I made a Viking Hat in less than 3000 miles.
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2024
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We drove all the way from Seattle, Washington to New England in 5.5 days - we saw forests, plains, rivers, cities, canyons, and many, many wind turbines. Why you might ask? Because I needed to make a hat, obvi. Come for the adventure, stay for Mr. Donner's jokes in the background! 😆
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Can we take a moment to appreciate when people choose a 40+ hour drive to ensure their pets’ safety and comfort over a 5 hour flight 👏👏👏👏 10/10
yeah and honestly. it's more comfortable for the humans than a 5 hour flight. I prefer road tripping to flight any day
@@racheldobbs2028 Seriously. I worked as a Ramp agent and had to coordinate the loading of pets quite often. Don't do it if there is another way. Especially for a stupid two-week holiday.
We did this. Drove from Oregon to East Texas. Because our kids hate flying. The one time we took them a 12hour flight turned in 72. They were 6 and 2 at the time. ... 100% reccomend driving over flying.
I'm with her I drive with my animals..
@@smj____ yes, flying with travel-sized pets only or I’m driving
To me in Britain, the kind of distances you were deealing with are meaningless (as in, impossible to even imagine), because it's 600 miles from tip to tail here. So I did some googling to get some perspective - if I travelled that far, I'd be in Jerusalem, and would have gone through approx 12 countries.
Congrats on getting to the other end safely.
Imagine driving all the way to the middle east from the UK, without a house or town planned to move to, not even entirely sure on the country. I am baffled.
It's a similar distance to crossing continental Europe in a car. From Spain to the Ural Mountains in Russia. From Paris to Tehran, Iran. I used to have to drive NY to FL for holidays and we spent literal days in the car. Meanwhile, I lived in Germany and in 4 hours could pass through 2 different countries. I could be in France in under an hour.
Belgium here, my idea of crossing the country is getting in the car and drive 2 and a half hours...
The population of my state is the same as Britain and we have 49 more states than that lol (some do have a “small” population though)
Crossing substantial portions of the US involves truly ludicrous distances. It’s more than a day’s drive to travel the western or eastern seaboards, and if I recall correctly it can take a whole day to cross all of Texas. Even driving from the San Francisco Bay Area to Los Angeles takes the better part of a day.
As a European I thought: Ok cool, shes moving, cant wait to see her new house. At the end of the video it dawned on me... that you were moving without having a new home yet! Hats off to so much courage. Here, nobody would move without having the new home set for moving in.
Right!!
Nearly every single move (20+) through out my childhood has been without a guaranteed place to go to, mostly because the moves usually ended up being extremely last minute, some times spur of the moment
Yess!! That! exactly that! Northern America dude, different perspectives
@@classyhistoricalsewing In my experience, it was a lot of extended hotel stays.
my sentiments exactly
✨s h e n a n i g a n s✨
*eyebrow waggle* sooooon.... 😎
@@MorganDonner I sense a haircut coming on...
I sense a road trip in one of those camping vans coming on.
{you could bring a hand crank and sew on the road... ya know ya wanna... you could visit all the tourist traps for costume ideas and the historic for the, um, historic.}
Happy Canada Day.
We all need to google Canadian Indian Residential Schools.
Founded on multiple genocides. Yup. We've got alllot of work to do on this continent.
Peace.
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown
@@ArrowOdenn OH man how right you were!
"The mountains look misty and lovely"
*Misty Mountains Cold immediately starts playing inside my head*
Accurate 👌
Seriously same thing that pops in my head whenever I make the drive down that stretch of highway. The camera doesn't do it justice on just how beautiful that area is.
Ahhh! Me too!
And now it’s in my head- specifically the cover by Peter Hollins and Tim Faust. If you haven’t seen it, watch it right now! It’s so good! Best version of that song that exists.
**low deep hum**
Okay but with y'all house hunting around new england and Rachel preparing to move, I choose to briefly imagine the two of you being neighbors and having sewing and youtube sessions a'la Abby and Nicole
Aw man, that's living the DREAM right there! #whiskygrandpa (and grandma) aesthetics all over the place 👵
You can be time travelling super heroes together ❤
I love when costubers hang out it’s fun to see them all friendly and helping each other
@@MorganDonner I came here to say that the proximity to Rachel and Bernadette brings the added benefit of the move to New England lol
Rachel is preparing to move? After all that work she did on the basement and sunroom? I hope that she finds a great place!
