Living in a Campervan Sucks! (Vanlife Reality)
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- Living in a Campervan Sucks! (Vanlife Reality)
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Living in a Campervan is hard and in this video we have another problem. After a fly infestation and a mouse getting in the van, we have another problem that forced us out of the van again. In this video, we explore South Dakota on our US campervan road trip. We visit Mount Rushmore, Custer State Park, Wind Cave National Park & the Mammoth Site which were all fun in their own right but we, unfortunately, reached the breaking point.
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The amazment is not who's heads are carved on the cliffs, how someone was able to do it. :)
Sorry to hear about your mishaps , just some friendly advice . Making fun of American monuments is not to kind considering most of your supporters on UA-cam are American and your funds are coming from Americans. Please next time research the meaning behind any monument in any country . We are proud to be Americans so please respect our monuments that promote and educate about the history and the story’s. Much Love 🙏🏽❤️💯
I know this is over a year ago. She would have been in 7th. grade by then and should have learned Mount Rushmore.
I can vouch for the steel wool. Definitely inspect your van THOROUGHLY, to find all possible access points and screen accordingly (very fine but sturdy steel mesh). OR take this time to spray foam holes shut (once the vermin is gone). Also, You can get mouse/rat poison, but there is a kind where they DRY OUT. You wouldn’t want to have a mouse die, and crawl into some tiny indoor space in your van.
I've watched so many vanlifers and I've never seen one have the crazy issues you've had. Fire, flies and mice all so quickly? Wow. I feel for you. You keep positive and keep going though so that's amazing. Hang in there. At least their are a million amazing things to see here in the US!
Incidents aside, I love how you both look at each other. You’re genuinely in love with your best friend. So awesome.
You're both such a hoot! Although you fail to recognize the importance of Mt. Rushmore to all of us who love this land. You have your silly royals, we have our pioneers of freedom. We are still free here, today, .. are y'all free in the UK? I'm bummed you aren't coming out to the Gran Canyon, Utah, AZ.. THE ultimate boondocking out west! Cheers and safe travels!
Hello for your mouse problem, you have to put bounce sheets everywhere it will smell good for you but mice hate the smell, so they will stay away from your van, I did the same in my camper and it works very well.
this is a myth
@@Baka_Oppai Not at allI, I hade mice every years, since I have put bounce in My van never see one again even if I have mousses trap nothing in those as well.
Bounce sheets are poison
@@nomadicivories poison for who?
@@nomadicivories i put them in my dryer so i'm gonna die ?
I love your enthusiasm for the Buffalo, and it reminds me of the national parks newest promotional safety statement, “don’t pet the fluffy cows!”😂
The great irony is Teddy Roosevelt likely would never have wanted his head in a rock. He was quoted as saying about the grand canyon "Leave it as it is. You can not improve on it. The ages have been at work on it, and man can only mar it. What you can do is to keep it for your children, your children's children, and for all who come after you, as one of the great sights which every American if he can travel at all should see. "
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Just to throw this out there… Rushmore was done on Native American sacred land(The Black Hills is sacred to the Lakota Sioux tribe). They didn’t have permission to make the monument and there was lots of opposition toward it at the time. 😕
I think it’s good that you show when you are upset and and depressed when you guys aren’t happy or things aren’t going right on the road with van life. Reality is important to show and shouldn’t be hidden or forgotten about. Good for all of us to see sometimes. Especially if we are thinking about doing van life someday. So don’t feel bad when you are having a bad day or night. Thanks for sharing all your wonderful moments and experiences with us all. You guys are inspiring! 😊
As for Mount Rushmore, yeah, those are our presidents but the real impressive part is the "carving" itself. A really impressive effort...and for back in the day.
@Travel Beans sorry, I'm not very tech savvy and am not familiar with Telegram.
Glen it’s a con if you’ve been contacted claiming some sort of prize or gift and to contact via telegram. Don’t respond or fall for it. They will try and take your money.
@@rsinuk9697 thanks! Figured so.
so sorry to hear about the van life with the mice. A couple of suggestions. Throw bounce sheets (dryer sheets) all in the drawers below. They hate that smell. Also put some steel wool in the holes where they can get in. Peanut butter in the traps will catch them.
