“I only have one volume” she is so dang cute! Y’all should try camping with a military dad. Your tent is a rope and a tarp. You learn how to start a fire just by staring long enough at the wood. Good times though, wouldn’t trade it for anything! lol
@@Appalachianasshole41 well not if youre in the Air Force or Navy. Soldiers make fires. We do a lot of bivouac and survival stuff, especially light infantry. I was 10th Mountain. We do all of that...except in winter...with 12 feet of snow.
BTW I don't think your neighbor character gets enough credit for how amazing she is! Please tell her she is everything. These vids with her and Kim are my favorite!! (and the Rona vids - those were seriously amazing)
This made me miss camping so much! Am also a tent camper, and I generally try to avoid camping in places where there are lots of RVs, but dang, the RV campers always seem so sweet. After a bad storm one night, a guy came over from his RV and brought me coffee and a plate of breakfast and I was so shocked. Am a major loner, not used to interacting with nice people, it had me smiling for like three days straight ❤
"...a microwave, an oven, a freezer, a sink, a garbage disposal, a dishwasher, a beer fridge and a wine cellar. But you know, it's not really that fancy." Oh, yeah. They're totally roughing it out. Ah, nature! 😄
1st of its a tag along so highly doubt it has a dishwasher, wine cellar, beer fridge. And I've never heard of one having a garbage disposal. Other then that funny, funny, funny!
I have never heard of this particular delicacy... and am having a failure of imagination to reconcile how this gets eaten with a burger 🤦.... although some of the possible images are pretty funny 🤣😂
And on Eastern Shore of Maryland! Although there is an ongoing debate if this dish is a side or a dessert! In my book it’s forever a side at cookouts and holidays!!
For those not from the midwest; it's not salad like at all. It's a cream cheese and jello based dessert with a pretzel crust that is scooped onto your plate along with all the other potluck food. It is occasionally eaten off it's own plate, but only if you don't have enough space and must resort to using a second plate as a dessert plate.
LOVE your neighbors character!! She NAILS that accent & she is so adorable doing it!! Yall remind me of a Southern/Northern modern day Lucy & Ethel, Ricky & (invisible) Fred! I just wish it was like a 20 minute episode of yall 4 characters because yall are so hilarious that 5 minutes just isn't enough!! Thank you so much for sharing clean, fun humor here on RUclips! You all & "Dude Dad" are the best channels! It's greatly needed in today's world!
We call it glamping when we are camping in our rv. We used to love to camp with our boys but hated camp potties. When we adopted our girls we switched to an Rv because one of them has to take to injections daily that have to be kept refrigerated. Can’t do that in a tent and wanted the girls to still experience the outdoors. We’ve taken our RV so many more places than we ever camped and actually leave the state for two week trip adventures each year now. I think glamping still counts. 🤗
We can't camp on the ground anymore. So we got a camper but we had one before for hubs work and it was not "glamping". You still just got as dirty it felt like because the shower doesn't feel as clean as home does lol.
I would counter the claim you can't manage refrigeration while tent camping with years of managing it with a mini fridge for meds more than 15 years ago. You need an electrical hookup, so it's not camping in the sticks, but you can definitely still be in a tent and have space.
@@KatieCottingham very true indeed and I’m very glad that worked so well for your family. In our case, my daughter also can’t regulate her body temp. If we are in temps over 80 degrees she starts to overheat (she can’t sweat and she can’t run a temperature when she is sick either). We adopted our kiddos and this little angel survived severe abuse and is a miracle to be alive having survived broken arms, legs, ribs and a severe brain bleed all as a 4 lb infant. Amidst other issues, the brain bleed destroyed her endocrine system. We aren’t sure her life expectancy because she has already outlived the odds twice, so we make every accommodation we can to make sure she has as “normal” a life as possible considering her rough start. If that means RV so that she can see national parks and experience and see historic places first hand, then we will pay for one and take that adventure with her! 😀
Your glamping only counts because of your daughter's health needs. The rest of you have no excuse. LoL 😁 JK. My ex and I took our kids camping for two weeks one year with only two tarps, sleeping bags, lighter and matches, Leatherman multi tool, fruits and veggies, drinking water, and fishing poles. Oh, and smores of course we had to bring smores. It is still one of my favorite memories with my kids.
Being from Michigan, I LOVE your neighbor! My husband and I were tent campers in our younger days, then just rented cabins at campgrounds for awhile, and now we have a travel trailer. Nothing beats having your own bathroom, AC, and a nice mattress to sleep on!
We Michiganders should sing them our State camping song; 🎵Accordion intro 🎶 _I woke up in da wood shed wit' tree tousand empty beers. Came lookin' fer a cold one and I musta' passed out here..._
*LOL* "I just have one volume..." Oh, I love her soooo! But as a camping-neighbor... gosh! Just the noise of the TV would bring me to tears and mourning!
Being from Michigan I laughed at this the entire time because we know how to camp like nobody’s business and it was also funny that I understood everything your neighbor was talking about because she sounds like she’s from the Upper Peninsula 😂
Yep, I’m from MI too, so cute, I wish my husband had a dingy 🤣. I just bring my cast iron skillet and make everything over the fire or lil gas stove if we’re being fancy.
