Ep. 134: Best California RV Travel | Camping RVlife

[@TheTracystella]

Thanks again for sharing Marc! All of your photography is really inspiring and like I said reMARCable! I watch alot of channels and there are a few that comes close to Grand Adventure but not quite. It's all that you share with us the veiwers and I do appreciate the things you have droned or photographed that I could not have imagined in my wildest dreams! So thank you again!

[@GrandAdventure]

Tracy, as one of our most dedicated subscribers we're so grateful to have you along. Thank you so much as always!

[@smileystevie9662]

Thanks for sharing your video.

[@GrandAdventure]

Thanks for watching Stevie!

[@stackedpennies4377]

Joshua tree is magical. Really miss that place.

[@GrandAdventure]

It certainly is.

[@tiperik99]

Fantastic and helpful. Keep up the awesome content.

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you!

[@gavinstreetie1473]

Well yes I’m back trying to catch up , sorry Marc I been so busy , well seams like I missed quiet a few but now I’m back I certainly liked California

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you Gavin! Always nice to see you here.

[@skpjoecoursegold366]

love the drone shots. yep.....................beautiful.

[@GrandAdventure]

Appreciate that as always, Joe!

[@LifeAfterKidsjourneyunknown]

Can’t wait to go up the coast 🥰🤙🏽🌺

[@GrandAdventure]

It's gorgeous. Then continue up the coasts of Oregon and Washington.

[@lorih379]

Cali is beautiful and we always like seeing the pups 😊

[@GrandAdventure]

Thanks as always, Lori!

[@TheCampoholics]

Nothing but fabulous Marc!!! Outstanding.

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you so very, very much!

[@curthiggins8792]

I love seeing video in my birth state! Even more so knowing it is unlikely that I will ever see it again ... thanks for the revisit Marc. Beautiful!

[@GrandAdventure]

Glad that we could bring you there, Curt!

[@mikesbikes1575]

I was looking for info on the best California RV parks, nice videos of your travels. No help.

[@GrandAdventure]

We definitely threw out a few campground and boondocking ideas in this episode, but true no commercially-operated RV parks.

[@Littlebodega]

Sir, you are always on time, video is great. Thank you.

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you so much, Ernesto!

[@bradwedge8276]

Great video! Perfect filming weather. Glad your channel actually goes to cool places like this.

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you so very much, Brad!

[@1RodeoMom]

Yes Inspired! Looks like some of the places our 43Ft Class A might fit in. Thank you!

[@GrandAdventure]

Happy to help!

[@pclouse07]

Love this video! Love the music on the Death Valley segment. Always stellar! So well done! We plan our trips often based on your reviews and videos! Thank you for all you do! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽♥️ We are going to watch your California playlist next! Woohoo! So great!

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you so much! Comments like yours mean the world to us.

[@SevenBears1]

You should teach your video and editing skills.. Definitely the best of RV you tubers... Glad i found GA

[@GrandAdventure]

And we're so grateful that you did, J! Thanks so much.

[@DownsizingMakesCents]

Hey Marc another great tour of awesome rv spots, going full time next month so hopefully we will get to see some of these great views in person, thanks. Larry and Alice

[@GrandAdventure]

You're most welcome, Larry and Alice! Getting awfully close to your big day, you must be getting excited.

[@marianfrances4959]

Wonderful! Top notch video...ty...ty...ty! 🤠🇨🇦

[@GrandAdventure]

Thanks so much as always, Marian!

[@rambling_rob7035]

Great look back, Marc. Next time you should check out the Bristlecone Pine area. Its south and east of Bishop.

[@GrandAdventure]

Thanks, Rob. It's on our radar. We were headed that way from Mammoth in 2018 but the temps were just too hot and the wildfire smoke too thick, so we made a beeline for Colorado instead.

[@laughingram7287]

After three days of covering Swing Shift, I finally get to watch this video of my home state. Filming the giant redwoods never does it justice. One just needs to be to see it. Too bad about the smoke out in Tahoe. It is beautiful up there in the majority of places. The Mammoth Lake Area / East Sierras looks pretty interesting. We’ve been wanting to head down to Bodie when we’re up in Tahoe. Thanks for another great informational video covering great places to camp. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@GrandAdventure]

Appreciate it Ram! So true about the redwoods, they're virtually impossible to film and capture their sense of grandeur. And do get to Bodie!

