In this 2017 vlog, Victor Justin Rhodes (Speaker A) documents a stop on the Great American Farm Tour in Missoula, Montana. He opens with a quick merch announcement for organic t‑shirts, mugs, and stainless‑steel coffee mugs, then details the travel plan to reach Missoula within a few hours. The family, including children (Speaker B), explores a local carousel, prompting a nostalgic conversation about a past family reunion in Missoula and the loss of many relatives. The group then heads to Cormac Park for a meetup with Montana growers. Rhodes introduces a diverse set of attendees, noting where they traveled from and what they grow—beekeeping, medicinal herbs, container vegetables, chickens, turkeys, dairy goats, cows, rabbits, ducks, lambs, and more. The vlog captures a casual tasting of fresh basil in spaghetti and homemade goat chèvre, highlighting the flavor of locally‑grown produce. Rhodes teases an upcoming visit to Paul Wheaton to see his mass‑rocket heaters, emphasizing the potential for 90% wood‑use reduction. The video ends with a thank‑you to a fan who sent kombucha. Throughout, the tone is conversational, community‑focused, and lightly emotional when recalling family memories.
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The official drink of the tour, I'm pretty sure. By the way, top of the video here, a quick announcement. We got our t-shirts and mugs. Organic t-shirts, the Just Plant logo, the Great American Farm Tour logo, and the stainless steel coffee mugs are online again until Monday the 28th, 10, 10 PM Eastern. Check it out, I'll leave a link in the description. It's, uh, 9 o'clock. Beautiful One's in the shower. The goal is— John, are you ready for the goal? The goal is to get everything up and ready so that when she comes back, we're ready to go. We probably should be leaving right about now. I think it'll be great if we can leave within 1 hour, so So we've gotta drive all the way there. Took 6 hours before. Set up camp and then go to a meetup at 4. That's only 7 hours from now. Oh my word. Perfect. Let's go get the kids out of the woods. You guys feel at home in the woods?
Papa!
Look at what you guys built. That's neat. You guys built a fort. Okay, I hate to tear you away, guys. It's 9:45. We gotta go. I see it, man. That's a good job. Good job, little man. Okay guys, come on. Let's go.
Let's go.
9:50. Good news though, it's not 200 miles. I was thinking Hamilton, but we're only going to Missoula, which is closer. It's like 126 or 136 miles. So anyway, shouldn't take more than 3 hours. Hopefully less. 9:50, let's see. See if we can get there lunchtime-ish. Well, we got in 1:30. Not nearly that bad. Had a relaxing afternoon, unpacked the bus, got some stuff done. Now we're gonna head out to Missoula, do some errands before the meetup. We have a few minutes before the meetup. You guys want to ride a carousel? Yeah! Kill some minutes?
Yeah! I want to ride that one, Momma! You want to ride it? Yes! Ride that one! I want to ride that one! It's fast.
Is it fast, Lily? Is it too fast? What does the Missoula carousel mean to you?
When I was a teenager, we had a family reunion in Missoula, and we came there for one of the family reunion celebrations. I don't know, and we rode the carousel. I do not remember the carousel going so fast. That was really fast.
Did it bring back any special memories?
I don't know, it was fun because, um, it was the last It was the last family reunion that we had. So like, all of our family was together, like the big family reunion, so— Yeah.
Why don't you have any more family reunions?
A lot of the people who planned it passed away from age and— We had a reunion in 2001 when we got married. But it wasn't like, my grandfather had passed away by then and stuff like that, so— Yeah. Are you okay? Yeah, I'm fine. What happened, Mommy?
She's just sad. She's just sad because they had a family reunion here and now they don't have them anymore because many of the members are older and have died.
Yeah. Oh yeah, my momma will be famous. You just take it for granted, I guess, you know, like— Yeah, I didn't expect to get so emotional. Yeah. But next year hopefully we're gonna have another one. And maybe some people will come. Maybe some won't and it'll just be us. It'll just be us kids doing it. I don't know. Us cousins.
[MUSIC] Here we are back at Cormac Park.
Cormac Park.
Get to meet all the Montana growers. We're here, Mr. Brown! We're there, Mr. Brown! And yes, there's a playground, buddy. There's a playground.
It's right there.
Are you actually gonna play on it or are you gonna get so shy you won't do it?
I am.
Huh? Are you gonna play on the playground or you're gonna get too shy? Hey, he'll play on it in the last 10 minutes. It's time to go.
I'm not sure.
I think it's just a piece of art. Meetup time. Look at these guys coming out here, driving a long way. Montana, y'all. Montana. Who drove the furthest? More than 3 hours? How far? Idaho Falls, Idaho. Idaho Falls. Come on now, we're going to Idaho in 2 days. But you're probably south, right?
Right.
Okay, south. How far did you drive?
Billings.
Billings. How far is that? 5, 6 hours. 5, 6 hours. Wow. People are excited. People are excited. We're gonna ask everybody what their name is. You guys ready? What's your name? The Lissovs. Tim Southwell.
Juanita Shanklin.
Ashley Quasney.
We're the Gribbs.
We're the Metcalfs.
Earl and Simon.
Edwards family.
The Ivies.
Now, where are you guys from? Minnesota. You even did that, didn't you? You put a little more accent into it, didn't you? You betcha. Hamilton, Montana.
Trigo, Montana.
Somers, Montana.
Missoula, Montana. Idaho Falls, Idaho. Stevensville, Montana. Montana City.
There's confusion here. Where are y'all from?
Montana.
Billings, Montana. And now, what in the world are you guys growing? I'm a beekeeper and I raise honeybees. We're growing a future of abundance.
Medicinal herbs. Vegetable container garden. Chickens.
Turkeys.
Dairy goats.
Chipmunks, but not on purpose.
Cows. We have a family milk cow.
Rabbits. Okay, good. That's diversity. Does anybody grow anything that was not mentioned? What? Spinach, ducks, turkeys, lambs. You guys are jamming. Good job. Back in Maple. Look, basil time, Becky. Basil time. Get some basil for our spaghetti.
That didn't come out real good. We'll get this one.
Taking it for all it's worth, aren't we?
I'm pretty sure We are.
It's so good.
There we go.
You guys ever had fresh basil in your spaghetti? It's so delicious.
So good. Can I eat it?
You're the cucumber boy.
Can I eat it? Go ahead, yeah.
Oh yeah, and some chevre. Is that how you say it? Chevre. Chevre from someone at the meetup tonight. Thank you very much. Homemade goat chevre. I guess.
I'm sorry.
C-H-E-V-R-E. Wrapping up today's vlog. Tomorrow though, gonna be really good. Paul Wheaton. If you guys don't know who that is, I guess he's famous for his mass rocket heaters. He's got 3 that we can see. We're gonna see that tomorrow and anything else he wants to offer us. But you can save 90% on heat. 90% less wood.
You interested in that?
A do-it-yourself type of system? You want some of that? Yeah, I'll give you a tiny bit. Kombucha from a fan. Thank you very much. You know who you are. Here you go. Best. Is that not the best kombucha, Mom?
