 We can treat each other with dignity and respect I'm sitting here watching the inauguration getting surprisingly emotional Definitely hopeful. It's the day before my birthday and it's time for a little adventure It's about as close as I'm gonna get it's not really gonna close, but that's all right. It's good enough for one night Yes, I'm gonna ride my bike up into the mountains tonight where it's gonna be probably 15 degrees So I'm mostly packing warm sleeping stuff We'll see how this goes My goal today is to ride west up into the mountains not too far I'm gonna go to a town called Gold Hill one of my favorite little mountain towns It's only about 16 miles away, but it is about 3,500 feet of elevation gain And I always look at my birthday like the new year for me It's a chance just to think about the previous year and to set goals for the year ahead and just Think about everything that I'm grateful for and there's a lot to be grateful for and I like doing that Of course as you know Outside mother nature is the place to be for something like this. So let's do it This is one of my favorite streets in Boulder Mapleton ever since I was a little kid I've loved this street You know, I didn't expect the inauguration To make me as emotional as it did And watching that on TV this morning. I was just sitting there with tears streaming down my face Tears of joy It was so beautiful. I'm feeling good about things Today on this January day my whole soul is in this Bringing America together Uniting our people uniting in our nation and I ask every American to join me in this cause With unity we can do great things important things We can right wrongs. We can put people to work in good jobs We can teach our children in safe schools. We can overcome the deadly virus. I Know speaking of unity Can sound to some like a foolish fantasy these days. I Know the forces that divide us are deep and they are real But I also know they are not new Our history has been a constant struggle between the American ideal That we're all a created equal and the harsh ugly reality that racism nativism fear demonization have long torn us apart Through civil war the great depression world war 9-11 Through struggle sacrifice and setbacks our better angels have always prevailed In each of these moments enough of us enough of us have come together To carry all of us forward And we can do that now We can see each other not as adversaries, but as neighbors We can treat each other with dignity and respect We can join forces Stop the shouting and lower the temperature For without unity there is no peace only bitterness and fury This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge And unity is the path forward And we must meet this moment as the United States of America and so today At this time in this place Let's start afresh all of us Let's begin to listen to one another again Hear one another see one another Show respect to one another Thank you America. I love this town. I really do with all of my heart Some of my best friends grew up here So I was up here a lot as I was a young in and some of my best Fourth of July memories are in this town. They have the best small-town American parade very Americana speaking of you know inauguration day and being proud to be an American. I've been very Proud to sport the red white and blue in this little town many times. I've always been a proud American I love what we stand for and I've always tried my best to make my country My community and the world around me a better place We're not perfect But as long as we're working toward the common good for all our future will be bright There may be disagreements in how to do this and that's okay As long as we treat one another with love and respect So many dogs. Hi there. Hi there, buddy. What do we have here got a little fennel mozzarella and Roasted tomato quiche Yeah, let's do a oatmeal chocolate chip So what makes the store so special here? I have to say it's probably like the locals in town that come in and continue to support it Yeah, it seems like quite the community gathering place Yeah, everybody gets the town after they're done with their work for the day or chopping wood I Love that store. I love that store so much. It's always a good time And it was really warm that fire was awesome Now I got a hustled and find a camping spot before it gets dark pretty colors in the sky there Here it is. I'm the only guy here All right, it's time for a little birthday happy day. Let's make some good things happen You know what that also does is scares away all of the scary animals bears non-limes Chupa cabras. All right. I did it. I'm here. I'm all set up And I feel pretty warm and I'm very grateful that it's not windy. They said they said it was gonna be really windy but right now completely still and I really have to say I am so Happy about today inauguration day. It brought back so many memories of Being at Obama's inauguration when I turned 30 years old and How exciting that was and I'll never forget standing out on the National Mall freezing cold With a whole bunch of women who had driven up from Atlanta and they all had tears in their eyes the entire ceremony They were so excited that they finally had a president that looked like them with their skin color and It was really powerful to be standing next to them and just feeling their emotion and It's kind of similar this year with with Kamala being the vice president, you know, I love it You know, our country is great because we have People from all over the world who have moved here immigrants who have created lives and I'm really hopeful for for Biden's Presidency and Kamala Every birthday, I always just reminisce about the past year and dream about the year to come I've camped out my last two birthdays, and I really like it last year. I was on the Sea of Cortez Riding the Baja divide the year before I was camping on the side of a volcano And that was absolutely incredible. So I kind of like going Heading out into mother nature for for birthday Eve's Makes me feel good. Nature is where I go when I want to just celebrate and think and dream and I'm doing all of those things right now and this coming year Man, I I'm really excited about it, but I always say that I'm excited about the coming year That's just just me. It's not like 2021 is even better, but maybe it will be who knows I just always put out a lot of good energy into the world and That helps motivate me to get things done and to do projects and I have so many dreams this year We'll see how many of them I can accomplish because of travel restrictions If not, then I'm just gonna pivot and my dreams are gonna be a little bit different But my goal as always is just to create content that puts value into the world goodness heart and soul and I know I'm gonna do more of that I'm a storyteller at heart and I want to tell as many inspirational stories as possible and I'm just really thankful for this whole channel You know on my birthday right now I'm feeling a lot of gratitude and I feel a ton of gratitude for all of you out there not in a tent I Really, I wouldn't have this channel without you My you know, I wouldn't have anybody to share these stories with besides my mom and my brothers without you and I Really appreciate it. I really do from the bottom of my heart You know, I'd like to see all of you accomplish your dreams and goals Because I think as a whole society what I'm talking about making the world a better place I think when we're all striving towards something that we really love and care about and we're passionate about I think that makes us all More loving because when you're when you're happy about work and life and personal accomplishments You're you're in a good mood. You don't want to pick fights. You don't want to be mean, you know I think if we're all doing better it's gonna benefit all of us and So let's keep on spreading the love. What do you say everybody keep spreading that love come on son You could do it. It's another day Sleeping under the stars for just this one night was so refreshing Feel reset charged up. I'm more live when I'm outside. It's like my wild spirit gets unleashed I'm very grateful that this is my home where I grew up and learn to love nature So the temperature has really dropped Since I woke up this morning my water bottles froze Not to mention my fingers and my toes. So I am gonna hustle back down to Boulder All right, well, thank you so much for joining me Please like and subscribe and do all that YouTubey stuff and stay tuned for a lot more Fun and excitement throughout 2021. I wish you all the best