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  • Just like the good old days, hey dad?

  • Uh-huh.

  • Smartphones make life easier and I think they're great.

  • But I just want to see if I can go six days without mine.

  • And obviously I brought dad because no screen time's kind of our thing.

  • Where'd you go?

  • What?

  • And he can read a map.

  • For the most part.

  • Or at least better than me.

  • We're not worrying.

  • I have another map.

  • We're not even using our phones?

  • No, it's a no phone road trip.

  • You don't have to tell me how you're doing.

  • We call it from the hotel.

  • But maybe I should use better.

  • Love you.

  • Bye Willy.

  • He's shaking.

  • What?

  • How do you even hold these things?

  • Well, you know what?

  • You open it and then fold the parts that we know we're never going near. I think there will be signs.

  • Oh honey.

  • Woo!

  • We did it.

  • Okay, I'll get the big bag.

  • Aww.

  • That's very nice.

  • So neither of us...

  • So neither of us have ever been this far north up the island before.

  • But our goal is to get to the northernmost tip of it.

  • And I just learned today that they don't put hotels on maps.

  • And you just learned that you can't just go like this on the map and make it bigger.

  • But we've been pretty good at asking people for directions.

  • Would you know where Goodspeed Road is?

  • Do you know where Goodspeed Road is?

  • We'll make it work like we did in the old days.

  • Yeah, we'll be fine.

  • But alright, we're surrounded by some beautiful trails.

  • So let's go for a walk, then go for dinner, and then call mom to let her know we're alive.

  • She didn't pick up her phone.

  • Alright, well we tried.

  • We tried.

  • Mom says I haven't been snoring lately.

  • Mom loves you a lot.

  • Well, I've had a wonderful morning.

  • I did my meditation.

  • I wrote in my journal.

  • I've read my book for a while.

  • And being an old guy, I don't need an alarm clock.

  • McCary didn't bring an alarm clock.

  • And she can't use her phone as an alarm clock.

  • So I guess for this trip, this old guy is the alarm clock.

  • So McCary, you ready to go swimming? Okay, so we just finished breakfast.

  • It was delicious.

  • And now we're going to go check out some sights.

  • And the lady at the front desk recommended some waterfalls, which she said would be easy to find.

  • Okay, follow the road.

  • Turn ever so slightly.

  • Okay, that's all I need to know.

  • Thank you so much.

  • And after that, we'll find our hotel.

  • Sounds good.

  • There's two roads to take, and I took us on the wrong one.

  • I still want to go to the waterfall though.

  • Not today.

  • I think we can.

  • Come on.

  • All right, dad.

  • Day two, no phones.

  • How are we feeling?

  • Good.

  • I'm hopping.

  • We're going up a pretty steep hill.

  • Besides that, how are we feeling?

  • I'm feeling really good.

  • This is awesome.

  • This is a good thing we're doing.

  • Are we happy we did go to the waterfalls?

  • I'm happy.

  • Am I right?

  • I'm happy that it wasn't as far as they thought it was from the parking lot to the falls.

  • Yeah.

  • That made me happy.

  • All right.

  • I didn't go swimming.

  • Because of my meds.

  • Not allowed because of my meds.

  • Can't get my stuff wet.

  • We've made it to our second hotel.

  • It's the cutest little village in the entire world.

  • No one was here when we got here, but they left a nice note.

  • So we're not lost.

  • We're good.

  • And we still don't need our phones.

  • The question now is, does this mean 17, 1, or 7?

  • We're about to find out.

  • No.

  • A lady named Brenda had to help us find our hotel room.

  • But we made it.

  • And I'm happy to report that we have a bathroom.

  • We got one of those.

  • Two beds.

  • A table.

  • And a view.

  • Wow.

  • My dad's sleeping, so I figured I'd go for a walk.

  • But I left a note so he's not afraid when he wakes up.

  • But I did just go to a really cute pottery studio.

  • And the very nice lady told me that she thinks last call for dinner is in like 30 minutes.

  • So it's time to go wake dad up, whether he wants to or not.

  • So when you're smiling right now, you look like you want to punch me in the face.

  • Do you want to do a pile of it loose?

  • How are you feeling day two?

  • No phone.

  • I'm being honest.

  • I do miss it.

  • Yeah.

  • I'm actually surprised at how I thought we would need it a lot more.

  • But I think I'm getting better at the maps.

  • Oh yeah.

  • No, as far as practical terms, we're doing really well.

  • Living like the old pioneers.

  • We're roughing it.

  • We're roughing it.

  • Paper, map, maps and everything.

  • This is your quiet, meditative alarm clock.

  • Do you feel like you have to act and pretend that you like me when we're filming sometimes?

  • Shut up.

  • Thank you so much.

  • So I just told dad that I forgot to write down the address or check-in details of our next hotel.

  • But we're on the ferry now and I have full confidence that we'll find it.

  • Well, because it's only this big on the map.

  • Easy to find.

  • Jesus.

  • We made it.

  • We're here.

  • So we've made it to our bed and breakfast and the walls are really thin, so excuse me for talking quietly.

  • But I'm happy to report that we have two beds, a bathroom, a living area and a view.

  • Kinda.

  • We got here way before check-in time, so we ended up walking around the entire island and reading every historical sign that the town has to offer.

  • And then we went and saw the world's largest totem pole.

  • I am feeling really content that we've made it this far without our phones.

  • Really, it's just been a lot of reading signs and pamphlets and asking people for directions and I feel really accomplished by that.

  • It's just nice.

  • And, uh, yeah.

  • But anyway, Dad's in the common area reading his book or something, so I'm gonna go and join him.

  • Ding, ding, ding.

  • Ding, ding.

  • How did you sleep?

  • It's so dark out.

  • Good morning.

  • We're just waiting for the ferry.

  • And I figured, while Dad's off rereading some historical signs, I would take the time to talk about today's sponsor, which is Skillshare.

  • As a lot of you may know, I've been working with Skillshare for a few months now.

  • And when we first started working together, I took a bunch of their drawing classes, like Drawing Skills with Brent Eviston and a Comprehensive Introduction to Drawing by Mimi Chow.

  • Obviously, I haven't been watching the classes on this no phone, no internet road trip, but I did bring my drawing pencils and I've been practicing my little heart out.

  • So if learning to draw is of any interest to you, you can get a free month trial to Skillshare if you are one of the first 500 people to use the link in my description below.

  • I really do recommend the drawing classes because they're great.

  • But if drawing's not your thing, Skillshare has thousands of other classes in subjects like writing, playing an instrument, painting, and more.

  • So you should definitely check it out if you're looking to take your career, hobbies, or passion projects to the next level.

  • Now let's go catch a ferry.

  • Oh, jeez.

  • Today's the day, Dad, northernmost tip of the island, two hour drive on a gravel road and then an undetermined length hike to get there.

  • How do you feel?

  • Okay, good.

  • I'm glad you're driving today.

  • Am I?

  • No, I'm not.

  • You are genuinely...