"You must be trippin'" is what people say when I tell them I watch a guy canoe and camp around northern Ontario for hours at a time. Excited to come along on another journey with you.
I've watched everything you've posted to RUclips, I think, but I absolutely know this series will be EPIC: you (and Erin) helped me get through a heart attack and subsequent cancer diagnosis. Here it is about 18 months later, I'm healed, cancer-free, 65 lbs lighter, and ready to camp,hike, and bikepack again. I credit you and Jim Baird's channel with getting me where I am today. I can't wait for everything you have planned!
Absolutely agree...they helped all of us through Covid and their video s are an oasis in this chaotic world. Love and prayers for both of these genuine creators and to all who enjoy peace and nature ❤🏞
Dear Jon, my life as a single father and police officer in western Germany does not allow me such existential experiments. But I'm happy about my regular "breaks" into nature. I wish you both many more realizable dreams, always good health and constant professional fulfillment. Alexander from the lower mountain range Eifel.
Hope your knee is healed up love watching you two enjoying the outdoors and traveling and teaching us some things about your travels and i adore how the two of you enjoy each other's company and travel it's awesome and keep your older videos up and I hope to watch new ones also
I can't wait to see the result of this project! Those videos kick started my passion to get back into the backcountry and push my limits with my trips. They also sparked my love of fishing and how to do it with respect and appreciation. Cheers!
Very cool. Im really looking forward to the fuller view of life of full time "tripper". Thanks for all your brilliant vids. Perfect for my downtime waiting for the rotator/shoulder surg. to anchor in and finish mending. Cheers to you and Erin ❤
Congrats! All of your hard work is paying off, continue being you and an inspiration to me and countless others. Really looking forward to this series!
Looking forward to it!! I sure wish I had discovered you and all your trippin' buddies eleven months ago. It would have made my recovery from Tibial Plateau Fracture surgery much more enjoyable!!
Oh wow, awesome news! Looking forward to reliving some trips and seeing how you got to this point. In advance, thankyou for sharing all of this with us 😊
Just recently found your videos. Saw only your solos which were so interesting. Then when I ran across videos with Erin I was even more hooked watching all the beauty u seen. My husband has been an avid backpacker in Canada and Alaska as well as our home state of Idaho over a 25 yr period. He relates to a lot of the beautiful country you have filmed as he has canoed and backpacked with a friend. They always had the best stories to tell from their trips. So it was so interesting following along with u and Erin. Looking forward to this new video. I’m still picking a different video every night.
Hi John, I’ve watched everything you have produced over time! My name is Stan and originally from southern Ontario (St Thomas) farming! I have a cottage on Georgian bay (Owen sound) with a 100 acre hardwood maple forest that the Amish work on taping and making maple syrup. Today I live mostly in BC. I return about 3 months of the year back to Owen Sound.. I spend a lot of time on Pitt Lake, camping, fishing, hiking, plus pan for gold. It’s a pass time between hiking and fishing. I really love watching your Ontario camping adventures as I’ve been to some of your locations years ago! Moon river is a place I always went once a year back in the early 80’s. The moon river basin water falls is awesome.. Anyway, keep it up and I will be watching! Yes bring the wife along as we enjoy seeing you together! Cheers Stan..
Looking forward to the series, will be fun to rewatch some of your earlier trips with new edits and commentaries. Nice to know you were working on this series while recovering from your knee injury and not drinking beer, eating popcorn, and watching daytime soap operas!👍🤣
Awesome! Can’t wait! I’ve lived in northern Minnesota my whole life right next to the BWCA and finally took my first trip into it backpacking last weekend! 31 miles in 3 days. Thanks to you and other RUclipsrs for the inspiration!
I am so grateful for your beautiful films. I love the respect you show nature and the attention to the small details. I also love all the dishes you prepare, as if I can almost taste them after a hard day on the water, happy from pure exhaustion. I also love Erin. Enjoy your upcoming trips and we will be watching when complete. Good things come to those who wait.
