V7E2: Of Ancient Roads and Infestations 

I love how you do a little bit of everything: hiking, camping, sightseeing, and even some minor rock crawling! And most importantly: food!

"my heart if full because i can inflate things" I LOLed... love the videos!

You make THE BEST outdoors videos - thank you so much👏🏻omg those mosquitos ! No way...🥺

Once you reach our beautiful Canadian East Coast you will get a break from the bugs if you camp along the coastline. Worst time of year and there have been had floods. Seems like this year the bugs are extra bad.

CHRIS YOU NEED TO GET AN ELECTRIC FLY SWATTER OR ONE OF THE HANGING LIGHTS THAT HAS THREE LIGHT SETTINGS & MOSQUITO ZAPPER . WORKS GREAT WHEN CAMPING OR HOME . GORGEOUS VIDEO ! BE SAFE ! HAVE FUN ! GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS ON YOUR JOURNEYS ! ENJOYED !

Ahhhh... the great outdoors. Nuthin' quite like a beautiful morning with a fresh cup 'O Joe, the birds, and the sound of a mini compressor. Life is good!

Your worst mosquito experience = My entire childhood growing up in Northern Vermont.

Great video Chris Thank you for all the work you put into adventures for us... Thank you 👏👏👏👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

Can't believe you go to all theses places with lakes and streams and you never have a fishing pole!

Nice to see new folks doing this. Every time you do something it looks like your first time.

The true stars of this episode; the dogs!

I cant sit through most 10 min videos lol but yours are calming and extremely fun and calming to watch :) Great job !!!!

Watching your videos from Saudi Arabia, let me put it in this way your videos and landscapes are amazing, really really enjoyable, keep going big fan of you.

You can't beat an egg banjo for breakfast! Great video.

Anyone else hear the start of Black Sabith Ironman @ 15:51? Looking forward to seeing Violet in Sept! Chris, you're amazing, always.

Great Video!

Hi!,thank you Chris for this vidéo,great job ! 😜

A cheap cover/storage solution for your new Lodge griddle/grate is a doubled up brown paper bag from a grocery store.

Love all of the old homes, farms etc., we don’t see that here in Arizona... Safe travels

Another outstanding video!!!!

On the poison ivy thing the reaction is caused by a clear oil. So the best thing is straight up elbow grease when scrubbing, though something good with grease / oil like dawn will also help. For the mosquitoes, I recommend a flamethrower. It may not stop them but it certainly is therapeutic. :)

Thermacell works wonders. We were out in the bugs last week and it was a lifesaver!

Camera angels are great! Good video of 2 very capable vehicles...........

ELECTRIC FLY SWATTER ! ALSO FOUND A LITTLE RECHARGEABLE LIGHT THAT HAS A BUG ZAPPER WHICH I USE IN THE TENT OR TRUCK DEPENDING WHERE I'M SLEEPING. IT SEEMS TO WORK NICELY. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME TAG ALONG! ENJOYED! BE SAFE! HAVE FUN! GOD BE WITH YOU ON YOUR JOURNEY ALWAYS! ENJOYED!

To clean that cast iron, pore some water in it while it’s still hot and scrub off the bits. Then rinse with water, put on heat to dry and then coat with a thin layer of oil. Simple.

I look forward to your bit more than any weekly tv/cable show!!!

Chris: I had to chuckle, I got rid of my lodge griddle because it was had to clean and messy, (still use my cast iron frying pan and dutch oven) and bought a Skottle for the ease of packing and clean up. Life just keeps coming at us. Thanks for your videos.

Great videos, very peaceful and wholesome. If you ever want to come overlanding on the east side of Oregon I put on events at my ranch and you are more than welcome to join.

Peter is like; "Hell yeah! Let's go bang your rig up!".

Lodge makes a great scrub brush with a fairly long handle (easy to use)….cleaning the cast iron is easy if you use that brush and some Kosher Salt…never use detergent on it…scrub real good to get the main stuff off and the rest just builds into flavor (down the line). I also recommend using avocado oil and don't use PAM…PAM has lecithin which will tend to burn and stick to the surface, making it hard to clean. Avocado oil is a high temp and relatively tasteless oil. Use it when cooking and when lightly oiling the griddle after clean up…take care of your cast iron and it will last forever… - Scooter in East Texas

2 to 4 mosquito coils in mosquito coil holders around your site are a must. We used the black 'Mosquito Shield' brand. We found out the hard way a few weeks ago camping in Ontario. Still have bite marks on my hands. Thermacell is good too but gets expensive!

Love seeing your videos from your travels from Australia

Greta video. I like the way people call overlanding what we used to call four wheeling. Overland is a better marketing word I guess.

