Good Morning guys! We just turned off of Highway 95, South of Quartzsite and North
of Yuma, Arizona! I've been wanting to hit this road for many years! But we're
heading out to one of my old stomping grounds on the Colorado River. But
historically, I've always come from the California side which is mainly paved...
Aside from the final stretch... But this is a full-blown
dirt road through the mountains and the desert to our destination!... Never driven
it before, I hope it's good!
Well, some parts of that drive were really fun! Other parts... Were annoyingly
bumpy! But it was definitely the back way into here and... One of the main reasons
why we wanted the truck that we have now! So we can take the dirt roads and the
little exploratory paths! But welcome to Cibola... And the Cibola National
Wildlife Refuge used to come out here recreation on the river... Back when I
lived in San Diego and I can't lie... I've never really been to this side because
when we came out, we were always focused on the river and the little campsites right
along the river!... Well, they call this spot the hippie hole... It's a little BLM campground.
Right along the river, free camping, pit toilets and some kind of palapas... Not bad!
So we're just going to head up River and check out some of my old sites that I
used to camp at!... Well, I think something that's going on here is that there are
new roads that were not here before! There used to just be the main road kind
of a little bit off from the river and some spurs down to the water... But now
there's an entire road right along the river and actual new roads leading down the road!
So definitely, things have changed!... I think we found it, honey!
This is a great spot and it's even level! Look at that... Somebody left some wood ... A
little firing there... Some Shrubbery to make a nice perfect campsite!
Do you like?... I do, thank you!... This is a great site!... It's fantastic! It's perfect
temperature, right by the water... You know, I think somebody recently camped here and
cleaned the place up! Because there's some great piles of raked up litter!... And
through the thicket of trees is a wash... And when you get down here... I'd like to say it
opens up to a really beautiful beach but it is waterfront... And it is rocky... And
really muddy but... It's glowing right now and the low sunlight... We need to bring some kayaks... Yeah, but it's a
one-way trip here... Yes it is!... That water is moving!... I see evidence of fishing right
there!... On the turn of the year, my California fishing license expired! So I
need to get a new one... But I think we're on the Arizona side so...
My Arizona license expired a couple years ago so, either way, I'm not fishing
right now!... You know, this is totally the type of spot where you'd pick up a
little rodent in your traditional camper! And there are benefits to having a
completely sealed in box because a rodent would be very hard-pressed to get
into this rig!... Aren't you gonna tell them what today is?... Well, you already know... I already know... They
don't know!... What's so important! I don't know Ben! Maybe you should remember what's
so important!... I don't know what's so important!... Why are you holding your hand
up like that?... Because there's a wedding ring on there and it's our anniversary!
You forgot our anniversary?
Morning guys, last night wasn't all that exciting despite what social media kind
of lends you to think... We just hung out, came in...
Watched movies all night! Dinner was awesome to! There's leftovers but that's the
way, it is! It's real-life on the road and kind of gonna be the theme of today's
video!... And to start showing you how real it is, we're heating up tortillas in our
deep saucepan because the skillet that we had, lost its kind of nonstick
characteristics! But breakfast is pretty much gonna be breakfast burritos... Gotta
love these egg crates for the chest style electric refrigerators... And forgive
me, turkey bacon! We try to do the right things sometimes even though... It's still
turkey and bacon!... Well, a lot of you guys... Well, if you've been following us...
For those of you who have been... For those of you who have yeah... For those of you who have
been following us for a while, and that's like the fourth time I tried to get that
out! And I'm not doing again... You will know that this is day bed!... The bed in our
campers a regular-sized queen and it goes East-West not North-South! The
dinette is nice enough... But a lot of times in real life it's cluttered up
with camera gear! So our solution is to move the bed or the pillows against the
back wall... We call it daybed! It's an excellent spot for us to do Computer
Club... Beck has her side! I have mine... We have electricity back here... And then
we have great views... All we gotta do is open up the windows... And the reason why
they're closed now is because of lighting! So I'm probably gonna get
completely washed out but then... You know... It's nice! Oh yeah, I love these windows!
Right on up! And if there's no bugs, just leave the screen open!... Another really
cool thing about this campsite is that it has a strong AT&T signal... And we are
able to stream video... But I have to show you, we have our own
Roku channel and it's coming very soon to Apple TV and firestick!... When you live
on the road full-time, there's a lot of things that most people do in the
comfort and privacy of their own home or bathroom!... Like shave, your husband's neck!... You know what's even more real
right now?... What?... I'm out here standing in my underwear!
That's how remote this campsite is... I am in my nightgown!... All cleaned up now and time to take care of
some more business in regards to our cassette toilet!
We are filming a video after living in this rig for a year!... That's right! The
dirty secrets of the cassette toilet!... Do not go into somebody's house and dump
this toilet!... Our preference is to use vault toilets or porta-potties!... Always
keep a stash of nitrile gloves!... But I'm gonna talk about the freshwater aspect
of this toilet, this is where you fill it up!... So you want it to be blowing air into
your rig! Open the window in your bathroom and the odours will blow out!
Which I think is a lot better than what somebody here at this campsite did
before us!... His junk touches the bowl! We call it the orange stuff and it
smells really good!... You kind of stick it in there and work it round and round... Not all that pleasant, but I still like the cassette toilet!... We're done working for now!
Yay!... it's a nice evening!... When traveling long distances, it's not always a good
idea to carry firewood!... Because it can transfer... Yeah, invasive species! And these
bags, we got them in Yuma... They are really cool because we kind of just toss them
inside the camper... And keep them for when we want to have a night like this!... Like
that sunset!... Pretty amazing! It really is! Tonight is kind of what it's all about!
The sunset, sitting by the fire... Got a little... Cocktail... Cocktail in the cup... It's a good day!
Well, it turned really cold all of a sudden this evening! So we decided to cuddle
up under the blankies and watch a movie!... It is not very often that we can
boondock and have good enough internet to watch a movie on Amazon!... So we're
taking advantage of it tonight by watching; "The Aeronauts."
Well, good morning guys, it's time to depart this beautiful campsite after two
relaxing nights! We have a decision! We can make a right and head about half a
mile and hit the pavement... Or we can head up River following these canal roads...
I've never done it all the way up here for but I do know eventually we'll hit interstate 10...
Pardon the break but we just found an outhouse in the middle of nowhere!
Well, thus concludes our video... What it's really like traveling in a 4x4
Expedition Vehicle! One kind of mind-blowing thought I want to drop on
you at the end is that the base premise of this video is kind of a load of hawk!
We do not spend every day of our life traveling dirt roads! We spend a lot of
time on paved roads! We are not... You know, out there exploring every single day! We
are doing real-life things just like you! But we do really enjoy this lifestyle
and when opportunities like this arise... Where we can... You know, go out and explore
dirt roads and be a little bit more adventurous... We jump on the opportunity!
And we would love to encourage you guys to do the same in your life! So thanks
for watching, make sure you hit that SUBSCRIBE button and we will see you on
the road!... Alright, I don't know what it is and it may seem kind of creepy but we're
gonna cruise slow... But this looks a lot like our old Motorhome which could very
well be bouncing around here and we just had to check... No, nope! Definitely not!