New Zealand Family turned away from Yosemite National Park! (LIFE LONG DREAM OVER?)
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Remember to stop by Oak Creek Canyon and Sedona when you come to Arizona
RV need a reservation in most national parks. It so they can protect the land
However driving through is fine
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They say don't feed the wildlife because they will become dependent, same with beggars on the side of the roads. ❤❤
Videos like yours remind us as Americans just how impressive and unique our land really is. We all too often forget, and take it for granted.
I had the opportunity to live in Great Falls, MT for the summer and watching videos like this beforehand made me really slow down and appreciate the nature, especially when I went out on the weekends. Such a beautiful country!
been to a LOT of the national parks west of the Mississippi. after all that, cities don't impress me
"fill the boot" is something US fire departments do every year to raise money for MDA. It all began when a group of families affected by muscular dystrophy approached Boston Firefighters Local 718 to ask professional fire fighters to help fight muscular dystrophy.
Pretty sure most fire departments hold boot drives to pay the bills of the fire department. Most of the fire departments in the country are volunteer an funded by donations. The most common way to get those funding donations has been to stand at intersections holding a boot. Usually on a holiday weekend. Though the department I worked for did it on black Friday. Seen hundreds of them an this is the first time I have heard of it being done for something other than funding the fire department.
@@RebelCowboysRVsI’m in my 50’s and the fire fighters here have done it every year for the MDA all my life. Fire departments here are definitely not funded by fundraisers or donations etc. Tax dollars fund them and fund them very well. Definitely not volunteers either. They are highly trained professionals that are full time employees.
@@deadinindiana you live in a rare place in the US then. Less than 10 percent of the Fire departments in the US are full time paid departments. Not sure what the numbers are for public funding, but the ones around me only got a few hundred dollars a month of tax money outside of an election year with sales taxes on the ballot. I have been retired a while now though. The members the generation before me took out loans in their own names to buy trucks for the department.
Every Memorial Day, the firefighters do the MDA charity collection with boots on the corners of major intersections.
"As I was saying, before I got distracted by the ridiculous beauty..." absolutely sums up the emotion of traveling through Yosemite! 😊
Yosemite is one of those parks that turns people away all the time and you went the most busiest weekend.
Oh yay you got in.
The secret is to go early before the park opens and you can drive right in, gates are open 24/7
I did a drive across the US twice in my 20's. I'm now 50, and I'm re-living the journey through your family and it's wonderful. It's making me want to travel again. I used to have wanderlust when I was young, and traveled everywhere, never settling. Now, I'm ready to get out in the world again! Love watching your road-trip even more than your OG travels to the US. You are seeing our true beauty, roads, wildlife, and what we most love about being from this amazing country.
Loving your trip. Im 72 and you're taking me places I've never been and won't ever see in person. Im unable to travel. I love how your family loves our country. I can't wait for your next adventure.
Have been to Yosemite dozen times in my 60yrs. Never gets old, never will.
Love your videos and travels.
Can't wait for episode 5. Hopefully it won't be as long a wait. Thanks Sam (and family) for including us on your adventure. 100 stars.
It’s so awesome that people from another country are enjoying America
The "SPEED ENFORCED BY AIRCRAFT" signs are definitely real!
If you look on the right side of the road in areas where they are doing aerial traffic enforcement, there will be a white stripe perpendicular to the road and a second one a (I can’t remember how far) distance further down the road. A pilot can use those marks and a stopwatch to calculate your speed. If that speed passes the limit, the officer in that aircraft will contact an officer on the ground with a description of your vehicle, and you'll be pulled over later down the road.
The California Highway Patrol used to rely HEAVILY on this aircraft enforcement, but it's kind of fallen out of fashion, seeing as It wasn't very cost-effective compared to radar. It's still used in some parts of California and a lot of the more rural parts of the country.
It takes 60 sec to go 1 mile at 60 mph
Former LEO I can confirm. It's used in areas hard to cover. Desolate highways etc. The stripes are there for that purpose.
I live in central Ca and we ignore those signs. I have never heard of anyone being pulled over. We speed all the time..lol
Back in the 80's I was driving south out of Michigan into Ohio. No cell phones at that time, just CB radios. Once I got on the interstate in Ohio, I noticed up ahead in the sky a plane that looked like it was doing one long circle pattern. Once I crossed over a rise in the road, at the Eastern end of the circle. There were 7 cars standing by to pick up any speeders. If it wasn't for the CB radio I had, I may have been one of the fish caught in the net that day.
