I'm on disability and live in Alabama. I've always wanted to see out west but don't get enough to do any traveling.. Thanks to you I'm seeing it. Thank you so much. Craig
Oh mountain man Mike I love watching your videos with these mountains they’re absolutely breathtaking I know I’ll never be able to go and see all these beautiful mountains but believe me I would use every damn pull off I could just to get a good view thank you so much for these videos I truly love them great job Mountain man Mike hugs
Great video! Really enjoy seeing those parts of this great country that I might never see, thanks as well as telling us certain names that are given to mountains, big rocks and the ever infamous “ Forrest Gump” scene! Excellent! Thank you!!!
Love watching you drive though Blanding, Bluff, Moab. Being from South Dakota & my son went to UTI in Phoenix & part time at Freightliner of Phoenix I took that route to visit him, very pretty scenes.
Enjoy watching. Monument Valley is not a National Park however. It's part of the Navajo Nation, not even owned by the federal government. I'm sure if it were on public land (usa) it would be designated as a National park.
That road sucks. Huge dip almost made me crash.spend a lot of time out there. Valley of the gods is way better than monument valley. I love my backyard. Think ill run out there this weekend. 🤔
For about the first 7-8 minutes of the video I was thinking "when is he going to catch up to the fire that the smoke is coming from?" Then I realized it was a bug on the windshield!
Monument Valley is pretty awesome...However, the last time I went there (several years ago), the road was so bad that I thought I would break both axles and pop all 4 tires on my 4Runner. That road took most of the joy out of the experience. I know that Monument is Native American owned, so I just wonder who is responsible for making that road driveable?
Now you know how we all feel living on backroads Rez life! School buses getting stuck n mud. Only paved roads are the "main road". Main roads the lazy Navajo council only concentrate on n maintaining. Nothing for their own people, who live out of the way. So I am not surprised at your dismay. I am not. Sad democrat nation. I'm sorry you went through it, sir.
That 1st mountain coming out of Kayenta is Agathla Mountain; in Spanish, El Capitan.The mountain is considered sacred to the Navajo, so I'm sure general climbing is not permitted. You referred to Monument Valley as a free National Park; it's actually a Navajo Park, not connected to the US NP system. The Navajo have become very good at capitalism; entrance to the park (the right turn just past the Utah border...which turns back into AZ as you drive that road) is a few miles off 163. Fifteen years ago, the entrance fee was about $5; I think it is now a $25 entrance (took friends up there several months back). Pretty cool place; you can take a long drive around the monuments on the valley floor (passenger car can make it; SUV preferred). I still remember seeing a picture of Mexican Hat as a kid in the 60's. Grew up in upstate NY; but always had a thing for the southwest (lived in AZ since '01). Rock climbing fixtures are actually attached to the hat. The Valley of the Gods (just past that church entrance; N of the hat) is a real cool 17 mile maintained gravel road that hooks back south , eventually reconnecting to 163. Open camping is allowed there. The spot you mentioned was a 8 percenter grade (comb ridge); is a favorite place of mine to pull over and fill up a container with large red rocks (always had an interest in geology)...hopefully nothing falls on me. Anyhow; overtime, I've made a nice setting in the yard with red rock collected from there, and other parts of Utah and AZ. Wouldn't mind taking a trailer and winch, and collect some small boulders...but I'm not sure if I'd be law-breaking by removing something that size from the road side.
I don't know about where you drive, but around here, Canadian RV'ers read speed limit signs in KPH rather than MPH. We're within 150 miles of the border. Hopefully they shake off KPH deeper in the country.
the old rule of thumb many years ago was that you didn't fall off the mountain in any higher gear than the gear that you climbed up the mountain! then everyone got a 'Jake" .
Using a World War Two analogy, the bugs are Kamikaze squadrons, and your truck is the U.S. Navy, and it's the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot, all over again!!
Monument Valley is Dine Tribal lands not Federal. The Valley of the Gods has that one finger salute but is not a road for a semi. Mokee (or Moki) Dugway at the north end of the valley is fun. 10% grade - 1,100 ft in 3 miles - road looks like a snake crawling back on itself. Its basically driving down the face of a cliff. Mexican Hat Rock is a man sitting there under his sombrero waiting for his wife who has run off with another man.
Hey, Mike... don't work about driving through a national park, you're not near any driving through Monument Valley because it's a Navajo TRIBAL Park, owned by the tribe, not by the feds.
You could retire, get yourself a 35 ft RV and start a whole new career on youtube showing people where to find the best places to stay and scenic stops.
Im lost, why this lo res , my dash cams better than this repro. For me it spoils it, cant see the road signs n small details. Whasup? , even that no job bum Nomadic Fanatics are clear. Cameras are so cheap in the States.
