John Day Sheep Rock Unit: Layers of Life & Destruction

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In this video we explore the John Day Monument at Sheep Rock Unit. The many rock formations of this area have fossils that are records of ancient life. This is one of the three units of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. Sheep rock has the best visitor center at Thomas Condon Paleontology Center. There are also some good stops for views and hikes at Blue Basin, and Foree.
This video is part of a trilogy for the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, see the rest here:
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@easydiddit 3 года назад

Beautiful and informative. As smooth and easy as always. Thanks for another example of your growing aspect and insight of the Oregon I love. Looking forward to you sharing your next treasures. Thanks, Matt.

@MattCookOregon 3 года назад

Thank you Easy Diddit! I felt good about this one, with all the info the monument has to give. Good things are in the works.

@pamelagonzalez9567 2 года назад

Great job Matt!!! Love the shot of those colors on the rock formation. How awesome it most be to look up and see those sheep climbing the steep rocks...your videos are so Professional now I bet teachers will use your videos in schools to teach the kids about history of Oregon..great video Matt!!

@MattCookOregon 2 года назад

Thanks Pam! I have gotten some shares in classrooms. The teachers don't tell me about it but I see it in analytics.

@softroadingthewest 3 года назад

Super interesting and engaging film - nice work Matt.

@MattCookOregon 3 года назад

Thank you! You would have liked the Preist Hole area that we camped at. Lots of fun roads around the John Day river. Didn't have much to do with the monument so it didn't make the cut.

@pootoobuser1239 3 года назад

A video that is dear to my heart. Thank you for such an informative video. My love of Oregon geology has been satisfied.

@MattCookOregon 3 года назад

Thanks Pootoob. I very much enjoy this kind of video too. I love the cascades but when you go east they just seem like babies.

@milesm.69 2 года назад

Gorgeous colors, great work showing such stunning parts of the river.

@MattCookOregon 2 года назад

Thanks Miles. This is a super cool area many do not get to see due to how far out it is. The river was mostly seen from a primitive campsite called Preist Hole. I highly recommend.

@Susie-h5z 2 месяца назад

A place I've heard of and wanted to visit. Now I'm sure I will, thanks to your wonderful videos!

@MattCookOregon 2 месяца назад

Thank you. John Day is great. I've always wanted to do the backpacking parts.

@stephenwilliams681 3 года назад

Thanks! I was at the visitor center in August and this adds good background.

@MattCookOregon 3 года назад

Thanks Stephen. That is where I got a lot of my information. With covid they only let me in there for half an hour so I also got a lot of the info on their website.

@exploreoregon2019 3 года назад

I love all the beautiful colors it reminds me of the Painted Hills!

@MattCookOregon 3 года назад

Yep they have some of the same red hills there too.

@katphenakatphena3980 3 года назад

Love John day area the drive from Biggs to Johnday and all of eastern Oregon beautiful

@MattCookOregon 3 года назад

True! We had a good time camping at Preist Hole.

@brookeshaffer4377 3 года назад

Hi Matt.Really enjoyed this👍Thanks.Take care🌟

@MattCookOregon 3 года назад

Thanks Brooke! So did I. Got to learn a lot while researching.

@franmcl7569 4 месяца назад

Just discovered your wonderful videos, inspired to visit in September! Thanks so much.

@MattCookOregon 3 месяца назад

Thank you very much. These videos are made with a passion for the art and the subject. You picked the best month in September. I got a special video coming up from across the state, about a rare butterfly.

@OverlandPNW 2 года назад

This area is one of the best of the best in Oregon. So beautiful!

@MattCookOregon 2 года назад

True. Though half of Oregon is this, it is not what most people think of when thinking of Oregon.

@robbergstrom943 3 года назад

Matt, Great job bringing us to this beautiful place and presenting its history. You did a great job capturing the incredible colors and juxtapositions there. Thank you!

@MattCookOregon 3 года назад

Thanks Rob. Even covered in wildfire haze it looked good. Was a tough one to capture in a single day for sure.

@TheWorldAccordingtoJim 3 года назад

Absolutely beautiful. Very interesting.

@MattCookOregon 3 года назад

Thanks Jim. Lots to learn from these rocks.

@TheWorldAccordingtoJim 3 года назад

@@MattCookOregon Keep sharing 👍

@lynnnorthrup8914 3 года назад

Awesome job putting this video together. Great videography combined your homework to present the story. Thank you for sharing. 👍

@MattCookOregon 3 года назад

Thanks Lynn. I really enjoy doing these more educational ones. All the work comes easy when it is fun.

