Thanks for watching! I've been on the road for the past two weeks and will be still for another few days, but I'll reply to the comments here when I get back 🎉 -Tristan
Tristan, Thank you for visiting remote places. My wife and I are planning an epic trip out west. We would prefer places that are crowd free. Your videos and Adventure Know How will be one of our go to guides. Thanks again, Dan 🌲🌲🌲
How do you take such a high up aerial shot of you leaving the campsite near the beginning of the video? It looked really steady, wasn't sure if your drone did that shot as you were driving away. Didn't realize just how much work and time goes into filming, moving the camera all the time and editing. Great videos Tristan.
@@Marauder1 Why say "sorry"? If it's okay to go in the cave why be sorry? It's almost like you know it's wrong but you don't care and you're going to do it anyway. Hmmmm, I wonder why that is??
@@guymurphy6982 a lot of people have no respect for caves they trash them destroy things in side. I like cave exploring and treat caves with respect and be mindful of leaving it just as I found it. but the sign makes it wrong for the right reasons just not fair to people who want to enter and respect the cave. dose that answer your question ??
I used to hike a lot, enjoyed camping in remote places and adventure, but my age prevents me from those things now. Thanks for sharing your trips with us.
I really enjoy your no frills way of traveling. Keeping it simple with none of this other unnecessary stuff (Gear / Mods) these other youtube channels show you. I'm keeping a list of the places you visit for sure. Just need to take some time to get out there. Thank you for your videos!!
Thanks, I appreciate the kind words! Gear and mods are fun, but yeah, I think a lot of people focus too much on that stuff. To each their own. Thanks for watching!
I also agree to all the people thanking you for taking the time to get the different camera angles and shots and the drone shots and all that it makes it such a better video thank you so much thank you so much for doing what you do!
Thanks for taking us along. We went to Great basin national Park last June and had a great trip. I enjoy those Epic bars like you had. Chicken Sriracha is my fave.
Yes, it's dusty and muddy. That's Bling in my world. And I have an Abundance of Bling on my Envoy. Some from the Great Basin. Smoke chased me outta Colorado during the Harvest Moon. (Every water Basin I chose to fish was pulled down the week before too. Snow. Rain. Great Adventure.😁. Having been east for so long, the Newness of the west still has an overwhelming effect on me. I enjoyed the hikes I took. Top Shelf, all. I'm not surprised you didn't mention the night sky. You see it often. I never saw the Milky Way touching both horizons before. And certainly not in that brilliance. I stepped outta my tent...I gasped. Like terrain about me, I could not capture the Magic on film. I spent so much time exploring I got to see the Hunters Moon Rise in the Great Basin Area. That Night Sky. And the texture the moons reflected light created on earth...very Lunar feeling. Sorry...it's your channel...😁
To be honest, I don't see the night sky too often in the places I go. I'm in the car once it gets dark. It is always amazing to see the Milky Way, though. Thanks Michael!
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As I began the video I looked down at my T-shirt and it is from Great Basin NP. Lol. I also liked that park, there were very few people when we were there in 2019. Your view of you in the arch was great. You looked sooooooo small. I hope you got the RAV4 washed! Thanks for sharing. Be safe.😍
Great Basin NP is a great place without crowds. A green island in the middle of the desert; hard to believe there could be such a forest and "glaciers", like suddenly having travelled to Washington state or Montana. I enjoyed Lehman caves before 2020, and the guided tour was very cheap. Keep in mind that the temperature can drop drastically inside the caves, and also outside as you ascend from the desert to the forested area, like 100F to 70F in summer, or 50F to 20F in winter.
The video is really cool all that wind I didn't realize it until we were a few minutes in that it was from the wind not the ocean I was thinking gosh it feels like waves crashing behind us sounds like the ocean. I love that area thank you for showing it to us I need to visit Utah.! Thank you for sharing your adventures!
Thanks Tristan! Enjoyed this video. Always got to be flexible on plans. Took me 3 separate visits to visit the Medicine Wheel in Wyoming (didn’t leave Yellowstone on time, ice on the trail and finally made it!)
