The simplicity and the beauty of this trip is absolutely breath taking. Thank you for taking us along. Idaho just become my #1 state to visit on my next overland trip out west next summer.
“Now we have a shared memory of that place the we keep together” super great story telling and sooo cool you and your kids will always have that moment to talk about for years. Keep up the great work Will!
As an East Idaho resident I hate how good this video is! Haha. Well done and it looks like I’ll have to share the roads around here a little more in the future
So many places to seed and explore. As I mature (get older), I am more likely to abort a route to keep from getting stuck badly or to reduce damage to trails. It is always better to think another day, better weather or better conditions.
Thank you for this. Your joy in that mountain pass was contagious! I fell in love with the whole area around the Sawtooths last year and REALLY need to get back out there soon to explore everything toward Montana that you showed us in this great video. /subscribed
Thank you for subscribing!!! It’s a special area. I have to go back. The Sawtooths are another area that are just incredible. I haven’t made a video out there…yet 😎.
Thanks for the kind words! I like filming with Rob..it‘s nice to have friends who are really good with a camera and we get along really well. Hoping for more collabs like this next year.
As I commented to Rob, and like you, I've been in the vicinity of the Lost River Range many times-always fly fishing. So its came as a surprise how awesome those mountains are. Thanks for sharing. It's on the bucket list!
Great video Will, cool to see some of the places we have been. Hit Bannack last year on our way back from Montana and did some exploring around the Saw Tooth's. Definitely coming back to Idaho.
Great video with awesome footage as always! You definitely are lucky to call Idaho home. Being from Wisconsin, I’m limited to flat ground and dense forests. Glad I have your channel to vicariously live through until I can get my Gladiator out west!
I was just out East at Expo in the hills and forests..so different out there..but I kind of loved it...except that everything was constantly wet. I hear the UP in Wisconsin is gorgeous too...hoping to make it out there someday. Thanks so much for watching!!
The UP does have a lot to offer, that’s for sure! The Keweenaw Peninsula is a cool place to visit. And Drummond Island is a blast! We do an overlanding trip there every year!
Simply beautiful. The scenery, the story, the bonding, and the time with your kids. I just returned from a trip, the first with one of my daughters, and aside from her fracturing her ankle in the middle of nowhere on top of a mountain (a story for another time), it’s a moment and memory I’ll cherish for as long as I’m able. Keep on making content. It’s inspiring and I love that you’re able to experience it with your kids.
So sorry to hear about your daughter’s ankle!! That must have been tricky. And thank you for sharing and for the encouragement…it means a lot to hear these stories resonate with others.
@@Venture2Roam I didn’t realize I commented on a comment last night…oops. Maybe we’ll see you out and about some day! I have some other bourbons from the east coast we can enjoy!
Thanks for the great video. Looks like an awesome place. Been a while we just got back from the Oregon coast three weeks. Great time good seafood thanks again for your videos. Don and Donna Hope idaho
A couple of decades ago I spent an evening driving the length of the Pahsimeroi Valley. I saw no one except a couple of cowboys headed to town for a Friday night. The open vistas were a sharp contrast to the forests of north Idaho that I am used to. You are right, Idaho has tremendous diversity of landscapes, even among its mountains. Rob was right, Bannock Pass was not worth airing down for on the day that you did it. However, I did it for the first time on a rainy day in early June this year and the Montana side was a sloppy mess. I was surprised since the Idaho side was such a high standard gravel road. Keep up the good videos. Rob is a good role model for drone work.
So cool you guys are from Idaho!!! Loved this video, Bannock is awesome been there many times, there's a hot springs just a few miles up from there you kids might love. My family is from Dillon Montana and currently live in Heyburn Idaho. Would love to go offloading with you guys sometime.
I’d never heard of Bannack before this trip. Was shocked at how cool it is. I know Heyburn! That’s not too far from craters of the moon or city of rocks! Both awesome places to explore IMO. Thanks for the tip on the hotsprings. We are starting to do some meetups and camping weekends…but I’m still figuring it all out lol.
We had a camp out at Birch Creek this weekend. Yall definitely need to see Skull Canyon next time coming through Beaver Head. Meadow Lake was amazing but ridiculously windy in August. If you want to do some wheeling and see more lakes up that way let me know when you come to town. I've been wanting to check out OUR Bannock Ghost Town trail also it's in the same area around Leador on the North side.
Great ideas. Glad you did Birch Creek. I love that place..was there in August to watch the Meteor shower (video coming). I'm 100% coming back to the Lemhis and Lost RR. That place is amazing!
