We're Taking a Break from RV Living
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- Опубліковано 1 лип 2024
- For the first time in nearly 3 years of full time RV living, we're leaving the RV in storage and heading off on a totally different kind of adventure! We absolutely love RV life, but sometimes you just need a break, because this life is not a full time vacation.
So, this week we're headed to a very exclusive place away from the RV and we can't wait to show you!
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Why we're leaving the RV
2:18 Places to store an RV
5:10 Boarding the Dogs
6:55 Going to a private island
9:11 Coconut hunting
14:55 Coconut hunting round 2
18:45 Leaving the island
19:58 Picking up the dogs
21:17 Picking up the RV
26:29 RV park & Vet visit
*Who are we?*
We’re Victoria & Craig! In 2021, we decided that we needed to make life a little more exciting, so we bought a used fifth wheel and completely renovated it. Then, we sold our house in Tallahassee, Florida and hit the road full time in our RV! We’ve traveled all around the United States (and Baja Mexico!) and fell in love with boondocking in our RV at the most beautiful places. In 2023, we upgraded to a brand new Brinkley RV Model Z 3100. You’ll always find us on some kind of outdoor adventure, whether it’s hiking the Grand Canyon, rock climbing in Yosemite or surfing the shores of Baja Mexico. Subscribe to our channel (bit.ly/3ssOjGT) to follow along on our full time RV living adventures!
The two of you have way more patience then we would with those coconuts, and I'll admit I was terrified when you busted out the chainsaw... Miss you guys
Our dogs are fairly prone to ear related issues. For minor infections, you can clean their ears really good, and use a 50/50 mixture of vinegar and water. Yeast can’t survive with the acidity of the vinegar. This, done daily, will generally clear up the infection in a few days.
It's great to know this! My shiba inu same issues with ear infection, and spent over 200 with the Vip. I'll have to try this.
Hilarious the coconut attempts, the place there was beautiful 🤩🙌 I was also excited to see Maverick and Leland…sorry Leland had to go to the Vet! Stay safe from branches 🥰🥰
I am finally getting caught up on videos! Love love you two ❤️❤️I could watch you everyday!
That's awesome to hear! Thank you.
Might be your best video yet! Lololol! Thanks for coming to stay with me and providing a couple days of entertainment 🤗
Haha thanks for inviting us! I’m still not sure how we made hunting coconuts into a three day activity😂….but it sure was a lot of fun! 😄
Don't blind side into places unless you absolutely have too. Shorter rig you're pulling with a shorter nose than I'm used too but I never blind sided unless I couldn't avoid it as a truck driver.
Love, Love, LOVE your channel!! This episode has to be my favorite - totally made me laugh out loud! We plan to go full time in the Fall and your channel has been so informative and has helped put a lot of our concerns to rest. Thank you!😂
Thank you so much!! Also, I love that you loved this episode!! We had a lot of fun with it, but weren't sure how it would do since a lot of it was not really in the RV. And also so glad to know that we've been of help ❤️
Wow, this was very fun, coming home from a funeral in Gainesville, your videos kept us entertained. thanks
I love you guys, the way you traveled through Baja and the awesome characters you kept throughout.
Thank you so much!! I do have to admit there were a couple of very frustrating times.
Great video. Can't wait to see your take on Tampa RV show.
Great video as always!!!
Thanks for all the info! Great video ❤
Thank you for watching!
Glad you both had a good time and I have to say the coconut cookies looked pretty yummy. Im glad the pups are ok and on the mend. As always wishing you safe travels.
You guys are so adventurous! Stay safe out there, and thanks for sharing your adventures with us.😊😊
Thank you for always watching!! We always find a way to get ourselves into something 😆
Y'all really live a blessed life. Love to see that.
We really do! A very old Facebook memory came up recently where I had posted about how blessed I had been with opportunities I would have never imagined and I thought about how true it still was to this day.
We stored our rv in a storage for RV's while we flew to Alaska. Great video.
lol the look on your face when you tasted the water from the first coco nut haha. Hopefully the pups are all doing good after everything. Anytime we have ever left our rv which has only been twice so far we ended up keeping it at an rv park in a spot.
Great video! What a cool experience on the island!❤️
Y'all are so go-woth-the-flow!! Very impressive 😊
Your experience really hit home with us about the "RV park" that was really a Park model fulltime resort. We stayed at an Encore park once and had to nearly jack knife our truck and fifth wheel just to get it in. The road was so narrow, we barely missed the shrubs in the flower bed of the home across from us.