@JenniferLupine 3 года назад

Thanks Matt - I really enjoyed this tour and explanation of this part of the JohnDay Fossil beds. I only visited once quite a few years ago and didn’t really get an overview or perspective. I’m hoping to go back in the next few years… the views are amazing and the trails looks great! - Jennifer 👍👍☀

@MattCookOregon 3 года назад

Thanks Jennifer. It is a lot to take in on one trip. Was also a lot to put together. I visited many times and finally decided to make a video.

@JenniferLupine 3 года назад

@@MattCookOregon You put lots of effort and research into your videos, they are super helpful and informative! I’d love to go hiking there and learn more about our geological past!

@vickihubach4388 Год назад

very professional! I'll be visiting soon and your videos helped a lot. And what a darling little girl!!

@MattCookOregon Год назад

Thank you for the comment. Very cool place to visit. As you can see lots of points of interest, even in addition to what I showed. Hopefully you have enough time to see as much as you want.

@northcoastoutdoorchannel 3 года назад

Great video! thanks for sharing your knowledge, I love stopping in this area. You had some great shots!

@MattCookOregon 3 года назад

Thank you very much. I have been stopping there for awhile, finally got around to making a video.

@bobbimorris1819 3 года назад

Thank You for another excellent video!

@MattCookOregon 3 года назад

Thanks Bobbi! Was fun to do as usual.

@turkeybowlwinkle4440 2 года назад

Excellent! Great info on the park! I plan on visiting the monument next summer and am doing some research now. This video was just what I was looking for. Now to watch the videos on the other units of the park. Thank you!

@MattCookOregon 2 года назад

Thank you very much. These 3 John Day videos are some of my favorites to have done. So much geologic info from the park makes this video valuable in my eyes. Definitely spend a day at each unit. Preist Hole is a real nice primitive camping, but lots of options.

@GratefulOverlander 2 года назад

Keep up the great work Matt. I learn a lot about Oregon through your videos

@MattCookOregon 2 года назад

Thank you! I get to learn a lot when putting them together.

@TheNorthwestForager 3 года назад

Your documentary videos are very professional! Actually reminds me a lot of the videos you'd see at the different park's visitor center. How cool would that be if you became their new documentary guy??

@MattCookOregon 3 года назад

Thank you very much! I reach out here and there, not much action yet. On the plus side it is nice to have complete freedom with this.

@RVingwithG 2 года назад

Good stuff ... I wish I had know this for that one time I drove through there.

@MattCookOregon 2 года назад

Thank you. They been sitting there for millions of years so there is always next time.

@acro1427 3 года назад

Sounds like some FFIX music in the start. Nice! Love John Day! I feel like eastern Oregon is a treasure trove of knowledge and history hidden beneath the veneer of a high desert landscape. Awesome video dude!

@MattCookOregon 3 года назад

Thank you Acro. I love my epic intro music. This was a cover from that game I found. Eastern does feel more like a lost land with much older volcanos and no cities.

@toandfro2377 3 года назад

Nice work

@MattCookOregon 3 года назад

Thank you!

@kevinaudit1 Год назад

Thanks!

@kevinaudit1 Год назад

Great documentary, well done, very articulated, showed a love fore the area

@MattCookOregon Год назад

Thank you very much. I really liked doing the 3 John Day videos. So much info to learn and things to see.

@TheZincroofer Год назад

As a kid, I'd always go through the back door into the kitchen at the Cant ranch. The house always smell of delicious baked bread, pies, and muffins while being baked in a wood burning oven. Us kids would play hide and seek in the hugh barn. I bucked a lot of bales of hay next to the river. Great times and great video. Thank you.

@MattCookOregon Год назад

Wow, that short memory could be its own video right there. That makes me want to find and include stories more in videos. Thanks David.

@TheZincroofer Год назад

@@MattCookOregon Hidden treasures in Oregon... Slide Rock @ western edge of Triangle Lake, south of Corvallis. Hot Springs @ Cougar Reservoir east of Eugene.

@MattCookOregon Год назад

@@TheZincroofer oh man those hot springs are no longer a secret. Every time I drive by its completely full

@TheZincroofer Год назад

@Matt.Cook.Oregon I'm dating myself. Lived in Springfield in the late 70's and 80's. It was rare we had to shear with others.

@sharonwhiteley6510 Год назад

These videos should be used in educational settings due to their quality

@MattCookOregon Год назад

Thank you that is part of my goal. Actually they have been a bit. I can see what sites people come from and I have noticed a few educational sites like blackboard.

@reeserichard3224 Год назад

At 3:46 to the left is the entrance to my aunt and uncles ranch, Rattlesnake Ranch at the mouth of Picture gorge .

@MattCookOregon Год назад

Wow. I bet they get some nice star viewing. Rattlesnakes though.. eek!

@TheZincroofer Год назад

Do you know John and Connie Mascall? I hunted on rattlesnake creek as a kid.

