Venture to Idaho

Join us as we take Venture all the way from the Pacific Ocean 460 miles inland to Idaho up the Columbia and Snake rivers. Learn about the perils of the Columbia River Bar, the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition and the cataclysmic floods which altered the landscape through which we traveled. Stay with us while we take a jet boat through Hell's Gate on the upper Snake.

[@johnshields6852]

What a pleasure to hear commentary spoken in clear English without the hype and antics of other videos. Thank you very much. 🙏🌎

[@robingilmore1444]

64 years so far in oregon I drove trucks on both sides of the Columbia but I had never seen the scenery from the river. Thank you very much. Beautiful boats and spectacular views. You are a great story teller dear sir.

[@truthseeker5890]

The education provided throughout this presentation is absolutely fabulous!! The Pacific Northwest is my favorite area of the entire United States. It is absolutely wonderful that someone would take this journey and record it. Thank you for doing this.

[@Plinker007]

I learned about it from watching Nick Zentner.

[@tuberNunya]

Please don't tell anyone. It is too crowded already.

[@davidsteward9144]

Simply the best travelogue I have ever viewed. Wonderful combination of video and stills. Wonderfully written and narrated. Thank you for sharing. I have been fascinated by this region since childhood and reading about the Lewis and Clark adventure. I love your weaving of history, present day, and geography. This is a journey I have imagined. Didn’t even realize it was possible to navigate all the way to Lewiston. And your boat is amazing! Thank you so much for this gift!!

[@philhendrix55]

Tony, I moved to the Fort Lewis/Stielacoom, WA area from Fort Leavenworth, KS area 37 years ago and your video is the first time I have seen the river view ride from Astoria to Lewiston, ID. I was mesmerized by it and couldn’t believe it was only 38 minutes long. I am thankful to you for it. Your narration was most informative and totally inspiring. I want to duplicate your Venture.

[@alphy79d]

Have you taken the trip yet?

[@GoTraveler]

Everywhere you look is so serene.

[@davemccorquodale5148]

Love these videos and the sound of Mr. Flemings soothing voice! Such an adventurer!!

[@DriveLongRoad]

What a stunning scenery, never seen before, and a lot of information that this video conveys. Incredible bridges, huge locks and this gigantic landscape. Everything is in XXL size.

[@chrisberg4952]

Your detail of what has happened past puts us in attention.

[@khadijagwen]

I've lived in the Portland, Oregon area my whole life and have travelled these lands as often as I could. You have treated us with generosity. :)

[@shelbymoonheart6461]

The diction of this narration is lovely. It has been peaceful to listen to today.

[@viahj]

The science, intertwined with the gorgeous landscapes, highlighted by the arduous transits, calms me in shame of not seeking my own adventures.

[@CaptainsvLogs]

Spent most of my time and career on the oceans and in the Gulf of Mexico but it's very interesting seeing the rivers

[@brianbelton3605]

I watched this vid a year before My son and I, bought a very rare wooden catamaran in Spokane. We Trailered to LA along the Columbia river, and Saw many of the sites in this terrific video. Thank you Mr Fleming! I have enjoyed your vids, and now, another generation enjoys your passion.

[@steve-marsh]

This is fast becoming my favourite KZbin channel. Great memories of a trip between South Dakota and the Oregon coast which included an overnight stay at the Timberline Lodge of 'The Shining' fame. Thank You!

[@jeffslaven]

I love this Venture series. Very informative with a wonderful sound track and very well articulated. Look forward to seeing them all.

[@rockinpiano1]

Years ago I was talking to Rick Steber(a writer of western books)and he was saying that he'd talked to a geologist that said the wall of water coming though Wallula Gap was 1,500' high when Lake Missoula burst. All I could think of was "those poor Indians" because even with our modern communications, thousands would die if that flood were to happen today. Another great video, Mr Fleming.

[@donmackay9315]

Superb! I was fortunate to have lived many years in the Hood River Valley and I almost cried seeing it presented with all of the charm and energy that I remember so fondly. It will forever be my home. Thanks.

[@petedavis8701]

Beutiful filming and narration Tony, thank you, I’m watching from Hertfordshire, ENGLAND in Covid19 isolation!

[@lexy1729]

I always learn something new when I watch these movies. Thank you for sharing this great experience.

