WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.640 --> 00:00:05.240 Welcome to CP one oh one. How today trip. We 2 00:00:05.320 --> 00:00:07.240 love Slow with all of our hearts, but we need 3 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:09.679 to get away every once in a while. Luckily, our 4 00:00:09.720 --> 00:00:12.480 little town is driving distance from some pretty cool spots. 5 00:00:12.839 --> 00:00:15.439 We're going to get into quite a few amazing places 6 00:00:15.439 --> 00:00:20.559 today which are solving big Sir Santa Barbara, Monterey and 7 00:00:20.679 --> 00:00:23.679 even Herst Castle. Hop in your car and buckle up 8 00:00:23.719 --> 00:00:25.519 as we take you on a tour of the best 9 00:00:25.600 --> 00:00:37.200 day trip spots near Slow. Cal Poly is in session. 10 00:00:37.320 --> 00:00:39.840 Students swarm through campus and file in and out of classes. 11 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:42.079 You're thinking about the chapter reading they have tonight, their 12 00:00:42.119 --> 00:00:44.520 next class, their new dorm, their senior project, how to 13 00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:46.320 get to the gym, what's for dinner tonight? Where's in 14 00:00:46.320 --> 00:00:49.159 yours bathroom? Kate and I know things can get a 15 00:00:49.159 --> 00:00:51.920 bit chaotic as a student navigating the inns and outs 16 00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:52.759 of college life. 17 00:00:53.079 --> 00:00:55.520 At cal Poly, we focus on learning by doing, but 18 00:00:55.679 --> 00:00:57.320 sometimes you don't know what to do. 19 00:00:57.840 --> 00:00:58.079 Well. 20 00:00:58.159 --> 00:01:01.679 Emma and I are here to answer your who, what, when, where, why, 21 00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:05.079 and how's here? On CP one oh one Learned by Listening, 22 00:01:05.079 --> 00:01:07.280 presented by KCPR ninety one point three. 23 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:10.799 Him sang, I'm Emma Hughes a third year English student. 24 00:01:10.760 --> 00:01:13.319 And I'm Kate Lopenski, a third year journalism student here 25 00:01:13.319 --> 00:01:15.719 at cal Poly, and we're here to share or tell 26 00:01:15.719 --> 00:01:18.560 all guide on how to survive and thrive at cal 27 00:01:18.599 --> 00:01:19.799 Poly San Luis Obispo. 28 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:22.319 So grab a notebook. You may want to write this down. 29 00:01:29.200 --> 00:01:31.840 Okay, so before you take off on your adventure, there 30 00:01:31.879 --> 00:01:34.040 are some things that you might want to check off 31 00:01:34.079 --> 00:01:37.560 of your to do list. So spontaneous day trips are amazing. 32 00:01:37.760 --> 00:01:39.840 But if you like to go buy the book, We've 33 00:01:39.879 --> 00:01:40.519 got your back. 34 00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:42.959 So some of the things you definitely want to consider 35 00:01:43.280 --> 00:01:46.239 for your trip is how long you're going to be there, 36 00:01:46.359 --> 00:01:49.519 how long it takes to get there, how you're getting there. 37 00:01:50.079 --> 00:01:53.439 All these things are something you need to know. You 38 00:01:53.519 --> 00:01:56.959 have to have those figured out, especially if you don't 39 00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:00.400 have a car or a vehicle. So there are other 40 00:02:00.599 --> 00:02:06.760 alternatives like zip car, ubering, depending on location, train all 41 00:02:06.799 --> 00:02:09.759 these are available, but today we're going to focus primarily 42 00:02:09.759 --> 00:02:12.199 on those with vehicles at their disposal. 43 00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:15.319 You could also join a club which will get you 44 00:02:15.319 --> 00:02:18.560 from place to place. And we actually have a very 45 00:02:18.599 --> 00:02:21.599 special guest today who's going to talk about cal Poly 46 00:02:21.759 --> 00:02:22.439 Vanlife Club. 47 00:02:23.039 --> 00:02:24.439 My name is Kenneth Bevans. 