Until I turned 36 I worked jobs after the Coast Guard that had decent vacation time and I traveled alone by motorcycle or boat all over the country and sometimes in the islands but I kept thinking it sure would be better if I had someone to share all the wonders that God had out there . On my 36 birthday I met a wonderful adventurer lady that was like minded she had 3 wonderful children that were such a blessing they treated me like I was their father and they encouraged us to enjoy life. We were inseparable up until she passed this January but things had changed she was so sick for years but still I would load us up and go camping,fishing, on cruises we looked like a traveling hospital towards the end even the day before she passed she was planning a camping trip although I knew she would never get to go I encouraged her. We had plans for a shanty boat and were gathering materials because her true love was to be on the water I plan to continue on that mission and plan to take one of my grandsons or granddaughter with me for a couple of trips because she encouraged them to be like us. Do all that you can do to see this big beautiful world while you can because stuff happens and then it’s to late.
I'm sorry you lost your partner. To have and lose is in some ways worse. I'm glad you've got others to do it with. Good company is better than alone, bad company is terrible.
I wish I had had real parents growing up. Not one adventurous bone in their bodies. Also, I was merely an unfortunate obligation to them...that they often failed to fulfill. As a kid, I always dreamed of going camping or fishing out in the great outdoors. All I mostly got growing up was the ceaseless 9-5 grind of school and work. Today, I get out in nature with my wife, but it's a different experience than it would have been back then. My wife is addicted to her smartphone and work...so, even when out in the great outdoors, she's connected to the web. Guess you were lucky to have found an adventure-loving lady.
@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717 I hear you Gilded. I'm not happy with my upbringing either, buy I've learned to see it a little more clearly in recent years. Who one picks to have children with is the most important choice anyone ever makes in this life. At this stage of the game, it's better to not have children, until the reset happens...and it will.
@@brentonsriversidehermitage I think the Great Reset is happening as we type. Things will only get worse for the next couple of decades. The people have successfully been diverted into getting excited over non-solutions. Rump will be re-elected and he'll push through the rest of the 2030 agenda as his followers cheer him on...all while thinking they've "won."
@@brentonsriversidehermitage I tried to respond, but Karen Tube keeps censoring my responses. In short, I think Westerners are doomed for at least the next two decades. Currently, they are being tricked and guided into non-solutions...or actions that will ultimately have a negative overall effect.
I also am what society labels as a “loaner “ . I have lived aboard a self built boat for over 30 year ,and have gone on many solo voyages . It seems to me that when another person is on board it automatically becomes about the relationship rather the the adventure of the voyage . Pick one .
True, true. Sometimes a scooter ride, another adventure and/or a four legged companion helps leave those feeling behind. But it is up to you to go find them. Seldom come to you.
I had similar things happen like you have. When I was 18 a man in his 30's told me, (you have to be your own man before you can be anyone else's man) that has stayed with all these years and how valuable that advice has been for me. I think being our own man is an ongoing thing whether one likes it or not. Trust in the Lord first and foremost and then in yourself and it all comes together.
I'm a much more natural loner but I still felt that if I didn't find that partner I would be missing out on a big part of life. After enough bad relationships, I stopped looking and just became content with my own company. I'm more than 2 years into my nomadic journey traveling the country in my converted step van and Now I feel lucky to be alone. Women a pain in the ass (in my experience) and now I never have to worry about that ever again. Never being judged and doing exactly as I please is wonderful. Just my thoughts, enjoy your solo journey!
I am at the same latitude as you, but on the Florida Gulf coast. Been a lifelong boater, now with a smaller 29' trawler (Prairie). "Lonely" discussion is heard and appreciated, as I am also a solo male, albeit older than you. The internet and books both help quite a lot. I read one to two books a week. Kindle is my best friend. Owning a boat can take up all your time, not only with traveling but also with always having to fix stuff and put new stuff in. With the boat and with reading and with RUclips and with podcasts I never get lonely anymore. Safe travels. You are heard and appreciated.
Bail Out Another Thousand = BOAT. That's what they say...I don't know because I've never owned a boat. My social life consists of Y-tube and I tend to get by on that...but, then, again, I'm a loner by nature.
@@brentonsriversidehermitage That was not me. My Prairie 29 has not left the slip this year. Also, if you are ever again over on this coast near St. Pete, I have dockage behind my house, up a well protected canal. You are welcome any time. I even have a small dog about Wavey's size who would love some company.
I used to spend quite a bit of time alone on my sailboat. I would get very lonely. Eventually, I learned to enjoy the solitude, and actually embrace it. Some folks can do that, others, not so much.
It's a 'revelation' when you finally realize you're your own best friend, isn't it? I loved bugging out on my sailboat just to get some "time out" from the madding horde. The only thing that would have made it better would have been to take a decent dog or cat along with me. I'm planning on doing this through much of this year's summer and Fall, but right now, my schooner's trapped about 5 miles upstream from the bridge that just got creamed in Baltimore, so the cruising ground is kind of limited.
It's also a skill to put your solitude to good use...and not to waste it. Spend your time doing beneficial things for yourself. Work on your mindset and outlook. Also, finish some personal projects.
On moving from place to place to escape the loneliness that follows you: I have noticed over the years that it takes me a fairly predictable length of time to settle in among the people in whatever place I'm living. After that time is reached, it just gets more and more settled, which is nice. But I definitely am familiar with the feeling that I just don't fit in, and that other people are having a lot more fun than I am. I agree that the answer is just to accept that you're a bit of an outsider and make your peace with it. It does make it more natural to be a traveler or tourist, talking with whomever you meet in whatever places you go. So there's that.
The band "the Steel drivers" had a song a few years ago called "Lonely and being alone" explaining the difference between the two and one lyric says "lonely is only a bad place to be if you can't stand your own company". Sums it up well.
I think most people don't really like themselves and are insecure. So, they are forever trying to be in a crowd, stay busy and have a lot of distractions.
Great message,lots of wisdom here! I'm blessed to have a wonderful wife but throughput my life I've found you can still struggle with loneliness even though not alone. Maturity, getting to really know and understand myself and pursuing a closer personal relationship with Jesus has really helped my loneliness over the years. I talk with the Lord all the time, he's such a good good father and friend.
I'm similar. Used to believe I could only be happy with a particular woman. I was given a different gift. Freedom. Spent 4.5 mths alone this winter in the sun. Peaceful and easy. Kept in touch with a few pals online. Next year I plan for 6 months, with new adventures. Very blessed. Missed out on most of the usual gifts of life that most people want, but have been given different ones. A free man. That's why I like your channel.