I’ve been to Wheeler Peak before and got altitude sickness at the top, someone died going up there the week before I was there and someone needs to be more prepared going there than other places. The wind can be brutal at times going to the summit. It is a great places to visit and a good job pointing out those out of the way sites.- I didn’t know about the arch and Mt Moriah is in view.
my favorite part was about 12:18 to 12 :50, what I assume are drone shots of your car traversing the roads of the Basin. Other stuff good too, but the best of that type of shot from you. Thanks for sharing.
Had to laugh at how dirty your Rav had gotten. Thanks again for an intriguing video, taking me away from the icy north country. The subtle color of all the vegetation were lovely in this. Did you finish the bison bar?
I drove mostly on dirt roads to get out there, and it had just rained, so there were tons of potholes filled with muddy water. I don't know if the RAV4 has ever been so dirty. And yep, I finished the bison bar. I was hungry 😁
Good job, Tristan. It's not always the most famous places that are the most enjoyable. Often it's the opposite, it seems. I do worry about any bison finding you with that Walmart snack on you. It could go bad.....
I went to Great Basin in October of ‘20. We went through the bristlecone pines up to the very top of the rock glacier.(11,200 feet ish) Next time I go I’m going to try for the top of Wheeler peak and I want to go to Lexington arch. I’m going to try and find that rock wall now too. I love Great Basin National Park.
Love these lesser known locations that you visit. I despise crowds so many of the locations you video are now on my list to visit one day. I'd have never known what I was missing without your vids. Thanks!
Another nice video of a place I would have never seen if you wouldn't have taken us there, thank you for that. Do you think that some of the markings you are seeing on the rock (mainly the ones that are just clumps of dash's) could be some short of vein of iron in the rock that has rusted when it is exposed to environment? Just a wild idea.
Always enjoy the videos! This is a small detail (but I'm sure a lot of work on your end), but I love all the different camera angles and positions when you film your vehicle driving from place to place, when you're hiking, when you're trying to show perspective... It always makes me feel like I'm watching a well-crafted, finely-produced documentary and not just a TH-cam channel. It's really great.
The various camera angles that are used are why I enjoy watching SUV RVing videos. If the extra time and attention to detail were not given, it just wouldn't be the same, and I would probably not have subscribed. I value and appreciate the things that take extra effort.
How about City Of Rocks (National Monument)? I've never been..Would like to see a video about it..It's in Idaho..There's a state park near there, too, I think..
Greetings! I really appreciate your videos: can't do these kinds due to health, so you're my eyes on the world, so to speak! Speaking of under-visited parks; have you ever been to Guadalupe Mountains National Park in southwest Texas, next to the New Mexico border? If not, and you have that idea to travel to Texas, be sure to add Guadalupe Mountains to your plans! It's a blind slot canyon that changes ecosystems as it climbs to the rear of the park, from high desert at the entry, to Guadalupe Peak! Interesting fact: Carlsbad Caverns NP is 25 miles away, in New Mexico! I'm not even most Texans even know about this park, unless they're locals! Best of travels to you!!!
Love your videos. I often watch after a long day at work. It’s always very interesting, informative and relaxing. Funny thing… yesterday I fell asleep watching one of your playlists and began to dream that I was on one of the adventures like you were my ecotour guide. Haha 😂 Keep the videos coming Tristin. They get better and better each time. God bless you and Cassie.
I am always in awe at the amount of work you do to show your adventures! Thank you so much for another cool video and great ideas for where I want to visit!
Very well-made and an interesting video. I really liked the pictographs which I missed when I visited that national park. Great basin national Park is truly an awesome park as I was able to do the Wheeler Peak Trail with spectacular views all around at the Summit. The other noteworthy feature of the Park is the oldest living trees on the earth, the Bristlecone pines on the way to the Rock glacier moraine.
Not jaw-droppingly spectacular but interesting and remote. I like those kinds of places. I haven't done much western traveling and none at all southwest past Albuquerque NM, and that was just an overnight on a college bus tour so no points of interest. I really enjoy your travels, and if I were starting over at your age (I think most - maybe not all - of my offspring are older than you) I might try to arrange my life to do similar. At my age it's hard to learn a new way to live. I'll just do it vicariously. BTW, in my particular religious denomination, the name Preuss is fairly common. I don't know if the namesake of that lake pronounces it the same, but we pronounce it "Proyce". It's German.
