strategies, including various RV work camping jobs!
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Nice work! The banana bread scene was hilarious, my wife thought so too 😂.
Thats some good pay for 2 weeks of working. Glad to see the truck running smooth & getting you guys south. We moved to Florida from WI to escape the brutal winters and absolutely loving our first winter here!
Are you guys planning to drive to Alaska through Canada?
Your editing is fantastic BTW, makes it really fun to watch!
I'm glad you liked my torture 🤣. I sure didn't. LOL
So if all goes according to plan - which I'm sure you've figured out by now that when it comes to Joe and Kalyn not much seems to be going according to plan lately - we'll be going through Canada on the way up and possibly hitting a couple of Canadas national parks in their should season on the way. We've considered taking the ferry one way but at the moment that's not in the plan. We shall see though.
Smart move going to Florida. We did that in 2013 from central New York and never regretted it. Now we just chase the sunshine...most of the time. -J
@@OpenRoading
That's awesome! Make sure you bring some fishing gear when passing through Canada & definitely for Alaska 🎣
Maybe you can surprise us with a catch and cook video in Canada or some salmon/trout in Alaska!
You guys are making me miss my RV, but keep reminding me why I sold it Lol
is there any other way driving to Alaska than through Canada? 😀
@@orange13 There is a multi-day ferry from Washington state - and of course you can fly if you don't want to take your RV/Vehicle with you. We're looking forward to the drive though. -J
Awww. Poor guy. He worked so hard and then he gets punished. Lol
😂 I know right?? (It sure would have been fun if I had won the bet! But I think I would have been ROOOAAASSSTTTEEED in the comment section. lol) -J
@@PapillonOne Zero empathy required. My Kalyn and I have been married for 16 years and if you don't "get" us, that's fine. But accusations of abuse based on a microcosm of our lives that we have decided to put on youtube says a lot more about you than it does us. -J
Put your visors down and leave them down, when you turn the defroster on the visor causes the air to be forced back down there for defrosting the window faster. And if setting over night, pull the wipers away from the windshield- when filling the windshield filler tank, buy one gallon of the windshield washer fluid, and pour 1/2 into another gallon jug, then take a cheap bottle of alcohol from the dollar store and pour 1/2 in each jug, pour one cup of Dawn soap into each and fill with water. Then Shake and use in filler tank, the alcohol will keep the water from freezing and the Dawn soap will help with the bugs and road grime, I was a long haul trucker for 20 years- and that’s what we did, I would also use that Rain-x on my windshield- It Works Good Luck 🍀 and Happy Trails. 🤠♥️✝️🐾🦴🇺🇸🌲🍀🐿️
Thanks for the tips! I will reference these if we end up in below freezing temps again (something we try to avoid like the plague with the RV) -J
Here's a tip on cleaning out a black tank. Before you head to the dump station, dump TWO bags of ice down the toilet. The ice will act as a scrubber while driving to the dump station..
Now I understand why my mom hates bananas! Lol That was hilarious! Only you two could make icy weather and rainy days so much fun to watch!❤
Haha! That's a huge compliment! Thank You! -J
I love banana bread. Before my wife passed away, when she really wanted me to do something I did not like, she would make some banana bread for me as a reward. In two weeks plus three days, it will be ten years since she passed away from brain cancer!! I still really miss her!!
I'm so sorry. I know the pain of losing a loved is never fully healed. ❤️ -J
Watched this three times already just to watch Joseph suffer through the banana muffin.
HAHAHA! YES!! I'm so glad you're here for that. 😂 -J
Glass of cold milk would have made that muffin easier to swallow 😂. Fun bet, loved it 😂
Should have had something to wash it down with! -J
So glad you kept the “you gonna slide” part in… I almost fell off the pile laughing from your response and how you ran down the pile lol
About halfway down my brain was going "THIS WAS A BAD IDEAAAAAAA!!!!!" -J
i love banana bread and cold temps. i would love to do both of the "punishments"
Haha! I'll send the muffin over your way next time! -J
@@OpenRoading lol sounds good to me.
if we ever meet on the road ill make some of the lentil bread recipe i've been creating, and we can trade.
the lentil bread is high protein, lower calorie than your average bread, and with a couple tweaks it's really good as a flatbread or frybread.
so it's great to add some extra herbs and cumin to and eat with curry or hummus, or mix in basil and tomato and use as a pizza crust, ooor loaded up with cinnamon and sugar kinda like a healthier donut that doesn't taste healthy.
Lived in Grand forks for two years. Yes it gets cold.
