"I Couldn't Believe It!" How a Relatively Unknown Book Guided Me to a Remarkable Discovery!
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I hope you enjoyed this adventure! It means so much to me that you spent the time watching it. If you enjoyed this, please consider subscribing. I strive to bring relatively unknown, odd, unique, and special places to you each week from the American Southwest!
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👍How to be a respectful visitor to these places👍
Native American groups still live in this area and beyond today. These places are still special and hold significance.
1️⃣Don't climb on walls or structures. Don't lean on or climb over them. Many places don't even need to be visited up close. View these places from a distance or with binoculars.
2️⃣Do not touch the rock art. Don't touch or create new rock art to preserve ancient stories.
3️⃣ Leave All Artifacts. Leave artifacts and structures undisturbed to maintain their historical significance. It is illegal and wrong to take artifacts. If you want something to take home, support local tribes by buying their handicrafts and jewelry.
4️⃣ Manage Waste Responsibly. Use waste bags; don't leave human or pet waste behind. Don't 'go' near cultural sites.
5️⃣ Camp With Care. Don't camp near historical sites. No fires near these areas, and ensure all waste is packed out. Don't make fires in caves or alcoves. Camp in designated spots only. When you leave, make sure to make the site cleaner and better than when you found it. Pick up extra trash you may see.
6️⃣ Control Your Pets. Don't let pets roam freely near archaeological areas to prevent destruction. Pets are not allowed in or near sites.
7️⃣ Preserve Fragile Areas. Don't disturb fossils and please protect delicate soil and plant life.
8️⃣ Follow Rules. Don't engage in illegal actions such as building cairns, or using climbing gear to access archaeological sites.
9️⃣ Obey Drone Rules and Laws. Numerous locations in the American Southwest and beyond, such as the Navajo Reservation, Wilderness Study Areas, and various restricted spaces, enforce strict drone usage prohibitions. It is crucial to not only honor the legacy of the people who once inhabited these areas but also show respect for the present-day residents and adhere to their local laws, customs and regulations.
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NOTE: I don't claim that I am the first person to "discover" these places. I just find things on Google Earth and want to go see what they are!
I do not claim to be an expert on anthropology, geology, or archaeology. I say that my channel is about "amateur archaeology". I don't have a degree or formal training in archaeology. I am just a hiker who loves to explore and see new things especially the ancient history in the American Southwest. This is what my channel is about. I hope you stick around and explore with me!
I do not give out locations to the places in my videos. I take seriously the responsibility to protect and respect these ancient places. If you do find/visit one of these locations, please visit respectfully. I try my best to hide noticeable landmarks, mountains, and canyons in my videos.
you are a breath of fresh air on the internet, its so cool to go hiking with you!
I used to hike so much before i injured my back and neck, now i have to live vicariously through all you young folk explorers. Nothing like the feeling of finding something you've never seen before hiding just around the next corner.
There was a treat for geology buffs in the rocks the pictographs were painted on. It was several geological folds where the layers of rock were folded and bunched up by the unimaginable pressures of the mountains above as the tectonic plates collided in the ancient geological past.
My kids are obsessed with your videos! Thank you for showing them what real adventures look like 👍👏👍👏🙏
The rushing water sounds so relaxing and beautiful, Thanks for sharing and taking us on a wonderful adventure
What a beautiful place with flowers, waterfalls & rock Art. So amazing.
I love these videos. I'm stuck in a 100 mile radius of my house and this lets me see other places. So amazing!
May I ask why the 100 miles ?
@@pure_awarenessparole limitations.
@@killeralltires Parole? Yikes.
@@pure_awareness my job takes me that far. I don't make enough money to go on vacation anywhere.
2:51 I'm not looking at the waterfall... I'm looking at the best thing to find on a hike....... A CHAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love the waterfall, and the rock art, but did you notice the folded rocks. The geology of that area must be amazing. Very different from your usual sandstone hikes. Thanks for taking us along!❤
Thank you so much for sharing your experiences with us. I hope you know how much I appreciate you taking time to film and edit these.
I completely agree!!
So many reasons I like this video. 1 - It's a trek with you! Your commentary & smiling face always brig joy. 2 - The rock art is incredible, and connects with past generations who lived and loved this land. 3 - The folding of the rocks under the rock art. Imagine the forces needed to fold those layers - or is it volcanic? At any rate, the colorful stripes and swirls surprised me. 4 - The wildflowers. Great video, Thank You.
