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I knew it. For some reason, Allison had the bright idea to do a U-ey on the beach. Oh, no. The one thing we didn't want to happen. And we've been on the beach for approximately 45 seconds. All right. Here, go tits deep. Oh, no. You guys it's really cold. Yeah. I just need a horse on this beach. Now. I love how it starts off really sexy and then turns into whatever the is. Well, y'all, this is why I absolutely love Texas. It is the middle of winter and I am in a bikini on a beach, swimming in the ocean with some friends and some really questionable RV's.
Well, good morning adventurers. Morning. As promised, we are once again back on the road. InClementine. Yeah. Keep your hands on the wheel. Like these? Now you don't have to worry about me. It's her you got to worry about. She does not have the best alignment. Her steering wheel is about as loose as it gets. But right now, we are doing a little three hour road trip heading from the Austin area down to Corpus Christi, which is a part of Texas we have never really seen before.
You guys know that a couple of videos ago we were hanging out with Philly and Keely out West Texas. Well, they have since made their way to the Corpus Christi area, as have the travel beans Yeah, they're all here. I don't know how up to date the travel beans are, but what we ended up doing was getting their van ready because it had been sitting on our property for like over a year. It was in a bit of disarray, and we did not want to give them a dirty old camper van. So we cleaned the heck out of it and sanitized it.
Got all of our crap out of there. Then we dropped it off at the airport for them and they picked it up. But yeah, so obviously this part of our year has been a little haphazard. We've been kind of going from one place to the next, but this all hinges around us wanting to go back to Saint Louis to see our families more often. So that's what we've been doing. That's why we jumped back for Thanksgiving and then right after this, we are going to jump back for Christmas. Yep. So the landscape of Texas is pretty dang diverse. Like in the East, you're going to find swamp land and then towards the middle where the hill country is, you're gonna find rolling hills of green.
Even in the winter. Then when you head out west, of course, you're going to find the barren desert, these epic rock faces. But if you head south, you're going to find these beautiful sandy beaches right on the ocean. You can actually camp right on the beach, right? Yeah. You can park right on the sand. Can't go behind the dunes because you'll get stuck. High tide apparently can also come in and potentially take you out with it. I have seen all sorts of photos on the Internet of people just completely waterlogged.
We're hoping we, can avoid that. All three of us. And at the very least, we're hoping we can avoid just getting all of our rigs stuck in the sand. Onward down to South Texas. We're gonna meet up with Philly & Keely We're going to meet up with the beans, little Noah. And then we're going to hit the beach, baby. And hopefully the weather clears up, because right now it is gloomy and gross and kind of rainy. Let's do it.
Well, these guys told us to meet them at this Walmart. And, only now I see their little rigs poking up. I think we're in the right spot. Well, howdy, stranger. Long time no see, who invited you guys? I thought you did. What? Why do you always have to have the biggest rig? Size does matter in America. How's the tail bone? It's still hurts. My back hurts. Yeah. I think it's going to be a long road to recovery for life. Yeah.
You guys guess who else is here. It's the travel beans, long time no beans, but also more beans. Oh. We've got an extra bean here. Can we just, quickly reference why I'm standing like this? Because you told me to be cool. Yeah. Just before. And he's doing a horrible job. Yeah. He's trying. I realize how uncool I'm feeling right now. How are you guys? Finding America? We're delighted to be back. Yeah, I'm finally back on the road.
One breakdown. So far, so good. A couple of bozos left us a dead camper van. Battery? Yeah. If I ever get my hands on those sons of bitches. Sorry about that. I knew deep down I should have changed that battery, but I was like, it's still good. We kept telling ourselves it's their problem now. Yeah. All right. Beach camping. Right? Yeah. That's the agenda. That's what we're doing. Let's do it. Oh, let's do it. Oh, hi.
All right. The convoy is enroute. We are headed to the beach. We're headed to Padre Island, but we only have, like, five, ten miles to go to get there. And then we should be able to basically drive our rigs right on to the beach. And I've got this vision of all three of us just immediately getting stuck. I guess we'll see what happens. But at the very least, Ruby's going to be tearing up that beach one little 4x4 action group like this. That's you trying to get it into gear. That's me. trying desperately.
Hey, do you know the way to the beach? Is it that way? All right. Over there? I don't know, I guess somewhere over there Okay. The road is ending and the beach is beginning. Boy, do I hope we don't get stuck. You guys, according to the little map that they gave us, there's a good five miles that should be drivable for basically any rig. And then right after that, you have that four wheel drive. So as long as we stay away from that, we should be good. This is freaking awesome though, Look so cool.
well, you guys Eric was out getting a shot and he got stuck way behind us. So I try to turn around to go get him and I got stuck in the sand. I think Ruby's tire is buckled back there. So you're basically pulling dead weight. I just feel really dumb right now. America's crazy. Oh. They're stuck. No. Seriously, it's been two minutes. Of course. These guys got stuck. We were trying to try to guess who was it going to be the first one to do?