And finally, a Donner party that have realized the dangers of the West 🤗
This made me audibly laugh. Thank you
LOL! Perfect comment. 🤣😂
In Hawai'i, in the southern part of the Big Island, there's a wind turbine field thats fallen into disrepair quit a bit, and there were some of those giant wings sticking out of the ground and rusting last time I went that way. There was also a rancher letting his cows graze. With all these animals and all the rusted broken machinery it felt like I saw like a glimpse of a timeline where there weren't humans anymore. Anyway, the wings are HUGE. Multiple cows big.
That’s really interesting - sounds like a strange far-distant future
Sounds a bit like Nausicaa of the Valley of the wind.
Yep, the 'wings' aka blades are approx 53' long. It takes one semi to drive one blade.
(Lived in Walla Walla, WA where they have tons of wind turbines and make them nearby)
Mr Morgan Donner is a Noodle, that is so cute. Shenanigans is one of my favourite words, i always recommend shenanigans.
Also the augmented noun, "shenanigannery" (obtained from Overly Sarcastic Productions - Red) is one we use quite often at our house.
I watch you, Rachel Maksy, Bernadette Banner, Abby Cox, etc to help me through MY issues. WHy are you all so freaking calming and insane at the same time?!
Talking about one's insane dealings can be done calmly. I do it all the time, just not in a video format. Also editing. Editing is a big thing.
IKR? And I’m not that crazy about sewing! My thing is knitting lace…
If you watch one you watch them all… kind of like Pokémon 😂
Bwahaha, insanity is more enjoyable the less you stress over it.
@@sarahkittle
The algorithm is good. I think it was actually Morgan's video about ancient hair sticks that was my gateway into this magical world a couple years ago. Now I'm sewing pockets into my skirts and I'm not mad about it.
I see that she has the same philosophy of "no small changes" with her moving as well as her hair
We did the "drive for the dogs" thing, too, from Seattle to Oklahoma City, and now three years later to Denver. I just don't feel comfortable putting them in a crate and handing them over to baggage handlers. Mine are big dogs, too, standard poodles. And the drive was totally worth it for scenery and the feeling of actually having gone very many miles.
We moved from Grand Coulee to OKC (back home for us) with two Lab mixes, it was a trip, lol. Hubs and oldest son in a moving van with them. They wound up stopping in Kansas and having someone pick hubs and the dogs up. Still easier than flying them. I flew ahead with youngest daughter and BIL and that was a total circus!
I love Poodles, Standards in particular.
I have a husky and a large golden doodle (3/4 standard poodle 1/4 golden retriever). Anytime I travel it's by car, and it means we get to stop often to smell the sights.
Omg she calls Mr. Morgan Donner "Noodle." How adorable is that?!?!
You know it's only 'Van Life' if it comes from the Van region of France, everything else is just sparkling homelessness. Have a good trip.
“Sparkling homelessness”, haha! I’ll have to tell that to my van-life friends :)
LOL.... "sparkling homelessness" Love it - regardless, what a fun lifestyle!! Very carefree!! Love that!
LMAO
I want you to know that I called my mom to read her your comment. She was roaring with laughter! 🤣
This is actually a great point even though it’s phrased as a jone
As someone watching from Australia. Thank you for the driving tour through the American states. Thanks to Mr. Morgan Donner for joining in. Good luck on your house search.
the moment of panic in his eyes when she said "guess what day is"
It seems everyone is going east with you moving to New England and Bernadette moving to Old England™ :-D
Cathy needs to move to, like... China, idk
@@bewilderbeastie8899 Australia, we need her maths skills!
@@bewilderbeastie8899 the embroidery for the peacock dress is in India... but that's not advised right now 😕🤔
This makes visiting my in-laws in August way more exciting! Will the town they live in be the town Morgan chose? I'll meet you at Mystic Yarns next to the llama!
