Family was originally from PA. My dad used to make bagna cauda when he was alive. My brothers and I still make it to this day, some 46 years later. Only difference is no heavy cream. Still good!
Yeah hopefully the sunshine is on its way 😁👍🏼 we have been having quite a bit of rain up here as well. Sending you all the Sunny vibes! Much love to you from the Hanks family
We just upgraded to a travel trailer from a pop up in September 2022. We had two trips planned and paid for with the last being Canada’s Thanksgiving weekend. Hurricane Fiona decimated our area and both of our trips were cancelled due to damage to the parks. We had two nights that went down to 28 in the pop up. Before the pop up we tent camped for years and one trip at the end of September we woke up to the tents covered in snow. Can’t wait for our adventures in our tt
Morning from Northern Minnesota 🇺🇸& Fort Frances Canada 🇨🇦 Have you heard of wrapping all your pipes with Pool noodles & zip ties. When we got our Toy hauler my husband grabbed all my noodle’s and winterized the whole under-cage pipes with colorful noodles. At first I was livid (he used my noodle’s) but it worked, once and done. Just left it there.
Lol you caught onto that huh? 😂whoopsie, well ya know 🤷♂️Thank you guys for stopping by to hang with us for a few! Hope you have an awesome New Year!! - Kyle and Renee
On the skirting they coast a lot.they go by the foot.to give you an idea is I have a 44ft 5th wheel toyhuller to have some one come out an do it we are looking at $8000. That is way to much for me.so we did some research on how to do Vinyl skirting.so we are going to do it our self.so we got 36 yards of marine grade Vinyl. That will do the hole trailer.an that ran us just over $300 with shipping.the roll comes I think 52" wide an we are going cut that in half.we are going to mount awning track to the bottom of the trailer.we got a 120ft of bead.an that ran us just over $100.still working on getting All the track.we are going use sand bags To hold the bottom in place.an we are going to use Velcro on the corners an Seems.all that is left is the sewing An we have a friend that will do it for us. So for this project we are looking round $1200 It could be more or little less. Be safe in your travels.
Hey Michael! WOW that is a lot more than we were planning for, it sounds like the skirting adds up quickly in cost depending on the size of your rig. That's a great idea you came up with on buying the supplies yourself and doing all the work. It would be great to hear from you again with an update! I'm curious as to how much all the vinyl adds in weight as well (such as if you took it along with you in your travels). Best of luck to you guys in your new project 😃We hope we can hear from you again soon, cheers! - Kyle and Renee
@@HappilyEverHanks The roll weight about 60 pounds.so I am thinking right around 100 pounds more or less. An as for the sand bags.we are going to use Plastic bags that way we can just put them in trash when we move.we are going to make panels 8ft long.that will make it easier to set up an brake down. An we are going to tool box on the truck for storage.be safe in your travels
@@michaelforget1823 That sounds like a solid plan you guys have. We are eager to hear what you guys think of the final product once it's complete. Thank you for sharing this with us Michael, safe travels to you and your family! Cheers! - Kyle and Renee
EZ snaps and contact billboard advertisers you can pick up the used billboard vinyl for crazy cheap (compared to actual skirting companies) and use the EZ snaps to make your own heavy duty skirting. You flip the billboard material so it's a solid black material. Stay warm and HAPPY NEW YEAR! Cheers to 2021!
Oh awesome!! I never thought of doing this! How much would you say the EZ snaps cost?? Or how much would the entire purchase cost roughly? Hope you guys have a good New Year as well!!
@@HappilyEverHanks $112 for 100 of the 3m ez snaps and then what ever you price you can negotiate for old billboards.. we met a lady that paid $20 for a old billboard so for roughly $130 she had it skirted and it looked/felt no different than professional skirting. We were shocked.
