Off the Beaten Path in this Under-the-Radar National Park! (Vanlife/SUV Camping Adventures)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- In this video I visit what is likely one of the least known national parks in the western United States, and I don't even see the park's most noteworthy feature!
DATE FILMED: September 2020
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** The Mammoth Site: 43.424698, -103.483691
** Hot Springs Waterfall: 43.433562, -103.480323
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** Lookout Point Loop trailhead: 43.581470, -103.483801
** Campsite: 43.80239, -102.53186
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I really like the Spring water. That's probably the purest you can drink. Groceries look healthy and good!
You had me laughing when you drank from the fountain. Love your humor and the way you deliver it. So genuine!
Such a beautiful part of the country, thank you for sharing. take care
I enjoyed that you had to skirt around all those bison. Looked like a great hike! Thanks for sharing.
It's been more than 20+ years since I visited that area. Hot Springs looks interesting. Taking a shower at an RV Park is a good idea. Thanks. Safe travelling.
We visited wind cave for first time this year. One if my favorites. So quiet hardly any human encounters and on forest state road 5 and 6 (not paved) you really feel like you hiked days into back country. So beautiful. It had snowed making it easy to see coyotes hunting, bison, hawks and the land is uniquely beautiful. You feel like you are the only humans in the world. Would like to do that hike next time. Thank you for all your hard work and time you give to share these special places with us. We all appreciate you! Stay safe.
Ahhhhh! Bummed you never visited when I lived there. So much to do in the black hills!!!!! Wind Cave NP and Custer state park is great. Many nights backpacking through there with the scouts.
Favorite part was the hike. It looked really beautiful especially along the creek with the trees. Must have filled your soul with goodness.
My favorite part-"tastes like water".
The flora and fauna in your videos are always my favorite parts. Oh, and waterfalls. Really, any water along the the trails.
Noticed that all the buffalo were bulls. Last time I drove through Custer State Park, after the mating season, most of the buffalo were cows and calves. I then drove over to Wind Cave NP (which is right beside Custer State park), all the buffalo there were bulls. They must separate for awhile. Got some killer pictures! Bulls were next to the road.
Great video as always. How about a part I'd like added to your videos? Just a slight nudge to the overland side by adding an extra minute of footage that would include shots of you driving by your camera set up beside the road and a few camp life shots.
Triscuit great with most food. I love water with a small slice of fresh lemon. Great for hot days. Enjoy. Thankyou for the tip about a shower at a RV Park. Some NV state parks have been updating their parks & adding showers, flush toilets, electrical hookups.
I haven't watched the video yet and already know which park you're talking about. I love it, too - Had some wonderful, spiritual experiences hiking that park alone!
I am from SD. You had me laughing out loud a couple of times in this episode. I enjoy your channel. SD is the best summer and fall.
Another great vid! Your around my old stomping grounds. Lived in Rapid City for a few years after living in N E Wyoming in high school. The Black Hills area is great place to explore. Looking forward to your Badlands vid as it is an amazing place! Had an amazing time camping there years ago and caught one of my all time top sunsets and sunrises in the Badlands.
I always knew beneath that calm, cool, collected teacher persona beat the heart of a snarky comic with impeccable timing. Let's see more of him! 😂
"alimentary tract" and superpowers!!! you made me laugh!!! great video as always and looove the camping spot at the end, looks so lonely and peaceful, great views of the bisons and prairie dogs as well, you spoil us!!! Thank you!
I moved to Hot Springs this past year from California. You did a great job showing the atmosphere of the town and the beautiful area. I recently discovered your channel - perfect timing it seems. I love your calm and relaxed way of sharing your adventures. Thank you! Happy to have subscribed. Looking forward to your view of Badlands National Park.
What a mammoth trip; enjoyed the prairie dogs and bison road jam (trail jam?) That hike at Wind Cave NP was epic. South Dakota now goes to the top of my bucket list. Thanks.
Wind cave is fabulous -- I hope you get to see it someday.
I hope to too! Thanks Laree
That's incredible! Thanks for showing us that!
What an awesome video Tristen! The wild life was great. That to me makes a hike amazing and what it’s all about. Beautiful scenery and the creatures that roam it. It’s funny the food you got in your cooler is similar to the food that I usually get. I love those nature Valley cookies and I love pineapple yogurt. I’m thinking about taking a trip to North Dakota next year by myself taking a 10 day vacation. Have you ever been to North Dakota? is there anything good to see you there? Thanks for sharing Tristan, cheers my friend!
