Okefenokee Canoe Camping Trip 2018 - A Different Kind of Video

[@bobashmore6442]

My first trip to the Okefenokee was with Troop 1301, we canoed and hiked through the a section of the swamp in Florida. My brother and I then made a few trips there and spent a lot of time getting acquainted with the swamp in southern GA. I love that swamp, which might sound strange but a lot of good memories are there. Thanks for this blast from my past and glimpse of the swamps future. Perfect music for the trip as well, both for the present and for my trip down memory lane. Thanks.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

It is a cool place

[@mitchalgreen7244]

Serene, nice video, and your music was spot on with the natural scenery that God had intended for us to enjoy. Thanks for sharing this memory.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

It is a beautiful place

[@Brad-OTRT-Webmaster]

Thanks Bryan. Your video brought back many fond memories of the time my scoutmaster took us on an all day canoe trip. We had a blast. Almost 40 years ago but I remember it so well.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

I still remember a lot from my days as a Boy Scout too

[@KimberlyGreen]

1. "Remember, «Survival Is Not An Accident ... stay away from the floating logs in the swamp!!!" 2. You were a little to close to those beasts for comfort. I'm glad you returned safely. 3. I love that you shared some of your musical talent with us. Thank you. And please do more.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

We were very careful ;-). If you haven't seen this please subscribe if you like it. I have not uploaded any new ones in a while but I am working on some more KZbin.com/BryanStevensMusic

[@KimberlyGreen]

Subscribed! You should cross-promote that channel more. You're quite talented.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks Susan. Feel free to share it ;-)

[@KimberlyGreen]

@@SurvivalOnPurpose Lol, while Susan is a lovely name, I think I'll stick with mine. 😉

[@jamesmauex]

Bryan. Don’t ever stop doing what you doing!!! I enjoy all of your content

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Aw shucks. You are too kind.

[@jeffryrichardson9105]

I bet the kids loved that trip! Great stories to be told! 👍🏾😀❤️🇺🇸

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

It was a good one

[@jimmybritt9537]

Great vid , the best way to see the world is from a canoe . Them boy's learned some good teamwork that trip . God bless you .

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

It was a good trip

[@hammer9390]

Bryan, Great music and great video as always. Would like to see more like this.

[@scottevans5038]

This is the best video you have done in a long time. Don't need to see so many flash lights. Get out and camp and hike and other things more.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

I appreciate that. It is a lot harder to make these videos. When I do have a chance to get in the woods, I don't want to spend it all making videos. This is still a part-time gig for me. I am glad you liked this one. I wasn't sure if anyone would.

[@LiveToSurvive]

Great video. The swamp is beautiful. Wish it would have been longer. Thanks for sharing.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks

[@MichaelR58]

Brian, thanks for sharing and bringing us along !

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks for joining us

[@박윤기-t3q]

So peaceful and calm

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Yes it was. When we paddled out Sunday morning it was really quiet. (The younger boys were tired)

[@DOMINYPAUL]

Brain My Daddy helped dig roads into that swamp in the 30's while with the CC Boys. then Later went off to War and fought with Patton in North Africa and Italy Thanks for the memories. Buddy.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Wow. Cool story.

[@hikewithmike4673]

Love it...it is on my bucket list and only 3 1/2 hours awAy would love to canoe and camp overnight there ...great video beautiful place

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

You should do it.

[@DrDennis]

Beautiful guitar work as always Bryan and gorgeous scenery. I was involved in scouts when I had my son. Was assistant scout leaders my wife and I.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

It is a good organization. Thanks for the kind words

[@jamescooper2618]

I did enjoy it Bryan. Thanks for posting it!

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thank you James.

[@najruqwi7008]

That was beautiful! Thanks for sharing this video with us

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks. I appreciate it.

[@BooRadley452]

Enjoyed very much! ☺

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks. I appreciate it.

[@tnjrcfl1]

My old stomping ground. Love it

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

If you stomp too hard your feet get wet ;-)

[@tnjrcfl1]

Survival On Purpose .no doubt brother.. ladies we went with decided that the gators would prefer to leave them alone if they were to feed them... turned out to be a long trip:)

[@Jasper0o0]

Beautiful video! Thanks Bryan.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks for watching.

[@gregoutdoors7]

Hey, i think “Minor Details” is a Major hit. I enjoyed very much both music and video, thanks 👍🏻😎🔥

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks. I appreciate it.

