I am sitting here suffering as my terminal lung disease slowly takes my life away and I want you to know that watching your videos brings amazement and a calming comfort to me. The things you show us in your journeys are all true wonders of life. Thank you for easing my struggle or at least distracting me from my suffering. Maybe someday you will understand how much your videos mean and do for people like me. Thank you very much. Live a very long life and make thousands more videos.
I’m sorry to hear of your health condition. When I started the channel I would’ve never imagined it could have a real impact on other peoples lives. Thank you for sharing and watching
@@Desert.Drifter Its like finding a trail of broken pottery and arrowheads, only better because we cant pick them up and disturb ancient artifacts, we just learn and enjoy.
Poor Eric! I'm sorry for you but is this really your account? Is it hacked? It was started in 2012, but it has only six videos, and all of them was published 10 hours ago? Your public comments also indicates copied things? Just wondering?
I am caregiver to my adult disabled child. I am a nomad at heart, trapped in a house where even short trips away from the house cause stress so I rarely leave for more than a quick trip to the pharmacy. Your video are a salve to my soul. You go places and see things that at nearing 70 years old, I wouldn't likely be able to go even if I could. Thank you for what you do. They mean the world...literally.
Best part of this whole video besides the amazing night shots of the stars is…no trash, no signs of human presence. Simply stunning!!! Great job on this adventure!
@aznation4592 Valley of the Giants...I think? He says it in early part of the video. My son went through there last year. So cool! I just can't remember where it is: Colorado? Arizona? Utah? Oy!
Most of us are unable to get to these remote places. You're adventures have allowed us to see things we'd never get to see. This is major movie material.
Brother, I’ve been on RUclips for years and years and seen a lot of different shows a lot of different programs and your content by far is the most interesting and captivating to me. I thank you for taking us with you and on your adventure. Safe travels my friend.
Crazy, amazing landscape: frozen dragons, walking on Grape Nuts, giant prettified trees. Also, I have no Idea how you could sleep out there alone, not on this one. Thanks for the adventure!
If this landscape was used in a movie everyone would think it looks an obviously phony set made from paper mache and spray foam. I can't believe this exists on this planet, let alone in this country. Just about the coolest thing I have ever seen. Thank you for bringing it to us.
I had that experience taking a back road somewhere southern Idaho into Nevada?? (Long story) I think it was the hoodoo-land they used in the movie Galaxy Quest. Saw some really awful bubble-wrap things on Dr. Who lately. (TUBI has classic Who!) OK, back to Desert Drifter....
I had the same feeling when I visited Garden of the Gods, near Pike's Peak in Colorado Springs, CO. I always wanted to take my kids back there and do a short little Star Wars movie. It was so surreal.
I concur, and I had to search for "petrified wood": Petrification (petros means stone) occurs when the organic matter is completely replaced by minerals and the fossil is turned to stone. Generally ranges from hundreds of thousands of years to millions of years.
@@syjwgYes but has to be burried whole and quickly otherwise the tree would just rot away? Those trees were blasted and burried in volcanic ash long before they could rot
I thought it was amazing. Even more so to know we (i.e. planet earth) are a part of all that. We can look out at the stars but we also have a place in it.
It Felt Good to be out of the Rain, Not, It Felt good To be out Onr The Range, Also, Not Rocking The Cat Box, Its, Rocking the Casbah. Had A Girlfriends Nephew Thou Jimi Hendrix, Said, "Scuse me, While I Kiss This Guy". Can't make it Up. Guess You Can😮
@@randyaivaz3356 "It Felt Good to be out of the Rain, Not, It Felt good To be out Onr The Range [sic]," you say? Whatever (and you're right, of course), but If you were where I was and when you'd know that rain was welcome and you'd stand out in it. No one said anything about anyone's box, and; _"'S'cuse me, while I kiss this fly..."_
Due to medical malpractice I am confined to a bed in a longterm care facility unable to walk or get out of it. Due to medical negligence my poor wife's brain was damaged and she lost most of her memory. She is committed in another long term care facility. Both of us loved to explore. She loved to camp. I wish she could watch these. For those of us in such circumstances videos like these restore our adventures, enliven our lives, and fill us with wonder. Thank you!
At the moment I am disabled myself but not like what you're saying God bless you and I pray you will have the strength to get through. I'm hoping to get back surgery to correct this tear in my spine. Stupid doctors I tell you, they bumped me a head six more weeks because I got each other office late for my appointment and they said they would take me and then they changed their mind after I drove 40 miles. Sometimes I think they're just in it for the money I'm so sorry for what you're going through
When you first look at that wash and then you said you saw the owls well right underneath that was some kind of cave looking thing and I was hoping you would go down there.
@@reddfoxx91 why don't you have some empathy, if you don't want to hear what people have to say then go away. How would you feel if you ended up disabled or something?? I never used to be disabled and I have to deal with getting over my daughter's suicide so I got a lot of my plate so I don't want to hear you saying I don't want to hear about it if you don't like it then go away please seriously. We were saying good things because his videos were helping us and God forbid you should be disabled someday and understand what that feels like.
As a 70s kid, I watched a LOT of Road Runner & Wile E Coyote cartoons... and always assumed that the crazy landscapes were the result of 60s induced psychedelics... this is simply stunning, brother...!! Thanks and be safe... 👋🇨🇦🙂
All I can think of is this is definitely the aftermath of a LOT of water flooding the area and eventually dissipating. It totally looks like dried mud that gets occasional flash flooding. Reminds me a lot of a place called Kodachrome Canyon we went through almost 50 years ago. So beautiful and surreal!
Mister, I can't walk and spend my days in a wheelchair. Thanks for getting me out into the desert. I really enjoy hiking with you.... Keep on doing this. It's working for me!
It looks like this was a Great Basin where sediment settled after a great flood, if you notice a lot of Petrified logs/wood were embedded in the sediment.