Especially by the power cable where you connect when being on a camp site, putting something in to the hollow to block. For me it looks as a big hole there to get in. And the down hanging cable really invites to climb up there. 🤣
Mint will also deter them.
Also, all food in containers, no crumbs... I had a pretty good electric trap, 3 plate on the lower part, if the mice touch 1 and 2, high voltage between 1 and 2... all that hidden in a small tunnel... 4 big A somthing batteries to charge the condensateurs...
All suggestions are good and will help. But there is also another option they make a machine that makes a sonic sound that keeps them away. You will get it figured out!!!!!
The dryer sheets isn’t the smell that keeps ANYTHING from nesting near it … It’s the chemicals! It’s the best bug deterrent around! I stuff it into all my outdoor nooks and crannies around the house to keep flying insects from nesting in them. On the flip side of that … No way do I use those things on my clothes for the same reason: The chemicals are HORRIBLE for humans too; Just because they smell good doesn’t make them safe!
As some others have said any hole to the outside of the camper no matter how small pack it with steel wool. Keeps the mice out. They can squeeze thru really small holes you would never think they could.
It's so cool watching Alex geek out over the bison. Also, sorry about the vermin. Rodent infestation is the worst.
Remember to be respectful of your surroundings.
I moved up from California up to Washington State. A few days after I arrived, I was on the Skagit River and I saw 8 bald eagles sitting in a tree above my head and I burst out crying in amazement.💜. I’ve also been kayaking out on the Puget Sound and a bald eagle flew over my head and fished out a huge salmon. They are such beautiful magnificent creatures.
I was driving on I-90 in WA State (near Snoqualmie Falls) and saw a bald eagle sitting on a tree limb. It was so perfect and still that at first I thought it was a prank and that someone had gone crazy by setting a stuffed animal eagle on a tree. As I passed it, it moved slightly just enough for me to know it was real. Pretty amazing to see one so close and so still.
We did a 10 day road trip from Seattle to San Francisco in 2002 and saw bald eagles about 5 or 6 times. I assumed they were pretty common. Maybe we were luckier than I realized!
Emma, we live in the country on a farm and always worried about mice in our home as well as our 5th wheel. After we started putting bounce original fabric sheets AND IRISH SPRING SOAP in closets and etc. We've never had a mouse problem again in the house and never had one in the 5th wheel. It Really works!
I remember when I was a kid i had a vulture in my head as an image of a bald eagle lol... then i finally learned what they really look like, they're amazing, and huge. They're a very interesting species of bird. glad you were able to finally see one... it's a rare moment indeed and I live here in the states. Keep your chins up though, vanlife is hard at times im sure, but what you're able to do and see is beyond amazing... I wish i could go off and just travel and see the world like you do! I can't, unfortunately, so I have to live vicariously through you guys!! Keep on keepin on! 🤘🏼🤘🏼
Guys, here in New Zealand we are in Spring now but living on a farm the little critters always try to come inside during Autumn and the only thing that has stopped them is putting steel wool in all the gaps, love your vlogs, sending you kind thoughts across the miles xxx
That's what I do in our house also. 100% effective.
Those 4 Presidents are considered to be the best ones we've had. Washington was our first, and considered one of the main Founders. Jefferson was responsible for putting the Lewis and Clark expedition together, which greatly expanded our knowledge of the Western US. Roosevelt was behind the idea of National Parks. Lincoln was the President that held the country together during our Civil War.
Hello there👋👋,how are you doing today?hope you have a blessed day ❤.God bless you!❤
Mice tend to run along walls and furniture. Putting the traps along the pathway they would normally run might help. The chances that there was only one mouse or that another won't take its place is slim so putting traps out intermittantly will keep the little buggers on their toes and hopefully out of your van..Try to find every hole and plug it-they can get in a space the size of a quarter. Good Luck!
Thanks Linda! Setting traps has now become a part of our routine 😅
@@TravelBeans Life is too much for you snowflakes??
I think if you get a can of expanding foam, it can fill up the hole fast but I'm not sure about how much of a barrier to critters it can be.
I use glue traps and I always set them against the wall of my garage, which is where they come into the house. I have put steel wool in the area they come into my garage, which is through the corner of one of my doors. Hopefully that stops them for good.
