Aptos to Crescent City, CA - A Complete Real Time Road Trip

[@jacquesmertens3369]

You deserve a medal for recording and uploading these trips. It means a lot to handicapped persons who would love to make this journey but are unable to do so. Your videos are the next best thing.

[@unclecoolie]

Thank you!

[@sammymadden3839]

Deserves a medal for driving for 10 hours without any Music haha

[@jamestroygalang1612]

3:50 porter st 3:57 Soquel Creek-Wharf Rd I pass by in live oak I went passing Soquel 4:15 8:01 I went to kfc in Capitola 13:13 San Lorenzo river 13:25 passing bus scmtd d35lf 35:07 beach creek hwy 1 36:39 rumble strips 50:55 pescadero creek Tom lantos Tunnels 1:19:48 1:20:48 unknown creek devil slide bridge passing muni bus xde40 1:46:09 passing muni bus An440 1:47:27 2:00:43 golden gate bridge 2:04:07 Robin Wiliams Tunnel 3:00:42 Lagunitas Creek 3:26:50 Walker Creek 3:30:44 Stemple Creek 3:10:00 fallon Creek 3:34:37 Americano Creek 3:53:31 Salmon Creek 4:04:56 Russian River 5:03:30 Gualala River 6:01:17 Albion River 6:15:25 Caspar Creek 6:22:15 noyo river 6:25:48 Pudding Creek 6:35:49 Ten Mile River 6:43:04 Blue slide gulch 6:48:28 Wages Creek 6:49:34 DeHaven Creek 6:51:00 Howard Creek 6:52:13 Union Landing Side Hill Viaduct 6:53:08 Juan creek 6:53:33 stop sign contruction 6:54:16 Soldier pt slide hill viaduct 10-0271 6:54:38 Hardy Creek 7:01:56 south fork cottoneva creek 7:05:46 cottoneva creek 7:30:51 7:42:04 7:42:39 7:44:49 7:48:20 7:53:28 7:55:20 7:55:39 8:03:46 8:12:19 8:19:48 south fork eel river 7:56:05 other south fork eel river 8:00:42 dean creek 8:08:56 other creek 8:16:12 bear creek 8:30:55 8:34:00 8:35:42 eel river 8:38:12 van duzen river 9:04:34 Eureka Slough 9:49:54 Redwood Creek 9:54:08 Lost man Creek 9:58:18 Boyes Creek 10:05:27 Del Norte county 10:08:52 Klamath River over flow 10:09:12 Regular Klamath River Nissan Maxima

[@unclecoolie]

Nice area.

[@CHUUMPASS]

California is truly prime real estate, the beauty of the landscapes is so scenic. thank you for enabling all of us around the world who can only dream of California and America to experience road trips through your clips here on KZbin. :) very much appreciated ! greetings from germany,.

[@unclecoolie]

Thank you! I loved doing this drive, that's for sure. By the way, I plan to soon release my video of a drive I did in southern Germany a couple of weeks ago.

[@CHUUMPASS]

@@unclecoolie thank you for your answer. I will definitely keep an eye on your channel and will watch that road trip which you mentioned you did in southern germany. it is actually very fitting for an American to travel primarily southern germany, as Bavaria and southern germany is the "American Sector" of this country and most things that germany is known and famous for in America is from the southern part of germany. :) greetings to you.

[@unclecoolie]

@@CHUUMPASS 😊

[@nickjunegaming8949]

2:00:32 Golden Gate Bridge 🌉 San Francisco

[@melvillebartleby6285]

Hi Uncle Coolie! For my Saturday break time after a long week at work and before joining friends, , I got on as a quiet hitch-hiker near Eurêka . Just listened some music, while you were driving safe through Redwood NP. You can realise I'm longing for East Coast real time... Uncle Coolie, enjoy your weekend, thank you for your awesome work 👍😊! (La Rochelle, France, 6 PM, blue sky, no wind, 20.1C/ 60.1°F, low tide ,coefficient 31;34)

[@unclecoolie]

Hi, Christophe Chiozzini. I had to take a break from video editing this month due to other work that I have right now. I plan to start editing again in the next week or so. I will upload my Stuttgart - the Castle of Neuschwanstein next. I'll try to have it done and uploaded in the next few weeks, before I work on my next two videos. I will upload the real-time version of the east coast drive eventually, though. Right now it's 4:19PM in Virginia (76°F/24°C and mostly cloudy).

