Surviving YouTube: Reflections in My 7th Year

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I felt it was time for a little retrospective on the ups and downs of being a RU-vid vlogger. Although I'm not good at predicting the future, I can at least assess the past.
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@stevecolby6505 Год назад

SP: Your channel stands out for it sincerity, lack of commercialism, beauty and quirky humor. You're an interesting person with a soothing storytelling manor about you. I've watched your channel for a long time and have always wanted to know more about your back story, but I have accepted your need for privacy...I know I couldn't be out there exposed doing what you are doing. Thank you for sharing this summary of your journey on RU-vid. It's nice to see you in a good place, enjoying yourself with new interests and challenges. It really comes through in your work.

@staroceans8677 Год назад

Agreed 😏

@carebare4U2 Год назад

Yeah what he said

@janingham1823 Год назад

Thank you for sharing your story. We very much enjoy your videos. Learning new things and new places. Sharing laughs and nature along the way…. 🌸. From our home…To yours, wherever that may be….. thank you for taking us along.

@doris1826 Год назад

Well said! Slim, you don't just chronicle what you're doing, but you tell the who-what-where-when-why & how of it. You are a natural story teller with a keen eye. I would just like to thank you for the beauty (and not so beautiful) that you have shared.

@bernicedeakins5043 Год назад

Yes! You took the words right out of my mouth, even better then I could have said it 😊

@papajon62 Год назад

Slim, don’t sweat the hateful trolls. They are just pitiful little people with no lives. You, on the other hand, make the effort and take on the mission to bring natural beauty and share practical skills to the culture. Blessings from Georgia USA…

@Alsworld2 Год назад

I 100% concur with @papajon62, superbly said! Enjoying your channel from Texas, USA

@kcadventures1454 Год назад

Took the words right out of my mouth! Sadly, there are a ton of miserable people in this world with internet access.

@allanhugo9213 Год назад

You are a positive person in a world where negativity abounds. The world needs people like you who can express the positivity despite the unforeseen events that befall us all. Your appreciation of things no matter how small is something all can benefit from. Thank you Slim

@hazellegate9624 Год назад

You’re authentic, Slim, honest and down to earth….a breath of fresh air in the RU-vid world. I so appreciate your efforts in sharing your life in nature, on the road, and at the cabin. Thank you.

@carolenicklin6460 Год назад

Please don’t let ‘unhappy’people affect you. THEY have the problem. Not you. Skip over what they say and ignore them knowing that’s why they’re hateful because the rest of us (90% ) LIKE AND ADMIRE you’re gentle and intelligent countenance. 😊 x

@JanelleVocate-Ames Год назад

99.9%

@stevedotrsa Год назад

Well said!

@spoosieoopsie1616 Год назад

You inspire my husband and I (two untrained but enthusiastic old farts) to keep on keeping on. Thank you!

@Crodmog83 Год назад

Spot on. I love slim's video's

@louie4316 Год назад

Well said.

@maryj1754 Год назад

Hi Slim. Your channel is successfully for many reasons. For one you are a very pleasant guy that shares his life. No lies, no begging. 2nd, you are a wonderful videographer and narrator. We binge watch your videos all the time. We hope there are many more videos to come..

@cb4874 Год назад

Keep up the great work Slim! Love your videos…. Ignore the haters!

@morganrussman Год назад

With the no begging or lying, that, and no clickbaiting, no demanding to click like, no asking to subscribe or other things like that.

@Open2OpenUT Год назад

All I can say for me personally is the amount of enjoyment I have gotten from your videos over the years is immense and I want to thank you for that. I was dismayed to hear of the abuse you received… for what I ask myself? You are a kind and decent man and tell your stories with pictures and words worthy of a professional Filmmaker. I don’t think I would have gotten through the last few years with my sanity if I didn’t have your videos to watch. Please don’t let the haters get you down, you’ve more fans than ingrates and I hope to see you for many more years to come. Regards from Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪

@danielsmith2447 Год назад

I think I can speak for most of your subscribers by saying you make our lives more enjoyable. I get quite excited when I see a new Slim video has posted.

@jeffreymyers4807 11 месяцев назад

You are awesome love your videos

@jeffreymyers4807 11 месяцев назад

Looks enjoyable

@froggie6608 Год назад

I know that recording, editing and posting these videos is very time consuming, but please know that they are greatly appreciated by thousands of us out in RU-vid land. I'm no longer able to travel and camp out like I used to, but I can enjoy those things vicariously through your videos. Thanks Slim!

