(stirring music) (stirring music continues) - Well, good morning
from Pelicamp. It is a beautiful morning here in the Big Bend area of Florida. We have new neighbors. I like what they've
done with the place. We haven't met in person yet. We don't seem to be coming
here at the same time. I mean, we really haven't come to Pelicamp in a
while, actually. But yeah, look at that, it's
beautiful. Fall has arrived. Fall has arrived to
these parts of Florida. In fact, we were worried
particularly about our well because we had four nights of
hard freeze here in this area. It went down into
the 20s Fahrenheit. But luckily, our friends,
the Hicks, Average Campers, you know, I call them, "Hey,
can you check Pelicamp? You know, like prepare
it for the cold weather?" And he did, so I'm
very grateful for that. Minitini I, still
there, very nice. Everything seems
to be well with it. And as I mentioned, this is pretty much all we're
going to do here at Pelicamp. Our visit here is
mostly utilitarian, just to make sure
everything's fine, you know. And then tomorrow, well, you're gonna have to
watch the video for that. (Robert laughs) (catchy music) ♪ I'm riding ♪ Riding, riding ♪ Riding in my RV
♪ My RV ♪ Wherever I want to be ♪ Because I'm free
in my RV, yeah ♪ This is the first time here
in 2023, and we're starting. And hopefully in two weeks,
we're gonna be in Arizona. So I'm not gonna quite hightail
it as I've done before. But yeah, we're driving to
the west very soon here. We're just about 1 1/2 miles as the crow flies from
the Gulf of Mexico. And as I mentioned, this is
Pelicamp, as I have named it. And if you are new to my videos, this is what I'd like to call
our Northern Florida retreat, our own private campground, and originally, I wanted for
it to look as much as possible like a Florida state park, living as much vegetation
as possible intact. But I didn't really
take into account how much area the
septic was going to take and how close the
neighbors were going to be. It turns out out here,
an acre is not that big. Not that I'm complaining. The dream is to
have two or three of these strategically located
around the United States, remote plots of relatively
inexpensive land in which to park the RV. A man can dream, right? (calm music) It is just beautiful
this time of the year. (calm music continues) We have two full
hookup sites here, one for Minitini,
my original trailer, and one for the one
I currently have, which is a loaner from
Winnebago as part of my deal as a brand ambassador
for towables. There's the statue of a
pelican I bought off a stand on the side of the road
on the way to Tallahassee. The oversized area
where the septic is, I call it the Batey after
the Taino word for plaza. Taino, where the indigenous
people of the Northern Caribbean where I'm originally from. (calm music continues) We're leaving Pelicamp. We've got bad
weather coming, so... And we're gonna do
something different today. (upbeat music) Well, we stopped by JB Tires. They're in Perry to replace two of the rear tires
in Minitini III. Apparently, it seems
to be a problem that is more common than we
realize, but a lot of trailers, they tend to wear out
some tires unevenly. And I put a lot of
miles on this brake, so those two rear
tires needed replacing. (upbeat music continues) Lots of logging in this area. It is called the Forest Capital
of Florida for a reason. This town is called Mayo, and there are several
springs in this area, And the idea is to
visit one of them, not quite here in
Mayo but nearby. The weather, however, doesn't
seem to want to cooperate. Now crossing the
historic Suwannee River, and we're almost there. (upbeat music continues) Hmm, this driveway goes
farther than I thought. (upbeat music continues) And here we are. When I said we were gonna do
something a little different, well, today, we're
staying at an Airbnb. And the owner contacted
me and told me, "You know Robert, if
you want to stop by, we're really close
here, by the way. Just one mile away from
Ichetucknee Springs," I believe it is called, and
we're gonna do that tomorrow. It was a little bit
of a challenge backing
into this spot, but I mean if you only
have a passenger vehicle, it should be no problem, right? Let's do the house
tour real quick here. This is what it looks like. That's a private
residence back there. But it's a huge, huge property. I mean, I'm sure it's many
acres, I don't know how many. This is called the
cottage right here. And you know, we're just
gonna do a quick tour of what it looks like. So join me as we... And we're gonna stay
here just tonight. Tomorrow, we'll
explore the springs. This is a very nice living
room here with a fireplace, a futon sofa, and
here's the kitchen. Very nice to have a coffee
machine here because, you know, in the morning, that's
what I like to do. And here we have a one bedroom. This is not the master bedroom, this is just a regular
bedroom, closet. It's very nice, actually. Here we have the bathroom. Let me see if I can
figure out the light. Here we go.
(switch clicks) Here's the bathroom, (shower curtain rustling) and the bathtub. Very nice, very nice. Everything
that you would need, right? Ily will be happy to see
this big mirror here. Here, we have a
library of sorts. I don't know if we have
any more light around here. Okay, I was looking for the
light. This is a little dark. I mean, you were supposed to
like open up all the shades, and you have a view
to the outside. But this will be the
master bedroom here. Very nice with another futon. And we have passed
through to the kitchen. So it'll be a good
idea, you know, if you wanna have
like breakfast in bed, you make the breakfast there,
you know, set it there. And what do we have here? Oh, here's the front yard. As you can see, we
have a grill out there. And here's the backyard, which I really like the backyard like probably today
for sundowners. This is what we're gonna do. Here we go. Here we have two chairs, and there's like a
spring down there, and more chairs down there. Here we have a heater or
a, you know, fireplace. Nice little table. It's beautiful, it's
beautiful out here. Well, I forgot to tell you,
but we did not have breakfast. So let's see if
this is operational, and then we can grill
some steaks that I have, you know, find in the fridge. (coffee maker clacks) (coffee maker whirring) And now in typical Florida
fashion, it started to rain. So that barbecue is
gonna have to wait. It stopped raining, so
let's grill two steaks. (relaxing music)
(steaks sizzling) (tongs tap) And another downpour. And it stopped again,
welcome to Florida. (relaxing music continues)
(steaks sizzling) Hmm, I think I may have
overcooked them. Oh, well. Well, cheers. (rain pattering) We came back to the camper
to get some work done, and as I mentioned, today, the weather just
does not want to cooperate. (lightning thunders) Well, good morning. It is a cool, cool foggy morning
here in Northern Florida, and we actually ended
up sleeping in the RV. We had better internet in there, and unfortunately, it
rained all day yesterday. So we weren't able to enjoy
all the outdoor facilities. You know, we just went
inside and watched TV, watched some YouTube, (chuckles) which is cool because I was
able to watch YouTube not as my own account,
but as everybody else. And you know, I
didn't log in into a, you know, TV that is not mine. So I was able to see
all the commercials, you know, that everybody
complains about. (chuckles) (Robert sighs) It is lovely, especially if
you wanna disconnect, you know? I mean the road is right there, you can hear some road noise, but you feel like
you are in the middle of this Florida forest. And unfortunately, we have to
continue, we have to continue. At some point, we have to make
it to Arizona on this trip. We're gonna try to
check out the springs, and then we start
driving to the north because I don't wanna
take I-10 on this trip. We're gonna go to Atlanta,
and then take I-20. (chuckles) We've never taken I-20 before. All right, let's hit the road. Before we go, let's
pause for a moment to taking the peaceful
beauty of this place in the dense morning fog. It is a huge property, 17 acres according to
the Airbnb listing, and you really feel
like you are out here in the middle of the forest. I even saw a deer yesterday, but couldn't catch it on camera. There will be a link
to the Airbnb listing in the video description in case you want to stay
at this lovely property. (slow music) Let's go to Ichetucknee Springs. (slow music continues) Well, this is the most honorable
honor system I've seen yet. You know, they have
nowhere for them to verify that your license plate number
is the one that you paid for. So let's look for an
oversized parking, and see what's there to do here in Ichetucknee
Springs State Park. Well, as you can see
on a foggy, chilly, by-Florida-standards Thursday
morning, there's no one here. (slow music continues) Okay, here's the park map, and well, we are here
by the Head Spring. We're gonna go see
the Head Spring first, and then there's a short
trail to the Blue Hole. So that's what we're
gonna do second, and that's pretty much
all we're gonna do. And then we're heading to
Georgia, which is on my mind. They have a food truck
here, apparently. Riverside Grill, apparently. I don't know if it
is only on weekends, but apparently they
have food here. The park is deserted on, today
is what, Thursday? Thursday. I have to record
the podcast today, on a Thursday at 8:30
AM, the park is deserted. We are the only ones
in the parking lot. I think this is gonna be the
main spring, the Head Spring. And here, they have
this large picnic area. So if you buy food
from the food truck, you can, you know, eat it here. Very nice, yeah, it's
gotta be down here. Of course, any
fresh body of water in Florida could have gators. So they have to
have the disclaimer. This is it, the Head Spring. Let me tell you, I would not
mind snorkeling down there. The water is so clear. (slow music continues) This would be the headwaters
of the Ichetucknee River, and I really wish we had a
clearer, warmer day here, but I'm not complaining. Well, I am. Well, Ichetucknee Springs
here definitely lives up to the hype. I can't wait to return one
day with better weather, you know, to be able to
actually swim in the waterhole. Yeah, the water is
fully transparent, and even the deeper parts. Now we're gonna go
to the Blue Hole, and then up to Georgia, we go. (steady music) I can only imagine this
place on a summer weekend. Here we go, Blue Hole trail. (steady music continues) Very easy trail, it seems. The
beginning is this boardwalk. (steady music continues) I don't have to tell you, I
did forget my hiking shoes, but I mean the trail
is so easy, so flat. It's almost ADA-compliant,
let's put it that way. (steady music continues) Oh, we can see the
river down there. (steady music continues) It is just beautiful, it
looks like fall in January. There was a rare early
hard freeze this year, and that's probably why
all the trees are confused. You see, that's what I wanna do. (steady music continues) And we have arrived. I guess this is one of those that looks better
from underwater, and
you saw that picture. I mean, you can still see the water is
perfectly crystalline, transparent, you
can see the bottom, but not as good as
the Head Spring. At the very least, it was
a nice hike, very pleasant. Now we're gonna hike back. (birds chirping) (lively music) Yep, let's hit the
road, Georgia awaits. (lively music continues) And with that, we're
saying goodbye to Florida, and hello to Georgia! (lively music continues) Oh.
