well good morning guys how's everybody doing over there today my bike which is
still not back is finally being looked at and diagnosed by the end of the end
of today I'm supposed to get a phone call and find out what is going on with
Roxy and what its gonna take to get Roxy back in the meantime let's go explore I
got an errand to run well hop in Peggy here you guys come with me we'll go
explore some new stuff around here so I'm good
come on there we go got the temporary vlogging system put up here in Peggy
today and I got the microphone this time so we should have some better audio than
the last time I tried this for sure but yeah sunshine tomorrow supposed to rain
the next day it's supposed to rain this is our one good day
something to make the most of it sound good no it's car so much fun to drive
that's so much different it's like all this acceleration then you got nothing I
mean I mean no offense to Miranda but doesn't accelerate real quick you know
what I mean I miss my bike too plus if I get tired of exploring things over here
in Illinois I can cross the Mississippi over there we can go try a different
state try Missouri
let's just growls
all right how many times have I driven past this tower looking dang that's a
funky building right let's check it out guys
it's not gonna be open whatever it is but confluence that word sounds familiar
I just can't remember what it means I'm sure we're gonna find something here
so normally for six bucks we could go up inside it it does say they're close you
could call and make an appointment right now that's the other thing about when
everything opens back up it's gonna be like business is normal for me because
everything's always closed anyway there it is good old mr. Lewis and mr. Clark
and we have this confluence tower built here because they were here well that's
nice of Illinois they left us a little placard here telling us what the heck
those two things are yeah it says reaching skyward the two pillars of the
Lewis and Clark confluence tower rise 180 feet above the Mississippi River
this merging design is a tribute to the confluence of the Missouri and
Mississippi waters the historic site where the Lewis and Clark expedition
departed for the West on May 14th 1804 for modern-day travelers this tower is a
starting point for a trip through time visit the Welcome Center view the Vista
from the towers platforms and explore the surrounding gardens there's much to
discover unless you're in a pandemic Clark says we set out and proceeded on
under a gentle breeze up the Missouri may 14th 1804 and Lewis the mouth of the
river to boy is to be considered the point of departure and like everything
else it's just pretty much ghost town I'm just maintaining my six feet
distance and social distancing from everybody out here by myself okay right
head out of here like somebody showed up to play with their puppy it's nice
chilly but sunny day gonna head on down into Granite City
they're never seen any of that before so go check out grandma city together guys
would help if I clip the microphone to media rather than keeping it on the
floor down there okay fix that I also want to mention something real quick
guys cuz all these videos I keep uploading during the pandemic I'm
kidding I'm getting some weird comments and for
some reason people see me out doing stuff and they freak out I
mean obviously it's different everywhere in the country but I just want to
reiterate the fact that here in Illinois and in Missouri we're not locked down we
don't have to stay in our house we are allowed to go out for essential things
which I'm I'm out right now to go to the store but we are perfectly allowed to
self isolate by ourselves the only thing they don't want you doing is
congregating in big groups and and you know and that's exactly what I'm doing I
mean I'm literally not gonna be within even 20 feet of anybody all day so just
wanted to remind you all that I am doing everything I'm supposed to do by law and
more and much much more you know so don't don't worry about me guys just
because you choose to stay at home and judge others I am doing everything I'm
supposed to do to help slow the spread of this coronavirus until we get it all
figured out okay cool and besides one of the things I need to do is to be able to
walk and get my exercise get my steps on track so I'm in a park here downtown
Granite City and gonna walk around and we'll all check it out together how's
that sound you know at first glance it looks like Granite City is a ghost town
but actually I can't really tell because we are in a pandemic also I think it I
think it is very much a ghost town a lot of stuff is closed up but there's also
no people anywhere so get my steps
what the heck whoa we're just like in a little alley
right here and it says Giant Swing for all my friends which is an interactive
ten person swing that is permanent feature of the Granite City Art and
Design District campus we invite you to swing by any time with your friends to
join our swingers club and be featured on the website please send a photo with
the swing to Granite City adda Gmail fuck well currently right now
I don't think they want a bunch of people and all our friends to be
swinging on it but you ever seen a swing that holds ten people otherwise the area
seems to be some sort of a community was it like a really nice garden at one time
and now like all the plants are sticking out of pieces of cardboard actually
they're doing something in there the swingers club
more plants though yeah everything is boarded up here maybe I just picked the
one bad oh my gosh uh what is that why did I just walk around the corner and
find a creepy clown like four serious why guys you are creepy I feel like the
creepy clown was kind of a warning that watch your step Eric but I'm an
adventurer someone to peek around this other corner okay okay oh wow I love the
Ivy on the side of the wall here that's so cool
yeah I don't know about all that mr. clowny guy I'm gonna see you later all
right guys I'm gonna go run my air in real quick and then we'll get back to
