MAJOR CHANGE OF PLANS…

we are driving our man on the beach right now [Music] we're karen nate and we traveled the world full-time for four years visiting 100 countries but 2020 brought us back to the u.s where we bought our first home it does not feel real a converted sprinter van that we spent the whole summer driving 3 000 miles from tennessee to washington in the last video we announced our new plan of driving all the way from the canadian border to mexico down the pacific coast highway yay we have nothing booked and our only plans are to be home for christmas which gives us about six weeks and the trip was off to an awesome start they just saw an orca we made it about halfway down the washington coast and today we're continuing south to the oregon border which unfortunately is where our journey comes to an abrupt end morning not a bad place to wake up no this was the best all right look where we ended up last night here's our van one two three four five steps away from the beach oh the washington coast is pretty majestic it's a little windy but the blue skies are trying to come out i don't think i've ever seen this much whitewash and seafoam in the water the washington coastline just has this rugged beauty unlike anywhere else we've ever been [Music] very sad to have to leave this place so soon [Music] we just drove three very rainy hours down the coast to long beach and i've been drooling over this restaurant that i found online called the chowder stop hundreds of reviews 4.9 stars and warm beautiful comforting clam chowder so our first top of the day is lunch wow [Music] so we were talking on the way here and we decided that we're going to make it our mission on this trip to find the best clean chowder and the best fish and chips on the whole west coast and when i walked into this restaurant i had all intentions of ordering a big bread bowl of clam chowder because that's what we had in seattle and it was so good but this place had something on the menu that i've never seen before and the waitress told us she doesn't know anybody else who does this i just had to try chowder fries it is literally a plate of french fries with clam chowder on top sprinkle with cheese and bacon bits probably one of the most unhealthy things i could have ordered but when in long beach whoa this is brilliant it's perfect i mean we can't let the fries get soggy and take it to go i'm gonna have to eat the whole thing the fish is beer battered and the tartar sauce is made with fresh dill and fresh capers [Music] that one is going to be hard to beat we also learned that that place actually started as a food truck and then got so popular that they turned it into a restaurant i'm so full but so happy still raining you driving it has been raining for the last 48 hours and at first i was just blaming it on being in the pacific northwest but i did a little research and learned that it's actually from a tropical storm that's blown from taiwan all the way across the pacific and it's now just settled here above the west coast it's also like 40 degrees outside like just cold enough to not be snowing which makes the rain very uncomfortable [Applause] so this is long beach which according to the sign claims to be the longest beach in the world which got me pretty excited but i've learned the internet disagrees after reading several articles it seems like no matter how you slice it there's really no way it can make that claim but actually after a little more research if you put enough qualifiers in front of it it may just be the longest beach in the world i guess world's longest continuous peninsula beach wouldn't fit on the sign this surf's pretty impressive from this storm there goes nothing we've watched a lot of other cars do it no one's gotten stuck yet we're doing it turns out you can drive on this beach there are a ton of cars out here but i'm a little nervous about our giant van on the sand this is probably a terrible idea but we had to try it oh man oh gosh nate why are you going so fast okay yeah you're probably right this is crazy feels pretty good so far how does it feel surprisingly normal i thought it'd just feel like we were sinking i'm sure if you're from washington this is no big deal but being from tennessee getting to drive on the beach is so cool i know we can say we've done it but it was cold and wet where is it though that's our pacific northwest motto goodbye not longest beach in the world this was one of the places that we had started on the map somebody told us to come here and we thought it might be fun to mix up the nature with something a little weird and quirky i know i was about to go in this side and i almost said excuse me all right well we ran in and saw the what they claim to be world famous jake the alligator man but trying to avoid indoor places with lots of people right now so probably would have been cool any other time all right from here we have a short drive to our next stop which is called cape disappointment and on the way there i'm going to research why it's named that still raining so this is where the columbia river meets the pacific ocean and according to the internet there was a british trader in the late 1700s who was sailing south looking for the mouth of the columbia river and when he got here he saw it but he thought it was a bay until he missed it and that's why it's called the cape of disappointment and cape disappointment actually is disappointing for two reasons because a little bit later in 1805 the lewis and clark expedition got here and they were mad that westerners had already been here before them so they were also disappointed [Music] [Music] nate is out there in the freezing cold rain he's soaking wet all to get a good video of that lighthouse i think he's the most dedicated person i know it's hard to open my eyes u.s and it's is only place on the west coast that has two lighthouses within two miles for some reason karen didn't want to come see this one i lost my feeling wow how'd it go oh the door's smushing me because of the wind was it worth it so worth it i don't think you're gonna see anything in the camera all right so we found somewhere to camp for the night yeah i need a s'more [Music] one of the benefits of doing the pacific coast highway in november is that we haven't had trouble finding a camping spot there's always availability hopefully we're not stuck here well we were supposed to drive to oregon today we can't be the only ones that feel this way but it seems like just when we're starting to get some momentum in 2020. governor jay inslee is teaming up with the governors of oregon and california issuing a travel advisory urging everyone to stay home we recommend that those who have traveled out of state self quarantine for 14 days upon return the washington coast is a beautiful rugged place with terrible internet so yesterday we stopped in an internet cafe to upload a video and as soon as we walked in the first thing we heard playing on the tv over in the corner was a news clip about new travel advisories in washington oregon and california anyone going to or from washington will lead to quarantine for 14 days as a reminder this was supposed to be our route as we were listening to the news i think we were both in a little bit of like shock disbelief like we literally just were staring at each other hearing these words and feeling like it was a punch in the stomach like it was the strangest thing we had just been living the past three days in this like wilderness fantasy land and then as soon as we get back to civilization we were just brought back to real life immediately like from the highest high just like nope and then we just acted like nothing happened and got the work we needed done with the wi-fi and came back to the van and had to make a really hard decision so to be respectful of the local government's new regulations we've decided to cancel the rest of the trip it's just such a bummer this is how we were going to finish out the rest of the year it's also the most pre-planning that i've ever done for a trip google maps was organized i had a spreadsheet with the days that we were gonna film and the days we were gonna edit so that we could fit everything in it was even color-coded we literally never do that so yesterday i had to hit delete on that entire spreadsheet and start all over from scratch and of course we're disappointed but we're not asking for sympathy we know that our problems pell in comparison to what a lot of other people are going through this year we're super grateful for our health that we've been able to continue to make videos for this channel and the opportunity to explore as much as we have but it's still okay to be a little disappointed right i still haven't been to california so now that our plans have been completely flipped upside down we've decided to take this as an opportunity to start heading home we both have some personal things with family going on that it'll be nice to be present for so we're gonna sit here for a couple days come up with a new plan and then start the 2500 mile journey back to nashville this plan will not be color-coded just in case oh i don't know my mask oh no are you sure it's around your pocket yeah it without you we chose two very fat things maybe we should try to find the best salad i'd also like to find the best coffee on the coast that has wine on the coast the best chocolate like we are can i totally take my picture with you my daughter she texts me she's like they're in grayland mom i watch them every day our life is so crazy you wanna uh putt-putt no putt-putt no no come on oh it's so what cold touched my belly i think i feel more disappointed for you than anything because i know that california was at the very top of your west and we've been putting it off because i don't know why just took us longer than expected to get there i think when we bought the van i pictured us driving it down the pacific coast highway like that was the vision of this van life experience that i had in my head it was kind of like the grand finale of the year in my mind like this was how we were going to end the year doing like the coolest road trip that i can think of and it's just one more thing that 2020 it is like your night come up with a new plan yeah it's gonna be great tear ducts are so big oh yeah the little hole like on your lid yeah okay maybe i have a disorder maybe like my tear ducts are too big and that's why i cry so much well that was not recording are you [Music] serious [Music] you