[@michaeljorgensen4873]

Absolutely looks beautiful going through the city

[@leonidverevkin4927]

2:00:48 for The Golden Gate Bridge I can't believe how big California is. More than half of the entire drive takes place in California.

[@unclecoolie]

It's huge. I spent nearly 24 hours of this trip just driving in California. Southern California is kind of bland, although I like San Diego, and of course, Santa Monica is a place I always visit whenever I'm in the LA area, but central and northern California were wonderful to drive through - the high cliffs along the coast, the huge Redwood trees, etc.

[@leonidverevkin4927]

@@unclecoolie I always love reading your comments, Unclecoolie. Keep it going!

[@unclecoolie]

@@leonidverevkin4927 Thanks. I currently have 3 more complete road trips to edit once I finish this trip's real-time version, so I'll try.

[@jonathangottlieb3975]

California is the 3rd largest state in land area behind Alaska and Texas. It's almost like 3 different states in one giant long state.

[@keandric2765]

@Unclecoolie Productions Southern California is only bland if stick to the never ending cities that stretch from LA to SD and from the ocean to San Bernardino (although like you said there Are some jewels in there like SD, SM, ect), but there are some really pretty areas outside of that. There are some parts of San Diego County that are like Sonoma, some of the desert areas can be pretty, most of the mountain areas like Big Bear are pretty and VERY different to like LA. We have some, just not Nearly as much as in northern California. I agree though, I think Northern California (and the Central Coast too for that matter) are much better :))

[@roadsalf5740]

Perfect for the quarantine :) Greetings from Spain. Awesome route (some stretches of CA are very similar to the south of Spain) love it!

[@unclecoolie]

Thank you! Stay safe!

[@carloswilson671]

I just finished Day 2. I grew up in Southern California but know very little about anything north of the Bay Area. There are people in that area but not so many as to the south. There were a lot of places to see. I was fascinated by the redwoods just south of Crescent City. Another big tree in California is the Giant Sequoia. If it gets enough water it can grow in yards and on university campuses here in Utah. and it gets pretty big. The climate is very different in Northern California. Up close to the Ocean it's rainier than I thought. I did not notice the redwoods on your time lapse version of the trip

[@unclecoolie]

I'd wanted to drive through to see both the sequoias and Death Valley, but it would've been too far from the coast to do in this trip. Maybe one day, though.

[@thegwynster]

Sonoma County native here. Grew up in San Francisco, so I'm a little familiar with this area. My friends frequently go to Bodega Bay on weekends.

[@unclecoolie]

Very cool!

[@wyattrox03]

You stayed at my family hotel in crescent City

[@unclecoolie]

😊

[@jonathangottlieb3975]

All 3 west coast states California, Oregon and Washington have a ton to offer, see and do there and it's often hard to choose what to pick to see and do in each of those states with only so much time. They're all 3 beautiful in their own ways.

[@unclecoolie]

I agree.

[@anderseriksson3300]

Thank you! Nice to have something to watch during the long swedish winter!

[@unclecoolie]

Thank you for watching. The winter nights are long here in the Washington, DC area too.

[@knexguy139]

Hey! I really enjoy your videos! As a NorCal native, I couldn’t help but recommend a way for you to see the redwoods in the coast of Mendocino county, some of the towns inland, and come back out to the coast just a few miles up the coast highway. If you turn right at 5:56:12, highway 128 takes you right through the redwood forest. You can stop and hike through Montgomery woods if that’s your thing, or taste some wine at the vineyards along the highway. Follow 128 for an hour or so and take 253 at Boonville towards Ukiah. Head north on 101 to Willits and take highway 20 out to the coast, which connects to highway 1 at Fort Bragg. It’s probably not worth a whole trip to Cali for, but if you ever find yourself in the area again, I highly recommend it. Lots of cool scenery and cute towns. It adds about an extra 2 hours of driving but I think it’s worth it.

[@unclecoolie]

Thank you! If I am back in the area, I'll try that. For this trip, I just wanted to focus on PCH and US-101.

