Mt. St. Helens Eruption, Ladies of the Night & Jax Surprise...
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My name is Eric and I travel with my 26lb cat, “Jax” in a 2012 Coachmen Mirada 32BH Class A Motorhome on a Ford Super Duty truck chassis. (V10 Triton) We travel about 35 miles a day chasing 70 degrees year-round. Here is my gear & some popular questions answered:
Gear: (UPDATED 2019)*
*Video: Canon M50 Mirrorless
*Main Vlog Lens: Rokinon 12mm 2.0F EF-M
*Stabilizer: Zhiyun Crane 2
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*Audio: (On Camera) Rode VideoMic Pro+ With Rycote VMP+ Deadcat
*GoPro 7 Black for water/action shots
*GoPro Hero 6 Silver with Purple Panda Lavalier Lapel mic for Driving Narration
*GoPro Hero 4 Black for Timelapses
*SJ4000 for driving shots out the front window.
Time Lapses: Gopro Hero 4: 2 second intervals. Sped up 1200x, cropped 4K down to 1080 for panning
Night Lapses: Gopro Hero 4 Black manual settings: 800 ISO, 30 second Shutter, 3000K WB, Protune On
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Aerial Drone Shots: DJI Phantom 3 Standard Shot in 2.7K Downscaled to 1080p
RV MPG: 7-8mpg depending on generator use.
Solar: 1280 Watts (320x4) Rec N-Peak Monocrystalline 120 cell panels on Roof.
Charge Controller: Victron MPPT 150/85-TR
Inverter/Charger: Victron 3000 watt MultiPlus
Batteries: Battle Born Lithium 100ah x 3 = 300 amp hours.
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Jax is a great mouse wrangler. The Mt St Helens eruption is embedded in my memory.
Good Boy Jax
Thank u so much. I’m old I remember all what that mtn did to the whole world.
Not to the whole world. It did nothing to the place where I come from. OK, maybe it was a news story back in the day.
I was stationed at a missile base in Montana. Had a tarp over my motorcycle and saw the snow. Except it wasn’t snow. It was 70º. The ash got up between the tarp and gas tank and sanded the paint off in a couple of spots. Then I heard the news. About an inch of ash 700 miles away!
Yep ash everywhere!
My family had friends who had just moved out to Missoula(?) Montana a couple years before it blew. They told my parents that the ashfall was so thick, that people’s car air filters were getting choked with ash, and their cars were shutting down.
Olds in your head
I just love Jax's personality!
Nothing like a lap dance while driving...!
We lived in Olympia when Mt Saint Helens erupted. My daughter was born in April 1980. I still remember the ash everywhere
Technically what buried the stuff during the eruption was the result of a Lahar. If it had been a Lava or a Pyroclastic flow that A-Frame would have burned. I knew the geologist that died during the eruption. Also technically the volcano is still active and being monitored.
I read about your friend. So sorry for your loss.
Cool video... Brings back memories. I was stationed at Mc Chord AFB near Tacoma, Wa. when Mt St Helens blew up. They sent all the aircraft to other bases around the country, because they didn't want ash to get into the engines. Most of us aircraft mechanics had a mini vacation because of it... A volcation, you might say!
Dude, Mt St Helens lava is Dacite.. It doesn't "flow". There are no "lava flows" anywhere from Mt St Helens, there are some lava tubes nearby from a much older volcano, but Mt St Helens just don't do that. The video you showed of lava "flowing" was from Hawaii.. not Washington.
This isn't Bill Nye the Science Guy! :)
I remember that day of the eruption very well
I'm old
Not old, those were the best of times and a great generation!
17 yrs. Old and on my way to work as a kitchen skully at WSU. We were so happy when the mountain blew, cause we didn't have to go to work!
Great tour of Mt St Helens. I remember when it erupted, lots of coverage on the news. Pretty big event back then.
