I really appreciate when van lifers talk about the struggles/obstacles bc it helps the rest of us prepare/plan/anticipate unforeseen issues and make adjustments. So, thank you!
Agree too! I’m enjoying thinking about this in case I need to move into this situation someday and the way rents are still going up. You give hope to many of us.
Ok...You got me... I literally watched two hours of your content. Started with your most recent post and worked my way back. Thank you for sharing your story so personally. I find myself envious of your lifestyle, your youth and your free spirituous. I look forward to watching more of your content. May your travels always be fulfilling and most of all safe!
Thanks so much for bringing us along on your journey. What a true blessing it was to take care of Jack for two months. And now it's back to reality. You do an amazing job finding and photographing your adventures for us. Thanks for the update and for your beautiful smile.
Often times things like mirrors and audio systems can be reset by pulling the fuse for 30 seconds, or disconnecting the battery for that length of time. ~ Former QC repairman in a new car factory.
My god the views and photography in this video are even more awesome and awe inspiring than usual. Seriously, my eyes just started watering spontaneously on some of them, like a gust of fresh wind giving me goose bumps. This feels real, authentic, wholesome, I want this, I'm gonna get this.
Girl! Ain't nothin' janky about this video. You always take the most simplest everyday occurrences and make them so romantic I could watch them for hours. So yes to more videos and ones like this because ain't nothing extra janky about them! lol!
Love your videos! I would like to suggest that as a father who has a daughter, I would tell her to back into camp sites which offer no way of a quick departure if necessary. Leave yourself a fast way out. Be safe!
I’m 50 days into van life and wow have I had issues left and right despite planning this for 3 years....vehicle problems, no matter how small are such a pain. I’ve been filming this adventure and its problems and my solutions...hopefully I’ll be starting a channel soon. Great work Christian!
I really feel like I was with you on your journey. Life doesn’t follow like a storybook, does it? I’m impressed at how you are able to capture the moments. I’m a photographer and I find it hard to capture all the story while also trying to experience the adventure at the same time. Would love to hear some about how you balance experiencing things and having to capture things.
I love when you do videos like this one- like a sneak peek on what life is on the road. Weather, van problems, camp spots and what not. So thank you! I love it. I don't think you need a mic though, can hear you perfectly if it's not too windy. Heh. Wondering if it's scary to sleep in the woods and hear wolves (?) howling 🥲 Love the doggos!
Hi, Christian! The places you visit are absolutely gorgeous and serene. I love seeing the expansive beauty of nature in our country. I also like when you hang out with your friend, Nathaniel. He’s super laid back and regularly whips up tasty looking, veggie dishes. I hope you’re able to find an alternate fix for your mirrors. Thanks for always giving us a realistic view of van life.🤗
Your videos provide such beauty and serenity. I know there is a lot of hassle for you at times, but the beauty of your photos, quality of your videos and your peaceful, calm personality provide us viewers with a wonderful experience. Thank you so much.
I love all your videos but this one was extra moving. Your eye for photographing scenery and animals, choice of accompanying music feverishly feeds my nomad fantasy. Thank you for your creativity, time and energy. ❤
Thank you for all the beautiful shots as well as the reality aspect. I love travelling and going with the flow but I figured all that work involved in van life is not my cup of tea so I move around and live in new locations in private affordable accomodations and satisfy my wanderlust. A lot of people might have already told you this but I will say it again - your van is so clean and so modern, your style is so cool and so awesome. Cheers to that 🥂
Hi Christian, my name is Julie from Australia currently caring for my 90 year old Dad who has advanced Dementia. in the near future i will be setting out on a road trip around Australia. I have just watched your solo female safety video. What a genuinely informative and wonderfully spoken video. Much appreciated Thank You and safe travels always. Julie
Nice to see real vanlife. You nail the necessity to simply accept what is and do what we can to make it better. And stunning cinematography as usual. Can’t wait to finish my build though hanging in the Berkshires for the summer with occasional short trips around New England with just a blowup mattress and camp stove in my van is still super fun. It doesn’t take much to really enjoy the road.
Thank you for taking soooo many pictures and videos of the Tetons, my new home. This series will be on my favorites list. 💜 Get back when you can... the moose is missing you already. P.S. I need to order some of these prints for home. ✌
I live on South. Stradbroke Island Qld Australia. Nature is incredible here, island rainforest, Aussie animals,surf beach nearby, gorgeous sunsets! Definitely lots to film. Photography has been a lifelong hobby of mine.
