good morning everybody I am boondocking here in Oklahoma well
I'm definitely dry camping because there's no hookups here this is a Corps
of engineer paid campground with no hookups and I am the only RV here all
day yesterday there's a couple people use the boat launch oh yeah did I
mention I'm right on the lake camping beautiful blue water out here nice
little spot there's the wind though it's still windy today yesterday we had 70
mile-an-hour gusts recorded 70 mile an hour not sustained but still 74 miles
per hour is a category 1 hurricane so it was tricky it was tricky driving
yesterday in the wind and I did film some stuff and I lost that footage from
this camera I still have not figured out what has happened that I lost a lot like
20 gigs of good video from yesterday's trip it either happened when the camera
fell because the wind knocked it over during a time lapse then I lost
everything or I may have pulled the card out too early that's what she said and I
don't know kind of sad about that but we're gonna start a new day Darry new
clean-shaven Derek I had a little goatee trimming accident actually and so I was
gonna I was gonna leave that he called the handlebars and I didn't like that
very much and then I left the mustache and I started shaking my hand like you
know I'm just gonna start over and I feel like I've really regret that
decision but I sense I cannot maintain a trimmed neat goatee I just always mess
it up so we're gonna start from scratch that kind of didn't want a film I was
like let's just not film until it grows back in a week and no film it'll grow
back no worries yeah gonna get on the road and leave
this spot I really liked it it was really peaceful really pretty but yeah
Oklahoma and you know Miranda is dirty I am going to wash her today but I'm gonna
do something totally different I'm actually gonna try one of these truck
washes he's blue beacons that people talk about a lot of people have had good
success with bring into all sorts of trucks and RVs there so I'm gonna try it
and show you how it really goes we shall see and I'm bypassing Oklahoma City
because I've been there before and I don't like the big city and Oklahoma
stole our basketball team boo Sonics hey go Mariners they're looking good this
year looking really good this year so yeah we'll head west but slowly because
of the wind oh I got a new coffeemaker no more percolating coffee this is a
k-cup Keurig knockoff type thing that I got at Walmart cuz it was $20 just 20
bucks you know takes these little cake up and I got the Starbucks Pike Place
flavor that I like you can also do brewed coffee if you want to 20 bucks I
mean I just I couldn't resist plus it's 1,100 watts it can easily run
it off of my solar and my batteries in the morning instead of having to run a
generator so I might as well right I've still got my french fries I've still got
my drip coffee but you know I figured for the convenience factor of this how
could I not okay so what do you get for twenty bucks really cheap chintzy
plastic oh my gosh I can't believe that anyway we'll just kind of set that there
like that and it'll stay also you don't have a reservoir that stores a bunch of
water you got a reservoir for well it's per
cup so I put my 11 ounces of water in there and spill it all over the stove
too and then I make that one cup of coffee that's all that holds I think
actually 16 ounce as Max put in my k-cup we are plugged into power which is
actually battery inverted solar power there's your capsule button there's a
ground button will hit the capsule button and we'll get this going
takes about 90 seconds for it to get to heat and start pouring in a two minutes
from the time you press Start you have coffee
and there goes starting to gave us coffee just like that
mmm it smells good coming when it's done you'll probably notice my pac-man
graphics start to light up once the liquid is hot in there it shows up all
the characters and everything so got that breeze coming across here is
intense wind not bad all right let me jacks up but slides in
put everything away and we'll get on the road try to go get the RV wash today I
am so happy to be getting off the highway right now the wind is insane not
the worst I've ever driven in this is ridiculous
it's almost hard to keep the RV in between the lines almost that might be a
little too dramatic but it is a lot of work just to keep the smurfy between the
lines right now with this wind all right this Blue Beacon Truck Wash off to the
right that turquoise building that that's it that's the exit so I got to
figure out how to get there and how I pay and who I talk to you since I've
never done this before we'll figure it out here it says height 14 foot width 13
foot that works for me this is a very strange place to put huge rocks and
boulders where the semi trucks have to turn they really don't want your wheels
to hit the grass I guess and I have no idea how long this will take this line
looks to be about six semi trucks long so I'll let you know I know one of the
questions some of the RV people might ask is about the price and the on line
it says that it's $30 for an RV up to 30 feet I'm 32 so I guess I fall into the
category of motorhomes over 30 foot is 37 50 so seven dollars and fifty cents
more I'm guessing whether you're thirty or
fifty it's gonna be thirty seven fifty I believe is the cost and you know
factored that in with the fact that most RV parks don't allow you to physically
wash your RV by hand or how long it takes how strenuous it is how much
you're gonna sweat in the summer time so I'm gonna try it we'll just see what