(vehicle humming) - [Automated Voice]
Welcome to Georgia. - [Robert] Oh, thank you. Just a quick late breakfast here at the Georgia Welcome Center
just because we can, right? Bacon and eggs is always
a good combination, and I already ate the bacon, so now we're gonna
eat the egg (chuckles) on the side of the road. Georgia has got to
be one of the states with the most billboards. Horse Creek, that's a Harvest
Host. We stayed there once. And the Magnolia Plantation, that's gotta be the
most advertised gas
station in history. (lively music continues) And that's really
all there is to it. I mean the store has some
nice Georgia products, but it is basically a gas
station with a large store. (lively music continues) Ooh, it looks like the
Plantation House went out of business. I guess advertising works. Oh no, that's a bad traffic jam. I feel sorry for those folks. And we've made it
to our destination,
Stone Mountain Park. We are going to use this as
our base to explore Atlanta, which I think will be
the second installment of our "Great American
Cities" series. We haven't been
here in a few years. I mean, we've been in the area,
but not in the city itself. As I recall, this was a very
nice park and campground, which by the way there's
a $20 entrance fee even if you have a
campground reservation. (lively music continues) Oh, the sun is almost setting, and this was almost
an all-day drive here. Anyway, that back there,
that's Stone Mountain. Right now, we just
gotta finish setting up and get something to eat. And tomorrow, we start
exploring Atlanta and the area. By the way, the temperature
is dropping quickly. (laughs) It's getting cold. There are several
restaurants inside the park, and they all close early,
but let's try one of them. This one is called The Commons, but there doesn't seem
to be anybody here. Well, what can I say? The place looks nice, but it was lacking a
little in ambience. I mean there was nobody there,
so let's try someplace else. Hmm, that's a nice
view of Stone Mountain. There's is this
German restaurant in the Stone Mountain
Village that is pretty good, and they also have Stone
Mountain Brewing Company there. (catchy music) A good IPA because
that's how we do it. And at first, she brought
us the wrong soup, but she promptly replaced it with the sausage champ
potatoes, which was really good. And the Hungarian
goulash wasn't exactly what we were expecting,
but it wasn't bad. Not bad at all, actually. And that's it, we're
gonna call it a night. Tomorrow, we'll begin
exploring the ATL, the capital and largest
city of the Peach State. - Good morning. It is a beautiful morning
here at Stone Mountain Park, a little cold, it's
like in the low forties, but that won't deter us
from going to Atlanta. We're going to Atlanta today, so let's hit the road. So yeah, we're staying at
Stone Mountain Park Campground which is very nice actually. We've been here before, and God willing will
be back here again. It is only about 40 minutes
away from the heart of Atlanta, and that's the plan for today. I mean, we drive through
this great American city at least twice a
year, sometimes more, and we've been here
a handful of times, but we haven't
really visited places like the Capitol building, or the Martin Luther King
National Historical Park, or what we like to
do in certain cities, just walk around and get lost. Spoiler alert, while
we're going to visit or at least pass by some
of the iconic spots, this is by no means an in-depth
all-encompassing visit. That being said, join us
as we explore Atlanta, we might even discover
new things along the way. Here on the right,
Centennial Olympic Park, Georgia's legacy of the
1996 Summer Olympic Games, and I think our
biggest challenge here is going to be finding
reasonably priced parking, and the Aquarium
Garage could work but it's 6.8 clearance and Starship here is 6.7. I'm still afraid I might
scrape the rooftop GoPro or something else. In my mind, one inch is
too close for comfort. Not a whole lot of traffic
in this area on a Friday or pedestrians for that matter which makes it feel
somewhat uninviting. Atlanta, besides being
Georgia's largest city, it's also its capital, so how about we visit the
State's Capitol building first. (gentle music) First impression, there's a lot of people
living on the street, which is unfortunate. I was really hoping to find
parallel parking on the street but eventually we decided to
go inside a parking garage. (gentle music) We're just a couple
of blocks away. (gentle music) The Government Walk. You are here. State Capitol. (gentle music) After going through
the x-ray machine and the metal
detector, here we are. (gentle music) We are now on the second floor, and while it is not as ornate as other capital
buildings we've seen, it is still beautiful
in a classic sense and grand with this
three story atrium and lots of paintings
and other works of art. (bright music) Here we have the Secretary
of State's office, and on the other side, the
Office of the Governor. (bright music) Here's a portrait of Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. who was born here
in Atlanta in 1929. Here's a bust of James
Edward Ogle-Thorpe, founder of the
Colony of Georgia. This chamber would be the
House of Representatives. (bright music) They were doing some
kind of orientation at the Senate chambers so I
decided not to film in there, but it's very similar to
the House of Representatives just smaller as it should be. Here we are at the fourth
floor, which is the museum. (bright music) Ooh, the museum has
lots of information about the natural and
cultural history of Georgia, but the presentation feels
perhaps a little dated, I mean, it's been in
existence since 1889. There are some kind of high
production going on down there. (tape reel whirring)
(bright music) Here's another view of the
House of Representatives from up above. (bright music) So that's how it is inside, and this is the
Senate's chamber. Well, it is kind of hard to see. (bright music)
(footsteps thumping) Here is a statue of a
Mississippian chief. (bright music) All right, that was the
Georgia State Capitol. So let's continue. The statue of Miss Freedom
stands at top of the dome, gilded with gold
leaf from Dahlonega. (bright music) And here we have the statue
of the 39th President of the United States
from Plains, Georgia, President Jimmy Carter, we visited his boyhood
home last year. And this would be
Richard Russell, at one point, Georgia's
youngest governor and lifelong politician. Here's one more look
at the gilded coppela and Miss Freedom. (gentle upbeat music)
(object beeping) All right, onward we go. (cars whooshing)
(gentle upbeat music) Here's the view from one of
the parking lot's upper levels. (gentle upbeat music) Parking ended up being $10 which is kind of steep for
the time we spent here, but not unheard of in
a major city Downtown. (gentle upbeat music) Okay, let's go somewhere else. Someone recommended
a local chain serving Cuban sandwiches
called Cubanos ATL. And it is a little
bit of a drive, but we want to take a
break from Downtown anyway, it is kind of eerily deserted. It is certainly not a city
where you feel compelled to walk around, explore, get
lost in the concrete jungle in its urban maze. (gentle upbeat music) Now we're going to an area
called the Upper West Side comprised of many
historic neighborhoods, but today we're
visiting the new thing, it is called The Works, and it is this mixed
use development. We're actually more interested in the food hall called the
Chattahoochee Food Works. Hmm, Bobo Intriguing Objects, I'm really intrigued. There it is, and there's a
Cubanos ATL inside. (gentle upbeat music) As you can see, it
is not very busy, well, except for the
Cubanos ATL stand. And she's by herself,
she has many to go orders and barely acknowledged us, and after what felt
like an eternity, we decided to go
eat some place else. Well, we ended up
eating someplace else not at the Cubanos ATL. I mean, she was swamped
and understaffed, and we were really hungry so we went for the plate, and it was really good
actually what we had. Yeah, we had a Philly cheese
steak, which was good. (gentle upbeat music) Now let's go to this
park, which is also new, and according to what we read, you get a nice view of Downtown. (gentle upbeat music) Here we are, West Side Park. (gentle upbeat music) We are here, we're gonna take, we're gonna look for
this yellow loop. This, by the way, West Side Park but we have no idea
what we're doing. There's supposed to be
a nice view of Downtown with the reservoir, that's what we're looking for. (gentle upbeat music) That's it, that's the view. I'm not impressed. (gentle upbeat music) Like in many other cities, there's a lot of new high end
development here in Atlanta, and to be honest,
we don't really feel like finding parking and
walking around anymore, that Philly cheese steak kind
of made me sleepy, actually., but let's do a drive
by tour, shall we? (gentle upbeat music) There are actually
many things we can see without getting out of the car, for example, Margaret
Mitchell's home. She's famous for writing the
novel, "Gone with the Wind," later adapted for the
big screen in 1939, considered to this day
one of the greatest films of all time. (gentle upbeat music) This, by the way,
Peachtree Street, perhaps the main north to
south street here in Atlanta. And here's the Fox
Theater from the 1920s, very historic. (upbeat music) Actually, I just
had a great idea, let's get out of Downtown. (upbeat music) Well, here we are at the Martin Luther King
National Historical Park. As we enter, we are greeted
by a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, who inspired King in the pursuit
of non-violent resistance. Let's step inside. - Always be ... - [Albert] There's a plethora
of information inside about the civil rights movement and the life and death of King. - Twenty six.
- And the way we're seen. (artist singing indistinctly) (people chattering) We'll be able to join hands. ♪ We ain't gonna let nobody (people chattering) - [Albert] The juxtaposition
of all the audio sources does feel a little cacophonous,
but perhaps that's the intent. Let's walk across
to the tomb site. Nonviolence or Nonexistence. (piano music) And this is it, the
final resting place of Martin Luther and
Coretta Scott King. (church organ music)
(water whooshing) We could literally
spend hours here going through all the
exhibits in detail and taking all the tours, but that's all we're
going to do today. (upbeat music) Since there are no more tours of the house available today, we're just going to
drive by the birth home of Martin Luther King. (upbeat music) And there it is on the right. (upbeat music) They are in the process of
restoring many other houses in the neighborhood. (upbeat music) Now, we are
approaching Inman Park. This was Atlanta's first
planned suburb dating back to the late 1880s. (upbeat music) And that's all we're
gonna do today, tomorrow we are actually
moving closer into town and we might be able to
explore a little more. (upbeat music) Well, yeah, tomorrow
will be another day. Good morning, it's
beautiful out here, very cold but beautiful. We're gonna go on a little
hike, how about that? Let's hike to the top
of Stone Mountain. Yeah, the tram is not
working, so I'm gonna hike. (upbeat music) There it is, Stone Mountain, and the plan is to hike
all the way to the top. (upbeat music) Well, here we are. Seems to be a pretty busy trail
judging by the parking lot. So let's see where
the trail head is. Okay, so we are here and
we're gonna take the walk up, trail all the way to the
top of Stone Mountain here. Let's do it. (upbeat music) I've been wanting to do
this hike for a while now. I believe that's the
Confederate Hall back there, but the hike is up. I mean, we're gonna have
the sun in our face, (clears throat) and it's cold, I'm
losing my voice. Here we go, "Walk Up Trail." (upbeat music)
(insects buzzing) Let me tell you, it
is a little bit wet because of the
morning condensation so I must be careful not to
sleep and fall, you know? It is a beautiful morning
otherwise, beautiful, perfect weather. I mean, it's cold,
but other than that, it's probably high thirties. (authoritative music) Contemporary petroglyphs. Yeah, this part seems
to be a little uneven, but it's not bad,
it's a relentless, you
know, uphill climb, but we've done a lot more
strands than this so far. (authoritative music) It is a steady climb, let
me tell you, steady climb, but, either I'm in
better shape now, or it's actually not
all that strenuous to be honest about it. Well, it's becoming a little
more steep now in this part. (authoritative music) You can already see
Atlanta back there. (authoritative music) It is not a bathroom, it's
just like a rest area. Yeah, I believe this coming
up would be the steepest part, still compared to
like Mount Monadnock, this is nothing. (authoritative music) As I always mention,
never forget to look back, whatever you... Let's see it from up there where we don't have all
these cables or wires. (authoritative music) Okay, now for the steepest part, they don't have this handrail
so you can help yourself, but it's still not that bad. Oh yeah, it's a good
incline, good exercise. (authoritative music) That section back there
really kicked my butt, but the views are definitely, it's going to be worth it. (authoritative music) As I was saying, it is such a perfectly
clear day today, you know, that you can
see four miles and miles. This is gonna be great now. Is it that way or this way? I don't know. I guess we follow the yellow
places or the white places, I don't know, we'll
follow the white places. (authoritative music) Here comes another pretty
steep section of the hike. We're almost there, we're almost there. (authoritative music) And I believe we have conquered
the top of Stone Mountain. That would be the tram station which is temporarily closed
for scheduled maintenance as of our visit
here on January 7th. Yeah, it's always a
great satisfaction when you complete a
hike like this one. It was pretty strenuous
towards the end, although it wasn't very long
in general, it was a mile. In fact, I've done right now,
1.01 miles in 30 minutes, and then I'm gonna
linger here at the top for a little bit, take
a couple of pictures, and we go back down because
we have to check out from the campground today, we're gonna stay
at a harvest host, we might explore
Atlanta a little more and then spend one
night with the family, and then for real,
driving to the west. As I told you earlier,
the tram is not working. That'll be a good way to
come up here, you know, if you don't feel like
doing the strenuous climb or you aren't able to. So beautiful views all around. Let's see what the views are from this particular
vantage point. I wonder how he made it up here. (people murmuring) I mean, the highest point has
to be somewhere around here. (group chattering) Here we go, that's it. That's the geodetic marker. "U.S. Coast & Georgia." You know, I should have
paid more attention to the trailhead sign because I have no idea
what the difference is between the solid white
and the broken yellow. I think I came up through
the broken yellow though, so that's where
we're gonna go down. Here's another geodetic marker, so this might be the very
true top, I don't know. Yeah, I don't really
know how that works. (people chattering) I imagine that would be like the beginning of
the Appalachian, right? Appalachian Mountains, or Appalachian, as they say. Those are the King
and Queen Towers. They resemble chess
pieces, hence the name, and I believe we are now right on top of the Confederate
Memorial Carving, and that would be
the Inn down there. (gentle music) The Historic Carillon. Those must be the yurts,
part of the campground. (gentle music) Of course, the great
views of Downtown Atlanta about 50 miles to the west. (gentle music) Well, like they say, "What goes
up must come back down" so, or something like that. Yeah, we're going back down. (authoritative music) It is a very, very busy trail
here on a Saturday morning. I mean, I was expecting
it to be kind of busy but not this busy. We can still see, I mean the
views of Downtown Atlanta ever present on the way down. I think the views on the
way down are, you know, when you're going up you don't
really look back as much, but on the way down
here, it's quite a sight, and I still don't know where
the solid white goes to. Maybe that's how the
pickup truck made it all the way up here. I mean, it's not trivial,
I'm glad we did this. All right, let's go down, time's running out. (authoritative music) It is a lot steeper
than it looks on camera, let me tell you, and my 360 memory card filled up so we don't have a
360 for this section. I'm taking it very slow
because it is like 45 degrees, or at least it feels
like 45 degrees. (authoritative music) Here we are, we've made it to that kind of halfway
point resting area, picnic shelter, whatever
you want to call it, (authoritative music) and I guess just like
in that wall in Seattle, people here have that
disgusting practice of sticking gum to things. Why? I'll never understand. Yeah, I can see
the white building, so we are almost there, almost there. Confederate Hall,
that's what it's called. Let me take a look here
real quick at the trail map, see if we can figure out what that other solid
white trail was. This is the one we took and the, I guess the white trail, this is the sky ride. Oh, here we go. (birds chirping) I don't understand. Well, I'm glad I got here early, the parking lot seems to
be completely full now, and I forgot where I parked. Oh, over there. A little close perhaps? I'm glad I've lost some weight. We'll stop here real quick because we're gonna see the
carving on Stone Mountain, and then for real,
we gotta get going. Yeah, this is where you
would take the sky ride if it was working. And we did, we took
it some years back. It's cool because you
got to see the carving on the rock from the sky ride. This is not fully
open at this time. "View The Carving," let's do it.
