 Making movies, making movies! It's how we do it! Vamanos! You want to know the not-so-fun part about all this? Waking up in the dark when it's about 30 degrees and packing everything up. And you're probably thinking, well, why don't you just sleep in and wait till the sun comes up and it's warmer? Well, the days are so short out here. We have to get started earlier, otherwise we won't get the miles in. Yeah, this is definitely uncomfortable to be cold and packing up sleeping bags and stuff. Well, that's pretty exciting. It might be cold, but that view is just spectacular. Hello, you two! How's it going? Good. Do you have any fun dreams last night? Yeah, but they're not suitable for camera. You Canadian dirty dogs! How about you, Mira? Can I pet you? You've warmed my hands up. Whoa! I don't see a stick. What are you looking at? I don't see a stick. You are so sweet. Not a bad place to camp. Here, give me a hug. Give me a hug. Warm me up. I'm so cold. I love you so much. Yeah. So, Mira has to be on a leash because of the permit. The land we're on says all dogs must be on a leash, so she's tied up with John and drags him around. Or maybe I should say John is on a leash. Yeah, totally. Oh, Mira. Oh, look at that! Look at that! Whoo! There's John getting ready and there's Mira supervising. And there is the sun. Come on, warm us up! Okay, thank you. Flat ground. Right next to one of the best campsites ever. Half frozen starting the day. No flatties, no crashes, no whammy's. Heading further south in Navajo Country. It's amazing what a little sunshine and moving your body will do. We are warmed up now. Feeling good, legs are feeling good. Mind is feeling good. Today we're going to head toward a town called Cameron. And along the way, the goal is to have a lot of fun. We've been riding for about an hour, mostly uphill. And we were both just admiring the fact that it's completely silent. No wind. And from what we can tell, we're the only ones out here except for a couple cows. And a Mira. Hi, Mira. How are you today? You having a good one? Is that a smile? You smiling? Oh, I mean, you want some more love? Oh, yeah, you want some more love? Yeah, is that what you want? I got more love for you. Mira. The whole world loves you. Okay, that's ride bikes. I know you want to keep playing, but it's time to ride bikes. See you later. That's what we found for you, Mira. Some water. Why are you drinking it, John? I'm not a big fan of chocolate milk. Okay, my friends, it is now the moment of truth. Something I've wanted to do for a long time, but I just haven't. Can you guess? I'm going to ride John's bike with Mira. Yeah, you want to go on a ride with Uncle Deuzer? You think I can do it? Are you going to behave for me? So, John, what are the tips? I don't know. Ride your bike. Balance. What should I be looking out for? I don't want to hurt your doggy. Yeah, she's pretty good. She won't run in front of you there, and she's going to be prepared for the shift of weight. She'll move around a little bit in the basket. Yeah, it might surprise you. It might be a very foreign feeling. Most of the stuff on our bike, we lock it in place, we strap it down, and it stays pretty stable. But, yeah, she moves around. So it can be wild. All right. We'll do tradesies. All right, Mira. Oh, hi there, honey. Let's go for a little ride. I'm excited. This is quite the honor to be able to ride your bike. You're trusting me with your dog. Okay, here we go. She'll be easy on you. Luckily, we're about the same size. Same size frame. John's on the old 600X. You ready, Mira? Oh, God. Oh, it's a little wobbly. There we go. Okay. All right. Wow. This is definitely way heavier. But Mira is already tucking her head right in. Look at that. She's so sweet. She's leaning right up against me. Whoo, here we go. We're going up a slight grade here. John wanted this to be the real deal. So I can feel what it's like to pedal with a 40-pound Mira. And so what does it feel like? That feels great, you know. How are you doing this all the time? And it definitely makes me happy to be able to hug her while pedaling. That's pretty sweet. That's pretty sweet. Oh, Mira. Yeah, but I definitely have a lot of respect for you, bud. Cameron, this big old bike up these hills. Yeah. How are we doing, Mira? How are we doing, girl? Yeah? You're good. Yeah. That's my girl. That's my Mira. Oh, this is great. Here's up a hill. This is why John has those beastly legs. Yeah, this is easy here on this side, I gotta say. I'm just too little long. I haven't touched the gear shifter. It looks so funny. Yeah, it's kind of small. It's short. This is my chance to steal, Mira. Bye, John. All right. Well, that was fun. Awesome. Just so you know, ladies and gentlemen, I only rode about maybe 400 meters. Not far. Thank you, Mira. Thank you, Mira, for the honor. Thank you, John. Yeah, my pleasure. Did I do a good job? Did I do a good job? You know what's interesting? You know, I would say there's weight on your bike, but I mean, if you want to train for an ultra-endurance event, get yourself a dog. I set up like this, or just add a ton of weight to your bike. That's good training. Could you look any cuter? I don't know. So, John, here we are in the middle of nowhere. You've been on your bike for over a year. You've spent a lot of your life doing very difficult, tough adventures in the middle of nowhere. How do you deal with loneliness, being alone? Yeah, that's a good question. People do ask that. First, I would say it's important to know what we're talking about. Because lonely and being alone are not the same thing. People can be lonely in a crowd or a family get together or in a concert or any of those kind of things in the subway. So they're different. But yeah, I do get lonely. Sometimes I just eat a snack. Honestly. But the world changed a lot since when I was first traveling. We'd have to send a mail or we'd get a little card and we'd call to collect back to Canada from New Zealand or wherever we happened to be. But now, I have a cell phone for the service. I can reach out and walk. I can see people and make those connections. Even on Instagram. Those aren't sort of the personal one-on-one being able to touch another human being. To smell them, to hear them, to feel their presence. That's different. That part's a bit more of a challenge. The people I meet that are fans of ours, are followers. They're really warm and caring and generous and that part's been amazing that's happened several times. But there's still a distance between us and them. It takes a while to get over that and it does happen. But yeah, the reality is for me there's not many women out here. It's tough. We just changed the subject to