TRUCK CAMPING in Real SASQUATCH COUNTRY | The LOST Coast & Humbolt Redwoods | Van Life

On the road again, folks. I'm about two hours south of the city of Reno, Nevada, which used to be known as, or probably still is known as, the biggest little city in America. However, I don't think it's very little anymore. I will be meeting up with a friend there who will be joining me on my next couple of adventures, which I'm very excited about. It's a beautiful bluebird day with snow-capped mountains all around. I am currently on the 395 North in California. My route took me through the historic little town of Gardnerville, which I found very charming and quaint. I love driving through these old towns of the West. To me, the drive is just as much a part of the adventure as the destination. Pick this guy up in Reno, woo-hoo! To the coast of Miss Catherine. What happens? We were about to head over Donner Pass, named after the Donner Party, who were a group of American pioneers who migrated to California in a wagon train from the Midwest. Delayed by a multitude of mishaps, they spent the winter of 1846 and 1847 snowbound in the Sierra Nevada, and they had to resort to some pretty drastic measures for survival. I recommend looking up the story if you haven't heard it yourself. We were rolling into camp just before sundown at the Richardson Grove Campground in Humboldt County, which we found had first-come, first-served camping. Wow, this trunk looks crazy because it looks like it's twisted all the way up. Well, good morning. Just sitting here enjoying my coffee next to a ginormous redwood tree. And believe it or not, this is not even that big in comparison to some of the ones that are around here. So, I'm gonna go ahead and get some coffee There are huge, huge trees here. This place is so beautiful. It is known as the Emerald Triangle, and that consists of Trinity, Humboldt, and Mendocino counties. It is definitely Squatch country, as in Sasquatch. I mean, if Sasquatch does exist and lives someplace, this would be a place where it would live, for sure. Just driving down the roads, I always expect to see one running across the road or coming out from behind one of these trees. So, who knows? Fingers crossed, maybe this will be the time I finally see Sasquatch. This is the Richardson Grove Campground. It's a California state park. We rolled in last night, and actually coming here was a completely last-minute decision. And that's one of the beautiful things about this lifestyle is you can just pick up and go on a whim. And this was certainly on a whim. I did not expect to be here. I did not expect to drive this far yesterday. I wasn't planning on coming all the way here to Humboldt County. We thought we would stop and camp along the way, but I felt pretty good, and we still had a lot of daylight left, so we rolled in here, but we got here just at sunset. So that's why I didn't really film anything last night, because not only is it dark in here during the day under the canopy of these trees, but it was really dark last night. The reason that we're in this area is we plan to do some backpacking. That won't happen in this video. This video, we're just gonna explore the redwoods. We may go to the ocean. I wanna take you to a charming town a little bit north of here, and then maybe a little hike through some of these ancient redwood trees and kind of explore the area. Anyhow, I think we're gonna get packed up and get ready to roll. What better place is there to start the day with my favorite emerald drink than in the Emerald Triangle of California? Today, I plan to do a lot of exploring, and AG-1 helps support energy, and that is what I'm gonna need today. AG-1 is so much more than greens. It's your daily drinkable scoop of vitamins, minerals, probiotics, and whole food sourced ingredients in one. 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Just head to the link below or scan the QR code here, and you will get a welcome kit that includes five free travel packs and a bottle of D3K2. Thank you once again to AG-1 for sponsoring this video, and let's get back to exploring this beautiful area. ♪ We shadow the street ♪ ♪ Make the same movements repeat ♪ ♪ I'm sound asleep, lose myself ♪ We've just driven the Avenue of the Giants, or a small portion of it, and the thing that you can't grasp is the scale of these trees. Unless you have somebody standing right next to one, you really cannot see how large they are. They're just ginormous. We are parked here at the visitor center, and we're going to do a little hike here through the redwood trees. We paid for the state park camping yesterday, so you are able to visit any state park, and I think that's anywhere in California, until sundown tonight, and using that same permit that we got for the camping. So for that fee, which was $35, we can visit any of the state parks nearby, or anywhere that we would be able to drive to, and visit before sundown tonight. Many of the coast redwoods grow over 300 feet in height. Over 100 of the 137 known trees over 350 feet tall, all coast redwoods occur in Humboldt Redwoods State Park. It is home to the fourth tallest measured living redwood. I'm going to take a little walk down to the Eel River here. We're making a stop here in the very charming tiny town of Miranda. I've stopped through here every time that I've been in this area to eat at the Avenue Cafe. The food is amazing, they make amazing pizzas. Everything I've had there