@mikes2270 Год назад

Thank you for sharing your adventures. You’ve taken thousands of people to places where we will never go, whether from job or family commitments, medical restrictions, lack of resources or imagination. In addition to being ingenious and industrious and inventive, you are a poet and an artist. And fundamentally, a kind and gentle soul. Don’t let the mean people in life get you down. Their nastiness speaks volumes about them and very little about you. Please continue to share your life and your philosophy with the world because the world needs it. I respect and admire you and your vision for life. And especially your love and respect for life and nature. Thank you for sharing it.

@jimmercer2581 Год назад

Volumes said.....thanks

@staroceans8677 Год назад

👍

@SarahGraymatter Год назад

The world does need your views

@davidwellen830 Год назад

WELL SAID !!!

@doreen3737 Год назад

"Their nastiness speaks volumes about them and very little about you"... WOW!!👏👏 that is deep. I was thinking about something to say about the trolls and the mean people And you know what you hit it right on the nail. People with nothing nice to say are unhappy with their life and they attract attention with negativity... And it's so sad how much of it is out there. WELL SAID!

@mrv6968 Год назад

Slim, when you say "I hope you enjoyed this video" at the end of every video, that is an understatement. I love these videos, your cinematography is world class and you always seem to find a way to pique my interest on a subject I may not have been interested in. Happy 7th anniversary and thank you for sharing your life with us.

@timcomer262 Год назад

You toughed it out and we're all better for it. You helped pull us through Covid and gave us hope for future travels. You're one of the best Slim.

@radzo1675 Год назад

Hi Slim. I don't camp and I am a horrible traveler. That said I watch your channel because you unapologetically do things your own way, you are creative beyond measure, and you present your content in a unique way devoid of nastiness and pretense and you seem like a great dude. Here's to many many more years. Thank you for letting us into your world.

@jtsterry Год назад

Long after we are both gone, and as long as Utube survives, your videos will be continously viewed and admired as true classics !

@sgardner6135 Год назад

I've never considered you a nomad or a homesteader, more like a modern-day Thoreau or John Muir. Naturalist, philosopher, and video story teller.

@kinglemon4165 Год назад

Another amazing video, Slim. You're a wonderful person, a true old soul. Your channel both inspires and relaxes. How on earth anyone could take a disliking to you and what you do is beyond me. I for one, and I'm sure - no, positive, many others, are very happy to have found you and hope you continue doing this. I'm so sorry you've had to experience the negative side of RU-vid, hopefully things continue to improve and the trolls move on. Lastly, I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you for providing us with beautiful scenery, interesting stories and inspiring us with your DIY/tinkering.

@derickmitchell9852 Год назад

Thank you for this beautiful channel. For almost forty years I worked in the construction industry. I helped a friend make a small company a large company. I got mean as a snake to survive. When I retired I came to the conclusion that anger is a wasted emotion. Your experience on RU-vid confirms my feelings about anger.

@johnwren3976 Год назад

Disregard the haters. Their unhappiness is within their miserable lives. Love your videos with humor, info and the best videography in the genre. You're able to see the beauty in the smallest details. It enhances the lives of the thousands of viewers who experience the world's beauty through your lens. Such beauty touches our hearts. Thank you, thank. ❤

@mrjack8849 Год назад

Wish I could like this video 1000 times. I don’t know if there is another video series or show on tv that I look more forward to than yours. I appreciate your honesty and simply being yourself. It inspires me to travel more, try to fix things myself more, and just enjoy the small things in life more. Even try to make my own videos, but I realize the effort you go through to make content you do. I’m a long time from retirement, but it’s important to enjoy the small things throughout our whole life and not wait to do it when we have more time. You never know what will happen tomorrow, so live each day the best way you can and be grateful each morning you’re given another day to live, even when things don’t seem well. I hope for every bad comment you get, you get 10,000 good ones.

@chuckconnors7516 Год назад

Slim, your channel has succeeded because you are telling stories in an entertaining way about one man's journey in life. The camping, either by rv or tent are just a means to an end to write via vlog an ongoing autobiography. Despite the sad things that have gone on in both Canada and the U.S. in the past several years you have managed to continue telling the stories. You are a 'rebel with a cause'. Keep on telling the stories so we can share your life. By doing that you make our lives better. Greetings from the states.

@krazedvintagemodel Год назад

You Slim, could be categorized as a storyteller in my book. Thank you for the positive perspectives and the panoramic views of our world. Peace and Blessings to you🌻

@cindy1568 Год назад

I like that, a story teller

@2001bandit1200 Год назад

Slim this was a wonderful video. Hard to imagine that for some people tearing others down is how they exist. As we know that loud small group is over represented on line. Your videos connect with many of us because we can see a little of ourselves in you. We may not have your talents but we share your aspirations. If we can’t experience first hand your adventures we can still feel part of them because of the welcoming way you present things. I have a feeling that you positively touch lives around the world. Thank you for representing the very best of us.

