Breezin' Through Kansas: Boondocking USA
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ม.ค. 2019
- My first visit to Kansas was one of butterflies, bison, cow flatulance and Flying Monkeys. Join me to find how diverse and friendly small towns in the Sunflower State really are.
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When I go to suggest to people video channels about camping and RVing I always recommend Slim and Russ from RverTv (he covers all things Quartzsite) because of the information and the quality videos. They aren't the "talking head" type videos and they have a National Geographic type feel to them. Why Slim isn't on PBS is beyond me.
I've been a long time follower of Cruising the Cut as well!
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Same here, totally agreed! Nice channel I'd never have found by myself
I think David from cruising the cut is great as well been following him for about six months 😀🇬🇧
5:53 One of the most amazing things about the monarch migration is that it's not the same generation going back as flew north to begin with. It's like 5 or 6 generations down the line.
I lived in Wichita from 96 - 99. Loved every minute of WSU life n missing it dearly. Thank u for this video.
It amazes me how many thousands of miles delicate butterflies fly
Even more amazing, it's a multi-generation migration. As a group, they fly from Mexico to Canada and back. However, no individual makes the whole journey. They propagate and die along the way and their descendants complete the trip they started.
Yea they fly through Europe too i think in a similar way to get to Africa
Slim, your videos just keep on getting better and better. I really appreciate all the hard work that you put into them. Happy New year!
Spider diaries: ".....but I finally convinced him to vacate."....whips the bottle like a bullwhip. That was more like an eviction, Slim. 😂🤣😅😆
True, but I did give advanced notice! SP
My thought as well Susan LOL but I hope he landed on one of his 8 legs.
@@junglistpostman me too!! 😃
hedgeapples are awesome on keeping pests away btw... toss one or two in your camper to keep bugs like spiders and other creepy crawlies away.
That's great to know! Thanks!
As a kid growing up in Texas we call them horse apples. In some Texas cities there were city ordinances about cutting down trees without city approval. An exception was the horse apple tree, you could cut em down any place, anytime without prior approval and no one gave a damn! It seems the ordinance called the tree "Bois d' Arc." Hey Slim, put it on the French, huh! Ha, ha.
Hedge apples also exode in fire. We had to clean them from our yard before mowing. We used to toss them in the trash bin while burning the trash and laugh when they popped and my Dad would yell...dont put any more in there! 😆 I've been in Kansas my whole life. It's very nice. However most people from out of state hate the wind. Our motto is if you don't like the weather just wait a day.
Love your story telling.
Thank you for being kind. I am from Rhode Island, but married a Kansan. I have been here since 1970. Kansas can be beautiful, as you have shown. “Happy Trails to you!” 🌻
Nice positive peek at Kansas..thanks for sharing.
You are...”The Bob Ross of the Road.” I have watched almost all of your videos now. I am just amazed by your work! The Travel Channel, PBS, or Outdoor Network should be hitting you up. Your editing, writing, narration, and calming charisma has no doubt sparked the spirit of the road and outdoors in thousands
of viewers.
WOW I'm from Kansas and lived in Dallas for 20plus years and moved back here. Definitely enjoying watching this one. I lived in Wamego a long time ago and yes them wind turbines are in real life fascinating. 💜 Love from Kansas ❤️💜
The Hedge Apples are Osage Oranges. Traditional bowhunters/Native Americans make bows from the wood.
A great bow wood
My daughter showed me how to make buttons with a Dremel and sandpaper. The wood has honey lines throughout.
the wood is hard as rock...good firewood.
Biologists think the fruits were eaten by the extinct giant mammals of North America. They were likely on their way to extinction before humans started planting them
I know giant ground sloths at Joshua tree seeds, Squirrels eat the hedge apples here in the midwest.
...........RV videos are very helpful.....they pave the way for us that are new to the "sport"......helps keep mistakes to a minimum....
I love that you are including the birds in your conversations and footage.
Love your videos Slim, even your old ones w/ the A frame are fun. Thank you
Hi Slim, love the video, those are also called Osage Oranges (botanist here). I taught in KS for 12 years at a local university, and those osage oranges are spread by mastodons/mammoths originally, but when they died out, the fruits are no longer dispersed. This means the trees that grow from those seeds are location-bound, and have probably been there, generation after generation, for thousands of years.
Now that is a really cool fact I didn't know about my local fauna Plantman. Thank you for sharing. My family has land with huge trees in remote locations by themselves. To think that the stout hedges that i see today stand in the area where their direct ancestors spread their roots is pretty deep when you consider age.
Could not stop laughing at those zombie brains!! Now I have to see Kansas. In love with your spirit and attitude!
A couple months later and you would have been in tumbleweed season. It's pretty surreal seeing a non-stop deluge tumbleweeds crossing the highway sticking on the fences and cars and piling up everywhere.
