(upbeat music)
- [Rick] So we're gonna take a trip up
to Allegheny National Forest. (birds chirping)
We're gonna do a little bit of camping.
We're gonna hike a little bit, do some fishing
and hopefully see some wildlife while we're out.
(trunk slams)
- Hey, I'm Rick on the Run.
Welcome to my hometown of Pittsburgh.
I've been to 40 plus countries, but every time I come home
I appreciate it a little bit more.
(car door thuds)
Let's go.
(upbeat music continues)
The mission is breakfast.
It's about 9:30 AM.
Welcome to Pamela's.
Home of the best pancakes
in Pittsburgh and probably the world.
(plates clink)
So the secret (light background chatter)
to good pancakes is the consistency of the batter,
and Pamela's does an amazing job at making
these perfectly little thin, crispy crepe-like pancakes
that just melt in your mouth.
It's even become so popular
that Barack Obama stops here when he's in town
and wants pancakes.
I don't know about you, but I ain't got no more room.
- [Girlfriend] Nope, not at all.
(door creaks)
(car engine humming)
- [Rick] Don't worry.
The water's pretty calm.
- Okay. Have you ever like tipped over in the kayak?
- [Rick] Never tipped over in a kayak.
- [Girlfriend] Okay.
Well, this won't happen today either, so.
(Rick chuckles)
- We are at kayak Pittsburgh.
We're gonna go out and do some paddling.
It's a beautiful day.
Her first time in a kayak so
let's hope we don't tip over and get wet.
(light joyful music)
I love this river.
I grew up fishing on this river
with my dad catching walleye down by the dam so
super nostalgic place for me.
- Nothing like a little bit of sugar
to get our energy back up.
Check these babies out.
Thanks to Peace, Love and Little Donuts
in the strip district.
I'm definitely taking that bacon one.
Don't even think
about touching it. (Girlfriend laughs)
(car engine humming)
(finger snaps)
- [Rick] Right, so we're on our way up to Allegheny,
headed up into the mountains.
As you head north out of Pittsburgh
the forest just kind of gets taller
and denser and you start seeing older
and bigger trees and the roads get a little windier.
(poles click)
(tent rustles)
- [Rick] What makes a really fun camping trip
is being prepared, right?
(birds chirping)
I first learned how to camp from my dad and my uncles
long time ago. (metal clinks)
- Ah!
Would come up here, camp out, go catch fish
and cook over the fire. (zipper zipping)
I've been passing on those skills
to my friends and especially my girlfriend.
Who's a little bit more reluctant
but she's coming around to it.
(calm banjo tune)
Super calm water today.
This lake is pretty shallow.
So we're gonna fish on top with some bobbers.
We got some red worms, which are like a delicacy for fish.
They don't get those often.
There we go.
We got one.
There we go!
(Girlfriend yelps)
Get him out the water, come on.
Hey, good job.
Look at that.
Little fish stick.
(laughs)
Just let him in.
(water plops)
(wood thuds)
So it's looking like sausages for dinner.
We caught a few fish
but nothing really big enough to make a sandwich out of.
Sausages are a little bit easier to catch so,
that's what's on the menu tonight.
(Rick and girlfriend laughing)
- What about the s'mores?
Are we gonna have s'mores?
- We'll have s'mores for breakfast.
- Okay.
- Night.
- [Girlfriend] Good night.
(birds chirping)
- [Rick] Good morning.
How'd you sleep?
- [Girlfriend] Peacefully, actually.
Actually, I woke up to the birds chirping.
It was nice.
- [Rick] Good, good.
Ready to go get some coffee?
- [Girlfriend] Yes
I am, actually. (zipper zips)
- [Rick] All right let's go get this fire started.
(birds chirping)
(Air blows)
- [Rick] It's about 7:00 AM.
We just woke up here at Lolita.
S'mores for breakfast, always a good idea.
(light upbeat funk tune)
- Double stuffed was the way to go.
Mhm.
So the thing that I enjoyed most about camping adventures
is the solitude and, you know
disconnecting from our devices for a couple of days
and really just getting a reset
before I head back to the real world.
(car engine humming)
- That was nice to disconnect (glass clinks)
and slow down a little bit from my usual lifestyle.
Thanks for coming along.
I hope you guys learned something
and I hope you get outside too.
- Cheers. (glasses clink)
(symbol crashes)