I'm 73. I've had the mindset of being alone most of my life. I don't mind it. I like it. I was married twice, it didn't work out (other reasons). If you look back on America's history and the world too I might add. The explorers were men. Men were willing to live in hardship and danger. Go hungry. Take the cold/heat. Settling down for a season because winter was closing in. Or there was an abundance of food near and they needed time to healing and repair too. I think us 'loners' need less. Sure it would be awesome to have a beautiful lady by our side. Like you said there are not many who want our life style. One in a million, as the old saying goes. Let's face it. Men like adventure. Women like it stationary. If you give up your wondering lifestyle. There will be an abundance of morsels to choose from. If you want to keep cruising on a boat and you want a lady to go with you.. A vessel with more comfort, might, work, might.
I appreciate you talking about struggles in life. I commend you for talking about your own struggles in life. We are all human and all of the emotions involved.
Your time spent in front of a camera is paying dividends. You have done the reps and as a long time viewer, I can't be happier to see your channel grow. Keep up with the 'push ups' and maybe we will pass on Gogebic this year. Your channels have legs.
If you didn't have Wavy you'd have to have a Pet rock with a face painted on it..... Great video. Breaking "I should" isn't easy. Back in the 90's I road Freight trains, (rode alone) Where I was, Is where I was, I had to stay warm, get water look for part time work. When riding you don't have much choice to where you will be that night, You just had to deal with it as it came. I'm a veteran and would stop at (A local VA hospital) and they could see my records of which hospitals I was getting treatments at. They would ask "What are you running from?" All these different hospitals. I would reply maybe I'm "Running too"..... Finding a partner of someone liking to be alone and self-reliant, How does that match up? Take some time to figure that out. You alone take your life in hand, You don't look for someone to bail you out. Sure it's nice when you get a ride to get gas and food, But you can do it on your own. You will never stop wondering "What's around the next bend" Thanks for sharing.
I want to ride the rails. On my bucket list. More than just a week or two. A whole season. Hobo shoestring went missing recently. Not good. Life is so short, who doesn't want to look around a little. Waiting for someone to do it with wastes time.
Thanks for your true thoughts! I'm your age. Like you, in younger years, I didn't want to be alone. I always needed noise and people. Now, I enjoy quiet and am OK with a very, very, small circle. I'm trying to get my husband to do the Great Loop! We have a pontoon and explore our Florida waters but he isn't convinced about the loop yet. :) We've been exploring Europe the last few months. I'm hoping we can do the Great Loop in the coming years.
It is interesting how we can tolerate being alone so much easier as we get older. We completly throw away the need for social acceptance and also start realising the cost in energy relationships cause.
Agreed. I'm amazed when I meet people who've had it from the start in a healthy way. Some kind of inner peace and understanding that allows them to accept the circumstances they're in. It's taken me a long long time...but better than never.
So true on all levels. I was needy in my younger years but after a few bad relationships i just gave up. Im 50 now and couldn't care less!! If something comes along then fine but im fine doing what i want when i want. Sometimes when im on an adventure or lil road trip i wish i had someone to share it with but that feeling quickly fades. I do need to find a lil four legged copilot tho lol. Truly great video Brenton! You and the beagle be safe!🇺🇲👍
I have been blessed to have married someone that has similar likes and it has been a good thing to share travels, fishing and camping among all the other things, both good and bad. Keep looking Friend your mate is still out there and its never too late. God will provide, if you ask.♥ In the mean time thanks for sharing your life and adventures with us.
Wow, hit the nail on the head! I have found that capturing the cool moments with video keeps the feeling of being alone - away. Thanks again for great insight.
This has to be one of the most disjointed and rambling vlogs I've ever seen, but with a great deal of honest, heartfelt truth expressed. Some people's nature is just that they prefer being by themselves and desire and require no social interaction with other people to meet their psychological needs. It's not that they're antisocial or have some kind of a psychological disorder ... they get along just fine with other people and they enjoy their peripheral and superficial interactions with other people, but they're not in need of any deep and lasting connections. It's just that they're "different". Every person is a unique creation by his/her maker and their uniqueness varies way across the spectrum. No one is just "average". I'm sorry it took so long and so many negative experiences for you to realize your nature was as a "loner" and that was where you were most "at home". I, too, am a "loner" and I make no excuses or apologies. It is what I am and it is how I prefer to live. I guess that you and I are just modern "Jeremiah Johnsons". Thank you for this post and this analysis, disjointed as it might have been ... it is quite revealing and instructive for those people who are still searching for their true nature.
Thank you! (I think) ;) I agree, loners get all sorts of "something wrong" leveled at them, when it's often (usually) not the case. I have a friend who literally needs nobody. I call him the most emotionally self sufficient person I've ever met.
I feel ya. I've been a loner all my life. Just get out there and do your thing. If someone wants to join ya, great, but don't waste your time waiting for that person. Go, live your life. You said it all very well. Thanks for sharing.
Hope you have had a blessed Easter Brenton. And when you wake up easter morning check the nooks and cranny’s in the. shanty boat to see if the Bunny left you a soulmate
I read Men are from Mars etc. As a single, water lover growing up along the Gulf Coast, I have owned several boats. Men in my life were the ones who needed the creature comforts. People are more complicated than their gender sometimes suggests. Safe travels. I enjoy living vicariously thru your journey and it is inspiring me to get on the Delta near Mobile Bay. Earrings, lipstick and all. 😊
It might just be me, but lonely for me usually means the time I have spent that day with the Lord has been compromised in some way. On another note, it wasn't until I was very comfortable and content 'hanging out' with the Lord that He one day spoke to me, 'I want you to take MY daughter out to coffee after church.' We have been together ever since those cups of coffee. She was very worth the wait.
Brenton I appreciate your videos. I appreciate you branching out on a subject like this to help and inspire others. I hope to do the loop one day. I actually live in Demopolis, Alabama. I hate I missed you when you came through. My walk with God has deepened in the past year. To add to your point of just going for things in life and being ok with them is being able to surrender to different things in life. Surrendering in a nut shell is being ok with an outcome and controlling what you can control and letting anything you can’t control not affect you. I have surrendered to Gods will more and it is amazing when you surrender and let things happen through him, how amazing and peaceful things can be. There are blessings all around us we just have to get out of our own way and be ready to receive them. I hope this makes sense and helps someone. Thanks again and keep the videos coming.
So well said. Much better than I'm able most of the time. I want to talk more about God with people, but unfortunately it's off putting to so many. I asked God to use me, and told me to be subtle and by example and not be self righteous or preachy, just hints to look into.
