 Who's that pretty girl with the Indian paintbrush? What's wrong? You just had a revelation right there. Oh, you got pocket sweetheart. You're gonna be okay Welcome to the elements of the mountains Welcome back to the untamed elements y'all here on the channel. We are doing camping this week last night was kind of like spike camp We got a really late far far drive from Texas to get up here into the mountains of Colorado And I kind of just picked out an area once we got into a national forest that we could just pull over and Camp and that was safe and it was flat and all of that today. We're actually going to be finding a camp with more Resources where we can get water. So the goal this week is to of course enjoy the wilderness Breathe in that mountain air enjoy each other as a family here But also it is to teach our little girl about camping and the elements and wildlife and The last time she was up here. She was two years old She doesn't really remember a whole lot of it. We were camping in a tent. It was very very cold There were a few nights. I had to stuff her into my sleeping bag. It was so cold, but this year We've got the overlanding camper got the opus And we've got a Stephanie has created a really cool List a scavenger hunt and we also have badges and prizes and all sorts of things To help make this fun and enjoyable and you know what OSG is probably going to learn a couple things Maybe you guys will learn some things. I'm probably gonna Learn some things and hence my skills as well. It is going to be a fun time and these pretty wildflowers They've had so much rain up here. They've started to get these pretty flowers How beautiful And I think this is part of what's gonna make it fun is on the scavenger hunt We have all sorts of things like that. We actually did not include the flowers But she should get like a flower collecting badge because that's awesome. Let's go Find our spot that we're going to be staying at for the next few days and really set up our main camp And of course dad's got to have some fishing close by Yeah, we have those back in Texas Glad daddy didn't hit those with the tires last night OSG back in the mountains My happy place. It's become my happy place You look ready You can tell like She's looking forward to it. So we had a little bit of a cattle situation this morning I stayed behind to make Emmy some breakfast and dad And Emmy went to go pick some wildflowers and go on a hike. So I'm cooking there I'm sitting there by the camp cooking breakfast and all of a sudden I see like two little eyeballs peek over the hill And it's a cow like oh no Here they come and this in this National Forest There are caught there's cows everywhere because I guess the cattle ranchers use this then like 50 more of them Come over the hill and they start coming over because they smell. I was making Emmy some toast with some butter I mean, I'm telling you within minutes. They smelled it and they came running So I started like immediately putting all the food away and then and then you come over the hill Just just when you think it's all over camp commander comes over the hill Who gave me on my shoulders? And all is good. Oh, it's good. Oh saw my first chipmunk Okay, I'm gonna roll down the window so you can see it when we pass, okay That's a real dear doe. You see her? Look where I'm looking Yeah, there you go. You got that one Okay, you got your your real dear part of your scalp you're scouting governor on you got it Little help from mom and dad there It means first look out over the mountain where we're making a quick stop We were climbing way way way way way high where the aspen's are starting to change Starting to turn a little yellow Therapy gorgeous Be careful don't walk over the edge Look at that. I mean Yeah, we're not done. We're going to aim to hire Man looks like a Chevy commercial go in places Find new roads look at this I Mean, what do you think about this? What do you think about the mountains? The coyotes The cows you've had an experience with cows today so far we have cows come in our other camp But we made a made a decision to to move try to find this is the spot where me and you Camped years my very first time your very first time could up here special memories for you It's just a prime spot. It's right by the lake, you know go down there get your trout bring them back to the camp We got fire rings already established right here. There's some dead falls. So there's firewood opportunities There's a little creek right over here You can also you know wash things if you need to wash your dishes and and stuff like that if you really want to Or just collect water you need if you need water For the camp which we are going through tons of it being up here I've been drinking water like crazy if you guys ever go up to the mountains around 8,000 feet plus Make sure to drink a lot of water as you're going in Lot of two years ago Stephanie got sick because she wasn't hydrating enough on the way in so And I can tell them I'm more out of breath and I am in Texas man. It feels good to be up here It's nice and cool. It's like 57 58 degrees right now We are starting to get some flies and some yellow jackets and stuff like that come out What we're gonna do now is set up the opus Before I left I kind of did a walk-through video, but I'll show you guys how I Set up the opus once once we get it parked and the first thing you got to do is get this thing level because when It'll kind of look level and if you go to sleep and it's not level It is not comfortable. Plus with the shower You want all that water to drain down the center as much as