Did you say that? Well, we just said as long as it's not us because we have children in the back. Okay. Yeah. For some reason, Allison had the bright idea to do a u-ey on the beach. Oh, no, bet you feel stupid. Real stupid. I still should have left them in my dust. Woohoo America. And now we know there's no backing up for turning around on this beach. All right, let's see if we can get it stuck for a second time. All right, we got unstuck. So, let's see if we can find a spot. And we disconnected Ruby, so hopefully I'm good to go now.
All right, I'll drive ruby. It's funny. You've got, like, packed sand. Deep sand and packed sand so you don't want to stop in this little strip here or you're dead. We have reconvene. We got the whole convoy back together, but now we're just trying to decide on a spot to park. I mean, this is sick. You just have miles and miles of open beach. This is awesome, you guys. Why is it when there's no, like, designated bays I'm like, where do we park?
Yeah, we just can't decide. We've spent an hour trying to find a spot already, and all three of us are extremely, like three channels, all extremely indecisive. Yeah. So like, this is just impossible to go first. It all looks the same. You decide. No, you. I guess this is it. All right, we did it. And I think we picked the right configuration. We got, like, a horseshoe thing going on with Ruby. Right? Dead center.
Oh, my God, it's so cool. The weather might not be the best, but it's actually not that cold out here, you guys. And it's not very windy. I think that might mean it's time to get in the water. Do we dare I think we dare. I think you first. Yeah, well, I'll gladly go first, ma'am. This hat doesn't even fit me anymore. It's like sitting on the top of my head. It's all like a random cowboy ensemble I've ever seen.
We went in Texas. You look way better in that hat than me. You look adorable. I'm surprised it fits my head. I thought I had a big ol noggin. Yeehaw I just need a horse on this beach now. I love how it starts off really sexy. And it turns into whatever that is. Monty Python, you know? All right, here goes tits deep Oh, no. Just the tip it's fine. You guys it's really cold. Wooooo How's it going over here?
It's going good. You guys. We've just been having an absolute blast out here. But, sadly, I have a lot of work that I've been putting off so Keely's in there making pizza, Alex and Emma are off doing something, and I'm working. Well, it's not a bad place to be working, is it? No. I mean, look at this view. Yeah, it is still completely overcast. We have barely any battery on our rig and I have a dead laptop, but we are once again getting bailed out by our Anker laptop power bank here, and we wanted to give them a huge thanks for partnering with us on this video. This power bank outputs 165W, which is more than enough juice to keep our laptops charge somewhere in off grid locations like this.
And I love that it has three usb-C ports so you can charge a bunch of stuff at one time. But the absolute coolest feature is it. It has two cables built right into it. Oh yeah. Listen y'all, my life is a complete mess of cables, so anything that allows me to carry less of them is worth every penny. We also keep Anker's 75 watt car charger plugged in, and we're zipping around, which has this fancy little retractable cable built right into it. Before that, we'd always have a charger cable dangling around.
It would get all twisted around the shifter, but no more anchors. Laptop, power bank, and car charger really are the perfect chargers for traveling, and we cannot recommend them enough, so definitely check them out. We'll have links to them on the screen and in the description below. Hey man, I thought your mic was big. Cut already? Go. So we saw, what looks to be a coyote off in the distance. And, our lenses were no match for this beefy thing. Well, so if you know how to handle that's what does take two hands. All right? I think the girls are gonna hang back and chill.
Noah's taking a nap. We've got some pizza dough to make, but I think the meat. May glitch out a little bit. I don't know what is happening. I think the girls are gonna stay in chill here. We're going to prep some pizza dough, but I think that means it is time for the boys to take out. This is Zuki. You know what that means. Oh, time for epic. SLO mo time for epic slo mo rock and roll montage. Yeah. Let's see if I can actually make us look cool.
Whoa, whoa. Oh! Suzuki Samurai Baby! It's just us and the open Beach Boys. Whoa! What happens in the samurai stays in the samurai guys? It's that kind of ride. Yeah. Let's see if we can find this elusive coyote. That it? Yeah. Was that another dog? Oh, no. That's just a big log. No, it's a log.
It was always a log. Well, we thought we found the coyote, but it was a log. And it's really. There's no airbags in this thing. Oh, hell no. Where we're going, we don't need air bag. No, we probably do, man. So about five miles down the beach, you're going to see this daunting yellow sign. And this is where the four wheel stuff begins.
It's all manicured beach. Before that, it also says no littering. Pack it in, pack it out. But I guess most people didn't get the memo because this beach is kind of dirty. You boys having fun? I've had the best fun I've had in years. I gotta get me one of these. Yeah, it's so fun and I'm getting in his. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I just love how tiny it looks. Like, how do we all fit in there? It's like it seems impossible. Like I'm only five foot seven.