Side note: Mr Morgan speaks! Mr Morgan looks directly at the camera! Exciting day for Mr Morgan Donner!
The hat you made is really interesting, like halfway between knitting and crochet! Each of the stitches looks a bit like a crochet stitch, presumably because in both crafts you’re making one stitch at a time as opposed to using knitting needles to hold many stitches open at once!
Morgan: *adds Idaho in a geographically appropriate location*
Me: …girl, you’re gonna need a bigger bottle
As someone who has moved from the east coast to the west and then back, going from the bigger states to the smaller ones makes the end of the trip feel soooo much nicer
THE Morgan Donner? In MY neck of the woods!? 🥺 New England is so lucky to have you!
I came here to say this, but in my heart, I knew it had been said.
Antir's sad loss is DEFINITELY the East Kingdom's winning point
A cross-country road trip is a rite of passage every American should experience. You really don't understand this country until you've gone through one (or two!).
When I was in Jr high school my mom and step dad helped his parents move from Kansas to Minnesota and it was a pretty drive. But after being gone a week i got tonsillitis because my sinuses were draining. Then my senior summer ( that following school yr was my last yr in high school 82-83 school yr) I went with a bunch of kids in my youth group at church travel clear from Kansas stopped off in Gladstone MO. Then traveled on to Wisconsin. Three wks prior to that I went on vacation with my dad and step mom and we went to little Rock. Arkansas. I tell ya, I've never traveled so much in one summer that yr. But it was fun and I made some good memories of my dad and I on vacation.
I've been on a few and I'm hoping to go on one next year with friends instead of family. Different vibe being 20 on a road trip vs being a family of 4 with 2 dogs and 2 cars. I never realized how much of America is flat until we drove across it cause I've always lived near mountains.
@@rosequill7925 I've done more than a few, almost all of them on my own. I love the western us.
@Megan Von Ackermann Georgia to Arizona, AZ to OR, OR to CO to TX and Back, CO to CA, CA to OH, OH to CO to CA to OR... I'm burned out of driving.
I've been on 8, and I'm not even 22 yet...got to love military families
This is how I always thought as a kid that moving worked: drive around the place you wanna be until you find a house you like. I was disappointed by the seeming necessity of eternal preplanning and single burst of activity that moving actually entails, so when I got to the end of this video and realized you were doing what I'd always dreamed...! I'm totally delighted!! I love seeing people doing life in uncommon ways; it makes me feel so much more hope and positivity about what living can be like 😊
"If we really rushed it we could have done it in 5 days."
Richmond, Virginia to Long Beach, California in 2 1/2 days. Ugh! We were exhausted. (We had a time limit plus a dad who stops for nothing😉)
Right?! I did San Diego, CA to Raleigh, NC in less than 48 hours. We stopped for gas, food and bathrooms. I didn't want to get back into a car for days! And we had a cat!
Yikes! We did Redlands, CA to Alexandria, VA in 7 days in 1996. That’s really fast to do with kids in tow. Were you peeing in bottles?
My uncle (dad's brother) and aunt did Tallahassee, FL to Tuscan, AZ in 19 hours with 5 kids in the van multiple times (If I remember correctly the youngest was 2 the first time)… My dad wasn't quite as bad, but there were multiple periods of time growing up where we did a 200-500 miles round trip drive each weekend...
If icing on the cake makes no sense, you can always use the Swedish equvalent instead: grädde på moset, which translates to whipped cream on the potato mash... which makes even less sense.
Hope everything goes good with the moving.
I tried nålbinding several years ago, but have completely forgotten it since. Maybe I should try it again. I remember it being quite easy after I got the hang of it.
Here in Finland we say kirsikka kakun päällä, which translates to cherry on the cake. And I have never seen anyone doing that here, maybe it makes sense to some people but not for me
@@agsuvongiest We say the cherry of the cake here in Spain. I haven't seen a cake with a maraschino cherry on top in many years and no wonder, nobody likes them.
Dutch also puts a cherry on a cake!
do you guys literally put potato mash on cake or is it just an expression...?