[@gravitykillz924]

Thank you. Merry Christmas

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Merry Christmas to you and yours too.

[@oxxnarrdflame8865]

Great video. I love the O swamp. I went down there a couple of times in the early 70s. I've always wanted to go back and do that canoe trail.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

It is pretty cool

[@grumpygrumpgrump136]

Great video, great music. Way to go my friend.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks Larry

[@allensterk6190]

good video reminds me of my trips with my Scouts to the Adirondacks through the Racquette River

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Sounds fun

[@stevewagner4657]

Enjoyed it! The music added to the video. Nice job!

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks Steve.

[@agnosjr]

Awesome video and place, thank you for sharing with us.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks for watching.

[@rockytopwrangler2069]

Awesome video!! LOVED the canoe trip,,wish I could be there.....Great job with the guitar background music...another wish I could do.....Stay Safe and God Bless........

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks!

[@elwynsmith5092]

Love it looks like a fun trip!

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

It was

[@hovanti]

Such nice guitar music, Bryan, you are truly blessed with a talent. Also, a nice change from your rambling...:)

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

I am glad you liked it. Thanks.

[@jonnyboat2]

Wow!!! I really enjoyed that! I got into the music. I play piano and compose my own music and totally had the piano accompanying that guitar music. I imagine that was you playing the guitar and one of your compositions. Really good Bryan.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

yes it was. Thanks for the kind words

[@gstokely7]

A awesome video and thanks for sharing.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks. I appreciate it.

[@tomvroman7320]

Great video, please do more on your trip to the Okeefenokee. Thanks

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

That's all the footage I have.

[@thomasosteen1788]

Thanks Bryan for sharing a cool video

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks. I appreciate it.

[@adnanmaharaj324]

Just Beautiful! If more people would go out on trips like this, they'd respect mother nature a lot more. Did you write the guitar music at the end, it was beautiful man, God Bless!

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks. Yes, the guitar is all me. Really rough recording on my iPhone

[@Scashod]

Great video, Bryan. Loved your music, too! ~~Susan

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks Susan. I wasn't sure if anyone would like this or not. But, the video I had planned for today turned out badly and I'd been sitting on this footage for a while. I wanted to record some better music than my iPhone living room cut but that is what I had. So my rough recording is now preserved for posterity ;-)

[@coldsteelrails9855]

Awe some video Bryan , canoeing in such a beautiful place ! Gotta give those gators a respectful distance ;-) The music was beautiful too !

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks Ken

[@TwistedMetalsOfTexas]

nicely done and looks like a goodtime

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

It was

[@randymartin5521]

Nice video. I love the Okefenokee. Not crazy about the biting flies, but love the swamp. Haven't been in many years though.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

There were some bugs once we stopped for the night

[@randymartin5521]

@@SurvivalOnPurpose I'd bet so. At least the tannins in the water keep the skeeters at bay. Don't recall noseeums being much of an issue either, but I've only been there during the day.

[@daniels.1504]

Nice video Bryan, I would love to explore the swamps down south, but there is plenty here in Id too. Good job brother.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

We live in a beautiful country with so much to see

[@jeremydunlap2174]

Great stuff as always man. Keep it up.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks

[@mikeboone4425]

Very nice but where was the STUMP did you leave it at home. Happy trails great music.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks.

[@TheWaterboatman1]

My cousin lives out in Folkston and knows most of the people that operate the park. The first shot I immediately recognized the cafe building.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Cool

[@toybusters5138]

nice video also great music good job Brian

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks. I appreciate it.

[@clintonlewis3739]

Very peaceful

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks

[@charleslarson3152]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wonderful! As you know Amigo, I've been subbed to you from the beginning and it remains a great ride. But I have been yearning for more videos like this. Wonderful country. There aren't many gators around here in Tucson!! I ate some when in Florida....chewy chicken. LOL! >;-) More like this if ya can. Show the world that Scouting ain't dead yet!! God Bless!

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks Charles. I'll do my best

[@jonfornwald]

How bout a camping video Brian. Show us how you use some of that gear your always reviewing. Just a thought. Thanks.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

I try bit when I get the chance to camp it is usually with the Boy Scouts (OK, always) and I don't want to spend all my time making videos. That's father & son time

[@jonfornwald]

@@SurvivalOnPurpose Understood. Maybe sometime in the future. Thanks for the reply. God bless.