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LOL 😂😂 you caught that? Too funny 🤣🤣 thank you so much for bringing some smiles to our faces tonight. Hope you have such a wonderful New Year - Renee and Kyle
We laughed at how red-necked we were in Zion this summer, covering our windows with Reynold’s Heavy Duty Aluminum Foil. We so needed the Reflectix. I’ll have to get some before we start out again. Glad you have a nice place to stop for a while. We are home for a few months, but we miss the road. Happy New Year! May 2021 be the BEST year yet!
🤣😂 it sounds like something we would be doing as well! No judgements here haha! Yeah it’s so nice to have, it has been great at retaining the heat. Same here, it’s nice to see family but we miss the road too. Hope you guys have a wonderful New Year as well 🙂 let’s start this one right!! Take care ❤️ - Renee and Kyle
Hey Pamela! Thank you so much!! 😃 It's so great to hear from you again! We forgot to ask you the last time we talked..what state are ya'll living in full time with your 5th wheel?
@@dontask8979 We love hearing from you!! Say it! We are about the same temperature as you are right now. I am virtually giving you a "cheers" with my coffee 😊☕️
@@HappilyEverHanks Yeah - I woke up one morning and my Shelty was curled around what I thought was a white stuffed teddy-bear. I was wrong..... Scared the living h*** out of me! It was a baby Arctic Fox.... and I didn’t know how she got in.... Made a little make-shifted den out of one of the hey bails... She was there for the winter and part of spring.....
Wow that’s amazing, oh my goodness that must have been quite the site to see. This is the first time I have ever heard of something like this happening 😱
It's actually comforting to us normies to see y'all experts still making mistakes. Please don't take that as a diss, it's not. When there are people that we look up to that we suddenly realize, are human, it makes you more relatable, and that makes us like you more. I've enjoy your last few videos of the two of you just sitting and chatting with us. Especially the zoom ins on facial expressions. Great way to liven up a video. Y'all Still Rock. Thanks Hanks.
This is the best feedback and we love you guys even more for it. Seriously, we take no offense and are happy to hear that we can keep it more relatable. The last thing we want to do is portray ourselves as non relatable people. We have been loving this new vlogging style too! Glad y’all like it 🙂 much love to you guys. We are wishing you nothing but the best and most successful New Year! Let’s make this one the best yet 😎🤙🏼 - Kyle and Renee
This is so awesome to hear Helen! We would say utilize a couple of companies to find the best assignments that work for you. Also finding out housing early is key. Do you think he will be living in an RV or working as a travel nurse?
Loved spending New Year's Eve with you 2 party kids! Really enjoyed your video! We are braving the winter and camping right now too.... In Arizona.... braving the elements.....It's in the 50s....Brrrrr. Happy New Year!
Bahahaha! Yes!! I was waiting for it 😂 glad the Arizona winter is treating you well ❤️ thank you so much for the kind words and hanging out with us! We just keep getting more and more goofy 😄 - Renee and Kyle
Aww thank you so much!! Yes I am certainly happy that I listened to the wifey 🙂 lol The skirting has worked out great for us. Hopefully we can hold out for the winter! Maybe you guys can get in that ol RV of yours and meet us down in Disney World!! 😃👍🏼
We absolutely love the videos and they are truly inspiring.. but, I have to ask Renee who are you shooting that finger profanity at? 😂 😂 I’m sorry I just had to ask.
😂LOL! We had no idea! Way to go RENEE! Thank ya'll for stopping by and leaving a comment. It's so nice to meet you and we hope to hear from you again soon! - Kyle and Renee P.S.- Don't worry, we will keep the finger profanity to a minimum in the rest of our videos 🤣
Renee here...had no idea I was doing that until multiple people mentioned it! Now I am very aware of how I hold cups in public as to not make unknown enemies 😂
Hahah too funny. We are literally binge watching your channel on our 65” Samsung. We are currently looking to upgrade our 25’ winnabago mini to a fifth wheel, and head south from the northeast. Thank you for the great inspiration, ideas and amazing information. Hope to meet you guys someday along our journey. Stay warm out there!
