A ThunderStorm Approaches and I'm Forced to Set Up a Quick Tarp Shelter

thank you [Music] my friends it sounds like we have a thunderstorm coming in welcome to this episode of the outdoor gear review and impromptu episode I just wrapped up a video I plan to film two today I just finished the first one and I'm hearing Thunder it's about lunchtime so I figured hey why not grab the camera we'll set up a tarp real quick and let's see what this weather does maybe it'll storm maybe it won't based upon what I'm hearing right now it sounds like a good sized storm is coming in that Thunder is sounding rather vicious I better set up this tarp real quick I don't think I have much time to waste [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] as you all could see I set up the tarp this thing is massive this is a massive tarp it offers a ton of protection this is something that I keep inside of my truck all the time just in case we received roughly 100 inches of rain per year so it could rain basically at any time you can tell that there's instability in the atmosphere you can feel it today's rather hot it's kind of humid all of a sudden I'm feeling cold air coming through let's take a second here and look at the radar let's see what's coming our way there's a line of storms headed this direction right now the sky is dark looks pretty nasty at the moment foreign [Music] so let me ask you all what's new as for myself Susie and I we just got back from our cross-country trip in fact those videos those episodes should be going up right now at the time of filming and this video itself may go up during the middle of those episodes either way folks we had a fantastic time the road trip was amazing the backpacking trip was definitely one of my favorite of all time we were off Trail in the Utah desert it was super super hot we had to use some natural shelter to protect us from the Sun ultimately we hiked a wash We Came Upon an ancient waterfall and then we climbed on top of a shelf and that's where we camped it was without a doubt incredible it really was we made it home about a week ago and now it's all about getting caught up right we were on the road for roughly two weeks so about two weeks behind so it's just a rush to get everything caught back up emails messages videos work so on and so forth plus we have a ton of stuff that needs to be cleaned anytime that you go out on a road trip you're going to experience some crazy things on this trip we didn't see a whole lot but I definitely saw some interesting stuff we just pulled into like Oklahoma I think and I don't remember the town but there was a guy on a building like right next to the road and he did not care at all that was rather interesting then um we were in Arizona outside of the Grand Canyon I have no clue what was going on okay but in this parking lot there was two minivans both had their doors open and in each minivan was a naked woman I have no idea what that was about I don't know they weren't too far away from the road and as we drove by we were both just staring like what on Earth is going on who knows all in all it was a good trip but I have to say I'm glad to be back to North Carolina back here at Lone Wolf Mountain which is my favorite place in the universe here at Lone Wolf Mountain everything makes sense right there's no venomous snakes yeah we have quite a few Predators that's okay as long as you know what you're doing you can handle them fine what I love about this place is all of the wildlife we have buzzards flying overhead we have turkeys in the forest deer in the forest a little while ago I was hearing an owl I just love that plus turkey plus everything up turkey again everything up here is just covered in Grass the trees are leafing out everything is so green [Music] folks check this out a few moments ago I was talking about hearing an owl well I was walking down here to the truck I hear a whooshing sound I look over and that owl is in the tree there I mean he's about 20 feet away or he was 20 feet away I was able to grab my phone and take a picture but we just stood there for maybe I don't know just two minutes like staring at each other it was incredible in fact it's made my day [Music] thank you I don't know how well it's coming through but it is absolutely pitch black towards the West here as you can hear the winds are picking up it's rumbling Thunder and maybe here in a bit it'll begin raining all right here we go everybody it is now raining the storm is upon us let's take a look here at the radar real quick and let's see what's happening here [Laughter] I don't know we'll see we'll see what happens the storms have broken up so there's no telling exactly what's going to happen as it stands right now this line of storms has fallen apart but there's still showers and storms coming through the area it's just impossible to tell what it's going to do as it stands right now the rain is light and it's lunch time let's see it's kind of funny folks the temperature today has just gone up and down so many times as of right now I would say it's about 60 degrees where maybe 30 minutes ago it was about 74. this is the Helicon Tex wind shirt watch my review of this jacket to see just how different it is now compared to when I reviewed it this jacket did not originally feature this zipper it's an anorak I'm personally not the biggest fan of anorak jackets because they're difficult to get on and off because of that I decided to put a zipper in this and that has absolutely taken this jacket from like an eight all the way up to a 10. I absolutely love it putting in the Zipper was a very simple fix and also very inexpensive a tailor in my town charged me forty dollars to do this modification and that includes the price of the zipper and without a doubt it took a great product and made it even better thank you over the years I can't begin to tell you all how many times I've set up a tarp real quick because storms are coming in and then everything just Fizzles out it happens all the time I'm hearing a little bit of rain I'm still hearing Thunder though the storms that we're approaching not all of the cells have died off so you could still hear thunder from our South and also Thunder from our North lunch today is a sandwich and it looks like a turkey and cheddar sandwich made by the one and only Susie thank you Susie let's see how it is anytime I'm out in the forest and it comes to like unpredictable weather I listen to the birds the birds are a fantastic indicator of what's coming as you can hear right now they're just singing away and that's a good sign that means there's no big storms coming in at least not right now if the forest was silent we could be in trouble I filmed one video already today I have one more to do these are some interesting products folks I have a nature hike pop-up tent one of those like instant pop-up cuts it is the most impressive instant pop-up tent I've ever seen unfortunately the tent it's not perfect it