I Found This Cave Backpacking. What Was Inside Left Me Speechless 

Having grown up in the desert Southwest, I think I've hiked this very area. After rambling around in the desert for 65 years, I became pretty honed in on the beauty, artifacts, and history of the areas I hiked. A University even paid me to map different archeological sites they might be interested in. The Natives of the areas became my friends and thru them I learned the stories. Now in my 80s and drawing to the end of the trail, my life has been an amazing journey, much enjoyed, greatly enhanced by my hikes and rambles. Walk on my young friend and never stop marveling at the finds along the way.

Thanks for sharing your adventures with us. I'm a 74 year old guy bed ridden with terminal cancer. Your trips bring me a lot of joy to watch. When I was your age we did not have the social media that you have today. Living in the boreal forest on the minnesota-Canadian border I use to wander and explore like. Please keep your treks and I truely appreciate your respect for the areas you explore.

Hi Andrew, As a Native American researcher in the eastern part of the United States, I really love seeing all the amazing pictographs, and Cliff dwellings that you come across there in the southwest. Such a contrast to how Eastern Woodland Indians lived. I’m also of Cherokee heritage and I’ve located several dozen archaeological sites in Appalachia that has many burial grounds and rock art. And also the comparison between the styles of rock art is quite striking to me. I really appreciate your videos man. They’re very educational and entertaining and I also appreciate your respect for the ancestors and the things that they left us today. Thank you for that, sir.

Loved you “Caveman TV” comment! Let’s face it watching a fire is far more entertaining and rewarding than anything on TV! Your videos are right up there with watching a campfire! Thanks!

Im 71 and it is such a pleasure to watch your videos. I was born in Phoenix and never fully realized the extent of human settlement in ancient times in the southwest. You do a fantastic job. Your laid back style and relaxing narration are definitely a plus. Thanks so much!

As an indigenous Chahta Craftsman and toolmaker, I really appreciate you placing items back where you found them. It truly means a lot to our culture and community.

note. A gallon of water weights 8 Lb,♿ I love your honest videos many of us disabled Veterans at the Veterans Hospital love watch your video adventures.

This guy deserves respect and appreciation. When you think of the potential, dangers, and what he has to do to film, this stuff for us. What a guy. Our eye on the mysterious world. It's great he was so respectful and put things back. We need positive role models today more than ever, and escapism from our complicated and often troubled lives. Thank you. Hope he realises how much pleasure he gives, to so many.

You have a horde of old geezers like me riding along on the top of your selfie stick. You are doing the best adventures of all the explorers. More!

I’ve just discovered you through this video. I’m an Australian Aboriginal and in my younger days worked with Archaeologists recording Aboriginal sites in Victoria. This video has brought back many memories of discovering such things over here. The grinding stones and grinding grooves, arrowheads, flints, scarred trees and stone fish traps were plentiful amongst many other items. Thank you for the memories, looking forward to further exploring your older videos.

You know how after a long time watching youtube, you just want something NEW and Interesting to start watching ?? Well, I just found it last night, now I can't stop watching these videos...SO INTERESTING !!!

I want to believe that the beautiful sound of your flute alerted and awakened the spirits of the souls who made the area their home however long ago…and that they blessed you from beyond the veil and sent you gratitude for respecting their land. What an incredible experience ….

Dude! I believe the small round structures are what's left of clay kilns. Notice the round structures are 100% clay molded and there are no clay bricks involved in their construction (except the first one by the door had a side hole with small bricks forming it). You found something really, really rare still intact. There was a slightly larger one near the first building when you came in. It had a small round hole in the side to help manage air flow. You didn't know what you were looking at. These kilns rarely got hot enough to scorch the walls black. That's why they still hold their color. The pottery was dried in heat over a period time longer than what we do today. Usually several days as opposed to a couple hours like modern kilns. They were sometimes linked together in some way with side holes so some of the heat would travel through the whole system. The hottest kiln being closest to the fire. But these kilns didn't need super high heat. The chinese and japanese made linked kilns as well in historic times using the same principles. Also, and this is vitally important, a pottery system like this would need to be really close to a good source of clear water. The pottery pieces require many times the quantity of water to form as desired. Much more than the kiln walls made of the same clay. It's the water amount that alters the quality of the clay formation. This is why you find a lot of pottery at a lot of sites but almost never find remnants of a kiln. The water is key. Just ask anyone who knows about pottery and porcelain pieces.(coming back with an edit here...) I wrote the above before the video reached @20:27. When I saw you standing above the kilns, it made me 100% positive these are kilns, but to add to the amazing find, you were stepping down as you moved toward the opening and the building nearest the largest kiln AT THE BOTTOM! That is exactly how the Chinese and Japanese linked kiln system worked. A raised system of kilns with the hottest being at the bottom. No doubt these were linked to some degree at one point before they fell apart.

