Why? Because I got to get here on a

motorcycle, and now you get to play with

flowers. True

Good morning ladies and gentlemen.

Welcome back. Today is a big day.

I'm super stoked because finally after

eight months of owning my bike, I've got

it all packed up, and Carrie and I are

going to hop on my motorcycle and

head off into the wilderness. So it's

going to be beautiful; supposedly there's

crazy wild flower blooms happening out

there, and I am frothing. I cannot wait to

get riding. Let me properly introduce you

guys to my motorcycle. I don't know if

you've met Bucephalus yet?

It's a 2013 BMW F800GS.

Panniers on there; I also put

an adventure touring windscreen.

I named this bike Bucephalus

because Bucephalus

was the trusty horse who took

Alexander the Great from Macedonia, all

the way to India. I feel like it's a

fitting name, although I'm not Alexander

the Great. I want a trusty steed that

will take me far and wide. You ready?

I am ready and I also have a tip for

ladies that are riding on the back of

a bike.... put your hair in a braid because

if you don't, your hair will be completely

knotted....Dreadlock biker.

One of my favorite things about

California, especially Southern California

is that..... you might not know it,

but there's a kind of wilderness and

that's what we're headed to go see. We're

going to be going to a place called the

Carrizo Plains, which is the last

remaining stretch of undeveloped

California grasslands.

To get there we're

going to be riding the highway 33, which

goes out behind Ojai, California.

Highway 33 is widely regarded as one of

the best motorcycle roads in California.

That being said ....let's go.

Probably been on the bike now

for what, an hour and a half?

Where are we, Babe?

We are in Ojai,

the Ojai Valley, in fact.

The view is gorgeous.

It's so beautiful.

This whole ride was amazing.

That's what we're about

to go down right now.

Gatorade, banana. All right, we are in

Ojai now. My two favorite things:

Number 1 and number 2. That's right.

Do you miss Ojai?

I love Ojai.

This was like our first little spot...our first

adventure together was here. This is our

first big adventure. Yeah. We still

have two and a half hours to get to

where we're going, but we're going to

follow the Maricopa Highway. We're

going to be going up and over, and then

we get into a little town called

New Cuyama,

and we hop onto this dirt road,

which takes us into the Carrizo Plains.

That's the game plan.

We still have a lot of riding

to do, so we're not going

to dilly-dally too much. Let's go.

We have some beautiful riding

out in front of us.

It's just been twisty roads

and absolutely gorgeous scenery.

Also have all these incredible wildflowers

everywhere. It smells so nice out here.

Let's just pull over and take a look at

this view real quick. It's so pretty.

We made it. We are at the top of

Highway 33, the Maricopa Highway.

We ripped all the way up here

along this ridgeline.

And here we are.

All right you guys. We have just arrived.

The asphalt is about to end.

The paved road is about to end, and we're

about to start on to some dirt.

Basically, the Carrizo Plains is the last

undeveloped section of California

grassland. It's 50 miles long, and it's

basically a dried-up lake. At the

very northern section of the Carrizo

Plains, you have this

beautiful little section of grasslands.

It's full of wild flowers right now.

First things first, we're going to find a

place to camp. We're going to pull off on

one of these little dirt roads and

follow it up and see if we can't find a

cool little campground to call our own

for tonight.

All right, well....this is home, Carrie.

Now we've got to unload all of our stuff.

it's time to make the tent so that we sleep

in the tent. Are you ready, Carrie?

Ready. Let's go.

It's crazy how much stuff you can jam into

these panniers, you know. Look, four

liters of water, bottle of wine, red wine,

Malbec, obviously.

Spare gasoline for the bike,

jacket, bike cover, girlfriend,

beef jerky. Beef jerky.

Done.

I'm just hiking this little hill

above our camp site

to get a shot.

Ohhhhh. This is insane.

I just want to communicate to you guys

how happy and excited I am about this.

First video I ever made for YouTube was

me riding my bicycle basically from the

Atlantic coast of France over to the

Mediterranean coast and back through

Spain. 1,500 kilometers on a push bike,

camping along the way. You know I saw

this motorcycle on the cover of an

adventure magazine in 2013, and I knew

right when I saw it that that was the

bike for me, and the last three years

I've honestly just been putting

pennies in a piggy bank until I was in a

position where I could buy this bike.

The fact that I'm here with my girlfriend

and my motorcycle, surrounded by nature

is like the best feeling in the world

for me right now. I'm glad that we

could take you guys out here too.

Marko, dude, we miss you. Once you get your

bike all sorted; once you get your

motorcycle situation sorted out, you will

be here too, Bro. Yep.

I'm just watching

you gush over life right now,

and I like it.

What're you doing?

Making a fire.

My favorite smell in the world.

It's happening ..... water is boiling,

and then we will be eating

Pad Thai and Santa Fe style rice with

chicken. Getting an appetite, Babe,

because it's time to eat.

Today has been so much fun.

It's been new for me and for Carrie.

It's something that neither of us

has ever done. We've ridden around

together a lot on the bike, but we've

never properly loaded it up with all of

the stuff that you need for camping and

gone on a spontaneous adventure.

I think one of the best things in life

is spontaneous adventures and nature in

my opinion, being outside sleeping under

the stars is like a cure-all for

everything and anything that might be

off in life. I don't know. It's just been

a really, really enjoyable day.

What about you, Babe?

I'm loving it. I love this moment

right now, you know, after we just ate and

just chillin'.

And that moon rise was incredible.

That was so amazing. Alex was

like, "What is that that bright light

behind the mountain?" And then fifteen

minutes later, we were watching the

moon rise. It was incredible.

Boiling some water for coffee, of course.

Some French press coffee? Super strong.

We survived the night, and I hope that

you guys and girls enjoyed this video.

We definitely enjoyed making it, and I think

that this is a type of video and a type

of adventure that we want to

continue doing... so if you guys enjoyed

the video, you know what to do give it a

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sub; she's awesome. And in the meantime,

remember to stay curious, keep exploring

and we'll see you on the road after we

finish this cup of coffee, eat our oatmeal,

break down that tent, pack it all onto

the bike, and hop on the motorcycle.

Peace.