Mellisa hit the nail right on the head - the complete separation of “Toil & Leisure”, is a formula that more of us def should partake in! Great video guys! The scenery is very beautiful there 👏🏼👍🏼👍🏼🖖🏼

Definitely looked like a great time. Kait is so infectious with her positivity & excitement! Melissa made an excellent point, I hope many people will hear it.

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

Totally agree!

Hello guys, we have watched your videos for years and love you guys!!! I normally never leave a comment, but now I will as part of Scott's go small live large group. I love and appreciate everything you guys do and give back to the community. Although, I just got my van not too long ago, I am starting to enjoy it and hope to meet you down the road someday. Journy on, be safe Bill and Joe BJtravelers * * * *

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! Hope to see you on the road!

Melissa is spot on! I have struggled with establishing a reasonable work-life balance, but I've learned just how important it is to not allow your job to own you. Maintaining relationships outside of work is difficult for some of us, so it takes effort, but if you put in the work you will always have a "family" long after your working years end.

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

So very true

What a fun group.

This was such a FUN campout. Great food, great views, great friends (new and old), and bourbon 🥃 !! Kait’s coffee bar was delicious. Many wonderful memories made. And, Evan does make everything look easy. Great advice on balancing work with van fun :) Journey on!

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

Yes it was! Thank you

Lol. This started out saying somewhere in Indiana, and being from Indiana and camping my whole life, I had to keep backing up because I had no clue about the lake she said. Ohhh Alabama..

Looks like a fun time. And Lake Guntersville looks great! Lake Guntersville is on our list of places to visit. And thanks to Melissa for sharing her story. Enjoy life!

Thank you Melissa! Spot on! -Kim

Looks like fun times, love the Russos

Great video, maybe next time a little tour of individual van’s to see how they’re decorating and making them feel like home👍👍👍

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

Great idea!!

I stopped near my home in Baltimore, MD to gas up the other day and as I pulled away there was a Storyteller Overland Van. You never know.

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

Very cool!

True statement looks like fun

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

It was!

Missed seeing you guys at the Storyteller Van booth at Overland Expo East. Looks like you guys had fun on your adventure and camp out.

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

Yeah unfortunately it was the same weekend this year

Thanks Melissa for the message, we were in Leeds that weekend for the ARMA races.

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

That is awesome!

Enjoyed the video. Melissa is soooo right!! We need to work to live and not live to work.

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

That she is!

We are never out of Season in California!! Another reason to live out west! 😀 #Idyllwild

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

Except our gas is half the price 😉

Such a great campout and we wish we could have been there and the Tenn AVE, maybe next year :) Mode LT owners unite!

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

That would be cool!

Nice bike. Beautiful area. I'd call the camp out a success. Some nice rigs too. Thanks for the video.

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

You bet!

saw you guys at Louisville Asian nights. always been a fans'

So cool. I’m in IL and would love to come next time if you do one in the Midwest somewhere 🚐💕🍂

safe travels

Looks like so much fun! I hope to join one day!

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

I hope so too!

I really enjoy watching y’all enjoy our wonderful state of Alabama! Guntersville Lake is gorgeous!

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

Looked like fun! ❤

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

It was!

That looks awesome

Awesome!

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Looks like a successful Camp Out

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

It definitely was

Go back in June next year for the hydroplane races!

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

That sounds like fun!

Great place, Oliver travel trailer owners have their annual rally there every May.

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

Very cool. I’m surprised they don’t have it in TN

@kenhuth1762

7 ай бұрын

Its only a few hours away from Hohenwald and a close friend of the Olivers has a cousin who works for the park and they are very accommodating. @@Weretherussos

Awesome

I don't know how we missed this. We are north of Lake Guntersville, in the Rocket City:)

@Weretherussos

25 күн бұрын

That’s a cool town!

Cool people ❤

WOW, the last time I watched one of your videos Kait didn’t have any hair.

Wow, this looks like fun!

