My wife and I had the great luck to visit both spots guided by Virgil Homer in 2012. He is such a great guide and showed us all the beauty and how delicate and brittle these sites are. The flute solo he played for us at the Buttes still create goosebumps when I view our video. Thank you again, Virgil, for this once in a lifetime experience! And thank you Al for your great video!
@@annraczok670 As I wrote, we were there in 2012, that is 9 years ago, and my short and wiggly video of Virgil's performance was normal PAL TV Format, which is not really viewable compared to the HD and UHD videos of today. Al's video shows everything we saw at that time and even more. I mostly took photos while we were there. If you haven't been there yet, be sure to book Virgil Homer! He's such a nice and knowledgeable guide and concerned to keep the fragile beauty of that area as it is.
The area is close to North Coyote Buttes or more commonly referred to as The Wave. In a way the area is just as impressive as The Wave and much much easier to access!
Wow! I am just so glad that we happened upon you when we did and had one bar of cell phone service! Oddly, when your comment popped up on my computer, I was working on another video for a second trip to North Coyote Buttes we did just three weeks ago.
dang!!!....I thought the sugar sand in my area of Florida was bad, but it has nothing on Utah!......what a stunningly beautiful place you visited.....Utah is number one on my bucket list to visit...so flipping beautiful!
@@Seracdog Yes, luckily I saw him twice in live concerts :) Your videos are very well made, thank you much for sharing, you deserve much more subscribers :)
Thank you so much for your comments...they mean a lot! I really don't try and bag subscribers. That's not my thing! In fact, my initial intent of posting vids to TH-cam was to provide those who often accompanied my wife and I on adventures easy access to a record of our adventure in order for them to share it with family and friends. I use to prepare DVD's for friends, but who has a DVD player now! Regarding Knopfler... I met him at a Nike event (I worked for 10 years) in the UK many years ago. He and other members from Dire Straits played at a birthday party for the Nike UK General Manager, Brendan Foster who was a huge sports hero in the UK. LSS... went to many Dire Straits concerts and several solo Knopfler concerts. I am kind of a music nerd! I grew up listening to Carmen the opera (which I love) and have been to 12 Nine Inch Nails concerts... that's quite a range!
@@Seracdog Yes, I am the same way, very organic growth :) My videos still has plenty room for improvement especially on Audio part... I am glad you're in to video as well in addition to photography. Thanks to stabilizers, making video is possibility for me too :) And also glad that you can be in the arms of the mother nature whenever your heart desires :) When I first saw Mark Knopfler in 2006 concert, he was with Emmylou Harris so it was amazing, but I was shocked to see how half of the venue in Chicago was empty... I think his and Dire Straits amazing music didn't get the attention it deserves much. I am using the free to use music that I like from youtube audio library... May be some day with "Sons of Scotland" :)
Thanks for sharing. This & the Wave are amazing, but wish someone would explain exactly how they were so uniquely smoothly shaped & colored by Nature, so different 'from other areas' gone thru similar glacier melting, rivers drying up, lava, etc... what is it about this smooth rock & the lines of color that didn't happen the same everywhere under those conditions? Truly is beautiful.
Thank you for the comment! The shape of these unique formations has largely been created by wind. In fact a couple years ago on one of our trips into The Wave we ere buffeted with 70 mph winds. The winds blew my camera which was on a tripod over destroying it. A costly error by me! There is a nice explanation of the geology of the area in Wikipedia. You might want to check it out!
..... I’m no expert but have survived on logic. Being an old hippy with experience creating wildly shaped candles by thrusting hot wax down into cold water, these look very similar. Especially the pancake rocks . It looks like during a very deep flood, liquid hot rock exploded from inside the earth, shot up into the cold water, started to harden, and then slowly smooshed down into either a piled up shape or looser material would be pushed into flowing water shapes with little ridges as it settled. Arches could be formed by taller spurts tipping over and their top landing back on land before hardening. There would have to be very violent constant weird twirling wind for millions of years for this to be done by air. Either that or ancient buildings got melted by airborne laser weapons and some of them got creative. Just sayin’.
azstripblacksheep@gmaile.com. good here for you all, doing well . getting ready to get back in to giudeing whith road end tours, kathy was the one got me in guideing she was the one I started whith . look her up.
Beautiful! With the day permit, did you have plenty of time with see all the white pocket area? This is one area that is on my list to visit still. Awesome video. Even with the guide the road looks rough. Great job highlighting the area.
