we are recording
oh how's the hair how's the hair what's the hair we have not filmed in a while i just got
out of the shower mine's soggy wet like like foggy kind of like when we hose down the dog all right
let's begin hey guys action hello hello how's everyone doing how are you doing hope you're
all having a great summer yes yeah it's been a while since we saw each other has it not it has
been a minute it has been i think over a month at this point so sorry that we disappeared without
an announcement or anything we weren't planning to take a youtube break but i don't know one week
extended into two into three into four and here we are we thought we would do a little sit down
a little recap before we jump into all the travel videos that we've been filming along the rockies
right in all fairness it has been a busy summer i mean it's involved we came back from argentina
and it's involved a major move yes we're no longer in ontario welcome to alberta
beautiful sunny southern alberta so when we got back from argentina to canada
the first item on the list was my sister's wedding my youngest sister got married that was really
exciting that was a beautiful ceremony it was really nice just small intimate family and friends
yeah and yeah like we spent probably the first few weeks just getting that together planning
that event and then we all got sick oh yeah and then we all got covered yeah so we wiped this
out really good for a few weeks and you know that was really bad timing because we all got covered
right when we were supposed to be packing up the house and moving out so like the u-haul
containers arrived and like were feverish and like carrying boxes and like trying to pack
things yeah it was honestly we were like zombies bringing stuff out like none of us
had any energy whatsoever we all had fevers and but yet yet the work needed to be done like the
the moving date was coming up and we had it what we ended up doing was renting the u-haul boxes
instead of a moving van it was considerably cheaper and so they dropped off the boxes in
the place and we we we self-packed so loaded it up we loaded it up togo thank you for joining us just
over there you can't see him but he's here but he's here and then after we packed up the house
which is a lot of work by the way like 20 years of belongings and memories and just stuff um it
was a lot of work packing up the house but we got it done and then we went in different
directions you went off to new brunswick to spend some time with your parents so how was that
yeah that was great i got to spend time with my parents out east i always love going out to the
maritimes they live in new brunswick fredericton so i mean i had a great time there what did you
do tell us any highlights did you film anything no i have zero video clips i didn't bring any cameras
over there but what i ended up doing was taking a lot of walks in this beautiful um city park
called odell park okay and it's like the lungs of the city just this beautiful forested park
lots of trails in there i did a lot of that i went out and had some nice meals with my mom hung out
and watched baseball with my dad at night it's just very relaxing when i go to fredericton it's
not like it's not so much what what i do it's more like just spending quality time with family and
just just being relaxed so i had a really good i had a really good time cool and you guys completed
the drive with the dog yes so honestly it really worked out very well because we had so much stuff
in the vehicle to drive out west that there was no room for sami yeah we kind of figured that
and the the real reason why i didn't come though was it it initially looked like your sister was
going to drive out with you yeah it was amazing her work didn't give her the time off right
so anyway i got something on my eye my parents and togo and the back of the vehicle and like just a
mountain of suitcases and possessions that didn't fit in the u-haul i think what gave you guys the
confidence is that in 2018 we did that exact same trip we did that drive yes we drove out
to alberta with the dog and so you guys kind of knew what you were signing up for those long days
i think you guys gave yourselves one more day than what we did this time we did it in five days so
we were driving between like six and a half to eight hours a day yeah which i think was a lot
better than than the previous trip where we were sometimes pushing like 10 hours we can do it that
was too much so the funniest story that you were telling me when you guys first arrived is that
i mean your stuff took a few weeks later to come but so you guys were basically like having uh
uh you're like camping in the house you know we were sleeping
having a sleepover in your in the house you know one of you had mattresses right like there were
a few benches inside the house that had like some foam padding like the type of benches that you sit
down on to like put on your shoes and things like that yeah so we found those and we just threw them
in front of the fireplace and basically camped out like sleepover style until the furniture arrived a
few weeks later and on top of that you didn't have the hot water working oh yeah i forgot i remember
all these things for all these details telling me these stories was not here but yes the hot water
wasn't working in in my parents new place so we were using the camp showers like you know those
black bags that you heat out in the sun and then you washed yourself we did a mixture of that and