[@leejuicy]

@@unclecoolie If you are sticking to 101, I think easiest/best exposure to redwoods is 1) avenue of giants at Humboldt county and 2) Newton D Drury Scenic byway at Redwoods national park, both of which runs pararel to the 101 (I'm pretty sure they are sections of old 101 before it turned into a freeway)

[@unclecoolie]

@@leejuicy Thanks! I would love to come back to that area again.

[@HyperActive7]

You had your hands full on that California 1, not a drive for the inexperienced! Was really neat to go over the Golden Gate Bridge to a point where I did it twice :D

[@unclecoolie]

Staying on a specific highway is challenging for sure. I just did a road trip doing just that. Let's just say that just taking the interstates over great distances is much easier, though not as scenic.

[@HyperActive7]

@@unclecoolie I really enjoy how you mix things up so it isn't just the boring interstate. This trip up the west coast has been really enjoyable because I have personally been on the 101 up in Washington State over the Olympic mountain range which is some real pretty Northwest scenery with parks you can take hikes in the dense green forests.

[@unclecoolie]

@@HyperActive7 I try not to always drive on interstates, but sometimes I just don't have the time.

[@kormosmate2]

You know, if you're out of road trip ideas, you can just do some of the older ones again, but this time backwards. There are plenty of places where it will completely different. Like the one where you drove from nebraska to l.a mosty on two lane roads. Those landscapes were sick. I would definitely watch that trip in the other direction. Also if you make some future plans from the commenters, i have a few of those, too. I would love to see some footage from the western part of north carolina, around the "dragon's tail" road and mt. mitchell. Basically around the highest parts of the Appalachean mountain. And i heard there are some beutfiul lakes there aswell. Another one is the north-eastern parts around mt.washington in new hampshire, and the area around allegheny n.forest in PA and nigara falls. But my all time favourite has to be washington. Mt. St.Helens, Mt. Rainer, Seattle, Olympic National Park. I love that state. If you could do some trip there i would be very happy.

[@unclecoolie]

I have actually thought of redoing, at least my drive from Nebraska to California, using the Garmin Virb that I have with real-time, since I recorded my Nebraska to California trip in time-lapse using the Mobius Action camera that doesn't record any GPS information. I don't know if or when I'll be able to do that again, though. I have already done three more long road trips since I did this west coast trip, so I'm still editing the video for those. In those trips I have passed through the northeast, but not through Mt. Washington. I have also done a trip through the southern Appalachian mountains, but I didn't pass through Mt. Mitchell. After I finish the rest of this west coast real-time drive, I will work on my next video, which will be my trip to Key West. I will do some more shorter trips, also, including maybe to the Smoky Mountains and Adirondacks, and if I do go back to upstate NY, I may make my way over to Mt. Washington - I've always wanted to see that as well.

[@toddstewart9070]

The drive through Monterey county in the last video was gorgeous. I want to one day take a trip up the PCH California sealine, but I live on the east coast (Atlanta) so that makes it difficult. By the time I got out to San Diego to make the trip north I would be so tired of driving that it would probably spoil the whole thing, nevermind that I don't have a vehicle that I trust enough to make such a trek. One day, maybe. Ive often thought about flying out there and renting a vehicle to take the trip, but that would likely cost a fortune. I guess for me driving down the Florida coastlines are much more realistic.

[@unclecoolie]

I loved this trip, especially in central and northern California. I flew out to San Diego and picked up a rental car that I used for this trip. My next major road trip video will be down the east coast and into Florida, but it will be sometime in January before I get the video finished and uploaded.

[@toddstewart9070]

How steep were the rental costs? This is something I have wanted to do for years. Fly either to San Diego or Seattle (not sure if I would travel north or south yet), rent a vehicle, drive it to the other side of the coast, turn it in and fly back home from there. Maybe spend a week doing it, 4 to 6 days. Id have my wife with me so she would want to stop everywhere most likely, but I would stay on the coastal highway. Marin county from the Golden Gate and along the coastline on PCH was definitely a sight to see.

[@eliasilonen867]

This is like ASMR.

