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Speaker: Welcome to an extra special episode of a show we like to call Dom and Domer. i I was about to say Dom or Domer. that's Well, we're changing our name.
Speaker: Yeah, the whole thing is a question mark, honestly. Yeah, honestly. oh um Wow, I can't believe this is an extra special episode. It is. We're not where we usually are, and we're not sitting in the same position we usually sit.
Speaker: No. Oh, my God. We switched. Whoa, the world is different out here. We are at the Mount Pinos Campground. Yes, we are. Coming to live-ish.
Speaker: And we're we're having a good time. How are you how have you been feeling? It's so nice. Like, honestly, everyone needs to go touch some grass. Like, especially now. It's so nice to be outside. Yeah.
Speaker: We also want to touch this alien um plant that is just yonder from us. And we're still trying to figure out. What exactly it is? Aya and I walked in. We were like, what is this magenta alien looking pine cone sticking out of the ground?
Speaker: We don't know what it as We don't really want to come any closer in the off chance that it's like an actual alien type of situation where it squirts something at us. so That's like the normal alien encounters. Is it squirting something at you? If movies, cinema, and movie images were to be believed, yes.
Speaker: That thing's going to squirt right my face. See, um we will drop a picture below just so you can see exactly what it looks like. um Yeah, it's quite gorgeous out here. we're trying to absorb um the summer sun that is setting. Good vibes. Good vibes all around. um And ah we did escape a cult earlier. oh my.
Speaker: OK. I want to set the story. i want to set the surrounding of this story. We drove up to this little mountain. We're like, we got to go get some bug spray, you know, a couple of Dooley dad thingies, just kind of camping essentials.
Speaker: We got a little hungry. We're walking around the little town. Town is a generous term. And we stop and Anya goes, Dasha, what would you like to, what are you feeling hungry for?
Speaker: And I say, anything just not Indian because it's really hot right now.
Speaker: And then, yep I didn't want to bring it up until we were here. So I'm in the car. So then he's like, I got you. I found the perfect spot. i'm like, sweet. We drive up to this place. It's the only Indian restaurant in this town. This town doesn't have and anything else.
Speaker: But somehow... It does have an Indian restaurant. So we walk into this thing and I'm like, this could be a bit, but I don't think it's a bit. And I'm just going to hold it together until we leave. And until we're in this exact moment for me to reveal to him that that's what happened.
Speaker: Yeah. Okay.
Speaker: Here's the thing is it was a vegetarian restaurant and I was like, oh, perfect. And I did not look at any other details. And when we showed up, even with all the, you know, certain cultural decorations, I still did not yeah catch it. I was like Indian.
Speaker: Okay. Like she, that's what she said. she wanted that We that. We won't get that. And you're right. i by the time we walked in there, i did not even clock that. Oh, this is Indian food. Cause honestly I wasn't even in the mood for Indian food.
Speaker: Yeah, imagine that. It's 90 degrees outside we both don't want to have very spicy Indian food. So in retrospect, knowing ok there were three, I think, options in that town. Yeah. um there were There was that, there was barbecue. There was Mexican.
Speaker: Oh, and there was Mexican. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And you would would you have gone Mexican? Yeah.
Speaker: Again, the the the premise was, and the assignment was, anything just not Indian. And you went, got it. I hear you. And I'm going to deliver. am beside myself. But, but, but, but. If you didn't do that, we wouldn't have had our adventure, which is...
Speaker: like We walk inside of this Indian restaurant and we are greeted by like a really beautiful person. Like a really, it's like very calm. It's like very like eclectic. ah There's like a bunch of plants everywhere. It's like very chill vibes. There's like a little fountain outside.
Speaker: It's very like, I don't know Buddhism light, you know, it's just like very enlightened. We go inside, a person just appears a really attractive person who's like sit anywhere you want.
Speaker: We're like, okay. Gorgeous. Gorgeous person with just bright eyes, just bright eyes. Yeah. Open eyes. We're like, okay, we'll sit down. The next person comes out, not the first, this is a brand new person. This person comes in.
Speaker: I'm telling you, six foot five. Blue eyes, blonde hair, model good looks. Like like almost like ah like a Greek kind of god. Like, ah you know, yeah.
Speaker: It was a whole vibe. Hercules. Yeah. Or like Achilles, whatever. The thin one. Achilles, yeah. That guy. thin one. The thin one. The fast one. He's like, he looks me dead in the eyes.
Speaker: goes, hi. I'm like, hello? You're pretty. It's my name is Nova. I go, oh, yeah, your name is Nova. I'm like, I bet that's not, I bet it's ah bet it's Chad or Chris or...
Speaker: Honestly, Riley, it's probably Riley. Honestly, in retrospect, I wish that I was like, like the Scotia?
Speaker: I would be like, my name's kind of like that. it are we related? He's like, he goes in, he goes, everything here is made to order.
Speaker: So it's going to take a while. We look at each other. We're like, fuck it. We're not going anywhere. We're already here. we're already in this place. This is a vibe. Let's do this.
Speaker: We put it in order.
Speaker: Also, we laid it on him. I was like, you don't want to take a note or anything, but I think whatever spirit he was possessing recorded it for him. Yeah, he didn't have to write a single word. Also, let's be fair. According to the little thing we signed after, we did sign something after, spoiler alert.
