 Hi guys, it's Monica and Jay and we are doing a collab. This is going to be sort of a different collaboration video. Oh different. Oh different. And Jay is just my captive audience here Anyways, we're inside our motorhome. We are unfortunately not at an exotic location or a camping along the beach But we just returned from the beach. You mean our driveway is an exotic. I don't think so. Okay I really don't think so. Anyways, Stephanie Farrell Focus, if you're not following her I will be sure to link her a channel below Asked me about doing a collab with her She and her husband Steve are into a lot of the same things that we're into actually. Yeah, like what? Well, they have well there I think a step above us because they have a photography studio So they're avid photographers. They're avid campers Okay, and they live out in California. No, it's not too bad So so they go and visit some really amazing places They take some awesome photos and they go camping a lot So she reached out to me and we started to talk about doing a collaboration about camping and You know, maybe skincare maybe photography So we came up with a couple of questions and she sent five questions That her and her husband Steve would like us to answer. Okay, so I thought that was like, oh, okay so anyways, I'm gonna read the question and You can start the answers. How does that sound? Sanfia, I Haven't seen them so go ahead. The first question is why did you start camping and why do you like it? Now is this question asking us why did we start camping when we were married or when we were little or what? Yeah, you will over complicate everything all the time So let's just start in the beginning of our lives and make it quick Okay, I think we got into camping when we started kayaking And we decided we get into camping because we'd take the kayaks out onto the islands along the main coast And then we'd pitch a tent and all that which we have not done, but we have gone tent camping So that's probably where it started Well, maybe for us as a couple that's where it started But you had a lot of camping experience before we got together and so did I because you had like one of those camping buses And you went across country and you that's the question. I asked you before you said Well, I thought well anyways Yeah, back it well when I was a kid my My parents took me camping up at up in Raymond, New Hampshire at It's the name of that campground I'm sure Patek away So that was far away for us when we lived in Massachusetts true that was far away from camping when I was a little kid and Even I can remember camping geez when I was we go down Cape Cod, Massachusetts when I was probably 10 11 12 years old now I think about it and I also remember my dad had a old bread truck and Turned that bread truck into a camper and would camp on the beach down the cave Which you can't do anymore would drive out on the sand have bonfires and all that Those were the sweet days when camping was very very innocent and a lot a lot of fun So I never camped as a little kid my parents, you know, we didn't do any camping But I did camp in my farm or life when my children were little when with my ex-husband We did a lot of camping we did a lot of tending with a bunch of friends So I always really like that. So when we got together, that's exactly what we did We started kayaking got the tent We bought a tent that was going to be like a wilderness type tent so we could kayak to these islands and paddle You know paddle out there and camp out there We did a lot of paddling, but we never did any wilderness camping not like that anyways Maybe we'll still have to do it. Maybe and why why do you like it? I love the outdoors? I just would rather be outside than inside I just I love the smell of the fire, you know, I love being with you Why do I like it for many of the same reasons I do like the outdoors. I'm also very much a beach baby I love going on the water Camping on the ocean things of that nature and Camping was always for me an affordable way to be able to do that to be able to travel and stay at the beach And all of that and it was affordable. So that has stuck with me So we've been we've had amazing campsites that were affordable because they were campsites If we were in a hotel that before five hundred dollars a night on some of those Locations so yeah, so we just love it because it brings us back to nature and I can be with you Anyways, this is the question. I was really looking forward to question number two any camping disasters Yeah, I've had my share And do you want to talk about the one that might come to mind and I'll correct you if you talk about the wrong one Well, the biggest disaster was we were headed out to Association Island in New York and it was 4th of July weekend And everybody had already headed out and we were working and we had to leave at the last minute I remember getting new tires for this motorhome That's how we had to leave at the last minute because he had to put new tires on had to get the new tires had the appointment and Then I also took it up to get the oil changed and but anyway, and I came back and the motorhome was running rough To make a long story short But it happened when they changed the tires on it one of the servicemen had gone underneath in the front and knocked off a valve that fluctuated the airbags in our motorhome and I didn't realize it until we were on our way out there and poor moniker and do Boots were hitting her in the face. Oh, you're gonna get me demonetized So to make a his short story long He we were gonna meet up after he got that the motorhome and all that stuff He calls me on the phone and he says boy It's riding a little rough But it's because the tires are new and I'm like oh, okay So I continue on to my destination to where I'm gonna meet him He had filled up and all that and so we had hooked up the car and I Walked to the doorway and I thought geez the motorhome was looking a little low But I didn't think anything of it we get inside we start our trip to New York Where we're gonna meet all our friends on this