Maybe your best video work yet!! This was parts of Idaho I was not aware of, but glad to ride along. Wish one day to make it there. Meanwhile, how do you do the drone footage with such precision?
So glad you liked the vid!! Flying the drone just takes practice. And Rob and know how to drive together to get good shots. 1/2 of the drone shots came from his drone.
Will... I don't "overland" with my Ford F-350, but it's not an asphalt queen, either. It spends a fair amount of time on the dirt roads of northern and eastern Nevada in search of trout (Jarbidge in 2024). I really enjoy watching your videos for the amazing cinematography, thoughtful narration, and potential destinations. Bannack, Leadore and Meadow Lake are all great examples. Thank you, sir! Respectfully, a Non-Overlanding Subscriber.
I love hearing that you watch even though you don’t “overland”. So glad to hear you are finding new places to explore. Most of what I do is pretty accessible for most rigs. Thanks for watching!!!
This side of Idaho had a extremely heavy snowfall this year. Meadow lake usually opens for camping by August. My kids caught their first fish in Meadow lake. I have many friends in Leadore. This area has long mountain ranges with deep beautiful valleys. So scenic it must be why I never left here.
It’s spectacular. I know folks in Leadore as well. Meadow lake seemed to be well known by the locals, but I was blown away by it. I can’t wait to back to that part of Idaho.
That was an epic trip. I didn't think the early snow was worth the concern, but the downed trees in that avalanche would have easily taken a day to clear. It's a bummer when mother nature says no like that!
Neither of us brought our chainsaws, so the trees were a non-starter..not gonna lie..I REALLY wanted to back and clear those trees, but the summer got away from me.
It’s up to the viewer. I don’t post coords and I haven’t ever posted a route publicly..except for the one I’m making across Oregon, which will be available soon.
I'm heading up to BC hopefully in the next few weeks to have some work done on my Jeep at Epic Adventure Outfitters. I've never been! So I'm really looking forward to seeing the mountains up there.
Everything is great, just a little overblown story about driving through the snow. Your vehicles are capable of more severe crossings than this memory of snow. Otherwise, a very very nice list of driving and adventures that you go through and not only in this video. Be safe on your adventures and I wish you safe driving.
So glad to hear you are liking the vids. You’re right that our rigs can handle more…but off camber in the snow is no bueno…especially when neither Rob nor I are super experienced snow wheelers…but It was also probably a bit dramatic for RUclips 😂..that’s just my style…I’m a sucker for leaning in to moments in a video. Cheers!!
Rob and I have a pretty similar thumbnail too…(just a coincidence). But the vids are quite different even though they cover the same area and time period. If Rob is Mozart..I’m more Imagine Dragons lol.
You are extremely talented with your cinematography. But there are certain areas you just don’t share bro… so good video but if you’re an Idahoan, wtf man?
Thank you I appreciate that. As for areas to share or not…as a born and raised Idahoan I’m sure I’ll ruffle feathers as I go when folks think I’ve shared their secret spot..but I never put coords in my vids, so if someone watches this, gets inspired, then puts together the breadcrumbs from my vid to build a route and come try to explore this area…in my mind they’ve earned it. Plus, the Lost Range is no secret…everyone knows Borah is our highest peak…it’s a very well known climbing spot.
Thanks for your comments and your kids were awesome! Thanks Neill Bairstow
This tree at 35:05 is amazing. Thank you for including it in the video.
It was striking to see.
Wonderful video of the back country. Loved seeing the ghost town especially since it is so well preserved. Great adventure. Thanks.
So glad you enjoyed it!!! Thanks for taking the time to watch.
The simplicity and the beauty of this trip is absolutely breath taking. Thank you for taking us along. Idaho just become my #1 state to visit on my next overland trip out west next summer.
Thank you! This is a blessed part of Idaho. The whole state is great, with tons of surprises like his.
“Now we have a shared memory of that place the we keep together” super great story telling and sooo cool you and your kids will always have that moment to talk about for years. Keep up the great work Will!
Thank you. It’s an honest reflection. So cool to hear it resonated. Thank you for taking the time to watch!!
As an East Idaho resident I hate how good this video is! Haha. Well done and it looks like I’ll have to share the roads around here a little more in the future
People who know…know. Other folks will still have to do some work to find these spots.
So many places to seed and explore. As I mature (get older), I am more likely to abort a route to keep from getting stuck badly or to reduce damage to trails. It is always better to think another day, better weather or better conditions.
Great comment, thanks for sharing!
Amazing scenery combined with great videography and story telling! Your channel is a must watch! Thank you!
