@@GrandAdventure yes, great video and footage. Please share the specific make and model drone you use. I am looking for one that gets crisp footage like the great shots you captured. Thanks and keep sharing your adventures!
@@BZRiger thank you! We use a DJI Mavic Pro (first gen). You can find out more about our drone and how we use it here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uT7NTiopOww.html and know that we've assembled everything we use for videography and photography in a special section at our Grand Adventure Shop on Amazon: www.amazon.com/shop/GrandAdventure?listId=29P8DKMLOCJAX .
I loved the footage, Marc. You definitely had beautiful weather. I have never seen what downtown Sedona loved like before... very interesting layout. The town in the high desert. You covered it all very well. Thanks for all your great efforts. Gord
I was so fortunate to have visited Sedona for my 70th birthday. The colors of those rock formations are amazingly beautiful! Thanks for sharing your wonderful experiences! God bless.
Great video. I traveled through Sedona on way back from Grand Canyon to Phoenix in 2002 and figured I’d be back and unfortunately I haven’t been in person. Thanks for taking me back there in video. I’m gonna go find that photo album in morning. Thanks for the video.
@@GrandAdventure definitely will make plans. Fun thing for me is making sure I give my 5 kids 11 and under the best experience. The goal is all 50 states before college. lots of work to do and I will get it done. keep up the good videos..
Hail damage, pinstriping...heck, it's all part of being a truck. I bought that truck used with 35K on it, and it was immaculate. So clean, in fact, that my buddy Dale thought I bought it new. On the first camping trip we were bouncing down a rough forest trail at 5 mph when Dale quipped, "I think that this is this truck's first experience being a truck." Thanks Rob, see ya next week!
I’ll bet you could feel the prop wash as the drone flew backwards above the creekbed past your shoulder. Good video, Marc. We love Sedona. Scenery is spectacular but prices are too high.
I did feel it, Don, it was much closer than I thought it was going to be. And as for cost, it really cost us nothing to be there. We spent money on one lunch, and one trip to the grocery store for a few items. The camping, of course, was free.
While you were flying the drone beside those rock faces I was thinking I hope an eagle, or whatever type of birds of prey you have down there, doesn't come out and attack your drone.
It actually was getting attacked, by swallows that apparently live in the cliff face. If you look at a couple of those clips you get a glimpse of one or two. Some of the parts that made the cutting room floor show the drone getting swarmed. And while we were in St George, Utah two weeks ago, we had a turkey vulture who was way too interested in the drone.
Love that beautiful drone footage Marc! Nice music choice to accompany as well. Once again, thank you so much for introducing us to your audience today! We look forward to sharing the sights, sounds and experiences as we travel and explore this amazing country.
Nice episode Marc. I like the 4K, drone footage was super clear. However it appears one of your cameras isn't focusing, like 9:10 which is fuzzy, versus 9:20 which is crystal clear. Maybe you mixed in some 1080 clips. We passed through Sedona in early March, but didn't spend any time there. It was a Thursday afternoon, but as we got into town it appeared to be a holiday weekend, just tons of traffic, and we couldn't find any RV parking, so we moved on down the road to Prescott. I'll have to consider boondocking where you were at since the roads are good for a 32' motorhome. Thanks for the location report.
Thanks Tom! Yes, those are two different cameras. 9:10 was shot with the Sony Alpha a6500 mirrorless, whereas 9:20 was shot with a DJI Osmo Pocket. I suspect it has more to do with the sharpness settings in the DJI software than it does on autofocus, but I'll mess around with it.
@@TomSpurlock dang, I just found it. The clip at 9:10, and a few others shot with the Sony, was inadvertently filmed in 1080p instead of 4K. It was then by default upscaled to 4K during our video render process.
Ahhh, Sedona, my favorite hiking and camping ground at least it used to be. I am getting Cabin Fever after my leggs tied down BC. of CORONA. I been watching a few of these types of RU-vid to motivate me to go on the road again. Glad I did my BUCKET list to Drive to Alaska and back from So. Cal. 3 years ago, so unfortunate times like this, but I can still go explore around USA
This was awesome Marc! Your footage and videography was phenomenal as always! Videos like these keep me coming back for more!! Fabulous! Thanks for sharing your Grand Adventures! -Steve-
Thank you Mark!! I just got back from Sedona on Saturday. I drove to this exact spot last Monday. It was available and unbelievable!!! Great week. Just ordered a I sleep around shirt!! Great shirt!
@@GrandAdventure Thanks for sharing. I'm gonna be in Idaho for 2 weeks in July and gonna try to snag your oh so famous Sun Valley spot. We shall see....
@@richardanaya13 the rumor I've heard is that precise spot has been closed to camping by the USFS, but there are other spots just a few yards away. That's not necessarily a bad thing as it was pure hell getting out of there.
