OMG GI Joes.... My brother Tom and I had them. Tom wanted to make a fireman's outfit for his, so we raided mom's aluminum foil and Tom fashioned a "fireproof" suit like the firemen wear at airports to fight fires on aircraft. Tom wanted to see how well it would work, so we built a fire in the fireplace. Of course you know what happened.... it melted! ! ! It was hysterical. Such great memories. I think my favorite toy was a $1 dollar bag of 100 little plastic army men. I played with those for years. When my parents finally turned the carport into a garage, they found a dozen or so of the little army men and wrote me a letter while I was stationed in Germany and told me what they'd found. I laughed so hard. We just love the stories of your childhood and adventures with your brother. I know I am not alone in this wish.... But it would be a great video to see you and your brother go out on an adventure together for a few days. THAT would be a video to remember! ! ! S&H my friend. Brian
@Predbeau101 Cool story. Would you mind asking do you feel you need any protection with you? You see I hike after work up to the mountains. It is usually a 9 mile hike with around 3400 feet ascend. During winter I mostly hike in the dark. Now the thing is that a pack of wolfs and some coyotes cane to the area. We didn't have any in the area for more than a century. Now the hunters say it's not really safe to hike there but I still do. I just carry my 9mm pistol with two magazines with me. I have it in my front bag similar to what you cab see in the video. I'm a sports IPSC shooter so I'm used to shoot fast. But some other hikers also hike there at night anyway. They mostly say a wolf wouldn't attack people. On the other side the hunters said they already attacked a woman. Now I really don't know what to think about it.
@@JohnWick_jr it's true, wolves and coyotes rarely attack people. But, there have been some wolf fatalities in the past few years. I live in Maine and to the northeast of us at the Cape Breton Highlands in Nova Scotia, a young lady was killed by coyotes about 10 years ago. It's rare, but it pays to be prepared.
@Predbeau101 Thank you so much for your response Sir. I really appreciate it. The wolf you mentioned was really huge for my opinion. I read some stories and in most cases wolves were following people and trying to restrain them from moving towards the populated areas. I don't live that much further north to watch the Aurora. It must be nice I guess. The most northern place I ever was as a tourist was Cape Breton in Nova Scotia. Wish you to have a nice weekend.
@@hermit6208 Thank you. I was actually at Cape Breton for a few days but only as a tourist. I really liked the Louisbourg. But unfortunately the nature there didn't really impress me much. I was really hoping to make photographs of tree leaves turning red. Unfortunately that happened way too fast and I wasn't at the right place. I was also on the other side close to the border to New Brunswick and South beaches like Yarmouth and Digby.
@@hermit6208 I'm alert to wild hogs, cattle and moose when I hike. They are statistically dangerous. I wouldn't worry about wolfs unless I have children or if I was limping and bleeding. I carry a walking stick ( spear like cane ) and a knife. 2 years ago I met a large pack of wild hogs but it was enough to take high ground ( walk up on rocks or a hill ) and pick a couple of stones and they all fled as soon as the leader fled, i.e. I never had to throw anything. I would carry a rifle/gun in Alaska where the wolves can get as large as a human male. Otherwise. A serious cane ( with a serious pointy end ) will fend off an 80 pound wolf which wouldn't attack unless it was sick, rabid or has a den close by. I've seen bears a couple of times but always far away and walking either away from me or crossing the road. They are hunted in my area i.e. they get culled by hunters every year or 2 and this has become the bears only enemy, where as 300 years ago the natural enemy of a bear was sickness, starvation or other bear attacks. I know that the few lines of bear that have survived are now smaller, have shorter live spans and are more afraid of humans and this is because of 300 years of "human selection". If I was hiking in Canada/Alaska I would carry a gun because the bears are also more wild and larger there. Most predators in temperate zones are decimated, destroyed or totally altered by human activity and you have to be clueless, sick or a child to get attacked.
Luke, your stories remind me of my childhood growing up in the White Mountains of New Hampshire with nothing to do year round but to play in the woods and build the most basic shelters and make believe I was camping out in the middle of a vast wilderness. No other memories of my childhood are more precious to me than those of being in the middle of nowhere in the woods by myself. The sounds of the snow hitting the tree branches and the fluttering wings of Black Capped Chickadees. Then when I was much older I became homeless and lived in my tent in the middle of a city in CT in a yard. To wake up to snow falling on the rain fly and looking out the tent window knowing where I was and not knowing what was next, was all I needed to realize that I was better off than a lot of people who were snug and warm.
Thanks Luke. As a kid I had a geologist Dad and 4 younger sisters. All of us (including Mom) camped a lot as we accompanied him on his rock collecting expeditions all over the world. Sometimes in the cold, sometimes in the heat and it always seemed uphill as we carried rocks in our rucksacks. We sang (howled) back at the coyotes when they sang so we wouldn't be afraid of them. I sure miss those days with them. Thank you for the memories.
I liked this one a lot, Luke. I prefer old woods roads to narrow trails in the forest so where you went was just perfect to me. Nice place to camp out too. You asked about our childhoods. Me and my two sisters (7 years between me and my oldest sister) grew up in a small town in south central Pennsylvania so we didn’t spend any time in the woods. But we were outside a lot. Being a tomboy, I played with little horses and cowboys, as well as Army men, when I was little. My sisters played with dolls. We sometimes played hide and seek with other neighborhood kids at dusk. We read a lot and listened to music. Nothing too adventurous but we were three girls. It was a good childhood. Neighbors looked out for each other and my parents never fought. It was an idyllic time. Well, keep up the good work, Luke. We appreciate it.
We were low middle class.i grew 1/4 mile from the river. Hunting and fishing all year long. I had a horse that I bought when I was 14, a black lab mix, a .22 and 5 miles of river bottom to play in. No cell phone. Dad would come home shoot his rifle and I would shoot once to reply I was okay. Highly unsupervised and free. Now I’m so busy running my own business I haven’t even been fishing for a few years. Really like to wTch your videos kinda gives me my nature fix. Some day I’ll disappear into the woods but until then thank you for your videos I really appreciate them 🤘🏻
Bloodcravin nice. Similar to me. Never communicated with my dad via gunshot though :) and didn’t have a river but did have 700 + acres of woods and farmland to explore. Always had a .22 or a 12 gauge any plenty of rounds - nothing menacing - just had it for the fun of shooting stuff. Good times.