[@keandric2765]

It is rather, isn't' it? :) It does the same thing, makes you relaxed, but with the added benefit of getting to watch different types of scenery. I group videos like this into the same category as ASMR, and use them for the same purpose (to help with my insomnia). Something else you should try watching if you haven't already are train cab POV videos. Very similar to this :)

[@flarrfan]

I drove CA 1 from SLO to Santa Cruz a couple weeks ago...bucket list item. Got off at the very same Aptos exit to gas up. Was headed for the Chevron station on the right at your first left turn but wound up in the wrong lane and went to the Safeway across the street...Thirty cents per gallon cheaper at Safeway. Ended up back at Chevron a few minutes later for something or other...Attendant was very lonely.

[@unclecoolie]

Oh, wow. I didn't even think to go to the Safeway.

[@flarrfan]

@@unclecoolie Thanks for these videos...started with your east coast trip and working my way thru your others...watched most of your CA 1 trip before embarking for CA. The real thing did not disappoint at all!

[@osvaldomedina2577]

gran video, hermosísimos lugares, bellas carreteras ....congratulations

[@StaceyAK75]

I am binge watching as many of your videos as i can..lol LOVE THEM!!

[@unclecoolie]

I'm glad to know that! Thanks. 😊

[@totorasper7080]

Hi, my friend. You made a good job, it's so interesting to observe your trips! Tell me, what car have you got?

[@unclecoolie]

Thank you. This was in a Nissan Murano, which was a rental that I picked up at San Diego Airport and dropped off at SeaTac Airport.

[@brandonlongwell8093]

Yes! Can you do please 133 Musket Drive, Bastrop, TX to Silverado Resort & Spa, Napa, CA - Road Trip.

[@unclecoolie]

I've had a lot of requests for Texas, but I don't think I'll be able to do one from there to California. I am planning a big trip in the next several months, but not sure exactly where yet.

[@theworkdonebymeandyou2145]

Hi, We should have one video about driving from New York to Europe across the Atlantic Ocean! XD Just Kidding.

[@ЯнЯнчилик]

once again thank you for your videos do more such long trips I like to look

[@unclecoolie]

Thank you. I have many more to come.

[@killbot_factory]

ah, Humboldt, my old stomping ground, I miss it so much in some ways (in other ways not at all), but that drive, especially around 8hr30min - 9hr30min mark, damn it is nostalgic. thanks for posting the videos!

[@unclecoolie]

Thank you! I loved doing this drive.

[@majormayhemgelball]

This trip will be on my bucket list

[@hotpapperbe7754]

So chill and beautiful

[@rafdes]

Yay day two! Thanks Unclecoolie.

[@unclecoolie]

You're welcome! Thanks.

[@InvestmentAdviceConsultantNI]

we all cant see the world but you have brought it our front room thank you

[@unclecoolie]

Thank you.

[@nstarrenburg]

My wife and I are from Australia and we are planning a driving trip to the USA next year. Your videos are an amazing resource and some are exactly the same drives we are doing. In order they are: 1. San Francisco to Santa Barbara to Three Rivers to Las Vegas 2. Las Vegas to Grand Canyon return 3. Tampa to Savannah to Asheville to Blue Ridge Parkway to Washington then to Strasburg 4. San Francisco to Bodega Bay to Crescent City to Portland and back via Bend, Klamath Falls, Lake Tahoe and SF Thanks so much for all you do. I loved the graphic overlays on your videos. I have purchased a VanTrue Dash Cam to use in the rental cars we will use. Is there particular software you use for the graphic overlays?

[@unclecoolie]

Thank you! Those are some great drives, especially Blue Ridge Parkway to Washington (I'm assuming that you will also drive through Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park, which is another video that I will be uploading in the upcoming weeks). In your Las Vegas to Grand Canyon trip, you should strongly consider driving up into Utah to visit some parks there as some of the scenery there is spectacular, especially in Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks, as well as Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, but there are others. I don't know anything about the Van True Dash Cam, but I use the Garmin Virb Ultra 30, which records the GPS information that you see on the videos. The Virb Software that comes with the camera has basic editing tools and has the ability to extract the recorded GPS information and put it on the video. For all other editing, including scene cuts, subtitles, other graphics overlays, I use Final Cut Pro.