In Wisconsin we have stagard white lines down the middle of the road that the planes use.
america is blessed by natural beauty
Memorial Day isn't the start of Summer by the calendar but it's our cultural start of Summer, so everything that's at all recreational is packed.
Welcome to America! You can’t ever forget Yosemite, even if you wanted to lol.
I love Oakhurst. I used to have to go up there to work when I lived in Fresno. Your plan must have only been to go to Yosemite for 5 minutes if you were continuing on to Tahoe.
I have been pulled over by a plane. They clock you by how fast you travel between lines on the road and then radio down to a waiting cop car ahead of you. It's nit always in effect, it's really more of a scare tactic than anything.
P.S. you don't want a bear anywhere near you. There is a video playing on a loop in the Yosemite visitor center of a bear just tearing apart a car trying to get at the food inside it.
I don’t know who picked background music but you did a dang good job enjoy America . Home of the free and land of the brave
The opening music is HORRIBLE! Somebody so full of himself playing with his vocal track in a distorted echo chamber. Get real.
When I drove across the US, I took a detour to the Grand Canyon, and it not only took my breath away, it made me dizzy. SO, I completely understand your focus on the road instead of what is around you - because the beauty is EVERYWHERE.
there are white lines on the road that are spaced out in a way that air craft can track you and calculate your speed but if traffic is low odds are there is none just a scare tactic
Depends on the state... In Missouri they are religious about stopping speeders... And don't forget, Arkansas! They'll run ur a** off the road for taking too long to pull over!...
Colorado as well. Especially in the mountains. You will get a hefty ticket in the mail.
@@jacob45415Did you watch the video? They eventually got in at 4:00 pm after the reservation period was over
@@johng5710 I wasn’t to that point yet 😅😂
nice to hear that they got in.
Being the driver can be frustrating in places like Yosemite. The road is challenging enough to require your attention and the scenery demands it.
If you come back to California again go to Sequoia National Park instead. It's less known, equally beautiful and is home to the literal largest tree on earth
I second that! the trees are awesome!
When you go to Sequoia NP, I recommend the General Grant Tree and Moro Rock. These are the two places I take my visiting fiends and they love it!
Also pro tip... just buy Everything Bagels and then whatever toppings you like. Everything bagels are so much better than plain bagels and they are INCREDIBLE for breakfast sandwiches! 😊😊
they are the best
I HATE Everything bagels, but that’s just my wonkiness. I love Asiago bagels and Onion bagels. I think Everything bagels are the most popular, though. W/e. 😊
I love garlic bagels. Toasted. Yum!!
@@S.O.P.O.G. Asiago bagels are the bomb.
I make ham and turkey sandwiches with them. 😋
The speeding being checked by a plane in the air is definitely a real thing. My grandfather got pulled over by a cop in a squad car and he said you were speeding and my grandfather said I wasn’t speeding and the cop said yes you were we clocked you from the air . My grandfather then said but I wasn’t flying in the air 😂🤣. He got a ticket for speeding anyway. Lol
Your grandfather is my kind of people 😊
@@Deb-mi1qx He actually said to them “ I wasn’t driving in the God d@@n air”. I about died laughing 😂 especially when they gave him the ticket anyway 🤣🥴
I think it wasn't an airplane but a helicopter 😅.
I'm American and have never seen the footage of Yosemite like you guys have given us. Thank you. Stay safe.
Woooh!! I’ve been a life long resident of CA and have been to Yellowstone, and quite a few other national parks, but nothing took my breath away like Yosemite when I went 3 years ago!! As soon as we got into the park, it was one of the most incredible sights I have ever seen.
I haven’t traveled much so thank you for showing me my beautiful country! ❤.
As I watched your video, I kept thinking about the fact that this experience will be something that you all will remember for the rest of your lives, and with the videos, you will be able to relive the experience over and over!!
Living in the Bay Area I've been to Yosemite many times and I'm still blown away by the magnificence of it all. The huge rock face across the road where you stopped is called "El Capitan" which means "the Chief" in Spanish.
The huge boulders are leftovers from the many glaciers which carved the valley over the many ages. We never tire of visiting this magnificent park. Hope you can make it back. Did you travel over Tioga Road on the way to Lake Tahoe? Us395 is called the Eastern Sierra Scenic Byway.