Those are metamorphic rocks, heated and folded at depth, then brought to the surface by the Sevier and Laramide orogenies, about 100 and then 40 million years ago, respectively.
This was a very different trek with all the greenery and flowers and falls. And of course the pictographs. All in all- Very Refreshing! Thanks.
The colors in that metamorphic rock with the pictographs is incredible
Very nice! Also, thanks for the flower close-ups... I always enjoy those!
I do too.
That's awesome that you take us to a place that you came to enjoy ❤ also I love how you're adding the "Trek Notes"!!
Love a good waterfall hike. Beautiful spot.
I love the respect you have for the environment, as an Australian we are all (mostly anyway) of the same mindset. You found an arrow head! and you left it in place !!! I love your passion and your videos, thankyou.
Who's to say he didn't take it when the video wasn't being recorded?
I'm waiting for him to go full woke and start hugging a tree.
I'm guessing from your post that that is what you'd do.
@@escapedcops08 I probably would have! Something like that! I think more people would get the pleasure from it. Or give it to the local tribe museum (in your will). But no I would not do that in Australia to be honest. Or would I ?? LOL.
Love the sound of the waterfalls.
Wait it's not a raging river to soak his socks, and not a stagnant pool to push the limits of the purifier? Are we sure this is Trek Planner?
I really enjoyed this video. It truly was different but refreshing. Thanks for the hike.
Great change up! Loved the short hike. No danger for you. Thanks for filming this.
More like "Indian Showers". What a gorgeous spot! I love all your outdoor adventures--desert or woodland. 💗
Nice change of pace, my wife and I enjoy all your presentations and look forward to each and every one.
Thank you for yet another great outdoor adventure! Looking forward to the next one!
It's a very beautiful hike. I loved the artwork as well. I really enjoyed this hike.
Nice Walk - nice Flowers - nice Landscape - Brilliant View and Waterfall ! The Rock Art is Outstanding - thank You for taking Us! Many Cheers from Australia !!!!
Lovely hike!! Thanks for taking us to a place where we could possibly follow this time!! We love ALL your stuff!!
Another great video. Appreciate the variety. Thank you!
That was a sweet little hike. Thanks for sharing. Love all your videos.
It's so green and lush. Loved the wildflowers and rocks. Be a great place to go swimming in summer, if there was still any water.
A cool hike! I love that you found these from an old book!
"Indian bathtub?" What a short bath that would be!🥶!!!!
every video you get better . You are going to be a media star some day.
Beautiful hike!. . great time of year with nature's colorful displays, really add a magic quality to it. Thank You
Looks like a wonderful hike into a really serene place, and love the rock art Thanks for taking us along on your journeys
Thank you once again for taking us along!!! I love, love, love seeing nature in all its varied beauty!
Super cool and very pretty....I live in the Desert so seeing a change of scenery is so nice!
Thanks! Great hike and loved the rushing water , waterfall bathtubs, greenery and pictographs!
Another good one. When you announced your destination, it made me think of a movie I once saw, called *_Old Joy,_* where two miserable blokes go on a long miserable walk and then take a miserable bath in some natural rock bathtubs (I think?) before walking home and agreeing never to meet again. It was great 😐 Your adventure was fifty million times better!
Very different. So WET & LUSH. THANK-U ! KEEP ON TREK 'EN ! Enjoyed it very much !😁
❤ love it all, thank you for sharing 🎉
Loved it! Always enjoy seeing ancient Indian art. Great hike!
This footage and the other ones you have provided are awesome. Thanks for sharing all your adventures with us. Being disabled and housebound I love seeing exploring like this. cheers from Australia.
favorite site for exploring the southwest. thank you so much for turning back the pages of time. very interesting. my extended family never miss your adventures ❤️
Hey man, no need to apologize for the content. Those are some really great views & some cool waterfalls. Thanks for taking us there.
This was also very interesting! Thank you for sharing this because many of us won’t get the opportunity to go explore it ourselves so you help us learn new and interesting things about these other hard working industrious cultures! 👍🥳😁
Thank you that was awesome.! Plus it is morning here and pouring down rain just another wonderful time to watch of your videos.!❤
I grew up in Layton Utah, there are fantastic hikes all along the Wasatch front and this is a fantastic time of year for these hikes.
