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That's very true - it adds to the adventure! And the search can be fun and take you to places your weren't expecting!

Thanks so much! 🙂 The castle would be beautiful for weddings and a fireworks show there over the water also sounds awesome!

@@dmottley We did actually spot that park from where we stopped. Sadly we were limited on time and had to keep moving! (It also looked like the road that was blocked used to connect to that park possibly?)

@@giorgio.plazzotta Yes, we can't lift ours up and down although we don't see a need to do that. We have it adjusted to a height that is comfortable when we are sitting and it works pretty well for us.

@@mccproc Thank you, Rob! We appreciate you following along and taking time to comment so often. Merry Christmas to you!

Brrrr! 🥶 We are glad we were there before temps plummeted! What a beautiful area. Thanks for watching!

It's hard to beat Florida beaches!!!

@@southerngirlyall6497 Which beaches are your favorites?

@SteveAudra Fort Myers and the causeway at Anna Maria Island and Dunedin because I can park by the water, take out my chair, and enjoy the views😎!!

@@southerngirlyall6497 Sounds lovely! Good spots!

@@donvannorman9099 Merry Christmas, Don!!! 🎄⛄❄️

@@robertbaker6884 Thanks for watching! We always try to leave a place better if we can.

We aim to be controversial. 😆

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@@SteveAudraAudra I make mine the same as you! It still tastes the same😁

@@Magnum1- 😊 I didn't think about the fact that I was doing it that way. I guess it's because I was doing a half for each of us and I often do different ratios of toppings since we have different preferences!

@@rongreen7308 I image that's because there are bigger waves when it's colder/windier? The warmth of the van sounds just fine to me! Lol!

@@SteveAudra Yup. The weather changes and chases the boaters off the lake about the time September closes out

@@mythicalnomadadventure969 How about south? 🙂🌞🌴😊🚐

@@SteveAudra well, maybe southwest for starts ?

@@mythicalnomadadventure969 It gets too cold for us in those southwestern states. We like the subtropics of south Florida! 😊 But we hope to do a big loop around the country next year and maybe come through some of the southwestern states again.

@@E6fireman237 🏆🥇

@@jkandkiminthecamper I love when the tide is out. My absolute favorite!!!

Fly, Eagles, fly!

@@ingridramirez4436 Sadly, before we sold our house and went on the road full time Phaddy broke out through a porch screen at home and we never saw him again. We searched for him for months and were pretty brokenhearted. 💔 Apparently he got a hankering for adventure. Our Lady Gray, his sister, is the complete opposite. She's pretty content just being with us and thankfully we don't have to worry about her running off.

@@ingridramirez4436 We're sorry to hear you lost your cat. Phaddy would have been 10 as well this year.

@SteveAudra oh no. I die if something like that happened to me. I almost go crazy when my cat pass away. Now I start to let my other 2 cats go outside just for a little bit. They are very afraid to be just at the front of the house with me only. Now that you said you cat run away. I am going to be afraid. Thanks, and I am sorry for the loss of your cat. Hopefully someone's rescue him. Thanks for replying

@@user-PBM4444 We posted the video just a few days ago but it is from September. We film so much we tend to get a few months behind in content. When that happens we try to put the video date in the description, which we've been doing in the last several videos.

@@robm5091 Thanks for watching! We loved our time in Maine and look forward to coming back!

We felt safe, although we weren't there long.

@@user-PBM4444 We've visited Ogunquit a couple times. It's such a charming town!

sorry, kinda behind with videos

No problem. We didn't stop in Ogunquit on this trip. We were there in 2002 before having the van and then stopped in 2020 in one of our earliest travel videos.

@@firemanbenk We've been schooled on this twice now. Now we know better for next time! (There was the Saco River and covered bridge in NH as well.)

@@firemanbenk Which I now see on the map is the same river!

@ enjoy the videos. Just subscribed! You’re living the way I want to with my wife but our kids are still in the house. I live in Clinton, Maine north of Waterville. A town with more cows than people, I yearn for more

@@firemanbenk We appreciate that! Just kick those kids out and get out on the road! 🤣 But seriously, we hope you can do some exploring at some point. We absolutely love it!

