In this vlog, Victor Justin Rhodes (Speaker A) takes viewers through a packed day that blends a challenging mountain‑bike segment of a 100‑mile bike‑packing trip with farm chores and family cooking. The video opens with a high‑energy intro about tackling a 2,300‑foot elevation gain on a steep, single‑track climb, describing the route’s distance, gradient, and how the crew reads GPS elevation data. Interwoven are scenes of the family’s rotational grazing system, showing tall pasture grass, a pregnant mare named Vanilla transitioning from grass to hay, and practical horse‑care tips from “horse dad” and Lily. After conquering the climb, the group celebrates with a home‑cooked pot pie, biscuits, chocolate pudding, strawberry jam, and whoopie pies, highlighting the communal cooking process and the joy of sharing food. Throughout, the vlog maintains a conversational, humorous tone, mixing technical details about the bike ride with farm management insights and light‑hearted family interactions.
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Happy Outdoor Adventure Day! We're gonna climb, good Lord willing and the creek don't rise, 2,300-mile elevation on mountain bikes. 2,300 miles up, that's a lot. It means 23,000 feet. Oh, you're right. That's a heck of an intro, wasn't it? 2,300 miles, it's almost California. A little earlier than usual, got to get our chores done. Should it go smooth, Jonah? Yeah, it should. Let's get it. Let's get— it should, but it won't. Is that what you said? Okay, uh, let's get the non-milkers over. Important day in our mountain bike adventures. We've got, I don't know, a little over 2 weeks till we do a 100-mile bikepacking trip. We've been doing sections of the ride, and this is the last section that we haven't haven't seen or done yet. Look at that grass, it is as tall as they are. They eat it down. This was that yesterday. Come on, Vanilla, she should be having her calf. Doesn't look well endowed. She's supposed to be pregnant, she had a positive pregnancy test. I see she's getting used to being away from her calf. What'd that take, 2 weeks? Grass almost as tall as the fence. Very proud of this grass. This pasture used to not be this way, now it is mostly edibles. I mean, we have this weed, but it used to be so much worse. Just a testimony to rotational grazing. This is further away from the house, so it got hit less, you know. We started rotational grazing down in there where it was easy, and then as our herd expanded, we came out in here. Harder to get here. You can't tell by camera, but it's steep. Everybody that comes here is like, this is way steeper than it looks. 30-degree slope behind me. I think that's more grass than that horse has ever had in its life. So for that reason, that horse has got to go back into the round pen, be on some hay. Apparently with horses you can't just go from eating hay and explosive grass, so we gotta transition them. Horse dad is helping Lily this morning. Yes, she's cut her foot. It's a bad day to cut your foot, same day you get a horse. We got her in the wheelchair, farmer's wheelchair. Little feed and supplements. Hey, Lily just taught me you always spread out the hay. You give one more pile of hay than there are horses. So if you have 2 horses, that's 3 piles of hay. And what are you gonna do about a grass paddock? I guess it goes against every fiber of my body to let an animal stay in the same paddock for 2 days. How did you catch him? I couldn't catch him. You rubbing me for a pet? You want me to pet you? I'll pet you. Horse dad and boy right here. Did you get your feet wet? You'll tan again. Um, Lily, did we take the whole thing off? Y'all ready for this? 3,200 feet. You said 2,300. Oh, maybe it's 2,300 miles. Well, maybe it is 2,300. Are we there now? Yep, this is it right here. Okay, at least it's not thundering and lightning. We've got a 6.1-mile climb of 2,372 feet, so 2,400 feet. So the first climb we did on day 1 was 2,200, but it was 8.2 miles, so it's— Okay, shorter? Shorter, yes, but that means it's steeper. This is where you cue up some of those shots where we're hiking bikes. A little over 14 miles total. Really helps to know what we were getting into when we first attempted this. We had no idea what was around the corner. We've learned how to read elevation on our, our GPS app here. We're in better shape. We've been riding now for a year. Single track climbing. Is about to begin. We're hiking already. 2.3 miles in, we're a third up, guys. So far, really steep and then mellows out, so we gain time, slow down. It's a back and forth. It's actually manageable as opposed to just straight up. So if that keeps up, I think we're gonna be all right. But we are only on medium. We've been coming off the medium. I'm pretty sure we're getting ready to go on difficult, or there's actually most difficult. This is the good stuff. Not everybody sees this stuff. This isn't the Triple Falls, park in a parking lot, easy stroll. You work for this. I think it's gonna be more of the same. Taking us 2 hours. To go 5.2 miles. It's uphill right out of the gate, so one more mile, I believe, a 1,000-foot climb, which is going to be a lot like what you just saw. I believe we're at the top. This should be a fun, mellow downhill. Well, that wasn't the best downhill in the world. It's really rocky and up and down, but This will be the reward. A couple miles of gravel downhill. We made it. Hey, good looking, what you got cooking? I've got a pot pie and biscuits. Oh, it's our cheat night. Dessert pies, and I made you chocolate pudding. I'm gonna kill some chocolate pudding. I'm gonna kill it. So you made 2 and a half total. So here's Yeah, so these are— all right, this is all— it's been so long since I've had chocolate pudding. Oh, and it's rich too. I made it with our egg yolks and milk. Thank you. Oh, I can smell you. Yeah, I better go. It was actually so bad. So we have to hike up the hill. It's literally— we had our bikes on our back. It was the roughest section of the whole 100 miles. Is it the end? Then we get— when is it? Like, where? No, it's not the end. It's It's like 60 to 72 miles. And then we get to the top and then we just go down this little trail that's never used, ever. It's the thing. It's full of leaves and super slow and then up and down, up and down, up and down. Rocks. That's where you take your girlfriend if you want to get rid of her. Hey, are you doing Henry cam? Alright, go do Henry cam. Show me how it goes. There you go. This turned out amazing. Could we do some jam on these? Some strawberry jam? Oh, she's on it, man. Good job, Beck. You're welcome. You're feeding my heart and soul right now. Let's try first dessert. Look at that jam. Oh man, that's so good, huh? So good you can't even sit down. That's not bad, Lily. What are those? Whoopie pies. It's hard, it's firm.
