what the welcome everyone to vlogmas in July that's right a video every day for 31 days
presented by Nomad internet typically vlogmas is done in December where vloggers on Youtube
upload a video every day for 25 days leading up till Christmas morning I borrowed this idea from
the bethunes over at red white and Bethune they passed the torch to me this year as a Christmas
fanatic this is a great way for me to be cheerful and thankful all month long Opie you better be a
good boy this July Santa Paws is watching Tara no more sneaking into catnip sack Santa Paws
will bring you coal thanks for joining me this month guys and have a jolly old month of July
yep good morning everyone day three of vlogmas in July a video every single day this video
kicks off uh just eight hours after my last one ended with the uh nasty storm out here hard to
believe this is the same place but uh all the water is gone tater tot looks dry out there
it's cloudy gonna warm up and we're gonna get on the road and head towards Wyoming today right
after I go take a nice hot long shower thanks for joining me guys we'll be uploading this
video with some Nomad internet link below in the video description let's get this day going
they are forecasting some high winds today that doesn't bother me as much as
it would if I were in my RV traveling but something to consider because this car is
very lightweight car a little bit of wind can really move the car around so it it's already
whipping around quite a bit just gonna just gonna have to be careful and uh they sometimes
have coffee there but for some reason they were out of coffee to today so we do need to go hit up
coffee shop here somewhere before we get on back on I-80 and head West today this fancy uh Crown
Plaza Hotel next door had a had a Starbucks built into the lobby they didn't have a drive through
so I had to go in there and wait and I looked the line for people waiting for coffee and it was like
disney-esque you know there was like 40 people waiting for their drinks that they had already
purchased I always just go in there and get a Pike Place drip coffee and as you're putting your card
in there they're filling it up to hand it to you right there at the cash register so you can just
leave and Skip so it's kind of a bonus to not being one of those fancy soy Joy muy koi Lottie
frotty fruity drink you just get a normal copy and then you get to get back on the road yay but it is
one hot delicious beverage that I'm gonna have to wait to cool off for a little bit we'll get
on I-80 in the meantime I am a lot happier that I'm not driving a big huge RV through these winds
otherwise uh that would be stressing me out but even the car is getting whipped around because
it's so light just a different kind of thing we're gonna stop in here and go through the historical
town of Gothenburg probably top off our gas while we took this exit anyway it's about 4 53 a gallon
which is some of the cheapest and I say cheapest Loosely a cheapest in the country right now
um it's just the norm for me to pay upwards of five or six dollars a gallon everywhere so uh
Nebraska is sitting pretty at one of the least expensive places to get gasoline these days
at least that's nice I did get a regional alert on my phone for this area and parts of Wyoming
that we're headed to today A high wind advisory and uh that high clearance Vehicles like trucks
and stuff need to this is this is the kind of wind that tips over semi trucks and I know
you've probably seen it on on the news and stuff um it's it's no joke so you just you got to be
careful when you're going around a semi truck you got to be careful when they're passing you
because their trailer is flipping all around no rush today we're just taking it easy oh tater
tot of course most people have probably heard of the Pony Express at least somewhere uh what
it was was a combination of a Horse and Rider uh mail Courier system so it was the UPS of the
1800s and uh it ran from I believe St Joseph Missouri all the way to Sacramento California
they would ride sometimes up to 80 miles on Horseback and then they would come to something
like this a Pony Express transfer station this is an original preserved here in Gothenburg this is
where the rider and horse would take a break they would hand off their their mail and somebody else
would take it and move it on down the line so they made a little part here in remembrance of
this station it's pretty cool little sign here in Nebraska also talks about the fact that Gothenburg
officially became an incorporated town because of the fact that it had this transfer station
here for Pony Express on the outside here here's an old plaque original Pony Express Station 1854
