Here's the yellow gas funnel thing I show in the video if you're interested: amzn.to/3RODZW7. And I hope everyone has a great Christmas! Cassie, Bowser, and I are just relaxing at home for the holidays, and it's great. What are you up to? Are you going adventuring, or are you relaxing? -Tristan

@chocolatemonk

6 ай бұрын

Over Halloween I drove from AZ to DC and back. I saw 7 national parks. White Sands, Guadelupe, New River, Smoky Mtn, down to Rio Grande. I am still recovering but I know my friend just bought land near Heber AZ. So I plan on visiting him around XMas. It's vibe is kinda the same as the area of Utah you were in except there are no ponds nor grasses but there is a canyon big enough to give vertigo surrounded by desert tundra

@barythompson4781

6 ай бұрын

Favorite parts: Window Rock and that amazing campsite at the end. Truly a “gem”!

@dasbill59

6 ай бұрын

Excellent content. Probably my favorite so far. Relaxing with fam and friends in Podunk South Carolina until late Feb to return long term to points West. Utah camping heaven is on my list. Merry Christmas, Tristan! 🎄🎅

@JessicaFerri-um4hf

6 ай бұрын

Beautiful location. The geodes are nice. Relaxing at 'home' (#rentedroomlife) for the holidays. Merry Christmas to you Tristan and Cassie and puppy🎄✨

@tm8747

6 ай бұрын

to make your life easier , use a transmission funnel instead of that little junk funnel or filler tube, . the transmission funnel runs around 5.00 its made for the small openings i use it, it works great, all so, look up the you tube chasnnel on installing a valve stem in the rear of the 5 gal can using a coat hanger wire,( screw on tight one)? and in the plastic or metal ( which i prefer ) valve stem cap, drill a hole in the top of the cap about 1/8" to relief the pressure that gasoline builds up, , inside the valve stem i insured a small nail that fits in the valve stem cap , and if forces the fuel down in the can and acts like a pressure relief valve in the cap. , and it prevents the fuel to spill out in traveling down the offroad, bumps!!! p.s. merry christmas to you and the family

I like how you are a real deal explorer and not a instagram overlander. You value functionality, reliability and actual usefulness over being flashy and outfitting your truck with flashy accessories that you’ll never use/don’t need.

The older I get, the more I love being in the desert. I really crave the stillness. To be in a wide open space and experience complete silence is one of my favorite things in the world. Thanks for sharing this place!

Geodes are just like humans. You don't know the beauty until you look inside. I enjoy mountains and forests, but the desert has it's own unique beauty. Most people will never experience that quiet solitude you speak of. I enjoyed the beauty of the landscape, the history lessons, and especially that campsite. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

@SUVRVing

6 ай бұрын

I like that analogy! And thanks, Merry Christmas to you and yours 🎄

@BreakOutOfTheAlgorithm

6 ай бұрын

💯🙏🏽💞 Best comment. 👍

@jefferyedwards5003

6 ай бұрын

Understand, you never know what is inside someone until you open them up!

@susanshearer6106

3 ай бұрын

Your comment brought tears to my eyes. So true. Beauty is on the inside. Thank you.

@ssteele1812

Ай бұрын

Hopefully, no one is cracking open humans to reveal the beauty inside.

Greetings from Serbia! I just wanna let you know that you have fans (at least 1) even over here!

Love this country ! I'm 66 , never been outside the US , never wanted to be anywhere else . We got it all , mountains , prarie , beautiful beaches , desert , rain forest , whatever you love about nature , we got it . If you hate nature and crave big cities and the hustle and bustle , you got it . I'm a nature guy so I enjoy taggin along on your adventures . Thanks again for sharing 👍👍

What's interesting about Lake Bonneville is that it didn't just evaporate. A natural dam on the north side at Red Rock Pass gave way and a huge wall of water (410 ft. high) flooded north into the Portneuf River valley and eventually into the Snake River and Columbia River.