I remember people selling bags of the ash LOL
In 1980 I lived in Kennewick Wa. Worked at Hanford out of pipe fitters local 598 in Pasco. I shall never forget that Sunday morning when everything changed so suddenly. I was a long way from home beings I was from Vidor Texas. Never will forget that day. Keep safe you and Jax in your travels 😊
Thanks for sharing. I remember when Mt. Saint Helens erupted. I was in grade school and born in the Bronx, NY but we were very scared at the time. Thanks for sharing.
I left the Navy end of April 1980, we drove past Mt St Helens about a week before the eruption. Later, lived upstairs from refugees of Toledo.
Oh the look you got when you made Jax get in his seat. Lol! I can just hear him say “ fine dude I just wanted a hug!”
Eric and Jax thanks for sharing your travels! GOOD CAT JAX!! Had a great summer as well. Be safe and I will stayed tuned. Around Seattle out!
GOOD BOY JAX!
Way to go, Jax! My cats would play with their mice like that! I figured it was the laws of nature taking over my cats and let them alone with their prey. One of my cats would launch the mouse across the room, the smart mouse would then run for its life! Thanks for taking us up to Mt. St. Helens! I remember the eruption well, even tho I was pretty young. Seeing the side of the volcano slide down is incredible! Being a fan of all kinds of museums, I really enjoyed seeing the old bordello! Keep finding those great pearls of museums to share with us! Take care and God bless your travels!
Such fun seeing the sites & Jax savagely torture that little mouse.
We were at Mt. St. Helens in 1995, 15yrs after the eruption. The devastation that was still so visible was chilling.
I visited Mt St. Helens in 1981 and things sure have changed. A creek had been filled in down to the freeway by that parallels the coast and the road up to the mountain was open only a short distance to a ridge where we could look at the damage. We weren't allowed further up because of concern that more could happen. It would be fun to go back and see it again.
Hurrah!!! Jax caught the original squeak toy!
Mt St Helen’s is on my bucket list.
I said ‘your gonna be sorry’ when you said you weren’t taking a jacket.
It’s always cooler in higher elevations.
You should always have a jacket and jeans in your backpack.
We took our rig up through there last year and stopped at the gift shop/A Frame too. Lady inside was super nice and we talked to the owner who also was in the process of getting licensed to conduct night big foot hunting tours. He told us that he had actually been on the big foot hunting show a couple times and that he has seen 3 big foots. Super nice guy.
A 20 minute video?? About time!!! Watched the whole thing. Jax is putting work in.
Jax (aka "The Mouser!") cracks me up! SUCH an expressive cat; I swear that he is to Eric what Garfield is to Jon. ROFL!!!!! i'm a dog person myself but Jax is one of those cats that has my heart as well. (There have been a few over the course of my life.) Can't believe you thought you were gonna be warm enough once you started up the mountain. HAHAHA 🤣 (Just teasing. We've probably ALL done that at some point in our lives, and probably will again.) Safe travels, you two!
I was 13 and working outside where I lived 20 miles west of Yakima(Tampico) when St Helens erupted. It got dark as midnight at noon then came the ash. What an experience !
*Your videos always make me smile......one time Bigfoot saw me...no one believed him......*
Your comment made me smile, thanks.
New movie about that.
We have a couple of "Big Foot" videos on our channel....we always have fun with the big guy.....thanks for the reply
LMBO LOL!!! THAT WAS SO FUNNY!! Made my day!!!
You didn't stop at the scenic overlook so that we could see the beautiful bridge from the top. I was really amazed when we went there.
Daniel Puig I watched a couple of guys BASE jump off that thing. It was impressive!
I was in Portland with my dad when it erupted, I will never forget that it snowed ash on everything for days.
That was very interesting seeing Mt. St. Helens today.
I was in the 4th or 5th grade when it happened living in Mesa, Arizona at the time and I can remember they brought a television into our classroom so we could watch the news of what was happening with Mt. St. Helens. We didn't get any ash where I lived from it.