Always used a tent til recently. He decided that at 46 his back wasn't having sleeping on the ground anymore. And the last time we tent camped we had an awesome site, right on the water, on a lake connected to the Chesapeake Bay. BEAUTIFUL! Until a storm came in at night and I was worried we were going to blow into the water. So now we have an awesome tiny retro camper. :)
Ok we tent camp. 8 person tent for 2 people, tarp for ground cloth, Cots with cushions, summer bags or winter bags for sleeping, fan/heater, small folding table, 2 chairs inside for putting on shoes, adapter for extension cords, camp kitchen and a canopy. That's been our set-up for years now but as I get older and my disability becomes more pronounced...we're investigating campers.
Fair enough. I think camping in an RV is perfectly acceptable, especially if one or both of you have medical conditions. Personally, I've camped on the ground in a tent years ago but it was so uncomfortable that I just couldn't see doing that now with my back problems. Lol I'd be incapacitated pretty quickly!
I used to sleep under the stars (no tent) in Montana when I was younger and wake up with frost on the ground next to my sleeping bag. I've since upgraded to a memory foam mattress in the back of my Chevy.
We tent camp in a similar fashion - 6 person tent for 2 people, an elevated queen air bed with our normal bedding on it, a fan and lights, a nice camp kitchen, etc. It's definitely more like glamping than camping but we're still looking at getting a camper in a couple of years because it takes so much time to set up/break down everything.
Go for the RV. I retired from tent camping a couple years ago...interestingly enough to the same model of camper in this video. No regrets, now I can actually get up out of bed and enjoy day hikes etc:)
Your neighbor is a delight. I lived in WI and get warm fuzzy memories whenever she talks...aaaaand then pick up my Midwestern accent. But we love camping and YES our five person family needs a 10 person tent (complete with double high air mattresses). We camp in Northern California and have seen bears and it's equal parts incredible and terrifying. When they say "use the bear locker", USE THE BEAR LOCKER.
@@sarah-phillips Cool! I'm from Cudahy and then Waukesha. I still have family in the Oak Creek, Greenfield and Greendale areas. Also, a cousin up north! She and her husband live up in Hazelhurst.
Ha, I just love her. We also keep extra tents in our camper and eat strawberry pretzel salad. And have had arguments over what Tool Time is really called. 'Rip some lips' is a new one to me though!
@@theholdernessfamily We keep them for when our kids or family join us. Lots of room to do stuff and the trailer is great but not a lot of extra ‘comfortable’ sleeping space. This works perfectly.
When shopping for a tent, if you want comfort, multiply the number in your group by two, and get that number person tent. The tent ratings are selected for packing people in like sardines.
I have 3 tents and a light weight tarp. 2 man for easy backpacking, tarp for extended. 3 man 4 season (lower 48) tent and then when luxury counts an 8 man with retractable roof for star gazing and is big enough for a queen size mattress plus table for your lamp. 🤪
Don't ever bring it down (the volume)! I love you both so much. I'm a transplant from Michigan to Western NC. Can you do one about how Midwesterners interrupt, normal conversion and Southerners find it rude?! It's just how we do it.
Camping when I was younger vs how I camp now because I'm too rickety to sleep on the ground anymore. I mean, unless you just want to leave me there as bear food.
Same! I can still camp that way but my camper makes it so much more enjoyable because no one has to call in a crane to get me off the ground in the morning.
Right? I'm only in my early 30's but with crushed disks in my back and other stuff, sleeping on the ground isn't really an option. Unless I just want to not be able to get up the next morning.
Haha sausage and perogies. And from someone who used to tent camp.. with babies...upgrading to a trailer is 👌. We love our dingies and perogies up here in Canada 🇨🇦
As someone who grew up camping, unless you know how to avoid dealing with bears just get an RV 😂 my husband got to have his own tent when he was a little kid (by his request), and being a little kid he snuck snacks in… yeah, a bear came into his tent in the middle of the night and his mom just had to watch for fear of aggravating the beast who was just snarfing around for the granola bars. He didn’t even wake up, but his tent was destroyed and his mom bought an RV after that.
Nothing like tent camping and walking by myself in the dark, way down the road to the bathroom at 2am. Now we are travel trailer people. I have my own bathroom that I know it is clean and there is plenty of toilet paper.
I was able to handle it fine until we adopted our daughter. When a 5 year old wakes you up in the middle of the night and it is raining- camping isn’t as fun.
@@kittyhissesanddoggiekisses I guess I could have said that better. I agree that parents absolutely need to support their scout. Especially when it's Eagle project time. Perhaps it's that I've met too many "Eagles" over the years whose parents (usually Mom) did most of the merit badge work, and couldn't even remember what their project was.
That tent looks like it’s a 60 year old design. 😂 Interestingly, mounting your food in a tree is no longer permitted in many places. The bears have learned to climb. So you’re required in many places to have a bear barrel. Though most designated campgrounds just offer bear lockers.
I think the issue is that it's hard to hang a bear bag properly. I am pretty sure the bears are just like "oh hey it's a snack and all I have to do is climb up there and reach over a bit". I only have experience hiking in black bear country (and would like to keep it that way, no grizzlies or polar bears for me please!)