Can't wait to see your Badlands video, it's one of my favorite places! The last time we were there we saw a funnel cloud in the distance which my kids thought was the coolest thing!
Once covid is over and the caves are open, I sure hope you go back. Great video!
The tour/hike through Wind Cave was a pleasant, really cool surprise.
I liked it all. It’s fun just to tag along and see things I’ll probably never see.
Some very interesting places, all those bones!!! Best part? You avoiding the bison. 😉 Thanks just bought the Kindle version of the book, can't wait to check it out. Great tip for showers while on the road. Oh I love QDOBA, there are none close to me.
Wish I could retire early and travel like you do
I hope you're able to. Thanks for watching!
Looks like a beautiful hike. Thank you for sharing. I'm sorry I haven't commented lately I'm trying. Thank you for taking us on your Adventures they're getting better all the time it seems thank you
That book you recommended is super helpful! My wife and I have used that to plan trips to the parks all over the country. I endorse your recommendation, lol!
Cute prairie dog trying to squeak while chewing was my favorite scene. Liked the waterfall and beautiful hike too.
Looking for a unique Holiday gift for a fellow camper, so I ordered your recommended book. Love your RAV4 camper videos as I have a 2002. Maybe I'll try this spring in the Palm Springs area.
"Tastes just like water. Hopefully, I have superpowers now." ROFL...
Your just rocking those hikes 🚶♂️ during the unseasonably warm weather, continue on man. I'm trying to hold back from being jealous. Still happy for you...
The Bison just wants to eat your granola bar..., and that's what make the trail moderately strenuous
Prairie Dogs!! So close (well with zoom)! I love the interaction with wildlife! This area - your recent videos and this one - is a surprisingly intriguing area! Gotta get there! Thanks!
#1 killer of wild life is interaction with humans and or people.
Nice weather for this time of year there.
This was filmed in September
Not trying to be a wise guy, but the bison bed is called a "wallow". They use them to scratch an itch, discourage insects, and impress the females with great clouds of dust in the rut.
Tristen now has superpowers! It greatly helps his hiking abilities!👍
😎👍 Tristan, your can-do spirit when traveling alone gives me hope I'll follow in your footsteps soon. What one thing would you think is most important to do and/or remember as a solo traveler?
I need to visit this place!
Yes you do!
You've posted on my birthday . Thank you !
Last year I visited the same museum and did the same hike! Only had 1 bison on trail though. Looking forward a your Badlands video. I'm guessing you'll stay at Sage Creek? I had a great time there as well.
Mammoth Bones👍🏻, gr8 stuff MrT🌝
I liked the prairie dogs.
I hope your elementary tract feels better soon. 🤣
All that dairy no wonder the slow alimentary tract ... I kid I kid 😉. Nice vid man I love western SD!
That is so cool! Thank you for sharing!
The mammoth site reminded me of the song "Diggin Up Bones". Hadn't thought of that in years. 😃
Lol definitely appropriate!
Hello, Tristan! Enjoyed your post, as expected! The mammoth bones were my favorite part: Amazing that they had not been fossilized. The 'dust bed' is actually a wallow, where the bison roll around to dust bathe. They then stand and give a mighty shake, rather like a dog when wet. The dust helps to dry the coat when wet, and otherwise aerate and de-louse them. Horses do the same, and many other furry critters as well. Horses are well known for doing this after a bath, especially right before a horse show. Thanks for the great tour, and hope you are able to return for the caves when they reopen. Safe travels!
Similar to the Mammoth Site is the museum north of Jensen, Utah in Dinosaur National Monument. Thousands of dinosaur bones imbedded in a hillside. Plus, there's lots of pictographs in the area.
Dinosaur NM outside Vernal UT has a fantastic display of dino fossils embedded in rock inside the field house.
We've camped on both sides of Hot Springs and were interested in the Mammoth sites but never got to it.
Hot Springs is a favorite. It has such a great historical vibe. A center for veteran services as well. The buildings are beautiful! Thanks for sharing! Badlands next! Yes! I just camped there a month ago. (On the rim)
Agreed, it was a neat little town! Thanks for watching.
Your videos are great. Be sure to visit Ashfall State Park next time you're in Nebraska. A herd of Miocene-age rhinos are preserved in a layer of volcanic ash.
