Surprises in the Sonoran Desert - Solo Overlanding in my Gladiator
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- Опубликовано: 8 июл 2024
- On day 4 of my solo overlanding adventure in the Sonoran Desert I have a surprise and continue exploring this amazing landscape.
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00:00 Introduction
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22:32 Back to the video 
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I will never forget what you said on one of you videos “ Die with memories not dreams” that what motivates me to explore and take my kids with me.. Thank you
This is such a good series you’ve done on the Sonoran Desert! Breaks my heart that Rooster is not around anymore😢. Especially seeing these awesome memories you made together.
Love your testimony @24:00! I feel exactly the same way when I’m in a place like that. I believe God made us for the whole world and not just one corner and I feel more fulfilled the more of his fabulous creation that I see. Kudos for not being afraid to share that on your channel! 🙏🏽✝️🌅
From an Arizona website.
But these weren’t just any rocks. From the ground, these large rocks which are arranged into a series of different numbers and letters seem meaningless. However from the air, they tell a very different story. It is here, in what seems like a completely random location, “AZTEC 41” and a simple North compass marker remain inscribed into the desert floor. While slightly overgrown nowadays, these markers would have been used to help overflying military planes find their way back to base when out training in this massive and barren area. The town of AZTEC sits just east of Dateland along Interstate 8 where we started our journey about 40 miles to the south. During WWII, Dateland and a few other surrounding towns, housed army airfields that were part of the Yuma Army Advanced Flying School. This isolated area would have been used to train pilots, sight guns on B-25’s, and provide an unobstructed area to train pilots that would fly throughout the war. The airfields were abandoned in 1957. However, the area nearby still remains in military hands today as the more modern training area of the Yuma Proving Ground, which spans an incredible 1300 square miles.
Awesome! Thank you for that!!
Praise Jesus for all he sacrificed for us, and all these beautiful adventures we get to experience .
So sorry for the loss of your baby Rooster.
Have a blessed Easter!
I've always said the more I meet people, the better I like my dog.
This is my back yard Matt!! I moved from the east coast to explore and die here I could do every trail in Arizona and never do the same one twice and die a happy man. The Sonoran desert is one of the harshest most beautiful places I've ever been in my life!! Glad you could experience it!!
RIP Rooster. Congratulations on 100k subscribers🎉.
You are 100% to blame for this rabbit hole I have gone down. Started watching you during covid and was like “man we don’t need a cruise every year, look at all this in our backyard”. Then we bought the jeep….. then I found rock crawling and camping is really only a means to Offroad now lol.
You’re welcome. 😂😂
@@OzarkOverlandAdventures I love it though lol. Met some solid people along the way so far.
those signs makers for north is from the old aviation days before computers
I appreciate your comment about NYC to me it is one of the loneliest places. I can be in the middle of the woods alone and feel more at peace than I have being in the center of NYC surrounded by people who don't care that your there.
Congrats on 100K. So sorry for your loss. Our pups are the world to us. Exploration is a huge driving force in my Overlanding. Have done a lot of backpacking. Love floating down a river to see what’s around the bend. Overlanding seemed like the next logical step. I finally bought a Jeep in 2021 and knew I wanted to see more than backpacking allowed on a long weekend. Plus I’m a complete gear nerd. Love the gadgets and what’s better for gadgets than a Jeep??!!
So funny that you said Kara would be more happy to see Rooster, and the first thing she said was her name. Exact same thing would happen in my house with the cats and Tracey. My wife laughed when I said she would do the same thing, then told me that I was right, she probably would. Great video
Had the pleasure of going to the Sonoran Desert once but only got to spend 2 days there. FINALLY heading back on April 13th for spend 2 weeks out there.
So happy you got to experience it and I’m sure you will be back soon.
I'm originally from Arizona, so it sure was nice to see that background again. How cool.....So sorry about your puppy.!! On another note again, congratulations on hitting a 100k members.!
Thank you so much!
Congrats on 100k! No channel more deserving. I’ve been subscribed for 2 years and love your content! Can’t wait to see what’s next, would love to see the conqueror 490 on some trails. Congrats again guys!
Thank you so much!!
Matt- First , sorry about rooster sir!! that's tough for sure!
I really love just being out in the woods and just out in the middle of no where. it helps me escape the daily grind if you will and spend time with my wife and friends when they join along! It really helps us recharge if you will! Really love your content, always have! Keep up the good work brother!
Thanks 👍
I’ve said this before, my parents were Overlanding before it was Overlanding. So they planted the seed, but you Matt have watered and grown that seed/ passion. I love the outdoors and I too don’t like being around people. In my humble opinion there is nothing better than waking up listening and seeing the wonders of what God has created! For me you and Cara are an inspiration, so Thank you!!