My children and I love watching you and Susie! We have countless memories coming home at night and looking to see if you guys have posted something and then watch it together! Thanks for all of the memories! "Cheers!"
Coyote Channel: We had just started singing our hunting song when this hu-mon (coyotes talk like Ferengi) started a fire and we gathered to watch and sing. He seemed to be a nice fellow but he had a pathetic camp saw.
Hi Luke, like you I have an identical twin brother, and we spent our childhood making dens in the woods, shooting air rifles, and living freely. We also didn't have a lot of money growing up, but we couldn't have cared less. Strength and Honour brother! Atb, Ben.
Before my brother passed with cancer all our neighborhood friends got together and went to an old fort we had built in our Forrest. It took us three days to find find it. We had dug it out into the ground as teens, it was mostly underground. When we found it it wasn’t much more than a whole in the ground, we did have some pictures we had taken with a polaroid camera in a band aid tin. They were still there it was epic. Lol
My brother and I were in boy scouts. My dad was an electrician and layed-off. Christmas was coming and I can remember my dad rolling pennies, I really didn't know for what. Christmas morning came and under the tree were presents even thought there wasn't much money. One of those presents was a red handled hatchet for my brother and me that my dad bought with those pennies. I am 54 years old and still best gift ever. I wish I still had that hatchet, no clue where it went. Thanks Dad.
Had an older sister and older brother, great childhood played outside over fields daily. Never had worries of coyotes in the 🇬🇧 uk. The dark never worried us growing up, but have to say got a bit more wary as I’ve got older funnily enough, used to go camping with the family, my kids loved the freedom associated. Loved exploring and my kids have taken that on with their kids. All the best my friend, thanks for sharing your adventures with us all👌👍
Me, my yr younger sister, and our younger 2 yr old brother. Played survival every day. We would build a fort, pick berries, and took an old cement mixing tray and use it for a boat, to go fishing. We had the BEST ADVENTURES EVER!!! We ate wild plants that were edible. Man, I could write a few books on our childhood. It would be a mixture of Spanky’s “Our Gang” all the way to making a band using homemade instruments. Like, a garbage can with a foot peddle and pots n pans for drums, we sang like we were the best “American Pie” sorry got carried away u brought back so many memories, THANK U
Have a lot of respect for someone that backpacks the way you do. And as often as you do. Especially when you could just follow the crowd and “overland”.
My brother is 7 years older than me so, i tagged along with him and he built an awesome fort in the woods way up in a tree. It took me a lot of try's before i got up the nerve to climb all the way up there. That was the best tree fort ever. My friends and i from the neighborhood spent many a day up there just goofing around.
We didn't have toys growing up. I had three brothers. We lived in the mountains and played in the woods; eating muskadines off the vine 'til we couldn't eat anymore; swinging over the creek on Tarzan vines, beating on our chests and yelling like Tarzan did in those old black and white Tarzan movies. LOL! It was the BEST time!! We'd catch crawdads and salamanders in the creek; somebody always got a toe pinched. We camped out in those woods every chance we got and told scary stories around the fire at night. Growing up in the mountains of North Carolina was the perfect upbringing. Just PERFECT.
Hi Susan and Luke, I love your video's!! The WAS X300 backpack is awesome i have it myself for a few years and never let me down, a bit heavy but very practical. Hope to see your review of it soon. Greetz from the Netherlands!!
that melting plastic noise! that brought back some great memories of shenanagins with my cousins! seemed as a kid all i needed was them, a lighter and a tin of bean and i was as happy as a sand boy, i love your videos Luke, really feel like you bring us along and your stories really make it feel we are sitting around the fire too thanks mate
Neither would I and I dont even have a permit. I would just carry it anyway. If I needed it it would be life and death issue and since I am over 80 I am not super concerned whether or not a jury would find me a bad guy for defending my old self. I live on fixed income and those permits are 200 a yr. In my area.
@@TheMalet1 if I'm in bear country, I have it on my hip. Coyotes on the other hand are not a threat unless you are a 40lb child with a broken leg. I generally carry for the two legged animals as they are the most dangerous.
Thanks for taking me along. Like you we grew up poor. As long as I didn't hurt anything i was good. And was not late for supper. I would not change anything about my childhood.
I am Tlingit, my Family is from Prince Wails Is. Alaska. I went to School in Seattle but spent most of my summers on our fishing boat in Southeast Alaska. I have been able to hike and fish and camp in places I swear It felt like no one had set foot there before. I have great memories of the kids on the boats that I grew up with on those summers. Like you we did many things that were about as idiotic as you could get and it's a wonder we survived or at least did not end up in a world of trouble over. We created quite a stir with a Tagging project in which we want to track as many dog sharks as we could catch in a two-day period of time or till, we ran out of balloons. We bought a bag of one hundred. Put names on them then using a twine that would easily deteriorate after a day or two we tied the balloons to each and let them go. I will say it made the town harbor much more festive and when we left town to go out for the next salmon opening the four of us found that dog sharks had a big range of habitat. talking to each other on the CBs as we all were heading out in different directions, we found many of our tagged sharks quite a ways out.
I really like your monologues. The content is way more interesting than when you're with Sophie where one feels like a spectator. When you're by yourself, one participates in your adventure.
I was born in upstate NY and was fortunate to have parents who did well enough in life to provide us with a cabin in the Adirondack Mtns, specifically Indian Lake, NY that we'd visit on weekends for skiing in the winter and fishing etc during the summer. My brother and I had a "fort" we built out of downed balsam pine and hardwood trees. It was about 4' tall with a roof that was covered with moss, leaves etc and had a small fireplace. We'd work in it and improve each visit. Sometimes had to repair it due to snowfall which could be 5'-6' deep. Never played with toys much just some Tonka trucks even though we could've had whatever we wanted. Use to truly enjoy those days when I think back on them. Now that I'm 51 I find myself going back in that direction as far as camping etc. I'm still fortunate enough to have my parents and revisit some of those places and memories. Enjoy your videos n journeys Luke...til next time.
My childhood was much like yours, outside right at dawn, camping, hiking, and playing in the woods all day, only heading home when you heard mom calling from the back porch. Great times in the mid 80s.