folks yeah it looks like the doors open let's go in here and take a peek around so there's a saddle
bag here you can see the locks on it so they could lock up the mail and then got an office worker
here keeping keeping track of all the comings and goings really old stove there I love that color
that is really cool look at the ceiling you know we do know that they're wow oh here's
some of their weapons Navy Colt model 1851 1849 the Cogswell 1850 a little pocket pistol
very cool see because I made a stop here many many years ago in the winter and this place was all
closed up and locked up but when the sun's out they're open you can go in there she is really
knowledgeable in there I got another trip magnet it's the Pony Express magnet that kind of looks
like one of the old stamps that you would put on a piece of mail from the 1850s really really cool
magnet and there was also a wall with a bunch of pictures from some of the other I think there's
like eight stations that kind of semi exist but this building right here is actually the top
floor of what was what was a two-story building and underneath it was Hollow and open where they
had fur trading and the horses would come in like like inside from the Sun for a little break or
from the rain maybe and stuff like that and this one was was moved to this location this is one of
the best preserved Pony Express stations left here on the Pony Express I'm just so thankful there's
Sunshine even though it's a little windy today but we do need to get back on the road and head
towards Wyoming tater tot is up for the job up for whatever whatever weather conditions we find Tater
Tot is not the most comfortable ride I definitely miss the nice comfy chair of Frida in the class A
so I I gotta stop at least ahead every 100 miles stretch get get blood flowing back to my butt like
literally my butt keeps going numb I'm like trying to stand up while driving and punch myself in the
butt to wake it up ah this stretch of I-80 is so interesting it's not like other interstates where
it'll say like like even though you know you're going to go 500 miles on I-5 every 15 miles it
says keep left in 16 miles towards I-5 you know like this stretch literally just says 588 miles
until my destination tonight so it's like okay like literally nothing next Services 22 miles
like there's no exits for 22 miles it's just just Farmland out here going over to check out this uh
plaque over there I want to see what it says because I mean I haven't even closed my move
rings on my Apple watch since I flew down not one day have I closed one of my uh move rings
so I need to be a little bit more active that's got the Great Seal of Nebraska here talking about
Cheyenne County Cheyenne County in Nebraska not Cheyenne Cheyenne Wyoming just yet here in the
uh panhandle of Nebraska the Nebraska Plains the wind has died down a little bit at least
um I got tater tot up to at least 75 mile an hour which is the posted speed limit here until
we get into Wyoming people look at these cars and they all first of all they always think
they're electric no it's a three-cylinder one liter gas engine that gets 43 miles per gallon
and two they say how fast does that thing go is it allowed on the freeway it goes 90 miles an
hour yes it goes it's just a little sketchy when you're going that fast all right I'm stretched
let's get over into Wyoming all righty we just passed the last exit on I-80 Nebraska
and a sign here pretty soon I don't know if there'll be a place to pull
off but there's nobody behind me so I can slow down and take a peek and
actually yeah I'm gonna pull over right here these rumble strips
heck yeah Tater tot's doing great check out this sign welcome to Wyoming you know why this signs
up so high because there can be a lot of snow build up around here so I'm gonna get gas here
in Wyoming it's about the same price as Nebraska anyway instead of doing what we did yesterday
and checking into the hotel and then trying to find Uber or doordash would be unsuccessful I'm
gonna stop in a couple of these towns here in Wyoming and try to find a restaurant a sit-down
restaurant to eat at I know it's going to cut into 45 minutes of my commute and we're gonna
get to the motel hopefully it's a better one today a little later than I wanted to but I just want
to sit down and eat and take a break from the road so we'll head up Cheyenne first all right
now I don't know what the food's gonna be like but this is really catchy we're gonna turn here
you're gonna see what this place is called it's called poor decisions poor and p-o-u-r like for
a beer but poor decisions they have a kitchen they got food let's check it out I love it poor
decisions we'll take a peek at their menu here in just a minute but it's pretty cool place we