You two are great. Keep em coming.
Aw Deanna thank you so much. Forgive me but neither of us have figured out how to react when people generously support our channel. Thank you thank you! Such a huge encouragement!
We’ll be saying a more proper thanks in a video coming in January.
Glad you got the truck sorted out. Good your able to stash the 1500 into “Alaska fund”. Might I suggest sticking 2-300 (maybe out of the 2nd year bonus) into a “truck fund”. Stash it and if needed will be available for any little things that might come up. Can always be tapped if needed for emergency or living expense.
That pile of beets was INSANE. What happens to them now? Not many of us know anything about how these operations work.
Glad its over for you. I know what a relief it is to get done long hour (+12) jobs for 2-3-4-5 weeks. I have done a bunch of these over several years up to 2 months at Nuke plants (in a camper/ or motorhome) and there are 2 good thing about them….when they are over AND when the money hits your account.👍🏻🤑💰💰 Still a good life experience.
Look forward to your next stop and adventure.
Thanks so much for stopping by again! Yes we are planning on getting a much more formal emergency fund set up too. We're starting to feel the financial crunch we got ourselves into over 2021-2022 ease a little which is so encouraging. We're probably going to have to strongly consider setting aside money for a new truck in the near future. It's always the challenge is figuring out how many things you can save for with the $2 you have left over 😂 (not a complaint! Life is just always like that.)
As far as the beets, in the Drayton District they have somewhere around 20 of those piles that will be taken to the sugar plant (in Drayton) one truck load at a time from October through about April. Then the factory is shut down until September.
100% agree on the experience of these types of jobs. It's also fun just to get a different perspective on something you didn't even know existed before.
Totally,Agree
You guys are awesome. Can't wait for your Alaska trip. I have a few more years before I can make that trip. You two are extremely entertaining and should be very proud of your work.
So kind of you! Thanks! We hope to provide an entertaining look at our… unconventional life. 😅
I think those banana nut muffins looked quite yummy!! 😆
Looks can be incredibly deceiving. This is an important life lesson. -J
Wow! That’s good pay. Amazing. Safe travels.
I love it 👍👍
Awesome! -J
Come on and jump to the BEET (jump) !!
😂 -J
Banana Nut muffins are one of my FAVORITE muffins!
More banana people....ya'll are weird! 😂😂 I kid i kid! -J
You should use RainX on your windshield (on the sides, too, if you are so inclined), it makes a HUGE difference!
I've used it a couple of times in the past. I need to perfect my application process because I always ended up with streaky windows. Not that they'd be any worse than how they are now... LOL -J
@@OpenRoading I've gotten so used to doing it, I don't even think about it anymore. But if you have an original bottle, they usually give detailed instructions, and if you follow the procedure exactly and take a little time, it works brilliantly exclamation point
@@LloydsofRochester I'm gonna have to give it another go! I'm pretty sure I followed the directions last time but I'm still 100% certain it's a me problem not a product problem! 😂 -J
@@OpenRoading yeah, as I recall the last part has to do with the clean rag and possibly the application of water, then polishing it clean, but don't hold me to that. I don't have access to the bottle right now. My husband's been doing this for me recently.
Rest stop if it looks decent. In cold weather for sure
Took me a second to remember what you're referring to but I got it!! No freezing cold toilet seats!! 🥶🥶🥶 -J
I’d eat it happily. Looks great to me.
Wouldn't be much of a bet then would it. 😂 Thankfully Kalyn LOVES banana muffins so none of her hard work went to waste. -J
I am totally with Joseph on this one. I can't stand anything banana - plain or in anything! I avoid it all costs! 😬 Although jumping in the river would be rough, I probably would have picked that over eating a whole banana muffin too! 😂 Another great video guys. Glad your Alaska fund is off to a good start!
I actually like bananas. And we have them in our morning smoothie. But something disastrous happens to them once they enter an oven. Also…the fact that people like putting what I would call extremely rotten bananas in bread is also a big mental hurdle for me to get over as I bring the bread closer to my mouth. 😂
@@OpenRoadingI totally get that! So kudos to you for keeping your end of the bargain!
Hi friends Onawa Iowa campground area has been -17 degrees the last few days LOL...
NO. THANK. YOU. 🥶🥶🥶 -J
Do I have my phone? Relatable.