@michelmoss7559

6 ай бұрын

So true! I buy my salt from Bonniville, raced there for years, spend 2 weeks on the salt flats then you know dry! lol what I really wanted to say was the Columbia river and gorge were created from the collapse of the ice dam holding back the melted ice sheet at the end of the Younger Dryas. Just as Bonniville Lake did to the Snake River

My father-in-law worked at Dugway Proving Ground in the mid 50s. We love to visit Utah and certainly enjoy it when we find ourselves in campgrounds or on trails with few or no people. We have learned to get out early in the morning to explore the places we find ourselves in. Now that we are pushing 70 with health issues, we will never see this part of Utah. Thanks for sharing it with us.

I get it. The calm. Quiet. Stillness. I crave and enjoy that as well. You described it perfectly as , frozen in time. The no people/noise is what I crave. I'm in Maine so lots of green, animals, water (nature noises) makes me feel the same. Love your videos! Thanks again for another great one

@SUVRVing

6 ай бұрын

I'd like to go Maine at some point. I feel like I'd like it there. Thanks for watching, Kristen!

@kimdagnillo8246

5 ай бұрын

That’s exactly why I bought a little lot in Maine. Going to make it my home base. Utah is just where I’m going to explore first once I get out there.

@michaeldennison436

5 ай бұрын

Lived in Southern Maine mostly my whole life (almost 72) except for some traveling in the US and Canada. Unlimited number of things to see around this great vast country. In 2017 we spent 10 days exploring Utah (unreal and we had to move on as Utah wasn't even on our itinerary ha ha). For a better chance of solitude in Maine go North and /or West in the state. Safe travels.

The only time I was in that west desert area was some years ago, just south of where you were, coming from Nevada to go to the U-Dig fossils site, a fee-mining area near Swasey Peak that features amazing trilobites. I spent a day digging there and found a good array of them that I still enjoy looking at. Another memory of that day was being surprised by a small herd of the wild horses that came running up behind me on the dirt road near the quarry area. They flew past me and disappeared around a ridge! I, too, love that remote quiet and vastness out there. Long views of empty space give my soul peace.

A beautiful, peaceful area in Utah. Thank you for sharing. I love hiking and traveling virtually with you every Saturday morning.

@SUVRVing

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for tagging along every Saturday morning! 😁

@carolguezen5829

6 ай бұрын

Each place has its own special magic…the desert is equally magical as a forest drenched in fog or a mountain peak breaking through the clouds. Ever place you have explored and shared with us is filled with magic.

Window peek looks like a great place for star gazing

I love how you absorb the beauty of this area. I was born and raised in Arizona, but lived 35 years in lush green Switzerland. When walking on our little dusty South mountain here in Phoenix I often send a picture it to friends in Europe and I am sure they think how bare and ugly this area is, but not for me. I love the cotton ball quietness of these areas, but the vibrations of the energy where you are.

Looks like the perfect place to get completely away, and spend time meditating, exploring, praying, studying, etc. etc. etc 👍 😊

@SUVRVing

6 ай бұрын

You're exactly right! Thanks for watching, Ric.

I LOVE your videos and will be eternally indebted to you for posting the coordinates of the places you visit. This series looks especially interesting to me as I hope to visit Utah at some point and this type of remote area speaks to me. I also appreciate your grocery store sandwich and not boring us with your $3000 kitchen setup in the back of your $10,000 rig, as seems to be the craze with these so called overlanders. Many thanks!

@hoppes9658

6 ай бұрын

I’d never give that up. Next would be used tires and some commune of off grid sun worshippers.