Looks like fun. I’d love to come sometime. Just made my first meet up in mid Sept and completely agree with Chris about it solidifying a sense of community among fellow van people whether full time or part time. Scott arrives and the bourbon pours! Nice coffee bar Kait.

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

What a great thing you two are doing; this is entertaining for your channel and great for the campers who join you. That lady said it all about creating a different community to participate in when you are stuck in that career grind and you need to introduce some balance in your life. Very enjoyable video; it looked like a great time.

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much

Good evening Joe, Kait,Friends & double ear rubs to all the four legged Fam ! Hopefully one day when I’m able to I’ll get to attend one of these amazing meet-ups ! Looked like everyone had a wonderful time ! Stay safe, keep the flavors brewing & keep smiling !

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

Will do! Thanks!!

First! Lol! Great video, guys. Loved meeting Melissa and her attitude toward life❤

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

She’s a fun one. And man you were on top of the comments! Hope all is going well

Looks like it was a lot of fun! Hopefully we can join you on a campout next year.

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

Look forward to it! Maybe down at Disney

Didn't take long for Scott to break out the bourbon

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

lol. Nope

Tents are welcomed? Hmm... I'm going to have to talk to my wife about going to a future campout :) We are still about 6 years away from getting a van of our own, but I've been following the RV scene and the Russos for a few years now. I finished the first book and have been reading the second book, Joe. Good stuff--thanks for sharing your story.

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! And yes, everyone is welcomed to a campout

Scott in attendance! Did he bring whiskey?

Hhi,Sorry we can't make it since it carries my last name yes Gunter. Looks like you'll had a great time!

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

Next time!

Just kidding my RV up and rolling. I’m hoping I can join you guys next summer.

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

Look forward to it

Hi guys I missed you at Adventure van Expo I ran into Scott wish I would have meet you both are you going to Scotts camp out in FL Nov 15th, I will be there stay safe guys

@soappedaler

7 ай бұрын

Can you tell me more about Scott’s Florida camp out?

Wish Sheila and I could of been lucky enough to join you all, sadly we can’t, we both hope you all have a great time. And Joe, come on boss as much as you love coffee where is your Chemex and/or French press… 🤣 One of these days we’ll accompany you all and convert you to scotch 😉

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

Nah - I used to be a Scotch drinker but found bourbon to be my thing.

@Lt184

7 ай бұрын

@@Weretherussos respect to that, besides there’s no wrong answer, one likes what one likes. 👍🏽

Looks like a lot of fun. Noticed everyone is in a class B.

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

They were but not required

Please do one in Northern California! I would love to attend and meet ya'll

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

If we do, we look forward to meeting you!

Hello Russos!

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

Hey Rando!

That looks like a beautiful area and a fun campout. I am planning a trip to Tenn and other southern states including Alabama. I am looking for National parks or monuments. Can you recommend places in N. Alabama.

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

Well obviously Lake Guntersville and the US Space Museum in Huntsville

Dang I’m not gonna make it because it’s oct 19 today 😂

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

lol - nope but follow us on Instagram for future meet ups

Great message Melissa about Work-Life Balance ! Does Melissa have a You Tube Chanel ? If not she should.

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

No and this was her first time on KZread. She said it was a dream of hers

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Dam good vlog.if you can,go longer on your vlogs.

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

Noted!

How much electricity does the coffee maker use?

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

1500 watts

@tommyg.9069

7 ай бұрын

Thanks.@@Weretherussos

Please, when this video was filmed?

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

10/3 - 10/5

@lucaskazama878

7 ай бұрын

@@WeretherussosHOLY shi** respectifuly your wife is as hot and beaultiful as ever, just won the genetic lotery, congratulations. not that I care much, but she diserve to know it, you luck boy. BYE

Joe drinks Bourbon?!?

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

Sometimes 😎

@Stickerbob11

7 ай бұрын

😉🫵🏽

I wish you would tell my wife how much fun she is missing by not having a Van.

@Weretherussos

7 ай бұрын

We do on each video. Just have her watch