[@grendle81]

Good video. I've been to the Okefenokee and there's no way that I would get into a canoe in that alligator infested water. Nope. Nope. Nope.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

I don't think they've had any issues that I know of. The gators are really pretty docile

[@willwetherington]

I live right down Hwy 82 in Tifton from Okefenokee? Did y'all ever make it to Camp Osborne before the tornado destroyed it?

[@phyllismulkey3778]

great video

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks!

[@butchhill5656]

Love it. You have pretty good luck finding Gators.Just as much luck as I have ,going out to the smokies and finding bears. Which is pretty good luck. But you should do some more like this Bryan. Oh and I like the storm whistle.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

I have one bear, at Cataloochee Cove. And it was a long way off.

[@williammccaslin8527]

Way cool, reminds of the everglades, did y'all find any high ground on your trip.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Very little this time.

[@andrewtate5568]

truly beautiful, i envy you

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Don’t envy. Come on down.

[@bobhaehn5470]

Coo coo COOOOOOL vid!

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks!!

[@WoodKnock01]

Awesome vid !!! Possible for a Sasquatch sitting!!!

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks

[@no_handle_required]

Of all the stuff I've done, I still haven't been able to muster the courage to sit in a little plastic tube and float by gators. I'd feel like a gator burrito.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Nothin' to it

[@allencampbell9719]

Pretty cool.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks. I appreciate it.

[@josephleichtnam836]

Do more of these. Please

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

I'll try

[@sasquatch885]

I enjoyed the video. I had canoeing merit badge. But swamps creep me out.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

It was really peaceful

[@janverzee9423]

Nice trip! Where I live the most dangerous animal you can encounter when you do this is a duck...

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Be careful. They leave land mines ;-)

[@losthiker9395]

Great video. I’m taking that trip next spring. You should do a subscriber trip.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

You will enjoy it. And I barely have time for Boy Scout trips right now

[@losthiker9395]

Survival On Purpose I hear ya. Enjoyed the music as well.

[@OhioPrepperOne]

Pretty, but you wont catch me living below the mason-dixon line ever... I have no desire to be the bait and I hate snakes, up north we don't have so many predators, far fewer snakes etc, but you enjoy :)

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

I've been playing in the woods here for over 50 years and I have never been bitten, envenomated or otherwise attacked. It's the 2 legged predators that predators you have to watch out for and you have just as many (or more) of those.

[@OhioPrepperOne]

@@SurvivalOnPurpose Yeah, but you have to be much more careful where you walk etc right? You probably learned how to behave to avoid or prevent snake attacks etc I assume... Up North, we don't even have to think about it.

[@MrWillyp00]

No rolling boil of cottonmouths in the mating frenzy or dropping out of trees into the canoe? You call that a swamp just because it has gators?

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

I know. Not like the movies.

[@danielgolite]

Thumbs up!

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks!

[@ROE1300]

Nice.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Thanks!

[@tonycantrell9547]

Did y'all put in at Waycross or folkston?

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Folkston this time. We camped on an island on the west end a couple of years ago

[@kevinschmith9379]

Kind of reminds me of the opening seens of delivorins

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

I will take that as a compliment. I like that movie

[@najruqwi7008]

Wish I was there

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Come on down

[@alexanderheling2057]

A lot of sunbathers, lol!!!!

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Indeed.

[@Buie144]

NO Lifejackets??

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Shhhhh. We actually had a lengthy discussion about that. In the end we opted for “close at hand”. It was hot.

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

BTW, I checked out your channel. Where was the motorcycle video shot? It sort of reminds me of the road up Mt Evans except that is a paved road.

[@indianprepper2478]

Noooooo ,I HEAT THAT CREATURE . I am not afraid of King Cobra , Tiger. leopard Even I encounter 5 time with "AGHORI" In my life but this thing p@#s me off . Great music and great video Bryan But This is the first first Thump down video of this channel (Sorry)

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

IT is OK. They can't hurt you on the video ;-)

[@indianprepper2478]

@@SurvivalOnPurpose That why i saw a hole video

[@outdoorandbushcraft39]

I don't like the music

[@SurvivalOnPurpose]

Well, thhhppppppppp!!! (that was me giving you a big raspberry with my thumbs in my ears waggling my fingers) ;-)