can definitely smell they got some local beer on draft that's the Wyoming logo Cowboy there
I went uh with the black tooth saddle bronc black tooth saddle bronc it's a dark dark beer
it's got that Wyoming kick a little bit of almost coffee aftertaste I do have a food order in they
do have Burgers here's a live view of uh inside the RV there you got Opie by my finger they're
sitting on the recliner chair where I sit and Tara it's actually up in the window there she's pulled
the shades back and she's laying in the sunshine might make it a little warmer in there so I'm
gonna ask Jada to maybe go in there and pull the blind back she obviously likes it though they're
gonna have dinner here in about two hours local time there I miss my kitties there we go went
with the plain bacon cheeseburger and some taters I don't know why they always drape the bacon off
the side I'm just gonna fold it right back into the burger you know like every time there we go
oh geez ground crew I'm throwing it on the ground oh my gosh I finished it all
but barely I'm gonna go ahead and vote that best burger of 2022 but we're not
done there's an extra special surprise after your meal coming right now you get a scoop of
ice cream to finish it up a free scoop of ice creams I went with the strawberry here
um yeah this is a surprisingly good stop I'm glad I stopped here but
if we keep eating burgers that good I'm gonna have to bring back the throw
it on the ground it's gonna have to come back I'm sorry I have to
all right back on the road uh I'll finish up my little driving through Wyoming here and show you
when we get to our accommodations for the evening I'm gonna be passing this uh Fifth Wheel in front
of us this momentum got a bunch of straps on it and oh my gosh this thing is destroyed guys
look at the truck straps on it the whole middle of the RV is there's a freaking car in it
what in the I don't think that's an approved toy hauler guys
things you see on the highway all right well it's 8 P.M mountain time now that means we
actually gained an hour traveling west so it's an hour earlier 8 8 p.m and uh uh so
we did Motel 6 last night we are upgrading big time to Super Eight I I don't know if
it's enough it doesn't look like an upgrade on the outside just pulling in here but I
did confirm that I have all those amenities that I like like a mini fridge and a coffee
maker and a microwave and stuff but all right and actually guys this is this is the motel
there's the office that little door right there is the office that's it I don't know
I'll show you the hallway later there's people out there and I don't want to I don't wanna film when
there's a bunch of people out there okay so this is my uh beautiful room a little smaller than the
motel six this is the first thing that's creeping me out a little bit why is that moving see it
is there a fan no the air conditioner is not even on I don't know why that's moving
but okay yeah pretty pretty basic still pretty basic not as nice or clean as where I was at
last night but look at this we got microwave we got our own little mini fridge it's on ice cold
and I don't have to go down to the lobby and drink cold coffee I've got got my own coffee
oh my gosh I'm excited what kind of beautiful Wyoming mountainous backdrop do we have what the
we have a
we have a wall we have a wall with a ladder and a really dirty window it says when yeah it's locked
literally looks like a homeless encampment right up there um well yeah yeah okay paid
62 bucks last night at Motel 6 paid 79 tonight for this super eight with luxurious
stuff inside I don't know if I'm actually gonna take a shower if you look in this tub here
there's still for some reason curly black pubes they didn't even clean it from the left that is
literally disgusting pubic hair no I actually decided I am not gonna take a shower here
tonight I'm gonna skip skip a day and I'll shower tomorrow night wherever we uh land
you can't you can't have pubic hairs sitting in a room that's been cleaned ready for someone new
anyways guys I'm tired and I'm not too happy about this one so I do have a couple more beers
in the fridge I'm gonna edit and get some stuff done and cut this video off for now
okay you guys be well we'll get back on the road and get into the Pacific Northwest tomorrow uh
I understand you're probably watching this on on the third so don't worry if you have plans
for the Fourth of July so do I but I am a day at least behind right now and I'll continue to
upload daily but I do have plans myself for 4th of July which you'll see my activities
when I get back uh either on the fifth or sixth following so I hope you guys are excited about
the Fourth of July tomorrow okay guys and I will see you tomorrow with another video
thank you