Bravo! You all waited to go thru Yosemite; an adventure never to be forgotten. I was 7 years old when we entered the park. I held my breath for second as you came upon the very spot where you see the mighty rocks, amazing waterfalls & El Capitan! I didn't breathe then either. God's beauty! We had our 1st camping trip (of many many more!) there...tents on platforms. We secured our food, etc as directed & even a Park Ranger came around campsite at night to check for security. However, a little bear did get inro our tent. We froze. Thankfully, he was not impressed & didn't stay long. I am surprised that you didn't drive thru the huge & magnificent red wood trees! So happy for your adventures & bringing us along. Years later my husband, kids & I camped at Lake Tahoe! But that's another awesome adventure! 😊
I love what your family is doing, and I thank you for showing the places and people that make America unique. When you get to the Grand Canyon, I'd love to show you around.
They were already there lol…they’re already back at home in NZ
You guys as an Epic family should be a model for what Americans should treasure. So happy for everybody!
It gives me a lot of joy to see you guys experiencing our national parks - my grandparents were national park rangers (not at Yosemite) and I grew up seeing all these things, and I just love that your family got to do this. It's awesome.
HELL YEA. Great way to end my evening. Hope yall are well
Great editing. Took us all on the experience. One of the mind blowers about a place like Yosemite, is considering how high the water was to carve up that place for how many millions of years.
The production of these videos is great! The simple drone clips and B-roll with the quality music you pay to use really elevates the experience! So happy you all got to see Yosemite :)
I can't wait until you get to see the giant redwoods! Love that you guys are taking us along on your family trip. Safe and memorable journies our NZetter friends. We dub you honorary Americans because you are already so much in all of our hearts! ❤🇺🇸🇳🇿❤
Watching you and Denz having a catch was enough for me.
I was thinking this, too. The memories of the detours are often more precious than the original plans. It's always more the journey than the destination.
I love the sheer excitement you all showed while exploring this great country! 🇺🇸
I live in Fresno, California and have studied geology at California State University of Fresno so we have been to Yosemite many times.
To answer your questions about the rocks and boulders in Yosemite National Park the rocks are not volcanic, but were formed by magma cooling under the ground and brought to the surface by uplift. Erosion through water and glaciers have formed the deep canyons. Pieces of the rocks break off the cliffs in rockslides and form the massive boulders.
Too bad during Memorial Day weekend the pass thru Yosemite to eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains was closed and didn't open till June 10th this year. You would have had more time in Yosemite and been able to cut over the mountains and had a shorter drive to Lake Tahoe. The pass is the highest pass in the continental United States closes during the winter and most of spring because of snow. The drive is a nice scenic drive and have great views including the backside of Half Dome.
Just coming the Central Valley area of California there are 3 National Parks and several National Forest.
I got that same feeling driving through parts of Colorado. You just wanna look at all the beautiful sights but going through the continental divide your white knuckles with no guardrails and massive drop offs
I was remembering the white knuckles while riding on motorcycle the Rocky Mountains. Colorado is indeed a beauty that can only be experienced.
I'm absolutely thrilled that you got things worked out to post these! How fantastic our country is.
@YourNewZealandFamily Nadine, to avoid road sickness always focus on the road and scenery moving past, it calibrates your brain and body to balance the vehicle movement
I’m always so excited when you upload!!!!
Looking at your reactions and seeing your faces has had a smile plastered on my face for the entire duration of this video. I really feel blessed to come from a country that has so many of these natural places protected and set up and so many views like this and also so different from this that are awe inspiring.
New Zealand is such a beautiful country. i feel like you can't possibly be that impressed with America.
Thank you so much for sharing your family time with us! A bucket list item for me is definitely driving the whole of the west coast. I’ve done the east more times than I can count. Your footage makes me realize I need to get going that going soon! Love you all! ❤
I love how flexible you are and how you keep your attitude positive. I grew up in Montana and went to National Parks quite regularly. It could be challenging but well worth it. Having a good attitude and flexibility is so helpful!
Awesome views, awesome video! Loved every minute of it. Thanks for taking me along (virtually).
Wow! So beautiful there. Pennsylvania here, born and raised. I'm 55 years old and I've never been to Yosemite. I will get there some day. Love the video and you guys are awesome! Thank you and God bless you ❤.
I loved seeing your wonder and awe of Yosemite! Brought back memories of our trip there and all the feelings I felt seeing it for the first time. I am sitting here with a huge smile! Thanks!
New Zealand family if you see this post, always try to make a reservation on parks and hotels as well,good luck I always enjoy the videos.
Thank you. You are missed.
Love this RV road trip series.
So excited to see this trip through your eyes. I went there for the first time in 2022, we stayed at that resort (the restaurant was really good!) and it was nice sleeping right by the river with the window open. Best sound machine ever!