[@nstarrenburg]

Unclecoolie Productions Thanks so much. We are tossing up whether to do Skyline Drive as well as two days from Asheville to Waynesboro (overnight in Meadows of Dan) and it is a balance of seeing that or going from Waynesboro to DC via Charleston. It will be a once only trip and we want to see the smaller towns and people as well. We have family in Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon trip is - at the moment - a day driving to there and a day driving back with three nights / two full days at the south rim village. The west coast drive and back down through Klamath falls etc will be over 9 days in late April / early May and your video is almost perfectly matched for time. I know you probably get lots of contacts and would understand if you prefer not but, if at all possible, I would love to contact via email to bounce some ideas off you. My email is nick.starrenburg AT gmail.com - either way I want to again thank you for your videos as they are just about perfect. We watch them in 60 minute chunks, partly in the background and partly following on google earth etc. well done!

[@UnderPresser]

Oh cool, you got rid of that spot smack on the front of your windshield! Ok now I sorta miss it.

[@unclecoolie]

That was from a different rental car.

[@jonathangottlieb3975]

Going on a trip to San Francisco and then up to Redwood National Park and other areas around this fall.

[@unclecoolie]

It's a beautiful drive.

[@jonathangottlieb3975]

@@unclecoolie Hope to have time for Brookings Oregon also if I don't go to Los Angeles afterwards

[@josephmurrill3644]

When I leave the east coast hopefully in October and get back home to Long Beach, California..... I will be getting around to see more places in California as well as the other places in the pacific part of the USA that I haven’t been to since 2008. Once some of these pandemic restrictions are lifted.

[@unclecoolie]

I'm looking forward to being able to travel again, too.

[@bobby68ify]

Hello U.C., once again congratulation for your day 2, fantastic and romantic. ..Mendocino C., Humboldt C., one of the most beautiful areas in CA. your overnight stay in the "Lighthouse Inn", Crescent city, I think, that was a very good choice. (good reviews) best greetings, R. :)

[@unclecoolie]

Hi, again. I just got back from 2 weeks in Germany yesterday. I enjoyed that part of CA as well. Yes, I stayed at the Lighthouse Inn, and it was nice. I think I paid about $100 for the night, which is good for CA prices.

[@bobby68ify]

@@unclecoolie Hi, UC, thank you for answering, I hope, you enjoyed your Germany trip too. :) ...and...have you seen our gas prices in Germany? +lol+ ...and...Merry christmas to you and your family!! greetings, Robert.

[@unclecoolie]

@@bobby68ify I did enjoy it while I was over there, even though I didn't have much free time to do anything. I stayed in Stuttgart while I was there, and I made a trip over to Rothenburg ob der Tauber to do some Christmas shopping one of the days that I was there - beautiful place. Merry Christmas to you as well!

[@unclecoolie]

With regards to gas, yes, I saw the €1.40-1.50 per liter prices, which are steep. Lol. 😃

[@goosey_0719]

Great video but I have one trip request.Can you do San Francisco CA to Los Angeles CA Route 101?

[@unclecoolie]

Thank you. One of the reasons that I choose the routing that I do for these trips is that no one else really has videos of these uploaded. There are other videos uploaded already from others that did a trip between LA & SF on US-101. I know barbiepoledancer has a time-lapse one, and I'm pretty sure that I've seen another that is done in real-time.

[@carloswilson671]

@@unclecoolie The is an interesting drive from L.A. San Francisco. It shows places this trip didn't show. The trip goes US 101 to I - 5, I -5 to CA 46, CA-46 to CA -1, CA - to, Santa Cruz - Oakland, Bay Bridge (I-80) to San Francisco.

[@cheesekakes4116]

Another masterpiece 😁

[@unclecoolie]

Thank you!

[@josephcote6120]

19th Ave in SF. Never a fun drive. I live a little south of Daly City, and I will always take 101 through the City and out Lombard to get to the GGBridge.

[@eugeneoreshko8782]

New video! Thank you very much.

[@unclecoolie]

Thank you for watching!

[@Aitor595]

How do you record this videos? Are so interesting

[@unclecoolie]

Thanks. I use the Garmin Virb Ultra 30, which records GPS information, with a 256GB micro SD card, and then I use the Virb and Final Cut Pro software for the editing.

[@george8873]

Thanks for posting a new video.

