This video with Jax as an little bitty baby is so touching, actually brought a tear to my eyes and has left me a little choked up. Love you man, you are a special person.
Oh the memories...I have watched you for years from work first now from fulltiming. We are in the process of moving out of our current class A as we just signed a Bill of Sale yesterday afternoon, now going into a rental. Who would thought we would go from 64 1/2 acres, a 2500+ sq ft house, horses, dogs, cat, chickens F250 truck, 4-horse trailer, 5th wheel flat bed, JD Tractor and implements and so much more not listed to a Class and a Jeep Rubicon to just a Jeep Rubicon tomorrow when they pick up our current rv..our new one is in the build process...we will be in between rv's until then. This will be an interesting and memorable time in between to look back on just like you are looking back where you began. Jax has been awesome since I first started watching your videos. ~Debi~
There's no denying it. God has truly been with you, Eric, you are truly blessed. Give God all the GLORY and PRAISE for your success❤️🥳 He's waiting for you to open the door and invite Him into your life; where you will find true peace and happiness! Vancouver, Washington State 🎄
Wowww that was soooo cool. It was like "back to the future". Seeing Jax as a baby made me cry happy tears. What an amazing journey you both have been on all these years, and gone from strength to strength each year, that really is remarkable. Maybe do a "trip down memory lane" voiceover video like this every now and again? It was nice to hear your commentary on it, looking back.
I imagine seeing this was very bittersweet for you. Life has had your back and seen you through into better times and I'm glad. Thank you for being so open and bringing us all along for the rides.
I bet you love seeing old videos like this. Life might have been rough, but you can look back on it with nostalgia now after all the success you’ve had.
So awesome man!! I've been following you for 10 years and to see how far you've come is so cool.. You inspired me to live in a van Full-time and now im helping my youngest son build out his van to live in . Love to Jax N Tara 💙
I have a tiger lookalike to Jax, named Ollie (erroneously named Mollie in the early days) who talks incessantly, teases the dogs (unphased by their terrorism) and lives being in the car. Found him abandoned by mom at about 4 weeks, crying up a storm in the backyard of the neighbor with a pit bull in the front yard. My adult granddaughter climbed the fence, rescued the loud little critter, my great granddaughter wanted to keep it (of course) and mom said no; so without an intervening breath she said, that's ok, gramma will keep it! And I did, forgetting we had a camping trip to the ocean planned for the next weekend! Dogs, great granddaughter, and bottle feeding kitten went to Bodega Bay and canopied for three days. Hubby drove F150 pickup with bed in back and I my SUV with all the babies inside! What fun!!! He's loved riding and gets in car every time the doors get left open for a minute.
I've been watching since you first announced your TH-cam channel. This was awesome to see how things were prior to that. I've seen you share pictures of the Dolphin in Aberdeen and some other old pics of you and Jax but this footage was an awesome glimpse into your life before TH-cam. Thank you for sharing!
And this is why I stay with you Eric, for all of your success you don't hide or forget where you started. Screw the haters you are a GOAT of a youtuber. I hope you are able to enjoy your life now, you have worked very hard for it. Great video thank you for sharing.
Eric, LOVE the Jax baby videos at the end. Brought a little tear to my eyes! Jax was such a good boy for you his entire life so far. May you two have many more! Take care
I have to disagree. There is still a lot of interesting content these days. He has learned a lot and changed things up in order to work better and more efficiently. I do sometimes miss the videos where he stayed at State Parks or places that weren't really public campgrounds. Those videos always sparked my sense of adventure. But I still enjoy the new videos just as much.
Loved the video! What a difference a day- years make. Enjoyed seeing the van, and living life before you tube. Seeing Jax grow up with you and travels is so precious! I'm so glad he chose you! 😀😸
Eric, Thanks for sharing. Sometimes we need to take a look back at where we have been to realize how far we have come. Blessings to you and Jax, and I am also praying for Campervan Kevin!
You have come a long way, Eric! I just realized how long its been since I've been following your channel. Thank you for letting me in on 6 years of your journey and I hope to stay for the next 6!
Its actually fun to look back like that. that is what makes us who we are. thanks for sharing, really, some of that looks just like what I did, but in a 1969 chevy station wagon with the fold down hard back seats, fold em down that was my bed, in the very back was a an area i made into my galley. lived in for months, because i wanted to. it gave me freedom in a time in my young life i needed. no regrets.