I loved the picture or the old truck in the flowers. Man I hate those bugs! Thanks for taking us along

Ahh New England in the spring...and the blood sucking hordes lol. I lived there for awhile. One spring day out on a remote trail the vacuum axle disconnect on my XJ broke. I couldn't get back out without 4WD. To fix it I had to lie on the ground and use zip ties to space the collar so it would stay locked on both shafts. I needed both hands and while I was doing it each arm had 30 mosquitoes on it and my face was covered and I was blinking mosquitoes into my eyes and breathing them in my nose. I remember at one point I just burst into tears. Seriously. Grown ass man just bawling. I just wanted to run at top speed out of the woods and leave my Jeep to rot. I just wanted to get away from the damn blood sucking bastards. Worst mosquito experience of my life.

Thanks Chris, have a great rest of your week.

Wonderbar, you are so fortunate to be able to experience this marvelous journey. Thank you for sharing the adventure.

THE best episode yet, thank you.

Mosquitoes are one thing, but make sure you are protected from deer ticks. Coat your clothes in Permethrin. Food looked really good in this episode!

Loved the scenery and this adventure. I like others wait for Friday and the videos you share. Wonderful job, thank you so much..... Good driving.

And they say mosquitoes are bad in the South. May I suggest you should look at getting some Thermacell products. They work great inside and out. Running one a few minutes inside your vehicle or tent will run out the mosquitoes. Also, we spray clothing and inside our tent with Permethrin to help rid bugs and ticks. It works! We enjoy following your adventures! Really liked the falls in this weeks video. Good luck and safe travels from Georgia!

Awesome as always

Rainy day! Every time!

Great episode - the track out in Vermont look very much like the green lanes here in the UK, green, wet and some rocky 😎

That seems to be the thing that sucks most about both the pacific NW and Atlantic NE damn Mosquito's. such a kill joy! Give me the good ol' deserts of southern Utah any time!

Awesome video! I love how you have the ARB awning and ARB tent as well as the pop up on top of the Jeep. I have the ARB awning on my CJ7 and I also have the ARB tent brand new in the box that I have never used! It didn't come in time for the VOT back in 2015, it's been in the box ever since. Just found your page a week or so ago and now I'm anxious to get my CJ7 back out overlanding. Keep up the great work and safe travels!

You should check out the abandoned radar base in East Haven VT. Neat piece of history. Destroyed by graffiti and trash, but nonetheless a cool place to check out. A buddy and I visited last summer and camped on top of one of the radar towers. Pretty gnarly. P.S. My wife and I were really stoked to meet you on Thursday at OK4WD, but we ran into an unfortunate circumstance that brought us to an emergency delivery of our baby girl. Hopefully one of these days we’ll get a chance to meet in your travels. Happy traveling!

I grew up in Tyson just on the other side of the mountain from Reading. You were wheeling right through my old stomping grounds Tyson, Plymouth and Ludlow area. Good to see some sights from home, not many mountains out here in MN, lol.

That fridge you have is a beast for being so old

Hey buddy, you clean that griddle while it’s still warm with a wet rag. Total game changer on clean up.

Vermont's scenery sure beautiful but those mosquitoes would drive me insane cool video though 👍👍👍👍

Chris, I’ve been enjoying your videos and looking forward to them every week. They are very enjoyable and inspired. I hope to buy my Jeep one day and so some overlanding myself.

I love that part of the country, enjoy Chris!

"with me, even pop tarts are an adventure" - literal LOL

Great episode, amazing drive on those Vermont roads. Mosquitoes like that are enough to test anyone's resolve.

Keep up The good work

Chris, I’ve only been watching your channel for about a month, really enjoying following your travels. Thank you so much for documenting your life on the road (and off-road). I just subscribed. Safe travels, Chris.

I haven't seen this posted yet. Just a suggestion, after I saw you bought prego sauce. Grab some frozen Italian meatballs, DeGrosso is the one I typically use. Place the meatballs in the sauce and bring to a simmer for 20 min. After 10 min start to boil the water for the noodles. The meatballs heating up in the sauce ads so much flavor, enjoy.

Absolutely loved all that footage you captured driving off road. Quality. Nice job:)

Have the same Lodge reversible griddle. Try a 17" laptop sleeve off of Amazon (or the next Best Buy you pass). To keep the sleeve from getting too funky, I wrap the griddle in a dish towel, then put it in the sleeve. Protects the grill and everything nearby from bumping around in the Jeep.

Thanks again for another excellent video.

Makes one appreciate the DRY desert SW...

love that classic rover

Was itching just watching this one! Very bad when you have to "defend your space" !

