{"id":59,"date":"2024-10-04T18:29:33","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T18:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rickmercier.com\/?page_id=59"},"modified":"2024-10-04T19:00:25","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T19:00:25","slug":"youtube-favorites","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rickmercier.com\/index.php\/youtube-favorites\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Favorites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These are Karen and my favorite YouTube folks.<br \/>\nThere is no special order. All are interesting to watch.<br \/>\nWe enjoy people that are out on the road going places and enjoying life.<br \/>\nKaren and I have been to every state expect Hawaii. Maybe someday we&#8217;ll get there.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Wonderhussy\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wonderhussy<\/a>!<\/strong><\/span> One of the best influencers on the YouTube.<br \/>\nShe lives in California near the Nevada line in a town called Tecopa.<br \/>\nA small town where everyone knows everybody. It&#8217;s in the desert and too hot to live.<br \/>\nBut that doesn&#8217;t stop Sara and her sister.<br \/>\nSara (Wonderhussy) makes great videos with a lot of history and videos.<br \/>\nWe traveled in the southern California and Arizona desert.<br \/>\nIt was way too hot to enjoy. After watching Sara&#8217;s videos, we want to go back there.<br \/>\nTurns out we didn&#8217;t know what to look for when we were there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@DaniConnorWild\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dani Connor Wild<\/strong><\/a>. She might be the best photography I ever seen. She knows<br \/>\nvideos and photos. Dani got her big start when she moved to Swedin.<br \/>\nThere she started making videos of red squirrels. Now she is going all over<br \/>\nearth taking pictures and videos.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CatherineGregoryAdventures\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Catherine Gregory<\/strong><\/a>. She and her friend Joey travel all over the west.<br \/>\nThey both like to hike in the back country and make videos.<br \/>\nShe has a very good eye for great video content.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@RunawayMattCass\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Runaway Matt &amp; Cass<\/strong><\/a>. These two young folks bought 32 areas of land in Tennessee.<br \/>\nTheir videos are on living off grid. They show the good and bad.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@BrokenDreamsReborn\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Broken Dreams Reborn<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Right down to earth travelers. They travel the west and show their adventures.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@kellyhays23\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Kelly Hays Hikes<\/strong><\/a>. Like the channel says, she hikes. Kelly makes great videos of the hikes she doing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@OpenRoading\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Open Roading<\/strong><\/a>. Joe and Kalyn travel the US in the 5th wheel camper. Lots of interesting videos.<br \/>\nLast summer they were working as guards when a dog showed up.<br \/>\nThey realized there was nobody around to claim the dog. Trinity is now part of the family in for an adventure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ourselfreliantlife\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Our Self-Reliant Life<\/strong><\/a>. Jim and Jess live off grid in the Arizona desert.<br \/>\nThey are building an earthbag home and showing all the steps to get it built.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@therealgirlinthewoods\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Girl in the Woods!<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0 Brooke Whipple and her husband Dave.<br \/>\nBoth have their own channels on YouTube and are orientated towards outdoor living.<br \/>\nDave and Brooke were on a survival TV show and know a lot about living on your own.<br \/>\nThey live in Michigan and Alaska and do lots of videos in both places.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@NikkiDelventhal\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nikki Delventhal.<\/a><\/strong> She and her dogs Camper and Rodney are very entertaining.<br \/>\nThey live in a large van on the west coast. She makes a video usually once a week.<br \/>\nShe inspired her cousin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@sarahhberkowitz\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Sarah Berkowitz<\/strong><\/a> to also do some traveling. Sara also has a channel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@DownsizingMakesCents\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Downsizing Makes Cents<\/strong><\/a>. These folks are retired and doing a lot of living. Unfortunately<br \/>\nLarry got sick on their last adventure. They ended up back in Florida for medical reasons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@JustHaveaThink\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Just have a think<\/strong><\/a>. He is living in England and does a once-a-week video on energy related subjects.<br \/>\nHe is very interesting to listen to.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SabineHossenfelder\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Sabine Hossenfelder<\/strong><\/a>. She lives in Germany and is extraordinarily smart! She explains lots of physics related subjects.<br \/>\nIf you want to be informed about science, she your girl.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@useless_farm\/shorts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Useless Farm<\/strong><\/a>. Amanda is in Canada where she has a small farm with a strange collection of animals.<br \/>\nOne ostrich name Karen only has one idea. Kill Amanda!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@drekberg\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dr. Sten Ekberg<\/strong><\/a>. One of my favorite doctors. Listening to Dr. Ekberg I realized I was insulin resistant.<br \/>\nUsing his advice I changed my whole life!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@NutritionMadeSimple\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Nutrition Made Simple<\/strong><\/a>. Dr. Carvalho give lots of great nutritional advise. He talks about medical studies<br \/>\non various food subjects. You could get healthy listening to him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">These are Karen and my favorite YouTube folks. There is no special order. All are interesting to watch. We enjoy people that are out on the road going places and enjoying life. 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