Haha when I played it there was just no way I could cut it
It’s me every. Single. Time. 😂 -J
One more reason i dont like slide toppers, i just dont get why people like slide toppers, just get up on the roof and clean it off. Thats some good money. Good thing you are young to be able to do hard work like that. We want to do an alaska trip but i have to fly back to gainesville every 30 days for infusion treatment and there is a long stretch there on the way to alaska without any major airports so i would either have to miss an infusion or spend some big money, which we also do not have. Looking forward to your alaska plans. We are also TH-camrs we now how much work it is to put videos like this together. Nice to see your channel growing. Larry
Thanks Larry. It's always so nice when someone takes the time to notice the effort put into a video. 😀
That would be incredibly difficult to figure out the logistics for a trip to FL every 30 days. I imagine it would also throw a wrench into things if flights got delayed or cancelled 😞.
Maybe you can plan a "whirlwind" trip to Alaska sometime (flights rather than RV) to see some of the things you want to see there the most. Ah...if only to live as if money were no object - right?! -J
Open, how’s life?! Omg- you shared well travelvlog, have a good day-=))
Life is good. Thanks for the comment. -J
I love anything that's banana nutbread, especially when my lovely wife takes the time out of her busy day to make it for me.
It's amazing to me that people enjoy these banana baked things! 😂
In this instance my lovely wife was taking time to make something that she was fully aware would be difficult for me to eat but I was here for it because a bet is a bet! -J
Man up dude!
Checking my man card for the fine print of having to enjoy all foods even the ones that make you vomit…. Haven’t come across it yet! Maybe it’s in the bylaws somewhere? 😂 let me know!! -J
Yall really need a 4x4 wheel drive truck, doing what yall are doing, and I would suggest a removable wrench with extra nylon straps - at least 100 ft. That can handle the weight of your combined weight- you should also wrap that foil bubble wrap around your propane tanks. There are wire cable that’s used for wrapping your water lines, that you can use that foil tape that you can tape the electric heater cord on the tank to keep your water from freezing, if your worried about the pipes freezing under the cabinets then just take the cabinet doors off and set in that cabinet- or prop it up to leave a crack for the heat to get in, that foil bubble wrap should be installed in all the cabinets in the back on the outer walls, and back of closets too, I live in a 1963 Stream Line travel trailer year round, you should consider making out of that 2 in fiber board a skirting for around your trailer. Keeping wind from blowing under your trailer will make a Big difference in temperature on the inside and also the floors. I know y’all move a lot - but during the winter months you don’t want your pipes to freeze and or bust, that turns into a major Headache- Good Lick and Happy Trails - 🤠♥️✝️🐾🦴🌲🇺🇸🍀🐿️
Thanks for the tips! Generally - we avoid below freezing temps as much as humanly possible. It's the plus of having our home on wheels! We get to chase the weather (He types as he hunkers in the RV with 65mph gusty winds that he didn't avoid). -J
Have you guys thought about managing a KOA? I have friends that take their camper all winter from Des Moines to warmer areas (close to San Antonio this fall/winter). They stay for free and have a blast, then roll back to Iowa in April
This past year was the first of our 4 years of travel that we "lost" our summer. Our goal is to be back to traveling full time supporting ourselves with Kalyn's business, my podcast editing, and this youtube channel.
It does sound like a good gig if full time travel isn't the main goal! -J
There's lot's of travel channels. Work camping makes for great content! @@OpenRoading
It does. It's also incredibly hard to workcamp most gigs and create videos. We started our channel back up after finishing at a campground for that reason - there was just no way we were going to shoot, edit, and work at a campground at the same time. Same with the beet harvest. We were able to shoot while doing it but had to do all the editing after.
You are not wrong! But it's not for us long term to try to do both. @@pamelaburleson2063 -J
You are lucky she made it into muffins and not just smushwd up banana lol. Now that would of sent me to the bathroom.
Haha-the funny thing is, he eats bananas in our smoothies all the time and it doesn’t bother him! Something about the bread texture gets to him. 🤷♀️- K
Hoping you’ll are back in Texas for the winter 😊
Yep! Most recent video were the ones you watched about Trinity. 🙂-J
I'm 50/50 on bathroom choice on travel days.
Your the only one. Everyone loves banana bread.
Not according to the comment section. 😂 -J
Harvest done... "I think we should be leaving now" 😢👍📺
Not being dramatic! I would have the same issue with avocado.
haha! Some foods just don't work for some gag reflexes. -J
Wait…theres a human who doesn't like banana bread? Joseph!!! I'm really wanting to do the harvest next year to save $$.