@@GrandAdventure worse then the 6.4 mile drive up 525a/525c in Sedona? It took me 2 hours at a very slow pace and careful pace each way and I still knocked loose a burner on my stove top. Did I mention it was sooo worth it?? Worse then that to the Sun Valley spot? Also I did see a video on here a few months ago where someone else tried to get your spot and he said it was closed off. Still looks like a lot of spots out there off of that road? Was getting to that particular spot a terror or the forest road getting there? Thanks for the help Mark. I ordered one of those hilarious "i sleep around" shirts right now. Such a great shirt
@@richardanaya13 thanks so much for that! It wasn't the road in that was the problem, it was the driveway in/out of the spot. It had a nasty transition to get up off the flood plain onto the bank. I had to stack blocks to keep from dragging the rear end of the trailer on the ground.
That is a very cool spot. Definitely on my google list. Never been to Sedona and it looks like a great 👍 place to visit. That was an adventure with the Tundra on that trail. I have wanted to do some of the trips I see you do and wonder if my F350 4*4 would make it. Looked like it would have been fine on that one. See it got a little tight in some spots but doable. Have you ever sent the drone up to scope out ahead. Seems it could be a great tool. Just got my DJI and am learning. Can’t fly close to home so it makes it a planed trip to do but its worth it. Can’t wait to get footage out west , One day , ha... Looks like getting rig might have to be next spring. But it will happen. Great drone shots too.
Thanks as always NonRev! It would've been tight but doable with your F350, as long as you aren't bothered by some new scratches from the creosote bushes in the tighter spots. Ironically, we used the drone as a scout from our most recent campsite in St. George, Utah, to verify leaving by heading north wasn't doable. I've thought about using it to check for boondocking sites without having to actually drive up a road but have yet to do that. Appreciate your comment!
Much appreciated from you too, Curt! It was actually busier out there than it looked; we scouted for two days before finding this spot, just about everything worth taking already was.
Marc, You do such a great job showcasing the areas you visit. Brings back memories of the ones I've been to and yearnings for the ones I now want to visit. Great Job, and thank you.
We've going out there since the early 90's when only the locals knew about 525A or C. Now thanks to YT everyone knows. 525C goes all the way into Sycamore Canyon where there are some Indian Ruins and Caves. It's also the Trail Head for the Doggie Trail and Casner Mnt Trail. We never go into Sedona anymore since it's turned into a Air B & B town. They are probably really hurting right now. It's become a traffic nightmare. Cottonwood is so much better. Thanks for sharing, was nice to see my second home. We'll be there in Oct through December this year. .
@@JoshuaLopez I presumed that the original poster was speaking about the fact that this was available for camping at the same time that other areas of the country are closed for coronavirus concerns.
Not one, but two thumbs down?!?! .....a couple of trolls. Who could ever get tired of looking at the scenery in Sedona. Your drone footage of that made the scenery that much more spectacular. Kuuipo thought the travel backward up the river bed was cool. It definitely was unique. Thanks for explaining the drone following you from above. We both wondered about that. I didn’t notice the control in your hand. 🤓 These types of things above are what sets your videos way above everybody else. Funny how you were able to travel on the OHV without much trouble, but had to give up on the cable road, which seemed much wider. As always, thanks for a great video Marc!
Thanks as always, you two! Just like anything else, you have moments that your creative juices are flowing, and other moments when you couldn't put two notes together. Things just came together on this video, like the backwards drone shot up the dry wash. I was just sitting on that rock messing with the dog and got a bright idea. Never mind that I nearly decapitated myself in the process. 😆 I just kind of eyeballed the trajectory and it came much, much closer to my head than I expected. But it was worth trying to get something different. As for the pipeline road, like many things in life all it takes is one obstacle. In this case, there was one single rock ledge that our truck's angles just couldn't handle. I've hated those running boards since the day I got the truck (I tried to talk the dealer into swapping them out), preferring something like rockers that tuck out of the way to protect the truck, yet affect the ground clearance much less. But I do far less off-roading with this truck than I did with its predecessor, a Tacoma.
Thank you Nancy! That's on North Trout Lake Road in Ophir, Colorado, which we covered in our embarrassingly early Telluride video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-j9QOblwaNcw.html
Didn't realize you folks were down there right now. It is ski season, ya know. 😎 We may make it down to Quartzsite for a meet-up the third week in January depending on the weather, let us know if you'll be in the area.
Hi, Mark. Really great drone photography on this episode. Is the drone programmable, or do you manage all the flights? Whatever, I wanna drone just like yours! hahaha. Sedona is one of my favorite places, and you brought out its beauty so well. Whew! For a second there I thought you were going to pull your trailer over the Outlaw! Yikes! Thanks for sharing! Stay healthy!
Thank you Jon, and you do the same! There are several pre-programmed flight modes in this drone; however, my preference is to pilot it manually nearly all of the time. I find that I have a lot more control over the shot that way.