@flyguy2021

6 ай бұрын

He gives you the names of most of the places. There’s this nifty new thing called Google

@flyguy2021

6 ай бұрын

Can’t use a siphon to get the gas higher than the can…

@user-qb1fe2nd6t

5 ай бұрын

I agree with yaglan . I don`t really care what you eat or how you cook/don`t cook it . Watching to find new places to explore and hear your reasons for going there . If the desert wasn`t dry , challanging to visit , it would be full of people

I get what you mean about the desert... it may look desolate, but it has it's own rugged beauty, I love it! The geology is laid bare, which to me is fascinating. I love finding geodes or digging for crystals, or fossils. I was in southern Spain last week and tried to get tickets for Geoda de Pulpi, but couldn't get in.... now that's a geode....

We used to hunt duck at Fish Springs in the 1970s. They had a limit on the number of hunters. Also hunted Chukar to the west in the hill. We collected pine nut cones in the Thomas Range. We did a lot of rock hounding from geodes to topaz a Topaz Mountain. And there are the Trilobite beds. Lake Bonneville drained in a catastrophic dam break at Red Rock Pass in SE Idaho around 14,000 years ago. The flood washed out through what is now he Snake River. Love that area of Utah where I lived off and on as a kid in Grantsville. Did a lot of hunting and camping there i he 1960s and 1970s. Thanks for the video.

I’m so happy I found your channel today. I am so overwhelmed at the growth here in Florida, rude people, and all the waste and lack of loving our planet. Thank you for bringing this beauty to us….love ❤ it!

It seems that you were nearly speechless trying to express your sense of awe in this landscape. I, too am enthralled when there. Thank you for the beautiful video, the history, and especially for sharing your sense of wonderment.

@pattyweiland4882

5 ай бұрын

I love how you describe your feelings& thoughts! Felt similar in my earlier backpacking days when out west, from Ohio! Do you think if you were an older woman, that you'd feel confident & safe doing solo exploring in western Utah these days? Thank you!!!

Not empty to me. Gorgeous colors and stillness! Every trip doesn’t have to have crazy action.

White Noise. No idea where I heard it but I use it to describe real Solitude. I experienced 17 days with no human contact in Navada. Saw maybe 3 or 4 vehicles off in distance. It was beautifully insane, wake up one morning and it's like driving down a rough road then stopping, road noise gone, absence of engine running. But ...louder. I had broken my camera earlier or it simply failed, but I wasn't even concerned about getting the shot. I dont know how to explain it or define it. Like so many other commented, the desert is just another form of Beauty. Absence of Judgement allows me to experience it fully. Northern woodlands, oceans. Mountains. Warm fuzzies and a smile stuck on my face. Thank you Tristan for your continued reminder of what is available. May You and Yours have the Best Christmas possible! New sites and Tight lines, Bro.

We love the vastness and beauty of the desert too! Full of different colors and a surprising amount of wild life!

I'm with you Tristan. I enjoy that type of rolling desert terrain with the surrounding mountain ranges. Also, that campsite was epic. What a gorgeous spot, especially with the sun setting.

Stunning landscapes in the west desert.

Spent the holiday relaxing, with our elderly pet who is late in life, thanks for entertainment. I also love the West and the desert solitude. I do miss seeing wildlife in these places when I get out far. I hike the Sierra also and am sadly surprised how I only see a few birds over miles of terrain. I'm sure there is more at night. I imagine 300+ years ago the buffalo, wolves, bears, etc. would have been a sight to see in the West.

The vastness and isolation are a magical beauty for the desert.

Tristan, I think this was one of your best videos. Like you, I prefer the solitude. Sitting cliffside having dinner and watching the sunset. It doesn't get much better than that.

I always love the desert , that quiet and stillness, it’s good for the soul…..

As someone who is clausterphobic the wide open desolate places give me great calm. My wife doesn't understand.

Great entrance shot, your narration while walking up to the camera from a great distance was really cool.

Thanks for sharing your experience, Tristan! That gas "funnel" could also help prevent damage to the vehicle evap system from a little known cause. Near the top of the fuel filler tube is an overflow outlet to prevent spillage. It connects to the charcoal cannister, which absorbs and recycles vapors which would otherwise escape into the air. Sending liquid fuel that direction quickly starts degrading this function and can lead to contamination of the connecting lines elsewhere in the system, ultimately tripping trouble codes and the dreaded "check engine" light. Not fun -- and many technicians lack the skill to correctly diagnose and fix the issues.

