Josh: Uh... it was a nice day to get out, so forward-looking...Blah.
Why hello everyone!
Thank you for coming back after all the Mexico videos, as you can see, I am once
again white after missing the sun for the last few months, so it is the end
of April here in Nova Scotia, so the, it's actually one of the first few nice days
that we've had so far this year, so before we get out and do some traveling
we want to do a little bit of local stuff, do some hiking, so today we are
here at Oakfield Provincial Park, it's just outside of Halifax by the airport,
so we're going to explore the trails here, stretch our legs, wake up from this
winter of pretty much doing nothing after Mexico - besides working, and all
that stuff, so I have a Akane with me, and I think we're going into somebody's
yard, and we're starting off by going the wrong way I think! So we're gonna go this
way, and see what this park has to offer.
Uhh?
Yeah, I don't know what that is supposed to be
Akane: Maybe tissue.
Guy: She's looking for something to eat. Other than that, she's not interested!
Josh: You got any food with you?
Akane: No!
Josh: Too bad
It is so nice to be able to get out, our,
the way that our weather works here is that our winter takes a long time to get
here, so half the time it doesn't snow during Christmas, but then it extends way
out into what should be spring for the rest of the world it's still kind of
winter like for us, so it's a little bit annoying, so, when it's the end of April
everybody already is like t-shirt and shorts and enjoying their spring and their
summer already, and we're like "Yes! I can put on my
sweater and it's not freezing out, and we can actually get out and enjoy it" and it
rained a lot this weekend so today Sunday, and it rained practically
all weekend, so this was the first time - it rained this morning up until noon, and ah,
so we can see the sun's really kind of starting to break through a little bit
the clouds are starting to clear up slightly, so it's super exciting, it's
gonna be nice when we can do this like every weekend, but that's gonna be a
little while coming I think.
Now it seems as though there's are a lot of trails
here but, one thing Akane noticed, that is very true, is there are no maps! So
we're blindly picking a trail... we did kind of look at a map before coming here
and it looks like there's like three straight lines and then kind of a loop
that goes around, but yeah, we just kind of blindly picked a trail and we're on
this one and not sure 100% sure where it goes.
Akane: Five kilometers
Josh: Five kilometers? Yeah
it's almost a 5k trail I think, 4.8 was its
official designation but, that's alright, you got your survivor skills all honed in?
Going make us a shelter, and maybe a fire? Hunt down a deer get us some steak?
Akane: Oh yeah that's nice.
Josh: I think that's a smart idea! That's why I brought you! I didn't bring you for the
company, I brought you for your skills!
Akane: Do I have?
Josh: Yeah you do!
I haven't seen them in, in use yet, but that's what, that's what I hear through
the grapevine, that you are a survival specialist! So there's a bunch of those
Youtuber tags that go around that ask if you provide or if you do any special
survivor skills and I'll just say I bring her! That's about as much as I can do.
It looks quite a bit different in this section.
Not as many, like pine tree areas. Now I don't know if you guys can see, but
there is a lake on this side of us, we haven't really come to any clear paths
where we can get to there. Ah, this is not a path, this is a stream, so I don't think
you want to follow that down there.
So, this park butts in to another park
it's called Laurie Park, which is only like maybe two kilometers down the road,
so I think that one is a camping park, so if you are here and you're looking for a
place to actually spend some time, that's a good place to go
cuz this is just like a day use park.
Akane: Do you want to see the lake?
Josh: Yes I would like to see the lake
Akane: Ok, let's go this way
Josh: Let's go this way.
Ahh, that's looking promising!
I'm happy to report Akane has found us some nice lake frontage to show you. What!
It's true! I did nothing, we just came to a fork and she's like "let's go this
way" and I'm like "okay, let's do it" and we did, and here we are!
It's a little more slippery than I thought it would be
Akane: Umm hmm
Josh: That's wet and slippery
But it's nice!
So the pathway reminds you of Cape Breton?
Akane: Umm hmm
Josh: Yes that's right, so last
October I guess it was, the four of us we took the trip to Cape Breton so that's a
another video, so if you guys are late subscribing to the channel, make sure that
you go back and check out those videos, so that's that's back before I had this
camera, that was when I was using my old GoPro, so you will see the difference
between... hopefully you'll see the difference between these videos and
those videos, I personally like the look and the style of these ones better, so
hopefully you guys will too, and then you'll let me know if you
guys like this or what you don't like, and, you know what that's sort of stuff
because you know I'm just making it up as I go, so let me know if you would
rather see what one thing over another.
Another thing I should say is I want to
thank everyone who has subscribed so far, so I have 570 subscribers which is
amazing, so I wanted, yeah, so I want to thank everybody who has subscribed to the
channel so far. So thank you
What did you find?
Ahh some flowers coming out I guess.
Yeah I'm not sure what
they're gonna become but...
Want a seat?
Akane: Yes! We can have lunch there!
Josh: Good idea!
Alright, let's get ready for this picnic I guess!
I was gonna sit on this
side, why don't you go to the other side?
Akane: What?
Josh: I was going to sit on this side why
don't you go to the other side?
Akane: After you!
Where's your legs?
Josh: My legs are up!
Akane: Ahhh!
Josh: I don't think they would go down very well
Akane: Good for summer!
Josh: Not very convenient. The view's nice though.
Yeah, these tables are waiting for their jobs this summer
So the park hasn't opened yet for the season so we had to park outside the
gate and walk in, so there's a whole big parking lot up ahead with no cars
because we can't get in.
What's that? You want to go up there?
Akane: Yeah, but too muddy
Josh: Too muddy? Yeah, that's the
problem with spring around here huh?
Since we don't know where to go, we'll just follow the people that are in front
of us.
Akane: Oh, that's a good idea!
There you go, Pro Tip: If you're lost, just follow the people in front of you...they have to know what they're doing
because they're in front.
Akane: What if there is no people?
Josh: Maybe that's a fake fact... you know what, scratch that.
That's a fake fact! If you're lost, people in front of you ALWAYS know where they're going.
Akane: If there's no people?
Josh: Then you're really in trouble! And you have to go to that old adage "hug a tree"
and wait for rescue.
How's those bugs treating you?
Bugs are out already! They're
not waiting for...for a full-on spring, they're ready to start harassing
us now, which is weird cuz you know, I haven't really experienced bugs in a
long time. Like there's none where I live, right in the city obviously, but uh
here maybe, maybe a 20-minute drive from the city, they're definitely all over the
place.
You like those?
Akane: They're following us!
They better subscribe to the channel! That's all I
better say. That's the only type of followers I want...especially out of bugs!
That was close!
You almost smacked me.
Clearly she doesn't care about the safety of my head!
Akane: I care about bugs!
Josh: You're like that dog we saw earlier just carrying around a stick with you.
There we go, I've done something I've wanted to do all year so far, shed a
layer down to a t-shirt. Man! It feels so nice. It feels so nice to be able to do
that.
Alright everyone, thank you so much for watching right to the end,
it's such a great day to be able to get out and enjoy the spring weather! I can't
wait to show you some more stuff around here,
and stuff from our next trip, so once again, hit that thumbs up button for me
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