Great Basin National Park is beautiful in the fall. The campgrounds are empty and the crowds are gone. This week we find a choice camping spot at Upper Lehman Creek Campground, hike to the Ancient Bristlecone Pines, and then drive 400 miles to the Eastern Sierra to take in the fall color. We also experience our first mouse and demonstrate a product Dometic makes to cover the vent louvres on the outside of our van.
Dometic vent cover (currently unavailable): https://amzn.to/3nUdw7O
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Music in this video is from a subscription with Epidemic Sound:
Overcoming Your Past – Kikoru
Sun Through the Leaves – View Points
Homesick – Loving Caliber, Mia Niles
Twisting Leaves – Martin Klem
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I love this area as well. The music was a great choice it helps bring back memories. Fyi – in the fall you can collect pinion nuts at Great Basin. When we were there I video taped two flocks of wild turkeys crossing the road to roost in the pine trees. That night we camped the temperature at the top campground dropped to 18 degrees, my husband called the no vote we stayed below where you camped. I love the Sierra Nevada mountains too.
Happy Thanksgiving! Great video as always. Also, your music selection is second to none. I can't count the number of times we have used Shazam to learn the song and artist during one of your videos. We wish we had your skill at finding such good music!
Have you ever gone up to the Big Pine recreation area? We stopped on the way back from Silver Lake over 4th of July and enjoyed having lunch there . Thanks for taking us along on your adventures. Now my wife will finally go to Great Basin National Park , a place I've been trying to go to for years . Incidentally, I suggested to you that you put that bubble insulation behind the fridge. It still might be worth a try especially when a cold wind comes up. The ventilation from the top and bottom of the fridge should keep it working just fine. The companies like Advanced RV and Humble Roads don't use outside vents.
Yes! I remember 'cooties'.
Beautiful fall colors fire hasnt been in the news thought they were out 😟
Enjoy your videos! Can you please provide a link to the "clam" canopy you have set up periodically in your videos? Thank you!
Really enjoyed the uplifting mood music and the delightful ending
How do you keep your bicycles secured from theft when you go off hiking?
These videos are getting so good I wouldn't be surprised if Disney doesn't give you a call
You're quite the photographer! Beautiful!
Lovely video – and great musical editing!
DEBBY & JOHN hello, pretty aspen area, but how did your ‘friend “ get in ?, I have ALWAYS had better luck, with glue strips, I have a photo, of one I caught, & wondered how it “LOST WEIGHT “, what happened was that mouse was so SMALL. & had a baby, which is what I saw But NEVER EVER SAW THIS TYPE before ,,, dark grey, virtually no fur . Good luck, getting that little sob. Safe travels
Cheers 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thank you for all of your great videos. I think we have watched them all now. We hope to head out to Arizona and Utah (from NY) in Feb. if things calm down a bit. We will be watching your AZ/UT videos again to plan our boondocking, camping, and hiking. Thank you!
Hi, how are you?
; November is going to pass and December will be December. It's winter. I hope health and good things will be together this week. ^O^
As fellow PW owners( XLTD), we look forward to your videos each week as we approach retirement next year. We love the easy going nature of your content and how you highlight your time together, no matter the destination. Your music selection is great. I downloaded HOMESICK to my playlist and envision you and John holding hands when I listen to it. A small nit to pick if I may…the video quality( not the content) is not quite up there with some channels, quite blocky especially moving shots. Maybe it is exaggerated on our 106 inch screen.
Very nice choice of music. How long was the total time of this fall trip?
Hey we just picked up our 2021.5 Ascent and yes even a couple of ebikes. 🙂 We are therapists who plan to take our podcast Therapist Uncensored on the road… sort of road therapy you knoiw? The thing I like best about your videos – well the editing, music, content of course but most especially the sweet relationship between you and John. It's inspirational! Thanks for your generosity in sharing what you've learned, you two have been a part of our ramp up to our purchase and potential road launch!!
I just finished a 7,000 mile trip out to Oregon and for the first time was able to really follow some of the coastline on my way back. I came down Hwy 101 from Newport, OR and ended up in Pismo Beach, CA . I was not sure how CA1 would be for our LTV Unity so stayed with Hwy 101. A wonderful ride and breathtaking views. I wanted to get over to the other side of the Sierra National Forest but could not see a good way to do it in the time I had as I was headed back to FL but we will certainly put Crowley Lake on our list. I did get a chance to stay at Indian Cove in Joshua Tree and it was really nice at this time of year. Clear and crisp even though there was a pretty good size fire over near LA blowing smoke to the east. Enjoyed this video a lot and will go back through some of your others for our long journey next year. KEEP SAFE!
After what seemed like waiting forever, we picked up our new class B Coachmen Beyond. We drove it home from the dealer, stocked it and headed out the very next day for a 4300 mile journey. We traveled from SW Florida up the east coast to the Pocono mountains of Pennsylvania and back down the spine of the Appalachian mountains. We literally experienced all 4 seasons during our trip, from 90 degree Florida heat and humidity to freezing cold, ice and snow in the Great Smoky Mountains. We prepared for months, bought and stocked a little too much, but got it 90% right. We boon-docked, mooch-docked, and camped out ocean-front at a national seashore (via ferry), and stayed lakeside watching the sun set. We thought about all of your fantastic journeys in Utah and the Sierra’s while we too were enjoying life and feeling a new beginning. You have truly inspired us and we cannot thank you enough for all you have done. Our next journey is in a few weeks – heading to the Southwest (AZ, CA). Maybe we’ll cross paths someday. We would love to thank you in person and get some tips on where to find some of those gorgeous sites you show in your videos. Love it! love it! love it! Thanks again, Rich and Cindy.
Dometic 👎 they seem to make everything so you have to repurchase more & more.
tell John he looks great…not old at all..!!!