Beautiful, yall are seeing more than I have and I'm 52. Beautiful family and videos of the landscape. Thx for sharing!
Lake Tahoe and Yosemite will forever be my favorite places in America it's an amazing outdoor experience.
Ooo the Merced River is VERY full. It's usually about half as full. The waterfalls are amazing when it's that full. Bridalveil Falls is the first & Upper Yosemite Falls is the second in the valley when you got out of the RV. Also California bears are pretty mellow. Little punks breaking into cars sometimes but I'd put them around kangaroos for danger 🐻 🐻 😊 For anyone wanting to stay in Yosemite NP, make reservations 6 months before for inside or just outside the park. Also the 395 from Southern California to Mono lake, then the 120 over the Sierras is amazing! Good luck!
Loving your videos! I live in California, Yosemite is fantastic! I cannot believe you drove over Ebbits pass in a RV! I drive it in a mid aize car and it scares the bejesus out of me!
Some of these comments are touching. Your fans are great!
I love how the kids are appreciating and delighting in the sights and the nature!!!
You mention the sheer size when at the bottom of the valley.. it looks huge when you are down in the valley, but after driving for a couple hours you find yourself on a high ridge looking down at the valley and realize those waterfalls and clifs are a very small piece at the bottom of a much larger mountian, that part was very humbling when i saw that from above because it is just so massive and you dont realize that when you are in the valley. Also you are missing out on so much, for example could have walked all the way up to the waterfall it looks 100x bigger up close. And there is an old hotel further back in the valley, from there you can walk behind it to a peaceful river with the most amazing views. Yosemite is truly an amazing place and I encourage everyone to see it at least once in your life it is pure natural beauty and words and truly not share just how awesome it is
It is so awesome to watch your family enjoy what is America. I have been in 38 of the fifty states and I have driven all of it. No matter the state or locations, the beauty of America is always breathtaking. I have been through Yosemite on several occasions on several different routes and trips and it never gets old. You think to yourself how can it get more grand and then you are driving through the Rockies in Colorado and you are even more amazed. I agree with you, how does the human mind see so much and yet you are able to take in even more. I thank you for your videos of your exploits. They are so heartwarming and touching. Have a great adventure in these grand ole United States...
So sorry you guys didn't get to stay in Yosemite and enjoy it. We went last year for a week, and would have to say that it was the most breathtaking park in America I've been to.
Nothing like playing catch with your dad. That’s good memories being made.
Yosemite is in California. May Gray happens primarily close to the coast and burns off around noon. Glad you got to see Yosemite. ❤
I’m so happy you get to do this with your children. Core memories being made!
Aww I can see you were bummed about Yosemite. I once drove 5 hours to lake Tahoe but the entire town was shut down due to a fire. Real bummer but I'm glad it worked out in the end for you, at least you got to continue your trip.
Absolutely LOVE THIS FAMILY!!
Much love from Bakersfield CA, USA!
the problem with state and federal parks especially the big ones is in the summer and holidays they are going to be packed and likely sold out
I wish you could have seen the great sequoias.. not that far from there, it is truly an amazing thing to see. Even calaveras has some giant sequoia and its not that far from yosemite. Sequoia national park is a must see.. there are 2 different groves that are mind blowing. I hope you get to see those.
As a Canadian, I’m loving how much you guys are saying “eh?” now 🙂
I just received notification of this video. 9/19/24 in the US in the late p.m.
Awesome!!
@yournewzealandfamily if you get the chance, you should come to the upper Pennisula of Michigan it's a lovely place to live(just leave before winter or you'll freeze it gets extremely cold amd we get lots of snow)
I think they’ve been home for months now.
@@kitespongan oh I see well if they return then I will be ready
The melting snowpack is what's feeding the river rapids via all of the waterfalls. It's a shame you basically missed seeing a lot of the park since you couldn't drive through until late in the afternoon. Beautiful video! ❤
So glad you got into the park! Many, many years ago I worked/lived in Yosemite NP. It's my favorite park! I also did some rock climbing near El Capitan. FYI: Yosemite vallley was created by glaciers. The rock is granite. My second favorite Park is Olympic NP in Washington State. I hope you love Tahoe as well beacause it is also awsome!
This has been my favorite video you guys have EVER uploaded, so cool watching you witness our beautiful country and be so amazed at it!! Can't wait for more episodes ❤❤😊😊😊
Beautiful scenery! Am enjoying these videos 😊
That big cliff face you saw, was El Capitan, the cliff that Alex Hannold free solo’d.
