 Oh, yes! It is time! It is time! It is time! Look at this, my friends. Do you see this? Do you have your burritos? Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum. I hope you all brought your burritos because this is a burrito party, you know what I'm saying? And I just want to start off by saying that I just had a surprise visit by a couple of viewers, Katie and Frank, and they dropped off some Humex for me. Oh, this stuff is so good. Some of you might know this, but I have COVID. I tested positive. About four days ago, the symptoms have been very mild. I'm good to go, but I have been quarantining. I haven't been doing anything, unfortunately. I can't even see Amelia. I'm so sad. But here I am. And also, we were supposed to go to the desert this weekend. I'm not going to be able to do that because I can't get Amelia sick because she is traveling. So it looks like we have a lot of people showing up here in the chat. So good to see you on this wonderful Tuesday. Remember, this is a burrito party. I hope you have your burritos. I know I can't see them, but I hope you're eating burritos or something tasty. My burrito has Valentina hot sauce in it. I'm going to get some whoops for some Valentina. This is one of my favorite hot sauces. It also has the Amy's beans in here. The Amy's, you've seen them on my channel, the organic refried beans. And it has vegan cheese in there, too. So tell me about your burritos over here. And the reason why I did this is because A, I have COVID. I can't really do anything right now. I miss all of you. The Mexico series just ended. So feel free to ask questions over here in the chat, chat, chat, chat section. I will try to get to as many as I can. It can sometimes be overwhelming because I start flying up like crazy. But just want to let you know that it means the world to me that you're here, that you watch my videos, and that we're going to eat some burritos together. Ole, ole, ole, ole. All right. So I'm just going to take a bite here. Give me a second. Everybody else, let's take a 15-second pause to have a bite of our burritos, okay? Here we go. Mmm. Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm. Sorry. Is it rude to speak with my mouth full? Mmm. I hope I don't choke on YouTube live. That'd be pretty horrible, huh? There's nobody here to give me the Heimlich maneuver. I'm going to wash it down with some Humex from my friends, Katie and Frank, who just dropped this off at my house. Mmm. Yum-ee. Buen provecho. All right. So I'm looking at some of the questions over here. Am I doing rag-brie? Ask John Olson. I really hope to do rag-brie. It's on my calendar. That's all I can say right now. There's some other ventures that are close to it. And if everything goes right, I will be able to do rag-brie. What else do we have over here? Everybody's asking about rag-brie. We should all meet up at rag-brie, I think. We should have a big fiesta at rag-brie with all of our friends. Is John riding a priority bicycle? No, he's not. He had a custom frame made. It's a titanium bike, actually. John is very fancy. He has a titanium bike now. It's not a priority, but he did decide to get the pinion and gates so I can see why you'd be confused because it looks like a priority bike. Here we go. Do I ever plan on doing the Jordan trail? I would love to. Going out to Jordan would be incredible, but it's not on my plans for this year. Let's see. Let's see. Do you ride in Europe? So that is something I'd like to talk about. Yes, I hope to ride in Europe this summer. I think some of you might know this, but my goal is to ride the length of Sweden. I was an exchange student in Sweden way back in 1997-98. I love the country. I'm still close with my host family. I've always wanted to go way up north above the Arctic Circle and check out the midnight sun during mid-summer. My goal is to start way up north and ride south and end where I lived as an exchange student. So that will answer your question there about riding in Europe because Sweden is indeed Europe. I hope to do that maybe in June or July. I don't know exactly when it's all going to happen. I hope you recover, Swift and Easy. Thank you so far. COVID has been very mild. I am vaccinated and boosted. There's no doubt that is helping me through this. I'm excited that it's been a very mild case because I have some friends my age who are also very strong and athletic and COVID has completely knocked them out and they haven't been able to get back to running like they normally would. So I know some people think it's not that serious and in some cases it isn't that serious, but in some cases it is definitely a serious disease, virus. Who next? All right, what else do we have? New Zealand. Did I find a house to buy? I've not found a house to buy yet. I still live in this tiny apartment. That's it right there. That's about as big as it is. All the bikes are downstairs. Oh, we've got somebody from Nebraska. Hello, Aliska. Cool name, Aliska Chapman. Okay, we got a guy named Mark currently on a bike tour in Japan. Oh, right on. And he's logged in while he's on a bike tour. I hope you're not pedaling right now, Mark. That's very cool. I'd love to ride in Japan someday. I've heard it's a great place to ride bikes. Dune Digger says, November 2020 COVID almost took my life. Oh man, I'm glad it did not. It's a serious thing. Some people get hit very, very hard by this. Will Amelia be doing bike packing with me? Yes. So we were going to go to the desert with the white rim trail this weekend. But because of COVID, we are not going to do that anymore because I don't want to get her sick. She has to start traveling very soon. So we are putting that on hold, but we will find something to do together. Amelia has one of those real jobs, a nine to five with a limited amount of vacation. So she is not able just to go on trips with me all the time, but we will definitely plan some trips together. I can't wait to show her what traveling by bike is all about. Many of you know it's magical. It's fun. It can be physically exhausting, but it puts you in places that are just beautiful. You see the best sunrises and sunsets and sleeping under the stars. You know what it's all about. Oh, Amelia is in here. Yes, I will. She says, hi, Amelia Boone. So the last video that you saw, you saw me talking about why I wanted to leave a little bit early. And one of the main reasons is because of Amelia. And it's, she's wonderful. She's so amazing. And I'm so excited to share her with you. She is just one of those types of people who just make you just feel good. You know, I feel good about life when I'm with Amelia. Oh, somebody that's about to miss the burritos. No, the burritos are still here. I just can't talk and eat a burrito at the same time, but there it is. It is a bean burrito course with Amy's refried beans and a lot of Valentina. I love Valentina hot sauce. I hope you're all eating burritos because burritos are good for the soul. I'm going to take another bite, everybody. Let's have a 15 second burrito bite break. Give me a second here to chill. That's him. Somebody from Guadalajara. Thank you for inspiring this Mexico living gringo to love Mexico as much as you do. So yes, I, as you saw in this last video series, if you've seen the Baja series, you know that I really love Mexico. It holds a very special place in my corazón. I love the people. I love the culture. I love the food. I love the music. I love the landscapes and the people in Mexico are just very carefree and fun loving. And I just mix well with those people. You'll see that in the videos, like I meet somebody and immediately they were hanging out. Like we've been best buds for a long time. And that's just kind of like the Mexican way. They're just so warm and welcoming and generous. And, you know, I know that Mexico will always be a big, you know, big thing for me throughout life going forward. I will always find a way to travel there and spend as much time as I can in Mexico. Oh, we got Nico from Austria. Right. He got one of the Trek checkpoints. He's doing his first overnighter this weekend. Good job, Nico. Have fun. Oh, hey, it's buses, bikes and beer. Hey, you all, if you want to follow a really fun YouTube channel, buses, bikes and beer, they are going to ride their bikes across the country this summer on priority Apollo bikes. And they are really fun and they have great energy. They have lots of videos about rag bride. So go check out buses, bikes and beer. Oh, so MB is on there, not Brentley. Okay, good. All right. So buses, bikes, beer, dune digger. I like all the burrito emojis. Okay. It looks like Marshall Mesa and boulders open again. Let's ride. Okay. I'm ready. Once I'm done with COVID, I'd love to get out of my house. Woo. Let's see. We got Chris Bates from Mesa, Arizona. Oh, Sophia Pickle with a very important question. What is a whammy? I get this question all the time. So when I say no crash, he's no flat, he's no whammy's. People ask what's the difference between a crashy and a whammy. Well, a whammy is anything crazy and unexpected. Like a crash is very, you know, you crash, you fall off your bike. That's what a crash is, but a whammy, you know, what is a whammy? What does that mean? It could be something else, right? So a whammy could be you getting chased by a swarm of murder hornets. That would be a whammy. That would suck real bad, right? So that would be a whammy. Or let's say, you know, lightning is striking all over and you get hit by lightning. That would be a big whammy. Maybe a sinkhole appears out of nowhere and you fall in a sinkhole. That would be a whammy. You get what I mean? Whammy's are just kind of ridiculous. And you definitely don't want to have any whammy's. So that's why I always say no whammy's. And if you want to know the origin of that little chant, there was a TV show back in the 80s called press your luck. And people would have this little like plunger thing. And, you know, I