Can't tell you how much I appreciate the effort & time you put into making your videos. You choose spectacular sites & document them so well. I'll probably never get to visit them, so these are precious to me.
That Indian death trap was amazing. Fascinating to picture it in its full glory, being used to feed hundreds of people. Hidden gems like this are why I subscribe. Great work, as usual!
Also - that Arch!...way cool & another "it's not terrible" comment on food. I hope you got my latest painting sent to your email (appropriately at Arches NP).
Really enjoying the videos. I appreciate the work you've done to find lesser known features. Totally agree about Great Basin National Park. When I hiked the glacier trail, I was entranced staring at the twisty gnarly bristlecone pines. I'll have to check out Lexington Arch next time I'm there.
Hey Nathan, I liked your description of "gnarled" bristlecone pines. Although I never made it to the pines on Wheeler peak, I was able to see some of them along the Bristlecone Pine Loop along the rim of Bryce Canyon; they are impressive tree. I've always wanted to visit the nat'l forest in California that supposedly has the oldest ones.
I totally agree that Great Basin is one of the best of the lesser known NPs. I especially enjoyed the drive up Mt Wheeler with the clouds casting shadows on the basin below..very cool. Along with Great Basin, I feel that Big Bend, Organ Pipe & Black Canyon of the Gunnison are other great lesser known NPs (not to mention innumerable nat'l monuments). What a great video to enjoy on a snowy Saturday here in Pennsylvania - Thanks!
OK, you gave me a laugh! I couldn't imagine any NP fan that wouldn't like Big Bend. Did you ever take the rowboat to Mexico? Also, have you seen the nearby Marfa mystery (ghost) lights? I literally saw dozens of them on a trip once & they definitely are NOT reflections from headlights. I could see the desert floor aglow under a few of the glowing orbs!
Awesome video, loved the aerial over the rock wall. That was awesome. How smart of them to create that. Secret cave ... not accessible. 😳😬 Great trip, views and history as usual. Can't wait for the next video. Drive safe 💕
This was very timely, I'm planning a trip right now that will pass through Great Basin in March! Both the campsite and the Arch are certainly added to my plans. Beautiful shots as always!
March is pretty early for GBNP. The visitor center is at 8000ft and may be the only thing you will be able to access in March. You could see the caves, and probably not much else.
This was so cool, thank you for sharing! I love the mix of adventuring and history, and I always enjoy your searches for pictographs. Would you be able go list the native tribes that inhabit/ed the areas you visit? I’d like to research more.
Yeah, that is something I should include more in the videos. Here's more info specifically for Great Basin National Park: www.nps.gov/grba/learn/historyculture/historic-tribes-of-the-great-basin.htm
Enjoyed this so much. I love the bristle cone pines and have been to that NP also. Maybe you will venture out of Panquitch to more amazing pictographs. Thank you Tristan for another great adventure with you.
On the west side of the park there’s a dirt road that leads up to some switchbacks that goes up to the very top where all the Bristol cone Pines are, probably not accessible at this time of year though. Really spectacular views.
Hi Tristan. Love your remote visits. The arch is awesome!! We've only been to Great Basin once. Always drive by on our way from California on our adventures, but, now we've got a reason to stop again.. Heading to Valley of Fire in 2 days. Then Death Valley (watched your video 3x). Thanks for your wonderful adventures!!
What a great video, Tristan. Enjoyed my first trip to Great Basin last summer and it was awesome! I definitely want to go back! That antelope trap looked incredibly inventive. Brilliantly laid out and must have taken them quite some time to build. I am fairly certain that I walked right past where that cave and pictographs were and had no idea!
Eastern Nevada is one of my favourite exploration spots with its remoteness. And now two of my favorite TH-cam explorers (trailrecon) have been here with videos this week.
Thanks for watching! I've been on the road for the past two weeks and will be still for another few days, but I'll reply to the comments here when I get back 🎉 -Tristan
Tristan, Thank you for visiting remote places. My wife and I are planning an epic trip out west. We would prefer places that are crowd free. Your videos and Adventure Know How will be one of our go to guides. Thanks again, Dan 🌲🌲🌲
sorry I would have gone into the cave !!! being carful not to damage anything.