women. Having a life partner, people ask that when I'm back in Canada or in Mexico for a period of time you can start a relationship. But you need to be together. I work away when I'm back in Canada too so I travel quite a lot regardless. But yeah, it's tough. I think the important thing is to be when the times are good and you feel good and you're around friends such as yourself and others and Mira, of course she helps soften that. Just to be appreciative and grateful for those times and hang on to that little kernel and it gets you past those times when it can be lonely. And then understand when it is time to be hang out in the city for a little bit and kind of feed yourself because we're multi-faceted human beings too we're not just like riding machines in the desert with no water so that's an important part of life to have those kind of relationships but it's a challenge doing this kind of travel without a doubt. You've done a lot of big stuff. Is there anything that scares you? What kind of moments scare you and how do you get through it? Yeah, I mean I think it's preparation like when you're initially thinking about a trip I definitely turn on that negative brain, the what ifs and then do things that are constructive that I can help prevent those or minimize or reduce some kind of mitigation measure and then maybe a go no go kind of situation where I choose not to go into a place or I change a route if I'm going to go up into a mountain range and it's wet and I don't have the equipment I'm going to get hypothermic if I'm on my own or with another colleague or climbing partner I make the smart choices but preparation can be that confidence too you can't just wing it off so I have parts to repair the bike you see me do it and you see me do it to other people's bikes clothing and food and that kind of preparation and then bit by bit you try you build on your confidence from past experience you can't just all of a sudden be confident and then know when to retreat that's really important you know it's better to retreat and live and come back and try again under different conditions and yeah just be silly about it you know for the gram that kind of stuff so now right on John thank you man mirrors like were you humans hurry up and get out of here your ear is so soft is your dad like groom your ears look at these ears I love being out here with you guys we've been very low on water all day nursing it just taking little sips because there's not a lot of water out here as you can see but we just found the holy grail of water look at this oh it's so nice to find water such a relief such a relief you know there's that I mean we're not going to die out here like it's pretty cool whatever but just the discomfort of being very very thirsty is painful look at that do you know what's happening in there do you know what's happening in there how is it making it safe to drink I think it's hitting it with UV light I don't know the science at this level is kind of like magic for the primitive here I mean big industries in towns use UV to treat their water so John and I are just sitting here eating burritos having the time of our lives seriously we're both talking about how these are the moments that we love about being outside and being on bike trips and being in the wild and I was saying never in my life be out here again so you really have to enjoy it in the moment because this could be it you know and it really helps you to put things into perspective and really enjoy where you're at and enjoy that burrito how is it bud hitting the spot perfect and how's your, looks like you're cut up next to a cow patty how's that goofball and the temperature is perfect right now we filled up our water bottles we have food in our bellies we have a view of canyons and bluffs and prairie land this is the good stuff in life this is it you know people talk minimalism is quite popular now but I mean like except for that word doesn't seem very minimalist I mean some fresh water a little bit of food our bikes it's amazing so simple you know people talk a lot about how van life is about as simple as you can get bike life is way more simple everything John needs for the next few years is on that bike it's okay buddy we've got some loud dogs all we're doing is barking there's some sheep over here these are sheep herding dogs and they really wanted to play with Mira think of that Mira what do you think of that you're a good dog Mira trying to lick my camera check this out here we are riding along and our friends Craig and Nicolette and Michael show up how you doing good to see you how you been doing since the last time we saw you oh that's right you got sick I'm sorry to hear that that's good how you doing Craig good good good man hey Michael is that your bike up here is that your bike in the truck yep you're ready to rock and roll with us aren't you buddy get that helmet on let's go cruise look at us go no crashies no flaties no whammies room room near them near them near them yeah we'll see you in Boulder okay come visit thank you guys so much for coming and hanging out with us again you guys are awesome I love it I love it I love it that was so cool of him to come visit us man and bring the bikes and got to hang out with Michael again yeah just make you feel welcome exactly yep so now we're really close to the highway when we were on yesterday we're gonna get back on that and zoom zoom about 15 miles to the town of Cameron and try to find some Navajo tacos there it is the Navajo taco it's Navajo fried bread with refried beans and cheese and all sorts of other good stuff so my favorite part about this Navajo taco of course are the frijoles the beans and it's on a nice soft fried bread like a sopa pie I'm lovin' it yeah absolutely yum that's how you wash clothes in a hotel sink are my clothes a little dirty I can't tell mirror you wanna jump in the bed with me we got a hotel we got a hotel yeah you're so excited to have a hotel tonight we got a hotel and I'm so excited see what I have to put up with this is what hotel life is like everybody's just lounging we've got Mira of course our bikes are hangin' things are hanging off of the bikes to dry we've washed our clothes in the sink drying rack right here hey there look at that fluffy hair it's not all greasy and we are charging like crazy all the devices and cameras and computers John is over here watching Canadian soap operas yeah it's all about maple syrup and cutting wood lumberjacks and flannel sweaters and stuff that's right totally and cheese curd it's poutine time oh yeah poutine and I'm gonna steal Mira she's gonna sleep with me tonight yeah you are my favorite dog in the whole wide world yeah you are