The Most Dangerous Place to take our RV? RV Life NYC

[@donnab9015]

This video is the best; commentaries, humor, scenery...everything was great! Keep traveling!!

[@Vancaskeys]

Thank you!!!!!😊

[@reggiejenkins7707]

Bob,You are an excellent Driver,If you can drive in New York City,you can drive anywhere.

[@Vancaskeys]

Thanks! I appreciate that.

[@JamesRichardson3rd]

I am a lifelong NYer, and I laughed so hard at this video. Especially when Bob ran the redlight. Everyone runs lights here. Lights are merely suggestions on how to proceed. I found it hilarious when you were driving through the Bronx. Y'all were just a few blocks from my house. lol

[@reggiejenkins7707]

I really enjoy your videos,however im glad you made it through NYC unscathed.I had to challenge rude Drivers in NYC for nearly 30 years when i was a FDNY EMT attempting to make it to a 911 emergency.Safe travels always!!

[@Vancaskeys]

Thanks Reggie. Wow. You’re amazing. 30 years of navigating through crazy traffic and drivers to help others. 👏👏👏

[@jacquesmeyer41]

Pro tip. Only use one form of navigation if you don't want to go off your rocker.

[@Vancaskeys]

😂😂😂 good tip!

[@russellault2391]

Well congrats you two for the guts to drive into N.Y.C. not with an ordinary vehicle but a freaking rv you guys rock

[@Vancaskeys]

Haha! Thanks!

[@cplpcl8565]

Bob driving just like a new yorker😂😂

[@Vancaskeys]

😂😂😂

[@markweiner3896]

Please don't tell me that you drove in Manhattan....if you did, my compliments to you...

[@kenthunter578]

I’ve driven in Manhattan a handful of times. Every day is “make your own lane day.” A local told me that lanes were mostly just a suggestion. Once I adopted that mindset, some of the stress of driving in NYC went away. (Not all, just some.)

[@Pawsonthebay]

If you are visiting NY there is an RV park in Jersey City, way easier to get to and you can take the ferry over to the city.

[@grayandgrumpy]

You guys driving on the east coast is comedy gold. BTW, It's called the The City.

[@vicki9929]

At 6:45 in the video, Show New York! I know what y’all look like…😉 Great driving job Bob! Hillary, great passenger nerves! I proud of both of y’all! 👍😃

[@toyotasienna2008]

We love NYC, we love the pizza, can't wait to see more of your adventures ! ... "Welcome to New York, it's been waitin' for you Welcome to New York, welcome to New York" ...

[@captainjim605]

That was fun to watch! Even though we've been RVing for 35 years, we haven't had an RV in NYC. We did take our cruising boat through there, and spent a week at Liberty Landing, across the Hudson River, in New Jersey (they had an RV park there, as well). We took a water taxi each day to Manhattan, took in a Broadway show, ate a bunch of New York pizza, toured around Times Square, walked through Central Park, went to Rockefeller Plaza and watched them doing the Today Show, Took a tour of the NBC facilities, ate in delis, took the subway to get around, caught a taxi a few times, and walked a LOT. Toured the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. From there, it was up the Hudson River and on to the Erie Canal. We had a spectacular view of the NYC skyline (photo from our boat) each night. We were from south Texas at the time, so it was quite a bit of culture shock experiencing life in "the big city." Watching your video brought all that back. (Big Smiles). Thanks! (Captain Jim & the Blonde)

[@Rdwarror]

Bob - That was some amazing driving. You two are having a blast living the dream. You made it to NYC!!

[@richardthomas1743]

Good job getting there! I was there once at night alone and no GPS, that was no fun at all to navigate! I'm glad that you enjoyed it and that nighttime view of the city lights was pretty awesome! Safe travels!

[@Vancaskeys]

Oh wow! Don’t think I could have done it at night with no GPS 😳 I barely made it with a GPS 😂

[@dakota4695]

The excitement from seeing the skyline for the first time is so relatable!🙌🏻

[@Vancaskeys]

😊 so cool right!!!