48 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:27.599 I'm the vice president of Vanlife Club, but we're kind 49 00:02:27.599 --> 00:02:29.919 of all trip leaders, and then I also run their 50 00:02:29.960 --> 00:02:32.639 social media and I plan trips for Hiking Club too. 51 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:35.039 So first, can you just tell us a bit about 52 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:36.840 Vanlife Club and what y'all do. 53 00:02:37.400 --> 00:02:40.520 Yeah, So, Van Life Club is a we like to 54 00:02:40.560 --> 00:02:42.319 think of it as a resource for students to get 55 00:02:42.319 --> 00:02:45.120 out an adventure. So every once a week we plan 56 00:02:45.199 --> 00:02:47.680 an adventure for students and you. 57 00:02:47.680 --> 00:02:49.680 Don't even need a vehicle to join. It's all free. 58 00:02:49.719 --> 00:02:52.360 We don't have any fees except for splitting the cost 59 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:54.240 of the trip, whether it's through gas or for food. 60 00:02:55.199 --> 00:02:57.479 But yeah, it's just weekly adventures and we go all 61 00:02:57.520 --> 00:03:00.360 over Central California. Just a way for people to out 62 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:02.759 there a very wholesome, nice, adventurous community. 63 00:03:02.919 --> 00:03:06.479 I love it how many people typically go on these adventures. 64 00:03:06.759 --> 00:03:07.039 Yeah. 65 00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:09.840 So for our last point Ray's trip, which was over 66 00:03:10.199 --> 00:03:13.159 President's Day weekend, we had twenty seven people, which was 67 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:14.360 pretty good turnout. 68 00:03:14.800 --> 00:03:15.960 We all got along super well. 69 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:18.639 I even brought my fourteen year old sister from Sacramento 70 00:03:19.199 --> 00:03:20.319 and she stayed with us on the trip. 71 00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:20.879 It was awesome. 72 00:03:21.039 --> 00:03:23.520 Yeah, can you tell us a bit about the planning 73 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:25.960 and the work that goes into each of those trips. 74 00:03:26.199 --> 00:03:29.560 Yeah, so we kind of split up. We're changing the 75 00:03:29.560 --> 00:03:31.039 model for next year. But how it worked for the 76 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:34.759 point rays trip is every person that's going we divide 77 00:03:34.840 --> 00:03:37.400 up the work into segments kind of, so one person 78 00:03:37.479 --> 00:03:43.960 might spearhead budget and one person spearheads like researching trip locations. 79 00:03:44.240 --> 00:03:46.919 I for my role, I kind of stayed out of 80 00:03:46.960 --> 00:03:50.159 the budget and mostly planned the trip by itinerary. So 81 00:03:50.199 --> 00:03:52.879 we went to Bhutano State Park to kiss some banana slugs. 82 00:03:53.479 --> 00:03:58.560 We explored an abandoned shipwreck in in Vernaz, California. And yeah, 83 00:03:58.639 --> 00:04:01.400 even like planning the campsite in China Camp State Park, I. 84 00:04:01.319 --> 00:04:03.439 Need to join this. Yeah this sounds so cool. 85 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:05.960 Have you done the banana slug challenge where you put 86 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:08.800 it on like your eyebrowser your nose for like seven 87 00:04:08.840 --> 00:04:10.159 bananas flug seconds? 88 00:04:10.599 --> 00:04:12.639 What's the difference between a banana slug second and a 89 00:04:12.680 --> 00:04:13.400 regular second? 90 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:17.839 One bananas lug, two bananas l It's that I did 91 00:04:17.879 --> 00:04:19.720 it in sixth grade. It was like one of our 92 00:04:19.759 --> 00:04:22.360 little trips where it's like you have to wear a 93 00:04:22.399 --> 00:04:23.959 banana slug on your face. 94 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:26.560 People wore banana slugs. Okay, for sure, I got some 95 00:04:26.600 --> 00:04:27.120 photos of that. 96 00:04:27.399 --> 00:04:28.839 It's so fun. Love that. 97 00:04:29.959 --> 00:04:33.000 So where you kind of mentioned some of the places already, 98 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:36.279 but can you deep dive into maybe like your favorite 99 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:37.360 trip that you've gone. 100 00:04:37.120 --> 00:04:42.240 On, favorite van life club trip. I loved Corrizo Planes 101 00:04:42.319 --> 00:04:45.240 during the super bloom. We went last year when it 102 00:04:45.279 --> 00:04:46.839 was really poppin' and we. 103 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:47.639 Got to see the poppies. 