Ep. 148: Prescott | Arizona RV travel camping hiking
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Historic Prescott in central Arizona was once home to both Virgil Earp and Doc Holliday. Today, it's home to thick pine forests, high desert, beautiful hikes and stellar RV camping. While boondocking in the Bradshaw Mountains of Prescott National Forest south of town along the South Senator Highway, we explore Prescott, and hike to both the top of Mount Union and the Giant Alligator Juniper Tree, an informal memorial to the 19 men of the Granite Mountain Hotshots who died fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire near here in 2013.
Filmed: April 3-7, 2020
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Thank you for the tribute to the firefighters.
It was truly our pleasure, JJ. We have an enormous respect for wildland firefighters.
Locals pronounce it “Presskit” I know been a Prescott all my life great tribute thanks.
It's not the first time we've mispronounced a local name, and it surely won't be the last! 😅 You are from a wonderful area.
I always appreciate your terrific videos. The story of the lost fire fighters was heart wrenching. Thank you for sharing it and for showing the items left in memory and honor of them.
Thank you Kim! It was a hike with a very moving destination.
You’ve got that down pat. A single candle can illuminate an entire room. A true friend lights up an entire lifetime. Thanks for the ‘bright lights’ of our friendship.
Thank you! Very touching.
I spent 4 summers in Prescott within walking distance of Watson lake.I hiked around that lake nearly every day. I sure miss that area!
It's a wonderful area, Bob -- we fell in love with it. If they had world-class skiing nearby it would be darned near perfect. 😎
I am in Prescott right now and enjoyed your video. I especially liked the Hot Shots tree saving information and pictures. I did not know how epic that was in the lives of firefighters. It made me think of the 911 loss. Thank you for researching.
Our pleasure Sindy, enjoy Prescott! It's one of our favorite spots in Arizona.
Great video
Love the story of the fire fighters and the risks they take for our country.
Thanks for sharing the details of them and their awesome work.
Thank you Chris! It was our pleasure to tell their story. We were very moved by the memorial at the Giant Alligator Juniper.
Beautiful Tribute, thank you sir.
Thank you!
Sorry I missed the premier.....
Nice little camp! Just enough shade and sun.
Thanks for explaining about the Alligator Juniper. We saw one in Fey Canyon and wondered what kind of tree it was.
Very moving piece about the firemen memorial.
You gave them honor by telling their story.
We have the utmost respect for the firemen here in California.
We love the quality of your video.
Thank you Marc!
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Thank you Ram! But I have Homie at Large to thank for explaining in their Madera Canyon video what an alligator juniper is.
That’s right! I remember him mentioning that, but I don’t recall getting a good look at it.
What a perfect spot. Yes. We need some cool temps. 90s in Central Florida. I’m glad they have designated areas to protect the area. Fire rings. Cool. Free dump station. They deserve a shout out. 😫 ATVs. Cool history of Prescott. I am a major tree hugger. That’s a sad story about the firefighters. We saw the movie. So sad. What a touching memorial. What a beautiful area. You always make amazing videos. Stay safe. Stay positive. Alice
Well done Mark. Appreciate the somber but inspirational history lesson. Kerry.
Thank you Kerry!
Well done tribute episode. BTW ... your dog has to be the happiest/luckiest dog in the world.
Thank you! So happy that you enjoyed it. Zoe's got a pretty darned good life, that's for sure, but she deserves it.
Great episode Grand Adventure!! Loved the insights you shared! Thanks for showing those Bradshaw Mountains!!
You're most welcome and thank you very much, Mr Tom Bradshaw.
Fantastic movie!
Thank you so much!
Looks like my 32' motorhome could make it in there. Your dog sure loves water
She sure does, Don! And yes, your motorhome could get in there no problem. It's paved to within a mile of where we camped.
seeing your dog so happy hiking with you is my favorite part of this video 🥰
Thank you Hope! She sure loves getting outside, and we love spending time with her on the trail.
Thank you for making the video. Very educational.
Thank you! Happy that you enjoyed it.
Thanks Mark! Always enjoy your travels.
And we always enjoy hearing from you, Dick! Thank you.
I’m prepping to go there next, thank you! I truly enjoyed this episode!
Thanks so much Claudia! It's one of our favorite spots in Arizona - enjoy!
You've made a fine video sir. I now live in Prescott and have land in the national forest. We look forward to many nice years to come.
Thank you 1elvin! A positive review from a local is the highest praise that we can think of.
Great video quality & editing, Marc. Thanks
We sincerely appreciate that, Paul. Thank you!
Another great video with a lot of great information thanks again for showing me some future travels
Thank you Susan, we're glad you enjoyed it!
Nice area. We enjoyed our time there as well.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love Prescott
As did we, Sandra!
love your videos Marc proud to call you my friend
Thank you so much!!
