Washington VanLife - We Found a Lava Tube!
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- Опубликовано: 7 ноя 2022
- In this video I head into the Gifford Pinchot National Forest near Cougar, Washington. I find a nice dispersed camp off a forest road. Kelly came out to camp for a few days also. We went to the Ape Cave part of Mount Saint Helens Volcanic National Monument. It is a long lava tube that you can hike through. It was an awesome experience. I would not recommend doing it alone. We make it back to camp and cook up some dinner in the camper van.
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*My name is Brian. I started living full time in a self built camper van in 2014 in my hometown of San Diego, CA. I hit the road full-time in 2015 to pursue seasonal work and travel around the U.S. I find free camping on public land and enjoy photography, hiking, biking, and kayaking in nature. Join me on my adventures.
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Omg you are so brave to do that, I have to say I would have freaked out...
Born and raised in Indiana with a dad from Cincinnati so I grew up on Skyline! Love the stuff. Only thing you're missing are the oyster crackers. After moving to Portland, OR a little over 5 years ago, I have to order my Skyline in pouches from the Walmart website.
Yea! And some folks try to compare Gold Star to Skyline. Or Dixie. Nope. ;) Gotta have Skyline!
They had to go that rout with the reservations for the lava tubes! People were vandalizing the cave. Glad you got to see it!!!!
Imagine being the first people to explore that lava tube and not having any idea when it would end…😟
Glad you had your bike repaired too bad the other guys overlooked a simple fix
Spooky hike
I love your channel, and Kelly is a lovely addition, you both always seen real. No tricks. Keep the videos coming. Best wishes
Brian, "Skyline Chili" as you have it. Chili, Spaghetti, cheese and onions. Would be a "Four way" add beans and you have a "Five way".
"Skyline Chili" traces it's origins to Cincinnati, Ohio Yummy!!!!
Fortunately the bike was a simple fix, but going through that tube had to feel creepy as heck. I sure would have looked forward to the end, lol.
You two can always go back next year and finish the last two legs of that trip to say you completed it. The lava tube hike turned into quite the adventure.
I love hiking, I hope you stopped a few times in the tube.. That looked rough. I don't mean in that you were uneasy [I would be too], but just the terrain you went through- even a few miles (easy if level) over rough terrain feels like 2-3 times the distance. I once went on a hunting trail, 75% of it was rough and very much up and down through trees. It was several miles long, one way in and one way out. Even just the way in required a rest at least 30-45 minutes long before heading back. Glad you are in fit physical shape, and calm in outlook. It showed in your narration, while describing things you were calm and inviting. Even when you discussed your misgvings, while short and to the point it showed how calm you were. >Might I suggest you find a manual/crank light source of some kind you can carry with you if you ever get stuck as you discussed? It may help you even in van life- instead of turning on all your lights it can provide a limited brightness and power source that will be ready (I found a basically crank [via temporary lever pushing, doesn't sound/feel the greatest but it works] light that can be used if need be as one example) as well as a back up if you are on foot..
Wow Yale reservoir is beautiful! Those lava tubes are a trip too! Awesome video
As an Ohioan, it makes me happy to see you all enjoying some chili spaghetti!
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing, Brian. 👍
I love the video today! Amazing
That was a great adventure trip, can always go back and finish it. Glad it was an easy fix. Wow, that's a very cool lava tube. Pretty inside. 🙂👍
😎👀🤫💭 Thanks you two' see yea next time.👌👍👋✌
Spelunking and Skyline !! Made my day 👍 Peace to you both! ✌
All I need to know is that all those rocks you had to climb over were once on the ceiling!
I would be freaking out if I did this hike haha 😂
Hats off!
Wow! Long-time viewer/subscriber and I was on the edge of my seat through the lava tube. Great vlog, Brian!
Lava tube is spooky. I would have crawled out of the first opening. Stay safe. Blessings to you both!
We were at the Ape Cave in the early 80's and found a trail of burned clothing, apparently used as torches after their lights failed. There are a number of other "wild" tubes in the area for the adventurous spelunker.
Ha!! Skyline Chili!! I lived in Cincinnati for almost 30 years, the home of Skyline chili!! The lava tube was cool!
Thanks! That was fun! 🤗
Great video enjoyed each time keep the videos coming together you two are great 👍
Hi there that cave was cool you guys rock!!! Glad you're bike was not a difficult fix looking forward to the next episode thanks for sharing
Ape Cave is Awesome!
That was a fun adventure with some scary moments. I'm glad things are going well for both of you. Thanks for sharing.
I remember way back when you took us through another cave and it was claustrophobic, you were squeezing your way along. I felt the same way now when you came out, like I could breathe again. You have such a knack of making us feel like we are right there with you. Adventure on✌️🤗
My thoughts as well.
