Solo Through America's Wild West Coastline 🇺🇸
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- California's coastline is one of the most beautiful in the world. There is a section where the coastal HWY 1 goes inland and leaves a part of this rugged coastline and communities on their own. Join me today as we road trip through one of the most beautiful parts of the world and meet up with some fascinating locals who call it home.
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Cheers Peter, thanks for showing the north part of cali aka the good part
California is really beautiful, but you can see how politics has successfully ruined the state. Too much taxes and not a lot of it goes back to the people.
Come through Comptche !
While you were filming the folks at the Whitethorn Construction Company there was a giant spaceship cloud hanging over the place for quite a while. Thanks Peter, it'a always an eye opener and a pleasure.
Love from India 🇮🇳 ♥️ ❤️ 💕 💗
Thank you everyone so much for all the donations to the Mountain Of Mercy ❤️ I was extremely nervous to be a part of this video but God told me to do it and now I get to see Gods work! We all send so much thanks and appreciation to @Peter Santenello for making all of this possible and to all of you for the blessings! God bless you all!
Thank you Stephanie for sharing your story! It’s powerful and helpful to many people that need to see that there is hope at the other end of addiction. Keep up the amazing work out there!
@@PeterSantenello thanks for your outstanding videos Peter much appreciated viewing from Australia 🇦🇺
God bless thank you for sharing ❤
God's light shines through you, Stephanie! We can all see it! Keep up the great work! Congrats on your sobriety! 🎉
Congratulations on your progress and here’s to many more milestones ahead.
Thank you so much for making this video and interviewing stephanie at the Honeydew store!!! We are so proud of her and she is such a blessing to the Mountain of Mercy. My husband and I run the Mountain of Mercy and we greatly appreciate everyone who has donated to our mission. We are now able to pay our gas bill! God bless all of you! ❤️
It's so amazing what you and your husband are doing out there from how highly Stephanie spoke of Mountain of Mercy.
how can i Donate? From germany here
@@Kaybe23 They have a website. Search Mountain of Mercy.
@@Kaybe23The link to their website is in the description
Keep up the Great Work you folks are Truly warriors in these tragic times of drug abuse! Bless up Ms Stephanie and her journey....
Peter's TH-cam channel is better than 175% of what you can find on broadcast TV
Amen!
300%
Agree.
YES
Yup
Those 2 humans at the mill deserve so much success. Share share share!
Honestly, I would give up my engineering job at a certain defense contractor that you may know for a chance to work there.
I hope the general store girl watches this and realizes that we all have her back. Stay clean and clear! You got this!
Roger that! She is a strong woman and a great example that the scourge of fentanyl can be beat!
I pray they’re able to help thousands more who are lost to that deadly chemical!
you mean you support her struggle.. you don't have nobodies back keyboard warrior
I was a heroin addict for 25 years and I dont even know what this comment means. Got her back how? Trust me if she or I was in the middle of our addiction 99% of society does not have her back. If you're a true 1 per-center, thats impressive but I doubt you are. Don't worry most people arent.
Bless her soul 🙏 Such an inspiration. This whole fentanyl epidemic is just crazy. I wonder what's all behind it and why they're not fighting the source in some places. Basic law & order needs to be restored. California is such a beautiful place. As shown in this video. This is liberalism at it finest, but it totally lost it's meaning in the grand scheme. That one sign was telling. Reject socialism. Fight for your freedom. I'm afraid California will never change. The big cities and their politicians will keep this state in a chokehold. But I'm glad there are still common sense people around there living their lives in freedom 🙌
Many prayers going up for the precious young lady
As a sober herion addict I can say we do recover! 7 years going strong ❤
Brilliant mate X
Amen dido
Wow that'a amazing.
25 years without a needle up my arm or a drink. Good work buddy!!
That’s amazing you’re a miracle
Congratulations to the girl that's going through recovery 🙏🏻
Amen to that
I hope she gave the donation to the rehab
Prayers for the young lady in recovery. 🙏👍
There is such beauty in life to unfold. Love to hear the story of recovery. Peace !
I don't if you mean the ones who froze the dog to death. WTF is wrong with those crackheads?
Old school media is defunct. Peters style is on point. He has a genuine interest, a thirst for knowledge, and allows people to truly get the real story across. Just a man and his camera! This is true community media.
Jim Groeling is an amazing guy. Him and his crew taught me how to do carpentry out in Petrolia about 20 years ago. One day I told Jim that I wanted to start an organic farm at some point and he offered me a piece of land he owned on the spot. "I've always wanted to be part of a farm!" he said. He bought a little tractor, helped me put in an irrigation system, gave me wood for a farm stand and for a few awesome years I ran a little farm right there close to the Petrolia store. He made it happen and I am super grateful.
Such a Great Story , Thank you For Sharing it ......I love it
It's so refreshing to hear your story in the midst of the daily news cycle. Truly wonderful.
Seriously, as an European i find this video's highly educational. Since we most learn from US movies, it is a relief to experience somewhat of the real USA.
Never been there, sure want to go someday.
Keep it up Peter.
Yeah, when seeing those landscapes it looks so surreal to me. Just the sheer distances everywhere. Amazing
Indeed. We promise most Americans are not like the insanity you see in our politics and television/movies. You would be Very Welcome anytime! Its a stunningly beautiful and vast area, full of unique people, animals and stories.