forget how it all went, but they go, no whammy's, no whammy's, big money, big money, no whammy's. And you didn't want the whammy because the whammy would come and take away all the money that you accumulated. So quick story about the whammy's. There you go. Now we all know. Okay. You can stop asking me questions about whammy's. All right. Let's see what we else have here. Can you bike pack on a road bike? Well, bike packing is technically off road and dirt. So on a road bike, that'd be difficult, but you can of course travel by bike on a road bike on roads and stuff. So it's, you know, there's not really a whole lot of difference other than, you know, touring and bike packing, you know, touring is for roads, bike packing is, is kind of for dirt. What's up street rats? Getting robbed is a big whammy. That is true. My buddy, my buddy up there in Ohio street rats 419. He's got a great YouTube channel as well. If you want to check out his stuff. He has, he does a lot of cool social rides like we do here in Boulder. Some of you, if you follow my Instagram, which you should all follow my Instagram. I post a lot more daily stuff on Instagram. If you want to like see what I'm up to in daily life, but every Thursday I definitely talk a lot about the Thursday cruiser ride here in Boulder. And it is so fun. I've been doing it for about 20 years and we just get dressed up in goofy clothes. We ride cruiser bikes. We honk our horns, ring our bells. And we just ride around town at a very casual pace and have as much fun as possible. You know, our old saying was that there's no spandex allowed. So it's definitely a casual ride. All right. Hey, everyone, my Elwa TC eight seven one. I've been wondering about you man. I'm glad that you are still around. I haven't seen your comments and I'm glad that you're You're out there. I'm here. I was a little worried ma'am. So good to see you. Cheers to New Jersey. But buddy, I'm here. All right. Any chance of coming to Brazil anytime soon. Man, I can't I would say no. The answer is no, not anytime soon, but I would definitely love to come to Brazil someday. to come to Brazil someday because I've heard amazing things. I love the Latin American world. And I know that Brazilian people have a vibe in them. And you know that I get along well with those types of people. So does everybody have their burritos? Are you all eating your burritos? I'm gonna take another bike here, a bite and give me a little 15 second break to chew my burrito. And you can all take this opportunity to also chew your burritos. Sweet Blast is hungry. Shelley had tacos today. Barry Graham asking about Sweden. Sweden's looking good. I was just on Komoot yesterday. It's my favorite navigating app, putting together a route for the length of Sweden. So it's coming together. Okay, somebody just asked. I might mess up your name. Gayathri, favorite part about living in Boulder. Hard to say, I'm born and raised here. So I love Boulder with all of my heart. You know, my lifelong friends are here. I'm involved with a lot of different events and projects and nonprofits. Of course, I love the nature of Boulder. You've seen it in my videos. The mountains are stunning. But my favorite part, man, ah, here we go. My favorite part about Boulder is my mom. She lives in, she lives in Boulder. So I definitely, that's, it's important, right? That's the only answer it could be. My mama. Oh, right, right on a mirror. He's making tacos later tonight. Yeah, bikepacking Sweden. Let's see. Do I like El Morro in Puerto Rico? Yes, I do like El Morro in Puerto Rico. Oh, Amelia is helping me out. There's so many questions. She just texted me. A dude paid you to answer this. Favorite section of the Continental Divide Trail. Plan on doing that again. Thank you, Amelia, for bringing this to my attention. I appreciate it. Favorite part of the Continental Divide Trail, the Great Divide, the GDMBR, I would say was the Montana section. It's just so beautiful. Way up there out north. You get a little bit of the Canadian Rockies. It's the deep forest. So beautiful. The small towns in Montana are stunning. And I say this knowing full well that the Great Divide spends a lot of time in Colorado too. And you all know how much I love Colorado. But I would say that Montana is my favorite section of the Great Divide. If any of you are just looking for like a section of it, you can't spend your whole summer riding bikes, Montana. And there's so many creeks and rivers to jump in at the end of the day. It looks like Ian just gave me 20 Canadian dollars. Cheers, my friend. I appreciate it. Victory. How did I learn Spanish? I've been getting this question a lot lately. And the answer is I did not take Spanish seriously when I was in high school. I did not see how it was gonna help my life. I thought it was silly. My family speaks English. All my friends speaks English. Why do I need to speak Spanish? So I really didn't study and I didn't learn much. It was not until I studied abroad in Guadalajara, Mexico in college that I really started to learn Spanish. And then I learned the importance of it. And it's become something that I work at all the time. I love speaking Spanish. I love learning new words every day. And I love interacting with Spanish speaking people. When you can speak the local language of wherever you're going, it just opens up a whole new world. And you've all seen that in my videos. There's been many times where speaking Spanish has been an absolute key part of my experience. And I love it. So that's how I learned Spanish. And then I lived in Honduras for two and a half years working in the Peace Corps. And I lived in a tiny village in the middle of nowhere. And that's really how I solidified my Spanish. I mean, I can't even speak English right now. I don't know what language to speak in. Swedish, Spanish or English. 3D obsession just gave me $4.99 to answer a very important question. How many burritos do you eat per year? How many days are there in a year? That's how many burritos. I eat a lot of burritos. I'm not gonna say every single day I eat burritos, but I eat them a lot for sure. It's my go-to food that's just, they're just easy to make and they're pretty healthy and they make me happy. All right, let's see. Chris Dick says, come to Canada, Manitoba. I would love to ride more in Canada. Y'all know John and Mira are Canadian and they have a special place in my heart for sure. And I wanna go up there and ride in Canada. Although John and Mira are not gonna be in Canada for years, they're gonna be on the road now for a long time. So somebody else will have to be my Canadian bike tour guide. Let's see, what else do we have here? This is a very good question. Jim in DC just asked, but does Amelia eat burritos? Amelia, if you're still listening, I don't know if you are. Amelia lives down the road in another town called Golden, so it's about a half hour away. She's far away. Amelia is doing a great job at learning to love burritos. I would say that before meeting me, burritos and beans specifically, we're not her favorite food. Not because she doesn't like them, but because it gives her horrible gas. Ah, just kidding. I hope you're listening. Anyway, so she's so sweet. She's so sweet. When we first started dating, she told me that every night she eats a tablespoon of beans so she can build up her tolerance. Oh my God, John and Mira are here. John and Mira, everybody say hi to John and Mira. Their channel is called Omni Tiara. If you haven't subscribed yet to their channel, it's over here. Omni Tiara is a little avatar of Mira's face. Hey dude, good to see you, my man. Oh, this is fun. We got all of our special people here, Amelia and John. He says, I love dozeritos. That's right. So John actually came through Boulder this winter when he was working out getting his new bike. And I took him to the Walnut Cafe, which is the cafe that Dana owns and we got him the dozerito. Did you all know that I have a burrito named after me here at a restaurant in Boulder? Well, now you do. Dana and I dreamed up this burrito. It's a vegetarian burrito and it's been on the menu for about five years and a dollar from the sale of every one of these burritos goes to Dana's foundation that gets kids on bikes. So you're eating a burrito and you're getting kids on bikes, that's a good deal. So if you're ever in Boulder, go to the Walnut Cafe and get the dozerito and it's got the John and Mira seal of approval. All right, let's see. Oh, yes. And the beers, buses and bikes people, Brenton Lee and Mary Beth had a dozerito in January. Some other people that have given it the seal of approval. Speaking of burritos, can you guys give me another 15 second burrito break so I can take a bite? Look at that. It looks so yummy. Yummy! Give me a little break here. You guys can start asking questions and I'll be back with you in 15 seconds. