No, really...how many things CAN go wrong in one day?
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- čas přidán 24. 03. 2020
- We get out on many awesome adventures. But they don't always go as well as we'd like. Such as this trek into an area of Oregon's coastal rainforest we had never explored before. My friend Shawn ( @silver_rd1545 ) joins Lucie and I for an excursion through BLM and National Forest lands which, frankly, was far from the best experience we'd ever had.
After watching this episode, you can catch Part 2 here (there's also a link on the end screen):
• Beach Time and Dispers...
Apologies to Judith Viorst, author of the classic children's book, Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day. If you don't already have this in your library, get it here:
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The worst day exploring, still beats the best day working.
Great content.
Could not agree more!
1. You spent time with your daughter one day she’ll have her own life and might not have the time to go with you.
2. You both made it back safely and in one piece.
3. You got away from work, bills, etc.
4 . Another awesome video!
Indeed, even with things going wrong we had a fun time and it was better than being at home!
So sorry for the drone loss. As a drone owner I really feel your pain. Something good that comes out of this experience is that you were able to share it with your daughter. Not everyone is so lucky to have a daughter that will go camping with her dad. Years from now you'll both be able to say, "Remember that time..." So far you're both in good spirits and seem to be handling it better than many would. Hopefully part two will show us how the day improved.
Indeed, lost a drone, gained a lifetime story. :-) The loss wasn't financially catastrophic (it was just a Spark I had bought used off eBay for pretty cheap) and while we were pretty bummed and considered just going home, we ultimately agreed it made more sense to try and salvage something of the trip. Editing of part two is well under way and I'm hoping to have it up sooner than my usual weekly interval. :-) Thanks for watching!
@@softroadingthewest Happy to hear it was a used Spark and not something more expensive. In a prior video I thought, "Hey that's a drone shot. When did he get a drone?" Was going to ask in the comments for that video but then with all that's going on, forgot. Looking forward to part 2. Not going home in defeat shows the true camper/overlanding spirit.
Love how creative you are with your content! Great story and I hope you found a good campsite at the end of that day. And yes, please come to Australia 😉
Haha, I don't know if you're familiar with that book, but in the original story, Alexander frequently refers to Australia as this idealized place he perceives as being free of no good very bad days. It's so perfect as I often think longingly of Australia and its beaches, dunes, and dirt tracks. :-) I'm sure trying to get to there one day!
I loved the Subaru!
Sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, a tale of fateful trip...Can’t wait for part two! 👏🏻🚙🏔
Alas, no Ginger or Mary Ann in my series! :-(
Love how you made the story out of this! And yup, some days in the bush just don’t turn out like you planned.....😳
May have been a bad day, but the scenery was beautiful.
A great and funny video. It's nice to see you post realistically with the good and bad of your adventures, and have a sense of humor about it. Keep up the great work!
You and Lucie make an awesome team. Great to see a young person which such a bright spirit, willing to roll with the circumstances and still have a smile on her face. The scenery there is so beautiful consider we still have too much snow for riding bush trails and there's still 3' of ice on the rivers, so you guys are getting a LOT farther than we are.
Can't wait for part 2 I love listening to story time. thank you!!
Best story I’ve heard in a long time 👍🏼
Dang it,, every time I watch your videos it makes me want a Forester more and more but my 4wd buddies would rag on me forever 😆,, I am secretly looking at a few on line that’s for sale though,,,shhhhhh .
Haha...friends don't let friends drive Foresters! :-) I think it's a pretty fun challange to keep up with my buddies who drive 4x4s. Anyone can drive a Jeep up a gnarly trail, but it takes a REAL man to do it in a family car! LOL
Great video mate !! -- Lucie's flying hands near the end are pretty awesome too :)
Can't wait to see part 2 --- Stay healthy y'all
Great video. Can't wait for part 2
Love this what a great video! Great narration ❤️
Great putting this adventure in book format! Looking forward to hearing the rest of the story!