beautiful campground and we're like not even five minutes pulled out of what we were And we were we were bumping so hard that I had to really literally hold my chest and you ladies that are you know Endowed like I am will understand because the bouncing was really uncomfortable and I'm going this is not rough tires This was something but no he was so no it'll be fine. They'll even out leaving out and We continued on until we had to stop and turn around came back and I took it into the shop and We did make it on that camp trip that couple hundred dollars later And I think we lost because of the holiday we lost a day But we did we lost a day and a half spent a lot of money And it was the people that had put the tires on somehow when they jack it up They flipped the ear thingy so that was one of our disasters. We've had a few we've had you know I don't I would call them disasters. I would call them more as mishaps. We've had a number of mishaps Okay, how often do you go camping how often do we go? We try to go with least a couple of times a month at least I know we have our regular 4th of July camping trips and our Yearly vacation we go 10 days up in Bar Harbor a lot of times will go out to the beach Try to do long weekends may go out like on a Thursday night go to work Friday And then have the weekend and then come home Monday so and I agree we try to go as often as we can in season and We'll we'll camp right up until the end of October if the weather's nice, you know And later just no not enough days. Yeah, and because we both work full-time So we're weekend warriors other than our vacations. We do a lot of dry camping at the beach Yeah, so we really like it. What are your future camping plans without mentioning any dates? That one's easy So the next camping plan that we have we're gonna try to go somewhere without mentioning a date an upcoming holiday Well, I'm not okay Memorial Day. We're gonna try to go some someplace Memorial Day weekend We're not too sure where it's gonna be local It'll probably be dry camping at the beach or whatever something like that and then beyond that We've got a couple of other beach things, but our big trip will be in sometime in August Let's put it that way where we do 10 days up in Bar Harbor, Maine Same campsite every year. We go to the same campsite. We reserve at the year before we absolutely love it So we camp as often as we can and and every year we go to Bar Harbor. That's just one of the places I think what creatures of habit Yeah, when you like a spot you like to go back to it and if you can get it year after year You just plan for it. It's the best way to do it so true So the last question is how do you keep up with your skin care routine whilst on the road? Or you just say or do you just say the heck with that? My skin, I don't know. I just you know, I just those masks I get I just they just Make my beard so nice and soft He's a full of bologna So in and to seriously to answer this question skin care is always a balance when you're camping and you're spending a whole lot of time Outdoors, I think the biggest thing for me is to make sure that I have plenty of sunblock our first Shake-out trip that we just had I realized and we went to the beach I realized they didn't bring my sunblock from my face. So that totally freaked me out I had to go buy some which was a real hardship, of course She asked me to pack it and I forgot he did forget so it was my fault I should have brought it out here, but I do keep up with my skin care It's probably a little bit more, you know, minimum how you say that word minimized Minimized minimized. Thank you. So I don't probably do it as you know Intense in other words, I still do my serums. I do I still do my deep cleansing. I don't wear as much makeup I don't wear as much eye makeup. I still want to look pretty Oh, thank you, you know, so even though I'm camping. I don't want to look like a total grub There have been times though there have been times that we've camped that we're like total corrupts No, I think the worst time they were total grubs and we did ten day ten days bareboating the Caribbean remember in that boat We are that was an awesome vacation But yeah, so skin care is really important to keep it up And I think the the joy of having a motorhome like we're in our motorhome right now makes it easy for me to Pack all the essentials that I really need. It's gonna be different when we go tent camping Which we're planning on doing a little bit of in Canada. So that's probably our next tent trip, right? Canada. Yeah So that's coming out early on that So that's sort of the answer to these questions I don't know how long the video is. I'm hoping it's not super long I'm really looking forward to seeing Stephanie and Steve's video and Hearing their answers to these questions and someday I really hope we get to meet I'd love to go to California I'd love to do a camp out with Stephanie and I'm sure you would love to really Dig into Steve's photography equipment. Actually, they're both super super photographers. They really are wonder Do they have Canon or Nikon, you know, oh I don't know. Are you Canon people or a Nikon people? Could be Sony. Could be Sony. No, I don't think so. If for some reason I'm thinking she's got a Canon I think they've got a 70d or something or probably better than that, but I think I think she's mentioned that before So I'm thinking they're Canon people So they probably have nice lenses that we should use and stuff like that. Definitely. I mean his camera bag alone I Mean, you know, I'll have to show you some more of the video so you can see where their recent adventures in the camera gear He carried around Your battery lights flashing. Oh That must mean I'm gonna lose my battery. So before it shuts me off Bye guys. Thank you so much for watching. Be sure to check out Stephanie's channel I'm gonna link it below and Stephanie Steve. Thank you for asking us to do this collab It is actually a lot of fun thinking about the answers to these questions. Bye guys. See you later. Ciao Cheer cheers. Happy camping