I just tried to click the notification bell and it seems to be blocked. Wonder why? BTW your videography, story telling and use of the drone is extraordinary! You are a true artist! Excellent editing as well. I guess you can tell I love your channel!
And we love having you along Laurence! I'm stumped at why the notification bell won't work for you, but we're happy to have you anyway you can be here. New episodes every Wednesday evening!
Love the footage and description. I have been to Sedona many times, but have kept to the main roads, except for 1 unmentionably trip in a rental car down a rough path! Did you pin this particular camp spot? I didn't see it.
Great drone shots. I see you have your dog run up. Having 2 drones myself. Never get enough. Great spot. 49 days til I retire, 28 working days left. Good by working in the Jail. Its been a great job.
Congratulations on your pending retirement, Don! We are very happy for you. It will be time to get out on the road! Appreciate your kind words as always.
When you are camping in the winter in Arizona, do you have to worry about scorpions? If so, what do you do to mitigate them getting into your RV? By the way, love the footage! These are great shots!
Thanks as always, Stu! While town may have been relatively quiet, the boondocking along 525 and 525C was PACKED! I mean it was mobbed. It took us two days to find that spot.
Thank you William! Your question is ironic because Jon Miner just asked a question about pre-programmed flight sequences, and we replied that we usually pilot the drone manually. However, that was the one time in this video that we did use the drone's software to control the flight. The drone allows the ability to pinpoint an object and keep the camera locked on that object. In this case it was me (Marc) walking. We then instructed the drone what pattern to fly while remaining locked on me. If you look really closely, you can tell that I'm carrying the controller in my hand.
Merci Dany! Actually, our nearest neighbor while we were camped here in Sedona had Quebec license plates and a spare tire cover from an RV dealer in St-Jerome. We never got to speak with them, however.
Thank you Sammy! The drone footage in this episode was shot with a first-gen DJI Mavic Pro. We also have since acquired a DJI Mini 2 that we find ourselves turning to rather often.
Thanks BJ! The 2016 Forest River Evo T2050 we had at the time was around 5700 lb dry and 7500 lb gross IIRC. We now pull a 2020 KZ Durango Half-Ton D283RLT fifth wheel with that same Tundra.
@@GrandAdventure Appreciate your reply! Curious as to what software / apps you use to get your GoPro footage into video? I have a gaming PC and am trying to get started with turning my mountain bike footage into video. Thanks again!
Most nights were in the 60s, Kevin, although we did have a cold snap one night after a front came through and it dipped into the low 50s. Working from the road, we have no choice but to choose locations with solid Internet data on Verizon, which we definitely had here along FR-525C. While scouting spots I usually have the phone in one hand running speed tests. LOL!
@@GrandAdventure thank you for your reply, I am not a hater, your video was dated 13 May. I go up 525 about 3 to four time a week picking up trash that folks have left. I love it up there, and just don't want to see it burn down. At least two times every trip I see camp fires. So I will say I am sorry for jumping to conclusions. Safe travels my friend
@@larryparker1678 no offense taken at all! Sorry if I was unnecessarily brief, I've got a health issue flaring up today and I'm not a happy camper as a result. And thank you, thank you, thank you for doing what you do to keep that area clean and beautiful. It's a crying shame that's even necessary.
Because aholes go and flood the spot like a migration pattern. Locals hate it. If you live in a spot in the world that sucks, consider moving. Don't go flood paradise with BS
All of you people putting out these videos about this area have created huge crowds out here. Watch how new regulations and permitting ruin it in the future.
This really sucks. I live here and this is how we get an influx of people and nobody can enjoy camping because you share it with so many others. Keep places precious, by keeping them precious. Sharing them to the world doesn't keep a spot special
So, I presume then that you were born in Sedona? If not, then your perspective is merely that you want to close the door behind you after you arrive? Certainly you can see the fallacy in that argument.
@@JoshuaLopez as an avid skier dismayed to find his beloved Wasatch similarly overrun, I certainly do understand where you're coming from. However, over the years I have realized that any expectation of preventing discovery of our own little honey holes is hopelessly optimistic and rather hypocritical. So I have instead resigned myself to the fact that changes occur, and that I must change with the changes.
@@GrandAdventure I totally get that, and I can respect your decision. however you are pioneering said change by exposing delicate spots and sometimes fragile ecosystems to an influx of numbers. This can cause major problems, like water issues in California. We have water issues in Arizona. Forest roads change designation and all of a sudden are no longer available for camping and recreation. Leaving vast spots to just drive through and stare at, but no way to thoroughly enjoy. These things happen at an accelerated pace when you use such a large platform to share delicate spots with a large audience. I respect your point of view, I just can't get behind putting "best secret swimming spot" on the cover of a popular tourist magazine. It's no longer a secret swimming spot