(birds chirping) Well, there it is. It is the largest high relief
sculpture in the world. It depicts three Confederate
figures of the Civil War, President Jefferson Davis
and Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson. The main sculptor was
one Gutzon Borglum, better known for another,
arguably more famous sculpture depicting four presidents, and we were just up there. It kind of sucks when things
are undergoing renovations or are closed. I'm sure it's for the
better in the long run, but for the purposes
of our visits, you know, it is what
it is as they say. (upbeat music) It is moving day, and today we're going to a
harvest host closer to town. So it will be less expensive
just to take an Uber, I mean almost equally
expensive as parking. (upbeat music) Well, it turns out the
harvest host is a brewery in the same Upper West Side
neighborhood we were yesterday. (upbeat music) I think we're supposed to park by this orange cones right here. (upbeat music) Well, we took an Uber, we are
at Centennial Olympic Park, and it was a cool Uber ride because it was our
first Tesla ride. And the driver, she was,
like, super enthusiastic, you know, telling us about
all the features and whatnot, so that was very cool, that was one of the coolest
Uber rides we've ever had if not the coolest, I'll give her a good
rating for sure. And now we're gonna walk
around and see what's up, it's a beautiful day in Atlanta. By the way, that behind me
is the Georgia Aquarium, it's supposed to be
the largest aquarium in the United States, I believe, but some other time, you know, as you know we're not really
aquarium or zoo people. I mean, we visit 'em
from time to time, but one of these days. Right now I wanna
see the Olympic rings and then just look around here. Maybe we'll go to the sun dial
later for some sundowners. (bright upbeat music) Here we have a sculpture
of Pierre de Coubertin, Founder of the International
Olympic Committee known as the Father of
Modern Olympic Games. (bright upbeat music) Yeah, those are the Olympic
rings in the form of a fountain. I don't wanna get wet, so. (bright upbeat music) Oh yeah, in every city
you're gonna have a landmark where people will
take, you know, make a line to take
a picture with it, here in Atlanta, it's
the Olympic rings. I'm sure there are other ones, but anyway, let's
see if we can find the World of Coca-Cola. (bright upbeat music) Here is William Porter
of the Atlanta Committee for the 1996 Olympic Games. (bright upbeat music) Another major attraction here
is the World of Coca-Cola, since it was here that the
sugary drink was created by one John Pemberton in 1886 after Fulton County passed
prohibition legislation. (bright upbeat music) As you probably know, we're
not really into sugary drinks, but World of Coca-Cola
is a thing here, right? This is where Atlanta, Pemberton is the name of the
guy who invented Coca-Cola, he was from here, so it's the birthplace of Coke and all the other sugary
drinks you may think of. And I'll have one
once or twice a year when I go to a fast food
joint, but that's about it. (people chattering) All right, let's walk
around Downtown a little bit at least to Peachtree Street, say that three times in a row. (upbeat music) (ambulance sirens wailing) Sounds like a
European ambulance. (upbeat music) We were hoping to get
something to eat around here, but today, on a Saturday it doesn't seem to be
that kind of Downtown, and my instincts tell me it may not be very
safe here after dark. That makes me feel better. (upbeat music)
(people chattering) I mean, look at it, there's
a Hard Rock and a Hooters, so some places are open, but
Downtown is certainly not as I remembered it from
just a few years ago, I guess perception
is a funny thing. (upbeat music) I am not gonna go into too many
details, but suffice to say, it got to a point where
it didn't feel safe so I put away the camera and we took an Uber
back to The Works. We ended up coming
to Taste Wine Bar and Bistro.
- And Market actually. - [Albert] It is a great
concept, they give you a card and you pour yourself
whatever you want. The owner's super friendly, and at the time of our visit they had only been
open for about a week, I wish 'em success. The paninis are really good too.
- Hm, Spanish panini. - I'm gonna be honest, I was a little down in
Atlanta this time around, but just coming to
this place redeemed the whole city of Atlanta,
which comes to shows sometimes you have to
come to the suburbs, the neighborhoods
where, you know, people actually live and
play and you find places, it was expensive, don't get
me wrong, it was pricey, but the friendliest people, absolutely amazing wines, great, one of the best
paninis I've had, and actually bottle price
is not bad at all also. (car beeping) With that, we conclude
our "Great American
Cities, Atlanta." We'll be back. We came back to
our harvest host, Second Self brewing too, as it is customary,
patronized the business, they have this retro
vibe going, pretty cool. So they have a beer
with my name on it. (energetic music) In the morning, we
drove to Acworth to spend some time with family, but what happens in
Acworth stays in Acworth. Now we have a long two
day drive ahead of us all the way to Texas,
to the Piney Woods area, and then the Dallas
Fort Worth megalopolis - Well, we woke up
at the crack of dawn and now we are truly driving
to the west into the sunset, actually, into the moonset
away from the sunrise right now because it is 8:04 as then as soon as we
cross into Alabama, it's gonna be 7:04. We're about to cross
into Sweet Home Alabama. Today, we're crossing two
states, Alabama and Mississippi. (upbeat country music) ♪ Hey (upbeat country music) - [Robert] We are in Alabama
entering Central Time Zone. (upbeat music) No welcome to Alabama? - [Navigator]
Welcome to Alabama. - [Robert] Oh, thank you. Welcome to Sweet Home Alabama. ♪ Driving to the west ♪ Into the sunset ♪ Driving to the west ♪ Driving to the west ♪ Into the sunset ♪ Driving to the west ♪ Driving to the west (machines whirring) - And yes, as the sign proves, we're back in
Sweet Home Alabama. Unfortunately, we're
just driving through
this time around, but we'll be back. We'll be back, Alabama. (upbeat music) And here's the plan, we're just gonna
drive through Alabama and then drive through also
the great state of Mississippi and we're gonna stay at a
casino on the Mississippi River. That's the plan,
plans could change. But it's frigid, by the
way, frigid morning here. Another sign,
Alabama welcomes you. There you go, they're very
welcoming here in Alabama. We've been here before,
we'll be here again. (Robert shuddering) It's cold. The sun is rising back
there behind the fog. And yeah, this is gonna be
mostly a travel video today. I don't think we're
gonna do anything or stay anywhere until
we get to Tyler, Texas. (upbeat music) Well, it is going to be
garbanzos at the rest area. And of course, from
last night's party, we had some leftovers. I mean we have food
for like two days, so let's dig in, hmm. (upbeat country music) - [Navigator] Welcome
to Mississippi. - [Robert] Oh, thank you. And there's our sign, the
birthplace of America's music. (upbeat country music) We're going to spend the
night at the Ameristar Casino. They have an RV park and they
think I made the wrong turn. I didn't see the sign saying, "No RV's allowed
at this entrance." The RV park is actually a
little farther down the road. (upbeat music) (kettle whirring) (dramatic music) This is where we
spent the night, just a few hundred feet east
of the mighty Mississippi. (dramatic music) It is cloudy all of a sudden. Anyway, good morning and here we are at the Ameristar
Casino here at Vicksburg. Eh, are we still in Mississippi? Yeah, Mississippi. The Mississippi River,
well, you just saw it, Louisiana on the other side. And today, we're gonna go
all the way to Tiki West, which is where our
friends, Paul and Teana, you may remember them
from a couple years ago. We did that rally
in San Antonio, they were the ones
who organized it. And yeah, this was
just a quick layover. And mainly, I wanted to
use the laundry facility, the laundry facility's
out of order. But seems pretty nice in season. They have a swimming pool and I think they have usually a shuttle to
the casino over there. We didn't go to the casino,
we didn't really do anything. We just needed a night with
full hookups, you know? Even though Paul has full
hookups at his place, you know? He has like a Pelicamp on
steroids, he calls it Tiki West. Huh? I'm gonna start unplugging
things and hit the road. (gentle music) We're crossing the Mississippi, not exactly the halfway
point, more like a third, but it is that psychological
point of no return between the
densely-populated east and the sparsely-populated west, at least that's how I see it. - [Navigator]
Welcome to Louisiana. - [Robert] Oh, thank you. (upbeat music) Oh, they have espresso. Yep. Someone recommended
this place right here by the Welcome Center
called Yardbird, had to try it. (upbeat music) Hmm, Crawfish Queso, and we also ordered a po'
boy and the muffuletta. (upbeat music) All right, that was filling. Not exactly what I expected, but whatever sauce they put
on that po' boy was good. Now we're one hour away from
our destination in Texas. (upbeat music) Here we are, we finally
made it to our destination. And Paul is guiding
us to the property which Google doesn't
really know where it is, that could be a good thing. The road, a little rougher
than I was expecting. He said he didn't have time
to grade it before we arrived. (upbeat music) Ooh, this is nice. I mean, aside from the road, I love what they've
done with the place. Now I know why they
call it the Pineywoods. It is great catching
up with friends you haven't seen in a while. We also looked at a
potential candidate for Pelicamp
central because yes, that is part of the reason
I wanted to come here, getting some land roughly
halfway across the country. (upbeat music) So we're going to the
Jalapeno Tree, there's Paul. Gonna eat some Mexican. (patrons chattering
indistinctly) And that's all I filmed. Well, good morning. Such a beautiful
morning here in Texas. I think it is even
unseasonably warm, it's like in the 60s, and
we're like in mid-January here. This is the Pineywoods
area of Texas and this is our friends Paul and Teana's
version of Pelicamp, they call it Tiki West. But let me tell you, I love what they've
done with this place, I mean they have a whole
barndominium back there. I didn't know what a
barndominium was until recently. In any case, we
stayed here to tonight and we're gonna stay,
I mean, last night, and we're gonna stay
here tonight again. But right now, I think this
is what we're gonna do. We're gonna go to a
local state park here to get the essence of
the Pineywoods area and, you know, do a little
bit of touring of the area before we head tomorrow
towards Dallas-Fort Worth, and we're gonna have a meet up. (upbeat music) Last night, Paul and Teana showed us an area
in nearby Kilgore called the World's
Wealthiest Acre, so that's where
we're going first. Here we are. This is where the
greatest concentration of oil wells in the
world once stood producing 2 1/2
million barrels of oil. In 1930, one Columbus M.