[@MrPedrov23]

My wife and I have enjoyed your journeys on the Venture so much. Your voice is wonderful, filming is superb, scenery awe-inspiring, music is so well chosen, and your vessel a beauty! We are both Registered Nurses, my wife an expert cook in Chinese, Cambodian and Vietnamese. I am a pretty good cook of Italian foods and can bake pretty good apple and pumpkin pies. We would be honored to attend to your health and culinary needs. Well, that's a fantasy.

[@photosbyjf]

amazing film of an area I have only known from the land side. Many trips along the i84 as well as hwy 14 on the Washington side. the area has always amazed me due to the starkly different areas encountered in a few miles of travel

[@jackbelk8527]

A great tour of geology, history, commerce and beauty with narration not drowned in background 'music'.

[@RAJAesq]

Thank you Mr. Fleming - well done!

[@ldbrush9941]

By a very large margin the best film I have seen for traveling the Columbia and Snake Rivers. I always wanted to do this trip from Lewiston to Astoria via my trailerable sailboat when I owned it. Never got it done though. Your film shows me a lot of what I missed. I also had the pleasure of working on the Columbia in the mid 90's between Portland and Cathlamit and was married in the park on the South side of the courthouse in Saint Helens. Know the river well in that section. Thank you for bringing back the memories!

[@SearchingforCShels]

Wonderful! I can't believe we are just finding this channel...

[@phyllislittlejohn7281]

I really like the idea of showing where someone travels as well as explaining the route and history of the people, etc. It is most enjoyable, indeed.

[@SeekerKnight]

By far one of the best travel VLOGS on KZbin. Thank you for all your hard work, and for sharing your adventures with the rest of us.

[@TheLemonadedrinker]

A wonderful journey in a fascinating water and landscape.

[@Scoutsmommy1]

This is also my backyard and you have done us proud

[@jackthompson656]

Thanks for taking me along. I grew up in Boise and lived in Payette for 2 yrs. Idaho, the gem state, really describes how I feel about it.

[@kevinxxx8093]

I've thoroughly enjoyed each of the ventures of Venture.

[@ryan9384]

Fantastic Journey. Bet Venture enjoyed a bit of fresh water through its systems. Nice to get a break from the saltwater.

[@loveaodai100]

Came across this randomly but well worth the click. Beautiful scenery and fascinating information!!

[@arundhawan6724]

Thanks for Sharing this wonderful the landscape is so overwhelmingly beautiful - Stay Blessed.

[@RAJAesq]

your nautical adventures Mr. Fleming are inspiring

[@MrDutchman100]

Good job

[@cdamauser1963]

👡👍

[@dondunn4509]

indeed! 40 years living in America yet didn't know this water way!

[@lawrencesavoy8033]

Beautiful!!...Finally, someone who know how to operate a video camera..Many thanks.

[@ianashworth7744]

Stunning landscapes - thank you for making this video.

[@ronaldpoole1298]

Thank you Capt Tony and crew for taking me on your boat and to places that I would never see. You do an excellent job videoing and building boats. Thanks again

[@islanddiveservice7163]

great video. so many damns. seems like a miracle any wild salmon make it home

[@alanmuskett9647]

Thank you so much Tony for your wonderful videos. They are succor for all those land bound by the forces of the mundane. Each one is eagerly anticipated and repeatedly savored.

[@DiBlasioPhotography]

Stunning!!! And beautiful!!! And thank you for the geology lesson!

[@travelerjb]

Very well done indeed. Been to all those places so nice to see it again

[@mikebtrfld1705]

Seeing ocean going ships going through farmland to Stockton, California is amazing.

[@curtdrahn8522]

Thank you for this inspiring video trip up the Columbia. I am a native Oregonian and have traveled and worked the area of your trip. I have taken trips up and down the rivers, driven when and where possible. Your travel adventure was special and presented views and facts new to me.

[@romeowhiskey1146]

Thanks for taking me along for a 38 minute mini-vacation. I was unaware that you could even navigate so far inland. Thanks, again Mr. Fleming...I mean Hitchcock. Respectfully...you have a very similar sounding timbre.

[@jeepinjohnny2898]

hey - fine trip. thanks for taking me along. hope i didn’t cause too much bother. im short, fat, bald, and 80 years old, so this is a great trip for me.

[@Furia40]

Absolutely wonderful video. Really beautiful. Thanks for sharing it

[@fattone166]

Being a local scablander I really enjoyed this excellent film!