Thank you so much!!
Another spectacular video, some beautiful country! Great job on the videography, thanks for taking us along.
Thank you!!
Awesome video! We'll done. That is the perfect trip in my book. I thoroughly enjoyed watching.
Thank you so much..it was one of my favorite trips on 2023!
rad video guys. really well done. inspiring for sure!
Thank you so much!!
Thank you for this. Your joy in that mountain pass was contagious! I fell in love with the whole area around the Sawtooths last year and REALLY need to get back out there soon to explore everything toward Montana that you showed us in this great video. /subscribed
Thank you for subscribing!!! It’s a special area. I have to go back. The Sawtooths are another area that are just incredible. I haven’t made a video out there…yet 😎.
As usual, you delivered a great video! An area I'd love to visit. Idaho is AMAZING. Can't wait to go back and explore again.
Thank you!! Ya, I love this state…but these mountains still surprises me.
Beautiful scenery, awesome trip and great vid as usual Will 👍
Thanks Christoff!
Another amazing video as always and as usual making me so jealous of where you live. Dang so lucky with the Blanton's, just keep piling it on.
Between the Blantons and the Mountains..it was a great trip lol. Thanks for watching!!
Another great video. Always enjoy what you produce. Gonna have to add this are to the must see list.
Thank you!! It’s an incredible place for sure. Can’t wait to go back.
ALL I CAN SAY IS GREAT VIDEO THX MAN:)
Right on, so glad you liked it!!
Hi Will and Rob, really nice video. Loved the cinematography and the trails. Appreciate the hard work you put into it. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for the kind words! I like filming with Rob..it‘s nice to have friends who are really good with a camera and we get along really well. Hoping for more collabs like this next year.
EPIC!!! You do a great job and narration is always on point. Thanks for sharing!!!
As I commented to Rob, and like you, I've been in the vicinity of the Lost River Range many times-always fly fishing. So its came as a surprise how awesome those mountains are. Thanks for sharing. It's on the bucket list!
It’s a must see if you’re a local. I’m 100% going back. Hope you get out there soon!
Class video guys as always breathtaking views and great narration
Thank you!!
Great video Will, cool to see some of the places we have been. Hit Bannack last year on our way back from Montana and did some exploring around the Saw Tooth's. Definitely coming back to Idaho.
Very cool. I was so impressed with Bannack. Glad you got to see the Sawtooths, those are some of Idaho’s best!
Great video and storytelling like always. Definitely want to make it over to Idaho to enjoy all its beauty.
It’s a fantastic place for Overlanding. Thank you for taking the time to watch!!
This was amazing.
Thank you!
Hi Will and Rob, really nice video.
Thank you so much!!!
Bannack is great, we stayed there last summer on an overnighter and did some filming, loved it. Awesome piece of history
It was an awesome surprise to find it so well preserved. You're video on it was fun to watch.
You are so lucky to live in such an amazing place! I love our corn fields in Michigan but you guys have such a beautiful contrast to that 😀
I spent 3 years in the Midwest, and it has it’s own beauty. But I’m a mountain boy at heart. UP in Michigan is on my list though!!
Will, you are a great storyteller!!! What a beautiful place!!!
Thank you!!!! It's an incredible place. I have to go back.
Thank you for your beautiful video😎👍
So glad you like it!! Thanks for taking the time to watch it!
😮so I admit I thought you had flatland in Idaho lol wrong!!
Beautiful area!
Thanks for the video.
A lot of the time we get mixed up with Iowa and Illinois, which are pretty flat. So glad you saw some of what Idaho has to offer!!
Great video with awesome footage as always! You definitely are lucky to call Idaho home. Being from Wisconsin, I’m limited to flat ground and dense forests. Glad I have your channel to vicariously live through until I can get my Gladiator out west!
I was just out East at Expo in the hills and forests..so different out there..but I kind of loved it...except that everything was constantly wet. I hear the UP in Wisconsin is gorgeous too...hoping to make it out there someday. Thanks so much for watching!!
The UP does have a lot to offer, that’s for sure! The Keweenaw Peninsula is a cool place to visit. And Drummond Island is a blast! We do an overlanding trip there every year!
Simply beautiful. The scenery, the story, the bonding, and the time with your kids. I just returned from a trip, the first with one of my daughters, and aside from her fracturing her ankle in the middle of nowhere on top of a mountain (a story for another time), it’s a moment and memory I’ll cherish for as long as I’m able. Keep on making content. It’s inspiring and I love that you’re able to experience it with your kids.