@@johnah2 in conjunction with steel wool it will work, but in reality you can't glue a vehicle shut as areas need to be serviced
thank you for continuing to show your honest travel highs and lows and not glorify the way of life because it's what you have chosen. I would love to be stuck in an elephant jam because it would be just magical
I'm so excited to know you will get to visit Colorado! Having lived here more than 25 years, we still get excited to find new places to visit! We're very dry and at high elevations, so be sure to stay more hydrated than you thought possible. Elevation sickness is a real thing, and having some extra potassium, like 1/2 a banana a day, can be helpful, since you'll be drinking so much water. Enjoy!
I would love to go to mount Rushmore. The talent the man had to make it happen is amazing to me. One van life lady I watch puts moth ball around her van to keep the mice away. I love watching y'all.
So sorry to see and hear that your vanlife start is so difficult, with nasty incidents piling on top of each other. With everything you've been through your exhaustion, emotions and frustrations are nothing to be ashamed of. Your real presentation of the adversities that sometimes go with this lifestyle is honest and that is what makes your channel my absolute favourite on the interwebs.
Hopefully you'll eventually get to enjoy vanlife the way you intended to.
Lots of love and energy wished for you from the Netherlands
Thank you. Although we have had many problems.. we have also had many wonderful experiences and memories.. and at least the lows make us appreciate the highs even more ☺️
@@TravelBeans HOW FUCKING DARE YOU MOCK MOUNT RUSHMORE
@@TravelBeans AMERICA PURCHASED YOUR VAN AND GIVES YOU MONEY, AND YOU MOCK MOUNT RUSHMORE?
@@markhunter1140 Are you serious?! I’m so sick of idiotic comments like these. It’s so silly to be pissed that a Brit couple doesn’t feel anything of consequence towards Mount Rushmore. Duhhh! Why would they?! So silly to get wound up about.
@@brandyparker8961 THEY MOCKED IT YOU MORON.
Alex’s enthusiasm is exactly what you want in a road trip companion. Sorry about the mice. I recommend copper mesh to plug the holes. It won’t rot like steel wool.
Just want to suggest that you fill the hole you found with steal wool. That may help keep future mice out.
I'm glad the mice are gone and you can enjoy the last section of your trip. Before you store the van for the winter, make sure to fill all holes so nothing goes in over the winter. As suggested in the comments, steel wool works well. Can't wait to see Colorado! Cheers from Canada.
Hey Guys, Sometimes you get into a rut when things just go wrong. Forward thinking positive will get you to that happy and safe place. It's a rollercoaster. Hang in there. The mice will disappear
and you can live again the way you want to. Harriet and I will support you every step of the way. Sending you much love🙏❤🙏 from Richmond, Va. Harriet, Jim and Yuki
It's not so much that peanut butter is their favorite, although they do love it, it's that they can't get the PB off the trigger without springing the trap. Cheese they can. Hang in their Beans! I love you!
I'm so sorry it's been difficult. As a long-time RVer, here's another thing you might try to keep mice and pack rats (which may have been what you had this time) out of your rig. Get a package or 2 of a bunch of steel wool. Walmart or a hardware store will have it. Then get under your van and look for any gaps where they might be able to crawl in. Stuff some steel wool in every single one of those gaps. They usually access your rig by crawling up a tire or your electric hook-up cable or water/sewer hoses. Also, check in outside compartments for gaps and do the same thing. One of the common places they slip into is where water enters and where your water heater is. Another thing to try is to open your under-sink cabinets in the kitchen and bath areas (if there's a faucet there) and stuff steel wool into any tiny crack or space on the floor around the water hoses that go up to your faucet. Whenever you park in or near grassy areas you are at risk for mice so plugging any little cracks you can find can really help keep them out. Won't stop the flies unfortunately, but if you can find all the openings, it will hopefully save you the inside mouse problem. A lot of us also buy the bar soap--Irish Spring and put a bar under the sink next to the hoses/pipes. It's strong smelling and that seems to be a deterrent. Since you like to dry camp (like I do), you might also look into something for your engine compartment in the van. Mice and packrats (which look like really big mice) love to get in there and chew on wires. (Not trying to scare you-just alert you to the possibility when you park in grassy areas.) Some people put really strong peppermint smelling stuff in their engine compartments as a deterrent. Others use bright lights on the ground at night under the engine since these little guys like to slink around in the dark. Unfortunately, all of the joy and fun of living on the road also comes with all kinds of "interesting and weird" situations. Eventually, you just learn to roll with it, lol. I really love your channel and hope you're done with all of the icky stuff!! (P.S. The four presidents that you saw are the most loved and famous in US history. Washington and Jefferson were founding fathers of the country. Of course, we don't expect you to know that, lol) Hugs.