Hi Slim, The hedge apple tree was used as a wind brake during the dust bowl days. It is very hardy. grows in poor soil and can withstand drought. The wood is hard and a favorite for making bows for archer fans. Fence posts made of hedge will last a long long time. When trimed into a hedge cattle wont go through it. Thanks for taking us through kansas. once upon a time home for us.
Thank you for high-lighting a few of the great areas of our great state. At mushroom park, you weren’t far from Coronado Heights. There are many rock formations in Kansas. Rock city is in north central Kansas by Minneapolis. Kansas also has a rich history.
You create such wonderfully informative videos. I love watching them. Thank you for sharing your travels with us.
Thankyou for touring Kansas. For viewing some of its nooks and crannies. For you're wonderful way with words as you tell you're story. Please come again and view other areas of our wonderful state. The western side isnt quit as humid as the eastern side. But the winds the same. :)
Thanks for respecting Kansas. Your channel showed up recommended for me, I will watch more to see what else you have to offer.
great video thanks for visiting Kansas-miss it and love it so.
I'm an Australian /American retired 72 year old vet. I live in Dallas TX now and have done for 13 years. And as anyone who lives in Texas, I haven't traveled past my adjoining States and then not much. But having said that, I've seen very little of Texas.
I have just converted my SUV into a one-man and his dog camper. The weather is to cold at night for the age-ed dog (13) so I'm waiting for spring to go for a few 2 days/1 night trips.
So I'm watching all your videos and thoroughly enjoying them, this one on Kansas especially. Keep up the good work. I don't know you stuck that moniker on ya but it's easy to look for when searching TH-cam.
All the best for 2019, mate!
I love your narration on your videos. The nature you capture, and the sounds are mesmerizing! Thanks Slim!
I agree with you on the humidity. It is like hitting a wall of spit as you travel east.
Slim I'm glad you got a chance to enjoy our state, you welcome to come back, when the humidity isn't quite so high.lol..
My thoughts too Wazoo, maybe April or May would be perfect in my opinion.
thanks, enjoy all your vlogs
I wonder of the butterflies used that wind to help them get to mexico. Just beautiful!
Power poles Slim, power poles. Love your videos.
The hedge apple comes from the Osage Orange tree. Place them around the exterior of your house and it will keep the crickets out. The plains Indians used the very hard and dense wood from the Osage Orange to make their bows.
Get *soooooooo* excited when I see you've uploaded!
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I'm a fairly new subscriber and the first half dozen videos I watched were all in BC/Canada the Yukon, etc. I enjoyed every minute, but now that you're touring the U.S. I am so excited! I'm in Virginia and my goal is to take an extended cross-country trip across the country. Your videos have further peaked my wanderlust! Absolutely adore your perspective on animals, the environment, small towns, your sense of humor etc. Ok, so maybe I have a crush -sue me! (Sure I'm not alone among your followers).
Very nice video. Like watching wild kingdom with technology. You have a very soothing style and we like it.
Very clever and very entertaining!
The thumbnail for this video really should have been the Monarch Butterflies ... AMAZING! What LUCK you have 🙂
Very calming video. I hope one day I can get to live like this
Come down to east Texas sometime and experience the humidity. It's a wonder to behold.
You actually made Kansas look interesting! Well done. Safe travels. ☺️ -Mark
I'm from the Midwest orginally, I grew up on the Loess Hills of Western Iowa. Now live near the Mountains of CO. But, my home will always be along the bluffs of Iowa by the wide Missouri River to the West. People in the heartland are the best! I miss them. No matter what people say about folks from the Midwest, you get a smile and help if you need it. :) I've been to that area of Kansas many times, especially during my storm photography days back then. Yep hedge apples, you put them by your foundation and they keep pests /spiders out of your house!! They are cool looking.
You always make me smile. Happy travels
Dude, I was just looking for a place to camp. I didn't know I was getting a travel documentary. This is great!
Living the dream. Thanks for sharing. Love your videos.
Your videos always make me smile!! Thank you or all your hard work, and for making us part of your adventures!
So relaxing to listen and watch your videos
As always, a pleasant video.
Hedge apples are Osage Orange. Inedible , but traditionally used for their straight sturdy wood for archery bows.
Thanks you for another great video. Super photography and narration.
I absolutely love this video. Great job. Oh the butterflies!
Love your down to earth look at everything - even the minutiae. I’m also here via Cruising The Cut
Love your videos...Thank you
Caught this one late...but enjoyed it..
Thank you so much for your videos .they make me watching a ton of US wonderful scenery.
Wow I always made Jokes about Kansas because driving thru i was fighting to stay awake. U changed my mind. Im headin back there as soon as I can. Well done production !
The monarchs were beautiful! Thank you,
Great vlog. Thanks for sharing your gifts.
Thank you for sharing my home state like this.
Great video. We have very high humidity in East Tennessee. Not sure I ever get used to it and I've lived here all my life. Thanks for sharing.
Belated greetings from Kansas City, MO. Hopefully you’ll come back and visit the area again.