I’m pumped! I was hoping there was a big project happening in the background. Looking forward to seeing things from a different perspective. Thanks for sharing, Jon! Excited to see the new edits!
I’m going to make a comparison of you to someone I admire. Your journey and where you chose to transition to with such great speed and evolution reminds me of the life of Tom Thomson. I admire him for his art, courage and adventuring soul. He evolved as one of the best typographers in downtown Toronto to pursue the life of an artist exploring the wilderness and challenging himself to evolve in his painted work. He painted hundreds of masterpieces in a very short time and became an inspiration to many young artists and an icon of Ontario… and Canada. You are defenitely up there in terms of content creation in this genre… you’re adventurous and you’ve pushed yourself to break out of an ordinary life behind a desk somewhere in the city. I’ll bet you two would get along very well. Anyway I’d take this as a compliment and I hope you do. I am fascinated with Tom Thomson as a person and as an artist. Amazing artist! And you are two in your own way.
Congratulations 🎉 I know you’re going to have great success!❤im really looking forward to your continued journey as I’ve been following for a while now❤
0:38 All right! See ya, city! This explanation, how to, how come, why so, why not so, other other part of your idea is a damn good one. Keep up the good ideas, Papa Jon. Repetition is contagious. In some video you and Erin tested how long you could stay in Superior wearing the dry suits with striking results. I wonder what safety resource could use that footage and information for the spread of safety, if you catch my drift, sir.
I love Your videos, my favorite is the one of The Castle, I watched the 3hr long one yesterday, thoroughly enjoyed everything, Bravo, I watch from from Paris, France
Well, that intro put a smile on my face! I'm looking forward to watching this series! If you ever get the chance to come to Newfoundland and/or Labrador, I think you would fall in love with what our province offers in the outdoors!
Alright alright alright. Anything that you (guys) post. I'm all in. R U Kidding me. Absolutely. I guess You Tube is doing different things. Best wishes. Such well made video's ~ The best! Thank you. Always.
By watching most of your old films we can see an amazing transformation as you've grown as a filmmaker. So to intentionally tell that story in your way makes these sooo freaking exciting. It's gonna be darn near impossible to not binge-watch!
HEY GUYS!!!!! How in the heck are you?? Hope all is well!! I imagine that Mr. and Mrs. John are doing AWESOME!!! I've had a couple of setbacks with my health. My DR put me in a wheelchair a couple of weeks ago. He seems to think that it is permanent, but NOT me...not this time. Still scares the crap out of me, though. LOL I have to get to bed. Now that I know that you are messing with You Tube again, I'll say HI every now and then. Take care...Love and Respect!!
Don't you miss those exciting days working for the Govt of Ontario. Yeah right .... stay in the woods and water with Erin. Looking forward to the series.
John you are by far the best Creator on RUclips in your genre. X 10. And we can't wait until you and Erin are on Jim Barids podcasts. Love to hear the extended version.
@@wedrawstuff I know that nobody else does his research on the areas that they paddle through like Jon I've chatted with him over the years and he's the best in his genre.
You just getting better and better with making videos and editing. Been watching you for years now and if you don't stop, I will not stop watching. Please don't stop! 😀🙏
Looking forward to watching this Jon .. I’ve followed you from the beginning .. you are soft spoken and a master at filming, you capture such beauty in each video. I compare your gentleness and photography to Max Budnick. Love your alone videos the best they really show your talent of filming wildlife and all nature from birds to butterflies to flower and trees. Your RESPECT for all that nature provides is amazing. 😊 thank you
I don't see you as a RUclipsr but more like a Cinematographer there says..I absolutely love your content and can't wait to see the full production that you created ..it's absolutely moving and truly entertaining ❤
We are looking forward to ALL of it. My son and I both are in agreement that YOU are BY FAR the VERY BEST of EVERYONE who has videos of this type of content. Each video is SO WELL DONE in quality. Thank you for making such the fine effort that you do. Good luck in every future endeavor.
