2022 0917 - Nemaha, NE to Omaha, NE (HOME!!!)

[@Tiggo35]

Congratulations! Amazing trip. Thanks for sharing it!

[@MichaelStraubSeaDooLooper]

Thanks!

[@chrisdalmata7826]

Congratulations Mike!! I have really enjoyed your videos of your adventure. You are a great story teller. I hope to see many more videos of your trip as you decompress and look back at your adventure. Thanks for taking all of us on your journey with you!

[@MichaelStraubSeaDooLooper]

Thanks for following! I am taking the rest of the week off work to decompress... I need it!

[@Jordan-9999]

Congratulations Mike! What an incredible journey. Thanks for sharing it with us.

[@MichaelStraubSeaDooLooper]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@danchant5342]

Hey Mike, we’ll done! I’ve started many Loop stories but yours was the first one I’ve completed. Very much enjoyed your vids! Thanks, mate!

[@MichaelStraubSeaDooLooper]

Awesome, thank you!

[@randywilson6869]

Kiefer Oklahoma here go ou. Wow my aunt live in your hometown but in the county with a lot of cows. I remember she used to come here every year for a week and sometimes twice a year. As just a little kid remember her showing me some pics of them feeding the cows and snow drifts would b taller than the fence

[@dianemartin8784]

Congratulations! Thanks for showing us the loop! We want to do it someday but on a boat! Enjoy some down time and getting back to reality.

[@MichaelStraubSeaDooLooper]

Thanks Diane! Doing it on a boat would certainly be more relaxing and enjoyable. Less Mount Everest, more Island Life.

[@ValdoPesos777]

🎉congratulations man this is something awesome you really got the message out here of “y wait “ i’m from Omaha as well and I’ve been watching your videos of this journey since the start Glad you made it home it was a expierence forsure

[@MichaelStraubSeaDooLooper]

Glad the Y WAIT message made its way through. Too many people wait too long, and then life catches up with them... Thanks for following!

[@michaelc8052]

That was an amazing trip. Thanks so much for sharing and giving inspiration to follow your dreams.

[@MichaelStraubSeaDooLooper]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@richb.1453]

Congrats !!! Quite the accomplishment!

[@MichaelStraubSeaDooLooper]

Thank you!!

[@chrisbrent1542]

Thank you for sharing your journey with us! Congrats on completing your trip.

[@MichaelStraubSeaDooLooper]

Thanks Chris!

[@dockterjon]

Congrats dude! Hell of an accomplishment💪 I've been prepping 3 vintage 2stroke skis for the Chesapeake Bay loop out of Annapolis MD. After seeing your journey it's clear there's much bigger fish to fry. Could use a battle tested 4stroke. Please reply with current hours and price...after celebrating of course!

[@MichaelStraubSeaDooLooper]

Small 2-stroke machines would have it's own challenges -- mostly that they cannot cut through the smaller waves like the newer, larger skis. It would be a jarring ride even in the small stuff.

[@dockterjon]

@@MichaelStraubSeaDooLooper Larger 4 person skis (LRV) but still rough ride for sure!

[@paulpuglia8480]

Congratulations Mike, from Paul Clinton Township Michigan, sorry I didn't get the chance to meet you maybe another day ciao ciao for now bro.

[@michaelbruder5610]

Incredible journey. Congrats. This trip goes into the record book 🤩 I followed you from the first week. Sorry you didn’t make it into Canada and Georgian Bay. Maybe next trip lol.

[@MichaelStraubSeaDooLooper]

If I decide to do it by boat, then Canada will definitely be part of the route!! Thanks for watching!

[@LifeBeginsOnTheWater]

Michael, what can we say about this adventure you have taken on?? Words wouldn’t even come close to describing it. Man not sure how you healed😂 it together at the end of your video log while crossing the finish line. Seeing some of your family & friends there just supporting you and cheering 🎉 you on. Man I had shedded a few tears for y’all. Thanks so much for bring us along for the journey. I truly truly enjoyed every minute of it. Get some much needed rest and family time in. Can’t wait to hear about stats & numbers. PS: That ski is just broken in! Billy D

[@MichaelStraubSeaDooLooper]

It's all highway miles. It's fine! Thanks Billy for commenting along the way. I always looked forward to hearing from ya!