Speaker: It was like the last person where there was there like two, three days ago. That was the last time someone signed that book. So they haven't seen another person in that restaurant for like two days. So he's like, going remember everything because I haven't talked to another soul.
Speaker: Girl, what did I get us in? Anyway, we we put the order in. where're we're We're chatting for a good, I mean, I think 40 minutes we're talking. We're talking, we're chatting, whatever. The drinks come and it's brought by another gorgeous, perfect looking person whose name I do not recall, but it was another one of those crazy names like Nova.
Speaker: And I'm just like, okay, something's going on. I'm looking at the menu. It's a Bible. The thing is this thick. By the way four pages of food. The rest is the lore of the restaurant. Also, yeah, spent so much money on on that. Like it was like laminated.
Speaker: Yes. the Yeah, the pages were very specifically thick. It was It's Cheesecake Factory quality booklet. Yeah. Yeah. telling us about that that this is not a restaurant as much as it's a way of life, that no one owns it.
Speaker: We all own our own lives. Obviously, someone's blown someone in order to stay there for free. That's not on the pages, I'm assuming. And it's just very like ah food changes you.
Speaker: You change society. Society changes the world. The world changes the universe. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. The vibes were immaculate and to the point of To the point you told them exactly where we're going. You gave them your social. You were like, I want to be your best friend.
Speaker: Yeah, that's right. i Now that you're thinking, um yeah, we did write our names on ah on a guest book and told them that we were going to be at Mount Pino's campground. And we're looking beautiful in our bucket hats and sunglass, accoutrements. Come on.
Speaker: And they did go out. And I'm like, it's not that hard to air tag a car.
Speaker: Especially if it's the only one in the lot. You think that one of the gorgeous men went out there and tagged our car? Maybe it was one of the kids. Maybe they're in on it. Those kids that kept... That kept us from moving. Biking around. telling you.
Speaker: so Because they were out there earlier. Look, no one named Nova with eyes the color of the ocean looks that deeply in my face and doesn't have ulterior motives. I'm just putting it out there. Yeah.
Speaker: Wow. There was something special. Do we go back tomorrow morning for a second breakfast? Breakfast. I say this, depending on how many bears are on this campsite that you promised me, um if we're not eaten, maybe we go back just to check in.
Speaker: Yeah. Or I guess we go to, now I'm like scoping, um for like electronic birds surveillance. Oh, we're on to that. You never know. I'm so glad you finally talked about something that I agree with.
Speaker: Finally. Wow. Two years. It took 67 miles and ah it's escaping a vegetarian cult restaurant. um It definitely is like something, something. I mean, ostensibly they're all white, but they're like, you know, cosplaying this like,
Speaker: Indian, I don't know, like Buddhist something. It's like a little, it's a little, yeah. One specific route. I thought I was being such a good friend because I was like, vegetarian. They have a cute little vegetarian cafe in the ah this off the grid town. Like, perfect. I'm looking at the other place, barbecue.
Speaker: I wasn't really thinking about the the the taco truck, but that was definitely a viable option.
Speaker: hi Oh, wow. I can't believe you. I i fail you left and right sometimes. You've never failed me. Not once. This is a very fun story. um Yeah. I mean, it was definitely a fun experience. That's for sure.
Speaker: wouldn't have had that story. Yeah. And who knows? Maybe the story continues. Oh, you know what? Fuck it. Let's keep going. Because I do need a So we're sitting and eating at this cult restaurant.
Speaker: And then Darren just very casually is telling me, like, every time I go camping, I encounter a bear. Excuse First of all, the conversation said, hey, how many bears have you encountered camping? And I'm like, and don't know, never, not once, like never.
Speaker: And I've camped like in a lot of places. And he's like, I encounter one and every single time I've gone camping, I've encountered a bear. go, where are we going? But um we have seen a lot of other campers kind of coming in and out, none parking near us. So we don't have reinforcements.
Speaker: And the camp host is not available at this time. So we are really just. our own. We're out here fending for ourselves. but With our microphones. It is a party in Mount Pinos always and forever. yeah I'm going to. Should I put more?
Speaker: Should put another thing on the fire? Yeah, do it. Should I put another thing? Okay. Yeah. I think I'm Hold my mic? Yeah, you do that. I'm going to use this time to talk about things that Dasha's been good at on this trip.
Speaker: um First of all, i Yes. She's got the wood. She knows how to keep a fire going. um Love that about her. i So we opened up a hammock that I brought thinking, I'm so cool. I also kind of lied to her. there This is another time where I failed you.
Speaker: And... Dasha thought I brought two hammocks. I thought she had brought one hammock, which made it two. We have one hammock, which is fine. You can see it in the back here. This hammock is beautiful. um It also ah took Dasha untangling ratchet straps that were...
Speaker: I mean, in serious, serious trouble. If, if I was in another situation, they would have been garbage. Um, she untangled them and then she strapped it so tightly around the tree so that we could just clip this hammock right in.
Speaker: Damn. I could not be more impressed. I was like, this girl is a super woman. Um, Her Russian blood was just pumping through her veins the entire time.
Speaker: And now she just finished stoking this fire. It's probably going to ruin our shot. Just in time to ruin the shot completely. hey everyone who's watching this, we're outside. we really are. This is not CGI. We're not using a green screen.
