V8E1: Kicking Things Off in Pisgah 

Middle aged IT guy here starting my professional breakdown. This episode hit close to home

Many thanks for Sharing THE Views / Mother Earth / Nature Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

Please don't change your filming, smiling and speaking style when you get viral or popular. Don't be like other youtubers who get too fancy and different when they reach a lot of subscribers. You are the best. Wish you health, happiness and a lot of adventures!

Happy New Year Chris, glad to see your back, been having withdrawal symptoms for the last few weeks.

“Lest it take flight” that one made me LOL. Cheers Chris!

Your videos are infinitely more intellectually satisfying than those of van life. My proof is the the patreon...meaning, we support you and not they. I look forward to the return of your Jeep. This is a great video as always; Amy, Bella and I enjoyed it. Happy Trails!

Happy New Year Chris! All the best in your 2020 adventures!

BREATHTAKING BEAUTY COLORS SCENERY VIEWS VIDEO ! DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE TO WATCH LITTLE ONES THERE & YOUR PETS . LOOKS LIKE AN AWESOME PLACE TO VISIT & EXPLORE ! BE SAFE ! HAVE FUN ! GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS ON YOUR JOURNEYS ! ENJOYED !

Oh man you had me busting up in the first minute. Life is kicking me in the butt right now. Your videos are a weekly reminder to live life at its fullest! I recently bought a Tacoma and plan to take my family out and have some fun. Thank you

Wow! I’m a 44 year old guy, I’ve been a merchant mariner for 12 years. I’m at my whits end. I’ve been working on my 1st gen Tacoma for the past few years getting ready to sell the house and go full time. I can’t wait! Also, I live about 40 min. From Wiseman’s view. Loved it on that road! Lot of good campsites. Liked and subscribed.

Happy New Year Adventures, Chris. Good to see you back on the road.Have a great 2020.

"In the spirit of avoiding death, I bailed." A motto to live by.

So good to have you back Chris! I love your channel and I'm looking forward to all the new adventures in 2020!

New year, old habits = spaghetti with tomato sauce and spinach. Welcome back, Chris!

Great to have you back, hope you had a great break. Looking forward to another year of your travels.

Chris, Glad to see you back in the saddle. Wishing you a great year!

Welcome back and happy 2020 to you. Here’s to more new adventures.

Saturday morning coffee and venture4wd. Great to have you back in the saddle again. Happy 2020 to you!

Welcome back, missed you :). Happy, safe new year to you and your family.

Welcome back Chris!

Loved this. So many folks that travel full-time and do the RV life. We enjoy the outdoors, camping, hiking, etc. Nice to see some really nice trails and great camping. I caught a few of your very first videos and the beginning of your adventure. Now just catching this video. Missing a bunch in between I need to catch up on. I have to say....the smile on your face says it all. I believe you made the right decision for yourself at this time in your life. You are a happy camper. We are excited to take our camping adventures a step further as well. We just purchased an 80 series Toyota Land Cruiser in 2019. Had some maintenance done mainly so far. Trying to get it set up for some backroads trips. Loved the forest road track you took. Don't want to do anything crazy tuff.....but see some beautiful "off the beaten path" kinda places no matter where we are traveling. Thanks again. Keep up the good work.

Nice, did not expect this video, have been catching up on old ones I haven't seen, BONUS!

Good to see you back at it and I look forward to seeing where 2020 takes you! Happy trails!!!

Awesome stuff as usual. Excited to see where you're heading to out west.

Glad you're back. I'll be even happier when the Jeep is back in your life. lol

Happy new year, full with new adventures. Good to have you back on RU-vid. Hope you had a great time with your family and enjoyed spending time with your son. Looking forward to see the jeep and the new improvements. Take care, safe trips.

Happy 2020 Chris! Welcome back! Wish your ' Rubicon' is back soon !

Great video. Really liked the testimonial for the first few minutes. Reflecting back on where this all started.

Great episode. As always enjoyable and peaceful.

Yes, let's go on an adventure. We are looking forward to another year of watching your amazing videos and, witnessing your wonderful travels.

Digging this! Very Cool and good work. Thank you for doing all of this.

Happy New Year! Glad to have you back.

Love your vids. You sir are literally living my dream.

Great to see you back on the trail. A new year of journeys around the states. Can’t wait to see where and what you have for us. Can’t believe how fast 3 years went by.

