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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. I travel with a 2009 Honda CMX 250 on the back of my RV on a Titan Ramp 600lb carrier. Bike goes 78mph and gets 70mpg. 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
*Additional Lenses: Canon 11-22mm ef-m, 15-45mm ef-m, 50mm ef-s, 75-300mm ef-s & 10-18mm ef-s
*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
Slow Motion: Shot 1080p 240fps. Reduced to 8% in Post Production
Additional Audio: Sony ICD-PX333
Editing Laptop: 2015 MacBook Pro 2.8ghz i7 16GB Ram, 500 SSD
Editing Software: Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Editing Encoder: Adobe Encoder - Presets: MP4 VBR H.264 16mbps
Aerial Drone Shots: DJI Mavic Air 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.
Mobile Wifi: AT&T Unlimited & Verizon Unlimited
Music: / audiolibrary
Jax is a MaineCoon/Ragdoll Tabby mix. He weighs 26lbs. Born April 21st 2010.
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It is so cold here in Florida I had to turn off my air conditioner for the morning.
We aren't used to low 50s are we?
rofl jealous from oregon
I turned my heat on for about 15 minutes today in Clearwater FL
RV DOG, yes feel your pain, Central Florida
I have 8 month of natural free air conditioning:) and I cant turn it off:)
Those big green fruits are Hedge Apples or Osage Oranges. It's a shrubby tree that grows along hedge lines. The trees don't get very tall. The fruits are inedible and are used in decorative crafts. The tree was a favorite among Indians for making archery bows.
Run an extension cord to those un heated compartments where sensitive equipment is add a 60 watt light that should keep them from freezing and perhaps thaw out things. Blessings
we use to do that in the pump house.
They also make heat tapes that you could wrap things and plug it into 110
Exactly,keeps the pump m pipes from freezing. In my mom's green house too, kept her flowers alive, John Archer
I would love to see jax's reaction to the snow,lol
and leaves!
Jax is a cool cat
Those round things falling from the trees are Osage oranges I believe. People keep them in their homes to naturally repel bugs, spiders, etc.
In Texas we call them horse apples. Not edible.... Ever!
Also called hedge apples but they don’t repel bugs, it’s just folklore.
I think pigs will eat those.
@@ES-mc3cc yes pigs will eat them, if they get a chance
The wood from those trees was often used by Native Americans to make bows. You don't see Osage Orange trees as much anymore as farms have eliminated many of the fence rows where they thrived.
Beautiful drone footage!! Just awesome. Also, the falling yellow leaves hearing the wind blow ... so peaceful🍂. The deer was so cool!🦌
“Frozen Poop-sickles” is the phrase you were looking for
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Hahaha 😆
Frozen Poop-sickles....definitely not gonna like it!! lol
Can you throw them oh my the kids would have fun😣👎💩
Was always my favorite time of year in Michigan....FALL!! All the colors, Indian summers, hikes in the woods...but always knew what was looming on the horizon...WINTER...ughhhm, blahhh, nooooooo :-( since I stopped playing in the snow/ice I hated going out in it, loved to see it thru my windows lol...have since moved to California...definitely not the same but definitely warmer ;-)
Hi Eric - When it's going to be below freezing, I always put a work light or a small 200 watt heater and a remote thermometer in the water bay to avoid frozen pipes. It's easier to prevent them from freezing that it is to thaw them out. GOOD SAVE ON THE NEW MAC! Hope it all goes well.
A BIG thank you for showing us thoses trees, autumn leaves.....just toooo BEAUTIFUL!
No No No, it works like this; SOUTH! in the WINTER...NORTH in the SUMMER! Geez
Thank you for showing us so much scenery of places I will probably never get to in my life.
Your asking for problems having motor home in these weather conditions,I work at RV dealer see major damage to RV's all the time from freezing,not designed to be used in frozen conditions period.
I have been thinking about this kind of thing. I wonder if the inside of the RV is warm, your water lines won't break, but then your tanks still might?
What about rv's rated at 4 season?
Well if you have RVs that are not able to cope with frozen temperatures and possibly you do not have an RV that is sufficient to be on the road. However there are RVs that can endure through cold weather. A lot RV not necessarily the case.