Speaker: Your idiot girls blew smoke right in the frame. Party in pinos. It's the pinos part. not catching. No, we do need to do something to catch it. Okay, well, let me... Oh, and Anya did a crazy thing. Anya prepared for this trip, but went and danced a lot.
Speaker: Wow, you did it. You scared away the fog. Anya went home, collected lint from her laundromat, laundry,
Speaker: And created a fire starter kit. You did it, baby. You provided. no you did that. We did it together. We did do that together. Because we're what? Dom and dommer.
Speaker: Honestly, it was a pretty good fire. i don't know if you can even see. yeah And this trip has been a perfect example of me being dom and you being dommer. For sure. Every time you kind of go in with your brute force... And I make my way about town.
Speaker: Yeah, nothing can't be solved like without ratchet straps. like With ratchet straps, you could do anything in this world, I truly believe. And once you master that, and i will have you master that by the end of this trip, you will be the master of your ratchet straps.
Speaker: Yeah, you got you gotta to teach me. Yeah. i mean and I know you were kind of teaching me, but, you know, some some other things were happening. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Some other unexpected things, nature things. Unexpected nature things. And I was like, I'm picking up on some of this.
Speaker: so When we take them down, the most important part, for those of you watching and listening and hearing and wanting to learn how to be a master of the outdoors like us, when you use ratchet straps, it's very important that after you use them, you don't just um kind of put them in a bag and kind of let them roll around a bit.
Speaker: You do have to fully... untangle them from inside the contraption otherwise it becomes a fucking nightmare that i've I've had to deal with and I've done this to myself for the last four burning mans I've done it and then the last one I went Dasha you know better if you put in five minutes now you're gonna thank yourself in a week and I was always correct so last time that's what did and it was great But me, I threw ratchet straps that i don't even know exactly where they came from, and I threw them into the car.
Speaker: a year later, they look horrible. so They were just a little tangled, but we got that done, and now they're serving as a wonderful hammock. Yeah. You fingered the hell out of that ratchet.
Speaker: That was hell. um I feel like this is a good time to take a break. and Stoke the fire a bit. Stoke the fire, take a break, and reset ourselves.
Speaker: Welcome back, everybody. Welcome back. Amazing. We did change um settings. We decided to go inside the tent for possible audio control. i don't know how much it's helping, but... Yeah.
Speaker: We'll find out later how this sounds. Yeah, we're hoping the wind isn't too bad, but, you know, first time for everything, so... Yeah, bear with us. Bear with us, please. feel like if you stuck along with us for two years now, almost...
Speaker: You know that this is an operation between two friends who are just trying to have a good time. Yeah. And we have our beds could not be more farther apart. Because this is Brobeck Mountain, s sweetie.
Speaker: Yeah. We can't touch. By the end of the night, but we have that we have it in the middle. yeah Actually, yeah. where the The middle of it is the best viewing of the stars. Maybe we could do head-to-head or something.
Speaker: ah could likely it Oh, I see. Okay. Yeah. You'd be sweet. I thought you were asking to 69.
Speaker: Okay. um Now that my head was at. But now that you put that in my mind. Which your head to head is not. Well, I thought like our heads would be close to each other. Yes. yeah But our feet would be in opposite directions. See, this is the problem. You said head to head and I thought head to feet.
Speaker: Of course, because you don't listen to what I'm saying and the words out of my mouth. yeah like non-indian great indian yeah oh oh angel my dreams what don't even care that you said that don't even care that you said that i only care that willem said it one time on a podcast yeah i got i got got issues i got issues i got some serious listening issues i got issues so do i we all do but at the end of the day This is yours are recorded. This is God's country. It's so nice. Like, I love the outdoors.
Speaker: I am on bear patrol. I'm also on people patrol. Yeah. Anya is going to save me with their big machete. That's dull. Dull. You're going to fight out to get a hot video of me chopping a piece of wood and bounced right off.
Speaker: Listen, it's $12 from Harbor Freight. Yeah, i could I could have given you the summation of that. I'll say this. i did not expect you to have a machete. It's not something I thought you would have.
Speaker: Wow. Wow. I thought maybe a saw, a hatchet. I don't know. and Not a machete. But then I'm like, you love pirates. This is like your big sword. This is like your favorite fucking thing in the world.
Speaker: And then it all made sense. Once I saw it, I went, I can't imagine you without one now. Oh, 100%. I love that thing. When I first got it, i was trying to like figure out if I could incorporate it in a number for drag. And I was like, I don't think I can wield a machete. i didn't think you could bring an actual weapon to Mickey's. Yeah, Unforged.
Speaker: I'll tell you, if any other person in the world said, I'm picking a campsite. I have all the supplies. You just bring the things you need, baby. I'll take care of the rest.
Speaker: Anyone else in this world would have said that. I went, they're going to murder me. there This is an elaborate plan to kill me tonight. But because it's you and because I love you and I trust you, I still believe you're going to kill me, but I'm less worried about it than I would have been and another situation.
Speaker: Well, I'm glad. I'm glad we've built that trust after... seven Yeah. Longer. 10, almost 10. Almost 10 years. Yeah. About 10. I think it is 10 because it twenty it's 10. We've known each other for, girl. Oh, wait longer because we graduated 10 years ago. right It's almost 15. We've always known each other for 15 years. Crazy. All from one little class. yeah Well, look at that.