Great video. The children's story format gave it an interesting angle. Then a cliffhanger!
Very good idea for a video! Nothing better than sitting in front of the fire and listening to a good or bad (however you look at it) 😀 story!! You play the part of story reader very well! 😀
Really sorry to hear about your Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, I appreciate you posting and sharing it though!
Great video, stuff like this happens keep up the good work!
Awesome stuff! Way to turn it in to something enjoyable for your audience! Love it!
Hi from Queensland Australia. Yes why don't you move to Australia, you will love it here, and we will welcome you. Good things come to good people, and.I'm sure that it will turn around for you. In these crazy times ,I wish you and all the 4wd community out there good luck, stay safe, and.Keep each other safe too. We Wil get there and have more adventures. Thanks mate, Glen
Very well done video. Loved the Children Story turned exciting adventure. You're right about the drone. I almost lost my Mavic Mini in a tree but saved it with a little bit of aerobatics over here in Idaho. At least the Forester didn't end up in the top of a tree...Keep up the good work.
I grew up in Sublimity, Oregon and have experienced all of those situations. We now live in Custer, SD and drive back roads here.
I received that book as a child because my first and middle name are the same as the title character's... Glad to see someone else remembers that book too.
Years from now those are the trips that you remember forever. God bless 😅
Noooooo! My biggest fear about getting a drone will be crashing or losing it right off the bat! Normally I can roll with the changes to a trip but closed gate after closed gate can get to me. Loved the story telling in this video. Best of all was you both had a great sense of humor about it.
That's why I ended up getting a used Spark off eBay. It was *very* affordable and won't be catastrophic to replace, but still was able to get me some decent aerial footage, and really simple to learn to fly (and way more fun than I expected). Since I've now got all the Spark peripherals, I'm just going to grab another used standalone Spark off eBay and get back up in the air. If I had dropped a grand on a drone, that would be it, I'd be done.
I sure wish I had that backup footage though. Being able to post a drone crash video would've helped fund the replacement, LOL.
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I'm sad about the drone too 😢 but knowing that there is a part two and that your making these videos makes me glad you guys are okay! Looking forward to part 2 and love how u always keep finding new ways to narrate your video but maintain what makes you softroadingthewest.
Thanks Marc, we survived and we will fly again!
@@softroadingthewest if you end up getting your drone back. Let us know how u got it 👍
We like your story telling! 😄 At least you were still outside exploring even if it involved unfortunate events....... btw Cory loves your chair!
Thanks Julie, and yes, indeed, we'd rather be out there even if things go wrong sometimes instead of sitting at home! And that was just the most basic of folding camp chairs, was probably a Bi-Mart or Fred Meyer purchase probably 20 years ago! "If it ain't broke..." and all that. :-) Maybe on the bulky side when folded compared to some of the newer choices out there, but I can toss two of them in my roof box so they still work for now. :-)
softroadingthewest haha! No your chair next to the fire when you were telling the story. :)
@@CJADVENTUREOREGON Aaaaahhh LOLOL... duh!! Actually not my chair, I borrowed someone's living room to shoot that bit. :-) But it IS a pretty awesome chair! :-)
fortunately for you, your daughter lucie is a good sport...you are very lucky in that !!!
Indeed, she has her grumbly moments but is generally down for adventure. Thanks for watching!
OUCH>>> i can relate to that drone and flight home feature.. Epic video and the flow of content. I feel like watching a movie.
I was kicking myself for not being mentally prepared to immediately know how to abort the return to home. I did a ton of practicing in reasonably safe places to get good at piloting the drone before ever going out into the wilds, but in the heat of the moment, I didn't have the reflex to cancel the return (if that's even possible, I haven't even looked it up yet). I had a clear shot straight down to the ground and more than enough battery if it would've just kept coming straight down. :-( Also aggravating is that the return to home doesn't turn the drone around so the front is facing the direction of flight. My drone had front obstacle avoidance sensors but none in the rear, and the stupid thing took off towards home flying in reverse. Fortunately it was just a Spark which I had purchased used off eBay, and I still have the controller, batteries, case, props, and other stuff, so getting back in the air with another used Spark won't be too catastrophically painful. Not the best moment though just as Coronavirus has brought my business to a halt. Thanks for watching!