That lava tube hike was fabulous! Reminds me of mammoth cave.
I've walked through that tunnel! Many years ago though!
No worries about cutting the trip short, Brian. You and Kelly had an amazing trip with some jaw dropping footage, that you kindly shared with us. You show so many people just how much beauty, grandeur, kindness and wonder there is out in this stunning land of ours. And I am grateful for that every time you post. Keep doing what you do. Much love. ❤️
I think there were several beautiful spots that they said they could return to later.. Quite a journey even then..
Hi brian and Kelly, brian so glad you got your bike fixed. Thank you for sharing your awesome video with unbelievable scenery.
Yeah, that's a big no for me, but I'm glad there's people who feel compelled to do this sort of thing, lol.
I was nervous for you has you walked that lava tube. Way to break the tension by serving Skyline Chili in Washington state. So said the girl from Ohio. LOL
Excellent! Thanks again!
Wow. That was a wild ride. I was starting to feel claustrophobic. Hard to believe that the park service let's people go through there in supervised.
That pitch darkness & close areas are creepy. Thanks for the trip!
👍👍😊😊☮☮ Pretty cool
Thats one of my favorite areas to explore. Lava canyon is amazing too.
good to know but then who would think there would be a spring control at the pivot point. so cool my daughter and i were just at mount st. hellens and stayed in cougar. we also went to the lava tubes (ape cave ?)very cool and dark in there. very interesting area you can feel the reluctance of people not wanting to settle there.
Hi 🙋🏿♀️
I particularly liked the close ups of the cave walls. You could say they knocked my socks off. 😂
Cool! You made it through Ape / lava tube! Pretty cool! I hope you guys, get to spend Thanksgiving, together!Great adventures! I am happy you were able to find the problem with you bike.Clutch and washer!😀👌Thank you guys, for sharing your traveling, together!
Never mind about you guys getting anxious. I was getting anxious for the both of you.
Oh gee that was interesting as didn't know about it existence. I have always enjoyed going thru caves so this would be awesome. Kelly did a great job at leading the way. This was fun to watch and thanks. Safe travels.
I thought about doing that hike alone. I'm glad I didn't!
Nope, I could not have done that tube cave! But fun to watch! Thanks.
Let the mind games begin lol.
Lol, just keep telling yourself... it's just up around the bend! 🤣✌🏼
Ty for sharing. That cave was a bit scary.
That tunnel was cool.🌻🌻
Beautiful views!! Kelly makes me laugh!
Enjoyed the video, $3.09 here today, vote .. all the best!!!
The tunnel was awesome. Thanks for another great adventure.
Great video, you guys (lava) ROCK, Looks like a really cool/nerve racking hike, I would have like 10 light sources, but would do it for sure. Thanks for sharing guys.
No way would I have gone in that cave. I am to claustrophobic. Glad you had a good time. Your trip through Washington was great.
Nope. Big nope! Got anxious just watching you two in the cave. Nope.
Great to hear you and Kelly grew together! I sure enjoyed the series. Wild tunnel!! Always to see you! 👍🇨🇦😎⛺🔥
You're so brave. I was seriously getting worried for you guys. ;)
Wow that chili looked very appetizing! 😁👍
Fantastic camera work!
That’s a great hike underground. We did this one a couple years ago with my wife’s 70+ year old aunt❤ we all loved it! May need to plan another trip.
Bigfoot burger you guys ever seen one on your travels . So nice up in Washington 🤠🌲🌲. I meant a bigfoot ..lol
Dont forget to grab a few chantrelles theyre everywhere all around the mountain
Wow didn’t know about the cool tunnel, I’ll be back in WA next summer and will have to check it out! Thanks for sharing Brian ☮️
Thanks for taking me through with you, as it would be a hard pass for me
Good info on the XT. I'll file that away because I'm looking for one of those. Glad it worked out for you, and excellent spelunking hike. Thanks for sharing.
Oh, no, Brian! Not Skyline! But hey, it’s Cincinnati. It’s all good. But now you MUST try Cincinnati’s Gold Star Chili! Please let me send you some Gold Star and let me know what you think. I work with their marketing department and would love to hook you up with some Official Chili of the Cincinnati Bengals! If interested let me know the best way to get you my contact info and me yours. Who Dey! And adventure on! Been watching your videos for literally years and my jaw dropped at the Skyline mention lol!
Hi Brian and Kelly, good to see y'all having a good time together. I'm back in Florida for the holidays again, we have a tropical storm coming through, gonna be rainy for a bit until it passes.
Happy Trails everyone ...
