Love your videos Naomi! It's like riding right along side of you. Charlie was so glad to see you again! I think he's in love. Maybe a video or 2 during the cycling off season? Just a thought. See you on Strava 👽✌
Hahaha...now "lived" but Charlie I bet would love to see a hand with nuts if you walk by the fence. Call his name and see if he comes down from the trees. My pleasure and thank you for sharing feedback!
Charlie is the star of this show! I love YTer Mark Rober squirrel maze videos. Squirrel watching is fun and you and Charlie make a great team. TY as always and I'm looking forward to your next adventure.🦄
Indeed!!! I've seen those too! We built Charlie a bridge from the street tree to the yard tree about of wood blocks. I trained him to use it. So fun! When I left Boise he was in good hands. Hope this finds you out and about smiling!
@@HumanontheLoose TY for message I get worried about you. Its the dad in me lol and yes always smiling its hard not to when I feel soo thankful for everything around me, and its hard not to grin when you're flying down a hill screaming wheee
@@HumanontheLoose Your hope for me bore fruit. One of the smiles just appered seeing your answer. Your lively presence is deeply missed; hope to see you here sooner than later.❤💕🙏🙏💕❤
Found your channel by chance, you and Charlie have been an escape for us and now your going so WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! to the next time we meet. Stay Safe !! xx
Its nice getting home after a stint in the wilds ! To put your feet up with a nice cup of tea ! And relax and reflect on the journey ! Happy Trails and fair winds ! 👍
My dear friend, I have known you a very long time and one thing I know for sure is THIS is not THE END. Your need and craving for adventure will once again take hold, and you will be bringing us all along, learning, laughing, cringing, cheering and living vicariously through you along the way. Maybe not the same but there will be another.🐿 The "Charlie's" of this world always seems to find you; they know a kind heart and a good soul when they see it.💖 I wish I could give you a huge bear hug in person; I guess this 🤗 will have to do. Wishing you a very Happy 2023 filled with exciting adventures and fabulous journeys. I love you bunches. In the meantime .... Wheeeeee!! ❤️
What a truly beautiful comment reaching the depths of my heart! You are my pillar is so many ways and your support has always held a position of admiration from me. Looks like we are both having adventures in 2023. You'll be on a bike and I won't. Hahaha! Who knew that sentence would ever exist?! Love you dearly - talk soon! Wheee indeed! ❤️
Watching your last take for this season only makes me want to ride out again. I can't wait till next summer to leave my Ottawa region onwards to Buffalo, NY, then Pennsylvania and Maryland. Well, take care Naomi and please accept a very warm thank you. Till the next time.
Gosh - that makes me shout "YAY!" and "Wheeeee!!!" 💃 👏 😃 I look forward to hearing about it!! Sounds wonderful! In Thailand - no bike - uploading soon. Thank you for all you have been and are!
Well, we'll just have to sit on our hands (or plan our OWN crazy tours) til your next adventure! Fantastic trip and perfect "bookend" to the whole thing with Diva Charlie. Be well!!!
KIM!!! 👏 Dear Kim! Thank you for your continued support! In Thailand capturing my experience. Soon to post. Hope this finds you with many smiles entering your days!
A goodbye is just a goodbye and a kiss is just a kiss, be very good to yourself as you dream, scheme and ponder you next grand foray into misadventures. Thank you for the Charle introduction and the wheeeee’s of spinning wheels. Till next time, much warmth and joy. May you always breath deeply in fresh air. ❤
I watched your video this morning prior to setting off on my 30 mile bike adventure. I’ve named it flats and floods, and it was tough at most of the time - up the hills in the Lake District - Uk. At the hard times I was inspired by you and kept going. Cycled for 8 hours today. All I can say is hats off to you for all the cycling in the mountains that you have done.
YAY!! 👏 Wheee!! Sorry for the delay but needed a break! Well if that's not one of the coolest comments- I don't know what is?! I'll go check your channel out now!
I'm originally from Idaho and watching your videos made me want to go back and visit those places I took for granted. You're awesome btw. Hope your next adventure is another wild one.