This was the type of video I wanted to see, lots of you, your life and some fun camping. Also seeing your ingenuity with repairs was great. I’m sorry your control panel is giving you issues. A mic would probably be a smart idea since you are such an incredible TH-camr.
@@ChristianSchaffer We spoke before Christian, just sold the house, whacky little camper van, just in time for the govt to try making 🇬🇧 wild camping illegal!!! Good job I like a challenge 🥴
I like seeing the frazzled side. It shows that even "the most amazing" life has hard times. Also, can we just take a moment to recognize that even in 100F your hair is still effing gorgeous, girl?
Beautiful scenery! Love your content both the breath taking views and your down to earth honesty of everyday van life. Looks to me that it is balanced with good and sometimes not so good adventures. But what I see is that the good far out weighs the bad! And Jack is one cool pooch btw! Haha! Thanks Christian for sharing! :0)
@@ChristianSchaffer Sooo beautiful! I was surprised to hear there are mosquitos there-for some reason, I thought it would be too dry in WY for their liking. That's one thing that definitely gives an edge to the Central Coast of Cali.
Love the video as always. I'm halfway done with my Van and cannot wait to be on the road in the next few months. Obviously there is a lot more difficulties just like you have shown us but in my opinion will be worth it!
If they are power mirrors I think it is the switch that pulls them in and if you can disconnect that it may keep them from folding in due to a short in the switch. Mechanics are so much fun. lol
Great video, I really appreciate getting to see what the real van life is like. I looking forward to learning more about your real life adventures. You are amazing! Thank you for sharing!
I wondered how the transition back to van life would be. Thanks for sharing it with us and that amazing wildlife. Separately, you should get that windshield replaced; that’s a pretty big crack and you definitely don’t want it failing on the highway.
Thank you for making us a part of your amazing journey. The scenery is absolutely spectacular. Traveling solo can have its moments of loneliness and a companion like Jack can make a big impact to make life fuller -- just a suggestion. I'll keep watching your journey.
Exhausting every waking second, consumed with the rebuild of my blazer since January so I, myself can start the life on the road. Olie gave me some inspiration to take a 15 minute break and grab the six string. It was an overdue therapeutic session without a doubt. Keep on keeping on with the good vibes and good tunes.
As to your Ram's outside mirror problem, there should be a fuse that controls the electric motors on the mirrors. The fuse should be either in the engine compartment or inside near the dash. Figure out which fuse and pull it out once you get the mirrors where you want them positioned. This will deactivate the motors. Of course, this assumes it is the electric motors are making the mirrors retract and not the wind.
Hi Christian: I live in NZ, a place I gather you have visited to snowboard at - although I hope you got to see more of the country! I discovered your channel yesterday, as I hunkered down at home while we 'enjoy' 120km/hr+ winds as we get clipped by a tropical storm. I am retired now, and for the past 18 months have been living on my own since my wife died. I consider myself to be a citizen of the world - four passports, and a wanderlust that has never been tamed. Many years ago (mostly the 1980's), I did most of my travelling over several years - going around the world - working as an engineer but also taking stock images to help me pay my way - and beginning a lifetime commitment to photography. I SO relate to your desire to be in nature, away from the pressures of city life, and I am also a bit of a loner: perhaps more so as I have got older. Over the years, I have tramped (you call it hiking) most of NZ and love its diversity. However, I miss the grand vistas of North America and the macro mammals: like bears, moose, wolves etc. that NZ does not have. I had a bucket list of places I wanted to visit: South Georgia + Antarctica, the Galapagos, the Masa Mara, and spend more time in North America enjoying the amazing national parks of the USA and Canada. COVID has dealt that a major blow: NZ was very isolated to protect our population, in fact in the latter part of 2021 I spent 15 weeks in a bubble of one as Auckland city went into lockdown. I hope one day to be able to so some of those trips, but at almost 70, getting travel insurance with COVID variants around is not going to be guaranteed or cheap. In the meantime, viewing your channel has given me a vicarious pleasure in enjoying your experiences, honesty, intelligence and philosophy. You have my sincere thanks for that! You asked about books: perhaps I can recommend books on the life of Lee Miller: a woman I can relate to as her life spanned many places, skills and challenges. I am reading one currently: The Art of Lee Miller right. She was a pioneering 'new woman' in the early 20th century who would not be defined by male values. She was considered what would later called a supermodel, but wanted to be on the other side of the camera, and she mastered the big view cameras and plate-processing of the day; and did fashion, portraiture, surrealist art (and was Man Ray's muse and co-creator). In WWII, she even became a combat photographer and eloquent journalist for Vogue UK: defying the military, to stay with the front line as Europe was liberated. She photographed the concentration camps and famously, on the day he killed himself, made a photo of herself cleaning off the filth of Dachau in the bathtub of Hitler's apartment , with her combat boots defiling Hitler's pristine bathmat . Sadly, she suffered massive PTSD post war, and gave up photography, but reinvented herself a master-chef, creating surrealist-themed meals until her death in 1977. She is an inspiration and I recognize in your a similar intelligence, multi-talent, and a restlessness.