Can't wait for this one buddy. I've always been curious about your back story or I should say, how you became a "full time camper" and do what you do. Thanks for sharing your story and allowing us to learn! Cheers from Kitchener, Ontario.
Loved the first episode!! Very interesting to hear your back story. We're considerably older but still reminisce about how we spent so much of our childhood outdoors. We ended up living most of our lives in Toronto due to work. Every time I drove to the north end of the city and saw that mileage sign to Algonquin Park it was all I could do to turn back to 'reality'. We took our three children on a canoe trip every summer in Algonquin but gave it up when they left home. We finally broke free from the city when we retired a few years ago, if only to a large rural property northeast of Toronto. Your videos have inspired us and reignited our love of the outdoors...to the point where we have booked our canoe trip dates for Algonquin this September. Thank you so much for sharing your passion and reminding us how so lucky we are to have the Canadian wilderness at our doorstep and brining the joy of the outdoors back to us.
I can’t wait to watch! What a great birthday gift you are giving me lol. Love your content. It’s because of you that I now have my amok hammock and hiking is so much easier when I’m getting a great sleep. Thanks for all the two of you do! 😊
I really look forward to the new series. I think your prior long videos are excellent, perfectly edited and give a real sense of being there. Just remember what you did got you to here :) Personally a shorter video is just less of a good thing but nothing wrong with testing new ways to see how it goes :) PS Erin's stained glass is pretty cool looking will there be an online store?
Hey, you mentioned that you were doing the Turtle R this summer. If you need any local assistance, contacts, etc., feel free to reach out (I'm a retired biologist living in Atikokan who has done the river a few times).
Don't take your old ones down I love going back and watching them.
I also watch them repeatedly.
Oh God no, I’ll never remember the great rod, reel, line and lure advice. 😂
I wouldn’t have found you if you had taken down older ones. Please leave them up for others to find you.
Yeah we noticed you took some down and we’re not impressed Jon, leave all the relics in place!
Agreed
"You must be trippin'" is what people say when I tell them I watch a guy canoe and camp around northern Ontario for hours at a time. Excited to come along on another journey with you.
Same!
🤣same
Keep those old videos available forever, they're amazing!
"Making your dream come true...with learning and effort." Love it!!
I've watched everything you've posted to RUclips, I think, but I absolutely know this series will be EPIC: you (and Erin) helped me get through a heart attack and subsequent cancer diagnosis. Here it is about 18 months later, I'm healed, cancer-free, 65 lbs lighter, and ready to camp,hike, and bikepack again. I credit you and Jim Baird's channel with getting me where I am today. I can't wait for everything you have planned!
Absolutely agree...they helped all of us through Covid and their video s are an oasis in this chaotic world. Love and prayers for both of these genuine creators and to all who enjoy peace and nature ❤🏞
You're a champ my friend...thank you so much for all your support 💚
Dear Jon, my life as a single father and police officer in western Germany does not allow me such existential experiments. But I'm happy about my regular "breaks" into nature. I wish you both many more realizable dreams, always good health and constant professional fulfillment. Alexander from the lower mountain range Eifel.
Hope your knee is healed up love watching you two enjoying the outdoors and traveling and teaching us some things about your travels and i adore how the two of you enjoy each other's company and travel it's awesome and keep your older videos up and I hope to watch new ones also
I can't wait to see the result of this project! Those videos kick started my passion to get back into the backcountry and push my limits with my trips. They also sparked my love of fishing and how to do it with respect and appreciation. Cheers!
Oh this is gonna be amazing! Thanks for sharing the good and the bad. And making Canada look even more beautiful 🇨🇦❤️
Very cool. Im really looking forward to the fuller view of life of full time "tripper". Thanks for all your brilliant vids. Perfect for my downtime waiting for the rotator/shoulder surg. to anchor in and finish mending. Cheers to you and Erin ❤
I absolutely love your videos you are a true artist in the woods😊
Congrats! All of your hard work is paying off, continue being you and an inspiration to me and countless others. Really looking forward to this series!