@@lamedumbjoker Hahah no, that's just an expression! 🤣
Technically 'mos' means 'mashed', something that is mashed, so it doesn't have to be potato mash. However, I've never understood the saying. Perhaps they are not talking about the cream being whipped, but rather using the cream to make an extra fancy mash of potatoes.
As a fellow Atlantic Northeasterner, welcome to the east kingdom.
Yes, welcome from another Northeasterner, and a (Vermont) Northeast Kingdomer!
As a died in the wool Yankee and lifelong New Englander-Congradulations!! There's no more beautiful place to live! Meadows, forest, mountains , coasts and breathtaking falls. We've got it all !!👍 - A proud Massachussetts native.
Instead of using "icing on the cake", you could use "the cherry on top".
It definitely depends on the icing. Homemade can be quite good, but store-bought icing frequently just tastes like sugar (so boring).
Or like, stale, plastic sugar. 😔😝
I don't bother eating frosting from a can. I'm not eating sugar I don't thoroughly enjoy.
Morgan, you got out of the Pacific Northwest just in time to avoid the weekend from Hell temperatures
That's okay, we have them here, too. It's 93 degrees in my home office. Outside it has a "feels like" temp of 104.
Ah yes.... Idaho in early July AKA how to become a sun dried tomato in feeling and color in less than an hour.
I teach nalbinding courses online, I just love it! Very few people have heard of it, so I always sound slightly mad describing it "It's like knitting/crochet but wayyyy older and slower"
I Started looking into nalbinding and its hard to find anything on it. But what I have found is pretty cool.
you are so right, capturing the magic of the cascades is REALLY hard/near impossible. but we enjoy seeing it regardless - i miss it terribly and i expect Seattle will miss you as well
Wall Drug is the Ron Jon Surf Shop of the north. It isn't really all that interesting, but the marketing team had way too big of a budget and decided to plaster the name all along the highway.
“South of the border” all the signs on 95, and it’s always a ghost town anytime we happen to stop for a bathroom break
We were there a couple years ago and it's really overrated. I was really disappointed. Nothing like you would imagine.
I totally agree although I have to say that the marketing team had a good way to getting people to come there.
@@susanhillis5952 hehe, oh dear, those "south of the border" signs. I haven't been there. Every time I've gone past it, it looks so deserted.
See Rock City………. On. Every. Barn.
I love how this is worded that you moved across country so you could specifically make this hat
I'm with you on the frosting (icing is actually something different). When I make cakes at home sometimes I just use whipped cream instead of actual frosting or a glazed icing.
every time I see this thumbnail all I can think is "and I would move 500 miles and I would move 500 more and I would move 500 more and I would move 500 more and I would move 500 more and I would move 500 more just to be the one who moved 3000 miles so I could make a HA-A-AT"
Omg,Morgan! I'm originally from Seattle. And I have lived in Maine for the last 9 years. I'm so excited you are going to be in my neck of the woods. I hope we get a chance to sew together someday!
Not that you want to just meet up with some random internet stranger... but I'm a randomly neat person, if I say so myself.
Awesome! I love hearing that there are other Seattleites in the region :D
Ahhhh, I'm from a bit north of Seattle and moving to Maine this month!
@@kaylat.9104 what part of Maine? Welcome, Maine is a lot like all the best parts of puget sound without all the people.
@@jamilynncreates3622 midcoast, around Bangor. My friend lived in ME for a while and she said the exact same thing!
For me, it depends on the icing, if it's a store-bought cake it's %100 too sweet. I like making my own cream cheese icing and halving the sugar from the recipe I got it from.
I literally could not handle the uncertainty of "moving" without having a landing place secured. I'm extremely impressed by their courage and willingness to step into the unknown like that!
I am just realizing watching this that the trip I made of 2,199 miles in one day was insanity. Granted I drove 2/3 of what you did, but I have made a mental note to take longer (or any) breaks in the future on my long driving journeys.
My Dad did this in the back of our van to hide suitcases. Overnight bag went in last. He padded the top and that was awesome.
Yay for safe and comfortable trip! And small hand projects are perfect for road trips!