[@unclecoolie]

Thank you for watching. I'm already working on day 3, so it won't take 3 weeks to get that one out. I still have 3 more complete, separate road trips' worth of videos already done that I still have to edit, so I need to step up the editing!

[@george8873]

@@unclecoolie looking forward to them. Thanks for the time you put into your videos.

[@unclecoolie]

Thanks again. I have an overseas business trip the first two weeks in December, but I hope to have this trip's videos wrapped up by then so that I can start on my next trip after I get back, which will be my trip down to Key West.

[@aliyandaily1603]

Nice and beautiful view 👍

[@unclecoolie]

Thank you!

[@aliyandaily1603]

@@unclecoolie welcome

[@melvillebartleby6285]

Yippeee! Thanks a lot, Uncle Coolie👍

[@unclecoolie]

You're welcome!

[@jonathangottlieb3975]

The Muir woods are great, was the Golden Gate Bridge your favorite part to drive on?

[@unclecoolie]

I liked it, but I liked driving through the Redwoods even more.

[@NGC-8931]

4:51:27 Mustang with stripe////4:56:30 Chrysler 300C////5:02:44 2002 Porsche 911 Carrera I love when we were driving in convoy with other car I noticed that there are a lot of cyclist during this trip and also a lot of road work 5:23:18 after 30 minutes or so driving in convoy, that car finally coming to a stop Thumbnail 10:24:43

[@unclecoolie]

😊

[@jameshowardwilliamson5043]

Make a road trip too, from Vancouver, BC to St. Johns, NF or to Alaska/Yukon

[@unclecoolie]

I plan to make a drive from Vancouver to Alaska at some point. When I originally planned my west coast trip, I had planned to drive all the way up to Alaska. Because of time-constraints, I cut the trip at Vancouver.

[@jameshowardwilliamson5043]

@@unclecoolie and don't forget to add your car's speed on the screen!

[@unclecoolie]

@@jameshowardwilliamson5043 You know the only reason I didn't include the speed was because I didn't always stay within the speed limits, and I didn't want some gung-ho police citing me because of this video. 😊

[@whosjah4473]

Day 2 is (finally) here. I am so excited. But i got one comment. I noticed that when you do road trip you start at 5 am in the morning. How do you do it. Do you sleep in the car????

[@unclecoolie]

Thanks! I like to start early when I'm doing long days driving, mainly to take advantage of daylight as I try to avoid driving at night for these videos. Sometimes I have to drive at night anyway, such as when I drove from Idaho to SeaTac Airport when I had to catch an early afternoon flight back home.

[@leonidverevkin4927]

8:56:12 Just look at the elevation! Almost as high as Mount Everest!

[@leonidverevkin4927]

Mount Everest - 29,029 ft Elevation bug - 27,193 ft I know, that's why I said "almost as high" lol edit: your name was messed up so I had to remove it.

[@unclecoolie]

Yeah, the highest point of this entire drive was around 2,700 feet - a tenth of Everest's height - but impressive given that it was less than 4 miles from the coast.

[@jonathangottlieb3975]

Did you have time to go into Redwood National Park to see and hike in the Redwood forest?

[@unclecoolie]

Unfortunately, no. When I did this trip, I had to schedule as much driving as I could in the amount of time that I had to do it, because I work full-time on the east coast, and I have a young family at home.

[@thegwynster]

You forgot to put in "Jenner, CA" at the 4:06:29 mark, after you crossed the Russian River...

[@unclecoolie]

While I try to get most bigger towns and cities, some of the smaller ones aren't always picked up as I can't easily find the town's boundaries on maps.

[@jimtonimarin]

3:49:~10 Where Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds was filmed; fiery gas station. 3:50:35 The steeple in the middle is the home where the bird flock assaulted Tippi Hedren (who jilted Mr. Hitchcock's not so subtle sexual advances.)The harbor town of Bodega Bay and northern land fall of the San Andreas fault.

[@irfanario4216]

Sir sorry for my english, but where do you work at?, Are you always travel? It's so cool!

[@TibberXDproMwoan]

Irfan Ario Good question

[@unclecoolie]

Thanks! I work for an engineering firm in the Washington, DC area as an IT/security consultant. I've been doing these road trips mainly for fun.