Always so good to see JAX in your videos. How cool...baby JAX with his papa!!! Early days...humble beginnings - it is actually a GREAT VAN! Flip phone videos are really not bad in quality at all. Still clear. Thumbs up as always for every show.
I loved how you showed real life struggle in your older videos. You would visit parks and places and do a cinematic production of those places. It was was real and basic. Now, you’ve grown your channel into a different genre. But, I would love to see you get back to your roots with videos. I believe your best work was when you had to creative on a limited budget/being broke. You made the best of what you had and that’s what separated you from the rest. Congratulations on your successes but the roots are where the content is.
PARTNER.... Can't say ENOUGH!!!! Started watching you in 2015.... You did it!!! Boom!!!! Eric, you wouldn't believe, what you've DONE!!!!!! This one was a great suprize.... THANK YOU!!!! I've never stopped learning, from you... Forever GRATEFUL!!!!!
You've really come a long way Eric! You've turned yourself into a huge success! You have a tremendous talent for creating amazing videos. It is so easy to get hooked to watching Nomadic Fanatic videos...God knows I'm addicted. Great to see you walk down memory lane. 👍👍👍👍👍😁
Jax was so cute when he was little! And imagine that, he's still cute. :) I am old enough to remember when AOL was charged by the minute. I felt your pain with that mobile hot spot.
Thank you for showing this video. Loved it and gave me another way to eat my Raman lol. Y'all tc and safe travels. 🙏 (The best way to get a kitty is when he finds you and he did find his dad. My kitty that looked like him found me at a bar one night as I was leaving pool. Loved him so much..tears in my eyes still. 😿)
Loved the old videos. Jax sure has grown. I have watched you from the begining. You have grown and gotten better with your videos. Keep up the good work.
You've come far Eric. Its fun watching your life evolve cant wait to see whats in store 10 years from now! Keep doing all the great things you are doing.
Nice Eric I was in Aberdeen for 3 and a half month working installing the walking cooler and freezers at Stafford Creek Prison. Hung out at Billies Pub across the river. I packed up and moved from Issaquah to Bend Oregon, Hope your enjoying the weather. Summer coming. I also dated a gal from Elma. Crazy times. Good times at Ocean Shores too .Around Bend Oregon out!
Have been watching you since the beginning & would draw inspiration from your struggles. I lived out of my van for 6 months & your videos made a huge difference. . keep on keeping on 👍
It's amazing how time flies by. You built a pretty good life for yourself with all your hard work. Living it your way. Thank you for creating this channel.
I love Jax the cat thank you for sharing this special memory of that beautiful little feline I have a cat and his name is Morris orange tabby Persian God bless you, Eric:-)🐱🐅
Absolutely loved this video. Baby Jax is just adorable. It's really amazing just to see where you started from and where you are now. Thanks for sharing!
Love the early days b-4 u tube, Margaret Mckinney looks more like it did in the 70's early 80's. I recall when there was no pavement anywhere in the Capitol forest. Then they paved the road that went thru to the road along the Chehalis river, been so long ago I can't recall the tiny town right there. I literally cried when it got paved up thru there, knowing how many more people would be all over up there!
Yah, I live in a 31 foot class A Airstream. I manage an RV park and get free rent. I’m buying a 22 foot class C Brougham for $1,300 and going to fix it up to go play. It will need about $4,000 in work. New tires, dicor and eternabond tape on the roof, new batteries and lots of upholstery, new floor. It’s fiberglass body so no leaks on the overhead bed. My brother is a mechanic and it hasn’t been started for a couple of years but only has about 49,000 miles on it. I think it will be a good project to get me out of my rut. I’m close to the Eastern Sierras and Death Valley so four day trips are doable.
WOW Eric that was very cool to see and your Simpsons collection was huge. Its neat to see Jax when he was so young a definite treasure of a find. Thanks so much for sharing with all of us.
That was a blast!! Sweet little Jax, handsome as ever💞. Kudo's to you for hangin in there while going to college. Very few would attempt any thing like this now days..... God Bless n 🐝safe...Luv you guys.