Not only that but the connections were at the far back of the site. Gah!!!!
It will be a long time before we forget that experience! 😮
You two nuts and coconuts! LOL funny. Glad the pup is ok
Bless his little heart. I hope he gets well very soon! 💗 Looked like an interesting weekend! Y'all have fun!!
Thank you! He is already doing better! And we had a blast becoming expert coconut hunters 🤣
I would have been so sad leaving the dogs! So glad the tooth poke wasn’t too serious 😅. Fun fact: Joseph and I lived in Fort Myers’s for a year and bought a house in Cape Coral (there for 5 years). It’s always so weird how the area changes over time!
yay on the coconut. pan fry it in little cubes for a nice snack
Beautiful place.
Great to see my old home town Ft Myers. Wish it looked better but they will rebuild. Not the first or last hurricane. I actually surveyed out on Useppa back when I was 18. I remember that island, no vehicles only golf carts. All the homes are built in pillings set deep in the ground to keep the homes from shifting. Thats what I did, I calculated the locations for the pilings. Wow, blast from the past. Great Vid, now I feel old and home sick lol.
I love Sunday!!!!!
Us too!!
Hey guys great video, great to get out of the RV for a while, met both of you at the Tampa show from 1 Brinkley owner to another next time we can help in fproof 😊
So glad the babies are doing okay. Great video! Nice you took time to go do something different and fun!! Craig and the coconut had us cracking up, punt intended lol. Take care and be safe. 🤍Freddy and Bryan
Hahah! It was nice to do something outside the RV for a change. Always fun to switch things up a bit. Hope you guys are doing well after the show!
You guys are awesome!
thank you so much! 😄
I've left my 5th wheel at my daughter's in Washington. Also, few times at RV Parks, most recently, in Parker, AZ while I went to Vegas to visit a childhood friend.
Like fish out of water! lol 🤣, like a burger without a bun, like a bike without tires.
I live in Dunedin, right near Clearwater. Ian was supposed to be a direct hit here, we went to Fort Lauderdale to evacuate. It turned and hit Fort Myers. That was SO scary and so devastating for Forr Myers. 😢 I’ll never forget that.
Jeeez yalls channel is blowin up. I was just saying congrats on 5k subs just a few months ago.🎉
I recently found your channel and you two are fabulous together! Lots of laughter and fun plus respect for each other. ❤
Thanks so much! 😊
Hi guys.... That was interesting with the coconuts.... We were hoping you would be checking your fingers after the chainsaw....lol... Sorry to hear about Leland's ear... I'm sure he's doing better by now... Looking forward to your next video....J&A
We stored our RV in a trailer & boat storage facility. Had a few issues year 2 & 3rd year we stored at a different place. Definitely nerve wracking!
Wow-quite a weekend! Now you know why they wanted you to wait until the morning to park the RV-welcome to Florida😂. Hope Leland is ok and your next RV park is easier to get into.
Nice!
We're so sorry Leeland got an ear infection but thankful it wasn't too bad. We left our two cats at a kitty condo when we went to North Carolina and they seemed traumatized when we picked them up. We felt terrible. I think they've forgotten all about it by now, hopefully. Lol
Hi guys av never laughed so much what a brill fun video thanks bless ❤
Great video, and that island is amazing!
-C4YT
It was…too bad you weren’t there 😆
So glad the boys were not hurt too bad. Rusty had an ear infection last year and was treated with the one application antibiotics, worked great for him. Hope it works well for you too! Safe travela!
thank you! It has cleared up now and worked great! I felt so bad for him but he is already back to his normal self now ❤️
I'm glad the pup is better. Just got my shiba inu checked again, eat infection, and that's with his dog insurance, so paid about 200.. it's crazy, but you gotta get them better. Awesome video! Stay Safe
Yes he’s Cookie Monster 😂😂😂
Great video!! You guys should do some updated Brinkley review videos!
We will be having one soon. We have just been busy with the holidays and rv show.
You guys are so dang cute!! Love this video...
The coconut stuff was too funny. You just needed a Wilson to make it complete.
Haha!! That would have been funny. I feel like I slmissed an opportunity now, lol.
I hate leaving our pup, it’s hard when you spend all your days with them. I feel bad.
