and a beautiful Sunday morning to you all from Kansas City Missouri today we're going
to be leaving the state yeah I'm between projects inside the RV with the couch and some other
stuff that Robert and I are working on designing and putting together later but in the meantime
I got to go dump the tanks and Frida and since we got tater tot lifted we haven't tested
how the Smart car is going to tow behind the RV now I will mention this I noticed right
away that uh the old way the arms the they were kind of at an angle now that the car
is up higher I have a feeling that those bars are going to be perfectly level now in the
back but anyway got to pack up a few more things hook up tater tot and then uh we'll
be going camping in Kansas today thanks for joining me guys here we go [Music] [Applause]
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Robert decided that we should probably bolt down the couch though before we leave we don't
need this thing flying around on our maiden voyage couch all right we got Frida out in
the road got tater tot hooked up and just as I suspected the Blue Ox arms are almost
perfectly level I mean I'll bet if you put a level on them they are perfectly level now
so lifting the Smart car had some some bonus awesomeness to it awesome all right I got
the steering wheel bungeed like like normal so we don't get that weird wobble and we'll
just drive down the road and see how this works as we get into Kansas yeah tater tot
is uh Towing really well we're gonna get off here on 69. could not sound can I rephrase
that we're gonna we're gonna take 69 South okay
um and I'm watching the the camera here the rear view camera and Toes fine looks fine
I can't feel the difference although let's be honest I know that there is a weight well
inside the RV although we did take out the seat and the dinette I still think we're a
little bit we have a little more weight inside the RV and we know that the car is a little
bit heavier however how much heavier because really we're not putting that much more strain
on the chassis of the RV because we can tow up to 3 500 pounds and tater tot only weighed
1800 pounds so what's an additional 150 in tires and wheels and other things you know
so anyway Drive smooth cars going straight I'm happy go to Kansas it's beautiful weather
in Kansas thank you all right we're here at Camp guys this big body of beautiful water
out here is Meola Lake in Kansas and this is the Meola Lake Campground I do not have
a reservation um it says that you can make online reservations but it didn't have any
that I could click on so hopefully there's some openings if not worst case scenario we
can probably still dump our tanks because I think the dump station is on the so that's
the other thing I forgot to mention is that there are actually some dump stations closer
to Robert's house but they're all paid sites and they're about 10 to 15 dollars in range
to dump your tanks to Simply dump your tanks oh I'll pay five but 10 or 15 bucks why do
that when you can have full hookups and camp for a whole day and a night for 20. here so
that's why that's why I'm doing it hope oh my gosh I see a lot of RVs uh-oh fifteen dollars
for primitive twenty dollars for electric and 22 for full hookups well first thing I
gotta do is find the dump station actually first thing I'm gonna do we're gonna drive
through yeah we're gonna peek at everything get our bearings straight here so these are
the full hookup ones off to our right I want to get I'd rather be down by the water but
I gotta hit a dump station first all right we're all uh settled and uh plugged in here
at my site here at like Lake Meola in the city of Paola Kansas that's a that's a mouthful
this is the first time camping with the new setup okay so the couch which Tara loves she
can watch birds outside and uh trying out a new internet but you know just I'm just
trying out a couple different options that are out there and we do have internet here
in this part of Kansas so the TV is all hooked up I'll uh show you around outside and I fits
and sits right on the stinking water guys beautiful Kansas Kansas that's my picnic table
there I might move it up to the level spot there we got a little fire pit back here and
uh water access guys looks like there's another campground on the other side of the lake also
unfortunately I don't know how popular this place might be in the summer there's signs
everywhere that say no swimming for whatever reason I don't know there's no Gators in Kansas
but I really like my sight there yeah I like her sight better in the shade over there not
bad finally not working on the car or the RV today
I did dump my tanks that's the other weird thing is they don't have a dump station here
they have one two I think they got five sites up there the full hookups for 22. one of them
was open so he let me start up there dump my tank and then come down here pick my campsite
and then pay 20 bucks cash so they don't have a dump station here kind of lucked out because
that site that I dumped at is reserved today later yeah I've really been enjoying this
show uh Burn Notice I didn't watch it live when it was out but I like it now on Hulu
look at these two monsters loving the couch and all the stuff to see outside right there
what's out there Birds stuff pretty neat huh all right I think my lunch is ready let's
stop her out here I'm doing the old chicken tenders and tater tots yeah yeah um I still
need to install that table Mount that goes in the floor or something but I could get
this this laptop board which will just excuse me Tara sit on my lap and I can do the laptop
stuff here I guess I could put my food on it too but I'm just gonna use a plate open