Amazing footage...and Jax is a one in a million pet. Made me nostalgic for the America that was lost once the Coronacon Scamdemic became the country’s national “religion.” Our freedom is obviously over.
This is too funny Eric! I recognize "Breakwater Seafoods" where you were parked. The Wishkah river conjoins with the Chehalis river. The motel across from Breakwater's. I also believe I remember you being parked there! Then in a Toyota RV? I also went to GHC in Aberdeen, but was in the medical field classes along with other pre-req classes. I'm now back in Central Washington where is Dry! Aberdeen is a swampy hole that fills up when it rains! 🥴
Thank you! Thoroughly enJOYed this....Charlie THE cat got antsy because she didn't recognize Jax' voice but was very interested in the miniJax. Journey mercies.
@ 6:42 look how bright and deep that tattoo was back then , dam they fade out a lot over the years lol Loved the older vids , it's awesome to see where you were and how happy back then and now look at yourself, just goes to show follow your dreams and they can come true!
I love it, a look back from where you came from to where you are now. You've put in a lot of work, but we all know Jax is the real star 🌟 😊 safe travels!
Awe that was precious to see Jax as a baby! Thanks. I grew up in Aberdeen in the 60's and 70's. One brother still lives there but it's a pretty dead town.
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This video with Jax as an little bitty baby is so touching, actually brought a tear to my eyes and has left me a little choked up.
Love you man, you are a special person.
Oh the memories...I have watched you for years from work first now from fulltiming. We are in the process of moving out of our current class A as we just signed a Bill of Sale yesterday afternoon, now going into a rental. Who would thought we would go from 64 1/2 acres, a 2500+ sq ft house, horses, dogs, cat, chickens F250 truck, 4-horse trailer, 5th wheel flat bed, JD Tractor and implements and so much more not listed to a Class and a Jeep Rubicon to just a Jeep Rubicon tomorrow when they pick up our current rv..our new one is in the build process...we will be in between rv's until then. This will be an interesting and memorable time in between to look back on just like you are looking back where you began. Jax has been awesome since I first started watching your videos.
~Debi~
There's no denying it. God has truly been with you, Eric, you are truly blessed. Give God all the GLORY and PRAISE for your success❤️🥳 He's waiting for you to open the door and invite Him into your life; where you will find true peace and happiness!
Vancouver, Washington State 🎄
Amen. Sadly it usually takes illness or something traumatic before someone humbles themselves
Wowww that was soooo cool. It was like "back to the future". Seeing Jax as a baby made me cry happy tears. What an amazing journey you both have been on all these years, and gone from strength to strength each year, that really is remarkable. Maybe do a "trip down memory lane" voiceover video like this every now and again? It was nice to hear your commentary on it, looking back.
I imagine seeing this was very bittersweet for you. Life has had your back and seen you through into better times and I'm glad. Thank you for being so open and bringing us all along for the rides.
I bet you love seeing old videos like this. Life might have been rough, but you can look back on it with nostalgia now after all the success you’ve had.
That was so cute seeing Jax as a little one!❤
So awesome man!! I've been following you for 10 years and to see how far you've come is so cool.. You inspired me to live in a van Full-time and now im helping my youngest son build out his van to live in . Love to Jax N Tara 💙
I have a tiger lookalike to Jax, named Ollie (erroneously named Mollie in the early days) who talks incessantly, teases the dogs (unphased by their terrorism) and lives being in the car. Found him abandoned by mom at about 4 weeks, crying up a storm in the backyard of the neighbor with a pit bull in the front yard. My adult granddaughter climbed the fence, rescued the loud little critter, my great granddaughter wanted to keep it (of course) and mom said no; so without an intervening breath she said, that's ok, gramma will keep it! And I did, forgetting we had a camping trip to the ocean planned for the next weekend! Dogs, great granddaughter, and bottle feeding kitten went to Bodega Bay and canopied for three days. Hubby drove F150 pickup with bed in back and I my SUV with all the babies inside! What fun!!! He's loved riding and gets in car every time the doors get left open for a minute.
Even back then Jax had such big paws and is so adorable. It's always nice to reminisce and remember what was. Thanks for sharing.
