So you clicked on this video because you want to know what
is up with the Hanks. Welcome back. It's been super hot and
we hope you guys are staying nice and cool on these summer
evenings. It's been crazy and we need to update you about
quite a few things going on with the Hanks family. Lots of
updates. Strap in. You strap in. If you guys have been
following the Hanks for any amount of time, you guys have
known that we've been going through all sorts of havoc and
lo and behold, guess what? We don't have any more havoc going
on. So that's a plus. Going right into one of the coolest things
that's coming up within the next month. I hope you guys are
ready. We're going to be at the Hershey RV show. We were not
expecting to do this so don't act like we've been planning
this all year. You guys know how we are. We are last minute
planners and we figured, like, maybe we should go to the
Hershey RV show. We've never been to it and we heard it's
the biggest one in the United States. So you guys know the
drill. If you want all the deets on where to find us at
the Hershey RV show, which day, because we're going to be doing
a meet and greet and we're going to be doing like a dual
meet and greet with another conent creator. What? Yes, so. That's
exciting. I know you guys like not just follow us but you
follow other content creators. If you want all these deets,
get on the Email list because we'll be putting it in our
weekly newsletter and it will go out next week. We're not
going to release who we're having this dual meetup. No,
no, no. We're not going to make it that easy on you guys. We're
going to tell you it's somebody big, alright? It's like these
people are well known. I know what you're asking. How do I
get on the Email list? Great question. Go to our website,
HappilyEverHanks. com, right on the first page, there will be a
sign up form. Just put your information in there. Check
your spam folder because you probably got a welcome Email.
It, like, saying, hey, thanks for signing up for our weekly
newsletters. Yeah. So, check the spam. That happens a lot.
That happens a lot where people sign up and they're like, well,
I didn't get the Email. I give up and then they reach out to
us. Trust us. Check spam. I don't know why it's like that.
We try to go about it several different ways of fixing it. We
can't fix it. So, I don't know. No matter much you fix it, it will
still happen to some people. So, check there and then just
be ready because every Thursday at 5:15 Central Time, 6:15
Eastern. Yeah. You will get an Email and it's got updates on
lots of things. It tells you about our future events,
meaning rallies. And it also has an updated location on where
the Hanks are at as well. Kinda hone down location within the
United States of like what state are we visiting, what part of
that state are we visiting? Yeah. It'll say what state
we're in and maybe what state of mind we're in. Cuz you never know
with the Hanks. Am I right? Yeah. Comment below if you're
going to be at the Hershey RV show and remember to get on
that Email list. That's the only place we're going to
announce like... Where we're going to. When and where the
meetup is. HappilyEverHanks has, has grown. There's been a lot
on our plate when it comes to the workload behind it. We've
you know we've needed just some extra help. Yeah. Yeah. Wouldn't
you agree? We've, we've just needed some assistance and for
the first time we've taken on an employee. Introducing the
newest member of HappilyEverHanks.
Yes, we have found a way to start having Sexy Dexy pull
his weight into this channel. And it's about time. It's about
time. Slow round of applause. Thank you. Finally, we're
making those kids earn their living. Am I right? Hey, Dexy.
Can you give us something a little bit more upbeat for
this? Oh, yeah. Okay, I'm like. Yeah, I'm liking that. I'm
liking that a lot more. Alright. Nice job
on the hire. Where did you find him by the way? Was that like
LinkedIn or something? I just went to the couch where he
always... The YouTube? Oh, the couch. He's always on the
couch. How could I be mistaken? Excuse. You know what
would be cool though? If DJ Dexy could DJ our rallies.
We'll check his schedule. We'll let you know. Check his
schedule and sensitive ears. You know, it's weird that he
got into DJing but he has these tiny little ears and he's just
like antennas. I'm like, bro. Well, you're in the wrong
industry, man. He's just like paw to the face. Don't
want to hear it, Dad. Okay, he's on an internship program
right now. So, he has got a probation period. We'll let you
know how it goes. We'll keep you updated and keep us updated
if we should keep him around too. Feeling you guys are
going to want to keep him around and not us. Yes. Make
sure you comment below hashtag DJ Dexy. Yeah. Oh, I love that
DJ Dexy. Nice. Let's keep this RV rolling. Yeah, I used to say
train. No. We're keeping in the RV. Let's keep the RV rolling
here and let's talk about upcoming rallies with
HappilyEverHanks. You guys have been getting word on the street
that these rallies are taking place and you're like, how can
I participate in this? You may have even seen a previous
episode where it was just off the chains fun. And you're like...