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Ah, thank you for that little break. Gave me some time to read some of these comments. Huh, so RVViscara says, will John make it to the Netherlands? I bet he will. He's gonna be riding around the world. I know he's gonna go through Europe. I don't know exactly what his route is, but you should follow John and Mira on YouTube and if not YouTube, follow them on Instagram. It's at Mira underscore la underscore perra. And you can stay up to date with all of their adventures. Tips for traveling with pets. Well, I mean, that's really a question for John. And Mira isn't really, I don't think of Mira as a pet. I think of Mira as like an equal. There's really no taking care of Mira. Mira takes care of us. You just gotta give Mira a little bit of food and water. So I'm not great at those kind of questions about traveling with pets, but maybe someday I'll get some sort of a small dog and bike pack with that dog. I don't know. All right, JAG9900, I'm doing the San Juan Huts tour this year. Thanks to your videos. Any advice? So a lot of you have probably seen videos about the San Juan Huts. It's a cool hut system here in Colorado where you can just bike from hut to hut to hut. And you don't need to bring a lot of food or gear because the huts have everything. So my advice is just to have fun. That's, you're taking the luxurious route of bike packing. You're not gonna be riding a heavy bike and you get to eat all sorts of junk food when you get to the hut at the end of the day. Joseph says, any advice on the GDMBR? I mean, it's such a long trail. You're gonna be going to all sorts of different ecosystems and landscapes and weather systems. I would say, and this goes for everything. People ask me all the time, what's the biggest piece of advice you have for bike packing? And it's bring a good attitude because you never know what's gonna happen. You never know how things are gonna shake out. Weather can completely blockage you. Maybe the mud or the dirt you're riding on gets all wet and you can't pass through it because there's a brainstorm. You just gotta wait it out. Or maybe there's hail or maybe there's wind or anything. And in all those situations, a good attitude will get you out of it. And you just have to be cool with changing things up. You can be like, all right, this is not how I planned on doing this. But this is how it's gonna be. And it's all part of the adventure. It's all part of being out there and surrendering to something bigger than you, right? And just have fun. And remember, at the end of the day, you might be in physical pain or the weather might suck, but you're on your bike on a bike trip. And that is awesome. Any news on Dana, how's she doing? Dana's doing great. I need to get Dana back on the channel. It's been a little while. Dana is awesome. And yeah, we need to get her on an adventure for sure. I'm gonna take a sip here real quick. Let's see, when am I coming back to New York City? Hopefully this summer, I will go back to New York City and hang out with my friends at Priority and do another event, another live presentation. And hopefully all my NYC people can be there. What do you and Amelia have planned to do together? Or are you gonna include her in your videos? Ask Caroline Covell. Amelia's really shy and she doesn't wanna be in my videos. Ah, just kidding. No, we have some adventures planned. We actually were supposed to go to the desert this weekend and do her very first bike packing trip on the white rim. But because I got COVID, we can't go. So that's unfortunate. So we're gonna try to do something in June. And I'm really, really excited to share what I love so much with somebody that I love so much. It's gonna be an overload of awesomeness whenever Amelia and I get out there on bikes. She's an incredible athlete. I have no doubt that she can kick my butt on a bike or whatever. And so we're gonna have a good time. Let's see. Have I ever been to Kansas and tried out those trails? I have ridden my bike through Kansas before when I've gone across the United States. And people like to make fun of Kansas and some of the other flyover states. Oh, there's nothing going on. They're just boring and flat. But I always find charm in those states. There's a lot of beauty out there for sure. So I've enjoyed my time in Kansas and even Nebraska and Iowa and I love small town America. I love the people. I love sitting at a small town cafe and just learning about the local politics or whatever it is. And it's my favorite part of traveling. I think you've all heard this from me many times. It's the people that make my adventure special. Just like all of you right now, you're making this moment very special for me. I love connecting with other humans. I love learning about what makes people excited about their daily lives. I love learning about new town fairs or events or whatever it is, a history. I love it. And so even in a place like Kansas or Nebraska, I'm sorry to be picking on your two states. There's a lot of charm and a lot of beauty. Joseph Hirsch says $5, GDMBR 2023 and Dana's Bike Foundation is amazing. Thank you, Joseph. I really appreciate that $5. I don't even know what it's called. Is it like Super Chat or something? Yeah, oh, what's up, Amir? Can't wait to meet my new boo. What's up? You're gonna love Amelia. I'm like, I'm on Amelia high right now. I can't stop talking about Amelia to everybody I meet in real life. She's my favorite thing to talk about and it makes me really, really happy to have somebody like her in my life. You know, I'm 43 years old and my longest relationships have all been fairly short in the world of relationships about a year. And I wondered if I was ever gonna meet somebody that was gonna be the one, I guess you would say. And I have and it's amazing and it feels so good. And a lot of you who have long-term partners or are married, you know the feeling and now I'm part of the club and it's amazing. Cheers. Everybody got their burritos out. Lots of a burrito cheers. Ole, ole, ole, ole, ole. Show me your burrito on this lovely Tuesday. Chris Barker says, hell yeah, small towns. What's up, buddy? How you doing, Chris? Let's see. What do you think prevents more people from bikepacking? Money, knowledge, routing or inspiration? Thank you. Logan, that's a great question. You know, I understand that bikepacking or any type of long physical adventure is very overwhelming, especially if you've never done something like this before. And you can sit in bed at night and worry about, you know, navigation and where you're gonna find clean food and water and where are you gonna camp and is it gonna be dangerous? And you've got cars everywhere buzzing by you. I can see that it would be very overwhelming. And a lot of different aspects of that would hold somebody back from bikepacking. And I just always tell people, like, just go somewhere close by to start out. Go somewhere that's not too overwhelming. You just ride your bike with your camping gear, you spend the night and you come home and then you're like, okay, I got a taste of this. This is fun. You know, you get to practice setting up all your gear. You get to practice sleeping at a tent, which, you know, for some people is uncomfortable. I mean, it's definitely not as comfortable as your bed at home, right? But the beauty of bikepacking outweighs all of the potential negative aspects of being out there. The magic of bikepacking, as you see through all the videos that I make on my channel is something really special. And I always tell people, I feel more connected to myself when I'm out there. I feel more connected to nature and I feel way more connected to the other humans. I meet so many wonderful people on my trips all over the world. And for me, my bicycle is a tool to interact with different cultures and people. And I get to see places that I would normally not see if I was in a tour bus and I was flying by or a car or whatever. When you're on a bike and you're going slow, I call it life at 15 miles an hour. You really get to experience every step of the journey. And sometimes it's hard, you've seen in my videos, sometimes it's really uncomfortable, but it's also a beautiful, beautiful way to move through life on a bicycle. So I hope you enjoyed my Ted Talk. Thanks for coming. Just kidding. Hey, Bear Wilkie, just gave me $10. Thank you, Bear. And you got a little dancing lemon head over there. Thank you. I appreciate it. Dale says, your channel is awesome. Thank you, Dale. I think you're awesome. Renee Acevedo says, I pass a tunnel in my ride every time I'm training with ole, ole, ole, ole, ole. Yeah, it makes riding your bike through a tunnel a lot more fun when you sing the ole song. You know my videos, you know me. I'm a little dorky or a lot dorky and the no crashes, no whammies, the ole's, all the singing I do. Yeah, it's dorky. Like I fully admit that it's a little goofy, but it's what makes life fun. Like I don't take myself too seriously. And because of that, I'm always having a good time. And, you know, of course I have bad days like any other humans and I have parts of my life where, you know, I question all the time what I'm doing. You saw this in the last video and you know, but at the end of the day, being dorky is a good thing. So ole. Mark C says, do I have a PO box? I need to send you a copy of the Michigan Trails Magazine. I don't have a PO box, but if you write me a direct message, I'll give you my address and you can just send it to me. How's that sound? Mark C. Oh, Sean Austin lives in Kearney, Nebraska. I rode through there on my way to Raghbri a few years ago. And oh, I just got to tell you, oh, this evening is, I just got to, this is like, you know what Amelia texts me? It just makes my heart grow. It's like one of those really cheesy things. And she just texted me and it's, she said, love seeing you do your thing. It makes me so proud and I love you. I love Amelia so much. You can tell that I'm in love, right? Wendy says, have you camped in Florida? I'm in Florida, but from Ohio and I'm afraid to camp in Florida. Yeah, you know, there's some, there's some scary stuff in Florida. I camped all over Florida once and one night I got attacked by fire ants and I had all these welts all over my body when I woke up. That wasn't fun. You know, when you're camping in tropical places there's a lot more, there's a lot more bugs which are usually big, scary bugs. And you know, I don't have a whole lot of advice for camping in Florida other than zip up your tent at night because you don't want to wake up to some creepy crawly under your pillow. Okay, here we go. Is everyone done eating already? Ask somebody, I still have half a burrito. I would be gone by now if I wasn't talking so much. I eat my burritos pretty quickly but because I am taking this live show very seriously I'm not going to sit here and just eat in front of you. You know? Okay, we got Chris from Huntington Beach, what's up? Okay, have I ever thought of bikepacking in Africa