What a wonderful comment! Gosh - so nice to hear! And thank you for your kind words! I'll be posting an update summary in the next week. Thank you for staying with me!
Can't believe you only have small amount of subs, your channel is fantastic. You show the good the bad and ugly of bike packing and your gear reviews are honest and precise. Please do more. Europe next.
Gosh - your comment humbles my heart and YA...WHAT THE HELL??!! 😂 I think other people are better and marketing their channel. I'm not sure what to do differently besides adding more butt thumbnails. 😜 I'm in Thailand - not on a bike. Time will tell with a larger audience vs the small bikepacking world.
You didn't mention it long enough so I missed it.....who made the hair detangler again? ;) Thank you for sharing all of your adventures the ups n downs (no pun intended) of yet another epic adventure. Keep pedalling and I cannot wait to see where you are off to next ! Weeeeeeeee !
That was a pretty amazing trip Naomi, can't wait to see what your 2022 mission is going to be! To reduce video editing time, you might try AI video editing software if you haven't already. Weeeeee! Keep on Keep'in on! Ciao'🚲🚲🚲🍧🍨🍧🍧
Your comments have always brought a smile my way. I'm in Thailand - no bike. Hmm...let me go check that out now! Nothing is coming up. "Al Video?" Thank you for sharing Roger! Wheee!
Thank you for sharing your grand adventure. Looking forward to the next adventure. May I suggest RAGBRAI? It's only 1 week. That's good for 7 episodes. Just say'n😆 We'll miss Charly.
My pleasure! Thank you for supporting my channel! I didn't know what that was - just Googled it. WOW! "Good for 7 episodes" HAHAHA! I'm in Thailand gathering footage - just not biking.
Hey Naomi, I watch a lot of bike touring and bike packing on YT. Probably to much. But out of the many, I have two favorites and your one of them. You have a unique way of communicating that I find quite entertaining. I'll keep my eye out for your next adventure and in till then you shall be missed.Happy New Year.
Hahaha! Cute! Tomorrow an updated video will post. I've been struggling with wi-fi in Thailand for editing and uploading. Hopefully from here out I'll be posting once a week. Thanks for hanging in there David!
Charlie totally stole the show. BTW, Charlie did not look both ways when crossing the street. Thanks for having us along on your bike packing trip. Happy holidays.
He certainly did. I let him know if nut gathering as a full time profession started to bore him he could always become a Tik Tok star and people would drop by with nuts. Thank you for your support!
Charlie is sooo cool 🙂 A great series of films and an excellent adventure Naomi - i'm in the middle of moving out also so it was a weirdly fitting end hehe.
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!! I am so going to miss your videos. Figure something out, even if its just daily vlogging, it doesn't have to be on a bicycle !!!
So you caught that?! It was up briefly before I had to take it down for issues. Now it's going out again April 7th. I've never been told that - cool - nice to hear!
As are you! Funny you should ask as I JUST started to record a brief summary for the channel as I'm getting ready to start posting my current adventure - started a few months ago. Not on a bike so we'll see how it's received. Thank you for staying with me!
Hi Naomi this is Tony I follow your videos but what do you mean this is the end I hope to see more of you the funny thing is years ago I bike from New York up to Canada but these days I either hike or two wheels three wheels or four wheels anymore I commend you plus if possible a couple of your videos you show the foods that you take is there anyway I can get a list or at least a place where you purchase those cuz where I'm at I never see them and also I like to wish you a wonderful New Year take care hope to see you soon have a good evening and pleasant dreams
YAY!! 👏 Thank you! I needed a break but am ready to start posting soon. If you can give me an idea of which foods you mean I'd be happy to share where! Thank you for all of your support and kind words! I'm in Thailand planning to upload soon - just no bike this time. Happy days to you!
Nothing Gold Can Stay Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. ( ROBERT FROST) Golden sunshine 🌞 miss Naomi shine's bright 🙋😎 for moments we have🙏 smiles with friends 😊 we celebrate Life🗽 dancing chipmunk and a bike🐿️ wondrous Journey of Life ✨🕊️ Too the New Year we go to our families and friends Too New amends 💖 Happy New Year to All 🎆🎇🎇 Cheers miss naomi 🙂 Hold dear our Friend 💕🙋✨🌞🕊️ ☮️kevin
PRINTED and saved with my wonderful collection of Kevin Mack's Art of Words! Always touching my heart and bringing a huge smile! You are amazing! Thank you!