Yeah.
What is going on? Need not worry. We're going to spill the beans
right now. We had our first rally. You guys know it was
incredible. Ney Ney cried. You know what was amazing about
this is we created such a strong unified community within
that little rally that man people are like I want some
more of this and now they're going to other rallies. And
guess what? We're keeping these rallies nice and small. We're
keeping them right around 50 sites so that you get to hang
out with Carl and Ney Ney. Have a blast and really make some
solidified connections out on the road. You know what's cool?
Cuz as soon as somebody gets a ticket to a rally, they get in
on the rally community Facebook page. Yeah. And it's like we're
already all starting to hang out. Everyone's introducing
themselves. All the original people that were there like
welcome like this is crazy. So much fun. They're
like in this Facebook group and they're like what did I walk
into? This is going to be off the charts and let us tell you
it's going to be off the charts. So if you want to be
part of these rallies make sure you jump over to our email list
because that's where you get first access. Email list. It's absolutely
free to sign up for the Email list but from there on out,
you'll get first access because we don't release em on the
channel. It would just be way too many people out there. Way
too competitive so. And we do this Email list so we keep the
inside deets free for you guys. Yeah. You know, we don't
want to have to like charge you to get the inside scoop of
what's going on. Before you jump on the, hey, when are you,
you're having so many in Florida, what's the what's the
beef? When you coming to Texas, when you coming to Cali? Yes.
When you coming to South Dakota. Does that make sense?
Where's the beef or what's the beef? Where's the beef? We have
plans to make our way west for 2023. So just
stay tuned. All those dates and announcements will be in the
Email list. Yeah they're coming soon and they're coming, we're
already planning this winter. It's, we got some awesome spots
coming up. So it's going to be really cool. There's so much
planning going on behind the scenes. Everyone's jumping on the
Facebook group. I think everyone is so pumped already.
Yeah we get to grow this like rally community like page that
we have. Look how many people are coming to hang with the Hanks
already? People from all over. We got Washington, Texas,
California, New York, Indiana. We want you here too. We love
you guys. Mm. Make it happen Captain. You gotta be really
quick though. We want to make sure that everyone has a fair
opportunity to join. I know a lot of people are like I got on
and it was sold out in 5 minutes and we understand it's
like not easy to get on these things and that's exactly why
we're hosting more rallies to try to help involve more and
more people into this really niche down, hyper-focused
community. I'm telling you ever since our first event, all the
the group of people that were part of our first rally,
they're all hanging out now on their own like they don't need
us anymore. So, like if you're down for it, let's rally. If
not, we got so much more updates coming to you. Where do
you want to kick it off from here? Let's update you guys on
a recent install we did because you guys are reaching out and
asking what we think about it. You know what it is. RV
Airflow. It's hot. We got RV Airflow installed and we love
it. You guys may be asking what exactly is RV Airflow? It's
basically big styrofoam piece that goes into the plenum area
of your AC and it helps divert that cold air throughout the
rest of your ducting and it really pushes a lot of air
throughout the RV which has been really nice. Yeah and we
were thinking of doing our own DIY to our AC but guess what?
We were thinking of doing it for so long and we never did
it. But with with this device, it's a pre-treated Styrofoam
that you don't have to worry about like the harsh chemicals
and issues from that. Right. And they designed them to fit
like a certain type of AC unit. Thank you for everyone that
updated us in our last video. So many of you have been
reaching out and said, you know what? I was a little on the fence
but I went ahead and purchased it because you guys recommended
it and we absolutely love it. We haven't read one person
that's like, I installed this and this was a sucky situation.
