the lyre river or the singing waters can you hear the water strum along downstream
this is how the lyre river got its name the musical waters of the river flow
north from lake crescent and empty into the strait of juan de fuca imagine falling asleep
beneath the stars listening to the melodic waters make their way down the ocean coast
and hey everybody eric here from nomadic fanatic going to be uploading this video with some nomad
internet you'll find a link below in the video description i do want to at least
mention that after we ended my last video this was not the plan the plan actually was
eastern washington but i got to thinking that i at least needed to go check out even if it does
i'm not going to say the r word uh i still need to come out to the lyre river and i'm so glad i did
i've been here uh this is my third day two nights already and my corner spot is still taken however
i'm not even bummed actually there's no camp host this year at lyre river at least yet
i don't know that's because of budget cuts or anything else going on but the
the old camp host site is no longer a camp post site it's just a normal site so sure i took it
uh it's just a normal site they took down the post used to say camp post right here and now it's just
site six and the power and the water is turned off and locked up nice little place to park and i
mean i'm just as close to the river as i am in my normal corner site where i've done all my intros
so not too bad the funny thing is the weather at this particular spot has never bothered me uh i'm
not even shy about telling that you could ask me anywhere in the country eric where's your favorite
place to camp what's your favorite i always tell people the liar river in washington state
always this is just the best they're see they're they're taking away all these beautiful campsites
right along the river and especially even this state so i'm surprised this one's still here
but as we pan around i'll show you it's a big huge campsite i didn't even have to unhook the trailer
so it's like my garage for the motorcycle got my old glory flying high there got the kitty tent out
for like for the kitties to play and little cave yes sunshine give it get just all over me okay
um yeah well cave i mean does your campsite have a little cave in here
pretty cool not sure if i would actually get comfortable in here because you are
going to have the handicap walkway up there to the beach over there
but um it is what it is oh my gosh guys sunshine
yes yes yes that's it let me get my helmet i'm going for a ride right now right now
hey i'll take it no rain got me an order in here at the blackberry cafe
famous for their burgers here in joyce washington famous for the
none other than the 20 ounce sasquatch burger and it is huge i've had it how do i describe it it's
a burger the size of a freaking 12-inch pizza and it's ridiculous it feeds a family of 12.
don't need all that but i do have a burger order in i don't know if you can tell but this place is
really busy all the cars out in front and they got cars in the back and there's a weight to sit down
and eat inside or you can just sit outside where it's not i'm going to use the r word but it's it's
okay outside we got a bag of tots and now this burger looks kind of smashed but let's take a peek
you know
i'm not incredibly impressed as i normally have been here but let's take a bite
it tastes a lot better than it looks i'm just saying it
it was actually a lot better than it looked but i think they could work on their presentation
a little bit here looks like it's going downhill a little bit man just happy to
ride let's go check out canada yeah all right little tight squeeze here though they don't want
you bringing motorcycles or anything else through here except bicycles and yourself
i hear a crick or sasquatch is paying samsung you pan by the way future plans um constantly changing
i don't like to plan anything guys so i'll just let you know right now that i literally have no
idea where i will be in my next videos this summer uh as a matter of fact i don't even know for sure
where i'll be for the fourth of july or anything yet so i'm literally just going to fly by the seat
of my pants and uh okay this is beautiful off in the distance here see that clearing right there
to you it probably just looks like sky that's salt water guys that is salt water
but yeah anyway to anyone i said i was gonna make plans with or promise to be somewhere
for the fourth of july i don't know anything could change i am a very spontaneous person
and i will now be constantly looking at weather look at the size of this leaf guys
holy cow hey you think it rains here much whoo oh yeah the smell is i don't want to say unpleasant
it's not an unpleasant smell it's just a very unique smell the beach so so remember in my intro
when i was reading that sign about the lyre river and how it actually flows north towards the strait
of juan de fuca that's what this is right here this little body of water it's way out there
is going to be the pacific ocean but right here this is the strait of juan de fuca and that body
of land over there is canada british columbia over there i'll put pin a map right now show you where
i'm standing right now it's also really really close to where lyre river campground is here
