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well today is a very big day on the channel here we are doing something we've wanted to do for a
very long time literally years for years and we're doing it we're renting a van with absolutely no
experience I can't prevent it that not just any van a camper van we're going out we're in
Las Vegas right now and we're heading out to do a super fun experience so for those of you that have
followed along for a long time you know that we kind of like slow travel around the world we live
short term in different places but we try to like really integrate into a place well this is going
to be a little bit different but we're going to be living in a camper this is a whole new living
experience this specifically though is a Winnebago sauce yeah and that's the thing we wanted to try
living in one of these for a very long time of course we'll be giving you guys a tour there's
another one right here this is actually not ours ours is this unit we'll give you a full tour in
an upcoming video but we'll show you a little bit of the inside once we get rolling we got all of
our luggage that we travel with right there and I think it's time to kind of try to figure out how
to disconnect the electricity there's a lot to do because we're still at the rental place we haven't
even done anything yet we haven't even taken off we haven't driven anywhere we're going to meet
our friends the endless Adventure you guys if you watched the last video you'll know that we've met
up with them and we're going to be traveling around with their RV I know they're actually
they're texting right now saying they're going to meet us somewhere up the highway so it's also
I think gonna be the first time we're driving in America in a very long time just trying to
figure out how to get uh disconnected here and we're already truly you don't pull this far too
one disconnect the electricity all right so we have to store this cable this is a
little sneak peek of what's inside I think this can go down here huh yeah
all right so there's all these little Nifty storage compartments everywhere this uh we'll
figure out how the bed Works in a bit we will definitely show you guys how the whole system
here works we got a lot to learn we have a lot to learn you ready I don't know all
right here we go it's uh rain feels a little bit overwhelmed I'm not gonna lie if you guys
are excited about this hit the like button if you're watching this because you're thinking
about renting a van this is the perfect series because we are not uh van lift people and we're
gonna see if we can be and we're also not very handy people here we go let's do it
the first thing we have to do here is kind of get out of Las Vegas so there's going to be a
fair amount of traffic but you can probably tell the views are pretty nice there's some mountains
in the background but uh yeah we got the GPS down here trying to figure out our way and I just want
to point out this is also the largest vehicle that I've ever driven before so that's a little
bit intimidating in a future video we will get you some facts we didn't even have time to get
the actual facts like how long the van is and things like that so we will find that info out
but for now let's just hope we can get to where we're going we gotta go meet the endless Adventure
first and that's going to happen very soon I think we're doing okay we already took one wrong turn
we realized or we didn't realize that our GPS wasn't talking to us so we were like trying to
figure stuff out just sort of talking between the two of us and then realized that we didn't take
the exit we were supposed to so we had to kind of get turned around but we're all good now I think
we're on the right track and I don't think we said where we're going yet which is Zion National Park
it's in Utah uh it's supposed to be amazing we've heard from some people that it's their absolutely
favorite National Park in all of the US which I think is a pretty big thing to say because there's
some amazing national parks in this country so we're super stoked yeah we're gonna be hanging out
there for like a few days so uh I'm sure you'll see quite a bit of that Park but this is so fun
already we're kind of digging van lights ask us five minutes in and you're like yeah this is for
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for sponsoring this video and supporting creators like us we found these guys in Eric's check Eric's
inspecting it already this is why you're here I can't help it it just looks so pretty under
there yeah it actually kind of matches Ruby it does I know like we did it on purpose yeah
we were saying though how happy we are that they're with us yeah absolutely yeah because
they gave us the tour of the inside and all the little like switches and all the stuff and it's
like okay I will remember all of that for sure hopefully we can help you all out and get you
all set up so this I guess it folds down yeah we don't know how this bed Works yet but we have to
figure that out that's nice you can stand up here like perfectly that works yeah I hit my
head there we are looking forward to giving you guys a proper tour once we kind of figure it out
ourselves but we're at some gas station now I think it's called loves or something we're
gonna go in there and stock up on some junk food probably maybe even try to find a sandwich we have
about I think like three more hours uh to drive so we're gonna need some fuel for our bellies thanks
we're back out on the road now already and it's really cool because we're getting to see uh
Clementine and Ruby in the wild so it's so much fun out here we got our road snacks as well this