This is so true. Sometimes I feel that certain other people can distract us and lead us away from our relationship with God. Being one with his creation seems to bring us closer to him and what his true plan is for us.
Matt and Kara thank you for great content! Watch every video. Roster had a great trip before next adventure.. Said hi in CO in 2023 at Overland West. Chat soon..Keep it going... He is Risen!
Thanks so much!!
To find the next chapter in my life. That's why I'm getting out there. Thx for the video ❤
As a child, we had over 100 acres of woods to roam and explore. Those carefree days are what i long for. Overlanding gives me that in an adulting way. It is the spiritual cleans my soul needs and gets.
Heck yeah!!
Aztec Rocks WW2 marker. The marker consists of rocks laid out to mark North (an arrow and “N”) for airplanes training during WW2
I believe you are correct. Back in the day there wasn't the navigation system we have. Pilots used the arrows to identify their route.
holly cow i click subscribe and it rolled to 100k. congrats i was watching your videos cause i grew up and live in the Ozarks also the Arkansas area. keep up the great videos. i just got my first JT Mojave.
My wife and I learned about overlanding while dating during the COVID lockdowns via RUclips channels like yours, although I think we found TrailRecon 1st. We would have been drawn to it either way though as we both love the outdoors. Got our Jeep 2 years ago. Then a few months later learned we were pregnant 😂. Then once our daughter was old enough to hit the trails we got going off road again. She got to see the Grand Canyon from Point Sublime at just 3 months old. We just love seeing nature without human touch and enjoying the peace and quiet you only get by venturing far from paved roads.
Congratulations on your 100K!!!
Matt thanks for the video! We were just down in the Tucson area end of Feb, 1st week of March with our motorhome and Gladiator and really enjoyed the desert! Also, thank you for sharing your faith, few are brave enough to do that. We too love exploring the creation instead of man made things. Your drone shots really emphasize how small and insignificant we are and your comment about the stars at night in the desert is an exclamation point to that! Keep exploring, God Bless!
I grew up in the burbs of Chicago. Was never a people person. Glad I got into this hobby when I got my tundra. Swellrunner was my door opening into to overlanding. I absolutely love it. Time away from people with my kids. Covid made it worse for our community with the over crowding and everything getting shut down.
When I got my gladiator I found this channel! Last year joined Patreon and one day (although I hate groups) I want to attend a meetup!
Took my family to NYC 14 years ago, Matt. I was just like you then. I was pleasantly surprised by how nice the city and people were then. I don't want to go again, but I'm very glad I did it.
My dad was a fighter pilot at the 188th in Fort Smith. We spent a summer in Tucson while he was training for the F-16. We spent a lot of time exploring the desert. These saguaros in the last few videos sure bring back the memories.
Congrats on 100k!!!!!!
congratulations on 100k subscribers!!!!!
Thank you!!
I do this to get away from it all and see the world broadly and deeply... which is where my style of overlanding comes in. I use the "overlanding" to increase my range (breadth) and I use my feet to hike trails everywhere I go (depth). The best adventures for me are driving out somewhere and then hiking out to find a waterfall or an abandoned cabin or some kind of wildlife. It's not about the offroading or the camping for me... it's about the finding cool stuff. And the coolest stuff may only be interesting to me.
oh yeah, I also do this so I can be the dollar store version of Ozark Overland Adventures! LOL! I hope to meet you at the Moore Expo! You were the primary inspiration for me starting a channel.
Mine is ver similar to yours, I grew up with access to about 300 acres of east Texas piney woods and was always out exploring. Then you start growing up and getting responsibilities and stuff and forget your passions. A few years ago I found Trail Recon, Lifestyle Overland, Y'alls channel and realized how much I miss being surrounded by nature and have just been on my first trip in a really long time and can't wait for my next trip. Going to the Ouchitas in April! Woohoo!
Catching up on your recent videos... We crossed your path at Kofa (we were the volunteers driving an official white USFWS truck) and we just wrapped up our own video series on work camping in the Sonoran desert. Nice to "meet" you! And we are very sorry about Rooster.
14:30 looks like an aviation marker dating back to possibly the 40’s. AZTEK could likely be name of the waypoint/ marker. As pilots when we file a flight plan air traffic control gives us many weird names of waypoints we need to fly to.
The circle ⭕️ could mean compass 🧭and the 41 could be a heading which would be North East.
I’m 69 years old and have not seem most areas of the country. I’d love to drive through the area you are in now. Camp in that last spot. You are living the life Matt.