I like icing. XD But I’m also a fan of super sweet desserts and will eat sweets as if diabetes wasn’t a thing people could get… (just don’t make my savory food sweet! lol)
I love that you have traveled and dived into such a big life change together! ❤ not gonna lie though, my heart did kinda drop too my stomach a little when you said you finally made it to the Atlantic northeast and THEN started house hunting 😁😬🤭
I lived in Seattle my first 21 years of life and I moved to Maine a few years ago and I am so so happy in New England! It has been a much better fit for me. I hope you find a lovely home in New England 💜
Hmmmm I think I’d enjoy this “sewing” a hat more then knitting I like crocheting but not knitting sooo you have given me a new thing to try :)
You can even cut nalbinding without it unraveling. Can't do that with knitting or crochet.
Horses for courses Lynn. I love to knit, it grounds me when my world is spinning off its axis. Do what you enjoy x
I love knitting and crochet, but I've always wanted to try nalbinding too.
I didn't know you lived in the same state as I. Sad to see you leave, but enjoy your new lilfe change. I have the urge to have a change in me life, sadly my husband doesn't feel the same. Our children have grown up and moved on, my parents are no longer on earth and my brother too (covid) :( . So the memory here is just so sad and I want to start with a fresh start in a new place. I am in the planning now, but not sure where to go. Have a wonderful trip. Stay safe and cool.
The story goes that when I was a preschooler I was at some celebration and ate the icing off my piece of cake and asked for seconds. My parent pointed out that I hadn't eaten the piece of cake I already had. My response was, That's just bread. My tastes have shifted and I like to eat many different foods, as long as they are flavored well! Good luck to the two of you and your beautiful dogs in your new area!
When you started talking about change, i nearly started crying. I relate to that in my soul and have been working on a career change. :)
Congratulations on a successful and beautiful road trip. Good luck with the house hunting.
Eyy welcome to the East :)
I live slightly to the right of Maine (AKA: new brunswick canada) lol!
Thank you for my armchair road trip. The scenery was great - including that massive storm cloud! The autumn colours of the trees are going to be awesome!
i was literally talking about the icing thing earlier today. i much prefer whipped cream to icing, or just none at all. don't even get me started on fondant.
indeed.... fondant seems fun in theory, but in practice? i'll gladly pass on that one...
Whipped cream icing or, occassionally a soft buttercream/ creamcheese icing, on the right cake.
'Birthday cake icing', and most thick, setting frostings... ugh.
If I have more than a fingertip full, I start to feel sick :/
Obligatory plug for Swanzey, NH; we have covered bridges and we're not afraid to use them! XD
Welcome to New England, good luck finding a house and hope to see you around!
Good to know. We have a bunch in New York as well. Sounds like I need to go tour them all!
Oh well then I have to Plug Saratoga Springs! NY We have the oldest running Horse race track in the country, and its got a hat competition!
I'm in New Hampshire too, and I take a covered bridge to work every day! And I haven't died! Lol
Small world - I went to high school in beautiful Swanzey! It has more than its fair share of covered bridges, and 200% more rotaries than it did back then!
I wish I'd made some kind of notation for every state I went through on my cross country trips. Cuz I can't remember which states I've been through. Collecting stickers was an awesome idea! I really applaud you for driving. Flying with larger dogs in summer is not safe. I've read too many heart breaking stories about things that have gone wrong. Plus this road trip looked so fun and memories for a life time. Best wishes on this new chapter.
Flying a pet as cargo should be a last resort and during certain times of the year (summer anyone?) can be prohibited with many planes. Luckily, I have a carry-on size pet.
I've got to say "welcome" to my home state of Vermont. My husband was born and raised there and we've always loved living there. Hope you find the best house and settle in soon. Good hunting. 😻😻
Yay! Another Vermonter! There aren’t all that many of us irl so I get excited when I find one😁
Me: that's nalbinding she's doing
1min later...
Morgan: this is nalbinding, a predesessor to knitting.
(Got a kit when I visited a viking historic site in Newfoundland)
Also really glad to see this old technique get some attention / appreciation
(I say old but I hear it's still very much done regularly in some corners of scandinavia)
I did one a few years ago. Brown with a green stripe. Child size, bc I have a child and didn’t want to commit to something too big. I used yarn with 4 strands, should have been single strand, but it was 100% wool and free.
