Van Life Thanksgiving Meal NIGHTMARE (winter camping)

[@tonyboloni64]

As a singleton, I always buy a turkey breast, it cooks much quicker and still leaves leftovers.

[@tannertanner8769]

I'm thankful that my life is a little boring right now. That means I have energy to help my family and friends who need it.

[@DanVanLife]

Boring is good too no doubt

[@santaylor4494]

I’m thankful for my retirement after my enjoyable career as a emergency room nurse . I was grateful to see you and Cassie figuring it out and cooking a Thanksgiving dinner in the van😊

[@ocean3237]

I missed the live thanks for replay. Hey to Cassie and to you Dan.

[@tomjones648]

strange thing Im thankful for this year . . . having wild donkeys eating my bushes in my front yard! Welcome back, seems like its been forever since your last vid! YOur better then I am, I would have given up on that dinner and went without!

[@robingirard5423]

Better late then never. I was wondering where you were.

[@DanVanLife]

It’s been too long!! Not sure if I’ll try to withhold doing one video a week or sim for higher quality and only post once every couple weeks.. Thank you for the comment Robin

[@amyralls6218]

I am desperately thankful for not having to cook a raw turkey this year....I reheated smoked turkey legs, and they were WONDERFUL!! They only took a couple of hours in the oven! I am very thankful for my special side-kick, Roxy, my toy poodle! She turns 9 on 12/15/23! I can't believe it's been 9 years already! She is very healthy, so I hope for many more healthy years ahead!

[@DeborahGigliotti]

Glad to see you and sweet Cassie again Not strange but Im thankful for my life and my family. Had a heart attack in June and could have been a goner.❤️

[@Roadghost88]

I've gone through this hassle during some Thanksgivings. This year went without a problem. It's not hard to forget something. Just a note for those who don't want to go through this, many churches have Thanksgiving suppers. Pay a small donation and you're in. Sometimes they'll let the less fortunate in anyway. Peace.

[@wag64]

first video ive caught of your channel and excited to start my binge-watch!

[@joemeyers3127]

I think this is my favorite episode yet. (Your misfortune becomes our entertainment) I had a similar adventure when I volunteered to make a turkey for a party. (My first time cooking the bird) Wasn’t near done when the guests arrived! I am thankful for your channel!

[@DanVanLife]

Dang thank you Joe! Hahaha I figured only a full turkey took for ever, the breast apparently takes a while too😂😂. Cooking isn’t always easy hahah

[@amyralls6218]

​@@DanVanLife The breast of the turkey is the part that takes all the time!! Adding stuffing to it also slowed the heating process.

[@RoamingRoberts]

Happy Holidays. I am thankful for the ability to crotchet blankets for family and friends! 😂

[@amyralls6218]

I'm a crocheter, too! It really is fun to take a bunch of yarn and end up with a really pretty and warm blanket!

[@Crazycatlady-inTennessee]

I just started crocheting this year and everyone is getting a Christmas stocking 😂

[@Crazycatlady-inTennessee]

Great to see you Dan and of course Cassie. I am thankful that I finally got brave enough to leave a bad marriage after 25 years and now my life is very peaceful. Can't wait to see what you make for Christmas!

[@ricksesker]

He’s back we love to see it

[@DanVanLife]

Mr Rick in the comments 🙏🏼

[@wholetthedogsoutwhowho]

1:33 🤣 loved that close up zoom! I LOVE snow. I live in Raleigh, NC and we don't get snow. Flurries or sleet, on the rare occasion, but not snow. Not in a very long time. You're so lucky to be where it snows! Thumbs up!

[@ToryDelury]

WOW! Great video Dan!

[@Scm8656]

I'm thankful for a peaceful life. Happy holidays to you and Cassie.

[@ablacksquare]

Thankful for so much. Glad you posted this video.

[@DanVanLife]

Thank you!! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@joellepatry493]

My dude, people wake up at 6am or earlier, to prepare Tgiving dinner. I can’t imagine starting at sunset. 🤦🏻‍♀️😂 I know you’re a good cook. Next year, I’m willing to bet it will go better. Thanks for sharing. Hope you can get more content out, it’s always enjoyable. Safe travels.✌🏻💕🙏🏻

[@ocean3237]

I am thankful for place to live in and for my family.

[@ArthurRotter]

Hi Dan even though your turkey dinner took forever to cook it looked delicious . Thanks for sharing your adventure with us.

[@jackiegromacki686]

Glad yo see you both. Miss hearing how you are doing.

[@annetteanderson1933]

❤❤❤ I'm looking forward to seeing you again and hearing all about the last few months and what you've been up to.

[@DanVanLife]

I’ve got some catching up to do hahah! Thank you for sticking around Annette!