[@aperson5062]

Just drove a 25' U-Haul, picked it up in the Bronx, drove to Queens, loaded it up and drove out of the city onto 95N. Yes, that is some harrowing driving on tight streets.

[@barbaragrazerrobinson1207]

Congratulations on New York. I laughed so much I almost wet my pants. 😂❤ love ya two. Thanks 🙏

[@GMAx6]

We will be in NYC in 2 weeks. Not driving an RV though. Bob, I'm impressed. You are such a calm driver. Or you did a lot of editing. Haha, I love you guys. Thanks for sharing your adventures.

[@sethbenton4198]

Love your videos. It's CRAZY CRAZY driving in NYC - you did extremely well! I was born and raised in NYC. Lived there through my 20's. Have not been back there since. For the last 50 years I have lived in NH where life is sane. Can't imagine even visiting NYC. Kudos to you for extreme bravery while driving!

[@Susansnewera]

In NY NY once. All I can say- wear most comfortable supportive shoes for miles of walking

[@doodsanddudes]

Ny is my home (you will notice i always have a NY yankee hat on) . you just have to cut into the spot. They would rather you slide in quick the wait for you. Glad you got to enjoy it. You may get a piece of mail if there are cameras. Totally normal to drive wherever. It’s pretty anxiety driven to drive in NYC. You did good. Doesnt look like your in the city. Looks more like the boroughs oh you said queens. i was born in queens.yeah totally fine to just go back through lanes haha . Ok now your going to manhattan I see. Wow tight space. Ny is like that. And that is why we live in charleston sc!

[@downsizingontenacres.5927]

I love New York. I am nowhere near brave enough to drive it! Good for you!❤

[@buschpig]

Bob drives like a gangster!!! Good job.

[@Vancaskeys]

Haha! Thanks!

[@martykong3592]

: ) WOW and KUDOS for doing this and sharing! OMG as it reminds me of driving a Rental Car to NYC to find an Italian Restaurant way back in the day with NO GPS or Phone, just old Paper Maps! Same as you discovered, patience and Agressive at the same time to navigate. Came in from Long Island where I was at a class for over a month, and it WAS an Adventure for sure! All the BEST and WELL DONE indeed ! Cheers : )

[@sooilkim9623]

Wow!! Happy to see you guys again!

[@Vancaskeys]

Yay!!! 😃

[@susanoucharek1416]

Don’t worry about going through red lights..it’s NY..everyone does! You are very brave to drive in NYC..I preferred to take the train when I was living in NJ because traffic is a nightmare..even taking cabs or Ubers in NY scared me because of the crazy drivers! 🤣

[@Vancaskeys]

😂😂😂 hadn’t thought of it that way!

[@terrysandiego]

Thank you. I needed you guys today, although I also was glad when you parked.....

[@Vancaskeys]

Awww love this!!! And we were glad too when we parked 😂

[@GooniesVideos]

Great job traveling in NYC. I live 1 hour east of NYC on Long Island and worked 4 out of the 5 boroughs of NYC. I can totally understand how stressful it is and was for you guys navigating through NYC. I drive my Winnebago Revel through NYC almost every weekend for camping, but I know the roads and the restrictions of a class B RV. Great video as always. Travel on dudes!

[@anthonyb2334]

I can’t watch🫣. I went to college in NYC, and drove a yellow taxicab at night working my way through school. It was like Combat Conditions. I would never recommend Anyone take their RV there! I was mugged three times in a year. I will never go back!!! Actually, your video is a hoot! Glad you made it through !

[@Vancaskeys]

Oh wow!!!!

[@lizzym9029]

Literally on the edge of my seat watching right now! This brings back memories of driving in Chicago 😊

[@roxyg74]

Heck Yeah you guys! Awesome!!!

[@Vancaskeys]

Thanks!

[@bevbender3587]

You guys are brave! Might consider it. 😉

[@Vancaskeys]

Haha! We’d do it again!

[@suzyd2361]

Impressive guys!