you and do some more exploring so this is a little different
picking up my device here from Best Buy however you look behind me and see the
cars and there I am I'm next in line there getting my order right now but the
entire parking lot is closed out here they got carts blocking it off the store
itself is closed but we can come in like this and get and get the things that we
ordered online for pickup get this done and go look at a few more
things today all right I'm back and I'm here on the SI EU campus here in
Edwardsville Illinois pretty quiet here at the college it's like a ghost town
very strange oh my gosh and they've got a sense of humor here at the Art and
Design facility here on campus ladies and gentlemen I present the world's
largest geriatric medical Walker like well actually you got to think about it
cuz eventually Paul Bunyan is gonna get old he's gonna have to come here to
Illinios Edwardsville and use this ginormous Walker I'd say it stands about
4045 feet tall it's not metal though that's weird it's
almost like PVC plastic know how they do it but uh nice work guys
where you guys from okay today okay well today man this campus is gorgeous I
should have gone here instead of evergreen it is a little creepy how
empty and quiet it is though yeah from a distance I thought this was
a real tree it's a very fake tree it's art guys it's art oh look they've got a
domi looking thing it's a it's a planetarium yeah closed right now but
probably was a nice piece of artistic ingenuity at some point in life right
now it's just kind of sitting here being a dome doing some domi stuff good old
dome the dome I think the quarantines getting to me
guys yeah and of course not all domes are created equal this was a little ugly
here in East Alton in my opinion or you know just don't do drugs guys cuz this
is what happens I got some projects let's go back and see Jax check in on
him see how little buggers doing boy what a nice day though night fun today
got everything I needed so good deal man all right well we're back I gotta take a
look at that drone footage cuz it looks like the gimbal still having some
problems if it looked straight to you then I was able to zoom in and corrected
the horizon because I shot it all in 4k and I'm uploading in 1080p so I will be
able to fix it it's gonna take me some time the gimbal on my Mavic air or the
camera is bad darn it that crash did a little more damage than just the
propellers but I finally brought in my lingerie that I washed like almost two
weeks ago been sitting in the trunk of the car this whole time and I got some
projects coming up just some some projects
but let's go check in on mr. Jack see man Jack's man you had one job dude
you're supposed to fold the laundry I just brought in he's giving me that look
like you got the wrong cat man you got the wrong cat I ain't the cat man all
right I'll get it later the mountain of clean clothes
all right all right guess what guys just heard the final from Ted's Harley
motorcycle over there the Honda shop and everything they said Roxy the Revels
good to go man got the carb tuned up we got a new chain owner I got the oil
change too fresh new tires got the whole inspection done and everything and I'm
gonna be picking her up tomorrow so they're gonna work on the last few
things but I do need to get a ride over there tomorrow I cannot wait to get my
motorcycle back that's so nice outside don't get me wrong I've really been
enjoying the use of Peggy here I know we're gonna get the bike back that's
good that's the other thing is the car today actually worked out really well
you know traveling with the drone and all my batteries and picking up some
stuff you can haul a lot more in a car than you can a motorcycle so I mean just
looking into the future somewhere down the line five years from now ten years
from now when I retire from motorcycle life I probably will tow a car it won't
be a Mustang it'll be a it'll be something that's actually easier to flat
tow on all tires and everything but man my buddy my buddy Shawn who and Jill who
have this shop modified out of here in East Alton just got some incredible news
today and I'm just sharing this with you because I'm just tickled to death man
these two have lost so much weight I've been telling you guys they've been
working out they've been losing weight they've been eating healthy through a
clean eats here in Edwardsville and they've been making so many lifestyle
changes and there was this huge competition a $25,000 cash prize to the
person in the entire country or couple or team like team Fowler they call it
that uh that has changed their lives the most and we just found out like 15
minutes ago that they won they say one I'm just so proud of a man
Shawn and Jill you guys both look fantastic the progress and the changes
you have made in your life is so cool man I'm so glad I got to be here and be
a part of it that's so cool man anyway I got a little bit editing to do
here real quick and then I'll get back to you tonight
just checking I've been doing a live chats here on patreon just a way to do a
live chat every single night at 8 p.m. Central Time there's a chat window where
I can interact with my patreon subscribers it's always fun I've been
having a lot of fun in this downtime on patreon YouTube is just kind of down the
tank right now I can't do anything about it it's it's really tough for me I mean
you can still produce the same amount of videos it's just there's no pay and I
mean some people are ok with that it's like I don't care about pay arc I just
like you - well it's like yeah but I kind of pay the bills again I appreciate
the heck out of all of you I have been having a blast over on patreon with
these live streams and if you find yourself bored and want to join me over
there I'll put a link in the video description you can join me every single
daily live chat you know that and when I reach 500 patrons I'm mailing you all
out a custom limited edition nomadic fanatic acrylic magnet yeah got a little
more editing to do tonight so I will catch you guys later in my next video on
our adventure you guys take care bye bye