what's going on everyone how you doing eric here from nomadic fanatic
missed you guys it's a beautiful day in illinois with sunshine i'll be uploading this video with
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i'm out exploring with my new inflatable kayak disclaimer i did not bring it in the smart car
it's a it's an inflatable kayak it folds up to two foot by 16 inches i'll show you some clips i
just fit in the back trunk of the car above my speaker box and then it comes in a little hand
pump and you pump up uh three different chambers of this guy plus the seat and
i don't know it probably took me a total of five minutes to get it all inflated and set
up and then there's some accessories let me show you the accessories it's kind of a first for a
kayak actually you can't see it because it's in my hand but the gopro comes with a mount and it's
on a little gorilla tripe that's the first kayak i've ever seen that has a dedicated gopro mount
one right there there's one right there these are actually universal there's one on this side
as well there's actually a bunch of attachments you can put fishing pole gear um oh and the front
here it has the footstep which is adjustable it's also got this utility bar here which is adjustable
you can put mounts like i ordered a cup holder and a phone mount that you can put on here
or other fishing gear i've got my cooler up here with some ice and accessories and then behind
me i don't know if you can see right there my jbl portable bluetooth speaker is back there so i can
rock out some tunes while i'm out here it sounds really good inside the kayak actually it sounds
really really good got my life jacket this time i got a kayak specific life jacket that allows me
some motion in my arm without cutting off this part right here so i i feel like it's pretty
safe i've been kayaking for years now and and honestly if one of these chambers ever goes out
i'm gonna be okay it's not the end of the world these are safe i just wouldn't use them if there's
gators it's about lunch time here all right you want to see what's on the lunch agenda here today
i got an italian meat sub marketplace from walmart that looks freaking mint and got some applesauce
and some other healthy beverages down there yeah all right let's check out this bad boy there's
that marinara sauce in there too oh man i love nature oh this is fantastic i've turned my phone
off so i can't get any updates on social media oh it's beautiful man man um that's a good sandwich
but i definitely need that cup holder it's going to go right on the mount right there and then
hopefully you'll be okay like i literally have nowhere to put this
that is so weird it'll just stay right there right it'll just stay right there
don't move eric oh man there's a guy fishing in his boat under the bridge over there
leads to another part of the lake under the highway i think we can go under there
sure i can fit maybe some spiders let's go do it but first reason i brought the speaker
back there was i could jam out out here on the water let's jam out see how this sounds
that's awesome i don't know if it's the boat or the water but that sounds really good whoa
this actually brings back a lot of memories just sitting on a little kayak like this
and growing up we lived on the water we lived on puget sound in olympia washington and i remember
as a student as a kid taking my homework in my backpack and coming out and dropping anchor
in the canoe and doing my homework out on the water like this and it was always pretty peaceful
that's i mean this is a lake obviously it's not salt water but it brings back a lot of memories
something really relaxing about just sitting in a boat of course i like my music too lasted every
once in a while yeah but anyway i don't want to leave the kitties alone too long i'm going to
start heading back towards a smart car and pack up the uh kayak here it's a good little kayak i'm not
gonna endorse it or say it's awesome it's my first time using it i've tried out a lot of them a lot
of different intex ones this one you can check out the reviews it's the intex challenger pro
excuse me the excursion pro k2 by intex one person kayak there's a two person version of this but
ironically it doesn't have the gopro mounts anyway watch some reviews on youtube there's
a lot of reviews about this particular boat and it may work for you like i say it hauls up
packs up pretty pretty tight and everything but yeah i'm going to start heading back am i lost
i've been spinning a lot i think we got to go that way look at all these turtles on this one log guys
that's amazing some of them are jumping off maybe i'm being too loud sorry guys i just
wanted to say hi you guys are awesome oh no they're getting scared it's okay guys
i just wanted to say you guys are freaking awesome you gonna jump it's okay i'm safe
oh oh we're losing them guys dang it well you needed to bathe anyway the water's nice okay okay
where'd they go it's kind of weird they all just left okay all right made it back to dry land here
uh the only thing tricky not even tricky but you can't just leave as soon as you get back because
well just like the hot tub you can't put it away wet you're gonna have mold
and you're just gonna have a lot of issues with weird smells and stuff like that so uh when i had
my other ones usually once i get back i just kind of settle listen to some music drink a cold one
for an hour or so and just let the sun kind of dry it there's not a whole lot of moisture inside but
you know if i had brought a towel i could probably speed this process up but you know just just let's
let most of the water dry before we deflate it and oh now also i want to show you a couple things on
this thing because it's pretty unique this is what really helps with the stabilization this is on the