Joiner struck oil right here and this marked the discovery of the vast East
Texas Oil Field. Well, greetings
from Kilgore, Texas. Greetings from the
World's Richest Acre. And here, they have the plaque
on the floor to prove it. And it's one of those places, I don't know the exact
story of this place, but it's like the most, they have the most oil rigs
in this particular acre here in Kilgore, Texas, which nowadays is
just part of downtown. But, you know, Paul and Teana
brought us here last night when we went to the
Mexican restaurant. And I'm like, "I'd
like to see this place during the daytime." And you see it's like one
right next to the other, look at that. Let me see if I
can fly the drone to show you better, but yeah. And here they have the Kilgore Historical
Preservation Foundation. Each one of them has
like all these plaques, you know, direct donated by
Arcadia Refining Company. And one thing that puzzles me, I don't know if they
were originally exactly in this exact spot
where they are nowadays. I think they may have been
moved and put all like, you know, lined up
lining this street here. It's very quintessentially
Texas, right? All the derricks get
decorated during Christmas, the reason why Kilgore is also
known as the City of Stars. Let me tell you, this
is one of those things, one of those places that
generally, you only discover if someone like a local
tells you about it. (upbeat music) Very cool, and
here's an aerial view of the town of Kilgore, Texas. (upbeat music) Next, we're going
to Tyler State Park. Someone recommended I go there if I wanted to get
the true essence of what the Pineywoods
are all about. Here we are. It is $8 per person
to visit the park. (upbeat music) Okay, here's what
we're gonna do, we're gonna do the Whispering
Pines Nature Trail, it's supposed to be very nice. The ranger in there told me that it was one of
the nicest ones. And then we might go
by the lake, we'll see. Here we are, this
is it, we are here. It is supposed to be
one mile all around, and no, there is a restroom towards the end,
there's camping. This is gonna be nice. (gentle music) By the way, today we've
got perfect hiking weather. It's what? Like
75 degrees, sunny. It's beautiful,
beautiful day out here. (gentle music) (water rustling) (gentle music) One thing that's kind of
surprises me about this area, it is not as flat as
I thought it would be. Look at this, it's pretty
hilly terrain, you know, here in Northeastern Texas. I really like this
state park so far. Look at that, it's
beautiful out here. (gentle music) It's almost like the
Redwoods, look at that. (gentle music) And I don't know
if you've noticed, but we've been going
downhill most of the time. You know what that means? That the return trip is
gonna be mostly uphill. I don't mind, it's not that
much elevation, I don't think. Oh, by the way, I did remember
to bring my hiking shoes, just I thought I'd
point that out. (gentle music) it looks like this
is the spur trail and there's a
restroom back there and I believe there's like a
campground in that area too like for tent camping, but
I forgot to bring the map. I do have my old trails map and it does look like we
are more than halfway, just under halfway there. We've done 0.4 miles. (gentle music) And it looks like the downhill
portion of this hike is over. I think it's gonna be
up and up and up now for the most part. (gentle music) I think we're near the end. That was a nice
walk in the woods. Now, let's go to the lake. (upbeat music) Here we are. Now, it being the
dead of winter, there's not a whole
lot of people here. Here we go, this is
the lake right there. And there's a trail that
goes all around the lake. It's two miles, I don't
think I wanna do that today, but let's go down there and
let's see what it looks like. (gentle music) Let me tell you,
during the summertime, this must be very nice. And actually, today, it
almost feels like summer, now it's like 80 degrees. Have a floating dock there, I'm sure you can
swim in the lake and I see some people fishing. And if and when I get that
pontoon boat, will definitely, will definitely add
Tyler State Park here in the Pineywoods to our list of
places to return to. By the way, they have
a bunch of campgrounds and they all look very nice. We're going to Tyler
to meet up with someone at ETX Brewing Company for a
mid-afternoon snack and IPA. Here we are, downtown. Tyler, by the way, much
larger than expected. Then again, we're in Texas,
right? Everything is larger. (upbeat music) Here we go, brothers
from a different mother. Here we are, The Porch at ETX. Not very busy today,
but then again, it is mid-afternoon on a
weekday, but it seems very nice. We met up with Derek and Lacey of Cross Country
RV Tech and Solar, but I forget to
turn on the camera. And that evening, we had
dinner with Paul and Teana. Hey, Paul, say cheese. (patrons muttering indistinctly) And that's all we really
did in the Pineywoods. We had a great time
sharing with old friends and meeting new ones. Tomorrow, we're heading to
the Dallas-Fort Worth area. (gentle music) And our time here at Tiki
West is coming to an end. Of course, it's been great
fun getting to hang out with Paul and Teana once again. And seeing the barndominium that they built from scratch
on their property here. And of course, they let us
stay at their place here, at their campground, their private campground,
it's not a public campground. But in any case, and part of the reason
that I wanted to come here and see this area besides, you
know, catching up with them, a possible location
for Pelicamp central, you know, this is kind of in
the middle of the country, will be a halfway point
between Pelicamp, the original, and a possible Pelicamp
west in the future. Unfortunately, we
haven't been able to find that perfect
piece of land out here, not yet anyway, that might
happen in the future. But really like the area
and it's now in our radar. You know, Tyler seems to
be like a very nice town. And, of course, we've
visited Tyler State Park, and now we're going into Dallas. I wanted to show you something 'cause he preserves
the banner that he used for our first rally, you know, that we did back in San
Antonio, back in 2019. And check it out, that's the banner that
he had at the rally, welcome YouTube celebrity, who would've thought
even back then? He says we had
79,000 subscribers and I'm so happy
that he kept that. And he also, you know,
keeps around the property, all kinds of signs, you know, advertising what used to
be the RV Caravan With Us, which was the
company they started to do RV rallies and
caravans and whatnot. I really like this area. Hopefully, at some point,
we'll find a piece of land. I mean there's a piece
of land next door that even has a barn in it, but it's a little
over our budget here. Well, there she
is, that's Teana, she's planting some
flowers and whatnot. And in a few minutes here,
we're gonna start our departure from yeah, that's the
banner for our rally from back in 2019, yeah, that was the beginning
of the 2019 road trip that you've seen here on YouTube and Amazon,
everywhere else. All right, the road beckons. (upbeat country music) Yeah, you feel those
today, it's very windy. We are doing 7.6
miles per gallon. What can you do? Up until now, we have resisted
the urge to stop at Buc-ees. We passed the one in Macon,
Georgia and Birmingham, Alabama, but now we are in Texas, in
Terrell, Texas, I believe. (upbeat music) Well, we haven't stopped in
any Buc-ees along the way, but now that we are in
Buc-ees land in Texas, and I don't know if
this may have been one of the first Buc-ees, more
research shall go into this. We decided to stop
here, you know, not exactly the
least expensive gas we've found in Texas, but it seems to be the price
around here, 2.99 a gallon. Yeah, Buc-ees doesn't
advertise their gas prices, but they are usually
very competitive compared to the other
gas stations in the area. It is a tradition,
hey, Buc-ee. (chuckles) (upbeat music) Actually, this Buc-ees
is kind of empty, which is surprising. In other states, they have practically
become tourist destinations. (upbeat country music) A little too big perhaps. ♪ But I like big Buc-ees
and I cannot lie ♪ (upbeat country music) We can already see the Dallas
skyline in the distance. We're going there tomorrow,
oh, the day after actually. (upbeat country music) It is time for another
RV cooking show and I bought these
ribs boneless. We're gonna do like
a mix of barbecue and Cuban-style pork. We'll see how it comes out. (gentle music) We're going to cover one
side in barbecue rub, I'm melting some butter, and we're definitely
off level here. (gentle music) We're going to brown the
pork on all sides and maybe, maybe add a little more rub. Now for the Cuban part, some vino seco dry cooking wine
and some Goya Mojo Criollo, which is a
Creole-style marinade, it makes everything taste good. (gentle music) Finally, a little bit of water and we're going to let
it simmer for a while until some of that
water evaporates. Now, for the weird part, I'm
gonna add some mushrooms, it's gonna be a
very eclectic dish. I'm also adding
some frozen onions. (upbeat music) Well, this came out
surprisingly good, actually. I already tasted it. We got some leftover yucca
from what? Four days ago. And let's eat. See you tomorrow. Well, good morning
and hello, everybody. Greetings from the
Dallas Fort Worth, no, the Dallas
Arlington KOA Holiday. And we are in the, in the
Dallas, the Fort Worth area. We've never been
in this area before and we're gonna kind of
do it backwards first. We're going to Fort Worth today and then tomorrow
we're going to Dallas. We're even gonna have
a meet up in Dallas. So really looking
forward to that. Beautiful weather today. Look at that sky! (upbeat music) ("The Road to El Paso"
by Robert Morales) One sticker. Here we are. Fort Worth. And the main thing we're gonna
do here is the Stockyards. But first, let's
drive by downtown. Get a feel of the city. (upbeat music continues) On the left here we have
the John F Kennedy Memorial and there seems to be some kind of cheerleading event in town. (cheerleaders chant) (upbeat music continues) It feels like a very
clean, walkable downtown. First impression is good. That would be the
Tarrant County Court. Now let's go to the Stockyards. (upbeat music continues) I think we're getting close. Yes, the cobblestone
street is a sign we are approaching a
historic area, right? As we turn right, right here on East
Exchange Avenue, well, this is it. Pretty congested area, but
it seems like a lot of fun. There's a plethora of
bars and restaurants and of course, there's only so much you
can eat or drink, right? (upbeat music continues) All right, let's find parking! They have a couple
of these longhorns you can take a picture with. And the whole place has
a nice festive vibe, almost Disney-esque
in its execution. They even have a
mechanical bull. It is, of course, still early, perhaps too early
for this place. I'm sure in a couple of hours, it is going to be happening. Here we have some
shops and restaurants. It's a Cadillac. Ooh, there's a record
store that sells beer. I guess vinyl is
making a comeback. There are plenty of stores
selling boots, cowboy hats. Hmm. What do you think? Bad angle? I guess you can actually
buy one of these things. Well, hello there. (upbeat music continues) Of course, there's
a rodeo and museums, but I don't know
how much of that we are actually going to do. And now there's a line to
take a picture with a bighorn. I don't know who that is,
but we'll soon find out. I see a brewery, Second
Rodeo Brewing company. (upbeat music continues) It soon becomes evident
that this is a party town, where you're allowed
to walk around with a drink in your hand. Very lively, very festive. And this is pretty much the end. It is just a couple
of blocks long. This is that main highway
we took from downtown. Very, very busy. This Cattlemen's Steakhouse
seems really good. It was established in 1947, and I kind of wish we hadn't
had that big breakfast. I also wonder if it is related
to the one in Oklahoma City. Of course, there is no shortage
of steakhouses in this area. Here we go. It's official. I kind of wanted to do
the John Wayne Museum and the Cowboy Hall of Fame but ultimately, we
decided against it. They have some interesting
metal art here on the street. And this is the thing, the whole Cowboy Hall of Fame
is undergoing renovations. And while it is open today,
I'm just not felling it. I'm not in a museum mood. Here we have some more
cowboy street art. Ooh, it is a statue of actor
and musician Red Steagall. Hmm. And that's where
they do the rodeo. While we wait for
the 4pm cattle drive, how about an IPA at Second
Rodeo Brewing Company? (laid back music) And we have live music. I order something
that looks like a Philly Cheesesteak on nachos. - [Server] Ribeye nachos. - It is actually pretty good. And as my IPA
slowly empties out, the place is quickly filling up. (upbeat music) ("West Virginia"
by Robert Morales) My head is too big. It's almost right. Just a little bigger. I wanted to buy me a cowboy hat. Of course, the one that
I really liked was $350. I guess I have good taste. Too good, perhaps,
for my wallet. (upbeat music continues) People are starting
to gather here because the cattle run
is about to happen. They do it twice a day. And we're catching the 4pm run. (upbeat music continues) - Oh my goodness, what a
beautiful, gorgeous afternoon we have today. Saddle up, it's showtime! Join us for our 133rd
anniversary giveaways, western fashion, ice
skating, rodeos and more. Boys, girls, we
got it all covered out here for you. Well, it's late, it's 1882. - [Robert] Here
comes the Trail Boss. - Nice job. - By the way, this is Kristin, say hi to Kristin, everybody. She is the lead Trail Boss, she's the one who puts
all of this together. (upbeat music continues) (crowd bustles) - Is that cattle?
- Yeah. (whistling) - [Robert] And that's
all we're gonna do today. (beeps) - [SPS] Head east,
then turn left. - Yes I did. (upbeat music) The KOA here, it's nice. It is very well located, kind of halfway between
Fort Worth and Dallas, but it is a huge
metropolitan area, so it is a good 40 to 45
minute drive to Dallas. (upbeat music continues) ("California Road Trip"
by Robert Morales) There it is. Good-looking skyline. Our first stop is going
to be Dealey Plaza, the site of the John F.