I like to explore (in my home state for now) seeing things that most people don't see,and lime you dont really care for big crowds but the biggest reason is to just get away from the noise of the world and listening to nature
Lived in NE Oklahoma for lots of years. Did not have a super great truck for visiting the Ozarks, but did do some of the GOAT. Now live in SE arizona. My job takes me from sierra vista to yuma and Flagstaff. My favorite way to move around the state on the back road 2lanes. My only wish would be to have little more time to get out on the 2 track and see some more of the offroad. The LORD has blessed me to live and play in some great parts of this country.
Never seen the desert so green, they got rain this year even death valley had a lake, things bloomed this year that haven't bloomed in forever
At first I was inspired to build another off roader and modify it. After a few trips it became less about the vehicle and modifications and more about the journey and peace I found in the remote locations. The more capable the vehicle the farther past everyone else I could get.
I have always enjoyed getting out on the trails. But for years I didn't have a vehicle to do that with. Now I have a JKU and I'm loving getting out to do trails again. Thanks to you, Brad, and Bill, from Coddilwomple, I have started a RUclips channel. I have 90 subscribers so far. I doubt I,ll ever get anything close to your level but I'm having fun.
You have a twin who works for Discount Tire in Clarksville TN. Thank you again for bringing us along to some of the most amazing places!
I'm just realizing that there's a whole world of people that get out and do this , I have gone camping as a kid but as I grew up I have just only stayed home and worked all my days , you know corporate world makes you feel like there is nothing else out there but to just work! A couple of years ago I saw the Gabby Piteo news, and the saw the nomad movie. Now I'm trying to learn how to car camp 🏕
I would love to see more. ❤
Would you ever have a meeup or possibly have a tag along ride?
I don't have a rig, but wow some day I would l9ve to be able to be on top of a ridge looking all around at this beautiful place. 👀
I’m sorry mr fuzzy butt passed. I lost my dog in a coyote attack wile camping. Heart is broken!
may be flight markers, this is Gen Patton's training area
my friend this video is why i watch you God bless and RIP Rooster. From New Mexico we send are love.
Exploration has been a driving force for me my entire life. I don't get to go "overlanding" but I do have a day trip range of about 600 miles that I explore Arkansas and Oklahoma, northern Texas and Louisiana. I am always curious about what is around the next corner, over the next hill. Love your content.
I totally get what you’re saying. When I’m with crowds with friends, I have no trouble socializing, talking, swapping stories, etc. However, I prefer my own company, the quiet, solitude. I travel with some people as long as they have the same travel habits as I do, and again in general I would rather travel solo.
The "N - Aztec 0 + 41" was part of an aviation navigational system used a long, long time ago.
FYI - Most areas in Southern AZ that are designated as "rivers" are dry, except for those times that rain falls during the "Monsoon Season."
I like going on trips .. RIP Rooster !
Brutal honesty here, I go out on trails to get away from people. 😆 But also all of my cars before my Pathfinder were cars I never took off of a paved surface. They were lowered and used as such. I guess you could say I have discovered a whole new world and fully intend on exploring every inch of it.
Great video! Thanks for speaking about your faith. I totally agree with you. It takes more faith to believe that all this beauty came about by an explosion rather than being created. Order has never come by an explosion. Only destruction. The extreme complexity of the human body alone speaks of a divine creator. I like the saying, if we evolved from monkeys then why are there still monkeys. :)
Did you get your answers? It’s not built by the Aztecs it’s regarding the air strips out there used by General Paton. They are all over out there with direction for pilots and coordinates
We Love you Matt. Really relate to what you said here
Matt, you have arrived in AZ the best time of the year. I'm a native of AZ 67 years. in the summer heat you would become a prune it gets so hot in the desert. I fallow on your journeys every episode. my see you at PNW Expo if you are attending there .
We will be there!!
Society as a whole needs a butt kickin. Thats why I wheel with a group that we all believe the same and get along. Your 100 percent on point about society as a whole.
Great video Matt!!
Thanks!
My reasons for overlanding are
1. Exploration of something new
2. To enjoy nature's beauty
3. To disconnect and re-energize
Thanks!
Thanks so much!!
Picture rocks and the Grand Canyon are proof of Devine creation. The beauty of God is unlike anything man could create!!! They need to be seen to understand. So that’s really why I want to explore. It brings me closer to the creator.
Great video
Thanks!
Matt! We don’t like people either but we believe we would like you too😂We overland for the beauty and solitude and no people interaction
I believe the Aztec Marker has to do with the training of pilots back during WW2. The name Aztec likely comes from the little area, along I-10 just south of the marker, called Aztec.
The Cactus Wrens singing make me smile.
I thought of you when I heard them and knew you would know what they were. lol
@@OzarkOverlandAdventures I love that part of the country. I usually spend 1-2 weeks in late May early June in that area.