@@brentonsriversidehermitage "I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is ending up with people who make you feel all alone." -- Robin Williams, "World's Greatest Dad" (2009)
Thanks for posting I always look forward to seeing you. Here's my very brief take all you say I agree with on this subject that said please let me give my 2 cents worth. I spent my entire life following the great American dream home family work and the big on ( SECURITY) and in my opinion that's the biggie. I don't mean money at all costs but believe my friend the day will come when the mind is willing but the body iss unable. I ha e friends who spent their entire life trying to avoid ha e to pay fir the future always assuming that tomorrow will take of its self. Well it doesn't. I'm 81 just stopped working at by the way something I do love builder and even though I've had set backs still managed to enjoy life no I haven't gotten to do everything I wanted and know I won't get to. I'm content knowing I contributed and won't be a burden. Personal thing but here's the deal one way or another we pay. You my friend I've said it before are bestowed with a gift intelligence and the gift of communication If you haven't started forming your blue highways do so it will be your monetary salvation. Enough said I don't mean to preach.
I follow what you're saying. The problem with planning for the future financially in this stage of America is, they won't let us. They keep printing money like it's the end. Trillions. More dollars chasing less goods. This is what happens to a failed empire. Skills and simplicity is the way to survive what's coming. It's a post boomer world. It's hard for older people to see what's happening because they're part of the old system. You got on the elevator before it left the ground floor. The ladder has been pulled up. SS or large amounts of money isn't the answer anymore. If it was, I'd be doing that. Things are going to get really really ugly soon. I don't say that with any satisfaction, though I will say that it's unfortunately needed.
Brenton, I'm 61, in a relationship, and at times seem more lonely than when I lived alone....:( But I have my relationship with God, and no, he doesn't fulfill my physical needs like a woman can, he does keep my perspective of what's important.
"Better to dwell in a corner of a housetop, Than in a house shared with a contentious woman." Proverbs 21:19
Lonely, I'm Mr. Lonely wish I had..........Wavey is a good companion. Won't argue too much and always glad to see you. Ever listen to Coast to Coast? Pretty good vid Brent.
I use to listen to CtoC when Art Bell was the host. That was a long time ago? 90s? I have a handful of podcasts I listen to, and loads of good channels here on YT. And music;) a good dog is so important
Wishing you a happy Easter 🐇 . You truly are blessed.. and I guess I'm that very rare gem. I've also been divorced for over 10 years and absolutely love being alone.. and I've cherished it . Just as I cherish good friendships. But I've had a weird problem my entire life, such as I can't go anywhere without someone being there. I've gone hiking out in the wilderness for miles and as my luck would have it, in the middle of nowhere come across a group of people, or they come across me within a matter of minutes no matter where I am. I think I could go to the Moon and within a couple minutes there would be other people there..lol Every time I walk into an empty store, within 1 minute there will be a crowd in that store. It never fails. It really sucks from my perspective because these are times when I want to be alone. And I've noticed in your videos that you've been lucky not to have people intrude on your peace . I would love that . And we would probably be perfect together if I was looking for someone to spend time with, but I'm not, plus I'm more than 10 years older than you are, but who knows, someday my attitude may change. And it's not really that I'm really a loner per se, and don't talk to people because when I worked at Walmart as a front end cashier, I was known to be a people person and could talk with anyone, which management didn't like and got me into trouble. But since I retired just before covid hit the country, my rheumatoid arthritis has put a damper on my normal physical activities at the moment, to the point it hurts to walk now. So anyways, 10 years ago you would have been a perfect match for me. And now I just enjoy watching your Adventure, which has been wonderful❤, so I'll be with you in spirit
Happy Easter back at you :) there's so much that can be said about this subject, and it's such an important one. Men and women are obviously designed to want and need each other (beyond procreation) but we're so different, that it seems finding a way to live on earth together has become a power struggle. Today, women are making men live on Venus (or maybe turning Earth into Venus?) I'm still working on my modified take on this :) women use to have to move to Mars to survive, but now that mostly men have created such a comfortable world, women no longer want us. This is more than my personal opinions, stats are baring this out. It would of course be great to get older and realize that companionship is where it's at, but the reality is most older women just decide to "be independent" and not need no man. A lot of men are headed overseas where the ladies still like us. I wonder how that would go over on my channel? Lol. Of course, how do I take Wavey with me? The more important question;)
@@brentonsriversidehermitageit all depends on the person, their personality and their history. Don't worry Brenton, there's still plenty of women looking for guys, and I'm sure you would be a good catch for the right woman . Men and women from different parts of the country have their own unique attitudes about the opposite sex and relationships.🥂
What boy didnt read Huck Finn and not want to raft the Mississippi, also read Blackbeard and want to be a Pirate. I can't see my wife doing this as she not a water person . I so wish in my 20's i had this type of information , i so remember reading Dove -Robin Lee Graham sailing around the world.
On the other side of that I have no problem being alone from early life backpacking days and have a wife that will go in a second with me. I am 66 retired and ok but didn't plan well enough to purchase anything even close enough to try even part of what you have. I have 4 kayaks and a 20' i/o boat but cant afford the gas for the boat or paddle 6000 miles. Keep having fun.
At 72 years old and currently unable to travel (wife of 50 years is terminal), I am living vicariously through you (and other nomads). She said I had done 2 things right (not bad for a 50 year relationship!). I married her & bought an RV. We full-timed and traveled the US for 3 years until she got sick. I don't plan anymore, just day by day. Grateful for whatever. Thanks for your videos and all the work you put into them.
Communication of almost any form helps with loneliness. People used to write letters and have pen 🖊️ pals for years. My wife has had a pen pal for around 40 years.
I LOVE adventures. Have been married, relationships, children. “Alone” now and quite comfortable with myself. Maturity. Life. Will continue to adventure as long as I can. And yep, I’m female. Thanks for sharing
It sounds like you're one of those rare ones :) one thing I notice is: the women here talk about how fine they are being alone, while there's a lot of men out there that would like to find a good woman. It's almost like when don't "need" us (or shift over to marrying the system in general in some way) they no longer want us. There was a study on lotto winners recently. When females won the lottery, they overwhelmingly divorced their husband's soon after. When males win the lottery, they typically married and/or had more children. Isn't that strange?? ;)
Ahhh, the elusive Pioneer woman/Frontier Gal who would watch yer back and slap hot iron to yer bullet wounds, cook like a champ and warm yer bed like a pro! IMHO, i've found they have all been scalped. In this era, and this is just me, what is left is Tom Boys with an axe to grind or Bull Dykes! Either way, THEY want to wear the pants and won't even let you pick the colors! I salute you for carrying on the traditions of solitary sojurners! We both know there is so much more to be said but not on this format!