@christinae30 Год назад

Very well said!

@debbiegaul Год назад

Very true!

@jmdazsol Год назад

Thanks, Slim, for the look back... and of course, for always bringing the rest of us along :)

@rickrentz6602 Год назад

Dear Slim, I can’t tell you how much my wife and I have enjoyed all your videos. It’s a time that we both sit down together and share your journey and our own as we plan our camping adventures. While we were tent campers and canoer’s in the BWCA of Northern Minnesota for 35 years, we decided it was time for a little better sleeping arrangements. So like you, we bought an Aliner Ranger and really enjoyed it. However about the same you were looking for a camper, we were doing the same. My wife found out about the Escape trailer made in BC. We found a beautiful 17b and used it a couple of years. My wife then decided with a little trepidation from me, decided that a little more room was desirable. So we ordered a 21c Escape, with a 2 year wait time. We are now enjoying our travel in New Mexico and Arizona. Your inspiration and kindness are deeply appreciated. Thanks Slim for this wonderful video gift to us! Peace be with you, Rick & Tami

@bustagutable Год назад

I think it was around 2019 that I found your channel. I was (and still am to a degree) interested in narrowboat living in the UK. One of my absolute favorite RU-vidrs is Cruising the Cut with David Johns. One Christmas he posted a video of 'his' favorite channels and he highly recommended yours. I've been a subscriber of your channel ever since. When I want to relax with a smile on my face, I come to you. As much as RU-vid irritates me at times, I am also thankful for them. I've stopped watching regular tv and replaced it with real people, doing real things. Things that interest me. I joke with friends saying I'm going to RU-vid U(niversity). I've learned so much by so many fascinating people and I include you among them. I can't understand hateful people but I'm so thankful that you decided to keep going. Thank you for all that you do and know, I'll follow you as long as you keep posting.

@bettyhudson979 Год назад

Annie Jacks , I am with you ‼️ I will keep watching the Potatohead as long as he keep posting. I throughly enjoy his videos.

@prairiesky1144 Год назад

Agree 💯

@ninamccampbell1437 Год назад

Me too! The first one was the snow storm, and I was hooked!

@cirdiam1800 Год назад

Me too! I think one of the first videos of Slim’s I watched was about pooping in the woods. 😊

@sandymandy3926 Год назад

Exact same as me, cruising the cut recommended you and hooked ever since! Lovely recap of the past few years, look forward to more. I'd recommend foresty forest for the same great videos and vibe.

@davemenard5089 Год назад

“There’s always beauty” You said it Slim and that sums up your category. Even when solving little problems or making a rain barrel you are bringing beauty to our world. Thank for everything 😊

@steveowens398 Год назад

You really have an eye, Slim. You're an artist. Some of the scenes in your videos remind me of great landscape paintings. Your narratives are exceptional - like a life-changing discussion with an old friend. I now have two references for life in the great outdoors - Colin Fletcher and Slim Potatohead. I hope, selfishly, that you continue your videos for a few more years, so that I and others can ride along with your discoveries. Thank you!

@SistahRev Год назад

Thank you for this comment. I share your sentiments! Well said!

@ralphlong9973 11 месяцев назад

I agree. Colin and Slim. 👍👍

@magalirodriguez7830 Год назад

You sure do make our day better Mr Slim! What a special artist you are. Your love for nature is so obvious and we are so happy we found your channel and get to enjoy those amazing beauties through you. Every video you posted has been a treat and we are looking forward to this new year of adventures. Thank you for this video.

@cindyjohnson6656 Год назад

So I got laid off after 15 years 12/12/22: 64. Done a fabulous job, but company sold and well I was to old. I was. Devastated. But it’s turned out to be the best. Thanks Slim for sharing your story. It is probably a story of many. My husband says I retired to camping coordinator and dog agility puppy mom 😎. You have blessed us with so many places to see and how to deal with weather. Your photography is so so awesome. I love every video you have posted. God bless you. You have given us so many dreams to camp explore and see.

