Time Sipping Away: Boondocking BC
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- As I continue my Northwest Journeys, this section talks about how to find the best sites, and my own special blend of nature's herbal tea.
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With all the foraging for plants and berries, this episode should have been titled “Slim Pickings.” Lol!
Hahaha
Lmao!!!
Bravo!
Good one!
ohh yes... perfect... so funny.
Slim, I love your creativity in your videos. I find myself getting tired of watching other UA-cam RV channels, but not yours. You keep things interesting both visually and verbally....plus you are not always trying to sell something. It is refreshing and relaxing. Thanks for what you do. It is great for those of us stuck in the house during these times.....
Yes, I follow some RV channels too, and they all have their adorable things, and are good channels. But ... Slim Potatohead is unique, in exactly the ways you describe.
So True! I love his videos.
Slim posts a video, and I stop whatever I'm doing at that moment to watch it
Ha! Me too 😂
Same here
Cyndi Foore he’s the piper
Me too
Rootin' tootin' good time! ☺
Thank you for the peacefulness of this video.
May God bless you abundantly.
What a soothing pleasant video to watch! Thanks Slim!😊👍🌲⛰🐻🦌🗻🏕🌲🗻🦌🏕🌲⛰
19:05 Blazing Saddles - Good thing you had the place to yourself. Safe travels!
Mr. Potatohead the fuel pump is in the gas tank and it depends on fuel in the tank to keep it cool don't drive with low fuel often or you will pay big when fuel pump craps out. It happened to me years ago no more running with low fuel for me.✌👍
I loved the subtle reference to Blazing Saddles!
Another great video Slim. I like your easy going style..
Beautiful videos. Love Natural Geographic, love your videos beautiful look forward to more.. thanks brings me to a calm sadate place..
The entire Dandelion plant is edible, from blossom to root. The flowers can be eaten cooked or raw, (there is a YT video of a bush crafter I follow from the UK who makes battered and deep fried dandelion flowers. They looked delicious!) The stems and leaves made a great salad green and the roots can be cleaned and cooked like a root veggie or dried, roasted and ground into a fantastic coffee substitute. I tried my hand at making some dandelion coffee for the first time this year, with some roots I picked out of my backyard. I actually quite liked it. Very close in flavour to coffee but with more of a fruity flavour. Quite delicious and easy to process. It would make a great evening-around-the-fire "mug-up" drink just before hitting the sack as there is no caffeine.
Just beyond Fort Nelson you may see black bears near the side of the highway! And, you're now entering some of the most scenic areas of northern B.C. Cheers, Steve
Edit: Do not rely on the printed maps for seeing where the gas stations are - I made that mistake and was relying on a gasoline station being open ... it wasn't, and was out of business. Then I had to make a tough decision to turn back or go forward not knowing if I had enough gas for either direction. The good news is, you will see pick up trucks carrying large external tanks for stranded motorists - the bad news is the price you'd have to pay for such a service and the time you'd have to wait for one to show up.
So glad to get to see some of Canada this season! The wild edible discussion was fun
Herbal tea and beans? Your saddle may just be blazing tonight. Hahahahaha Cheers!!!
Nice video Slim!
fart night
Shanto Lion if you are quite used to beans they are not so likely to put you in a windy state....
@@jonnycando I can vouch for that.
You’re so fortunate to have such beautiful campsites to yourself. Thanks for the tip about the Canadian “Bible”. That tea looks delicious!
This is a beautiful trip. I made the drive up the Alaska highway all the way to Alaska ten years ago in a Ford Escape (small gas tank) and was very glad I carried two extra cans of gas.
Wow Slim, pretty gutsy there. I traveled that same highway pulling a t@b 400 in early Sept last year and we lived by the rule - when the gauge hits half a tank, fill up. If I remember right, there is a whole lot of nothing out there but beautiful scenery. I also seem to remember cell coverage wasn't the best either and carrying an industrial size can of bear spray was encouraged.