@@marcw6875 yes, that’s true, but in California we have such a population of bears who taught each other how to knock down bags that the bag method is banned by the Park Service and Forest Service. The bears have learned that they can’t access the barrels, so if you put your stuff in a barrel outside of camp you’re much more likely to have food in the morning.
The ash cashes got me.. I was stumped for a minute and then I realized she meant OshKosh’s…😂🤣 My stepdad is from Michigan and if they ever mention their khakis they are referring to their car keys…😆
I LOVE these girls! And the T-shirt...so true! I'm from Michigan; my family had a place "Up North" in East Tawas right on Lake Huron: salt free; shark free. ❤️ I love camping, too...in a small self-contained RV. No bathroom; no go (no pun intended ha!).
I'm from the Midwest and I have come to realize that the reason we go "Glamping" is because it's the only good thing to do for vacation without long travel or spending 💲💲💲. We got sick of always roughing it. 😂
One of my favorite camping memories was watching my husband, in his boxer shorts, chasing a bear around the campsite at midnight while yelling and flailing his arms. He couldn't use pots and pans because they were in the bear box that this bear was rummaging through.. She eventually went someplace quieter.
OMG this made me giggle. Hubby wanted to tent camp and I wanted a toilet - we bought a pop up camper. We camped the wheels off that little camper and loved it then got a bug up our butt for an RV. Went from a pop - up to a 32ft C-class and made a ton of family memories. But we will never forget when raccoons took off with our spaghetti dinner. Thankfully we were finished eating and was trying to clean up when the bandits struck. 🙂
When tent buying, divide the amount of people the tent says it holds by two. I have a four person tent that is either for me and one of my dogs or me and my boyfriend. We take the eight person tent if both dogs come with us, guests get the little tent. 😁
We have a 4 person tent that just fits my husband and I, our 4yo and our 1yo. Would not want to try to squeeze 4 adults in there, or even us with slightly larger children.
@@theholdernessfamily This question has me up at night and it's gonna kill me that you don't know! Where's the woman playing the neighbor from then? The details are so good but I can't 100% peg which of the upper midwest states she's from/supposed to be from. I'm rooting for Wisconsin since that's my home state!!
They always lie when they try to sell you a tent. Whatever number they say, it always fits 2 to 3 less people in reality. I love tent camping and the smell of the fresh air in the morning. Come on up to Michigan to camp next time. We have a beautiful state with tons of lakes and beaches and things to do. Have a great day Holderness family! Blessings-Judith 🎵🎭
@@michelleleonard2421 I never knew we had an accent here in Michigan until I moved to NYC in my younger days. My sister moved to Missouri and people there comment on her accent. She never knew she had one either til she moved to MIssouri.
Camping is in tents! We would stay in my aunt and uncle's camper when we visited them in Texas because of the problems with critters on their ranch but any other time we were pitching tents. My sisters and I learned how to get a ground cover down and a tent up in the rain, in the dark, in less than 30 minutes on one adventure. We tent camped our way across the US damn near and had a great time, despite the typical complaints and fights you'd expect of three girls. Central Illinois to Niagara Falls, next year to Washington DC, the following to Yellowstone. We did sleep in the car our first night in Yellowstone then ended up in a cabin because our parents pitched their tent and had parts stolen in the night by other campers - kinda put a damper on that section. Plus the wolves were heavy in the area and pretty though they were, we all decided they were prettier from behind a window. I'd love to do a camp across America trip, but campgrounds are expensive and gone are the KOAs where you can stop last minute. 😣🥺
🤣🤣🤣 This neighbor is hilarious. I love camping but no tents for me. We have a pop up camper & we love it. Not quite glamping but not roughing it either.
I am a Wisconsinite, my sister has only volume and it is loud. My large extended family would go 'camping' at least once a year together, at a campsite that had indoor bathrooms and showers. A few had campers, but every single tent had electricity. I clarify with people what type of camping they are talking about because of this.
I am Canadian and every time your neighbors is in one of your videos I always get an extra laugh , she sounds Canadian , especially her Steve with Eh? Great fun , hope all is well.
We tent camped when our boys were young. My 50 year old body can't hang anymore. My husband and I have recently discovered SUV camping and it's much better. We have foam padding and stretch out in the back of our Explorer. Even if it rains, we stay cozy and safe locked inside.
I'm feeling attacked! RV camping is for everybody! Great outdoors and you get to sleep on a real mattress. And when it snows, you have somewhere warm to go.
Yup! As kids we learned from the get-go NOTHING food related was brought NEAR the sleeping arrangements! And when the fire went out for the night, everything got locked in the station wagon. JUST in case!
I saw one this past weekend camping while trail running (Tahoe) and I calmed myself as I backed away slowly by telling myself that our bears are just nuisance bears and not Montana grizzlies that will drag you from your tent and eat you.
RVing is very different from tent camping, lol. I love the videos with Midwestern neighbor. The comic timing is hilarious. 😂 Also, lol on the '4 person' tent. I always subtract 2 from any number they assign to tent capacity. I had a four person tent for just me and my stuff once and I maybe would have had one other person in there with me at most. Honestly, Midwestern neighbor has spare tents and bear spray. She seemed better prepared.