This is good advice.
This is exactly what I was going to say .Excellent advice. We were full-time RVers for 14yrs. Loved it, problems and all.Make sure you vacuum up all mouse feces, or else more flies. Yuk. Rodents chewed thru our fuel lines and cost $2000 damage. And haha my husband, an American ,has always referred to Mt. Rushmore as graffiti. Keep on keeping on Travel Beans.
Good suggestions👍. We also use concentrated peppermint oil diluted in water and spray all the spots they may come in after the steel wool is applied and have never had a rodent in the camper. 🤞🤞
Sean the yt rat tuber debunked almost everything you suggested
Fyi
Great advice especially the Irish spring and steel wool.
Hello Beans, sorry to hear of your rodent infestation, here's what I did to totally eliminate those little buggers, I took an empty old plastic coffee tub, several in fact. I went to the grocery store and purchased several of the peppermint liquid extract 1 oz. bottles, and made up a concoction of peppermint with water. I used 4-1oz bottles mixed with I gallon on water, fill each plastic container 1/2 full, poke a few holes in the lid place those containers about your van. The aroma is pleasant and the rodents detest the peppermint smell. replenish the containers as needed. This method with also work for long time storage. just poke one hole in the lid!!! Great video, thanks for sharing. And enjoy each other, and your journey. Safe travels, and stay healthy 🙏 Toledo 💙
Sorry to hear you are having these issues, but field mice are notorious for finding warm places to be. If you find holes fill them with steel wool. That really does work. Love watching you all and I am so happy you are back in the U.S. Hopefully things will get better. Watching you from Ohio.
I agree 💯%. Plug the holes so they can't get in and keep a snap trap or two set with PNB. Keep the traps parallel to the wall so it traps them head-on. I've had them catch just a foot or leg, then they drag the trap along and chew it. Ugh!
LOL The prairie dogs are doing 'the wave'.
I appreciate the genuine, real life vlog. You both have been through so much on the van life journey and you deserve some reprieve
You guys make me smile and laugh out load no matter what the situation!
Mice freak me out dead or alive, I would have reacted the same way, especially when you opened up the back and saw the dead one.
As for Mount Rushmore… as a Canadian/Brit my reaction was the same.
Hoping for a no “situation” week for you.
Cheers
The Mt Rushmore presidents were not just "favorites" but are symbols of our country. George Washinton represents the birth of our nation, Thomas Jefferson represents the growth of our nation with the Louisiana Purchase, Theodore Roosevelt represents the development of our nation by designating area for the national parks you are enjoying, and Abraham Lincoln represents the preservation of our nation. These were not just the sculptor's favorite presidents. Maybe as you tour our great country, you should pick up some free brochures that tell some of its history. Safe travels.
We just went to Mount Rushmore today, and we commented that perhaps the Beans didn't go into the visitor's center and watch the film or read any of the history placards because it seemed they had no idea why these four men were chosen to represent our country, or what an engineering marvel the sculpture is.
However, I understand why as Brits, they would not feel the emotional response we as Americans felt when seeing it for the first time.
My feeling is it was beautiful before they ripped it up to do this!
@@ianrock6049 Troll
The Travel beans are ignorant and immature. Alex is a hater.
Ok
Each president depicted on the mountain did some pretty dreadful things to indigenous people. It’s considered an insult to have them in the Black Hills which are considered sacred.
You guys are awesome and my girlfriend lives in the UK and when my camper got infested with mice she got mad at me because I used those deadly snap traps and she thought that was inhumane but oh my God there were eight mice chewing through the walls when I kill them all and then I could actually get good sleep sometimes you got to do what you got to do
Critters can be so cute but when they decide to join you, in your van, they suck! I’ve had a mouse and a chipmunk but both got left behind, somewhere on my travels. I’ve read about all kinds of solutions so I use everything I can. Cayenne pepper seems to be one of the best solutions so I liberally sprinkle it behind cabinets, under bottom drawers, in storage spaces and anywhere else I can where It’s not in my way. I also used spray foam to seal up obvious holes and steel wool. I also put lavender dryer sheets all over the van, in between quilts, in clothes cabinets, under the front seats and anywhere else critters will fit. I also have a movement activated light I put under the engine if I’m camped in the desert or grassy areas. With the great outdoors comes the negative stuff hopefully the mice are gone forever. I love following your journeys.
