well good afternoon everybody you knew I had to bring Miranda down here because
this particular spot has a lot of memories every RV I've had has Park
right here in this spot with this view of the Wishkah River out here and not
necessarily good memories but not bad memories either things were not always
as comfortable and easy for me living on the road certainly prior to YouTube so i
will say this spot does not have signage that says no overnight parking anymore
so as far as I know it's still city of Aberdeen and still 72 hours tops or just
one night if you're like me because we're leaving today
and it's gonna be a rare day here in western Washington we're gonna hit 80 in
June so I say we go to the ocean yeah right I do have the leveling jacks up on
this side because it slopes so much so it's kind of cool to get level on the
curb still can't get jacks to come outside here his his memories are a
little different than mine poor guy hey let's go to the ocean it's gonna be
a nice day at the ocean and there we go welcome to the city of Ocean Shores
Washington which only comes alive when it's crazy hot and Olympia Tacoma in
Seattle and everybody comes here now they do more or less have one of the
shortest windows of being open for season in the entire country
hey I've been to three oceans in the last year Pacific Ocean yeah I've been
to all three this year Wow well in the last year I've been escaping the heat my
whole life by coming to Ocean Shores this McDonald's off to the right dad
used to take us there back in the day when you could get orange sherbert ice
cream on a cone remember the old orange ice cream soft-serve on a cone then we
switched to chocolate dip cones yep there certainly aren't too many beaches
that you can literally drive your vehicle or your RV up onto in the
country Ocean Shores is one of them we got some gravel right now
and then it kind of morphs into this sandy mix of soft and hard and you just
got to be careful you just got to be careful I like to
stay on the dark brown wets and I actually don't like this soft step that
I'm going through right now so don't slow down in this at all don't even take
your foot off the gas until you get to the other side here okay now I will turn
this way this is the sand I like this dark stuff is safe that light stuff off
to the right not so much okay
look out little seagull I'm gonna park right here for a little bit we should be
safe and yes is crazy windy and chilly and I regret wearing a sleeveless shirt
right now but it's the ocean welcome to Ocean Shores so because of
the blowing wind and sand and salt in the air I'm not gonna pop the slides out
today just to kind of keep the the motors and track clean but yep this is
what we're driving on you know it's it's pretty hard pack as long as it stays
moist from the tides coming in and out everybody's over there in long pants and
Seahawks jackets I'm out here in a sleeveless shirt and shorts yeah ah
Pacific Ocean all kinds of shells that's that's a crab leg there oh and there's
the rest of mr. crabby dude what happened oh okay oh my gosh I'm so cold
that windchill 84 degrees an hour away in Olympia 53 degrees here at Ocean
Shores I'm going to turn the heater on
legals like lying around there we go we're on the beach oh yeah you excited
to go play in the sand jacks man yeah okay we will first off I'm not gonna
turn the heater on I preheated the oven and I'm gonna put a health pie in the
oven that way it'll kind of help keep us warm
through the vents you wanna go outside okay let's put your harness on all right
buddy where's your harness what do you mean you know no show me what do you
think is it too windy you could try it you gotta try everything once buddy you
can't always be a sourpuss Jack's you got to get your paws in the sand I know
it's cold I know man but it's sand I'll try it
I'm gonna flop in it and get all dirty paste flop good flapjacks good flop oh
man get all dirty in this sand you look at those bars are so dirty oh yeah yeah
yeah no no see I knew you'd like it you just like the water and the wind but
the sands cool you funny boy you funny boy want to come inside get some treats
yeah you're hungry come and get some treats all right buddy oh yeah ocean
pizzas the best kind of pizza pie
we also still a little warm yep yep actually I'm gonna eat inside you know
the ocean shores here though one thing and I think I mentioned this before you
can't stay here overnight unless you are awake all night so that's why they say
you know camping but if you're awake outside if State Patrol rolls by and
they see a campfire on the beach right here or something and they see you
outside or they can see you through the window with the light on you can stay
here overnight at the beach as well you know just got to be mindful and that's
why that rules there's a Titan come in and people don't pay attention they put
tents out here and everything and it's for safety after I eat and after Jackson
I hang out with a little bit for a little bit I will show you what we'll do
for the night but I do want to test out these meaty tires on the bike
you know it's windy let me first get back to you this is what it looks like
in here without the slide out Jax's got his seat we got some Netflix going on
I'm on season three of Breaking Bad and I did close all the curtains just to
make it a little more dark in here so that I can see the screen better but I
would be outside if it were nice and sunny and warm and not so windy and cold
so we'll do this instead and then we'll hop on the bike all right buddy I'm
gonna go ride around you'd be good keep an eye on the rvk don't we put some
birds on the screen for you all right have fun
I'll be back people are starting to leave I'm not sure if they know
something I don't know but yeah it's got my hat cinch dog we're switched to super
wide just so I can capture a little more of this excited to try the bike hour it
won't be like I'm gonna film all the time while I'm riding this thing cuz
it's a little more work to carry the camera and I kind of want to hands-on on
the handlebars all the time but you know what she feels really good on the sand
I mean really good wow she likes the sand