So well said and artistically stated. Jeremiah Johnson comes to mind. His love got scalped if I remember correctly. It's going to take a societal collapse to right the ship unfortunately
Absolutely great episode with a wonderful message. Thank you for all the hard work you do putting out your content. P. S. When you finally make it up to Palm Coast, Florida (just above Daytona Beach on the ICW) there is a wonderful place to stop called Princess Place Preserve. Thanks again and safe travels
So women like me are an oddity on your channel? Female over 60 widowed would love to do what you do!! Used to fish all the time with hubby tent camping too. I’m not lonely at all but live alone. Get rid of all the stuff and build a shanty. The water relaxes me soothes me.
Wow, very moving. Honestly as an adventurous female, I find it difficult to meet a partner who would be willing to leave "the comforts of home". I suppose I was lucky to have a father who loved exploring, and that spirit resides in me. The truth of loving yourself 1st, understanding & gaining knowledge, patience, and appreciating the beauty around us, absolutely crucial.
I've had this idea for a long time that we can only let others love us in exact proportion to how much we love ourselves. It's like a governor. There's more to it of course, but very related. If you're an adventurous female, you should have no problem finding a male counterpart
Yes. like a governor on an engine. Please expound (which you mentioned in that vid) Interested to hear the follow up. @@brentonsriversidehermitage Fair winds & calm seas. Bew well Brenton & Wavey.
The analysis of your viewers is right, I have thought about buying something like the Nomad but I want to have a plan B that involves real state and its tricky to get the right property.
Love your adventures! I am retiring soon and want to get busy and back on the river! I built a raft with boards and construction debris ( either free, borrowed or pilfered) in 1968. Down the Mississippi from hometown of Memphis. Unfortunately we were interrupted by Hurricane Camille. Camille was a big one and came right up the Mississippi. Shall we say abandoning raft in a Hurricane 300 miles down river from Memphis (middle of nowhere) was "interesting". Now I am debating pontoon boat vs shanty boat. Could you tell me what kind of boat hull your shanty started with? Are they still available - "steel is real". Again love your channel and Wavey too.
Hi Allen, that's a cool story ;) real Huck Finn ;) pontoon boats are the easiest. A barge hull I'm aluminum if you can find it. Steel is heavy and probably not trailerable for that reason. I'd go big 26-32 foot tritoon with a cabin
Cannot hang with the modern women, very much of the Tom Leykis accurately described types are what is to choose from. Happy with my dog. Emotionally, mentally, finacially secure and happy. They had to re-title that book for these modern clowns: "Men are from Mars. Women are from Venus. All others are from Uranus."
“Make peace” with being alone in nature? Oh no, I pray for that! Happily married but I need the breaks from family. But if you’re looking for a way to involve a woman then invite her along for just a highlight. For instance I boated to Crystal River alone, fished alone. She came down stayed in the spa hotel there and we swam with the manatees together. Both had a great time. She had a great time flying back having drinks on the plane. I loved boating on to Cabbage Key, which I also recommend.
I can see your dating app ad right now: "Wanted: Good woman who can cook, clean, sew, dig worms and clean fish. Must like dogs and have good, late-model, 75-horsepower outboard motor. Reply: Brenton. P.S. send pic. of outboard motor." Don't worry man. I'm sure you're being stalked by some adventurous gal who'll even enjoy doing your video editing and posting your videos.
@@brentonsriversidehermitage I got stuck on the old two stroke Yamahas decades ago. Love them, although I do understand the appreciation for the 4 stroke EFIs. Also, you have to be very pleased with all this feedback. Great stuff, truly!
@bubbasinclair6514 those 2 strokes get up and go, they just eat a fella out of house and home long range. Light and fast ;) It's a blessing to have a small platform to talk to folks. Thank God I'm old enough now to abuse it. I see they opened up some of the bridge?
It seems to be the case. At the very least, they could try to be pleasant to be around? Not so much anymore. Just looking at evidence: they don't like us very much, though they do like what we can provide. Resources and attention. Still...I've met a handful that are fantastic. Very rare
Until I turned 36 I worked jobs after the Coast Guard that had decent vacation time and I traveled alone by motorcycle or boat all over the country and sometimes in the islands but I kept thinking it sure would be better if I had someone to share all the wonders that God had out there . On my 36 birthday I met a wonderful adventurer lady that was like minded she had 3 wonderful children that were such a blessing they treated me like I was their father and they encouraged us to enjoy life. We were inseparable up until she passed this January but things had changed she was so sick for years but still I would load us up and go camping,fishing, on cruises we looked like a traveling hospital towards the end even the day before she passed she was planning a camping trip although I knew she would never get to go I encouraged her.
We had plans for a shanty boat and were gathering materials because her true love was to be on the water I plan to continue on that mission and plan to take one of my grandsons or granddaughter with me for a couple of trips because she encouraged them to be like us. Do all that you can do to see this big beautiful world while you can because stuff happens and then it’s to late.
I'm sorry you lost your partner. To have and lose is in some ways worse. I'm glad you've got others to do it with. Good company is better than alone, bad company is terrible.
I wish I had had real parents growing up. Not one adventurous bone in their bodies. Also, I was merely an unfortunate obligation to them...that they often failed to fulfill. As a kid, I always dreamed of going camping or fishing out in the great outdoors. All I mostly got growing up was the ceaseless 9-5 grind of school and work. Today, I get out in nature with my wife, but it's a different experience than it would have been back then. My wife is addicted to her smartphone and work...so, even when out in the great outdoors, she's connected to the web. Guess you were lucky to have found an adventure-loving lady.
@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717 I hear you Gilded. I'm not happy with my upbringing either, buy I've learned to see it a little more clearly in recent years. Who one picks to have children with is the most important choice anyone ever makes in this life. At this stage of the game, it's better to not have children, until the reset happens...and it will.
@@brentonsriversidehermitage I think the Great Reset is happening as we type. Things will only get worse for the next couple of decades. The people have successfully been diverted into getting excited over non-solutions. Rump will be re-elected and he'll push through the rest of the 2030 agenda as his followers cheer him on...all while thinking they've "won."
@@brentonsriversidehermitage I tried to respond, but Karen Tube keeps censoring my responses. In short, I think Westerners are doomed for at least the next two decades. Currently, they are being tricked and guided into non-solutions...or actions that will ultimately have a negative overall effect.
I also am what society labels as a “loaner “ . I have lived aboard a self built boat for over 30 year ,and have gone on many solo voyages .
It seems to me that when another person is on board it automatically becomes about the relationship rather the the adventure
of the voyage . Pick one .
True, true. Sometimes a scooter ride, another adventure and/or a four legged companion helps leave those feeling behind. But it is up to you to go find them. Seldom come to you.