If you stuff steel wool into any holes that they might be coming in. Another thing that keeps mice away is dryer sheet.
One good tip is to lay the traps next to straight lines such as walls or kitchen cabinets. The mice run along the lines of the side of van inside.
Happy to have you visit our country. We have a beautiful country, as do you. It would be excellent however, if you visit a site like Mount Rushmore and don’t have anything respectful to say, simply don’t say anything at all. I understand that our history may not mean anything to you, but it does to many of us. Hope the rest of your trip is free of rodents and full of many happy memories. Travel safe and best wishes.
You want people to be respectful of white people carved in Lakota sacred mountain?
Part of the Beans charm is saying what they think and how they see things.
I dont find their honesty rude at all. Bye the way...I'm American born and raised...I've no desire, nor ever have had one....to see Mt. RUSHMORE.
I feel it was simply another money making project, in a place where it had no business being. Expensive graffiti, to be sure. *Recliner Babe*
It's incredibly disrespectful to be a visitor in a country and make fun of one of their national monuments. Especially in such a public way.
@@Chillaxing113 imagine how Native Americans who survived their genocide and stolen lands feel as well as the descendants of Jefferson’s enslaved people, those excluded from Rosevelts’ policies and disparaged by Lincoln. Land of the “Free,” home of the “Brave” eh?
Hopefully you will get your break soon!!! I wished you had gone to the Mount Rushmore evening program. It honors our military veterans and is a very patriotic and moving program.
I can really feel your frustration with everything you've been through lately. Now that the mouse is up in mousey heaven I really hope you enjoy your time in Colorado, I can't wait for those videos, it looks like a beautiful state
lots of great ideas to deter mice already but what my parents did is mice hate the smell of Irish spring soap, they took a couple bars, chopped them into smaller chuncks and put on at the back of almost every cupboard and cubby the mice might hide in. also sealing all possible entrances
I was in a "bison jam" in Yellowstone once. The camera doesn't do justice to how big these animals are in person. They're massive.
Yes they most definitely are
I relate so much to Alex seeing wildlife... Bison would be cool, this far in life, I've only been in "reindeer jams", cows and sheep ofc but that's more of a regular thing. I'm happy you got the mouse and really understand the lows due to those issues. I won't jinx it and say that those were it, hence I guess it won't be as life is what it is but I love that you show both sides of van life.
Welcome to Colorado!! Hopefully you guys can get stuck in an Elk herd crossing! That is an awesome experience!! Safe travels!!!
I LOOOOVE how excited Alex gets with wildlife! Funny story: I walked out of my house a few years ago, and there was a bald eagle standing about 10 feet from me. It was HUGE! Nearly as tall as me! I quietly closed my door and watched him chill in my yard for about an hour. Super cool you guys got to see one of those giants!
Wow! What an experience!
somebody needs to get that man a squirrel! XD
Oh! And pine sole really does keep flys away. We use it for cleaning and never have a problem.
LOL If that is all of your problems (aside from the fire) I think y'all are doing just fine! We hope to head up that way next year some time, until then we'll be down here in TEXAS and the south.
The “bison jam” was cool. But you haven’t experienced them fully until you’ve been in the path of a full stampede of them in the wild. 😊 such a rush, but as long as you aren’t outside in the middle of it, you’re safe.
oh no, sorry to hear you are going thru all this crap, hope things get better soon for you guys!!
Thanks Stephanie! It’s all a part of the ride.. hopefully we have more good things around the corner ☺️
they have in the hardware stores, a can with foam in it. Sorry don't know the name, but it comes out like shaving cream but with a skinny straw so you can get into hard to reach places and then dries hard and you can sand it down.
some years ago I was in my LR and out of the corner of my eye I saw a lil head pop out from under the stove and never having one before i freaked and same as you guys I couldn't sleep etc. so hubby there was 3 (they were renovating an apt under us) got them and sprayed this spray in every crack and crevice in the apt. we have never seen anything since. TG
@@TravelBeans Silence crybaby
You know what - good on you for talking about the “low” days as well. It’s not always insta / UA-cam sunshine 😊 I enjoy following your journey and your excitement about wildlife and nature. Hoping for no more infestation! Enjoy your trip!