Right?! It’s so strange!! Let us know if you have any questions about the harvest! - K
To answer your restroom stop question - we ALWAYS use our clean RV, UNLESS, of a strange circumstance like you had, COLD TOILET 😱
😂 Very fair points. -J
This is why rvers go to the sw during the winter😂😂😂❤️
1000% We just had to squeeze this one job in before we flew down there ourselves! -J
He had to cook supper before pulling a 12 hour shift but does get a banana muffin cooked for him.
Hi there and thanks so much for watching.
I'm not sure which meal you are referring to since I didn't do a 12 hour shift in this video, but that's honestly not a big deal since in our family dynamic I generally do most of the cooking anyway.
When I lost my job in 2015 my wife single handedly provided for our family through a business that she built from the ground up which had included years of her basically working for free.
Now, she's in the process of turning her business around as well as doing a big chunk of our video content planning. So while I'm off on a 12 hour shift it's not like she's home playing video games. In the home she also does the meal planning (a task I hate with the passion of 100 burning suns) along with keeping the RV orderly because, well, I've never seen a flat surface that I couldn't clutter up in 2 seconds flat. She also keeps track of everything...schedule, stuff, like...everything. If we miss an appointment, payment, or something it's ALWAYS because I failed to let her know it existed in the first place. I honestly do not know how she keeps track of it all.
All this to say that yes, sometimes I might cook a meal prior to a 12 hour shift...and that's A-OK in my book.
On another note, I don't know if you saw this or not, but the amount of laughter between the two of us during the whole banana muffin endeavor... I'd eat a banana muffin every day if it brought that genuine joy to my wife each day.
I choose to be happy and I generally find that when you are counting responsibilities in order to create that elusive, perfect household equality rather than always looking for opportunities to lighten your spouses load - happiness does not follow. (Free relationship advice from Joe)
I heard that low T and soy consumption causes banana gag allergies and low temperature sensitivity..
HAHAHAHAHAHA. Good one. Ya got me. -J
🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮I'm with you on anything banana!!
YES! I knew there were more of us out there!! 😁 -J
I also do not like anything banana aside from bananas themselves. No banana bread or muffins, no banana pudding, no banana candy, no banana oatmeal, definitely no banana pop tarts🤢🫣🙃 I like actual bananas if they are not too ripe or mushy, otherwise nope.
Exactly this. 1000% this. You get it. 🤣 -J
Haha! I love banana-flavored EVERYTHING! Banana bread, muffins, pudding, shakes, and actual bananas. I’ve never known anyone who DIDN’T like bananas/banana-flavored foods, so you two are anomalies in my world. 😂
@@saylorgirl799 haha I will never fight you for your snacks😄
@@saylorgirl799 haha! There's a secret collective of us baked banana haters...we've got tshirts and everything. 😂 (Ok...I guess if we had tshirts that would be problematic for the whole secret part...) -J
You will love the banana Muffins now
haha - still a giant nope there! -J
Alaska Fund
I just realized I never replied to this! Ahhh!!! Thank you all so much for this generous gift! Never did we imagine people would want to help us on this adventure more than hopefully enjoying our videos. Gifts like this truly blow us away every single time. Thank you so so much. And please forgive me for taking 2 weeks to say that. -J
I LOVE BANANA BREAD!
It's a good thing some people do! -J
She just mean like my wife lmao.
That's good shit girl. Lol
Did you see what she was going to have to do if I won the bet? 😂
She's not mean - we just have a good time together. 😁 -J
Just found you guys and I’ll probably see it but what kind of truck are you towing with and how far upstate NY are you from
I can save you the search! 😁
We drive a 2012 F250 Super Duty. If you are from NY then I think the proper term would be the Southern Tier instead of Upstate...I always say upstate so that people from everywhere else realize that we aren't from NYC because no one outside of the state knows what I mean when I say "Southern Tier." 😂 We lived in Binghamton before we moved to FL. -J
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(Anitra) Banana bread is fine, but raw banana triggers my gag reflex! So you have my sympathy.
Oh that's interesting! I don't know that I knew of anyone who was exactly the reverse. We humans are funny. 😂 -J
He's probably allergic to bananas.
Haha-that would have helped him get out of the bet! - K
??? do you have to pay for an RV spot when working the Beet harvest?
I cannot speak for all beet harvest locations - But if you are working through the Unbeetable Experience your RV spot is included. Some of the locations don't have sewer hookup in which case someone comes to pump you out but they all have electric and water. -J
www.theunbeetableexperience.com/
Where’s Trinity?