I've been watching since you first announced your TH-cam channel. This was awesome to see how things were prior to that. I've seen you share pictures of the Dolphin in Aberdeen and some other old pics of you and Jax but this footage was an awesome glimpse into your life before TH-cam. Thank you for sharing!
And this is why I stay with you Eric, for all of your success you don't hide or forget where you started. Screw the haters you are a GOAT of a youtuber. I hope you are able to enjoy your life now, you have worked very hard for it. Great video thank you for sharing.
One thing you had thru everything, good, bad and ugly, was Jax. What a little buddy! I hope you have him around for many years to come!
Eric, LOVE the Jax baby videos at the end. Brought a little tear to my eyes! Jax was such a good boy for you his entire life so far. May you two have many more! Take care
I'll be honest with you, back in those days your channel was a lot more interesting. Not trolling you or being hateful in any way whatsoever.
This was all years before TH-cam. I didn’t start my TH-cam channel until I had Tilly the class C RV.
@@nomadicfanatic - Yes I am aware... been following your travels since the very beginning on TH-cam :-)
I have to disagree. There is still a lot of interesting content these days. He has learned a lot and changed things up in order to work better and more efficiently. I do sometimes miss the videos where he stayed at State Parks or places that weren't really public campgrounds. Those videos always sparked my sense of adventure. But I still enjoy the new videos just as much.
@@howiedalton9227 -- It's all good. I respect your opinion and take your point.
agree the earlier days were more interesting, more nitty gritty.but did feel sorry for Eric in those cramped vans
What a great trip down memory lane❣ Love you, Jax! 💜
to be honest, for a flipphone and compared to today, the quality was pretty damn good
It’s always good to be able to look back and see the blessings you have now. There is one thing we all know for sure. You love Jax-man
Loved the video! What a difference a day- years make. Enjoyed seeing the van, and living life before you tube. Seeing Jax grow up with you and travels is so precious! I'm so glad he chose you! 😀😸
Eric, Thanks for sharing. Sometimes we need to take a look back at where we have been to realize how far we have come. Blessings to you and Jax, and I am also praying for Campervan Kevin!
Those are priceless memories, you and Jax have come a long way together.
Baby Jax is so precious. thanks for sharing the old footage. I've watched you almost since the beginning and it's cool to see how far you've come!
Nice to see the humble beginnings of your nomadic life. Posting this comment from the Lyre River campground in Washington State.
You have come a long way, Eric! I just realized how long its been since I've been following your channel. Thank you for letting me in on 6 years of your journey and I hope to stay for the next 6!
Its actually fun to look back like that. that is what makes us who we are. thanks for sharing, really, some of that looks just like what I did, but in a 1969 chevy station wagon with the fold down hard back seats, fold em down that was my bed, in the very back was a an area i made into my galley. lived in for months, because i wanted to. it gave me freedom in a time in my young life i needed. no regrets.
Always so good to see JAX in your videos. How cool...baby JAX with his papa!!! Early days...humble beginnings - it is actually a GREAT VAN! Flip phone videos are really not bad in quality at all. Still clear. Thumbs up as always for every show.
I loved how you showed real life struggle in your older videos. You would visit parks and places and do a cinematic production of those places. It was was real and basic. Now, you’ve grown your channel into a different genre. But, I would love to see you get back to your roots with videos. I believe your best work was when you had to creative on a limited budget/being broke. You made the best of what you had and that’s what separated you from the rest. Congratulations on your successes but the roots are where the content is.
Living in a van, down by the river. You've created a good life for yourself and Jax.
PARTNER....
Can't say ENOUGH!!!!
Started watching you in 2015....
You did it!!!
Boom!!!!
Eric, you wouldn't believe, what you've DONE!!!!!!
This one was a great suprize....
THANK YOU!!!!
I've never stopped learning, from you...
Forever GRATEFUL!!!!!
Wow, thanks! This means a lot to me. Thanks for riding this out with me, and sharing this look back.
You've really come a long way Eric! You've turned yourself into a huge success! You have a tremendous talent for creating amazing videos. It is so easy to get hooked to watching Nomadic Fanatic videos...God knows I'm addicted. Great to see you walk down memory lane. 👍👍👍👍👍😁
Wow, thank you!