@hgj2019 Год назад

Slim, I discovered your channel only a few years ago. I enjoy everything you do. We share some similarities - I’ve spent my life living being outdoors. As a young man I was passionate about backpacking, hiking, and camping, but I also enjoyed rock climbing and whitewater canoeing. For several years while in college I live a lacto-ovo vegetarian lifestyle. I too gravitated to small scale RVs. Even though I eschewed them before, I found them to offer much needed comfort to an old man, and my bride of now 40+ years enjoyed them far more than tent camping. I lived and adventured in AZ and other parts of the US west for several years and yearn to return, if only for extended visits. 2019 was pivotal for me as well when two years after retirement I received a soft tissue organ transplant. Needless to say, life during Covid while taking anti-rejection meds designed to subdue my immune system. My hope for more travel grew dim. BUT, I have vicariously enjoyed travel through RU-vid. Your videos, and videos of other “toners” have helped me maintain my sanity and helped keep my travel dreams alive. Like you, I considered RU-vid, both for a possible source of income and because I still have much to share. I suspect my platform might be at lease a little similar to yours. I feel as though I have things I’d like to share from “how-to” tips to travel adventures. BUT, also like you, I have seen the all-too-often nasty side of comments. It is not that I have thin skin, I just have great difficulty suffering fools, especially narrow-minded, unenlightened, hateful fools, so I have not yet started a RU-vid channel, and I may never. No great loss to the world or me, I suppose. So I guess this has turned into a long message, and I will close it by offering the hope that you will continue to produce your outstanding content. I’m sure I speak for others as well as myself when I thank you for the effort you put into your productions, to thank you for opening up a corner of your life so graciously to us all. Thank you for being a part of our lives!

@Jeff-jg7jh Год назад

Let's hear it for Slim. A great guy. I sometimes camp on new years eve. I don't need the fireworks at 1:00 a.m. The brightest meteor I've seen was on one of those campouts. By the way, you are aging well.

@TENTHIRTYONE Год назад

Slim, my heart aches to hear of the hate and negativity that you received. I know a lot of RU-vidrs get this ridiculous response to their work - but it’s shocking to hear the creators actually verbalize it and share that it does affect them. I get so much joy watching your videos. I feel like we’d be good friends; we think a lot a like. Thank you for your hard work in creating these stories for us. Many more appreciate it than those bottom feeders who bang their keys. Happy travels!

@ScubaSteveCanada Год назад

One of the reasons disclosing your location isn't the wisest decision for any RU-vidr.

@stevebailey7633 Год назад

Slim, the cabin re-build has been every bit as interesting as the traveling you do. There a lot of "off the grid" YT channels as well as "Vagabond in a van" and " Overlanding" YT channels as well. You are interesting to watch because you are a terrific person and have a personality that is interesting to watch. Keep up the good work.

@NancyfromCanada Год назад

We have been watching you for years and love the peacefulness and beauty you share with us! You helped us through the pandemic with your jobs and traveling videos! I just want to let you know you are appreciated! Thanks again! Nancy from Canada

@artie360 Год назад

Your channel is a positive alternative to commercial television. Your videos give me peace of mind and you (and some other RU-vidrs) have influenced us to travel too. We’ll keep watching as long as you keep making videos. Frankly, I thought you were announcing that you were shutting down. Happy that didn’t happen!

@cjhawk45 Год назад

I, too, had the feeling that this video was a farewell. Thankful it wasn't! Whew!

@zedar97 Год назад

Slim, I have been watching you for a while now.....silently. I enjoy the fact, that you do it without unlimited resources, like with a gazillion dollar 5th wheel or dramatic political statements. Just a regular person. I saw quoted by someone on line, that the World is Angry. And trolls are everywhere, waiting to release it on anyone. Don't let it stop your creativity. Because it is an art, doing this. Anyone who creates content , realizes how much editing time it takes. Keep it going. We here in Eastern Canada, sometimes live vicariously through someone else's travels and experiences. Thanks again.

@JerryChambliss Год назад

Your videos are the highlight of my week. You are amazingly talented, and funny to the bone. Your potty show had me rolling on the floor. Thank you for sharing your life with all of us. Can not wait until next week!!!!!!

@pagewhite8177 Год назад

Slim, you have definitely made my life better. I’ve been watching for five years now I think. I love the nature you show, I love your projects, but most of all I love your outlook on life, your philosophy, your personality. Thank you so much for all the wonderful videos and happy seven year anniversary!!!

@phoebelong7513 Год назад

Slim-thanks for the fond memories. I have been one of your followers almost from the beginning. It has been quite a ride for you and for all of us too. I have been so blessed by your videos-the journey, the scenery and the insights you bring to us. I have lived vicariously through you. You have shown me more of the world than I will ever see in my lifetime. Thank you for allll your hard work making these. It truly shows in the quality of the production that you are a man of integrity. YOU DO NOT MAKE JUNK! I wish you well with whatever comes next for you and again from the bottom of my heart-THANK YOU!