I had similar things happen like you have. When I was 18 a man in his 30's told me, (you have to be your own man before you can be anyone else's man) that has stayed with all these years and how valuable that advice has been for me. I think being our own man is an ongoing thing whether one likes it or not. Trust in the Lord first and foremost and then in yourself and it all comes together.
I'm a much more natural loner but I still felt that if I didn't find that partner I would be missing out on a big part of life. After enough bad relationships, I stopped looking and just became content with my own company. I'm more than 2 years into my nomadic journey traveling the country in my converted step van and Now I feel lucky to be alone. Women a pain in the ass (in my experience) and now I never have to worry about that ever again. Never being judged and doing exactly as I please is wonderful. Just my thoughts, enjoy your solo journey!
Sounds like we've had a similar journey. I gave up trying to find someone or worse, drag someone along.
I am at the same latitude as you, but on the Florida Gulf coast. Been a lifelong boater, now with a smaller 29' trawler (Prairie). "Lonely" discussion is heard and appreciated, as I am also a solo male, albeit older than you. The internet and books both help quite a lot. I read one to two books a week. Kindle is my best friend. Owning a boat can take up all your time, not only with traveling but also with always having to fix stuff and put new stuff in. With the boat and with reading and with RUclips and with podcasts I never get lonely anymore. Safe travels. You are heard and appreciated.
It sounds like we've found similar ways to fill our time. Are you the Prairie 29 owner we briefly saw each other recently?
Bail Out Another Thousand = BOAT. That's what they say...I don't know because I've never owned a boat. My social life consists of Y-tube and I tend to get by on that...but, then, again, I'm a loner by nature.
@@brentonsriversidehermitage That was not me. My Prairie 29 has not left the slip this year. Also, if you are ever again over on this coast near St. Pete, I have dockage behind my house, up a well protected canal. You are welcome any time. I even have a small dog about Wavey's size who would love some company.
@@bubbasinclair6514 thank you. I really like those Prairie 29s. Always have. Good sized trawlers for one or two people and a dog
Really valuable reflections, thanks for your honesty.
I used to spend quite a bit of time alone on my sailboat. I would get very lonely. Eventually, I learned to enjoy the solitude, and actually embrace it. Some folks can do that, others, not so much.
It's a 'revelation' when you finally realize you're your own best friend, isn't it? I loved bugging out on my sailboat just to get some "time out" from the madding horde. The only thing that would have made it better would have been to take a decent dog or cat along with me. I'm planning on doing this through much of this year's summer and Fall, but right now, my schooner's trapped about 5 miles upstream from the bridge that just got creamed in Baltimore, so the cruising ground is kind of limited.
@@yepiratesworkshop7997 that has to be so frustrating
It's also a skill to put your solitude to good use...and not to waste it. Spend your time doing beneficial things for yourself. Work on your mindset and outlook. Also, finish some personal projects.
On moving from place to place to escape the loneliness that follows you: I have noticed over the years that it takes me a fairly predictable length of time to settle in among the people in whatever place I'm living. After that time is reached, it just gets more and more settled, which is nice. But I definitely am familiar with the feeling that I just don't fit in, and that other people are having a lot more fun than I am. I agree that the answer is just to accept that you're a bit of an outsider and make your peace with it. It does make it more natural to be a traveler or tourist, talking with whomever you meet in whatever places you go. So there's that.
Very well explained. You definitely understand what I'm trying to explain here. I suppose there's always been outsiders.
The band "the Steel drivers" had a song a few years ago called "Lonely and being alone" explaining the difference between the two and one lyric says "lonely is only a bad place to be if you can't stand your own company". Sums it up well.
I think most people don't really like themselves and are insecure. So, they are forever trying to be in a crowd, stay busy and have a lot of distractions.
Very good, you created your own heaven and you have the Lord guiding you, God bless.
Great message,lots of wisdom here! I'm blessed to have a wonderful wife but throughput my life I've found you can still struggle with loneliness even though not alone. Maturity, getting to really know and understand myself and pursuing a closer personal relationship with Jesus has really helped my loneliness over the years. I talk with the Lord all the time, he's such a good good father and friend.
One can get lonely at times with your partner sitting 6’ from you too… it’s a human thing ❤
I'm similar. Used to believe I could only be happy with a particular woman. I was given a different gift. Freedom. Spent 4.5 mths alone this winter in the sun. Peaceful and easy. Kept in touch with a few pals online. Next year I plan for 6 months, with new adventures. Very blessed. Missed out on most of the usual gifts of life that most people want, but have been given different ones. A free man. That's why I like your channel.
Sage advice and wonderful depth of knowledge! Thank you for sharing. Wish I could have seen this video 20 years ago
I wish I knew it 20 years ago.
I can relate to everything you have said. I feel like you were talking to me !
I'm 73. I've had the mindset of being alone most of my life. I don't mind it. I like it. I was married twice, it didn't work out (other reasons).
If you look back on America's history and the world too I might add.
The explorers were men. Men were willing to live in hardship and danger. Go hungry. Take the cold/heat.
Settling down for a season because winter was closing in.
Or there was an abundance of food near and they needed time to healing and repair too.
I think us 'loners' need less. Sure it would be awesome to have a beautiful lady by our side.
Like you said there are not many who want our life style. One in a million, as the old saying goes.
Let's face it.
Men like adventure. Women like it stationary.
If you give up your wondering lifestyle. There will be an abundance of morsels to choose from.
If you want to keep cruising on a boat and you want a lady to go with you..
A vessel with more comfort, might, work, might.
You understand this thoroughly. Thank you for this comment
I appreciate you talking about struggles in life. I commend you for talking about your own struggles in life. We are all human and all of the emotions involved.
Thank you for that positive feedback. Wonder Hussy recently made a video where she's talking about her struggles, makes me love who all the more.
Your time spent in front of a camera is paying dividends. You have done the reps and as a long time viewer, I can't be happier to see your channel grow. Keep up with the 'push ups' and maybe we will pass on Gogebic this year. Your channels have legs.
Thank you for that valuable feedback. We definitely need to meet up in Superiorland this summer.
If you didn't have Wavy you'd have to have a Pet rock with a face painted on it..... Great video. Breaking "I should" isn't easy. Back in the 90's I road Freight trains, (rode alone) Where I was, Is where I was, I had to stay warm, get water look for part time work. When riding you don't have much choice to where you will be that night, You just had to deal with it as it came.
I'm a veteran and would stop at (A local VA hospital) and they could see my records of which hospitals I was getting treatments at. They would ask "What are you running from?" All these different hospitals. I would reply maybe I'm "Running too".....
Finding a partner of someone liking to be alone and self-reliant, How does that match up? Take some time to figure that out. You alone take your life in hand, You don't look for someone to bail you out. Sure it's nice when you get a ride to get gas and food, But you can do it on your own.