I’m an older of a twin, born in 61 my father worked on the railroad and the whole family was involved in scouting, we were taught that if it was from the junk yard and it was yours such as a bike we learned to keep things running by taking care of what you have. And as forts went was about the same experience as you had but this was what I remember that I call memories, camping across the States in two summers was the our father gave us and we all remembered the best of times.
I know this is an older video but just had to relate a story to your fort under the downed tree. So me and my brother grew up similarly to you we didn't have much and what we did have was seconds or thirds from yard sales or the like. My dad would bring home pallets mainly to burn for heat used as kindling. He did bring home a huge crate and pallet once and said do what you want. So we built an awesome tree house with it in a stretch of pines. We loved that thing! Many over nights laying looking up through the limbs at the stars. It was so hideous to look at though. We were young and didn't know what we were doing. Didn't matter we used that thing for years to come till in the early eighties we had a freak summer time tornado wipe it out with the trees. It was on the ground for just a few minutes like and F1 long enough though. Just wanted to share as you asked so many great memories of that awful looking tree house we built. Love the channel stay safe my friend.
Enjoyed your video. Grew up in the 60s on an isolated farm with miles of rugged abandoned land that people had let go back for taxes during the Depression. Knew every bend and hole in the creek where the small mouth bass lay, made forts and shelters in the hills from burlap feed sacks whanged together with baling wire, and wearing a folded up tricorn straw hat with a chicken feather stuck in it I settled the wilderness with a toy muzzle loader I'd carved from an old board and fitted with an icecream stick trigger and hammer. Half the time I was Daniel Boone, half the time the swamp fox. Most of the time my only companion was a collie dog I'd named Maynard G. Krebs. Yeah, I remember those days.
At the ~32:00 mark, you were talking about "unsupervised childhood" (e.g. "really dumb") activities. But doing stupid things (more importantly, *surviving* really stupid things) is where one gains wisdom. Like they say, "if it doesn't kill you, it makes you stronger". MORE CHILDHOOD STORIES!!!
My dad always said if you’re gonna be dumb then you better be tough. I must have been a tough SOB when I was a youngster because I did some dangerous stupid stuff. 😂 Thank god one gains wisdom with age and I finally realized my mortality. Whew! Made it to 54.👍
When I look back at what I did as a kid in the 80s and 90s I wonder how I'm still here.....climbing being the major thing ....the stuff I used to climb was insane....I remember climbing this 50 foot tree and being real close to the top ...I thought I was cool and was shouting down to my friends etc...but when I went to make my way down reality set in that I had made a huge mistake ...it's easy getting up as we all know but that climb down is purely frightening and soooo much harder....i was shaking like a leaf ...litrally juddering with fear because I knew that one false move or slip or bad judgement it would of been death time no doubt about it .....it took me a long time to get down....thing is when you are that frightened and under pressure you make mistakes ......i never done anything like that again ........greetings from England ✌
I remember when I was a kid. Behind my parents house is a golf course, we used to collect all the lost golf balls and sell them 4 for £1, we used to save the money and get what we wanted at the end of summer used to be a right laugh! Plus you need to watch all the top gear from years ago it would make you laugh even more! Great video luke, love to you and your family.
Loved every minute of this video.i grew up pretty much the same as you,always outdoors,hunting and fishing!.its in your blood forever.anyway loved your video.
Played outdoors a lot when I was a kid! I remember catching craw dads in the creek! They looked like tiny lobsters 🦞 Then I would let them back into the creek! Also played basketball until the sunset 🌅
Luke, love the adventure. I heard your birds in the background. I am so glad you had a map and did your research before going out there. You could absolutely get lost exploring new trails you are not familiar with..Sooo many missing people never leave the wilderness. Either they lose their way or perhaps get murdered. Any hoot Those coyotes did sound pretty close. I like your new insulated cook ware. My childhood was pretty cool. We woke up ate and went outside as long as we didn't go in any strangers homes. We were ok. Nobody bothered us kids. I had my Brothers and sisters...7 of us, among many cousins that constantly stay in and out our house all the time. We were the neighborhood. We played outside until the grown ups said "time to come in to eat dinner." We had a million toys together that we all share. We rode bikes, played hide and seek..we just had fun. Miss those days. Getting back to your adventure...I'm sure glad you safely made it back to your car. I always, always look forward to your adventures luke..I enjoy them. Until next time be safe out there. Strength and honor Luke.👍👍👍
Love hearing your childhood stories- having neighbourhood friends- disappearing off on our bikes into bush tracks, building forts is what we did in the bush in Africa - using trees, branches, long grass etc. It was great fun - we’d spend hours outside came home for lunch and dinner. Did a heap of camping trips and learned how to live off grid too. My folks pretty much left us to it. We did some dumb things too. We’d put on variety shows for our parents. I came from a sailing family -so did a heap of sailing both freshwater and sea sailing. Then we got sent off to boarding school as teenagers.
In the 1950s/60s our parents took us 3 kids camping in a beach buggy on Cape Cod. 10 gallons of water for 5 people.... + the Atlantic Ocean. If we could fill up at the well a ways down the back road and catch some bass, we could stay out a couple days longer. Love your channel, Luke. Put red celofane on the beam and it won't scare off the wildlife.
Damn Brother, your cranking out the videos. well done. Been following you since we were both in the 100's Ive been run out of a camp site recently in ouray Co. had a Mtn. lion stalking me. I dont carry no beacon either.
When they're stalking due to hunger you'd better watch your backside carefully because they won't quit until they eat. I carry a Ham radio HT and a phone; one or the other will almost always work if you're on a peak, but often not in valleys- that's where a beacon earns it worth if you need it.
Id nervous, ive never seen one here in PA, but allot of guys seat up and down that there are mt lions in our woods. I'm taking a little trip tomorrow night, and I think ill have some personal protection with me.
I am amazed at how much ground you cover THREE times with your cutaway and walk away shots. You use those shots a LOT. That's commitment. Thanks for the content, MSgt7803.