But in 1993 I was trucking up to Kent, Washington and bought a souvenir that has ash from a few different distances from the eruption.
What a good mouser he is!! I hope you gave him extra treats for catching that mouse! Good boy, Jax!
I think I’ve now seen Jax catch more mice than you catch fish.
Cats are proud to share their catch with you. Our cat has brought us mice, snakes, birds and a baby bunny that got away later. The Saint Helen cloud circled the world and many flights got canceled for weeks.
LOL the look Jax gave you when he had to get down while you were driving.
Maybe Jax should go fishing; he seems to have better luck.
I remember feeling the St. Helens earthquake when I was a kid. I lived in Chilliwack BC, Canada just north of the border.
Jax earned his keep.
I was 7 yrs old and in the middle of Sunday morning service in Yakima, WA. when Mount St. Helens Blew her top back in the early 80s. I believe my mom still has some ash from when Mt. St. Helens blew. I remember it being bright and sunny when we went to church and then it being pitch black to the point that you could barely see 5 feet in front of your car going home from church services because they let out early because of the fact there was SOO MUCH ash coming down that they wanted everyone to be able to get home safely and not get stuck trying to get home.
Mount Saint Helen’s blew up on Sunday, May 18, 1980 and more than 300 miles away in Spokane Washington it was completely dark at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. The dark gray ash came down like snow and we could barely breathe. Most places around here had ash 3 inches deep on everything, we were washing shoveling and scooping ash for the rest of the year. Semi-truck loads of facemasks were brought into the Pacific Northwest of the US and everybody wore masks for weeks and weeks just to breathe. Tens of thousands of cars trucks and equipment had engines destroyed because this Ash got sucked in and plugged the air filters. People had engines destroyed because engine air filtering systems leaked and got this volcanic ash sucked into the engines destroying them in a matter of minutes. I was only 18 and it’s still fresh in my memory.
Caveman Jack I remember all that. As the crow flies, we’re 40 miles west of the mountain. We didn’t get that much ash until the next week and then we got dumped on. Really dumped on. Panty hose on the air cleaners of cars, lawn mowers any any other gas engine.
RIP mouse. Ya messed with he wrong catman. Nice work Jax.👍🏼 Great video Eric. Safe travels. Thank you.👍🏼🤘🏼😎
Good for Jax! Love that kitty! Videos are great! Thanks for all the hard work.
Chest mount on the bike is the best view of the ride!!
Thanks. I might test a few other angles out, but I kind of agree. Chest mount is the best POV for this bike and my riding position. Shows a little of the gas tank, both mirrors, and the bike only takes up the bottom half of the viewing screen. I'm pretty happy with the composition so far.
In 1980 i was 9 years old....i dont remember anything about the eruption....but i do recall playing with my Star Wars Toys at that time.....Kid Life:)
The cat our daughter as a teen brought home one day loved to catch mice bring them in the kitchen on the rug to show me while I was cooking supper, lunch, or breakfast ... Enjoyed your video...
I went up to the mt. when the logs were down all over the place. Flowers were growing too.The lake had logs floating in
It.The hike was awesome.Good choice in magnet. You were probably a kid back when i went, the first time.I loved the lake u were fishing at.The houses around it were cool. The
Bordello was interesting. Jax
cracks me up, as usual.
Thanks Eric and Jaxs.
Remember the eruption clearly. We were living in Gladstone Oregon. I was in the house with the kids, my husband was washing the top of our travel trailer. Everything started shaking and a huge kaboom. We could see the eruption in the distance. Quickly closed all the windows, brought the pets inside, closed the flue to the chimney. When it was all over the whole yard, cars, everything was covered in ash.
Me and my friend went up there just after they opened the area you are in. nothing but a single strip black top road through utter devastation. it was surreal, awesome and humbling. I was at work in Renton on the day she blew, clear sunny day, but in the distance this huge, looked like the largest thunder cloud I can remember. everyone at work was commenting on that huge cloud on the horizon. that was the ash cloud. will never forget that.