We actually get a solid amount of Europeans in Humboldt. The ones that backpack mostly as we have the lost coast trail. Hope you make it out here someday :)
@@GSP96 Yeah, I met some Germans in Lost Coast when I was traveling there from Southern California. Fun times
Yes, you will be rewarded handsomely if you venture into NorCal and Southern Oregon. I've driven most of these roads, and seen so many sites: deep river canyons, various small town museums with pioneer and Chinese histories. I've been to the Honey Dew store 3 times, and it's just quirky enough to bring me back again. There are several Redwood stands close by. Very easy for my imagination to see dinosaurs running to and fro in these forests. You can talk to locals who actually heard some of these trees fall.
In Southern Oregon, there is the Rogue River and the Umpqua river their wild and scenic views, Both rivers lead to one of my most awesome sights in the world: Cater Lake. Throughout my life, I've been to this Blue Wonder 50 times. Throughout both states there are multiple places to learn Indian history. Also with cool small museums. These are just some of those things you can experience. Blessings.
I am a Humboldt native, being originally from Loleta. I had always hoped Peter would visit, but never expected three videos here! Thank you, Peter, for profiling this forgotten corner of the world. That said, we want it to STAY forgotten.
I went to college there and LOVED it. Wish I had stayed. It is beautiful and should stay forgotten. Long live the values of my youth growing up free in California during the 60s
I love the country
Well said! Love from McK neighbor ❤
Love from Fortuna ❤
exactly @annalorres. while many of us that don’t live there are interested and appreciate this peek, seems the absolute LAST thing most residents of the area would want is to blow up the place by having this sort of video posted to youtube
Hello from Ukraine (im on a Frontline)!
Its incredible stories + wonderful nature landscapes. Cool slow success of local business. I think a lot from now about my future. After this war i want to leave the city and move to the village area.
Its a good way to be happy. I will try it if I stay alive.
Thank you for this super true emotions. Its magical
Best of luck my brother, if you’re truly a human and and not a bot, I’ll pray for u.
Thank you for putting your life on the line, your blood ,sweat, tears for your people
We love you, Ukraine. USA
Im so sorry you have been sold a LIE by the US, UK and your own psychopathic monster. These "wars" aee bankers wars and the rebuild of Ukraine will cost all of us taxpayers NOT the governments.
You still have lots of support from people in the US. I hope you realize your village dream. Slava Ukraine!
This is some of the best documentary journalism across all platforms. When life throws me hard times I feel like I'm alone but all of Peter's videos make me realize there are a lot of people like me pushing through day to day and they keep going.
3 am.. got up to pee, and just finished watching. Im a carpenter, pot smoker, surfer, 74 years of memories just flashed by listening to these beautiful people. God Bless California ~ ✍️)))
Young picture 38 is how I still feel.
Just turned 73 - Know what you are saying
I'm 76 and feel the same way.
76 and definitely not as nimble as I used to be, but I'm sure damn happier and healthier ❤
12-23-50 Right behind ya girl, just not surfing anymore. That I miss. SMOKE! Ah, the memories. They keep coming. Stay on the saddle !
I'm turning 60 & I truly love celebrating 🎈🎉 you & others same mindset, & feelings 💖
I think that the most poignant moment for me with this video was the young lady who was addicted to fentanyl, and has been clean for a year and a half. I'm so glad she was able to overcome the overwhelmingly strong addiction, and that she DID find life on the other side. She is an inspiration to others who think there is no hope. There is ALWAYS hope. 🙏🙏
This was huge. Thank you to the young lady from sharing.
that was my favorite part of the video
Stats say she'll most definitely use fentanyl again. Opiod long term recovery is less than 5%. She fucked herself.
Praise our Lord 🙏🙌🏽
And Savior Jesus Christ
🕊
Yeah she's awesome.
John’s story brought tears of hope. His life leading up to, during and post prison is a story worth telling. Thank you for taking the time to let him tell us a heart wrenching but hopeful story. He should write a novel. Talk about an unassuming man.
His story should be a feature film, someone needs to get all those memories documented 💕
There is NO ONE on TH-cam with better content covering lands and the people living on them day to day than you Peter. This is my favorite channel, and I can’t thank you enough for your fair and honest coverage always . You possess a very approachable personality and style that brings out the best in your content and contacts. I hope to personally meet you one day.
THAT is something to be very proud of! Stay strong!
😅😊😊
We've been sober for just about 2yrs, my wife and I from meth and we're doing excellent, everyday is a blessing.
kudos to both,ALL the best to both of you from bottom of my heart.THANK YOU for sharing.
That is wonderful!
Awesome job
Thats really GREAT, keep up the good work . Everyday is another great day .
Keep it up, it is worth it. Praying for both of you.
When people ask why I eschew cable in favor of TH-cam, this, this is why. These videos rank up with the best “human interest” stories I’ve seen.
But wouldn't you rather see Jake Tapper or Sean Hannity talk about important problems in our nation?!?!
Amen to that.
I love that last guy.. God bless him for the rest of his days.
As a mother that lost her son to fentanyl poisoning, thank you for bringing light on our national tragedy. Like a lot of grandparents, am raising a grandchild by myself. I wouldn't have it any other way as she is a blessing ❤❤❤
May Abundant blessings find you always 💖
Top notch Peter. Listening to John was choking me up. What a humble human that lost not only his freedom but also time with his loved ones. everyone on this had a positive from a negative. keep em comin Peter.
I agree the best part of this video was the man who went to prison and stayed positive
Yes. I understand.
But why not grow something that isn’t a drug?
