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I'm glad you enjoyed it! This is a really beautiful place with a ton of cool history. Thanks for watching! ~ Mike

Well, this particular fire ring hadn't been used for quite some time and we brought wood and charcoal (red bag) to cook over. Thanks for watching! ~ Mike

Thanks for subscribing! I really like this area, but I also love Notch Peak/House Range and hwy 50 One of my favorite drives! (Honorable mention: Tule Valley hard pan). I'm working on a video about the Bonneville Lake history and this sounds like a good read for my research. Thanks for the suggestion and thanks for watching! ~ Mike

You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching! ~ Mike

It's a spectacular place and a great way to get away from the city. As I was researching this place, I was surprised about just how much mining history there was to learn about. I would definitely recommend a trip out there. Thanks for watching! ~ Mike

Good to know. We were careful, but there is a lot of different mineralization in this area. Eric is the more experienced one, so I defer to him on these issues. Thanks for watching! ~ Mike

Yeah, it was pretty gross. I like this area and I'm glad that there are these dispersed camping options in Skull valley, but damn, people need to clean up after themselves. I usually take trash bags with me an try to clean up what ever I find...within reason. Other than that, this is a really cool area! Thanks for watching! ~ Mike

You're welcome and thanks for watching this adventure! I really like this area and it's a great escape from the city, one that not too many people consider when they think of seeing Utah's deserts. Thanks for watching! ~ Mike

I'm glad that you enjoyed this video. There is a lot of interesting history about the Hastings cut-off and the Donner-Reed party in this corner of Utah... and beautiful scenery along this road. It's a great place to spend a weekend with dogs. Thanks for watching! ~ Mike

The main road around the island is regularly maintained and in great shape and should be fine for a converted school bus. Some of the side roads get a little rough and a bus might be to long. There were several areas at the beginning of the loop where people had big RVs and trailers. The first three camping spots that I pointed out in the video should be just fine for a bus. It sounds like you have quite an adventure coming up. Have fun! If you have any other questions or would like some suggestions on cool places to explore, you can dm me on Instagram. Thanks for watching! ~ Mike

Hey Kenny! Yes, this was a perfect place to relax and enjoy the peace and quiet. It has some really cool history too. I'm glad to hear that you appreciate the music. It's an important element to telling a story and I try to find the best fit for the video. I make judicious used of Epidemic Sounds vast library. 😀 Thanks for watching, Kenny!

I'm glad you enjoyed it! This was such a fantastic hike! I really like the Pyrenees. We're going to be in France next summer so I'll try and check out Chamonix. Thanks for watching! ~ Mike

Yeah, they had to do it due to dogs and mountain bikers. Millcreek Canyon is the only canyon not used for the municipal water supply, so it gets all the dog traffic. There are a ton of dogs on certain weekends year round. For the record, my dogs love it! =-D

It is beautiful. This was my first time up to this lake. There is a South Willow Lake in the next basin to the south that I've camped at before. I was going to do a hike up there this year, but I've been too busy to make it happen. The Stansburys are great and I've always really liked hiking in them. Last year my wife was offered a job in the area so we moved out to the Tooele Valley, which has been great for the hiking opportunities.

@@AbouttheJourney That’s wonderful!

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll take it under advisement.

@@AbouttheJourney your most welcome

Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it! I was impressed with the snow too. This was after a very heavy snow year for the Sierras and the west in general. The snow pack lingered into September in a few areas here in northern Utah. This was my first time in the area and there is a ton of great hiking to be had. The route I took gave me a unique view of the surrounding mountains and the views of Tahoe were spectacular! Good stuff.

@@AbouttheJourney Lately, I’ve been impressed with trips I’ve seen in the Uinta Mountains. They look intriguing.

The Uintas are fantastic! I'd highly recommend doing the High-Line trail. It goes through all the good stuff. It's like a little slice of Alaska right here in Utah. I've done it twice and its always such a great time, even the time we got stuck in a white-out at 11,000 ft. on the 24th of July.

@@AbouttheJourneyThanks for the info. I’ve always enjoyed my times I’ve spent in Utah. I could spend a lifetime there and never see the same place twice.

This was a great hike. The Galamus Gorge is pretty spectacular and I'm hoping to hike/swim it next year while were in the area. All of this land is government land (public land) with the hermitage being managed by the local department (French equivalent to counties).

Thanks for the clarification. This area is absolutely spectacular and I was really impressed with Galumus Gorge and the Hermitage. Thanks for watching! ~ Mike.

Thanks! France has some truly spectacular hiking...and great food!

It is spectacular! I really like exploring these areas. There is so much interesting history here.

That’s the cosmos 300 engine. 36HP@7200 at sea level. They make trikes all the way up to about 65HP using the rotax 582 engine.

Thanks for the specs! This was really fun and I'm looking forward to doing it again. Thanks for watching! ~ Mike

Thanks for the info. They also had the backpack versions too, but you have to receive training before you get to fly with one of those.