Jon this is awesome news🎉 wish you and Erin A great tripping summer.Jon your filming and commenting is second to none.
Reminiscing Jon ! I remember those trips from the city. Time flies by. 🇨🇦
I can't wait for this. I know it will be entertaining. I absolutly love your videos
I just messed up my knee. What a pain in so many ways. I commend you for your hard work at healing. Cant wait for more of your content!!
Looking forward to it!! I sure wish I had discovered you and all your trippin' buddies eleven months ago. It would have made my recovery from Tibial Plateau Fracture
surgery much more enjoyable!!
Oh wow, awesome news! Looking forward to reliving some trips and seeing how you got to this point. In advance, thankyou for sharing all of this with us 😊
Just recently found your videos. Saw only your solos which were so interesting. Then when I ran across videos with Erin I was even more hooked watching all the beauty u seen. My husband has been an avid backpacker in Canada and Alaska as well as our home state of Idaho over a 25 yr period. He relates to a lot of the beautiful country you have filmed as he has canoed and backpacked with a friend. They always had the best stories to tell from their trips. So it was so interesting following along with u and Erin. Looking forward to this new video. I’m still picking a different video every night.
Hi John,
I’ve watched everything you have produced over time!
My name is Stan and originally from southern Ontario (St Thomas) farming! I have a cottage on Georgian bay (Owen sound) with a 100 acre hardwood maple forest that the Amish work on taping and making maple syrup.
Today I live mostly in BC.
I return about 3 months of the year back to Owen Sound..
I spend a lot of time on Pitt Lake, camping, fishing, hiking, plus pan for gold. It’s a pass time between hiking and fishing.
I really love watching your Ontario camping adventures as I’ve been to some of your locations years ago!
Moon river is a place I always went once a year back in the early 80’s. The moon river basin water falls is awesome..
Anyway, keep it up and I will be watching!
Yes bring the wife along as we enjoy seeing you together!
Cheers
Stan..
Inspirational Jon...keep 'em coming!
Sounds interesting, Ive been a subscriber for some time , look forward to this.
Yay, this will definitely be a watcher for me! Erin’s stain glass is beautiful! Thanks Jon!
Looking forward to the series, will be fun to rewatch some of your earlier trips with new edits and commentaries. Nice to know you were working on this series while recovering from your knee injury and not drinking beer, eating popcorn, and watching daytime soap operas!👍🤣
Awesome! Can’t wait! I’ve lived in northern Minnesota my whole life right next to the BWCA and finally took my first trip into it backpacking last weekend! 31 miles in 3 days. Thanks to you and other RUclipsrs for the inspiration!
I am so grateful for your beautiful films. I love the respect you show nature and the attention to the small details. I also love all the dishes you prepare, as if I can almost taste them after a hard day on the water, happy from pure exhaustion. I also love Erin. Enjoy your upcoming trips and we will be watching when complete. Good things come to those who wait.
So looking forward to this new adventure series! TY!🌅
Looking forward to watching this series Jon!
Looking forward to it Jon. You really made it happen for yourself congrats.
I’m pumped! I was hoping there was a big project happening in the background. Looking forward to seeing things from a different perspective. Thanks for sharing, Jon! Excited to see the new edits!
Looking forward to it. What a good project to begin during your recovery.
Awsome idea! And really nice teaser 🎉 thank you 🙏🏼
Looking forward to it, bud.
I am definitely watching! The intro is Spectacular, can’t wait to see it.
Your videos are my jam almost every night.
Love the long videos! I download them and watch them at work.
John you are the best RUclips creater in your genre please realize it nobody even comes close.
This sounds awesome!