Marijuana isn’t necessary for life- water, shelter, nutrition, relationship, sun, and sleep is necessary.
If people ‘need’ marijuana, alcohol, whatever to get by I think that they should get the help they need to enjoy life without having to drug up.
💯 A solid person
@@fishhuntadventureit is not equivalent to alcohol in the slightest. It is medicinal and helps so many in chronic situations, not toxic or addictive nor does it have horrible physiological or psychological side effects, which is why it is so highly necessary.
Wild. I grew up between Petrolia & Honeydew, left for college, dropped out and moved back. Been here since and know just about every one of the locals featured in the video. Rad to see Peter get so fired up over Jim's woodwork. My dad's been building with Jim for 40 years and I'm currently working on a house with them for our friends out here in Petrolia. Awesome video and gives me great perspective from the outside. Thanks Peter
Then you must know John, what an angel of a person, you're fortunate to know such wonderful people.
Miss you, as well, weed Jesus.
That is so cool! Good for you! All the best!
Hell yeah! We used to go camping around Petrolia for 4th of July. The Beef N Bean Cookoff is unreal!! Love it up there.
Did the Lost Coast get hit as hard as some are saying since the last shaker we had? Hope you're all ok there. That has to be my favorite place in Humboldt, sadly I don't get there as often as I used to.
i have not subscribed to anyone on TH-cam in about 3 years and I have had this TH-cam account since 2007. I love this guy's videos so much he deserves it.
Peter, it blows my mind you made it to Whitethorn! These are parts for California, as a native, we hardly ever talked to outsiders about. What John said about outlaws, that's what we all called ourselves, never criminals. I cried listening to him, the people who paid that kind of price for our lifestyle. It amazes me you're really showing Northern California for what it is. There was a real back to the land movement for a few decades, it will come back to the north. Thanks again for doing us justice.
Still tearing up thinking about John’s story. Amazingly articulate story teller
John is a true outlaw,thanks for sharing your experience.
Mr Santenello, you are a national treasure to your country! Discovering America through you is such a breath of fresh air!
I hope that young lady is a spokesperson for survivors of fentanyl, she’s inspiring.
a lot of times, those just fresh from recovery speak way more from the heart, then those with lots of years.
I grew up in a small town in Tennessee and at 17, went to LA. in '65. I did the Hippie scene, grew up, and raised a family. In 2000 we moved to Idaho where, at 77, I'm watching this amazing video. One of my sons still grows medical marijuana near Santa Barbara. Thank you for airing these stories.
Man i hope you stay in California for a while longer, these last few videos have been my favorites.. California is the most beautiful place in the world imo.
So true. Wish the government hadn’t become so invasive and high-taxing. Other than that, and that’s a huge impact on our lives, it’s beautiful! The people are awesome up there.
You haven’t been to other places in the world if you think CA is the most beautiful out of the entire world.
@@ggrace1133beginnings of change are in the wind…
@GlobalTossPot That’s what I’m saying. I’ve been to California many times and it’s beautiful, but not the most beautiful place in the world.
@@GlobalTossPot yeah honestly I haven’t been around much lol. I’m from Georgia, never really been far outside of where I’m from. I did go to San Francisco for a couple days a few years back.. maybe “most beautiful in the world” is a stretch lol, but just from videos and movies and stuff that I’ve seen, I’m just drawn to California for some reason, living on east coast my whole life, the west is calling me lol. And yeah I got problems with the politics and stuff like others mentioned, I just meant strictly aesthetically.
I’ve said this for a while, this is one of the best channels on here. Peter going around the country talking to people, documenting places most people have never seen is just great, really makes it feel like your there. Good work Pete!!!
Going around the WORLD...
Best channel on TH-cam
I can honestly say these videos of rual California is making me see California in a very positive light 🫶🏽
This is 95% of California. When people talk badly about us we know they have never traveled our state. We are like our own country. Our economy alone carries the majority of the US if not the world.
Dude this is what most of the state is like it’s woods and farm land it’s not just the Bay Area and los Angeles
If you can find them check out an old TV series by the now deceased Huell Howser . He travelled all around small town California seeing the beauty of it and it's people . He had more than one but one of the series he had was called " California's Gold ." Anyone who has an opinion of California without seeing these really needs to .
@@AAWGASHTADS I always loved watching Huell, he was such an affable, kind hearted man.
@@VerticalGastricSleeveSuccess Exactly how I feel about Oregon and Washington states !!! The vast beauty and amazingly friendly people, along with ALL the beautiful natural spaces is SO much more than what's happening with our inner cities (every big city is in bad shape with homelessness, mental illness, and drug use)
Getting out and seeing the reality makes a great difference 🤩
One of your best videos because your compassion for humanity and addicted ones are so touching to see. Keep these stories coming! ❤
So many great storylines in this video. The weed farmer who did 10 years is so humble, forgiving, and gracious that I want to drive out there and buy a pound of weed from him… and I don’t even smoke.
Send it to ne i need it for pain relief feom a car accident in 2013.
I tried legal pot drops and it did nothing to help me and cost! 60 to 100 buck's a bottle.
I used entire thing AND NOTHING !.
DID SOMEONE REPLACE WITH BONG WATER !??
Peter, thank you for educating the rest of the country on California. I’m tired of people thinking the whole state is Los Angeles or San Francisco. Hopefully my California license plate will make me less of a road rage target when I visit places like Idaho, Utah and Texas
Yes, we are decidedly NOT just LA and Frisco (I'll call it what I want)! Life up here is hard and folks make sacrifices to be able to be here. Thanks for showing Humboldt in an honest light. Did you miss the 7.0 or were you here?