I’m impressed by the folds in the rock.
This is an instant favorite as I live only a few miles up the road. When I can't get out, I love watching your videos, and now you've given me a place nearby that I can share with my kids. Thank you!
Jeff, every video is enjoyable to watch. Thanks for this one.
What a wonderful, and sacred journey, your videography is stunning - Thank You! Another born in 1957 here, your videos bring me along, I very much enjoyed this one and your message is spot on to show respect for these cultures from the past. -May all your journeys be safe ones =
Beautiful! Love the sound of the water. And the pictographs are great! Thanks for the tag along.
I enjoy hiking with you anywhere in the beautiful Southwest. As a retired archaeologist who worked on the Colorado Plateau I do love your trips to the ruins. However, it’s all fun and interesting so do what keeps you enthused and inspired.
I love your content, desert or greenery!
The folds and bands in the rock near the rock art is cool too
What a special place.. Thank you for sharing..
I lived that adventure, pictographs look interesting too. The indian baths look refreshing. Thanks for taking us with you.
Thank you for sharing your treks with us. Love the joy you share with us in nature.
I absolutely LOVED this adventure. As always, thank you for sharing!
This was totally a beautiful hike to a magical place, thank you so much!
Beautiful, informative, brilliant, I enjoyed your video, Thank you 😊
Thanks for taking me to places I'll likely never see in my lifetime! It's so wonderful!
I love the swirly layers in the rocks. Lots of times we see layers but those were so bendy that you could really imagine them being hot and folding over to make the patterns.
Love the newish “Trek Notes”, Jeff…it’s an ‘inclusive touch!’ I’ve also meant to say, the editing is getting crisper! The occasional wild flower shot is beautiful. It is nice to visit a little greener pastures, and the waterfall was great. I can see why that’s a special place for you! Thanks for taking us along!
Your videos are some of the most wholesome on all of KZhead
May God bless you sevenfold for what you bring to people like me who used to hike and because of age and disabilities, can no longer do this. It's especially nice for those who would otherwise never ever see America's beauty if it weren't for your videos. I am amazed and completely impressed at your stamina and mental drive to climb the things you have or walk in places that you have, looked into (dark) caves like you have; *shudders* lol. Thank you, I really do mean THANK YOU for wanting to bring the natural beauty of America into my livingroom!! I feel like I'm right there with ya - hiking around on the Earth. You are a Blessing to thousands, who pray for your safety with every video watched.
This was one of my favorite videos of yours. As a botanist, I am fascinated by the vegetation I see in your videos. The wildlife is a pleasure to see because it is so different from what we have on the East Coast. I loved that you pointed out that you were near the airport, military base and the nearby towns. I am housebound search gmaps to see what areas are like. Not long ago, I researched Ogden, UT because of a plant nursery. I had wondered what the mountains were like. Now I can visualize the area. Looking a still photographs doesn’t do it justice! You pointed out “beautiful Antelope Island.” I looked it up and read some of the history. I will check if you have a video of it. If not, please take your viewers on an adventure there! It has fascinating landscape and the attempt to make it habitable for large families is heartbreaking. I would love to see the gorges that cut up the mountainous area which are populated with wild cherries and elderberries. Thanks for this adventure, Jeff! Well done!
PS. One of the yellow flowers looked like a wild orchid. Does anyone know? I researched Utah orchids: different sources said 16, 21 and 24 varieties grow there. Jeff, you could do a whole trek series on just the orchids. I don’t know how popular they would be but you would definitely have viewership. You should check out what is already online. A series on wildflowers, fruiting trees (and trees in general) and desert plants would get views too. You don’t have to be a botanist to enjoy them. Most of the people I met traveling were hobbyists, not scientists. Same goes for wildlife and birds. If you ever feel like you are running out of trek sites, you can look at your past videos to know what is where to go hunting with a camera. Many of us will follow you anywhere!
That was a really interesting hike! The waterfall & surrounding area was very beautiful! I love going on hikes with you! Your so easy to listen to. Thank you once again for bringing us along! 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for another lovely adventure! Your videos are wonderful for those of us who can't make it to the places you go.
Exquisite topography and rock art.
I am SO happy you stopped to enjoy the view.