[@LifeBeginsOnTheWater]

@@MichaelStraubSeaDooLooper Always, hope & pray 🙏🏽 one day we will meet & ride together. Give the family & friends our love.

[@michaelpetrison2472]

Thanks Mike for sharing your trip. Sue and I really enjoyed the journey with you. Hope to see you and Rick soon.

[@MichaelStraubSeaDooLooper]

Thanks again for having me at your house! If you need a layover in Omaha, just call!

[@michaelely9652]

Congratulations Mike!! It’s been awesome following you on your journey!

[@MichaelStraubSeaDooLooper]

Thanks for following along!!

[@timsandberg6841]

Congrats!!! An amazing trip!!!

[@MichaelStraubSeaDooLooper]

Thanks Tim!

[@jasonstewart1135]

Congratulations and welcome home !!!

[@MichaelStraubSeaDooLooper]

Thank you!!

[@rashick11]

Congratulations, well done chasing your dreams.

[@MrEveready299]

I just watched all your great loop videos. Awesome and congratulations. I feel like I know you now. What program do you use to map your progress and put camara and rocket stamps on it. Thanks Y Wait.

[@MichaelStraubSeaDooLooper]

Thanks for watching - and glad you enjoyed it!! I used a GPS-Tracking app on my phone (Maprika - free) for the GPS log. I would then import that into another app on my phone called "Relive" (paid version). Relive is what created the Map with the pins and pictures. It will take the GPS log, and then auto-match your pictures you took on your phone (which have embedded time and GPS information) - and automatically place the pictures on the route. Relive tends to group pictures, so the GPS placement is not always 100% -- but it is close and you can edit it. Once I had the Relive (map) video created, I would use another phone app called "YouCut" to do the final video editing, where I brought in other videos -- such as from my 360 camera (which had yet another app for ITS video editing). It was a lot of work but I was pretty happy with the results -- especially for just a 'rookie' with no editing help!!

[@swimdawg1763]

Great Adventure! congrats!

[@MichaelStraubSeaDooLooper]

Yes! Thank you!

[@susanbrigham8484]

So awesome to follow you through this Michael. Best wishes from Scott & Susan Brigham in Coeur d Alene Idaho 🎉

[@MichaelStraubSeaDooLooper]

Thanks so much!

[@amazinggrace9114]

I’ll miss these videos. I’ve followed since day one

[@MichaelStraubSeaDooLooper]

Thanks for following along! The support and feedback I received gave me so much energy to keep going!

[@wadesteven4270]

I just rewatched all your videos you missed part of the loop. You need to start over. I kid I kid congratulations, I look forward to your follow up videos.

[@MichaelStraubSeaDooLooper]

You had me going there for a minute! It was really hard to keep track of my days, especially when editing happened days later!

[@thomasbrown782]

Congrats, Mike!......Enjoyed following your journey!.......My only question.......How many pounds did you lose?

[@MichaelStraubSeaDooLooper]

I actually gained a few pounds -- only because I ate WHATEVER I wanted, and lots of it. I tried to stay ahead of the calorie burn rate. That, and I added a few pounds of muscle!!

[@thomasbrown782]

@@MichaelStraubSeaDooLooper Yea, absolutely it is ALL muscle!

[@randywilson6869]

I bet your next adventure will b on land hu. I think it would b cool to travel on a bike with a trailer to sleep /cook on. But nowadays it might b to dangerous to sleep in a lot of places

[@MichaelStraubSeaDooLooper]

Yep - most likely on land!! Although a run from Minneapolis to New Orleans would be fun...

[@RelicsandRust]

Congratulations brother! I’ve got a few of questions for you. How many days of actual riding to complete the loop? What was your average speed for the trip? Will you loop again? How do you feel about a group ride?

[@MichaelStraubSeaDooLooper]

Love the questions... I plan to do a Q&A video, and will answer these in that video if that's ok. If you have more, send them my way!

[@RelicsandRust]

@@MichaelStraubSeaDooLooper perfect! 🤙🏴‍☠️

[@randywilson6869]

I can’t remember what the first one is

[@randywilson6869]

They say our memory is the second thing we loose

[@stevetadlock5223]

What's next? The Bahama's