[@Vancaskeys]

Thanks!😊

[@toraaugusta6998]

Awesome 💯

[@user-dr2js7bv2i]

That was interesting. I would not want to try that, but it was fun watching you guys do it. 😅 I was surprised at how clean the city looked. You had nice weather, it looked like. Good luck getting out! Just kidding! Safe travels folks!❤❤

[@DivaEsquire]

Lmao I’ve been giggling for twenty minutes. Sorry, native NYr here, born and raised and watching people’s reactions as they first enter “the city” is always fun. Driving here can be such a shit show lol. A few things… you were technically in NYC the minute you entered Staten Island. It’s one of the 5 boroughs tho we don’t claim it much lol. 2) we don’t call manhattan downtown. It’s just “the city”. Even though NYC is Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, Staten Island and Manhattan, when you say the city, everyone knows you meet manhattan. 3) that route was crazy! I get why you took it, but with your van it wasn’t necessary lol. That route took you all the way round jacks barn ( as my granny would say). You ended up in Queens ( my neck of the woods) when you probably could have taken the Manhattan bridge into Brooklyn, then to Atlantic Ave, then off to the RV park. Your van is still a van and you would have been fine anywhere a large SUV can travel. I will say you guys kept it classy the entire time! Traffic here is thee worst but you two are troopers. So many one ways! So many new traffic patterns! You had your National Lampoons Big Ben moment and I was rooting for you!! Next time visit Long Island! Way more open roads. More RV parks and you can take the Long Island Rail Road into the city and catch a show.

[@Morningdovecamp]

Thanks for great video. I just moved back from Manhattan and I had no idea this existed!! Strong work 👍🚙🌞🌇🌃

[@michelle_pw]

NYC has red light and speed cameras. You may have a surprise waiting when you get home.

[@Vancaskeys]

😳😳😳

[@kenmcclow8963]

I was going to say this

[@annanoelle7083]

I took my clase into New York during Christmas. It was stressful, but it was fantastic. I stayed right in Staten Island and took a ferry over to Manhattan. Same kind of a parking space that you have just a piece of concrete and an electrical hook up but I only paid like $52. Glad you’re having a good time.

[@valerietiffany3420]

I live about three hours north west of NYC in the Catskills… so, I’ve had to drive to NYC more times than I care for … mostly to catch the flights out of JFK. The traffic is horrific and you represented it very well. The intensity on his face is what I’m usually doing as well . We’ve had to park our car in caged lots in some of the worst neighborhoods to avoid paying the fees for parking at JFK. It’s actually pretty safe but gosh it doesn’t feel that way when you get there. It’s very stressful and you guys pulled it off like NYC pros. Having a great navigator is always helpful… my daughter is mine and she knows when to leave me to it and when to lighten the mood a bit for me to let that pressure off a bit. I was worried the photos were not going to be accurate but was glad to see you just got out there and walked around!!! It really is the big apple!!

[@doncampbell3479]

I am a Class A owner. I live 50 miles west of Times Square. I would not even think of taking my RV to NYC! You get an A for bravery. There is a campground on the NJ with views of the statute of liberty in Jersey City. I think it probably is easier to get to by RV. An RV park is located in my town right off of I 80 but it is 50 miles out so you would need a car rental. One truck GPS would be easier.

[@kenmcclow8963]

I used to live in Connecticut and while you can drive in New York, we would generally take the train to save time and money on parking. I also have lived in Chicago and Seattle and they both have fierce traffic and luckily my commute has always been out of the main gridlock times. I took my truck and trailer into a neighborhood gas station in a city with some close confines once, which is why I have a class c that is 20 feet long.

[@thomassarver7638]

We live about 2 hours from the city and have driven into the city a few times. It’s stressful but the city is amazing to walk around. Next time. Come around Christmas as 5th avenue is amazing at Christmas time.

[@WhereRVGoing]

Yet again, watching you guys on my flight to Phoenix 😂

[@Vancaskeys]

No way!!! That’s so cool!