like boiling water in the kettle and then like mixing that with cold water and like bird bath
you guys were practicing being anti-fragile yeah without without signing up for it yeah yeah so we
did some of that and then you joined us about a month later i've been here now for a solid three
weeks yeah you arrived in late july yeah and so i've been absolutely loving it this scenery and
this this kind of just everything about this place southern alberta reminds me so much of where i
grew up on vancouver island i mean the forest the mountains the lack of human activity which at this
point in my life i'm kind of enjoying it likes it i mean i remember we were talking a few days ago
like did we miss brampton and the answer was firm no we missed nothing that just shows that it was
time for that chapter to end the fact that the whole family was ready to say bye to the house
say bye to brampton say bye to life in ontario and yeah try something new so i mean to be to
be based in alberta too is also kind of special for me because i did go to university in edmonton
for over five years and so i i really like this province it's just uh it's just something about
it i find people so friendly on the western and eastern parts of canada there's just a different
different attitude out here it's more relaxed a bit more of a community spirit i just find
people more chill more outgoing you notice when we've gone to stores like just people have more
time to to talk to you it's not such a rushed environment and people i feel like they're in a
better mood than in the big city they're not like stressed out i don't know it's just nice to chit
chat with people and have some human interaction it's kind of a shock coming from toronto
but i really like it um so that's been good look at the dog with his ball he's like staring at us
like are we gonna play yeah not yet he's just he's he's waiting patiently for us to throw him the
ball yeah and the dog has adapted very well oh man he's been loving it like he's got plenty of land
to just run around roam smell the smells bark at the deer and he has a routine now
of going to this nearby lake to do a little bit of jumping in splash around action a couple times
a week he swims in a beautiful alpine lake almost every morning like what a lucky dog it was his uh
his sixth birthday yesterday and that was that was his present he got fed some nice treats and
we took him to the lake yeah and he was splashing around yeah so i mean it's paradise for him he
has a nice big yard he gets to go on hikes in in nature and he gets to go swimming in the lake so
what more could a dog want right he lives a good life yeah he does he really does and i guess
for us we should clarify we are now splitting time between alberta here at the foot of the
rockies and argentina as you know if you've been following the channel the last couple of months
you know that we started renovating the family property with the hotel and that's going to be
an ongoing project yeah but we're also spending half the year here in canada
yeah exactly it's wonderful province so it's basically we had two moves this year yes
that's a lot you know after kind of like sort of nothing really happening for 2020 and 2021 2022
has been action-packed with uh for in terms of our personal lives and um but it's been exciting
and uh i mean it's just gonna be amazing to split time between the canadian rockies and the sierras
of cordoba yeah it's the best of of of what we want in life like we've our idea of paradise
is mountains nature fresh air and not too many people yes it's kind of our checklist at this
point in our lives did we sail down t-social yeah hopefully we don't sound too anti-social but the
the funny thing is if you were to rewind the clock 10 years ago uh it was the opposite i mean i i
wanted to be put me plunk me down in the biggest most chaotic city put me in hong kong or seoul
or or istanbul or anywhere around the world that's that's big and i loved it and i still
like going to cities but it's definitely not where i want to hang my hat and be based yeah
i get it i get it because i feel the same way so we're kind of hoping now that we're out here to
really get involved in uh nature-based activities where we're going to be doing some stand-up paddle
boarding soon we're going to be doing hiking maybe someday getting a kayak we both really
like to kayak and uh and camping eventually too so we're going to try to take advantage
of the lifestyle opportunities being out here in nature we're only an hour away from a phenomenal
national park oh waterton lakes national park is beautiful out there my goodness we should
tell you about some of the trips we've been going on because even though we haven't filmed
no even though we haven't posted in over a month we have been filming a lot like a lot so some of
the videos you can expect on the channel we went to waterton lakes national park for two nights
did some hiking there took the dog beautiful lakes what else have we done frank slide oh okay so we
explored a bit of the crow's nest pass area where we saw the frank slide and we went underground and
did a mine tour that was really cool we've been to a place called chinook lake oh yes we did some
hiking for my birthday around chinook lake yep that was beautiful nearby waterfalls waterfalls
lundbrick falls craft beer rodeo rodeo tell us about the rodeo oh my gosh the rodeo is so cool