Your journey makes me homesick for my childhood holidays. My parents just filled the car with necessary things and roughly planned to travel somewhere south, which would usually bring us to France or Italy and a lot of curious places in between. Those were the best holidays.
I am undecided on the icing-question, when it‘s made with just powdered sugar and water or rum, I don‘t like it either - but if the water is replaced with strong espresso or lemon juice, I like it.
Welcome to the East! The SCA is just starting to open up again, so we are starting to have real events, but mostly, welcome to New England. I've lived here all my life, lived in three of the six states, and I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. (Allow me to cast my vote for Massachusetts, though -- we're right in the middle of everything. They don't call Boston the Hub for nothing!)
As a fellow SCAdian would you be potentially going to Pennsic (once the world opens up)? It is my favorite event - potentially biased as part of the middle kingdom - and is a wonderful camping trip!
Woohoo! I can say that I'm now in the same kingdom than Ms. Donner! Hello from barony of l'ile du dragon dormant!... 😁
I vote for the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. Absolutely beautiful. Less than a two hour drive to civilization (Chittenden county) but still (somewhat) affordable.
* *Massachusetts by Ylvis starts playing softly in the back* *
Best of luck on the home search!
Though the trip Eastward wasn’t terribly historically accurate. Not a covered wagon in sight. 🤪
From a native Vermonter, welcome to New England! I hope you love it here!
companion animals are the best reason to a camper van! WElcome to New England, neighbour
Thumbs up for driving to make your doggies feel safe. I feel you.
When i saw viking hat i was hoping it would be made with Nalbinding, then when i clicked on the video and saw that the description had nalbinding in it i literally started cheering. This is such a cool craft that many people don't know about
Haha as a professional cartographer I officially forgive you for the sticker placement 😂 awesome video Morgan! Your dogs are so cute 🥺 and as a new knitter that hat project was wicked cool!
It's alway fascinated me how much the landscape changes between states even though there isn't a physical line separating them. But I've clearly driven the IL to NY section of your trip far too many times; I could tell which state you were in before you said anything! And yeah, no or light icing for me. Not a fan of the super sweet.
Ditto on being able to tell too lol!
I live in Italy so icing really isn't used that often on cakes here! I think I had it once (not sure it was exactly icing tho😅) and yeah, it wasn't great😂 whipped cream is MUCH better
Homemade whipped cream is the best. But I must admit my mom's peanutbutter frosting us heavenly.
I’m a fan of a nice jam and cream sponge, no icing.
But buttercream has its place
Welcome to New England! As a Connecticut Yankee who has lived here my whole life, I have just a few things that may be helpful in terms of choosing where to move and getting acquainted with New England life:
Like most places, the further inland the less expensive you get in terms of real estate; Western Mass, Northeastern Connecticut, Vermont, Northern New Hampshire and non-Coastal Maine. All coastal New England up to Maine (near Canada) are usually near or over $1 million.
Linguistics:
Cape Cod= The Cape, Provincetown= P-Town, Block Island= The Block, Martha's Vineyard= The Vineyard, Freeway= Highway (84 and 95), Northern Coastal Maine= DownEast, Carriage= Shopping Cart, Grinder= long sandwich roll, people who travel here to look at fall foliage= Leaf Peepers, Clicker= TV remote, U-ey= U-turn, tag sale= yard sale, etc... These are the universal ones, the rest depend on were you move too (i.e. snowbird, packie, wicked, ayuh, spa, or creemee) and town/city name pronunciations you'll pick up as you go along.
The highway traffic here is atrocious in the winter, horrible in the spring and fall, and often a parking lot in the summer. The highways also tend to have three lanes that change to two for no reason, or lanes that turn into exits suddenly.
The winters cannot be described, only experienced.
There are few places (I imagine) that have such a wide variety of accents in such a small space of land (in Boston alone there are four distinct accents).The general thing to remember is that the accent divide is generally the Connecticut River, although that varies. Very few sound like the cast of Good Will Hunting (South Boston) and there is a distinct difference between each state's accents which residents of each will make clear.