It was. Heights usually make me nervous, but this felt quite safe. I highly recommend it! Thanks for watching. ~ Mike

Thanks, John! This was a ton of fun. I'm usually a little apprehensive about heights, but this didn't make me nervous at all, even looking at my feet with a couple thousand feet of space below them. These guys are going to be back in a couple of weeks to train some more people, so I'm going to make sure I have plenty of beer on hand. 😆

You're welcome! I'm glad you found it helpful. Our public land are one of the best things about America! I too have done a bit of volunteer trail maintenance for the Forest Service and I'm a big proponent of cleaning up trash at campsites and on trails. I always carry trash bags with me just in case (I've had to clean up some doozies too) and I try to enlist friends and family to help. Every day should be public lands day when it come to picking up trash. Thanks for watching and re-posting it too.

It sure is. I've been going here since the early 90's and it never gets old. Thanks for watching! ~ Mike

It is! Nevada has many hidden gems. Thanks for watching! ~ Mike

That sounds like a great trip. Hopefully you were able to escape the summer heat. I lived 28 years in Alaska really missed the dry, low humidity of the west, but I'm living in northern Utah now, which isn't as wet, cold, and dark in the winters and so far, it's been great. This was my first time in the Bighorns and I loved it! I'll definitely be going back at some point. It was such a great place to camp. Thanks for watching! ~ Mike

The KOFA really surprised me. I haven't spent much time exploring Arizona's back country but I'm hooked. I'm going to try to get back down there this winter. Thanks for watching! ~ Mike

This was probably shot on my Go Pro 7 (Black), but I currently use an 8 most of the time, with the 7 primarily used on the roof of the truck. They've been pretty decent cameras and fairly inexpensive. I have been looking at upgrading to a 12 though. Thanks for watching! ~ Mike

Me too! Such a great hike. That loop sounds nice. I need to try it sometime. I usually do it as and out and back from Bowman Fork but I did do a loop that started at the Alexander Basin TH, up to Gobblers, then to Raymond, and looped around Gobblers, back to Alexander and out. It's a great hike. I'm glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching! ~ Mike

Lol. The funny thing is, I just bought another 1st gen this summer and the door fell off within three weeks of me owning it. I have replacement doors for both of them, they just need to be painted and installed. The Bighorns were awesome! I can hardly wait to go back. Hopefully next summer. Thanks for watching! ~ Mike

I'll have to look into one of those. Sounds like a handy item to have around. Thanks for watching! ~ Mike

I'm glad you enjoyed it. When I'm escaping the winters of Northern Utah, this is the first place with no snow and warmer than up north temperatures that I get to, so I've camped in this area a lot. Enjoy your trip! Thanks for watching! ~ Mike

I haven't. I'm pretty new to rockhounding and have only been a few times, but I'd love to find some. It's not to common in Utah, where I'm at. Arizona and Nevada seem to be the best places to find it. Thanks for watching! ~ Mike

No. There is enough space between the burners and the bottom of the stove to keep it cool.

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it. The Wedge is very beautiful. The road was in great shape and didn't require high clearance, but getting to some of the camps sites may need it. It's a different story when it's wet. Thanks for watching! ~ Mike

Thanks. This little guy was pretty fun to watch.

Thanks! it's an incredibly beautiful place. I can hardly wait to go back. The road past the summit was in great shape and I'd say even better due to it seeing less use. It looks like they have brought it up to grade like the road from French Glenn. I did a quick drive through of the Fish Lake campground, but it was full, so I headed up to where I camped in the video. The next time I'm out there, I'm definitely going to hike down to Wild Horse Lake, but I'll probably skip the cold swim...😬 Thanks for watching! ~ Mike

Maybe a small, high clearance, 4x4 type, but there are some tight switchbacks on a steep downhill. I think there is a sign at the top cautioning people not to take trailers down into the canyon, so proceed with caution. Thanks for watching! ~ Mike

@@AbouttheJourney thx for the reply. That was the sense I was getting when I watched this and another video I saw.

I did stop by to look at the camping options, but it was full so I camped elsewhere. It's really beautiful and I probably should have taken some footage. I guess I'll just have to go back... Thanks for watching! ~ Mike

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Apologies for missing your comment. Ancestral Puebloans and Fremont were some of the ancient peoples that first inhabited the area from around 4,500 BC. In more recent times, it has been the ancestral home of the Moapa Band of Paiutes and the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe. I'd highly recommend taking a trip to the monument. Impressive history, scenery and camping! Thanks for watching! ~ Mike

I went through the wildlife refuge too. It's a beautiful area. Thanks for watching.

Yes, I probably should have said at the beginning.

The locals did find out and showed up to watch the show...from a safe distance, of course.

And that was after they tried to fill in the craters and cover them with concrete. As you can see, it has collapsed.

These tests were conducted while the Department of Defense was looking for a suitable location for NORAD.

How does it make no sense? Our government wanted to know how well bunkers hold up to bombs of different yields, at different depths. So they could find the ideal ratio bunker stability and depth to ensure survival and continuity of government. Something that's going to come into play anyday now when the nukes start flying. They've been prepping for it for decades. 🤙

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. This is a fantastic place to go and explore. Thanks for watching. ~ Mike.