104 00:04:47.800 --> 00:04:50.000 But we Corrizo Planes, for those that don't know, is 105 00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:52.800 a national monument and I believe it's run by the 106 00:04:52.839 --> 00:04:55.680 Bureau of Land Management. So there are a lot of 107 00:04:55.680 --> 00:04:57.879 camp sites out there where you can camp for completely free, 108 00:04:58.480 --> 00:05:01.040 from up to fourteen days, and there's one Acchorizo Planes. 109 00:05:01.079 --> 00:05:04.000 It's first come, first serve. But we went out there 110 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:04.800 early enough. 111 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:06.399 That we got to do that during the super bloom, 112 00:05:06.560 --> 00:05:08.920 and so we camped out there for one night and 113 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:13.480 explored the salt lake that's out there and the poppy 114 00:05:13.560 --> 00:05:16.480 trails and saw all the social media influencers. But we 115 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:19.000 kind of did our own thing. It was really fun. 116 00:05:19.600 --> 00:05:22.639 Okay. Yeah, So our episode today is about how today trip, 117 00:05:22.680 --> 00:05:25.160 And so I was wondering if you maybe have any 118 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:28.160 tips for cal Poly students who are looking just to 119 00:05:28.199 --> 00:05:30.680 explore the area a little bit more and might have 120 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:33.519 a harder time wrapping their minds around how to do 121 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:34.000 this all. 122 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:34.680 Yeah. 123 00:05:34.759 --> 00:05:37.160 So one thing that I love about San Luis Obispo 124 00:05:37.240 --> 00:05:39.240 and what attracted me to the area is there is 125 00:05:39.600 --> 00:05:44.040 there's so many different subjects of adventure to tackle. So 126 00:05:44.519 --> 00:05:46.399 if you want to go to Kyukis, there's an abandoned 127 00:05:46.399 --> 00:05:50.279 shipwreck there. If you want to go east of cal Poly, 128 00:05:50.439 --> 00:05:55.800 there's the Santa Margarita Lake and an old abandoned mercury mine. 129 00:05:56.000 --> 00:05:58.199 Or you could go to montagnade Ora State Park and 130 00:05:58.240 --> 00:06:02.319 see a giant sand dune or explore the super bloom 131 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:06.360 like conditions there in the springtime. So kind of section 132 00:06:06.480 --> 00:06:10.319 it off into what like quadrant of San Luis Bo 133 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:12.800 County you want to explore and then see what's around there, 134 00:06:12.879 --> 00:06:14.759 because no matter what area you pick, there's going to 135 00:06:14.839 --> 00:06:18.160 be something and you can do it for pretty low budget. 136 00:06:18.439 --> 00:06:21.439 So how do you go about choosing your location and 137 00:06:21.480 --> 00:06:23.040 then planning the itinerary? 138 00:06:23.160 --> 00:06:26.240 Yeah, so for the location we for Van Life Club, 139 00:06:26.279 --> 00:06:27.680 we all get together at the start of the quarter 140 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:30.120 and say like, well, what kinds of activities do we 141 00:06:30.160 --> 00:06:33.959 want to do? We haven't done any snow related activities yet. 142 00:06:34.439 --> 00:06:36.720 That'll probably be for the future Van Life Club leadership 143 00:06:36.759 --> 00:06:40.160 to tackle next year. But we yeah, sparse it out 144 00:06:40.199 --> 00:06:42.439 to like, oh, maybe we want to hit the central 145 00:06:42.439 --> 00:06:46.040 coast or you know, smoot some banana slugs, and so 146 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:48.519 we figure out where we could do that activity and 147 00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:50.720 then we kind of base it around that. So we 148 00:06:50.839 --> 00:06:53.160 kind of our Van Life Club leadership team is only 149 00:06:53.199 --> 00:06:55.040 about eight people, and so we split up all those 150 00:06:55.079 --> 00:06:58.399 activities like budgeting, location picking, and so we each give 151 00:06:58.439 --> 00:07:00.319 input into like what we would want to do for 152 00:07:00.319 --> 00:07:03.000 our dream event, then we plan around that. 153 00:07:03.000 --> 00:07:05.240 That's really cool. How you pick what you want to 154 00:07:05.279 --> 00:07:08.079 do before you pick the location. That's actually a really 155 00:07:08.120 --> 00:07:08.759 smart approach. 