Very touching video. Inspirational, indeed. Subscribed. Thank you.
Thank you Raoul! We're thrilled to have you along.
Enjoyed watching your video you're very informative appreciate all the information it takes one on an adventure without ever happen to leave their home thank you
Thank you Leslie! In these unusual times, these armchair adventures are very much needed by a lot of folks. Glad to that you enjoyed it!
Thanks for putting out.
Our pleasure!
Enjoying your adventures. I’ve never been there but have a cousin lives in that area.
Thank you Sandi! We hope that we've given some insight into the area, and that you get to enjoy it yourself one day. We loved our time in Prescott.
Beautiful area! Thank you...😉🇨🇦
Thank you as always, Marian!
Great video on Prescott, we love our AZ high country. Nice to see Zoe had a good hike and you enjoyed the area as well!
Thank you! Zoe had a blast, we loved that area -- probably some of our favorite terrain in Arizona.
@@GrandAdventure check out our AZdogfriendly playlist, we share all our fav places that allow dogs
@@mcsdog we certainly will, thanks for the reference!
Mark, thanks for the video.
And thank you for the comment, Steven. We're glad that you enjoyed the episode.
Nicely done, Marc...and that's from a Prescott resident.
That's the highest form of flattery, Jack -- the local kind. Thank you!
I really enjoy your videos.
And we really enjoy our viewers. Thank you Terri!
Wow, you could feel the spirit & emotion of those 19 fire fighters, thanks for sharing with us!
It was definitely very present there.
A pleasure as always- thanks Marc
Our pleasure is hearing from folks like you, Curt. Thank you!
Great video Marc. The part of the 19 firefighters, so sad to have lost so many. True heroes. Thx for sharing, keep posting. Be safe amigo.
Thank you, and we wish the two of you the same.
Thanks for another get-away for me...Hard rain tonight in PA. . Loved the doggie playing in the snow. Sadness for the firefighters' loss of lives.
Our pleasure, Joy. Glad that we could get you out of the rain and bring you along.
thanks Marc.
Thank you as always, Joe!
Just found your channel, really enjoying the videos. Liked your Crested Butte and Durango videos, nicely done!
Thank you Jeni, we're very happy that you've found us!
Just found your channel and subscribed. Thank you for this video. Prescott is one of our favorite places, although we've only been there two or three times. I hope to camp there in the future.
Thanks for the sub Larry! We're thrilled to have you along for the ride, and we hope that you can get back to Prescott this season.
Another great video, thanks Marc!
Thank you so much as always, Stu!
keep up the great work ..
Thank you Joseph!
Thanks for doing a story on our beautiful town of prescuit, sounds like biscuit, and our brave hotshots who paid the ultimate price to save the town of yarnell, let's all pray for there souls and an end to this pandemic, peace and blessings✌💕
It was our pleasure, Evan, and our apologies for mispronouncing your fine town's name.
Great tribute and journey!!
Thank you Ken!
Are there spots near that will accept a 40’ 5ver?
@@kenmusil8076 Yes there are, although of course your options will be far more limited.
Another wonderful video. Keep them coming and have safe travels.
We promise that we will, Kevin. Thank you!
Moving scene of the giant tree saved by GMH. Thanks o7
Thank you Steven!
Love your storytelling, love getting the background on what these places have to offer and the history Rhine the area. Great video !
Thank you so very much! We sincerely appreciate that.
Touching episode. Enjoyed watching the dog in the snow!
Thank you Tony! She just loves snow. I wish that I had video from when I brought her backcountry skiing on Memorial Day a few years back. We dropped into a 45-degree couloir, and she bounded down that chute as fast as we could ski it.
Awesome video 👍🏼 stay blessed 🙏🏼
Thank you, you too!
Great vid Marc.
Thank you so much as always!
Very powerful episode in so many ways Sir. I appreciate the tribute to the fallen - and the history of the area.
It was truly our pleasure to do so, Doug. There's also an Arizona State Park in Yarnell dedicated to the Granite Mountain Hotshots, but we preferred visiting this more impromptu memorial out in the middle of the desert. It seemed more fitting and moving to us.
Great video. I like that area but have never made it to Prescott. I will put that area on my list. Hope you are doing well.
We are, and we hope that you and yours are as well. Prescott does indeed deserve to be on your list.
Lot's of history to talk about in this episode. Thanks Marc!
Thank you Peter!
I'm reminded of my old chocolate lab, Mocha. She loved the water too. I miss her. Good video Marc.
We always miss them, but we're filled with joy from the memories we shared with them. Thank you Linda.
Marc, a truly fantastic video. Appreciate the tribute to the BRAVE 19. Stay safe friend!
Thank you so much, Gary, and you do the same.
thanks
Thank you Bill!
Added to bucket list.