hey chris, this is chris ✌️glad to found your channel, long story short, your videos make me feel happy and kind of bring me to a moment of "quietness" ? that moment makes me smile, thanks for that! ☝️😘🙏💪🤠 cheers christian from switzerland
best video yet! I love seeing the raw footage from being on the road. thank you for creating such wonderful and inspiring videos! I got my van and I am building it out with my friend
I was there for the heat and that wind-camped towards the southern end of Flathead Lake, campsite directly on the lake. It was beautiful. Rented kayaks one day. Only one day in Glacier… couldn’t get passes through the stupid, broken pass system & getting up at 4:00 is not something I want to do repeatedly!
That heat was something. Looks like weI’ll have another wave of it next week. I woke up at 4am twice to get into the park...just required lots of coffee, ha 🙃
Again a beautiful vid! Photography and all. I bet it was sad to say goodbye to Jack! What a wonderful experience. Enjoy your summer sister and keep making the vids!
There are those not-so-warm-and-fuzzy moments living the van life. Just like on the backpacking trips, the ones you've planned and prepared for, things just don't seem to gel or go right. You deal with it and move on. I've done month long adventures and you cannot anticipate breakdowns. Once in Kentucky my vehicle sat in a friend's driveway for three weeks while I waited for a part that had to be shipped from Italy, leaving me to rent a vehicle for my vacation. That sucked! That left me one week to return to my base in Arizona.
Wyoming looks beautiful I've never been there or camping looks like so much fun, that couple climbed Mt Everest that's amazing glad they made it safely very challenging and dangerous.
Awesome video! Hope you're able to get through the Canadian border this summer. I'm driving the truck house down from Alaska to the lower 48 mid-August to Descend over Bend and other shenanigans filming, maybe pass by ya lol:) ps: You could try to junkyard some sideview mirrors (old school manual style) and remove your faulty electric fancy ones/put the manual ones in place to fix the problem.
The best parts of this video were the dogs and the songs you chose for the background, really nice. The question I have, which perhaps it’s just me - and I don’t understand is - if a person lives on the road/van life - and gets a GF or a BF - then how does it work if you “meet up” with other travellers and you are in a relationship? I can’t tell in this video if the 2 make friends you went camping with, the sleeping arrangements etc. How does a couple who are dating go on dates? Plan for the future? Sounds nosy I know, but I can’t be the only one who wonders about this. PS I live in Canada and while this lifestyle looks great, I spend about 4 months of the year where it’s -15C so I can’t swing this.
I love the sunflower shots with the mountain range in the background! (Especially 0:05 with the contrasting moody mountains in the background!) A lav mic would probably help the audio quality, but I really don't mind the occasional background noise. You're driving, and the background noise makes it more "in the moment" with you.
Do you have room someplace in the van for a small collapsable two wheel hand cart (like the old luggage type)?, that might make water transport easier to roll or drag a 5 gallon can of water to the van rather than carrying 30-35 lbs 100's of feet. I suppose you might be able to build a small wheeled platform (2 six/eight inch wheels and an axle on a wood or metal base frame.) that specifically fits your water containers, then that gets bungied over/onto the container and then connect a rope type handle to the container handle and pull it to the van. But a fold up , collapsable hand cart might be more versatile in the long run for moving heavier things like cases of canned beverages, batteries and very large platters of sushi.