Jax was so cute when he was little! And imagine that, he's still cute. :) I am old enough to remember when AOL was charged by the minute. I felt your pain with that mobile hot spot.
Thank you for showing this video. Loved it and gave me another way to eat my Raman lol. Y'all tc and safe travels. 🙏 (The best way to get a kitty is when he finds you and he did find his dad. My kitty that looked like him found me at a bar one night as I was leaving pool. Loved him so much..tears in my eyes still. 😿)
Loved the old videos. Jax sure has grown. I have watched you from the begining. You have grown and gotten better with your videos. Keep up the good work.
YOU REALLY TOOK AN ADVANCED LEAP OF FAITH PURSUING YOUR DREAM MAN!!!! YOU WERE DOING TH-cam BEFORE TH-cam..... GREATEST RESPECT BRO!!!
Great trip down memory lane! Thanks for sharing. Jax has been a great companion for you. Hugs to you both. Safe travels.
Aww! Love baby Jax. He has always been the coolest traveling cat! Thanks for taking us down memory lane with you.
You've come far Eric. Its fun watching your life evolve cant wait to see whats in store 10 years from now! Keep doing all the great things you are doing.
Mr President
It’s a wonderful feeling knowing you are able to still keep your sanity, your basic instincts to survive, let go and be happy 😃
You worked hard and earned everything you have my man. Been watching you for a long time!!! Keep it up
You've come a long way on your crazy wanderlust adventure! Be safe, be inquisitive, be daring, and keep exploring this wonderful world my friend.
Jax was a cutie then and now. Really enjoyed this one. You keep going forward.
I love all of this, of course especially Baby Jax. Thanks for putting it up for us! What a great ride you guys are on. :)
Thanks, pets are the most rewarding relationships you will ever be lucky enough to have
Good for you, Eric! I enjoy your videos and adventures - and your outlook on life. Collar the winds and stay safe!
Memories! What a great find, Eric. Hope you and Jax are doing great!
Nice Eric I was in Aberdeen for 3 and a half month working installing the walking cooler and freezers at Stafford Creek Prison. Hung out at Billies Pub across the river. I packed up and moved from Issaquah to Bend Oregon, Hope your enjoying the weather. Summer coming. I also dated a gal from Elma. Crazy times. Good times at Ocean Shores too .Around Bend Oregon out!
Have been watching you since the beginning & would draw inspiration from your struggles. I lived out of my van for 6 months & your videos made a huge difference. . keep on keeping on 👍
It's amazing how time flies by. You built a pretty good life for yourself with all your hard work. Living it your way. Thank you for creating this channel.
I love Jax the cat thank you for sharing this special memory of that beautiful little feline I have a cat and his name is Morris orange tabby Persian God bless you, Eric:-)🐱🐅
Absolutely loved this video. Baby Jax is just adorable. It's really amazing just to see where you started from and where you are now. Thanks for sharing!
Fascinating!! Who'd have thunk it...how far you've come... Cool and thanks for the share!!!
Trip down memory lane - Jax is so little *squeal*.
Love the early days b-4 u tube, Margaret Mckinney looks more like it did in the 70's early 80's. I recall when there was no pavement anywhere in the Capitol forest. Then they paved the road that went thru to the road along the Chehalis river, been so long ago I can't recall the tiny town right there. I literally cried when it got paved up thru there, knowing how many more people would be all over up there!
That was fun to see baby Jax and that cool old van! I’m almost 64 and am a Rammstein fan!🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🎸🎤🎶🎵
The personality of Jax hasn't changed much. 🧐🤔🐈
Loved seeing Jax as a little guy😄 fun video!! thanks for sharing ❤️
Enjoyed this very much! Proof that ~ HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS 💜
I LOVE JAX!! I would love to see you make an entire 2hr+ movie video of ALL Jax.
that's actually pretty good video for a flip phone I got worse video out of my first 3 smart phones :-)
I hope Jax watched that with you. My cats listened to baby Jax meowing and were curious.
Great video. Thanks. It was very enjoyable and inspiring. Fun to see Jax at such a young age too. Have a good time with your travels. Peace.