Did you find any pumice or ash in the different layers of soil?. If your near the Petrified forest than it would explain a lot of what your finding, this region was a giant inland sea and marshes at one time.
I don't think it was a flood I don't see any small cable rock Round Rock or any other rocks in the ash piles that are there you can tell the distinction between the ash and the small layers of sandstone
@@haroldsprayberry9937 Agreed, but then how do you explain the petrified wood/logs being imbedded and protruding our of the side of the hills? I’ve been to the Petrified Forest numerous times and you can clearly see that the are was once a large swampy region. You also can see rock formations and boulders/stone layered within the hills and in the washout areas. Would love to go to this area and and study the different sedimentary layers.
The special strength of this video is that the idea of the hike is not to go from place A to place B, but the trip is based solely on how the landscape itself speaks to you. It is important that you try to tell the viewers what the landscape brings to your mind. So far, I haven't found anything similar. Thank you!
For me the middle of nowhere is the start of adventure. And you my friend are truly an explorer. The places where man’s footsteps end are hard to find but always worth the journey. Be safe and happy travels.
You can tell that it was a wetland because the logs are shattered crosswise and shed all their outer bark when they fell. The land looked so different during that time. Imagining it gives one a sense of _isekai._
Thank you for allowing others to live this experience through you. As a man of almost 65, it makes me wish that I had known about these places when I was a younger man. Keep the videos coming!!
Andrew, this was one of your best videos yet. I wasn't expecting that much, no ruins or steep canyons, but the petrified logs and hoodoos were amazing. The starry night images were great and your choice of music added so much. Loved it!
DD Ive been following you for a good long while now. I live in Flagstaff AZ, and Im somewhat familiar with what you are exploring, but NOBODY does it a justice as you do. Man, this is one of your best. Although I have to confess that I seem to say that about every one of your episodes! But this one was very compelling and exciting for me. Very different from your past DD experiences that I have seen. I particularly like 14:40 thru 14:45 and 18:20 thru 19:00. I am in awe, and at a loss for words. Id be willing to bet, that you felt the same when you came upon these amazing Earth Sites. And then you add another unique and compelling wonderous experience - to sleep among this incredible environment! That part of your episodes is really COOL! It must feel like something magic, and VERY special. Ive already said too much, so Ill close. But DD.... dont stop what you are doing. You are giving us a brilliant, educated look into an area of our United States Country that most of us could never have even imagined exists. You sir, are expanding our minds to another level! Id like to say a sincere thank you!
Yep u lucky to live in the middle o amazing sw , I can remember falling off a big land bridge and the hight was not safe, actually my oldest brother pushed me off a forty ft Arch hahaha, thought I was gonna b hurt bad or dead at that moment but seems I fell just right the Sand was pilled up in spot I hit back first, completely sunken under sand um thinking I don't even have a scratch, and really bo sand in my eyes or ears that was terrible Luke you think it would b , really should b greatful the LORD maybe arranged that to not kill me ,that was well over 50 yrs ago and I'm only 57 ,that brother did me alotta wrong through the years but he's not getting getting up anymore he got his just dessert I guess,but it's a suspicious suicide that looks like a murderer or whatever reason he was said to b found dead, but I checked that area a few times over few days period, but when his son in law comes to say he gonna look around he's telling me he sees the body with face blown off with shotgun, idk ,u would've seen that and or any evidence while looking before and after, think the planted the body earlier and convenient they found him where I know he wasn't before! Rip billy really started doing better then getting a shotgun death don't seem like something he can do , but he was responsible for a native guys death by 22 caliber rifle in the 90s , never really know what really happened, but he was only in prison for a couple yrs, yep life is cheap,yep the eastern US is Great wilderness areas also but it's always getting more dangerous
Love this place. There's apparently an old Chacoan road that runs through those badlands, leading from Chaco Canyon to the pueblo at Aztec Ruins. Next time you head out there keep an eye out for bones! You can find dinosaur bones in the soft mudstones
What a spot! I appreciate that you include the camp and cook! Nice reality check on your two gallon water bag! That weighs more than my entire backpacking setup. That environment is no joke! Thanks for taking us along!
Hiking in extreme areas really helps me understand what our ancestors faced as they attempted to survive in new environments. Imagine you’re walking through this area and you’re like “okay I need to boil some drinking water.” But, no wood. Also no water. 💀
I so look forward to watching your videos that I find myself checking for new content from you every day. Your demeanor and personality, and your willingness and determination, set you apart from the others! Thank you for your work and for sharing it in such a great manner!
My thoughts are that (1) music is unnecessary. And (2) while it didn’t detract for me, neither did it contribute. Others may differ. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying
The odd shaped stone forms are somewhat reminiscent of the Maury on Easter Island. Ancient Giants staring into the distant view, blindly. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying
@@jackvoss5841 I think that the music has been edited perfectly for the videos, nice and light in the intro and drone footage, and completely absent when speaking. It’s never overwhelming
I could never have believed such places existed outside of science fiction if you had not shown me. It has enriched my life and my conception of the world. A heartfelt thank you!
Your astrophotography at night is that of an artist. The unique photography of these sand formations awesome with their varied shapes ,where one’s imagination can go wild, and of course the beauty of the petrified tree trunks. I am sure that they would have a story to tell if they could. Your photography and your descriptions are truly an inspiration. Thank you!