@richardthomas1743 Год назад

OH MY Lord I love the rainbow over your A liner! That was awesome!!

@andrea.rivers Год назад

Slim, while I'm very sorry a few turds in the punchbowl put a bad spin on the experience. I'm very glad you stuck around. It was completely worth it to see Lizard neck for the first time in this video. lol Thank you for sharing all that you do. Have a wonderful week!

@user-nc2cn8dc6c Год назад

Ты, Слим молодец, позитивный, добрый, умный, адекватный, любопытный, и здоровый человек, самый человечный! На таких и держится Земля! Надо всегда идти вперёд, не взирая на возраст и быть молодым с мудростью, любить природу и жизнь. С любовью к тебе и глубоким уважением, всё то что ты показываешь и делаешь! Миру мир, дружбу всему Земному шару!!!

@ScubaJoe3 Год назад

I have followed you for several years and I am so glad that the early issues did not stop you. you are not just a camping / outdoor creator - you are a much needed bright spot in the world. Kudos to 7 and hopes for many more

@jimbridge4166 Год назад

Thanks for taking us along for the ride.

@scottw.8614 Год назад

Wow, Slim. You knocked it out of the park with this brilliant retrospective. Please keep making your videos, in spite of the hatred which exists here in our North American culture. You are a beacon of hope. 👍🏻

@johndoutty9317 Год назад

Slim I'm sure your channel has inspired many viewers to start getting out camping. Or just going and seeing their national parks, beauty spots and beaches. I subscribed at about 65K subscribers and have watched every vlog. I also bought a used Aliner and have fixed it up for touring. I am an old guy,and it's given me a lease of life. Thank you Slim and please keep on with your adventures.

@denayarbrough2346 Год назад

Slim, thank you so much for all you do in sharing a piece of your life with us; and in particular, this video. Thank you for persevering and not letting those negative people discourage you to the point where you would decide to stop making these wonderful videos. They say, “hurting people - hurt people”; so, I pray for them… I can tell you that for every one of those unhappy people there are at least 10 of us that really enjoy and appreciate you; and that are continually praying for you. I don’t often comment on RU-vid, but, I have to tell you that when I see a new video from you - no matter how my day is going - I smile. Again, thank you and God bless you!

@richardthomas1743 Год назад

HEY! Good morning Slim and thumbs UP!!

@SlimPotatohead Год назад

Good morning!

@mohakhu Год назад

More than 1,500 comments, all of them love you, adore your videos, get excited when they see a new video on your channel, wish you well, and want to know your life story, but they do not interfere or ask about it out of respect for you. Salim, it's the first time I see a channel with all its subscribers and followers standing in line with the owner of the channel. Be proud of yourself. I am so glad that by chance I followed your channel 4 years ago. What a wonderful years for me.

@davidremmenga9668 Год назад

THANK YOU SLIM FOR HANGING IN THERE AND TOUGHING IT OUT. PEOPLE CAN BE SO IGNORANT SOMETIMES. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WONDERFUL AND INSPIRATIONAL CAMPING VIDEOS. I HAVE SEEN SOME AMAZING PARTS OF NATURE BECAUSE OF YOU. HAPPY NEW YEAR. STAY SAFE.

@kybrowns Год назад

Just wanted to let you know I appreciate what you do. The family watches RU-vid on the tv more than anything else. You are one of our family favorites. Keep on story telling, you have a great talent for it.

@treysuniverserv1576 Год назад

You seem to be one of the kindest person I have came across, someone who I would enjoy sitting around a campfire discussing life with. I don’t hate much, but I hate a bully. I am so glad that you keep making videos, we are full time RVers in the states. Your adventures make our adventures even more interesting. Thank you so very much!

@brucewallace3860 Год назад

Hello Slim - I have been following you since about 6-mos before your “viral snowstorm” video. Coincidentally, we got trapped in a snow storm that same spring - only, lucky for us, in a campground in South Dakota. I have commented and complimented often enough - I guess because I don’t have near the ‘knowledge’ so many of your friends have. As we sped about a third of our year in our own trailer, I often get a laugh and am always amazed at your efforts to “make things interesting.” Thank you. Thank you for your tips, your reminders to take time to appreciate Mother Nature and thank you for…..sharing. I’ll try to remember to show my support more often. Safe travels & Peace to you in 2023.

@nothere7198 Год назад

Peace to you too friend. That "I hear the crows." at the start hit me with power. Great retrospective and insights 🙂 Thanks for sharing this and everything else over the years. Here's to the next 7 years. Safe and happy travels Slim ! p.s. Oh yeah, the classic DIY spot welder from an old microwave. Just a caution to your viewers, it's not a project for everyone, can be very dangerous, even deadly. Know what you're doing before attempting.