Sitting on top of WINDOW ROCK, would be amazing. I love the absolute vastness, you show. I totally, get where your coming from. Thanks & continue what you do.

Incredible area, so beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

You are right! There is a stark beauty to the area. Also, being the only person for miles and miles is, in it self awesome ‼️

I think it's beautiful out in these wide open places you show us. I am much more drawn to places like this than wooded places. But to each his own. Thank you for all the great places you've shown

You definitely capture the beauty and stillness of the desert.

Your soliloquy on top of Window Rock went straight to my heart. While I was listening to you speak, all I could think was; Yes, I too could spend time up there alone and enjoy the environment and how I enjoy so much what your share with all of us. The West has always spoken to me ever since I went out there on a Boy Scout trip, and I so want to return. Thank you. -Chris 🚙⛰️

Really enjoy your travel and adventure videos! I think it is because of your narration and story telling style. I feel like I’m right there seeing and learning the same things you are explaining. Of course that’s not the case but it shows how real your videos are to your viewers. Thank you!

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I find beauty in all areas but especially places I can see for miles and miles, like this place you are at.

Thanks for the video Tristan! I'm a rockhound who lives in Arkansas, and my channel is mainly about rockhounding in this area. The Dugway Geode pit is an area that has had my interest for a little while, and somewhere that I hope to one day get to visit. Thanks for the video and the tour around the area for this video!

That was a great little video. Lots of cool stuff and lots of fun was had. And beautiful landscapes as always.

I said out loud as I sit alone “thank you God for such beauty”. Thanks for bringing such beauty to us who are unable to visit.

I do agree on your attitude that everything is so still out there and most of all amazingly beautiful. The desert is my place to be as well.👍

Solitude and unknown destinations. 100% my kind of channel. Tristan, you are the best. 😊👍🏻🙋🏼‍♀️

I love the vast open space, relaxing for your mind & soul!

Its amazing that theres so much land with no people. 🦌💌❤️🙏👍

Just found this channel. I love that you include geological and historical info. So many travel type channels leave this stuff out. I'm especially interested in the geological stuff. Like the ancient shores of lake Bonneville. Yes, the wide open desert country is like no other. Something about seeing a vast piece of the world, and yet having silence and solitude. It's truly sublime.

@SUVRVing

5 ай бұрын

I'm glad you found the channel! Thanks for watching!

Beautiful country that we have blessed to have in abundance in the country! Thank you for taking us along!

Appreciate those drone shots following your SUV 🚙 the technology available to regular people is amazing

I can tell he loves the vast "western" scenery and I'm with him. I love alpine stuff just as much, but at the same time, there's something about the "high" desert stuff that some people get and some don't. I feel I could go hiking with this guy and we'd be on a similar wavelength.

Thanks Tristan for another great year of fantastic travel videos. Your epic landscape cinematography has taken me to places I would have never gone. Have a great Christmas and successful New Year.

Hands down the best action travel KZread channel that I follow. Thanks for the amazing videos and interesting places.

I really enjoyed this. Such starkly beautiful country!

Very nice intro scene. Network ready. You're framing is very nice on many of your shots and the subjects are beautiful with great story telling.

Thank you for saying Nevada correctly. Always good to see your videos. Merry Christmas.

Hi Tristan, your description of the amazing beauty of nature, the boundless expanses, and the amazing landscape really resonates with me! I share the same feelings and couldn't have articulated it any better! Thanks!