The sandstone columns at the beginning of this video are amazing. Thank you for filming them. They are beautiful but sadly won’t be standing forever. The large 1 has eroded terribly. This is a beautiful place and holds much history and secrets I’m sure
You have become my favorite desert, ancient history, Google maps channel. I discovered the track planner last year and then you. I also enjoy watching the POV channel. However you have the best perspective, timing and wisdom shared in your videos. Thank you so much for taking us along on these awesome adventures. 👁️🙏👁️ I grew up in Provo Utah but I've spent the past 18 years in Austin Texas. Planning on returning to Utah this summer in an RV. I would love to meet up with you and go on an adventure. 🤠👍🔔
@@Desert.Drifter dude Roger Spurr alias Mudfossil Univerzity speak about what you find... he is here on youtube and he make video on you already i think :)
I am 70 years old and I am mesmerized by your videos… Lately i have nothing that makes me happy cause I’m bored 100% of the time…bored and depressed cause nothing interests me anymore. Since I found You and your Videos, I have been happy watching your discoveries and it makes me happy. Based on the comments I’ve seen here, you obviously have a talent doing what you do. It’s not just the videos, it’s YOU and your voice that’s comforting…you just have that Pinache I guess…I guess it’s the teacher in you that makes things so interesting. You do a Great Job Kiddo…please don’t stop…WE depend upon you…take care…❤️❤️❤️❤️
The presence of the petrified logs indicates that there was once a forest and water in that area - how amazing! I love your adventures - thank you for going where others cannot, or would not, go!
This has to be your best Cinemascope video I have seen. The picture quality and visuals are stunning. Those balancing rocks are wild and if we didn't know different, you would think this was CGI or AI images, but seeing them as actually real landscape is mind blowing. Thank you so much for sharing some amazing footage
By far, the best of all RUclips.......without a doubt! The sound bites you've selected are so fitting. I could go on and on forever and never be able to say enough about you and your adventures! I just didn't want it to ever end! LLL God bless you my friend........and thank you!
About eight years ago, my younger brother traveled north and I traveled east and we met in a city near this place. We got up early and drove out there. We hiked and photographed all day long, getting back to the truck just at sunset and didn't see enough of the area. It's an incredible place. Nice video work and it brought back a lot of great memories. Thanks.
I enjoy your content so very much! I'm an art teacher and our Janitor raves about your channel. He's a super outdoor kinda guy. He said I would love the petroglyphs and now I can't get enough. Been sick this week and your videos have brought so much joy! Thank you! Also to my school Janitor for being so cool!
It absolutely is. It's a huge grave yard. Remember from lion king,.. the Disney cartoon.. elephant grave yard. And this tells me that dinosaurs didn't roam millions of year etc ago. This is surface and exposed. And was insinterated. People are responsible for it. I can't wrap my head around what he just drifted to find on that size scale.. yet. But it's profound. Tell me I'm coo-coo ca-chew and way off because I'd think exposing their timelines, by someone not bought off and paid to say whatever fits into their agenda and control of content and corruption.
@@rickc2102 it is a thing. But why is the thing on top of the ground? The excuse for lack of finding dinosaurs skeletons been because they are buried below or feets. And not all piled up and incinerated.
@@KisheaCrowl We dont need to tell you that you are coo-coo ca-chew. People are responsible for an area to be incinerated and buried in volcanic ash? A Disney cartoon brought you to this belief? Just watch the video and marvel at it's beauty and hope that no other human goes there and carves their name into a rock.
Pretty amazing to try picturing what this land must have looked like in ancient times. With trees of the size to leave petrified trunks, and the different types of soils... it must have been a wet-forestland of massive trees and running rivers at one time. Thanks for the adventure.
The places he explores in depth most people would pass by without even a thought. Thank you for being a curious person who looks closely and carefully at the smallest of things.
@10:57 - I think this bit demonstrates why we like this channel and other similar RUclips content over big productions. You were honest about the owl leading you nowhere, whereas a cable show would’ve edited things to make it look like it led you to some big find. As many others have said, I feel like I’m with you on the hike, as opposed to watching some overproduced TV show.
You were in a “lahar” (volcanic mud flow) thats why the trees are petrified. Encased in volcanic ash a million years ago. Very soft, erodes quicker than anything else.
Thanks for that information. I got reamed by some guy that claimed a 2 yr old would know that limestone sees no volcanic activity. It was so hostile I quit watching but I did a lot of reading and found "no volcanic activity in the southwest limestone terrain" to be inaccurate. Lots of volcanic activity to this day. Fascinating. I had the opportunity to see some of it 1st hand. 😊
Thank you for another great video. I like the way you mix music in at the right time. Keep doing it your own way and we will continue to enjoy and support you with views.
I always feel so cheated when you spend days out there and we only get 10-20 minutes of video. This was an awesome place. It takes millions of years to turn a tree to stone. That tree was obviously manipulated at some point in time. There must have been a forest there once. I love your videos. Please make them longer?????😊
Very impressive desert hike and exploration! Love the multiple layers of color, texture and formations. It is amazing what wind and water can do to sandstone layers.
Thats some of the most strange but beautiful landscape ive ever seen! I would watch a much longer video of that area if you ever go back, thank you for showing it to this east coaster who has never seen the desert in person
What an insane landscape. Pondering some of those structures, really amazing. The petrified logs were at least worth the price of admission! Thanks for great footage in another crazy place!
What an awesome journey, especially for us who cannot travel to those places. It is amazing how wood can become rock and how the environment can differ from 1 step to another..
I loved everyone of your shows. Recent subscriber here, but I have binged through the journey of all you past videos. Beautiful filming, beautiful adventures, beautiful education. You have a way of being so kind and inclusive. We really are traveling with you. Thank you for sharing your adventures and your heart and your spirit with us. And thanks for the education and tutorial in the middle of a deep exploration. You do, on occasion put a scare into me when you get yourself into some of those tight places above a 100 foot sandstone cliff. I know you know what you’re doing, and I know you’re an experienced climber... but still. I have a whole lot of respect for your wife. BTW... Never in my life did I except to be surrounded by ‘a legion of hoodoos’.
Stunning beauty, love the strange shapes, the quiet, no people anywhere... I kept wondering what the area would have looked like when all those huge petrified trees were alive and thriving! Thanks for sharing your explorations!
Andrew your videography is only exceeded by your story telling. Love the mystery mixed with the humor and a touch of sarcasm. Nice background guitar. Another great video Thank You.