Happy New Year Chris. As always, enjoyed your inspired exploring video content and I have added some new waypoints in my GPS to explore Asheville on my next trip down that way. Following you for the past couple of years and supporting on Patreon has inspired me to outfit my Subaru Outback for exploring. Although I don’t live out of my Subaru, my job takes me all over the eastern half of the US and Canada so rather than taking airplanes, I take my Outback and explore along the way. Thank you for the inspiration to explore and wishing you continued safe travels. Cheers.

Chris, like many others, I've been to all of these beautiful locations, hiked them, camped there and enjoyed the beautiful Pisgah National Forest areas! Thanks for sharing - great memories!

I like the conversation, very informative, and the flashbacks to the rescues at those various spots.

We all love what you do now Chris. Keep it up as long as you can/want.

OMG. You are in my next of the woods. I’ve been following you for the last two years and have watched all of your vids (most of them twice). Hope you enjoyed it here. Keep the vids coming and be safe out there on the trail!

Great video and welcome back. That Tacoma is saweet. I wanna do a similar setup with my Jeep Gladiator. Safe travels 🤙

Chris, you sould show the nice places in the nature, like waterfalls, creeks, views from mountain tops some seconds longer! Just a little bit longer, to give us an opportunity to enjoy these wonders. That's one of the main reasons why I go overlanding: to see and enjoy the beauties of nature. That's one of the main reasons why I watch your channel: you show me beautifull places, from which some are unreachables for me. (at least for now). Otherwise, your channel is superb, keep goin', we love you! A fan from Europe, Hungary.

"In the spirit of avoiding death, i bailed." Its like van life, but way funnier.

Love the Tacoma, but looking forward to the Jeep. Thanks for sharing.

Enjoyed this first episode... Excited for all of your new content for 2020...

Thanks for clearing up the question I had about your vehicle. Looking forward to seeing you out of the “taco” and back in your “Rubi” Happy New Year. all The Best For 2020🎉🍾

Good to have you back Chris! I’m sure 2020 will be another awesome year for adventure!

Glad to see you back! Happy new year

Happy New Year to you Chris were all happy here at home that you are back,we missed you, your our part of family tradition now, every weekend our family we all get together to watch you on you tube, my husband my son my brother my mom, i wish you well and we all praying for your safety and good health this year.

Hi Chris , hope you enjoyed your holiday ,but now it’s time to get your nose back to the grindstone entertaining us ! Great to have you back , drive safe and mind the ditches 👍🏽

Glad to see you back on RU-vid. Happy New Year!

Ohhh yeah venturing4wd once again. I stumbled upon your channel about halfway through season 1 and have been enjoying ever since. Safe travels in 2020, can't wait to share in the adventure.

Great to have you back Chris! I’ve been with you 2.5 years. I’m so glad you’ve finally added the most basic creature comfort (heat). Keep up the great work - looking forward to seeing the new boat - I’m an inflatable convert 👍🏼👊🏻

Nice to have you back Chris. 👍

Nice that you are back. See the truck,Oh he did trade. That was very beautiful country you was in. Tks for the ride.

That's a funny looking Jeep 😂

Happy new year Chris! Great video and I’m looking fwd to following the new adventures in this new season. Cheers from Austin, TX.

Happy New Year - Hope to see the Jeep again soon. Meanwhile, good to hear you decided to eat healthier :D

Awesome work Chris. Glad to see all is well!

Hey Chris thank you for the excellent content! Best wishes.

👏👏👏👏he’s back!! great to see you again!!

Great to see you back om your adventures

Ah Chris great to see you back at it. Hope you had a great Holiday season and the New Year came in well for you. I look forward to where the road will lead this season with you as our humble guide. Perhaps North and South Dakota can make it into your itinerary. There are some beautiful parks up there awaiting your visit.

Glad you’re back. Happy New Year. Definitely more room to move around in the back of that setup, but I am sure the Jeep is far more nimble in the places I have watched you go.

Happy New Year, sir. Glad you're back and taking us along on your adventures. Looking forward to 2020 and all that you have to show us. My wife says thank you as well. Says thankful I will no longer be pouting on Saturday morning while having coffee! Guess that's just a way of saying you were missed these past few weeks.