You will never stop wondering "What's around the next bend" Thanks for sharing.
I want to ride the rails. On my bucket list. More than just a week or two. A whole season. Hobo shoestring went missing recently. Not good. Life is so short, who doesn't want to look around a little. Waiting for someone to do it with wastes time.
Can’t tell you how much your truth is appreciated! So rare today!
Thanks for your true thoughts!
I'm your age. Like you, in younger years, I didn't want to be alone. I always needed noise and people. Now, I enjoy quiet and am OK with a very, very, small circle. I'm trying to get my husband to do the Great Loop! We have a pontoon and explore our Florida waters but he isn't convinced about the loop yet. :) We've been exploring Europe the last few months. I'm hoping we can do the Great Loop in the coming years.
It is interesting how we can tolerate being alone so much easier as we get older. We completly throw away the need for social acceptance and also start realising the cost in energy relationships cause.
Agreed. I'm amazed when I meet people who've had it from the start in a healthy way. Some kind of inner peace and understanding that allows them to accept the circumstances they're in. It's taken me a long long time...but better than never.
Me too, man!
Well said my friend. Completely agree. Happy Easter to you and Wavy.
Thank you. I enjoyed your video.
Thanks for appreciating it.
I'm a new Sub! Coming from the loop channel!
Howdy! Thank you! Lots more coming here and over there.
So true on all levels. I was needy in my younger years but after a few bad relationships i just gave up. Im 50 now and couldn't care less!! If something comes along then fine but im fine doing what i want when i want. Sometimes when im on an adventure or lil road trip i wish i had someone to share it with but that feeling quickly fades. I do need to find a lil four legged copilot tho lol. Truly great video Brenton! You and the beagle be safe!🇺🇲👍
I have been blessed to have married someone that has similar likes and it has been a good thing to share travels, fishing and camping among all the other things, both good and bad. Keep looking Friend your mate is still out there and its never too late. God will provide, if you ask.♥ In the mean time thanks for sharing your life and adventures with us.
happy easter ! enjoy yourself , your doing just fine
Relationships are overrated!
2 words for you... "Weird Science". LOL
I getcha. I'm practically a hermit myself. Good luck on your adventure.
Wow, hit the nail on the head! I have found that capturing the cool moments with video keeps the feeling of being alone - away. Thanks again for great insight.
This has to be one of the most disjointed and rambling vlogs I've ever seen, but with a great deal of honest, heartfelt truth expressed. Some people's nature is just that they prefer being by themselves and desire and require no social interaction with other people to meet their psychological needs. It's not that they're antisocial or have some kind of a psychological disorder ... they get along just fine with other people and they enjoy their peripheral and superficial interactions with other people, but they're not in need of any deep and lasting connections. It's just that they're "different". Every person is a unique creation by his/her maker and their uniqueness varies way across the spectrum. No one is just "average". I'm sorry it took so long and so many negative experiences for you to realize your nature was as a "loner" and that was where you were most "at home". I, too, am a "loner" and I make no excuses or apologies. It is what I am and it is how I prefer to live. I guess that you and I are just modern "Jeremiah Johnsons". Thank you for this post and this analysis, disjointed as it might have been ... it is quite revealing and instructive for those people who are still searching for their true nature.
Thank you! (I think) ;) I agree, loners get all sorts of "something wrong" leveled at them, when it's often (usually) not the case. I have a friend who literally needs nobody. I call him the most emotionally self sufficient person I've ever met.
I feel ya. I've been a loner all my life. Just get out there and do your thing. If someone wants to join ya, great, but don't waste your time waiting for that person. Go, live your life. You said it all very well. Thanks for sharing.
I listened back and wish I had emphasized that more. Don't wait for someone. Maybe you'll cross paths along the way.
Happy Easter Buddy!
Hope you have had a blessed Easter Brenton. And when you wake up easter morning check the nooks and cranny’s in the. shanty boat to see if the Bunny left you a soulmate
I read Men are from Mars etc. As a single, water lover growing up along the Gulf Coast, I have owned several boats. Men in my life were the ones who needed the creature comforts. People are more complicated than their gender sometimes suggests. Safe travels. I enjoy living vicariously thru your journey and it is inspiring me to get on the Delta near Mobile Bay. Earrings, lipstick and all. 😊
Good morning ;) I agree...but there is a definitive ratio of adventurous men and women. But there's a lot more to it of course...;)
And we are blessed to share with you your experience and thoughts along this journey. Thank you for your time.
It might just be me, but lonely for me usually means the time I have spent that day with the Lord has been compromised in some way. On another note, it wasn't until I was very comfortable and content 'hanging out' with the Lord that He one day spoke to me, 'I want you to take MY daughter out to coffee after church.' We have been together ever since those cups of coffee. She was very worth the wait.
Brenton I appreciate your videos. I appreciate you branching out on a subject like this to help and inspire others. I hope to do the loop one day. I actually live in Demopolis, Alabama. I hate I missed you when you came through. My walk with God has deepened in the past year. To add to your point of just going for things in life and being ok with them is being able to surrender to different things in life. Surrendering in a nut shell is being ok with an outcome and controlling what you can control and letting anything you can’t control not affect you. I have surrendered to Gods will more and it is amazing when you surrender and let things happen through him, how amazing and peaceful things can be. There are blessings all around us we just have to get out of our own way and be ready to receive them. I hope this makes sense and helps someone. Thanks again and keep the videos coming.
So well said. Much better than I'm able most of the time. I want to talk more about God with people, but unfortunately it's off putting to so many. I asked God to use me, and told me to be subtle and by example and not be self righteous or preachy, just hints to look into.
Happy Easter my friend
Great points and perspectives here, Brenton.
Thank you sir :)
My wife says you're right, about everything.
I've been married 21 years and have felt alone for the majority of it.
Robin Williams had a good quote about that.
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"I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is ending up with people who make you feel all alone."
-- Robin Williams, "World's Greatest Dad" (2009)
@@_onesimpleidea you got it. Robin Williams was a special man. Way too authentic and sensitive for holly-weird
Thanks for posting I always look forward to seeing you.
Here's my very brief take all you say I agree with on this subject that said please let me give my 2 cents worth.
I spent my entire life following the great American dream home family work and the big on ( SECURITY) and in my opinion that's the biggie.
I don't mean money at all costs but believe my friend the day will come when the mind is willing but the body iss unable.
I ha e friends who spent their entire life trying to avoid ha e to pay fir the future always assuming that tomorrow will take of its self.
Well it doesn't. I'm 81 just stopped working at by the way something I do love builder and even though I've had set backs still managed to enjoy life no I haven't gotten to do everything I wanted and know I won't get to.