{Alexa…order popcorn and movie snacks}
Can’t wait!!❤
I’m going to make a comparison of you to someone I admire. Your journey and where you chose to transition to with such great speed and evolution reminds me of the life of Tom Thomson. I admire him for his art, courage and adventuring soul. He evolved as one of the best typographers in downtown Toronto to pursue the life of an artist exploring the wilderness and challenging himself to evolve in his painted work. He painted hundreds of masterpieces in a very short time and became an inspiration to many young artists and an icon of Ontario… and Canada. You are defenitely up there in terms of content creation in this genre… you’re adventurous and you’ve pushed yourself to break out of an ordinary life behind a desk somewhere in the city. I’ll bet you two would get along very well. Anyway I’d take this as a compliment and I hope you do. I am fascinated with Tom Thomson as a person and as an artist. Amazing artist! And you are two in your own way.
Very generous and appreciated Mike!!
Thank you!❤
Looks frigging amazing!
Congratulations 🎉 I know you’re going to have great success!❤im really looking forward to your continued journey as I’ve been following for a while now❤
So glad I took the time to learn Davinci Resolve!! Definitely worth it.
Looking forward to it mate. Loving your work from Tin Can Bay Australia. 😃😘
0:38 All right! See ya, city! This explanation, how to, how come, why so, why not so, other other part of your idea is a damn good one. Keep up the good ideas, Papa Jon. Repetition is contagious. In some video you and Erin tested how long you could stay in Superior wearing the dry suits with striking results. I wonder what safety resource could use that footage and information for the spread of safety, if you catch my drift, sir.
Awesome man.. You are such a great story teller, I really enjoy your content..
I CANT wait!
Love it, cant wait to see it and your journey.
Woohoo! Really looking forward to this series!!!!!
❤
I love Your videos, my favorite is the one of The Castle, I watched the 3hr long one yesterday, thoroughly enjoyed everything, Bravo, I watch from from Paris, France
Massive is my name !
Bring it!
Love all your work ❤
Well, that intro put a smile on my face! I'm looking forward to watching this series!
If you ever get the chance to come to Newfoundland and/or Labrador, I think you would fall in love with what our province offers in the outdoors!
Super excited!
Trippin is actually the only way to see reality. 🕊️
I can't wait Jono!! I know what I'm watching with my coffee tomorrow morning :)
Hahah thanks Al!!
Goon on you Troutslayer69, looking forward to the series!
Alright alright alright. Anything that you (guys) post. I'm all in. R U Kidding me. Absolutely. I guess You Tube is doing different things. Best wishes. Such well made video's ~ The best! Thank you. Always.
I am trippin’ too! Gonna be amazing!
John : you're awesome
Continu your gooooood work. And say hello to Erin !
By watching most of your old films we can see an amazing transformation as you've grown as a filmmaker. So to intentionally tell that story in your way makes these sooo freaking exciting. It's gonna be darn near impossible to not binge-watch!
They are so jealous❤
Cool
HEY GUYS!!!!! How in the heck are you?? Hope all is well!! I imagine that Mr. and Mrs. John are doing AWESOME!!! I've had a couple of setbacks with my health. My DR put me in a wheelchair a couple of weeks ago. He seems to think that it is permanent, but NOT me...not this time. Still scares the crap out of me, though. LOL I have to get to bed. Now that I know that you are messing with You Tube again, I'll say HI every now and then. Take care...Love and Respect!!
Love it. can't wait
Don't you miss those exciting days working for the Govt of Ontario.
Yeah right .... stay in the woods and water with Erin.
Looking forward to the series.
Awesome👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
John you are by far the best Creator on RUclips in your genre. X 10. And we can't wait until you and Erin are on Jim Barids podcasts. Love to hear the extended version.
Nobody else is even close.
@@wedrawstuff I know that nobody else does his research on the areas that they paddle through like Jon I've chatted with him over the years and he's the best in his genre.
Stoked for this. FORTH EORLINGAS
Love the vids. Glad you’re back healthy!!