No! Getting a permit for South Coyotes Buttes is fairly easy to obtain. Unless you have a vehicle capable of getting through deep sand I recommend hiring a tour company and they will take you to The White Pocket & South Coyote Buttes. Both areas rival The Wave in terms of uniqueness.
hi, loved the video. I am doing also the tour (dont have experience with those sandy roads). Does the guide take you to areas of interest and you walk around, time permitting, or is the guide more in charge of where to go ? I am doing dreamland too, how about tipping the guide, is that ok to do ?
Depending on time you are allowed to walk about a bit. However, the guide will show u must see kind of stuff u may miss without his guidance. Definitely tip! Anywhere from 10-20%. Have fun!
Yup! After several trips to the area we got that figured out! For hiking to The Wave, which most folks think is in Utah, one does indeed start in Utah but the actual Wave is in Arizona.
Since when is this Utah? On my map it is definitely Arizona. Maybe you have a different map, I don't know. Or did you only mention Utah because of the town of Kanab?
I am an idiot... you are right! At the beginning of the vid I mention Kanab, Utah. I think when I created this video years ago I meant to say that we began our adventure in Kanab. Hope it's not too misleading. Thanks for pointing out the error!
@@Seracdog Calling yourself an idiot is a bit much. I just saw it because I have been looking around to go there myself so I know it is in Arizona. Hope to be able to go there some day. Thanks for the video.
@@demus8757 I say that with tongue in cheek a bit. However, your comment is a good reminder for me to thoroughly check out a video before posting which I usually do. Often I will have others look at it before posting. Sometimes as the creator you are too close to things to see errors that are obvious to others. Thanks again!
If you are talking about the White Pocket and South Coyote Buttes... yes! If you are confident driving in deep sand and have a vehicle that is capable of getting through deep sand... go for i!. If not, I highly recommend hiring a local guide. It's worth the money!
Hi, to go hiking through the White Pocket but especially for the South Coyote Buttes, do I need to have the pass as the one extracted from the lottery for The Wave? Or can I simply access by paying the entry and registering me to the BLM? Thank you for the reply.
You do need a permit for South Coyote Buttes, however obtaining one is much easier then getting one for The Wave. I believe that you do not need a permit for the White Pocket, however you need a vehicle that can handle deep sand.
Thank you very much. I saw in your movie that you've visited both the White Pocket and the South Coyote Buttes. When did you book the guide? Did the same day of the trail after getting the permit or did you book well in advance? Have you paid two tours separately or did you do it all in one day paying the guide once? Sorry if I ask you many questions, but on the internet is not very clear how to do it, at least for me that I am Italian and do not understand your language properly. Thank you for your answer.
South Coyote Buttes requires a permit which can be obtained in advance. Go to the BLM website for the area to get info on obtaining a permit. Since we did not want to have issues getting through deep sand in our vehicle we hired a guide. Our trip was set up several months in advance. The tour company we used was Dream Land Tours based in Kanab, Utah. First thing to do is get a permit then contact the tour company. Good Luck!
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My wife and I had the great luck to visit both spots guided by Virgil Homer in 2012.
He is such a great guide and showed us all the beauty and how delicate and brittle these sites are.
The flute solo he played for us at the Buttes still create goosebumps when I view our video.
Thank you again, Virgil, for this once in a lifetime experience!
And thank you Al for your great video!
Virgil is the best!!!
You might like to share your video on TH-cam...
@@annraczok670 As I wrote, we were there in 2012, that is 9 years ago, and my short and wiggly video of Virgil's performance was normal PAL TV Format, which is not really viewable compared to the HD and UHD videos of today. Al's video shows everything we saw at that time and even more. I mostly took photos while we were there. If you haven't been there yet, be sure to book Virgil Homer! He's such a nice and knowledgeable guide and concerned to keep the fragile beauty of that area as it is.
WOW. AMAZING. THANKS 😊
The area is close to North Coyote Buttes or more commonly referred to as The Wave. In a way the area is just as impressive as The Wave and much much easier to access!
BEAUTIFUL!!
Amazing scenery and really nice editing. Definitely a thumbs up video
Thank you so much! It is indeed amazing scenery
Just posted a video on my visit to Coyote Buttes South last week. This is an amazing place.
Yup! I am finally catching up on comments!
Hi Al - we are the "stupid" couple with the Jeep. We stuck one night and meet you at the Poverty Flat next day. You save our live. Thank you so much!
Wow! I am just so glad that we happened upon you when we did and had one bar of cell phone service! Oddly, when your comment popped up on my computer, I was working on another video for a second trip to North Coyote Buttes we did just three weeks ago.