This was a great adventure and thank you for taking me along. When I was a kid growing up I was always running around outside and hanging out in the woods. I truly thank you for making these videos, I love watching when I can't get out and about at the time. You get me excited to get out which I love to get out and about. Have a wonderful day my friend.
l like to whatchin y on you camping trips Because whenl was a child l use to camp in puerto rico thats where lm from l still do that now. Right here in PA
Luke, coming from the UK, I am very envious of the many beautiful spots you have for camping! We have a few in the UK but once you have camped at them, you don’t want to camp them again. You have such vast areas to choose from. So envious, beautiful scenery and those thunder storms are fantastic!
I love Boone Fork! Camped there so often last year, I felt such longing when I saw this video! Though I really COULD do without the gruesome details of its past and apparent present! I’ll send you my trail map. Keep well!
My childhood was a good mix. Blue collar family, my parents took great care of us and we were fortunate to have toys and video games to play with. We also spent countless hours outside on our bikes with friends, exploring the woods and lakes, finding a bit of mischief here or there. I really started spending more time in the outdoors and going on longer adventures with the boy scouts and it's stuck with me to today. Before all this craziness kicked off the last year has been plenty of day hikes and 3-4 weekend car camping trips a year to a friend's property in the Catskills plus a rafting trip down the upper Delaware River.
I grew up in Chicago but we lived across from a narrow strip of county forest preserve land hugging the North Branch of the Chicago River. In Summer, we ate breakfast and went into the woods to play. Came home for lunch, then back into the forest to play some more. Came home for dinner, and, if you were old enough, you could go back yet again to play or whatever. The river was our skating rink in winter. The hill down to it was our sledding hill but you had to make a very sharp turn at the bottom to avoid (a) sailing off the bank into the river or (b) hitting one of several large trees and breaking a bone or two. Many a collarbone didn't survive a crash intact. Couldn't have pets with fur or feathers, so we brought home turtles and box tortoises in the Spring, fed them all Summer, then turned them back loose in the Fall. Many, many years later, wild life spread into these woods: white tail deer, raccoons, skunks, red fox, gray and fox squirrels, opossums, mallard ducks, Canada geese, birds of all kinds. By about 1990, coyotes abound. Oh, and the occasional homeless person too. The oak (the tallest tree in the picture) is a burr oak. We determined it was about 386 years old in 2004. See the front yard here: www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=0f700a390512
Another excellent adventure. The creepiness of the abandoned park was certainly captured. Excellent shots and editing. Let’s revisit there next fall. Thanks Luke
Good video man....my cousin and I used to watch every werewolf movie we could get our hands on before running around the woods (about 90 acres) at night without flashlights lol
My Brother and I spent our days hunting, fishing, gigging frogs and hunting for morel mushrooms in the woods and creeks across the street from our house. We built hideouts and a 4 hole golf course in our backyard, complete with water and sand traps. Best of times.
Part of my childhood was spent in large cardboard boxes which we got from the alley behind the stores in town and dragged home to make "forts". We noticed one time that adults seemed to be looking and talking about us. Finally, my older brother advised that we don't want to use those big boxes that say Kotex on them. Live & learn.
Had a buddy get cornered by a mountain lion about 5 years ago which he fended off with a big branch. After that he bought and started carrying a powerful airsoft pistol. Won’t kill an animal but those plastic bb’s hurt like hell when you get hit by them. He painted it orange for less lethal and has used it a couple times since.
Great video, thanks for taking us along on your adventures. I do the same type of exploration in the Superior National Forest (Northern MN). My kids and I find some beautiful places accessible by only the adventurous...I love it.
Great area to do some camping! Maybe not with anyone sketchy though, considering... Oh great memory, the melting plastic sound! I can practically still hear it lol
Dude your video quality is amazing. I just want u to know that I am extremely envious lol. One of your best vids in a while. Looking forward to the next one.
OMG GI Joes.... My brother Tom and I had them. Tom wanted to make a fireman's outfit for his, so we raided mom's aluminum foil and Tom fashioned a "fireproof" suit like the firemen wear at airports to fight fires on aircraft. Tom wanted to see how well it would work, so we built a fire in the fireplace. Of course you know what happened.... it melted! ! ! It was hysterical. Such great memories. I think my favorite toy was a $1 dollar bag of 100 little plastic army men. I played with those for years. When my parents finally turned the carport into a garage, they found a dozen or so of the little army men and wrote me a letter while I was stationed in Germany and told me what they'd found. I laughed so hard.
We just love the stories of your childhood and adventures with your brother. I know I am not alone in this wish.... But it would be a great video to see you and your brother go out on an adventure together for a few days. THAT would be a video to remember! ! ! S&H my friend. Brian
"It happens, but it's pretty rare." would make a great tombstone.
@Predbeau101 Cool story. Would you mind asking do you feel you need any protection with you? You see I hike after work up to the mountains. It is usually a 9 mile hike with around 3400 feet ascend. During winter I mostly hike in the dark. Now the thing is that a pack of wolfs and some coyotes cane to the area. We didn't have any in the area for more than a century. Now the hunters say it's not really safe to hike there but I still do. I just carry my 9mm pistol with two magazines with me. I have it in my front bag similar to what you cab see in the video. I'm a sports IPSC shooter so I'm used to shoot fast. But some other hikers also hike there at night anyway. They mostly say a wolf wouldn't attack people. On the other side the hunters said they already attacked a woman. Now I really don't know what to think about it.
@@JohnWick_jr it's true, wolves and coyotes rarely attack people. But, there have been some wolf fatalities in the past few years. I live in Maine and to the northeast of us at the Cape Breton Highlands in Nova Scotia, a young lady was killed by coyotes about 10 years ago. It's rare, but it pays to be prepared.
@Predbeau101 Thank you so much for your response Sir. I really appreciate it.
The wolf you mentioned was really huge for my opinion. I read some stories and in most cases wolves were following people and trying to restrain them from moving towards the populated areas.
I don't live that much further north to watch the Aurora. It must be nice I guess. The most northern place I ever was as a tourist was Cape Breton in Nova Scotia.
Wish you to have a nice weekend.
@@hermit6208 Thank you. I was actually at Cape Breton for a few days but only as a tourist. I really liked the Louisbourg. But unfortunately the nature there didn't really impress me much. I was really hoping to make photographs of tree leaves turning red. Unfortunately that happened way too fast and I wasn't at the right place. I was also on the other side close to the border to New Brunswick and South beaches like Yarmouth and Digby.