Nothing more to say than brilliant! Fantastic photography great editing, no you don't need a mic it sounds fine. What a pain in the ass... those mirrors. More videos like this love to see what your life, your reality day to day. Great example, the mirrors and the Heat and getting used to the noise again of the road. Keep up the great work
Thanks Howard 🙌🏼 Yeah, fingers crossed the mirrors can be reset by removing that board and accessing the control panel. If not, just gotta live with it I guess 🙃
Just got back from a Florida trip, So glad to see U are well and working thru the challenges.... Your vids and pictures are calming to me. I pray U get the mirror issue worked out. 🥰
Good to see you back on the road again. Seems like the worlds weather is gone bonkers. It was 31°C here in London UK a few days ago and yesterday it only reached 14°C, so cold I had to put the heating on. Really weird weather, so changeable.
I really appreciate when van lifers talk about the struggles/obstacles bc it helps the rest of us prepare/plan/anticipate unforeseen issues and make adjustments. So, thank you!
Thanks Josh, glad you found it helpful 😊🙏🏻
Could not agree more. 👍👍
Agree too! I’m enjoying thinking about this in case I need to move into this situation someday and the way rents are still going up. You give hope to many of us.
@@Lisakaylindsay256 I am planning already. Good luck to ya
Ok...You got me... I literally watched two hours of your content. Started with your most recent post and worked my way back. Thank you for sharing your story so personally. I find myself envious of your lifestyle, your youth and your free spirituous. I look forward to watching more of your content. May your travels always be fulfilling and most of all safe!
That Nate is a lucky skunk if he's having the full experience.
Thanks so much for bringing us along on your journey. What a true blessing it was to take care of Jack for two months. And now it's back to reality. You do an amazing job finding and photographing your adventures for us. Thanks for the update and for your beautiful smile.
Often times things like mirrors and audio systems can be reset by pulling the fuse for 30 seconds, or disconnecting the battery for that length of time. ~ Former QC repairman in a new car factory.
My god the views and photography in this video are even more awesome and awe inspiring than usual. Seriously, my eyes just started watering spontaneously on some of them, like a gust of fresh wind giving me goose bumps. This feels real, authentic, wholesome, I want this, I'm gonna get this.
Girl! Ain't nothin' janky about this video. You always take the most simplest everyday occurrences and make them so romantic I could watch them for hours. So yes to more videos and ones like this because ain't nothing extra janky about them! lol!
You are the best. Hope we can adventure together again one of these days 😘
Love your videos! I would like to suggest that as a father who has a daughter, I would tell her to back into camp sites which offer no way of a quick departure if necessary. Leave yourself a fast way out. Be safe!
In addition to your breathtaking footage of the outdoors, your choice of musical tracks is awesome. Great guitar sound and vocals.
SERIOUSLY?
I’m 50 days into van life and wow have I had issues left and right despite planning this for 3 years....vehicle problems, no matter how small are such a pain. I’ve been filming this adventure and its problems and my solutions...hopefully I’ll be starting a channel soon. Great work Christian!
Life can be a pain no matter how you live it. And planning rarely accounts for what'll happen in reality.
I really feel like I was with you on your journey. Life doesn’t follow like a storybook, does it? I’m impressed at how you are able to capture the moments. I’m a photographer and I find it hard to capture all the story while also trying to experience the adventure at the same time. Would love to hear some about how you balance experiencing things and having to capture things.
I love when you do videos like this one- like a sneak peek on what life is on the road. Weather, van problems, camp spots and what not. So thank you! I love it. I don't think you need a mic though, can hear you perfectly if it's not too windy. Heh. Wondering if it's scary to sleep in the woods and hear wolves (?) howling 🥲 Love the doggos!
Those moose twins are THE CUTEST THINGS EVER!
I know right 😭
cool is that what they are I thought they where baby donkeys lol then I thought hmm may be not read comments someone may of said what they are cheers
Hi, Christian! The places you visit are absolutely gorgeous and serene. I love seeing the expansive beauty of nature in our country. I also like when you hang out with your friend, Nathaniel. He’s super laid back and regularly whips up tasty looking, veggie dishes. I hope you’re able to find an alternate fix for your mirrors. Thanks for always giving us a realistic view of van life.🤗
Thanks for watching, Michele 💕
Your videos provide such beauty and serenity. I know there is a lot of hassle for you at times, but the beauty of your photos, quality of your videos and your peaceful, calm personality provide us viewers with a wonderful experience. Thank you so much.