156 00:07:08.879 --> 00:07:11.279 Yeah, this is an area where that's possible. Not all 157 00:07:11.319 --> 00:07:12.000 areas have that. 158 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:15.040 Yeah, for students who are looking to get involved, how 159 00:07:15.040 --> 00:07:16.920 should they go about doing that? Yeah? 160 00:07:16.959 --> 00:07:18.839 So for Van Life Club, we have the Van Life 161 00:07:18.839 --> 00:07:22.360 Club Instagram and the Van Life Club Slack channel, which 162 00:07:22.560 --> 00:07:25.160 Slack is, from what I've seen, the main form of 163 00:07:27.399 --> 00:07:31.319 community app other than Instagram the club's use and we 164 00:07:31.399 --> 00:07:33.959 post both of our events to both areas. But if 165 00:07:33.959 --> 00:07:36.279 people really want to get involved, join the Slack community, 166 00:07:36.560 --> 00:07:38.199 and there's a link to it in our Instagram bio. 167 00:07:38.480 --> 00:07:40.600 Some people post trips outside of the normal Van Life 168 00:07:40.600 --> 00:07:42.759 club things and it really fosters that community. 169 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:45.439 I was going to ask how many people are in 170 00:07:45.480 --> 00:07:48.000 the club, and then how many typically go on the trips. 171 00:07:48.600 --> 00:07:50.639 Unlike most clubs, we don't really have a number of 172 00:07:50.680 --> 00:07:53.240 who's in the club because we have a rotating cast 173 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:56.040 and crew. Like those twenty seven people that were on 174 00:07:56.079 --> 00:07:58.360 the Point Ray's trip, probably only. 175 00:08:00.160 --> 00:08:00.959 Ten of them. 176 00:08:00.839 --> 00:08:03.920 Had been to like a significant number in air quotes 177 00:08:03.959 --> 00:08:07.759 of Van Life events, so it kind of rotates. 178 00:08:07.759 --> 00:08:09.920 We get in a lot of new people every time. 179 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:14.399 What made you want to join the club? Initially part 180 00:08:14.399 --> 00:08:14.800 of it was. 181 00:08:14.720 --> 00:08:17.439 Our club president, honestly, Nick Tansky. He is one of 182 00:08:17.480 --> 00:08:19.319 the nicest people I've met at Count Paul really good 183 00:08:19.319 --> 00:08:23.120 friend of mine. But I myself wanted to get into 184 00:08:23.160 --> 00:08:24.879 van life at some point. I didn't know to what 185 00:08:24.959 --> 00:08:28.920 extent necessarily, but it's a great resource for figuring out 186 00:08:29.399 --> 00:08:30.160 how to go about that. 187 00:08:30.519 --> 00:08:33.480 So how many of you have vans and how how 188 00:08:33.519 --> 00:08:34.840 does the travel look like? 189 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:37.960 Yeah, that's a good question. So I most of the 190 00:08:38.039 --> 00:08:39.600 leadership team this year. 191 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:40.840 Has a vehicle of some kind. 192 00:08:40.960 --> 00:08:42.840 So I got my car this year after summer too 193 00:08:42.879 --> 00:08:43.799 super stoked about that. 194 00:08:44.320 --> 00:08:45.159 Congratulations. 195 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:48.440 I named him Travis for traveling. 196 00:08:48.159 --> 00:08:50.440 So it's the vibe. 197 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:52.480 Yeah. 198 00:08:51.480 --> 00:08:55.320 Then our president Nick Tansky has a van, and over 199 00:08:55.360 --> 00:08:56.960 the tours of the past couple of years, people have 200 00:08:57.039 --> 00:08:59.200 picked up some rags like Niko Stallone now has a 201 00:08:59.279 --> 00:09:02.919 van and Ethan Jeram has a converted Forerunner. I believe 202 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:05.519 that he took up to Canada and back. For me, 203 00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:08.200 this is one really cool idea I had back in 204 00:09:08.200 --> 00:09:10.600 twenty twenty one, and I think more people should start 205 00:09:10.639 --> 00:09:12.320 to do it, which is I make a Google Earth 206 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:15.320 map of all the places I've visited across California. So 207 00:09:15.600 --> 00:09:17.960 the reason why I use Google Earth is because you 208 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:22.240 can make a map and have just an icon of 209 00:09:22.279 --> 00:09:24.279 the type of activity you do there, whether it's skiing, 210 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:27.320 you did a little