It works amazing. So, if you're interested in it, we have a
discount code below in the description. We'll throw it up
on the screen as well. Check that bad boy out because we've
been staying nice and cool. Yeah, we don't have to wake up
super early and like turn the AC down to 66 just to keep up
like if the AC is at 76 halfway throughout the day, we just put
it on high and it'll cool it down. And it's good to go. We
are ripping. Oh. And we are letting her rip hardcore. Stay
cool. Stay cool. So we've been bouncing around to Pigeon
Forge, Tennessee a lot. But we haven't really told a super
good story about what was going on and what all we did in
Pigeon Forge. No, we did film a couple things we did there but
yeah, we didn't really. Our bad on that one, our bad. Where we
left you off, we were arriving to Creekside RV Park that we
had that whole issue with the steps which we'll talk about
again but the first major thing we did when we got to the
Pigeon Forge area is we went to a Grand Design rally. Yeah,
that was really fun. We had a good time there. We were able to meet
some other like-minded people and we just encourage you guys
just to get out and go see some of your own rallies whether
it's ours or your own manufacturer's rallies. If
they're hosting it, go meet some other great people out
there because there's a lot of people that are like, I'm here
to have a good time and meet other people too. It's a really
cool way to plan your travels around rallies like if you're
not sure where to go, you could just take a look at the
schedule for whatever rally is happening. Yeah. And then base
your travels around that. So, we stayed at Sun Outdoors in
Pigeon and it was pretty nice. We ate lots of food, met lots
of people, and we did our first hosting of a seminar in front
of a live audience. Usually, we're holding a camera and
talking to you guys through a lens but this time, this was
the real deal. We were in front of a bunch of people at a rally
just giving a little back story about how we got on the road.
Yeah and I think it felt so normal to everybody else
because they were just watching us like they do on TV but for
us, we were like, okay, there's a lot of people and we don't
know what to do with our hands. Yeah and like, how am I
supposed to act? Now, you guys really get to see all the
craziness before and after. So it's, people loved it though.
We had such a fun time. We can't cut any of this out. I
know. You know like we're live. I don't know if people are just
clapping because they were happy to see us or clapping
because we were finally done speaking. Everyone's like
finally. Get off stage. They also had a night where there
was karaoke and that was a good time. Yeah you and Raini were
up there dancing of course. Ney was always singing karaoke.
She's always the first one with the microphone. Up for the
challenge. Carl sitting in the back and just hiding behind maybe
like a small beer or something I don't know or like a wooden
post, you know, like please don't look at me, I'm not getting up
there and singing, ever. It's not happening. And then after the
Grand Design Rally we went to Creekside RV Park. Well before
we got there though, you forgot the number one, your sister. Tell
them about what your sister does because that's pretty cool.
My sister, Kayla does whitewater rafting like as a guide all
over the country, I think she's currently in Sacramento on the
American River so if you're there, try to do a trip with my
sister, you will have a great time. She's crazy. But anyway,
we went with my sister's boyfriend on a rafting trip in
basically like it was considered the Smoky Mountains.
We went to Asheville, North Carolina and we rafted,
again, the French Broad River. And it was nice. It was so
refreshing to be out on the river. The river was a little
bit low. We still got to get some good splashes in though.
It was, it was just a nice ride. You just never know what life
has to offer until sitting on a river floating down the river
and just enjoying the beauty. And I wish we got this on
camera but we don't have a camera on us 24-7.
As we were driving to like the put-in area there was a bear
on the side of the road. A black bear. A black bear. First
one we've ever seen in like real life. Like well no. No I'd
say real life. I mean the first one we've ever seen out in the
wild is what I should say. Yeah. And that was super cool.
It's like there's a black bear hanging off the guard rail back
there. Did you see that? So that was pretty cool. It's so
cool to be out in nature and see really pretty so if you
guys have the opportunity to do some white water rafting, go
do it. If you're already doing some white water rafting, throw
it in the comments below and encourage other people to do it
unless you guys had like a near-death experience or
something, you're like don't do it. Back to what Ney Ney was saying
though, Creekside RV Park. Where were you going with that? Let's
talk a little bit about the thing, like the issue with the
steps which was last week's video. Check that out if you
haven't because there's a whole like issue we ran into that you
guys have a lot of great feedback in. Yeah, absolutely.