How do you take such a high up aerial shot of you leaving the campsite near the beginning of the video? It looked really steady, wasn't sure if your drone did that shot as you were driving away. Didn't realize just how much work and time goes into filming, moving the camera all the time and editing. Great videos Tristan.
@@Marauder1 Why say "sorry"? If it's okay to go in the cave why be sorry? It's almost like you know it's wrong but you don't care and you're going to do it anyway. Hmmmm, I wonder why that is??
@@guymurphy6982 a lot of people have no respect for caves they trash them destroy things in side. I like cave exploring and treat caves with respect and be mindful of leaving it just as I found it. but the sign makes it wrong for the right reasons just not fair to people who want to enter and respect the cave. dose that answer your question ??
I love your videos in remote places! This was beautiful.
The Bristlecone Pines alone would make the park worth while. Anything as old as those pines that are still alive is a "wow" in any sense of the word.
Thanks again for taking us along.its getting better and better Tristian.
Thanks Christine!
I’m slowly watching your older videos I haven’t yet seen. Thanks for covering this park. I’ve been wondering about it.
My Saturday is complete. 😉
Yesss!
Wonderful footage and documentation. Thank you, always enjoy your videos.
Thanks Jackie!
Your videos are absolutely awesome!
Thanks! 😁
I visited Lexington arch about 10 years ago. Kinda cool. The cave is cool too.
Excellent
Outstanding as always Tristan. Thank You.
Thanks!
Enjoyed the video....beautiful country.....thanks.
Thanks Allen!
ive been here twice last year so nice! 12 mile hot springs in wells nevada was my next stop to relax
I used to hike a lot, enjoyed camping in remote places and adventure, but my age prevents me from those things now. Thanks for sharing your trips with us.
I appreciate you watching, Phyllis!
I really enjoy your no frills way of traveling. Keeping it simple with none of this other unnecessary stuff (Gear / Mods) these other youtube channels show you. I'm keeping a list of the places you visit for sure. Just need to take some time to get out there. Thank you for your videos!!
Thanks, I appreciate the kind words! Gear and mods are fun, but yeah, I think a lot of people focus too much on that stuff. To each their own. Thanks for watching!
Tristen, Oh brother your ability to share is very awesome. Hope to see you some day out and about in my old 95 Dodge van. thanks alot.
I also agree to all the people thanking you for taking the time to get the different camera angles and shots and the drone shots and all that it makes it such a better video thank you so much thank you so much for doing what you do!
Thanks John, I appreciate that!
Thanks for taking us along. We went to Great basin national Park last June and had a great trip. I enjoy those Epic bars like you had. Chicken Sriracha is my fave.
I'll have to try that one!
Yes, it's dusty and muddy. That's Bling in my world. And I have an Abundance of Bling on my Envoy. Some from the Great Basin. Smoke chased me outta Colorado during the Harvest Moon. (Every water Basin I chose to fish was pulled down the week before too. Snow. Rain. Great Adventure.😁.
Having been east for so long, the Newness of the west still has an overwhelming effect on me. I enjoyed the hikes I took. Top Shelf, all.
I'm not surprised you didn't mention the night sky. You see it often. I never saw the Milky Way touching both horizons before. And certainly not in that brilliance. I stepped outta my tent...I gasped. Like terrain about me, I could not capture the Magic on film.
I spent so much time exploring I got to see the Hunters Moon Rise in the Great Basin Area.
That Night Sky. And the texture the moons reflected light created on earth...very Lunar feeling.
Sorry...it's your channel...😁
To be honest, I don't see the night sky too often in the places I go. I'm in the car once it gets dark. It is always amazing to see the Milky Way, though. Thanks Michael!
Super interesting and well done, as always. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for views, and information,,,,,,we have it made, compared to the people that had to build that wall , and herd the antelope,
Awesome as always!!
I'm all about these type of locations, thanks for the tour. Just thinking about that wall, amazing! Oh the arch was nice as well. Now that cave hmmm?
Awesome!!!!! Thank you!!! 👍😎🇨🇦📷
Thanks Marian!
Looks like pictographs to me. Good stuff MrT🌝
Thanks Mark!
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Thanks David!