@@firemanbenk Wow, good to know! That seems like quite the novelty!

@@SteveAudra yeah I surf that beach and it’s great to come out in the winter and rinse off in a hot shower before heading home

@@mccproc We're really glad you enjoyed it! There are certainly pros and cons for any place although we really love Florida, even in the summer. We've heard Maine is terrible during some of the summer with black flies and other bugs. But then Florida has Noseeums and plenty of mosquitoes! We probably wouldn't want to be in Maine during the winter months. We found the people in Maine to be really friendly, or at least some of them! We had so many people who chatted with us and even offered up recommendations without us asking!

@@tammycruz8189 Thank you, Michigan Tam! ❤️ Same to you!

@@lauraboggs4415 Oh, how fun! We were there a little ahead of you. What a beautiful area! We really had a fun time in the winter back in 2002 because of how quaint everything was and how friendly everyone was. But in general we definitely try to avoid the cold!

@@rongreen1199 Thanks!!! We miss you when there's no 2+2+1!

@@rongreen7308 Yup! We avoid the cold as much as possible!!! We're so glad you've been enjoying the videos! Thanks, Ron and Ginger!

@@SteveAudra We are so much looking forward to VanFest and meeting you and Steve. We feel like we know you. Ginger likes how you are always smiling. Enjoy the holidays. Merry Christmas.

@@jshenderson What? Nobody told us that! I guess we'd have to be snowbirds!

@@SteveAudra Well i am just passing along what i heard from friends who used to live there long ago. So things might have changed. Perhaps Google could help ;)

@jshenderson Lol! But with global warming we probably wouldn't notice a difference. I mean, we did see people swimming in the ocean while we were there like it was the most normal thing in the world to do at that time of the year!

@@SteveAudra LOL. Yep and i remember how Steve described that person :)

@@jshenderson Such a great movie. Now I want to watch it again!

@@debberkebile4396 We can totally understand why!

It's more of a demand than beg.

Great video! Maine is really something soecial

That's interesting. We think they need to feature Steve more. He's like the cowbell skit from SNL... more cowbell

@@SteveAudra mind on the money and money on the mind. MONEY MONEY MONEY

@@SteveAudra I enjoy your videos just saying pretty women get more views and more donations/tips/gifts probably 10 times more profitable than demanding lmao

@@Travelingwalker121 And we loved driving through where you live! 🙂

@@southerngirlyall6497 Do you mean once we're already in a region or when we map out plans for the year? There are a lot of factors that go into the larger plan. This year we started with a different plan but because of the progression and timing with my dad's cancer, we ended up staying in the northeast and we planned around being with family and some places we knew we'd like to visit without going to far away from family. We also plan around weather for sure!

@SteveAudra Both, please.

@@southerngirlyall6497 That's a bit difficult to answer. We usually choose some specific things/areas that are top priority for the year (such as specific national parks, people we want to see, and specific landmarks) and then consider existing obligations and weather and make a plan that works with that, is efficient for driving (a straightish path instead of back and forths or backtracking) and that leaves enough time for us in each area. We also try to factor in time with family and visiting people we know along the way. For the more day to day we work on balancing work and sightseeing. We choose spots based on recommendations from others, places we've saved from Instagram, places we have found on the map, etc. We always start with things that are free to do first. Then we look to see if there are things that are especially unique to an area such as food or landmarks that we don't want to miss. We often look for local parks, state or national parks, botanical gardens that are part of the American Horticultural Society reciprocal program, hiking trails, etc. I also search for blogs about an area trying to find things that locals or other travelers recommend.

@SteveAudra I need to plan a little better so I'm not backtracking so much.

@@E6fireman237 🏡🚐

@@grayandgrumpy We're glad you enjoyed the videos! We had such a great time!.

@@grayandgrumpy I don't even know. I don't even recognize us anymore. And now we're even begging! 😆

@SteveAudra fame does go to your head.

@@grayandgrumpy 🤣

​@SteveAudra hahaha. You're ruining your good rep, S&A 😂

@@Christina0623 Lol! Maybe we're going to need to change our channel name!

@@E6fireman237 🍩🦞

@@E6fireman237 💡🏠