On the bright side though, the illustration was awesome! Can I request one? 👀
GPS coordinates... of where you lost your Drone... Post them and maybe someone who finds it can return it to you? I wonder if someone who's skilled in bow-fishing could snag it with a barbed carp arrow?
At this point, it's been up in the tree for almost 2 weeks and been rained on extensively. It's dead. It's not high value enough to warrant recovery & repair, and there was only a few minutes of video on the card. While I know which tree it's in, it's so high and the tree so dense that you can't even see it to shoot at it. The stuff I still have - controller, extra batteries, charger, extra props, case, and other accessories - are actually worth more than than the drone itself, which I bought used off eBay to begin with. I can simply get another one used off eBay and it won't be a catastrophic expense. It's not even worth the time & gas (and state lockdown violation, heh) to drive to the location. :-)
@@softroadingthewest Good to know. The drone footage in your other videos is great, keep up the good work!
Very clever on this one! You keep coming up with fun ways to entertain us! I loved it! I’m sure by now that somebody has mentioned that yes you can cancel the RTH feature of the Spark. It’s probably the first thing we Spark flyers should practice. It seems that most all of the crashes or fly always are due to some automatic mode of the drone. Know how to cancel quickly and then manually fly it back.
Actually, you are the first commenter to confirm the RTH can be canceled...I still wasn't sure and I hadn't yet looked into it, so this is really good to know - thank you. I had ample battery to land the drone right in front of me if I had had the presence of mind to cancel the RTH. My priority, once I get another Spark in hand, is to spend more practice time familiarizing myself more deeply with the app rather than piloting, so any emergency procedures will become second nature. That, and making an RTH altitude setting check a regular part of my preflight. All I would've needed was maybe 5 more feet of altitude to clear that treetop and the RTH would've been fine. That little thing is so easy to fly, and I had so many successful practice flights, that I was a little too complacent about some of those details. Lesson learned for sure. :-)
What a great way to turn a terrible day into a great video for the rest of us. Makes us realize how much work goes into the videos you produce that are so terrific. Watching Lucie's OH S#$T expression was priceless. Great times with the kids last forever. I think Jason of Primal_Outdoors had a similar "return to home" incident that crashed his drone and broke it although he was able to recover it. A seemingly intelligent feature that can turn out to be wrong.
This was hands down one of the most no good, nothing can go right kinda off-roading days I’ve had. I’m super bummed you lost your drone out there bud. It was so strange not seeing a single viewpoint in the National Forest over the 30 miles of roads we logged. I loved your book theme for this one! 😂 perfect story of our day! Let’s hope the next outing is better. I think we need to explore the north end of shotgun creek.
No kidding, I've had plenty of less-than-stellar treks, but this one takes the cake in terms of not yielding anything interesting PLUS things going wrong. Next outing, in the words of Howard Jones, things can only get better! North from Shotgun sounds like a great idea...the little bits I have seen were already FAR better than what we found on this day!
Would be beneficial for the general public especially for the offroading/softroading community to mark those gates and share it to the public.
The gates were all at boundaries of BLM or National Forest, where it intersected private land. It's always a possibility that has to be considered when driving roads that cross private lands. It's easy to see on public lands maps where the roads hit private land. One should just plan on hitting gates at those spots, it's just that sometimes we get lucky and are allowed to traverse the private lands. Safest always to assume you can't. :-)
Wow! What a terrible day.... Loosing the drone is a bummer. Nearly have done that myself. Luckily I gave up on the drone thing before it cost me a bunch of money. I do however have a kite setup, but have not had a chance to test it out yet. See you on the next video, George.
