- Hey, good morning everybody
and welcome to the Vlog.
We are on our last day of our adventure.
We're in South Dakota and yeah, that's a bear right there.
And it's going to be an amazing day
which is going to adventure a bunch of stuff,
just going to see bear elk,
you know whatever we come across.
And then we're off to Mount Rushmore.
And then we're going to check out some dinosaur stuff too.
It's going to be an amazing last day of this adventure,
cannot wait to share it with you guys.
So what do you say we push our problems aside
for the next 15 minutes and have an amazing day.
(gentle music)
I always loved stopping at any kind of little attraction
that has has animals in it.
So it's pretty cool.
This place isn't far from Mount Rushmore
and it's got to get it's has got a little wolves over here,
it's got bears, it's got--
- Look it was a badger.
- Oh it's got a badger?
- Hey guys look, a badger
(chuckles)
- It's this space is so cool man.
It's, again I love places like this.
It's a, it's just a perfect day too.
It's a little bit chilly,
not too bad, beautifully sunny out here.
Definitely a great way to end this amazing trip so,
but we still have more to go here guys.
This is, this is definitely a lot of fun.
(gentle music)
Guess what guys
- What's up dude
We're off to Mount Rushmore
(group cheer)
(chuckles) I've been wanting to see this place
since I was a kid man, this is going to be so dope.
I can't wait.
So next stop. What are they?
- Mount Rushmore, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,
Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
- That's right baby.
- He was in history class (chuckles)
(gentle music)
- Brian, where are we at?
- We're at Mount Rushmore. Ridiculous.
Look at this!
So we're here at Mount Rushmore and I tell you what,
I'm going to be totally honest with you.
You know, how a lot of people hype things up
and you think like
it's probably going to be a little underwhelming,
like I'm going to be disappointed.
Well, not at all.
I mean, it's actually overwhelming,
way cooler than that could've ever expected.
Absolutely wonderful man. This is so cool.
We're getting as close as we could possibly get,
but I'm already blown away.
Noah, how's the trip been man.
Last day of the trip. What do you think?
- Tired? - [Brian] You're tired?
- Yeah, and a little hungry.
- [Brian] And a littler hungry (laughs)
- But this is cool.
- [Brian] But it's been amazing isn't it been?
- Yeah, it's been really cool.
- As we wrapping up this long trip on this last day
it's been so memorable, so many different things.
The only thing that I wish I had a day like today
seeing Mount Rushmore in the background is that,
I wish Lori was here to share with me
because I know she would really appreciate it.
So definitely we gonna have to come back
and you know, there's been some advantages
to kind of traveling during this weird time
when not a lot of people around.
I'm sure normally this place is packed
and there's virtually no one here.
So we've been blessed.
There's no doubt about it.
We've been as safe as we possibly can
and taking every precaution we could possibly take.
But this is, this is amazing.
This is truly, truly breathtaking.
And I realized that you can't really experience
what I'm experienced by standing here
but I'm hoping that you guys
are at least feeling some of that emotion
because it's absolutely incredible.
(gentle music)
So this is the closest you can get
without climbing these rocks.
And there's signs out here that say
" If you climb these rocks, you get six months in jail."
So I was trying to talk Anthony into it,
but he wouldn't do it.
(sighs heavily)
It would've been worth the shot. Wouldn't it?
(soft music)
All right, guys, this is a treat for me.
I mean, my love of reptiles started with these.
My love of dinosaurs
and this place is world famous for dinosaurs.
I mean unbelievable.
I wasn't sure we were going to able to actually get here
because they were closed because of COVID until today.
They just literally opened up today.
So we're basically the only ones in here
getting a chance to run around
and seeing these amazing fossils.
Oh my gosh. This is incredible.
(gentle music)
(sighs) As we're kind of wrapping up, I mean literally
gonna hit the road here relatively soon
start heading back home.
What was your favorite part?
I mean, that was a crazy 12 or 13 days.
- I know it's just like my brain is a little down zone.
Favorite part, we started off Indiana.
We moved to
- [Brian] St Louis. Then we went to Oklahoma
and we did Texas. - Yeah.
- [ Brian] Painted Desert.
- Yeah, that was my favorite.
- [Brian] You think the Painted Desert?
- Yeah
- [Brian] Really, it was beautiful.
- My favorite Painted Desert, the Petrified Forest.
Yeah. That was a good day.
- [Brian] Yeah. How about Vegas?
- Vegas was fun. (Brian chuckles)
Vegas was fun.