@pda4you Год назад

I am sure glad you are still doing the videos - you remind me so much of my father in law who, also, was a tinkerer. My wife watched when I watched and she said this guy is JUST LIKE my dad. You rock - thank you for your kind thoughtful comments. He has been gone 8 years now and she watches your videos and thinks of him.

@bernadettebockis4120 Год назад

Touching one's heart (as this comment/post does) is the most important thing in this world. God sees the small acts of kindness and love, and that is the most important thing.

@kayakerpaddler2023 Год назад

Love this video as well as all the others. I’m 71 and have been exploring wild places for decades. I too love this planet and am passionate about protecting it. Can’t fathom anyone being mean to you, so forget them and know thousands of us appreciate you and the great tales and information you give us. It’s inspiring. ❤❤❤❤

@marcireale Год назад

Thank you for all the time you spend creating videos. There is always a sense of calm contemplation that sets your work apart from others.

@contrafax Год назад

I found your channel right around the time you changed trailers. I love your videos. Your humor and ability to find a positive outlook never fails to impress. I love all of it. The DIY, the travel. I am glad you made it back safely from your Close Encounter. 😋

@mezanian Год назад

Well you must be doing something right. Happy New Year 😘🇦🇺

@onlysmiles3419 Год назад

I didn't realize the unfortunate start with all the cruel and unwarranted comments but am I ever glad you stuck it out and continued forward. I am truly appreciative of your content. Seriously enjoy it and look forward to it every Sunday!! It doesn't matter what you're up to it's alway good and heartfelt content. Keep it up Slim!! Cheers

@gregkeller8372 Год назад

Your photography, vibrant collection of sounds . And your poetic story telling sets you apart from other you tubers . You could do documentaries for a living . Keep up the great work 👍

@cindynelson3668 Год назад

Thank you for you frankness. We started watching you before we went full time. We follow several RU-vidrs, but you have always been our favorite. We check daily to see if you have posted! We hope you continue to provide your beautiful stories. We are four years into full time RV’ing. My husband just started NOMADIC SNOWBIRDS on RU-vid. It is helpful to hear about the challenges you have faced. Your vid’s on your cabin are great. You found an amazing place, and we hope you enjoy it for many years to come. Please continue to bless this community with your wit, talent and experiences. Hugs and Love to you… Cindy and Jerry❤

@judyabernathy80 Год назад

Slim, you are such a beautiful soul. I’ve watched you since 2018, and from the beginning I was so taken with your love of the outdoors, the gentleness with which you treat every living thing, your great humor, and your expertise on so many things. Everything you do is done with perfection. The powers that be at RU-vid can be as brutal as those haters who said unkind things to you. But, baby listen, THEY are the problem, NOT you!! You are, hands down at the very top of my list of RU-vid creators! I am always delighted when I see you have up a new video. Keep doing what you are doing, and don’t let the outside poison get to you. We love you just like you are. You’re class act, Slim!!!♥️🙏🏼♥️

@bettystudzinski7200 Год назад

I really enjoy your videos and have for several years. I love travel and camping in my Casita and especially boondocking. You are one of the nicest guys on you tube and my spirits are lifted after each of your videos. Please keep up the good work.

@JWPhotosanddesigns Год назад

I'm glad you didn't allow the negative chatter to stop you. This is your journey and thank you for sharing with us. I enjoy your videos. 😊

@dingo5208 Год назад

I got posted with the military from Winnipeg to Ottawa in the summer of 2020. Travelling over both provinces, I was amazed at the amount of travellers on the road in the midst of the pandemic. We made it through the pandemic and it's starting to get better - not there yet but on it's way. Your posts filled the empty time and helped many through it. Enjoying all your new adventures.

@ChrisSeliga Год назад

I know it's easy for us, as viewers and non-RU-vidrs, to say just ignore the trolls and haters. I think you're doing a great job and produce a great product and keep on focusing on the positives in life and your adventures!

@tnxjesus Год назад

Whats up slim great morning.

@SlimPotatohead Год назад

Morning!

@36PawsPNWC Год назад

Slim, your videos are a breath of breath air wrapped in kindness, gentleness, compassion, sincerity, joy, and honesty. This summary of your RU-vid experiences and journey in life was a gift for my soul. Blessings and keep true to your heart informed by your mind. 🙏🏽✨

@marie-christinebaudelle3796 Год назад

I hope you’ll continue as long as you want to publish your uplifting and interesting videos. I really enjoy watching them especially not only because your stories are captivating but also because they are narrated clearly and nicely. I’m french speaking and it’s a joy to understand and feel everything you say. Love your insights on nature and appreciate your resourcefulness. Long and very happy life!