[@EllieAussie..]

Good to have you both back..love and peace from Australia as always 🦘😘😘

[@teeh917]

I'm so glad to see you and Cassie again. Such a wonderful surprise!!

[@DanVanLife]

Glad to see you in the comments!! Sorry for all the delay

[@teeh917]

@@DanVanLife No apologies needed, Hun. I'm just really happy to see you two here today. ❤️

[@jimwillenbring3966]

Glad to see you back on KZbin, am thankful to having met you in person, stay safe out there on your adventures in a van.

[@rebenaq4506]

Took ages but you got there in the end. ❤

[@DanVanLife]

Haha better late than never I guess!

[@annetteanderson1933]

Don't feel bad about your Thanksgiving meal ....My friend and I tried our first Thanksgiving meal together. We were like 17 and 20 years old. And I think it took us 14 hours. We started about 3 AM one morning.

[@DanVanLife]

Hahaha lesson learned! Would rather start at 3am than end at 3 am😂🤣 maybe I’ll time it out better next year

[@teeh917]

@@DanVanLife Hahaha very true.

[@teeh917]

Hahaha 😆

[@elmhaven]

Took forever, but it looked good. Next time, rinse your turkey before cooking and start it several hours before preparing the side dishes. Finally, you never said: what happened with the police officer who came knocking at your door during your last video? Merry Christmas!!

[@artistgrly]

My strange thing to be thankful is that there were restaurants open on Thanksgiving Day serving Thanksgiving food. Oh the lonely life!! ❤ oh! Btw what happened with overnight parking when the police got there???

[@DanVanLife]

That video will come next!! Wanted to do something for thanksgiving video real quick tho! I thought about 7pm in this video, I’d be hunting for a drive through burrito for thanksgiving 😂 I feel you

[@artistgrly]

@DanVanLife yea even a burrito would have been delicious. I love Mexican food.

[@chrystalbrown9600]

A Thanksgiving to remember for sure! ❤🙂☃️❄️🦃🐕

[@arlenesolis024]

I glad you are doing good. I was worried about you. Dinner looks good. Happy thanksgiving and stay safe.

[@francineleppard3709]

Cannot wait. Missed the videos

[@DanVanLife]

Sorry for the delay!! Thanks for sticking around

[@mrsbec]

I grew up in Cheyenne and recently moved away, it was a surprising blessing to see the town again for a minute 🥹

[@chadmark88]

Put the OVEN in the Turkey, you did ? . . . what an adventurous Thanksgiving . . . and by the way, I've lived in my house in Alabama for EIGHT years and NEVER turned on my oven !!! I have missed seeing your weekly videos, but I also know how hard it was to get one out every week.

[@teeh917]

A strange thing that I'm thankful for? Chemotherapy!!!!

[@annetteanderson1933]

How are you doing Theresa?

[@DanVanLife]

You have a strong mind to be thankful for it!! I love that mindset and wish you all the health and recovery🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@teeh917]

@annetteanderson1933 Hi Annette !! 😍 I'm hanging in there and fighting the fight, Hun. Thank you for asking. I'm glad to see you here too. ❤️ I have my second surgery on the 20th, so I would sure appreciate prayers. I hope everything in your life is how you would like for it to be, and in case I don't see you on here again before, I pray for you a blessed and Merry Christmas, and New Year. 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻

[@teeh917]

@DanVanLife Thank you so much, Dan, that means a lot too me. Seeing you and Cass on here today was certainly a blessing and made my day. I pray for you and Cass a blessed and Merry Christmas. 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻

[@joemeyers3127]

🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@bencuraza6503]

Happy your doing well for me I have not seen a notification new vid in awhile. I do not cook expected the turkey yo take awhile. Your meal looked YUM. Be 🍀SAFE🍀 💕🐶💪😎💪👍👍⬆️til next time

[@phantp78]

Hopefully it goes better for your Christmas dinner.

[@DanVanLife]

Some valuable lessons learned, start the turkey before noon 😂

[@joannallen1989]

I'm thankful Iive in Texas. Everything you cooked looked like it would have been good even if you didn't get to eat until 3:00 a.m.

[@davegleason8007]

I grew up in Cheyenne. It’s always windy.

[@timrodatz1274]

Cheyenne and Laramie are some bad areas to stop at. Now if you like to get snowed in and very very bad roads to drive on ice can be 6-8 inches stay in that area when a blizzard comes at -25°F 85+mph winds yeah driving a semi in 12 hours was up passed the door of the truck. I really wouldn't recommend the winter up there in Van Life taking the chance of using all resources you got and run out of food, water, propane. Can't have enough propane to last. It gets so cold you gotta use everything you got to cover up with too stay warm and find cardboard to cover the grill so your motor can run with it freezing up. I'll never go up there in the winter again, getting to the truck stop wind blew me sideways across the interstate 5 times with truck and trailer till this day how I got it straightened out I can't tell ya. But good to see ya again.