I was thinking the same thing in terms of serious damage to the plumbing system of the RV. Some people don't seem to appreciate the nature of how RVs are constructed in terms of water lines and so on. People can clearly grasp what happens to water when it freezes: it expands. In a closed (water) system, any expansion of water by freezing has to go somewhere. There are lots and lots of fittings and lines that carry water throughout an RV. A burst pipe or fitting can cause hundreds if not thousands of dollars damage. I would be extremely reluctant to bring an RV into such a cold environment. Hopefully, when the water pump and the rest thaw out, there will not be any resulting damage.
I hear the plastic fittings are the weak point. The PEX tubing can handle expansion in freezing, it's the fitting and connectors that are a non-forgiving plastic that break.
6:25 Some clarification to your TIP... You’ll have to open up/run all the propane appliances (stove, heater, etc) to purge the air out because they all have separate lines going to them. 👍
I know this because having lived in MI/WI & did a lot of winter camping, etc.
👍Thanks for the awesome video Eric!👍
Very lucky with the 14 day cooling off period and the person who notified you is a star.
Hedge Apples. Great big repellent. Yeap it got really cold for a couple of days but thankfully it snowed, melted, and we are back to normal temps. That overlook was beautiful as were the yellow leaves! For those of us in the north that cant retire just yet, we winterize and store our rv's from November 1st till April 1st. A LONG 5 months.
Fun to watch when you are filming in my childhood town: Alton Illinois home of Robert Wadlow, worlds tallest man.
This is random, but one of my favorite pictures of my mom (now gone) is when she was 80yo and we brought her to "Ripley's Believe it or Not" Museum in London. The pic is of her standing in front of the Wadlow exhibit looking up at him with her hands on her hips. I think she was just standing that way for balance, but from behind it looks like a little old lady telling off this giant! Makes me smile every time I see it.
Love those leaves, every fall the grandkiddies and I used to go gather up all the different color configurations. So many different ways the leaves color!!
Be sure you thank that person who let you know about the new Macbook so promptly!!!!
You need to put the heaters in the compartment the night BEFORE the temperature is forcasted to drop. It's easier to prevent freezing than it is to thaw things out.
Good morning Eric! It’s my Nomadic Fanatic Alarm clock! I love the your videos man! Love the snow!!!
You captured a beautiful fall day looking out over Swan River. I loved hearing the rustling of the leaves in the wind, seeing the doe, & the crispy sounds of the leaves when you walk on them. I missed out walking on our country road because they paved it. The fall colors are beautiful. I hope better days are ahead for you, & you eventually get rid of that crap! (Hahaha, I didn't know how else to say it.) Jax sure loved his yellow/blue feather!
Maclura pomifera, commonly known as the Osage orange, hedge, or hedge apple tree is a small deciduous tree or large shrub, typically growing to 8 to 15 metres (30-50 ft) tall. The distinctive fruit, from a multiple fruit family, is roughly spherical, bumpy, 8 to 15 centimetres (3-6 in) in diameter, and turns bright yellow-green in the fall. Although Osage oranges are commonly believed to repel insects, there is insufficient evidence to support this. Research has shown that compounds extracted from the fruit, when concentrated, may repel insects. However, the naturally occurring concentrations of these compounds in the fruit are far too low to make the fruit an effective insect repellent.
My favorite camping is fall & winter camping . Less bugs and with strategy & practice you can more easily stay warm than you can combat high summer temps. It takes prep but it's doable
I've heard those things called horse apples. Horses love them.
Never heard them called that. We called them hedge apples. You are correct horses love them. Showed horses 50 plus years. Happy Trails.
I have a tree in my yard that produces these and lived nearby years ago and the tree there did also, we put them in the road and let the school bus run over them, the green part is really tough. Then they break and they juice inside is very staining black...but the walnuts you get out, are edible, I don't eat them, but a lot of people have asked if they could have them, and I have let them have them.
Come on, you should know this, they are tennis balls trees lol
Nice bike ride beautiful countryside. Good luck with the Mac Book. Jax loves his feather. So does my Maddy cat . You and stay safe! Get out of that cold weather.
Chasing Thanksgiving instead of 70. Oh boy, that’s a challenge.
