-Now that's a bright sun.
Good morning to you guys from just outside of Barstow, California.
I just kind of rolled out of bed. We're right next to interstate 15 right now and...
some people had said it's pretty noisy because we're right next
to the interstate but I tell you what it just rocked me right to sleep like a baby.
Does traffic noises bother you guys while you're out on the road?
I don't know. I feel like Renee and I have become numb to traffic noises.
It's just like, ain't nothing but a thing.
However that wind in Wyoming the other night, ugh.
(wind howling)
Feeling like we're getting blown over with those 40 mile an hour wind gust.
No, it's going to be a no for me.
Ney is walking in to get us some coffee and toast.
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Well obviously I can't drink coffee with my
acute gastritis but Ney is getting some coffee, I'm getting some dry toast.
I'm feeling better though overall.
I'm treating it with like some Omeprazole so that's pretty good.
Another plus is that we got to stay here
overnight with the Harvest Hosts program which is really cool,
and you get to help support a local small business.
That's kinda part of the program as well if you're not familiar with it.
You pay for the program and then all these businesses allow you
to basically stay on their property for free but they
kind of expect you to kind of support their business a little.
So maybe if you're on a brewery you'll buy a bottle of wine or maybe like a little
six pack of beer or a souvenir. You're at a diner obviously coffee or toast.
Glad we're getting back into the driving vibes though because
it's was little bit of a rough start yesterday with Dexter.
And us, we we're really tired getting in here.
Feeling refreshed today, ready to hit the road and
continue our journey towards Florida.
We're going to see what other excitement awaits the Hanks family.
Man, where is Ney Ney? Oh there she is, and she is talking to you guys.
-Oh, it's pretty busy in there but it's a diner and it's a Sunday.
-But I'm talking to you guys.
-Definitely worth checking out and there's plenty of parking here.
-I'm way more fun to listen to than she is. Don't tell her I said that.
-Officially, our first Harvest Host location was a success. Woo.
Here you go. -Wow. -I think there's like butter and stuff in here.
-Thanks. -Yeah. Let me just quick catch you up to speed.
I don't know if you remember Dexter's cage that fell apart, in a couple episodes back.
I went to lift up, the cage up to take him inside and it just...
(laughing)
-You're kidding me?
I just got done saying we had no bumps in the road but here you go.
-Not only did we go up one size but we went up two sizes.
-Look at all the space he has down there. Isn't it insane?
It's over half of the backseat of the truck.
And he still wines and complains that it's not enough.
It's just never enough with him. Never, never, never enough.
Yeah, I noticed that. -This thing could fit a dog easily.
Maybe not a big dog but we'll show you. -It could fit me easily.
Gracious.
Where's that spoiled butthead? There he is.
Anything else you need to say today before we hit the road?
Just get it out of your system.
-Look at all this traveling you get to do as a cat.
-Show everyone how much room you have actually. Yeah.
It's a little ridiculous. -We went up in size.
We want him to be comfortable when we drive.
Oh oh. Honey, watch your back.
Goodness, Dexter. This is ridiculous.
-We are finally ready to go, I think.
I guess we could have had breakfast here because it's like
going on 11 o'clock and we still haven't left.
And it's funny because yesterday I was like,
let's hit the road at 6 AM.
Yeah. Okay, Renee.
(beeping sound) Oh.
That is the TPMS beeping.
Oh, that's because he's checking tire pressures. Fast leak.
We got a fast leak. Ah! We got a fast leak!
-Do you see what I have to deal with? You scared the bananas out of me.
-They said you're fine. You're fine.
Alright, let's follow Carl.
I gotta follow... Carl!
Are all the tires 110? -Yeah.
-Fast leak. Ready? (beeping sound)
We hear ya. (beeping sound)
Okay.
(hissing noise from tires)
We are asking you guys for a favor.
This TPMS says, you know, you want to set your high pressure 20%
above your tire pressure.
Is the tire pressure they're talking about the max cold air?
I'm not really sure what's going on with that
so can you guys just let us know in the comments.
The wonderful couple that sent us the TPMS as a gift.
They also sent us a repeater, booster.
The closest signal we can get is if we put the TPMS
monitor like in the back seat. If we put it on Dexter cage, we're good.
Why isn't the booster repeater set up? That's a great question.
It kind of came late in the mail,
and by the time we we're trying to get it all set up we were like uh...
we're not really sure what we're doing with that.
That's on hold right now and I told him, hey
we're going to the Tampa RV show.