Great idea for another time and maybe you can guide me on how to set that up! 😃 My next "current" adventure is being had without a bicycle in Thailand.
hi iam starting my bike trip end of april and i was wondering have you had any romantic encounters on your trip and if so how many? iam hoping to have one on my trip it would be so exciting.
Awesome comment!!! First of all - YAY!! 👏 How exciting!! I was open to them although I rarely slept at campgrounds or would have stayed long enough to have met anyone. In Season One I had more opportunities but my mindset was too self focused being knew to the whole bikepacking long trip concept - I was on a high of self discovery not wanting any outside encounter sitting in my heart during my trip. Hopefully you will!
Naomi Diane Stock, There is one of your videos. It has a picture of your walking into a lake. It is obvious your legs are athletically toned You are strong resilient healthy.
I have enjoyed watching your videos. And I hope that you do more. But I just have to say that I notice a huge disconnect in your attitude toward living beings. You are so excited to see a wild animal, or save a caterpillar off of the freeway, But you cannot wait to go eat bacon or ribs or some other animal that was killed so that you could enjoy the taste of animal flesh. It is a strange disconnect that you value the life of some thing over another. I hope that you continue your journeys and that you continue to share them with people. It would be great if you had an Epiphany that all life is sacred and there is no need for you to eat animals. No matter what you do, I hope you have a wonderful journey through your life and that your sense of awe and love can be enlarged to encompass all living beings
First - let me say Evan - thank you for sharing your thoughts! I love hearing different opinions on subjects - having an open dialogue whether we agree or not. I'm happy you have enjoyed the videos! You are absolutely RIGHT!! I think I mention how I am a hypocrite on this subject in my new season starting April 7th. It won't post for a month or so but I am aware of this. How can I be so passionate about all creatures and still eat them?! I am happy you are comfortable asking me this question and by the way - you have a really nice way with words! I rarely eat meat but when I'm on an physical adventure I crave the feeling of having a meal. I realize it can be found other ways but I just can't seem to shake - meat. Maybe since growing up it was THE MEAL - aside from a potato and vegetable on the side. Anyway - it's something I hope one day I am able to not crave ever! Cheers to you!
What happened are you gonna stop being a RU-vidr and Bikepaker Mam. I hope you'll be alright and I know how hard was life is in Amereca like you if you dont have a house you have to rent and its too expensive and if you dont have a job you'll end up Homeless and most of the people in the City of Amereca doesn't care about homeless people its hard I know. So I hope you'd be succesful in your RU-vid channel Mam and be safe always and I'll watch out for new videos.
I’m not stopping. I just needed a break. The next season starting in a week will not be on a bicycle. Everything you said about the USA is true. Life is better outside the USA right now for those not in a higher income bracket or who rent vs own. Homelessness is severe! Thank you for all of your kind words! 🤗
Gotta say, I’m sad to see this end! Thanks for all the laughs over the past few months, sincerely, you’ve been a treat to watch. Keep at it, you’ve done such a great job showing the proper mix of effort vs. reward, your videos are very real. So, no smart ass comments, just a genuine thank you for sharing your trips and keeping my personal wanderlust alive… winter camping with my kid in beautiful Algonquin provincial park next week, when I’m struggling through the snow I’ll think of you, bikepushing! My best to you Naomi! Rick
Your comments always touch my heart! I truly appreciate the time you take to share! Winter camping sounds wonderful! Sorry for the delay, I needed a break and am in Thailand gathering experiences to post soon. Hopefully you will enjoy them!
Must be tiresome, the grind of a new post etc, its like the daily of going to a job, except you have to keep coming up with a new angle or somthing, although just the stuff you are doing is enough, for people like me , experiencing your wonderful journey. Thanks for letting me into your World. I love you but only in an internet kind of way. May God bless you for ever .
Your comment resonated with me deeply. ❤️ Your last line caused a burst of laughter. Yes, I understand. I'm in Thailand capturing new content. We shall see how it is received. Be well my distant friend!