[@daviscrt]

Now your in my state. Thanks Don

[@GrandAdventure]

You have a beautiful state, Don -- thank you!

[@genxer711]

Good video buy I’ll be helpful to provide the names of the natural scenery

[@GrandAdventure]

We hear ya, but as this episode is just a roundup, the details are in the individual episodes that comprise this one.

[@ferdischenck7990]

Thank you for producing excellent and informative videos!

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you Ferdi, and thanks for watching!

[@ferdischenck7990]

@@GrandAdventure Just started watching from Episode 1. We are from South Africa and traveled in the USA for the first time last year June and July, spending 5 weeks traveling the East Coast from NY to the Keys. Planning our trip for next year and your channel is amazing. Well done!

[@GrandAdventure]

@@ferdischenck7990 oh no! LOL We love that you're watching, but those early episodes are so embarrassing . Trust me, the quality improves with time. 😁 We sincerely appreciate your kind words, you'll have to make your next US trip to the West!

[@tomaustin4526]

Wow beautiful places to visit n hike Marc 😎👍🌎🚌🎥🎶 love your photography skills and the way you tell a story. Very inspiring. Makes me want to jump into my Skoolie and head to those places. Definitely on my bucket list. Maybe this summer. Finishing a couple house projects now n hope to sell the house and hit the road full time. Lots to see and people to meet. It’s just me now so looking for a dog to take with me traveling n hiking. 🐕😊👍🌎 thanks for sharing and safe travels

[@GrandAdventure]

Dogs make the best camping buddies EVER! There are so many places to see across this great nation of ours and our neighbors to the north, too. Wishing you safe travels as well, once you get that place fixed up and sold.

[@WILDEBILL308]

Great job. Several places I have been, but a couple great suggestions. I am always up for a visit to the redwoods. We may have to do Yosemite again this year.

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you! We had Yosemite on the map in 2018 when the Ferguson Fire broke out only two days before our planned arrival, necessitating a change in course.

[@WILDEBILL308]

@@GrandAdventure Totally understand. After the FMCA rally in AZ I plan to head west. We have people in Hollywood/Thousand Oaks and Fresno. When in the Fresno are you are so close there is no excuses not to. With all the youtubers up grading I decided to see what I could do. Tell me what you think. 😉 www.nirvc.com/Sales/Inventory/3150B I know I may be limited in some areas but I didn't go off roading in my outher coach. I will be 7ft longer yet I have never not found someplace to stay in the area I want to.

[@jwrappuhn71]

Excellent vid Marc, I swear, it was almost like I was there....lol.

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you! So glad that we could bring you along.

[@HappyTrailsHiking]

Loved all the places, Marc! Thanks

[@GrandAdventure]

Thanks so much, Kay!

[@BenNstyle]

Good Morning Marc☕️, we're on the west coast near Goleta headed northward, so we're watching this for the second time! Thanks for the excellent footage, information and details in this episode! Safe Travels!

[@GrandAdventure]

Sweet! I've got nothing from the Central Coast to share, but how far north are you going?

[@BenNstyle]

@@GrandAdventure Vancouver BC!

[@GrandAdventure]

@@BenNstyle ok, way north! Recommends: - Westport-Union Landing State Beach - Just about anywhere along the Oregon coast, it's all spectacular. I don't recall your rig, but if it can handle deep sand dunes check out the dispersed camping at Oregon Dunes Recreation Area - South Beach Campground in Olympia National Park

[@BenNstyle]

@@GrandAdventure Thanks Marc! I think we'll stay away from the dunes since we're in a 43' Ventana. But thanks for the recommendations all the same!

[@GrandAdventure]

@@BenNstyle we actually saw a huge fifth wheel out there, we thought they were nuts! 😆

[@teamnash55]

Marc - once again excellent video and commentary. Curious for camping if you made reservations ahead of time or winged it - that is for non-boondocking sites.

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you, Richard. We're pretty much always winging it. If anything we only call a day ahead to be sure. The exception was Jumbo Rocks Campground in Joshua Tree when we were lucky to score a great site only a couple of weeks in advance.

[@sajohnson33]

We actually stayed there at the Mojave Cross. Nice spot!

[@GrandAdventure]

It sure is, isn't it? Next time, though, we'll try a half mile east on the Kessler Peak Road.

[@sajohnson33]

@@GrandAdventure Good tip, thank you. I've saved it in Google Maps!