ski icon and it looks all 211 00:09:27.360 --> 00:09:29.279 really clean and you can name it to whatever you want. 212 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:30.840 So I have a Google Earth map for all the 213 00:09:30.879 --> 00:09:34.080 places I had ventured in twenty twenty one across California 214 00:09:34.200 --> 00:09:38.039 and then twenty twenty two, three and four. So how 215 00:09:38.080 --> 00:09:40.399 I plan my own personal day trips when I'm outside 216 00:09:40.399 --> 00:09:43.720 of Van Life Club or hiking club is I look 217 00:09:43.799 --> 00:09:45.879 to see what area of the map is still unexplored, 218 00:09:45.919 --> 00:09:47.720 so that way, by the time I leave college, I'll 219 00:09:47.759 --> 00:09:49.080 have all of California map out. 220 00:09:49.360 --> 00:09:51.200 Oh wow, that's really smart. 221 00:09:51.360 --> 00:09:52.639 Yeah, it's completely free. 222 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:55.399 It's completely free and just updated at the end of 223 00:09:55.440 --> 00:09:58.240 every month or two. Just go back through your photos 224 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:00.679 and see the places you've been, add a little note 225 00:10:00.679 --> 00:10:02.159 to them, but build it up. 226 00:10:02.279 --> 00:10:05.440 That's a great tip for all of our passionate day trippers. Yeah. 227 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:08.799 How often are you day tripping? You said, every week? 228 00:10:09.080 --> 00:10:09.639 Yeah. 229 00:10:09.720 --> 00:10:12.279 So I'm a photography miner and whether I'm out on 230 00:10:12.799 --> 00:10:15.799 shoots or well, the type of photography I shoot is 231 00:10:15.799 --> 00:10:19.080 outdoor adventure port traits. So I shoot I document the 232 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:22.840 van life club trips and the hiking and backpacking club trips, 233 00:10:23.480 --> 00:10:26.759 and those usually involve like a fifteen mile backpacking experience 234 00:10:26.759 --> 00:10:30.440 with my camera on my backpack. It's pretty intense, but 235 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:32.840 I try to get out there as much as possible. 236 00:10:32.840 --> 00:10:35.679 Because I lost a year to COVID two my freshman year, 237 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:39.039 I wasn't on campus, so you know, only three years 238 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:40.960 is a really short amount of time for being in 239 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:44.320 such a valuable space. Just like the wholesome people you 240 00:10:44.360 --> 00:10:47.240 can encounter and the types of opportunities there are. I 241 00:10:47.279 --> 00:10:48.519 try to make most of it, and so I get 242 00:10:48.519 --> 00:10:49.840 out there pretty much every weekend. 243 00:10:50.799 --> 00:10:53.200 That's honestly so inspiring. That's really cool. 244 00:10:53.679 --> 00:10:55.720 Also one of the things, like for the budget for 245 00:10:55.759 --> 00:10:56.639 the Point Rais. 246 00:10:56.399 --> 00:11:01.720 Trip, including gas and campsite and like all the permits 247 00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:04.559 we needed and all food, the whole trip costs with 248 00:11:04.600 --> 00:11:08.519 seventy bucks. That's for three full days of adventuring. Like 249 00:11:08.559 --> 00:11:11.519 people went to Pinnacles National Park. We went four state parks, 250 00:11:12.240 --> 00:11:15.159 got Costco pizza for everybody one night and Costco muffins another. 251 00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:19.000 So it was pretty affordable, I would say for something 252 00:11:19.000 --> 00:11:20.200 that ambitious. 253 00:11:19.840 --> 00:11:23.200 Yeah, definitely. And like, do you guys do an end 254 00:11:23.200 --> 00:11:25.960 of the year, Like do you plan a big trip 255 00:11:26.039 --> 00:11:27.840 for the end of the year or anything like that. 256 00:11:28.240 --> 00:11:31.679 Okay, so we don't really plan like a massive trip 257 00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:34.000 for the end of the year. However, lately this year 258 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:37.399 we've been working with UCSB Excursion Club, which is a 259 00:11:37.399 --> 00:11:39.759 lot bigger than we are. They're about a five hundred 260 00:11:39.799 --> 00:11:43.159 person regular showing up club and they do like three 261 00:11:43.200 --> 00:11:46.600 adventures every weekend. But we've kind of we've done a 262 00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:50.960 couple like Rain dances on mountaintops with them, and we're 263 00:11:50.960 --> 00:11:55.360 planning a skydiving trip. Oh wow for Spring quarter in Lompoc, California. 