I love all your videos but this one was extra moving. Your eye for photographing scenery and animals, choice of accompanying music feverishly feeds my nomad fantasy. Thank you for your creativity, time and energy. ❤
Thank you for all the beautiful shots as well as the reality aspect. I love travelling and going with the flow but I figured all that work involved in van life is not my cup of tea so I move around and live in new locations in private affordable accomodations and satisfy my wanderlust. A lot of people might have already told you this but I will say it again - your van is so clean and so modern, your style is so cool and so awesome. Cheers to that 🥂
Hi Christian, my name is Julie from Australia currently caring for my 90 year old Dad who has advanced Dementia. in the near future i will be setting out on a road trip around Australia. I have just watched your solo female safety video. What a genuinely informative and wonderfully spoken video. Much appreciated Thank You and safe travels always. Julie
Love the beauty shots - love the life as reality. The road - the road.
😊🙌🏼
homebound and absolutely love the scenery you shoot. warms my heart and gives me hope that i can get back out there someday thank you
Nice to see real vanlife. You nail the necessity to simply accept what is and do what we can to make it better. And stunning cinematography as usual.
Can’t wait to finish my build though hanging in the Berkshires for the summer with occasional short trips around New England with just a blowup mattress and camp stove in my van is still super fun. It doesn’t take much to really enjoy the road.
Thanks Bill, and yes agreed - doesn't take much 😊🚐
Thank you for taking soooo many pictures and videos of the Tetons, my new home. This series will be on my favorites list. 💜 Get back when you can... the moose is missing you already.
P.S. I need to order some of these prints for home. ✌
What a beautiful place to call home 😊
I live on South. Stradbroke Island Qld Australia. Nature is incredible here, island rainforest, Aussie animals,surf beach nearby, gorgeous sunsets! Definitely lots to film. Photography has been a lifelong hobby of mine.
So awesome, living your best life. Fantastic camera shots.
Always an adventure - sometimes type two fun ha 😉
Awesome video. My wife and I love that area and YNP. We will be there in the fall. We can’t wait. Thanks for sharing!!!
So many beautiful shots !!!
This was the type of video I wanted to see, lots of you, your life and some fun camping. Also seeing your ingenuity with repairs was great. I’m sorry your control panel is giving you issues.
A mic would probably be a smart idea since you are such an incredible TH-camr.
Love this video! Love the scenic shots plus daily life stuff. Amazing work!
Thanks so much 🙏🏻😊
Beautiful scenery. Really enjoy seeing what life is like on the road. Making memories you will have for the rest of your life.
Definitely a lot of great memories ☺️ thanks for watching
🌟😄 Hi Christian, Thanks for sharing. Wishing you a Happy New Year! 😄🌟
Happy New Year!
Enjoy the new travelling season!
Right back at ya - hopefully our paths will cross at some point 🙌🏼
Such a calming vibe with your videos! You are truly in your element and I love that you share it with us, thank you so much!!❤❤
@@ChristianSchaffer We spoke before Christian, just sold the house, whacky little camper van, just in time for the govt to try making 🇬🇧 wild camping illegal!!!
Good job I like a challenge 🥴
Cinematic joy, every time!
Aw thank you 🙏🏻
I like seeing the frazzled side. It shows that even "the most amazing" life has hard times. Also, can we just take a moment to recognize that even in 100F your hair is still effing gorgeous, girl?
Beautiful scenery! Love your content both the breath taking views and your down to earth honesty of everyday van life. Looks to me that it is balanced with good and sometimes not so good adventures. But what I see is that the good far out weighs the bad! And Jack is one cool pooch btw! Haha! Thanks Christian for sharing! :0)
Those baby moose are SO cute!!! And you got a rainbow too! God bless you!
It was such a magical place...and honestly hard to leave 😭
@@ChristianSchaffer Sooo beautiful! I was surprised to hear there are mosquitos there-for some reason, I thought it would be too dry in WY for their liking. That's one thing that definitely gives an edge to the Central Coast of Cali.