@barbarakopp9255 Год назад

In a few words..you’re adventures are fun, interesting, and a thing of beauty. Please continue bringing happiness, laughter and adventure to me and many others who aren’t able to go where you go. Thanks for taking us along!❤

@MAGA-kw3ol Год назад

Hey slim, thank you for all your videos, TV is horrible I’m so tired of the nonsense. You tube has brought good things and unfortunately bad things. Just keep doing your videos your way, you always see beauty in things and make me slow down and enjoy our natural world. Thank you

@robpowers9281 Год назад

Love your videos Slim, and scrolling through the comments it appears there is a community that really supports you. As a cabin owner I enjoy your struggles on the refurbish, as I do the same. Don’t ever stop, and add the odd beer review so we can raise a cheer with you. 🍻

@rockymountainmike3133 Год назад

When I started watching your channel, all I had was a backpacking tent. I’m now in my second year of owning a new Casita and have to give you a lot of credit for that change in my life, Slim. I don’t have near the subscriber base you have, but I’ve had my share of the hate. Just consider it a badge of success, because no one rags on someone who doesn’t have real influence. Rock on!

@SarahGraymatter Год назад

Slim, what a great recap of your “mad cap” adventures. And just to brag… I recognized most of the scenes you showed. I am a fan and look forward to your living art that you present as videos. Would love to meet-up on the road sometime and have a slow beer 🍻 and long conversation. Fair Winds Sarah

@stegsauto Год назад

Slim I stared watching you a few years ago. My wife would set next to me and she started watching you also. You give us ideas and the want to go camping. we both love photography. We hike and snow shoe. You are amazing for the time you put into the videos. We always look forward to watching you. Just remember we can not make all the humans happy. There will be humans that think they are everything. But they are just mean and put others down so they can think they are better but they are only less. Do what you want to do. We will alway be here for you! Respectfully from Colorado USA.

@tarmavaughan7578 Год назад

I certainly do enjoy your fascinating travels and experiences you share. Your time, sacrifices, and efforts it takes to film, edit and upload is truly appreciated. I even get some chuckles. Thank you so much.

@MaisleyVanGo Год назад

There probably isn't more that I can write to you that hasn't been already said...but I wanted to inundate the comments section with even more words of gratitude, appreciation and respect. This video is the epitome of why I will always click on the play button when I see a new video of yours posted. They are always funny, insightful, entertaining, and wonderfully executed stories (you have a phenomenal gift of story telling as others here have noticed...even in your how-to videos!). But, most of all, at the end of them, I'm left feeling uplifted and happy. This video especially gave me so many good belly-laughs. (even just seeing your More Cowbell shirt was a hoot) I'm soooo grateful that you kept going despite the negativity that came into your life because of creating and uploading these videos. I don't think I would have the strength to endure that day in and day out. Knowing how difficult that decision was for you to continue bringing us videos makes me even more appreciative of them. THANK YOU for allowing us into your life! You certainly fulfilled your stated goal as can be seen by the enormous outpouring of support here. You rock, Slim! (now if I can just find out how you picked that nickname🙂)

@tobymkay Год назад

Hey Slim, from one fellow old-timer, traveler, amateur fix-it guy, allow me to thank you for sharing your travels and projects. I very much enjoy following you and appreciate your willingness to put in the effort to share. Happy 2023!!

@P_RO_ Год назад

Congratulations on the milestone. And thanks for you being you, which is a rarity on RU-vid where I selfishly hope you'll continue being one of the better parts of my day when you post a video.

@deborahm6036 Год назад

Thank you for this retrospective. You and your channel are so special and unique. Your sincerity, kindness, and love of nature always shine through - as well as your extraordinary talent for sharing what you love. I discovered your channel in 2019. I loved finding out more of what came before. I always smile when I see that you have posted. You truly make a difference in this oft challenging world.

@Mark-nt1jf Год назад

Thank you Slim for all the adventures you've shared over the years.

@SherBear88 Год назад

People can be such jerks! So happy that you didn’t let the negativity get you. Your videos are amazing and inspirational!!! I miss my dad so so much and every Saturday I was in the garage with him building stuff so watching your videos brings back such sweet memories of me spending time with my dad. Thank you so much for all the awesome videos!