I was herding cattle today, off the road, and I’m sure y’all can enjoy this part…. in my pajamas!!! 😂 Where I live, here in Western Arkansas, cattle are the only traffic jam you will encounter. I just adore you two, and showed my mom your channel today. If y’all ever come to Arkansas, we would love to show you around! Arkansas does have the only diamond mine where you can dig for diamonds and keep what you find! There are also a bunch of quartz mines that are really neat too. And the wildlife! I have seen a lynx (last week in my best friend’s back yard, deer, fox, bear, Bob cats, etc.
The best bison jams are in Yellowstone! Love following your travels!
You guys are so good to watch I always feel like life is slightly friendlier, and I love the you get an obstacle and then you overcome it approach ::)))
100 percent place steel wool around any hole you can find. At night, turn on lights inside van and go outside to see if you can see the light peeking through. If you can, a mouse can and will get in! I adore you both! Safe travels!
Frankly, thought you two were pretty disrespectful to Mount Rushmore, what it stands for. It means a lot to most Americans. It took 14 years to make.
Nothing disrespectful about them. They weren't being rude at all.
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I'm so sorry you guys had another mouse! I suggest grabbing some Fresh Cab at the local hardware store and put a few of those around the camper. They work wonders and keep the mice out of our camper when we use it (we use like 5 packets in places where they might hide) and we put out like 20 of those packets when we put the camper into storage to keep the critters out then too. Good luck guys on the rest of your time in the US this year!
What’s fresh cab ??
@@debestanley3709 fresh cab is a rodent repellent made from balsam fir oil, it works OK but not as good as most traps do
It deters rodents from entering the space due to the scent.
Fresh cab is a total waste of money, they just make beds out of it. I have dozens of pictures to prove that. One of the biggest parts of our job at the RV storage places is pulling Fresh Cab and other similar products out of RVs to remove nests fully of pinkies.
@@jeannegayle6365 it might depend on where you store the camper, but we have never had a problem when we've used it over the last 9 years with our camper. The year we forgot to take out our salt and pepper from a cabinet and didn't use fresh cab (used another brand), then we had a mouse.
Oh, oh. I just have to add. I lived in California until I was 40 and moved to Europe. Most of my 30’s were spent in Santa Cruz. During the summer we spent lots of time at the beach. One day we were sitting at the waters edge enjoying being cooled off by small rushes of water and talking. I was idly sifting through pebbles as we talked. (It was mostly a sand beach, but there were some rocky areas.). Suddenly I realized that what I was holding in my hands was a perfectly formed fossilized snail! That day I found perfectly formed rock sea shells of various sizes and shapes, including a sand dollar. I have them to this day. They traveled with me to France, Germany and finally Sweden. A geologist once told me that they are likely over 250 thousand years old. Congratulations on your gift!
George Washington was also the 1st US President. What a shame someone didn’t tell you both to go there at night. The closing ceremony is absolutely gorgeous. Includes lighting and fireworks. Mount Rushmore is very special to us.
I’m a Brit and only been to the USA once but the work in carving those is pretty special. I know there maybe an issue with the history of the site but we as Brits have done good things for the world and things that are not too clever. At the time our folks didn’t necessarily have the benefit of hindsight that we have now. The USA is a wonderful country.
Living in South Africa, in the Kruger Park, been stuck in an Elephant traffic jam and an impala and zebra mix traffic jam!
Glad you got your mouse problems sorted. I feel your frustration. Not fun!
I am so sorry you guys are having a time with mice and flys, you need to find a exterminator to tent your van for a day and that will get rid of anything in it. They can also find any holes that maybe in your van and block them up. You guys are so uplifting and postive you guys don't need anymore crap.
Thanks so much 🙏 once we can figure out where they’re getting in, we can block it up.. it’s just a little baffling! 😅
I was in the Black Hills SD the same time you were because I remember that car fire. I also had buffalo so close to my car I could reach out my window and touch one. That is a great area for anyone to visit.