Can I just say that I was applauding when you said to always put back any artifacts you find on a hike? You are a model hiker and modern explorer, sir!🎉🎉😊

Andrew you are the coolest person on RU-vid. I am Indigenous Australian & I love the respect you show the desert & the surprises it throws up. Going back 4 generations, maybe 5, my ancestors on my mothers side would have walked the plains of South West Australia.

Sir your videos show exactly the kind of respect for people, objects and ancestry that our children need to be learning. You are a modern day Mr. Rodgers for older children and the southwest is your neiborhood. Thank you

Keep up the good work. You are taking us places where most people wont attempt to even try.

thank you for respecting the place and the people who lived there by leaving everything there.

I am an old man now - 147 to be exact. I lost my ability to wander like this after I took a musket ball in the Spanish-American war of 1898. Your digital window allows me to remember what it was like. I used to stay in these pueblos when they were still inhabited.

Just stumbled on this and was immediately hooked. As an old British woman this landscape is totally alien yet fascinating to me. Our history is well documented and “tidied” but to see all this wonderful flint and pottery just lying about is amazing. What sort of age are these old walls and hand paintings? I have no idea of the timescale. Thanks for taking us with you.

First-time viewer here 👋. I can't express how appreciative I am that you are so respectful to the artifacts you came across. So many people go through old indigenous sites and destroy what my ancestors left behind. I've hiked through the Arizona desert and did pretty much what you're doing but didn't have a way to share my excursions. Thank you for sharing yours! I just love your calm but excited dimenor. It brings back such great memories. Thank you for taking us along.

Drifter I'm 96 years old. Glad I stumbled on this series. My legs haven't worked right after the chainsaw incident. Now I can enjoy hiking using your legs and virtual porthole. Keep up the great work. Your friends cleatus peckerwood.

Caveman TV is so relaxing. So quiet and no worries at the time.

I'm watching this in the UK, and would like to say I find it, interesting, informative and educational, and your running commentary is a pleasure to hear.. I love the way you honour the archeological finds, by returning them to where you found them. My knees are too arthritic these days for me to do any more serious walking tours, so I will watch more of your explorations as they appear. My grateful thanks to you. Keep up the good work.

I’m older and disabled so can’t enjoy these adventures first hand. So thank you for taking me on an adventure with you and showing me stuff I wouldn’t normally have the chance to see and experience!!! Lovely video

Thanks for taking me along. I've hiked the Southwest for many years and marveled at the same things that you are seeing. I'm now past my abilities to do what you're doing, so I really enjoy going hiking and camping with you.

i admire the respect that you have for the the cultures, the land, the artifacts, and most of all for the people who lived in such remote and beautiful places that you document with your trips. Thank you for taking the extra time to record these events and share them.

Hello! I turned 74 yesterday. When I was turning 15, we moved to Mexico City for my dad’s job. I spent most every weekend in the anthropology museum there. We mived to Peru, and I began my stay there by babysitting for a 10 yr old who I took on an adventure into back country where we were staying on a ranch, and we experienced an earthquake and he pulled me up on a ledge when I lost footing on the mountain side and nearly fell about 200 feet. Then we moved on to find ransacked ruins and burial mounds. We didn’t dig…i knew the diseases some of the mummies could have died from, that could still contaminate us…but we found quipus and shards and bones…also took nothing. Looters had obviously poached anything valuable that could have been there…some gravesites had obviously been violated. I went on a couple more adventures like that when living there (but for some reason, never babysat fir that boy or anyone else ever again! 😬 it was actually my first and only time I ever babysat!). I was pretty bold for a girl, and attempted to major in anthropology/archaeology at NAU, but my prof was an African anthropologist person and taught SW and South American anthro all wrong so I went into med/zoology/genetics. Explored a bit in AZ , but never got to many places because I didn’t drive. All that to say…i am thrilled like I was as a teen to be able to discover things with you! That desire is still in me, I found, and i feel and have felt probably very much as you feel finding all these “undiscovered” sites! I venture the proposal that the sites you found might be Anasazi, and some areas looked like burial sites. Those people were thought to mabe have taken the remains of their dead with them if they moved to new locations, as it is speculated the did due to drought or threats by other invasive people. I don’t know that much about it, but enough to venture a guess. The people lived with the remains buried in or near their homes. Hence, the chambers that seemed to be sealed and then opened. Just a guess. Thanks for your recording. I hope you have reported this to NAU, ASU and other universities so maybe they can send their anthro teams out there to determine the history. I wouldn’t tell many people in the general public the precise location or the sites will be poached. Univesities will likely conserve them for research. The area could be designated as wilderness to preserve it.