I'm content knowing I contributed and won't be a burden.
Personal thing but here's the deal one way or another we pay.
You my friend I've said it before are bestowed with a gift intelligence and the gift of communication
If you haven't started forming your blue highways do so it will be your monetary salvation. Enough said I don't mean to preach.
I follow what you're saying. The problem with planning for the future financially in this stage of America is, they won't let us. They keep printing money like it's the end. Trillions. More dollars chasing less goods. This is what happens to a failed empire. Skills and simplicity is the way to survive what's coming. It's a post boomer world. It's hard for older people to see what's happening because they're part of the old system. You got on the elevator before it left the ground floor. The ladder has been pulled up. SS or large amounts of money isn't the answer anymore. If it was, I'd be doing that. Things are going to get really really ugly soon. I don't say that with any satisfaction, though I will say that it's unfortunately needed.
Brenton, I'm 61, in a relationship, and at times seem more lonely than when I lived alone....:(
But I have my relationship with God, and no, he doesn't fulfill my physical needs like a woman can, he does keep my perspective of what's important.
"Better to dwell in a corner of a housetop, Than in a house shared with a contentious woman." Proverbs 21:19
I know that proverb well ;) Thank you;)
Lonely, I'm Mr. Lonely wish I had..........Wavey is a good companion. Won't argue too much and always glad to see you. Ever listen to Coast to Coast? Pretty good vid Brent.
I use to listen to CtoC when Art Bell was the host. That was a long time ago? 90s? I have a handful of podcasts I listen to, and loads of good channels here on YT. And music;) a good dog is so important
Happy Easter!!!
Well said wise words . Happy easter and safe travels .
Relationships are to complicated these days . Its not worth the hassle
You got it. A good dog ;)
Wishing you a happy Easter 🐇 . You truly are blessed.. and I guess I'm that very rare gem. I've also been divorced for over 10 years and absolutely love being alone.. and I've cherished it . Just as I cherish good friendships. But I've had a weird problem my entire life, such as I can't go anywhere without someone being there. I've gone hiking out in the wilderness for miles and as my luck would have it, in the middle of nowhere come across a group of people, or they come across me within a matter of minutes no matter where I am. I think I could go to the Moon and within a couple minutes there would be other people there..lol
Every time I walk into an empty store, within 1 minute there will be a crowd in that store. It never fails.
It really sucks from my perspective because these are times when I want to be alone. And I've noticed in your videos that you've been lucky not to have people intrude on your peace . I would love that . And we would probably be perfect together if I was looking for someone to spend time with, but I'm not, plus I'm more than 10 years older than you are, but who knows, someday my attitude may change. And it's not really that I'm really a loner per se, and don't talk to people because when I worked at Walmart as a front end cashier, I was known to be a people person and could talk with anyone, which management didn't like and got me into trouble. But since I retired just before covid hit the country, my rheumatoid arthritis has put a damper on my normal physical activities at the moment, to the point it hurts to walk now. So anyways, 10 years ago you would have been a perfect match for me. And now I just enjoy watching your Adventure, which has been wonderful❤, so I'll be with you in spirit
I'm returning to this later at anchor...;)
Happy Easter back at you :) there's so much that can be said about this subject, and it's such an important one. Men and women are obviously designed to want and need each other (beyond procreation) but we're so different, that it seems finding a way to live on earth together has become a power struggle. Today, women are making men live on Venus (or maybe turning Earth into Venus?) I'm still working on my modified take on this :) women use to have to move to Mars to survive, but now that mostly men have created such a comfortable world, women no longer want us. This is more than my personal opinions, stats are baring this out. It would of course be great to get older and realize that companionship is where it's at, but the reality is most older women just decide to "be independent" and not need no man. A lot of men are headed overseas where the ladies still like us. I wonder how that would go over on my channel? Lol. Of course, how do I take Wavey with me? The more important question;)
@@brentonsriversidehermitageit all depends on the person, their personality and their history. Don't worry Brenton, there's still plenty of women looking for guys, and I'm sure you would be a good catch for the right woman . Men and women from different parts of the country have their own unique attitudes about the opposite sex and relationships.🥂
@@karaDee2363What a GREAT woman karenfyhr2363 is!
What boy didnt read Huck Finn and not want to raft the Mississippi, also read Blackbeard and want to be a Pirate. I can't see my wife doing this as she not a water person . I so wish in my 20's i had this type of information , i so remember reading Dove -Robin Lee Graham sailing around the world.
I also read Dove, and dozens of other sailing adventures. Huge impact. I think I was born looking over the horizon;)
On the other side of that I have no problem being alone from early life backpacking days and have a wife that will go in a second with me. I am 66 retired and ok but didn't plan well enough to purchase anything even close enough to try even part of what you have. I have 4 kayaks and a 20' i/o boat but cant afford the gas for the boat or paddle 6000 miles. Keep having fun.
Those I/Os...:( they don't make women like they use to...that's the problem.
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So far to me this maybe your best pontification yet. 👍
Thank you for that valuable feedback.
At 72 years old and currently unable to travel (wife of 50 years is terminal), I am living vicariously through you (and other nomads).
She said I had done 2 things right (not bad for a 50 year relationship!).
I married her & bought an RV.
We full-timed and traveled the US for 3 years until she got sick.
I don't plan anymore, just day by day. Grateful for whatever.
Thanks for your videos and all the work you put into them.
Great perspectives old man! Coming from an even older one!
Communication of almost any form helps with loneliness. People used to write letters and have pen 🖊️ pals for years. My wife has had a pen pal for around 40 years.
That's such a good point. I miss letters.
You just blew it! you will now be hounded by lonely girls!
I'm not worried, it occurred to me that women on average don't even like men ;) They like giga-Chads...which I'm not ;) I'm safe
You are a very well spoken person. Also many of us live our lives of adventure through you. Thank you!
Thank you for that valuable feedback.
I LOVE adventures.
Have been married, relationships, children. “Alone” now and quite comfortable with myself. Maturity. Life.
Will continue to adventure as long as I can. And yep, I’m female.
Thanks for sharing
It sounds like you're one of those rare ones :) one thing I notice is: the women here talk about how fine they are being alone, while there's a lot of men out there that would like to find a good woman. It's almost like when don't "need" us (or shift over to marrying the system in general in some way) they no longer want us. There was a study on lotto winners recently. When females won the lottery, they overwhelmingly divorced their husband's soon after. When males win the lottery, they typically married and/or had more children. Isn't that strange?? ;)
I agree that if you wait for the perfect time to go and see what the world has to offer, you will be sitting waiting and never going..