So sorry to hear about your daughter’s ankle!! That must have been tricky. And thank you for sharing and for the encouragement…it means a lot to hear these stories resonate with others.
Blanton’s and Eagle Rare are 2 of my favorites!! I’ve managed to keep a bottle of Eagle Rare in our rig while we travel around the country
@@TheBarrierBrigadeThey are two of mine too. I can never manage to keep the bottles from going empty though :)
@@Venture2Roam I didn’t realize I commented on a comment last night…oops. Maybe we’ll see you out and about some day! I have some other bourbons from the east coast we can enjoy!
What a great video the views were absolutely amazing🔥
The views were bananas. That place is pretty special. Thanks for being at the premiere!!
Spectacular scenery for sure.
Ya, that place is just amazing. I'll be back there for sure.
Great scenery. And cool, I've never seen a baby Blanton's!
Baby Blanton's...for those moments in life when you want to practice self restraint!
@@Venture2Roam LOL
Ohhhh Will this video you got views for days brother. One of the best ones ....again👍👍
Thank you. Ya the views out there are insane.
Love that bottle of Eagle Rare brother
Eagle Rare to Rob is Blantons to me. I know what to get him when he hits 100K subs!
Thanks for the great video. Looks like an awesome place. Been a while we just got back from the Oregon coast three weeks. Great time good seafood thanks again for your videos. Don and Donna Hope idaho
Hey Don and Donna - glad to hear you enjoyed Oregon! Welcome back!!
A couple of decades ago I spent an evening driving the length of the Pahsimeroi Valley. I saw no one except a couple of cowboys headed to town for a Friday night. The open vistas were a sharp contrast to the forests of north Idaho that I am used to. You are right, Idaho has tremendous diversity of landscapes, even among its mountains. Rob was right, Bannock Pass was not worth airing down for on the day that you did it. However, I did it for the first time on a rainy day in early June this year and the Montana side was a sloppy mess. I was surprised since the Idaho side was such a high standard gravel road. Keep up the good videos. Rob is a good role model for drone work.
Great comment. Yes, Rob is the best drone pilot in this genre I think. I’m always flattered when he uses my shots in his films.
Great story 👍🏻
Till Now.
Bravo sir
Thank you!
So cool you guys are from Idaho!!!
Loved this video, Bannock is awesome been there many times, there's a hot springs just a few miles up from there you kids might love. My family is from Dillon Montana and currently live in Heyburn Idaho.
Would love to go offloading with you guys sometime.
I’d never heard of Bannack before this trip. Was shocked at how cool it is. I know Heyburn! That’s not too far from craters of the moon or city of rocks! Both awesome places to explore IMO. Thanks for the tip on the hotsprings. We are starting to do some meetups and camping weekends…but I’m still figuring it all out lol.
@Venture2Roam that would be cool, please let me know if one would come up. I'm familiar with city of rocks. Grew up in Oakley.
We had a camp out at Birch Creek this weekend. Yall definitely need to see Skull Canyon next time coming through Beaver Head. Meadow Lake was amazing but ridiculously windy in August.
If you want to do some wheeling and see more lakes up that way let me know when you come to town. I've been wanting to check out OUR Bannock Ghost Town trail also it's in the same area around Leador on the North side.
Great ideas. Glad you did Birch Creek. I love that place..was there in August to watch the Meteor shower (video coming). I'm 100% coming back to the Lemhis and Lost RR. That place is amazing!
Maybe your best video work yet!! This was parts of Idaho I was not aware of, but glad to ride along. Wish one day to make it there. Meanwhile, how do you do the drone footage with such precision?
So glad you liked the vid!! Flying the drone just takes practice. And Rob and know how to drive together to get good shots. 1/2 of the drone shots came from his drone.
Will... I don't "overland" with my Ford F-350, but it's not an asphalt queen, either. It spends a fair amount of time on the dirt roads of northern and eastern Nevada in search of trout (Jarbidge in 2024). I really enjoy watching your videos for the amazing cinematography, thoughtful narration, and potential destinations. Bannack, Leadore and Meadow Lake are all great examples. Thank you, sir! Respectfully, a Non-Overlanding Subscriber.
I love hearing that you watch even though you don’t “overland”. So glad to hear you are finding new places to explore. Most of what I do is pretty accessible for most rigs. Thanks for watching!!!
This side of Idaho had a extremely heavy snowfall this year. Meadow lake usually opens for camping by August. My kids caught their first fish in Meadow lake. I have many friends in Leadore. This area has long mountain ranges with deep beautiful valleys. So scenic it must be why I never left here.