New Englanders may at first seem distant, unsympathetic, impatient, loud, and unfriendly. But once we warm up to you we are friends for life that will completely engulf you in our kindness and generosity.
I won't say any of the top sites to visit yet because that is best discovered and explored on one's own.
Since so many of the buildings, towns, traditions and institutions here are so old there is a great sense of heritage that we are extremely proud of. We are rooted in our past but cognoscente of the future, we are the place from which the American Revolution, the industrial revolution, and the abolitionist movement first began and we believe that one's determination in their goals and the strength of one's character can make them achieve anything.
Also don't forget to get a pair of Bean boots.
I live in Idaho and have my whole life, it’s so beautiful here, especially in the mountain areas. The wilderness areas are the best part of Idaho IMO
Such a picturesque road trip. I love how green everything is. Congrats on your new adventure in your new town. And good luck with the home search.Yes it is a silly phrase, I to am not terribly crazy about icing either.
Depends on the icing, really. As someone whose family is in the confectionery business I can vouch that there are ways to make icing good. Just make it yourself, not buy it ready made.
In French we say "the cherry on top of the cake" which is a great metaphor imho since it is really the best part of it.
So happy to see you all make it safely across the country! Thank you for taking us along :) the hat looks so cozy. And I’m with you on the icing thing! Although I do love fondant….?!
OH Wall Drug! My husband and I honeymooned in the Black Hills and driving back and forth across South Dakota, we counted 150 Wall Drug signs! We were in a competition, scoring who could spot them first (it wasn't fair because my husband is nearsighted). But even after all that, we still didn't go to Wall Drug. (Also, LOL on your Minnesota Nice joke. As a local, I hope that was intentional ;) -K
Minnesota "nice"---- also a MN local! We're passive aggressive AF
I read, "My husband and I honeymooned..." and was fully expecting "...at Wall Drug."
I have a very cool pair of faux-suede moccasins from Wall Drug. It's got a really cool history and lots of super fun and unique shopping.
@@Speechlete08 Lol. I grew up across the border, almost, in Canada. My family used to visit MN relatives every summer. The first rule of MN driving is Take Your Head Out of Your A$$. (As seen on a truck's bumper sticker which had a gun rack. We complied immediately.)
Glad to see you made it safe & sound and I got to see a flash of my "home" states (Hello Minnesota & Wisconsin!) in your little video montage. That area is really beautiful with the rolling hills and farms. I love it! Hope you find a new place quickly that will be a perfect fit.
Frosting can be a little much. I think part of it is that in recent years, bakeries started to use shortening in their mix instead of real butter which is kind of nasty.
Oh My Goodness! The reality of Morgan and Safiya having a wacky adventure is slowly inching to be possible.
Lovely video. So glad you taped the trip...it was fun to follow you on your journey!
Good luck with the house hunting! I only really eat cake as an excuse to eat the icing. I respect your view but really can't understand it! 😂
Yes! cake is absolutely an icing delivery mechanism. 🤣
I believe it all depends upon the quality of the icing. My mom makes a mocha icing that is to die for.
Homemade is best. 🧁
@@lajoyous1568 Definitely! I make a lemon cake, purely for the lemon icing and it makes everything right with the world!
There really no other reason for the existence of cake.
Sounds like you are more of a cupcake kind of a person.
I did half of your move many years ago from Boston to Kansas. It was about 36 hours total.
I also have a hard time sitting still and not doing something with my hands. Usually I crochet, but sometimes hand sew or mend.
I grew up near the Smokies and seeing the mist on the mountains made me all nostalgic. I really miss them.
Oh, and icing is good if it's the light, fluffy type.
I clicked on one of you videos just out of curiosity and now binged watched lots of your videos. I love learning new things and i like how you make it easy and fun learning new stuff... so thanks :D
I'm so sad to have simultaneously found your videos & that we shared a kingdom on the same day that I found out you're moving so far away! Happy trails and thank you for all that you share!! 💗💗💗
If there’s a thick layer of icing I may very well leave some of it on the plate, especially if it doesn’t taste much of anything other than sugar.
Are you talking about frosting?