There's gonna be a lot of RV experts there.
You know, help the Hanks.
That could be a new series, help the Hanks.
-There is no help for us.
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Maybe that will be the next paint job for the Hanks family
on the solitude there. That is so sick. I love that.
I'm such a kid. I tell you what.
What's gonna happen when we have kids one day?
Who's going to be the real kid? Is it going to be Carl or the kids?
Goodness, Carl.
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Huh? Did you say something?
I can't hear you. I can't hear you with these on.
You gotta speak up.
Aren't these awesome? I know you're jealous.
These are sweet, aren't they?
I'm editing right now. Ney Ney's driving. -Woo!
-This is the story of our lives for like the last 3 days. We've just been driving.
We were making a joke that Texas is coming up
and we're going to spend a good week in Texas just driving across it.
We're on I-10 right now. I'm getting some video editing done.
And things are looking pretty good.
We got some exciting content coming to you guys here, shortly.
Did you hear what I said?
Wow, I'm speaking really loud because these really cancel out the sound.
I'm sorry for talking so loudly. Sorry.
-I'm really excited about where we're headed tonight. -Me too.
You sound pretty confident where we're going. It's a hidden gem.
-Yes and I don't even know if we should tell you guys about it.
We don't want y'all to be booking it up.
-Who are we kidding? Of course we're going to tell you about it.
We shout everything from the rooftops. That's how the Hanks do it.
Sharing is caring and that's what life is all about so we're here for you.
We're going to bring you all the deets here in just a second.
-I'm not even going to tell you what it is til we get there so.
Especially if you want to see more of this situation going on.
-Six eyes. Look at that. -Six eyes. Yes. I need prescription sunglasses.
-This is what I have to deal with all the time.
-You love this. Look at this.
-Yes, I do.
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-It's like so quiet here that I feel like I'm disturbing everyone just by talking to you guys.
Definitely add this one to your list, if you're passing through I-10.
It's in New Mexico. It's called Rock Hound State Park.
And I tell you what, I bet you, people really don't want me talking about this one.
-Look who came to say hi.
-How was your day? -Did you have a good travel day, buddy?
-Did you get a good nap in? -Wow. -Look at those views, buddy.
Beautiful views. I'm like excited for what the sunrise is gonna look like in the morning.
We got here before the sun went down which, during the winter time, is worth an award.
The driving though is definitely becoming a lot.
-It was a long day driving and I am exhausted.
Driving across America like twice within like two months is...
It's a little pushing it. I don't know if you guys can see behind me but
straight up, some of the best sunsets we've seen in a long time.
The sky looks like it's on fire and I am just soaking up every second of it.
So if you're looking to break away from reality for a little bit
definitely come here and check this place out because this is cheap and spectacular.
And when you combine the two of those then you just can't beat that.
It's funny, after four years of full-time RV living
we still have to put ourselves in check because we get to places like this
and we expect it's going to be like this all the time and in reality it's just...
It's just not. Do we get to experience this all the time? No.
But we are just soaking up every second of it while we have it here.
Guys, it's here waiting for you. Whenever you're ready, come out here and get it.
What's going on in here? -How beautiful is this campsite?
Wow, this is amazing, honey. -For $14. Pretty good. -Can't beat that. -Yeah.
-We were a little sketched out coming out here, weren't you?
You were like, is this even safe and I'm like, I don't know.
-I mean, there was like nobody on the roads.
It just kind of gave me some like weird vibes, you know?
Because you gotta do a vibe check on yourself.
And the vibes say that everyone's just up on the hill here camping.
-Chilling and everything's good. We landed a pull-through site and...
-Just for one night, that's all they had. Also. -Hm?
-I checked the weather for tonight. It's going to get a little chilly tonight.
-Oh how cold? -You really want to know? -No I don't. No I don't.
-Nineteen degrees. -Yeah right. Are you serious?
(laughing) What? -You just got so concerned. Yeah.
It's like 40s now, but it said
by the morning it'll be all the way down to nineteen. Yay.
-Yay. -So we gotta unhook the water, is all I'm saying.
-Oh okay. -Like I'm going to finish filtering some fresh water.
-Yeah. -And we can fill up the tank and then...
-Hopefully that holds up against that. -Thank God we have propane.
-It's been cold lately down here in the south. What's up with that?
-Uh it's because we're here. I swear. -The bad weather always follows us.
-Now I felt a little bit better when my family back home
said that today it was like 28 degrees.