[@tatyanaromanova4618]

Now I know more. Thank you

[@alexpujols5012]

You’re Welcome!

[@peterswanson9041]

Can I ask what camera did you use and how you got all the information on the video. Location/Elevation, Map and Compass

[@unclecoolie]

I used the Garmin Virb Ultra 30, which records the GPS information. The Virb software that the camera uses extracts the GPS data and puts it in the video. All the rest of the editing, including the overlays and texts, I do in Final Cut Pro. I created the graphic overlays using Photoshop.

[@krunchski9852]

This is a video idea: Could you do a road trip from Middletown, NJ to Erie, PA?

[@unclecoolie]

I may have a similar video at some point this year.

[@jonathangottlieb3975]

Was one of the reasons your west coast drive was the most tiring of all the long drives you've taken was all the sharp curves you had to go around on for long periods of time?

[@unclecoolie]

That's correct, plus constantly stepping on the break and gas pedals.

[@jonathangottlieb3975]

@@unclecoolie The PCH isn't designed for anyone who's in a hurry, it's a scenic road for people to see many miles of beauty and I noticed some of those pieces from a bridge in the road that can be bad for your tires and give them a flat tire if not careful.

[@unclecoolie]

@@jonathangottlieb3975 That's true!

[@jonathangottlieb3975]

@@unclecoolie Have you been on the island of Maui and done the Road to Hana drive, that road there is very curvey and can tired a driver out when it's done that they need a break from it for a least a day. Did that ride when I was in Hawaii in 2015.

[@jonathangottlieb3975]

Did it feel like you would never get out of CA since it's so big and long North to South?

[@unclecoolie]

It was long - I think about 24 hours altogether that I spent driving in CA, and I spent less time driving in OR, WA, and BC combined than in CA.

[@jonathangottlieb3975]

@@unclecoolie was the reason you said this was the most tiring trip of any of your long trips was due to so many curves that you had to drive on and more concentration due to them?

[@unclecoolie]

Yes, with interstates, you can use cruise control and not have to worry about sharp curves, unlike this trip.

[@terryleddra1973]

So glad to get to San Francisco. I can take these bloody flowers out of my hair now..

[@road_movie]

My love - Golden Gate Bridge! 2:00:30

[@alexpujols5012]

Me too

[@jonathangottlieb3975]

Was that the 70 mile Redwood forest at the end of CA1?

[@unclecoolie]

No. Redwood forest was in the northern part of CA near Crescent City.

[@greatamericansystems7325]

The Tom Lantos tunnel looks just like an old video game.

[@ЯнЯнчилик]

I have to you 2 questions 1 what long trips are still planned 2 it is your work or a hobby and you like to travel

[@unclecoolie]

I don't have any more big trips planned in the immediate future, but I have three more long road trips' worth of video to post after I complete the real-time video of this trip, so there's much to come. Also, I will be uploading short trips as well. I will likely do a couple of more long road trips this coming spring/summer. I do this mainly as a side business/hobby from my actual work, which is IT/security consulting.

[@dennismcclatchey1011]

I love the video, but please next time you do a trip like this, can you please do a non edited version?.

[@unclecoolie]

I only edited out stops, unless you really want to see static video.

[@depeeper218]

Cool bro

[@unclecoolie]

Thanks.

[@AnimatingStudios2002]

8:30:10 musical bridge

[@Michael1966W]

Did you go through Big Sur?

[@unclecoolie]

Partly. Some of it, near San Simeon, was closed due to rock slides, which is why I had to detour around. That is part of my San Diego-Aptos video.

[@greganderson9487]

Make a real time road trip video of Route 66 and original Lincoln highway and other back roads

[@unclecoolie]

That sounds good. I am doing another cross country drive this summer, but I will be doing it through the northern states, though.

[@richardscheer6394]

Anyone else see a face in the cloud around 1:48?

[@jonathangottlieb3975]

Do you like Northern or Southern California better?

[@unclecoolie]

Northern CA for sure. Southern CA doesn't have nearly as much to offer, although I like San Diego and visiting the Santa Monica Pier when I'm in town there. But the coast lines of central and northern CA, as well as the Redwoods, Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, etc. are spectacular to see. I had thought about including those parks in this trip, but I decided to stay on the coast for this trip, and one day I may hit those other parks when I'm out west again, which I'm hoping will be this summer.