One thing we forgot to put in the video which we did edit
out, it was there, we just took it out, was other options
instead of like moving over. So, what happened is when we
put our steps down, the concrete was so raised that we
weren't able to like put the steps down all the way. The
door wouldn't shut. Yeah. And if it were to auto level, it
would just like cause some major issues. Basically, we
said if moving over doesn't help this, then, our next plan
of action was to like elevate the entire rig on blocks. And the
intention of the whole video itself, the premise wasn't to
hate on the steps, it was actually just to shed some
light on problems we've been faced with before. So we kind of
already knew the solution but we're trying to paint a picture
of like if you're looking at steps to upgrade or things you
maybe not have thought about before. We we're trying to paint
that picture, it's a very delicate balance. You guys seen
this in our previous videos where we touch on some touchy
subjects and unfortunately no matter what is said you know
there's so many opinions and you know, it is what it is. So, we just
wanted to paint as good of a picture as we could. We're
bringing some other options that you could look at. Well,
we also want to prepare you more than we were prepared. If
you're jumping into this RV life and you have those steps,
cool. They're great steps. We love them but this like might
be something you run into. So, when that happens, you're not
like surprised and thinking, oh my gosh, what do I do? You're
like, the Hanks talked about this. Okay. They took us a step
in the right direction. They warned us that this could
happen and now you're just like that much ahead of the
game. I love how you just played off my dad joke there.
Like she just kept going like she doesn't even recognize my
dad jokes anymore. No more. Nothing. No. In one ear out...
What else did we do in Pigeon Forge? Well, we actually went
and explored. Ney Ney and Carl not super touristy people but we
dove into the heart of the city and went exploring and we found
some pretty cool places. We just did not realize how
touristy Pigeon Forge was. We were like this is a, like, Vegas
but for families. I had no idea this place like existed like
this. This is why people are like, you guys never been to
Pigeon Forge. Now, I see why you're saying that. Yeah and
we'd never made our way into Gatlinburg. We didn't get to
hike the Smokey Mountains and we're like... Yeah, more of a
reason to go back and visit at a later time. The weather
wasn't cooperative. We were having a lot of work to do at
the time. So, it is what it is but we did get to just go
explore like some cool places like remember that ice cream
shop we went to. Oh, that was cool. Curl de la Cream. Yes. That
was so awesome. That was cool because they make, the way
they present your ice cream looks, it looks like flowers,
like roses. It's so cute. So cool. They like have this all
niche down perfectly. It's like you take boring ice cream not
that ice cream is boring but you spice it up a little bit with
the way they do and you have to pick... What, what do they
have you pick your base flavor? Yeah. And some additional
things and then they just make this masterpiece and it is so
cool. So we didn't go hiking per say, we didn't do like any
intense hiking but there was a area in Pigeon Forge where it's
a really nice walk along the river. I think it was called
the river walk something. That sounds fitting and
appropriate? At The Island? Yeah, I'd say that's appropriate and
there was a lot of geese there that we're going to like bite
our heads off. There are so many geese. Comment below if
you have been a a victim of, what's the term? Irritated an
animal and I paid the price. Gees-anitis. And over the course
of stay at Pigeon. We just must've hit it at a rainy
season because there was a lot of rain and that's kind of why
we didn't go on any major hikes. So, if you're not
going to go hiking in the rain, you might as well go to an
amusement park in the rain, right? Right on. Whose idea was
that? We were convinced that if you go to Dollywood when it's
raining, it is a much better experience.
Oh my gosh, you're a mess. We're having fun today.
This is fun. Did you imagine this is how we'd spend our
special day. Do you want to tell everyone what today is? Oh
yeah, it is it is our anniversary, is it not? Yeah.
And look what we're doing. It is a really beautiful day right
now. So, I mean, I'm just going to enjoy it for what it
is, honestly. Yeah. I mean, I'm so glad to be married to you right now.
You're always looking at the poncho half full. And it was
because there was no lines obviously but there was a lot
of hard rain ready to pelt you right in the face going 40
miles an hour down the roller coaster. Overall if you're in
the area and you're looking for something fun to do with the
fam or friends or you just want to go by yourself and walk
around, Dollywood was really cool. Yeah and don't cancel your
trip because it's raining because they will still run the
roller coasters. They only close the roller coasters if there's
lightning, supposedly, so. You know what's cool we have some
really exciting things coming up to share on the channel that...
Some things already happened and some things are in a
working process. What are they? What are they? We are currently
doing some renovations on our RV on the inside. We're going to
give you just a little, just a snitch of a sneak peek for
what's to come. Good challenge. I love a good challenge. Day
thirty-six. I've been out here all alone. Where's my wife? Oh
you look dashing. Coming out, baby. Okay. Cheers. Cheers.
But it's like we've been swimming it up. I can throw
hashtags wherever I want. I can do what I want. Okay, Ney Ney.
And the humidity is off the charts. Why don't you love me?
Oh man. No more Brita. No more. Yes.