Hey Drifter. I'm just 79 and now living in Hungary. Really love being with you on your hikes. I spent a little time over in the west when I lived in Georgia. Always wished I'd had more time there. Take care and enjoy your life.

I’m 61 and grew up in the Midwest. I absolutely love exploring and watching you explore is so much fun. I know I probably won’t get to do this so having you to watch is such a joy.

❤❤❤ A world I'd never see if it weren'tfor yall out here living and loving life. Your videos are so therapeutic that I should be able to put in an insurance claim. I spent 2 hours with my therapist as he hiked, educated, enlightened, and spoke so nicely, not like a condescending judgemental Dr. You guys are making a difference to us homebound for whatever reason. You are all appreciated 👵🏾🙏🏾❤️❤️❤️

My education is in anthropology, and I really enjoyed watching you start your fire with a bow. I’ve always thought that every human being owes it to themselves to know how to start a fire from scratch. That’s what made us what we are. Good job!

What a treat to come upon this! I very much appreciate that you were not specific regarding the location, keeping these precious and fragile areas safe. Thank you for your adventurous and respectful spirit.

It’s so beautiful seeing what once was. My heart aches though for how many First Nations relations were removed from their homes. It’s unfathomable knowing what happened during the settlement. I’m grateful you tread gently, and you are very gentle with the land. I love your flute playing. It brought a lot of peace. Thank you for sharing your journey and I’m hoping all the places you visit stay respected and allowed to heal. I love watching. I have a few places I’ve spent exploring much of my life, but others came and soon our plant relations were cut into, broken, and tossed aside carelessly. Excess biking and walking from so many compressed the soil, therefore decreasing the nutrition and oxygen needed for the surrounding plants to grow well. Grandfathers were painted on, carved into, and moved from their resting places. Trash was left everywhere. Native plants plowed. The smell of man everywhere. Animal relations diminished, taking with them the necessary care needed to tend the Earth. Now, I limit my time in these places. They need to heal. But, more still come and it breaks my heart to see the suffering of what once was. I wish more people tread lightly. I wish their eyes to see the sacred and the life. We are so blessed with this land and all the gifts provided. Only if we all embraced this. Thank you for being kind to this land and our relations.

l discovered you tonight and enjoy your adventures. l am a 75 year old native Californian. Exploring Arizona and New Mexico have been highlights of my life. lt is a joy to see that you are being followed by native peoples and those from other countries. I love it whenever I can see the pictographs, sharts of pottery and ancient dwellings. l appreciate your sharing with us.

As a Brit, I have hiked a little of your south west, and found it really beautiful and interesting. As I am now too old to do further trips I really like your channel to show me more of your country. Keep exploring while you are fit. 😀🇬🇧

Thank you for doing this. Im 74 and can no longer do something like this. Feels like I'm there with you. You respect the land and cultures. Nice.

Back about 1970 I went to Oracle, AZ and spent 2 days exploring the Peppersauce Cave. That was one of the most special places I discovered while living in Tucson. I also remember that my clothes were not just dirty but torn to pieces from all of the crawling around the very sharp stalactites. My friends and I went into places where very few had ventured back then. Batteries 50 years ago did not last very long so we used miners' hats with calcium carbide lamps. You fill the bottom of the lamp with calcium carbide rocks then fill the top of the lamp with water. When the water drips onto the rocks below it creates a steady flow of water that produces a flammable gas. Those old lamps also work well camping as you can use for night lights and to light fires. The Arizona desert is so beautiful, and your video brought back lots of memories from my days in Tucson.

Just found your channel. So refreshing seeing someone show us these places and offer logical conclusions you've drawn as opposed to outlandish claims. Totally appreciate your gratitude that you felt at the end as well. Cheers, homie.