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Keywords: #vanlife, kara and nate, kara and nate vlog, off grid living, self converted sprinter van, sprinter van, sprinter van conversion, tiny home, tiny home on wheels, tiny house, travel, travel couple, travel couple vlog, travel vlog, usa travel, van life, van life couple, van life vlog, van tour, vanlife, pch, pacific coast highway, west coast, west coast road trip, van life pch, van life washington, washington travel, west coast van life, long beach, long beach washington

Id: 6cNaMJ6IiiM

Length: 16min 44sec (1004 seconds)

Published: Sun Nov 22 2020

Reddit Comments

[u/itbelikethat704]

For me, it’s the ignorance. America has the worst cases of COVID ever right now, and they are sad they can’t go to California? This year is not the year for Americans to be traveling all over, we literally will never be able to contain this if people won’t stop being so selfish.

As influencers, they should understand that more than likely people who come across their videos are being personally affected by the pandemic (healthcare workers, families who have had loved ones pass away, people who have lost their jobs, etc.) There are a lot of things that can be deemed problematic about them but this video really highlighted their ignorance to the pandemic. People literally have had to cancel weddings, couldn’t say goodbye to loved ones or hold them, and so much more. Bye hey, Kara, I’m so sorry you never got to visit California after all your years of traveling.

[u/Ro6t]

They are struggling genuinely to make contents. Top of that they are trying to get used to Van life, which is getting harder with weather and technical problems.

[u/darthrio]

Wow three hours and no negative comments. I guess they’re all sleeping in.

[u/tidaltown]

Idunno if certain posters will show up here eventually, and I'm all for constructive criticism, but some people being like, "30 days is barely enough to enjoy just Moscow!!1!" like... what do you do for a living? The vast majority of us don't have nearly that much time off for vacation, nonetheless for ONE CITY. Jesus Christ.

[u/afoxcalledwhisper]

I couldn't imagine driving on a beach. To me it seems like people are destroying the beauty of nature. Maybe I need insight - why is driving on the beach a cool thing to do? Is it a long beach specific thing?

[u/LittleHiker]

So what’s going to be next?