264 00:11:55.399 --> 00:11:57.159 I think I saw on your instagram you guys have 265 00:11:57.200 --> 00:11:57.519 done that. 266 00:11:57.879 --> 00:11:58.679 Yeah, we did that. 267 00:11:58.639 --> 00:12:03.080 In the past, this time with UCSB Excursion Club. The 268 00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:05.279 amount of people we have, that's the thing too. If 269 00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:08.399 you whether it's day trips or kind of more organized events, 270 00:12:08.399 --> 00:12:09.960 the more people you have, the more of a discount 271 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:11.679 you can give to everybody, because you split the trip 272 00:12:11.679 --> 00:12:14.720 costs up more. So we're going to approach the stydiving 273 00:12:14.759 --> 00:12:17.279 airfield and basically say we have these sixty people that 274 00:12:17.320 --> 00:12:19.919 want to go skydiving, which is probably four times more 275 00:12:20.279 --> 00:12:24.159 than their regular day rate. We'll put one random day 276 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:26.240 in a week and then we could get a pretty 277 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:28.759 big discount and take over the whole airfield for a 278 00:12:28.840 --> 00:12:30.919 day and just go sty diving. 279 00:12:31.799 --> 00:12:32.360 Should we go? 280 00:12:32.440 --> 00:12:32.759 Okay? 281 00:12:34.720 --> 00:12:37.960 Should we hop on? Like? That sounds amazing considering it, 282 00:12:38.639 --> 00:12:42.200 I would do it. Oh okay, CV one, oh one. 283 00:12:42.120 --> 00:12:43.720 Okay, Kenny, do you might be hearing from us? 284 00:12:43.799 --> 00:12:47.279 Yeah, and anyone else who wants to join. 285 00:12:47.919 --> 00:12:49.919 It's fantastic way to end the year. End the year 286 00:12:49.960 --> 00:12:53.879 screaming I love joy, screaming joy. 287 00:12:53.480 --> 00:12:55.799 But I mean working without rivals. 288 00:12:56.240 --> 00:12:58.320 That's true. We are working with us. 289 00:12:58.639 --> 00:13:02.080 We're talking about Santa Barb in the pod today, So 290 00:13:02.360 --> 00:13:04.000 we can't give them too much shade. 291 00:13:04.480 --> 00:13:07.080 They're really cool people, they are. Yeah, they're awesome. 292 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:11.879 Yeah. So what's the difference between like doing a van 293 00:13:12.279 --> 00:13:15.080 trip versus a biking or hiking trip. 294 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:18.559 Yeah, So for hiking and Backpacking Club, it's a lot 295 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:23.840 more like outdoorsy. What's the right like not work, but 296 00:13:25.120 --> 00:13:28.360 like getting out their physical activity focused. So for hiking 297 00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:32.919 and Backpacking Club, we've done two Yosemite trips that comes 298 00:13:32.960 --> 00:13:37.240 around one of the holidays in November, and last year 299 00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:41.480 we did oh yes, two years ago we did Yosemite 300 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:44.799 Falls and then which is you know, a pretty that's 301 00:13:44.840 --> 00:13:47.320 a seven mile round trip hike, I believe, and there's 302 00:13:47.360 --> 00:13:50.279 a lot of elevation. And then this past year we 303 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:52.440 did Cloud's Rest which is even higher than Half Dome 304 00:13:52.480 --> 00:13:54.799 and we started from the valley floor. That was about 305 00:13:54.840 --> 00:13:58.559 a yeah, twenty mile backpacking trip. Or so with Van 306 00:13:58.600 --> 00:14:00.440 Life Club it's a lot more car camping. We'll do 307 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:03.360 the occasional hike, but it's nothing strenuous. And so for 308 00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:05.879 Hiking and Backpacking Club. When you do the trip planning 309 00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:08.600 for that, you have to add in the sign up form, 310 00:14:08.639 --> 00:14:11.519 like what are your physical capabilities? Because you don't want 311 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:14.399 