is a necessity we're told when you're doing van life snacks are a necessity anywhere we're on a
trip this is super fun I don't know what these are some pop chips but the views are also getting just
crazy it's so different from the city now like we're in this wide open desert there's giant
mountains in the background it's just super dry so so much fun I think we got about two hours
left until we get to Zion so for those of you that are new around here and just watching for
the very first time just a little bit of a back story for you um during the pandemic of course
we got stuck at home in Canada like so many other people around the world can stuck at home and we
wanted something to do we ended up like selling our condo and buying a much smaller one so we had
some leftover money and we were like do we a yet a camper van and travel around or do we get a tiny
house and we took a while to kind of debate which one do we want to do basically like for a tiny
house we thought maybe we'd live in it a little bit more or less it would be for a rental property
and maybe down the road we'd live in it full time but for now it would just be more of an investment
than anything and the camper van was like well we can't really do anything else so we could just
for now travel around Canada and then when when things open up we can start traveling all around
North America so we opted we ended up opting for the tiny house you can go back on our Channel and
watch all sorts of videos about our tiny house and get a tour of it it's really cool we love
it but of course we kind of missed out on the camper van experience so now we get to try it out
laughs
America we're starting to see what the hype is all about we heard the drive here is spectacular
and just look at these views these mountains are incredible the camera doesn't do a good
job capturing them there's even some rushing rivers around wow and now it's even gotten to
like a little more green than rather a straight up desert so the whole landscape is changing
over the course so far I'm about like two and a half uh almost three hours this is awesome
and we're gonna be doing this quite a bit for the next couple of weeks so uh yeah this gets
us really excited to see more of American it's crazy landscape here on the West Coast
all right we did it you guys we made it the uh the drive was absolutely incredible it
was unbelievable like we just literally wanted to stop all the time we had to keep going but oh my
goodness it was one maybe one of those beautiful drives we've ever been I feel like I'm saying that
a lot lately well I mean look look at this look this way like how crazy is that we are around
these like crazy crazy mountain rock formations like this is wild it really is so now we uh we
did stop along the way we got some groceries got some a couple other camping supplies but
our Van's a little bit of a mess and now we got to figure out like where everything goes yeah so
we've got our campsite we gotta get it plugged in and do all the thingamajigs that you do Drive
was pretty nuts huh not bad at all that was some of the more beautiful scenery I think we've ever
seen look how good this looks Allison's like what are you doing disconnecting it oh yeah he's doing
our classic RV dance once we get to a spot but uh it's a lot easier when you get to look at this
it's just insane I know Nature's crazy and we got this uh killer setup oh yeah yeah their spot
it's not bad at all it's here our spot is there yeah both of our rigs just look perfect in this
backdrop no very happy about it here's what we mean by the mess so yeah small space now we have
to figure out what to do with all this stuff and make it uh livable yeah this is all our stuff we
gotta well maybe put the bed together anyway know if we want to do that because it's not
really like a we'll give you a tour later but I would not really a hangout space back here
so maybe we just keep it into the bed and then figure out where to pack all the stuff to you
yeah first let's sort the groceries our fridge is uh not holding up too bad here we definitely some
things tipped over oh but would you like a beer yes please what is that a palette it's a Sierra
Nevada Pele nice same one all right cheers to our first successful van life uh drive drive me part
we can do we know that but can we live in here can we get it set up can we get it set up but
also this is going to be a cool kind of camping it's like glamping on Wheels isn't it yeah all
right we're gonna try to get the power going here we're hooked up to the van on the other
side I see a blue light over here I see a blue light I don't smoke yeah you did something right
yeah trying to figure out how to get this bed down we're gonna have to move some of the blankets
so you guys can probably tell it is a bit of a tight space but that's as expected we're just
in a van here help help all right we're making progress here it's going to be interesting to
sleep in this I don't know I'm six feet tall so will it work for me good question right now we're
trying to figure out like where to put clothes in the small space so we have a cabinet here
um there's one on this side this is probably where we'll put our clothes like most of them
that we're using frequently and then everything else will just keep stored under there yeah maybe
we'll open it up and show you guys just how big it is one hand yeah I mean it's not I don't know
I think we can fit a lot of stuff up there maybe we can we'll try it out anyway so check this out
basically I had read that we probably won't have much of a sell signal and that the Wi-Fi