Just so beautiful my friend🙏 You asked about origin........this, as all of your videos, just screams out the words "worldwide flood"😊! Gorgeous what remains after the water receeded!
So stoked i found your site Andrew. You look like a clean cut all American, but have the thinking of a wise preist. Very enjoyable. The wood has turned to stone in the curcles of Earths time machine, and you were there to document it all. Right on brother.❤ Peace be w you.
Most of that was petrified wood thousands of years old that's turning to Stone? What a beautiful view of the night sky. So lucky to have that view out in the middle of nowhere with no light pollution at all.
How do you not get lost and you are able to find your way back to your car? If there are birds, shouldn't water be somewhere? Another question, how is the petrified wood cut so smoothly and perfectly in pieces? So much I am amazed by. Those sculptures up on the pedestals are mind boggling. Really cool video. Oh the stars .. WOW just WOW.
The word has become devalued by being used for the mundane, but that landscape is truly awesome Andrew. It makes me think of a giant beach. There are great mounds like sand dunes, ripples in the ground as if created by wave activity in sand, and areas where it looks as though the tide has gone out and left bewildering little deposits surrounded by sand. There is even driftwood, in the form of those petrified logs. Fascinating, makes me wish I was a geologist, able to understand all the features of this extraordinary place. I’m off to find another of your videos. Happy Trails!
Thank you for touching the petrified wood scraps so that we could hear them tinkle. That is what aged them for me!!!
Yeah that was amazing to hear it because it looked fresh still .
Silica replacement. They are essentially a natural glass.
Ahh so after petrification then...sand? Like sandstone
@@00TheD Sandstone and petrified wood are entirely different.
I am sitting here suffering as my terminal lung disease slowly takes my life away and I want you to know that watching your videos brings amazement and a calming comfort to me. The things you show us in your journeys are all true wonders of life. Thank you for easing my struggle or at least distracting me from my suffering. Maybe someday you will understand how much your videos mean and do for people like me. Thank you very much. Live a very long life and make thousands more videos.
I’m sorry to hear of your health condition. When I started the channel I would’ve never imagined it could have a real impact on other peoples lives. Thank you for sharing and watching
@@Desert.Drifter Its like finding a trail of broken pottery and arrowheads, only better because we cant pick them up and disturb ancient artifacts, we just learn and enjoy.
God bless x
Wow. What a wonderful comment. Peace to all.
Poor Eric! I'm sorry for you but is this really your account? Is it hacked? It was started in 2012, but it has only six videos, and all of them was published 10 hours ago?
Your public comments also indicates copied things? Just wondering?
I am caregiver to my adult disabled child. I am a nomad at heart, trapped in a house where even short trips away from the house cause stress so I rarely leave for more than a quick trip to the pharmacy. Your video are a salve to my soul. You go places and see things that at nearing 70 years old, I wouldn't likely be able to go even if I could. Thank you for what you do. They mean the world...literally.
Me too
we can dream
Got my 8 year old to watch with me tonight. We live in northwest florida and have opposite landscape -he never been anywhere like this-was intrigued 😍
Best part of this whole video besides the amazing night shots of the stars is…no trash, no signs of human presence. Simply stunning!!! Great job on this adventure!
Yes, thankfully people have respected it and haven’t trashed it. And it’s so vast, there are many places in it rarely visited
nooo, the best part was a commercial every MINUTE.
Beyond outstanding star photography! ❤
@@Desert.Drifter Where is this place if you don’t mind sharing?
@aznation4592
Valley of the Giants...I think? He says it in early part of the video. My son went through there last year. So cool! I just can't remember where it is: Colorado? Arizona? Utah? Oy!
Most of us are unable to get to these remote places. You're adventures have allowed us to see things we'd never get to see. This is major movie material.
Some of us were born and raised in these lands too !
Brother, I’ve been on RUclips for years and years and seen a lot of different shows a lot of different programs and your content by far is the most interesting and captivating to me. I thank you for taking us with you and on your adventure. Safe travels my friend.
Thank you my dude, that’s a great compliment
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This is the most fascinating place ever. Thank you for stirring my imagination. It looked like another planet.
my wife and i drove by that area last year and i made a mental note to hike it. Now i’m really itching to go. Your videos are amazing.
Agreed!
a landscape straight from a Dali painting and those stars are incredible, just incredible
Or just Utah 😂🤣😅
Crazy, amazing landscape: frozen dragons, walking on Grape Nuts, giant prettified trees. Also, I have no Idea how you could sleep out there alone, not on this one. Thanks for the adventure!
If this landscape was used in a movie everyone would think it looks an obviously phony set made from paper mache and spray foam. I can't believe this exists on this planet, let alone in this country. Just about the coolest thing I have ever seen. Thank you for bringing it to us.
I had that experience taking a back road somewhere southern Idaho into Nevada?? (Long story) I think it was the hoodoo-land they used in the movie Galaxy Quest. Saw some really awful bubble-wrap things on Dr. Who lately. (TUBI has classic Who!) OK, back to Desert Drifter....
I had the same feeling when I visited Garden of the Gods, near Pike's Peak in Colorado Springs, CO. I always wanted to take my kids back there and do a short little Star Wars movie. It was so surreal.
Visit Northern Arizona.
@@rebeccacampbell8020 very cool place! So is the bad landscape which this sort of looks like in some ways.
That petrified log is amazing.
I concur, and I had to search for "petrified wood":
Petrification (petros means stone) occurs when the organic matter is completely replaced by minerals and the fossil is turned to stone.
Generally ranges from hundreds of thousands of years to millions of years.
@@syjwg I wondered why it looked like it had been cut with a saw.
I would like to know why it looks like they were cut with a saw too.
@@syjwgYes but has to be burried whole and quickly otherwise the tree would just rot away? Those trees were blasted and burried in volcanic ash long before they could rot
@Johnketes54 It's fascinating that sometime in the past, this whole area had vegetation.
Never stop Andrew. You have no idea how valuable your videos are.