@jimmyjenkins9240 Год назад

I appreciate and enjoy your videos. All of them. Travel, nature, the cabin…it’s all very interesting to me. As long as you keep posting, that’s how long I’ll be watching. Thanks, Slim.

@wickedwanda6014 Год назад

Hey Slim, thank you for your videos. I don't like to camp but I do like to travel. Your videos show me places I can hike, places to visit, and even places I know I won't or can't visit. Yes, people on RU-vid (and all social media) can be cruel because some humans are just mean. However, then we get to meet people like you and we know the world is filled with wonderful, kind people, like you.

@debuttaro4477 Год назад

Be encouraged! Your videos are interesting and often they present such profound beauty in nature. Keep it up Slim 👍🏻

@nancykeeneysmith604 Год назад

Good morning. We do appreciate you

@SlimPotatohead Год назад

Good morning!

@charlesknight3204 Год назад

Slim … Beautiful video showing where you started, where you came from, how you were both positively and negatively influenced and where you are right now. Enjoyed the trip down memory lane immensely!! Can’t wait for the next seven years!!! Take care, be safe, best wishes and God bless!!! Chuck Knight from Buffalo, Texas, USA. 👨‍🌾☃️🙏🖖😮

@lovenature1354 Год назад

We are no longer able to travel and you are bringing a lot of enjoyment to our lives with your videos. We love when you work on the cabin or the trailer as well. The fact that there are people out there that think they should be mean to a genuinely nice person like you makes us mad and sad. We are so glad you didn't just give up on the whole idea of making videos after all those nasty comments. Thanks for what you do, Slim. We can see you have a lot of supporter and people who appreciate you. ❤

@rowanmulvey8632 Год назад

I appreciate what you do with this channel. Thank you for sharing yourself and your life with me. It is an honor to be invited to join you for these videos. They are works of art, imagination, beauty, and intention.

@loisaustin6200 Год назад

Slim, I do not comment often but this video touched my heart. I want to say that I find you to be the most sincere, humble and down to earth person that I watch on Ytube. Your story reminds me of parts of my life and I recognize that. You are doing a great job, doing your thing, doing it your way, doing it on your budget, and doing it the best way you can. Keep it up and just ignore the trolls as best you can. They're just jealous and lost souls. I love the little A Frame camper you had, want one myself, but not sure if my Honda Civic is big enough to pull one. If you get a chance and the time, could you tell me if you think a Honda could handle one? Happy New Year and blessings all around.

@basecampcarolina4352 Год назад

Thanks for the reflection. One of the reasons I've kept subscribing to your channel is due to the fact that you come across as very genuine. I appreciate each video you put out. Thanks for the time you put into it.

@josephdonnaway5755 Год назад

Slim, I’m glad that you hung in there through the petty meanness and went on to produce such high quality camping and nature videos. Good on you!

@LuEmanuel Год назад

Slim, your presentation of the beauty that our world has to offer and your clear-eyed declaration that you love our world are magical, transformative offerings. I couldn't even begin to categorize you, save to say that you are a good person doing good things in the world and offering generously to share them with us all. May you continue to enjoy good health, nature's peace and beauty and wonderful friendships.

@StabStabStabStabby Год назад

Sorry to hear about the bad experiences with RU-vid comments. Seems to happen to all small-ish camping channels when they get a viral hit.

@TheSkite575 Год назад

Morning Slim from Minnesota

@SlimPotatohead Год назад

Morning!

@michaelcrouch536 Год назад

We have watched your channel almost since the beginning. We appreciate and look forward to your stories, videography, and photography each time you post a new video. Try not to let those trolls get to you, they're just unhappy people working hard to make others be like them. Keep doing what you're doing.

@_GntlStone_ Год назад

I greatly appreciate your videos! It's a highlight of my week, Your willingness to take on new challenges, your down to earth soul, your poignant insights and your excellent storytelling and videography make this channel special.

@beachysands4036 Год назад

I for one really adore your videos and the beauty of the world that you share with me. Glad you are here slim and you make my day a little brighter.

@Volkin9 Год назад

Slim, the winter snowstorm video was one of the first of your videos I watched and enjoyed. Been a subscriber ever since. I live vicariously through your videos. Trolls will be trolls. Don't let them get you down.

@southtxblues Год назад

Wow! Time has passed so quickly. I remember all those videos you showed briefly. A new video of yours is like the old days, getting a letter from distant friends or relatives. You create a lot of smiles on this end.

@rosiebateson4498 Год назад

When my life is chaotic and noisy I watch your videos. You are peaceful and calm which we all need more of. My favourite videos are the bad weather ones. You accept how things are and just deal with them, no fuss no drama. I adore your channel ♥️👍