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I was scared when I saw a huge cop. I don't want to get shot.

You really should not move. We spent 66 days and $3,000 on a road trip across the USA, and it was a disaster. We ran into some big problems on our trip, so that's what we're going to talk about today. But first, we want to say thank you so much for 200K. Really, we were so surprised, and we're so grateful.

I still can't believe it.

We prepared a small gift and a fun giveaway, so make sure to watch until the end of this video so that you can get all the details to enter. The very first night of staying by ourselves on the road trip. Do you remember this night?

That was terrible.

We booked a campsite and we were super excited. Our first night camping on the road trip. We went to Walmart and bought hot dogs and Jiffy Pop, which is popcorn that you cook over a campfire, marshmallows for s'mores. We were going to feast that night at the campsite.

We were ready to party.

Yep, we had a bundle of logs and we went to go start the fire and we can't start it. We tried for like an hour, over an hour. It was pretty pathetic. Even our neighbors at the campsite over came over to help us and poured the whole oil on it. They were trying really hard to help us start the fire, and other people around us had fires going.

Yeah, just not us. I feel like we ended up eating just very cold hot dog.

Yeah, it was a big bummer, and we had to use the only dry food we had, which was of course peanut butter and bread. Do you remember we didn't even have a knife, so we had to literally scoop the bread into the peanut butter jar?

We were not prepared.

Wow, we can't even start a fire. Are we going to be able to do this? Like, we're not outdoorsy people at all, I guess.

And I'm not a handyman too.

But it got even worse. The next day we were all packed up, ready to hit the road. I get in the driver's seat Turn the key and nothing happened.

Battery died.

The car wouldn't start at all.

We must have turned the light overnight somehow.

I don't know how we slept with lights on. And we ended up having to call campground staff, and they came and jumped the car for us.

I'm very happy that we slept on the campsite. Imagine we couldn't start a car in the middle of nowhere.

That's true. Yeah, at least we were in a safe place, so it could have been worse.

I feel like all the Americans are They know how to start a fire, they know how to fix a car.

But not this American.

Not this man too.

Anyways, that was our first night. After that, we made it all the way to the West Coast and we were in Portland, Oregon when our next disaster struck.

They are known as the weird city.

It's like the Portland stereotype.

Keep Portland weird.

Oh yeah, maybe keep Portland weird. They own their weirdness.

Yeah.

So first let me preface this by saying by saying Hong was driving. I can't remember too many of the details.

You don't remember the detail? You were yelling at me, "I gotta go to the bathroom." It was an emergency. I parked on the street and then I was not allowed to park there. So I'm trying to find another spot. So I'm trying to get back on the road and then—

Car accident. Yes, we got into a car accident in Portland. Luckily, we didn't wreck the car. It was just a small fender bender. But remember, this is my dad's van.

At that time, I wasn't really super close to your dad. I met him just like a couple times only. I hit my dad-in-law's car. Not a good impression, you know.

We hit this other car and a woman gets out to come and talk to us. And we're looking at any damages. She had a small dent in her car. She came over. She's asking about where we're from. What's our story? So we told her our whole story of the road trip.

She was more interested in us than her car. Yeah, surprisingly.

And at the end of the conversation, she hugged both of us and she was like, "Oh, good luck on your trip!" And that was it. And then I called my dad and I was even nervous just cuz I felt bad. And my dad says, "Was anyone hurt?" I said, "No." And he said, "Were the cops involved?" I said, "No." And he said, "Ah, you're good then, no problem." He was just concerned about our safety, but it was just really funny. There's Not many times when you get in a car accident and then they hug you, right? And then that same night, you know the phrase, when it rains it pours, or when something bad happens, it's like it all happens at once. It's getting late, it's getting dark, we're tired. We pull into a Walmart parking lot to park and stay overnight.

We had to save the money. Mostly we sleep in the Walmart.

Yeah, it was our go-to spot. We had our toothbrushes and toothpaste. We were going to brush our teeth. Walmart security pull up and they knew what we were doing because we were in our PJs with our toothbrush, and they were like, you can't sleep here because it was not a Walmart Supercenter. If it's a Supercenter, you can stay there, and this one said you could not sleep there. We didn't know, and we were like, okay, we'll move, sorry about that, we didn't know. I said, okay, Hong, open the car, and he said, what do you mean? You've got the keys. I was like, no, I don't, you've got the keys. And then we realized, it was like a light bulb moment.