Speaker: We really did that. Yeah, we did. And of course, yes. I mean, after 15 years, you're like, how have I not been camping with you? Especially because I knew you were down to get dirty. you go to Burning Man. so i was like, wait, this is the perfect person to plan a little camping getaway. And I feel like you're very easygoing.
Speaker: You're extremely useful. I mean, oh my God. I am. I'm like a Swiss army knife. I'm just a pocket Swiss pocket army knife. I ratchet stuff. I dig through the dirt.
Speaker: I'm like a dog you can take with you to camp. Jesus Christ.
Speaker: Honestly, I'm a very fun camping companion. i am easygoing. i am very fun. i love the outdoors. I love the fire. I'm like...
Speaker: I'm not really like, you know I would like a toilet, but that's not a prerequisite to my trip. I could make do. That was a fun surprise that we have toilets here. When you said that there was no, I went, what kind of campground are you taking me to?
Speaker: It's infested with bears. There's no toilets. This is what you pitched to me. can't believe I didn't ask any of this before I even got in a car with you this morning. I only found out about this at the cult restaurant where i did I finally decided to be like, where are we going actually?
Speaker: Yeah, I mean, I did send you a screenshot. Guys, this screenshot is of where you park the car. That is the screenshot that was sent to me. The photo on it is where you park your car with some trees.
Speaker: that is That could be anywhere. That could be in Idaho, what you sent to me. So if you wanted me to get any idea of the surrounding area, give me more photos. Yeah, yeah.
Speaker: Yeah. Well, I don't know. I sent you a screenshot. I was like, oh, if she wants to know more, she can Google the name of the campground.
Speaker: I doubt how many bears there are.
Speaker: um Would you be excited if aliens did show up at night sometime? If we got abducted tonight by aliens, I would kind of be into it because first of all, i have my buddy with me. It's like,
Speaker: yeah we'll get probed yeah we'll get questioned but it's like i'll have a friend so it will never be awkward in the cafeteria you know we'll have each other yeah unless they kind of like take us like separate us why would they separate us they want to see what the difference is they'll keep us right next to each other oh my god yeah they'll be like what difference wow well they'll be like and perfect man i mean this is really good this is really good stuff that's what you say to them you you got the lot this is really good stuff that you're you're inspecting us And, and, oh my God, you guys, you guys lucked out. We podcast.
Speaker: we This is a special guest moment. Come on, come on. What's your name? They actually just speak like... Jim. I'm going to say Jim.
Speaker: I'm going to call you Jim. Actually, we're fluent in Italian. um like actually we fluent in in ah italian oh my god well of course because you know everything about italy including rome's there wait so yeah where's rome rome is in italy but the but like the comparison makes no sense wow okay i mean it's a it's a town within a a country
Speaker: no I think you're right. i just don't want you to be right. you know I guess i was i was referring to it in such where it's like, okay, you have, or like the Vatican to Italy or the to Rome. Well, the Vatican, unfortunately, is its own country.
Speaker: Okay. Okay. Well, there there you go. That is wild. Yeah. That is wild. So they get just they get away with everything there at the Vatican. are there a lot of rules or no rules, do you think?
Speaker: Honestly, I think it's both. think there's a lot of rules and there are some things that people just look the other way about. Really? I think they have their own set of rules. They're like, if no one knows, we'll cover this up.
Speaker: Yeah, that's a ah thing to think about. Yeah, ever seen Spotlight?
Speaker: Ever seen Doubt? No, what was the one that came out recently? You watched it. Spotlight? No, it's not called Spotlight, right? Oh, Conclave. Conclave. was that one And then the guy dies.
Speaker: But it wasn't about child abuse. It was about the Pope being loved. that's what Conclave's about. yeah yeah Spoiler alert!
Speaker: Actually, that's right. That is not a spoiler. That's what the whole thing about. That's literally the trailer. I thought it was just like a nice story about... Child abuse? The the Vatican.
Speaker: Well, you know, who's to say it's wrong? Yeah, exactly. say? I guess it's your own view. I'm going take my hat off because I like that my head looks like a mushroom now. Oh, I know. That is the tough thing.
Speaker: But you know what? we are We're up in this tent. I am, like, full laid back. You I am feeling the nature air as the wind blows.
Speaker: um Yeah, it's a moment. I was telling Anya, I was like, if it rained right before we got here, I would have suggested that we go mushroom picking. And then I laid into...
Speaker: All of my mushroom knowledge, which is not that much. It's basically all I remember my dad telling me and anything I've retained. That's it. Which it was a lot. She was going off. But it's not enough to like keep us from eating something that we shouldn't have eaten.
Speaker: like I'm pretty sure like I know the ones we can eat, but if we don't find those, let's not guess. Because I don't know if I'll point you in the direction of when that is bad.
Speaker: Accidentally.
Speaker: But right in. Okay. They can't have thin stems. They can't have like white gills, right? Big gills. And then also they just shouldn't be thin and white.
Speaker: Shout out.
Speaker: And they should be near like pines and birches and whatever. I think it's just crazy. There's so many species of mushrooms and fungi that like i I think I would still be like unless I was with you, um i would still be concerned. Like, is this safe enough or not? You know, mean, I'd always be concerned. I'm just concerned generally.