Thanks for sharing your videos.
Thanks for watching!
Another great vid. Thanks.
Thanks!
Thank you, Tristan! Very interesting and beautiful film👍👍😳🤗. I'm planning Great Basin this year. Ely railroad museum. Take care.
Thanks Linda!
As I began the video I looked down at my T-shirt and it is from Great Basin NP. Lol. I also liked that park, there were very few people when we were there in 2019. Your view of you in the arch was great. You looked sooooooo small. I hope you got the RAV4 washed! Thanks for sharing. Be safe.😍
What a great coincidence! Thanks Debi 😁
Enjoyed your video. Never having been to either of those states, i was amazed
They're definitely worth visiting!
Its on our list, what a fun place!
Sure is! Thanks Steve.
Great Basin NP is a great place without crowds. A green island in the middle of the desert; hard to believe there could be such a forest and "glaciers", like suddenly having travelled to Washington state or Montana. I enjoyed Lehman caves before 2020, and the guided tour was very cheap. Keep in mind that the temperature can drop drastically inside the caves, and also outside as you ascend from the desert to the forested area, like 100F to 70F in summer, or 50F to 20F in winter.
Agreed, the cave tour is definitely worth doing! Thanks for watching.
The video is really cool all that wind I didn't realize it until we were a few minutes in that it was from the wind not the ocean I was thinking gosh it feels like waves crashing behind us sounds like the ocean. I love that area thank you for showing it to us I need to visit Utah.! Thank you for sharing your adventures!
The wind is just a constant companion in a lot of places like this. Can't get rid of it, can't escape from it!
Thanks for video.
Thanks for watching, William!
Thanks Tristan! Enjoyed this video. Always got to be flexible on plans. Took me 3 separate visits to visit the Medicine Wheel in Wyoming (didn’t leave Yellowstone on time, ice on the trail and finally made it!)
It's always tricky when higher elevations are involved! The Medicine Wheel is worth it, though. Super cool place.
I’ve been to Wheeler Peak before and got altitude sickness at the top, someone died going up there the week before I was there and someone needs to be more prepared going there than other places. The wind can be brutal at times going to the summit. It is a great places to visit and a good job pointing out those out of the way sites.- I didn’t know about the arch and Mt Moriah is in view.
When you get a chance, check out some of the "buffalo jumps" and do a video on them.
I've been to one in Idaho, at 22:26 in this video: th-cam.com/video/yhqBVpBk2wc/w-d-xo.html
my favorite part was about 12:18 to 12 :50, what I assume are drone shots of your car traversing the roads of the Basin. Other stuff good too, but the best of that type of shot from you. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks! The only drone part is at 12:44. Everything else is just the camera on the tripod on a hill or something.
Another great video!
Thanks Ruth!
Nice. Thank you!
We share a not so common name. What is your general location if you don't mind answering?
Thanks Gary!
ha dude! I was just camping at Pruess Lake about 4 days ago!
Really?? Ha! What a random place. Cool lake, though!
I'm going to check that out!
You definitely should!
Had to laugh at how dirty your Rav had gotten. Thanks again for an intriguing video, taking me away from the icy north country. The subtle color of all the vegetation were lovely in this. Did you finish the bison bar?
I drove mostly on dirt roads to get out there, and it had just rained, so there were tons of potholes filled with muddy water. I don't know if the RAV4 has ever been so dirty. And yep, I finished the bison bar. I was hungry 😁
Good job, Tristan. It's not always the most famous places that are the most enjoyable. Often it's the opposite, it seems. I do worry about any bison finding you with that Walmart snack on you. It could go bad.....
I think I'd destroyed all evidence by the next time I came across any living bison.
COOL THINGS TUCKED AWAY JUST HAVE TO LOOK & NOT RUSH TO GET SOME WHERE . THING YOU MIGHT MISS .BE SAFE !
Definitely!
Going to Great Basin on the way to Yellowstone this summer. Probably mostly for stargazing.
Awesome! Have fun 👍
Wow, very nice!
Thanks David!
I went to Great Basin in October of ‘20. We went through the bristlecone pines up to the very top of the rock glacier.(11,200 feet ish) Next time I go I’m going to try for the top of Wheeler peak and I want to go to Lexington arch. I’m going to try and find that rock wall now too. I love Great Basin National Park.