or Asia? Yeah, I've definitely thought of it but I have not done it yet. I've actually never even been to Africa. I would love to go to Africa someday. I've traveled all over Latin America. I know Latin America really well. I've been all over Europe. I've been to Asia quite a few times and there's a lot more to see, there really is. And you know what's interesting about meeting Amelia is that I don't really want to travel as much anymore because I don't want to be away from her. And I know you're all thinking, no, we want you to travel. Don't worry, I will figure it out. But for the last 15 years or so I have been traveling about 150 to 200 days a year. And as a single person, that's no problem. For me, it's exciting. I get to live this Indiana Jones life because I never really had relationships. Of course I missed my family and of course my mom but this is the first time in my life where I'm like, I don't really want to be away from Amelia all that much. I miss her too much. And I really want to make this relationship work and I don't want to be far away because how strong a relationship can you have if you're never home? So I'm going on lots of Amelia tangents, but yeah. Okay, Amir says he needs to ask me a very special favor. Ooh, what's up buddy, check your email. You got it buddy, I'll check my email. Andrew says, any tips on helping your girlfriend enjoy bike packing? This goes for everybody. And I get a lot of questions about beginner bike packers that are overwhelmed. I would say, you know, to start out at a chill pace, you don't want to drive somebody into the ground the very first time they're on a bike. You want to enjoy bike packing. It's not a race. There's no reason why you need to, you know, push yourself at all times. And some of you are probably thinking, well Ryan, we've seen you go through the pain cave many times. I personally like to push myself at times but there's also times where I just stop and I chill and I take it all in. You've seen all those parts in my videos where I just stop and I'm like, it's so quiet. I love it or I'll take time to film flowers. Sounds silly, but I love checking out flowers. So it's really important to enjoy what you're doing. Cause if you're out there bike packing and you're not having fun, guess what? You're probably not going to bike pack a whole lot more because you think of bike packing as just suffering. And to me, it's not suffering. To me, it's a magical experience and just a fun way to meet people and see the world. Okay, let's see. Man, there's so many questions. You guys are just like off the wall right now with questions. Let's see. Did I have the chance to know Johan? Renee asked me. I never met Johan and I'm sure a lot of you know who I'm talking about. Johan, I can't pronounce his last name but he had all sorts of wonderful YouTube videos, very long videos of bike packing around the world. And of course I watched his videos but I never got to know him but he definitely seemed like a very sweet soul, a very kind human. And I'm sure I would have loved him but he passed away in February or something. And it's been a hard hit for the bike packing community cause I know tens of thousands of people really, really loved him and his videos. And so they answered your question. I never met him unfortunately but I feel like all of us bike packers, most people have seen his videos so we take a little bit of his spirit everywhere we go and so that's a way that we can honor him and spread the Johan love around the world. Okay, Caleb Wilson just asked me and he paid me money for this question. Would you ever be up for riding from Boulder down to Mike and Kimberly's race in the canyons? He's talking about, I'm guessing Cabayo Blanco, is that you were talking about? The canyons in Northern Mexico? Yeah, I would love to ride my bike in the Copper Canyons in Mexico. A lot of you have seen my videos about that race, the Born to Run race from the book Born to Run. It's called the Cabayo Blanco, it's a 50 mile race. It was my first, you know, 50 mile race of my life and it's a magical place. So yeah, I would love to ride my bike down there because those canyons are stunning. Okay, let's see. We got somebody Luis from Tijuana, Mexico. Hola amigo, ¿Cómo estás? I don't know how many Mexicans are out there but muchas gracias por todo, me encanta su país. Es uno de mis lugares favoritos en todo el mundo, me encanta la cultura, la gente, la música, el modo de vivir todo, me encanta México. I just wanna say I love you Mexicans out there. You took such good care of John and Mira and I when we were on our trip and you always have and I have a special place in my heart for Mexicanos. All right, so Masumi just paid me 10 bucks to answer this question. Widefoot cargo cage or king, many things. I tie bikes home a bit biased. I think you have a wide foot, so perhaps, okay. So the question is essentially what's my favorite cargo cage on the bike? So cargo cages can hold bottles or gear. And I love the brand Widefoot. They're actually made in the United States. They're made now in Fort Collins, Colorado. The company moved from Nebraska to Fort Collins and they come in a lot of cool colors. And yeah, they're just very easy to use. All of my big silver bottles you see strapped to my bike. I use a Widefoot cage and they're just tough. I've beaten the crap out of them and they still work. So hopefully Masumi that answers your question. I love Widefoot, but I haven't tried the king cages. I have tried the salsa anything cage, but I love Widefoot. It's just a very small profile, easy to use. It works. So check out Widefoot. If you're looking for some cargo cages, I'm not getting paid to say this. I just think they're a cool, tiny company. There's like three people who work there or something. Robert, Saludos desde Jalisco. So Jalisco is a state in Mexico where Guadalajara is and also Tequila. Did you all know that Tequila is a city in Mexico? It's called Tequila and that's where most of the Tequila in the world is made and it's surrounded by agave fields. And you might be thinking, well, what's agave? It looks like a giant aloe plant and that's the plant that they use to distill and make into Tequila, which is a close cousin to mezcal which is made down in Oaxaca which is down in Southern Mexico. Okay, veggie tables. I like that avatar, by the way. Are there any states in the US that you haven't bike-packed yet? Do you have a personal favorite? Thank you, veggie tables. I haven't bike-packed in South Dakota or North Dakota. I've heard of some great roots up there. I have not bike-packed in Alaska, which would be amazing, so beautiful. Lail Wilcox is from there and she's ridden all over Alaska and I've watched her films and I really would love to go up there. But I've ridden in most every single state because I've gone across the country four different times on four different routes and I've gone down both the East and the West Coast and I've done little pieces of other things here and there. But my favorite state for bike-packing, like straight-up adventure, like biking, I would say Utah. I love the Moab area. I love Kenyan lands. I love the desert. It looks like another planet to me. It looks like planet Mars, or at least what I would think Mars would look like. And yeah, I gotta say Utah. I grew up, I shouldn't say grew up, but I started going to Moab for mountain biking when I was about 20 years old and it is stunning. If you wanna see some videos of that area, look up my white rim videos and woo, it'll blow your mind. Okay, let's see. Tom's View Photography asks, can you do the trails you do, like the GDMBR on the bike, but stay in motels? So instead of camping, you stay in motels the whole time. You probably could. I mean, for a lot of different routes, you could probably just travel with a credit card and just blast off from town to town to town and you could probably pull it off. And that would be kind of a fun way to do it where you could travel really light because obviously you wouldn't need a camping here and you'd sleep in a nice hotel room every night and wouldn't have to worry about fire ants. So yes, that should answer your question. I love my wife Cycling Club, I like that. You should try bikepacking in Asia. I definitely should, I would love to go there sometime. Ragemaster asks, do John and Mira drive and or own a car? So I think John's being lumped into the same category as me because I don't drive, but John is a regular human and he does drive, he doesn't know how to drive a car. And I don't think he has a car right now because he seriously sold everything. He left everything behind in Canada and they are on the road for the next five or six years cycling around the world. So I don't think John's gonna be driving anytime soon unless he rents a car somewhere. But why would you rent a car when you have an awesome bike and an awesome dog? Ooh, Alex from Romania, very cool. I would love to go to Romania someday, right? Transylvania, that's where Dracula is from. Kid Mystic asking, favorite burrito in Boulder. So there's a restaurant right across the street from my house called Tierra y Fuego and I think they have the best burritos. They really do. Of course, downtown Pearl Street has lots of Mexican restaurants, but Tierra Fuego is the best. Sean Huntley says, would love to see how your bikes will stand up to Alaskan Glacial Silt. Yeah, I don't know about that. I mean, my bikes have stood up to Baja and Baja is about the roughest riding I've ever done in my life. If you guys are just joining here, we've been going on for about 45 minutes now. Geez, there's 500 of you live right now, which I really appreciate. And this whole thing is about eating burritos together. So I hope either you started with the burrito or you finished a burrito or you brought another burrito because it's burrito time with your friend, Ryan Manduzer. Here we go. Chris Dick says, I'm a runner and haven't done too