I'm from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Most of my friends use tents. I get how you want to make the north and south seem different, but the whole RV/tent thing is more about income than it is regional culture. It's true that we're super prepared, because we grew up having to be as outdoors people. Love the stabbin' cabin reference.
Your friend nails that character, and she's super likable. She should start her own channel. I'd watch her.
WHO is she????? We must find her. 😂
Me too!!
She is their producer
@@Tmarieathome I don't think she has her own channel but her name is Ann Marie taepke
@@Christinamariamuller I don't think she has her own channel but her name is Ann Marie taepke
“I only have one volume” she is so dang cute! Y’all should try camping with a military dad. Your tent is a rope and a tarp. You learn how to start a fire just by staring long enough at the wood. Good times though, wouldn’t trade it for anything! lol
That’s the kind of camping I want to get into! We still use a regular tent
😄😄😄
Omg yes, my dad is in the Marines and he would take me and my brother camping all the time.
Military isn't teaching primitive fire making techniques. At best you get a demonstration and quick class not enough time to actually develop a skill.
@@Appalachianasshole41 well not if youre in the Air Force or Navy. Soldiers make fires. We do a lot of bivouac and survival stuff, especially light infantry. I was 10th Mountain. We do all of that...except in winter...with 12 feet of snow.
I love when your neighbor guest stars - LOL!
Me too!
YES!!!
Totally
Cannot get enough of that neighbor!!!
I'd feed her to the bears lol
BTW I don't think your neighbor character gets enough credit for how amazing she is! Please tell her she is everything. These vids with her and Kim are my favorite!! (and the Rona vids - those were seriously amazing)
I laugh myself hoarse at the videos of Kim and Midwestern Neighbor. And I laugh myself hoarse at Rona too.
😂
This made me miss camping so much! Am also a tent camper, and I generally try to avoid camping in places where there are lots of RVs, but dang, the RV campers always seem so sweet. After a bad storm one night, a guy came over from his RV and brought me coffee and a plate of breakfast and I was so shocked. Am a major loner, not used to interacting with nice people, it had me smiling for like three days straight ❤
-“Try that a little bit quieter”
Proceeds to do it exactly the same 😂
-“I only have one volume!”
LOL 😆
This reminded me of my daughter in law! She is from Michigan and that girl has two volumes off or loud! LOL
do she come with volume control?
“I do not need to know about Steve’s Dinghy” 💀💀💀💀💀 I’m dead
BAHAHAHA
I don't know how that could have been misunderstood. Sure, I've got a dirty mind, but this was so clear!
I nearly spit out my drink.
"...a microwave, an oven, a freezer, a sink, a garbage disposal, a dishwasher, a beer fridge and a wine cellar. But you know, it's not really that fancy." Oh, yeah. They're totally roughing it out. Ah, nature! 😄
1st of its a tag along so highly doubt it has a dishwasher, wine cellar, beer fridge. And I've never heard of one having a garbage disposal. Other then that funny, funny, funny!
Only missing a hot tub & sauna.🤣
The MOST important thing for a gal is the potty!!!!! You forgot to mention the potty!!!!
The wine cellar is what got me! 🤣
@@hcamper51 omg yesss!!
The episodes with the Midwestern neighbors are the very best ones.
Strawberry pretzel salad... the desert that's called a salad and eaten as a side dish to burgers at cook outs across the midwest! YUM!
I have never heard of this particular delicacy... and am having a failure of imagination to reconcile how this gets eaten with a burger 🤦.... although some of the possible images are pretty funny 🤣😂
And on Eastern Shore of Maryland! Although there is an ongoing debate if this dish is a side or a dessert! In my book it’s forever a side at cookouts and holidays!!
Man it's the BEST! We eat it here in the PNW too 😁
For those not from the midwest; it's not salad like at all. It's a cream cheese and jello based dessert with a pretzel crust that is scooped onto your plate along with all the other potluck food. It is occasionally eaten off it's own plate, but only if you don't have enough space and must resort to using a second plate as a dessert plate.
Ohioan here: I make this for every family gathering. And I use it for BOTH side dishes and dessert. 😂
LOVE your neighbors character!! She NAILS that accent & she is so adorable doing it!! Yall remind me of a Southern/Northern modern day Lucy & Ethel, Ricky & (invisible) Fred!
I just wish it was like a 20 minute episode of yall 4 characters because yall are so hilarious that 5 minutes just isn't enough!! Thank you so much for sharing clean, fun humor here on RUclips! You all & "Dude Dad" are the best channels! It's greatly needed in today's world!
We call it glamping when we are camping in our rv. We used to love to camp with our boys but hated camp potties. When we adopted our girls we switched to an Rv because one of them has to take to injections daily that have to be kept refrigerated. Can’t do that in a tent and wanted the girls to still experience the outdoors. We’ve taken our RV so many more places than we ever camped and actually leave the state for two week trip adventures each year now. I think glamping still counts. 🤗
We can't camp on the ground anymore. So we got a camper but we had one before for hubs work and it was not "glamping". You still just got as dirty it felt like because the shower doesn't feel as clean as home does lol.
