15th ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND CAMPING TRIP VLOG

Cashew, you ready to go camping? You ready to go camping? Hello, welcome back to another video. We are literally walking out the door right now. I'm just doing my final check of the house before we leave, making sure everything is shut down, good to go, cleaned up, packed up, camper is loaded. Today was the kids' last day of school and we did a half day, so I picked them up around noon. It is 3.30 right now, Donnie got off work early, came home, we packed everything up. We started working on packing things up last night. But if you guys have a camper and if you go camping, you know how much work it is to prep and get everything ready. You guys are probably wondering, whose camper is that? Where did you get, did you get a new camper? So, as you guys know, we had our Keystone Cougar that we traveled in full time in 2019. My father-in-law was living in that for a few years and we bought a toy hauler and we actually bought, we actually bought a 1995 Aljo and fully renovated it, used that for a while, then we sold it and we bought our toy hauler because we got dirt bikes and the Samurai and all that stuff. When we were gonna travel full time again, this past summer, 2023, my father-in-law said, why don't I live in your toy hauler and you guys take the Cougar because it's more like livable full time. So we did that, we swapped. Then we decided to stop traveling in August and we moved here to Idaho and so he's still in our toy hauler. That is going to change, it's just taking a little bit of time. So we're not exactly sure when we're getting our toy hauler back, we are, we just don't know the exact timeline of it. So for this weekend, we did not wanna miss out on our annual camping trip that we always go on, so we were gonna rent a trailer. And so I was talking to my friend, she's like, what are you guys doing for Memorial? I'm like, oh, we're going camping. And I'm like, oh yeah, we're just gonna rent one. And she's like, absolutely not, no you're not, you're gonna take ours because we're gonna be out of town for the weekend. And I'm like, no, we are not taking your trailer. And Donnie's like, absolutely not, we're not doing that. And they pretty much wouldn't let us say no, they were like, you're taking it. So that's whose trailer is in front of our house, that's whose trailer we're taking camping. So some awesome friends that are very generous and so kind and would not let us say no. So they are in Hawaii this weekend for her birthday actually, so. Wow, one dirty dish in the sink. Did you just start the dishwasher? Yeah, no, well, like probably 20 minutes ago. So anyways, we're headed out, it was six hour drive if we don't stop at all. So we'll see how long it actually takes us, it's 326 right now. So by the time we pull out, it's gonna be 330. I'll let you guys know when we get to camp. But here we go again with our Memorial Weekend camping vlog. We've done quite a few of them over the years, so let's hit the road. ♪ In the very first time, close your eyes ♪ ♪ Did you feel alive, did you know I'm going to leave you? ♪ We're about halfway, we just made it to Burns, Oregon. Ordered some pizza at Glory Days. Food truck place. We're gonna go eat some pizza and then get back on the road. I love a good middle of nowhere gas station. Look at these old pumps. ♪ Won't you take me for a ride, I'll speed in ♪ I already tell, but we're starting to see some big trees. So that means we're getting close. All right, we made it. Tommy's just out there figuring out where we're going with our trailer, talking to Colby and Travis. So we'll see when we get set up. You guys figure it out? Yeah, I think so. Okay, we have arrived. The kids are actually all in bed, but I just got our room set up. It's actually like, there's so much space in here because that is a slide out that goes all the way out. So here's our room. And then bathroom, front door. And then that door goes in to the bathroom. TV and like a little fireplace right here. Couch, that box has all the kids' riding gear and stuff in it. And there's like a little dinette. Actually, it's a huge dinette right here. The cashew boy on his behead. He's a cashew boy. We have all our like snacks and stuff right here. Kitchen island, kitchen, fridge, pantry. And then mom's room. It's very similar to our trailer that we lived in. But I'm gonna go out and say hi to everybody. We kind of just like got the trailer thrown together real quick. Got the kids in bed, because it's like 11 o'clock here now, which is like midnight at home. So yeah, I'm gonna go out and see everybody and we'll see you tomorrow. Good morning. Getting bikes warmed up. And we had breakfast. I made breakfast burritos. And just kind of got things going this morning. It is beautiful out. So nice to see some trees. Beautiful pine trees. I'm just in here putting a little make fun, because even though we're camping, I still like to do a little face. Oh, Brody's getting ready to take off. Let's flip this. Now it's Dada's turn. Oh my gosh, oh. The rest of it's coming off of that thing already. Yeah. Yeah, George, please. I