has been very good, and it's very squatch friendly, and it's hearty here. ♪ Do-do-do do-do-do do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do do-do-do-do-do-do do-do-do-do ♪ ♪ Mama, could you get up soon, I get so cold in the other room, ♪ ♪ Here I am, honey, half awake, get yourself movin' and you'll be okay. ♪ ♪ Do-do-do do-do-do do-do-do-do-do-do do-do-do-do-do-do do-do-do-do-do do-do-do-do do-do-do-do do-do-do-do-do do-do-do-do-do-do do-do-do-do-do ♪ Morning star clear and true, your honesty could pierce my heart right through Plans are paper and I'm afraid, get yourself moving and you'll be okay Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Alright Katherine, you want to give us an update? What's going on right now? Right now we are headed towards Motoli Beach, I'm guessing that's how it's pronounced? M-A-T-T-O-L-E And that's about an hour and a half away down a very windy road It's first come, first served, so we don't know if we're going to get a site So we're taking a chance, but I think if we do, it's going to be awesome We hope to stay there a few nights before going and getting a backpacking permit So that is the plan California, where do I start? Heavy breathing and heavy heart I long to see you when the day is done I want to rest and lay in your sun California, in my mind I long to see you when We've made it to Motoli Beach And boy, what a drive that was Very windy roads, but it was absolutely beautiful Rough road, but it was worth all the scenery We got pretty high over the mountain And you can see this vista of all the valley below And we are here It definitely takes effort getting here We can't see the ocean right here from the campsite But it's just over these sand dunes We saw a little bit of it just driving in here And it looks a bit choppy And lots of white caps and things because it's so windy But this is a very small, quaint campground And I think we just have to walk right over the dunes in order to see the ocean Should be a pretty peaceful stay We've only got, let's see, 1, 2, 3 other campers here And there's 20 some odd sites The King Range National Conservation Area is unlike any other place in the continental U.S. The mountains rise directly out of the sea In this 35 mile long, 68,000 acre stretch of coastal wilderness Accessing the King Range can be an adventure in itself Tonight's dinner is going to be super simple We have some chicken tender leftovers from last night that we got at Safeway At some little town that we passed through And today we picked up some baby spring mix And some dressing at the store in Miranda We had intended to go to Walmart in Reno But it was so busy and crazy we just got the heck out of there So we had limited options today And we did want to use our leftovers This sounded pretty good That wind is cold and it is strong I couldn't wait to get here into my truck And get cozy in my jammies And I think I'm just going to go ahead and call it a night here Stay warm back here Hopefully we'll have a little respite from the wind in the morning And a calm ocean Maybe a beautiful sunrise I'm excited for that We'll get up and make some breakfast And wake up here at this beautiful beach I'll see you all in the morning Good night Good morning It is a beautiful morning here on the lost coast of California Slept really well in the back of the truck And what's very cool is that All you hear are natural sounds here Joey pointed that out this morning You just hear the wind The birds The waves We're so far out here You don't hear cars I haven't heard one plane go over It's pretty awesome And now I'm going to get some breakfast going I'm using my wind deflector that a viewer sent me Thank you so much Brad It's working out really well This is a BLM campground So they do have trash They do not have potable water But they do have pit toilets So that's where I'm walking to right now It truly has been Such a peaceful morning here I've thoroughly enjoyed it Breakfast was very tasty Very filling And yeah I have a nice sunny day in store There is supposed to be some weather moving in Over the next few days I think tomorrow is supposed to be cloudy And then some rain on the following day And potentially the day after that We are going to try for these permits We don't have permits So we're trying for walk-up permits For this particular backpacking trip Some of you might be able to figure out where it is Based on the location I'm at right now If you think you know where it is Go ahead and comment below There's no guarantee we're going to get a permit They only give out three per day For walk-ups So we will give it our best shot And you will obviously know Whether that happens or not And then I will also let you know The trip that we were hoping to do Either way, you'll either see that I'm on the trip Or I'll tell you what it was If we don't get the permits I think I'm going to go ahead And wrap up this video here I still have one more day at this camp I'm just going to turn off the camera And enjoy just the solitude Of being way out here This is one of the most remote areas On the west coast Hope you all enjoyed coming along I thank you all for joining me And for watching as usual I really appreciate it If you like this video, please give it a thumbs up If you haven't subscribed to the channel Please consider subscribing It's absolutely free and it helps the channel a lot And I will see you all On the next adventure See you soon everybody, bye bye