Guys, we can't thank you enough for all the hospitality! I feel like we now have
an extended family...You do!... And just all the love and generosity has been amazing! Thank
you so much! You guys, back at you!... You guys have been awesome and we just appreciate you so much!... And we will be keeping in touch. So it's never goodbye, it's always
see you later!... We are officially on the road and there is no turning back now! It
feels really good to actually finally be hitting the road uhh-mm I don't know about
you Ben... I felt like moving into this EV, was like moving into a house times ten!
Because it was such a small space and it ended up being so much harder to move in
than I expected! Yeah...And really, really was like this
intense process I wasn't anticipating! Honestly, I thought we'd come down here...
Fill it up in two or three days, rest for a couple days and then take off! And...
I don't know if it's...I know part of its... That we were pretty tired when we got
here...Part of it's Ben running back home to Alaska...Part of it was...That it
was darn hard to organize everything... To... And we actually didn't bring that
much more stuff than we should have! We sent one Rubbermaid tote home...And a
a flat rate box...Yeah, a little flat rate box but... Most of that was the CDs you brought
back down with you!... The DVDs... Yeah, Ben found some DVDs when he went
back home that we had missed bringing. And he brought those back with us. So we swapped
a bunch out and sent some more home! Which is a major thing on our to-do list... Yeah...
Is to get rid of our DVD collection and get it on to a hard drive!... Yeah, but the Rubbermaid box, I
ended up sending a couple of sweaters home...We sent some of the towels home.
Because we really just brought too many to store! It was big bulky items like
that. We honestly just...We got everything to fit! But...We wanted it to be organized
so that we could find it and get to it... And that took some effort! So it's
finally done! Everything we have to, to use and live with for the next however
many years we do this round-the-world journey...
It's literally under or behind us now no! There is actually only the engine under
us so...Everything's behind us! That's it! This is, this is us. This is all of
our belongings for the foreseeable future! And on a certain level that is
very freeing to have this minimalistic approach to life and...
Less to take care of, less to worry about! And ahh...More time to have fun and explore
the world!... Well, this is mighty surreal guys! It has been a while since we have
been on the road on a full-time basis! We went home in like July of 2017
after wheat harvest in Kansas...And yeah, there was Alaska RV travel and then we
did some RV travel in the winter down in California but...It is awesome to be back
on the road! So where are we going, what are we doing? Well, today...We're just
gonna head to Billings. We have to return some stuff at Michaels Walmart and
Costco. And I think all three of them are on the same street in Billings. Now after
Billings, a lot of the fine details are unknown! We do have general destinations...
We're for the most part gonna work our way towards Colorado...Enjoy some of the
higher elevations and hopefully cooler temperatures! And then we're gonna
head to the family farm in Kansas! We're probably going to take the opportunity
to use Steve's round top, which is like a shop in non-farming circles...To
get some work done on the camper here... Because some of the things that we wanted
to do, just would be easier if we don't have to live in the vehicle at the same
time! Now after Kansas, starts a little bit of a gray area! Because we're, you
know, talking one to two months out...A lot of times we have no idea what we're
doing that far ahead...But, we are thinking of heading
up towards the Great Lakes Area! More specifically, the Upper Peninsula of
Michigan...Because I've been doing some research, and it looks like the temps...
Hardly get over the mid-70s there! And probably because of the gigantic bodies
of water...But it seems like it'd be a great place to ride out the summer...Now
after the whole Upper Peninsula Great Lakes area, we're gonna make our push
eastward...Potentially and on this far out... There are so many variables! But we're
tossing around the idea of Newfoundland, maybe Labrador, Nova Scotia...Getting up
into that area for the fall colors. When are we going to Europe? Well, we want to
definitely wait until August passes...That is a big holiday month in Europe! And
after that, the world will...Actually right now, the world is ours! We're not limited
by a vehicle anymore! So we may not necessarily make a beeline straight
across the pond...Because we can do it whenever the heck we want! Lik...No more
vehicle restrictions at all! Something else I wanted to touch on is that...
Yes, this is an off-road vehicle...But you know what? We're not going to be
off-roading all the time! There's gonna be plenty of paved roads just sheer
logistics...But when we have the opportunity to go off-road and explore
new and amazing places...We're gonna jump on it so... You know, there's gonna be paved
roads and there's gonna be dirt roads, guys...But it's just a real-life! Now
there's a handful of thoughts going through our head about ahh...The whole passage
over to Europe and...We're actually thinking it might be good to let some of
this new and dust settle...You know, we're new into this vehicle...Give us an
opportunity to dial everything in here in the States! Because let's face it...
Things are going to be more expensive in Europe. Right now, tires on this rig are...
I'm gonna call them like 45 percent maybe 50 percent tread remaining...Tires
are probably because they're on oil item... I'm gonna take a guess and I could be
wrong...But tires are probably going to be a lot more expensive in Europe! So would
it behoove us to maybe...Wear out the tires here...Why not? There's also some ahh...Maybe some
further renovations and modifications and accessorizing of the truck that
would be great to do, before we head over... And a lot of that stuff can be done here
in the United States so... I know there is just a lot of gray areas head, but there's some
really awesome bright things ahead as well!... Alright, guys well that's a wrap for
the day! Thanks for riding with us...Yeah, we're at Walmart...Rather anticlimactic
but it's real life and...There's no reason to pay for a place to park when you have
a self-contained rig! All you need is just a safe place to park for the night!
We're entertaining the idea of doing some meetups as we're working across the
country...Forgive that wind noise if it just picked up! I think it may be like
the big city areas will probably be ideal! So just putting it out there...Denver
Kansas City, Chicago, Minneapolis, st. Paul... Just you know, put it on your radar guys!
Alright, well that's a wrap! Thanks for riding with us and we're
gonna...While we're on the road, we're gonna keep pumping out these videos!..So...
Thanks for watching, we'll see you later!