Love your videos
Love this video. As for the drone, I am sure there are somebody out there who can climb the tree and fetch your drone. Search for arborist, "cat in the tree rescue" group, recreational tree climbers (climb tree without gaff/spikes) , tree surgeons and many more out there. I know there's a tree climbing guy name Dan Kraus living in the West Coast. Not only cats being rescued in the tree, it could be pet birds, pet iguanas, pet snakes, etc Look up the directory online and call them --> www2.catinatreerescue.com/view/Directory_state.cfm?state=Oregon
If you get someone to climb the tree, please show us the video! (tree top view)
Oh it's definitely not worth the time and expense. It was just a Spark which I had bought used to begin with. And it's now been up in the tree for almost 2 weeks, getting rained on...it's dead and not worth recovery and repair. I still have all the various peripherals - controller, batteries, charger, case, extra props, etc. It'll be far less expensive to just get another used Spark rather than trying to recover the now weather-beaten one up a tree out in the middle of nowhere. At most I may go back by there at some point and see if by chance the wind brought it down, but even that hardly seems worth my time and gas. Just some hard lessons learned and I'll be better prepared to prevent it happening again. Thanks for watching! :-)
@@softroadingthewest You may wish to carry 120' of throwline with you and a throwbag (see arborist sites). In case you get a drone stuck at the 60ft level or below, it can really help. You toss it up and shake the branches. It takes some basic practice to know how to use it though. Also awesome for clearing hanging dead branches from campsites. You should post the coordinates anyway because you never know ---- a good story is sitting on that video card.
Return to Home before obstacle avoidance was a terrible idea.
Dear softroadingthewest, I am very sorry for your loss. I've had some close encounters with the return to home feature on the Dji drones and its a scary experience. I often fly in heavily forested areas with large trees and all I can really say is keep your r.t.h altitude set to a safe minium and just be careful . I believe obstacle avoidance is disabled when r.t.h is activated so that is the down side of it. Anyway keep up the great content and sorry again man.
Yes, one of my lessons here for sure is to actually figure out what a safe RTH altitude would be for the tall firs I often find myself surrounded by. I had neglected to give this much thought during all my practice flights when I was being ultra cautious to begin with, not flying near tall trees, and landing it well before the RTH trigger. I had so many successful flights that I got a little overconfident. Fortunately it's not too catastrophically expensive to pick up another used Spark off eBay. I will fly again! :-) Thanks for watching!
My condolences for your drone. You seem so calm when you’re talking about it by the campfire but I am certain a fire was raging within.
Haha, poetic! :-)
Love it (Camp fire stories)
We are in lockdown here for the next 4 weeks. So please keep them coming :)
That was fun ! ... Well at least, for us ... And what a shame for the drone, I think you can't avoid the auto landing process when it's for a battery emergency. It was really impossible to get it back ? Maybe you should organize an S&R mission for it ! And for all the gates, that gives you a quick overview of what it's like to explore in France ahaha
Now we are all waiting for part 2 ;)
Oh yes, entirely impossible. These are huge tall trees...impossible to climb without specialized loggers equipment and even with the right equipment and expertise, definitely not worth the risk to life and limb just for my relatively inexpensive drone. We thought about hooking up a strap to the tree and trying to shake it with the car, but it was way too thick and solid, the only thing that would have happened is damage to the car. I could go back to the spot and see if any strong winds have knocked it out of the tree, but it's been up there for nearly two weeks now in the rain so it will be dead anyway. It was just a Spark that I had purchased used off eBay, so it won't be catastrophic to replace. I still have all the peripheral items (controller, batteries, chargers, case, props, etc) so I can just snag another used Spark only off eBay for not too much money and get back in the air. :-) Trying to get part 2 done for tomorrow or Saturday!