You walk in sacred places. Tread lightly and with respect because you are observed every step (and I don't mean cameras or humans). I am thankful for your reverence to the land and the people before you. ❤

I don't know why your channel crossed my feed, but I'm glad it did. New subscriber. I never got to explore our Country, but have always been interested. I worked so much in the chemical plants and refineries (40 years) outside Houston, I never had the opportunity. In the 80's and 90's I worked 72 to 84 hours a week to support the family and give my kids a good life. The last 10 years (60 hours a week) before I retired was for my wife and I to be able to live comfortably. I'm only 58, but my body is broken down now. I would love to be able to hike the deserts and mountains of our beautiful country, but just don't have it in me anymore. I will watch all your videos and pretend I'm right there beside you. God bless and stay safe 🙏

Solitary adventure seems kind of rare today. Happy this social media is serving others positively.

Putting so much effort & taking some serious risks being out there by yourself to show the world precious historical locations trying to read their stories & understand what happened back then, this means a lot especially for people from another side of the planet who may never get the chance in life to visit such places, so Thank you sir

I thank you for sharing your RU-vid adventures. I’m 69 years old and would never had had this adventure without your post!!! Be safe and keep pushing on. All to soon you will be to old to enjoy!! ❤

That blew my mind. I’m from the U.K. and always thought there wasn’t much history to discover over there but I was so, so wrong. That was amazing and I loved the respect you gave by placing each object back where it came from.

Great backpacking trip, pottery shards, tools, fire starting with ancient methods, and nighttime, “caveman TV”. Awesome!

Beautiful share, thank you so much for bringing us all along with you as you explore. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌎🍀

I've recently been hooked watching people hiking into the Southwesten desert exploring ancient Native American structures. This is something age and bad knees won't let me do anymore. Of all the people doing this you and the Trek Planner are head and shoulders above the others. You both show a great respect for what you find. You also both seem to have some knowledge of what you are looking at. Thanks for taking the rest of us along,

I miss the desert southwest. I'm 71 now and it would be a bit difficult to explore anymore. I used to take my two kids to just wander in the canyons and arroyo. My kids used to make up stories on who used to live in an area. Good memories. Thank you. The stars at night are spectacular out there. Be safe.

Just magical, the American Southwest is a fabulous place.

I really like the fact that you leave artifacts on site. Thank you!😊

Nature hiking to find older civilizations is very awesome! Glad I was surfing RU-vid this evening!

I love going on these hikes with you. I’m older now and disabled, but I can join you on your adventures and see amazing things that I can’t travel to myself. I only watch 2-3 shows like this, I like The Trek Planner too. You treat every place you visit with the utmost respect and care. Thank you for all the hard work you do getting to these ancient places and then taking the time to share it with others!

so happy to see you putting things back where they were (and telling us all to do so as well). the "i'll just take one" mindset is why so many places are now barren.

I just last week turned 70 🙄 i must say, im so thrilled to have found your channel! Im recovering from my 7th Spine Surgery. I have two Spinal Cord injuries. Your channel, the beauty you capture takes my breath away 😊 you and your wife are doing a great job! Job? You and her love this!!! Im really impressed. Completely enthralled just watching your videos...I get so relaxed! Now that shocks me. Im hard to impress. Perfect. Absolutely deep feelings of the joy doing that. Thank you from my heart, to yours. Again, thank you.

Well as you just said " this blows my mind" I agree, it blows my mind too. Your channel popped up & wow I'm stuck on your journey. Thank you for sharing a place I won't ever be able to visit. God bless you with health & protection.

I’m a homebound older gentleman like some of your viewers are. I’ve trekked through many parts of America and some places abroad and always always love seeing these videos. During the spring into fall and often winter weather I follow those trekking through the PCT the CDT and the AT. I have one hiker I favor the most as his videos are like watching a documentary. A rather odd experience happened just last year on the CDT during a thunderstorm. Because of their trekking poles all 4 in the group got a good jolt via the poles no one seriously hurt. My point is that storms out there can arise at anytime so be careful of the weather and any critters you meet

Dude please never stop making videos. Love the quality of them. Thanks

I really loved this one, the old school fire starter just made me smile. Old is ok when I can watch young ones do such wonderful things. You bring me smiles day after day. Thank you so much, Robin

Oddly enough I have to testify, that just like several other senior’s comments, I’m hiking vicariously through your videos, which first entered my utube algorithm on the day I had foot surgery. I will not be walking for the next 6 weeks. So I have a lot of time to watch videos. Your’s… my friend are amazing. Your excitement is contagious, as well as the priceless knowledge you possess. Not to mention how you model proper behavior regarding respect for others from the past and preserving history for future generations. Thank you

I too am 71, living in the Amish Country of south central Michigan. What a pleasant trip you made and quite the adventurer you are and to be admired. Great job and "keep adventuring" as you fill your Memory Banks in the Theater of the Mind that you will NEVER forget.