That Range Rover is a gorgeous beast! Looks like some great trails. Safe travles.

Hit that cast iron with cold water when it's still hot and it should clean off real easy. I use a pan when camping and I love it.

I feel your pain with regards to the insects. I was camping in New Hampshire a couple of days ago and my arms and legs are tore up. It definitely took the fun out of the trip.

That cast iron hot plate is the go. Can even be used on fireplaces! Nice one. I'd recommend a bag to carry it that can also be stuffed with wood. This way you can carry the wood when you need to into camp sites and have the hot plate ready to be used on an open fire.

Another awesome video.👍👍

You need a tennis racket bug zapper!! Effective and entertaining!

Bugs are really bad this spring up north. I was there the week before you and the hatch had just begun. Good luck and, as always, thanks for the interesting content!

Great video! Love seeing the Jeep do some work 👍

Lived in VT for 12 years. Literally drove those same class 4 roads and have been to Plymouth corners as well as worthy a bunch of times. Awesome vid I just subbed.

The RR Classic was the highlight of the week, love that truck.

Top, sempre molto interessanti. Luoghi fantastici. The best

Take care bro !

LMAO!!!! Loved when you spilled your beer on the shovel.

Vermont looks really nice, I really like the screened in room in the side of the Jeep. Being in NE AR I may need to invest in the screened in room.

Love your videos and really appreciate your efforts you to make them visually appealing. One small thing though, driving over vegetation on the side of a track to avoid a small mud puddle is not in keeping with the principles of Tread Lightly.

Wow. That was some sketchy stuff. Awesome. Great vid.

Agree with J Mayne, You need a thermacell for the mosquitoes, cheap and keeps all manor of flying pests away. several models Walmart has them... Just a suggestion

Started watching your channel. Like the vids. Keep them rolling.👍

Thanks for the trip, I am going to Colorado and hope the bugs are not that bad,

....reminds me of the mosquitoes I encountered on my drive to Alaska....the only time I’ve ever applied repellent directly to the top of my head.

Another great video!I have a two burner Coleman stove and thru Coleman I ordered a griddle that fits it.easy to clean and lighter.but I do have a nice collection of cast iron.

I like your car, I love your video~ The place in the video looks beautiful~

While it's nice to have those grill marks on your burgers, using the grill side of that cast iron griddle creates a clean up nightmare. I would recommend just using the flat top side of it as it cooks whatever you have just as well and, being flat, cleanup is much easier.

This episode bugged me ;-) but I will soon be a subscriber and I immediately started looking for mosquito solutions inside my Revel

Chris, loving the videos. Consider getting a stainless chain mail scrubber for the cast iron grill/griddle. Works great.

Very cool! I live in Key Largo, I hate skeeters!

I'm tell you now the mosquitoes up in Canada are no better than the were you are now looking forward to your videos when their head up north. 👍👍🇨🇦

I’m sorry if this has already been commented on haha but you should run the engine when your running the compressor I reckon, could be wrong but mine works way better when it’s running. Love the vids as always dude. Thanks from NZ

I have had the same lodge for years, the trick is to NEVER use the griddle side. Everything including hamburgers cooks great on the smooth side and clean up is a breeze💪🏻

Beautiful area. Sucks about the mosquitoes.

I own one of those Loge griddle and they're great - until you have to clean them, as you found out. A tip: while the griddle is still *hot* pour a little water on it. The sizzling (rapid boiling) will loosen a good deal of the grit in the grooves making it easier to clean. I keep mine in a canvas sack with a waterproof cover that I turned inside out putting the cover on the inside to catch grease and it's worked really well. As for the bugs, I thought I'd give the Thermacell system a shot. It's expensive but damn, it actually does work. However, I've been in Vermont and New Hampshire (and upstate NY where I'm from) during early summer and I'm not sure a nuclear explosion would put a dent in their population.

Maybe a thermacell mosquito repellent thing might work. I have a led lantern with one on top, it uses butane and has disk thingys you slide in. When I go camping its the very first thing I setup, also used in the shop a few times when working on vehicles and I like to think it works pretty good I think they have about a 15' radius. may not be the best but might help cut down on the mosquito's a little bit

New subscriber from Uruguay 👍

Chris if you havent already discovered it...get your hands on a bottle of Mo's OBX Skeeter Beater. Will change your life.

Man, I really hate mosquitoes.

Chris, prepare yourself for a long relationship with the mosquitos. I did nearly the same route you’re doing. VT, NH, ME, then New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI, Magdalen Islands, Quebec, and Ontario. Not until Montreal did they thin out to reasonable for a sane human existence.