Speaker: just just a concerned person. I'm just a concerned citizen constantly. So I agree. Yeah. I do wish that there were more like squirrels out and about. And there's they're the trees for sure.
Speaker: They're like staring at us. they're like I know they're there because you pulled that stick that was chewed through. And that's a squirrel if I had ever fucking seen one. i think so? That to me was giving more like beaver. Why would it be so high up?
Speaker: it's It got lost. It's like I need a little cooler cooler air. Actually, i want to know. I don't think beavers can climb. i think that's i think that they just nosh on the bottom.
Speaker: Yes. oh you're in because that was like a branch. Yeah. And it seemed like a really high branch. So I'm like, I don't think that beaver climbed up that tree just for that little. yeah would have stayed and ate the bottom of the tree. Right. Right. Yeah. know Yeah.
Speaker: Yeah. You're right. And there's no other signs of ah beaver. Oh my God. You want to see beaver on this camping trip so bad. You want to see beaver so bad. You've been begging to see beaver all night. Yeah.
Speaker: begging they're just so cute and they always waddle okay again this is what i'm saying you haven't seen one recently this is childhood understanding of beaver they don't waddle anymore they hang they don't waddle they hang god they're huge and they hang they're an angry oh my beavers and bears and squirrels oh my Yeah, another thing that Dasha hates, The Wizard of Oz.
Speaker: I don't hate it. don't hate it. don't hate it. Period. Just unimpressed. Absolutely unimpressed. It's like when you watch something and you're just too old to get the magic of it. Same thing with Goonies. Every fucking person I know loves the Goonies, Goonies, Goonies, Goonies.
Speaker: I watch it. I'm like, all right. To me, it's not impressive because, again, I'm not 10 years old. At 10 years old, you watch the Goonies. You're like, I think this is Citizen Kane.
Speaker: Wow, Citizen Kane. Which I've never seen. you didn't You weren't in that class? I have somehow graduated film school without ever having seen Citizen Kane. And this this has come up on my other podcast.
Speaker: This has come up all the time. Wow. Yeah. yeah Yeah. I feel like we've we've probably even talked about it on in here already. don't think so. much I don't think I've ever been vulnerable before. About Citizen Kane? Because that's the Rosebud one, right? Yes. Which I still don't understand what that means. And people keep fucking saying it to me. Yeah. I don't i really know either. it was just the ending. I'm like, okay, work.
Speaker: Okay. um But that's nuts. Did you see Nusfara too in school? Yeah. I feel like we probably talked about this. No, but I saw the new one. And it was great? It was the best thing I've seen in a really long time.
Speaker: I saw like, now I've seen like three times, I think. And I don't really like scary movies, so for me to see something three times. Was it scary? Yeah, it was really scary. Oh, I don't remember this far too being too scary. It was scarier to me than like a Saw movie.
Speaker: Oh, wow. Okay. Because Saw is just like, whatever. i don't care about this little fucking Muppet. But this is like really like moody and scary and like shadowy and sexual. I'll have to see. I also don't remember him being so sexual, but I guess... Yeah, wow.
Speaker: For someone who loves Transylvania and knows exactly where he's on the map, the fact that you don't think that the Dracula slash Nosferatu character is sexual... Is Nosferatu in Transylvania 2? He is Dracula.
Speaker: Oh, right. Right. We did talk about this because we went through the whole Dracula lineage. Baby. Baby. girl Baby. Baby, we I love Indian food. Let's go get some Indian food. Baby, let's go get Indian food. ah This is why I need to be in the in the trees, in the nature. My brain processes that about 20%.
Speaker: Honestly, I do feel like I'm breathing better. going to have such a good night's sleep. I love sleeping outside. With the little wispy wind going. It's really nice. Because I usually play a podcast or a book or something to fall asleep. Because I don't really like the... Like, there's no city sounds where I'm at. Like, I like a city sound.
Speaker: But I'm in, like, the burbs, basically. So... Unless it's cats fucking. And I'm not really into listening to that. God, are they still... They've never stopped. Wow.
Speaker: They all keep going. That poor cat. Damn. Also, I think it pissed on my car and walked on my windshield because there's little paw prints all over my windshield on my car. And I went, this bitch pissed next, walked in that piss and then walked her sweet ass up my car, up my windows and to the roof of my car.
Speaker: Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Uh-huh. Yeah. The disrespect. I mean, was going say, they're just, yeah, they're savage. They're wild west cats, you know? And also just cleaned it, like, finally. That's always the case. For some like, five months.
Speaker: It's like they know. They're like, it's so clean. Let's go fucking put our assholes on it. Yeah. I, as I drove out of a, the last car wash I did, bird shit on my side of the car. Because it's not a bird, it's a government operative.
Speaker: They know. Designed to make your life work. They're like, we need to get more revenue from car washes. Let's do it. Let's shit on people when they leave. Let's shit on people when they leave.
Speaker: the the car um I usually save this singing for when you take a piss. So it's pretty amazing that. That's true. I'm doing it while you're next to me. Yeah. um Well, you brought a can opener.
Speaker: Girl, for those cans of beans. I knew. I was like, that was the one thing I was very adamant on bringing. but And also a toothbrush. I brought toothbrush and toothpaste. always seem to forget toothbrushes. So i had to make sure.