Another nice one. You can see erosion has taken some away and it’s sad to imagine that some day they’ll all be gone. Your record of these are now there forever. 👍🏻🏴🇬🇧
What a beautiful place u live. Exciting to know that people lived there so many years before too
I'm 103 years old and can't get out as much as I used to, so it's wonderful to follow your videos as you visit all the places listed on GJ Hikes and Road Trip Ryan.
No offense, Dennis, but I do my own research :-) Just like you use google earth, so do I
That big wall with all the pictographs at 7:20 is so amazing
I just got in from the local trails myself, found this and clicked lol. Nice way to wind down. I love nature, no matter the scenery. In my state, we boast about being the only state that contains all the diff. ecosystems. And we do! Someplace or thing for everyone, you just gotta get out and DO IT. I notice how bummed I feel to walk inside the house, after being out in nature lol. Really really enjoyed the video!
What a beautiful, relaxing view! Man! That’d be a great place for a lawn swing & a good book!
Thanks for showing us where you go. It's very beautiful ❤
Very cool. Did you notice the petrified log in the Indian Baths around 9:28? Sure looks like petrified wood to me. Nice panels and I especially like your petroglyph app. That really brings out a lot. Too bad these sites weren't valued more. They are all part of our history and there were/are people who are still trying to hide what happened to the Indigenous People. I love when I can follow along on Google Earth too. Thanks for taking us along. I'm one of the people who travel through people like you because I can't walk anymore. Just being able to see these places again and new places means a lot to me and I think it does to others too by the comments. Happy travels! 😊
I love all the variety that Utah has to offer. So many different extremes! I am too far away to get there often, yet I’ve been there many times, to many different parts. Thank you for sharing! 🙏
I think anything you can do, any walk, any adventure is that little bit of escapism we all crave and follow you for every step of the way…
I love the waterfalls! The rock art is interesting too.
Loved seeing all the wildflowers especially the yellow orchids..the painting looked like a jack rabbit. Very cool.. Nice area to explore more.
Love all of your videos! Thank you for sharing your adventures with us.
Love the more lush landscape... It's more like I'm used to in our Colorado mountains.
Absolutely beautiful! The mountain scenery was so refreshing to see. Thank you for sharing this unique site, and loved the changeup from the desert, even though I thoroughly your desert postings.
Very Nice! I was a Outdoors Man before the Legs gave out We didn't have Cell Phones to Record what We saw Now it's a Memory only My Last Outing - Was The Last One Going down the hill was easy, Trying to come back up Took Me Hours - I was Beat by the time I reach the Top I Can't Do it... thx for the Adventure's
I really appreciate your videos.
This was amazing. Thank you so much. Different yes but just as beautiful.
You never disappoint. 😊😍
Thanks for showing us this hike, Jeff! The people of the Salt Lake area enjoy the same good fortune we do here, near Denver: easy access to some really lovely hikes in the surrounding mountains.
Really love your videos. I love exploring, especially historic places. I’m north of 70 years old now and I can’t go where you go anymore. Life just hasn’t given me enough time. You have a talent for making videos that make me feel as if I am with you. So I feel as if I can still go exploring too! It’s good you don’t think you have to narrate constantly and I love that. Just hearing you walking and the calming, natural sounds of the outdoors is enough a lot of the time. So thank you young man. You do a great and honorable job. Please keep it up. I have a KZhead channel for Ham Radio: W5FIV Texas Radio. You can go there and see who I am. All the best, Jim
This was super cool, being outside of the dessert and seeing the rock art ...and waterfalls never disappoint! Thanks for sharing!
Sorry desert
I loved this adventure! I’m up in Northern Utah and love to see areas that remind me of home. Thank you!
I love these types of adventures. I live in extreme Northern California in Humboldt County and hiking through the redwoods is very eye opening. Several first-nation tribes still live in our region and most of the "easy" treks are well maintained by the state. Hopefully one day you and your family will be able to visit. God bless your adventures.
Really beautiful place ❤. Thx for makeing these videos ❤️👋🇫🇮
Very cool. It is basically in my back. It makes me feel awesome. The Femonts were so close to where I've lived for 60 years. Thanks!
I love your videos. Thank you so much for bringing them to us.
Trek the Planner with another great educational wonderful relaxing video. Thanks
What a beautiful, green trek! I love your usual videos because it's such a contrast to what's around here in Missouri, but this was beautiful!
Thats beautiful, you can almost sence them there playing relaxing cooling off.