Absolutely LOVE this style video.
Thank you for sharing.
Thanks Erica 💕
Love the video as always. I'm halfway done with my Van and cannot wait to be on the road in the next few months. Obviously there is a lot more difficulties just like you have shown us but in my opinion will be worth it!
Well done on the RAD! I have one like yours, a Rover, and a City...fun stuff!
Jack is my kind of dog, pretty much like the dog I have now, "if your going, so am I"
If they are power mirrors I think it is the switch that pulls them in and if you can disconnect that it may keep them from folding in due to a short in the switch. Mechanics are so much fun. lol
Oh interesting, that's good to know 🙏🏻
This is awesome, actually sitting in my car after getting home from the store and haven’t gone inside yet because this vid is so good tho.
haha I appreciate you 🤓🙏🏻
Wow Wyoming was gorgeous 😍 ❤ loved your video gave me a little escapism from Las Vegas life 👍❤ This is my new favorite channel! 😁
A rainbow 🌈 and a bald eagle 🦅 in this one. Can’t get much better!
Great video, I really appreciate getting to see what the real van life is like. I looking forward to learning more about your real life adventures. You are amazing! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks Darrel 🙌🏼 It was nice to include more 'everyday moments' in this one - I just have to work on remembering to film them, ha 🤓
Beautiful video: music, views, and your calm grace in nature coupled with your resourcefulness with the mirrors.
I wondered how the transition back to van life would be. Thanks for sharing it with us and that amazing wildlife. Separately, you should get that windshield replaced; that’s a pretty big crack and you definitely don’t want it failing on the highway.
Thank you for making us a part of your amazing journey. The scenery is absolutely spectacular. Traveling solo can have its moments of loneliness and a companion like Jack can make a big impact to make life fuller -- just a suggestion. I'll keep watching your journey.
Ah yeah I look forward to the day I have a dog of my own again. For now, pet-sitting does the trick 😊
Super beautiful outside where you hang out. Thank you for sharing so much of it. Too cool!❤️😎
There should be a power mirror FUSE under your dashboard you could've pulled out to keep them from closing.
thanks for introducing ocie elliott
They are amazing - love their music 😊
Exhausting every waking second, consumed with the rebuild of my blazer since January so I, myself can start the life on the road. Olie gave me some inspiration to take a 15 minute break and grab the six string. It was an overdue therapeutic session without a doubt. Keep on keeping on with the good vibes and good tunes.
As to your Ram's outside mirror problem, there should be a fuse that controls the electric motors on the mirrors. The fuse should be either in the engine compartment or inside near the dash. Figure out which fuse and pull it out once you get the mirrors where you want them positioned. This will deactivate the motors. Of course, this assumes it is the electric motors are making the mirrors retract and not the wind.
You are one kick ass videographer! The video is just beautiful! Thanks for sharing and the update! Stay safe!!
Thanks for the love 🙏🏼
What a great road trip
LOL: "I'm a hot mess." But you always sound so cool and in control. Hang in there!
Haha I definitely don’t feel like it 😆 I appreciate you saying it tho!
Those flowers, trees pix and videos are mesmerizing....👌👌❤
I love this episode
KEEP MAKING VIDEOS! YOU ARE SO INSPIRING
Just love your spirit and what you share of your life....Thanks.
Hi Christian:
I live in NZ, a place I gather you have visited to snowboard at - although I hope you got to see more of the country! I discovered your channel yesterday, as I hunkered down at home while we 'enjoy' 120km/hr+ winds as we get clipped by a tropical storm. I am retired now, and for the past 18 months have been living on my own since my wife died. I consider myself to be a citizen of the world - four passports, and a wanderlust that has never been tamed.
Many years ago (mostly the 1980's), I did most of my travelling over several years - going around the world - working as an engineer but also taking stock images to help me pay my way - and beginning a lifetime commitment to photography. I SO relate to your desire to be in nature, away from the pressures of city life, and I am also a bit of a loner: perhaps more so as I have got older. Over the years, I have tramped (you call it hiking) most of NZ and love its diversity. However, I miss the grand vistas of North America and the macro mammals: like bears, moose, wolves etc. that NZ does not have.