has problems to me it feels like the company had a certain budget for this tent and like to get it at that price they had to cut some Corners right so like the frame itself was probably the most expensive part so they cut some Corners as far as the materials go so on the inside of the tent it's covered in fabric which is something that you do not want in a three season tent and that's because the tent will perform like a fourth season tent and in the hottest part of the summer that is not what you want you want airflow you want to feel the Cool Breeze but that tent is covered in so much fabric you're not going to be able to feel the cool breeze so we're talking about this one person tent that's very lightweight that sets up in literally two seconds but that's too hot to use in the summertime but yet is not a fourth season tent have has no guideline points the product simply does not make any sense so much for everything staying dry folks it's raining pretty good it's windy and it sounds like the Thunder is getting closer by the way everyone when it comes to the modification that I did to this jacket this was not my idea I had a viewer contact me and I'll have to flash his name on the screen if I can find it but he wrote in and he shared this idea he went to a tailor had the zipper put in and I thought it was a genius idea thank you [Music] [Applause] foreign the good thing is even though like everything being soaking wet is going to make my life more difficult especially considering the fact that I have one more video to film just in case you don't know this Lone Wolf Mountain is where I do gear testing and this is roughly 50 miles away from where I live so I can't just drive out here film one video and go home I will have to film more than that now luckily I set up this tarp so I can film underneath it if I need to the other video that I'm going to film is also a nature High product it is the vestibule for the mongar 2. it looks really really strange folks you basically attach it to the pole system of the mangar and then put the fly over the top of it my biggest question for this product is like how much space does it really give you is it space for gear is it space for only gear or is it big enough for a person or person to go underneath it the nature hike website shows a man sitting underneath it but he doesn't look comfortable to me so I don't know it's one of those things where I'm not sure if this is really a well thought out product or not we will find out soon enough whether or not it is you may be wondering where's Bento that's my Tundra we call it Drifter Bento is our Japanese Land Cruiser Bento is at the house at the moment but I have to say this Bento has not gone over very well with Susie since it's a Japanese imported Land Cruiser the steering wheel is on the right side of the vehicle I have gotten used to it for the most part but Susie has not she does not like it she likes the vehicle itself because it runs so good it's super nice but the right side Drive she does not care for and because of that I'm really confused I'm not sure what to do with it because we can't have a vehicle that one person doesn't want to drive that makes no sense as it stands right now Bento is a question mark I'm not entirely sure what to do a hard decision may have to be made foreign [Applause] I just received a notification that says heavy rain starting in 15 minutes so much for going back to work I guess I'll just sit here and wait and see what happens foreign [Music] I'm not sure how well it's coming through but there's a deer in the forest over here snorting away they're not willing to go off and move they're just going to sit there and snort I guess foreign as that wave was coming in it disintegrated but as it approached the mountains has come over the mountains it's firing back up again a look at the weather one more time try to come up with a plan here more rain is definitely coming but it doesn't look super super heavy to me and then behind that it looks like it might clear up a little bit I think what I'm going to do is just kick back and relax and wait it out the sun does not go down until 8 18. so by the way folks let me show you all something I had a number of people write in saying that I gave away my location in previous episodes and that's because like on the radar app that I showed on the screen it said like you know whatever location that is not accurate I can set this for like any location that I want to so that's basically what I've done that's what I do so let me show you all what I'm talking about hopefully you can see that it says Damascus Virginia Elk Creek Virginia Bristol Tennessee I can set it for whatever I want it to say and I can also set the little blue dot something that I have to do here with the channel is protect my privacy in the privacy of my family because the channel has gotten so large you know it's just something that has to be done you may remember the old army truck in the past I learned a lesson with having really really unique vehicles that lesson should be obvious if you have a unique vehicle people will see it I had people coming to my house all the time and I love viewers I love talking to everyone but I don't like having anyone come to my house that's not how I roll that was one of the reasons why I got rid of that truck but anyway going back to the point here yeah just because it says London Kentucky on this or or whatever that does not mean that I live there that doesn't mean that's where I'm at this is what I'm going to do everyone I'm going to say goodbye to you all for now I'm going to wrap this up I'm going to leave this tarp set up but I'm going to basically get prepared to start filming the second video I really need to get that done before I go home like I said it's just such a far drive I don't want to waste my time out here I have about four hours before the sun goes down so hopefully I'll be able to film amongst those four hours dodging rain showers but everyone I want to thank you all very much for joining me for this impromptu episode I know you all love the rain just as much as I do plus I've been dying to talk with you all I've been out on that road trip for numerous weeks and I've missed making content I've missed talking to you it's good to be back everyone I'm ready to do some Springtime summertime camping unpredictable storms strong storms I'm ready I'm also ready to begin preparing and planning for the next adventure like big trip right now I'm thinking Japan that'd be fun it's something I've always wanted to do and Now's the Time anyways everyone thank you guys and gals for joining me hit the like button before you go I do appreciate it take care strengthen honor be well foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign

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Views: 119,604

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Id: 86wDvP8nkwQ

Length: 24min 2sec (1442 seconds)

Published: Sun May 14 2023