😂
you said "aired down to 35 (psi)" - I air down to around 20 psi for sand (as advised by the Ranger at Toroweap)
Your psi is better. He actually said 25
Very beautifulllllll the places
Ditto!
dang!!!....I thought the sugar sand in my area of Florida was bad, but it has nothing on Utah!......what a stunningly beautiful place you visited.....Utah is number one on my bucket list to visit...so flipping beautiful!
Agreed! Agreed; Agreed!
I think this is Arizona, right?
@@dj33036
Yes, it's in Arizona.
Hike with Mike
It's in Arizona, not Utah, though one accesses it through Utah.
Super Video!
Fra i posti più strabilianti che ho visto in vita mia!! Fortunata ad averli visitati insieme ai miei nell'estate 2019
Non potrei essere più d'accordo! Siamo fortunati ad avere molti spazi naturali come questo!
Wow! I hope I can use Mark's timeless music someday in my videos as well. Congrats and cheers from Florida 🌴🍀😎
He's the best!
@@Seracdog Yes, luckily I saw him twice in live concerts :) Your videos are very well made, thank you much for sharing, you deserve much more subscribers :)
Thank you so much for your comments...they mean a lot! I really don't try and bag subscribers. That's not my thing! In fact, my initial intent of posting vids to TH-cam was to provide those who often accompanied my wife and I on adventures easy access to a record of our adventure in order for them to share it with family and friends. I use to prepare DVD's for friends, but who has a DVD player now!
Regarding Knopfler... I met him at a Nike event (I worked for 10 years) in the UK many years ago. He and other members from Dire Straits played at a birthday party for the Nike UK General Manager, Brendan Foster who was a huge sports hero in the UK. LSS... went to many Dire Straits concerts and several solo Knopfler concerts. I am kind of a music nerd! I grew up listening to Carmen the opera (which I love) and have been to 12 Nine Inch Nails concerts... that's quite a range!
@@Seracdog Yes, I am the same way, very organic growth :) My videos still has plenty room for improvement especially on Audio part... I am glad you're in to video as well in addition to photography. Thanks to stabilizers, making video is possibility for me too :) And also glad that you can be in the arms of the mother nature whenever your heart desires :)
When I first saw Mark Knopfler in 2006 concert, he was with Emmylou Harris so it was amazing, but I was shocked to see how half of the venue in Chicago was empty... I think his and Dire Straits amazing music didn't get the attention it deserves much. I am using the free to use music that I like from youtube audio library... May be some day with "Sons of Scotland" :)
Thanks for sharing. This & the Wave are amazing, but wish someone would explain exactly how they were so uniquely smoothly shaped & colored by Nature, so different 'from other areas' gone thru similar glacier melting, rivers drying up, lava, etc... what is it about this smooth rock & the lines of color that didn't happen the same everywhere under those conditions? Truly is beautiful.
Thank you for the comment! The shape of these unique formations has largely been created by wind. In fact a couple years ago on one of our trips into The Wave we ere buffeted with 70 mph winds. The winds blew my camera which was on a tripod over destroying it. A costly error by me! There is a nice explanation of the geology of the area in Wikipedia. You might want to check it out!
..... I’m no expert but have survived on logic. Being an old hippy with experience creating wildly shaped candles by thrusting hot wax down into cold water, these look very similar. Especially the pancake rocks . It looks like during a very deep flood, liquid hot rock exploded from inside the earth, shot up into the cold water, started to harden, and then slowly smooshed down into either a piled up shape or looser material would be pushed into flowing water shapes with little ridges as it settled. Arches could be formed by taller spurts tipping over and their top landing back on land before hardening. There would have to be very violent constant weird twirling wind for millions of years for this to be done by air.
Either that or ancient buildings got melted by airborne laser weapons and some of them got creative.
Just sayin’.
this is virgil homer, I just saw the video for the first time. long time no see.
Wow! Our group has thought about you a lot. Hope all is well! I would like to get in touch if possible... how?
azstripblacksheep@gmaile.com.
good here for you all, doing well .
getting ready to get back in to giudeing whith road end tours,
kathy was the one got me in guideing she was the one I started whith .
look her up.
How do we find Kathy?
@gmail.com
Perfect!
Beautiful! With the day permit, did you have plenty of time with see all the white pocket area? This is one area that is on my list to visit still. Awesome video. Even with the guide the road looks rough. Great job highlighting the area.
We used a guide because we did not have a vehicle to conquer deep sand!
@@Seracdog Do you have to win the Wave lottery to visit this place? Or you just book a tour with Virgil and that's it?