much biking, but wondering if you have any running races planned. Oh, yes, I do. So there's a big race in Boulder called the Boulder Boulder, which I've been doing since I was a little kid, six years old, and it's been canceled the last two years because of the pandemic. So this year in late May, the Boulder Boulder is happening again. It's a 10K, so it's not like a long crazy one, but I will be doing that race and I will also be doing Leadville. The Leadville 100 once again, last year I had an incredible experience. It's also essentially where I met Amelia. We had chatted a little bit online before I did Leadville. I knew of her because she's a big deal, but I'd never met her really until Leadville and she paced me from mile 60 to 75. And when she dropped me off, I don't know what happened during those 15 miles, but I was a mess. Those were the last 25 miles of Leadville were very difficult and I had to drag my ass across the finish line. So I want to go back to Leadville and finish stronger. So Leadville's on tap. I'm also going to do the Habalina 100 again. You've probably seen those Habalina videos on my channel. I love the desert. I love going out there. Again, it's all because of the community and the fun people and the party. And yeah, so that's what I'm going to do right now. Trish McAllister says, are there any communities to find other solo bikers to bike pack with? I've been wanting to go on my first bike pack trip but I'm hesitant to do it solo. That's a great question, Trish. You know, the Adventure Cycling Association. I think it's adventurecycling.org. They have put together tons of routes all over the country. They created the Great Divide actually in 1996. I think they have forums where you can find people to ride bikes with. And so check them out. And if it doesn't say on the website, call them. They're cool. They'll be like, hey, how do I do this? They will know where to send you. Yeah, everybody smash that like button says Zynan. I'm going to take a second here to drink some of my, my throat's getting tired because I have COVID. I have COVID people. That's why I'm not out adventuring and I'm here eating burritos with you. Yummy. Oh, Bill Hastie says my 600 is on order. Would you change tires if doing a lot of gravel? So the 600 is the priority. 600 is the bike that I've been using as my everyday commuter for the past four years. I think the tires it comes with now are a little bit different than the tires I got. Mine were fully slick. I think the 600 comes with a little bit of nubbin on the tires. So it should be good for gravel. But if you really want to get rowdy, yeah, I would change the tires to like, you know, nubbier tires. Is that, is that a technical term, nubbier? Okay, Michael P says, Ryan, how do you convince someone, me, to break down and buy a priority 600X without seeing or giving one a five minute test? Maybe I need to come to Boulder and have you give me a sales pitch. So that's the thing with buying a bike online. Priority is direct to consumer. They're not in stores and I get this question a lot. Like, how can I try out a priority bike before buying it? The answer is you can't. There are some forums on Facebook. Like, I think it's called priority riders and friends or something. There's also a 600X specific group on Facebook. So you can join those groups and you can just put out a call and say, hey, I live in Phoenix or wherever. Does anybody else have a 600X I can try? That's one way to try one out. If you are in the Boulder area, I have definitely let people try out my bikes. So if you're near me and you want to try out one of them, let me know. Rich M says, being a vegetarian, Ryan, how do you know your Mexican burritos don't have lard in the beans? And so that's a very good question and the answer is I don't know. In a lot of times, like refried beans in Mexico are made with lard and that's just kind of how it goes. I'm picky when I'm in Boulder with what I put into my body. I always make sure it's vegetarian but I fully understand that sometimes things are out of my control and when I travel to other countries, I'm not always gonna be able to eat the way that I want. I'll try my hardest but if I'm invited into somebody's home, for example, and they present a meal to me, I am not gonna be all fussy and say, oh, no, no, I'm a vegetarian. I do not want to eat this meat. I will eat it. I will eat it in honor of them essentially because I know that they have invited me into their homes and a lot of times these families are from humble means and this is a very big deal for them to hand me a plate of food and I will eat it. And you've probably seen that in some of my videos where I will eat whatever is given to me essentially. I don't want it to get out of hand and have somebody hand me like a stack of ribs but if there's lard in the beans, if there's a little bit of meat in a soup, we're all good. Okay, all right, let's see. Let's see, find me another good question. Oh, Gloria asked, what symptoms do I have? So I have COVID right now. I think you're all safe. Oh, I'm not giving you COVID, I promise. The symptoms are just minor cold symptoms. You can probably hear my voice is a little nasally. It's been easy, luckily. So a little bit of sore throat, a little bit of boogies in my nose but other than that, like nothing major. The biggest bummer is I've just been stuck at home and I've had to cancel a bunch of events because I don't want to get anybody else COVID of course. And I visit my grandma all the time and she's 89 years old and I definitely don't want to give her COVID. So I've had to just stay home really and that's why I wanted to do this because this is super entertaining for me and I appreciate you all being here. All right, I just saw one from Earl, Earl Styles. He says, thank you for your CT inspiration. That means Colorado Trail. Earl is gonna do the Colorado Trail this summer and he's gonna kick butt. Colorado Trail is one of my favorite adventures of my entire life. It was absolutely a difficult adventure. It pushed me physically and mentally but at the end of it, it meant so much to me. Sometimes when you do really hard things in life, in the moment, it sucks. In the moment, you want to push a button that will magically get you out of there but you push through it and you see what you're made of and at the end of it and sometimes weeks, months, years afterwards you get to look back and be like, that was amazing. And I'm so glad that I didn't quit and then I went all the way and now, especially me, I document the adventures and I can look at it a year away from it or two years away from an adventure and be like, that was really unique and special and I'm so glad that I did it. So have fun out there, Earl. Darren says, more nubs, more hugs. Yes, I like that. That should be one of my new quotes. Matthew says, would you ever see yourself riding any other bike for bike packing? Well, right now I love the 600X. Obviously, I designed it. It's the bike that I always dreamed of having and now it's here and I have it and you get to ride it as well if you want. People can buy this bike. It's a dream come true to have a bike on the market with my name on it. Yeah, but I'm open to anything. There could be another bike for me down the line, maybe a 600X part two, part two. Let's see, just travel around says, we love your channel. Thank you, I appreciate it. I'm feeling a lot of love right now because I've been stuck at home kind of grumpy for the last five days. I was supposed to hang out with Amelia this weekend and that didn't happen. I was supposed to see my mom on Mother's Day and you know how much of a mama's boy I am and that didn't happen. So I've been a little grumpy. So yesterday I woke up and I was like, I am going to do a live stream with my YouTube friends and here we are. And this is definitely good for my soul. So thank you very much for all being here right now but also for always watching my videos. It means the absolute world to me that I have this wonderful audience and you're all awesome people. And if you are all here right now, we would all be eating burritos together. And maybe someday I can organize some sort of like Guinness Book of World Records burrito eating dinner and you're all invited. How's that sound? You guys wanna come to that party? Because I sure do. Let's see, Mark Putnam says guac 100%. Oh, I need some guac on this for sure. Okay, Troy and Andrea's little adventures. Do you estimate how many calories you burn and how many you need to sustain to energy my ride, to fuel my rides? I don't really, I mean, I don't, I don't know, this is not very articulate. Blah, blah, blah. I eat as much as I can. When I'm on a bike trip, I eat a lot. And that's just how it is. And it's because I know I'm burning a ton of calories, but I don't like calculate it. But it's not scientific. I just eat a lot of food. And when any human is out there pushing their bodies past the limit, you're gonna eat more than you're used to eating at home in day-to-day life. So just make sure to stay on top of that because you don't wanna bonk. Bonking is the worst. That's when your body is low on sugars and all these other nutrients that you need. And when you're out there pushing your body, it's just like a car. You wanna have like, you know, premium gas in there to keep you moving. So make sure to try to fuel yourself with healthy food. And I know you're all thinking, healthy food, come on Ryan, you eat Nutella all the time. I get it, I do. I love Nutella in the mornings, but I do try to eat healthy food as well, like beans. K-Stops, this looks like a British person. Yes, 10 pounds, Carl, Southport, UK. Plan bike pike pack around British coast. Want wild camp en route. Do you plan ahead for accommodation, water, food supplies en route? What devices do you use for navigation and keep charge? Okay, there's a lot of questions there. I don't plan ahead for accommodation because I never know