Speaker: I hear you. Oh, o a car. A traveler.
Speaker: All right. We are back. Oh my gosh. What have we learned in our break? Okay, so we had this really nice lady roll up and she was like, I don't see paperwork. Where are you going to pay up for being here?
Speaker: And we realized that we were actually at the wrong campground. um Whoops. Was very low on the list of of what yeah situation we could be in We just escaped a cult. I mean, yes. We had enough of that. And um the GPS did take us here, um which seemed correct.
Speaker: But this would make sense why seven was not available. And we were camp lot seven. um But we're here. she's She was like, if you need anything, um condoms, ah snacks.
Speaker: We said yes and yes. We said yes and yes to both. I put on bigger pants to accommodate both. Bigger pants. um And, okay, now we can really settle in for the Pinos. I guess not McGillicuddy. Is that the name? Yeah, McGillicuddy. McGillicuddy. We're going to call this McGillicuddy. Yes, and now we know. this And she said this is a better campground, so...
Speaker: And I believe it. Mm-hmm. Suck it, Mount Pinos Campground, because McGillicuddy Campground. We didn't even want to go into you anyway. Yeah. We heard you have windy, gross areas.
Speaker: Yeah. And we don't like that. We don't like so Mount Santa Ana wind level yeah wind where we're going. I guess she did say that it's like that down there, too. But whatever. We're not there. We're here. We're up here. We're here.
Speaker: We're living. And we're about to freaking play game. Oh, yeah. our game the game This is a special campground edition of Yes or No.
Speaker: above believes um yeah Wow. Okay. This is amazing. i Perfect setting. Yeah. um Being in a campground. ah Dasha, do you want to start us off or should I start us off? um Yes or no ah Going to the correct campground that you reserved online.
Speaker: Hey. Yeah. I wouldn't recommend. No. Yeah. Fuck that. Yeah. This is the gorgeous part about recreation.gov is that there are some open spots.
Speaker: And I think she's just, but you know, computerizing us over to here. It's exciting stuff. um Yeah. How do you feel? Like, I guess, in retrospect, if I wasn't here, what would have been your, like, order of operations? Yeah.
Speaker: I think i'm dealing with the situation I would have stayed i would have done the exact same thing I would have stayed right here i would have waited for whoever to show up I would have explained what it was I would have found out like do I have to move do I not and then take it from there nice yeah but also feel like this is the best case scenario because but don't know really like the view I like the space it's like a tree's a tree a mountain's a mountain it's like A tree is a tree and a mountain is a mountain.
Speaker: um that remind What is that from? Our Imaginations. Okay. yeah All right. That was really good. Okay. Okay. Yes or no, you go. Okay. um This is like kind of a yes or no. Okay. But charcoal or firewood?
Speaker: charcoal or firewood o Okay. I think firewood. Let's be, come on. Let's be for real.
Speaker: Charcoal, charcoal's for the house. Charcoal's for for people that don't care about miners. You know? Charcoal, it's a puh on the environment, you know?
Speaker: Wood, it's natural. Wood, it smells good. Wood,
Speaker: It's just what I want. But, okay, so... Pulls out three bags charcoal from the car. What is just what I want, yeah.
Speaker: ah so I was talking to somebody the other day that was saying how like special charcoal is for certain things. And I guess like you can't really have a barbecue without charcoal.
Speaker: like That's the part of what makes a barbecue a barbecue. Who are you talking to? big just Big charcoal? like Who were you talking to? Big charcoal? Who was who is selling charcoal to you? um just I was at a barbecue. Fourth of July? Yeah, it was a Fourth of July barbecue. Was there a man? This guy, he was a gay man. It's always a man.
Speaker: He was a gay man. It's always a man. um And he was like, you know, you got to do charcoal. um And i want to say that Trev also... is a charcoal guy. so You know what, Trev?
Speaker: From me to you, Trev, why? get some wood. Get some wood. But also, like, if they're saying that it's because it smokes things... Yeah. Or or you got do that it's just like a special taste. I just think charcoal probably gets hotter or stays hotter longer and more evenly. I think with wood, you don't know what you're going to get because different wood densities, different types of like burn, like there are there's more variance to it versus coal is a lot more I think it's like specialized.
Speaker: So it's like, you kind of know what you're gonna make every time, temperature wise. Which is like fine if you're a pussy, but if you're a fucking maverick like me, and you're fucking cooking on that beautiful wooden outdoor space, bruh.
Speaker: Bruh, wood all day. all day. I'm so sorry.
Speaker: No, that was perfect. um So I'm assuming you're charcoal guy, then. No, no. I was going say wood, too. i I do enjoy wood. Wood would be my first um first go, always. I love i love the smoky wood smell.
Speaker: um Okay, and quick like follow quickup quick follow-up. Yes or no? um like fire smokes scent on your clothes when you're leaving camp i like it everyone i know hates it and complains about i love the smell of firewood on my clothes i'm like why did i go outside i want to smell like a fire doesn't smell bad gasoline smells bad shit on the street smells bad that doesn't smell bad yeah yeah i guess you're right proud of my wood
Speaker: I'm proud of my smoky wood flavor. Oh my God. It'd be so cool if my breaths were her... her breasts oh my god i'm beyonce it
Speaker: it was just giving me that it is not i'm on a horse look at that horse i'm on a little horse look at that horse okay i'm so sorry anyway all right uh you're you're next yes or no shit fuck spray Bug spray.