@@TheKouellette77 oh that is so awesome!! You guys rock. We are so excited for you all 🙂 keep us updated on your progress with getting the fifth wheel. Reach out to us anytime with questions, we are here to help 😃👋🏼
Awesome thanks!! And I’m sure we will as this will be our first fifth wheel. Def kinda intimidating, but what isn’t in the RV life right? Lol we will keep in touch.
Netflix, to skirting, to boiloe... boiling.... boiloh.... yeah that stuff. You guys are doing good! Your almost ready for a Northeastern Michigan Winter...lol
We are working up to those Michigan winters 🥶 this propane can be expensive after awhile! Thinking about maybe buying a 100 lb propane tank, but not sure if it is cost effective compared to filling out 30 lb propane tanks
@@HappilyEverHanks the bigger tank definitely gives you a longer span between fill ups. However manhandling those buggers is another thing. Then you’d need to decide if it travels with you... where to store it for the haul to meet DOT regulations. I have heard of someone making a kit where they can mount bigger a tanks to the frame. But then that’s where they stay and you have to haul the rig to the fill station to get those filled.
@@MrNicmousseau hmm 🤔 interesting. Yeah that is always a concern with remaining in DOT regulations. I’m honestly not even sure what those regulations are 🤷♂️ I guess they vary state to state??
@@HappilyEverHanks yeah each state has their specifics but federal DOT is the base and the state may have additional beyond that. Too bad compressed natural gas wasn’t more available. It would definitely be a saver for the pocket book. There are some dispensary’s because they make kits so vehicles can run on. They make kits for propane too. Add a little propane injection system to your truck and you’ll spend more on tires than you do oil changes. lol The article below is kinda interesting. www.americanfarriers.com/articles/465-proper-transportation-of-fuels?v=preview
YES!! Hunkering down for sure 😂Thank you so much for stopping by! Hope 2021 brings nothing but the best to you guys! Hoping for the best year yet :) - Kyle and Renee
Frozen pipes yup feels like its a homage you have to say you truly been RVing. We like your feature to keep your drinks cold. Our truck didn't come with that and hopefully we won't have that upgrade anytime soon. We have thought about a skirt, but not sure if they are allowed where we are at right now. Electric tape helped our travel trailer pipes from freezing again. Thanks for sharing and have a happy new year!
Yeah that is a really hard thing with some places not allowing skirting. The frozen pipes definitely feel like a right of passage lol We are happy to have skirting now, it is keeping us nice and toasty, but now we need to work on getting a larger propane tank! Thank you guys so much for the kind words ❤️ Happy New Year!! - Renee and Kyle
Moochdocking is the best. Nice to spend the holidays with family and friends, but only if they live in warm climates. Pour me some Boillo. We love Yankee Swap. Glad you had a nice family Christmas. That's very special, when you're out on the road for such a long period of time. We also gave each other RV necessities. Stay warm in PA. We're headed back that way tomorrow. Happy and healthy 2021.
Yes, the moochdocking is so nice!! It’s hard for sure with Renee’s family being in PA (with winter temperatures and all), but now we are all locked and set with the RV skirting :) Definitely need to get you some boilo!! Have you ever had any before?? Hope you are staying warm as well and wish you nothing but the best of a New Year in 2021 🙂 - Renee and Kyle
Thank you so much 🙂We definitely will be sure to stay on top of keeping these pipes warm and the roof clear! We appreciate you guys stopping by ❤️Wishing you nothing but the best and most successful New Year - Kyle and Renee
Hey Vanessa! Thank you, thank you, thank you 🙏🏼 we have been looking for places around PA that might have some good skirting services. We really appreciate this insight. So glad you are along for the adventures, we are happy you stopped by! Happy New Year to you as well 🙂👋🏼 - Kyle and Renee
Happy New Year!! ❤️🙂 thank you so much! It is really nice being able to be near family, we can’t wait to hit the road again too though! Ready to kick this New Year off right!
Hey Amanda!! Thank you so much for this awesome comment 😃We really appreciate your wonderful support! Yes, definitely skirt...it saves so much headache lol We are really happy to hear that you guys are full timing! What kind of RV are ya'll living in?
