in today's video we're at the Grand Wash Trail in Capitol Reef Utah and
we're going to teach you everything that you need to know before you go...
Hey you guys! Thanks for joining us on another journey. Today we're at Capitol Reef National Park
in Utah. If you're new to the channel this is April
and I'm Wayne. So sit back, relax and enjoy the journey! What up my friends my YouTube friends
if you're out here on the Grand Wash something that you really want to pay attention to
it doesn't happen that often but if there are storms in the area do not come on this trail do
not even come down Grand Wash road yeah it it is dangerous because flash floods happen that's what
created this beautiful wash that we're in this is a good warm-up and it's definitely warm over
here duck behind get some shade you hear how much you're echoing the acoustics in here are so crazy
because like i'm hardly talking but i can hear my echo across the way right like that man can
hear me as clear as if he were standing right here because of the acoustics and
that'd be cool if you had like a orchestra or something down here just playing in this canyon
oh my god that'd be so amazing isn't it incredible being here how does it make you feel Wayne i can't
even describe it you just feel small and why is that so appealing do you think it's so different
than anything you get in your normal day life and you know what for me it regrounds me like oh yeah
it reminds me of my significance and my insignificance on this planet but it's a good
feeling it's not like a negative thing it's like the majesty and grandeur of mother freaking nature
can't get enough--so massive--it's addictive this world is so ever changing that's the crazy part
it's oxygen for the soul oxygen for the soul that's a good way to put it
right that reprieve you get in the shade and it's like so much cooler wow
the shade makes it even more amazing give you an idea of the canyon that we're in
comment below and tell us what's one of your most favorite places that helps you feel grounded
and is oxygen for your soul and if you've never experienced it what are you going to do next to
try to experience it in the Navajo language Capitol Reef translates into land of the sleeping rainbow
i thought that was kind of a cool fact and i saw that online the other day
we've been coming out the Capitol Reef for quite some time now
and give you a little tip on the Grand Wash Trail
you don't need to do the whole trail just do the first what is it mile and a half roughly
yeah just go to the Narrows it's perfect any more than that it's just too long
but what's nice about this trail is it's flat i think it only has an elevation gain of like 200
feet you never never even notice the elevation gain unlike a lot of the trails in Capitol Reef
and they're all amazing right now yeah it is it almost makes me feel like moonlight
with through my sunglasses well look i mean just look at the layers of the wash that we're in
Capitol Reef National Park is my favorite park and the reason it is is because it doesn't have
the crowds it has at Zion or Arches or even Bryce Canyon Yellowstone oh yeah definitely
nothing like that these are so cool oh yeah the beehives i don't even know what you're calling but
little arches two holes see the big defining line crack there's another one yeah it's just
the different layers of the earth but it's harder and softer rock it's crazy that it's so defined
normally it blends especially because this is so old so it's just crazy to see it more defined like
man-made almost what's your favorite national park favorite in Utah or favorite favorite
favorite in general you would say that Capitol Reef is your favorite overall i really like
Capitol Reef because of the no crowds yeah the rock formations are different you still got arches
you still got everything that you have in all the other parks it's it's more rugged too it's almost
more natural like yes it's not as developed commercialized it's not disney world whenever
you're in any of the national parks always try to stay on the trail that way you're not killing the
environment there's just so many people that visit these places it can seriously destroy
the difference between the Narrows in Capitol Reef and the Narrows at Zion national park is
there's no water in this one you get to walk up a stream in
Zion bring lots of water oh my god it's so hot what do you think about the Narrows
very very cool and shade yes just very nice it's at least 20 degrees cooler
but it's very cool it makes you oh you know yeah you're in it you are in it to win it
in it to win it can you imagine being in this canyon and a flash flood comes
in are you asking me yeah i can't hardly hear you over the rock rock crunch slushle slushle rock rock crunch
can you imagine being in this slot canyon and a flash flood happens hell no that'd be so scary
oh yeah like insanely scary this is cool we got to go back here and check this out for real
yeah i mean it's a trail there's thousands of footprints there was no one blocking it off so
we got about three quarters of the way back to the car and realized i lost my polarizer on my camera
if you don't know what that is it's like a little sunglass that you put on the lens
to uh not make the sun so harsh are we too dark you think i can take the polarizer off yeah
maybe the polarizer will look better maybe the polarizer will look better without it on
yeah and i have no other polarizers with me today
now we're on the hunt to see if we can find it on rocky trail hey y'all
here i sit in the Narrows of Capitol R national park Wayne just freaked out because
i guess he lost his polarizer so i'm gonna sit in the shade and wait for him to try and find it
well it made it back to the narrows and so far i have not found it
we did go about a half mile past the narrows and i did have the polarizer off so i'm gonna
go back there and see if it's there i hope it is because we got like three more days here
really neat thing about being out in the desert is you wouldn't think you would find
all these different species of flowers out here but everywhere we turn there's beautiful flowers
i mean there's not an overabundance of them but when you do see them they're magnificent
i found him yep i kept looking for the spot where i had actually taken the polarizer off and somehow
i missed it and he walked all the way to the other parking lot without water yeah like an idiot
luckily April came to my savior right and that's what i'm trying to say is that you
should know better i didn't think i was going to go that far he should know better
than to ditch me because i have eagle eyes and i am very good i was just trying to keep you
out of the sun i know and i appreciate that but--and we have not found the polarizer yet
unfortunately lost the polarizer but got to do some amazing hiking back and forth
on the same trail... We want to thank you guys for watching our video all the way to the end.
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