I have a patch to leave on that mountain.
Thanks Marc.
Excellent Mark! Also when you go, about 1/8 of a mile before the memorial the trail runs through an odd patch of pure white quartz. Pick a piece of that up to leave at the memorial as well.
Prescott is beautiful place to live :) I have been here for several years now.
You've made a wonderful choice.
Great video again.. You always say, We.. Who is, "WE" of Grand Adventure? See ya'
Marc, wife Patricia and dog Zoe. Patricia, however, is steadfast and adamant about not appearing on camera. She only ever appeared briefly in our very early Episode 9.
@@GrandAdventure Thanks, my wife is shy also.
I gotta quit watching your vids.... made me cry. Well done!!!!
Thank you Craig! But don't you dare quit us now. 😆
Nice spot to be this time of year! I could use a long paddle board session on that lake right about now. Thanks for sharing. It's refreshing.
Thank you Texassky, your comment is equally so!
Good video and information.
Nicely done. It felt as thought I was there with you -- but not enough to keep me from wanting to "see it for myself" !
Thanks so much, Dave! Put it on your list.
Great video and audio quality. Recent change in gear/tech perhaps? Always enjoy your work - keep it up!
Thank you Andrew! Only one minor change about 8 episodes or so ago, we went with a Rode lavalier mic for the narration instead of a Rode shotgun mic. And we used that Rode lav mic for the on-camera speaking in this episode, using a Rode Wireless Go transmitter and receiver. Thanks for noticing!
Hey Marc, another fabulous video. Say, have you ever made a video about security while boon docking ? It's my wife #1 concern.
Thank you Marce! Yep, we've done two of them:
ruclips.net/video/ot7KeQPruHU/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/aCnCIXeoNqE/видео.html
Thank you for this video!
You're most welcome, Terry. Thanks for watching!
very beautiful + interesting
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Thanks for sharing :)♥️🌹
Thank you! Cheers!
R.I.P Thank You - 19 #HCWshoutout
Hear, hear!
Oh man! Missed the premiere 😔 Great episode
We missed you at the premiere, but we're glad you got to enjoy the episode anyway. Thank you so much as always!
Grand Adventure Awwh...thank you 🙏💕 stay safe my friend
@@johannadelbusto7987 you as well.
Wish I could visit Arizona but I'm not able to. My rv is pretty old and wouldn't survive the trip. Love Az!
Well, I'm old yet I survived the trip. 😆 Hope you make it to Arizona again someday, Mitzi.
Thanks for another great video. I saw the movie about those fire fighters. I would really like to see that tree. How long is the hike?
Thank you! The length of the hike depends on where you are able to park. If you have a low clearance vehicle you have to park out at the main road, and it's about 4.7 mi round trip. If you are able to get to where we parked, where the gate is, it shaves about a mile and a half off that hike.
Thank you
@@gooddogs2881 anytime.
Marc, I notice you have out your solar suitcase on most air shots. Have any issues while dispersed with theft? Bill
None at all, Bill. In fact, we specifically addressed that in a couple of episodes on camping security. That said, we do throw cable locks on a couple of high-value items like the solar panels. Of course they won't stop a determined thief, but it will discourage a casual one.
Nice video👏👏 what kind of Travel Trailer is that?
Thank you Grace! That's a 2016 Evo by Forest River T2050.
Nice episode Marc. Was there cell service in that area?
Thank you Tom! Our service on Verizon's network through Visible was excellent, I was getting around 30 megs per second down and 12 up. Right now, working from the road we absolutely have to have good cell service anywhere we stay.
Marc,
I'm curious about the trees in these mountains. You mentioned juniper trees. Are there any others like white pine or other furs? Besides the juniper, what survives in the more arid mountain rangesof the southwest?
Gord
The Bradshaw Mountains aren't so arid, because of their elevation they get much more moisture than the surrounding desert. The primary tree is ponderosa pine, accompanying those junipers.
@@GrandAdventure Thanks Marc... I have reasons for asking that question.
Gord
@@gorrdd anytime.
So sad story... :'-(
It is, but inspiring at the same time. Those 19 guys gave it their all, and ended up giving all to try to protect others. The love expressed for them at the giant alligator juniper tree was truly inspirational.
So how do they keep track of how many days you've been in a dispersed campsite? When your fourteen days are up can you just move to another site in the area? Loved the video one of my favorite areas of Arizona.
It varies, Timothy. In some areas you simply have to move. In others you must move a minimum distance, and in some others still, you have to leave the National Forest, etc. for x number of days before returning. Rangers typically patrolling the area take note of who's where for how long.