It's a great place, for sure! Thanks for watching, Korey.
Love these lesser known locations that you visit. I despise crowds so many of the locations you video are now on my list to visit one day. I'd have never known what I was missing without your vids. Thanks!
I'm happy to hear that! Thanks for watching, M.
Another nice video of a place I would have never seen if you wouldn't have taken us there, thank you for that. Do you think that some of the markings you are seeing on the rock (mainly the ones that are just clumps of dash's) could be some short of vein of iron in the rock that has rusted when it is exposed to environment? Just a wild idea.
I think the ones at the arch could very well be oxidized minerals of some sort, yes. Thanks Debra!
Always enjoy the videos! This is a small detail (but I'm sure a lot of work on your end), but I love all the different camera angles and positions when you film your vehicle driving from place to place, when you're hiking, when you're trying to show perspective... It always makes me feel like I'm watching a well-crafted, finely-produced documentary and not just a TH-cam channel. It's really great.
The various camera angles that are used are why I enjoy watching SUV RVing videos. If the extra time and attention to detail were not given, it just wouldn't be the same, and I would probably not have subscribed. I value and appreciate the things that take extra effort.
Thanks Joe! That's really nice of you to say. It does take more time, but that's just part of the fun! Thanks for watching.
@@TomReichner Thanks Tom!
Great video!
Thanks!
Me and Jason found a rock wall like that when we we trail riding down where we met. I assumed it was property line
It very well could have been. Not all rock walls are antelope traps, of course. But who knows? Thanks for watching!
How about City Of Rocks (National Monument)? I've never been..Would like to see a video about it..It's in Idaho..There's a state park near there, too, I think..
That was a lot of work putting the wall up
Still less work than trying to run down an antelope in the open 😁
Very nice. Have you been to Valley of Fire? Since you'll be in Vegas maybe you can check it out. Some nice petroglyphs there.
Yep, I have. Great place!
Greetings! I really appreciate your videos: can't do these kinds due to health, so you're my eyes on the world, so to speak! Speaking of under-visited parks; have you ever been to Guadalupe Mountains National Park in southwest Texas, next to the New Mexico border? If not, and you have that idea to travel to Texas, be sure to add Guadalupe Mountains to your plans! It's a blind slot canyon that changes ecosystems as it climbs to the rear of the park, from high desert at the entry, to Guadalupe Peak! Interesting fact: Carlsbad Caverns NP is 25 miles away, in New Mexico! I'm not even most Texans even know about this park, unless they're locals! Best of travels to you!!!
Yep, I've been to Big Bend, Guadalupe Mountains, and Carlsbad Caverns 👍
@@SUVRVing Thanks for the response - I probably would never have visited those places if I hadn't left Texas (best decision I ever made)!!
What if the pictographs were from children? 😂🤷🏼♂️ the blob ones
I'm from Nevada and love Great Basin NP..Did you get to see Lehman caves while there??
On a previous visit, yes: th-cam.com/video/5xYdZGgqHpM/w-d-xo.html
2.9 miles. Does that include all the backtracking to retrieve your camera for the walk-away shots? 😉
It does, actually! That really doesn't add too much to the overall distance, though. Maybe a tenth of a mile, if that.
Too bad it wasn’t sage smoked antelope jerky.😃
I'd definitely try antelope jerky! I don't think I've ever even seen or heard of any for sale. Off to do some Googling...
Love your videos. I often watch after a long day at work. It’s always very interesting, informative and relaxing. Funny thing… yesterday I fell asleep watching one of your playlists and began to dream that I was on one of the adventures like you were my ecotour guide. Haha 😂 Keep the videos coming Tristin. They get better and better each time. God bless you and Cassie.
Lol may your dreams continue to be full of beautiful and uncrowded places! Thanks Jen.
Thanks for sharing your time and posting the videos, love all your adventures
Thanks Maria!
I am always in awe at the amount of work you do to show your adventures! Thank you so much for another cool video and great ideas for where I want to visit!