@@hermit6208 I'm alert to wild hogs, cattle and moose when I hike. They are statistically dangerous. I wouldn't worry about wolfs unless I have children or if I was limping and bleeding. I carry a walking stick ( spear like cane ) and a knife. 2 years ago I met a large pack of wild hogs but it was enough to take high ground ( walk up on rocks or a hill ) and pick a couple of stones and they all fled as soon as the leader fled, i.e. I never had to throw anything. I would carry a rifle/gun in Alaska where the wolves can get as large as a human male. Otherwise. A serious cane ( with a serious pointy end ) will fend off an 80 pound wolf which wouldn't attack unless it was sick, rabid or has a den close by. I've seen bears a couple of times but always far away and walking either away from me or crossing the road. They are hunted in my area i.e. they get culled by hunters every year or 2 and this has become the bears only enemy, where as 300 years ago the natural enemy of a bear was sickness, starvation or other bear attacks. I know that the few lines of bear that have survived are now smaller, have shorter live spans and are more afraid of humans and this is because of 300 years of "human selection". If I was hiking in Canada/Alaska I would carry a gun because the bears are also more wild and larger there. Most predators in temperate zones are decimated, destroyed or totally altered by human activity and you have to be clueless, sick or a child to get attacked.
Luke, your stories remind me of my childhood growing up in the White Mountains of New Hampshire with nothing to do year round but to play in the woods and build the most basic shelters and make believe I was camping out in the middle of a vast wilderness. No other memories of my childhood are more precious to me than those of being in the middle of nowhere in the woods by myself. The sounds of the snow hitting the tree branches and the fluttering wings of Black Capped Chickadees. Then when I was much older I became homeless and lived in my tent in the middle of a city in CT in a yard. To wake up to snow falling on the rain fly and looking out the tent window knowing where I was and not knowing what was next, was all I needed to realize that I was better off than a lot of people who were snug and warm.
"When I'm hiking around I pay attention to everything, all the little details"
5 mins later...
"I mised the trail"
XD
Hahahaha I thought the same exact thing!
Thanks Luke. As a kid I had a geologist Dad and 4 younger sisters. All of us (including Mom) camped a lot as we accompanied him on his rock collecting expeditions all over the world. Sometimes in the cold, sometimes in the heat and it always seemed uphill as we carried rocks in our rucksacks. We sang (howled) back at the coyotes when they sang so we wouldn't be afraid of them. I sure miss those days with them. Thank you for the memories.
Usually when you hear coyotes like that they are what we used to call "partying". They got something. When they are hunting, they are VERY quiet.
I liked this one a lot, Luke. I prefer old woods roads to narrow trails in the forest so where you went was just perfect to me. Nice place to camp out too. You asked about our childhoods. Me and my two sisters (7 years between me and my oldest sister) grew up in a small town in south central Pennsylvania so we didn’t spend any time in the woods. But we were outside a lot. Being a tomboy, I played with little horses and cowboys, as well as Army men, when I was little. My sisters played with dolls. We sometimes played hide and seek with other neighborhood kids at dusk. We read a lot and listened to music. Nothing too adventurous but we were three girls. It was a good childhood. Neighbors looked out for each other and my parents never fought. It was an idyllic time. Well, keep up the good work, Luke. We appreciate it.
We were low middle class.i grew 1/4 mile from the river. Hunting and fishing all year long. I had a horse that I bought when I was 14, a black lab mix, a .22 and 5 miles of river bottom to play in. No cell phone. Dad would come home shoot his rifle and I would shoot once to reply I was okay. Highly unsupervised and free. Now I’m so busy running my own business I haven’t even been fishing for a few years. Really like to wTch your videos kinda gives me my nature fix. Some day I’ll disappear into the woods but until then thank you for your videos I really appreciate them 🤘🏻
Bloodcravin nice. Similar to me. Never communicated with my dad via gunshot though :) and didn’t have a river but did have 700 + acres of woods and farmland to explore. Always had a .22 or a 12 gauge any plenty of rounds - nothing menacing - just had it for the fun of shooting stuff. Good times.
My children and I love watching you and Susie! We have countless memories coming home at night and looking to see if you guys have posted something and then watch it together! Thanks for all of the memories! "Cheers!"
Coyote Channel: We had just started singing our hunting song when this hu-mon (coyotes talk like Ferengi) started a fire and we gathered to watch and sing. He seemed to be a nice fellow but he had a pathetic camp saw.
L.T. ……………..he got the worst saw, had to thumbs up you !!!!!! p.s. you the best Linebacker ever !!!
It was so bad, Luke didn’t even include it in the gear list😂
Sandwiches made by other taste better. Always. Could not agree more Luke.
I am a lonewolf introvert hiker and love my alone time with nature. Stay safe out there buddy.
Hi Luke, like you I have an identical twin brother, and we spent our childhood making dens in the woods, shooting air rifles, and living freely. We also didn't have a lot of money growing up, but we couldn't have cared less.
Strength and Honour brother!
Atb, Ben.
Before my brother passed with cancer all our neighborhood friends got together and went to an old fort we had built in our Forrest. It took us three days to find find it. We had dug it out into the ground as teens, it was mostly underground. When we found it it wasn’t much more than a whole in the ground, we did have some pictures we had taken with a polaroid camera in a band aid tin. They were still there it was epic. Lol
My brother and I were in boy scouts. My dad was an electrician and layed-off. Christmas was coming and I can remember my dad rolling pennies, I really didn't know for what. Christmas morning came and under the tree were presents even thought there wasn't much money. One of those presents was a red handled hatchet for my brother and me that my dad bought with those pennies. I am 54 years old and still best gift ever. I wish I still had that hatchet, no clue where it went. Thanks Dad.
I was allowed to go out and play in the woods unsupervised.As the only child I loved it when others were there to share adventures.
Thanks!
Why’s it always about you Karen?
Had an older sister and older brother, great childhood played outside over fields daily.
Never had worries of coyotes in the 🇬🇧 uk.
The dark never worried us growing up, but have to say got a bit more wary as I’ve got older funnily enough, used to go camping with the family, my kids loved the freedom associated.
Loved exploring and my kids have taken that on with their kids.