to have someone who only does like four mile hikes 312 00:14:14.720 --> 00:14:17.720 do a twenty mile backpacking trip because at that point, 313 00:14:17.919 --> 00:14:20.919 like there's a certain amount of responsibility when planning trips 314 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:23.360 for clubs because you don't want to like endanger them, 315 00:14:23.600 --> 00:14:25.679 right if you went out with and you don't want 316 00:14:25.720 --> 00:14:28.879 to have the experience not like ruined for other people, 317 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:32.120 but you don't want that one person who's not prepared 318 00:14:32.159 --> 00:14:34.879 to hike that much to feel bad, you know, if 319 00:14:34.919 --> 00:14:36.960 they get caught with a sickness, that's another thing. 320 00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:39.200 But yeah, it's different. 321 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:41.120 And then for Van Life Club, it's a lot more 322 00:14:41.200 --> 00:14:45.080 kind of like not it's like nature tourist y, like 323 00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:48.759 remote touristy, so we don't go to tourist heavy places, 324 00:14:49.000 --> 00:14:52.360 but we like car camp, hang around the vehicles, that 325 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:52.960 kind of stuff. 326 00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:55.759 That's great that there's something for everybody, no matter what 327 00:14:55.799 --> 00:14:59.360 your physical capabilities are. Thank you so much for coming 328 00:14:59.440 --> 00:15:02.159 in and telling us more about your club, And honestly, 329 00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:04.399 I feel like we're inspired to tag along on your 330 00:15:04.440 --> 00:15:04.919 next trip. 331 00:15:05.080 --> 00:15:07.240 Yeah, definitely should. We're open to all. 332 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:11.240 Yeah, and the cow Polyvanlife Club Instagram is at cpvan Life. 333 00:15:11.480 --> 00:15:13.799 You could find the cal Polyvanlife Slack channel in the 334 00:15:13.879 --> 00:15:18.000 Instagram bio and yeah, keep a let out her future events. 335 00:15:18.559 --> 00:15:22.759 So thank you Kenneth so much for that amazing interview. 336 00:15:23.159 --> 00:15:25.960 So let's get into the first spot of the day, 337 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:27.279 Santa Barbara. 338 00:15:27.679 --> 00:15:29.559 Okay, so I wanted to talk a bit about this 339 00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:33.480 one because I went a couple weeks ago. My best 340 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:37.039 friend goes to UCSB, so we had been talking about 341 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:40.240 planning a little trip for a while. She's super busy, 342 00:15:40.320 --> 00:15:42.960 I'm super busy, So we planned it all out so 343 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:45.879 that our schedule syncd up, and I just took a 344 00:15:45.879 --> 00:15:48.440 weekend and just went down there and I had the 345 00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:52.120 best time. So my favorite spots that we went to 346 00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:55.799 were obviously State Street. There's a ton of shopping down there, 347 00:15:55.919 --> 00:15:58.879 good food, it's just really nice to walk around. Just 348 00:15:58.919 --> 00:16:01.240 a great area. My favorite store down there is the 349 00:16:01.279 --> 00:16:05.320 Italian Pottery Store. Oh, absolutely gorgeous. I wanted to buy 350 00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:08.639 everything in there, yeah, but I didn't because it's expensive. 351 00:16:09.080 --> 00:16:13.320 And then they also have really cute coffee shops. Since 352 00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:15.519 we're both students. We obviously had to carve a little 353 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:17.879 bit of time out to do some work, so that 354 00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:21.679 was super great, just mixing it up because I go 355 00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:23.679 to my same coffee shops here all the time. 356 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:26.759 Yeah, so that was a nice I'm impressed that you 357 00:16:27.080 --> 00:16:29.240 were able to find time to