Not cool to disrespect our national monuments. Each of the four Presidents were selected for specific reasons. Washington as the First President, Jefferson as the preeminent Founding Father, Roosevelt as the creator of the National Parks as well awareness to nature and preservation, and Lincoln as the preserving of freedom and the nation.
To be fair, I really don't get the whole royal family thing. We get enough about them in the tabloids.
@@billsexton8073 1776 ended that but if I was making my living as a UA-camr “Content Creator” I wouldn’t go to the UK and trash them at the beginning of my video about traveling in whatever country in the UK I was in filming.
I've just realised why I like watching your videos i love how you two are so made for each other 👍.
Here's hoping the rest of the trip goes a lot better for both of you.
I'm glad you were able to come to my home state of South Dakota to see our wildlife on the western side. If you really want to see buffalo in action you need to return around in September for the Buffalo roundup. This is where the buffalo are migrated through the park early in the morning to their winter home. To see a sea of buffalo running into the land is amazing. There is also a roundup festival with vendors and music. Check it out on UA-cam!
Please don't feel guilty about getting rid of the mouse. Mice chew wires. They start house fires. We take no prisioners when it comes to mice in our walls. I'm getting such a kick out of your joy at seeing all of the wildlife and the parks that I take for granted. It's amazing isn't it? Enjoy! Suzi
I felt so sad for poor Emma when she realized that there was another problem. While I was watching the video, as soon as she started to open the back door of the van to survey the mice removal results an ad popped up on my computer! (talk about a cliffhanger!) Then the second ad for a game played which ended with "it's time to annihilate the enemy!". How perfect was that? haha! So glad you got rid of the nasty little vermin and were able to get a good night sleep and hit the road in peace to your next destination.
I am really enjoying seeing the national parks through the Beans eyes. I am a US citizen yet you have actually seen more of them than I have. Maybe you will inspire me for the future! I love how excited you both get over seeing the animals. Happy travels!
INFO for ya: Teddy Roosevelt was responsible for several of the national parks in the western US. Thanks to him we have them along with other historical landmarks! MOUSE PREVENTION TIP - Put lights around your camper van and moth balls under the hood.
Put downy sheets all over the camper, including storage and wherever you find space . Apparently mouse bate just attracts them. Believe me we’ve been there done that!!
Wishing you some wonderful travels yet!! We were so happy for you when you bought this van !!❤️😊❤️
Nice to see you again👍 🤗🤗
Hey Guys- I discovered from my time there that mice are much more common in the US/ Canada and often hang around campsites or popular parking spots waiting to sneak into people's vans due to the smell of food / litter that accumulates at these spots. I've also had a mouse get into my van. My advice is to always have a couple of traps set at all times- especially as your van is slightly older- so there's a few more "weak" points in the structure / frame for mice to squeeze through to get inside the cab. It is unlikely to be your last mouse, but if you have traps set / check them regularly then it's MOST likely they'll go straight for the food in the traps and not create any havoc / leave mouse poop inside your van
It is definitely true that if you stay in established camp grounds it is more likely. BLM land for the win!
we just recently started watching you guys after seeing you on The Endless Adventurers, but you guys are now one of our very favorites!!! We have been going back and watching previous episodes.
Time to appreciate what you have, van didn't burn to the ground, just some mice. You get to travel for a job and go from country to country. Enjoy yourself and stop whining your so lucky to have what you have.
Unfortunately, shit goes wrong whether you live in a campervan or a house! I hope the roadtrip gets easier for you both❤️
😂 this is very true.. same shit, different location!
@@TravelBeans GET OVER YOURSELVES YOU SPOILED CRYBABIES 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
@@TravelBeans stop your crying snowflakes. Alex is a little girl. He's afraid of a tiny little mouse.
@@TravelBeans Alex is a little girl. If he were to ever act like that around me, he would be flat on the ground. He needs to grow a pair.
@@thetruthhurtsyou147 you are trolling here as well! Why all the negativity?
No fun to have the mice in the van. You're in an enclosed space in the van so everything is magnified. Sorry you had to go through this. On the positive side, seeing you so excited about the bison was a great sight. I hope everything goes well in ridding yourselves of the meeces.
Question? Why does this man never drive always making her drive? Take the wheel once in a while and let her enjoy the journey!
Pretty weak buddy. Reminds me of when their van burned down and he jumped out leaving her in a burning van. Is this how men are over sea’s?
