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I don't watch these on a cell phone, but on a 21.5" screen. I found myself ducking every time one of you flipped a limb at Walter's face. Same as when you were driving, I felt like I was in the back seat with Walter kind of hunching down trying to see past Robert's rearview mirror. Good job Walter!
Oh lordt!! We're following Walter following Dan following Robbie following coyotes following deer!! Man Walter is the only one truly dressed for the occasion .. hat, gloves, pants inside boots .. perfect 👌🏼 I'm very thankful we were on a virtual hike. "I think Robbie left the key at the cemetery. AND Robbie is kissing the ground." LOL .. Now Walter .. Walter .. I believe u were poking fun at Dan & Robbie at the end of this vid. Thnx y'all .. for all the hard work & blood y'all sacrifice for the good y'all do. Have a great afternoon ❣️🙂🙏🏼
Those Coyotes were probably hiding in the brush laughing at you as you trudged through the briars dodging their scat. Your videos are as fun as they are interesting....and they never fail to disappoint!
Have to admit that I had a smile on my face a couple of time. Been through briar patches up here in the woods in Michigan more then once. Your comment about running through them brought to mind a stanza from the song. Battle of New Orleans, by Johnny Horton, 'Yeah, they ran through the briars And they ran through the brambles And they ran through the bushes Where a rabbit couldn't go They ran so fast That the hounds couldn't catch 'em On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.' Keep up exploring. You guys do an important thing. Don't let the history be forgotten.
What adventure I felt so bad for Walter hanging in the back n hoping no trigs come flying in his face. He was the smart one he had his gloves on. I’m gonna give this one to Walt. He did a great job filming while you guys got lost. Hahaha ♥️😊👍👍🐶
Next time you go for a stroll in Rough Edge, take a drone with you. At the very least you'll be able to tell what direction to move in! (Definitely DON'T go without Walter or we'll never see you again!) Fun video! (for us at least!)
Wow, tough one. Thanks for making these, they are really interesting and intriguing and suspenseful. Plus the history comments are good. Just a hint for people in this situation, from my old Search And Rescue days. Purpose is not to be critical, just some info for others, from our training. When we were assigned a certain heading to maintain, we faced the heading, then used the sun to keep us in line as we walked. Eying the compass constantly was not pragmatic, because that kept eyes on it, instead of searching and looking ahead, so we only checked it occasionally. So whenever we had to detour around an obstacle, we reset the route so the sun was in the same position as before. Alternatively, instead of using our shadow, we could notice the angle of the tree shadows and keep crossing them at the same angle. We'd be offset from the previous trail but would still be going in the proper direction. There's several techniques to avoid being offset, but this is getting too long already. In your case, early in the route, the sun was kind behind you to your left, so you could see your shadows slightly ahead and to the right. Later the shadows were in different position. So you had the danger of walking in a circle. So when you got past a patch, using our method, you would re-check the shadows again. One more hint: When you got to the road, luckily the jeep was in sight. If it had not been, then you had to guess which way to go along the road. What we did was to purposely offset our return route by a few degrees, so that when we got to the road, we knew which way to go. This is real important if the jeep is at road's end. If you are returning, and get off too far past road's end, you can miss the road altogether, walking past it, and not knowing that. So we would offset towards the road that we came in on, knowing which way to walk back to road's end when we got on the road.
Been loving these videos guys! You’ll have to drop bread crumbs next time! 😂. Looks like Walter came prepared for every contingency.👍🏻😁. Dan’s voice is so soothing, I could listen to him all day! Rough Edge is such a fascinating place, and I imagine what it looked like back in the day. Thank you for these amazing videos!
Compass anyone??? Just when Robert thought wisteria was bad. You all are brave, facing the unknown of Rough Edge and all of those briars. Walter came pretty close to being dressed for battle. Kiss the ground!!! 🤣🤣🤣 Left the key at the cemetery!! 🤣🤣🤣 The Mallard wit was keen even after battle!!! I think even I have scratches after watching that, but it was great trudging along with you three!! 😁👍👍 Loved it!
I enjoy watching you videos. Thank you for all you do. Im so surprised that other people in the area dont come out to help. With a lot of our history in Georgia..thank you! Texas girl
What an adventure. I can't help it,Brer Robert was in his laughing place,the braid patch.🤣🐰🐰🐰🐰' that's why the coyotes like it.😊🐰🐰🐰🐰🦊🦊🦊. Love y'all from KY.💞
Anytime going into deep woods, we "carry", and the other required item is a machete...ALWAYS. Sure would help on the briars and limbs to assist poor Walter as he tries to plow through behind all the snapping brambles while carrying the camera! This one was an "adventure" for sure.
I actually thoroughly enjoyed this video. You took me for a walk in nature. I would love being able to search and dig around old homesteads, but I wouldn’t even know how to begin. There are woods all over where I live. But you have to know where to begin looking in those old books like the courthouse has in my county. Ya gotta research first. Have a wonderful day today guys.