It amazes me how disappointing gates are. They feel like a huge sign saying NO FUN FOR YOU!! I can't believe you lost your drone. That sucks so bad. That sounds like it was the rotten cherry on top of a horrible day. Thanks for sharing. Luckily bad days can still turn into good videos.
The mood was pretty sour for a while for sure. Fortunately the drone isn't a catastrophic loss, it was only a Spark which I had bought used off eBay...I still have all the peripherals so I can replace the drone only, used again, for not too much money. I was bummed to lose the footage I had just shot though, and to have crashed my drone and not even have the ability to make a drone crash video instead of just a fireside chat, LOL.
A moto overlander I follow, Carlos, from "Ride On Amigos," had a similar thing happen to his drone on the Continental Divide Trail. I feel for you both.
Well, as I often say, there's not much story in, "Everything went exactly as planned." It's just better if it's spread out a bit 😉
send it!
Lower your expectations and you're less likely to be disappointed.
Cliff hanger? Creek bank hanger? I can’t take all this excitement when I know it doesn’t end well for the Subaru which I love
Next episode is in progress, I'm going to *try* and put videos out more frequently than just weekly during our lockdown here in Oregon. Stay tuned! :-)
Yes to softroading in the AU what AU specific vehicle would you try to get while maintaining that budget build mindset is the question
Good question. If I ever get there, part of me would want to do it in a Forester since that's what I know. Part of me would want to do it in a new Jimny because I love the new Jimny and can't drive one here. Part of me would want to do it in a bigger built Land Cruiser, budget be damned, because I love watching 4WDAction's channel and want to experience that too! :-)
softroadingthewest yes to all of that especially the jiminy
Oh no! What a very bad day indeed 😢! The creek crossing gave me bad memories of the time I hydrolocked my engine 🤣. But I can tell that didn’t happen since your end footage was of you driving on a beach. Or..... was that old footage you out there to throw us off? Ohhh! I’m dying of suspense!! 😱
Haha...or did I hydrolock and perform a trailside repair?? So many possible outcomes! Stay tuned!! :-)
15:45 famous dance from Vietnam!!!!
Is it? I suspect she doesn't even know that! :-)
Australia has a lot of jimnys 🤘🏼🇦🇺
Yes indeed...I bet I could even rent one if I get down there!
Come to australia one day. You'll both be warmly welcomed and we can show you some sights!
I hope to, truly! I referenced Australia in this story because it's actually part of the original book, but I thought that was so perfect since I love watching videos from Australia... I do intend to get down there one day and hit some of those tracks!
Man if you think that's a bad day you should go on one of my trips haha. PS what tree is your drone stuck in? 200 feet isn't that high if you just don't look down
The tree was impossible to climb without specialized gear and expertise, and for the inexpensive drone I lost, not worth the risk in any case.
What kind of drone was it that you were flying? I have 2 DJI drones , a Spark and Phantom 4. Both warn me for several seconds on the Apple phone or iPad screen that they are going into return to home mode before they actually go in. There is a cancel button before it decides to start retuning home. Also there is a failsafe on top of that that kicks in and stops the drone from taking off if you move any of the sticks on the controller.