I spent much time in China and much time in Korea. Less time in Japan and less time in Vietnam, never been to Thailand, what are you doing in Thailand? I taught English as a foreign language in Korea China Kuwait Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
@@HumanontheLoose stories, there were definitely experiences that defy belief but which happened nevertheless, Korea and China were fine, Kuwait Yemen and Saudi Arabia word dangerous and lethal to many.
Here is a detailed answer about dogs. I wrote it on another thread for a person planning a transcon on a recumbent. As for dogs on tour, I have had many experiences with them. Some cyclists might carry pepper spray, which I have done but never used. I saw another advise carrying a water pistol containing a mixture of water and ammonia; this I have never done. The fact is that dogs can be an occasional annoyance or hassle or whatever, but by and large they are not a real danger unless one comes charging at you from out of nowhere, startling you, and causing you to involuntarily swerve out into traffic. It happens. There is something about the movement of cycling that sets dogs off into a headstrong frenzy of barking and chasing. I mean, you come along, and there is some dog in a yard. It has been lolling around all day perhaps. It catches sight of you going by on your bike, and it immediately goes nuts. It starts barking, snarling, yelping, and growling, and chasing you at high speed and going for your heels with all its might. I have seen dogs go absolutely bananas at the sight of me cycling, even if I was two hundred feet away from them. I have seen them come charging out at me, stopped only by a fence around the property. They would follow all along the fence line to the end, and then go ape trying to jump over the fence or tunnel under it. This kind of reaction comes from dogs of all sizes from the largest dogs to even those little Mexican Chihuahuas. That is no kidding. I was cycling through some town. Somebody was carrying one of those little Mexican dogs. It saw me. It went crazy trying to jump from its owners arms and chase along. I have worked out a manner of dealing with dogs. In spite of all the noise and chases not one dog has ever actually bitten me. However, they do seem to be fond of going for the feet, and some have come close to biting. First, slow down a bit, look at the dog and yell out a loud, sharp report, and when I say loud and sharp that is what is meant; something like you might expect to hear from a marine corps drill sargeant. You might have to yell a number of times. The yelling will bring some dogs to a halt. Some will stop temporarily and continue, and slow down or halt every time you yell. Just yell out hut or ha loud, sharp, and clear. If that does not dissuade the cur from pursuing his pleasure or whatever it is he gets out of the chase, come to a dead stop and give him the yell. He will stop. He may turn around and take off. He may tarry a while and snip and growl. He may come close, but my experience is the actual attack will not happen. I have cycled 34,000 miles through 19 countries, and six or more times across the USA, so I know of what I speak. I have always ridden an upright touring bike, therefore, having a dog running along and chasing at my heels is a different matter from riding a recumbent with the animal more nearly at the vital parts such as torso, head, and throat. My general advice is this. If you are concerned, do what I have told you, and carry a water pistol with water and ammonia in it, if legal to do so, or a very good pepper spray, not one of those little key chain things, but a canister with a real fog or large volume spray that comes out, but do not use it as a first response. If you yell and stop and yell, the dog will stop his pursuit. In other words, do not run and it will not chase. Often, as you are stopped at the roadside waiting for the animal to lose interest, its owner will come out and call it back, and it trots on home. If you stop and it stops and loses interest, it might head back to its territory on its own, but if you take off it will turn around and continue chasing. Dogs, for the most part, are a temporary nuisance, but not a real serious danger. However, I am sure cyclists have been actually attacked, and perhaps even injured. When stopped, the hound may come close, but will not actually sink its teeth into your hide. If it is particularly vicious or mean, give him a whiff of the pepper spray or whatever, but I have never found that to be necessary. If you get off the bike and walk a ways, which you would not or might not be able to do, it could lose interest; get back on and cycle away, and it will pick up where it left off, or just go home. Try not to let a dog catch you by surprise in close quarters. That happened to me once, and I tipped over injuring my ankle. It was at night on a quiet, placid road. A very large