[@GoingPlacesOne]

Love your work man!

[@GrandAdventure]

Appreciate it so very much!

[@sar4x474]

The BEST RV travel in CA is Eastbound on the 8, 10, 40, 80, or Northbound on the 15 until you see the signs that say Welcome to Arizona or Welcome to Nevada.

[@GrandAdventure]

😄

[@elainefleureton5536]

Love it, thank you!

[@GrandAdventure]

You are so welcome, Elaine!

[@gorrdd]

Cool... I love these aggregated reviews. Gord

[@GrandAdventure]

Glad to hear it, Gord! We're sometimes a bit self-conscious about publishing these wrap-ups as they're rehashing content that we've already published, but they help to get our channel through the winter months.

[@gorrdd]

@@GrandAdventure Marc, The highlighting is always interesting. You've done so many of these that no one can remember them all. They were all done well so that a brief redo, highlighting several different visits, is still very interesting. I think that is the benefit of spending the time in order to do a great job to begin with. You can then review excerpts later on and still make a worthwhile presentation. Gord

[@sajohnson33]

@@GrandAdventure I see no problem with it at all Marc. After all, they're still broadcasting reruns of Seinfeld. ;-)

[@GrandAdventure]

@@sajohnson33 LOL! Yeah, that's kind of how we look at it. Better than reruns, they're whole new edits at least.

[@joycemarino9800]

You pretty much hit a few of our favorite gems but there's so many others and it has taken us, almost natives, 30 years to find them all, but as much as I hate to share is Grandview campground east of Big Pine. in the White Mountains . It is an astronomers' favorite and is one of my absolute favorites. Donation only fee! A question, were you able to get your rig onto Gold Bluff Beach, we've tent camped there but were warned 2 years ago not to attempt it with our 25' sprinter?

[@GrandAdventure]

Thanks for the tip on Grandview, Joyce! It'll remain our secret. ;) We didn't tow our travel trailer down to Gold Bluff Beach, and I wouldn't recommend anyone doing so, either -- but I'd think that you would've been fine in your Sprinter.

[@joycemarino9800]

@@GrandAdventure Thanks ! We'll give Gold Bluff a try on our way home from Canada next summer!

[@Mudmowerdiesel]

Awesome video thank you

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you!

[@nal13nal13]

Have you done any content about your Tundra? I have one for pulling my camper and love it.

[@GrandAdventure]

We haven't. Aside from gas mileage, we love ours. Resale value, dependability...it's all there. For off-roading I'll admit that we miss our smaller Tacoma, but it struggled with our trailer (even though it was capable on paper, at least).

[@nal13nal13]

@@GrandAdventure I took my last Tundra with 200,000 miles on a 4k road trip to Maine from Wisconsin. It did amazing the whole trip. I ended up trading it in for another Tundra and often wonder if I even needed to. The gas mileage while towing has impressed me, empty though, it doesn't impress me at all.

[@GrandAdventure]

@@nal13nal13 that's precisely the kind of dependability I'm talking about. However, I'm lucky to get 15 mpg empty, whereas we get 6.5-7 mpg towing.

[@nal13nal13]

@@GrandAdventure I got 10 mpg hauling a 7.5k camper. That was according to the dash and doing the math at the pumps. I rarely use cruise and take it pretty easy.

[@GrandAdventure]

@@nal13nal13 you're definitely doing better than me, although I'm not as easy on the gas pedal.

[@OurCrazyLifeNow]

As always, a wonderful video! I wanna be like you when I grow up, 😉

[@GrandAdventure]

😆 Don't bother, growing up is highly overrated. Thanks so much!

[@OurCrazyLifeNow]

@@GrandAdventure LOL ... yeah, that's what I thought!

[@allij7947]

As always, amazing! What time of year were you at Westport Union Lansing? Hard to get a site?

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you Alli! We were there in July. We got a site no issue (everything is walk-up).

[@gorrdd]

Great fun, Marc... Another really enjoyable adventure. Did you end up completely remixing and narrating? Or were you able to use parts previously narrated? Just curious. I can see where prior background music and narration would have worked perfectly as a composite to the rest. My guess is that you did both... Gord

[@GrandAdventure]

Thanks as always, Gord! Nope, that was a completely new edit. If we're going to rehash old footage we're going to make it as "new" as possible.