It was a Spark, and it certainly did warn me, but I was admittedly unfamiliar with how to cancel the return to home...my own fault for being unprepared. I scanned the screen quickly in a panic but I was afraid to take my eyes off the drone in case something went wrong. Even with glasses on, my closeup vision is poor and in haste I could not figure out how to cancel. Such a dumb, preventable error. I was proud of myself for having spent a considerable amount of time on practice flights getting good at piloting, but I didn't spend enough time familiarizing myself with all contingencies. On the plus side, I bought the Spark used, it wasn't terribly expensive, and since I have all the peripherals, batteries, etc. it won't be catastrophic to replace it with another used standalone Spark. First priority will be practicing emergency procedures. :-)
softroadingthewest Everyone makes mistakes, the key when flying anything from a passenger plane to an R/C drone is to try not to panic. Also another good tip is always have a backup plan or 2. Crap happens and sometimes you can’t land where you originally intended to. Before I fly I always check my surroundings and if there is a lot of tall trees and branches I might make the call to not fly even if I want to get a picture really badly. When I get up to altitude I look around for alternative landing spots before I fly off anywhere else. I think the other big thing that catches people off guard is wind. On the ground the wind might not be so bad but as you climb higher the wind speed changes sometimes dramatically. The smaller the drone the more likely it is to flyaway in the wind. From what I’ve heard the new Mavic mini is a great drone but it’s a good deal lighter than the Spark so it gets knocked around by wind easily. Living out where you are in Oregon there are a lot of beautiful places to go and get amazing drone shots. I live on the East coast, there is a lot of camping places here it’s mostly campgrounds. We lack any decent wilderness camping spots. Anyway keep on making awesome videos, sorry about the Spark, don’t give up on drones. You might be able to get a good deal on a Mavic Air or Mavic pro, both would be an awesome upgrade!
7:11 , epic face! xD
For the drone, as say Mark, you should try contact aborist or others guy who know how to climb a big tree. Maybe you will pay a bill, but it's always less than lose a drone
Oh it's definitely not worth paying someone to drive all that way and make that climb, I can replace the drone for far less than that would cost. It was just a Spark which I had purchased used for a very good price. It's unfortunate to have to buy another one, but not catastrophic...as I still have the controller, batteries, chargers, props, case, etc., I can just get another used Spark only for not too much money. :-)
@@softroadingthewest Oh ok! In that case you're right! 👍
Shauna says off-roading is like that sometimes. Even in Australia.
Heh heh. :-)
When you said a truck swan cross the road deliberately my PTSD kicked in that’s when 4 guys in my squad would jump out of the mrap and open fire with m4s
Sorry about that! It definitely startled me when I realized he was deliberately blocking the road but it was quickly clear he was just part of a normal work crew.
Hey he finally got the drone he wanted!
5 seconds later...
Ohhh nooooo
LOL....pretty much. :-)
"It Was A Dark, Stormy Night,,,,"
Your going to have to figure out a way to recover a. Downed Drone with another Drone.
Can’t be loosing those every trip out ... maybe a attached stick would be able to
Pick it out of trees and let it tumble to the ground? Just an idea . CRJ
Aaahh...that's an idea I had not thought of! Of course, attempting to fly a second drone in close proximity to the dense branches of a fir tree is probably just asking to lose the second drone as well. :-)
I haven't talked about it much but I have a DJI Phantom 4 I was really excited about when purchasing.
After some initial test flights we went to Colorado.
On the way there we stopped at a friends house in St Louis.
Here is the result:
czcams.com/video/Cz0GQ-i1AaU/video.html
This video is extemely painful to watch if you after 0:30 if you know what a DJI Phantom 4 cost in 2016.
The good news is DJI warrantied it. I still have it although I rarely use it.
It's a huge pain that's usually not worth the trouble. The only time I've been happy I had it was the "can it water" video.
Even then, it's rare to use it because it requires a crew to use and it's usually just me.
Great concept for a video!
We're all going through some hard times and it's nice to see something positive about it.
Thank you, bubby.
Oooh my, that would have been far more painful to witness than the demise of my measly little Spark which I bought used off eBay for cheap. Glad the warranty worked out on yours...an obvious disadvantage to buying used, although even when I buy another used Spark, I'll be into it all for less than if I'd bought a new drone.
A friend of mine recently got the Mavic Mini and after some initial successful test flights, he got brave and took it over a river, where it suddenly decided to just fly straight down into the water despite no inputs from him on the controller and ample battery life. DJI examined the flight data and sent him a new drone.