It looks like a toy car. Well, somehow I ended up in the back. Now these guys are driving. Is there anything like American? I need to know, like Americans do? Oh, yeah. Don't press that red button because that'll eject you, right out of here. okay. I'm good in first. Straight away you go. You just tell me if I'm doing something wrong and to stop Okay? Whoa, whoa. Oh, did we get air? Wow. is this thing clunky.
Holy cow! Boys have fun out there. Oh, that was a blast. That was epic. That was so much fun. And everybody got to drive. We didn't flip it. We didn't get stuck. You guys all came back and with all of her wheels and bits, we're still alive. I felt the wind in my hair.
Yeah, but, man, I had to ride in the back. While Alex was gunning it, and I hit my head like, five times. We didn't find the coyote. Oh. You didn't? We found a log. Yeah. Thought it was the Coyote Guys, the You want to redo that one? You guys, this day just keeps getting better and better. We had a swim in the ocean.
The sun poked out for a second. The boys survived their adventure, and now we're eating pizza. As you can tell, I don't make pizza often, so my dough is a little funny shaped. But Keely is a whiz in the kitchen, as you guys know, and she whipped up this dough for us. I'm going to go put on some toppings pop it in the oven. Well, it's a weird looking pizza, but it also looks very delicious. It does look delicious. Looks don't matter. with pizza. It's all about the flavor.
I'm going to say it looks like Maine. Oh, yeah. Maybe that's what is. Yes. All right, time for a pizza. Cheers. So delicious. Fresh pizza. Amazing friends. It was a nice sunset. This turned into a bit of a cloudy night, but still not that windy. It's a good vibe. It's a little chilly, but it's all right. That's okay. At least we're not sweating to death. Are you guys having a good time or what?
I'm having the best time. Yeah. Come on, you can't beat this if it's chilly. If that's the worst thing that happens, then, you know, I think we'll be all right. Yeah. These guys are both using the Suzuki as a tripod. It comes in handy. So we've got a lot of room in this rig, but not enough. Well, we used to have our two real chairs in here, but we just removed them because we were like, oh, no one ever uses them.
Well, and then here we are. And Allison's decided that this isn't a suitable place, I think. Too close for comfort. Yeah, but check this out. We got more pizza because we can't get enough of it. You guys made some hot chocolate. Look at this. Amazing, delicious. I guess we should do another. Cheers, then. Hell, yeah. This is lovely. Merry Christmas.
We brought the sand sleds, and these guys are having some fun on them. But yeah, I'm not allowed to. No Eric cannot touch a sled for, like, another year. Yeah, my tailbone still hurts. Yeah. Oh, man. Well, we had a pretty fantastic night on the beach. I slept like a baby, I know. Did you sleep as well as me, though? Oh, I don't know. I had a hard time falling asleep. I think I'm just too excited to be out here. But you can just hear the waves off in the distance.
It was actually really, really cloudy this morning. So the sun wasn't too intense. Yeah, yeah. These guys were like, let's get up for sunrise. And luckily it was too cloudy for that noise. I think everyone looked out their window and they're like nah. So the tide came all the way up to about here. And that's where our camp is. So it could have been a lot worse. We did talk to a ranger who said that, sometimes everyone's vehicle gets submerged. Oh, yeah, that was not us. Luckily. Yes, man.
We need one of those. You guys have thought of everything. Dude, this was a gift from one of our Patreon. Really? Like. Yeah. That works. Dang. Yeah. I'm gonna have to give me one of those. That's what you like to hear in the morning. Whoa! wooooh they're cheering us on. Because the other day, she didn't start many, many times.
Allison and I are driving separately because we've ultimately decided that it is a very bad idea to try to pull Ruby on the sand. Because if you get in soft sand at all, the RV might not get stuck. But you saw her wheels just immediately buckle, and then you just pull in dead weight. So from now on, if we're ever driving on sand, disconnect first. Well, we just stayed separate. Met up at the coffee shop, and just before we pulled in, I noticed this was dragging. That's our electrical connector. And it just got completely annihilated.
Might still work. Maybe it's still good. Oh, idiot. You know, it's funny. Eric was driving behind me and I was like, well, the cables would be fine. He hasn't said anything. I didn't notice until the very end. Hey, it still fits in there. Might still work. Oh, we have light. Still works. Well, yeah, we had a pretty dang incredible time beach camping with all these guys, but, the fun has come to an end because we have to, head back up to Missouri for Christmas.
Yeah, all the holidays are coming. Everyone's scattering about, but then coming back together. Yeah. What do you guys think in January? Coming back? Maybe? We say a lot of things? Yeah. Yeah, we do that too. Yeah. But you guys for sure in January I mean yeah we're here okay. So we'll we'll get the gang back together. The friendship RV gang squad for life. Show em your tattoo. You got that tattooed, right? Yeah. Right on your butt. We've all got it.