I've pulled into a parking lot in Yosemite in the middle of the night and saw cars with the doors peeled open like a huge can opener had been used on it. Bears are plentiful in Yosemite
Coming from flat/hot/dry central TX, my mind is blown by waterfalls! You should see the ones in Upstate NY and the NY Adirondacks. Not quite as high as the one you saw in Yosemite, but there are hundreds of them, and some are very impressive. All of them are beautiful. BTW, all of those rivers you crossed have lots of trout in them, as do the rivers in the Adirondacks. Glad y'all had a good time. Watch out for that twilight driving. Deer/elk/moose/bear are very active then, and hitting one will mess up your whole day.
I have loved all the Parks in California but I'm biased I grew up only 50 miles from Rocky Mountian National Park and fished, hunted, hiked, and camped in and around the park for over 20 years with many trips to Yellowstone National Park.
The military that patrolled the west coast, especially the northwest were warned that Sasquatch was one of the large dangerous animals in the area along with black bears and probably now wild boars. Snakes are also something to be aware of in that area. Be safe and have fun, you guys are in God's country.
Love that you guys went to Tahoe. That's my home town. It really is beautiful. The snow in Tahoe lasts past May most years. There are bears all around Tahoe. I'm glad you got to see sone of the mountain beauty and have tine to enjoy it a bit.
To answer your question, Yosemite Park is the result of _several_ volcanic eruptions. About every eight hundred thousand years, the massive volcano under Yosemite erupts and redraws the surface of what are now several states. It's only been around 600,000 years since the last one so we probably have plenty of time until the next one.
(There is a cheesy BBC disaster TV movie called "Supervolcano" about it.)
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@@mickyo7171 I did 😁
in winter that pass often has 25 feet of snow
Yosemite 1997, went there with my mother. Part of a package deal. We sat down to lunch in this enormous room, ordered our meal and before the food arrived, the waiter and restaurant manager tried to tell us that our lunch was not comped. Like hell it wasn't. We pulled out documentation and they were forced to retreat, then a 5.2 quake hit. Actually felt the floor rise, then drop. My mom called it "a volcanic burp." I then came to the realization that it was possible, but not likely, to have an eruption right then and there. Scared the crap out of me.
I have been watching your videos forever... one thing you probably know is that while our country is absolutely beautiful, just about every American dreams of going to NZL.
In the early 80's my sister came down with their camper and the kids. They were coming to have Thanksgiving and bringing me up to BC. On the way I noticed this car not slowing down while approaching the intersection we were approaching. The kids where too busy being kids as I screamed hang on! Then pointed to the car "He's not stopping!" Sister had to slam on the breaks and luckily we didn't crash, but as she did so all the kids came forward. Luckily I had calculated for this and used my arm as a 'break' of sorts supporting it against my sisters seat; this prevented two of the kids from hitting the console or windshield. You're youngen's lol Are old enough so that just knowing it's a possibility will hopefully keep them safe. Looks like they have some seatbelts on but 'an extra pair of eyes on the road' only helps! Love ya guys!
Oh wow. Yes thank you guys for sharing. It’s beautiful.
Thank you for bringing us along with you guys, on your journey of our beautiful country. ❤
Great video! Superb editing. Sooooo glad you got to see Yosemite. It is other-worldly for sure.
Memorial weekend is a highly road traveled weekend. We have to make reservations for some of the spots we camp at least a year out. Kids are going back to school shortly after so everyone wants to take that family vacation when the weather is still great. I do miss Tahoe, we did that one a lot, its so beautiful there and cant wait till you see that.
Labor Day?
Yosemite is officially on my bucket list now ❤so thank you for showing me what I have been missing 😊
Love seeing the continued journey across the country. Definitely will be excited to see a part 2 of the family exploring a different part of the country next time!
I was so engrossed in watching the drive that it came as a complete shock when it ended. You could turn all of this into a movie.
The aircraft are used as "eyes in the sky" when chasing speeders. They help the ground vehicles keep track of the speeding vehicles, even when they go off road or make a turn not seen from the ground.
Whoseever in charge of the music for this video is doing a great job. It really suits the vibes of the video!!
I was sorry you weren't actually able to get into yosemite park. If and when you come back, try to do it during the off tourist season. Especially try to avoid the major holidays.
"Not a cloud in the sky."
Cloud on the right side of the shot: "Hey!"
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Even seeing it with your own eyes , it doesn't seem real. So glad you guys got to experience the beautiful parts of America
Another awesome episode! I am so glad you got your RUclips troubles fixed and can continue. Losing your channel would have left a fairly large hole. God bless!