[@ManhattanRats]

I've made that turn onto the 3rd Ave Bridge countless times, and I've been bamboozled for the majority of those times. I live in NYC about a mile from this scene. Robert in NYC.

[@oldhickory2064]

You guys are nuts. Do you even watch the news? Just today the CEO of a large Health Care Corp was shot down and lots of gang violence. Used to live in New Jersey and drove into NYC twice for the Broadway Shows and Times Square. Later took the trains into NYC and that's when it was 100% safer than it is today. I would never consider taking my Coachmen Nova into that mess.

[@dennisrivers9300]

Lets go!!!

[@Vancaskeys]

👏👏👏🥳

[@rod8073]

That kind of driving is normal there. Just need to add horn blowing and hand gestures! 🤣🤣🤣 Same applies to LA. and here in Chicago too. 🤣 Didn’t know you were actually staying the night in NY. Thanks. That was funny 🤣 I also didn’t know about that RV parking! Good to know! 👍

[@lizahermandez57]

I think you should have followed the truck one only. I think Google was causing more stress.

[@briantreanor6071]

Do ya WANNA play chicken??!! 😂😂. You fit right in up here….

[@Vancaskeys]

😂😂😂

[@cplpcl8565]

Nice you made looking !!!! Had me nervous 😊

[@Vancaskeys]

😂😂😂

[@edwardmcgowan5044]

Glad you made the trip. I hope you also tried the NY bagels. As a NY’r, I don’t even do the dirty hotdogs with the street vendor! 😂

[@cplpcl8565]

O no you got pop the wheelie drit bike o yea full experience of ny traffic i been during that driving 40 years still crazy

[@Vancaskeys]

Really!? NY traffic is no joke!

[@robb3396]

Good job 👏👍. I use to drive big trucks up there it’s fun once u know all the routes lol 😝

[@suzyd2361]

You guys are taking years off your lives from the stress of driving through New York City. We did this 40 years ago, in a regular car, with our kids, just to go to the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty, on our way to visit relatives in upstate New York. It was a nightmare even then. No internet, no cell phones, totally paper map. We saw the things we especially wanted to see, got lost many times, and found ourselves in some pretty sketchy areas, and I personally aged 10 years at least. Never had the desire to go back. Feel the same way about the Los Angeles area where they go very fast. At least in NYC the traffic slows everyone down😮

[@bah5310]

When I drove in NYC blowing your home was mandatory. East Coast driving. Next time do the I-95 loop around DC.

[@Vancaskeys]

😂😂😂 will do!

[@rtshort]

Bob looked like he had seen a ghost when he ran that red light. Hey, it happens. Fortunately, nothing was coming like you said. People are used to changing lanes like that there, fortunately I've always been in a cab, or Uber. Been to NYC lots of times. Greatest city in the world to me. Always stayed a few blocks off of Times Square. Have walked it from the Trade Center to Central Park. Candied Peanuts from the street carts are GOOD. The Soup Nazi (Seinfeld) place was good too. I think there are 2 of them there. Looked like a really nice safe place to park and very reasonable.

[@delta21002000]

Glad it went well Like your south haven, Michigan shirt I’m up in Grand Rapids

[@Vancaskeys]

Very cool! Bob is from Kalamazoo. We went to South Haven this summer! Loved it!

[@delta21002000]

@ very cool

[@johnthomson5730]

This Florida boy has been to New York City several times in my life. It is stressful enough going there w/o an RV, no way no how. I call it Walt Disney World for adults.

[@tjjump6343]

You guys were in my neck of the woods. Live in upstate NY near Albany. It is easy to drive up here just do the opposite of everything you were taught. Bob in some places red lights are just options lol.

[@ArleneJohnson-dn1kw]

Drive it like you stole it, when in Rome

[@Vancaskeys]

😂😂😂👏👏👏

[@dalehuber6281]

Great video, as always! Dont know that i have the guts to drive in New York, tho!