You’ve traveled to the past…before Trinity. 😁 if you want to see the order of the videos go to our channel main page and click “videos” and they should be in order from newest to oldest. -J
Add milk
I don’t think anything can make Banana muffins better…. 😂 -J
Is he allergic to bananas? I like them and like banana bread and pudding, but that's it. I didn't know bananas weren't supposed to sting and burn when you eat them though and I didn't know why they made my mouth so dry and so hard to swallow to the point of gagging. Then I tested positive for banana allergy! 😮
No sting or burn. Eat them in smoothies every morning. Something about the taste of them baked triggers my gag reflex. Even the smell of banana bread puts me a little on edge. I’m a little weird. 😂 -J
try it next time with a glass of milk.
Nothing is gonna help a banana muffin…not for this guy 😂. Cookies and milk? I’m on board! -J
Just started watching your show and love it. However, I left the room during the eating of the banana bread. If you have ever had to eat something you did not want to eat you know why this scene was cringe for me. But still love your show. Also, I got to a point where I disliked bananas. Didn’t know why so I my son didn’t eat all is banana and I finished and has a very severe allergic reaction. I was told when you don’t or won’t eat something your body is telling you things. After 30 years of life I was highly allergic to bananas
I don't blame you for leaving the room. 😁 But Kalyn wouldn't put me in harms way. We have bananas in our smoothies every morning so she knows I'm not alergic. I've tried banana bread a few times...it just triggers my gag reflex so it was a funny thing to do for the bet - I was never in harms way.
Remember...if I had won the bet Kalyn would have been going for a swim in a pretty gross river....in North Dakota.... In 30 degree weather. 😂 I think of the two of us my having to eat something I don't like was much less severe. -J
You guys are great.
Feel bad for him having to eat that muffin.
Especially after working all night for days and riding the motorcycle because the truck needed repair.
He’s a good guy taking care of everything.
But lucky her only had to watch movies and bake crappy muffins.
"Only had to watch movies and bake muffins"
HAHAHAHAHA You should take up comedy.
My wife runs her own business that took a deep downturn from 2021-2022 and she's been working her butt off to bring it back.
When she built the business she worked for several years with zero to very little income. When 99% of people would give up she pressed on.
Sunday is her day off, and yet she worked the majority of the day. She could have decided not to film herself also relaxing on her day off, but she wanted to be real.
Thanks for watching! -J
Another entertaining video... Looking forward to Joe losing another bet 8)
We are already trying to think of some more bet-related ideas! 😄 -K
If i worked my ass off for my other half, who just got to relax (while yet somehow still complaining) she woulda mandatory did the losing bet.
Yeah…she’s supported the family financially since 2015 and has been working her butt off to turn her biz back around since the economy crushed it in 2020-21. But feel free to take what you see for 15 minutes and use it to make lots of assumptions about someone! 😀 -J
Also - complaining??? I think you may have a low bar for what complaining is. -J
@@OpenRoading I just meant you do a lot of work.
@@OpenRoading and it was meant to be funny for her to do the challenge, haha
Sorry I missed that@@RVmotoTravel. 🙂 We've had a few people when it came to the bet who have made some pretty bad assumptions about Kalyn so I was a little defensive.
It's funny - a lot of people saw her "making" me fulfill the bet as mean....like...I was going to make her jump in the RED RIVER in OCTOBER. 😂 -J
You should have done the polar plunge instead of eating nasty banana ANYTHING. Better for your health. I think bannana bread is a female thing. I don't know any guys that can do it, or pudding with them in it.
That was not the terms of the bet! -J
Cannot imagine why you would ask your husband to eat something he hates.
Did you watch the video? We made a bet on when harvest would end. If he lost, he ate a banana muffin. If I lost, I had to jump in the freezing cold Red River. I’ll let you decide who was more kind. 😉 -K
Yuck.
In the past 10 days watching almost all of your work, here's what I think(for what its worth); your all time low(grief wise) has been past with the truck issue and lack of sleep. I think your channel could easily support a 100k subscription. With your increasing $$ from TH-cam you select only the most interesting work assignments for TH-cam content. More time will be spent focusing on content of the nomad experience which takes you up to 150K in subcriptions. All together the effort will contribute to your 100k-150K a year income which will allow you to upgrade your truck and mobil home. My 2 cents.....
I appreciate your two cents.
We actually find that what most people find interesting is the every day stuff. What you might see as interesting (Renting a boat and exploring a unique national park) is not nearly as exciting to viewers than working on a truck for 16 days, or hustling your butt gate guarding. 🤷🏼 -J