NFS rangers DO patrol the forest and take down plate numbers. No, you may NOT just move to another site in the area. You are limited to just 14 days out of 30 in the WHOLE FOREST, not your campsite. To comply with the law, you'd have to visit two OTHER forests before you could return. The idea is they want CAMPERS, NOT RESIDENTS in the forest. This is for the whole country, not just this area. They DO ENFORCE it here though.
@@johnhouchins3156 realize that varies from National Forest to National Forest. Different National Forests have implemented different rules for what action is required to remain in compliance with the stay limit.
Thanks for the quick reply all. Just dreaming of the future when the"monster" is no longer on the prowl. Stay safe all.
@@timothybrown3558 you do the same.
Hey Marc, how often do you run across snakes when you’re hiking out west? I’m not sure my dogs would be smart (sorry, experienced) enough to stay away, LOL. Seriously though....
This may sound crazy, but in the 15 years I've lived in Utah I encountered precisely one rattlesnake. That was in Big Cottonwood Canyon while rock climbing, just outside of Salt Lake City. I tend to do my best to try to stay away from snake habitat. In fact, Zoe has not received the rattlesnake bite vaccine.
Grand Adventure thanks!
Beautiful area, Marc!! I've never seen a fire tower in person. Are they freely accessible in general?
It varies. Sometimes the stairs are blocked off. Most times, as was the case here the building atop the tower is closed, but the stairs are open. Occasionally, though, you encounter one that's fully open. I actually haven't been to one in years, actually, as they're far more prevalent in the forested mountains of the East than they are out west. We used to hike to them all the time in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York. They're mostly abandoned as they're now largely obsolete, replaced by observation aircraft.
@@GrandAdventure I'm fast becoming envious that you apparently get out to the east coast as well 😉
In all seriousness, regarding the towers, I'd always assumed that they were off-limits. So, it's good to know that it is at least possible to get up high to elevate the viewing experience. Thanks!
@@Serf_dumb with the exception of a few years as a small child, up until January 2005 we both spent our entire lives along the East Coast. So we know it well. Our original plan for this summer was to bring the RV east for the first time, to see my wife's relatives in Quebec, but with the situation right now those plans are up in the air.
@@GrandAdventure oh, I see. Sounds like we're attempting the same thing but from opposite coasts. Similarly, from southeastern Pennsylvania, my original plan for this summer was to take my son for his 1st trip to Arizona/Utah, rent an RV & visit some of the places highlighted courtesy your channel. I remain hopeful that by the end of summer it will still be possible.
@@Serf_dumb we hope so as well. I think we're going to strike out across the northern plains set ourselves up in position, with the expectation that things will open up. If they don't, we will just alter our plans accordingly. Our fingers are crossed for you and your son!
What did you say that movie is called. I'd like to look at it. Thanks, Gayle
Gayle, it's a 2017 theatrical release entitled "Only the Brave": m.imdb.com/title/tt3829920/
Just wondering how you stay warm in those cold temperatures at night sleeping?
While boondocking we use the trailer's furnace. I kept it at a comfy 70ºF all night. 😁 While on hookups we use a mica panel heater.
Just watched your segment on the wifi Nano and Amazon is out of stock so we purchased the next one called RAV POwer...We are new to this and do need wifi in our trailer. HELP....How can we get in touch with you?
DK, the RAV Power nano router is identical to the out-of-stock Hootoo. You do, of course, need some signal to route, either from your phone's Hotspot function or from some other WiFi source. We put up detailed router setup instructions in the pinned comment on that video: ruclips.net/video/VrigHuE6igw/видео.html
It's pronounced Preskitt!
Yup, we screwed the pooch in a couple of the pronunciations.
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I thought there couple dozens of pronunciations variants in US from south to north.
No travel for me this year. First year i n 8 years I am staying home. So sad
There's still plenty of time left in 2020. Don't be too hasty yet.
pres kit
Yeah, we screwed the pooch on that pronunciation.
Sad.
But inspiring, at least as far as we were concerned.
It's PresKITT, NOT Prescott. Pronouncing it "cott" does a disservice to our town's namesake! The family was prominent in Boston, but divided on the American revolution. To distinguish himself from the loyalist side of the family, William Prescott changed the way he pronounced his family name.
Fascinating explanation, John! Thanks for sharing that. It's not the first time that we've mispronounced a local name, and it certainly won't be the last. Usually, though, it's native names -- not anglo names -- that we screw up.
@@GrandAdventure I'd say at least half of all AZ residents pronounce it the way you did Marc - pretty common.
I'd say let the newcomers pronounce it as scott that way we know they are just residents not locals
I know there is no copy write on your intro music but you are using the same one The Russo’s were using 2 years before you started your RUclips Channel. I like your Channel but maybe change your intro. Be original.
We've actually talked to the Russo's about that. we were using it before realizing that they were using it on their channel. Someday we'll redo our intro, but it's not a priority at the moment as producing a video every single week is keeping us busy enough.