Speaker: I'm glad that you said that. Yeah. Because i was like, I can't say bug spray. That is such a lame yes or no. um And here she is saying it. I thought she was going to give me shit for saying bug spray and she goes and says bug spray. So I'm happy about that, actually. I now know that my guard is down and I can say whatever and you'll just go with it. because before that, you were really holding back. You were really holding back before now. you're going to let it rip. Before you were just like... Napkins.
Speaker: Fucking sports. Fucking firewood. Man, I really finally let myself be me.
Speaker: So glad it finally happened. Because before I was, I was real, holding all the cards close to my chest. But finally, finally I get to ask the yes or no. This vulnerable yes or no, which is charcoal or wood.
Speaker: Jesus Christ. it but
Speaker: I'm trying so
Speaker: Wow. um Okay, so... um i know no I don't like bug spray.
Speaker: She loves it. She had me driving all around town. Looking for freaking bug spray. Already had it in the car. Didn't know. They didn't have it at like four places. ah First of all, we go inside of a gas station and go, hey guys, you have, I don't know, every single thing that ever existed here.
Speaker: Where's your bug spray? She goes, in the Chinese restaurant across the street is what she said. i went, valid excuse me? um like, did she unhear did she not hear me? what No, that's where she said it was.
Speaker: It was not there. We had to go to three other places. so um Which then you you went to a market, which a guy said that it was there and he was gaslighting you. Fully. He said aisle five wasn't there. Aisle seven, it's not there.
Speaker: I don't need jock itch medication, sir. I need bug spray. I need bug spray. I need bug spray. Yeah, very odd. Very odd. The guy that sold it said that it's hard to find and that it's very expensive. And I went, it doesn't have to be.
Speaker: These are yeah what solvable problems, my What happened when you go to Walmart and there was like five different kinds of bug spray you get? D... Well, there's no DEET. You can't have DEET, right, anymore? No, yeah, something about that's Something bad. DEET.
Speaker: Can't have DEET. Yes or no DEET. Yes or no DEET. Yeah, okay, wait, so... So mine was, I guess, bug spray. Yeah, which you you love. I love it because I am allergic to mosquito bites, like severely allergic. They get really big. Like, one bite could be, like, as big as my thigh, basically, and I am itchy, and it is just, like, not a fun time for me. So I am always bug sprayed up.
Speaker: Um... understandable. I just don't like the texture it gives my legs. I don't care for the smell. It gives you texture on your legs? Yeah, you know, you get that like kind of like a film on your skin that's like different than like sunscreen and it just feels like like almost a weird plasticky i don't know what yeah it's i think it's a shield from bugs yeah so what you're doing what you're feeling is the shield and you don't like to be shielded yeah listen if i wasn't so sweet and so tasty to mosquitoes i wouldn't be spraying myself either that's true but because i'm so sweet and probably diabetic i'm
Speaker: I'm not. I test They tell me all the time I'm not. We're going to cut all this out. We're going to cut all this out.
Speaker: Anyway, yeah. I need it because I get bit up. I get bit up. And I don't want tics either. don't want that on me. Understandable. I know I need to check myself. Check myself for tics.
Speaker: I'll check you. um Yes, please. um all' All through, you know, especially my inner toes and crotch ass area. Again, this is very Broback Mountain.
Speaker: We check each other for tics. Broback Mountain. Broback Mountain.
Speaker: Yes, Broback Mountain. I mean, the way I saw you with those ratchet straps. Oh, my God. I was bro. I was big bro. you were You were big bro. I was big bro and I was teaching little bro how to use ratchet straps. Just little bro. like Little bro was going, I am high off my ass. I'm not paying attention to a thing you're doing. don't even know. It just looks like tangled mess to me.
Speaker: You were really helping actually. though You holding it down is the only reason I was able to ratchet it to the tree. Because if you weren't there, I wouldn't be able to do it. Like genuinely. I don't know. You would have figured it out. I would not have figured out as well. It would have been too low. its You holding it up is what made it actually work.
Speaker: um Okay. Okay. Sure. Sure. I wish was. God, everything in my body wishes that I didn't need you for that, but I needed you and I'm giving you credit because you truly did help.
Speaker: I mean, I just feel you were going off and ah and about just like, ah, yes, I just, my Russian strength and wit will get me through all of this.
Speaker: I love a good hammock. A hammock is a real thing for me. I've always loved a hammock. So like anything to get one up. I would have figured it out. Yeah. And we needed that. We needed the ratchet straps. Again, the fact that I had ratchet straps and don't know how to use. Well, look at that.
Speaker: But it worked. Because we sat there, we opened up that hammock and said, what the fuck? It said, figure this out. Here's two carabiners. Attach it to a tree. Figure that out. That is the literal instructions in this thing. Yeah. And it was showing ah what looked like a tree that just had...
Speaker: little scouts ready for for said thing like where are you going camping the the fake world of a tv set you piece of shit yeah it wasn't it wasn't gonna happen so we had to make it happen and we macgyvered that and i'm really proud of us that was a big challenge that we overcame together oh my hands my hands sweaty I got sweaty, gross. Okay. Yes or known yes or no, gross, sweaty hands camping.