Colorado has so much to offer you. I was born and raised in Denver. Hope you guys see some elk in Estes Park (if you go there) . Maybe hit up Red Rocks Amphitheater (natural Amphitheater plus the surrounding area), Garden of the Gods by Colorado Springs. I've spent a good portion of my adulthood exploring CO and have not seen all the beauty there is to see.
Amen Truckin! 50 year old Colorado native, I live right below Red Rocks, My Mom’s in Salida and I’ve been almost everywhere in Colorado and I know I haven’t seen half! Cheers 🍻 not many of us Natives left
You 2 never fail to entertain. Keep on keeping it real!
I’ve also had mice in my van. I bought a product with balsam fir oil soaked pine chips. They look like massive tea bags. They are totally non toxic. They cannot be used with any attractants, such as baited traps or poison bait because that is counteracting the pine. My RV people also told me that the dryer sheets will make the pine much LESS effective. They said to use the pine oil, steel wool and expanding foam. Put one of the pine bags in the air intake of your engine while in storage. I’m sure hoping it works! Best of luck to you! It’s normal to crash and burn every now and then. You guys are doing GREAT!
Mt. Rushmore is not about the presidents or the heads themselves but rather the incredible scale of the work, the precision, and the fact that it was carved using old technology. No one cares that it was presidents that were carved, we would be just as amazed if they had carved a giant octopus or something.
I lived outdoors for many summers and the best way I found to deter mice was mothballs. Cheap and easy to sprinkle in those dark places and around the van if you are worried.
I’m very sorry that you didn’t think much of Mt Rushmore. I think when you are in another country you should respect the values. And you have not. I am very proud of my country . Sure we have some things we need to fix, and we do. How many countries can say that? Best.
You could have saved time by not going.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion! Stop judging!
I have definitely enjoyed your whole trip I’ve been along for the journey the entire time and I’m so glad you finally got rid of the mouse flies and this is your last day ‘s and I hope your van remains clean and clear of all varmints for the duration of your trip ❤❤
Sorry about the troubles again guys. On a brighter note, and you'll probably have to explain this one to your US audience, every time I see Prairie dogs doing their performance I can't help but shout "Alan" at the screen 🤣
Alan … ALAN … ALAAAN!
😂😂😂😂 I was saying that to myself too 😂😂
@@Siasmummy You just have to lol
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I think it was actually steve.
Hi Beans, I did Mt Rushmore & Custer during the winter....lets just say you had it easy... s.hit happens, I managed to slam the car door on my thumb in Custer when I'd stopped to water the snow....boy did it hurt and then the return journey was all the way across S.Dakota towards Minnesota in the dark and a snow storm about the only car on the road. Fortunately the interstate was closed just beyond Sioux Falls so I did the sensible thing, like you, and checked in to a hotel for the night. Colorado is great, enjoy, we Brits just dont have that space!
You guys are real troopers!!!! I would have bailed on that van with the flies let alone the MOUSE!!!! Still giving us plenty of laughs. 😂🤣
I live in the thumb of Michigan near the village of Almont. A couple of years ago I drove a school bus. I was about a mile from our home and a bald eagle flew up from the road in front of me and into a nest next to the road. Amazing.
The van fire was a serious stressful situation but a mouse?! You are traveling around the country making money and enjoying yourself that most people don’t EVER get to do. Sorry can’t feel sorry for you
Grab up some steel wool and plug every hole to keep mice out. To be on the safe side grab some dryer sheets and place them in small places. We live in the country by a grain elevator. We do both plus one more. We place moth balls in the small storage spaces under the RV. We never have infestations of any kind.
I'm so sorry you all had trouble with flies and a mouse. We had trouble with ants, but we took care of them. Hope things get better and you get some enjoyment from your travels,
Have to agree that Mt Rushmore is underwhelming. Plus it’s a desecration of sacred land. Very much like graffiti. So glad you have so many beautiful stops on this trip to make up for the duds the flies and the mouse. 💙
When I was a child my grandma had a mouse nest in her car vent!! I was petrified whenever I had to ride in her car!! So I really feel for you two!! Best of luck!
We have lived in our 5th wheel since 2013 and believe me I understand you being tired of living in it ,we have gotten ants ,roaches ,rats,and things breaking and water leaks from rats eating the lines it's all alot far sure .stay strong guys we all go through it your not alone