is terrible if non-existent well I just connected to the camp Wi-Fi I got 165 down and 111 up they
just get a new Wi-Fi I feel like all the reviews were like the Wi-Fi is terrible and I don't have
a cell signal so that's good magic amazing yay we can actually work well how about this we're all
settled in we got the setting in the background I say semi-settled semi settled you set up the bed
there's a lot to do but I think it's going to be a lot of fun yeah I'm slightly nervous right now
but how we're gonna fit everything and like it does feel pretty small it feels very tight so
yeah first impressions are very very tight we'll see if we can do this well there's lots of doggos
around the dogs around so yeah we're there's probably going to be about four or five videos
in this series we're still trying to figure that out huh yeah but we're not quite sure so we have
we're going to be here in this area for a few days I'm gonna drive through some other places
I don't know if I want to spill off no we can't spill the beans yeah so many like I think the
whole series is just going to be amazing views and places like right now we are just in this RV park
and we're getting settled in look at look behind us like look at the the Ridgeline and that's like
everywhere all around us so we're gonna see more of that of course but for now I think that we're
almost settled in we gotta go get something to eat yeah so we did stop at the grocery store but
we realized that we might be a little bit rushed getting here this evening relatively late we lost
an hour which we didn't realize when we crossed over from Arizona into Utah the time went from
Pacific Time to Mountain Time We Lost an hour which we didn't realize so now we're rushed
the restaurant closes at nine it's 8 15. so we're gonna go get something to eat we'll take you guys
with us right next to our Campground is this cute little Mexican place I think we literally walked
about one to two minutes it was so close and we've ordered our food we were pretty hungry what do we
got so we ended up splitting a chipotle chicken enchilada it's funny you put this down in front
of me and I thought wow that's small to split yeah but they actually split it up for us yeah
this is my plate what do you guys got oh my God we got the burger I'm gonna Dive Right In I don't
think you can tell it's smothered in the green sauce look how colorful the dishes in general
it's like being back in the States and all this Tex-Mex food is one of our favorite things all
of this delicious kind of it almost looks like sour cream but it's not there's a bit of kick
because there's some chilies in there got Tomatoes got beans you got rice I'm just happy to be here
especially after the long drive now we get to eat finally get to eat guys how's your burger
oh it's delicious very not Mexican at all but it's a barbecue bacon gouda burger oh my God yeah and
it's supposed to have a whole bunch of onion rings on there Eric doesn't love them so they're on
the side and I get to eat them we're splitting it though Burger cheers does it hit your burger like
test oh yeah it's spicy it's got bacon on it tons of cheese and it's very oily we've made it back to
the van and we're trying to figure out like well we're trying to get basically settled in because
I do want to end up making the bed so we can get cozy in here we got the windows all covered we
did manage to figure that out but right now I'm trying to sort of unpack because I don't want to
be pulling my suitcase out like basically I want to live out of the van now the suitcases are kind
of below Anna there so at least they're easily accessible but for now we're going to use I think
the upper cabinets put all our clothes that we might wear within the next I think these few days
a few days there but it's hard to think ahead like what's the weather going to be like it's
so chilly at night the days have been a mix of like really really warm to like not so warm so
it's hard to know we have some weird creepy uh lighting going on so this is setting the
stage for the next uh 10 days okay we could be doomed this is probably a sign we should wrap
up the video so we are gonna call it here so we do promise in one of the upcoming videos that we
will give you a tour of this I know you guys are going to want to see around yeah we definitely
want to figure it out a little bit yeah oh yeah absolutely it could be the next video if not it
will be right after that expect to see more of Zion we're going into the national park
and we have a permit to film that's a big deal because in the United States can't do that so
we're gonna be filming some stuff that's going to be fun of course we're going out with the endless
Adventure make sure to follow them subscribe to them if you haven't their videos I already been
out for quite a while because we're much more behind at the moment than they are so their
videos you may maybe already have seen everything I know some of you guys have been asking already
but we are quite a bit behind because we jumped around lot in Asia and we wanted to film it but
that's fun it means more videos for everyone yeah to go around so we'll finish up packing
and then probably just call it an egg we're tired hopefully I really hope you get a good sleep I'm a
little nervous with that if you're excited for the this new van Life mini series hit subscribe click
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Adventures we've ever been on no this is also like obviously quite the change from Vegas this is an
understatement yes all right guys that's it from Zion wishing you delightful travels see you soon