Night-time photography was awesome!
Thanks, I’m glad I brought the good lens to snap a few shots
Agreed. Didn't realize how densely packed around Orions belt is... even the darkest night here has so much light pollution.
I thought it was amazing. Even more so to know we (i.e. planet earth) are a part of all that. We can look out at the stars but we also have a place in it.
Wasn't it just!
@@itsme_shanti Yay! Hello, Orion!
"A Horse With No Name" is playing in my head as I watch this. Orion looked spectacular in the night sky. Thanks for another great episode.
Definitely remember that song.
_It felt good to be out on the range..._
That song often entered my mind while working vendor routes over all of Northwestern AZ.
It Felt Good to be out of the Rain, Not, It Felt good To be out Onr The Range, Also, Not Rocking The Cat Box, Its, Rocking the Casbah.
Had A Girlfriends Nephew Thou Jimi Hendrix, Said, "Scuse me, While I Kiss This Guy". Can't make it Up.
Guess You Can😮
@@randyaivaz3356 "It Felt Good to be out of the Rain, Not, It Felt good To be out Onr The Range [sic]," you say?
Whatever (and you're right, of course), but If you were where I was and when you'd know that rain was welcome and you'd stand out in it.
No one said anything about anyone's box, and; _"'S'cuse me, while I kiss this fly..."_
This landscape is even more surreal than Bryce Canyon, Utah. It feels like you left planet earth 🌏 Your night photography was amazing.
I've a friend who thinks volcanic plugs are petrified trees; nice to be able to show them what real petrified wood looks like
Bingo.
I love that you follow your intuition when exploring... like following the owls and letting nature show itself through its family... just brilliant!
Due to medical malpractice I am confined to a bed in a longterm care facility unable to walk or get out of it. Due to medical negligence my poor wife's brain was damaged and she lost most of her memory. She is committed in another long term care facility. Both of us loved to explore. She loved to camp. I wish she could watch these.
For those of us in such circumstances videos like these restore our adventures, enliven our lives, and fill us with wonder.
Thank you!
Bless you both. I am so sorry that you have such pain.
@@joycenaylor4488 Yes. So, so sorry.
At the moment I am disabled myself but not like what you're saying God bless you and I pray you will have the strength to get through. I'm hoping to get back surgery to correct this tear in my spine. Stupid doctors I tell you, they bumped me a head six more weeks because I got each other office late for my appointment and they said they would take me and then they changed their mind after I drove 40 miles. Sometimes I think they're just in it for the money I'm so sorry for what you're going through
When you first look at that wash and then you said you saw the owls well right underneath that was some kind of cave looking thing and I was hoping you would go down there.
@@reddfoxx91 why don't you have some empathy, if you don't want to hear what people have to say then go away. How would you feel if you ended up disabled or something?? I never used to be disabled and I have to deal with getting over my daughter's suicide so I got a lot of my plate so I don't want to hear you saying I don't want to hear about it if you don't like it then go away please seriously. We were saying good things because his videos were helping us and God forbid you should be disabled someday and understand what that feels like.
What an insane landscape. We are very privileged that you took time to share it with us. Thank you.
As a 70s kid, I watched a LOT of Road Runner & Wile E Coyote cartoons... and always assumed that the crazy landscapes were the result of 60s induced psychedelics... this is simply stunning, brother...!!
Thanks and be safe... 👋🇨🇦🙂
Dad was born and raised in Albuquerque, he really enjoyed Road Runner cartoons.
60's kid here. It looks like Bedrock, where The Flintstones lived too.
All I can think of is this is definitely the aftermath of a LOT of water flooding the area and eventually dissipating. It totally looks like dried mud that gets occasional flash flooding. Reminds me a lot of a place called Kodachrome Canyon we went through almost 50 years ago. So beautiful and surreal!
Bingo.
The great flood of Noah's day
@@chellec7702 The great fiction?
HOW YOU DO NOT HAVE A MILLION SUBSCRIBERS IS BEYOND ME!!!
YOU ARE AMAZING AND YOUR VIDEOS ARE PHENOMENAL!!!
Thank you for your generosity in supporting the channel!
Mister, I can't walk and spend my days in a wheelchair.
Thanks for getting me out into the desert.
I really enjoy hiking with you....
Keep on doing this. It's working for me!
My pleasure. Thanks for tagging along with me my friend
Instantly fascinated. That landscape leaves nothing hidden. In the Colorado front range there are a ton of mysterious rocks as well… cool stuff
It looks like this was a Great Basin where sediment settled after a great flood, if you notice a lot of Petrified logs/wood were embedded in the sediment.
Did you find any pumice or ash in the different layers of soil?. If your near the Petrified forest than it would explain a lot of what your finding, this region was a giant inland sea and marshes at one time.
I don't think it was a flood I don't see any small cable rock Round Rock or any other rocks in the ash piles that are there you can tell the distinction between the ash and the small layers of sandstone
@@haroldsprayberry9937 Agreed, but then how do you explain the petrified wood/logs being imbedded and protruding our of the side of the hills? I’ve been to the Petrified Forest numerous times and you can clearly see that the are was once a large swampy region. You also can see rock formations and boulders/stone layered within the hills and in the washout areas. Would love to go to this area and and study the different sedimentary layers.
Seems like this may have been part of the great inland sea that was in much of the Southwest.
Could those formations be tufa?
The special strength of this video is that the idea of the hike is not to go from place A to place B, but the trip is based solely on how the landscape itself speaks to you. It is important that you try to tell the viewers what the landscape brings to your mind. So far, I haven't found anything similar. Thank you!
When you look at the formations you know they are natural but at the same time you know they are by design and deep down you know who the artist is
Yes, the wind and eruption.
Proof the desert was once a rain forest. Incredible video. You are amazing. Thank you
You're actually right (or very close).
When these trees were alive the area was a vast swampland.