lots of uh moisture often in in this area and yeah this is what the beach looks like
very rocky lots of seaweed lots of pretty dirty water coming in there but
you also got to consider all the rivers that have been flooding and dumping their dirty
water here into the street as well so not bad good little ride i feel reset awesome
but uh let's go get back to the kitties man that was a good
fun ride and in case anything else changes with the weather i can just put the bike in there
and uh it's not gonna get wet or dirty or muddy i will at least show you what's
going on over here at my famous site where so many of my intros were filmed over the years
so probably because there is no camp post here this year that means there's no slips to
fill out like there aren't even any to fill out there's no enforcement of the rules or anything
this campsite i'm unable to use this is the walking trail where the public can go
but uh my famous campsite is being reserved which you can't do just an umbrella so they want to use
it next week or next weekend but nobody can use it till then even though they're not going to use it
that is against the rules here it's stated that you have to occupy your site all the time so um
man if i were a host here i'd throw all that in the dumpster that's not cool you're not using
it let somebody else use it but actually i'm okay with it i think my site's better
this little public walking trail that i'm on that goes here people are just constantly
walking through your campsite anyway so at least i have some privacy over here it just
would have been really nice to be able to get one more intro shot that's not why i came here
i came here to fix what was going on in my head with the rain i said it anyway
you two enjoying your playpen outside yeah you're not fighting right now
tara's got a fly or something there i put some toys in there too
they're they're totally safe you know even if a puppy comes up unleashed they're in
their little safety spot and i can intervene in time yep good good kitties get those birds
i got the uh laptop over here with my rock pals power in that so i can edit video here
right next to the river two more days have passed i didn't film yesterday because uh
it rolled in however i will just mention i i understand that that's gonna happen in a
place like this this is literally a rain forest that gets 103 inches of rain per year that's
why everything is so incredibly green around here we're gonna go on one more walk because it's nice
but uh the rain did scare away oh yeah pretty much all the campers are gone now so site five next to
me is open which is another great site with a river view right there there's one day used
camper down there and then site four left right there whoa look at this one guys look at that
that is creepy i put my finger next to you can see how big that shroom is i don't know what
you call any of these that's crazy i love all the strange nature and fungus and everything out here
i might be sharing some stuff that you guys might never get to see
interesting oh i found another one guys i put one of these in my intro also creepy crawling
caterpillar centipede looking guy yeah he's cool but he can stay right there
and not come in my rv please check out this trail guys look at this
yeah a lot of rain
wow so pretty and smelly very very smelly in here okay wait here's another weird one
wow
i wish i knew some of the names of these fungus but i don't there's so many different species out
here oh wow and then the trail opens up to the water it's almost like a beach mushroom alert
wow
don't eat any mushrooms eric don't do it this is really pretty though look how clear the water is
that's some clear water and it's actually looks like it's
really deep over there like you could swim over there in the summer it is summer it's just
since i've been back there's only been one day
that we've hit 70 degrees even today with this filtered sunshine
68 is the high 68 degrees while the rest of the country is roasting in triple digits
i'm cold in my t-shirt and still wearing long pants in june yeah all right and saying goodbye
to the river one more time as we uh head back into the mysterious jungles of the rainforest
it's so cool guys if you're watching my channel and you ever find yourself in northwest like up
in the corner of northwest washington you gotta check out the lyre river campground get yourself a
35 annual discover pass at walmart in the sporting goods section and then you'll have access to
camping at over 100 of these campgrounds in this state all summer for up to seven days at a time
they can move to the next one it's worth it you know it is another nice day eric i could get black
betty back out of the trailer again and go for a ride but the campground is just so empty right
now that um i think i'd rather just hang out here it's kind of my my jam i do have one bar of nomad
internet out here one single bar not good enough for like streaming services and stuff but i can
definitely uh i can check my email and uh check in on youtube instagram and patreon so i'm happy
uh so from the northwest guys hope you guys are staying cool out there in the rest of the country
meanwhile it's too cold to swim can't believe i'm saying that
when are we gonna float the river thanks for joining me guys i'll see in a few days bye
you