As far as work goes, it's pretty great work 😁
Very well-made and an interesting video. I really liked the pictographs which I missed when I visited that national park. Great basin national Park is truly an awesome park as I was able to do the Wheeler Peak Trail with spectacular views all around at the Summit. The other noteworthy feature of the Park is the oldest living trees on the earth, the Bristlecone pines on the way to the Rock glacier moraine.
Yep, the bristlecone pine are definitely worth the visit!
That Bison Bar looked like a turd!! hahaha Yummy.. lol
Lol yep!
I think once you are able to hike in the upper areas the 2nd tier rating will change. :)
Not jaw-droppingly spectacular but interesting and remote. I like those kinds of places. I haven't done much western traveling and none at all southwest past Albuquerque NM, and that was just an overnight on a college bus tour so no points of interest. I really enjoy your travels, and if I were starting over at your age (I think most - maybe not all - of my offspring are older than you) I might try to arrange my life to do similar. At my age it's hard to learn a new way to live. I'll just do it vicariously.
BTW, in my particular religious denomination, the name Preuss is fairly common. I don't know if the namesake of that lake pronounces it the same, but we pronounce it "Proyce". It's German.
Huh, interesting! "Proyce" it is 😁
Yay!
🎉🎉!
Can't tell you how much I appreciate the effort & time you put into making your videos. You choose spectacular sites & document them so well. I'll probably never get to visit them, so these are precious to me.
Thanks, that's really nice of you to say!
seems you saw a lot of "things" on this trip:)
Love when you find spots where you are the only human there.
You and me both!
wow beautiful area! When is the best time to visit.
Probably September. It'd be a little bit cooler than mid-summer, but the high country won't have seen snow yet.
Sure appreciate the extra shots you take to develop the various layers of your videos Tristan🌟
Thanks Brooke! Developing the various layers... That's a great way of saying it!
The antelope trap wall is so interesting. If I had wandered upon it, I never would have known what it was. Thanks, Tristan.
Same here! Thanks for watching, Juanita.
That Indian death trap was amazing. Fascinating to picture it in its full glory, being used to feed hundreds of people. Hidden gems like this are why I subscribe. Great work, as usual!
Thanks Brian!
GaiaGPS rocks.
It really does! Great app.
Also - that Arch!...way cool & another "it's not terrible" comment on food. I hope you got my latest painting sent to your email (appropriately at Arches NP).
It could have been worse, for sure!
Another great video & arch discovery to add to the others. 👍🏻😎 ❤️
Thanks Sharon!
thanks for taking us along to this hidden gem in Nevada…..love that arch…..would hate that wind, though.
The wind is brutal, but it's just part of the game in these parts!
Really enjoying the videos. I appreciate the work you've done to find lesser known features. Totally agree about Great Basin National Park. When I hiked the glacier trail, I was entranced staring at the twisty gnarly bristlecone pines. I'll have to check out Lexington Arch next time I'm there.
The arch is kind of separate from the rest of the things to see and do in the park, but it's worth it!
Hey Nathan, I liked your description of "gnarled" bristlecone pines. Although I never made it to the pines on Wheeler peak, I was able to see some of them along the Bristlecone Pine Loop along the rim of Bryce Canyon; they are impressive tree. I've always wanted to visit the nat'l forest in California that supposedly has the oldest ones.
I totally agree that Great Basin is one of the best of the lesser known NPs. I especially enjoyed the drive up Mt Wheeler with the clouds casting shadows on the basin below..very cool. Along with Great Basin, I feel that Big Bend, Organ Pipe & Black Canyon of the Gunnison are other great lesser known NPs (not to mention innumerable nat'l monuments). What a great video to enjoy on a snowy Saturday here in Pennsylvania - Thanks!
Don't ever go to Big Bend NP.
@@Garuda1415 Did you have a bad experience at Big Bend? I enjoyed it bit imagine that it could be awful in the summer!
@@bobross9623 tongue in cheek I've been 25+ times. It is becoming more like the popular NPs every time I go.
OK, you gave me a laugh! I couldn't imagine any NP fan that wouldn't like Big Bend. Did you ever take the rowboat to Mexico? Also, have you seen the nearby Marfa mystery (ghost) lights? I literally saw dozens of them on a trip once & they definitely are NOT reflections from headlights. I could see the desert floor aglow under a few of the glowing orbs!