happens I'll let you know exactly how much time it took from the time I parked
over there by the rocks to the time I get out and everything so off camera
they're an employee just came out because I am next here and walked me
through I told them it's my first time and everything so they have some options
they have a rain-x protectant they can put on it the RV is five dollars extra
for a brush wash that means no pressure washing and soap and stuff but actually
hand brush wash to the RV I think that's worth the $5 extra right there
they have a bunch of other stuff they they don't really scrub the roof but
they have overhead sprayers that that clean the roof if that makes sense so it
gets the dust and grime and stuff off but it's not
pressure washing the solar panels or the seals around the holes of the roof and
stuff like that so once we get parked in they'll bring me in there I get out of
the RV I go to the lobby I pay I wait and then I get back in the RV and come
back so as soon as this tow trucks done we're gonna be heading on in
I'm impressed I think they did a really good work there one of the things that
some people worry about is the seals on the RV because if that pressure washer
hits some of the places that have silicone or seals around the window or
something then you could have a problem so I would opt to be mindful and tell
them you know I want the hand wash I want the brush
don't put that pressure washer rinser you know so close to the RV but you know
I got to get a new wheel simulator I found them it's the ten lug nineteen
point five inch Ford dually rear wheel simulators they are $98 for a pair of
them so I will get a pair and have an extra one and I will probably make it a
point to check the lugs for now I'll do the other side real quick so in case you
don't know the way these are attached and I think these are called Pacific
duelist as the brand the way they are attached is at twelve o'clock and six
o'clock and don't know which one exactly but there's one right there
to see how that's hand tight that is not good that's what attaches darn it okay
so I will get my big wrench and put that one on tighter and this one down here
that's what secures these on there the rest of them are all fake just for
looking but the twelve o'clock and six o'clock one is what keeps this mounted
because these are not snap-on once these are meant to never come off while you're
driving but no I am really really happy with the job they did I will go back to
blue beacon again although I also like doing it myself it's just there's so
many places they don't allow you to so that that's tough on the road I am back
here at the Corps of Engineers campground there is two people over
there it looks like they're using that for day use camping or just day use area
picnic but yeah off camera hi I'm going to definitely
put my feet in the water over here because it looks really inviting to me
but I'm I'm in no rush to get to where I'm going but I do have a friend
who's kind of come in the opposite way and I really want to see some friends
Creina so I am making a little bit of an adjustment as I head west here but
definitely still dig in the the back roads so do a little bit of editing
while the sun's still out and I got all this solar right yeah
so I may be using this canon camera a little more because of its dependability
I know it has terrible stabilization and the stuff in the background is gonna be
blurred while only my fitting people hate that from this channel but you know
it's as a better camera it's a more reliable camera I'm probably gonna stick
with it a little more after the snafu problems with GoPro I mean I lost a lot
of footage and that hurt I have made some changes to the bedroom area so I
wanted to point that out to you I let you know a couple videos ago that I had
no bedding so I have now picked a bed in the box that kind of matches the brown
themes in here and everything has some matching pillowcases and some other
sheets and stuff I also added this lamp and yes I screwed
it into the countertop just like I did the leg lamp it is permanent they can
stay there it has a switch button because I actually have a hard time
reaching these switches when I'm in bed so I don't really have a reading light
you know so yeah that kind of helps I also do have a fan that is plugged into
the outlet there for night just to give me a little bit of air because remember
this window only cracks open and then storage this is the big change is that I
am no longer folding my shirts but I'm hanging up my shirts I don't know that's
really big news but it does make it easier for me to see what shirt I'm
going to wear and it just looks better it's a better space I'll always keep my
pants and shorts and my cat in there okay hi buddy
you comfy yeah and then I got this one that I'm starting to fill I got my
guitar and mandolin in there and have more shirts hanging up and stuff in
there so yeah just trying to make it make it work a little better here in the
bedroom airy and functional for fermion jacks oh and I almost forgot on Jack's
the side of the bed he now has the fleece Mariner blanket under there on
his half of the bed remember that is the blanket he was born in I was gonna say
he's had that for nine years and then I remembered he's got a birthday coming up
he will be nine here I didn't miss it yeah buddy
whoops it's coming though so he loves that police blanket and he'll lay right
there next to me all night long under the covers he'll need it for a little
bit before he goes to sleep and it's nice for us so take care guys Jax and I
will see you very soon
you