All the best my friend, thanks for sharing your adventures with us all👌👍
Luke; I had a great childhood. Kid mischief, camping, boy scouts, mountain hiking, no complaints; it wasnt perfect but it was great
"I turned my light on and I thought I saw eyeballs, but I'm not worried about it" I wish I had your level of chill!!
Thanks Luke, for sharing the stories and wisdom. Love the adventures.
Que relajantes tus videos amigo.
Me encanta campar. Aprendo mucho de tus videos. Gracias.
Me, my yr younger sister, and our younger 2 yr old brother. Played survival every day. We would build a fort, pick berries, and took an old cement mixing tray and use it for a boat, to go fishing. We had the BEST ADVENTURES EVER!!! We ate wild plants that were edible. Man, I could write a few books on our childhood. It would be a mixture of Spanky’s “Our Gang” all the way to making a band using homemade instruments. Like, a garbage can with a foot peddle and pots n pans for drums, we sang like we were the best “American Pie” sorry got carried away u brought back so many memories, THANK U
Thanks for nice videos Luke. We really like your rewiews.
I also like to spend time outdoors and camping alone It feels like home. Good video.
I love the Grand Tour. Great adventure Luke as always.
Peace Brother
Have a lot of respect for someone that backpacks the way you do. And as often as you do. Especially when you could just follow the crowd and “overland”.
My brother is 7 years older than me so, i tagged along with him and he built an awesome fort in the woods way up in a tree. It took me a lot of try's before i got up the nerve to climb all the way up there. That was the best tree fort ever. My friends and i from the neighborhood spent many a day up there just goofing around.
We didn't have toys growing up. I had three brothers. We lived in the mountains and played in the woods; eating muskadines off the vine 'til we couldn't eat anymore; swinging over the creek on Tarzan vines, beating on our chests and yelling like Tarzan did in those old black and white Tarzan movies. LOL! It was the BEST time!! We'd catch crawdads and salamanders in the creek; somebody always got a toe pinched. We camped out in those woods every chance we got and told scary stories around the fire at night. Growing up in the mountains of North Carolina was the perfect upbringing. Just PERFECT.
Hi Susan and Luke, I love your video's!! The WAS X300 backpack is awesome i have it myself for a few years and never let me down, a bit heavy but very practical. Hope to see your review of it soon. Greetz from the Netherlands!!
that melting plastic noise! that brought back some great memories of shenanagins with my cousins! seemed as a kid all i needed was them, a lighter and a tin of bean and i was as happy as a sand boy, i love your videos Luke, really feel like you bring us along and your stories really make it feel we are sitting around the fire too thanks mate
22:24 "Personal protection" I wouldn't go into that killing field without personal protection either.
Neither would I and I dont even have a permit. I would just carry it anyway. If I needed it it would be life and death issue and since I am over 80 I am not super concerned whether or not a jury would find me a bad guy for defending my old self. I live on fixed income and those permits are 200 a yr. In my area.
if you're afraid of coyotes you shouldn't be outdoors.
@@lmccampbell that Swedish saw was a waste... heavy and unsteady. Do you every carry bear spray?
@@TheMalet1 if I'm in bear country, I have it on my hip. Coyotes on the other hand are not a threat unless you are a 40lb child with a broken leg. I generally carry for the two legged animals as they are the most dangerous.
@@lmccampbell Think he was referring more to the murders that have happened in that area that were mentioned early in the video.
Thanks for taking me along.
Like you we grew up poor.
As long as I didn't hurt anything i was good. And was not late for supper. I would not change anything about my childhood.
I'm super stoked you went back! I really wanted to see more of that campground. Thank you, Luke!
I want to see Bigfoot... Be nice if he brought a recorder to capture sounds of the wild all night long
I am Tlingit, my Family is from Prince Wails Is. Alaska. I went to School in Seattle but spent most of my summers on our fishing boat in Southeast Alaska. I have been able to hike and fish and camp in places I swear It felt like no one had set foot there before. I have great memories of the kids on the boats that I grew up with on those summers. Like you we did many things that were about as idiotic as you could get and it's a wonder we survived or at least did not end up in a world of trouble over. We created quite a stir with a Tagging project in which we want to track as many dog sharks as we could catch in a two-day period of time or till, we ran out of balloons. We bought a bag of one hundred. Put names on them then using a twine that would easily deteriorate after a day or two we tied the balloons to each and let them go. I will say it made the town harbor much more festive and when we left town to go out for the next salmon opening the four of us found that dog sharks had a big range of habitat. talking to each other on the CBs as we all were heading out in different directions, we found many of our tagged sharks quite a ways out.
This trip is kinda scary because of the howling.. I see you made it through the night. Thank God.
I really like your monologues. The content is way more interesting than when you're with Sophie where one feels like a spectator. When you're by yourself, one participates in your adventure.
Backpack looks amazing, thanks for introducing me to it!
I had a similar childhood, we weren’t wealthy, my brothers and I used to play unsupervised
Most of the years growing up we were unsupervised in the woods even at night. We were comfortable there with our dog as protection.
I was born in upstate NY and was fortunate to have parents who did well enough in life to provide us with a cabin in the Adirondack Mtns, specifically Indian Lake, NY that we'd visit on weekends for skiing in the winter and fishing etc during the summer. My brother and I had a "fort" we built out of downed balsam pine and hardwood trees. It was about 4' tall with a roof that was covered with moss, leaves etc and had a small fireplace. We'd work in it and improve each visit. Sometimes had to repair it due to snowfall which could be 5'-6' deep. Never played with toys much just some Tonka trucks even though we could've had whatever we wanted. Use to truly enjoy those days when I think back on them. Now that I'm 51 I find myself going back in that direction as far as camping etc. I'm still fortunate enough to have my parents and revisit some of those places and memories. Enjoy your videos n journeys Luke...til next time.
I grew up in this area back in the 60s and 70s...been all over this area in my younger days , hiking , camping, hunting , fishing ....great times ...
Omg lol,I can't stop watching your videos. I,too think storms are exciting. Im really wanting to go camping now!
I love the sound of coyotes calling to each other. I could sit and listen to them for hours. 🐕
same here…..I used to hear them every night at my last place in Montana…….miss that
My childhood was much like yours, outside right at dawn, camping, hiking, and playing in the woods all day, only heading home when you heard mom calling from the back porch. Great times in the mid 80s.