🤣 I can imagine .
And in fairness, San Francisco and Los
Angeles are vastly different places in and of themselves. As are San Diego and Sacramento. And within those places you have far more diversity than Humboldt, a very VERY liberal county in comparison to SF.
Yes. People truly have no idea how, dare I say, “diverse” we are.
Sadly that is true in many states. I rarely mention on social media that I am from Illinois. My car has been vandalized when I've been in Wisconsin.
At 68yrs old my wife and I are now Parents to our 13yr grandaughter and 9 yr old special needs grandson because our daughter can't get off meth and fentanyl, Our grandkids have been living a horrific life till DHS finally took them. Listening to stephanie share her story brought tears flooding of HOPE that someday our daughter could have the same story.
As people of faith its our 4:30 am daily morning prayer for the last 10 yrs.God Bless her and your gift to get people to share there heart with you. I love your storys they are making a difference.
Sending you a lot of love and hugs! 🤗
💔😢
Just do the work..And thank you Jesus ❤
God Bless you, your wife & those children @stevewilliams🙏💖
Wow I am not the type of person to get emotional but reading this story made me cry, I will be praying for you and your family. It’s hard but it helps to try to have total resignation to God’s will and remember He can and will bring good out of even the worst situations.
Insane. I'm from Sweden and yesterday I read about the lost coast and Ferndale. Never heard of them before. And now you're dropping a video from there. The world works in mysterious ways. Great video. Thank you Peter😀
Come see us!
Sounds like a mystical sign to me! Come visit the enchanted North Coast!
But why were you reading ab the lost coast?
String theory
If you read an article online, bought a book online, spoke the name out loud where you phone could hear, etc., it could be automated AI recommending what it thinks you may be interested in.
John has given me peace 💙 I haven’t been able to find forgiveness in my heart until this morning listening to him speak 💙 Bless him.
John's story is a lesson in tolerance, what an exceptionally balanced person
Praise God
You sure do know how to hold space for people to tell their stories. It is a great talent. Thank you, Peter.
Thank you Peter for making this video and to see you donate to that treatment center was absolutely amazing! I live in a little village called Dix, Nebraska.
A little back story, my mother was a hippie and my dad was a Hells Angel from the Oakland charter. They met at altamont, you know, the Rolling Stones concert. Anyways, he ended up doing life and my mother ended up addicted to her*in. Somehow I ended up graduating and joined the Army. 20 years later I retired out of FT. Lewis, WA. and moved to Paradise, CA. All of my siblings are addicts or recovering addicts. All of my family members are the same. Anyways the town burned down in 2017 and my wife and I bought an RV and somehow, we ended up buying a place in Dix, NE.
So enough about me. The reason I told you anything about me was because it really hit home when you, so quickly, pulled out what you had and donated, with no hesitation. Truly goes to show just how passionate you are about that subject. That being said, I hope you read this and know that this old Infantry vet. is absolutely impressed with your character and your passion about that subject. So thank you again. Keep up the good work and you have a lifelong fan.
Guy Fieri from Diners, Drive Ins and Dives was born and raised in Ferndale. He started out in food operating his own pretzel cart there as a kid. He hasn't forgotten where he came from either, still involved in the local community and gives a lot back.
ya, he always shows up at the summer fairs here :)
I remember doing coke with him in the early 2000’s. Nice guy
@@hi86065
And tuna fish sandwiches reading playboy..Well looking 🇺🇸💦
@@blissmagnateyeah he also was at the rodeo in Fortuna I got a picture with him very cool dude
Thanks for showing this Peter, I am 32yrs old and am leaving Los Angeles in a few years and going back to the land to have kids and steward the forest and grow my own food in Modoc. I am proud to be a part of the new back to the land movement that is silently happening again.
If Peter wants to continue with the theme of remote California, Modoc would be a good video.
Modoc: high, dry mountain land; gorgeous and amazing! Regards from far north California
@@elizabethjohnson475 yeah but I'm drawn to the coast and the ocean so I prefer the Lost Coast to Modoc
As a Northern California native, I talk to people from around the country (and world), and a lot of what I hear is that everyone thinks California is Los Angeles i.e. warm weather, movie stars, etc. There's nothing wrong with LA, but this is the California I love and the reason I'm still here today. Hard-working, honest, and welcoming people
There's a lot wrong with LA. It's the most disgusting filthy place I have ever been. It's an absolute failure . You might see a movie star and step in human feces at the same time
Real people, real stories, true journalism. Thank you for letting people share their stories, Peter.
It’s absolutely great that she recorded this before the 7.0 earthquake. I hope all the people and all the little businesses survived unharmed. Thank you for your work Peter, it’s really important because some of us are still anchored down to life, and we’re unable to travel, so you provide us a traveling experience that some of us otherwise would never have. Some people can’t leave their homes due to illness, or family responsibilities, and these videos make homebound lives so much more enjoyable thank you
Exactly!
Petrolia got it hardest but thankfully it was a roller and not a massive impact quake.
Earthquake didn’t harm anyone
@@SupremeWillisthey never do
Agreed
One of the most beautiful road trips you can do in California, Pacific Coast Highway 1. Nothing like it!
Yes and me being from the Bay area take 50 up the sierras or the 101 south beautiful
Yes I've done it several times and it never gets old. There's a magic in the country along that area that's not found anywhere else. I have to go through there every so often to get recentered and heal my soul.
