yeah good morning guys today's a good day doing something exciting fun excited
about the road hey thanks so much for those sticker orders so far guys I'm
really excited to start filling out some envelopes and shipping those out here
before Thanksgiving there's still a chance if you didn't get some remember
I'm doing the 2 for 3 so the new one and 2 of the old ones
$5 free shipping internationally can't beat it get your hands on some of those
now if you want to help support the channel I was getting ready to leave
here this Walmart and I noticed there's like one tall tree and the whole lot
that's not a tree that's a fake tree it's a cell phone tower and it's funny I
think the last one I saw was in Florida or Southern California a few years ago
kind of built shaped like a palm tree and this one is looks like a really I
don't even think it looks like a good fir tree it's actually a really poor
attempt but it still cracks me up so we're gonna head down into Chester today
so pack up all my groceries should be good propane's good water dump the tanks
I couldn't be more prepared for a nice little adventure today so come along
with me guys I know it looks a little gloomy here it's not raining right now I
had to stop here in Chester Illinois cuz uh
apparently their home of Popeye you guys remember Popeye I watched Popeye I know
it's not for everybody but I'm Popeye the sailorman I'm strong to the finish
cuz I hate to spinach I'm Popeye the sailorman cool okay so I beg your pardon
I don't know why it's home of Popeye maybe the creator or something but let's
go follow this character trail you want to see all the characters of Popeye yes
do that now they spread these out too far to
walk even though they call it the trail it's more like the driving trail but man
see we got here oh this is a poop deck papi this is
Popeyes dad here at the Cohan complex okay all right and this is Alice the
goon and child and I'm actually gonna go I can't go on all day without googling
something so I'll find a map and oh look I just found out that LZ Seager born and
raised in Chester Illinois was the cartoonist who created Popeye so there
you go the creator of Popeye the cartoon is from Chester Illinois okay
still a cold cool old town here's Bluto wanna pop by his nemesis nemesis Emma
sigh what's the plural of Nemesis they're decorating for Christmas they
got some Christmas lights on the street which is kind of cool Chester is an
awesome town here we are on Main Street I guess everything is Popeye decorated
it's so cool another statue here wimpy oh and I mean
it's cold and offseason but a big old mural see historic Chester papaya statue
let's go to the front they got the spinach can collectibles and museum
closed that Popeye fan club headquarters look at I see magnets in there oh
there's magnets in there guys and then here at the library they have
coal oil here there they're like every 1 mile down the road so I've just been
pulling off and idling the RV to look at I'm probably missing a bunch sorry
everybody from Chester who likes the Popeye character trail there's a lot of
them though to see them it's not gonna be able to see them all I want to get to
the water what are you doing mister
what the deal is you travel in with dad what do you think of Popeye do you eat
your spinach you don't like spinach neither do i all
right and then here at the courthouse yeah
olive oil and although I can't see it I know the mighty sleepy mighty
Mississippi rivers on the other side of this building so let me drive around try
to get a view of the water there we go dah Mississippi River and
this is I guess the southern entrance of the Chester Wilkinson tur maybe this
place is open it is starting to sprinkle a little bit negative there close to but
some information about my other two exploring Nomad buddies Lewis and Clark
I'm not gonna say too much but it's possible that I have a future spring
Lewis & Clark themed trip more on that later though get to the most important
statue of all Popeye himself in bronze there yeah and as you can see the
southern entrance here has actual information about LZ Seager the Creator
whereas what we came in we had nothing except Google but that looks awesome bye
pop bye so let's hug the river and see what I
can come up with find some good camping all right oh I'm so happy I would soon
as I got into Missouri guy just paid 228 a gallon for gas which is the cheapest
on the entire Great River Road so far it's pretty cool here's the other thing
as I did find a campground about 47 minutes away it's gonna be dark by the
time I get there so I just do what I can do let me log this I don't get back on
the road
you're all a step in front of my RV here so that I can be lit up here this is
where I'm gonna camp though okay is that better yeah okay so let me get all
situated and then I'm going to pack up some envelopes get some more stickers
sent out and thank you so much guys for buying stickers I love sending those out
and I really appreciate everything guys you guys are awesome you guys are
totally awesome I'll cut back in when it's a little brighter in the morning
here though and good morning to you guys kind of weird showing up last night not
being able to see what I was really at but now we can get a better look at this
place turkey Bayou campground it actually got an extension for this to
run this until 2022 and it's open year-round for camping in fact I'm not
the only camper as a van camper next to me and a couple looks like hunting
trailers over there every once in a while I hear a gunshot of sorts in in
the distance but I gotta say this might be the nicest campground I've seen on
the Great River Road so far and I'm including that paid one at the State
Park I'm much much rather prefer this free one on the water much a little
chilly this morning I got some coffee made and this video will probably get
this uploaded tomorrow Tuesday and then I'm gonna I'm gonna take a little bit of
time off guys I don't know I'm not gonna post a video on Thanksgiving but I will
be back with you I got something something to take care of real quick so
be patient with me if you don't see a video from me always don't forget to
check out my Instagram where I post some other important updates between videos
that's a nomadic fanatic TV on Instagram all right while left the campground
I actually came back to Chester because I got the hours about gift shop over
there I'm gonna go get a gift and possibly a magnet or something no but
it's open right now I can see the open sign so then I'm gonna do that and then
probably I don't want to say what I'm gonna do just yet because things are
happening quickly here and okay so here's what I'm gonna do I want to wish
everybody a Happy Thanksgiving I am going to take four days off total I
should be back with you on Saturday with a new video with some updates because
yeah but anyway thank you so much for ordering the stickers guys I am all
caught up for the first batch of those the second batch from Sunday's video all
of those orders and Monday's will go out on Wednesday that tomorrow the day
before Thanksgiving so hang tight thank you so much for helping to support the
channel and everything guys it's been really fun packaging those up and
sending them out and I can't wait to see them on people's rvs or Windows or
whatever but let me go over here see what they got for magnets and then I'll
show you guys what they got yeah so I got a Popeye Chester magnet add to my
awesome collection right there oh yeah now I asked her about the hours because
they have a little thing out front that says they're open every day of the week
that's not right she's only open a few days out of the week
she just doesn't change the sign so maybe call first to find out if you're
looking for souvenirs or magnets but yeah okay I'm gonna get back on the road
guys like I said please enjoy your Thanksgiving with family friends and
loved ones and I will get back with you on Saturday I appreciate each and every
one you for watching the channel and hanging out on this trip see you later
bye