do homework. If I'm 358 00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:32.840 doing a day trip, I'm like schools on the back 359 00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:33.720 burner for me. 360 00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:36.799 I was actually there for a weekend, so I had 361 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:40.679 to use my time wisely fair enough. Yeah, But my 362 00:16:40.919 --> 00:16:44.440 favorite thing that we did there was tide polling. I'm 363 00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:49.200 obsessed with everything under the sea. I told my best friend, 364 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:52.559 I said, Kara, if there's one thing that I'm doing today, 365 00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:54.399 I need to pen an octopus. And she said, okay, 366 00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:56.360 we're gonna make that happen for you. So we went 367 00:16:56.399 --> 00:16:58.600 on our little octopus hunt. We went around to all 368 00:16:58.639 --> 00:17:03.960 the different tide pools, and the biodiversity there is so amazing, 369 00:17:04.119 --> 00:17:07.759 Like they're like little tiny communities in every single tide pool. 370 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:10.160 I wish that I could be a marine biologist so 371 00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:12.920 that I can learn more about this. But we found 372 00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:16.119 a little octopus and I put my finger like right 373 00:17:16.160 --> 00:17:18.599 by him, and he grabbed it and he tried to 374 00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:20.759 pull me under, but he was so tiny that it 375 00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:24.119 didn't really make a difference. But what color, I don't 376 00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:26.640 He was kind of a brown, brownish color because they 377 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:29.880 blend in with their environments. So yeah, he was a 378 00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:33.400 little brown. But I named him Marcellus after the octopus 379 00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:37.880 from the book Remarkably Bright Creatures. I love Octopi because 380 00:17:37.880 --> 00:17:41.680 of that book, So dreams Come True. What's your take 381 00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:43.920 on not UCSB on Santa Barbara. 382 00:17:44.400 --> 00:17:49.519 I love Santa Barbara. I have gone a few times. 383 00:17:49.599 --> 00:17:52.400 I've done a weekend trip, and I've done day trips 384 00:17:52.599 --> 00:17:54.720 and I've done night trips. I've kind of done it all. 385 00:17:56.039 --> 00:17:59.440 My first trip to Santa Barbara was actually my freshman year. 386 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:02.839 Very fortunate enough that my older sister went to cal 387 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:06.119 Poly and she was like, I got tickets to see 388 00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:08.359 glass animals. Like, let's go, Like holf in the car. 389 00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:11.400 We're going. It's at the Santa Barbara Bowl. We're just 390 00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:14.440 going after class. So we left it like four in 391 00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:18.920 the afternoon, got to the venue right on time, saw 392 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:22.920 the opener, saw the band, and it was just Santa 393 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:26.119 Barbara is gorgeous. 394 00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:26.400 And it really is. 395 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:31.079 Yeah, it is so pretty and the Santa Barbara Bowl, 396 00:18:31.359 --> 00:18:34.880 like as a venue is like on a little hill, 397 00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:39.359 so you're overlooking a majority of the city and you 398 00:18:39.400 --> 00:18:42.519 get a seat like it's the sunset right as like 399 00:18:42.559 --> 00:18:46.000 the band came on stage and it was amazing. So 400 00:18:46.799 --> 00:18:51.640 definitely would recommend checking out concerts because also that venue, 401 00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:55.039