@@-oiiio-3993 They weren't actually trees, they were giant horse tail
@@PendeltonWhiskey Are you sure it was the tail?
@@-oiiio-3993 yep, don't get excited, horsetail is just a weed that's been around for millions of years
@@PendeltonWhiskey Indeed it has.
Those landscapes are amazing
The southwest is a surreal landscape, no doubt about it. Thanks for watching!
Looks a lot like the Bisti Badlands of New Mexico. Spectacularly strange landscapes. Thanks for sharing your adventures.
That’s where I thought this was. Where’s this at?
This is the Bisti, in New Mexico, in the Four Corners area, south of Farmington.
For me the middle of nowhere is the start of adventure. And you my friend are truly an explorer. The places where man’s footsteps end are hard to find but always worth the journey. Be safe and happy travels.
I find it amazing that those petrified logs look like somebody has sawed them into blocks.
You can tell that it was a wetland because the logs are shattered crosswise and shed all their outer bark when they fell.
The land looked so different during that time. Imagining it gives one a sense of _isekai._
APPALACHIAN GIRL HERE, SOUTHWEST VA. THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT ADVENTURE FOR ME. THANKS SO VERY MUCH FOR SHARING THIS WITH US
Thank you for allowing others to live this experience through you. As a man of almost 65, it makes me wish that I had known about these places when I was a younger man. Keep the videos coming!!
Andrew, this was one of your best videos yet. I wasn't expecting that much, no ruins or steep canyons, but the petrified logs and hoodoos were amazing. The starry night images were great and your choice of music added so much. Loved it!
i have tears in my eyes those scenes are breathtaking, the petrified trees just magnificent, the blues and pinks in that morning glow just spectacular
DD Ive been following you for a good long while now. I live in Flagstaff AZ, and Im somewhat familiar with what you are exploring, but NOBODY does it a justice as you do. Man, this is one of your best. Although I have to confess that I seem to say that about every one of your episodes! But this one was very compelling and exciting for me. Very different from your past DD experiences that I have seen. I particularly like 14:40 thru 14:45 and 18:20 thru 19:00. I am in awe, and at a loss for words. Id be willing to bet, that you felt the same when you came upon these amazing Earth Sites. And then you add another unique and compelling wonderous experience - to sleep among this incredible environment! That part of your episodes is really COOL! It must feel like something magic, and VERY special. Ive already said too much, so Ill close. But DD.... dont stop what you are doing. You are giving us a brilliant, educated look into an area of our United States Country that most of us could never have even imagined exists. You sir, are expanding our minds to another level! Id like to say a sincere thank you!
Yep u lucky to live in the middle o amazing sw , I can remember falling off a big land bridge and the hight was not safe, actually my oldest brother pushed me off a forty ft Arch hahaha, thought I was gonna b hurt bad or dead at that moment but seems I fell just right the Sand was pilled up in spot I hit back first, completely sunken under sand um thinking I don't even have a scratch, and really bo sand in my eyes or ears that was terrible Luke you think it would b , really should b greatful the LORD maybe arranged that to not kill me ,that was well over 50 yrs ago and I'm only 57 ,that brother did me alotta wrong through the years but he's not getting getting up anymore he got his just dessert I guess,but it's a suspicious suicide that looks like a murderer or whatever reason he was said to b found dead, but I checked that area a few times over few days period, but when his son in law comes to say he gonna look around he's telling me he sees the body with face blown off with shotgun, idk ,u would've seen that and or any evidence while looking before and after, think the planted the body earlier and convenient they found him where I know he wasn't before! Rip billy really started doing better then getting a shotgun death don't seem like something he can do , but he was responsible for a native guys death by 22 caliber rifle in the 90s , never really know what really happened, but he was only in prison for a couple yrs, yep life is cheap,yep the eastern US is Great wilderness areas also but it's always getting more dangerous
I am so amazed at what you find. Thank you
Love this place. There's apparently an old Chacoan road that runs through those badlands, leading from Chaco Canyon to the pueblo at Aztec Ruins. Next time you head out there keep an eye out for bones! You can find dinosaur bones in the soft mudstones
What a spot! I appreciate that you include the camp and cook! Nice reality check on your two gallon water bag! That weighs more than my entire backpacking setup. That environment is no joke! Thanks for taking us along!
Hiking in extreme areas really helps me understand what our ancestors faced as they attempted to survive in new environments. Imagine you’re walking through this area and you’re like “okay I need to boil some drinking water.” But, no wood. Also no water. 💀
It's like a museum full of sculptures.
I so look forward to watching your videos that I find myself checking for new content from you every day. Your demeanor and personality, and your willingness and determination, set you apart from the others! Thank you for your work and for sharing it in such a great manner!
Yes, me too!
With ya.
My thoughts are that (1) music is unnecessary. And (2) while it didn’t detract for me, neither did it contribute. Others may differ.
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The odd shaped stone forms are somewhat reminiscent of the Maury on Easter Island. Ancient Giants staring into the distant view, blindly.
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@@jackvoss5841 I think that the music has been edited perfectly for the videos, nice and light in the intro and drone footage, and completely absent when speaking. It’s never overwhelming
You show us such landscapes and formations,one would never see. Beautiful
What really gets me is the petrified logs you came across. They look like they were cut with a saw rather then a natural fall from splitting.
That is how they break as underlying soils erode away.
I thought the same.
@@AncientOneFamily. Arrrgh.
Or perhaps our mainstream history and explanations of the past are complete LIES && we used to have high technology ...
Yeah it looks like an ancient giant cut the tree down and then forgot about it cause they were dumb and that’s why they are extinct now
I could never have believed such places existed outside of science fiction if you had not shown me. It has enriched my life and my conception of the world. A heartfelt thank you!
Your astrophotography at night is that of an artist. The unique photography of these sand formations awesome with their varied shapes ,where one’s imagination can go wild, and of course the beauty of the petrified tree trunks. I am sure that they would have a story to tell if they could. Your photography and your descriptions are truly an inspiration. Thank you!