Beautiful. I used to love hiking and exploring, but now I’m old and mostly homebound. Thank you so much for sharing so those of us who can’t get out there anymore can still see the beautiful wild places through your eyes. PS - Don’t forget, they had ladders. 😊

There are other explorer's doing your sites but I'm so hooked on your content way of video capturing everything. You teach as well too. So cool. Thanks again! 👊🏽

These videos make my heart sing with pride and long past memories of my hikes through the Southwest and Canadian Pacific Northwest. I am especially drawn to the petroglyphs. Like a lot of previous posters, I will continue to ride along with you on your selfie stick. Thank you.

I have quickly grown to enjoy your treks. I lost the ability to walk with enough stability, about 5 years ago at 48, to ever hike again (the nerves in my toes and ankles are fried, CIDP). I'm not as skilled as yourself anyway so its a real pleasure to watch your camera work and climbing.. at the same time!

Just found your channel, and am hooked! I am an old woman, who will go tent camping , by myself, for the first time in over 48 years! I am staying in camp grounds, but going solo is a big step for me. In July, 2024, for my 80th birthday, I am taking a solo road trip from the southmost tip of Texas, Brownsville, to Durango, Colorado to ride the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Rail Road. And I will be doing a vlog of my journey. I am watching a lot of channels, to study techniques. But I am also interested in archaeology, and watching you handle the artifacts with respect, returning each piece to its resting place was very rewarding to me. Thank you. I will definitely be viewing more of your videos, as I prepare for my trip.😁

Hi Andrew my name is Adriel I enjoy coming along with you on your journeys through the southwest desert area's. My hat's of to you for the appreciation of our predisesers and the respect you show to the indigenous people's history..Thank you

You talked about how far you've traveled and how much more you wanted to do, this reminded me of a phrase I wrote! I drove OTR for about ten years, while visiting one of my sisters in Dallas she asked how many miles I had driven, well over a million! I answered with this, "It's not the mile marker you've reached, but the roads you've traveled" And you, my friend, have traveled some great ones! Thanks for sharing and keep up the great video's👍

amazing to find all that water back in there ! must be rare! Im 73, bad hip and knee so not hiking anymore, but I remember scrabbling around in places like that and I miss being able to do that kind of hiking. what a beautiful area that is to be so undisturbed by modern people. You are a super guide and I just love how thrilled you are about it all. Happy trails to you. Hugs

Thank you for sharing your hikes and showing us the ancient beauty our ancesters left us. I love it when you share your thoughts about what it all is and have been used for and how the people must have lived. I love your video's.

One of the reasons I love your channel so much, Andrew, is your genuine amazement and reverence for these Anasazi (?) peoples. I have those too, but have never been a hiker, always having had bad knees. But I live vicariously through you and love every minute. Of course, as a mother of three boys, I will always worry about you, as I'm sure Mrs Drifter feels the same way! Please be ALWAYS careful, and promise us all that you will never fall off a cliff or be bitten by snakes. I mean it, Andrew; I've just turned 80... I want to watch your videos until I can no longer watch anything, you total slouch!

Those ancient hand prints just makes you wonder about the people that stood and lived exactly where you are hundreds or thousands of years ago. Absolutely amazing! Love this!

It must be surreal to find remnants of civilization this old. So amazing. I am in awe just watching the video, can only imagine what it's like first hand.

I’ve traveled a lot, rode my motorcycle to the Arctic ocean 4 different times. I’m always solo. I started using a ferro rod for starting my fires. I started exploring Nevada during Covid because the Canadian border was closed. Love the ghost towns and gold mines. I’m 75. Keep it up!

Thank you for sharing I am a 63 year old woman from Wisconsin, I’ve done a lot of water skiing, fishing, and swimming. Never been in the Western us. Nice to view it with you! I’ve traveled to Florida. That is it.

