San Josef’s Bay the Top of Vancouver Island in a 4x4 Sprinter Van

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Famagogo- Peter & Kathy Holcombe

Күн бұрын

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@Mystic_Light 4 ай бұрын

Scratch the wheelbarrow and get a folding wagon. Beautiful scenery, thanks for taking us along.

@Famagogo 4 ай бұрын

Great idea, we can't wait to go back!

@pamdobbs606 4 ай бұрын

Great video.. just so you know, that tree is a cedar tree growing off an old tree that fell or died. We call that a nurse/nursing tree. The roots of the tree that grows off all the nutrients from the decaying log/stump/tree are left exposed as they make their way to the ground.when the stump eventually decays completely away the new tree looks very different as it looks supported by 'air' The Island is covered in these trees.

@Famagogo 4 ай бұрын

Thanks. It's so awesome up there. We don't have those in Colorado, but they are very cool to see.

@Westcoastbeauty 8 күн бұрын

Cape Scott is not the most northern part of Vancouver Island. It is the most Western Part of Vancouver Island .The most Northerly point of Vancouver Island is at Cape Sutil

@sarahnoble3773 4 ай бұрын

Great video and such beautiful, amazing, magical scenery!! ❤❤❤ Vancouver Island...if you live there, you are truly blessed.

@Famagogo 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Yes, it is a magical place. I'm looking forward to my next visit.

@gregoryf9299 4 ай бұрын

Nice one! I was surprised how busy the parking lot was! But it looked like the beach was fairly empty (?)

@Famagogo 4 ай бұрын

It was really busy that day. We had to wait for some cars to leave so we could park. It's a big beach, so it didn't seem too crowded, but there were people around.

@oksanapoberezhnyk2615 4 ай бұрын

great videp! thank you for the information!

@Famagogo 4 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@canyonoverland5003 9 ай бұрын

Wow, I liked your video. Hoping KZbin will recommend more of your stuff. I made the long trip to Side Bay from Langley a couple of years and now I want to visit this place. Bravo!

@Famagogo 9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! I hope so too. We enjoyed this area and the whole journey getting there. I hope you can check it out soon. Thanks!

@hannahelstad6822 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! I think I need a Famagogo sticker! :)

@Famagogo 2 жыл бұрын

I’m ashamed I haven’t given you one already… I’ll make sure to give you one next time.

@Andy1076 3 ай бұрын

Wonder how my Outlander AWD will do on this road, would LOVE to experience all this too :O

@Famagogo 3 ай бұрын

If it is in simmilar condition to our trip I think you will be fine. It's just gravel roads back there.

@brandonpeniuk 9 ай бұрын

Hi from Calgary, thanks for the video. Do you have any more stickers? I collect them for my Nalgene water bottle. I'm looking forward to my journey to Van Island in May. Im up visiting family and friends. Can't wait!

@Famagogo 9 ай бұрын

Yes, I do! But I'm in Central America and can't easily mail you one. Sorry. I'd normally send you one.

@markdesprez3311 9 күн бұрын

Sorry, lol, you have tripped across one popular 4x4 thing that must be included in KZbin posts that at 70, you think I would have heard about or observerved. I am jokingly referencing the airing of the tires. My job included inspecting new road construction, the very top, back end, not properly surfaced yet. This could also include up to an hour to one of those west coast towns on gravel. Plus I have recreated my whole life on such roads without the comfort of a fleet vehicle, Nanaimo to Tofino used to take 8 hours. So why did I never have a flat on a vehicle, this excludes boat trailers? The best way I can think of how to rationalize my amusement is to explain local understandings. The best defence is the right, all weather, all terrain, knobby tred tires inflated to the recommended pressure. Second, and worth a mention is always switch to 4x4 when entering the gravel. The pavement folks will whine about the milage while the local knows this is where allot of the ride comes from and handling is worth it. So there was a time you would see workers at the intersections of pavement and gravel stopped to lock in those hubs. But never did anybody at any point going up the mountain suggest we needed to adjust the tire pressure? These can be community access and the locals have just as poor a tred on their Toyota as the guy in the city. He knows the third secret, all safety considered, you may use the whole road surface so stay away from sharp rocks. You can see the opposite of these tips when it comes to boat trailers, and in that case I have lowered the tires and had to travel at very slow speeds. All because they dont make a good enough tire to fit under the fenders of boat trailers, simple but very costly. We were even stopped by a cop coming out of Zeballos with no trailer lights or fenders, the fenders were hanging out of the boat and we had cut the wires with an axe. My boss yelled at the cop we would stich it together when we hit the pavement, the cop quietly got back in the cruiser, bad day. So the only place I can put my finger on the origin of this proceedure is the 4x4 posting clubs for 4x4s about a decade ago when I used to monitor thier activities for the government, lol. I now camp in a dodge caravan and go to the same places, but I have the best tire I can get for the model! Oh, and thanks for triggering my rootbeer float habit, great to know they have finaly stocked that place up!

@Famagogo 2 сағат бұрын

Thanks for sharing your experiences. Very interesting!

@alexlewis5481 5 ай бұрын

The boots are called cork boots

@VernaCarlson 5 ай бұрын

“Caulk” boots

@Westcoastbeauty 8 күн бұрын

nope they are not they are called Caulk Boots

@seandawnvantures2001 2 жыл бұрын

When did you go to the island, and did you go through Port Angeles?

@Famagogo 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, We toured the island for the last 3 weeks. Yes, we took the ferry from Port Angeles to Victoria. Thanks for watching.

@seandawnvantures2001 2 жыл бұрын

@@Famagogo I thought I saw your van passing through. If you head home through Port Angeles stop by The Coffee Box if you have time.

@drewclarke5920 8 ай бұрын

it was early days on van.isl. and Fort Victoria had been built by the Hudson's Bay Co. who had been given "rights" on the island by the crown who wanted HBC to help get settlers to come ...A family arrived from overseas having been promised land if they came...Governor Douglas was there and told them where they could settle...but it was on the extreme northern end of the island Cape Scott/ San Josef Bay...undeterred the family set off and made it to their new homestead San Josef Bay...it is an incredible tale of surviving the terrain and climate and wildlife to establish their home...l read it in a volume on the history of the island... l can tell you the trek north on foot on trails if there were any with all their supplies etc must have been an epic struggle...but they were tough and they did it...HBC eventually lost their crown right to the island for failing to allow settlement except their employee's and buddies....

@Famagogo 8 ай бұрын

Interesting stuff... I want to read more. Thanks for this.

@drewclarke5920 8 ай бұрын

@@Famagogo the old man was either a Finn, Norwegian or Danish his wife had a son from a previous marriage who was with them there is a photo of him in front of his small log cabin with furs on a line or wall behind him he is ripped... very muscular... the old man and kids went to quatsino to buy a skiff...by row boat they were washed out to sea for almost 3 weeks his wife thought they were all dead he made it back tho' Gov. Douglas was a butthead to make the family go all that way incredible tale ... the book is a good 1 1/2 inches thick a brown paper cover history of Vncrvr island... if l find it l will pass along the full title...

@drewclarke5920 8 ай бұрын

found it Vancouver Island and British Columbia, their history, Resources and Prospects by Mathew MACFIE F.R.G.S. published in 1865 l cannot be sure the story is in this volume... it is possible it is not it was many years ago that l last read it...but the story is true...they were the first non natives to settle San Josef Bay...

@Famagogo 8 ай бұрын

Thanks, It's so fun to hear these stories of what people endured. And today the whole word stops if cell phones go out...

@drewclarke5920 8 ай бұрын

@@Famagogo the story may have been in West Coast Chronicles...