[@doughalldorson8663]

Wow we are going to New York State next July and not sure about the city ? You did help a bit 😆 thanks

[@JodysJourney]

I’ve been to New York City many times, for a yearly student media conference, but have only flown in. I couldn’t drive in or if I did, I wouldn’t record it because there would be too much cursing. 🤣👍🏻

[@Vancaskeys]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@RV-en7qh]

Crazy idea to go to New York city!! hahaha!!

[@Vancaskeys]

😂😂😂

[@LivingRetirement]

I keep finding that Google Maps is not good for city driving.

[@cherylhughes2988]

Making a wrong turn in a large city is scary because there are often so many one-way streets. It's hard to get back to where you need to be.

[@stanmarcusgtv]

the Queensborough Bridge has ALWAYS been like that - it is always torn up and has been for at least FIVE decades. the reason? it's toll-free and they don't want you to use it! but the toll-free status is scheduled to end under "congestion pricing" but since that requires Fed approval it may be rescinded w/ new administration "congestion pricing" is highly unpopular because it's just a tax increase

[@cplpcl8565]

Just imagine driving here at night it the same thing😅😅

[@Vancaskeys]

😳😂

[@MPGunther1]

I'm thinking you guys are a little crazy. I'm originally from Chicago and that's crazy enough for me. Be safe ❤

[@Vancaskeys]

Haha! I think you’re right!

[@dakota4695]

We made a wrong turn and ended up in downtown manhattan a block from Times Square in our 159 promaster💀

[@Vancaskeys]

Oh no!

[@bonitak8483]

I’m from nyc. Driving in the city is stressful and know everyone is nyc tough.😬

[@cplpcl8565]

Wow my home town Brooklyn NYC i drive in everyday😅😅😅

[@Vancaskeys]

Really!? So cool!

[@LOVEPILOT24]

Welcome to New York! Be carefully you pass red light lol Lucky you there no cop ! You should drive to Astoria queens here!! Where i live

[@lindasussman8695]

N.Y parkways are like the autobahn.

[@JerryRaymond-c5r]

I would watch more videos if the camera was faced toward the front. I’m interested in the area and roads you guys are traveling on.

[@WhereRVGoing]

I'm cracking up 😅 welcome to the jungle what we call the northeast! LoL

[@Vancaskeys]

Haha! That’s awesome!

[@vanmileswiththeKochs]

Heyyyyy

[@Vancaskeys]

Hi!!!👋

[@bjtravelersRV]

😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@rbhare7667]

Now I want to watch you guys come ripping off I 80 onto the Chicago Sky way in Mr. Lemon.

[@Harp4Hand]

I literally have nightmares about this.

[@veronicac4550]

What was your favorite part of NYC? I'm going for a weekend in January!!! My first trip there was about a decade ago.

[@tevbrannan5885]

You're either crazy or very brave and maybe both. I wouldn't drive a car in NYC let alone an RV. Be sure and tell us how the drive out was. BTW, when are you heading home?

[@Jlux823]

Ques why did your app make you come in from NJ through the bronx to head through Manhattan into Brooklyn to drive through Brooklyn to take you back into Manhattan/harlem to take you into Queens...Class A busses drive on the Queens bridge that you are on NYC is just narrow streets...welcome to NYC..it looks like you can't but trucks and busses drive all the time.. skip that next time NJ turnpike jump on the tunnels take you from the city into queens it will save you 4 hours next time!!!😅😅😅😅 nyc is cramped city!!. Trip the RV lot near jersey city next time it's much easier to jump on public transpo to see most of the average tourist sites...

[@lindasussman8695]

New York like so. Fl. Visitors like you don’t know where you’re going, neither do the others.

[@markniblett4857]

Love you guys but NY City. Not my first or last pick.

[@mikewatts1014]

You guys are so funny. I grew up in an apartment in Brooklyn and was never allowed out in the dark 😂. I would recommend you drive right through. lol.

[@Vancaskeys]

Omg! Really?! 😂

[@bfdee1603]

How can we admire NY when u r showing yourselves more than d sights?😂😂😂😂