I would counter the claim you can't manage refrigeration while tent camping with years of managing it with a mini fridge for meds more than 15 years ago. You need an electrical hookup, so it's not camping in the sticks, but you can definitely still be in a tent and have space.
@@KatieCottingham very true indeed and I’m very glad that worked so well for your family. In our case, my daughter also can’t regulate her body temp. If we are in temps over 80 degrees she starts to overheat (she can’t sweat and she can’t run a temperature when she is sick either). We adopted our kiddos and this little angel survived severe abuse and is a miracle to be alive having survived broken arms, legs, ribs and a severe brain bleed all as a 4 lb infant. Amidst other issues, the brain bleed destroyed her endocrine system. We aren’t sure her life expectancy because she has already outlived the odds twice, so we make every accommodation we can to make sure she has as “normal” a life as possible considering her rough start. If that means RV so that she can see national parks and experience and see historic places first hand, then we will pay for one and take that adventure with her! 😀
We also have an RV, we still spend time outside and away from technology it’s just so much easier and cleaner
Your glamping only counts because of your daughter's health needs. The rest of you have no excuse. LoL 😁 JK.
My ex and I took our kids camping for two weeks one year with only two tarps, sleeping bags, lighter and matches, Leatherman multi tool, fruits and veggies, drinking water, and fishing poles. Oh, and smores of course we had to bring smores. It is still one of my favorite memories with my kids.
“It was exactly the same” her volume and twang cracks me up!!! I love the neighbor episodes!!
I’ve lived in an RV for four years and I don’t “camp”, I live in a very small house in the woods that is very easy to move, thassit.
4 years?!
@@theholdernessfamily yup, there are a number of Full Time RVers traveling the country.
We call our camper our portable cabin, when we get tired of one lake we move on to the next
Life goals right there.
Same here on the west coast in NW California now. Going to travel up the 101 in Oregon for the rest of the summer. Its a great life.
"My mom is an Eagle Scout." LOL 😆🤣
Love y'all. Always dig the neighbor videos and Kim's angst.
Being from Michigan, I LOVE your neighbor! My husband and I were tent campers in our younger days, then just rented cabins at campgrounds for awhile, and now we have a travel trailer. Nothing beats having your own bathroom, AC, and a nice mattress to sleep on!
We Michiganders should sing them our State camping song;
🎵Accordion intro 🎶
_I woke up in da wood shed wit' tree tousand empty beers. Came lookin' fer a cold one and I musta' passed out here..._
*LOL* "I just have one volume..." Oh, I love her soooo! But as a camping-neighbor... gosh! Just the noise of the TV would bring me to tears and mourning!
As a tent camper AND a midwesterner, this is hilarious on ALL levels. And SO spot on! lol!
Being from Michigan I laughed at this the entire time because we know how to camp like nobody’s business and it was also funny that I understood everything your neighbor was talking about because she sounds like she’s from the Upper Peninsula 😂
Yep, I’m from MI too, so cute, I wish my husband had a dingy 🤣. I just bring my cast iron skillet and make everything over the fire or lil gas stove if we’re being fancy.
I'm from Munising Michigan. 🤗
as a southern indianian. I understood what she was saying just didn't know the slang.
@Sara C 😂
Same I was dying
Always used a tent til recently. He decided that at 46 his back wasn't having sleeping on the ground anymore. And the last time we tent camped we had an awesome site, right on the water, on a lake connected to the Chesapeake Bay. BEAUTIFUL! Until a storm came in at night and I was worried we were going to blow into the water. So now we have an awesome tiny retro camper. :)
The “ Stabbin Cabin” - I’m glad I wasn’t taking a sip of something to drink when I saw that.
Ok we tent camp. 8 person tent for 2 people, tarp for ground cloth, Cots with cushions, summer bags or winter bags for sleeping, fan/heater, small folding table, 2 chairs inside for putting on shoes, adapter for extension cords, camp kitchen and a canopy. That's been our set-up for years now but as I get older and my disability becomes more pronounced...we're investigating campers.
Fair enough. I think camping in an RV is perfectly acceptable, especially if one or both of you have medical conditions. Personally, I've camped on the ground in a tent years ago but it was so uncomfortable that I just couldn't see doing that now with my back problems. Lol I'd be incapacitated pretty quickly!
I used to sleep under the stars (no tent) in Montana when I was younger and wake up with frost on the ground next to my sleeping bag.
I've since upgraded to a memory foam mattress in the back of my Chevy.
We tent camp in a similar fashion - 6 person tent for 2 people, an elevated queen air bed with our normal bedding on it, a fan and lights, a nice camp kitchen, etc. It's definitely more like glamping than camping but we're still looking at getting a camper in a couple of years because it takes so much time to set up/break down everything.
Go for the RV. I retired from tent camping a couple years ago...interestingly enough to the same model of camper in this video. No regrets, now I can actually get up out of bed and enjoy day hikes etc:)
Your neighbor is a delight. I lived in WI and get warm fuzzy memories whenever she talks...aaaaand then pick up my Midwestern accent. But we love camping and YES our five person family needs a 10 person tent (complete with double high air mattresses). We camp in Northern California and have seen bears and it's equal parts incredible and terrifying. When they say "use the bear locker", USE THE BEAR LOCKER.