The north end of PCH ends at the 101. Take 101 north from there (the Redwood Highway) and it's mind blowing for the next 2 1/2 hour drive through Humboldt and Del Norte counties to the Oregon border. God's country. 🌊🌅🌲
@@devonyagartrell2220there’s so many incredible driving roads just outside the Bay Area. Explore your own backyard while you have your health and youth man.
@@prophez23 Nice ! 😊
My son is currently missing and my daughter died in Kensington last year. I reached out to you on a video that you did and now I’m going through this again looking for him. Her story was wonderful and I’m so happy for her.❤🙏
I'm sorry for your loss and I hope your son pops up somewhere.
Oh bless you ❤
Oh my, many prayers going up for your precious son.
RIP sweet daughter
May your son be found safe and sound and may your daughter rest in peace. I’m so sorry. 😢
May your son come home to you safe. 💜 I’m very sorry for the loss of your precious daughter.
This was awesome! One of the truest representations of NorCal I've ever seen. Thank you.
Thank you, Peter, for a very moving, epic episode. My new husband at the time and I made a home in Ferndale while he worked as a Ferndale police officer back in the mid-70's (three cops, one great Chief). In fact, you caught a snippet of the house we used to live in across from the church. Our neighbor, Jesuina, lived in the beautiful green house. She was a master grafter of trees and grew a few varieties of fruit from one tree. Loved the people and the community. Experienced the primal coastline of Petrolia, too. Very special areas you visited. And extraordinary people. Love the way your videos bring us together. God bless your work and calling.
I've listened to John Casali's story one hundred times, and I still get teary eyed watching his face as he runs through his emotions. A great human being :)
Thank you Peter.
1969 seems like yesterday to me. I met and married my soulmate that year. 55 years ago has flown by way too fast for me.
I truly enjoyed this window into other peoples lives….
Be Safe while you travel around the world showing and telling other peoples lives.
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Man, i've been following you for quite a while. As a Dutchman who moved to the East Coast, I've always been intrigued by the different communities out there in this vast country. It's truly brilliant how you can motivate people like me to get out there and explorer parts of the US I had never heard about. Thanks for what you do!
Peter!! I’m so glad you were able to connect with so many dear friends! The Lost Coast was my home for many years before the government arrested me, took my land there and sent me to prison for 5 years for growing a plant!! I’ve only been back a few times but last summer I played the Roll On The Mattole music festival at the Mattole Grange!!! The live outdoor footage with my band at the end of the music video for Humboldt was from that show on the Lost Coast! Jim Groeling is the woodworker/architect who designed the bad ass barn doors that Eric Hollenbeck built for our Cider barn at Crazy River Ranch. Johnny Casali from Huckleberry Hill farms has a tragically similar story to mine and has been a huge supporter of my music. Some of our very finest!! Thank you for spending so much time with the good people here in Humboldt! It was truly a pleasure!!! ❤❤❤
Wow! 👏🤗
Please. You may be talented, and you may have now taken on a role as champion of the little Humboldt guy. Great. But it was not just "a plant" and you are not a poor innocent "local farmer." Pure financial ambition fuels someone showing up from the Midwest to raise a plant that fetched, at the time, literally almost 1000 times what local organic vegetable farmers got for their products. All of us who grew pre-legal weed have been aware of the choices: grow little, keep it low key, and maybe make a little money, enough to get by; or grow a lot, try to make a bundle of money before it's too late, and take a chance on going to jail. You chose the latter, the far end of the benefit/risk spectrum. Fine, that's your choice. But it's tasteless to boo-hoo "...the government arrested me, took my land there and sent me to prison for 5 years for growing a plant!!" when you knowingly gambled, upped the risks as the black market dollar bills danced in your eyes, and paid the price. Now you're still milking that, as it apparently sells. Ambition is a helluva habit.
Thanks for sharing your story. You’ve been through a lot and I’m pleased to read you’ve come out the other side.😊
@@lauracooskey9481 ouch
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Dear Laura,
A war on a plant doesn’t change the fact that it is and was indeed “just a plant.” Cannabis has been cultivated for thousands of years and will likely be cultivated for many more. I am truly grateful you were never sent to prison for growing weed. By the standard of the antiquated law any amount could have landed you in jail.
I’m honestly not sure why you make it a point to publicly criticize nearly every news article, video or musical endeavor I am a part of but I sincerely hope you can forgive what ever wrong doing you feel I am responsible for. I know first hand how resentments can lead to a bitter and lonely life. If I ever see you again, I’ll offer you nothing but kindness and respect. I’ve been a patron of your store and always appreciated how you serve the community.
Wishing you peace.
Sincerely,
Brett McFarland
This is one of the most wholesome channels on TH-cam, away from the 24/7 cycle of hype and polarisation.
@StudioHoekhuis I agree. We need more wholesome content. So tired of graphic violence & sexual violence on TV shows.
JOHN WAS THE SINGLE GREATEST INTERVIEW ON TH-cam
So true ❤
What a fabulous episode…. I have found paradise. Reduce academics everywhere, hands on people filled with love and self governing. This is absolutely insightful for all of us. Peter, your journalism is the best in the world. Thank you buddy.
You are the modern day Charles Kuralt.
I am a native Californian, born in Sonoma back in 1953. This is so heartwarming to see this video. There is nothing more beautiful than Northern California, especially in the Summer months. It is just beautiful. Thank you for taking this time to making this production.