I’m an older of a twin, born in 61 my father worked on the railroad and the whole family was involved in scouting, we were taught that if it was from the junk yard and it was yours such as a bike we learned to keep things running by taking care of what you have. And as forts went was about the same experience as you had but this was what I remember that I call memories, camping across the States in two summers was the our father gave us and we all remembered the best of times.
I know this is an older video but just had to relate a story to your fort under the downed tree. So me and my brother grew up similarly to you we didn't have much and what we did have was seconds or thirds from yard sales or the like. My dad would bring home pallets mainly to burn for heat used as kindling. He did bring home a huge crate and pallet once and said do what you want. So we built an awesome tree house with it in a stretch of pines. We loved that thing! Many over nights laying looking up through the limbs at the stars. It was so hideous to look at though. We were young and didn't know what we were doing. Didn't matter we used that thing for years to come till in the early eighties we had a freak summer time tornado wipe it out with the trees. It was on the ground for just a few minutes like and F1 long enough though. Just wanted to share as you asked so many great memories of that awful looking tree house we built. Love the channel stay safe my friend.
Enjoyed your video. Grew up in the 60s on an isolated farm with miles of rugged abandoned land that people had let go back for taxes during the Depression. Knew every bend and hole in the creek where the small mouth bass lay, made forts and shelters in the hills from burlap feed sacks whanged together with baling wire, and wearing a folded up tricorn straw hat with a chicken feather stuck in it I settled the wilderness with a toy muzzle loader I'd carved from an old board and fitted with an icecream stick trigger and hammer. Half the time I was Daniel Boone, half the time the swamp fox. Most of the time my only companion was a collie dog I'd named Maynard G. Krebs. Yeah, I remember those days.
At the ~32:00 mark, you were talking about "unsupervised childhood" (e.g. "really dumb") activities. But doing stupid things (more importantly, *surviving* really stupid things) is where one gains wisdom. Like they say, "if it doesn't kill you, it makes you stronger".
MORE CHILDHOOD STORIES!!!
My dad always said if you’re gonna be dumb then you better be tough. I must have been a tough SOB when I was a youngster because I did some dangerous stupid stuff. 😂 Thank god one gains wisdom with age and I finally realized my mortality. Whew! Made it to 54.👍
BBBWWWAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Good one.
The path to "smart" begins at "dumb"- it's a journey which many never complete.
@@onionhead5780 good for you......is that why you go by Onion Head.....!! 😉
When I look back at what I did as a kid in the 80s and 90s I wonder how I'm still here.....climbing being the major thing ....the stuff I used to climb was insane....I remember climbing this 50 foot tree and being real close to the top ...I thought I was cool and was shouting down to my friends etc...but when I went to make my way down reality set in that I had made a huge mistake ...it's easy getting up as we all know but that climb down is purely frightening and soooo much harder....i was shaking like a leaf ...litrally juddering with fear because I knew that one false move or slip or bad judgement it would of been death time no doubt about it .....it took me a long time to get down....thing is when you are that frightened and under pressure you make mistakes ......i never done anything like that again ........greetings from England ✌
Good stuff! And now you know where the body was found! And I now know that saw is crap. Thanks!
Thanks for taking us along, it is always a Pleasure!
Yup, great to go along with you 👍
Enjoyed that adventure. Thanks for taking us along.
The hills have eyes 😳
I remember when I was a kid. Behind my parents house is a golf course, we used to collect all the lost golf balls and sell them 4 for £1, we used to save the money and get what we wanted at the end of summer used to be a right laugh! Plus you need to watch all the top gear from years ago it would make you laugh even more! Great video luke, love to you and your family.
Loved every minute of this video.i grew up pretty much the same as you,always outdoors,hunting and fishing!.its in your blood forever.anyway loved your video.
Played outdoors a lot when I was a kid! I remember catching craw dads in the creek! They looked like tiny lobsters 🦞 Then I would let them back into the creek! Also played basketball until the sunset 🌅
Thanks Luke for another awesome adventure. You rock dude!
That was a super cool shot at 15:22. The stand of white birch off in the distance on the hill was awesome.
Luke, love the adventure. I heard your birds in the background. I am so glad you had a map and did your research before going out there. You could absolutely get lost exploring new trails you are not familiar with..Sooo many missing people never leave the wilderness. Either they lose their way or perhaps get murdered. Any hoot Those coyotes did sound pretty close. I like your new insulated cook ware.
My childhood was pretty cool. We woke up ate and went outside as long as we didn't go in any strangers homes. We were ok. Nobody bothered us kids. I had my Brothers and sisters...7 of us, among many cousins that constantly stay in and out our house all the time. We were the neighborhood. We played outside until the grown ups said "time to come in to eat dinner." We had a million toys together that we all share. We rode bikes, played hide and seek..we just had fun. Miss those days. Getting back to your adventure...I'm sure glad you safely made it back to your car. I always, always look forward to your adventures luke..I enjoy them. Until next time be safe out there. Strength and honor Luke.👍👍👍
Love hearing your childhood stories- having neighbourhood friends- disappearing off on our bikes into bush tracks, building forts is what we did in the bush in Africa - using trees, branches, long grass etc. It was great fun - we’d spend hours outside came home for lunch and dinner. Did a heap of camping trips and learned how to live off grid too. My folks pretty much left us to it. We did some dumb things too. We’d put on variety shows for our parents. I came from a sailing family -so did a heap of sailing both freshwater and sea sailing. Then we got sent off to boarding school as teenagers.
Great video Luke!!! Thanks for using our knife and ax. i hope they are working well for you.
Outstanding adventure! Thank you for sharing...
In the 1950s/60s our parents took us 3 kids camping in a beach buggy on Cape Cod. 10 gallons of water for 5 people.... + the Atlantic Ocean. If we could fill up at the well a ways down the back road and catch some bass, we could stay out a couple days longer.
Love your channel, Luke. Put red celofane on the beam and it won't scare off the wildlife.
Damn Brother, your cranking out the videos. well done. Been following you since we were both in the 100's Ive been run out of a camp site recently in ouray Co. had a Mtn. lion stalking me. I dont carry no beacon either.