Your Midwest friend needs a raise... That's an Oscar worthy performance 😉
The neighbor is the absolute BEST! 😂😂
I love how the neighbor says, "up north!" I'm originally from southeastern Wisconsin, and that's how we refer to northern Wisconsin - "up north."
Doesn't everyone? We are from Minnesota and I grew up in Michigan. Up North was anywhere 50 miles north of you🤣
But they say "up nort" - love it. I used to live in SE Wisconsin, too! I have family with a cabin in the north woods. Super north!
Same here in Michigan.
We all go "Up Nort." :)
@@susanwerner9961 That's right!
@@sarah-phillips Cool! I'm from Cudahy and then Waukesha. I still have family in the Oak Creek, Greenfield and Greendale areas. Also, a cousin up north! She and her husband live up in Hazelhurst.
Ha, I just love her. We also keep extra tents in our camper and eat strawberry pretzel salad. And have had arguments over what Tool Time is really called. 'Rip some lips' is a new one to me though!
What do you do with "extra tents"??
We only tent camp a couple times a year, so we just store them in the camper.....which seemed logical until now 🤪
@@theholdernessfamily set them up for the kids to play in during the day when it's so damn hot!
@@theholdernessfamily We keep them for when our kids or family join us. Lots of room to do stuff and the trailer is great but not a lot of extra ‘comfortable’ sleeping space. This works perfectly.
When shopping for a tent, if you want comfort, multiply the number in your group by two, and get that number person tent. The tent ratings are selected for packing people in like sardines.
I have 3 tents and a light weight tarp. 2 man for easy backpacking, tarp for extended. 3 man 4 season (lower 48) tent and then when luxury counts an 8 man with retractable roof for star gazing and is big enough for a queen size mattress plus table for your lamp. 🤪
Or just change to the round version, those seem to expect bigger people
Have a 8-10 people tent lol, usually 4/5 of us with two queen size air mattress in there. It also has a small closet.
I think my tent is supposed to be a 4 person tent. It's the perfect size for me and the dog.
I would say 3:1 ratio but yes.
I love the neighbor's Founders hat!! Michigan represent! ✋
“Tool time reruns” LOL
Having lived in MI, I can confirm "up North" is a religion. She has it down pat. 🤣
I'm from GR , but live in Germany and I LOOOOOOVE the Founders Brewing hat!!!! Beer City USA!
“Up north” is anything above the rifle line.
Up north literally just means going anywhere that isn’t urban lol
No, it's "up Nort". 😂
I am laughing so hard I am crying , over the neighbors out take. “ I only have one volume”🤣🤣🤣
That girl is awesome
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That’s why I don’t camp in camp grounds no more. I hate hearing generators instead of nature.
Don't ever bring it down (the volume)! I love you both so much. I'm a transplant from Michigan to Western NC. Can you do one about how Midwesterners interrupt, normal conversion and Southerners find it rude?! It's just how we do it.
Hail to that Midwest neighbor - honestly makes my day each time :)
Camping when I was younger vs how I camp now because I'm too rickety to sleep on the ground anymore. I mean, unless you just want to leave me there as bear food.
Same! I can still camp that way but my camper makes it so much more enjoyable because no one has to call in a crane to get me off the ground in the morning.
We still tent camp, but I am also the princess who requires an air mattress.
😂😂😂😂 true. I used to make fun of glampers. Now, if I ever go again it’s sure as heck not in a sad Lil tent 😂 I won’t survive
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Right? I'm only in my early 30's but with crushed disks in my back and other stuff, sleeping on the ground isn't really an option. Unless I just want to not be able to get up the next morning.
"Oh gee Kim, is that you?"...x3 and I'm dead.
Haha sausage and perogies. And from someone who used to tent camp.. with babies...upgrading to a trailer is 👌. We love our dingies and perogies up here in Canada 🇨🇦
As someone who grew up camping, unless you know how to avoid dealing with bears just get an RV 😂 my husband got to have his own tent when he was a little kid (by his request), and being a little kid he snuck snacks in… yeah, a bear came into his tent in the middle of the night and his mom just had to watch for fear of aggravating the beast who was just snarfing around for the granola bars. He didn’t even wake up, but his tent was destroyed and his mom bought an RV after that.
Seriously.....how am I gonna get anything done if keep rewatching this???!!! HILARIOUS 😆😆😆 LOVE ur neighbor!!
Nothing like tent camping and walking by myself in the dark, way down the road to the bathroom at 2am. Now we are travel trailer people. I have my own bathroom that I know it is clean and there is plenty of toilet paper.
I was able to handle it fine until we adopted our daughter. When a 5 year old wakes you up in the middle of the night and it is raining- camping isn’t as fun.
Yep me too. 20 years of tent camping then we borrowed a friend's travel trailer. Bought our first rv last summer. Love it
The Midwest friend is just amazing. It reminds me of family I haven't seen in years. Yes we do that.
I’m early. You’re channel is underrated.
Its not tho?
Haha. My son and I got “our” Eagle 🦅 Scout, too. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Great job, Mom!