In Texas, we call those horse apples. Now that you are a Texan, you will need to learn these things.😉 In the old days, the Bois D Arc (Osage orange) trees were used for fence posts. Once the posts dry out, they are as tough as granite!
In east Texas we called those green things Horse Apples.
Brrr! You sure are brave. Good luck. At least, the snow melted right away. Beautiful leaves and scenery. That is so good that you will be getting the latest model of your computer.
So happy you were able to get the newest MAC! You have done wonderful work and have come such a long way in your storytelling and editing abilities. Be safe. Those damn deer will walk out in front of you on your bike as well and if you are doing your due diligence they will mess you up. Looking forward to more from you Erik. Give Jax an ear rub from us here on youtube.
The yellow-green fruit, commonly called hedge apples, is produced by the Osage-orange tree. The female trees produce 3-to-5 inch-diameter fruit which ripens in September and October and falls to the ground. Other cultivated members of the Osage-orange family include the mulberry and fig.
I have heard many people say hedge apples are great for pest control. They put them around the foundation of their homes or in the basement to deter cockroaches, spiders, boxelder bugs and crickets.
We always call them hedge apple when I was going up. We throw them under our house because it get rides of bugs and mice. They don’t like it.
Those round things in those trees are the fruit of the Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera). The fruit are not edible but the seeds can be eaten. This species is not at all related to any Citrus such as the sweet orange but is in the same family as the mulberry, fig or any other Ficus species.
That is awesome they let you return the Mac the new one is gonna be a lot better for sure 👍
Eric, this is your new friend, Dawn and those are from the Osage Orange Tree or as we call them Hedge Apples.
Here's a published piece that best explains them...
Place whole hedge apples in areas where spiders are seen. Set the hedge apples on a piece of tinfoil or in a small bowl to prevent the juice from ruining flooring, cabinetry or other materials in your home. Place hedge apples about two feet from areas of spider infestations.
Cut the fruit in half or crush it with a hammer to get quicker results. Opening the fruit immediately exposes pests to the milk of the fruit. Place the exposed pieces in a dish. Set the dish in the area where you most often see spiders.
Dispose of hedge apples once the majority of the green skin has disappeared. Hedge apples will last two to three months in a cool room or area.
Eric look at getting an Extenda Stay for your propane system so you can hook up 20 pound tanks and not have to leave
Definitely a lifesaver for me, I even ran the hose into the neighboring compartment that houses my 20 lb tanks (properly labeled and ventilated). Makes things so much more flexible regarding when and where I get propane.
Very cool to see a video from the road in cold weather 👍 and interesting to see how you handle the problems of RVing in the cold 👍
Try chasing 70F, life will be better
44-70 degrees in california right now , but gas is $4.00/gallon. 😤
@@OcRefrig Over 70 today in north central Florida; gas $215.9 per gallon.
I used to live in Iowa. I understand cold weather and frozen pipes. Ugh. The hot dog looked great.
4:09 Shitter's full. Reminds me of Christmas Vacation. lol
Lmbo
I enjoy seeing the snow....ANYTHING but that dusty desert!
84 degrees in Mission TX. I think you made a wrong turn! 😋
Hola Mission, TX! I lived in Edinburg for 20 yrs! There are two seasons in South Texas, hot and less hot! Lol!
Happy Thanksgiving!
@@rubywingo6030 , don't forget about the two day winters! Thanks for the shout out. Going on our fourth year full time:)
Eric, the tree is an osage orange and what you found is called an hedge apple. Many years ago they made fence posts out of the trees, they became very hard as they dried out and did not rot. My husband recently made a cane out of a osage orange branch.
We always called those things “horse apples”.
That’s why I love my diesel heater. No shortage of diesel and takes up much less space to store it.
Back in my neck of the woods.Have a safe great time brother."And your little cat too" :)
Great video. Love the info. Will come in handy in the future. Love seeing Jax. He loves feathers
"AwThe smell of black tank in the morning" lol, now I see why it's so important to chase that 70 degree weather ! Hope everything goes well with getting your new computer they do love to make you jump through hoops though, Jax's is one cool cat, stay warm and unfrozen Eric looking forward to more videos take care.😀👍🐱🧡
I winter over in Pa and a trick to keeping tanks from freezing use the furnace, and a lamp in the area where your valves are with a regular 100 watt bulb.