that was our first rodeo yeah it was our first rodeo i mean just all the events that you can
have in a rodeo they they all happened i mean it's just phenomenal entertainment and it's just really
neat because it felt like the whole community was there you know checking it out yeah it had
the most amazing burgers like big juicy alberta beef patties if you haven't had alberta beef
you need to try it it's just i think it's the best beef in canada hands down
um the event was fantastic i think it lasted over four days we just went on a friday evening yeah
and um oh we were roasting until the sun went down though my goodness was it ever hot it gets hot
here in the summertime maybe it's because we're at a certain altitude up here in the mountains but
wow yeah you really do feel the heat it's a dry heat not humid it's just it's been great we have
so many more places to go yeah so basically this whole like summer and early fall it's all about
exploring southern alberta and we've been doing like two trips a week would you say yeah i can't
wait to explore everything this region has to offer it's just so so exciting to be honest
and then i guess should we talk about upcoming plans upcoming travels i think at this point we
can tell you that we are going back to europe very soon flights are bought are we gonna do a
little guessing game with clues like we did live we've been there before that'll be a good clue
not too long ago um so yeah we'll tell you more about that you'll see the videos we're going there
for a little over a week and then we've got a few more adventures planned around here in canada
before we fly back to argentina yeah we need to book our flights very soon we may or may not have
something else in canada too yes in a different province we'll keep that a tiny bit of a secret
we're waiting to hear back about that yeah it's going to be a bit more time here and then we're
going to head back to argentina and have a really good push with our project down there because
the reason we came back of course was the move to help with the move and also for your sister's
wedding yeah our original plan was to was to be there for a while so we're going to head back
and be based in argentina for quite a while we're hoping to make serious projects we're hoping to
make serious progress on the renovations down there oh we're also towing with an idea i'll
put it out there in case there's some interest you guys can let us know but we've kind of been
talking about running a tour in argentina you know just a small group inviting people to come down
let's explore an area together you know we like wine we like food we like nature so we're putting
it out there if you guys would be interested in patagonia or maybe mendoza yeah or maybe
if there's an interest let us know we'll let you more about it we'll let we'll let you we'll let
you know more about it let you know more about it in the coming weeks see guys when we're not
filming as often we we lose our ability to speak so we need to make more videos we need
to make more but yeah it would be really cool to hear if there's an interest in tours because
we've always kind of wanted to run one and um yeah if there is if there is a demand we'll
we'll we'll set something up yeah and it would be for early 2023 so next year january february
that's south american summer yep uh so yeah just putting it out there i'm gonna have a call
with a company next week get some info get some rates and then let you guys know yeah um
because like one of the reasons we we create our channel is is basically to inspire people to to
do the types of trips that we do because we're just like the most regularly ordinary people on
the planet and um if we can do it so can you so we would pick if we're going to run a tour we would
pick something that would be kind of appropriate for for for anyone yeah he's like and you know
just get on a plane come have a good time see some really interesting parts of of argentina eat great
food meet some cool people meet some cool people enjoy some malbec if you're into wine and um
yeah i just think it would be really fun for us to to try experiencing what it's like to to actually
be on a tour where we're we wouldn't be leading it we'd have a local guide yes yes we'd be on it we'd
have an expert but we would be there to interact and hang out with everyone on the tour and and
just to just to have a good time together so it's something that really is uh it'd be great to start
meeting more more people who watch our channel as well in person we've had the privilege of
having people recognize us in person but but we actually haven't organized something
where we where we get to meet up with uh with our subscribers so i think it would be really fun cool
and um that's basically the update isn't it yeah i feel like we've rambled long enough how
long was that 17 minutes and i'll chop it down a little bit yeah we were hoping for like over 10.
until we we hit the target and we hope you guys are all having a good summer i hope that there's
a lot of positive and exciting things going on in your lives and yeah let us know what you're up to
as well we we love hearing what what everyone's doing and what are some exciting plans that are
that are happening in your lives yeah so write us in the comments we always read we
try to reply to everyone as well and well after this video you can expect regular travel content
yes once again so stay tuned yeah and that's it that's it that's all we got ciao
you