where I'm gonna end up. Unless you're like very sure that you're gonna end up at a certain town, then maybe you can plan ahead and book a hotel. But I never really know. And I also like keeping the adventure open. Like, let's say I meet somebody really cool at 2 p.m. And they invite me into their home and dinner. And they're like, okay, I'm gonna go here now. So I don't plan ahead very much. As far as food and water, the same thing. You just kind of take it as it comes. You always wanna have like a store, a stock of energy bars and other things that you can eat just in case you run low on food. You wanna have some emergency rations out there. And as far as devices I use for navigation, I love my phone and I love the app called Kamut. Even Google Maps is great if you use the bicycle function. And Kamut is great. They're out of Germany. If they're getting bigger and bigger, but you can essentially put in a starting point and say I wanna go from A to B and you can choose like I wanna ride a gravel route and it'll give you a gravel route. Or I wanna ride a mountain bike route. So they'll find something a little more chunky for you. And it's really cool how it works. It's amazing. So thank you, Kay Stobbs. I really appreciate it. And as far as keeping things charged, I just carry lots of extra batteries for all of my cameras. So, five extra batteries for each electrical device. As far as my phone goes, I have a little power bank that will power my phone six times. And then every four or five days, I might stay at a hotel and then charge everything up. Erica Goldberg says, can you share some of your favorite memories from your experience in the Peace Corps? I've always wanted to join Peace Corps and would love to hear about them. Oh, I was actually just going through some of my old photos today of my Peace Corps experience. So for those of you who don't know, I lived in Honduras for two and a half years in a tiny village and I worked with kids. And it was the adventure of a lifetime really. The experience of a lifetime. As far as favorite memories. So I worked with kids and I lived in a neighborhood outside of a town. So like really like a tiny village situation. And every day after school, the kids would come over to my house and my house was set up kind of like a youth center. And I had all sorts of musical instruments and I had art supplies and the kids would come over and we would just play and we'd sing and we'd choreograph dances and we'd draw and we'd put up all the drawings all over my house and my walls were very colorful. And that was just like an everyday occurrence for me in Honduras. These kids were, they were so sweet and I loved spending time with them. So I'd say that's one of my favorite experiences of being in Honduras. And it's just, it's a just different way of life. You know, I'm from Boulder, Colorado which is, you know, a very modern American city. I lived in a tiny village that, you know, I had electricity, but I didn't have running water. So it was a much more basic way to live and everybody lives that way. And it was a good eye-opener to see how most of the world lives outside of the Western world. Okay, we've got a question from Shelby Collins. Why do you choose not to use the camp stone while bike packing? I get this question a lot. Thank you Shelby for the 1999. I appreciate it. You're so kind, you're so generous. I just, I'm a simple guy and I can open up a can of beans and put them in a tortilla and be very happy. And another reason is, is I'm not a great cook. I don't turn my stove on at home all that often. You know, John from John and Mira always laughs at me because he brings a stove where I guess most people who go out into the back country bring stoves to like cook those ready-made meals and stuff. But I've just gotten away with very simple foods and it's always worked. You know, I'm not against it maybe someday. Oh, and here's another big thing. Most people bring stoves to make coffee every morning and I don't drink coffee. So that's one of the main reasons why I don't have a stove, you know. I hope that answers your question, Shelby. All right. Wow, okay. We got Kendall Newburn. Thank you so much for your content. I'm 61 and going to ride the Katie Trail this year. The most I have ridden is 40 miles in a day. I'm excited to give it a try. Thanks for the inspiration. Hey, Kendall, you're awesome. I'm so excited you're gonna do the Katie Trail. The Katie Trail is beautiful. It's so fun. If you don't know what the Katie Trail is, it's the longest rail trail here in the United States and it goes across the state of Missouri and finishes in St. Louis. And it's a rail trail, so it's railroad grade. So it's flat, so it's pretty easy to ride and as railroads do, they go through towns about every 10 miles. So you're never far away from civilization. If you need food or water or a hotel, it's a very comfortable way to go bike packing. And I think it's about 250 miles total. So Kendall, you are in for a treat. I would love to bring my mom on that trail someday. And I can't believe this. Somebody, Joey Yao, if you're still on the live stream, he just gave me a super chat, 9.99. Joey, I met Joey when I was trekking in Nepal back in 2009. So way more than 10 years ago and Joey, man, I really connected with this guy. Just really great energy. And this is just an example of staying in contact with the people that I meet. You probably heard of the stories of Danny who gave me that special necklace that I wear, but I really try to stay in contact with everybody that I meet. I don't want it just to be a 15 minute moment on the side of a road or in a small town. I want to stay connected to these humans. And so I do and I call some of them on their birthdays or Christmas and we catch up. And this Joey guy, I can't believe it. I haven't heard from him in years. Thank you so much, my friend. I really appreciate you being here and the 9.99. Caleb Wilson, how do you store food when riding in bear country? I get this question a lot and you're probably not gonna like the answer. I don't do anything special. I keep my food on my bike and my bike is away from my tent. Maybe sometimes 10 feet. I keep food out of my tent because that will just invite bears into your tent. But I always tell people bears and every other animal are terrified of humans. They smell humans and they stay far away. So I have luckily never had a bear encounter even though I've traveled through bear territory a lot. I would say the best reason to keep food out of your tent at night is to keep bugs out of your tent. I would say you're gonna deal with a lot more mosquitoes annoying the crap out of you than bears actually causing any problems. I know it can happen. Anything can happen out there but I do not hide my food in trees like they say to do in bear country mainly because when I finish a day of bike packing I'm exhausted and the last thing I wanna do is find a tree and hike my food up to the top. All right. You guys are all so wonderful. My throat is starting to hurt because I've been talking now for over an hour. All right, let's see. What other questions do we have? Let's do this for maybe another 10 or 15 minutes before I lose my voice completely. Oh, okay. Alberto Guerra says, man, I have to ask you I have received supposed messages from you on YouTube. These messages ask me to contact you at a number on WhatsApp or Telegram that it like saying that it's a prize. No, it is not a prize. It is spam. I'm sorry you've been getting these. I spent an hour today on YouTube trying to like delete this fake spam channel that keeps spamming all of you. I'm sorry I have no prizes for you. So no, if you get something that looks a little fishy that says it's gonna have my picture on it they're gonna try to trick you. No, it is not for me and there is no prize. Sorry. Jerry says, let's talk about your midlife crisis. Your storytelling is getting better and better so you have a lot of room to run. What are your thoughts about what's next? Yes, so in my last video I talked about the struggles I've been having for the past four or five months with my channel and the direction I wanna take it and how I've been feeling like I'm telling the same story over and over. And on my personal level, I feel it's a little stagnant but I realized to the viewer, it's different every time. I'm in a different place, in a different landscape talking to different people but my formula to make these videos has been essentially the same. So that's more what I've been struggling with is like, okay, I wanna evolve as a storyteller and a creator. I don't wanna keep doing the same thing so that when you watch a dozer video you know essentially exactly what's going to happen. I don't want it to be formulaic like that. I want it to be new and creative and I wanna really feel proud of what I'm doing and I do feel proud of the content that I've been making but I've just been, I don't know, wrestling in my mind with where do I go from here? And I know that sounds scary. Like, no, I'm not going anywhere. My channel is gonna stay here. I realized that I am so incredibly fortunate to have this channel and to have all of you and it took me seven years to build it up to the size that it is now. I'm very grateful for you two. I just think I would like to try something new and I don't quite know what that means yet. Maybe it's a different form of storytelling. Maybe it's completely different stories. You know, a couple of years ago before the pandemic I did a series called Running with Ryan where I would run with elite athletes and interview them and that was really cool but I stopped doing it because of the pandemic. Obviously it couldn't be running next to people. So I'm making a list of new things that I can do and new ways of telling stories to you that I think are valuable and inspirational because at the end of the day I want you to watch my videos and say, wow, I wanna get on my bike