Excellent video. So informative. Thanks for making this video.
Hi thanks for sharing your wonderful adventure, be safe traveling
Find the area closest to where you are and find the point where 3 states meet. That would be where your tri state station was broadcasting from. Glad to see someone put up content outside of Arizona, Nevada and California!
I love to watch your trip across America and I enjoy your narration. Peace and Love.
I get excited every time you put up a new video. This is one of my favorites!!
Your videos are so high quality and informative, they should be on a PBS special! Thanks so much for all the hard work you put into your content!
👏❤️😁Brilliant thanks x I'm in cold UK so pictures of sun and clear skys are lovely x
Thank you for going to places that no one else goes.....your videos are great
You are an awesome tour guide 😁👍, thank you.
I am enjoying catching up on your older videos. Appreciated your drive through Kansas with the beautiful pictures and positive commentary--so many travel TH-camrs skip our state. Keep up the good work!
I will admit - I watch for your posts, and view them right away. Your efforts are greatly appreciated!
Great video, really gave a taste of the area. I do like the way you talk to us all, bringing us along to share the experience. Looking forward to your next adventure 😊
Thanks Slim will have to check some of those places out.... The Butterfly's were out of this world.... Just Beautiful!.....
SP, we love your vids my friend. Thanks for sharing and Happy New Year!
Slim, thank you for the great videography. I was raised in that part of the world and had forgotten what a wonderful place it is.
Nice video very informative thank you for taking us along
Very much enjoyed this video. I was born in Kansas but never lived there--how's that for a riddle? As an "army brat" I was born in Ft. Leavenworth but our family is from Missouri. Thanks for this look at Kansas...so many travelers moan about the boring landscape of the state but you found a way to dig deeper and show a more pleasant side. I have a question for you, Mr. Slim. How about a video on your *philosophy of travel*? I believe you would share some interesting thoughts. Thanks for all you do to promote happiness and well being on the road. :-)
Same, born in Wichita - pops was stationed at McConnell AFB then was stationed in California a year later. It's great to see this.
Thanks for the fun video; we are from Las Vegas and we thoroughly enjoy driving through Kansas Nebraska Iowa Missouri and parts Midwest it has wonderful for Boondocking and the multitude of free town camping; it's very relaxed.
Love the High Def videos, your campsights are beautiful and so peaceful. I'm envious of your journeys, thanks for sharing them. I think I will subscribe to your channel. I want to see more of this beautiful world.
Good stuff! I can relate to all of it, from the winds to cow dung to Bison to the humidity to the OZ Museum. I hit many of these places on my 7000 mile motorcycle journey from Massachusetts to Yellowstone to Tetons to Rocky Mountain to Kentucky. Loved it! Thanks for sharing!
I love your videos; your narration, and your content. Your videos are awesome, and they keep me coming back!!
Tri-state area usually includes Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska...depending on where you are respectfully. It's a term we use to cover the 3 states closest to where you are.
Thank you for sharing Kansas. I was born and raised around mushroom park and Maxwell wildlife. But now live in south central Kansas.
Very nice video, thanks for sharing.
Loved seeing the butterflies!
Luv your videos ... am a (RV) boondocker myself ... keep on truckin’ ... can’t wait for the next update ... a big 👍🏼
Another great video SP. You always make the places you visit seem so special...Even if you're in Kansas. Even though you had to share your spot with fishermen, it seemed so tranquil. I love hearing you narrate your vids. Happy trails...
Great video. God Bless You
Awesome footage of the monarch migration
I lived in Rose Hill, Kansas as a child back in the 60's. Thank you for such a thoughtful video of Kansas!
I used to live in Andover, so I'm familiar with Rose Hill. My brother used to have a house out there. It's a tiny town now, so I can only imagine how small it was back then!
Awesome videos, well they’re more like episodes. Each are really well produced and educational - something I look forward to watching after work. Keep at it Slim - best wishes from the U.K.
Butterflies on the trees . . . like beautiful ornaments :)) Thanks for sharing another beautiful and informative video, Mr. Slim
What an amazing video! Kansas as I'd love to experience it. The wildlife filming superb, and so much skill and effort put into it, e.g. finding the music and fitting it to the movements of the heron. A master at work! Thank you!
Thanks Slim, better than watching a nature show. Thanks for showing beautiful parts of the US that many of us Canadians have never seen before. Take care and stay safe.
Oh! The Monarchs! And that part isn't what I would have expected! Very nice place. Thanks for sharing. Kimothy 💚
Great video Slim, if you ever come down my way to North West Arkansas you should visit the Jasper/Boxley area. There you have the possibility of seeing elk and hike through Lost Valley, it's really beautiful there. Safe travles.
Slim - no matter how hectic of a day I had, watching your videos is so relaxing 👍 great videos 👍
Hey Slim. Have enjoyed your vids, even more so now that I am out camping with my aliner! Keep up the good work friend. I'm a drummer who enjoys blues also. George