[@christopherwhitaker2504]

The 3rd video link is shown but when I click it it says network 500

[@unclecoolie]

Yes, I'm having some issue with my day 3 video. It's still not showing up at a higher resolution than 360p, so I haven't made it go live yet. Since it's been more than 2 days, I'm going to re-upload the video and hope to have better luck.

[@christopherwhitaker2504]

What year is the car are you driving

[@Alkimi15]

Captions: San Francisco, CA Traffic: Immediately Grinds to a halt.

[@unclecoolie]

I drove through there right at rush hour, too.

[@Sempitordas]

Cool.

[@unclecoolie]

Thanks.

[@wrucebaine2086]

बहुत अच्छा

[@unclecoolie]

Thank you!

[@polerbare2615]

Too bad it was cloudy when you passed the Golden Gate Bridge

[@unclecoolie]

I agree. All but one time that I've visited the Bay area, there's been fog or rain near the bridge.

[@polerbare2615]

Unclecoolie Productions sucks

[@carloswilson671]

The bay area has a quite different climate than Southern California. Rain Clouds and fog occur a lot. Oakland is clear a lot of the time but the climate in San Francisco is controlled by the Pacific Ocean. The farther north you go the rainier it gets. Notice north of the Golden Gate bridge it rains even more and the hills are green.

[@alexpujols5012]

I love Golden Gate Bridge

[@unclecoolie]

Agreed.

[@alexpujols5012]

How tall is the Golden Gate Bridge?

[@possum303]

15:36 what city is that?

[@unclecoolie]

Santa Cruz, CA

[@possum303]

Thanks!

[@LeonNikkidude]

Did you stop for an egg omelette?

[@overty3720]

How much dollars do you spend on gas to make your videos?

[@unclecoolie]

I spent about $300 in gas to make this video.

[@AnimatingStudios2002]

3:58:30 wrong side of the road and an oncoming car

[@AnimatingStudios2002]

also at 4:25:55

[@AnimatingStudios2002]

...& at 6:43:50 but for a reason this time

[@AnimatingStudios2002]

6:45:18

[@AnimatingStudios2002]

6:52:28

[@medianempire8685]

bro there is a music you can use for KZbin videos

[@leonidverevkin4927]

Copyright issues + music would ruin the whole trip.

[@unclecoolie]

That's exactly why I don't add music. After going through all of YT's music, I've found some that I actually like, but only about an hour's worth so far, and each time-lapse video that I upload is 9+ hours long now. Besides, I've had requests for the natural sound of the real-time versions of these trips.

[@george8873]

@@unclecoolie I personally enjoy the natural road sounds. They're soothing.

[@unclecoolie]

I agree, except for the occasional cough that I do here and there. :OD

[@medianempire8685]

Unclecoolie Productions I meant free music* thank you for your reply

[@alexanderzhurbitsky8617]

Хоть так попутешествую по США

[@parkswankelegantcars33]

SUPER 2

[@sufiannoor2141]

🗽

[@alexpujols5012]

🗿

[@jays5169]

mom said “one more video before bed”

[@kingkwaduleach]

i put it on and let it play

[@nobonkin]

If the rest of the trip goes like 41st Ave. in Capitola, forget it.

[@TibberXDproMwoan]

Where do you live?

[@unclecoolie]

I live in Virginia, just outside of DC.

[@alexpujols5012]

I live in Egg Harbor Township

[@excellentbill69]

Next video: Alaska to Key West

[@unclecoolie]

Well, my next road trip video will be to Key West, but not from Alaska. I did consider driving all the way to Alaska during this trip, but I couldn't get enough free time to do it, so that's why I stopped the drive in Vancouver; I plan to do a drive from Vancouver to Alaska, maybe next year - we'll see. But the Key West drive will be along the east coast only.

[@LeonNikkidude]

Ahhh Californication!

[@cliffdwelling3807]

9:00:00

[@possum303]

21:23

[@memcmzor]

Noice

[@topmusicghazals2665]

This is your job

[@unclecoolie]

Not exactly. I take advantage of times when I can do these road trips.

[@pedrovlogsviajeros5521]

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[@unclecoolie]

Hi.

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