well good afternoon everyone Eric here from nomadic fanatic coming to you from my base
camp here in the high desert of Arizona a beautiful 72 degrees here at 1pm I am loving
this guys I have a big announcement here something something else has made it to Camp over here
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thanks for joining me guys fingers crossed there is zero percent chance of rain today
here in the high desert of Arizona Show Low area of Arizona so um it is very likely that
I will finally get a perfectly dry day out here and uh yeah this this is fine I do need
to get some rock out here but I have some news to share with you guys more things are
arriving here to my Camp Black Betty trailers over there tater tot the Smart car over there
and most importantly this is where Freedom my RV is going to sit guys I love this position
right here just got to decide on whether or not the water tank is going to stay right
there because Kevin was telling me that's where you want it you want the first Sun of
the day in the winter to hit it to keep it from freezing in the morning I may move it
out just a little bit but the RV's here guys getting lots of solar I've got Dish Network
up and running perfectly got TV out here and as you saw yeah starlink I put it out here
pretty I'm calling this my my driveway here my my front driveway I've got it there because
uh it needs it needs a lot of northern sky it's it's the opposite of a Dish Network it
needs the northern sky Dish Network needs the southern Skye uh at least it's working
it's the it's the only thing that works out here for me uh however um not getting awesome
speeds right now definitely workable and definitely uploading but um but not fantastic not fantastic
like other times where it where it has performed um I'll keep you updated and uh Black Betty
wants to go for a ride today so um I just got to say guy I'm so I'm so happy I'm so
this is this is really cool this is really cool to me um but it's also a big change for
me to not be on the road constantly to not have to put everything away and leave and
get on the road and create content you know as it turns out you know when when this started
the economy started going downhill and everything I remember telling a few friends I foolishly
I said uh no YouTube is Recession Proof YouTube creators are always going to have viewers
and uh while that's true you know views and making video and and putting work into it
will always be there however what I did not foresee was the advertisements and the pay
that can just keep going down and all of a sudden it's like yeah uh YouTube is like no
other job on Earth you can continue to put the same amount of effort into it until we
go all the way down to making zero dollars for the same amount of work so foolishly I
was I was very Incorrect and uh I think you're gonna see a lot more people take a step back
from YouTube travel because of the cost of travel and everything and I'm just gonna do
some should I call it homesteading I'm not gonna call it homesteading I'm gonna call
it off-grid camping for now in the future if things change and I start growing crops
and having chickens and and all that and rainwater collection and a hundred percent self-sufficient
then I will start saying I'm homesteading but right now I'm just camping on my land
out here in Arizona I've also had a few friends and family members and and many many viewers
uh share their expression that they're they're they're they're worried about me and and and
and loneliness you know like Eric you're gonna drive yourself crazy out there at Camp all
by yourself and it's just going to be a miserable life living alone for the rest of your life
like I guess it's all about perspective I can change things whenever I want I can get
in my car and go see my friends at Vagabond base camp where Kevin's at or my motorcycle
or my e-bike or take the whole RV down there and camp with them when I want to everything
in my life can can easily be changed compare that to being in a marriage that you're not
happy with in a in a household that is not working there's no Escape you are I'm sorry
but you're almost stuck with that life at least I will say and I'm not bragging and
I'm not making fun of other people I will say that if I want to make a change it is
very easy for me to make a change and invite as many people into my life as I want have
all my friends camping here on the property whenever I want so so don't worry about me
I'm not I'm not lonely I'm really happy uh tonight will be my first night sleeping here
though sleeping in the RV and uh it we're not so remote that it's going to be uncomfortable
like like some of those campgrounds I've been to there I have neighbors I have a main road
out there uh there's there's uh General Store down down the road so I'm not I'm not feeling
like who this is this is some way out here and it's scary and what if something happens
to me I've got a few family members that follow me on an app called Life360 and uh anyway
my main point is I'm I'm not I'm not going to be lonely and please don't worry about
me Because I'm Happy Terror bear what do you see outside I left about uh two feet between
the driver's side of the Orbee and and the shrubs this is that tree that I really like
back here the tallest tree on my one acre here that uh where we're gonna be we're gonna
have a hangout there we're gonna have like a campfire and a shady spot to sit on those
warm sunny days but Tara wants to go outside hers does you need to build a little catio
for the kitties to go outside huh yeah yep you can have the driver's seat if you want
Opie that's fine we're not driving We're not gonna be driving for a few days now for a
few days we're gonna camp for a little bit get some projects done buddy yeah you precious
boy it's you all right and before we move on to this next attempt here let me just say
I know this area is prone to Predators there are birds of prey up in the sky there are
coyote howls at night uh however
I do not want my cats to be scared I'm gonna test Opie out first and we're gonna do something
today first time at camp that I have never ever done with my cat Opie my Turkish van
orange cat I'm gonna open that door and let him roam free around the property Unleashed
and uh we're gonna follow him around and uh see what he can find he wants to chase some
lizards or geckos or scorpions or tarantulas or rattle rattlesnakes let's do it Opie this
is gonna be really confusing right because you know you're not wearing a harness right