You’re a total Bad Ass! Start your fire with bow and play the flute in ancient dwelling location , I’m envious Lol! livening the dream! You’re very inspiring. I’m ready to start dreaming again, I just recently retired @67 yo, I’m a back country explorer 50 + years all kinds of experience, with hunting and making buckskins. Adventures include numerous stone tools finds, including a lost military aircraft, and potter in Death Valley area ,70+ miles backpacking trips and weeks long overland exploration in a classic 1966 Land Cruiser, lived in a tipi back in the days, one of the first thing first thing I bought for my retirement was a new backpack and new kit some of my backpacking gear is from the 70s intending to use it again. Big fan Joe

Major survivor man vibes with the filming and how natural you are!! I found your videos for the archeology but this channel has quickly turned into one of my faves all around

Like many others here, I just turned 70 and I can no longer travel to these places. I spent 6 weeks in Skull Valley and saw the beauty of the SW. I love your videos, your calm clear demeanor, and your wonderful respectful wisdom. Thank you for a job well done!

Thank you for sounding the flute. It has a mysterious and warming sound. I hope you continue adding the music that connects us to nature and the wonderful roots of all life.

I just stumbled onto this episode of your adventures, and I promptly subscribed. I lived in Arizona for 17 years, and when I had to move away, my heart stayed there. I'm unable to travel now, so I will never visit that beloved territory again. So many things about your video touched me deeply: the absolute wonder of the Southwestern deserts, the tranquility, your awe and care of the artifacts you found, and the beautiful photography. Thank you for sharing these wonders.

New subscriber here. I am loving your channel. Being disabled, I will never get out there, so going with you is a wonderful treat for me!! Keep up the great work!!

We are elders and I’ll, so we thank you for videoing for our enjoyment. We can’t go, but love to see these historical images.

Love the caveman TV! Every campfire, takes me back to the days of learning to nurture from nature, and bonfires on the riverbanks! Thanks for the memories, brother!

Hi Andrew, I really love your channel and the way you explore. I have a degree in Archaeology but I very rarely got to do this kind of "boots on the ground" exploration., as I had to work most of my life in museums to make a living. Your method and descriptions are so interesting and relaxing at the same time. Thank you for all the effort, time and work you put in to bring us these incredible scenes and "finds". ❤❤❤

Another great adventure. Really appreciate your respect for the dwellings and artifacts you find.

Hey Desert drifter, I trekked a great deal of Arizona. My wife and I met as park rangers in 1995. We met at the Navajo National Monument. She is 100 % Navajo and grew up a few miles away from the NNM. I have seen many grain bins still intact as well as Kiva's and other dwellings near the monument. It is one of the gems of the West...free camping.

More amazing discoveries. Thanks for sharing your journey with us.

I grew up in AZ and moved up to Seattle 8 years ago. Your videos remind me of home. Thanks for the content.

You just came across my feed. How wonderful to even find these places that haven't been destroyed and makes you wonder what kind of stories these places hold. I don't think we could in a lifetime find these places and explore, but yet the past did and lived there. Just absolutely Beautiful!! I hope you keep exploring and letting us explore with you through your videos. Stay safe, hope your videos get longer. New Subscriber here.

wow- the petroglyphs on the canyon wall- really really floored me

I live in Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina. I really enjoy treking with you. I used to be a park ranger. Thanks for taking us along...

I am 70 with liver cancer, however some 50 yrars ago I used to do stuff like this in Natal in South Africa. So I follow desert drofter to live vicariously, what I used to love doing.

You are so blessed to have the opportunity to touch, stand and be where the ancients were.

Thank you for taking me on the adventure. It all amazes me how people survived. The remnants of past society. Shards of pottery, tools, and art. Or maybe a written history. What brought me to emotion and deeper thought was playing the flute. Solemn. I wonder, were the spirits of the past pleased at your presence, being respectful of what was their home, their places of worship, their places of living, and dying. And how you shared a sound of the flute, which has long been absent from this place the Creator had given them. This place of rock, shelter/tools, and water, and game, and corn, and sky. This place, called home. Glory to God in the Highest! Amen.

Thank you! Amazing places you showed.❤

Beautiful scenery and clean air “awesome quiet space

What an incredible adventure. You see the things most miss and I love that you try to share it all with us. Thanks!

Nice corrugated pottery, c. 800-1200AD-ish, or Pueblo III. It’s interesting as heck how many eras of pottery you’re picking up in just this video! And that ladle is a real find. Thanks for braving the cold for us! Ed: Holy smokes! You actually did the fire starting trick -

Thank you for your time and perspective of our ancestors' homes. The beauty that you shared with us brought me to tears. Peace.

Incredible place,,great scenery and the glyphs are fascinating , thanks for showing an old scotsman something ill never encounter personally!