Two of my favorites. The Mammoth Site is super cool. Wind Cave National Park is one of my favorite NPs. We did the Wild Caving tour in 2018 & it was amazing. We came back in 2019, but the elevator was broken. I still love the park because it’s less crowded and I’ve seen tons of animals on both visits: bison, prairie dogs, pronghorn, & deer.
Love the Badlands. Look forward to seeing your vid on it. Hope you got up to Teddy Roosevelt, too.
Sure did! Stay tuned 😁
@@SUVRVing Awesome! I’ve been thinking about the park a lot lately. Only got to spend one day there on the way out to Glacier. Want to spend more time exploring. Can’t wait to see what you did there!
Seems like there was a massive flood that took them all out at once or something. Wow, just wow. BTW You're funny! Love this vid.
My guess is that like elephants they used this spot as a burial ground. The sick, the weak, the old would go there to die. There are lots of know elephant graveyards in Africa and I seem to remember that the Mammoth is our version of an elephant here in North America. And they are relatively young on the tree of life as they were here during the last ice age.
Thank you for sharing this great trip with us. I prefer watching your shows to the Learning Channel :-)
Wow I've never even heard of this place def going to save it on google maps
It's worth a visit, for sure!
Man I just discovered you the last few days and have watched a lot of your videos,,, I watched you climb that mountain in Wyoming holy cow that was Unreal. I live in the mountains of North Carolina and I do quite a bit of hiking, next year I will retire and travel more,,, I usually go out to Montana every ear and stay in a town called Ennis near West Yellowstone but I do a lot of traveling from that area, I really like it out West it's a different place than where I live, take care man
Ahh, "medicinal spring"... probably they were more potent when the environments were more pristine.
Amazing how 🤖AI based algorithm works. Commecial for Badlands NP showed up while watching this episode. Looking forward to the next episode.
Always love your videos! Great travels ideas and tips for camping and hiking!
I saw something similar once at a pig roast in Louisiana.
Super powers 😆 thanks for the great video! You’re a gift!
You'll have to get back to get down into the cave at Wind Cave. It's a pretty neat one.
Did you stop in to Custer State Park while you were over that way? I was pretty surprised how great as well as diverse it was. A true variety of landscapes there.
Beautiful place
Thank you for sharing 😊
probably not a buffalo bed, but a wallow. They roll in mud to help with biting insects
Glad you liked your trip through our area. The spring water is pretty good, never had any negative issues drinking it for years. The waterfall isn't as warm (87 degrees) like the river/Kidney Springs. You can thank a Korean War Veteran for the waterfall. You actually walked passed the source of the waterfall 🤔
i visited this site and resupplied and did ;aundry there so coo; to see your view of it.
Nice video. I liked many parks. Bryce canyon comes to mind as a favorite.
That prairie dog was likely warning all of his friends and family that you were in the area. Scientists have researched their calls and have discovered that they vocalize/talk to each other in quite a bit of detail -- distinguishing colors and other things. Here is just one reference www.prairiedoghoogland.com/vocalizations
The moss (or algae?) in that little waterfall was a beautiful color. Kudo's to you for your bravery! I enjoyed this video with my coffee this morning. Thank you!
My family and I went to Jewel cave back in 1971.
Badlands really awesome drive and camping area . There is USA MISSLEMAN site located at one of the entrances. You can actually go underground to see the site. If it's open now with covid-19 problems. Badlands in so. Dakota is the youngest badlands. North Dakota is the oldest and worth seeing Teddy Roosevelt National Park
I went to the Minuteman Missile silo, but the command center place was closed because of the virus. And yep, I went to Teddy Roosevelt National Park too. It's all in upcoming videos, so stay tuned!
Comment for the algorithm! Enjoy your vids so much! Always look forward to when they drop 😁 these mammoth bones are for sure on my list of things to see now!
Thanks for the comment 😁
I liked the prairie dog sound track the best.
Visit Vore buffalo jump. Thanks for the great vids!
It was closed because of covid
Thank you for wearing your masks on camera. Beautiful waterfall. LOL on the elementary tract! 😉🇨🇦
If you read the packaging a 3M mask or other comes in. They specifically state “does not protect against viruses or COVID-19 “. Your cotton face covering surely isn’t doing anything. That’s the level of intelligence our government has and how blindly people follow. USE YOUR BRAIN !!