and go do something or I wanna go run or I wanna go challenge myself. That's the goal. So, yeah. Did I answer your question? Sorry, I think I have a little bit of COVID brain right now. It's like a little foggy. But thank you, Gary, for that question and the $10. I appreciate it. Arlene says, we never know what's gonna happen, Ryan. That's why we watch. All we know is that you will ride a bike. That's true. And before the pandemic, I did a lot more running videos and I haven't done nearly as many of those and I know that my audience now is very bike heavy. So my running videos don't do as well as they used to because most people on this channel wanna see bike content and all of a sudden I pop up on a running video and people are like, ah, I wanna see a bike video, not a boring running video. So, you know, we'll see where I take things but when it comes down to it, I just wanna have fun, obviously, personally but also share something of value with you. James, what's up? Thank you for the five bucks. Thanks for the great videos and amazing energy you give to the universe. It does so much good. I appreciate that. That really means the world to me and after I made my most recent video, I got lots of comments like this and that's what motivates me to keep going is hearing from you and hearing that these stories really affect you in a positive way because that is the number one goal. And so I'm glad to hear that you're still enjoying my content. That's really what is important to me but I also wanna be true to myself at the same time and feel very proud of what I'm doing. And so stay tuned. This channel's not going anywhere. I'll be creating and putting out those overlays and love into the world. Oh, somebody just asked, hey, are you gonna upgrade to DJI's new Mini 3 drone? I already ordered it. I ordered it this morning. Yes, I'm excited about the new Mini 3 drone. It seems to be quite a bit better quality. Battery life is better. So I'm always looking for ways and essentially tools to help me tell my stories. That's what all my cameras are. They're tools. I'm not a huge gearhead. I don't geek out on camera stuff but I definitely tried to have the best gear, camera gear to be able to tell you really exciting, fun stories. And I know that drone footage is just stunning. It's so beautiful. And it's opened up a whole new avenue to show viewers what it's like to be out there and to show the scope of some of these landscapes. And I'm so grateful for whoever invented these tiny drones. This is footage that you could only get 10 years ago with a helicopter. And now anybody with 500 bucks can buy a drone and get pretty cinematic drone footage. So yep, I'm getting the new drone and hopefully I don't lose it or get it stuck in a tree because you all know that that happens. All right, Bong Mayer says, we love you, Ryan. You are such an inspiration. My family and I started to do outdoor activities because of your channel. Thank you so much. I love those comments. I love it. I love hearing from you. Never be shy to email me or comment to me telling me that you're getting outside and getting after it. Because again, that's the main goal with everything that I do in life. I want to inspire people to challenge themselves in whatever way, shape, or form that is. And Bong Mayer, I like that name. Johnny5 says, Ryan, you reminded me that some of my fondest memories are of riding a bike. Thank you for inspiring me to get back out there and to drag my kids along for the ride. That's so cool. I love hearing about families getting out there and some of my best childhood memories are definitely when I was a kid learning how to ride a bike and my dad putting on the training wheels and pushing me behind on the seat and lots of tipping over and crying and tantrums but you learn. And that's what's fun about trying anything new. And at first, obviously it's scary but then you get the hang of it and you build confidence and you feel really good about yourself. And that's like anything in life, any adventure. And it doesn't have to be like a physical adventure. It could be a mental adventure, something that you're trying completely new. Sara Hochman says, get out there podcast. I've thought about that. Podcasts are way less work. You don't have to travel and travel with lots of cameras and gear to put together stories. So I've definitely thought about a podcast but there's so many podcasts out there in the world that I just don't know if there needs to be another one but that could definitely happen. 26 Real MC, thank you for the 10 bucks. He says, I think you would do a great podcast. Well, yeah, maybe I can take on Joe Rogan. I can be the next Joe Rogan. What do you think about that? Might be a different vibe but I would like to have his size audience for sure. Jaime Gonzalez, no question Ryan. Just a big thank you from El Chucco. Thank you for all the time. Take all the time you need to regroup and do your thing. Thank you. Jaime, you always are sending me wonderful heartfelt messages and I really appreciate it. Katz just said, you don't talk about your dad is he still with us? So this is a question I get a lot. Yes, my dad is alive. He lives in Tennessee. My parents got divorced when I was six and my mom raised us. So I would see my dad about once a week growing up. He's a great guy. He's a nice dude but my mom is definitely somebody who I had a lot more contact with growing up with. And so my dad's gonna actually be in Boulder next week. He's gonna come out here and I'm gonna see my dad for the first time in many years and I'm excited to see him for sure. All right, OD Green Outdoors. Thank you for the 499. People go watch out of the Wild Venice way less starring Ryan. So if you don't know, I was on a Discovery Channel survival show called Out of the Wild Venezuela. It was filmed back in 2010. It aired worldwide in 2011. And that was the most difficult adventure of my life. By far, hands down, the hardest thing I've ever done. Why was it hard? Cause we pretty much starved for 30 days straight while we were tromping through the jungles of Venezuela. And you might think that my bike packing food is gross like Nutella and beans and whatever else. But what we ate out there, when we could find food, termites, grubworms, anything with calories. So if you wanna watch a show, you wanna see me get really skinny and cry a lot. Google Out of the Wild Venezuela. I think it's on Apple TV. You can probably find some bootleg versions on Vimeo. Thank you, OD Green. So Chris says, as I sit here, watching you after my run, I see a lot of families biking down our street. Finally, some warm weather here in Manitoba. You know, Manitoba is just north of here. And it's definitely warm here in Boulder too. I'm so excited for the summertime. I'm sorry, everybody in the Southern Hemisphere who are going into winter, but we in the Northern Hemisphere are getting ready for summer and we can't wait, right? Woop, woop. I'm gonna take another sip, give me a second. Okay. Hey, Will Z from DC, my birthday twin. How you doing, buddy? I always love when people show up that I haven't heard from in a while. It's awesome. It is awesome. So looks like just a name. Did a 100 mile off-road cycling race. Thanks for the inspiration. The Bear 100 in Wisconsin, that's awesome. Thank you for sharing your victory stories with me. Masumi Herota, thank you for the burrito money. I appreciate it. Oh, Edward Hill wants to know if I have plans to go to in quotation marks, the playa. What that means is Burning Man. I have some Burning Man videos on my channel. If you wanna look for them, they're very entertaining. Burning Man is a giant temporary city out in the deserts of Nevada. And there's about 80,000 people that go. And it's all about art and expression. And it's also a place where I run a 50 kilometer ultra marathon. And it hasn't happened for the last two years. Why the pandemic? So I do hope to go to the playa this year. It is definitely one of my favorite places in the world. Bob Raymond from New Hampshire. Thank you to says, feel better soon. My throat is, it's getting a little dry. So I think let's do five or 10 more minutes of this. And then I'm just gonna go to bed for like eight hours. I really appreciate you all being here. This really has lifted my spirits on a weekend where I really needed my spirits lifted. COVID is not fun. Not that it's been a bad case of COVID, but it just, I've had to cancel everything. And I haven't been able to see Amelia or my mom on Mother's Day. Hey, Ryan, show us your new girlfriend. Okay, maybe I can find a photo and I can show, hopefully Amelia doesn't care. Let's see. I'll find a photo and I'll show it to the camera here. So Amelia is my new girlfriend and she is amazing. I'm gonna find one of these good photos and see. I promise I'll get to it here soon. Here we go. Oh wait, not that one. Where is it? Where's the good photo of us? Okay, here we are. Here we are. Can you see that? There she is. Look how cute she is. And you know what else is in this photo? A bouncy castle. You know how much I love bouncy castles? I love them a lot. This was at my brother's house. He was having an Easter party and they had a bouncy castle. That's Amelia. You're so pretty. And you will see her on my channel at some point. Actually, she's already been on my channel. She pasted me in the Leadville 100 last year when I didn't really even know who she was. So you'll see her on my channel. We'll get her out on a bike. She is a wonderful human and she has made me a very, very happy man. Álvaro Rivas, thank you for the $10, man. I appreciate it. Secretariat 1999. Wow, you guys are so generous. I really, I mean, this, ah, my heart, mi corazón está creciendo and my heart is growing. Thank you so much. Mike Pence, is this Vice President Mike Pence in the chat here? It says Amelia is a goddess. She sure is, man. Thank you, Mike Pence, Mr. Vice President. Odie Green says she is very