I love your tips about survival foods in the wild. I didn't know that you could make a tea out of spruce or pine needles. I'm going to try it
Slim, I love your voice so much that I let you put me to sleep at night. Not saying that you're boring. I'm saying it's very soothing. I also just love Learning new things from you. I've lived off grid in Trapper Creek Alaska for 17 years now and I recently ordered cheap solar panels from harbor freight and now I can get internet access to be able to watch your Channel. I've been able to utilize UA-cam for so many helpful things. Last summer I finally put down my septic tank system after 16 years of outhouse!!! Thank you Slim!!! I'll be watching and listening. 💋
As always a beautiful nature video, with a lot of good ideas. Always nice to see your videos. It remind me of a TV show that we had in Norway in the 80`s. Everyone born that time , know the man and the programme. Thank you and best wishes from Jan in Norway
As usual like clockwork slim you deliver. Damn i wish i was where you are right now. Amazing how you do it slim. You my friend inspire more than you know. Awesome video.
That was lovely. As healing a a cup of rosehip and spruce tea 😁
Love this video! Such a beautiful setting and great cinematography. Thank you 🙏
We have been watching you for almost a year. You bring abundant joy to our home. Your videos are in a class called “EXCELLENT”!
Thank you for all of you teach and share.
We love love you Slim❤️❤️❤️❤️
That is why I had to get rid of my small trailer (FF132) which I loved dearly. Couldn't do the northern travels without a couple of jerrycans of fuel which I didn't want to drag along every time.
Never drive the Alcan Highway without gassing up, drove it to Alaska several times from the states, you’ll learn, safe travels, grab your fishing 🎣 pole
Another great video, Slim! I have no idea how anyone can click a thumbs-down on any of your videos. I wait on the edge of my seat for every new one, and I re-watch your previous videos in the meantime! Always so informative and entertaining. Keep them coming!
Slim must be "loose as a goose" eating raisin bran, beans and drinking herbal tea. 😁
Speaking of "loose as a goose", apparently some dogs find goose poopies a ravishing delicacy. 😁
@@ExtraordinaryLiving carnivorous animals who eat the feces of others are trying to supplement a deficient die-it, blame Purina GMO cornfields for that.
@@ExtraordinaryLiving If anyone's dog does that...off to the vet it is to find out what is missing!
Slim....You are indeed a natural nature person.....great informed videos
Always take care of yourself and keep going.....and thanks....
Great video as always. You seem to always find great camping spots. Raisin Bran, Herbal Tea and Beans. Hope you have your porta potty LOL!!! Thanks for sharing yet another enjoyable, calming video. Be well and play safe!
Sometimes, “Better lucky than good”. Good book too. I think I might carry a fishing rod to the great places you go, MAN-O-MAN. I know you like veggies. I do too. But, I could see some light, white, flaky trout, with slivered smoked almonds and a light coat of corn meal. Grilled green beans... Whew... Maybe some hot rose hips and spruce tea... a campfire... Thanks for sharing. Texas
I would have used my Hobo fishing rod to good use on this lake.
You’re a tease Papa Jeff
Oh wow...... I am so so jealous! Sitting in a house, on a wet 'n muggy afternoon in the UK, I'd give anything to be out in a beautiful place like that, on my own, mixing up a good herbal tea, fresh salad and maybe a bit of barbecue meat/chicken or fish.... Dream on! So lovely to see your videos, they're always so good, entertaining and instructive, inspiring and spirit lifting. Thank you so much for doing what you do. 👍👋
The flower from the red clover is much better tasting as a tea than eating raw. Also, it is very nutritious and contains vitamin C, protein, amino acids, vitamin B (not B12) and magnesium. In tea it actually taste good, and to ad som spruce, it makes it a little bit like citrus tasting.
For those traveling in the US, Rand McNally Road Atlas offers a series of State Gazettes for each state. These are highly detailed maps covering most backwood roads, trails and camping areas for that given state. Most state gazettes are currently available for download to your phone, iPad or other electronic device from Rand McNally.
always informative and interesting, slim
Love your videos! Beautiful scenery and you have such a great attitude about everything! When you were gathering your berries and pine needles I couldn't help think of Euell Gibbons tho, ever eat a pine tree? And you didn't forget Mel Brooks either!
I feel like I’m watching the “Hinterland Who’s Who” commercials and these are great! The ASMR sounds of nature along with the educational aspects you put in make these videos worth watching, and listening to!
I loved those Hinterland video shorts growing up. I wish they would bring them back. "For more information about the "XXXXX", please visit the Canadian Wildlife Service, 56 Sparks Street, Ottawa." Classic. (Funny I can remember a vague address for a federal dept. from decades ago but have a hard time remembering what I had for breakfast some days!)