[@DanVanLife]

I caught the last few warm days up there for some fly fishing and after a few sub 0 degree nights I started to head south already haha.. although it’s amazing up there like Colorado with out all the people

[@timrodatz1274]

@@DanVanLife it's much safer and nicer in they're Spring days. You'll have good times to enjoy it

[@michelle_nolan]

Missed this video until just now. Hoping more are on the way.

[@bethfulton4195]

It's been awhile,yay it's good to see you an cassie again,hope your both well

[@debrafricano1486]

That turkey was gonna take more the a couple hours Dan,lol! It finally got done albeit in the wee hours. We've missed you and Cassie! Belated Happy Thanksgiving and a very Merry Christmas! Hope to see a new video real soon!

[@syreallewyatt5048]

For reals that was pretty optimistic of an oven event, esp for a van oven. Even our home oven would require multiple hours of cooking and I can only imagine all the xxx factors of a van oven given $$, age, wisdom, power source ect.. Fun video though. Would be rather frustrating as the hunger starts to build and you can "smell it" but not have it after probably what? 9pm....hahaha

[@whynot700]

Glad you are back! Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas hugs to you and Cassie ❤

[@tonyaschaefer2512]

Thankful to follow along on your journey ❤

[@KuntryRD]

I think everyone who has cooled a turkey for the first time, badly underestimates the cooking time. I know that I sure did!

[@Scm8656]

I'm thankful for not eating a lot on Thanksgiving. Now that's strange.

[@annetteanderson1933]

❤❤❤❤ I don't know if you'll see this. I guess you're not gonna do videos anymore. But I wish you the best. I know you do well in life. I'll keep an eye out to join if you come back.Thanks for the hours of fun.

[@DanVanLife]

We surely aren’t done!! Just not rushing out crappy videos anymore, taking time and making them better!! Happy new year Annette thank you for the support!!!

[@Jan-iu5hc]

Microwave turkey dinner maybe better for your cooking situation. Hope your puppy dog has been eating lots as well.

[@kimhastie5440]

Although it may have been a disaster to you, thanks for sharing. That's a turkey normally takes about three and a half hours it should have told you on the back and the bag how many minutes per pound. Don't give up though. You should try to do another one sometime when you're on a chill day when you have nothing to do and started around 1:00 p.m. or even a little earlier. The more you cook with them the better you get 🤗

[@monicasepulveda7569]

Thank you Dan, I enjoy your video. 😍

[@Kristi650ad]

Yum yum yum, great videa.

[@pompommania]

Id cook the turkey diner the day before. Stick it in your fridge.

[@CindyHinckley-z8o]

Why didn’t you come back to Iowa aforesaid Turkey day??😊

[@annetteanderson1933]

❤❤❤ you did a great job cooking but did look really nice, but you should have started about 10 hours earlier. That's the only thing.

[@DanVanLife]

Ahahaha most definitely, I assumed a turkey breast was would cook much faster than a whole turkey, turns out not much faster 🤣

[@ocean3237]

Nice meal. Next time buy a fully cooked turkey

[@amyralls6218]

The fully cooked turkeys are MUCH easier! Depending upon the size, they only take 2 -4 hours to warm back up!!!

[@cathyjackson5959]

Just need a Turkey breast or a whole chicken!! Damn Dan!! Your dinner was making me hungry!!😊. Sweet girl Cassie❤

[@tracymagaw5578]

love you dude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 you are awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@rontokunaga7850]

Where have u been??

[@rickbaxter3919]

How could you think that it was going to be done that quickly.

[@DanVanLife]

It wasn’t a full turkey, just the smallest turkey breast

[@ChillnkillGaming]

subbed for the osrs content

[@DanVanLife]

My favorite kind of sub 🙏🏼

[@VanlifeMagazine]

❤

[@c.michellesparks2925]

I have no idea who you are but I must say you look like my kind of people. Valiant effort on the bird!

[@annetteanderson1933]

❤❤❤❤ Hello young man. I hope you have a good excuse for being absent. That you've met a nice girl ? ...maybe?

[@DanVanLife]

Hahahaha no girls other than Cassie the dog, but have been getting back into the swing of traveling and saw a long time friend in wyoming and now seeing family

[@annetteanderson1933]

❤❤❤ That's great to hear. Glad you had some time with family and friends. I've been doing the same thing, got to see my great-nephew. And his new baby ...so I'm a great-great aunt.😊

[@veritas2145]

Who farted?

[@DanVanLife]

I blame Cassie