Among the many things I loved about my Spark was how compact the whole kit was, even with controller and other goodies. Flying it was way more fun than I'd anticipated, and the video quality was adequate for my uses - looks better than what I film with the iPad on my dash for example. The comfortable price tag buying it used also made it much less nerve-wracking. Since I still have all the peripheral stuff, I'm just going to pick up another used standalone Spark off eBay and get back to flying. Making sure I've got contingency preparedness better rehearsed, and being more conservative with how far I push the battery. Oh, and clearing the *&%! cache before each trip.
Yes you should move to Australia.
I’m sorry about the tough day. But any day I get to hang out with my daughter is definitely NOT a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.
My man with the expert storytelling. Love it. I know the drone pain very well. Had to chase my spark down in the middle of the woods a few times. So what do you think about traveling to remote places during stay at home order? Only risk really is spreading via the gas station.
Well, I have mixed feelings. My interpretation of the governor's order - and of an Oregon State Police post on the subject - is that driving solo to the wilderness should not be a violation, e.g. hiking is considered a permitted activity as long as social distancing is observed. By the letter of the law, I don't think we'd get cited for doing this.
So it becomes a larger question of personal social responsibility...is doing that increasing risk to the community? If we don't stop in to rural stores and the only contact is at gas stations, that's pretty minimal compared to all the people I still see going to the grocery store every day or getting takeout food (which it feels we're being encouraged to do to support our local businesses).
But I've seen some persuasive arguments that heading for the hills increases general community risk, because if something were to go wrong or we were to suffer some kind of (non-Corona) emergency, we'd be placing strains on a system that is teetering on a dangerous edge. And none of us knows for sure today if we might have been infected five days ago and could potentially be spreading it, if minimally, when we go out.
So....I don't know. My business has ground to a halt and CZcams may be my primary (if massively inadequate) source of income for the next month or two. Which of course makes me want to get out into the wilderness to film more videos. Plus that's even easier right now because I could disappear for three days and not cause any issues with my clients...kind of a rare opportunity it pains me not to take advantage of.
But I think for now I'm going to respect the spirit of the lockdown and stay home. I have backlogged unseen video footage that can be edited into episodes, there's content I can shoot in the garage, and there are other neglected softroadingthewest projects I could finally devote some attention to. We'll see how it goes. I do feel that driving by myself into the wilderness for a couple nights of solo dispersed camping is more socially responsible than my neighbor driving across town to Costco every other day.
What about you?
@@softroadingthewest you could just do what I do and film everything with green screen! I am about same as you, unsure of things. I headed home from a trip right when things were shutting down. I felt a little guilty stopping at a rural gas station. But the rural folk didnt care at all, got right next to me like the virus isnt a thing. I dont think much harm can be done with a quick credit card transaction at a gas station. Though I know many are on the side of caution and disagree.
A temporary removal of the self-service prohibition would further reduce that risk, though it would certainly lead to even more layoffs. Still would need employees to wipe down the pumps between each customer though...
@@softroadingthewest Ya the virus can always find a way whatever we do. Gotta keep living to some extent. Obviously I have never pumped my own gas and would be clueless haha.
LOL...I always feel awkward and tentative when I'm out of state and have to fuel up. Meanwhile at the next island, some elderly lady in her Camry nonchalantly slams that gas in like a seasoned pump jockey.
What can go wrong, WILL go wrong. That's how life is sometimes buddy.
Sorry for your bad day ,but no one got hurt . And that is the important thing . Have you ever traveled with some one using a Honda Element ? I am looking at one and wondered how it would hold up on a trail ?
I've never rolled with an Element personally, but on Instagram I have encountered many of them lifted, running AT tires and being used for offroad/overland purposes. Seems like a legit choice. Nice and roomy inside.
@@softroadingthewest Thank You
Great video. But you know, it could been your SUBARU that was crashed 200' up in a tree!
Haha, now THAT video would have pulled some views! :-)
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Sounds like grandpas story for grown ups.
Oh man 😶
I assume you always check the gates for real locks. On BLM land, some chained gates are often not locked (ranch land).