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I suppose I am. English isn’t my first language, so it’s not always obvious to me which synonyms are different regional terms and which of them have slightly different meaning.
Welcome to New England! Maybe we'll see you at Birka Market next year.
Thanks for bringing us along. So glad that the puppers and the Mr. had a good trip too. Good luck on the house hunting, may you find the perfect home...and soon!
Congratulations on your move! That roadtrip was fun. Great idea for storage that gives the hounds a nice place to chilax, too.
Thanks for sharing the journey- glad you made it safely! Good luck house-hunting!
Oh Morgan, I dont like icing either. Just a thin layer, if any. Otherwise, its way to much, even for my legendary sweet tooth :)
I much, much prefer ganache over icing. And I prefer whipped cream over ganache. And I refuse to eat that awful fondant at all- it gets peeled off and put to the side.
I agree! My husband was listening to me watch this and at that point turned to me and said “ah, you’ve found your people!”
@@katherinemorelle7115 the hubby (and former prof. baker) also says fondant was never intended to be eaten. He loves his sweets but refuses to eat it :)
I was going to write that in France we say “cherry on the cake” but then I thought, isn’t that also an expression in English ?
My mother always scraped the icing off her piece of cake. It was just too sweet. The cupcake trend that started seemed to be just a vehicle to pile on the icing. There was as much icing as there was cupcake.
This is amazing! Welcome to New England! I'm in Massachusetts and really looking forward to hearing about your house hunting escapades! Best of luck & I'm so glad you're here!
Wow! You maximized the potential of that trip with all your fantastic planning. I love the quick intro to nalbinding. I have always been curious about it and now I think I want to investigate more. Mr. Morgan Donner seems like a great guy. :)
We recently made the switch from a large city to a very rural area and it has absolutely been the change we hoped for! I hope this change is as positive for you as ours was for us. And your greyhounds are lovely dogs, they are lucky to have a family that cares so much about them and their comfort! The van turned out awesome.
Im in idaho and my family is planning on moving to maine in a couple months. Its fun seeing others feeling the call eastward.
Love your hair and styles so so so much! Gives me confidence to rock my med school rotations with braids.
I've driven several times along those roads from East to West and back again. I never get tired of watching others do the same, for some reason. Best wishes on your house search!
As someone living in Tacoma, this saddens me for the regional loss of awesomeness… but how exciting for you and your family!! Wishing you a happy new adventure!
WALL DRUG!! 😂 we stopped there on our way home from a vacation in South dakota a few years ago for the same reason - we saw all of the signs and thought "well we HAVE to see what thats all about" - i did not enjoy their coffee lmao
I am so excited to see the house you choose! And also to see how the new sewing room comes together. Having moved from SoCal to Maryland the differences in lifestyle/accents/general everyday stuff was so weird to discover! I would love to hear your experiences. I remember when we first moved to the east coast we got a huuuge thunder storm that first summer and we all hid in the bathroom because we hadn’t experienced thunder that literally made the windows rattle and that you could feel the floor vibrate from! It was amazing and slightly terrifying.
Yayyy!! I was just thinking of you guys and was hoping your move was going well! Good luck on the house hunt and thank you for bringing us along :)
I did the opposite of this almost 20 years ago. I went from Maryland to Washington, but with cats. (And Sumner, not Seattle. Moved around a few times before landing in Bonney Lake.) Then 8 years ago I moved to a different area of Washington and now live in the Columbia River Gorge. My husbands family is in the Seattle/Tacoma area so we regularly make the trip up over the mountains to visit. I-90 through those mountains is my favorite part of the drive.
The concept of moving across the country and having to go house hunting while there terrifies me!
Also, depends on type and amount of icing. Small amounts of buttercream is good. Fondant needs to leave
What an awesome trip! Thanks for taking us along! I too want to move far far away... trying to convince the old one.
So excited that you will be on this coast. I'm in Northern NJ and love yearly trips to the NY Renaissance Faire - hoping you can make it out in your really inspiring pieces and enjoy the event as well. Congrats on the move and so happy you are such great pet owners (and took such care with them). I stressed taking our little pup just on a weekend trip so KUDOS! ...and WELCOME to the East Coast!!