In my younger years, my uncle was a high school and college football coach and in his off-season, he travelled all over West Texas and into New Mexico. He always referred to those areas as a God-forsaken wilderness. I had been exposed to the Great AMerican Desert when I was about 10 or 11 years old and I was always fascinated by it and loved all the beauty of it all. Every time my uncle went into a tirade, I’d have to leave the room and get somewhere where I could revisit my memories of the desert and I’d just shake my head why trying to understand his mindset. Just a little something to raise a little chuckle from you and your channel members. “Ol’ Scooter” down in East Texas…

Ohhhh, a new serene place of Utah to explore for myself. I'm like you , I crave the quiet desert spaces. The beauty, vastness, and stillness are unbelievably amazing.

My most memorable West Desert experience occurred in 2008ish. Due to weather conditions being favorable for a population explosion of jack rabbits, we watched at night while the owls swooped upon their prey, the rabbits. Some of the owls had a wingspan at least as wide as my vehicle. It was an unforgettable site seeing these birds of prey soaring & flapping their wings as they swooped down to lift all sizes of jack rabbits & effortlessly carry them off. I LOVE the desert too & agree with your assessment of how the world stands still where you are. Just the sound of the wind & an occasional critter or bird.

That looks so awesome! That is exactly the kind of spot that inspired us to get our camper in the first place. Hopefully someday soon we'll be able to head out west. So glad you share your adventures to inspire us. Super jealous and love getting to experience this through your lens while we wait. We have lots of beautiful green around here, but like you, I think we'd find that stunning.

My life feels like places like that and I do find beauty in it.

I love the beauty and vastness of the desert, I see why you love it so much.

Howdy Tristan, thanks for another fun video. The siphon you showed us previously works great with my Ram 2500 …I put the 5 gallon gas can on top of my tonneau cover and by tilting the can I’m able to get most of the gas out.

it cleans the body and soul to be at places like that, and you are right most humans just dont get it

@SUVRVing

6 ай бұрын

Well said!

Im 61 yrs.old I solo road trip too i have the Jerry can for gas haven't use it yet.thanks for the idea.😊

I totally agree, i LOVE the desert. I live in Vegas, and i love exploring the area. Great job on this video, music, editing. You hit a homerun.

Bird guy here. Early in the video you can hear Horned Larks vocalizing. Your small wading bird is in the genus Tringa; could be a Greater Yellowlegs (my initial guess), or a Lesser Yellowlegs or a Solitary Sandpiper. The waterfowl seen the closest look like American Coots; not sure about the more distant ones, but I suppose they could be coots as well. We gotta get you more magnification: a longer lens might be heavy and expensive, but think of the viewers! 🙂 Your tiny-Tristan-dwarfed-in-a-huge-landscape drone shots always remind me of Caspar David Friedrich, an artist in the late 1700s/early 1800s who was part of the rise of German Romanticism. Friedrich would have loved your videos. As do I! Thanks.

After hearing how you feel about the remoteness and natural beauty of the desert it reminded me of an experience I had as a young man,(I am 76 now), I was traveling cross country with my parents from our home in Florida to California in the early 1960's. We had stopped to visit Carlsbad Caverns and we were at a high overlook.From where we stood large expanses of desert were seen. There was another traveler looking at the same view that we were and she commented to my Mother saying "Isn't that Beautiful"?! And so as not to sound rude, my Mother agreed. But later when we were alone she said to my Dad,"Can you believe that she thinks that is beautiful"? It was years later when my parents traveled in retirement that she came to see the desert the same way that woman saw it and she realized how beautiful it is. The desert is something that most people who grew up in the eastern part of the country have to learn to appreciate. I have lived in Utah for well over forty years now and, like you I like the mountains but I also love the desert and have spent much time with father and my wife in the west desert. I have a brother who still lives in the east and he is convinced that the mountains of Utah are devoid of any trees. And I am sure he probably thinks even less of the desert here. I am not inclined to change his mind or anyone else because like you I also like the lack of people in these areas. Their loss...our gain. GREAT VIDEO. Thank you.