I had a bucket list of places I wanted to visit: South Georgia + Antarctica, the Galapagos, the Masa Mara, and spend more time in North America enjoying the amazing national parks of the USA and Canada. COVID has dealt that a major blow: NZ was very isolated to protect our population, in fact in the latter part of 2021 I spent 15 weeks in a bubble of one as Auckland city went into lockdown. I hope one day to be able to so some of those trips, but at almost 70, getting travel insurance with COVID variants around is not going to be guaranteed or cheap. In the meantime, viewing your channel has given me a vicarious pleasure in enjoying your experiences, honesty, intelligence and philosophy. You have my sincere thanks for that!
You asked about books: perhaps I can recommend books on the life of Lee Miller: a woman I can relate to as her life spanned many places, skills and challenges. I am reading one currently: The Art of Lee Miller right. She was a pioneering 'new woman' in the early 20th century who would not be defined by male values. She was considered what would later called a supermodel, but wanted to be on the other side of the camera, and she mastered the big view cameras and plate-processing of the day; and did fashion, portraiture, surrealist art (and was Man Ray's muse and co-creator). In WWII, she even became a combat photographer and eloquent journalist for Vogue UK: defying the military, to stay with the front line as Europe was liberated. She photographed the concentration camps and famously, on the day he killed himself, made a photo of herself cleaning off the filth of Dachau in the bathtub of Hitler's apartment , with her combat boots defiling Hitler's pristine bathmat . Sadly, she suffered massive PTSD post war, and gave up photography, but reinvented herself a master-chef, creating surrealist-themed meals until her death in 1977. She is an inspiration and I recognize in your a similar intelligence, multi-talent, and a restlessness.
The Adventures of Jack !
So cool
Thank you 😊
He's such a cutie, I miss him already 🐶
@@ChristianSchaffer awwwe understandable
hey chris, this is chris ✌️glad to found your channel, long story short, your videos make me feel happy and kind of bring me to a moment of "quietness" ? that moment makes me smile, thanks for that! ☝️😘🙏💪🤠 cheers christian from switzerland
On the road again......can't wait to see you on the road again!
best video yet! I love seeing the raw footage from being on the road. thank you for creating such wonderful and inspiring videos! I got my van and I am building it out with my friend
Thanks Chelsea 💕 Love that you’re building out a van!
Out of all the van life videos, Christians are the best. It amazes me how she can great shots all the time.
My favorite TH-cam channel 😎
aw you are too kind 😊
Your editing is consistently getting better. Love it❤️.
Thanks 😊🙏🏼
I was there for the heat and that wind-camped towards the southern end of Flathead Lake, campsite directly on the lake. It was beautiful. Rented kayaks one day. Only one day in Glacier… couldn’t get passes through the stupid, broken pass system & getting up at 4:00 is not something I want to do repeatedly!
That heat was something. Looks like weI’ll have another wave of it next week. I woke up at 4am twice to get into the park...just required lots of coffee, ha 🙃
Again a beautiful vid! Photography and all. I bet it was sad to say goodbye to Jack! What a wonderful experience. Enjoy your summer sister and keep making the vids!
Great video Christian! Enjoy your new road trips!
There are those not-so-warm-and-fuzzy moments living the van life. Just like on the backpacking trips, the ones you've planned and prepared for, things just don't seem to gel or go right. You deal with it and move on. I've done month long adventures and you cannot anticipate breakdowns. Once in Kentucky my vehicle sat in a friend's driveway for three weeks while I waited for a part that had to be shipped from Italy, leaving me to rent a vehicle for my vacation. That sucked! That left me one week to return to my base in Arizona.
Very cool! Thanks!
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Montreal, I spent the year living in my Ford .Really remembered them days ,after watching your videos.
That’s rad, would you say it was a good experience?
These vids are such a vibe. Definitely inspiring me to get back into video!
Wyoming looks beautiful I've never been there or camping looks like so much fun, that couple climbed Mt Everest that's amazing glad they made it safely very challenging and dangerous.
Yeah they are so inspiring! They managed to summit on the last day possible, right before the mountain closed for the season. Pretty awesome
Awesome video! Hope you're able to get through the Canadian border this summer. I'm driving the truck house down from Alaska to the lower 48 mid-August to Descend over Bend and other shenanigans filming, maybe pass by ya lol:) ps: You could try to junkyard some sideview mirrors (old school manual style) and remove your faulty electric fancy ones/put the manual ones in place to fix the problem.