beautiful. Yeah, she's definitely beautiful. Amir says cute people. Yeah, we are so cute. Can I speak some Swedish? Okay, Ragemaster wants to hear Swedish. All right, so I lived in Sweden as an exchange student back in 97, 98. I lived with a host family, went to Swedish school and everything. And Sweden has a very special place in my heart. So it's always hard just to speak Swedish. Somebody tells me to say something specific. It works better, but let's just say, Jag ska flita, nee, in flita. Jag ska resa till Sverige i sommar, och jag ska sikla hela Sverige, och jag kan inte venta. Det ska bli jättekul. Didn't you understand that? Only through Swedish, would you understand that? I essentially just said I'm going to Sweden this summer and I'm gonna ride my bike the length of Sweden and I can't wait. And some of you might know some Swedish. You've, a lot of you have seen the movie Dumb and Dumber, right? At the very end of the movie, when Harry and Lloyd are walking down the road and a bus comes by and these babes come out in bikinis, one of them says, hey, yallupa, right when she walks off the bus. And that means, hello everybody, hey, yallupa. So there is your Swedish language lesson of the day from mainstream American media. All right, Alexi Paredes, thank you for the 999. What happened to eating burritos, bro? Well, maybe you got here late, bro, but I've been eating, I've been trying to eat burritos this whole time, but I've been talking too much. We started off, you know, with the burritos and the Valentino hot sauce and I got my Humex here. So I'm having like a nice Mexican fiesta by myself as I'm dealing with COVID. Kevin Deckard, thank you for the 10 bucks. I appreciate it. Rene Acevedo, thank you for the five bucks. Owl, thank you for 20 bucks. You guys are throwing some big money at me. Thank you so much. Michigan, tons of rail trails and interconnected snowmobile trails. I've heard that about Michigan. Michigan is definitely a beautiful place to ride a bike. When I did love cycles, we rode across Michigan and we hit some of those rail trails. The Fred Meyer trail, I think I remember. That was really cool. I'm a big fan of rail trails. They're just such a great way to, you know, bike or walk or run where you don't have to deal with traffic and they're usually covered by trees. So they're nice and cool. It blocks all the sun. There's a whole organization called Rails2Trails.org and they take abandoned rail lines and turn them into recreation areas. And so we're getting more and more around the United States, which is very, very cool. Patrice Lamey says, Amelia is hot and a great athlete. Yes, she is. So Joel Prades just said he's from France but lives in Montreal. What tent do you use? So I've been using the Big Agnes Fly Creek for the past four years. It's great bike packing tent. I did just buy the Nemo Dragonfly which is their version of a bike packing tent. I haven't used it yet. I set it up in my house, but it looks pretty cool. Let's see. Mike Pence, you're funny. Amelia is a corporate lawyer for Apple. So Ryan will be a kept man. That's funny. She is a corporate lawyer. She is one of those people that, she's just a little ass kicker. Sorry, excuse my language, but she's one of those people who she's accomplished a lot in life. Eric Perramond. Yo dudes, thanks for the great Leadville training and race vlogs. Those were great. And have them on infinite repeat as I'm tackling Leadville this August. Sweet, I will be there. I'm doing the Leadville 100 again. So make sure to come and say hi to me, buddy. And we can share some miles. That is an amazing race. The energy is off the charts. Andrew Livingston, thank you. Thank you for the 10 bucks. I appreciate it. I don't know where this money goes. It's not like, you know, coming out of my computer right now, but I imagine it'll all go to my AdSense account. So thank you all so much for being so generous. I really appreciate it. I really, really appreciate it. Oh, we got por la vida en bicicleta. Saludos desde Chihuahua, Mexico. Viva Mexico, amigo. Mike Pence again, Vice President Mike Pence wants to know, did you ever make it back to Honduras to see the kids? I've been back five times. I've been back many times. It's because those kids mean so much to me. I didn't want to just leave them after living there for two and a half years and never see them again. So I've been back five times and they are not kids anymore. They are young adults. I left Honduras in 2005. I chat with them a lot on Facebook and I hope to go back in the next year or so because Honduras is a wonderful place and I spent some formative years of my life there and those kids mean a lot to me. Okay. All right, I think I'm gonna do this for, so let's do this for six more minutes. So that will take me to 7 p.m. Colorado time before my voice completely goes. How long does a tent last in bikepacking use? I don't know. I've had one for four years, the big Agnes and it's perfect. I mean, it's still as good as day one. I guess it just depends how you treat it and it depends on if you're camping on a bed of thorns in Baja or something. Say hi to Brazil, Mario Nicolau. Okay, Brazil. I will come to Brazil someday. I promise. Looks like he's in a town called Curitiba in the southern part of Brazil. Gear review while I'm, somebody's like, hey, you should make a gear review while you're in lockdown. I probably should. I should do something this week while I'm sitting at home doing nothing. Somebody just said, bike back to Honduras. Yeah, maybe someday. That'd be pretty cool. Oh, here's some big news. Let's end off on this. So when I rode home from Honduras, every single night I wrote in a journal hoping that someday I would put all of these journals into a book. And when I got home, I started writing a book. This was way back in 2005, 2006, and I just got overwhelmed. Writing is very hard and I started doing video and I put it on a back burner. I essentially never touched it and I kind of moved away from my idea of writing a book about my Honduras adventure. And then last year, I got motivated again to get back on it and I hired somebody to help me put it all together and go through all of my journals. And so this fall, hopefully, I will have the book out. The book is done. I just hope that it gets all printed and everything out by this fall. For the holiday season, the book is amazing and it chronicles my adventures from Honduras to Boulder and everything in between and my philosophy on an adventure in life. And it's a look into 25 year old Ryan in my headspace at that time and starting to look at the world in a different way and looking toward the future and what am I gonna do with my life? Because when I was 25 years old, I didn't know. I left Honduras, I graduated college, went to Honduras for two years and then I was like, okay, what am I gonna do? How am I gonna make money? What's my career gonna be? And at the time I thought I might work for the State Department or work for an international aid organization because I've always loved traveling internationally and helping people. I didn't end up doing that but I think I get to do that in a way through my videos and I decided, you know, back in 2006, like I wanna be a storyteller. I wanna find a way to make money through telling stories and that's when I started at Public Access TV and then started working for different TV networks and then slowly working my way to the travel channel and other networks and then I was like, you know what? I don't like the TV world. I'm gonna be a YouTuber. So seven years ago, I decided to start a YouTube channel and try to create a living by being a YouTuber and telling stories, important stories that I think bring value to the world. And here we are, I have a great channel. You're all right here with me right now. What this means the world to me and this is quite the tangent. I don't know how I got started on this because I'm talking about my book. My book is coming out. Hopefully this fall it's really, really good. I think you will love it. Mark Lemmon says, dozer for president of bike land. I will take that nomination and your vote. Where's bike land? Holland, Boulder? You're all so wonderful. And the book will be called The Long Way Home. You like that? Because I took the Long Way Home. Most Peace Corps volunteers when they finished service, you know, get flown home by the US government but I cashed in my ticket and used that money. It was like $600 to put towards a bicycle. And I used that money to ride my bike home to Boulder, taking the Long Way Home. And I'm really excited to share it with all of you. It's exciting. So with that, my friends, it is two minutes till seven here in Colorado. Thank you all so much once again for being part of this channel, part of this community. I'm trying to like, my face keeps on getting in the sun right here. That's why I'm getting so close to the camera. Thank you. It really means the world to me. You're all wonderful. Thank you for interacting in all these wonderful questions here today. And I will be creating content this spring and summer. Don't you worry. I'm not going anywhere. I love you all. And let's finish off with the O-Le-O-Le-O-Le-O-Le-O-Le-O-Le. I think that's it. It's 7 p.m. here. Oh, thank you, Will. What, did Will just give me 49.99? Thank you, Will. That is amazing. Thank you. I appreciate it. You're so nice. Maybe I'll stay on longer so you can keep on giving me money. No, just kidding. It's not about money. I really appreciate you all. Stay tuned for my next video and tell all your friends to watch my channel. That's the best way for this thing to grow. Share it word of mouth. The bigger the channel gets, the more content I can make, the more revenue I make because of ads and all that stuff. So keep sharing it. Share the good word. I love you all. I love you all. I love you. Te amo un placer conocerlos a todos. And stay tuned for the next adventure. I am outta here. Adios.