I was like okay now it's... You know, because the other night
when we were freezing in Southern California. -Yeah. -In the desert.
-Yeah. -They had, it was 50 degrees for them.
-And we're going to do that again tonight? -Probably. -Exciting.
Are you ready to freeze your little tushy off there mister?
Did he eat already? Oh. Head butt the table.
-Nope. He didn't. Can you tell why he's so antsy? -Yeah. Oh. -He's dancing.
-Are you making biscuits?
Are you serious? It's really going to drop the low nineteen. -Yeah, look it.
Where are we? 1 AM, it's going to be down to 23. -Wow.
-All the way down to 6 and 7 AM, it'll be down to 19.
He didn't believe me. I had to get the phone app out.
-This is what we're talking about. Just one thing after another but...
you just take over one obstacle at a time.
-It's fine because other places
like our friends that live in Minnesota now always send us like
pictures of their weather and it's like negative 20. So, I'm not complaining.
(music)
Good morning, everybody. It's actually afternoon.
We did not freeze last night. The pipes held up fine.
I think the lowest it got down to was maybe like 19 or 20 degrees so...
Just a heads up guys. If you know the temperature's dropping that low
and as long as you run your furnace, you guys should be okay.
I'm wondering where the cutoff is, like...
I know when we were in Colorado last year, the temperature dropped...
I think it got all the way down to negative five but
we're not sure at what point did the pipes
freeze and not be able to handle the furnace anymore, so...
We are continuing our journey.
We are headed to Texas. Texas.
Yeah give me that again, Carl, give me it.
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Are you helping dad out here? -Are you helping?
-You are so sweet. -Are you dumping tanks with the Hanks?
He's just not having it. The wind is a little too much for his fur.
-Well, he needs to get used to the outdoors.
-He is a gentle soul so we try not to push it too much with him but...
It's, it's time. He's old enough. Time to get out there and experience life.
-The trash can is over here. We got a personal trash can.
-Where? -I'll show you. -What? -Come here. -No way.
-Follow me.
Morning!
Right there. -This is amazing.
Since when did this start happening? -Look at that.
(chuckles)
-And we got like one of the only full hook up connections here.
The 10 footers was just not quite enough
so I think it was like probably like 12.7 feet.
-They were so smart to put it here, and not up there.
-Cause we have all the experience in the world without uphill battles. -Yes.
-Check out that video. It is... it's something else.
Dee needs a bath so bad. This is redonculous.
-What about Solly? It's okay, Solly.
-This is the struggle of living in an RV full time.
You're always on the road and your freshly washed vehicles are constantly getting dirty.
It is what it is, I guess. -Yes. -Oh well.
-So yeah, it's a... It's a splendid day in the Hanks world. I'm driving today.
What? -Not like that, you're not. -I don't see an issue. (laughing)
-Please don't encourage her. -Would you guys like me to drive your RV?
Wait, I can't see. (laughs)
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Woo! Made it to the truck stop.
And I just noticed when I went inside to use our RV bathroom
that I left the paper towels on the counter so those are all over the place.
No big deal compared to the Corelle dishes that broke
when we were on our way to California.
Looks like somebody had a bad day. Let me show you what I'm talking about.
Whoopsie. Whoopsie dupsy.
Yeah, right there. Don't be that guy.
It looks like someone ran into it and ripped it out but
somebody could have possibly just lifted it up to work on it.
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-We're going through El Paso and the traffic is bananas right now,
and Ney is rocking it, I mean confidence is high, she is owning the road.
Look out everyone, turn signals are on and we're coming over.
-Driving through cities I... I slow it down because I'm just like coming through.
I used to like refuse to drive through cities
but now I don't really have a choice like he has to edit
and I just gotta put my big girl pants on and do it.
Ah. I spilled coffee. -Oh my goodness. You are a mess today.
-Here, pass me a napkie. -Here you go. -Thanks.
-Have some more.
-You see what I have to put up with in the passenger seat here?
-Better question is, do you see what I have to put up with in the driver's seat here?
No need to worry Texas peeps. I know what you're thinking.
You guys are like, why don't you stop and say hey to us.
Well, we're in such a rush to get to Texas right now. Wait, we are in Texas.
Well, we're in such a rush to get to Florida right now.
We just don't have a second to stop.
So, we're just going to keep to this train a rolling.
Yes, we are making our way downtown.
Driving fast, faces pass, and we're home bound.
(Kyle singing)
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