Yah, I live in a 31 foot class A Airstream. I manage an RV park and get free rent. I’m buying a 22 foot class C Brougham for $1,300 and going to fix it up to go play. It will need about $4,000 in work. New tires, dicor and eternabond tape on the roof, new batteries and lots of upholstery, new floor. It’s fiberglass body so no leaks on the overhead bed. My brother is a mechanic and it hasn’t been started for a couple of years but only has about 49,000 miles on it. I think it will be a good project to get me out of my rut. I’m close to the Eastern Sierras and Death Valley so four day trips are doable.
WOW Eric that was very cool to see and your Simpsons collection was huge. Its neat to see Jax when he was so young a definite treasure of a find. Thanks so much for sharing with all of us.
That was a blast!! Sweet little Jax, handsome as ever💞.
Kudo's to you for hangin in there while going to college. Very few would attempt any thing like this now days..... God Bless n 🐝safe...Luv you guys.
As they used to say "you've come a long way baby."
Some awesome Retro Vans are on the "JJLightning" TH-cam channel 🙂😺.
Yep, there sure are.
Congratulations on all of your success Eric, great video. ✨💯
I think every video should end with baby Jax :). So cute!
I came in when you were doing your first solar project!
*Eric, take another picture of Jax in your opening because that doesn't even look like Handsome Jax :)*
Amazing footage...and Jax is a one in a million pet. Made me nostalgic for the America that was lost once the Coronacon Scamdemic became the country’s national “religion.” Our freedom is obviously over.
I think you hit the jackpot when you and Jax found each other. Eric.
Thanks for sharing Eric. This was quite moving because I think many can relate to where we once were.👍
You were cranking up the tunes in those early videos with Jax!
Little Jax!! Life is a journey, not a destination. Glad y'all have shared some of yours. Take care you and Jax.
I love Jax, he looks and acts so much like my little baby who passed away a few years ago.
Nice look backwards... thanks for sharing Eric! This was pretty cool.
This is too funny Eric! I recognize "Breakwater Seafoods" where you were parked. The Wishkah river conjoins with the Chehalis river. The motel across from Breakwater's.
I also believe I remember you being parked there! Then in a Toyota RV?
I also went to GHC in Aberdeen, but was in the medical field classes along with other pre-req classes.
I'm now back in Central Washington where is Dry! Aberdeen is a swampy hole that fills up when it rains! 🥴
So this is where Life on the Road all began - cool! Baby Jax is so adorable 😻. Thanks for sharing this with us!
I LOVE when Jax was an Itty Bitty Kitty!!!❤️
The quality of your vids has really evolved over the years. Good stuff .
Eric thank you for posting this! I've followed you from the beginning but this was awesome to see! How we can all get going!
Totally enjoyed this. Do more mixing, slowly bringing us your complete story from the beginning.
Nomadic Nostalgia... Wow look at that Lil ol Jax...
Thank you! Thoroughly enJOYed this....Charlie THE cat got antsy because she didn't recognize Jax' voice but was very interested in the miniJax. Journey mercies.
It's good to look back and see where you come from, it kind of brings you back to reality how far you have come and grown.
Two words come to mind: CLASSIC & GREAT. Thanks for sharing those memories.
@ 6:42 look how bright and deep that tattoo was back then , dam they fade out a lot over the years lol
Loved the older vids , it's awesome to see where you were and how happy back then and now look at yourself, just goes to show follow your dreams and they can come true!
I love it, a look back from where you came from to where you are now. You've put in a lot of work, but we all know Jax is the real star 🌟 😊 safe travels!
Jax seems to be getting along ok with the other kittens way back when.
You've come a long way. Hard work pays off. Always fun to remember where you came from. Jax, what a handsome guy. 😊👍
Yup. Even Tiger Woods had a starter set of clubs once. Thanks for sharing!
Cool it’s always nice to look back as long as we don’t stay back there take care dude
Awe that was precious to see Jax as a baby! Thanks. I grew up in Aberdeen in the 60's and 70's. One brother still lives there but it's a pretty dead town.
I lived in Westport and worked for Techtell/Techline during this same time. This is awesome to see familiar places. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Eric !! I really enjoyed seeing Jax and how you lived !
Jax man you got the life. Chilling! Relaxing! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 Jax man
What good memories to carry with you along the way. ✌️
Your camera work has improved. I’m glad you shared.
A great look back! And more adventures to come. Love your videos! Thank you.