want your hand. You need like a straw grass hanging out of your mouth. ♪ I feel my hair while speeding. ♪ Rocking out, towel on the shoulder. I could put my hand up. Can you turn that off for me? And stand. On the top of the paddle. ♪ Way down by the sea, we go on and on and on. ♪ ♪ Listen to us tear so bad. ♪ ♪ And for the first time in life. ♪ So you know how I was telling you guys that Brayden has like no interest in riding a dirt bike. The 110 was actually his. And then he kind of outgrew it. So we passed it on to Brody. We were going to get Brayden a new bike. And he's like, man, like, I don't really want to ride. Like not really interested. So we did it. And it's been like three years since he rode. And just now he's like, dad, I want to ride the dirt bike. We're like, okay, gear up. Boots don't fit anymore. Did you know Brayden's riding? Wait, where? Brayden's on the 110 right now. Wait, what? Yes. Guess we're buying another dirt bike. Just bought Donnie a dirt bike. Now we're going to have to buy Brayden one, huh? Yeah. What about me? I prefer four wheels. So anyways, I just came in the trailer to grab the camera. And ow, just hit the TV with my arm. And I need to clean up. I need to clean up the dinner mess. We've all ate. And Papa Don and Uncle Frank came and visited us at camp. They rode their Harleys over here today. Visited us and they're staying at a hotel over in La Pine for the night. And they're going to come back tomorrow. Wouldn't be a camping riding trip without having to work on at least one bike. Berkeley's bike needed a little fixing. There was oil leaking out of it where it shouldn't have been leaking out. Excuse you. Got it all fixed up. Good to go. Ready to rip. Let's go check on Brayden. These are so good. This blood orange lemonade with sparkling water. So pretty out right now. The sun, golden hour. Look at that. Done then. You got them. I know. Look at this guy. Second gear bud, second gear. There's Canyon and Wilder. They're all ripping around here. This is so cute. Such a good spot. I'm sure Patty's getting some good pictures. Yeehaw cowgirl. You want to pull me though? Yeah. You can't have no umbrella. Oh, Brody's showing him the hill. We good? Clear my way. You ready? Are you ready, son? Yep. Just trying to find like a better spot. It's all kind of. Put an inner tube in. No, you're not going down straight. So this is the little bishoots? Yep. Ooh, we could live out here. Look at that. We got a water source. We got shelter. You can work. This is the gym. There's the house. I wonder what the story is behind that. I don't know. Hunting sharks. Right by the train tracks. There's train tracks right there. So maybe that fell off the train or something. It's old. What? Hemingway 19. We'll have to look it up. Yeah. Johnny just twisted it off an old light pole. My grandpa was a lineman and he'd bring them home. Yeah. I said, grab me one. I'll put it in my bottle collection. All my old jars and stuff. I'm trying to make that see this. What do you think? You might be surprised. Old tin cans. I don't know. I think it fell off a train or something. Yeah. You look like Madonna. Those are cool. Add them to my collection. You want all of them? No, no, no, no, no. I made a weapon. Those are cool. I made a weapon. You made it. Oh my gosh. Yeah, you did. You sure you didn't get a mosquito bite? Oh yeah. I see it now. I feel it. Skaters. Dad, look. Turkey. You should have one right here when the train went by. Yeah. Turkey. Creepy. There goes Boo Boo. Oh, he's going. He made it. Woo. There goes Wilder. Good Monday morning. It's time to pack this place up. Make our long, long drive home. Then we gotta clean this place up and get ready for the rest of the week. We got lots unloaded and we just pulled out of camp. Dirty windshield. Oh my gosh. Should have seen it before I turned on the camera. There's dust. So dusty. Everything. We came out of the dirt road that we camped down and there was just a cloud of dust behind us coming off the trailer and truck and everything. All right, we stopped in La Pine to get fuel and dump the tanks on our way home. All right, we are stopped in Bend. We're gonna get some lunch at Bogie's Burgers. It says it's the best burger on earth, so we'll see. We lucked out and got basically princess parking literally right here on the road. Is it really? Got everything unloaded from the trailer and I'm gonna clean it all out tomorrow. It's like eight o'clock at night already. So I'm gonna clean it tomorrow after work and then take it back to our friends. But we have it completely unloaded and then pulled the slides back in. So Johnny's getting ready to pull it forward a little bit. So I'll be able to get my car out to go to work tomorrow. So we're home. We all got our post-camping good showers. PJs are on, kids are in bed. Tomorrow is like the first official regular summer break day. I just went and said goodnight to everybody. I'm about to go to bed. Thank you so much for watching our Memorial Weekend Camping Vlog 2024, our 15th annual Memorial Day Weekend Camping Trip with the same group of friends. I will see you guys again very soon in my next video. Bye.