When they're stalking due to hunger you'd better watch your backside carefully because they won't quit until they eat. I carry a Ham radio HT and a phone; one or the other will almost always work if you're on a peak, but often not in valleys- that's where a beacon earns it worth if you need it.
I like it there... but lots of bears at the time... lot of other wildlife also... beautiful... lol
Id nervous, ive never seen one here in PA, but allot of guys seat up and down that there are mt lions in our woods. I'm taking a little trip tomorrow night, and I think ill have some personal protection with me.
Wish to see more videos like this in the future.
I am amazed at how much ground you cover THREE times with your cutaway and walk away shots. You use those shots a LOT. That's commitment. Thanks for the content, MSgt7803.
I love the sound of your voice, so soothing. Nothing better than sitting round a camp fire and chatting about adventures.
Wonderful video, Luke, as always. God bless and all the best to you and the family.
Thumbs up as always. Wow... what a great time... it was like I was there... Later & Greater, peace
This was a great adventure and thank you for taking me along. When I was a kid growing up I was always running around outside and hanging out in the woods. I truly thank you for making these videos, I love watching when I can't get out and about at the time. You get me excited to get out which I love to get out and about. Have a wonderful day my friend.
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l like to whatchin y on you camping trips Because whenl was a child l use to camp in puerto rico thats where lm from l still do that now. Right here in PA
great video this time, luke. great mix of excitement and relaxing passages.
That place has a very unsettling atmosphere.
Great video, as usual.
Luke, coming from the UK, I am very envious of the many beautiful spots you have for camping! We have a few in the UK but once you have camped at them, you don’t want to camp them again. You have such vast areas to choose from. So envious, beautiful scenery and those thunder storms are fantastic!
Thank you! Saving this for prime time viewing!
I think this my be one of my favorite videos of yours. Great job!
Thanks Luke. As always, I enjoy your vids.
I love Boone Fork! Camped there so often last year, I felt such longing when I saw this video! Though I really COULD do without the gruesome details of its past and apparent present! I’ll send you my trail map. Keep well!
My childhood was a good mix. Blue collar family, my parents took great care of us and we were fortunate to have toys and video games to play with. We also spent countless hours outside on our bikes with friends, exploring the woods and lakes, finding a bit of mischief here or there. I really started spending more time in the outdoors and going on longer adventures with the boy scouts and it's stuck with me to today. Before all this craziness kicked off the last year has been plenty of day hikes and 3-4 weekend car camping trips a year to a friend's property in the Catskills plus a rafting trip down the upper Delaware River.
I love the sound of the kindling getting chopped great work luke another great video
I grew up in Chicago but we lived across from a narrow strip of county forest preserve land hugging the North Branch of the Chicago River. In Summer, we ate breakfast and went into the woods to play. Came home for lunch, then back into the forest to play some more. Came home for dinner, and, if you were old enough, you could go back yet again to play or whatever. The river was our skating rink in winter. The hill down to it was our sledding hill but you had to make a very sharp turn at the bottom to avoid (a) sailing off the bank into the river or (b) hitting one of several large trees and breaking a bone or two. Many a collarbone didn't survive a crash intact. Couldn't have pets with fur or feathers, so we brought home turtles and box tortoises in the Spring, fed them all Summer, then turned them back loose in the Fall. Many, many years later, wild life spread into these woods: white tail deer, raccoons, skunks, red fox, gray and fox squirrels, opossums, mallard ducks, Canada geese, birds of all kinds. By about 1990, coyotes abound. Oh, and the occasional homeless person too. The oak (the tallest tree in the picture) is a burr oak. We determined it was about 386 years old in 2004. See the front yard here: www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=0f700a390512
Another excellent adventure. The creepiness of the abandoned park was certainly captured. Excellent shots and editing. Let’s revisit there next fall. Thanks Luke
Loved it. Great to here the Coyotes. Awesome.
Be safe 👍🏻🤘🏻
Strength & Honour 👊🏻
one of my fav parts of your videos is when you tell stories of you and your brother (the evil one)
Glad to hear you like The Grand Tour too.Great show.
Great Adventure again! Awesome!
Can't believe I'm watching this whole thing.
Such dedication and commitment on my part.
I honestly never thought I could commit to such an undertaking, but I watch this channel and aquachigger all the time.
Good video man....my cousin and I used to watch every werewolf movie we could get our hands on before running around the woods (about 90 acres) at night without flashlights lol
My Brother and I spent our days hunting, fishing, gigging frogs and hunting for morel mushrooms in the woods and creeks across the street from our house. We built hideouts and a 4 hole golf course in our backyard, complete with water and sand traps. Best of times.
Nice work, I watched it from beginning to end.
Part of my childhood was spent in large cardboard boxes which we got from the alley behind the stores in town and dragged home to make "forts". We noticed one time that adults seemed to be looking and talking about us. Finally, my older brother advised that we don't want to use those big boxes that say Kotex on them. Live & learn.
Excellent video Luke! You make it feel as if I were there with you. You're the best. 👍👊
Had a buddy get cornered by a mountain lion about 5 years ago which he fended off with a big branch. After that he bought and started carrying a powerful airsoft pistol. Won’t kill an animal but those plastic bb’s hurt like hell when you get hit by them. He painted it orange for less lethal and has used it a couple times since.
I did thee same stuff you did when you were a kid...great stuff!!
Hey Luke awesome exploring some where different it was beautiful hope y'all are well much love your way be safe have a wonderful evening
Thank you for the great adventure!!
It also helps solidify outdoor skills I've let get rusty. So thanks!
Great video, thanks for taking us along on your adventures. I do the same type of exploration in the Superior National Forest (Northern MN). My kids and I find some beautiful places accessible by only the adventurous...I love it.
Just watching you work that saw I was like, something isn’t right, then sure enough you came out and said it. Thanks for the adventure Luke. Cheers.
that backpack looks awesome!
Any idea which backpack that is?
Great area to do some camping! Maybe not with anyone sketchy though, considering...
Oh great memory, the melting plastic sound! I can practically still hear it lol
This long I have not watch a UA-cam video for a long Time. Your Great I really like you. Thanks
Dude your video quality is amazing. I just want u to know that I am extremely envious lol. One of your best vids in a while. Looking forward to the next one.