Was at Mount St Helens this past June. The movie at the observation center was very informative and the ranger talks are free. There wasn't much lava at all when the mountain exploded. But lots of ash which fell from the sky and huge land and mud slides from instantaneous melting snow from the heat of the eruption. The tree in the observation center with bark on only one side was 9 miles from the mountain. All the devastation you saw at the observation center happened in 184 seconds. There was so much force and debris it was like forcing 2 elephants thru 1 square meter per second. And for reference, the observation center is 4 miles from Mount St Helens.
Thanks for taking me there again. This eruption was a very big deal. There was volcanic ash from the eruption that made it to Minnesota. Railroad cars still had ash on them when arriving in Minnesota.
Makes me think about the super volcano under Yellowstone.
Keep up the great work Eric!
I went up to Washington to visit a friend in 1986 and we went to the overlook - but couldn't make out anything due to overcast. At that time, there was very little in the way of parking, and that building wasn't built yet. At that time, the devastation was still evident with downed trees, and mud choked creeks as we made our way up to the lookout.
That's one happy Jax
70 degrees out, no fairing, and a short sleeve shirt. I knew that wouldn't last.
I remember that A-frame on the news, and lots of shows since then.
Was talking about St. Helens a while back, but couldn't (and still can't) remember the old guy that didn't leave.
Still have containers of ash from then.
Jax deserves a real treat.. That is a big benefit of having a cat on the road.
Mouse candy!
Eric be grateful Jax didn't leave the mouse on the bed as a present for you! I learned the hard way to do a mouth check every time I let one of my outdoor cats back in!
Ralph Mills
eh...my first cat was a total warrior and she was the runt in litter. all the freaking time she hunted and she was very well fed by me. if I yelled at her dropping off dead squirrel, birds and rabbits at my doorstep then she would do it more often.
she had it in her head that she was giving back, providing us humans with food and if I yelled she wasn't giving us enough! if I didn't say anything to her then shed only do it 1-3 times a week.
she was an indoor/ outdoor cat and had many litters. my only approval was to teach her kittens how to hunt before were adopted. and she never them. just delivered the corpse to me. YUCK!
one time I was my best friends house and we were laying down on separate couches watching TV. her patio door was open so dogs could run in and out. one dog apparently killed a bird... ran inside and leaped up and dropped the dead bird from its mouth onto my friends chest!!! lmfao!!! omg... no matter how disgusting that was... the shock from my friend etc still makes me laugh hard today!
same thing in my eyes... dog was giving to his tribe ... helping out with food.
they don't know any better. many are raised to hunt. its their instincts.
@@neeneec5394 The problem with my hunter was he always practice catch-&-release. Catch outside, live release inside. Evidently he thought I should have a go at learning how to be a mouser. (I also had to escourt back outside frogs, toads, chipmunks and even a flying squirrel one time)
Great video, was interesting to see some of the history concerning the eruption and good to see all that is viewable from the observatory.
Jax is the greatest
Safe travels
I was at McChord AFB when she blew. At first the wind carried the ash west of us, but in the later eruptions the ash was blown our way. Found myself sweeping a lot of it off the loading dock at supply on base. Lol
Jax is definitely a good mouser! Love that town of Centralia. What a cool little town.
Yay for Jax. Mouse hunter extraordinaire. I lived through the eruption. Was in Great Falls Montana. The ash was so thick. We stayed indoors all the businesses and schools closed and when we got our first rain after it the ash clogged all the street drains and we had floods.
Wow!!! Mount Saint Helens is beautiful!!! Awesome!!! Thank you for sharing!!!👠🚌👠
I was 15 when the mountain blew and we could see it from our home in Puyallup Washington. The next day our cars were covered in ash. What stuck with me most was old Harry Truman who refused to leave his home at the Mount St. Helens lodge on Spirit Lake. He was one of 57 people that died that day. His body will never be recovered because it’s under so much of the mountain.