Kennedy assassination. More specifically, the
Sixth Floor Museum, which chronicles
the assassination and the legacy of the 35th
President of the United States. Here we are, Dealey Plaza. Let's park. Admission is $18 per adults,
and they do not allow video. So let's do a nifty slideshow. It was from this window that the lethal shot that
killed Kennedy was fired. Or was it? The first part mostly focuses
on Kennedy's political life and presidency, mostly through
historic pictures and videos. And here's that final moment. The last pictures just
before the shots were fired, the very grainy photograph
and some film frames that recorded the precise
moment for posterity. Here's that corner window and
the view down to Elm Street. They even have a computer
generated 3D animation although they could keep the
windows a little cleaner, don't you think? While I'm not a big fan of
museums with just pictures and text, this part I
do find fascinating. There is even a section about the many
conspiracy theories
regarding assassination. This one being my favorite. And the rifle,
just like this one, was apparently
the murder weapon. (tram bell rings) Well, just, so we started our, our day here in Dallas today at the Sixth Floor
Museum up there, from where, allegedly,
the shots were fired that eventually killed
President Kennedy. And they did not allow me
to take video up there. But I took some pictures
and now we're gonna see the very spot where
it happened, which is, I suppose, this X right
here on the street. And that's where President Kennedy was
assassinated, right there. Well, another theory is that the fourth shot may
have been fired from here, because there's some evidence that the fourth shot may
have been from the front. You know, they were coming, the limousine was coming
this way and, you know, there are many
conspiracy theories about the Kennedy
assassination as you all know. This is the view
from grassy knoll, from where, according
to one theory, the final shot may
have been fired. It is such a unique experience when you get to visit a place where a significant
historical event happened, especially a
relatively recent one. One we have pictures
and even movies of. (laid-back music) ("Ocean Breeze"
by Robert Morales) As I was saying, the corner window up
there on the sixth floor, that's where supposedly the, either the first shot
that wounded him, or the the final
shot that killed him. We don't know exactly
where they came from. Let's say there's supposed
to be a memorial around here and there's a bunch of
people on the street but not too many this morning. Kind of trying to explain
to you what really happened, which we may never know. Apparently Dealey Plaza here also happens to be the
birthplace of Dallas. "Within this small park
was built the first home, "which also served as
the first courthouse." There you go, the more you know. November 22nd, 1963. And here's a graphical
representation. This is the Sixth Floor Museum. And this is the
approximate location. This is what is known as
the Old Red Courthouse. Here's the statue
of George Dealey, a Dallas businessman, publisher
of the Dallas Morning News. And yes, the Plaza
is named after him. Let's check out the
JFK Memorial Plaza. It is a very stark monument. This would be the John F
Kennedy Memorial Plaza. Not my favorite
architectural style but it's supposed to be a place to isolate yourself from the
noise of the city, if you will. All right, let's check
out Founders Plaza here. This area was first
settled in the 1840s by immigrants from
different states, as far east as Tennessee. This cabin, built out of
cedar logs before 1850 and eventually moved to
its current location. Yeah, built sometime
between 1841 and 1850. And it was moved
here in the 1920s. (bird cries) All right, we're hungry. And one of the things Texas
is famous for is barbecue. Someone recommended
Lockhart Smokehouse in the Bishop Arts District. And since we paid parking for
the whole day at the museum, we're going to take an Uber. Maybe later we can go
up to Reunion Tower. (upbeat music) ("Montreal Groove"
by Robert Morales) Here we are. (bustles) Cheers! Good IPA. Some of the best baked
beans I've ever had. And the brisket. Oh, the brisket. Oh, that was good. Definitely pleasantly surprised. Kinda wish that
they would give you like a plate or you
know, more formal. But it's, I mean it's a,
it's a barbecue place. And the baked beans, as you
know, as you probably know, I'm a baked beans fan and they're probably some
of the best I've ever had. And that brisket, mm. Right, we're
waiting for an Uber. We're going someplace else now. Good-looking neighborhood. Probably worth a revisit
someday, sometime. (laid back music continues) (traffic roar and sirens) And just like that, we
are now at Pioneer Park. Let's check it out. (brooding music) ("Underground Hike"
by Robert Morales) (hollow metallic rings) Well, what do you know? They're hollow. They're nice. They're actually very well made. This one is impressive. I like that bighorn. This was a dude at the
end of the cattle run, who would get all the
smell and all the dust, and, I mean, that's what
they told us yesterday at the Stockyards. Yeah. This guy will
be like the rookie. Anyway, that's a very well,
very well made sculpture. I have no idea where
we're going next, but we're gonna continue
exploring this great city which at first sight
here, first vibe, I like it. (brooding music continues) (traffic roars) Look at that! From here, we're
just gonna walk. There are several
points of interest that are walking distance. Yep. It is a good-looking city. Hm, what's going on here? - [Bishop] Who find
themselves struggling? - Thank you, Bishop
Burns, for that prayer. We are thankful for
all you do for life. - You see, you never know
what you're gonna find, roaming the city streets. (laid back music) ("Lady Bird" by Robert Morales) What is this place? Apparently it used to be
a nightclub called Gatsby. (laid back music continues) We're just walking around
the streets of Dallas here, getting lost. It's one of those cities
that kind of encourages getting lost and
discovering things. Say cheese! This is the AT&T
Discovery District. Here we have, of course,
the Lone Star of Texas. What a beautiful day. The golden statue is called
the Spirit of Communication. I guess it makes sense,
that it is located at the AT&T Plaza here where,
according to the website, tech, culture, and
entertainment combine to create unique experiences right next to the
AT&T store too. Which, by the way, I didn't
film inside, but it's very cool. I checked out the latest
phones and devices. That is a gorgeous
building right there. And here's the Federal
Reserve Bank of Dallas. At some point during the day,
you need your caffeine fix. So it's espresso time. "El amor nunca muere." Mahatma Gandhi, who
would have thought? (laid back music) ("Total Eclipse of the
Sun" by Robert Morales) And this is actually
what we came to see. This giant eyeball, which is
actually on private property so you can't really get to it. This is actually as
close as we can get. Luckily I have a good zoom lens. (laid back music continues) We continue walking the
streets of downtown Dallas, admiring the architecture
and the pleasant weather. And we're kind of
back where we started. (laid back music continues) Now guess where
we're going next? We are very close, so
we're just going to walk. And it could be my perception, but Dallas feels
like a very safe city to walk around anywhere, at least downtown
during the daytime. We enter through
the Hyatt Hotel. (upbeat music) ("Lady Bird" by Robert Morales) Of course, we get a super
clear bird's eye view of Dealey Plaza and the
whole JFK assassination site. (laid back music continues) Well, here we are,
Reunion Tower, and we definitely get commanding
views of downtown Dallas. I really like Dallas so
far, let me tell you. Ooh, it's windy up
here, so let's go back. And that's it. We're having the
meet up now in a few, so we might drive
around a little bit, get a little more of
a lay of the land. But I think this is it. (laid back music continues) We still have about two
hours until our meet up. So let's drive around and see some of the other
areas we may want to visit. (upbeat music) This is called Clyde Warren
Park and it is very lively. I don't think we're gonna
have time to find parking and explore by foot,
but let me tell you, I like it. Let's drive around it. (upbeat music continues) - ♪ Riding, riding ♪ My RV - Hey, Cuban food! (upbeat music continues) Hmm. Quinceañera, perhaps? Next we're gonna check out
another area called Deep Ellum, self-proclaimed the live
music capital of North Texas. It is an entertainment
district with street murals, quirky art galleries
and concert venues, brew pubs, cocktail bars
and Tex-Mex restaurants. Hmm, maybe tomorrow, huh? We must be getting close. I see street art. (laid back music continues) Yep. It's gotta be it. (laid back music continues) Okay, that was
definitely happening. Now let's go to the brewery where we're holding our 2023
Dallas Fort Worth meetup at Texas Ale Project. (laid back music continues) I have a distinct feeling
we've been here before. And yes, we were
walking by here earlier. This is where they have
that giant eyeball and where I got my espresso. (laid back music continues) - ♪ Riding, riding ♪ My RV - [Robert] Let me tell
you how this happened. It turns out someone
called the brewery and then the brewery
reached out to me and I told them, "Hey, I might wanna do
a meetup in Dallas." And they even reserved
this area for us. That was very nice of them. And the meetup was a
resounding success. (cheers) - [Guest] Who loves Texas? - Love Texas! - Fly Pelican! ♪ I'm riding, riding in my RV ♪ Wherever I want to be ♪ Because I'm free
in my RV, yeah ♪ ♪ Riding, riding ♪ Riding in my RV ♪ Wherever I want to be ♪ 'Cause I'm free in my RV All right! (cheers) (laughs) - One, two, three, ♪ We love you Robert ♪ Oh yes we do ♪ We love you Robert ♪ And we'll be true ♪ When you're not
with us, we're blue ♪ ♪ Oh Robert, we love you (cheers) - Thank you, thank you. As is usually the case, we almost shut down the place. See you tomorrow. Good actually, good afternoon. It is Sunday. - [GPS] Take the next right, then turn left. - And today's kind of
like a cushion day. We don't have any big,
grand plans for today. Just you know, we're
gonna have some, try to find some Tex-Mex. We haven't had any
Tex-Mex since we're here, and it's the thing to
wear in Dallas, right? And then we don't know
exactly what we're gonna do. So it's a surprise as much
for you as it is for us. (upbeat music) A bunch of people at the meetup
recommended Joe T Garcia's in Fort Worth for Tex-Mex. But when we arrived, the
line went around the block and it wasn't really moving
so it would've been hours. And you know how I feel
about making long lines. So we decided to come to this new complex in
Arlington called Texas Live. Well, after looking for a
Tex-Mex without success, I'll let you know about it. We decided to come
to Texas Live. It's supposed to be a thing
here and highly recommended. (upbeat music) Okay, I see. It's kind of like a
sports viewing venue with bars and restaurants, but all the
restaurants are empty. Nobody's eating. So we ended up at Mariano's. Well this one is
called Mariano's. Maybe fifth time
it isn't the charm. I'm so hungry, I
can't even talk. It turns out Mariano invented
the frozen margarita. Who would've thought, right? Excellent tortilla soup. I got the enchilada and
Ily got the burrito. The service and the
ambience are great. Definitely a
well-run restaurant. Well, here we go. As some people say,
it was scrumptious. By the way, they didn't
know this guy Mariano. He invented the
frozen margarita. And this place, actually, third time was
definitely the charm. This was great. By the way, finding this place
was like a whole process. First we wanted to go to this
famous place in Fort Worth called Joe T Garcia. The line went around the block. Then we went to the Texas Live and it was totally
anti-climactic. It was like there
was a football game and people were just drinking
and there was really, all the restaurants
were kind of closed. And then Ily found this
place and I'm like, you know, and it was better than
expected, for sure. Now let's get back
to the campground. Well, good morning. We're leaving. We're living the
Dallas Fort Worth area. Arlington here. Yeah, I liked it. Now we're gonna have pretty
much an all-day drive all the way to West Texas, and we're gonna
take the back roads. Let's just see
what it looks like on the back roads of Texas. (happy music) Let's take some
of the back roads, like this one by Lake Worth. Amazing things are
waiting to be discovered once you get off the interstate. (happy music continuing) One good thing
about Texas highways is they have a lot of
these picnic areas. I don't see any signs, so I assume you could
potentially overnight
at one of these. It's gonna be brunch
at the picnic area. I'm sauteing some
mushrooms, some broccoli, and some cauliflower, and then we're gonna
scramble some eggs and (pausing) that's
what I'm gonna call it. Brunch at the picnic area. Well, here we go, did
some frozen onions and added some spices to the egg and I think it's gonna be good. (sniffing) Mm, bon appetit! Wow, there are some
interesting things. It is just a long
way across Texas, the landscape dotted
by oil derricks, abandoned structures, windmills. We drive across small towns
like Olney, Texas, here. Grass-fed cattle, lots of them. And contrary to popular
belief, not all of it is flat. Actually, a lot of it is flat. (happy music continuing) By the way, we have
pretty strong headwinds, so this is probably the worst
fuel economy I've ever had. Well, yeah,
according to the app, we've got between 15 and
20-mile-per-hour winds, but headwinds, like
straight from the west. No wonder, no wonder we're
getting such crappy mileage, but it is what it is. We're approaching Munday. I believe after that will
be Knox City and then, well, eventually we're gonna stay
somewhere in western Texas. - [GPS] In two
miles, take the exit- (happy music continuing) - All right, bathroom break. (upbeat music) Did you notice the
change in topography, like sudden after Knox City? Starting to look
like the desert. We have rolling hills,
juniper all over the place. ♪ Driving to the west,
into the sunset ♪ ♪ Driving to the west ♪ Driving to the west,
into the sunset ♪ ♪ Driving to the west ♪ Driving to the west,
into the sunset ♪ ♪ Driving to the west ♪ Driving to the west,
into the sunset ♪ ♪ Driving to the west ♪ Driving to the west I'm glad we found
this gas station because we're running
on fumes here. It is entirely automated. Whew, it's windy out there! This has got to
be probably by far one of the most
remote gas stations. I mean, it's totally automated. I don't think they
have anybody here. And it's, yeah... I mean, we were
running really low. I forgot to put
gas in in Knox City and we're doing six
miles per gallon with this 20-mile-an-hour
headwind, so it is what it is. We'll make sure to refuel often. All right. (upbeat music continuing) Let's take one final break here. (upbeat music continuing) Oh no, that's not a good sign. Am I the only one who finds this barren
landscape really alluring? (upbeat music continuing) Let's stop here real quick
because, well, it is here. (traffic whirring) It is a replica of
Jesus Christ's tomb. It is one of those remote
roadside attractions, and since we're here... I heard that back in
2016 it was set on fire, but I'm glad they
have restored it. (ethereal music) Even though I am not an
overly religious person, I have a special appreciation
for places like this. Well, yeah, this is
one of those things that I either heard about it or saw it another YouTube video. But yeah, it's a apparently
Bible-accurate replica of Jesus Christ's tomb, right here in the middle
of nowhere, Texas. Anyway, let's find a
campsite for tonight, and tomorrow we continue