Thank you guys so much LOL I don't know what we are thinking about being here in Pennsylvania for the winter! We will try to keep it as warm as we can, enjoy the beautiful Florida weather. We're hoping to make it down there sometime this spring. Hope you guys have a wonderful new year!! ❤️😊- Renee and Kyle
Hey guys, so you answered a couple of our questions in this video. We had wondered where you were from, now we know. How long have you been married? Don't know that I've seen that in any other videos. And let's all hope 2021 is much better than 2020! Can't wait to meet around the campfire. Lynn and Danny
We have been married for about 3 years now! Yay, so glad that you guys are enjoying our videos of just chilling and talking :) Hopefully we can do many more of these style videos! We can't wait for that either Lynn and Danny, you guys are so great! How long have ya'll been married for now?? - Kyle and Renee
Yay! Can't wait to see it :) Hopefully you both are enduring the cold temperatures well! Great to see you as well, hoping you both are having a fantastic New Year thus far ❤️ - Kyle and Renee
You guys crack me up! So much fun! The foil backed skirting is a great idea because radiant ultraviolet heat is actually in the light spectrum and is therefore able to be reflected via foil (mirror) back under the camper rather than being lost to the environment. I can about guarantee you won’t freeze up again with that stuff. 👍 Another old Michigan mobile home trick is to cut a small heat register vent size hole in a discreet location such as in a cabinet or closet that passes into the vacant space beneath the floor. When it’s cold, a small fan blowing down the hole keeps the underbelly above freezing.
Great point with the radiant heat retention! We definitely have noticed a HUGE difference. Still going through propane somewhat quickly, but far less after doing the skirting. Had no idea that ultraviolet heat is on the light spectrum 🧐That's a really nice trick! I am going to want to do this soon! It probably really helps to distribute the heat and make the most out of what you are spitting out of the heater
RVs have very little wall and roof insulation. R5 to R10 at the most I’d suspect. They really aren’t designed to retain heat well unfortunately. We did enjoy the comedic editing. Denise was laughing at you guys too. 😁 I’m really looking forward to the travel/exploring videos to come. Adventures are my favorite!
Yeah unfortunately they really aren’t super reliable with the R value of the insulation. They try their best I guess lol Glad to hear it!! I know, same here.. I really like the adventure videos as well. It’s nice to take advantage of this time to practice talking to the camera though and get more acquainted with vlogging. A big adventure that I have wanted to do is go on the airboats down in the Everglades!! How sweet would that be!? 😱
It was so beautiful! Not so pretty once we had to start shoveling though 🤣 so glad you stopped by! Thank you for sharing Chucks rock session last night, that was so much fun. You guys are just too awesome in our book. Much love to you both, can’t wait to see you guys in person one day soon! - Kyle and Renee 🙂
Great Video!!! Bring on the Moonshine....😀 Funny you posted this.. I was just watching another video today on Winter rving in British Columbia Canada! A whole trailer park full of winter rv'ers! Cheers! Happy New Year!
@@HappilyEverHanks He works for a company named Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC). They modify airplanes and make space ships - he works in the space ship part, now called Sierra Space.
😂haha! So glad to hear that we are somewhat entertaining hehe Yes!! We are so excited for the New Year ❤️New adventures and many more memories to be made! Hope you have a wonderful New Year as well! Always great hearing from you :) - Kyle and Renee
Reflectix is da bomb yo! 💣 We did winter in western WA in 2018. Didn’t do the wrap around the trailer. We didn’t die but we did run through the propane super fast when a January storm rolled through ❄️
Yea!! Reflectix has been so amazing for us as well!! I bet it got chilly up in WA during those storms 🥶 hoping you guys are staying warm and have a wonderful New Year! Thank you so much for stopping by to hang with us 🙂 - Renee and Kyle
Hey guys!! Thank you SOOO much for commenting! It helps us grow and we really appreciate it 🙂🙂 we love you too and are so thankful you guys enjoy them! Happy New Year to you all! Hope we can see you soon ❤️
I started RVing in March and got away with not skirting by completely disconnecting and bundling up for the last bad storm (my tanks are all above floor level) but I was thinking about buying the "real" skirting for the coming winter-your solution seems much better!