Born in Santa Rosa at the end of 1953! Haven’t lived in NoCal in many decades, though.
I’m English but fascinated by the frontier mentality of places like this. Making it on your own. Starting a new life and working together. England, and Britain and Europe in general, lost so many of these minded people who went to America and the mentality is still embedded in these people now.
As an american, I've never actually thought about things like that. I suppose our country does hold a lot more enterprising of a population...
Wife and I live in Southern Humboldt, we absolutely love it here. Endless natural beauty and kind people. From our home it's 20 minutes to the old growth redwoods and 25 minutes to the coast. The Mattole road along the beach is spectacular for sunsets.
Just goes to show you, everyone has a story to tell... Thank You Peter for sharing the voice of America.
It always makes me chuckle when people from Kansas or Texas claim to live in a more free state than California. Rural California presents a freedom that you simply can’t find anywhere in the US. I love it here.
Yup, I agree. I'm from Northern California and now live in idaho. The idahoans think California is all city lol..... they have no idea
The people who say that are typically talking about 2A. Which is not wrong California is one of the worst states for being a gun owner
@@sharingan6o You have no idea about NorCal Gun culture lol
@ brother believe me I do I’m from NorCal Buddy lol, trust me I know those laws don’t stop many people from acquiring the firearm they want. You don’t know me so don’t assume shit.
@@LennyLewisonvilesLifeLens ^
I just figured out something , you are the new Huell Howser ! It’s amazing that it just came to me as I’m watching your California road trip and I’m from Tehachapi California. It’s nice to see California is actually being Californians and not the trash on the coast and I really appreciate the fact that you are showing the different conservative sides of America all around thank you so much. !❤
Yes he is!!!
I'm born and raised in California, and grew up in rural central California. I love all parts of California. The people on the coasts are not trash. We should stop that type of hateful language.
I lived on my 80 acres near Honeydew from 1982 to 2005, the boom years. Really cool to see Jim. He was a very talented builder in the area and I guess still is. So glad you ran in to Jim because he is a very grounded guy and was with the first wave of back to the landers in the area. My place was originally in a Bob McKee development. Jim built so many incredible buildings over the years. You can be sure though that no locals can spend that kind of money on boards as beautiful as they are. It was much more free back in the day. Nobody got building permits. I finally had to leave because the grow scene got to crazy and the county started coming down with draconian building code enforcements and tax increases, etc. My pond was built in 1976 and the state tried to fine the guy who bought my place for stream mitigations. The pond wasn't even in the stream. Another thing that happened is the state regulators forced land owners to pay a yearly fee for using water from springs on their land that they had been already using for decades. Ironically I had to move to a less liberal place where there was no government over reach yet. At least not as much. A place where the taxes are lower and you can still build without a permit. Yes, I was one of the mom and pop growers that Jim talks about. I made a living on 20-50 plants! You are so lucky that you found Jim because he is a wellspring of knowledge and has such a balanced view of the scene over the years.
John’s story is heartbreaking, so sorry.
I was an undercover police officer in the 1980’s, I put many people away for dealing in Marijuana!
Today I live in a 55+ community, we have a cannabis shop right across the street, and everyone around me is smoking cannabis or taking gummies!
It’s difficult for me to wrap my head around this.
I put people away for something that is not only legal today but is helping so many with their medical ailments!
GOD Bless you John.
It especially boggles my mind that our government knew about all the benefits of cannabis and didn’t pursue it many years ago.
They knew it would destroy their profits of pharmaceuticals and the other industries the damage of those medicines create. It's a never ending sick cycle
Part of the "war on drugs" Need to get rid of mandatory minimums
That is called CORRUPTION! So much evil out there !
Sounds like a lot of bureaucracy BS getting in the way of this beautiful wood working business
Santa Rosa native here, I lived right by ferndale for about a year. I’ve been quite a few places in the world, and the lost coast is still the most beautiful and peaceful place I’ve ever been to
Santa Rosa is gorgeous too, it would be a dream to move there!
@@audioresurrected damn really?
@@audioresurrectedI lived in Santa Rosa 42 years. It’s beautiful but high home prices and traffic.
@@hi86065 I live in Southern California so it’s even worse here. Santa Rosa seems so peaceful in comparison!
@@audioresurrectedyeah Ive been to Socal a million times since the 80s. The weather is great but its a parking lot.
Great video! It was touching to witness John’s emotions while recalling those important moments of his life.
There is something very special about John being so true to his beliefs, he's rare indeed.
Everyone has a story and everyone deserves to be loved or healed from past traumas or habits. Woman that was addicted to fent is a kind soul and great to see her doing better
I am crying. Thank you Peter. My former partner is from this area until his family moved to Drain, OR.(Southern OR.) I moved from PA to Southern OR. In 2014. I lived in Southern OR, Douglas county for 9 years until I moved to Portland,OR.
For work. I too got into carpentry, my friends all worked in carpentry, the mills, lumber, weed growing…until that became legal. Most beautiful place on earth, Elkton OR. Thank you for visiting.
Peter Santenello, you are such a treasure! You bring us so close to the people you visit, feel their sorrows, loves, adventures and dreams. Your interview with John who served a 10 year prison sentence for a plant was so touching. Far from my world, yet feels so close. Thank you kindly Peter!🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤❤❤
You're such a genuine person. You have the gift of bringing the best out every peoples you encounter. Keep the good vibe ✨️
With 45 years of my life spent living and working (as a self-employed welder) in the State of Jefferson area (Shasta, Humboldt, Josephine counties, now retired, in rural So. OR.) it is great to see your coverage of this part of the world! Love your channel!