possible and not pull up in places So getting level is important and I got these little these little ramps You just stick them under the one of the tires and you get it to come up You know, this is easy because it's a single axle, so I just put one under there That's Stephanie watch the level until I rolled up on it and it looked level Which we are we're looking good right there Another tip I'll give you guys just getting in here if you've got a a long Travel on a say a logging road or mountain roads basically when you get off the pavement and You've got sharp rocks like we do up here in the Rockies Always a good idea to deflate your tires On the way in I know that sounds weird, but the more you deflate your tires The the better chance it gives you to roll over a rock and not have a puncture I've seen a lot of people have on the side of the road with tire issues. They've busted tires Me and Stephanie have had to help people before So what I do is I carry a small mini pump I keep it in my truck and I'll deflate the tires with a pressure gauge get them all the same I'll do the same thing on the opus on the trailer And I'll take about 10 15 maybe 20 psi out just depending on the tire That'll be a number one a smoother ride for you be more enjoyable and then also It it will decrease your chances of having a tire puncture dramatically if you guys are doing any truck camping anything like that You can get a small pump and it's helpful on your way out just air them back up before you get on the highway There's a lot of bugs here It's been so rainy here that I think that the bugs are gonna be kind of bad It won't be bad in the mornings and the evenings, but midday when it's heating up flies are gonna be bad bees are gonna be bad Got the wheels chalked double chalked. I got a little scary. I chalked the tires So I picked up a cheap little impact wrench Off Amazon. I think it was under 60 bucks But it makes changing tires easy and then lowering these jacks very easy So let's see this is off straight. So gotta go the other way All right, we're bracing the front and back Now we're gonna open the top Undo these levers back when it's a little tricky One more. Oh man. It's so nice in the shade Had to go into the into the shorts to the Guggen shorts Getting hot So this is the part where we just pop the camper up There's so much light in this opus You know, it's a hard camper, but It's kind of like a hybrid you have that soft Shell on the upper part So it still feels like you're sleeping in a tent at night at times But it's nice when you can just open these vents up Let that cool air in Don't forget the bathroom Definitely no wonder forget the bathroom This is awesome right here Unzipping And then look at the view Like look what you're looking at. It's just awesome. Oh Yeah Who doesn't want to wake up to that in the morning. That's good stuff. That fills the soul Shoot All right, we're mid-bathers setting up camp and I hear something down here something big Amy's collecting dandelions It's either gonna be a moose a cow or a bear Lord knows it's not an elk Of course, it could be since I Don't have a bow with me And I didn't get a tag up here this year. I see it in the woods It's a big furry Now next step is me and OSG you have to roll out our bedroom because I Slept on the top bunk last night. We were just kind of spiking out. I Got cold. I did not sleep well You got cold up on the top because I was like literally Right up against that thing And I gave the girls the nice cozy bottom bunk Right next to the heater and it was it was very nice But tonight we're rolling out the back then me and OSG We're gonna have a window back here and we're gonna be overlooking The woods over this drop-off which is pretty cool There's a couple of deadfall looking trees that could Could hit us but we're not gonna be in a tent. So we've got a hard top. I think we'll be all right awning coming right up middle of the day, you know a good Six seven hours. We're gonna be getting direct sun on top of our solar panels Which are directly on top of the roof. I can't even reach up there to show you guys right now Just running the fridge I've got a freezer running right now and a refrigerator. So we got a frozen soup Some chilies Cinema rolls all that good stuff and then our fresh fruits and vegetables We are ready to go in the kitchen. Well, that's the easiest part About this whole get-up just rolls right out. That's our kitchen water to the sink Wabam propane On now we're cooking with Crisco now typically keep all the the Immediates right here. There's some pots and pans, but you got to get that coffee in the morning You're ready to go got some skillets in there spices Now interesting Little backstory to this morning We were coming back means me and Amy we're on a little walk. Oh, gee. She was like, oh, I'm gonna make some coffee. I was like, oh great eggs and coffee when I get back in came back and The French press was on the burner like trying to boil it with the beans in there and Had to shut it down and her coffee privileges are done. You haven't had your coffee, honey This is why I'm here. I'm I'm the coffee commander as well as the camp commander on this excursion And I will take care of your coffee needs. You want you want a little French press might taste a little painty at this point Got you though. You want an espresso? Got you You need a you need a shot All right, honey Ready to make her bedroom? Dusty I'm so low back here Okay, now we're cooking in the kitchen Great outdoors What you cooking up? Well, that's not mold on there, is it? No, it's that's street corn That's straight