But I just think the Petrified Forest was the best.
- [ Brian] Yeah. I think that was pretty dope.
Take a look at this,
this particular skull is something I'm so interested in.
I mean, think about that.
I mean, this is literally a crocodile
from the prehistoric times.
I mean, I think it reached like 50 to 70 feet
in length when it was alive.
I mean, that is crazy.
You look at the size of that thing.
Oh my God. It's teeth and (sighs)
I'm in heaven guys.
I literally cannot believe it, of course
and everyone knows this right here, unbelie...
This is actually Stan the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Oh my God, A-T Rex!
This fish fossil right here one day was alive.
Running around I mean, you know, any animal lover
and in particular reptile lover
could just really get the idea
of the beauty of something like this.
I mean, and yes, the answer is
if I could keep a Tyrannosaurus through his life,
yes, I would have this.
So Ant man, where was,
what was your favorite part of this whole adventure?
You know it's hard to know. I know it's hard to pick up man
- That's tough.
Maybe Red Rock Canyon.
Red Rock is pretty sweet.
And then probably this place, this place is super awesome
- [Brian] I love this place
- This place might be the highlight for me.
- [Brian] It's amazing.
- [Ant] Jay, take a look at this
- [Brian] Terrible dude.
- Isn't it incredible?
- [ Brian] It's crazy to think that this is actually real.
- [ Jay] You know that's the thing, it's almost like
hard to separate yourself from the fact that they're bones
and that at one point
(mumbles)
- Wild. I mean, I've got chills.
This whole thing. I've got chills.
I mean, this is incredible.
And of course this is just the whole
and our latest stands excavation here.
This guy right here. Oh my gosh.
So if you guys haven't had a chance to see dinosaur 13
on Netflix, this is the place where it was all about.
It was an incredible documentary.
I loved it.
And, and honestly I never thought
I was going to get a chance to be in a place where
it kind of came to light.
You know, it's a great, please do me a favor
if you want to check it out, if you're into it
it's really kind of a tragic story of the first full T-Rex
and these were the guys that were in it.
I mean, how crazy is that?
And I mean, look at this, I'm standing right by
a giant T-Rex thing
again, the true story of Sue right all here.
I mean, this is a (sighs)
guys I'm giddy.
This is a great way to end this trip.
(gentle music)
- [ Brian] Jay
- What's up dude?
- [Brian] So we've had quite the adventure.
- I couldn't even tell you.
- It's amazing. I mean, I know it sucks
that it's almost coming to an end but
- Good place to end it though.
- It's a great place to end it.
What was, does your highlight
What was the best part?
- So I mean all the nature stuff in general,
but I think blue Meza
when we went to the Petrified Forest Pictured Rocks
I've never felt less like I was on earth.
That I was at that place.
The colors and the vibe of the whole place was just intense.
So I mean, that was great.
But any of the nature stuff,
even the little part of Yellowstone, we got to see,
go into Red Rock Canyon,
and then today in the Black Hills
and all that stuff's been incredible, you know.
(soft music)
- And as for me when it comes to my favorite part
you know, I don't know.
I think that there were so many adventures
and so much to have.
I think the fact that
not only I got to share it with my son Noah,
my friends, Jay, and Anthony
and shared it with you.
I mean, that was special to me.
I'll be able to look back on these Vlogs
and this is like my video diary, right?
For the rest of my life.
I'll be able to remember this
and I hope that you guys have enjoyed it too.
Let me know in the comments, what's your favorite part
of this last 10 or 12 days has been,
I'd love to hear just what you thought was so awesome.
(gentle music)
You know, again, this journey meant so much to me.
I think back 13 days ago
just before we were leaving,
thinking that I wouldn't even be able to make it one day
saying I might turn back after one day,
and it's been so amazing.
You know, it's been a clearing of the mind,
it's been spiritually amazing,
it's been a great time having so much fun
seeing so many places
and to me, this was a, exactly what I need.
Now I'm praying that when I get back to the shop
that I can carry on this lack of anxiety
and this new kind of enlightenment that I have right now
and just do it.
It's been amazing but I gotta be honest with you guys,
it's been hard to be away from my animals
Lori, my crew, just the routine.
I tell you what, I can't wait to get back
but I think it's time to hit the road and to go home.
(snaps fingers)
And we're back here at the Rupt Hyrum
after a 17 hour drive, we wrapped up this whole road trip.
It was absolutely amazing if you enjoyed it,
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so you can watch the entire adventure again,
if you so choose.
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