Matt!!!! Dude you aint gonna try to convince us guys thats why your surprising cara. Lol😂
I really just needed a shower. 😂😂😂
If Vanilla Ice and Rainbow Bright had a child.
😂😂😂
Great video! Are you interested in testing some off-road lighting stuff from Suparee?
I am so sorry about your doggo :(
Hi Matt, love the video. I hope you edit this trip into a movie. I enjoyed the scenery and gravel. I to believe in Jesus, Where the Big Bang theory or we’re a colony. Etc….I still have hope in mankind. I Love nature and have that desire for adventure, but my wife doesn’t. It is what is until things in my life change. Right now I’m grateful you’re sharing your adventures as well as some of the other channels I follow. I appreciate you very much . Thank you!🚙
Thanks so much Ahmed!
Think of it if you do go to NYC y'all can head to upstate NYC where y'all can have fun on the trails and head up into Maine and do it
Definitely will!
Bro!! How are you not past the 100K threshold yet!?!?! Step up people, it is just a single click!
just 42 more to go. lol
@@OzarkOverlandAdventures Well, let's get it people! Push Matt over the top. This is an easy ask!
Another great video Matt. Thank you for being open and honest about your faith, so many people have it but hide it and don't share it openly. I knew the first time I saw the tattoo of the verse 1 john 4:10 on your arm you must be a Christian.
What motivates me is getting away from all the noise of everyday life, and like you said a chance to have quiet to be able to connect to God in his creation.
Matt me and my wife love you and we hope to see you at overland expo west we feel the same as you we would be where the sky is blue and the air is clean than being around people. See you soon
We will see you there!!
RIP rooster 😔
Psalm 121:1-2 ❤
Thanks for taking us along, Matt. Do you have any tips or recommendations for overlanding with a dog? What did you find helpful and what's best to avoid? My wife and I have 1 small and 2 medium sized dogs. We'd rather they be with us than boarding at a kennel, unless they'd be safer back at home. Thanks.
Min. 32 👏 👏 👏
Yeah definitely to get closer to God and make some great memories with my family without screens in front of our faces.
Check out the movie Play the Flute… really great inspirational Christian movie 🎥 a lot of great Bible just finished it with my wife before seeing your video
love the videos. i agree with you ppl suck i enjoy the desert but being from the pnw i prefer the trees and rivers.
Strongly identify with the extrovert who would rather just not be around people a lot of the time wide open spaces are where I feel most at ease.
This is a great series. Loving the scenery. But how do you keep the windscreen so clean? I wash my jeep, drive for 5 minutes and have at least 5-10 bugs hit the windscreen. Lol
I go through a LOT of windshield cleaner. lol.
Hahaha, I can imagine.
Always say I'm a people person who doesn't like people, lol! Have no interest in New York as well, people from there seem rude. Sure there's some genuine nice New Yorkers that I haven't has the pleasure of meeting. It's Taz! (The dust devil you saw, lol)
So why do I overland, mostly to go to some place that is on a map. Also to fly fish some place new.
Saguaro saw-war-o
Matt, I have seen a lot of your videos on your modifications on the Gladiator, have you made any modifications to the steering to help with turning the 38x 13.5 you have as my gladiator has those and I find it a bit challenging to turn then if sitting still. Thank you for answering
I still have the factory steering setup. No hydro assist or anything like that. I have added stronger drag link and tie rod.
thanks
Looks your ikamper discount code no longer works :(
Have you guys very thought about Overlanding in Washington State?
definitely!!
I want to see new areas of our beautiful country and at the same time less people. A life in retail sales has me wanting less public areas and more time reflecting on why I choose that. lol.
We don’t deserve dogs, they are way better than people. Some of us look for isolated places because it brings us closer to Jesus, his creation is Holy and just unbelievable. Thank you for mentioning Jesus in your video, that’s why you are my favorite overlander, you get it.
As I'm watching more of this video, I'm like you in I don't like people, as a whole, I have friends but shy away from crowds. You talk of being an extrovert, to hear you, I'd say you're an ambivert. Look it up.
Nor would they use Arabic numerals, such as 41.
she doesnt watch your videos, no tears........disapointed?
Seems like a channel with good information. But watching a 50+ dude with woke hair is too much.
OMG. Woke is not a hairstyle you idiot. It’s a political stance. All you have to do is stop being a judgmental petty person and you can tell from my content I’m a conservative. Be a better human.
Dog mom of 2. I’m so sorry for your loss, from me and my brown speed bumps. Rooster loved the best life possible and you have that to her.
Please tell me where you got your side handles from? I absolutely hate the ones I have and I like yours!!
Grab handles are from Amazon - amzn.to/43Amu05
I added the paracord wrap on them to make them look a little nicer and give a better handle.