[@incog99skd11]

I wish you had explained how the dams and locks have imperiled the Salmon. Here in Idaho there is a movement to remove the 4 lower Snake River dams which are no longer economically viable to improve the plight of the fish. What a treat to see photos of how the river used to be before the dams. Back then the Salmon were beyond plentiful. In southern Idaho in the Snake River the Salmon are now extinct due to the dams.

[@bertlbarm4374]

Thank you, Mr. Fleming, for showing your world in such wonderful colors

[@rogerailshie9950]

I lived most of my life in the Columbia River Gorge. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

[@valcty1]

Tony; Thank you for all the fun. My whole family loves to watch your adventures.

[@markstruthers7025]

A river traveler my self, you catch the feeling. Thanks!

[@simms196]

This is amazing, traveling by boat from Pacific ocean to Idaho

[@davidmarshall718]

In the early 1800's fur traders travelled 1200 miles by canoes from the Columbia River headwaters in Canada's Rocky Mountains to Fort Astoria at the rivers mouth, the headwaters involved a crossing of the high Rockies by rough trail to pick up eastward flowing rivers near today's town of Jasper Alberta. There is even a small river there called the Astoria River, named by the traders after the Fort at the river's mouth.

[@gerardhaubert8210]

Didn’t know you could do this

[@kimandrews2192]

A wonderful and well narrated video, more like a documentary, ....excellent!.

[@andrewaway]

That landscape is so overwhelmingly beautiful.

[@brianvittachi6869]

Thank you for a wonderful video Mr. Fleming. Very expertly done I must say.

[@timmyjones1921]

This was awesome , without show docu's like these we would not even know many of the historical places in our home sweet home America . Thank You For Sharing This Mr. Fleming .

[@vernwallen4246]

Chief Joseph of the nez pierce tribe(pierced nose)was a great warrior whom outwitted the US calvary."from where the sun now stands i will fight no more".🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴

[@finleyfendt3750]

Magnificent videos of your travels. Very well narrated. A travel log for the entire family. Venture is gorgeous. Thank you.

[@EdsWorld56]

An absolutely excellent and absorbing film - great narration too

[@ingridblohm-hyde805]

Super! Being from Seattle, have been by the Columbia River many times. :-) YOur Journey has expanded my knowledge of the area many times over - by car one does not see half of what you treated us to.

[@michaelplesch]

Yet another fascinating and educational video from the crew of Venture. Thank you for going to great lenth to bring us these magnificent images.

[@randallfrank5682]

Very good video and narration. We live in Alaska and our children live in Portland, Or. We have driven along the Columbia River many times, but have yet to experience a boat ride. We have to do that now! I loved the part about the jet boat ride into Hells Canyon. Many people have taken a ride in a similar very stout custom made jet boat through the lower part of Devils Canyon on The Susitna River just outside Denali Park in south central Alaska. My wife and I took this ride operated by the Mahays family out of Talkeetna, Alaska. You go through level 5 rapids up to Devils Rock. The boat captian holds the boat there for about 20 minutes while all passengers take their pictures of the wild gray and white water with Devils Rock in the background. Only two boats have been past Devils Rock because it is level 6 rapids and even more narrow. Then the captain turns the boat 180 degrees without hitting the walls of the canyon and back to the cute little town of Talkeetna you go.

[@pack10man94]

Videos like this is what keeps me comong back to KZbin. Pure enjoyment, Thanks !!!

[@matth4352]

Tony, thank you for sharing your adventures and splendid films, a real joy to watch.

[@dockjell]

Thanks for letting us be part of your amazing adventures. Both video and stills gives us an experience out of the ordinary. And your narration and voice, facts mixed with a little humor, should make Sir David Attenborough envious. National Geographic can shut down, or hire you . Looking forward to your next journey. Keep up the good work.

[@N4BGZ]

A great adventure. This was very informative an entertaining. What beautiful scenery.

[@SailingSeaDreamofClyde]

Excellent video of a very cool adventure! Thanks for sharing!

[@TomChame]

Spectacular voyage!!!!!! Thank you and all the best from Panama.

[@davetanksley499]

I am very partial to this video as I have traveled up and down the Columbia river for over 40 years now. This last summer I got to travel up the Snake river via jet boat. It was an epic experience. Thank you for creating such wonderful videos.