I was there when the observatory was first built I am surprised at all the new growth I'm seeing on ur video. Mother nature is amazing
Thanks for sharing your trip with us
I was 14 when it happened . The aftermath of destruction it caused was horrific
Neat Museum and souvenir stores
😉🙏✌💞😺💞👍👌😊
A short story about MT St Helens. My wife and I were visiting the provincial museum in Edmonton, Alberta and one of the artifacts was a pedestal type sysmometer. I was studying it and the needle started jumping....I asked a nearby security guard if it does that very often and he was flabbergasted as he had never seen it move before. We went back to our hotel that evening and on the news was the coverage of Mount saint Helens eruption.
There were no lava flows outside the dome in the crater it was lahars which are mud and ash flows. I was living in Seattle at the time and flew out to Minneapolis the next day and they had to route us down to Portland before going east to avoid the ash cloud.
I do remember the eruption of Mt. St. Helens, it wasn't really that long ago, lol. Yep, them cats love to play with those mices, meese, or mouses, good boy Jax. Thank you for the video Eric, y'all take care and YHVH bless.
Yeah, that's all that's left of Mt. St. Helens. She was beautiful. We used to go camping at Spirit Lake when I was a kid and there was a long, straight path that looked like it ended way up on the beautiful snow-covered top. My husband and I met after the eruption, but while it still had blown-over trees like ash-covered toothpicks. Either things are growing back very quickly, or time is going by very fast...lol
Hell Yeah! Now that's a Cat earning it's keep. Awesome!!!
Wow! how beautiful,MT Saint Helen.Amazing.
The last time I was there was May 17th 1980. It was a Saturday and our family decided to drive down from Maple Valley Wa. to check it out. We drove up to the red zone perimeter and there were a lot of people like us hoping to see something. The mountain spit out a tiny steam cloud that was it.. We went with my aunt uncle and cousins and us kids were begging to camp out. My aunt and uncle brought their camper but my aunt had set a timer on their stove to start cooking a roast that night so we had to go home.
The next morning we couldn't beleive the mou rain blew.
I've never wanted to go back.....
Jax earned his keep for the year!
One mouse in a RV can be a disaster. P.S. That cat loves you big time Eric. Safe travels. Peace.
Fun video! Now I need to go to Mt St. Helens myself...Thanks for sharing!
This is one of the best videos you've done, Eric! Action (Jax and mouse), Bigfoot! Gorgeous scenery! and Prostitution!! (as well as some very impressive editing skills. Are there Emmy awards for UA-cam videos?
This is a quality channel with great content, the cat, Eric, the sites, this is great stuff.
Hey, that’s the same music that plays in my head when I ride.
Great Video! I remembered watching this on a live web cam as it occured. Thanks for adding my channel RV me Happy!
I got my first piece of ash May 18th 1980.
That's funny right there, I don't care who you are!
Actually was on a t-shirt sold in that buried A frame gift shop in mid 1980's
14:37 70,000 miles by the end of the day? Damn that’s one high mountain Erik! LOL
and one *fast* motorcycle to travel that in one day
Ray would be proud, Ladies of the evening! LOL!
I remember hearing the boom from the Mt St Helen's eruption up here in Southern British Columbia.
A few days after mount saint Helen blew, I was living in Truro Nova Scotia and ash covered our cars
I was a little kid in Connecticut and our outdoor patio table had enough black ash on it to write my name in with my finger.
@@shiftlock4355 That's interesting because I lived in Michigan and we didn't have ash on anything Michigan's between Connecticut and Washington
Sharon Gypsy dove
I don't remember any ash in Cincinnati and 99.9% certain we didn't get any
Kerry the ash actually circled the globe. Crazy!
@@pnwester2697 wait and see if YELLOWSTONE BLOWS the whole continent will be covered
Eric don’t miss the fall foliage in the north east
I so remember the eruption, was living in SD at the time and the ash was everywhere days later. Thanks for sharing! 🙋♀️👍
Wow, Jax is the best! I see the need for a cat now!!!!
