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Travel vlog | US 🇺🇸 West Coast Road trip with my friend Nicolas!
This is the full vlog of our trip on the USA West Coast. If you only want the short, travel video, it's here: https://youtu.be/iteIhE7SASE
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I went on a road trip through the USA West Coast with my friend Nicolas in May 2019. We left Vancouver 🇨🇦 and went down to San Fransisco 🇺🇸 and back to the start, all in 8 days. I filmed the video with my DJI Osmo Pocket using only AUTO settings (because we were limited by the time we had) and I tried to make it look as cinematic as possible while editing it. For those who don't know what the DJI Osmo Pocket is, I have a review linked below. We enjoyed multiple incredible location like the Golden Gate bridge, Napa Valley, San Fransisco, Big Sur, the Oregon Coast, Portland, Seattle and much more! For the tech fanatics, we stopped at each big tech company campus.
WATCH NEXT:
- Travel video version: https://youtu.be/iteIhE7SASE
- Another video I made with Nicolas, at Whitler this time: https://youtu.be/nG2SJnDwlUs
- My review of the DJI Osmo Pocket: https://youtu.be/jx6I8kxApqU
- My trip at Tofino: https://youtu.be/q9hWIuUUW_w
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[Music] welcome to my second vlog so we left vancouver this morning and we're doing a road trip on the west coast uh we is it me and my friend nicholas nicholas say hi [Music] good [Music] [Music] [Music] we just came out of amazon go for those who don't know what's amazon go it's a cashier list store so you just walk in scan your phone come out and there's cameras at the top of the store that detect everything and register what you bought and you then charge directly on your credit card day two of our trip we just left our camping half an hour ago now we're in portland we're going for breakfast and then we're gonna go visit the city [Music] so we just finished eating our lunch and now we're heading downtown uh portland we're gonna visit the marquette and then we have eight hours of car to go down to napa valley [Music] why are memory cards always fought the worst moment i forgot my memory card inside of the car and now my camera is full so no picture of portland only videos [Music] [Applause] [Music] california whatever you would just never stopping by to get a few pictures of the video [Music] so [Music] do [Music] we are now day three of our trip we left to camping this morning came down to napa valley and we're heading out to san francisco in the afternoon uh to discover the tech companies and visit our campuses and at the end of the day we're gonna go on the golden gate bridge to take pictures of the sunset [Music] he has this one out here uh now it would of course it was uh heartbreaking for her to let go but i mean it's just way good for that there it goes there it goes [Music] is [Music] we're now at the hall a winery of napa valley we are doing a wine testing and a tour cheers [Music] background of windows xp according to wikipedia it is an unedited photograph of a green hill and blue sky with clouds in the los carneros american viticultural area of california's wine country [Music] we just arrived at apple headquarters [Music] so we couldn't go see the actual campus the infinite loop building that we really wanted to see but we got in the visit test center and they had an ar augmented reality experience where you could view the campus and also if you're inside of the buildings and view different modes with like the wind and the solar panels and the design is just phenomenal in the normal apple way we probably don't see anything right now but i just missed taking pictures of the golden gate bridge so yesterday our goal was to get the golden gate bridge at sunset but we couldn't make it in time but this morning we're back to take pictures and the view is simply incredible right now [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] we're now ocean beach and we're gonna go for breakfast and then visit the beach [Music] [Music] we now just arrived at twin peaks where we have a 360 degree view on the city and also the water all around so we're just gonna hike up [Music] we just came out of ghirardelli and they have a world famous sunday and it's actually really really good so if you're searching for sunday place in san francisco i would highly recommend passing by here now let's go see alcatraz [Music] so i just woke up and the landscaping for us is amazing we couldn't see anything yesterday when we arrived because it was pitch black but now we see nice cliffs the water and it's super super nice right now [Music] [Music] so [Music] we are currently at fort ross which was a fort owned by russian merchants [Music] welcome to black point beach [Music] do i didn't talk too much about recommendations during this trip uh because they weren't back and now this one is by far the best one we had let's go take a look at the enchanted forest [Music] it's thursday and we're in redwood national state park it's known for its majestic forest and its big trees [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] hello good morning good night in the car to london city lincoln city lincoln just found the car spread the car the one take three just spent the night in the car at lincoln city but we have a great view this morning look at the sea shake them off [Music] do [Music] you
What is this video about?
This is the full vlog from my West Coast road trip in May 2019. Nicolas and I left Vancouver and drove down to San Francisco and back over 8 days, hitting as many incredible locations as we could fit into the time we had.
For this trip, I only used my DJI Osmo Pocket in auto settings—partly because we were constantly on the move, but also because I wanted to challenge myself to make cinematic travel content without tweaking every exposure and focus. The Osmo Pocket is such a capable camera that it felt right to trust its processing and focus on storytelling instead.
We visited some truly memorable places: the Golden Gate Bridge at sunset (though we had to try twice to nail it), wine tastings in Napa Valley, the San Francisco waterfront, the dramatic cliffs of Big Sur, the rugged Oregon Coast, Portland, Seattle, and the misty old-growth forests of Redwood National Park. Since we're both a bit nerdy about technology, we also made stops at all the major tech company campuses along the way—including Apple's headquarters, where we got to experience their AR visualization of the Infinite Loop building.
Some of my favorite moments weren't at the famous spots: discovering the Enchanted Forest along the coast, watching the sunrise over black sand beaches, sleeping in the car at Lincoln City and waking up to the ocean, and exploring the Russian Fort Ross, which had such a unique history.
If you want a shorter, more polished version of this road trip, I've also edited a travel video version. And if you're curious about the DJI Osmo Pocket itself, I've linked my full review below—it's a genuinely practical tool for anyone who wants to travel light and still capture professional-looking footage.
Related Videos:
- Travel video version
- Another video I made with Nicolas, at Whitler this time
- My review of the DJI Osmo Pocket
- My trip at Tofino
- Instagram: @loic.bellemare.alford ()
- My online store
- Affiliate link for Epidemic Sound
- DJI OSMO Pocket with accessories
- Canon 6D Mk II
- Canon ZOOM LENS EF24-105mm F4L IS II USM
- Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L-IS II USM Lens
- VANGUARD VEO 2 265CB CARBON FIBER TRIPOD
- DJI MAVIC AIR