I grew up in Colorado and my family did a ton of driving throughout the west. My favorite was when we headed south toward the Great Sand Dunes and New Mexico. I loved the endless expanse of desert in Arizona and Utah as well. We would drive for miles, and see no one. The big blue sky would light up distance mountains with shadows and sage. It’s such an empty calm feeling; impossible to describe to others. Not everyone understands it.

Ex Salt Lake resident who has many fond memories of the west desert. Best part of this segment: Seeing Tristan with his folks. Always endearing.

My first time to watch one of your videos. How peaceful it is. I'm subscribing. :)

i enjoy the desert mostly on my dirt bike but your right the stillness and solitude are awesome.

Very best wishes to you, Cassie and Bowser for a magnificent 2024

Interesting place. Thanks again for sharing!

Having been born in the northwest mountains of New Jersey and living most of my life in the lush green of northern Kentucky, I get sick of green. The absolute vastness of Utah and most of the west just gives me such utter peace. It’s stunning and the voids do not fill me with already, but more curiosity about what lies down each valley and mountain. Thanks for showing more its beauty!

Just keeps getting better👍🏼 thank you!

Magnificent! What a treat to be able to share your experience in this amazing place! I have never been to Utah & it is on my wish list (short version). What astounds me (to some extent) is that there is a road through all of it. Maybe it was constructed when people were doing some mining in the area? Glad it was there!

I live in Ohio but from Los Angelos and I think I’m supposed to live in that area! Lol! I totally agree that the stillness and being able to see vast distances over quiet beautiful mysterious lands has to be such a great privilege. I wish I had your job. Lol Keep up the great “ Work”??? Lol I am vicariously living the dream.

As a native Nevadan I absolutely love the desert. Nevada is very similar to western Utah and it is wonderful!

For some of us, it's great to be alone in a lonely place. I've enjoyed the backcountry hikes at Chaco Canyon on numerous occasions where that solitude is readily at hand. Here in Oklahoma, there's a place called Gloss Mountain State Park which is simply a small butte where one can climb to the top and enter another "mini-world". Very cool. Love your videos, many thanks for posting them. BTW, love your drone shots in this video.

Beautiful! I could see spending many days and nights in a place like this. Love your videos!

@SUVRVing

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Joe!

Thank you so much for your videos I look forward to them every week!!

Loved it! Thanks

I get it ! Thanks for your videos. My wife and I pick places to go from your videos.

Another fun and interesting video adventure. Your descriptions of and reflections on the area were completely wonderful.

The ancient shoreline at 15:44 shows a discontinuity. The left side is some feet lower than the right side of the shoreline. This has been caused by fault movement, perhaps associated with earthquakes, over the centuries.

I used to be one of those people that only liked forests or coastal areas but since watching your vids I have really come to appreciate the unique beauty of these landscapes, thank you!

I love the mountain desert! Most beautiful terrain! Thanks for sharing the wonderful views!

I love the forest and the trees so much but there is something about the solitude of the bare mountains too ! Again you took me somewhere I may never get to go but if I get the chance oh boy I will do it !!!!! thank you !

Thanks for sharing; we love exploring the remote areas and not seeing anyone, too! I enjoy your drone shots!

Like those kind of scenery places ...like deserts ...beautifull 👍

Harsh country but beautiful epic content greetings from South Africa

An amazing adventure. I love those spots where’s nothing to see but you can’t take your eyes off of it.

Beautiful area. Loved the wetlands with the birds. Awesome campsite.

Love it all!😊

Merry Christmas, Tristan, and thanks for a year of wonderful Saturday morning hikes. I hope you'll give us another year of adventures. charlie, sacramento CA

Love your insights as to what makes this place so special for you. Such a beautiful area, and so remote!

One of my favorite places as well. It's tough to beat the peace found in the west desert.

Another wonderful video, Tristan! Really appreciate you sharing all these videos. @ 29.02, what a spectacular location to be able to drive to and camp at. It's all an amazing area and so under appreciated/unknown.

Inspirational. Thanks my friend.