Nice but please don’t have music playing while you are talking (around the fire)
Well still a great day, you're spending time with your daughter. Ah get a chainsaw, done recovered. And just in case no one said it yet..... you know. Excellent video.
Thanks! Definitely a shared experience we'll not soon forget, for sure. Chainsaw was in the car but I'm certain the fine for felling a tree in the national forest would far outweigh the value of the drone I lost. :-)
Sorry for such a bad day, but dispersed camping has been closed in BLM and FS roads, therefore all the gates.
This was pre-lockdown...those gates were all simply at the boundaries of private lands. :-) The BLM and NF lands were wide open. We knew gates would be a risk, it's very checkerboarded public/private in these hills. I don't know why I keep taking my chances with these types of areas. One day I'll learn my lesson. :-)
Lucie's expression during the rough spots was priceless!!! Maybe you could go back up to the tree you lost your drone at after a windstorm and retrieve it. (Not that Western Oregon ever has windstorms hi hi)
We weren't far from the coast and were atop a high ridge, so that tree should actually get buffeted by solid winds pretty regularly. I have the spot marked so I can go back and see if it happens to get knocked down, but it's been almost two weeks and it has already been rained on several times...the drone itself is certainly toast by now and it wasn't expensive enough to warrant repair work, cheaper to just get another used one. I wouldn't mind recovering the memory card, but there's only a few minutes of footage so it may not even be worth the time & gas to get back to that spot. I may give it a shot next time I'm in the area though.
Dude that sucks. National forests should be open to EVERY tax payer. Private land owners should not be allowed to block roads in national forests. So frustrating. You have a good temperament.
Each of the places we hit a gate was at a boundary of BLM or National Forest land. It was private land beyond those gates. Oftentimes, you can get through on the roads anyway...we crossed onto (and back off of) private lands many times over the course of this day. But the landowners are within their rights to gate off their lands if they so choose. It's a calculated risk we knew we were taking heading into this area, it was checkerboarded private/public lands and gated roads are always a possibility. :-)
softroadingthewest that makes sense. We should always be mindful of others and our footprints. I wish there was a way for us to look up and contact land owners to request permission to pass through. Here in Idaho, we have similar concerns, though perhaps not as big an issue.
By now nothing so bad or dangerous happened. Hopefully you will not crash or drown your car in a creek, as I did.
For sure, could be far far worse...it was more the unfortunate series of one thing after another stacking up. And, like the children's book, none of them were truly catastrophic. :-) Our mood was definitely sour for a while though, LOL.
Sorry if you are out exploring public lands then there is no way it can be bad.
Haha, indeed...worst day on the trail is better than the best day at my desk!
I'm from England so please excuse the question. I thought BLM land was owned by the nation. Or rather, owned by the people rather than the government. Who sells the land? Where does the money go? How is it allowed to be sold off like this? Surely leased for logging etc is the way to go?
They don't generally sell it off, the federal land is checker-boarded in the west as the government in the 19th century initially granted every other section of land (1 sq mile) to the railroad companies to encourage expansion, with the intention of selling of the rest of the land, which didn't end up happening. The railroad companies sold most of their land to timber companies eventually. However the BLM and USFS will do land swaps with timber companies to try and consolidate land and reduce checker-boarding.
erikl85 explained it well. BLM lands do belong to us and we're free to be on them for the most part, but the checkerboarding Erik described is very common in western Oregon so it's almost impossible to avoid crossing onto and off of private lands over and over in the course of an excursion. The roads follow the terrain rather than the ownership (and the ownership changes regularly anyway). Heading into areas like this is always a crapshoot and while oftentimes the roads will go through, locked gates are always a risk. Shawn and I originally planned to be in a completely different area of solid unbroken national forest, but due to snow we changed plans and decided to take our chances in this area neither of us had previously explored. And, I guarantee you, never will again, LOL. Thanks for watching!