It’s spectacular. I know folks in Leadore as well. Meadow lake seemed to be well known by the locals, but I was blown away by it. I can’t wait to back to that part of Idaho.
Your videos are top notch for quality and reflecting the scenery of the places you visit.@@Venture2Roam
@@fscottgray9784 Thank you!!!
That was an epic trip. I didn't think the early snow was worth the concern, but the downed trees in that avalanche would have easily taken a day to clear. It's a bummer when mother nature says no like that!
Neither of us brought our chainsaws, so the trees were a non-starter..not gonna lie..I REALLY wanted to back and clear those trees, but the summer got away from me.
wow very nice experience friend
Thank you. It was a blast..kind of felt like winning the jackpot. Thanks for watching and commenting!
you're welcome, safe travels@@Venture2Roam
....and I missed it. Now I'll just how to rewatch it!
Lol. Sorry we missed you!!
A lot of that interiors of those buildings look a lot like our built around 1860s to 1870s pioneer farmhouse here in Oregon.
That makes sense to me. It was cool to see them so preserved.
Love. Me. Some. Blanton's. Hard to come by in my neck of the woods. I cherish every drop. It also makes me feel like I'm US Marshal Raylan Givens.
I have had two friends bring me Blanton's on a trip this year...it's been a good year.
You sir, have very good friends indeed!@@Venture2Roam
Amazing epik video
Thank you!
What dates did you go in July? Absolutely stunning video.
First week of July. So glad you liked the vid!
Do you save routes like this for sharing on OnX? Or is it just up to the viewer to try and map out this route? Epic scenery
It’s up to the viewer. I don’t post coords and I haven’t ever posted a route publicly..except for the one I’m making across Oregon, which will be available soon.
Coming from British Columbia Idaho is somewhere I long to go back to
I'm heading up to BC hopefully in the next few weeks to have some work done on my Jeep at Epic Adventure Outfitters. I've never been! So I'm really looking forward to seeing the mountains up there.
@@Venture2Roamyou won't be disappointed, except by the traffic 😅 once you're out of the valley it's pretty amazing!
What are the mounts on your door hinges holing the gas rotopax? Amazon link?
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Great video! But I have to ask…what’s with the button-down shirt for Overlanding and camping? 😂
Thanks! There’s no Overlanding dress code 😎. Why look like everyone else?? That’s not nearly as fun.
Which trail is this? I need to get out there!
We were on many different trails in this vid...but Trail Creek Road is a good starting place.
Everything is great, just a little overblown story about driving through the snow. Your vehicles are capable of more severe crossings than this memory of snow. Otherwise, a very very nice list of driving and adventures that you go through and not only in this video. Be safe on your adventures and I wish you safe driving.
So glad to hear you are liking the vids. You’re right that our rigs can handle more…but off camber in the snow is no bueno…especially when neither Rob nor I are super experienced snow wheelers…but It was also probably a bit dramatic for RUclips 😂..that’s just my style…I’m a sucker for leaning in to moments in a video. Cheers!!
I swear I watched this before it was released 3 days ago. Do I have some serious dejavoo or am I cray?
You probably watched Rob’s version a few weeks back (I did too!). Always good to see different versions of the same trip!
Rob and I have a pretty similar thumbnail too…(just a coincidence). But the vids are quite different even though they cover the same area and time period. If Rob is Mozart..I’m more Imagine Dragons lol.
Do you share your route or waypoints on Patreon?
Not automatically. But if/when a Patreon supporter asks for something specific, I usually take the time to help them out.
would you share your ONX Offroad map?
Sorry I don't share routes/coords unless I'm making a new public route.
Woo-hoo!
Thanks for stopping by and watching!!
Shhhh, don't tell people about my backyard, lol.
I know, I know. But it’s too good not to share.
Fun fact: Blanton's is served to John Wick in the Continental..
Now I like it even more!
Matt, I'm second. Lol
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I'm like 2 hours early, but I'm calling first comment! 🤣
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You are extremely talented with your cinematography. But there are certain areas you just don’t share bro… so good video but if you’re an Idahoan, wtf man?
Thank you I appreciate that. As for areas to share or not…as a born and raised Idahoan I’m sure I’ll ruffle feathers as I go when folks think I’ve shared their secret spot..but I never put coords in my vids, so if someone watches this, gets inspired, then puts together the breadcrumbs from my vid to build a route and come try to explore this area…in my mind they’ve earned it. Plus, the Lost Range is no secret…everyone knows Borah is our highest peak…it’s a very well known climbing spot.