@AdventuresUnlimited-xc3gp 4 месяца назад

Just subscribed, would love to know your background. As a researcher and engineer myself, I recognize many attributes of a scientific mind in you- Your choice of music scores is excellent!

@MattCookOregon 4 месяца назад

Thank you. Maybe a Q&A or about me video would be interesting now that so many have subscribed. Most of my professional life has been in tech. Most of my personal interests are nature based, hiking, camping, etc. I think of the videos as a combination of all my skills.

@AdventuresUnlimited-xc3gp 4 месяца назад

That would be great! It seems to complete the circle when you get the privilege of understanding a person’s journey-

@paufigueres 2 года назад

Would love to visit

@MattCookOregon 2 года назад

Please do. Your music is very nice. Would you let someone use it in a video?

@paufigueres 2 года назад

@@MattCookOregon Thanks Matt. Sure, it would be nice. We can talk on Instagram DM about it

@Coinbro 2 года назад

Killer video

@MattCookOregon 2 года назад

Thank you! These John Day videos were some of my favorites to do. Having all that information rather than just a hike is much more fun to me.

@2HighNoon Год назад

There’s also another formation on the east side of picture gorge. It’s called the rattlesnake formation. 😊

@MattCookOregon Год назад

Not just east, Rattlesnake is all over the area.

@2HighNoon Год назад

@@MattCookOregon ya but there’s a viewpoint area just east of picture gorge of a great exposure that also has had fossils come out of it. It’s not part of the John day fossil beds park but it’s protected as well. There’s a parking area and bathrooms off a little road that goes up there from the main highway 26.

@YankeesOutdoorAdventures 3 года назад

💣💥BOOM

@MattCookOregon 3 года назад

Its the worlds best Brian laundry investigator!

@YankeesOutdoorAdventures 3 года назад

@@MattCookOregon lol, no investigator here, just a constant reminder of the laws and constitutional rights involved in Brian's case.

@2HighNoon Год назад

Funny story about John Day, he never actually came to this part of oregon. The river bares his name from the area where the John day river empties out into the Columbia. 😊✌️ I’m from this area.

@MattCookOregon Год назад

When you have a chance, watch the video. It does mention that exact story.

@2HighNoon Год назад

@@MattCookOregon I know, I learned from you he was robbed. But you didn’t mention he never came to this part of oregon. 😊 I really enjoyed your presentation. Sub’d too. 🏆 great job and thank you for sharing.

@MattCookOregon Год назад

Thank you. That comment confused me. Oh ya, seems nearly every place we have is named after some white dude that never visited. Mt Hood, Newberry volcano, etc.

@2HighNoon Год назад

@@MattCookOregon ya white people of the past feeling it their duty to name stuff. 🤣🤷‍♂️ most places already had names they were known by too.

@tommosher8271 Год назад

You should spend some time studying the mining industry and compare all of this to what's happening now. Most of what you are seeing here is dumped piles of what would now be called hazardous waste. Its just on a smaller scale now than what was in the past. Go check out trees stumps too and compare the decayed stumps of today to the mountains and don't t let the size fool you.

@MattCookOregon Год назад

I think you would benefit from geology 101.

@tommosher8271 Год назад

@@MattCookOregon Been there done that and then I started studying mining and lots of other things and realized all this geology stuff is a bunch of theories that really have nothing for proof. I mean no recent lava flow has produced anything that resembles any of this but like i said it's all seen in mining operations all over the world.

@MattCookOregon Год назад

Could be interesting to investigate, thank you.

@tommosher8271 Год назад

@@MattCookOregon Your work is good and to go further is very challenging but the it's easier if you look at the world around you from the perspective of an ant and look at things that aren't stone as if they are. Things were bigger in the past when the earth could support more life and the only thing that's really changed is the size of things. We haven't we keep doing what we do.

@Lowellian1 3 года назад

Yay a new one, for me at least!

@MattCookOregon 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed Pam.

@nicj99 6 месяцев назад

"He was robbed at the Columbia river" what are you afraid to actually say the word Indians or perhaps you prefer Native Americans or was he just robbed by animals? Why even mention it if you're not gonna fill out the thought with the fact that he was robbed by Indiansseems like a pretty glaring mission to just say oh he endured some rough times he was robbed by the Columbia river without saying anything about who it was that robbed him? It's not very far off topic to mention that.

@MattCookOregon 6 месяцев назад

Please send complaints through this link. www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=C9YG7JBDUUG94

@nicj99 6 месяцев назад

@@MattCookOregon just an observation about what was said, and how it was said, not really a complaint

@MattCookOregon 6 месяцев назад

I am not sure why it would be important to state the ethnicity of the robbers. You wouldn't ask me to call them white robbers if that was the case. So why must the native American robbers be identified by race? This seems like racism bias but I don't blame you as that is how most of us were educated.