3 places you've probably never heard of in the Petrified Forest National Park

[Music] we're in the petrified forest it's been a good day [Music] [Music] so i'm on the historic blue forest trail petrified forest national park no signs for this thing it was made back in the 30s trail's still here don't think it's maintained but you can still find it you know what you're looking for views are awesome so i'm not sure of the exact mileage you start at the blue mesa trailhead it branches off show where that branch is off it's hard to see you got to know what you're looking for i'll put a gps coordinate in the description just go up the wash at that gps point and just look for footprints follow this wash up if you look up at the hills right in front of you if you really pay attention you know what you're looking for you'll see a faint trail follow that up to the top and i think it's about three miles forget how many feet of elevation gain and start at blue mesa and you end up at the highway [Music] out a there wreck no you'd agree made a reputation for ourselves at age [Music] i wonder if you think about me too [Music] but it's too late now i just miss you i just miss you [Music] it's 2 am and i can't fall asleep i'm just not tired it's cold outside [Music] i just miss you [Music] came here last year with tina and we couldn't do the trail we got on a couple of the ridgelines wind was blowing so much that it was dangerous so turned around went back hardly any wind today glad it came back fear of heights there are some knife edges you're walking on a couple hundred feet i would guess down so yeah yeah this makes you nervous not the trail for you windy wouldn't recommend it uh wet i've seen plenty of footprints where somebody was sliding around wouldn't recommend it when it rained but uh good conditions like today it's a really cool spot oh also some of the downs loose gravel your feet want to slide i just go really really really slow but all things to consider if you're scared of heights not real sure on your feet [Music] if you start getting nervous turn around better safe than sorry i'm sitting down because i just slipped and i said it was slick slick yeah some of the downs are no joke [Music] ah level ground much better only fell twice [Music] rustic [Music] [Music] [Music] they say to bring pellets for the stove it looks like everybody followed that advice there's plenty of pellets made it to the ranger cabin this place has got gas stove refrigerator pellet stove running water shower toilet sink well it's not you know a five-star hotel but i like this rustic stuff view's great no neighbors it's gonna be pretty cool that looks like tina you found it this is pretty cool [Music] come check it out all right oh wow yeah is that yeah wow that is a washing machine shower that's a pretty cool shower yeah it works actually does it well i haven't showered yet it looks like it works all kinds of pellets uh yeah the pellet the pellet supply is not a problem ready to go hike okay then that's so much lighter than this we're heading out into the desolation where are we going we are going to the devil's playground we can walk there from our cabin yes we can yeah when we wake up hear the birds and see the sun side by side our faces are done all the good times just begun [Music] call us crazy but things [Music] [Music] found what we're looking for in life call us crazy but things are finally right with you and i the future is okay i've seen enough yeah it looks like it kind of might slot up a little bit back there [Applause] time to go back to the cabin beers drone yeah relax i'm gonna do that that was devil's playground about a three mile hike flat kind of want it marked on gps before you go out here not a real defined trail just kind of go out and explore permits are required permits go well i don't know if they always go up on wednesday but right now they go up on wednesdays three permits for the entire week so first come first serve plan ahead you might want to call and check the availability but really cool spot now we're going back to the cabin and relax [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] aimed too much at our bodies like it should be tilted up towards our faces just a little more oh no i should probably stop recording hey hi so we are in petrified national forest no petrified forest national park special monument i don't know what it is sure i gotta get that right it just says petrified forest we're in the petrified forest so we're in the petrified forest and we're staying at the ranger cabin just outside the park actually and what do you think of the ranger cabin i really like it it's really cool it's kind of out here in the middle of nowhere in the desert but it's beautiful all around lots of privacy it's like a tin shed but it's got a bed in it a table a stove a shower flushing toilet a small refrigerator clothes washer did you say that it's swamp cooler it's this rugged off-grid type of a cabin you've got to conserve water you have to conserve power but it still has all those things which are really nice to have they are nice to have that shower water is brisk it is cold but uh still i got to take a shower that's a good thing at the hike devil's playground which is really cool and earlier before you got here i got to do the historic blue forest trail which is really cool and i think i don't know those are three places that a lot of people come to petrified forest and i don't i've never heard anybody talk about any of these three this ranger cabin is a really cool way to experience the park i mean you're out here you can hike from the cabin and explore out there into the park you could drive around you know spend half a day and do the loop drive and stop and see you know the little sights along the way yeah i've got those little mini hikes got another video about when we came here before and did more of the the common stuff that everybody sees when you first come to the park so check that out yeah i mean if you're looking for a five-star hotel it's not that it's rugged and we we kind of like that yeah rugged feel and definitely do yeah you like what you see then go check it out and we're done yeah time for beers so what does hiking with me entail a lot of um you bitching no i was going for the stop walking keep walking a lot of direction happening you just all every time i go to film her walking she stops yep every time i have a radar [Music] you're not walking [Music] don't stop walking excellent job not stopping walking [Music] okay you can stop now you stopped walking you didn't tell me she stopped walking again you stop walking then i have to start so there's some type of movement that looks like a penis besides the penis-shaped rock forms what do you think of devil's playground here walk by here nope do it excellent i'm a filmmaker [Music] okay that's enough more no more but look at the white hoodies up there but i'm filming stop it and there it is there it is i'm a split screen [Music] you

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Length: 17min 7sec (1027 seconds)

Published: Tue Dec 01 2020