Thanks for the Great video. Adding these areas to visit in the near future. Just purchased a 1997 RAV4 , doing all maintenance on the vehicle myself . Are most of the gravel roads that you travel on in decent shape? The RAV4 is only a FWD...the price was only 500.00 and in great shape. Thanks again
Yes, most of the gravel roads will be fine in your RAV4. I rarely use the 4WD in mine.
Thanks for the reply. I started watching your videos when you were up in the Wind River area west of Dubois ...I lived in that area back in the late 70’s.
Be sure to hike a trail in Badlands NP.
Of course 👍
Our bison are happy!
Bones 😲😲😲
I could just about string a hammock across those extinct horns! That would certainly add a different dimension to SUV RVing!
Edit to add: Any chance for an Apicool review? I searched your channel and didn't find one. I'm in the market, and it will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Hmm The Wind cave elevator was broken last summer when we were there , still broken ?
1:30 looks like brick wall in back ground amazing natural sink hole...
Smallest np that I have ever visited is near my home. Congaree np. I would not drive very far to see it.
Beautiful if you love swamp things, though! Guess I'm a big fan of that sort of thing.
Wonderful video, as always. Quick questions. I am trying to set up my SUV, following yours. When I move front seat forward (enough for six feet of length in the back), there is only 24 inches between the car's wall (support column) and center console. It's a Jeep Grand Cherokee similar to the one you rented in an older video.
(1) How wide is your support/base board (which has the carabiners)? How long?
(2) How wide is your sleeping pad? Did it fit in the Grand Cherokee (with the center console?) after you pulled the front seat forward?
(3) Does your current SUV have a center console? How do you work around it?
Keep up the great work, and happy travels.
Any place with Bison... good
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2:45 why did all the mammoths fall in? :)
I have heard of bear spray, do they have bison spray? Lol I'd hate to have one charge at me😳
Do you have a video on ‘how you’re running your mini fridge’?
Great video. I"m actually looking online at land for sale either in the Lead, Hill City, Hot Springs, Keystone or Custer areas - hoping to retire there and figured I'd start looking for land now and use it for camping while on vacations. As I was watching your video I wondered if you had a refrigerator and I was able to see that you do. May I ask how you keep it powered up? Do you have a Jackery or something similar? If so, how do you re-power your power source/Jackery? Thank you! I recently purchased a Jackery and Iceco fridge and am testing it now to see how long a full 1000 watt Jackery will keep the fridge powered up without recharging the Jackery. So I'm interested in learning what others are doing. As always, thank you for the amazing videos!
A few years ago, there were fixer-upper historical homes (with great views!) available in Lead for $20,000. Seriously! They're probably more now, of course. You may also want to look in Deadwood and Spearfish.
I went to Wind Cave and was disappointed
What is the hat you’re wearing? Can’t read the logo
I'm having to retire at the end of the year and my wife told me i should follow you around and have you train me in getting my fishing and suv camping tuned up.
Do you need a Jedi Padawan?
Congratulations on your upcoming retirement. I hope you find lots to enjoy for a long time to come.
i've been wanting to buy a van for the past few years and travel, but after (literally binging) all of your videos, I feel like an SUV is the most reliable route if I am going to be on my own. The issue I would have is sitting up in the back on the "bed," because I will be working remotely. How does it fair for you?
I can sit up fully in the back of my RAV4. But if you build a platform of some kind to put the bed on, you probably wouldn't have enough room to do that. But if I were working on the road, I'd probably just sit in the front seat anyway. Good luck!
If you want to visit another place where they have found bison bones in quantity, may I suggest Vore Buffalo Jump www.vorebuffalojump.org/ which is besides I-90 in Wyoming. They said they think it was also a sinkhole that they led and drove bison in for the Native Americans food supply. Very interesting place and only about 5 or 10 minutes off the Interstate. There is a fee for this attraction as a foundation is trying to preserve it and have not gotten any interest from any Government agency to run it.
Closed because of covid when I was there
One day in the future someone may stumble across "the human site" with bones and artifacts from Covid-19 quarantine groups...I'd love to see the video on that one!
You mentioned getting a shower at an RV park. Is this typical? And how do you find out about it, or do you just search through RV park websites?
It's not uncommon. I just call up RV parks and ask if they offer showers to non-guests
@@SUVRVing Thanks. I've been using Pilot truck stops, but they're $15 each and are only on big freeways. I never knew about the RV park shower until you mentioned it, so thanks for that kind of info. That's one of the reasons why I love your channel.