🤯Thanks! The realness and clarity exposed for honest people trying to scratch out an existence, then be both punished and over regulated is mind expanding and mind-blowing. As a green activist, I need to rethink long and hard about what I support and the potential negative impact on those trying to make life better. Thank you for what I consider your best vlog yet!
Thank you Eric!
I've came through a fentanyl addiction, after 4 near fatal overdoses. She's right, it's the hardest thing to quit, but there is hope for those who go through the hell to get clean. There is hope, but it is hard. Thank You Peter.
Im SO happy to hear that you came through it. ❤
Congrats on getting out of it ! Much respect . 👍
Well done - much love....
As an european, i feel like im not only learning about the unspoken places of America, but as well as taking a scenic route. Truly awesome videos Peter , keep it up.
Peter, I’m having a nice morning watching your stuff.
What I dig about your videos is,the heart that comes through in yourself and the people you show.
Its shines thru brother.
I’m an old boomer.
You’re showing the American POV I great up with, and it gives me hope it’s still out there if you look others share it too.👍🏻
Johnny from Huckleberry Hill Farms is a legend! We got the amazing opportunity to meet him a couple months ago when we went to film a documentary on the remaining legends in the emerald triangle. Amazing guy, amazing story and amazing weed! Loved this vid! 💚💨
What's your documentary called and how is it viewed ? Thanks 👍
Once again Peter, You have blown our minds. You are so approachable and have such a kind aura - People just open their hearts to you. Every time John started choking up - I lost it... Thank you
Ferndale, Honeydew and Petrolia the lost coast is where my wife and I went to visit her bestfriend when our daughter died, the most beautiful place ive been to at the time. I never imagined how it was california being from socal. We healed now and have 3 beautiful children. May GOD Bless America and the great people of the TRUE NorCal
So much goodness, positivity and uplifting energy comes from these videos, Peter. Well done, and keep on. This is important work.
How cool is this video!
I used to live in Petrolia, actually graduated 8th grade in the Mattole Grange. The whole school had 20 kids when I went there, that was in the early 2000s.
I loved my childhood, petrolia is a magical place and being a kid within nature is something I wish everyone could experience.
I’m 66 y.o.now but oh how I wish I had known about this paradise when I was younger. As it is, I can now only enjoy living vicariously through these incredible videos of this area. Peter has done such an excellent job that I’m “almost” content just watching how these beautiful people live/lived there. Thank you for that!
Our daughter graduated from Humboldt State University and we have been to Ferndale many times. We never made it to the Lost Coast, but now its on top of our list next time we are in Humboldt County which just had a large earthquake. Our daughter lives two blocks beyond the Tsunami zone and she is fine. Thaks Peter for this video.
HI DAD!
@purplezucchinis Not high right now, maybe later. Lol
I think was my favorite episode yet of your show, Peter. Wow. This one should be nominated for some sort of award. Chef's kiss.
My favorite area of California!!! The Redwoods are where are go to recharge my batteries!❤️❤️❤️
Loved hearing John’s story at the end. He seems like a very kind and empathetic human
Hi
Definitely not a criminal.
This is kind of eerie being recorded before and posted so shortly after the 7.0 earthquake that hit. Hope everyone is safe there and there isn’t too much damage.
There was some pot and pans that fell out of cabinets in southern Humboldt but that’s was pretty much the worst of it. And the emotional stress people were freaking out who lived in low areas , driving up hill and freaking out like we were going to get some crazy tsunami, I went down to the river to see if it would surge, my work was like a mile away from the river and probably 15 -20 ft up and my boss made us evacuate, people over reacted so hard.
Here in Rio Dell it was a shaker but not as bad as the earthquake in 2022
Thank God it was 10 miles from the coastline 🙏🏽
@@smoketears6874 Better to overreact than underreact in situations like that. But yes, a tsunami is only really a serious thing at 8.0 to 8.5 or higher earthquake.
@@smoketears6874it’s because a tsunami warning was issued 😂⚠️
The work Peter is doing here is more important than most people realize. To see and hear with our own eyes and ears the "inner workings' of today's society in towns across the country and globe has a value more than I even thought possible. Sights and stories you normally would never see or hear. It doesn't get any more "REAL" than this. Especially how today's media portrays this country, and its people, work like Peters is more important than ever. And extremely insightful and interesting to boot.
Wow what a beautiful area! John's story really made me cry! 50 people waiting for him to come home ❤
I proudly donated some small money to Mountain of mercy foundation. Watching a success story of Stephanei encouraged me to donate. Thank you Mountain of Mercy.
So cool! They'll be thankful.
