hello bloggineers we are at pinnacles
national park and today we're going to
explore the west side of the park
we have our national park passport here
and we're going to put the pinnacle
stamp inside
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this says jagged rock spires and bowler
top cannons tell stories of the
geological past marked by violent
volcanic eruptions and massive
earthquakes
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good job now we're doing the junior
ranger program
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right now we're watching a video about
pinnacles national park
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i'm going to build my own talus cave and
they are firm from free boulder
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yeah
we're at the jawbone parking area
because the chaparral parking is closed
and to hike to the chaparral parking
it's 0.3 miles basically we need to go
there to the start of the cave trailhead
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so
okay
i think we're almost there the thing is
that brother's using all his energy
right now by running so if he crashes
later on the big trail then we're
due here it is
10 seconds later here it is
this hike wasn't bad it felt less than
it was
and uh
and all these cars are here already
that's the full lot we're at the
beginning of the balconies cave trail
it's 2.6 miles out and back
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pinnacles is one of the newer national
parks it was made in national park
during the obama administration and i
believe it's the seventh smallest
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it's it's a slide a little slot
uh
oh my god
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it looks like we're at the entrance of
the cave but it's actually not when you
turn the corner
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we're on the west side of the park and
tomorrow we're going to the east side
there's no road to connect the two sides
though i have to drive all the way
around
also it's been shaded it's been shaded
for the past few minutes and i really
like this weather
apparently you can do some rock climbing
here and go this direction but we're not
today we did do rock climbing before our
white stallion ranch and you can watch
that video up here
i think this is the start of the
difficult section it says flashlights
required low ceiling
and uh i'm gonna put everything away now
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we don't have those flashlight helmet
things so we're just using our phones
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oh
this trail's getting lower and lower
actually yeah this one isn't that bad
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though there might be loose rocks
we're entering the cave
i can't really pass
no actually
careful you can't fall when you're here
oh i won't
not as bad as the last game everywhere
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this cave has water
this is the end of the cave
that's it okay
that's the entire cave we were in and
out in like two or three minutes i
thought it'd be a mile at least
i wish this cave was more difficult and
it was longer just like the one in flag
staff which you can watch that video by
clicking up here
uh
but if besides that it was pretty cool
they have some water and also
uh
some parts do get a bit low so that's
kind of
that trail down there leads to the east
side of the park but we're going up here
to the west side where we parked
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there's some pretty large birds flying
up there and we think those are
california condors because the park is
known for them
we went up so much the uphill is harder
than the cave itself but we got this
great view
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we finished the junior ranger booklet
and now camus is going to swear brother
in
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and that is pinnacles national park west
we hiked the balconies cape trail here
and that's it because the east side has
a lot more hiking options and it's way
more popular overall it is pretty tiring
if you come on a very sunny day but
luckily we did see condors so it kind of
made up for that and i was really
expecting a lot more from the cave it's
like you're in there for two minutes and
it's done all you need for a flashlight
is your phone because it's so short do
not waste money buying one of those
helmet flashlight things don't unless
you already have them
so far this is my least favorite of all
the national parks i think it would be
good as a state park but we haven't been
to the east side so i might change my
verdict on that in our next video we'll
show you the east side bye
bye