driving to the west. ♪ Driving to the west ♪ Driving to the west ♪ Driving to the west ♪ Driving to the west ♪ Driving to the west ♪ Driving to the west ♪ Driving to the west ♪ Driving to the west ♪ Driving to the west Well, here we are at Coleman
Park here in Brownfield, Texas, western Texas, and it
appears to be free. We have power, 30-amp, and there's a dump
station, potable water. And let's see, they
have certain rules. Coleman RV Park
here, five-day limit, pets allowed on leash,
donations accepted, appreciated, I mean. So, yeah, I might consider
giving them a donation because, I mean, it's not bad. Yeah. Well, we're gonna
spend the night here, and tomorrow we continue
driving to the west into New Mexico. We've got some
Florida snapper here, so let's cook
ourselves some dinner. Some New Orleans
Cajun seasoning, and we're going to
melt some butter and steam some broccoli
and cauliflower. (soft jazzy music) I am going to slice
half an onion. On the other side, I'm just going to do some
salt and black pepper. I'm going to mince
some garlic as well. (soft jazzy music continuing) Ooh, look at that. That is some delicious
blackened snapper. (soft jazzy music continuing) That looks delicious. Let's eat. (gentle music) On the road again. And let me tell you,
for a quick overnight, this was totally adequate. The infrastructure,
it's a little dated, a little in disrepair, but, I mean, it is what it is. (upbeat music) I see the familiar
sign coming up. - [GPS] Welcome to New Mexico. - Oh, thank you! The Land of Enchantment. ♪ Driving through
New Mexico, Arizona ♪ ♪ Even California, I'm gonna ♪ Gonna get my kicks on 66 ♪ The mountains and
the desert are my fix ♪ ♪ Driving to the west in
my RV is where I wanna be ♪ And here we are. Once again, we've made it to
Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico, so let's go in. (reverent music) (reverent music continuing) Hello, little bird! I was here once before. And to me, this is the
most beautiful cavern, both in quality and
quantity of rock formations and the variety, almost like
putting all the other caverns together in one place. You can either hike down
or take the elevator 750 feet deep into
the Earth's crust. Filming inside the caverns is
a little bit of a challenge because they keep them pretty
dark, on purpose, I suppose, and the camera will never do
justice to a place like this. And we have reached
the Big Room. It is a fun exercise to
look for familiar shapes in the rock formations. The lens is incapable
of capturing the true sheer
size of this place. (reverent music continuing) (reverent music continuing) (reverent music continuing) (reverent music continuing) That's the ladder
originally used by one of the early explorers. (reverent music continuing) (reverent music continuing) (reverent music continuing) It is overwhelming. The whole underground hike
is about a mile and a quarter and it has been called "the Grand Canyon
with a roof over it." (reverent music continuing) Just when you thought it
couldn't get any better, there's more and more
in these smaller rooms. I wonder what beauties
are yet to be discovered in the dark crevices
of the cave. I'm telling you, it's like they gathered
all the rock formations from every cave in the world and they put 'em here
on display in one place, like a cave museum, if you will. In typical national
park fashion, there's a detailed raised
relief map of the cave. (reverent music continuing) One of the main things to do
here is the Dawn of the Bats, which happens seasonally
every day at dawn and you get to see hundreds
of thousands of bats returning to the caverns. We may get to do that someday,
but cameras are not allowed. Well, Carlsbad Caverns
here never disappoints. I've never done the bat thing, you know, when you see all the
bats coming outta the cave. Maybe next time we'll stay a
couple of nights in the area and explore even more, but they don't let
you film the bats. But in any case, let's
continue exploring this area of New Mexico. Let's see where we can go next. The sun's coming out and it looks like it
might be a beautiful day, but don't be fooled by that. There's a slight chance of rain, even snow. We'll see. In goes the slide! (slide whirring) Hmm, interesting clouds. We're going to
continue driving west and the only concern
is some rain, although the weather
pattern seems to be a little unpredictable
this afternoon. And we have to
cross the Sacramento
Mountains at Cloudcroft. I've heard that at
high elevation, rain
can turn into snow, but I don't see anything
on the weather app or the Doppler radar, so we're gonna take
it one mile at a time. I wish there was an app that combined
navigation with weather. The idea is to spend
the night at Alamogordo so tomorrow we can visit
White Sands National Park, which we've also
been there before, but there's a trail
that I want to do. We've been going
north on US-285. And here in Artesia, we're
going to take US-82 west. Here's one of several
bronze statues, this one called "Trail Boss." The statue coming up is
called the "Vaquero," which is Spanish for cowboy. It is a pretty
good-looking downtown with the requisite Art
Deco theater, of course. We are now in the land
of the yucca cactus, the Chihuahuan Desert. I do not like the look
of those clouds up ahead. It looks ominous. (relaxed music) I see mountains in the distance. And the rain has begun. (relaxed music continuing) Oh no, it's getting worse. Rain is turning into sleet. And what is that white
stuff on the ground? I guess today we're
going to put Starship, with its off-road tires and
four-wheel-drive, to the test as the front camera
gets covered in ice. We are climbing up to a
village called Cloudcroft, population 674. Elevation: 8,676
feet or 2,644 meters. No wonder we got snow. I had no idea we were
gonna get this high. It is a winter wonderland. We even have
snowplows standing by. (reverent music) It looks like a place where
we could spend some time with better weather
and more time. They have some
restaurants, a brewery, and maybe one day I can even
learn how to ski or snowboard or, hmm, maybe not. (reverent music continuing) And that's it for Cloudcroft. Now, for the long descent. There are many signs warning
about the upcoming 6% grades and I've never driven in snow, so I'll be extra careful
and go super slow. On the way down, we get
heavier precipitation. And I know this is nothing,
but it is my first time, so I'm freaking out
a little bit here. (reverent music continuing) Eventually, as we descend,
snow turns back into rain, black ice now being
my biggest concern. Beautiful scenery
here on the west side. I want to return someday
with better weather, but right now
we're on a mission. We're going to overnight at
the Walmart in Alamogordo. Tomorrow, we're gonna spend
a few hours at White Sands, and then it is
Quartzsite or bust. (reverent music continuing) I think this is where
we're gonna call it. (ethereal music) It's gotta be one of the
Walmarts with the best views. (ethereal music continuing) (gentle music) It's a brand new day. Let's fill up at the
Walmart Murphy gas station and continue. Let me tell you something, I like these Walmart
gas stations, Murphy, Murphy Express,
the market there. They're relatively- Generally, they're
very inexpensive, like, I mean,
Buc-ee's inexpensive. And they ask you all the
questions beforehand, like, "Would you like a receipt? "Would you like this and that?" Boom, so when you finish
fueling, that's it. You put the thing back,
you know, the pump, the nozzle back in
the pump and you go, and then you praise
them on camera. We're going to White
Sands National Park. That's the next stop. (reverent music) I can already see the sand
dunes in the distance. This is a national park, so the America the
Beautiful annual pass will get us in for free. The last time I
was here in 2018, it was still a national monument and the visitor center was
still under renovations. Fun historical fact: On July 16th, 1945, the
White Sands Missile Range just north of here was the site of the first-ever
nuclear weapon detonation, nicknamed "The Gadget." The trail I wanna do today
will take us to Alkali Flat, the boundary of
that missile range. (ethereal music) (wind whistling) We skipped breakfast, so it is time for
another RV cooking show! We're gonna let it boil
for about an hour or so, and then we'll do the soffritto. We're making some
shredded chicken. And since we're going to
be here for a few hours, I'm going to set up Starlink, or Pelistar, as I
like to call it. And in about an hour,
we'll shred the chicken, eat it, and then
we'll do the hike. Yeah, I forgot to turn
off the rooftop GoPros. (jazzy music) We're going to start
by chopping an onion, a large white onion. Also, green pepper. This time we're going
to use avocado oil and start by sauteing
those onions. Salt. Black pepper. I'm going to start
smashing some garlic, move it around a little bit and
get rid of whatever that is, and add the green
peppers to the mix and continue peeling my garlic. Mm, this is going to be so good. Next, we'll mince the garlic. I'm going to get my chicken
so I can start shredding it. Start sauteing the garlic. I'm gonna start
shredding the chicken. Actually, Ile is going to
help me finish with that while I add some
more salt and pepper. And now is when it's
gonna get really good. We're going to add some
garlic-stuffed olives. It would normally
be pimento-stuffed
Manzanilla olives, but this is what we have. And vino seco cooking wine, a little bit of marinara
sauce, no sugar added. Smoked paprika, lots
of smoked paprika. Oregano. A dash of cumin. And just for fun, I'm gonna add a little
bit of cayenne pepper just to give it a
little kick, and basil. And at this point, I'm just
making it up as I go along. Now we'll add the chicken
and mix it all up real good, salt to taste,
and this is ready. Normally, you would
eat it with white rice, but we're watching our carbs. Let's dig in. And today, for real, it
is lunch with a view. Well, isn't this
an amazing place? And ever since I was
here back in 2018, I wanted to do this trail
that we're gonna do now. I think it's called
the Akela Flat. So, let's get on it. Look at that, it looks- Yesterday we saw real snow, but today this almost
looks like snow. It might as well be, it is cold. And with this wind, the wind
chill is probably in the 30s. Here you go, trail
markers are in red and just gonna do... Three hours. We may not do the
whole three hours. We might at the one-hour
mark just turn around. And I've got my AllTrails app
so that way I won't get lost. There we go. And in case of a real
emergency, I have my Garmin, you know, just in case. Alkali Flat. Did I say Akela Flat earlier? That is something
else, actually, that we're gonna see
later today. (laughing) This is Alkali Flat,
which is, I believe, the material out of which all
these sand dunes are made. This is actually 98% gypsum sand and it is supposed
to be pretty rare, it being water-soluble. (mysterious music) And I don't know
if you can tell, but this sand is super fine. It almost feels like- It has, like... It shines. It's this material. It almost looks like the sand
in Destin, Florida, actually. It's that fine, fine, fine sand. Look at that. With the dark skies behind
us, it's quite a sight. (mysterious music continuing) Yep, we're surrounded by sand
dunes, completely surrounded. Whew. This is a real experience. (mysterious music continuing) Would you look at this? It doesn't feel like
this kind of landscape can exist in the United States. I imagine being in
the Sahara, perhaps. And I'm glad the
trail is well marked because it would be very
easy to lose one's bearings at a place like this. Amazing. (jet roaring) There it is. (jet roaring) Would that be like an oasis? (mysterious music continuing) That was a tough one. (panting) That way. (jet roaring faintly) Well, here's looking back. (wind whipping) What a desolate place this is. Let me tell you, look at that. I almost almost feel like
Lawrence of Arabia here in the middle of this desert. Look at that, it's like... And don't worry, I
brought plenty of water and I've got this thing. I'm not gonna get lost out here. I'm just trying to
reassure myself here. I hope you can hear
me with all this wind. And I believe we have reached
the famed Alkali Flat. I think this is it. (wind whipping) Yep, that installation looks
conspicuously military, but let's walk all
the way to the end. (wind whipping) I guess we're not supposed to
go any farther that way, huh? I bet you that's some secret military installation
back there. Actually, I believe it
was somewhere around here where they detonated the
first atomic bomb ever, right? All right, we're gonna
jog our way back. No. (laughing) That's not gonna work, is it? Oh gosh. I'm full of sand. One thing to notice,
the trailhead sign
really overestimates how long it takes to do
this hike at three hours. And the AllTrails app
greatly underestimates it at one-and-a-half hours. I think it is going
to be just under two after all is said and done. I just can't get tired of
that surreal landscape. Well, here goes another one. Down we go! Whew! (laughing) You gotta
do what you gotta do. I guess this is gonna
be more the norm. Oh gosh. This is a steep one. I'm sinking. Whoa! I'm definitely sinking. (mysterious music) Oh, here we go again. Let's try to take it
slow this time, maybe. There's no taking it slow. Here we have some people
in the distance for scale. (mysterious music continuing) What can I say, this has
been an awesome trail. I mean, we're almost there. A little longer than I expected. Definitely a little longer than
than the AllTrails estimate, but shorter than
the trailhead sign. The trailhead sign
said three hours. I was like, "Hmm,
maybe I'll do it." It's been a little
under two hours and I can see the
trailhead already. But look at this, I mean, this
is (pausing) extraordinary. I'm gonna say this is definitely
top 10, if not top five, whoa, another one of these, of all the trails
I've ever done. I mean, definitely. It's not extremely long
or extremely strenuous. It's about, what, two hours? And you get to see
landscape like this and you get to really feel- I mean, it's heavily trafficked,
I see people all over, but you definitely feel like
you are kind of out here in the middle of this desert. As I said, I feel like Lawrence
of Arabia all of a sudden. I'm really glad I decided
to do the whole thing. This is it, we've made it back. (mysterious music continuing) Well, that was awesome,
as you witnessed. Almost... Almost bucket list. But, nah, this was
not bucket list, but it was a definitely
very nice hike. Now, driving to the
west, into the sunset. Almost to Arizona. Enjoy the ride. (gentle upbeat music) I see a northbound
Border Patrol checkpoint, which only means we're probably
going to see another one once we pass Las Cruces. Every highway will
have one of those once you get within a
certain number of miles from the border. We're taking US-70 across
the St. Augustin Pass and down to Las Cruces, where we're going to join
Interstate 10 towards Arizona. (upbeat music continuing) (upbeat music continuing) Here's that other Border
Patrol checkpoint, but there's no one here. Let's refuel here
in Akela Flats, which, in hindsight, we should
have done it in Las Cruces. It was way cheaper there. I wonder what's going on here. It looks like half of the Las Cruces Police
Department is here. (upbeat music continuing) Crossing the Continental Divide at what is probably the
most anticlimactic spot. Well, we're gonna
get there at night, which is not my
favorite way to do it, but (pausing) we'll
figure it out. It's gonna freeze tonight, so we also have to take
certain precautions, like filling up the
fresh and not using- We don't have a heated hose. (upbeat music continuing) We're going to be staying
at the Lordsburg KOA, no frills, easy in and out. And tomorrow we're
going into Arizona and the plan is to spend one