I LOVE ❤️ these longer videos!!!! Kisses to Jax!!! Have a happy day!
They are osage orange trees also known as hedge apples. If you open one you get a sap like a cross between white glue and latex paint. messy things.
Cold weather = the Holiday Season approaching when in the Midwest and up north!
We carry a shop light with a 60 watt bulb to place in the ht water/water pump bay when temps get below freezing. (Just plug it into your outside outlet or into shore power.)
Eric those are called hedge balls at least that's what we call them in Missouri and I would have been south this time of year
Those are hedge apples from the Osage Orange Tree. (We don't eat them). We gather them up before a hard frost & place them in our basement. You put them in older homes around the floor Joists to keep spiders, insects & mice out of your home. We put them in our barns to. You found a small one. STAY WARM GOD BLESS
Hopefully your lines and pump didn't crack because of the ice.
That's for sure. its going to suck if he Cracked every water line in that Rig & cracked the water Pump Housing. Frozen water Loves to expand inside a Pipe or anything and it has so much force it WILL Split / Break open even Copper Piping.
@@OcRefrig Usually though the RV's use a plastic piping so they can give a little more. I lived in my RV @ -30 F and didn't experience that but I did see some other people experience a cracked tank...
@@OcRefrig I've seen pumps Crack at the elbow inlet or outlet.
462ANIMAL hope the poop tank didn't crack when full.
Big kudos to whoever it was who told you about your new computer being obsolete on the last day to return it! Fast action there Eric! 👍
Hi ... I am from Brazil, I do not know if I could live in this cold, because where I live here in Brazil is very hot, I live in Goiânia-Goias, here is very hot. But one day I want to see what the snow looks like. 😊😊
Good information for those of us that camp in cold weathrt. "Be prepared" is the way to go.
Bois d'arc tree produces these osage orange or horse apples.
Only the female trees produce the apples
Fun video, Eric. Thank you!!! Those weird things could be horse chestnuts. They are NOT EDIBLE. You can quickly tell by splitting one open and it looks like a traditional chestnut inside. They are quite prevalent in parts of North America and Illinois. Do I get a prize if I am right? SNOW!!! I love it!!! I am Canadian so I love snow and embrace snow and feel blessed to enjoy 4 seasons. Safe travels to you and Jaxernaut. Don't forget the new Jumanji and Star Wars will be coming out soon!
New title: Apple is hedging & finding Hedge Apples. You're welcome.
Kim X You’re very clever
Love watching your videos first thing in the morning, puts me in good mood for the remainder of the day. Sorry about the water problems, but if anyone can fix it, it will be you.
The balls falling off the trees are Horse Apples.
Horse apples (also known as Road Apples) are actually horse poop.
Commonly referred to as Buggy Exhaust in Amish country.
What was shown in the video were Hedge Apples. I think...? The hedge apples around here are larger in size. Bigger than a softball.
I always been told that they are Crabapples
@@Dobrinich crabapples are small and red.
@@stevenreynolds2327 Small, red and knobby.
@@bobpeg7457 nope, smooth like an apple
You might consider getting some heat tape. It’s made for keeping pipes from freezing. You wrap it around the pipes and plug it in. If you wrapped it around that water pump over night, I bet it would thaw.
They did look like black walnuts but the trees they were next to do not look like black walnut trees.
terrencemolinari That was my thought too
Enjoyed going along on the bike ride. Quite a contrast of colors and views. Gorgeous drone footage.
Going to have to put antifreeze in them holding tanks.
Just don't put bleach in there cus gives off a funny smelling gas??
Those green globes appear to be black walnuts; my aunt had several trees on her property. The scenery is absolutely gorgeous there with the rich hues of yellow, amber, red, orange. Could make a "peeper" out of anyone.
Don't blame going north for not being prepared for the cold it's on you!!
Hedge apples we put them in our camper to keep bugs down we also put them in house to help with wzter bugs an roaches other bugs
Looks like Osage oranges.. spider repellent
Yeah...you don't want frozen "poopsicles" in your black tank! Keep those pipes from freezing! Love to Jax from my cat Valentine 😺 here in our Disneyland neighborhood in Southern California! 😁
Hedge apple's is what they were.