Peter, first I want to thank you for taking us along on your adventures, thru you I get to see places and "meet" people that I'll never be able to as my health isn't good. This video was AMAZING!! I shed some tears several times, tears of Pride for the young woman who beat fentanyl ❤ Super proud of her and the place that helped her to succeed!! My jaw dropped at the beauty of the coastline and for the craftsmanship of the couple who make all the gorgeous furniture and I love their home that her parents built!! The last story my emotions were everywhere and in the end I was crying hard hearing about his mom's passing. None of what he endured NEVER should have happened to him,, it took 8 years of his life away from his family. He's a good man to not harbor any anger about it. In 82 I was a 16 yrs old that was babysitting a toddler girl when a barrage of police busted thru the door scaring both myself and the little girl. They made me lay down screaming at me wanting to know where so and so where, I told them I was the babysitter and they were working. I was pretty much hysterical. Once they realized that I was an innocent kid they got me calm down but then forced me to call the parents home telling them it's an emergency and they hid their cars. Parents came running in to find me sitting and holding their daughter both of us crying and suddenly a bunch of guns were drawn and yelling telling them to get down. I still didn't know why, one officer took me home. My mom and I learned on the news that night the couple were arrested for growing marijuana, their daughter went to live with her aunt and they both served 10 years in prison for a plot of pot no bigger than an average vegetable garden. They'd planted 2 rows of corn around the outer edges to conceal it but the cops found it via a helicopter flyby. Marijuana isn't a devil weed for God's sake, I'm just glad that the government has finally seen that after they've put too many people thru an awful lot of undeaerved trauma.
The federal government still has marijuana classified as a schedule 1 drug, so they can still employ these tactics anywhere they want.
@stillnotwoke really?? even with all of the dispensaries? And Dr's prescribing it?? Wow, I don't understand why since it's been legalized.
And now the government is considering commuting sentences for people convicted of weed related crimes.
I'm a simple man. I see Peter Santenello , I watch Peter Santenello. Greetings from Kenya 🇰🇪
Aje bro, you have great taste👊
Like many good men,..Pete is a good listener
My fellow chelsea brother... you have taste... Jamaicans here btw
Being from California and been born and raised in Santa Barbara California, and have lived in Santa Rosa and the Bay area for 6 years and traveled to the fort Bragg area a couple of times I can appreciate the road trip you took. I was affected by fentanyl, it hit the Santa Rosa area around 2019 and then the pandemic happened. this video resonates. California is a beautiful state and because of the drugs and how some of the big cities got hit, it takes a bad wrap. I live in Montana now. And I appreciate the journeys you take and the people you talk to. California is just as blue collar as any other state.
Beautiful state I agree and I'm from the Bay area the crazy city of Richmond but I can appreciate my beautiful state and Santa Barbara is magnificent
Rap. Anyway, you look at a map of where all the liberal votes came from in this state (I live in the far north) and see the coast voted for her, for restricting freedom, for taking people off their beautiful land and into the cities, etc. etc. Sacramento newsom/kamala cronies don't want the coast to prosper (let alone the rest of the state), and the cities and coast all vote against their own future.
@@elizabethjohnson475 nobody cares about politics bs in here
@@yottaflop5929 I get it. Politics talk can be exhausting, but she's got a point. Our state and the people of our state are suffering a lot due to what she's talking about.
@@mchelle7122 that's like your opinion man
You are going all the places out west I visited over a decade ago and it’s wonderful to see it now! Thank you so much for what you do! 🙏
Loved that lady's story about her overcoming Fentanyl! Thank you for posting the link to donate, Peter! I pray God's blessing over that woman and the organization helping others overcome addiction. 🙏
Really enjoyed this video.
I'm watching from the UK, California is so diverse and 1.7 times bigger than Great Britain! My son just asked "why don't I visit"? My reply; "I'd never return".
...and the furniture! $2700 for that sideboard is incredible value given the materials and workmanship.
I am watching from Budapest, Hungary and my thought was that is so too expensive 😂 and that here I can buy it for half that price :)
I’m Hungarian and born US citizen, live in Seattle…. the sideboard is over-priced, their target buyers are obviously hoped to be quite wealthy. I hope this pricing works out for these folks, as def the locals won’t be buying…
Thanks for the video. Peter brought tears to my eyes, listening to the dude who had to go to jail for a plant.
I was right there with him for 15 years just in a different part of California and always knew that was a possibility. It really hit home. Thanks for sharing.
So great to get this perspective from a local legend, john and jim have truly amazing dedication to their crafts. Gods work indeed, i hope you ended up enjoying some of that sample in due time what a precious encounter.
Thank you so much for helping with the fentanyl issue by sharing this information and donating, that's what the world needs more of 🎉
The couple in the forest have such a great vision!! Beautiful wood! Such an incredible video! The young woman who got off fentanyl was amazing! To think the program was essentially free.
Thank you Pete for showing highlighting best parts our beautiful state of California. It seems like CA (and Californians) get a bad wrap. Honestly, I feel we are misunderstood. I’m a born and raised Northern Californian. I love our state. It is heart breaking when people talk so negatively about it. There’s so much more to it than people realize (politics aside).
I agree. The best I can come up with is places like Fox Entertainment are trying their best to use California as a boogie man for division, thus viewership. They need to discredit our State to prop up who they are. I have lowered the bar and argued with folks on Fox boards in defense of the misrepresentation. I am from the Santa Cruz Mountains, born and raised cutting wood, raising cattle, working ag, with shotguns laying all around my home, even though these guys online have been telling me for decades they are coming to take them. I wish I would just ignore these idiots...but I'm too dumb to not fight them.
We do get a bad wrap. I live in the foothills my town has 800 people in it. I grew up in the Bay Area for 41 years and moved 6 1/2 years to the foothills. I will die in California.
Your "politics aside' end of statement , made me take stock of how I feel about California. HOPEFUL for my old Cali. Work on bettering your politics for the people's sake. Blessings y'all.
"Wrap" rap, rap, wrap it up, I'll take it...
@@victorrodea7163 still the most beautiful place in the world and always will be