last night with full hookups before our RV
boondocking extravaganza at the Q23 meetup in Quartzsite. Well, here we go. This was a Lordsburg KOA. I've been here, this is
my third time, actually, and, I mean, it is a no-frills
campground basically. For me, it's kind of
like the utilitarian stop right before we get to Arizona. Now, today we have a
four-hour drive to, I'm not sure if it is pronounced
Jila Bend or Hila Bend, but I I have a
feeling it's Hila Bend because, as you
know, many places, especially in Arizona,
New Mexico, California, they retain their
Spanish pronunciation. So, let me know if you
know how it is pronounced. Oh, we have another,
another Micro Minnie. That one is not a FLX though. In any case, tomorrow
we're going to Quartzsite. As you can see, beautiful
weather today; it's perfect. And I think we're
gonna break the curse of Quartzsite of the past two
times I've been there where- And I think I took
the wrong turn just because I'm
talking too much. We're breaking that curse
of Quartzsite being rainy. There's no rain in the forecast for at least the next 10 days, but they've been wrong before. Anyway, let's hit the road. (happy music) Yeah, the area coming
in and out of the KOA, not very pretty. (happy music continuing) ♪ Driving to the west,
into the sunset ♪ ♪ Driving to the west ♪ Driving to the west,
into the sunset ♪ ♪ Driving to the west ♪ Driving to the west,
into the sunset ♪ ♪ Driving to the west ♪ Driving to the west,
into the sunset ♪ ♪ Driving to the west ♪ Driving through
New Mexico, Arizona ♪ ♪ Even California, I'm gonna ♪ Gonna get my kicks on 66 ♪ The mountains and
the desert are my fix ♪ ♪ Driving to the west in
my RV is where I wanna be ♪ By the way, great route to
take if you like trains. And here's a rare appearance
of an Amtrak passenger train. They are not all that common. And I still don't know
what The Thing is. Our final destination,
Quartzsite, Arizona. But first we have to get there and we're all about the journey
as much as the destination. So enjoy the ride. Well, this is
called Texas Canyon, even though it is in Arizona. And this westbound
rest area right here, probably one of the
most picturesque in all of Interstate 10. Texas Canyon, huh? (engine hums) Some contemporary petroglyphs. (upbeat music) We're now approaching
Benson, Arizona, and while we're not
gonna stop anywhere except a supermarket
to resupply, it should be a very scenic drive all the way to our
overnight location. We're now approaching
the Tucson area and we can already see
Mount Lemon covered in snow behind this cholla cactus field. There is so much to see
and do in the Tucson area. Actually, probably my
favorite big city in Arizona. But today, we're just
stopping groceries and whenever I'm in this
area, I like to visit Fries. They are usually huge and have everything you
could possibly need. Besides, it is fun to explore
different supermarket chains around the country and
see what they might have that others don't. Did you know Mount
Lemons Ski Valley is the southernmost ski resort in the continental
United States. And I just love these views
of the downtown skyline with Mount Lemon
in the background. We were here back in 2021 and we'll be here
again, I promise. As we continue west, I can't help but notice the
silhouette of Picacho Peak and Pinal Airpark, an
aircraft storage facility. I'm going to reminisce, because during my first
cross-country road trip ever back in 2018, I drove through here my
first encounter with Arizona. I mean, I had been to
the Grand Canyon before, but it's not the same as driving and seeing the gradual change
in scenery and ecosystem. At some point I
looked to the left and saw all these little twigs
sticking out of this slope, and all of a sudden I realized
they were all saguaro cacti, thousands of them. It is a moment I
will never forget. Years later, in 2021, I actually climbed to
the top of Picacho Peak, which was another
great experience. (upbeat music) We're gonna take Interstate 8, we shoot straight west
bypassing Phoenix. Yeah, crossing the
Phoenix metropolitan area is never fun, especially towing. And I-8 is such a beautiful
drive with so many saguaros. This is where we're gonna stay at the Sonoran Desert RV Park, formerly Gila Bend KOA. (smooth jazz music) So here we have half an
onion and a Japanese knife, so we're gonna chop
that onion as you do. Melt some butter. And tell you what, I'm gonna do another onion,
because we love onion. And half an onion
is just not enough. A little bit of salt and the
whole green pepper sliced. Actually, I forget
the rest of the onions and more salt and black pepper. And I'm going to smash
and peel some garlic. But first, let me
move this around. Of course, mince that garlic a little more salt. And you must be
asking yourselves, "What are we cooking today?" Well, paprika, oregano, cumin, turmeric, and a little marinara
sauce and hot sauce. Hmm, so aromatic and
some cooking wine. And we've been throwing
some jumbo shrimp. This dish is called
Camarones Enchilados, which is basically shrimp
in the Creole sauce. The recipe originated in Haiti, brought to Cuba by
Haitian immigrants during the Haitian Revolution
in the late 18th century. Hmm, look at the
color on that sauce. Hmm. Oh yeah. Well, good morning. Hold on, let me
put it on tow mode. Just because in tow mode, the automatic engine
stop doesn't activate. In any case here, Sonoran Desert RV Resort
or RV Park, one of the two? I don't know what
the difference is. Very nice, this is actually
my third time here. This is usually my go-to place
before or after Quartzsite. it's about two hours away and it's immaculately,
clean, nice laundry. And yeah, this used to
be the Gila Bend KOA, the first time I came here. (upbeat music) Many people don't like this
brown-colored desert mountains, but to me there is something
specially alluring about them. Inexplicable. That would be Palo Duro, the largest nuclear power
plant in the United States and the only one in
the world not located near a large body of water. It uses treated
sewage for cooling. The more you know. (upbeat music) I just love this
stretch of Interstate 10 going through the
Sonoran Desert, looking at the horizon
in anticipation, hoping the next hill may
reveal our final destination. There it is, let me zoom in. We can even see the big tent. During the last week of January, Quartzsite hosts the
sports vacation and RV show and the big part of
that is the big tent. And that is happening
this week as we film this, we're also taking part in
the Q23 YouTubers meetup. The main thing about Quartzsite and why so many people decide
to spend their winters here boondocking in their RVs is besides the
relatively mild climate, the 2,500 inhabitant
town is surrounded by Public Bureau of
Land Management land. And this land is
also relatively flat, so it is perfect for camping. To the north side of town, you have Hi Jolly
and Plomosa Road, the Scaddan Wash to the east
and Dome Rock to the west. And all these are completely
free for up to 14 days with no services. To the south, there is La Posa long-term
visitors area, or LTVA divided into La Posa North,
La Posa West, La Posa South, and Tyson Wash. Here we are arriving
at La Posa South LTVA, which offers pet
toilets, dump stations, portable water and
trash collection for AV. The LTVA charges
$40 for 14 days. So, 180 for the
whole 7-month season. And you can stay at several
different locations. As you can imagine, a lot of people
from colder climates find this very appealing
as a way to spend their winters for
very little money. Here in the desert,
there are no addresses. So everything works
by GPS coordinates and finding your way along
all these makeshift roads made by the ones who
were here before us and we have arrived at the
location of the Q23 meetup. Yeah, I'm a little confused
about where exactly they want me to
drop the trailer. As the sun begins to set, the mountains take on this
crimson hue, very unique. (upbeat music) It is going to be a cold night. So we're going to gather
around the campfire, make new friends, share stories
from the road, as you do. (upbeat music) Oh, good morning, Quartzsite. It's gonna be
another beautiful day here at our campsite. Perfect weather. (upbeat music) Let's go check out the big tent. There's the line for
the dump station, which will get longer and
longer as the week progresses. It is opening day
for the big tent. So there is a lot of traffic
as we approach Quartzsite. And here we have
the entrances to La Posa West and La Posa North. Some parts of La Posa
West, by the way, walking distance
to the big tent. So that's your pro
tip of the day. Here on the left is the official
entrance to the RV Show, but we're gonna go a
little further north. This is it. This area is called Tyson Wells. It is a huge swap meet,
surrounding the big tent, mostly on the north side. (upbeat music) Oh, it is our lucky day. I was very lucky to be
able to find parking here at this parking lot. As you can see this
place is packed. I mean, I've never seen this
place so full of people. And oh, let's go to the big tent and maybe we'll get
something to eat, something to drink, we'll see. There's a rock gem and
mineral show going on as well, all January and February. And sometimes you find amazing
geodes and other things. As you can see, this
swap meet is massive. I think if you can't find
it here, it does not exist. (upbeat music) Of course, there are all
kinds of RV accessories, even water pumps and yeah, they really have everything
you might need here. I might add, not
everything is RV-related. Let's just say there's a very
eclectic collection of items for sale here. Hmm, maybe I should get a
Starlink pole and bracket. There's a lot of solar here too, because we are in the desert and generally sunlight is
abundant in these parts. Let's continue walking
towards the big tent. And here they have the
homemade ice cream maker. I've heard the machine
is just for show, but it's still really
good ice cream. And of course, the famous
Beer Bellies, Adult Daycare. It is a tradition to come here. And who am I to argue with that? Cheers, it's a tradition. Well, you know this place
has really filled up. Oh, here we are at the big tent. Oh, my voice is gone. (feet crunch) - Good morning.
- I thought it was gonna be ice cream, no. ♪ Do to keep from crying ♪ When he calls
your name, Jolene ♪ Oh, live music. And it is none other
than the Border Hookups. I've been meaning to meet them. ♪ How you can
easily take my man ♪ ♪ But you don't know
what he means to me ♪ ♪ Jolene, Jolene,
Jolene, Jolene ♪ ♪ Please don't take him
just because you can ♪ ♪ A thousand words ♪ But you can't see what those
shades of gray keep covered ♪ Maybe we'll get a chance
to say hello later, but now let's go
into the big tent. Let's go inside the big tent. When I was here in 2021,
the show looked kind of sad. It had been raining
the whole week and COVID was still a thing. But in 2023, Quartzsite is
back baby, stronger than ever. In some ways this is
very similar to the
supplier's building at the Tampa RV Show. But here I think there's more
like odd and strange things and definitely more solar stuff. (indistinct voices) (upbeat music) Yeah, you can either use it
for a flagpole or Starlink. We need to get one of those. (upbeat music) I like it. We are very cool to be at
the big tent once again. And we just met Bryan
Adventure Van Man. - Like this, or like this,
left-handed, right-handed. - It's a truck camper
with a Bimini top. Where have you seen that? Exo-Hauler. Well, what do you know? I had never seen a
truck camper toy hauler with a Bimini top. I mean, you get to
see all kinds of interesting things
here at Quartzsite. That's a long name. Let's call it the
Quartzsite RV Show. You never know who
you're gonna run into at the Quartzsite RV... It has a long name but. Quartzsite Vacation
and Recreation, whatever the Quartzsite RV Show. Here we are with Mikey & Barbi. Of course, I mooched up with
him a couple of years ago, a couple of months ago,
what's wrong with me, Chris from Lectric Bikes. Then we have Russ from RVerTV.
- Hey. - And Lets Turn It Up World. (group cheer) Up until yesterday it felt
like everybody was at Tampa. But I think the
cool kids are here. - The cool kids are right here. - Ooh, tiny homes. Let's check them out. This would work out great
for our Pelicamp in Florida. We got a wood stove and- - [Bystander] You can't
get in the building. - There's just no
closets I think. But it's very cute. We have a refrigerator and that's a composting toilet. Hmm, that might be the
deal-breaker right there. We continue walking
around the vast swap meet. One of these days,
one of these days I might get me one of these. (music plays) Here we go, gringos. They're from Billings, Montana
and Quartzsite, Arizona. Let's check it out. - I want hot- - It is called a
Montana Burrito. Hmm, bon appetit! In hindsight, I think we should
have gotten the Carnitas, but what's done, it's done. (bagpipes hum) I had me an espresso. Well, you know me, I gotta
have my espresso shot. Now let's continue
exploring the RV Show. (indistinct voices) Yeah, we're back
in Beer Bellies. A viewer bought me a beer,
so I had to do it, right? Look what we have here. Hello. No, it doesn't work. It's called the Media Tent. Yeah, this is what they're doing
all the seminars this year. I think I know that guy. - Oh! (Robert chuckles) - Hey Tony, how are you brother? So look what I ran into here
at the Quartzsite RV Show. It's our friend Tony
from Stressless Camping. - Yeah, absolutely. It's just, it's so
great to see you again. It's our Quartzsite meetup. The one thing missing
is we don't have beers. - Yeah, what's wrong with us? - I know. - As you know, the first
time we met he was- - At Beer... Beer Bellies.
- Yeah, absolutely. And you have the hat. (ambient music) - And my last
GoPro battery died. So let's return to camp and tomorrow we'll
continue exploring. Lots of traffic
here on opening day. (ambient music) Marc Guido of Grand
Adventure has arrived. He's got the large
Durango fifth wheel. It is really filling up
like a city of RVs out here. (ambient music) It is just magical, the colors as the sun starts
going down there. (ambient music) (gentle piano music) (engines whir) It is another beautiful
morning here at the Q23. I find it to be so
beautiful out here and the freedom to be off grid. Before going into town, let's drive around the more
densely populated areas of La Posa South. This is one of the shortcuts to get from Le Posa onto US-95. But first, let's
check out Tyson Wash. It is a lot less
crowded on this side. We are back in
Quartzsite for lunch and we are in the
mood for pizza. And best place for that
without a doubt is Silly Al's. We are famous Silly Al's. (door screeches) It's still early, but this place is gonna
get packed here in a few. Our pie has arrived. (indistinct voices) This is the famous Silly Al's and this place has
really filled up. (upbeat music) We continue exploring
La Posa South and I want you to
pay close attention to the sign coming
up on the right. This area is called
the Magic Circle. And yes, on a balmy afternoon you may encounter people
sunbathing au naturale. Now you know, and that's all
I'm gonna say about that. We wanted to go back
to the big tent, but someone decided it
would be a good idea to do a potluck at 3:00 p.m., so we barely have enough
time to cook something. And this is the moment
where our troubles began. Ily was helping me
out in the kitchen and she accidentally
cut her thumb and I'm pretty sure
she needed stitches, but Sunday afternoon in
Quartzsite is not a good place for a medical emergency. So we managed to
stop the bleeding, put some band-aids on
and join the party. (ambient music) (indistinct voices) - Work faster, we ain't
got the fire right there. - [Bystander] There he is. (dog barks) - [Robert] Hey there. There was our fire ring. (ambient music) - His name is, it's
a bird, it's a plane. - Oh, you good?