[@darrelquebedeaux7195]

Another great film Tony. thanks

[@hobbsy4261]

I should like to add my appreciation for this Idaho voyage along the Columbia river. The filming, the music and your narration Mr Fleming are truly absorbing. Thank you. As a UK citizen my wife Barbara and I visited this area in 2018 following a drive up from San Francisco. We visited the Rose Gardens in Portland but our journey along the river was by train which took us overnight to East Glacier which although a fascinating journey was not able to encompass the many details you have covered in your film along the Columbia river. Sadly this was to be our last holiday together as my dear Barbara passed away last year (2021) after 50 years of marriage. Your film brought back many happy memories and we were both able to enjoy watching it prior to her passing and I now find it very restful to watch and watch again and it has inspired me to make the trip again one day, this time by road when I can absorb the highlights you so usefully brought out in your narration. Thank you once again, Alan Hobbs, Essex UK. PS Your 1959 Sahara journey is also a favourite.

[@FlemingYachts]

I am extremely sorry to hear about the loss of your beloved wife but pleased to learn that my video was able to bring back happy memories. Many thanks for your comment which I found very moving.

[@hobbsy4261]

Thank you so much for your reply, appreciated. Alan

[@charlespeterson3798]

I am an Idaho native, 5th generation. We have seen so many changes. The two damns 0n the Snake that we fought against, that is a change, winning against Idaho Power.

[@patrickmazza7055]

A beautiful presentation of some of the most significant turf of my life, having lived on or near the Columbia east and west of the mountains. Many familiar points here, and a well told tale. Good watch.

[@ka1133]

What a great Adventure!!!!

[@SilverSunPublishing]

What a lovely film. Thank you!

[@DennisPH1]

Wonderful Voyage thanks for taking me aboard.

[@dougtagg9162]

Thank you for another wonderful video.

[@MVSheKon]

Thank you very much for allowing us to tag along on your journeys. Very well done!

[@DELLIOSUK]

Such a intelligent individual but with a unique knack of making everything understandable and enjoyable ,brilliant videos and yachts.

[@jnewts1]

Thank you again Mr Fleming ! I am overwhelmed by the beautiful scenery of your great country and can only hope that one day before my end I will be fortunate enough to travel there for a brief look and hopefully experience an extended boat journey along one of Americas wonderful rivers !

[@joseph2095]

An awesome adventure! Thank you for showing this.

[@krrrrrrr3783]

Wow what a great video you have made. Thank you so much.

[@brianzander7042]

Thank you for documenting this journey and providing such wonderful narration. I was born in Lewiston, where much of my family still resides, and will forever consider it "home". I too am grateful to those whose hospitality made a positive impression on your experience. Until next time, bon voyage!

[@rolyace0993]

Beautiful video, beautiful country and beautiful boat.

[@yeulakho6574]

Columbia Gorge is beautiful.

[@susanwoodward7485]

Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful Venture trips. They have given me views of places and perspectives I would never otherwise see.

[@peredavi]

Another wonderful yachting video diary. Most excellent. I lived in Astoria one winter after a summer on a commercial salmon troller when i was 19 y/o. Beautiful area .

[@BadMonkeyTouring]

What a wonderful video. My dream is to be yachting around the World and seeing the many sights, but as my wife isn't a fan of boating, that dream will never happen.

[@Whitboxphotohk]

Great Video, I miss my days windsurfing on the Columbia :)

[@mervetokyldz6818]

I'm watching for English practice thanks 🌻

[@ianc7426]

Beautiful movie. Keep them coming.

[@biondanishgenomeinstitute8193]

What a relaxing and well commented trip to a for me unknown land ..

[@LeonAllanDavis]

Good stuff. Loved the geology lesson. Can't get enough of that.

[@davidschmale3359]

Leon Allan Davis Basalt

[@lifetime9rfan]

When they showed the generators at 14:36, that brought back memories of my tour through Hoover Dam.

[@ericeiber4911]

Recently found your videos, thank you for making them!

[@louie115]

incredible scenery. never seen the northwest part of america.

[@murrayandjeandunnettcobine4120]

Thank you for your high quality videos which are most informative and educate us about the diverse geography and beauty of the world accessible from the oceans and rivers. We plan to sail the world soon, and it helps with route planning. We have only just discovered your videos. Ten years of exploring on your immaculate motor yacht, what a dream! Awesome way to live life to the max! Regards Murray and Jean, Australia.