Wow what a view!
Beautiful campground. We have many camping sites like that here in Wisconsin 🙂 awesome maps. Thanks for sharing!
I just learn so much from your videos. I keep watching them over and over again. Thanks Slim
If you're going as far as Watson Lake, get gas at the pumps in front of Watson Lake Motors, by far the cheapest in town. It's just east of the Sign Post Forest. It's not well marked, but that's where the locals get their gas.
I ran my tank completely dry on my equinox this summer towing a '94 destiny cedar popup... but I didn't have a gas can. My car is a bit of a POS in that gas gauge is not fully functional so I was going by mileage and tried to push it because I miscalculated how poor my mileage would be when it was so good coming the other way. I was in rural northern Michigan without cell service on 2 separate providers and had to end up calling 911 to have them get a hold of a tow company to come out and give us gas. 2gal(~8L) of gas ended up costing us $50, then another $40 to fill up at the next station. I'll be planning to strap a gas can going forward after that lol.
Slim! Always fill up when you are going out into the woods like that!
OK Mom...will do
You have the best video’s 😊
I knew an oldtimer, he would tell me about his trapping days and how he would make moonshine out of pine needles!😂🤣
Spruce beer is full of vitamin c, cheers!
Where did you come up with the name, Slim Potatohead !??
SLIM 😀 YOUR A REAL NATURE GUY FINDING BEAUTY IN ALL! !! STAY SAFE AND GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS 💖
Wish I could taste that tea!
Thank you, botanist Slim for all the information about the herbs and plants 😁 👍.
Nice video Slim ✌👍✋👏💚
Great video! Like always. He is my inspiration and my mentor without even knowing... 😊
I'm living vicariously through your videos, stuck in HOT South Texas. Thank you!
For cool, calm and honest travel videos just watch Slim's !
When you are in the USA do you use the Delorme Atlas & Gazetteer for each state? They are very similar to the map book of B.C. that you showed, and contain the same kind of information.
"Want some more beans, Mr Taggart!?"
"I'd say you boys have had ENOUGH!!"
LOVE Mel Brooks! ♥️😂🤣😂♥️
Blazing saddles 💣
Great video Slim. What a gift to have the lake and a dock.
Too bad you didn’t have a kayak.
Too bad he didn't have & use a fishing pole.
Too bad he didn’t even know a lake to himself would be there. Best just to have a portable kayak and pole with you as a camper just to magnify the experience.
Dear Mr. Slim,,, I wanted to let you know that 1 of your biggest fans,, Connie G ,, and a good friend of mine has passed away,,, She dearly loved your videos as do many
Slim thank you for sharing your tea recipe. We also have had bog teas and enjoy them immensely. We quite often have made rose hip teas for the very fact they are filled with Vitamin C and ever so healthy. Your pictures were beautiful and calm. The north suits you as you look happy. Thanks for sharing the gorgeous country of Canada with us your viewers. We will be watching. I especially enjoyed the calm of the north. We truly are so lucky to live here. CDH
Nice relaxing morning. Thanks for the foraging info the tea looks Delicious. I swear I can smell the spruce.
very good video yes back roads maps are awesome thanks I use them all the time 🛠️🛠️🇨🇦🇨🇦👍👍
After watching videos of huge 5th wheelers, probably not far off the square feet of my house, it's great it watch you and where you go with your rig. More my style and you visit the most beautiful countryside. Thanks from Scotland.
I carried a plastic jerry can in my van on my trip across canada.. the seem busted and gas dumped everywhere. Of course, I spent several hours in an icestorm before i got to the nearest town and cut out all the interior carpet. Had a migraine for days. Jerry can is now only carried outside my vehicle/trailer.
One of the best Vlog videos I have seen, absolutely brilliant! Thank you so much for this, your videos highlight my week. Peace, calm, nature, foraging, Van living etc, love it.
For a second there, I thought it was going to be baked grouse with rosehip dressing for dinner!
I just found Slim's videos. Not even a camper but love his great advice and ideas, his naturalist instincts and his respect for living things. He knows a great deal about botany, and potential perils of wilderness living. It would seem sensible to have the handbooks he recommends. Slim must be a vegetarian as I don't see any fridge, freezer or meat. I couldn't live that basic.