I was hoping to cross over to Canada after Glacier National Park but I just read that the border closure has been extended 😳 so bummed
@@ChristianSchaffer noooooo not again lol!
Absolutely Wonderful Wonderful videos ❤.
You are Awesome, take care. Yep still upper 90's here in Southern Oregon.
This the content Van life Enthusiast love to watch , real life knarly vlogs , blessings with your travels ..
Great to see you back on the road again and not shy away from talking about realistic struggles. Good luck with those pesky mirrors!
The best parts of this video were the dogs and the songs you chose for the background, really nice. The question I have, which perhaps it’s just me - and I don’t understand is - if a person lives on the road/van life - and gets a GF or a BF - then how does it work if you “meet up” with other travellers and you are in a relationship? I can’t tell in this video if the 2 make friends you went camping with, the sleeping arrangements etc. How does a couple who are dating go on dates? Plan for the future? Sounds nosy I know, but I can’t be the only one who wonders about this. PS I live in Canada and while this lifestyle looks great, I spend about 4 months of the year where it’s -15C so I can’t swing this.
The handheld fans connected to a spray bottle are AmAZing for those suffocating hot times! You can pick them up at Walgreens or any super market.
Quite the rad setup and Rad bike! :) I hope your travels are endlessly fun, safe, and curiosity-creating! :)
As Jack, I always run when someone opens the door. 😄 greetigs from Spain!
I love the sunflower shots with the mountain range in the background! (Especially 0:05 with the contrasting moody mountains in the background!)
A lav mic would probably help the audio quality, but I really don't mind the occasional background noise. You're driving, and the background noise makes it more "in the moment" with you.
Thank you 💕🌻
I love these types of videos. Keep them coming.
Another beautiful video.... and with a happy ending in the night sky.
Awesome, keep pushing yourself!
Lovely video as always! Our lives couldn’t be more different, and I love getting to see yours.
Thanks for being here ☺️
I have such admiration for this young lady.
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Doggo is so stinkin cute!
Really enjoyed this one. Good mix of giving me wanderlust and showing the reality of life on the road.
Thanks for watching 🙌🏼
Loved the vid. Thank you
Gorgeous footage!
Thanks Ted 😊🙌🏼
Do you have room someplace in the van for a small collapsable two wheel hand cart (like the old luggage type)?, that might make water transport easier to roll or drag a 5 gallon can of water to the van rather than carrying 30-35 lbs 100's of feet. I suppose you might be able to build a small wheeled platform (2 six/eight inch wheels and an axle on a wood or metal base frame.) that specifically fits your water containers, then that gets bungied over/onto the container and then connect a rope type handle to the container handle and pull it to the van. But a fold up , collapsable hand cart might be more versatile in the long run for moving heavier things like cases of canned beverages, batteries and very large platters of sushi.
Lord the Tetons are so beautiful. Looks like you all had a wonderful time. I love living in this part of the country, I feel blessed. Safe travels
It's pretty ridiculous just how beautiful that range is. Was honestly hard to drive away..
Nothing more to say than brilliant! Fantastic photography great editing, no you don't need a mic it sounds fine. What a pain in the ass... those mirrors. More videos like this love to see what your life, your reality day to day. Great example, the mirrors and the Heat and getting used to the noise again of the road. Keep up the great work
Thanks Howard 🙌🏼 Yeah, fingers crossed the mirrors can be reset by removing that board and accessing the control panel. If not, just gotta live with it I guess 🙃
Just got back from a Florida trip, So glad to see U are well and working thru the challenges.... Your vids and pictures are calming to me. I pray U get the mirror issue worked out. 🥰
Thanks David, that’s great to hear ☺️
Another Great Video!!😊
Great Videography!! Love seeing all the beautiful places!!
Looking Good!! Keep on posting!! 😊
Thanks for the love ☺️🙌🏼
I like this kind of video more than a tour because it's real. Still a few minutes to watch so I have the drama of your camp site unknowns. Enjoy.
I love everything about this video
Aw thanks for watching 😊🙏🏻
Good to see you back on the road again. Seems like the worlds weather is gone bonkers. It was 31°C here in London UK a few days ago and yesterday it only reached 14°C, so cold I had to put the heating on. Really weird weather, so changeable.