Yes this was my first time finding you and I appreciate you describing your channel of the beginning. I will be viewing regularly

Happy New Year! Great episode, thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it. I watch all your vids and rarely comment but just wanted to take a moment to thank you for the always interesting angles and perspectives you find. I know it takes work and thought to come up with all the great shots you capture for us, and your cinematography is one of my biggest inspirations...alas, I’m a long ways from producing content that is anywhere near as visually compelling as yours. Thank you for maintaining your high standards week after week, these videos are truly a pleasure to watch.

Love your channel Chris 👍👍👍 oh yes have to say that Rig fits you perfectly ✌

Happy New Year. Can’t wait to see where you end up this year. Waaayyy toooo much green food in this episode.

Happy new year Chris, good to see your back into the swing of it. All the best for the year ahead from Oz

Great video Chris... Thank you.

Totally hooked & binge watching all your vids

Happy New Year, Glad your back!!

Good to see you back. Can’t wait to get another year started. Your friend in Pennsylvania.

Happy to have found your delightful videos again, looking forward to your trip Out West, hope you make it up here to Alaska, the greatest adventure of them all!

HAPPY NEW YEAR and save travels

Welcome back. Hope you had a good New Year.

Happy New Year Sir!! Catching up on some venture4wd.

Happy New Year! Just watched with my 11 year old daughter and got inspired to plan our next trip. Thanks from Sacramento and look forward to seeing your “out west” adventures.

Glad to have you back, from Quebec.

Happy New Year, man!!!! Missed your videos!!!

Nice to have you back:)

Happy to have you back Chris, we missed you! 🤘🏻

Hey it's good to have you back hope you had a good holiday with your family and your son looking forward to your new season for 2020 have a good one.👍👍😀

Been missing you man!!! Finally!!!

The Toyota had lots of real estate on it -- a home away from home ! I’m looking forward to seeing the new additions on the Jeep too ! Thanks for taking us along and I hope you get more Patreons to support the journey . The Way markers are worth the money 😎

Happy New 2020 Vision Year !!!! Enjoyed your video, great that you're going west. Danusia

Linville Gorge is my fav spot. Its magical there! so much fun! spent many nights in the gorge and down by the river, you found a gem!

Glad to see your ok and back at it Happy New Year Chris

Nice to see you again buddy. I felt a renewed sense of purpose and a large amount of positive karma exuding from you. It was hard for me to keep up with you. :) A nice start to the new year. See you next week.

Good VLOG Chris…30-35 years back I spent a lot of my free time up there in the Pisgah area and all along the Blue Ridge Pkwy up into Virginia. Did some "wheeling"…along with lotsa of camping; and I was involved in Volunteer Ground Search & Rescue (in my spare time)…so there was lotsa training trips into the wild as well as a multitude of actual real-world searches and vertical rescue of climbers who had fallen, etc. Watching this video and seeing all the rhododendron bushes along your hiking trails, brought a flood of memories for which I've just gotta say "thanks"!!

Only time I have been in Pisgah was mountain phase of Army Ranger School. A grueling "adventure" is an understatement.

The Webasto will keep you cozy for a long time. I had one (diesel version) in my first car, salvaged from a totaled semi truck - well, mostly because my parents wouldn't allow girlfriends to stay over night - don't ask :-) This was 35+ years ago and the Webasto heaters worked great back then - I imagine they're still top of the line. Today I have a similar appliance from Propex (gas heater) in my offroad trailer. Advantage of both is that it's a ducted furnace type system so you don't introduce moisture like you do with a catalytic heater. If you have a propane tank onboard, the propex sips gas (I went to Yellowstone this fall and we heated the trailer every night for 2 weeks to a cozy 68 degrees - we used half a gallon of propane. Of course it wasn't freezing yet, but in low 40ies - still very efficient). Nothing says comfort more than a thermostat in your camper or other vehicle that guarantees you a cozy night. Of course those things come with a little noise but I'll take that any day over icicles from the ceiling and a cranky wife. BTW: good call on the microphone. Sure those things aren't exactly cheap, but also not worth risking serious injury over.

Welcome to 2020. Look forward to your upcoming vlogs.

Man that’s our stomping ground my wife and I four wheel there all the time. We really enjoy your show. 😎

Welcome back Chris! You’ve been missed!

Happy new year. Glad your back.

When you were hiking down to the falls, I could smell that path.

Just joined. Great Toyota setup. Video is refreshing and honest.

After a long day of hiking it’s nice to find a new venture 4wd video is up

Happy new year and all the best for 2020 from the UK