Yes! Same here Heidi! We finally skirted our rig and WOW what a difference it made. I wish we had done it sooner, but it was a learning experience for sure lol What kind of RV do you currently own? 😃
Yeah, we are moochdocking in Texas where we thought we would be far away from snow. Nope- it snowed last night. It is gone now, but it was pretty as it was happening! Enjoy being stationary- It is a nice change and you can leave when you get the traveling bug!
Oh you guys got snow down in Texas!? Guess it followed you from Colorado 😄Those are the best snows, the ones that are pretty to watch and then you don't have to kill yourself trying to plow and shovel LOL Always an awesome experience moochdocking, so glad you guys have a place landed for the winter months! Sending you warm wishes from PA 👋🏼Happy New Year!! - Kyle and Renee
Just watching this today. We priced RV skirting for ours, try $2500, to be installed. This year, we are adding heat pads to our tanks. We went on on board water every time it dropped near freezing. Only had the pipes freeze one time.
Oh my goodness! That is a lot...whew! Nice move on the heat pads near the tanks, I bet that makes a TON of difference 😃 Thank you so much for sharing Elizabeth!
Definitely has been challenging!! We finally upgraded to a 100 lb propane tank today :) thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful New Year ❤️ - Renee and Kyle
@@HappilyEverHanks We only have a 5 lb.. Luckily we've only had to heat just a couple times during the day. But nights been down in the teens so 5 lbs only lasts us about 52 hours.
@@Colquhouns 52 hours is a decent amount of time. We were kicking our 30 lb propane tanks in about the same time. It takes a lot to heat up the fifth wheel for sure. I remember when we had our travel trailer (27 foot) it didn't take nearly as much propane!
Nice you were able to spend the holidays with family and friends. The frozen pipes again..ouch... glad you did the skirt for the RV & being where you are you needed to. Joel makes a brandy slush that is yummy, but your hot boilo looks delightful. We have never heard of boilo.. Looking forwarded to 2021 and safe travels- Chasing RV Sunshine 🌞Joel, Deb and 🐕Maya
Yeahhhh they froze again, oh well... I think the skirting will do the trick. It has been great at keeping the heat retained which is good. Just need to survive a few more months and then we can hit the road again! That brandy slush sounds really good too 🙂yeah, not many people have heard of Boilo, definitely a good one if you ever get a chance to try. Hope you guys have a wonderful New Year! - Kyle and Renee
@@HappilyEverHanks we are heading into our deep freeze months here in Wisconsin. We will cross our fingers it’s a mild winter and warm by you... who I’m kidding I want that here too.. Deb
We should do the skirting we have our camper stationary for several months in the winter. We had a few nights that got down in the teens lucky nothing froze.