up corn from the American classic That we save for the way up here. I don't tell them that. I guess it's homemade The truth we're having a little little midday corn cob little espresso You were about I'm sorry. I'm out of steam Yeah, you need something she about ripped my head off a while ago because she was like What did you do with the pot? You know the one with the handle and I was like, well, which one I have a lot And she was like the one you always carry that we make. Oh, yeah, you started Shuffling and flopping the hands Yes, and I just couldn't think of it and then finally I thought of it You're freaking out because you're thought like that's the only way we can make coffee That's how we're gonna cook all our food and wait backtrack First of all, you told them that you shut down my coffee experiment this morning. Yes So I never got my coffee when my taste buds were already like almost drinking it So I've been in a bad mood ever since because I just needed that we're gonna save you here We're gonna save you so we actually don't need an additional pot here with the With the beleti so we're doing mid-day espressos in the montañas with corn on the cob and And some dogs, man We're doing hot dogs and some fruit anyone in an apple so we're actually gonna eat inside because of all these bees and There's a lot. Yeah, so actually set up the kitchen table in there Which I normally don't use but we're trying to keep these flies. You got to get in quick Get it out. Get it out. Oh go go In our little tater tot. I don't know what she's doing, but she's having fun. She loves to collect She loves to explore and there's really no better place at our house. It's it's pretty good We have a lot of things, but she's kind of explored the limit. So she's finding new rocks She's finding new sorts of trees. These are all things that she doesn't really remember when she was two years old espresso is close, honey and I never had breakfast as well. I'm on I'm on like an elk hunting Diet right now. Like I'm ready to sit down midday When the elk are bedded and just I'm ready to feast up on a mountain house right now Okay, except I'm getting corn on the cob Can I enter the the present? The premises now that you've had your coffee. Yes, I have my coffee. I have vacuumed You Not this high maintenance guys The table we just put in the table this afternoon if I had this table out of it for like a year We just had a lunch three three of us sitting here. It's pretty good Going no lag underneath to sport. It's it was nice having the flies and everything show them, you know We're the magic come on over here Okay Yes, so you put a bit a mattress top there on top of this. This is our first time using an actual mattress topper I would highly recommend it. What do you think? Yes game changer? This is my first time with it and I immediately sat down and I could I could take a nap It's a king-size bed, but it's like it's not a great bed It's really not as thick as it is. You think it'd be like cloud worthy. No, but it's really not no So definitely get that topper that master's topper. I don't know how thick that was I got it off Amazon And you're going to actually put like flannel sheets on Well, actually the flannel sheets are for the bunks because they fit a foreign Flannels actually no the flannels are queen So ours are these and we get like a nice little cover like a duvet cover. Okay, we're full set up This is the burrow when you want to get cozy on this thing, so that's the spot so that's that's where Amy sleeping tonight me you know as she got that set up and before We Before we head to bed where we're gonna have our magic s'mores dinner and all that great stuff Head out here to the campfire area You getting our campfire area ready Hey Would you see what you see in there already got the unicorns ready? Oh a bee Yeah, don't swap those bees honey Those those bees might come after you now. This is going to be Dinner with a view tonight and of course we got Amy's little chair from Bucky's you like that little chair You're always sitting at that and that at home Her little chair, you know, she doesn't need much comfort mom and dad full comfort These are the chairs that I pack that are a pain to pack with OSG Can you can you recline in this one right here? I've already got it These were you gave these to me for Mother's Day Mother's Day comforts look at that Like if you've got oh man comfortable conditions, I mean that You can literally you could lay all the way back. It's so nice, but they're just they're so awkward to pack Don't mock mommy over We just got her jazzed up for that coffee. Look at the bouquet. I got a bouquet. Man. It might as well be Mother's Day So the Mother's Day chair From dad tonight. We're gonna break it out Don't break that off And this is where I'm gonna leave you guys for this video. We are fully set up on our off-road adventure off-grid Overland Camping this is this is how we're doing it this year and I feel pretty good about it We are set up to thrive for the next four days if you haven't already subscribed to the channel So you don't miss any of the outdoor action and if any of you all have kids We're gonna be doing some some cool scavenger hunting and fun activities that I think They'll be fun for the whole family. I'm like, I'm honestly pretty excited about it And I got fishing videos coming up OSG's making cinnamon rolls one of these mornings come all with it And we're just enjoying the great outdoors So smash that like button for that and I hope you're breathing in some of that Fresh delicious outdoor air. I'll see you guys on the next one You