- Yeah. - It's a Christmas tree.
- Good. - Just like that, day
turned in to night and it happens to be New Moon. (gentle music) There we go, that's
a shot right there. (indistinct voices) A windy day in Quartzsite. Good morning, well, it's
almost noon actually. And we got some clouds, which is probably gonna
make for a better sunset and it's dusty. But that Monte Terrace
from exploring the queue a little more. Let's do it. (dramatic music) It looks like someone lost
their awning to the wind. Yeah, that's never a good day. And the line for the dump
station keeps growing. Lots of blowing dust
today and it is cold. I should have done
this yesterday. I guess, the only way is
through Tyson Wells, oh, well. I think these are the remains
of an old abandoned mine. All right, let's see if we
can go all the way to the top of Q Mountain here. It's a little steeper
than I was expecting and it's hard to
follow the trail. Ooh, and it is cold. There it is, the big Q. (dramatic music) I'm gonna lose my
hat, but here we go. Here we have 360
views of Quartzsite and all the numerous areas where people are
camping out here. Look at that. And there's so much
land, free land here. (flag flaps) So there, that's the big tent. La Posa West, I believe. La Posa North and back there, it's somewhere back there is
La Posa South, where we are. And then that over there
in the far distance, that would be the Scaddan Wash. I believe that's I-10 and US-95. I always wanted to come up here. That is La Posa
South where we are. There it is the big tent and
the sun wants to come out. So many RVs parked
in this desert. It is bitterly cold up here. So we're going down,
I'm going down quickly. I was about to quote the
Christmas vacation movie, but let's just say
we managed to fill up our black water tank. So an emergency
dump is in order. You take a look at that line,
there's like, I don't know, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 RVs waiting to dump. And I think for my $40, they should have more dump
stations, to be honest about it. I just dump my trash. We're just gonna do our dry dump somewhere in town, campground. And next time we're
staying at Scaddan Wash, that's what I'm saying. Let's go. (upbeat music) The dump station
here at La Posa South is ridiculously insufficient
for the amount of people here. So we're just gonna go into
town and pay at an RV park. And I still have to
tell you what happened at the Q Mountain. Even though if you follow
me on social media, you probably already know. At this moment in the trip, I thought it was
just a sprained ankle and I was feeling better. So I didn't give it
a second thought. I figured I'd take it easy, but at this point there
is still so much to see here in Quartzsite and
in California, Nevada, perhaps even Utah. But more about that later. Let's dump right here. They also have a line, but
it is not nearly as long. Well, price gouging in
Quartzsite for dumping and water is definitely a thing. Yeah, I'm still limping a
little bit from that fall. I don't know, I'm
starting to rethink my assessment of Quartzsite. I think I like Quartzsite
for a couple of days. As long as you don't have
to actually dump here or get water. This is the first time
that I've stayed here for more than five days
and I love Quartzsite. But just for a couple of days. Yep, that was definitely
cranky Robert speaking. (upbeat music) Now let's get propane. And I think the RV pit-stop might be the best
place for that. It is a very efficiently
run operation even though the
more sensible thing would've been to go to a larger
town like Lake Havasu City or even Phoenix or Vegas. At this point, I still think
my leg is going to get better. And the same with Ily's finger. So we decide to
park at Plomosa Road by ourselves and regroup, come up with a new
plan, if you will. I've never camped in this
area and I think I like it. It was a little of
a stressful morning and I'm still limping
a little bit here. But look at that, the
wind has died down. And as you saw, we moved
to Plomosa Road here. I had never actually
camped in this part, in this area of Quartzsite,
and it is very nice, beautiful day here. And I don't know for how long we're gonna stay
here at Plomosa, but at least for
tonight for sure. The exploratory me couldn't
stay still for too long. So we had to go back
into town anyway. I had forgotten to put gas. And we also decided to see
some of the points of interest. First, we're going to
stop by the cemetery and pay our respects
to Hi Jolly. Born in present day Greece, he was one of several men
hired by the United States Army to introduce camels
to transport cargo across the great
American desert. In his final years, he moved
to Quartzsite, Arizona, where he mined and scouted
for the U.S. government. And he died in 1902. (upbeat music) Of course, no visit to
Quartzsite will be complete without visiting the
Hi Jolly Monument here at the military cemetery. And there is, he
was a camel herder. Yeah, someone came up
with this brilliant idea of using camels during the
Civil War to transport stuff. And you can pause and read. (upbeat music) Let's stop by the Yacht Club. Yes, it is a yacht
club in the desert. Isn't that peculiar? Well, it is mainly a restaurant. They do sell memberships and thanks to something
called the reciprocity, that membership card
could potentially get you into other yacht clubs,
isn't that something. Let's go back to Plomosa Road. There are a couple of
things I want to see. And then the escapees
are having a happy hour. So we can't miss that. As I said, here are
several Easter eggs hiding in plain sight here
in the Sonoran Desert. And in my original plan we
were going to see many of them. But in my current condition, I'm going to settle
for just two here, right off Plomosa Road. And the first one, we have
to get off the pavement. Here we are. This is the site of the
Quartzsite Rock Alignment. I'm still limping a little bit. And this is what is called
the Quartzsite Rock Alignment. And if you see it from the air, it reads, "Quartzsite,"
on the ground, and they have this fence here, so you can come in by
foot but not by car. And yeah, I shouldn't
be walking this much, but I wanna get to where it is. Well, here we go. This is a Q. It says, "Quartzsite." Let's see if we
can fly the drone. It's not too windy
today, by the way. I really love this area back
here away from everybody else. It'll be cool to camp
here in this wilderness. (ambient music) Now let's go see something
called an intaglio or geoglyph, which is basically an
engraving on the rock, in this case, on the
rocky desert surface. This one is a little
bit of a hike, which I can't do in
my condition, so I'm
just going to fly. It is actually rather
small, but there it is. It is called the
Bouse Fisherman. It is anywhere from
500 to 2,000 years old. (ambient music) Let's land and get
back to the campsite. I want to check out that
escapee's happy hour. There they are. Wow, that's a lot of people. (ambient music) (indistinct voices) Oh yeah, it's a party. Hot dogs, live music. And I even got to meet
Brian of the YouTube channel RV with Tito. (music plays) Oh yeah. it's been one of
those do nothing days here at the Plomosa area. But right now we're
gonna do some grilling. There seems to be some
big event over there. They have something like
a PA system and all that. So I don't know. (spray hisses) (barbecue spits) (spray hisses) It's gonna be so good. Anyway, cheers. I just flipped
them, look at that. Hmm, well, bon appetit! (upbeat music) Just another lazy
day in the desert. But tomorrow we're
going to an urgent care in Lake Havasu City, mainly so someone can take
a look at Ily's finger, because she's lost some
movement in her thumb. And my leg hasn't improved much. So might as well get
that looked at too. (upbeat music) I've neglected my sticker
map for far too long, so let's take care of
that and hit the road to Lake Havasu we go. ♪ Riding, riding in my RV ♪ Wherever I want be ♪ 'Cause I'm free in my RV ♪ Yeah, I'm riding,
riding, riding ♪ ♪ Riding in my RV, my RV ♪ Wherever I want to be ♪ 'Cause I'm free in my RV It is a beautiful drive. ♪ Driving the pavement
rushing under the tires ♪ ♪ At different time zone ♪ You know, I'm
gonna get higher ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm on fire ♪ Riding ♪ I have no idea where
will end up tonight ♪ ♪ It doesn't matter 'cause you
know it's gonna feel right ♪ ♪ Because we're
riding, yay riding ♪ ♪ We're riding in my RV ♪ Wherever I want to be ♪ 'Cause I'm free in my RV ♪ Yeah, I'm riding,
riding, riding ♪ ♪ Riding in my RV, my RV ♪ Wherever I want to be ♪ Because I'm free in my RV So we came here by the urgent
care in Lake Havasu City And it turns out Ily's injury doesn't require
immediate attention. On the other hand, I
have a fractured fibula, so they put me in a
splint and recommended that I see an
orthopedic specialist. There are not many options
here in Lake Havasu. So against medical advice, I took that splint off
and decided to drive two and a half
hours to Las Vegas. I mean, I've been putting
weight on it for five days. So what's one more. It is always good
to be in a big city for situations like this. More medical choices,
Uber, food delivery, and the large airport with
direct flights to Miami, just in case. ♪ Free in my RV, yay ♪ I'm riding, riding, riding ♪ Riding in my RV, my RV ♪ Wherever I want to be ♪ 'Cause I'm free
in my RV, yay ♪ Well, we've made it to Sin City, Mount Charleston,
covered in snow. So we've been here in Las
Vegas for about two weeks and I think that's the longest
we stayed at a place camping, or I would hardly
call it camping. I mean, we've been here, I went to it's called the
Desert Orthopedic Center. And they saw me, they confirmed that I
have a fractured fibula and they put me in a boot,
this fashionable boot. And they told me to
come back in a week. So we serve an extra
week here at the KOA. And we went back, follow up. Everything seems good, I'm
not gonna need surgery. But at this point we
wanna get back home. And by the way, I
wanna thank everybody who offered to drive us back. We're gonna see if Ily can
make it, I think she can. I'm gonna take it slow. I'll be her co-pilot
and we're heading home. And unfortunately, the trip has been
truncated, interrupted, but we'll get back on the
road soon enough, I hope. Until the next one, thank
you so much for watching and see you on the road. ♪ I'm riding ♪ Riding in my RV ♪ Wherever I want to be ♪ Because I'm free
in my RV, yay ♪ ♪ I'm riding, riding, riding ♪ I'm riding in my RV, my RV ♪ Wherever I want to be ♪ Because I'm free
in my RV, yay ♪ ♪ I'm riding, riding, riding ♪ Riding in my RV, my RV ♪ Wherever I want to be ♪ Because I'm free
in my RV, yay ♪ ♪ Riding, riding,
riding, riding ♪ ♪ Riding in my RV, my RV ♪ Wherever I want to be ♪ Because I'm free in my RV ♪ Riding, riding, oh
riding in my RV, my RV ♪ ♪ Whatever I want to be ♪ Oh, 'cause I'm free in my RV ♪ Riding, riding,
riding, riding ♪ ♪ Riding in my RV, my RV ♪ Whenever I want to be ♪ Because I'm free
in my RV, yay ♪ ♪ Riding, riding, riding ♪ I'm riding in my RV, my RV ♪ Wherever I want to be ♪ 'Cause I'm free in my RV ♪ Riding, riding from
Florida to Tennessee ♪ ♪ My RV ♪ Whenever I want to be ♪ 'Cause I'm free
in my RV, yay ♪ ♪ Riding, riding in my RV ♪ Wherever I want to be ♪ Because I'm free
in my RV, yay ♪ ♪ I'm riding, riding, riding ♪ I'm riding in my RV, my RV ♪ Wherever I want to be ♪ Because I'm free
in my RV, yay ♪ ♪ I'm riding, riding, riding ♪ Riding in my RV, my RV ♪ Wherever I want to be ♪ Because I'm free in my RV ♪ Yeah, riding, riding,
riding, riding ♪ ♪ Riding in my RV, my RV ♪ Wherever I want to be ♪ 'Cause I'm free, in my RV ♪ Riding, riding, riding - Welcome to New Mexico.
- Oh, thank you. (engine whir) ♪ Yeah, yay ♪ Driving to the east ♪ We're going home ♪ And I've been
away for too long ♪ ♪ Driving to the east ♪ We're going home ♪ And I've been away ♪ For far too long - Welcome to Louisiana.
- Thank you. ♪ We're going home ♪ And I've been away ♪ For far too long ♪ Driving to the east ♪ We're going home ♪ And I've been away ♪ For far too long ♪ When I cross the Mississippi ♪ I'm more than halfway home ♪ I'm getting tired,
I'm getting sleepy ♪ ♪ I've been away for too long ♪ When I cross the
Suwannee River ♪ ♪ I'm thinking of the sun ♪ I'm getting close,
I'm a believer ♪ ♪ The tonight I'll be gone ♪ Driving to the east Oh, thank you. ♪ We're going home ♪ And I've been away ♪ For far too long ♪ Driving to the east ♪ We're going home ♪ And I've been away ♪ For far too long ♪ I'm riding, riding in my RV