He’s a 12 year old pup 😊
Greese that goose ball lol..... O those cookies look bad ass
Didn't look like the island had too much damage from the hurricane a little surprising. I really enjoy you're videos
I’m the one they came to visit in the video. Ian made landfall at Caya Costa, as you probably know. Basically at Useppa. Yet the island experienced very little damage compared to everywhere around it. The storm surges were, like, 3ft. Not a single house lost its roof. There was damage, of course, to every house. But it was all minor compared to what the rest of the area experienced. While we were all thankful, it makes no sense. The only structures to experience major damage were the commercial ones. The poor inn. The whole marina building/office will need to be torn down. The museum got hit hard but was quickly repair.
I'm happy that Leland is doing better (poor pupster)! But geez...$270 is crazy for a vet visit. I know it's typical nowadays, but it sucks that vet's have gotten so expensive. Anyway, thanks for an entertaining video!
You 2 find the best adventures from some of the most uncommon places. As a person old enough to be your dad, I tried to coach Craig, through the tv screen, with that cocoa nut & chainsaw thing 😂
We do somehow turn some simple tasks into whole adventures sometimes 🤣 especially when Craig decides to pull out a chain saw LOL
I remember you saying you’re gonna review your new Gooseneck?
Please let us know how your liking it?
Hey y'all!❤❤❤❤
Heyyyy!! Hope you’ve had a great week!!
Another great video, you should specifically look into Pets Best pet insurance. We have had it for four years now and it's been great. You can go to any vet anywhere submit the bill and get up to 90 % reimbursement depending on which plan you choose as well as many yearly services included such as heartguard, flea and tick treatment, teeth cleaning, etc... our 55 lb dog is covered for $70 a month. Has totally been worth having especially now going full-time next week, closing on our house next Thursday !!!
Oh wow, we will definitely have to look into that! I know it doesn’t take much to rack up a very hefty vet bill. Thank you for the tip!
@@wildrvlife Be sure to check how the deductibles are applied and if there is a max payout amount/condition. Some companies charge the deductible/condition annually and some charge it once/condition. Eg. One of our pups has allergies and our insurance (Trupanion) charged the deductible once for allergeries and that's it. Then they pay 90% of the bill for allergies for life with no max amount per year. Our previous insurance plan charged their deductable every year for a condition and then paid 100% of the bill for that condition but only up to a max amount per year.
Pets Best is usually the company I recommend for pet insurance. Better than pretty much everything out there.
Very nice place enjoy buddies
Thanks so much
Hope lealan gets better soon. So glad the boys didn't get hurt to bad. That was a beautiful house to house sit. Craig please no more chain saws to cut a coconut. That scared me. Vitoria the cookies and pancakes looked very good yum 😋. Hope you enjoyed the rv show. Can't wait til next week. Star safe. God bless. And much love Mary.
He is already doing better now, thank you! And yeah, I’m think the chainsaw and coconut thing needs to be a one time event 🤣 better not push our luck there. Thank you so much for coming along!
@@wildrvlife you are very welcome 🙏
How do you deal with regular vet care with the dogs were you are always on the road? Do you have a temperature monitor in the camper so you know if the dogs are safe?
Glad yall got to enjoy your time in SWFL. All of us were on an island after Ian down here. Pretty much all of us south of Sarasota were flooded out for a week after the storm.😂 keep up the great videos and safe travels.
Oh man, it really was such an insane hurricane! Glad you were safe and thanks for coming along this week!
@@wildrvlife if y’all have social media outside of this I can send over pictures of the aftermath. I ended up have an interview with an abc news station out of Australia after. It was pretty crazy.😂 love see what yall end up doing each week.
@@phreakshowgaming1473 oh dang that's crazy! Yeah we're on instagram too as @wildrvlife ...would be interested in seeing!
The white part is the coconut
Wish we had known we are a harvest host and would have let you leave your rv for a few days let us know if there is another time Maria's garden in Punta Gorda fl
Love your videos what type of cameras do you use ?
We partime travel with our dog Hazel. Every single time we travel she either gets sick from eating something off the ground or she gets hurt 🤦🏻♀
I enjoyed the non RV getaway 😊.
Yay! We were hoping people would still enjoy it, even though it’s a little different from the usual
Y'all gotta watch Cast Away with Tom Hanks!
Haha omg yes, appropriate movie for this episode 🤣
Thank you both!!... now I can survive on a deserted island with only coconuts😂 great video!
LOL, mission accomplished!! 😆
I live in Cape Coral right off pine Island could’ve left your RV at my house lol
Awesome video guys are you going to come back to Ontario canada next summer
Thank you!! We are hoping to make it up there.
It looked a little sketchy in that neighborhood, I'd be worried squatters would be living in it when I got back.