Maybe we were shocked by the accident, we were not thinking.

The keys locked in the car. Walmart security is sitting there waiting for us to leave, and we're struggling to get in the car, fighting over who had the keys. We had no choice but to call roadside assistance, like our insurance, to get some help. But all of that information, of course, was in the glove box of the car, so we didn't even have access to it. So what did we have to do?

Call Dad.

Call Dad for the second time that day. And the worst part was there's a huge time difference.

There's a 3-hour difference. It's 1 AM in Michigan.

My dad does not stay awake until 1 AM, so—

He goes to bed at 10. Yeah.

Oh, I felt so bad. I could tell he was sleeping and I was like, "Dad, it's me again. I'm so sorry." But this time we locked the keys in the car. He was very nice about it. My dad is a very patient man. He said, "No problem." I heard him get out of bed, shuffle some papers, and he got the number for us to call. Hung up, called AAA, and they came and jimmyed the lock so we could get into the car. And as we were leaving, do you remember what the Walmart security guards said? Just outside, they said, "You didn't hear it from us, but a lot of people sleep behind that Burger King." And we went and there were like a million RVs there. It's like a campground behind Burger King. So we ended up staying behind Burger King that night, and it worked out well.

I feel bad about her then because at that time I was just boyfriend, not husband. We met once and then borrowed his car and crashed and then locked the door. Man, he's going to hate me.

My dad's pretty cool. A word of advice is to always keep your insurance company's number in your phone under your contacts. That would have been very helpful.

They're usually 24 hours and they came in like 10-20 minutes.

They were very fast. After we left Portland, Everything went pretty smoothly again. I think Portland was the problem.

It's a cool city, but weird things happen.

Then we got back on the road. We made it all the way back to Michigan.

And then I was more confident driving in the US. We drove 16,000 kilometers. So we drove sometimes like 10 hours a day, switching each other.

He was behind the wheel, and suddenly we see and hear sirens behind us. And I've never gotten pulled over before. This was actually my first experience. As well. And I was like, oh my God, I think we're getting pulled over. I panicked, and immediately my first thought was, is your visa still valid?

Or my driver's license?

Yeah, are you legally driving? I should have thought about this before you drove.

I got the international driver's license. Yes, if you go to a police station in Korea, you can apply for international driver's license.

We pulled over on the side of the road, and a cop walked up to the window. I think they always say, do you know why I pulled you over? That's usually the first thing that they say.

I have no idea because I wasn't going fast.

Yeah, we weren't speeding or doing anything bad. One of our tail lights was burned out and we had no idea. We said we're coming back from a long road trip, we didn't know, and he could have ticketed us, but he ended up letting us off with a warning.

Just go to a car shop and fix it.

He was really nice as well. Were you scared when the police officer came up?

I was scared when I saw a huge cop. Sometimes on the news, oh my God, let's not move. I should not do stupid stuff here. I don't want to get shot.

Actually, that is a good point. When a police officer does come to your window, you really should not move. You need to keep your hands on the wheel, and then if they ask for something like your license or registration, you should warn them, "Oh, it's in my glove box. Can I reach for it?" or "It's in my back pocket. Can I grab that quick?" Um, just because with the gun culture, if you don't say anything and you just reach, could be a little bit sketchy. So always hands on the wheel and warn them before you grab for something.

Yes, sir. Do you have license? Yes, I have. I have in my pocket, in my wallet. Can I bring it out? Exactly. Any problem.

We got let off with a warning, and then we made it to my family's cabin. We had a lot of stories, but we made it home safe and sound. So yes, it was a blessing.

Wow, for 66 days in the car. I don't know if I can do it now.

You want to try?

No, my back hurts.

What? Where's your sense of adventure?

We did it in Korea for 30 days too.

That's true. We also did a road trip in Korea, which we will talk about that later as well.

I never started this. I don't have a desire to stay or live in the car. I like hotel.

But these stories make for great memories.

It was worth it. It was trip of the lifetime.

Now as a thank you for 200K, we're giving everyone a free PDF of chapter 25 of our ebook. The topic is road trip English since That's what we talked about in this video. In the PDF, there's some good phrases and expressions and vocabulary words that you can use while driving in the US. And also, we are doing a giveaway, and 10 of our subscribers will get chapters 1 through 10 of our ebook in physical form. Good luck, everybody, and thank you once again. We'll see you next time.

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