if I lose my hat out here it's gonna blow away somewhere for sure whoa
awesome Mike is ridiculously fun maybe I need to invest in a kite perhaps I do go
to a lot of windy places excuse me what are you doing
you're not batting the TV are you no you need to keep your little paws ease off
the TV though okay Oh butts so I have no intention of staying awake all night at
the beach I'm gonna head on over to the Quinault Beach Resort and Casino over
here because they have overnight parking with some perks they made some changes
that used to be free in the offseason and then $10 on season and now I believe
it's $10 just flat rate weekdays any time of the year and $15 a night on the
weekends to dry camp on the beach but like I said there are some other
perks you get to stay in Ocean Shores so that's cool
so I head over there alright and here's the entrance to the Quinault Beach
Resort and Casino / RV park they do still offer the $2.99 Olympics special
early bird eggs breakfast I may try that in the moanin all right now I won't get
parked and get comfortable I got a lot of editing to do I still have not edited
the wynoochee stuff the video that you will have already seen by now basically
yeah speed limit 21 get it cuz blackjack yeah not too busy at all it is tough to
get level here you can see you can you can kind of see what's going on that
slopes to the middle here kind of like one of the worst RV parks ever I'm gonna
back in because these sites over here a little more level then I'm gonna unhook
the ebike again then I got to go to the office and pay and I will let you know
how that goes actually walked up there to register it I'm not going to take the
ebike off this time yeah so $15 and this is what you get I
know a lot of people have been griping about it a lot lately but it's a secure
approved spot to park put your thing up in the window and then this is what you
get but it's better than you might think we actually have our own private access
to the beach down here it's about a 1/2 mile trail through here
sorry just realized I still had it on super why you're getting part of the
microphone in my previous shots that's funny so you know the sand and
everything caked and covered in the RV that's all just extras just part of the
experience I didn't bring an extra battery anyway go spend a little more
time with the beach they'll be back in the RV tonight and good morning I slept
super super well last night I'm surprised maybe the sound of the wind
and the waves just reminded so much at home that I slept like a baby
just fed Jax I haven't even made any coffee yet I'm gonna walk up to the
casino restaurant up here make sure they still got the Olympics special going on
cuz I'm sterve and starving mmm what a deal right man yeah time to leave
Grays Harbor County you do get sunshine and solar here like I was getting like
40 amps of solar in this overcast because the sun's there it's very very
filtered so I do have to get back into Thurston County tomorrow for an
important appointment but I want to check out this one DNR
campsite recreation area before and spend the night there
because I can't boondock in the city right okay
we'll get out of here it's starting to clear up it gets really congested and
Hoquiam in Aberdeen just like bottlenecks but now it's opening up two
lanes highway 8 going east here we go yeah I've been here before it's been a
few years but I have I've never actually tried to overnight park here at this
little area you do need a Discover Pass it's a fee area but it doesn't say you
can't overnight it doesn't say it's only day use so in this case I'm I'm gonna
give it a shot it is right next to the highway but I can't park in any other
Walmart's nearby and actually it probably is mostly just day use because
of the boat launch into the SATs op River which is quite low the boat launch
ends here the waters yeah yeesh somebody got scary right out of their
sandals Hey these parts here in Washington State mostly got to worry
about mountain lions there can be Cougars and bears out here especially
along the river those are those are the things I worry about some of the reasons
why I don't wear headphones when I'm near a nice river or something I've got
all my videos edited just need to get them uploaded today you're taking this
pretty well Jax what do you think you think it's okay what's going on are we
are we dog sitting Oh timber what'd you think of my big kitty hims a big boy huh
yeah you pretty chill with this puppy okay you guys just keep your distance
and everybody's cool okay what a kook girl can I have this we're using that
Kinect I have it you weren't using it well you wanted that one actually oh
yeah okay I'll keep it let's see if Jax wants it it smells like do gee dad it
smells like no I don't want it
guess what everybody wouldn't be honest with you it was not a good idea to
attempt to overnight at that location even though it doesn't say no overnight
parking my instinct was right it is a day use area and I had a sheriff come by
to remind me even though it's fish and wildlife a great Harbor sheriff came by
it's he told me it's his job to notify people so he does this a lot he comes to
that place at night and tells people you got to move on you got to get out of
here he woke me up I was like man it's gonna take me about an hour to have a
cup of coffee and put all the slides in and get ready to go he's like yeah
that's ok manage letting you know so I am passing that information on to you
that little spot and SATs ought Brady yeah it's not good for overnight so many
of you have noticed and pointed out the blank spot where I ever move decals on
parts of the RV and you probably want to know more about that and I'm gonna leave
you in suspense you don't have to wait long
check out my very next video also I gave the other ebike to a friend who could
use it and I'm gonna keep the folding bike that I like back here so that is my
duties for the day I'm gonna be editing here and I'm dog sitting for some
friends who were watching a movie over here and Lacey
look at this - didn't she cute she's a precious and Jackson likes ya yeah you
know you gotta stay in though I can't lose you I'll get in big trouble so guys
uh I take care and I shall see you very soon bad