Usually I just leave my RV right where we're staying if we're going out of town ain't nobody going to know
Yeah if you’re already at a campground I think that would work just fine!
Thanks for sharing your life,mine is totally boring,help,lol
lol, well i'm glad we could provide some entertainment!
@@wildrvlife you have also helped me,I can see WHT I could be doing and I thank you both for that.i have grandchildren and I wish I could show everyone the beautiful side of life out there instead of things looking so gloomy for kids these days
Left my fifth wheel in a KOA storage area for 2 weeks at $10 a day. For a site in NY, that was a great deal. We went on a cruise.
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I'm from fort myers . Yall should check out Sanibel Island sometime and pine island
We would really like to do some more exploring in that area!
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You just reminded us we have a coconut we brought back to Michigan that we need to cut. Even though it actually froze on our way back home! 🤪
I think we’ll pass on the chainsaw though. 😂
Hahaha it turns out, there are better ways to open a coconut. 😂😂
@@wildrvlife well, ours is officially open now, but it had kind of a weird texture, since it was frozen and thawed. 🥥 🤣
Truck was nice and shiny.
I’m like you, I can’t stand a dirty vehicle.
Y'all makin us SO nervous. 😮😬
Haha 😆 gotta keep you on your toes lol
Left ours in airport parking lot in Des Moines Iowa for two weeks. $6.00/day
Oh that's a good idea too!
Coconut water
Coconut Pie
At first we thought cruise, but then you said you were taking a ferry.
So then we thought Key West Express.
Never would’ve guessed……. 😜🤣
Hahah we had to keep you on your toes a little bit in this one! 😆
I would have boondocked there for a few weeks to make up for the 2 days parking fee
Hahah I like the way you think
A friendly reminder you need to get some grease on the goose neck ball.
Thank you!
Great video! Do y’all know of a good r v park in the Orlando area , one you might recommend. We are going in April to that area
we haven't stayed much in that immediate area, except for Camp Margaritaville in Auburndale, which is somewhat in that vicinity and is a reallllyyyy nice place if you want to treat yourself for a few nights! It's pricey but definitely a fun stay
Do you have Banfield -- they are a chain and you can go to any location and they have insurance plans
We don’t but that is another great option!
Hey,,
It's Babs, Michael & Angelle
We and our little 2 lb dog. We met y'all at CAMP Margaritaville in Arburnville FL.
Are you guys on any other media platforms?
Hey, I remember you all!! We are on Instagram and Facebook, but youtube is our main one now.
Love your show -but crazy dangerous using a chain saw on a hand held coconut in bare feet.
What you do influences others and can cause dire results.
I could never leave my dog just don’t have it in me. That’s what happens when you get old.
What's a dogue? 😜
Hahaha I seen 78mph on the way to go back to get the camper. Gotta watch them Florida HP they are bad at hiding. My butt never went over the speed Florida never played games, commercial license you get charged 2-3 times over normal price
Oh gosh, didn’t realize we told on ourselves 🤣
@@wildrvlife hahahahaha
get this ROSSMÖNSTER CUSTOM TRUCK CAMPERS the Moab Baja or similar truck and hard side camper etc. not van you can thank me later when we meet up on the trail Heads up I like dark beer
Surprise surprise!! The coconut tasted like coconut! Who woulda thunk? That chainsaw shot with the coconut was a little scary to watch. Where is OSHA when you need them?
haha yeah I think we'll not push our luck with trying to open a coconut with a chainsaw again in the future 🤣
@@wildrvlife was that last campground you pulled into near Disney? I was at one near Disney a few years ago that looked just like that! It was mostly park models with a few open spots for campers and it was truly horrible getting into and even worse getting out. Looking forward to your RV show videos.
Coconut jelly is what's it called.
Ahhh lol that sounds better than flesh 😂🤣
No rope on chocks??? Lol😊
Haha we need to add some!
Why didn’t you just put your inverter on and say forget plugging in?
Our inverter is always on, but if we want to run the A/C at night, we need shore power because our battery bank isn't quote big enough for that
@@wildrvlife that makes sense. I watched your install of that impressive solar and I thought you had enough to run A/C
Why did he get the Ear infection.
We call the edible part of the coconut, the meat.
That sounds better than flesh lol
I think they’re supposed to be green?
Coconuts taste like coconut? 😳😊
I think they sruck it to you on the bill now lesson learned do not ditch the dogs
Operating a chainsaw in flip-flops. That's awesome. 🙂
It’s something 😅😂