You know why this is the best trip for us?
Why? Because I got to get here on a
motorcycle, and now you get to play with
flowers. True
Good morning ladies and gentlemen.
Welcome back. Today is a big day.
I'm super stoked because finally after
eight months of owning my bike, I've got
it all packed up, and Carrie and I are
going to hop on my motorcycle and
head off into the wilderness. So it's
going to be beautiful; supposedly there's
crazy wild flower blooms happening out
there, and I am frothing. I cannot wait to
get riding. Let me properly introduce you
guys to my motorcycle. I don't know if
you've met Bucephalus yet?
It's a 2013 BMW F800GS.
Panniers on there; I also put
an adventure touring windscreen.
I named this bike Bucephalus
because Bucephalus
was the trusty horse who took
Alexander the Great from Macedonia, all
the way to India. I feel like it's a
fitting name, although I'm not Alexander
the Great. I want a trusty steed that
will take me far and wide. You ready?
I am ready and I also have a tip for
ladies that are riding on the back of
a bike.... put your hair in a braid because
if you don't, your hair will be completely
knotted....Dreadlock biker.
One of my favorite things about
California, especially Southern California
is that..... you might not know it,
but there's a kind of wilderness and
that's what we're headed to go see. We're
going to be going to a place called the
Carrizo Plains, which is the last
remaining stretch of undeveloped
California grasslands.
To get there we're
going to be riding the highway 33, which
goes out behind Ojai, California.
Highway 33 is widely regarded as one of
the best motorcycle roads in California.
That being said ....let's go.
Probably been on the bike now
for what, an hour and a half?
Where are we, Babe?
We are in Ojai,
the Ojai Valley, in fact.
The view is gorgeous.
It's so beautiful.
This whole ride was amazing.
That's what we're about
to go down right now.
Gatorade, banana. All right, we are in
Ojai now. My two favorite things:
Number 1 and number 2. That's right.
Do you miss Ojai?
I love Ojai.
This was like our first little spot...our first
adventure together was here. This is our
first big adventure. Yeah. We still
have two and a half hours to get to
where we're going, but we're going to
follow the Maricopa Highway. We're
going to be going up and over, and then
we get into a little town called
New Cuyama,
and we hop onto this dirt road,
which takes us into the Carrizo Plains.
That's the game plan.
We still have a lot of riding
to do, so we're not going
to dilly-dally too much. Let's go.
We have some beautiful riding
out in front of us.
It's just been twisty roads
and absolutely gorgeous scenery.
Also have all these incredible wildflowers
everywhere. It smells so nice out here.
Let's just pull over and take a look at
this view real quick. It's so pretty.
We made it. We are at the top of
Highway 33, the Maricopa Highway.
We ripped all the way up here
along this ridgeline.
And here we are.
All right you guys. We have just arrived.
The asphalt is about to end.
The paved road is about to end, and we're
about to start on to some dirt.
Basically, the Carrizo Plains is the last
undeveloped section of California
grassland. It's 50 miles long, and it's
basically a dried-up lake. At the
very northern section of the Carrizo
Plains, you have this
beautiful little section of grasslands.
It's full of wild flowers right now.
First things first, we're going to find a
place to camp. We're going to pull off on
one of these little dirt roads and
follow it up and see if we can't find a
cool little campground to call our own
for tonight.
All right, well....this is home, Carrie.
Now we've got to unload all of our stuff.
it's time to make the tent so that we sleep
in the tent. Are you ready, Carrie?
Ready. Let's go.
It's crazy how much stuff you can jam into
these panniers, you know. Look, four
liters of water, bottle of wine, red wine,
Malbec, obviously.
Spare gasoline for the bike,
jacket, bike cover, girlfriend,
beef jerky. Beef jerky.
Done.
I'm just hiking this little hill
above our camp site
to get a shot.
Ohhhhh. This is insane.
I just want to communicate to you guys
how happy and excited I am about this.
First video I ever made for YouTube was
me riding my bicycle basically from the
Atlantic coast of France over to the
Mediterranean coast and back through
Spain. 1,500 kilometers on a push bike,
camping along the way. You know I saw
this motorcycle on the cover of an
adventure magazine in 2013, and I knew
right when I saw it that that was the
bike for me, and the last three years
I've honestly just been putting
pennies in a piggy bank until I was in a
position where I could buy this bike.
The fact that I'm here with my girlfriend
and my motorcycle, surrounded by nature
is like the best feeling in the world
for me right now. I'm glad that we
could take you guys out here too.
Marko, dude, we miss you. Once you get your
bike all sorted; once you get your
motorcycle situation sorted out, you will
be here too, Bro. Yep.
I'm just watching
you gush over life right now,
and I like it.
What're you doing?
Making a fire.
My favorite smell in the world.
It's happening ..... water is boiling,
and then we will be eating
Pad Thai and Santa Fe style rice with
chicken. Getting an appetite, Babe,
because it's time to eat.
Today has been so much fun.
It's been new for me and for Carrie.
It's something that neither of us
has ever done. We've ridden around
together a lot on the bike, but we've
never properly loaded it up with all of
the stuff that you need for camping and
gone on a spontaneous adventure.
I think one of the best things in life
is spontaneous adventures and nature in
my opinion, being outside sleeping under
the stars is like a cure-all for
everything and anything that might be
off in life. I don't know. It's just been
a really, really enjoyable day.
What about you, Babe?
I'm loving it. I love this moment
right now, you know, after we just ate and
just chillin'.
And that moon rise was incredible.
That was so amazing. Alex was
like, "What is that that bright light
behind the mountain?" And then fifteen
minutes later, we were watching the
moon rise. It was incredible.
Boiling some water for coffee, of course.
Some French press coffee? Super strong.
We survived the night, and I hope that
you guys and girls enjoyed this video.
We definitely enjoyed making it, and I think
that this is a type of video and a type
of adventure that we want to
continue doing... so if you guys enjoyed
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sub; she's awesome. And in the meantime,
remember to stay curious, keep exploring
and we'll see you on the road after we
finish this cup of coffee, eat our oatmeal,
break down that tent, pack it all onto
the bike, and hop on the motorcycle.
Peace.