No! Getting a permit for South Coyotes Buttes is fairly easy to obtain. Unless you have a vehicle capable of getting through deep sand I recommend hiring a tour company and they will take you to The White Pocket & South Coyote Buttes. Both areas rival The Wave in terms of uniqueness.
@@Seracdog Good to know, thank you!
hi, loved the video. I am doing also the tour (dont have experience with those sandy roads). Does the guide take you to areas of interest and you walk around, time permitting, or is the guide more in charge of where to go ? I am doing dreamland too, how about tipping the guide, is that ok to do ?
Depending on time you are allowed to walk about a bit. However, the guide will show u must see kind of stuff u may miss without his guidance. Definitely tip! Anywhere from 10-20%. Have fun!
00:21 White Pocket and Coyote Buttes are in Arizona, Not Utah, even though Kanab is, and even though one may have to access them from Utah.
Yup! After several trips to the area we got that figured out! For hiking to The Wave, which most folks think is in Utah, one does indeed start in Utah but the actual Wave is in Arizona.
Thank You. No wonder I couldn't find it in my Utah Benchmark Atlas. Switching to the Arizona one as we speak. cheers
@@hg7240 I feel like an idiot! Didn't catch the error before I published!!!
Since when is this Utah? On my map it is definitely Arizona. Maybe you have a different map, I don't know. Or did you only mention Utah because of the town of Kanab?
I am an idiot... you are right! At the beginning of the vid I mention Kanab, Utah. I think when I created this video years ago I meant to say that we began our adventure in Kanab. Hope it's not too misleading. Thanks for pointing out the error!
@@Seracdog Calling yourself an idiot is a bit much. I just saw it because I have been looking around to go there myself so I know it is in Arizona. Hope to be able to go there some day. Thanks for the video.
@@demus8757 I say that with tongue in cheek a bit. However, your comment is a good reminder for me to thoroughly check out a video before posting which I usually do. Often I will have others look at it before posting. Sometimes as the creator you are too close to things to see errors that are obvious to others. Thanks again!
can you do both sites in one day?
If you are talking about the White Pocket and South Coyote Buttes... yes! If you are confident driving in deep sand and have a vehicle that is capable of getting through deep sand... go for i!. If not, I highly recommend hiring a local guide. It's worth the money!
Did you access Coyote Butte through Cottonwood Cove?
Yes! After South Coyote Buttes we hooked into House Rock Valley Road back to Highway 89
Hi, to go hiking through the White Pocket but especially for the South Coyote Buttes, do I need to have the pass as the one extracted from the lottery for The Wave? Or can I simply access by paying the entry and registering me to the BLM? Thank you for the reply.
You do need a permit for South Coyote Buttes, however obtaining one is much easier then getting one for The Wave. I believe that you do not need a permit for the White Pocket, however you need a vehicle that can handle deep sand.
Thank you very much. I saw in your movie that you've visited both the White Pocket and the South Coyote Buttes. When did you book the guide? Did the same day of the trail after getting the permit or did you book well in advance? Have you paid two tours separately or did you do it all in one day paying the guide once? Sorry if I ask you many questions, but on the internet is not very clear how to do it, at least for me that I am Italian and do not understand your language properly. Thank you for your answer.
South Coyote Buttes requires a permit which can be obtained in advance. Go to the BLM website for the area to get info on obtaining a permit. Since we did not want to have issues getting through deep sand in our vehicle we hired a guide. Our trip was set up several months in advance. The tour company we used was Dream Land Tours based in Kanab, Utah. First thing to do is get a permit then contact the tour company. Good Luck!
Thanks so much for your answer, you have been very kind and helpful. I will do my best to organize this trip. Greetings.
hi,my name is virgil homer.
call kathy church @435-899-8385 request me.
I am back Guiding
Me Virgil Homer
Fantastic! What areas are you f o using on…
Biology not Geology!
yup!
Hi,
I’m working for Jetlag (facebook.com/Jetlagbydemotivateur), wich is the biggest media about travel in France with more than 500K followers on Facebook. Each month, our content reaches a very important audience online and our videos are viewed by almost 40 millions of people all over the world.
We want to make a video report about Coyote Buttes (in Arizona, USA) and really loved what you've shot. That's why we're asking you the right to use parts of them.
If you agree, it will be publish on our Facebook and Instagram pages. Of course, your account will be credited on screen and tag with a clickable link. This is a great opportunity for your work to become more and more famous. This is actually a winning collaboration for both of us. So it would be a real pleasure to work with you.
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You may use clips from this video! I am sure that you are aware that Facebook has rigid music guidelines. That said, you may have to change the music!
You dont need a guide, just learn how to drive
We knew how to drive, we just didn't have a vehicle!