@@kittyhissesanddoggiekisses sorta kinda depends. As a seriously old school Eagle, I made very sure my sons did every bit of work themselves.
@@kittyhissesanddoggiekisses I guess I could have said that better. I agree that parents absolutely need to support their scout. Especially when it's Eagle project time. Perhaps it's that I've met too many "Eagles" over the years whose parents (usually Mom) did most of the merit badge work, and couldn't even remember what their project was.
I legit laughed out loud. Thanks. Great job neighbor (sorry I don’t know your name.)
Love how the neighbor has one volume - loud! 😂
"Hey Steve!!!" cracks me up so hard every time 🤣
And how about Steve in that grumpy "WHAT"?!!
So funny!
That tent looks like it’s a 60 year old design. 😂
Interestingly, mounting your food in a tree is no longer permitted in many places. The bears have learned to climb. So you’re required in many places to have a bear barrel. Though most designated campgrounds just offer bear lockers.
Interesting
Haven't the bears always known how to climb? lol
I think the issue is that it's hard to hang a bear bag properly. I am pretty sure the bears are just like "oh hey it's a snack and all I have to do is climb up there and reach over a bit". I only have experience hiking in black bear country (and would like to keep it that way, no grizzlies or polar bears for me please!)
@@marcw6875 yes, that’s true, but in California we have such a population of bears who taught each other how to knock down bags that the bag method is banned by the Park Service and Forest Service. The bears have learned that they can’t access the barrels, so if you put your stuff in a barrel outside of camp you’re much more likely to have food in the morning.
The bears are learning. Quick! Someone start investigating Yogi Bear!
"up Nort!" yah, you betcha!
The ash cashes got me.. I was stumped for a minute and then I realized she meant OshKosh’s…😂🤣 My stepdad is from Michigan and if they ever mention their khakis they are referring to their car keys…😆
Seriously, guys, your videos make our daily life brighter 😊🌞😄🤣🙌 much support and love from the Netherlands 🇳🇱🤗❤💙
Love those neighbours, they are very prepared and very generous, lol
I LOVE these girls! And the T-shirt...so true! I'm from Michigan; my family had a place "Up North" in East Tawas right on Lake Huron: salt free; shark free. ❤️
I love camping, too...in a small self-contained RV. No bathroom; no go (no pun intended ha!).
That's why we prefer campgrounds with separate "tent only" sites.
I'm from the Midwest and I have come to realize that the reason we go "Glamping" is because it's the only good thing to do for vacation without long travel or spending 💲💲💲. We got sick of always roughing it. 😂
So funny!! The neighbor recurring character is always hilarious!! 😂
One of my favorite camping memories was watching my husband, in his boxer shorts, chasing a bear around the campsite at midnight while yelling and flailing his arms. He couldn't use pots and pans because they were in the bear box that this bear was rummaging through.. She eventually went someplace quieter.
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OMG this made me giggle. Hubby wanted to tent camp and I wanted a toilet - we bought a pop up camper. We camped the wheels off that little camper and loved it then got a bug up our butt for an RV. Went from a pop - up to a 32ft C-class and made a ton of family memories. But we will never forget when raccoons took off with our spaghetti dinner. Thankfully we were finished eating and was trying to clean up when the bandits struck. 🙂
When tent buying, divide the amount of people the tent says it holds by two. I have a four person tent that is either for me and one of my dogs or me and my boyfriend. We take the eight person tent if both dogs come with us, guests get the little tent. 😁
We learned that lesson the hard way.
Used to camp years ago and this is so accurate.
Most of the few times I've gone camping were in hexagonal tents. For those, you have to divide by three.
We have a 4 person tent that just fits my husband and I, our 4yo and our 1yo. Would not want to try to squeeze 4 adults in there, or even us with slightly larger children.
I love this family so much!
Your neighbor does so awesome in these vids! Great job guys. Also that RV looks so cool 😎
You guys always make me smile! I found you a couple months ago and check in regularly to see what’s new, you never disappoint! You’re all so talented!
I LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR. Is she from Michigan like me?& camping is divine in my big ole 5th wheel!!
We are still not sure where she is from.
@@theholdernessfamily This question has me up at night and it's gonna kill me that you don't know! Where's the woman playing the neighbor from then? The details are so good but I can't 100% peg which of the upper midwest states she's from/supposed to be from. I'm rooting for Wisconsin since that's my home state!!
They always lie when they try to sell you a tent. Whatever number they say, it always fits 2 to 3 less people in reality. I love tent camping and the smell of the fresh air in the morning. Come on up to Michigan to camp next time. We have a beautiful state with tons of lakes and beaches and things to do. Have a great day Holderness family! Blessings-Judith 🎵🎭
I am from Michigan too and this cracks me up. She sounds like she is from North Dakota, Michigan and Canada combined.
@@michelleleonard2421 I never knew we had an accent here in Michigan until I moved to NYC in my younger days.
My sister moved to Missouri and people there comment on her accent.
She never knew she had one either til she moved to MIssouri.