Wow thanks for bringing us on the ride 💯really beautiful scenery😎👍
My Dad was living in Long Beach, Washington when Mt St Helens blew. He sent us a few things from it.
Bikes, Fishing, Cats, Rats, Volcanoes, Hoes, and Snow -- what's not to love?! :D
Extra Good video! Eric. I really enjoyed it! I remember the eruption..the ash ruined lots of car engines and stuff! I LOVE that Jax! He is One personality Kitty! He is the Best travel companion anyone coud ever hope for!
Jax you killer! You go boy! 😂 I remember Mt St Helen's eruption well. I was pregnant with my son. It's so interesting how nature has come back and it really hasn't been all that long. Very cool video! I loved the bordello! The antiques and style were so well preserved. Thanks for sharing! 💖💜💖
The eruption of MOUNT SAINT HELENS occurred when I was a Senior in High School getting ready to GRADUATE. I think the whole US remembers that Day.. Jax 🐈was cute catching a mouse🐀
SAFE TRAVELS 🇺🇸🚌 & GOD'S PROTECTION & BLESSINGS 🙏
I was living in Eugene Oregon when that Blew. Ash everywhere, black out conditions.
DL Haye
my flight from Seattle to Cincinnati back in 1997... our pilot from Delta airlines went off course just to fly over it and even announced he's going to fly lower than aloud to so we could see it as close as possible!!!
that was the best flight I have ever taken!!!!! lol
then he announced he's going to speed over the air limit to make up the time so that we land at airport on time. :) he took at least 40 minutes off course to do this and ask ahead of time if any objections. everyone was like heck yeah!!!!
I hope he didn't get into trouble. he even did an extra circle around it. I don't remember exacts but we landed about 15 minutes late
I would love to hike through there and even be at one erupting that safe to see the lava.
DL Haye
PS
my ex's step mom lives in your town. we stayed there for a week or so and saw the meteor showers back around 2000/1. I've never seen anything like it... hundred/ thousands at once flying across the sky.
But Dad I want to play with it before I kill it😻Jax always makes me smile ☺️
Jax is a good listener
Takes me back to those Tom and Jerry cartoons.
I really loved this video. I remember the damage so well. It was very sad. It is what it is. Thanks for sharing your experience with us. So pretty.
Granny Fan
Fun watching Jax get the mouse! Great video Eric!!
I remember that eruption. We had a very fine dusting of ash on our cars all the way in the San Francisco Bay Area! Crazy.
I remember the ash covering cars in South East saskatchewan Canada as well.
DebbzVanVlog I was living in Santa Cruz at the time that eruption happened and we didn’t get any ash at all so hmmm that’s crazy
@@davidkingraiders7294 We were in Hayward and it was super light but you could see it on the glass of the cars if you swiped your finger over it. Maybe the sea air kept the jet stream from heading that way. It was crazy to see such an event even on TV.
I like the video on the bike going up the mountain. Great Jax got to do some natural cat things with a mouse.
I was in high school in Florence Oregon when the mountain blew remember it. We had ash on our roof and at times it looked like it was snowing grey snow and our sliding glass door shook like crazy.
I am a firm believer in bigfoot. Along the McKenzie river here in Oregon he has been spotted a few times. I hope to see one some day. Thank you for sharing this video.
Fun video. Enjoyed the views too. Great catch for Jax.
I remember my saint Hellen’s like it was yesterday. I was at moffett field. We used to fly dfw’s over that mountain range all the time. I remember flying over the mountain after it was all cleared out I believe probably six months or so after the event. The scarring of the mountain made me gasp. Between that all the new events it is the most devastating event in my life time. I thank GOD it was such rural area. If it happens around SeaTac it will be epic in human history.
Loved tne Mt St Helens views and so cool the museums. great interesting video. Safe travels also tell Jax Good Boy with his mouse catching skills.