....... Camping in the snow ..... my husbands dreamy way of camping ........ love this winter adventure
Looks like you are on the wrong side of the Mason-Dixon line...
1) put some hot water into the cold water tank to raise temperature of cold water in cold water tank.
2) i think i would put a Temperature monitor / alarm on My cold water tank so if water is ever below 40 degrees it alarms.
Head south young man.
i always used to dump my tanks if the temperature was under 25 degrees, and the only part of my rv that ever froze was the water pump filter cracked once. so if it gets too cold i dump my fresh water and winterize all my lines. it would not be fun fixing a cracked water line or tank. im in washington so its rarely under 25 degrees or snow here as you would know.
Haha i love the white stuff, I live in a Newmar 5th wheel year round, thank God it's a very well built camper. Never had freezing issues yet, but here in East TN it rarely gets below freezing for long periods.
70 degrees man. I do believe that's what you said you look for years ago. I know some people like camping in the winter I just don't see what the hell they like about it lol . scratch that belly on Jax and safe and warm travels
*Everyday is a learning experience.............Jax loved that feather......fun*😎
The bike trip was awesome. Especial raining colors in the woods. You have hotton better making lemonade out of those lemons. Nice.
I've always heard those called Hedge Apples.
Hedge balls from the hedge trees. They were planted after the dust bowl on the plains to keep another one from happening. Although some farmers are starting to remove them.
Really enjoyed this video the bike ride_ drone shots and the forest shots were amazing keep up the great work
I know you are freezing.. but it is so beautiful...Awesome video ... cold on the bike I bet.. thanks for sharing.
Those green things are hedge apples, not edible.
Actually they are very eatable. They just taste like Sh!t.
They're from the Osage Orange Tree, AKA hedge apple
We use the trees for firewood and fence posts
@@mroggio Also known as Bodoc, a green wood that some use for carving and wood projects for its unique color
@@MrBoxer1200 Green wood? It's usually yellow or orange from what I've seen. The roots are typically orange also. Very hard wood.
Eric, the tree you were referring to has many names. Some call it Bois D'Arc, Osage orange, hedge apples ... the wood on this tree is extremely strong and extremely hot when burned! I believe it is poisonous so no! Don't eat it! The hedge apples are believed to keep away bugs. They give off a pungent smell and really stink once they rot. We had these in my back yard growing up in Oklahoma. They are very hardy trees and can be hard to kill. They are heat, cold and drought resistant. If you cut them down they will grow back. Farmers in the 1900s planted them in fence lines to act as natural fence posts. The trees lasted longer than the barbed wire. Have fun on your adventure and stay safe.
Sounds like you need to go south. lol
Aaawwwww!!! That ending cured (somewhat) my Jax-withdrawls!! More Jax! More Jax! More Jax! 😻😻😻
Osage Orange or Hedge Apples. Noooooo don't eat them.
In Tennessee we call them Hedge Apples
@@growland29024 In Illinois, we do too.
Texas they call em horse apples. Nasty sticky milky suckers but they repel spiders.
@@StaticMango yes they are milky and sticky
gordon Rowland yep, I guess it depends on what state you’re in but I’m guessing they are all the same. The ones in Texas were the size of softballs. But I’m guessing they all come from the same type of tree.
I like videos about snow. This was pretty. I would find a way to prevent my rv from freezing and I would chase snow and cold. I like it much better. I hate the sun and hot weather. Enjoyable video. GOD BLESS. I KNOW GOD AND JESUS IS NOT YOUR THING, BUT YOU ARE HIS THING, AND JAX ALSO. LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT VIDEO. HOPE ITS SNOWY.
it's even cold here in California. snow at 6K.
Looks like you found a wild tennis ball tree. You can tell because they are not perfectly round. The cultivated trees are carefully pruned which makes the fruit nice and round for use in tennis courts everywhere. ;*)
Alton and the surrounding areas are very scenic. Having been a longtime resident of Illinois, I certainly do not miss the cold and snow. Stay warm and dry ☃😻☮
Frozen water pipes? Can ya leave the faucets slowly dripping in a motorhome? Does the pump keep running? Thx!