[@gorrdd]

@@GrandAdventure Thanks Marc. I later read some of the other responses and saw that you had already answered that question. I think that was a good idea. The narration is guaranteed to flow better that way. I loved the various sound tracks. Do you have a service subscription that allows you to run those sound clips under license? If so, what is that subscription. Those sounds clips are excellent. Gord

[@GrandAdventure]

@@gorrdd yes, we license the soundtrack from Soundstripe.com.

[@gorrdd]

@@GrandAdventure Cool... Thanks Marc. Gord

[@aribenscher]

I wish you mentioned the pricing.

[@GrandAdventure]

We didn't in this wrap-up episode, but we typically do so in individual destination episodes. Suffice it to say, in California none of them were inexpensive.

[@peterko2138]

i like you you're a cool guy

[@GrandAdventure]

A legend in my own mind. 😁

[@peterko2138]

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[@sajohnson33]

I'm sure this has been asked and answered before, but where do you get your background music?

[@GrandAdventure]

We license it from Soundstripe.com.

[@sajohnson33]

@@GrandAdventure Thanks! I was thinking that perhaps a very talented friend or family member created it.

[@GrandAdventure]

@@sajohnson33 yep, we staged it for the video. 😎 #busted

[@GrandAdventure]

@@sajohnson33 I just noticed that we put the "staged" comment in response to the wrong one of your comments. This was meant to refer to the Sailing Stones.

[@TF856]

The music could be a little bit quieter. Mood or background level. Not so domineering. Actually I much prefer the sound of nature. The breeze in the trees and the birds and the river all sound much more appealing and desirable than the music does. In fact when you're playing music I turn the audio off and try to imagine what the nature sounds like from the beautiful scenery that your showing. When I see beautiful scenery like that I turn the sound back up to see what it sounds like, but all I hear is music and turn it back off again. 😭 In fact it would be great if you would signal us somehow that you're switching to dialogue or nature sounds so we can turn the audio back up. I know some other people feel the same way.

[@GrandAdventure]

We appreciate your feedback, Kerry. One reason that we use a soundtrack is because the drone shots are silent. You would hear nothing but dead air. Another is that it hides a multitude of sins picked up by the microphone while recording: diesel engines, people talking in the background, other people's generators, traffic going by, etc. although most of our shots are filmed in such a way that it makes it look like no one else is around, that is seldom the case. If you ever watched the videos during the editing process, prior to the application of the soundtrack, you would be shocked. We would love to be able to get by with ambient noise only, however most of the time that's simply not an option.

[@TF856]

@@GrandAdventure that's really unfortunate. I won't be able to watch your videos anymore. I can't stand to hear music during nature videos. You even play music during your dialogue quite a bit. It seems like you play music even when you're not using the drone. I'm really going to miss watching that scenery. Sorry.

[@GrandAdventure]

@@TF856 we'll miss having you here. Thanks for watching up to now.

[@sajohnson33]

What's the deal with those rocks that seem to move across the desert floor by themselves?

[@GrandAdventure]

Those are the Sailing Stones. We explain that phenomenon in the full Death Valley episode kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6LTd2yVhdaro9E . In short, they're left in the flat, dry lakebed by rainstorms, then shifting sheets of ice move them when the ice gets blown around by the wind, leaving those tracks.

[@sajohnson33]

@@GrandAdventure Very interesting, thank you. You realize you could have told me almost anything, right? Ghosts; gremlins; anti-matter; aliens; Big Foot; elves... ;-)

[@GrandAdventure]

@@sajohnson33 LOL, you do realize that I was kidding about staging it, right?

[@sajohnson33]

@@GrandAdventure OK, now I'm officially confused. Staging what?

[@sajohnson33]

I just realized you were referring to the music. I was thinking you meant the rock in the video -- never mind. ;-)

[@offaxis]

Love it !! Very good job, hope you enjoy your trip ! If you want to see our travel trip in France country, check our profile ;)

[@GrandAdventure]

Thanks, and we'll make it a point to check yours out.

[@_krimzen_]

17:14 🤨

[@GrandAdventure]

It was an amazingly wonderful spot.

[@davidmciver9483]

My comment about CA: it is beautiful but the roads will rattle your rig to death. Add that to the fact that the drivers are insane and you have the reasons why I would avoid the state like the plague.

[@GrandAdventure]

Can't say that we blame you for that.

[@TheShredMasters]

This was a Meh video for RVing.