Really enjoyed that Robert. You two carrying on who was gonna lead, thought you might have been lost but you did good. Thanks for taking me along. Please stay safe and take care
I was waiting on y'all to see a snake and make a fast path out of there. Lol Robert and Dan thanks for flopping Walter and the camera with limbs. Too funny 🤣
Let's rename this episode....WRONG STEP ADVENTURES. I had fun watching this little walk. Poor Walter....taking up the rear can be hazardous. 🧡 much love to all y'all.
I'm no expert on animal feces but Big Foot came to mind with that large deposit...a bear was a second possible explanation. Either way, I would have been out of there. Fun video. Thank you. Walter must have been a Boy Scout...always prepared. Good job, Walter!
I live in Arkansas, but there's an old family homestead from the mid 1800's up the road from me. It looks just about the same as this including the family cemetery which is mostly marked with field stone. Hard dirt, rocks, briars, everything you don't want. Looks from the old fencing that the family made it by raising their own meat because that would have grown little or nothing in a vegetable garden.
While you all were on your stroll...I could smell the brown grass and leaves; vanilla in the pines and hear the wind blow in the tops of the trees. For me, your walk was very pleasant! Teehee.
Next time you fellas have to hike into a place like that you could carry some bright colored tape or string to tie to the bushes so you could retrace your steps on the way out. It might not be so unpleasant for you.
😂 kept wondering if you could remember the path you came in on! Trail of bed crumbs/ties on trees--or more blood on the briars to follow back? Great example how easy it can be to get lost & separated!!
When I was about 11 or 12 my Mom (every summer) would send my brother and sisters to Vacation Bible School. I rebelled, I didn't want to go. So, she said I could go with her, to the blackberry patch, little did I know what I was about to get into. Chiggers, thrones, snakes abound. Next day I went to VBS.
That was a heck of a walk. How on earth do those bucks make it thru there I'll never understand. Well that cemetery had company thank you boys for sharing
Gday , what I wouldnt give to be lost in a Briar patch right this moment .. Away from all the unpleasant happenings around the world .. Best place to be ...
Talk about the pioneering spirit. I heard Alan Hale Jr quoted. I'd have quote Georgia's own Oliver Hardy. "Well here's another fine mess you've gotten us into." I honestly think the coyotes Mark that trail, as "Avoid this trail, it's really..." well the scat speaks volumes.
Not only feel a bit scratchy for you both, but that poor camera guy! My goodness that is a lot of briar patches! Be careful guys! God Bless you all!🙏🙏👍👍❤️❤️
I take it you 3 didn't find what you were looking for? Should have either brought a Machete or some Glopers or maybe both lol !!! But then again you 3 look like you had some fun.in the Briar patches. 😀 😀
I'm surprised you don't use a mapping app that you can pinpoint the likely locations for homesteads at home on a PC, then download the maps to a cell phone so you can use them to find the locations in the field, even if no cellular signal. They'll track your course as well so you can retrace your steps to get back to the Jeep. You can also drop pins (way markers) onto offline maps to record where you found field stone grave , china shards, bottles, etc, for future trips. Such an app would probably make a nice sponsor too, given how popular your channel is now. You can even use Google maps for all of this, but you need to download maps of the areas first, in case there isn't any cellular service out there. GPS works anywhere in the open though, no cellular service needed.
I have trekked thru that kind of mess looking for cows who chose that kind of area to birth their calves! It's not fun and if it's bug season there are a million evil looking orb spiders hanging in every tree branch. I have to say, I do not miss those days! It was fun watching y'all from my comfortable recliner. 😉
It's funny, I have been watching you for about a year and a half and some of the names you mentioned are same as people here in Illinois. Pratt, (my wife's mother's family), Ingram, Best and a few others.
I was wondering thru the first video if you marked your path going in so you could exit the same way, but guess not! The coyotes do!! Hahaha! Maybe a drone would help! A car alarm on the jeep??
Well they ran through the briars And they ran through the brambles And they ran through the bushes Where a rabbit couldn't go. They ran so fast that The hounds couldn't catch 'em. On down the Mississippi To the Gulf of Mexico...
I lived in Phoenix Arizona for 12 years, and thought that was coyote country----LOL they must have followed me from Palm Springs, CA !! I din't know there were so many in Georgia--I thought bears and other predators would keep the coyotes under control.
That stuff is definitely no fun to walk through. Only thing that would add to the misery is some South Georgia heat and some good ole gnats. Stay safe guys.
There's nothing like walking thru pine regeneration with raspberry briers or green Brier in the winter. It's even more fun during any day in the month of August.
I felt all those briars. Ouch! Have a small field of them in my backyard I'm clearing out basically by hand. Much rather be on an adventure like this going through them.
Oh my stars. You don't take surveyors tape with you to mark a path? Lol. Hope that it did not rain on the old farm house last night. Blessings. P.S. please buy some orange tape.
I’m not lost , I just didn’t know were I am. Wow there is some coyote poop. He wasn’t lost. At least Hansel and Gretel left bread crumbs. You guys might not have enjoyed that but your viewers did. If you would have had the other Robert with you that would not have happened.