Or waiting for someone to join you, or retirement. Now is definitely the time my friend
Yep! I got married on tge rebound from adventure loneliness. But adventure, self love and the Big Fella won me over. Well done on the prognostication.
Drove a truck for 20 years ....alone in the cab is kinda the same thing .
AWESOME video, you it home several times with me . Thanks
I understand completely 💯 Brenton
Ahhh, the elusive Pioneer woman/Frontier Gal who would watch yer back and slap hot iron to yer bullet wounds, cook like a champ and warm yer bed like a pro! IMHO, i've found they have all been scalped. In this era, and this is just me, what is left is Tom Boys with an axe to grind or Bull Dykes! Either way, THEY want to wear the pants and won't even let you pick the colors! I salute you for carrying on the traditions of solitary sojurners! We both know there is so much more to be said but not on this format!
So well said and artistically stated. Jeremiah Johnson comes to mind. His love got scalped if I remember correctly. It's going to take a societal collapse to right the ship unfortunately
Absolutely great episode with a wonderful message. Thank you for all the hard work you do putting out your content.
P. S. When you finally make it up to Palm Coast, Florida (just above Daytona Beach on the ICW) there is a wonderful place to stop called Princess Place Preserve.
Thanks again and safe travels
I will look that spot up. Thank you.
Tough and deep subject. And to have this video come out on Easter.
So women like me are an oddity on your channel? Female over 60 widowed would love to do what you do!!
Used to fish all the time with hubby tent camping too. I’m not lonely at all but live alone.
Get rid of all the stuff and build a shanty. The water relaxes me soothes me.
This is good content on you backup channel.
From pool 4
Thanks buddy. Why not chat about things once I a while ;) men are undervalued in society today. I say go on strike until we're appreciated again.
Wow, very moving. Honestly as an adventurous female, I find it difficult to meet a partner who would be willing to leave "the comforts of home". I suppose I was lucky to have a father who loved exploring, and that spirit resides in me. The truth of loving yourself 1st, understanding & gaining knowledge, patience, and appreciating the beauty around us, absolutely crucial.
I've had this idea for a long time that we can only let others love us in exact proportion to how much we love ourselves. It's like a governor. There's more to it of course, but very related. If you're an adventurous female, you should have no problem finding a male counterpart
Yes. like a governor on an engine. Please expound (which you mentioned in that vid) Interested to hear the follow up. @@brentonsriversidehermitage Fair winds & calm seas. Bew well Brenton & Wavey.
Common Touch from the School of Hard Knocks. As stated previously, look forward to the book, will be a best seller.
Interesting.observatios. You are wayyy more hard core than u take credit for. Respect
The analysis of your viewers is right, I have thought about buying something like the Nomad but I want to have a plan B that involves real state and its tricky to get the right property.
A simple home base, and a boat to live on...all a fella needs really. Maybe a scooter? And beagle;)
Sorry we missed you in Sebastian as that's where we live. Safe travels to you both.
That little island out there with the lagoon. ;)
😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅 good luck finding one of those woman .
I have to bring the anchor with me. I mean WIFE! lol
Love your adventures! I am retiring soon and want to get busy and back on the river!
I built a raft with boards and construction debris ( either free, borrowed or pilfered) in 1968.
Down the Mississippi from hometown of Memphis. Unfortunately we were interrupted by Hurricane Camille. Camille was a big one and came right up the Mississippi. Shall we say abandoning raft in a Hurricane 300 miles down river from Memphis (middle of nowhere) was "interesting".
Now I am debating pontoon boat vs shanty boat. Could you tell me what kind of boat hull your shanty started with? Are they still available - "steel is real". Again love your channel and Wavey too.
Hi Allen, that's a cool story ;) real Huck Finn ;) pontoon boats are the easiest. A barge hull I'm aluminum if you can find it. Steel is heavy and probably not trailerable for that reason. I'd go big 26-32 foot tritoon with a cabin
All these people who are content being alone, myself included, makes me think that this is just another way that satan is dividing us.
3 words: mail order bride
They call them "Passport Bros" now ;)
By the way what episode are you on
over at BW & BR? I think the last one
I got notification on was 32? Kinda puzzling?
Ep:35 "Remembering the Forgotten Coast"
Cannot hang with the modern women, very much of the Tom Leykis accurately described types are what is to choose from. Happy with my dog. Emotionally, mentally, finacially secure and happy.
They had to re-title that book for these modern clowns: "Men are from Mars. Women are from Venus. All others are from Uranus."
I've wondered if I have any fellow MGTOW :) it's a "sheet show" these days. Black hole sun, won't you come..." ;)
I’m new to this Loop thing. Is a pontoon type vessel safe on the ocean parts of trip?
Hi Chuck, some folks would say it isn't, but a flat bottom boat built tight is very sea worthy, just slow and a rough ride in weather.
Not single. May wife camps, hikes and travels with me. Will not ride on a motorcycle. 🤷🏼
You're a blessed man ;) they made them well when you were shopping for one.
“Make peace” with being alone in nature? Oh no, I pray for that! Happily married but I need the breaks from family. But if you’re looking for a way to involve a woman then invite her along for just a highlight. For instance I boated to Crystal River alone, fished alone. She came down stayed in the spa hotel there and we swam with the manatees together. Both had a great time. She had a great time flying back having drinks on the plane. I loved boating on to Cabbage Key, which I also recommend.
I've heard Cabbage key is really nice. More than one person has brought that spot up.
it you have a dog you are not alone your bill
Wonder what a phscyco analist would say
Wavey? She stopped listening years ago ;)
I can see your dating app ad right now: "Wanted: Good woman who can cook, clean, sew, dig worms and clean fish. Must like dogs and have good, late-model, 75-horsepower outboard motor. Reply: Brenton. P.S. send pic. of outboard motor." Don't worry man. I'm sure you're being stalked by some adventurous gal who'll even enjoy doing your video editing and posting your videos.
That outboard better be a 4 stroke EFI...and it would help if she knows how to change the oil ;)
@@brentonsriversidehermitage I got stuck on the old two stroke Yamahas decades ago. Love them, although I do understand the appreciation for the 4 stroke EFIs. Also, you have to be very pleased with all this feedback. Great stuff, truly!
@bubbasinclair6514 those 2 strokes get up and go, they just eat a fella out of house and home long range. Light and fast ;) It's a blessing to have a small platform to talk to folks. Thank God I'm old enough now to abuse it. I see they opened up some of the bridge?
Theres only one way to please a woman ,,,,,, you cant
It seems to be the case. At the very least, they could try to be pleasant to be around? Not so much anymore. Just looking at evidence: they don't like us very much, though they do like what we can provide. Resources and attention. Still...I've met a handful that are fantastic. Very rare
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