now right I'm gonna open the door and you get to come out but this isn't normal we're
just trying something new it's okay Daddy said it's okay yeah now what I want you to
do is try to stay close to Dad and uh no no running can you do me that one favor and just
don't run everything we're gonna do today you can like dart at lizards because I don't
like lizards but let's not run away just try to stay close Okay you can go wherever you
want
just watch out for cactus I'm gonna stay close
yeah I gotta snip every tree and if you find anything you gotta let dad know okay what
a good kitty so Turkish Vans are supposed to love water I don't know if Opie really
does love and that's too fast slow down hey butts I can't climb through all those trees
like you can slow down
hey I'm putting the brakes on you need to slow down can you slow your roll a tiny bit
and go there you go
what a good boy hey there's my no trespassing sign okay what a good boy slow down hey you're
going too fast again you need to slow down for Dad okay all right on a scale of one to
ten how do you think you did off leash I'm gonna score you a a high three but you started
getting the speed walking in and I didn't like that usually when I have op outside on
his leash terrible cry she'll cry when Opie's gone she gets worried it's okay Tara it's
okay look it's it's been uh seven months over it's been over seven months since I've taken
Black Betty my Harley Softail Slim bike out so uh I want to gear up and uh we'll go ride
into town a little store grab a few things while we're there and just get some fresh
air sound good hang on she's a good looking bike it's been a while I love this bike it's
comfortable it bits me it's got good Tunes uh yeah registered insured everything should
be good to go I know it's been a while Black Betty I apologize but I mean getting a lot
out of this bike come on now
we have one of the coolest General Stores here in town slash Bar karaoke live music
laundry you can buy hay propane water wood supplies anything I will show more of this
place later right now I just I just wanted to get the bike out it's cool because they're
friendly to all vehicles RVs cars they even have designated motorcycle parking right out
here for Black Betty yeah it's it's my jam it's a good place to come in Hannah one just
one beer for today start the day off right and then get back to camp
good times at band camp what's next should we fire up the oven and have some tater tots
nah I think I think I need my first Berg first Berg of Camp yeah I do not have a camping
chair with me my Fort Wilderness camping chair is in my shed down the road at Kevin's property
we got to get the rest of my stuff here before I really feel normal right but we got a bacon
cheeseburger hot off the microwave microwave oh oh my gosh that's good hmm it sucks it
sucks heck I got all this room to myself I want to wear clothes probably have to wear
clothes but I'll spare you
I need to take a walk here pretty soon uh down east of my property when I bought this
property it was advertised as a 10-minute walk to a private Lake of course you guys
know me of course I brought property near water but um I've gone down a couple times
and tried it and not found the public entrance to the lake down here so in a future video
we will figure that out definitely because uh I'll probably be spending some time in
that body of water down there uh but yeah and anyways guys things are going well uh
I'll be sharing tonight's experience as it gets dark and the sun sets out here and it
gets really quiet but um you know I want to say one more thing and that is just that between
you and me I am for the first time in 11 years on YouTube I'm not so sure about the future
with this economy I'm not paranoid or anything I'm not gonna overreact and turn into a crazy
prepper but um I have some concerns about the future of this country this planet even
and um I'm glad I have what I have right now that's all I'm saying and uh just I'm just
I'm being a little proactive here you know just in case things go farther downhill from
here
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I got green going on tonight green I'm not going to do green every night but I figured
the first night here I've got to do green at least here at base camp and then we'll
do blue the next day we got the sunset going on over here there are some pretty sunsets
here in Arizona I'm looking forward to a bunch let's see what the night brings tonight
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good morning everyone my first night here was uh very very pleasant I went to bed around
10 30 and uh woke up exactly eight hours later not because I couldn't sleep well or anything
it's just uh my body decided to wake well it was more the kitties I had both kitties
laying on my stomach in the morning telling me it's it's time to wake up and get life
going so anyways um yeah that worked out really really well um I'm in no rush I'm really enjoying
life right now like really really but I will say that you know in order to really be comfortable
out here I really only need three things I mean besides food obviously but the RV needs
needs three things one power which solar will take care of that two water which we're working
on and three well you gotta you gotta dump your tanks so I went on to eBay and bought
a RV style topper for both of my uh dump stations here so they have lids and threads and uh
and then then we'll really be comfortable out here at Camp actually so um anyways I'm
just uh really really enjoying life by the way this morning I have a little update to
starlink now it's not that it wasn't working last night it was it wasn't buffering any
of my uh streaming services or anything but it definitely went down under five megabits
per second download well this morning I checked it as soon as the sun came up at like six
a.m and I was getting I think 180 down and 13 up which is awesome awesome I'm happy with
it it's not going to stay there much longer I'm gonna build something up later but we're
doing it guys we're doing it here at camp anyways uh what's next on my next video pretty
sure Camp is gonna look a lot different again I'm in no rush here it's just you guys know
how I get when I get motivated with things it is likely that my next video Camp will
look much much much different y'all be well have a good day bye-bye [Music]
thank you
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