You just getting better and better with making videos and editing. Been watching you for years now and if you don't stop, I will not stop watching. Please don't stop! 😀🙏
Looking forward to watching this Jon .. I’ve followed you from the beginning .. you are soft spoken and a master at filming, you capture such beauty in each video. I compare your gentleness and photography to Max Budnick. Love your alone videos the best they really show your talent of filming wildlife and all nature from birds to butterflies to flower and trees. Your RESPECT for all that nature provides is amazing. 😊 thank you
Looking forward to what's to come Jon. Will be nice to view the back story vids too. Keep up the great work, Ant 👍😉
Always a good day when a Lost Lakes vid lands. Looking forward to tomorrow!
Love your content John all of it I was born and raised in the bush and at 61 years of age still enjoying the wilderness more than ever
Great intro 👏
Looking forward to the new series. Greetings from Munich, Germany!
In the name of Sander Pundix - Gondor calls for Aid
I don't see you as a RUclipsr but more like a Cinematographer there says..I absolutely love your content and can't wait to see the full production that you created ..it's absolutely moving and truly entertaining ❤
This gave me the chills
We are looking forward to ALL of it. My son and I both are in agreement that YOU are BY FAR the VERY BEST of EVERYONE who has videos of this type of content.
Each video is SO WELL DONE in quality. Thank you for making such the fine effort that you do.
Good luck in every future endeavor.
😊😊
Can't wait for this one buddy. I've always been curious about your back story or I should say, how you became a "full time camper" and do what you do. Thanks for sharing your story and allowing us to learn! Cheers from Kitchener, Ontario.
Loved the first episode!! Very interesting to hear your back story. We're considerably older but still reminisce about how we spent so much of our childhood outdoors. We ended up living most of our lives in Toronto due to work. Every time I drove to the north end of the city and saw that mileage sign to Algonquin Park it was all I could do to turn back to 'reality'. We took our three children on a canoe trip every summer in Algonquin but gave it up when they left home. We finally broke free from the city when we retired a few years ago, if only to a large rural property northeast of Toronto. Your videos have inspired us and reignited our love of the outdoors...to the point where we have booked our canoe trip dates for Algonquin this September. Thank you so much for sharing your passion and reminding us how so lucky we are to have the Canadian wilderness at our doorstep and brining the joy of the outdoors back to us.
I’ve often contemplated quitting my job of 15 years to make content of my very active outdoor life…. Maybe one day 😊
This is a great idea! I was just watching a bunch of your old videos from QE2W to get inspired for some close to home trips. Can't wait!
I love your show. I only wish that 1 day my dream would come true for me to see in person.That beauty that you live in and call work...
TNX 4 VID LOL
I can’t wait to watch! What a great birthday gift you are giving me lol. Love your content. It’s because of you that I now have my amok hammock and hiking is so much easier when I’m getting a great sleep. Thanks for all the two of you do! 😊
Looking forward to seeing this man.
I have not seen those old trips.
Keep rolling Brother, you’re one of the best out there IMO.
🤘😎
I really look forward to the new series. I think your prior long videos are excellent, perfectly edited and give a real sense of being there. Just remember what you did got you to here :) Personally a shorter video is just less of a good thing but nothing wrong with testing new ways to see how it goes :) PS Erin's stained glass is pretty cool looking will there be an online store?
How much longer!
Woo hoo was literally searching you yesterday saying where is my lost lakes!!!!
The great about them doubting you is you get to come back and show them that yea I can make this work. Can’t wait for all the new videos
Thats great, Jon. I'm really looking forward to it. You take such care with your camera work, and editing is well done.
I trying to get caught up on all the trips...but looking forward to the series
Looking forward to the series! I really enjoy your videos! 😊❤️
Hey, you mentioned that you were doing the Turtle R this summer. If you need any local assistance, contacts, etc., feel free to reach out (I'm a retired biologist living in Atikokan who has done the river a few times).