your dad's spot we gotta share with a big couch I shared a big couch this is Dad ticking
this is not Opie chicken Terrace not Tara ticking it's Dad ticking and I just sat my
beer and my barley pops and my sodas somewhere so I got this wall mounted cup holder it works
it's fine let's try some of these tater tots what your tater hanger now what a punch what
a punch love you guys
such a nice day though I don't want to be cooped up in the RV all day going camping
out here actually um and go for a bike ride we're ready to finally show this to you yeah
let me show you a little peek of my new uh e-bike guys although many of you have probably
seen it uh in the background or on the back of my RV in the last two three weeks but there
it is uh the brand is mock wheel it's the basalt in royal blue there and um I have ridden
a lot of e-bikes a lot like maybe a dozen have owned a dozen this is my favorite this
is a full-on actual practical bicycle it's got huge fenders it's got four inch Fat Tires
front fork suspension did the same thing as my stolen e-bike I put on a side mirror here
put on a phone mount right there it's got a color screen right there and it's a seven
speed 26 inch frame actually comes with this really nice wooden stand integrated tail lights
with brake lights and a 750 watt motor there so I know what you're thinking I've I've done
plan I'm not doing a review I'm not doing a review I was just I'm finally showing you
the bike that's on the back of my RV the one that I have put 91 miles on on the last three
weeks really really especially been enjoying this bicycle let's go for a ride uh before
we take off on the bike going back to the one that was taken from Tampa they did not
recover that bike and it's still going to be an open case but the guys has been arrested
he's in jail he admitted to the sale and there's a record of the sale to a specific individual
he used Marketplace to sell it so all that's taken care of and I I guess the department
is like feeling like yeah we got him didn't get that e-bike back and after I'd mentioned
that I actually for the record I had three other e-bike companies reach out to me and
say hey we want to replace your stolen e-bike here have this I said no no no I said three
times I said no I'm done with it and then I saw this I saw the pictures I'm like that
is a really cool looking bike okay thank you thank you mock wheel thank you for sending
this out if you want to look at one of these I will put some links in the video description
below in the meantime I'm sad that you can't see the color screen because it's so dark
but yeah a full color screen I like to keep it in fifth gear over here and pedal assist
two you can select up from one to five and then here's your thumb throttle I can just
push this and the bike goes by itself and then we just pedal around look at the view
this awesome little bike walking trail here in Kansas with a view of lake Meola in Paola
Kansas oh had to slam on the brakes there because of this big gap in the road right
here where the water's running through with only one hand you know it's kind of kind of
tough to stop with just the front brakes yeah I would love to get into more of a routine
when the weather's nice and actually ride my bike more more regularly on the road but
you know how things go it it always takes a little bit longer than you think it's going
to take to edit videos and put videos together and all that and simply writing for fun or
for health is something that it's easily able to be neglected in my life it's just the way
things are but uh I would love to ride 10 15 miles a day I should I should Eric there's
no reason why I can't but yeah this bike this bike's fun really good suspension way better
than any e-bike I've ever owned I love it I do pretty cool pretty cool Kansas or tater
tots sitting up there you unhooked me and now you're gonna drive the car I don't need
the car right now don't need the car I just I wanted to make sure that it toes okay because
some people told me that you're going to have problems you go oh you got to punch you the
wheel I was already having to do that before you got to bungee the wheel yeah that's fine
there was no surprises it worked perfectly
so what's next after this for the rest of the spring head back to Robert's for a couple
more days finish up a few more projects drain my hot tub we'll get on the road and continue
heading west a plan guys I appreciate you joining me I know a lot of you up north are
like finally good weather's here it's time to go enjoy the outdoors so uh enjoy the outdoors
guys it is starting to look nice 2023 is looking real nice real nice Clark real nice and of
course it's nice to get back to camping and hanging out with the cats and seeing how they
do with travel they're still their normal self they they love traveling and they love
the Great Outdoors and the RV life I just really missed the nature sounds we got owls
out here it's just really really peaceful and you guys know how I feel about water and
watching the sun set out in beautiful places like this that's what I live for man that's
why I do this why it's why I travel it's really really pretty camp areas [Music] and still
the best part of it all having my two favorite fuzzy butts right next to me yep loving this
couch guys loving this couch and get some sleep catch you in the morning [Music]
good morning everyone slept really well last night had that ceramic heater on all night
keep me warm really nice okay it's a really good reset we got to get back to take care
of some work on the RV all right guys be well thanks for joining me out here at the lake
I'll see in a couple days bye-bye guys [Music]
thank you foreign
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