Yeah the skirting has paid off for us! It definitely has helped us not blow off so much propane. It’s crazy how much propane we were through before the skirting. Hopefully no more frozen pipes 🤞🏼hope you guys are staying warm where you are! Thank you for stopping by 🙂 - Kyle and Renee
Forget rving in winters lol we did it for two years in Nebraska and never again. We will always try and avoid snow from here on out. Hi from Texas lol. Great video! - Jay & Jessica -
Oh I bet that got really cold there!! Yeah we are trying to avoid the snow from here on out 😂 this snow is not ideal for RV living. Glad you guys are in Texas, you guys are doing it right 🙂 thank you guys for stopping by! Hope you are having a wonderful New Year - Kyle and Renee
Hey Byron!! So glad to hear from you, had some great times with y’all in Oroville. Hopefully our paths cross again soon!! Stay safe out there brother - Kyle and Renee
Bagna Cauda= “hot bath”. No ‘L’ in cauda, by the way... like “cawda”. Oh, and my husband’s Christmas gifts were anode rods for the hot water heater, and spares for the Blue Ox towing system. 😘
It’s great to hear someone else know what bagna cauda is besides my family! Once I saw the spelling I though “we are totally saying it wrong” but we say a lot of words wrong in northeast PA lol 😆 love those Christmas gifts!! Happy New Year!!! Thanks for watching ❤️ ~Renee and Kyle
Oh no...hate that you guys had to deal with frozen pipes again! 😳 Such great information. Hope y'all are staying warm! Love the new mugs (is there Boilo in there?! 😂) !! Happy New Year, friends!!! 😊
No boilo in there!! We stuck to coffee for this video 😄😄 yes, I can’t believe we had frozen pipes again 😭 hopefully this RV skirting will help a lot. Thank you guys so much for stopping by ❤️ miss y’all so much! - Kyle and Renee
Oof you guys are braver than us....I (Steph) absolutely hate the cold and avoid it like the plague 😅 you guys have such good attitudes about it all though! Glad you're getting to see family and friends, stay warm!
Yeahhh, we wish we didn't have to endure the cold right now 🥶Hopefully we can head south soon!! Thank you guys so much for stopping by 😊- Kyle and Renee
Dang that 2 week stretch was brutal. It was like going to battle to keep the rig thawed. Found you on the How TO FB page. Look forward to following you
Please tell me if it's appropriate to have permanent skirting on a destination trailer and if so would it be wise to put it on before you built a deck? I know that you move around from place to place so what did you do with your skirting once you got on the road? I enjoyed this video and I'd never heard of Bagna Cauda so I learned something new. Thanks!
Not again. At least you got it skirted. Kyle, just remember this phrase “happy wife, happy life”. 😉. In all seriousness, another great video. I love the edit and zoom in on your guy’s facial expressions. Shelley and I wish you both all of the best in 2021. And we cannot wait to see what you have coming up down the road.
Thank you so much!! Now the RV is nice and warm 😃. Yes, happy wife, happy life 👍🏼 We are glad you guys enjoyed this one!! Happy New Years to you both ❤️ ~Renee and Kyle
Excellent intro! I got snow in my eyes. MEDIC! 🤣 I am applauding with the rest of the audience. The fish rue is what I'm going to call it, actually sounded amazing. A drink would have to be REALLY, REALLY that good for me to take time to put that much effort into making something like that. 😂 Lazy, guilty as charged. Hope you guys stay safe and Kyle, keep your SKIRT on! 🤪- ❤️👍👏 Donovan & Jodi
Hahaha!! You guys crack us up every time 😂The drink actually turned out suuuuper good!! We were happy with the outcome and it went fairly quickly believe it or not 😄Carl will keep his skirt on for sure LOL Much love to you guys, thank you so much for stopping by! Happy New Year! - Kyle and Renee
So excited for your 2021 adventures! And feel free to send some of that snow down to Florida, we will gladly take it 😌 Happy New Year, friends! Wishing you every good thing this year.
Thank you guys!! We really appreciate it 😃You guys really want some snow eh?? We will try our hardest to send the cool vibes down your way 😎Happy New Year to you guys as well!! We wish you nothing but the most successful and happy new year - Kyle and Renee
I know folks have to go where the work is but I have never understood fulltime RVing in the freezing cold. I could not do winter without a cozy fireplace.
Yeah it does take a lot of work for sure! That is a great idea! Definitely helps keep the underbelly warm 🙂👍🏼 thanks for stopping by to hang with us! - Kyle and Renee
Hey Buddy, and yeah I saw in the comments about the finger. I had to keep my eye out for it lol. Anyway, good stuff. It's 30 here in AZ at night and our space heater runs all night trying to stay at 70⁰.
Hey thank you for stopping by! Wow I didn't think it would drop that low in Arizona, space heater always does wonders :) Much love from the Hanks family - Kyle and Renee