Camping is in tents! We would stay in my aunt and uncle's camper when we visited them in Texas because of the problems with critters on their ranch but any other time we were pitching tents. My sisters and I learned how to get a ground cover down and a tent up in the rain, in the dark, in less than 30 minutes on one adventure. We tent camped our way across the US damn near and had a great time, despite the typical complaints and fights you'd expect of three girls. Central Illinois to Niagara Falls, next year to Washington DC, the following to Yellowstone. We did sleep in the car our first night in Yellowstone then ended up in a cabin because our parents pitched their tent and had parts stolen in the night by other campers - kinda put a damper on that section. Plus the wolves were heavy in the area and pretty though they were, we all decided they were prettier from behind a window.
I'd love to do a camp across America trip, but campgrounds are expensive and gone are the KOAs where you can stop last minute. 😣🥺
“My mother and I earned an Eagle Scout.” TRUTH.
😂 AMEN! I laughed a little too hard at this one!
She is my favorite character omg!! 😂😂
Greetings from Northern Michigan! Way to hit it right out of the park again! Dead on!
These two together are fantastic !!!
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🤣🤣🤣 This neighbor is hilarious. I love camping but no tents for me. We have a pop up camper & we love it. Not quite glamping but not roughing it either.
I grew up with a pop up. It was so much fun haha. It smelled really weird but it was better than a tent!
@@maddykim9348 they always smell weird you’re right 😂
I am a Wisconsinite, my sister has only volume and it is loud. My large extended family would go 'camping' at least once a year together, at a campsite that had indoor bathrooms and showers. A few had campers, but every single tent had electricity. I clarify with people what type of camping they are talking about because of this.
Love camping! (Both ways) The end had me cracking up 😂
I can so relate to the Midwest neighbor... lol. Michigander here.
Steve will be the mysterious guy we never get to see
He's just like Wilson from Tool Time...I mean Home Improvement.
@@theholdernessfamily 😂😂 I was just gonna say!
If you wanna see a great Steve who camps, check out Steve Wallis on youtube. He's called the Bob Ross of camping.
For the love of GOD, get the neighbor lady her own show! I can't get enough of her, makes me laugh so dang hard!
I LOVE your neighbor!!!!!
😃 We're Midwestern and this is true. 😁 Love me some pretzel/jello salad. 🤣
I loooove when your friend shows up in these videos 😂
I am Canadian and every time your neighbors is in one of your videos I always get an extra laugh , she sounds Canadian , especially her Steve with Eh? Great fun , hope all is well.
🤣😂🤣love the neighbor!! I only have one level🤣😂🤣😂🤣😳
“I only have one volume” 🤣
Being from Michigan I love the Founders Brewing hat!
Been binging all videos with the Midwestern neighbor, love her so much!!!
Living in a 5th wheel for 10 yrs, Love it and would never want to go back to a sticks and brick house!!!
I just came across this video today and it is hilarious! My new favorite video you all have made. So good.
I love the neighbor. My kid loves camping and has done tent camping with their girls scout troop. I need an RV if they want me to go camping.
Love, love, love any video with Kim and the neighbor!!!!!!! This one met all the criteria and then some!
YES! Bringing back TOOL TIME! Ahem Home Improvement, GOLD!
The one that talks like me get me. Bring the bear bag full of beer to the stabbin cabin. Miller light.
We tent camped when our boys were young. My 50 year old body can't hang anymore. My husband and I have recently discovered SUV camping and it's much better. We have foam padding and stretch out in the back of our Explorer. Even if it rains, we stay cozy and safe locked inside.
OMG! I love the neighbor she is amazing in every one of these she's in! I crack up every time and I love Steve's hearing!
I'm feeling attacked! RV camping is for everybody! Great outdoors and you get to sleep on a real mattress. And when it snows, you have somewhere warm to go.
I love your Midwestern neighbor! That was hilarious!
I used to tent camp. After a bear experience we have a Class A motorhome now. When you camp where the critters are, hard sides only
Yup! As kids we learned from the get-go NOTHING food related was brought NEAR the sleeping arrangements! And when the fire went out for the night, everything got locked in the station wagon. JUST in case!
I saw one this past weekend camping while trail running (Tahoe) and I calmed myself as I backed away slowly by telling myself that our bears are just nuisance bears and not Montana grizzlies that will drag you from your tent and eat you.
@@mykijiji1958 Our local bears have figured out how to open cars AND take down hang bags!
RVing is very different from tent camping, lol. I love the videos with Midwestern neighbor. The comic timing is hilarious. 😂
Also, lol on the '4 person' tent. I always subtract 2 from any number they assign to tent capacity. I had a four person tent for just me and my stuff once and I maybe would have had one other person in there with me at most.
Honestly, Midwestern neighbor has spare tents and bear spray. She seemed better prepared.
Your neighbor is awesome!
"You mean Home Improvement" HAHAH. My family ALWAYS called it Tool Time!
Yeah in my teens/20s yep camping on pine needles and hay.
In my 50s... I want my bed!!!
“Tool Time Reruns!” 😂🤣🤣😂😅
I'm dying! 😂 So relatable again Kim. Bears 'n all that was my last campout 🤣🤣🤣
I'm from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Most of my friends use tents. I get how you want to make the north and south seem different, but the whole RV/tent thing is more about income than it is regional culture. It's true that we're super prepared, because we grew up having to be as outdoors people. Love the stabbin' cabin reference.