The sandstone columns at the beginning of this video are amazing. Thank you for filming them. They are beautiful but sadly won’t be standing forever. The large 1 has eroded terribly. This is a beautiful place and holds much history and secrets I’m sure
What a great hike. Its like you were on another planet. Absolutely beautiful. What unique terrain. I was sorry for the video to end.😢 Thanks! ♥️
You have become my favorite desert, ancient history, Google maps channel. I discovered the track planner last year and then you. I also enjoy watching the POV channel. However you have the best perspective, timing and wisdom shared in your videos. Thank you so much for taking us along on these awesome adventures. 👁️🙏👁️
I grew up in Provo Utah but I've spent the past 18 years in Austin Texas. Planning on returning to Utah this summer in an RV. I would love to meet up with you and go on an adventure. 🤠👍🔔
Thank you very much, that means a lot. Really honored and humbled so many people join me for my ramblings in the desert 🏜️
fr desert drifter is the best of them all!
The old formation with coal looks like an old river boat!
@@Desert.Drifter dude Roger Spurr alias Mudfossil Univerzity speak about what you find... he is here on youtube and he make video on you already i think :)
I am 70 years old and I am mesmerized by your videos… Lately i have nothing that makes me happy cause I’m bored 100% of the time…bored and depressed cause nothing interests me anymore. Since I found You and your Videos, I have been happy watching your discoveries and it makes me happy. Based on the comments I’ve seen here, you obviously have a talent doing what you do. It’s not just the videos, it’s YOU and your voice that’s comforting…you just have that Pinache I guess…I guess it’s the teacher in you that makes things so interesting. You do a Great Job Kiddo…please don’t stop…WE depend upon you…take care…❤️❤️❤️❤️
The presence of the petrified logs indicates that there was once a forest and water in that area - how amazing! I love your adventures - thank you for going where others cannot, or would not, go!
This has to be your best Cinemascope video I have seen. The picture quality and visuals are stunning. Those balancing rocks are wild and if we didn't know different, you would think this was CGI or AI images, but seeing them as actually real landscape is mind blowing. Thank you so much for sharing some amazing footage
Thanks for sharing your adventures with us. I look forward to each of your treks. Please continue to be safe!
I want a calendar of this beautiful land. I'll be your first customer! Overly stunning!
By far, the best of all RUclips.......without a doubt!
The sound bites you've selected are so fitting.
I could go on and on forever and never be able to say enough about you and your adventures!
I just didn't want it to ever end! LLL
God bless you my friend........and thank you!
Thank you my friend
The most expressive earth and rock I have seen in a long time. It’s beautiful.
Amazing! The alien-looking landscape, the beatifull petrified wood, and the heart-stopping night sky all simply took my breath away. Thank you!
The stars were hard to beat. Thankfully I had a moon that didn’t rise until late into the night
About eight years ago, my younger brother traveled north and I traveled east and we met in a city near this place. We got up early and drove out there. We hiked and photographed all day long, getting back to the truck just at sunset and didn't see enough of the area. It's an incredible place. Nice video work and it brought back a lot of great memories. Thanks.
I enjoy your content so very much! I'm an art teacher and our Janitor raves about your channel. He's a super outdoor kinda guy. He said I would love the petroglyphs and now I can't get enough. Been sick this week and your videos have brought so much joy! Thank you! Also to my school Janitor for being so cool!
That rock at 4ish minutes looked like part of a backbone. So interesting to see.
Or a seriously big turd from a humongous dinosaur!
It absolutely is. It's a huge grave yard. Remember from lion king,.. the Disney cartoon.. elephant grave yard. And this tells me that dinosaurs didn't roam millions of year etc ago. This is surface and exposed. And was insinterated. People are responsible for it. I can't wrap my head around what he just drifted to find on that size scale.. yet. But it's profound. Tell me I'm coo-coo ca-chew and way off because I'd think exposing their timelines, by someone not bought off and paid to say whatever fits into their agenda and control of content and corruption.
remember kids, if it looks like a thing then it must be the thing
sheesh
@@rickc2102 it is a thing. But why is the thing on top of the ground? The excuse for lack of finding dinosaurs skeletons been because they are buried below or feets. And not all piled up and incinerated.
@@KisheaCrowl We dont need to tell you that you are coo-coo ca-chew. People are responsible for an area to be incinerated and buried in volcanic ash? A Disney cartoon brought you to this belief? Just watch the video and marvel at it's beauty and hope that no other human goes there and carves their name into a rock.
What an amazing landscape those night time photographs with the rock formations and the stars were so captivating.
Petrified Forest/Painted Desert National Monument, is 2 parks in one! Each Park will have its own museum , each is totally different!
Andrew, you are the reason I look forward to Saturday every week! I've come to love your videos - you never disappoint 💕
The lichen growing on petrified wood is an amazing surprise.
It's more likely a giant artery. Watch "mud fossil university" to learn what he's walking in.
That place is so bizarre! Almost like another planet.
Pretty amazing to try picturing what this land must have looked like in ancient times. With trees of the size to leave petrified trunks, and the different types of soils... it must have been a wet-forestland of massive trees and running rivers at one time. Thanks for the adventure.
Ancient city destroyed in a war,everything is melted. The bones are from a giant,amazing discovery!!!
How did they melt?
@@andreg1165that’s the BIG question
@@AmericanAbstract5205 what do you think? After great wars and resets they tried to delete history is a start huh
Antidiluvian cities.... Well!! could be 🤔
MUD Fossil University channel is good for petrified remains
Ther re many melted buildings all over the world
Ancient cities
The places he explores in depth most people would pass by without even a thought. Thank you for being a curious person who looks closely and carefully at the smallest of things.
The landscape is so surreal and amazingly BEAUTUFUL! Thank you so much for sharing. Loved the Astro photography.