Speaker: Actually, yeah. It's not really gross or sweaty. The one thing I don't love is the dirt under the nails. I never used to be that way, but I'm very conscious about it now. Yeah. I think that that's something I have grown to really not like.
Speaker: Yeah. I just, yeah I wish I chopped them a little bit. um Okay. Yes or no, and we might've done this already, but yes or no s'mores.
Speaker: A classic s'more. I'm no. Okay, I'm a no. I'm a no. You're also... my God, we are being vulnerable. I'm glad we both did not bring s'mores. We brought some marshmallows for some hot chocolate. For hot chocolate. That's as close as I'm getting.
Speaker: Yeah. And I only brought the sticks for hot dogs. Yeah. Look at that. And between that and having our chocolate earlier with a banana, that's like all the s'more we need. S'more gets bored.
Speaker: I find that s'mores are just like... They're too dry. They're never cooked correctly. They're never melted enough. So what it ends up being is that I'm just biting into chocolate between two dry graham crackers with a goop, a gooey goop.
Speaker: Yeah, that's exactly but what is. like, who is this for? not for me because I'm not enjoying it. It definitely is like a texture sensation between the marshmallow, the chocolate, depending on how melted that is because you're supposed to put the marshmallow to melt the chocolate, but it never really melts. It never really melts.
Speaker: Yeah, yeah. It's like Hershey, make your chocolate more meltable. More meltable for s'mores, and that's it. And also, when do we all agree that it has to be Hershey, that it has to be graham cracker, that it has to be, you you know, whatever, the peep, peep brand for marshmallows? Like, when did we decide that as a country, that we're that brand loyal?
Speaker: I mean, who knows? I think there was was probably the forty s It's always the 40s. It's always the I do like putting like a tin foil with banana, chocolate, and like peanut butter, wrapping that up and putting that in the fire to like kind of melt and coagulate together. have never heard of that. Oh, yeah. We used to do that as kids. We have a banana. In back fire pit.
Speaker: I know. We have a banana. We have chocolate. We have some chocolate. So we could because technically put that together. And we have foil. And we have foil. From your kit. The kit.
Speaker: Anya really did. Listen, we're so that was that was our segment of yes or no, but I do want to kind of just say this. Like, you really did show up and show out. And you brought everything. You found the spot that you took us to. You brought the tent. You brought all the supplies, like,
Speaker: I did kind of like backseat princess outdoors here. And I really appreciate it because i don't think anyone else ever in my life has planned a camping trip for me. I've always been the one to plan things. So to have a friend who would like genuinely plan like such a nice trip is like,
Speaker: Really wonderful. And I'm really thankful for you. And I'm having a really fun time. And just wanted to say that. And I want video proof that I said that. Because I'll forget. Because you'll forget. um Yeah. No, I honestly, I'm so thankful that you came on this trip. I think it was a perfect timing to do this trip. I do wish it was longer. and we'll just have to plan another one for the summer as well um you have to take me to this cave or whatever and um no like i you have like i said you have been so helpful and kind of just game for whatever's going on you literally didn't even pipe up when i took you to an indian restaurant um and you figured shit out here at the the camp and yeah like i honestly this is
Speaker: This has been great. And like we we have to be camping buddies. Absolutely. From now on because this is so easy. Yeah. Look at this. $38 gets you a little camping spot like this. And all you had to do is show up.
Speaker: We got this tent. You can get a two person tent for probably, I don't know, 30 bucks these days. Yeah. And we got a little, Dasha brought her mattress. I brought a little inflatable thing that is probably already deflated, but who cares? It's a vibe. Yeah.
Speaker: um And when we go on our extra special long Deep Forest one, I'll bring my chef pod. I will flex a little because I feel like today has been all about Anya flexing on me with all this camp gear, all this cool supplies, this box of crafts and whatever. I'm like, this is like. I brought a box of crafts. I mean, it has everything. It's like a Mary Poppins bag of like, it's got oil, light, fluid, bug spray, everything. It's got everything. really And i I think I need to flex on you a little. And the only thing I have to flex is my solo stove and my shift pod. And both of those things I really love. So I would love to let you see it.
Speaker: Yeah. Okay. Well, next time, maybe in August, whatever, September, we'll kind of go with your... and I'll just bring... Yeah, I'll do what you did where I'll just like bring kind of whatever additive needs are needed. Exactly.
Speaker: I think you should still bring your box. I love your box. Okay, box. Yeah. But the tent, you don't need to bring, like bring your sleeping stuff and everything else will take care of. Great. Yeah. Perfect. Yeah, that box does wonders.
Speaker: Yeah, it does. It has just accumulated things over time and now is the perfect. I really, I didn't have to think much. Like I knew I had the box and I was like, I'll just get a couple things I know I want to need no matter what and the rest me.
Speaker: was history. It was natural history, actually. Camping. Well, this was our extra special outdoor edition episode of Dom and Dahmer out here camping tents.
Speaker: If a bear does attack us after all of this, amazing follow-up episode. amazing and also too they'll find this footage and they'll put it in a museum somewhere oh my god actually beautiful that's a what what a way to go friendship yeah yeah i told people if i don't make it call the cop so they'll find us just remember blair witch blair witch that's off you take anything away today blair witch okay bye