WOW! AWESOME! I get claustrophobic and would never have been able to visit this to see what it was like. Thanks for taking me on this Lava Tube tour from the comfort of my living room couch 👍
Did Brian seriously just make a Butthole Surfers reference climbing up those trail stairs? 😄 gotta love it.
I'm glad that it wasn't me in the cave. I would have some how crawled out of the first opening. Just watching on the video, I became anxious. I'm glad that you both made it all the way, but I'll pass on any more cave exploring.
I always learn something from both you and Kelly. Tonight, I went down a “rabbit hole” to learn more about Lava tubes. I ended up watching a two part documentary on YT called Lava flows and lava tubes. Super interesting. Thanks for keeping me finding interesting things. 😊
Yeah, that lava tube would've made me nervous to Brian! Awesome hike though!
Great video. Thanks for letting us come along. I would not have done well in that tube. We have a Lava Tube West of Flagstaff, AZ that we have been in many years ago.
That's what I told you weeks ago Brian in the comments here, that from my experience at the Yamaha shop it would probably be external on the spline or shifter mechanism itself, something binding. I'm amazed and happy to see I was right. Thanks for the info!
Great job
Very Brave ❤️✌️🍜 🔦🔦🔦🔦
Awesome video
You two are cute couple😊
Weildtec has a 3 inch lift for Chevy/GMC . Buddy of mine has it on his van almost identical to yours . Loves it ❤. Their 3 inch kit makes your van even more stable.
Cool video dude!
HEY ! Hello Brain and Kelley!
Brian! Brian! Brian!
12th👍 was that the Columbia Gorge? Grew up near there years ago....nice. Please, angle the dips to avoid scraping👍
#Flashback
Glad you guys are enjoying my old neck of the woods! I might spend some time there this winter! Rain beats snow and 0 degrees here in Montana! Great video as usual! Happy travels my friend's!
Good on you, you two! Great vicarious experience!
Great adventure video Brian and Kelly. Fun to watch. 😁🙏👍👀
That was an easy fix. Don't know that all that external linkage is the best design. My old DT-1 had everything inside except the pedal.
I'm lucky enough to live in Columbus, Ohio (if you call that lucky) and go there often. White Castle occasionally as well. It's cool that you can buy the canned or the dry mix pouch out west.
I can get canned and frozen in Inverness,Fl. There is a Skyline Chili Restaurant in Clearwater,Fl. that I have to go to once in a while. Northern KY native,grew up on Cincinnati chili.
Ok, that lava tube made me nervous for you guys!👀👀
Wow good to see the bike had an easy fix that’s more like it enjoy👍
Brian: Kelly it looks creepy, you better go first. Lol. Awesome video, glad it was just the return spring on the shifter. Thought it mighta been bent from heavy downshift or a rock.
Wow, my anxiety level peaked a few times just watching this, I can't imagine how you and Kelly must have felt! What a great experience though.
Another high quality video from a high quality guy (and gal). 👍🏼✌🏼
As I was watching you drive along the Lewis River Rd. I noticed you passed Lone Fir Resort on the left side of the road. We stayed at that resort last Aug. while exploring Mt. St. Helens. For some reason I noticed it right away. You and Kelly are a lot braver than my wife, and I. There is no way we would have gone that far in that tube. I have said this before, but Kelly is awesome.
Kudos to both of u for being adventurous. Enjoying d sights thru your lens. Thanks.
Man oh man that was spooky. Always enjoy your meals. I especially liked what you used for a plate/bowl.
From the main entrance, there is a choice of two directions one can go. One way is a shorter, easier way. You two took the longer route, where it is advisable to bring a rope. Yes, it is advisable to bring lots of quality lights also. When I went, I ran into a group of German tourists relying on a 50-cent flashlight to get them all through. Not a good idea!
Oh My Gosh Brian. My daughter and I took the grandkids to the APE caves this summer also. They had so much fun. I would do that again in a heart beat. Mother nature is such an amazing entity. I truly hope to see you again in Quartzite AZ this winter.
Betty bear
Another great video. Sorry that first shop didn't find your issue. So many times it turns out to be something simple but so often we either don't take the time or understand a proper trouble tree when doing diagnosis. If you are interested there is a cool story of a cave diver who was lost in a foreign country so they called in the experts from Florida. Took them days to get to the site but they found one dead and one alive. The person they found alive saw lights coming and he said he thought it was the Angels coming for him. How scary to be in the dark for days waiting to die.
Wow that lava tube hike was crazy 🏕 ..I'm always unprepared for my hikes...I'm not sure I could do a miles long cave hike...well done 👏🏾
Ya that would have weirded me out as well and I've been in a lot of mines.