bottom on the back of the kayak just like a normal kayak would have the rudder for helping you know
your sway and stuff like this and for packing it up it is totally once i can figure it out
one-handed removable you don't have to worry about it and just pack up with the rest of the gear
so that's kind of cool and it's not like those latex inflatable ones like the other one i
had before from walmart it's it's definitely a different material and it's reinforced so it's a
lot sturdier even the front has these hard plastic tips on on both ends you know they they thought
of a lot when they were putting this together and i didn't even show all the accessories uh
like i said the fishing pole stuff there's even a booster seat in case you're too low it'll pop you
up a little bit more tons of different places lots of places to rearrange all this and the
accessories are pretty much unlimited anything that you could buy that goes on the handlebar
can be attached to this right here and it just pops out and can rearrange and again
i understand it's not it's not a real kayak i'm sure i've got dozens of dozens of viewers who have
real hard sided kayaks and they're like eric you're such a fake that thing's not a real cut
relax guys you know what if you get joy out of it if it works it works this stores in my smart
car for crying out loud so we all have a different way of enjoying life and nature out there and um i
have missed having a kayak so i'm glad i got this one and i think we're just about dry here so it's
time to deflate like again there's those three valves right there and when i get this back over
the car and i use that hand pump you just switch the nozzle to the other side and then it actually
sucks the air sucks all of the air out of this so it can fit back in the bag it came with and
it does fit back in the bag which is a total bonus did i mention it's incredibly lightweight also so
i got a text message on my phone when i came back to dry land as a surprise jason and candace from
camping with the kelly's they're going to come over to base camp so i got to get over there right
now and change a few things at base camp they're going to hang out with me for a couple days
it's nice weather in illinois so uh and they got traxxas max trucks so i'm gonna have some fun
all right just got back to base camp and i forgot to show you what it looks like all folded up
this is the entire kayak all folded up i didn't put it in the bag with all the accessories but
as you can see it really once you get all the air out of it it really deflates a lot and uh
it's easy easy easy to hold and take away and base camp's doing good inside all of my arcade
games are still working and when i got here jason and candace have already uh backed in and unhooked
the truck so they fit up front they're plugged into the 30 amp that robert installed there and
the hot tubs plugged in another circuit so my rv that one and the hot tub and the air conditioner
are all on for four different circuits so good to go hey the weather's nice right now but uh
you know i think we're all just kind of in a mood to just kind of settle and and relax and probably
plop a seat have cold one maybe hop in the hot tub have a fire later and just kind of
settle before i hit the road that's the plan well what do you want me to do tara likes to
play she loves her toys and she likes to play she wants you to play with her
i know right she's crazy huh no she's literally crazy you should go help her you should run
laps in the rv oh my goodness she's crazy what are we gonna do with her what we can
do with you we're gonna feed you yeah this is it oh you need a dinner snack all right okay
it's kind of funny when they play jax has a limit i mean he's quite a bit older uh than tara and
he cannot keep up with her all the time but it's funny to watch them chase each other around the rv
just makes me so so happy they are spending every single night with me in the bed and i forgot to
mention so the whole after i got back and hung out with jason and candace none of us maybe he made
somebody he may have brought his camera in but we were playing arcades in base camp and uh man
that bowling game we were playing three player bowler and jason actually got the number two
high score on the game which is ridiculous i still have my 200 but he has a 199 score on that game
and uh yeah it was it was a ton of fun tonight i just didn't film a whole lot and that's kind of
what happens hey jax man is she driving you crazy you should go kick her butt you should kick tears
butt what you doing what you doing over there jax should be in the putts show me what she's
doing yeah show me what she's doing is she being naughty what are you doing tara you being naughty
no she's being good she's being good she was gonna put on her other sombrero hat
yeah she's a girl oh my goodness i love my chaotis my kitties are so sweet hi terra bear oh we love
your look at her cool little id tag with minnie mouse she's so precious where's yours
jax no you need one buddy you need one okay so moving forward before i leave base camp
uh i have not drained the hot tub yet obviously uh this is unexpected and to be honest
i was really happy that jason and candace came to base camp i was right at that point where i
was starting to feel just a little like how come he wants to hang out at my place like i don't
know i just i felt i felt weird about it and uh how did you get up here when did you get up here
uh so anyway i'm gonna hang out with my friends for a little bit longer and we're gonna
there's some rain in the forecast also yeah okay so um i don't know when i'll get back to you but
it'll be soon okay okay you ain't right jax all right tara we'll see you guys nico in a few days
bye
me