welcome back to utah you might notice a common theme here that i am
spending a little bit of time in the spring here in utah
and today we are headed to a place that is affectionately known as the little grand canyon
i have never been to this area so this will be an all new experience for me
the highways that i'm on right now are all new and that's always exciting it has been on my
radar for quite some time now probably a couple of years so i'm very excited to check it out
well i'm hitting another home run in terms of views wow
this is called the wedge overlook and behind me is the little grand canyon this is part
of the san rafael swell recreation area and this is my home for the night i am so stoked
as i said before it's a place that i wanted to visit for quite some time
i can't wait to see this place at golden hour right now though it's time to get camp set up
well that's pretty much all there is to it camp is set up that's one of the beauties of having a rig
makes camp setup very easy however i forgot firewood
dang it pretty incredible view out my window and this is today's grocery haul
actually that's not all of it i have put some away but now it's time to put the rest of it away
it's taco night tonight
so
the evening light is gorgeous i'm just waiting to see if we get some pops
of color with these high clouds that are around keeping my fingers crossed
foreign
so
have i mentioned that this amazing campsite is free
it is on blm land which stands for bureau of land management and it is our free public lands
dinner was amazing and what a view to eat by i mean what more could you ask for and
the sunset wow when i arrived today there wasn't a cloud in the sky so it didn't have
very high hopes for a colorful sunset however they showed up later in the evening and bam
it wound up being just awesome tomorrow i plan on exploring the swell a bit and going to check out
some petroglyphs which i'm really excited about but for the rest of the evening i am going to
go ahead and crawl up in my cozy bed and chill out i will see you in the morning good night
so
so good morning it is an absolutely glorious morning
stunning out here very peaceful very quiet i've just been out here enjoying my coffee
it is a little chilly i am actually wearing a hoodie that was sent to me by outdoor vitals
i'm not sponsored they asked me to be a tester for it and give my honest feedback
i normally don't take people up on these types of offers but they sent me a pretty detailed video
about what the fabric is how this thing is made and i thought it would be useful
to me and i'm actually loving it i've been wearing it for i think about two months now
and it's ultra lightweight it packs down in its own pocket to about the size of a softball
it's insulated yet breathable there's some little holes here in the pits that allow
your pits to breathe i'll put a link below and you can check out all the details if you're interested
i absolutely love it i'm been very very frugal you know since i've been on the road
about buying new gear like all of my clothes have pretty much been the same clothes over
several years and my big year especially but i am actually going to be making some purchases or
i have made some purchases of some new big pieces which i'll share later but they didn't pay me to
say that i just absolutely love this hoodie and if you want to check it out check out the link below
ah so beautiful i think it's time for some breakfast
okay i'm ready to go check out some pictographs people ask me all the time
how i save my campsite when i leave and i just leave a few items there and hope
and trust that they don't get taken and so far that's never happened so yeah that's what i do
visitors to the buckhorn wash panel enjoy viewing one of the most spectacular examples of barrier
canyon style rock art the ghostly red figures here stand watch over the san rafael river
the site includes both painted pictographs and pect petroglyph prehistoric images
i passed another spot that said there was some rock art so i'm going to see if i can find it
i dig being down in this canyon i think i found the other side so i'm gonna check it out
i just love coming to these magical historical places and thinking about
when the rock art was originally etched into the walls and the people who did it
so
i really enjoyed checking out the canyon today and especially the petroglyphs
i saw several nice looking campsites down there i was kind of wishing that
i had brought my gear so that i could stay down there one night and mix it up a little bit i'll
definitely be checking that out next time i come through for tonight i'm gonna go ahead and get uh
prepared to move on to my next destination tomorrow thank you so much for joining me
stay tuned to see where i land next and i'll see you on the next one bye bye
you