That's an astonishing landscape, and without a human figure for reference it's almost impossible to estimate scale. Amazing!
It looks so much like what we see on Mars
@10:57 - I think this bit demonstrates why we like this channel and other similar RUclips content over big productions. You were honest about the owl leading you nowhere, whereas a cable show would’ve edited things to make it look like it led you to some big find. As many others have said, I feel like I’m with you on the hike, as opposed to watching some overproduced TV show.
You were in a “lahar” (volcanic mud flow) thats why the trees are petrified. Encased in volcanic ash a million years ago. Very soft, erodes quicker than anything else.
Thank you, Pete. 👍🏼
Awesome thanks!
Thanks for that information. I got reamed by some guy that claimed a 2 yr old would know that limestone sees no volcanic activity. It was so hostile I quit watching but I did a lot of reading and found "no volcanic activity in the southwest limestone terrain" to be inaccurate. Lots of volcanic activity to this day. Fascinating. I had the opportunity to see some of it 1st hand. 😊
It's doesn't spew Ash though.... Ash occurs in lava.
@@itsme_shanti it’s called a pyroclastic flow consisting of solid lava pieces, ash, mud, and gases
Pro tip - squeeze the air out of water bladder and it won't gurgle while you walk
Thank you for another great video. I like the way you mix music in at the right time. Keep doing it your own way and we will continue to enjoy and support you with views.
I appreciate that!
At the 16:20 mark you would almost expect Fred Flintstone to walk out screaming Yabba Dabba Doo lol
😅😂😂
I was looking around for Fred and Betty, but never saw them
Thanks!
I always feel so cheated when you spend days out there and we only get 10-20 minutes of video. This was an awesome place. It takes millions of years to turn a tree to stone. That tree was obviously manipulated at some point in time. There must have been a forest there once. I love your videos. Please make them longer?????😊
That starry night sky is amazing ❤
Wow, Noah's flood, rapid deposition and erosion. Really beautiful.
“Wandering for the next two days.” Perfect! Appreciating all of your video content and narration from here in New Zealand. Thank you, Andrew 👏🏼🕊😁
This place is awesome. I love crazy rock formations and for you to see these petrified trees must have been quite an experience.
I admire your courage and natural ability to be in the desert. The cinematography was superb. Thank you for taking us along.
Thank you for not defacing,destroying, or removing any of that natural wonder. Its best to let it be for future explorers and onlookers!
A true land of enchantment. Well worth the trip.
Love his narration. So intelligent and insightful.
He’s no joke. I get really freaked out watching him free climb sometimes.
Be careful
Very impressive desert hike and exploration! Love the multiple layers of color, texture and formations. It is amazing what wind and water can do to sandstone layers.
That plant life was pretty cool also! Thanks for sharing!
Yes, so many pastel colors out there in that landscape
Thats some of the most strange but beautiful landscape ive ever seen! I would watch a much longer video of that area if you ever go back, thank you for showing it to this east coaster who has never seen the desert in person
What an insane landscape. Pondering some of those structures, really amazing. The petrified logs were at least worth the price of admission! Thanks for great footage in another crazy place!
What an awesome journey, especially for us who cannot travel to those places. It is amazing how wood can become rock and how the environment can differ from 1 step to another..
I loved everyone of your shows. Recent subscriber here, but I have binged through the journey of all you past videos. Beautiful filming, beautiful adventures, beautiful education. You have a way of being so kind and inclusive. We really are traveling with you. Thank you for sharing your adventures and your heart and your spirit with us. And thanks for the education and tutorial in the middle of a deep exploration. You do, on occasion put a scare into me when you get yourself into some of those tight places above a 100 foot sandstone cliff. I know you know what you’re doing, and I know you’re an experienced climber... but still. I have a whole lot of respect for your wife. BTW... Never in my life did I except to be surrounded by ‘a legion of hoodoos’.
Haha, I thought the legion was clever 😉
You make the desert interesting to someone who has never been or cared to go. Thank you. I really enjoy your videos! Stay safe out there!
How BEAUTIFUL the tiny pink flowers are!!! And the kitty bitty green plants!!! How BLESSED to get to see them!!!
LOL!!! That's ITTY BITTY - SILLY SPEEL CEQUER
Always excited to see you one up-with another adventure
Stunning beauty, love the strange shapes, the quiet, no people anywhere... I kept wondering what the area would have looked like when all those huge petrified trees were alive and thriving! Thanks for sharing your explorations!
Andrew your videography is only exceeded by your story telling. Love the mystery mixed with the humor and a touch of sarcasm. Nice background guitar. Another great video Thank You.
Thank you!
Just so beautiful my friend🙏 You asked about origin........this, as all of your videos, just screams out the words "worldwide flood"😊! Gorgeous what remains after the water receeded!
So stoked i found your site Andrew.
You look like a clean cut all American, but have the thinking of a wise preist.
Very enjoyable.
The wood has turned to stone in the curcles of Earths time machine, and you were there to document it all. Right on brother.❤
Peace be w you.
Most of that was petrified wood thousands of years old that's turning to Stone? What a beautiful view of the night sky. So lucky to have that view out in the middle of nowhere with no light pollution at all.
More like millions of years!
How do you not get lost and you are able to find your way back to your car? If there are birds, shouldn't water be somewhere? Another question, how is the petrified wood cut so smoothly and perfectly in pieces? So much I am amazed by. Those sculptures up on the pedestals are mind boggling. Really cool video. Oh the stars .. WOW just WOW.
The word has become devalued by being used for the mundane, but that landscape is truly awesome Andrew. It makes me think of a giant beach. There are great mounds like sand dunes, ripples in the ground as if created by wave activity in sand, and areas where it looks as though the tide has gone out and left bewildering little deposits surrounded by sand. There is even driftwood, in the form of those petrified logs. Fascinating, makes me wish I was a geologist, able to understand all the features of this extraordinary place. I’m off to find another of your videos. Happy Trails!