Agreed! I need to get back to Organ Pipe Cactus NM. I've only been there once, and it was several years ago. I wasn't even making TH-cam videos then.
Nice scenery, and thanks for giving us that perspective of you inside the arch, it’s really eye-opening!
It was much bigger than I thought it'd be! Thanks for watching.
The pictographs remind me of the Pinto pictographs near Pinto, Utah. Glad to finally see that arch.
I visit those in the next video 😁 Thanks Virginia!
Awesome video, loved the aerial over the rock wall. That was awesome. How smart of them to create that. Secret cave ... not accessible. 😳😬 Great trip, views and history as usual. Can't wait for the next video. Drive safe 💕
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I really like Great Basin National Park, I love the islands of life in the desert like that such as Steens Mountain, Jarbridge area etc.
Same here. There are lots of places like this in Nevada alone that I need to get back to!
pretty clever tactic to kill pronghorn. cant imagine the level of difficulty it was back then to harvest these. fastest animal in north america.
Seriously! Those humans needed all the help they could get.
Great Vblog on this area. Thanks for laying out the foundation for others to explore. Looking forward to visiting this area in 2022. - Bill
Thanks Bill! It's an interesting area, for sure!
This was very timely, I'm planning a trip right now that will pass through Great Basin in March! Both the campsite and the Arch are certainly added to my plans. Beautiful shots as always!
March is pretty early for GBNP. The visitor center is at 8000ft and may be the only thing you will be able to access in March. You could see the caves, and probably not much else.
Thanks for watching, Sebastian! Enjoy your visit.
Hi Tristan, I'd love to see you do a hike / collaboration with Foresty Forest while he's in the States. I think your channels have a lot in common.
That would be cool!
Great idea! Tristan and Foresty are my two favorite TH-camrs. Nancy
If we don't meet up while he's here, I'll be passing through Canada this summer 😁
This was so cool, thank you for sharing! I love the mix of adventuring and history, and I always enjoy your searches for pictographs. Would you be able go list the native tribes that inhabit/ed the areas you visit? I’d like to research more.
Also can we get merch that says “it’s not terrible”? 😂
Yeah, that is something I should include more in the videos. Here's more info specifically for Great Basin National Park: www.nps.gov/grba/learn/historyculture/historic-tribes-of-the-great-basin.htm
@@PopFizzPaperDani Lol that does seem to be my catch phrase, doesn't it? Hope you and Archie are doing well!
Bummer! You’ve run into some road closures but you’re finding great alternatives. Enjoying the ride!
Eh, it happens 😄 All just part of the game!
Enjoyed this so much. I love the bristle cone pines and have been to that NP also. Maybe you will venture out of Panquitch to more amazing pictographs. Thank you Tristan for another great adventure with you.
Thanks Dawne!
On the west side of the park there’s a dirt road that leads up to some switchbacks that goes up to the very top where all the Bristol cone Pines are, probably not accessible at this time of year though. Really spectacular views.
Huh, I didn't know that. I'll have to check it out next time. Thanks Trina!
Hi Tristan. Love your remote visits. The arch is awesome!! We've only been to Great Basin once. Always drive by on our way from California on our adventures, but, now we've got a reason to stop again.. Heading to Valley of Fire in 2 days. Then Death Valley (watched your video 3x). Thanks for your wonderful adventures!!
Have fun! Death Valley is great. Tons to see and do there!
Thank you! Would love to visit there one day.
I hope you're able to!
What a great video, Tristan. Enjoyed my first trip to Great Basin last summer and it was awesome! I definitely want to go back! That antelope trap looked incredibly inventive. Brilliantly laid out and must have taken them quite some time to build. I am fairly certain that I walked right past where that cave and pictographs were and had no idea!
That's part of the fun, though, isn't it? Who knows what kinds of amazing things we've all walked past! Thanks Jeff.
Eastern Nevada is one of my favourite exploration spots with its remoteness. And now two of my favorite TH-cam explorers (trailrecon) have been here with videos this week.
All of Nevada is fun to explore just because there's so much nothingness there! Thanks for watching.
I love remote areas! That looks awesome. Can we say "living vicariously"? I can.. through your adventures. : )
Thanks for watching, Arthur!