July 31, 2025

Visiting Remote PNW Fire Lookouts in my 4x4 Subaru | Weekly 83

This week is a wild one. Took the Subaru Loyale 4x4 hundreds of miles to visit four fire watchtowers. It didn't all go smoothly, especially those washboards, but the car did great, and the views were unbelievable.

Watch me totally not climb the third watch tower:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/129478049

https://youtu.be/lySiqmujA0E?si=EW7LrcngJvgekng1

There's also so so so much BTS content available on Patreon and YouTube memberships for this. Hours and hours of it. 172 Clips. I've also made the GPX files for the routes I took available.

Videos I mentioned in this video:

Loyale 700mi Roadtrip Pt. 1: https://youtu.be/3UzLb_tWNig?si=S3eZvVvOgWJ11Xqu&t=773

Loyale 700mi Roadtrip Pt. 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYaMeJBfuKU

XC70 Snowy Watchtower Trip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcdpE_MO3AQ

Loyale Engine Out Pt. 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpRXBrK3z3k

Loyale Engine Out Pt. 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViQ1Jw0V--Q

Loyale Engine Out Pt. 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSWuYxUG0a4

Loyale Miserably Rainy Offroading & Camping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCBtZeUTy5w

Check out other Camping videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3bEYn02Mtbb5AT-uuM3B275jcRSSvSPM

Check out other Watch Tower videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3bEYn02MtbZ-e6j5nN9IJGEfr_neAGNM

Check out other Loyale videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3bEYn02Mtba9lNiSu-KRcnIQieU6-RYP

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Check out yearly recaps here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3bEYn02MtbZS7RxKYpRpJpcmTMJT_p4I

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Most of the Music I use is by https://www.youtube.com/@LeonellCassio

Intro Music is (usually) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg_248rA_1A

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00:00 Cold Open

00:20 The Plan

01:35 Hittin' The Road

02:03 Ferry No. 1

03:45 Watchtower 1 | Getting There

06:40 Watchtower 1 | THE VIEWS

08:58 Watchtower 1 | Lunch

09:44 Watchtower 1 | Getting Out

13:10 Watchtower 2 | Getting There

18:41 Watchtower 2 | THE VIEWS

22:38 Watchtower 2 | Getting Out

25:06 Watchtower 3 | Getting There

27:39 Watchtower 3 | THE VIEWS

30:02 Camp | Finding it

32:18 Camp | Setting Up

33:32 Camp | Fire

33:59 Camp | A Brew

34:36 Camp | Sunset Beauties

35:31 Camp | SNL

36:07 Camp | Dinner

37:28 Camp | Sleep

38:34 Camp | Morning

38:55 Camp | Packing Up

39:25 Watchtower 3 | Getting Out

44:12 Watchtower 4 | Getting There

46:38 Watchtower 4 | The Views

48:59 Watchtower 4 | Lunch

49:13 Watchtower 4 | Hail Storm

50:35 Watchtower 4 | Getting Out

52:38 Heading for Home

54:51 Ferry No. 2

55:50 Heading for Home

57:12 Arriving at Home

57:25 Differential Issue

57:40 Outro

58:05 Endcards & Unloading

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