Hey Slim,
Great video as always. Hm...raisin “bran”, then beans? Your evening must have been reminiscent of the cheese Parmesan trip. 😉
"You might wanna filter it... meh" I knew there was a reason I liked you
Do you have a compass when you go for longer walks?
Is that map you recommended just for British Columbia, or is it available for allparts if Canada?
I will probably never travel around Canada (Sweden here) , but I love maps and that one looked great
I have the Alberta one
There are several for Ontario. Also most of the States have one.
"Beans, beans the musical fruit." Oh, sorry Slim got carried away. Looks like a really beautiful area to visit. In the meadow noticed that you kept looking over you shoulder, was there something out there the you heard, but couldn't see? That is the one thing when you are by yourself. Knowing your surroundings. Anyway another great video. Take care and be safe out there.
I was thinking about the beans limerick when Slim mentioned having beans for diner. At least no one else will be around if/when they start to work. 😉
Beautiful area for sure. Stay safe! - Tom “Outdoors and Country Living”
Very interesting video. Keep up the good work.
Slim Potatohead - the 21st Century Eull Gibbons (do you remember him).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euell_Gibbons
Always get excited when I open youtube and see there's a new Slim Potatohead video to watch lol
This was especially enjoyable and very soothing to watch. Safe travels, from a subscriber in Cape Town.
Ever eat a pine cone? Many parts are edible....Eual Gibbons
Very interesting! I’ve always wanted to have an herbal outdoor tea, but I’m not familiar with what is edible and what isn’t. Great camping spot. Enjoy!!❤️
Exactly what I like to do. Just sit and enjoy. I don’t need to do anything.
Thanks Slim!👍
That’s a worry for me- running out of gas. Good decision. Don’t take the chance. Wow. Looks like an awesome spot. That looks like an awesome book. Is there one for Ontario? So what you are on is not Crown land? Because I read you need a permit and have to pay to stay on Crown land- maybe if you are not a Canadian resident? Good tips for foraging. Can’t squirrels be so annoying. Looked like delicious tea. Enjoy. Alice
Another great and informative video Slim! You encourage me to get out into nature more. Thank you.
Ask Mel Brooks.....good one.
Just ask Mel Brooks! Yeah....!
Slim, I'm so proud of you for not missing an opportunity for a Blazing Saddles reference!
I do love your videos Slim, makes me really appreciate the beauty of our provinces' (BC&AB) have to offer. Thanks for the book tip - going to look for it!
Nice.
My mom was an old hippy. While I was growing up she always traveled with 4 of us kids by hitch hiking across the USA. As I got older, I continued to travel, but by vehicle. Mostly Van's. I've lived in them until I finally moved to Alaska 22 years ago. I still travel around my state and am always learning new things.✌🏻❤🌻
Kind of reminded me of Euell Gibbons, with all that foraging. Some guy I met in Washington state said you could fry up banana slugs in butter. LOL
Great to see your clip in the early morning!
Greetings from Los Angeles
Morning coffee with Slim !
Or tea...😝
I've driven the Alaska Hwy over 60 times and always make it a habit to never get below 1/2 full on fuel in Yukon and Northern BC because you never know if the gas station you used last year is still open. I've never run out of fuel but still carry a gas can full and have helped out many people over the years.
Somebody needs to hook Slim up with the US Army and Marines to help teach forest foraging techniques!
Enjoyed this wonderful video, Well done. ...Looks a lot like Samsquatch territory to me!...??
hi, Slim....just curious...what is towing capacity on your Jeep? enjoy your videos
Surprised there's no disclaimer Slim... "Forage at your own risk"... lol. seriously you do have to know what your picking though, beautiful country up there...
Hi Slim, great camping site...great little book for northern BC. great video,,thank you
Another excellent video from Slim Potatohead!!! Very well done, kind sir!!! I wish I was there with you!!!! Take care, be safe, all my best and God bless!!! Chuck Knight from , Texas, USA. 🤠🐩🖖✝️
Just wondering what would it have mattered if you would have pushed on until you actually did run out of gas then added fuel? would you have been in danger of damaging your vehicle?
You really need to spend more time exploring Canada. Not sure I will be able to make it back up there before I pass from this planet. Keep the videos coming though, wherever you go.
Thank you. Take care.
Yeah Slim, just you and the mosquito's! Last time I was up that way, they were attacking in formation.
Great video, and I can't wait to try the tea. The quiet lake I hope to keep in my memory always.