dog came charging aggressively from out of the bushes near the side of the road. All of a sudden I heard this very loud barking and snarling, and saw a blur out of the corner of my eye. In an attempt to stop, dismount immediately, and get the bike between myself and the attacking dog, I forgot my feet were strapped into the pedals, and tried to get off on the right of the bike, I fell over and twisted my ankle. Well, at least I fell over away from the dog and not toward it. After all that the dog just stood there looking at me, and turned around and left. It was one of the larger breeds of dog, and I am sure it would not have harmed me, but it caught me completely unexpected, and I reacted unthinking with a start. There was no time to think through what to do. The subconscious mind told me I was under attack and needed to respond, and I did. You might have dog problems in some areas at times, and no dog problems whatsoever in other places. In 1984 in winter along highway 90 in Florida free ranging dogs were all over the place, and I might add, were often seen dead along the roadside after having been slammed by motor vehicles. In 2007 I cycled 90, and there was not the first problem with the first dog; very different from 1984. In countrified areas dog owners may be more disposed to letting their dogs roam free. Some may be fenced in, but have some little tunnel dug out under the fence in some bush-covered corner. They actually seem to be smart enough to try and cover or hide their tunnels. Anyway, that is about all I can tell you. If you go into Eastern Europe, you may find canines of a very different stripe; very different from the friendly domesticated kind we are used to in the USA. As for some of those dogs I encountered in eastern Europe, nothing short of a firearm would save you. Some of those would run you to earth and kill you and eat you. I had never seen anything even remotely as vicious as those, and have not seen anything like it since. If there is any such thing as a homicidal, insane, psychotic, murderous, savage dog, those dogs were it. Thank God for chain link fences. They must have been raised to be that way.
YOU WIN FOR LONGEST POST EVER! Haha! You're awesome! I'm going to read this once I get back to my hotel as I'm in a cafe and they are closing. I really want to absorb what you are sharing.
I wrote it quickly, no revising, for a disabled veteran. He said he planned to do a bicycle tour on a recumbent. He had to turn the crank arms by hand.
Trying to find a strong wi-fi signal on the island of Koh Tao to start uploading Season 3! An "update" video will post April 7th. Nice to see your name as always!
@@HumanontheLoose When you return to the US, if you do, you are invited to come here. There would be no rent. There must be jobs in this area. My condo is not the luxury model. You would have your own room. There is a pool here, a sauna and jacuzzi in the clubhouse and a gym in the clubhouse and another less than a mile away. 12 miles from the ocean. Just saying. It is one option. No doubt you have other offers and options. I mean, why would you? The door is open. Just in case you need a place to stay.
@@johnshaw8228 Thank you kindly for your very generous offer of hospitality John! So kind! I have a storage unit in Salt Lake City and a storage unit in Vegas and when I come back I need to consolidate them or find an apartment vs room may be in Flagstaff or Phoenix. I have no plans to head east. I really love this area between epic mountains and desert. Cheers!
@@HumanontheLoose Sure there are epic scenery, broad vistas, hills, mountains, clean air and great places for trail cycling in AZ. Recently I cycled across the state, Tucson to El Paso. Of course you have no plans for moving back east. But in those cities they will rob you blind. Rents have gone insane. They will have their dirty fingers in your pockets as deep as they can go. They will try to squeeze out of you every last penny for rent, electricity, water bills, first-last-security. Here you can save what you make. There are storage facilities here and some are quite reasonable. There in AZ you are throwing your money into a bottomless pit of rising costs and decreasing services. Here you can save save save $$$. In AZ it would cost so much just to get by. There are cycling trails in Florida.
@@HumanontheLoose In Arizona they must hire private "armed" guards in restaurants, even in broad daylight. Crime has skyrocketed. Bodies found in shallow graves all over the place, all of them women. It's hotter than hell in summer.
Charlie is a better 🐿 squirrel for having you as a friend I’ve watched all you 2nd season vids twice,now I’ll go back and watch season 1 again and trick that sneaky ol’ algorithm……..😎👍🧊❤……. Ice Rider 🧊
Awww...such a kind thing to say! Twice???? Are you mad?! 😂 😂 It's because of you when my RU-vid algo crashed from $160 a month to $25 it then went up to $39! 👏
