In this video I share some of the things I did and saw in California’s Yosemite National Park when I was there for a week with my family. I go to Hetch Hetchy, see a bunch of waterfalls, go rock climbing, go tubing on the Merced River, and hike up to the top of Half Dome. A great week! Also, about half of the footage is from my new camera. Do you notice a difference? (Click here if you can’t see the video below.)

In this video I hunt for Native American rock art in Nevada’s Big Rocks Wilderness, have some alien encounters (of a sort), head into California, wander around the fantastic South Tufa area of Mono Lake, and find an amazing free lakeside camping spot on Grant Lake, not too far from the east entrance of Yosemite National Park. (Click here if you can’t see the video below.)

GPS COORDINATES
* South Tufas at Mono Lake: 37.9421, -119.0293
* Campsite at Grant Lake: 37.832916, -119.110065

In this video I leave southwest Utah and cross into Nevada to explore the barren desert landscape there. (Click here if you can’t see the video below.)

I mention the Coleman 52 qt. Xtreme Cooler (Amazon affiliate link) in the video.

GPS COORDINATES
* Big ol’ crater: 37.5853, -112.7551
* Old Iron Town: 37.599809, -113.449425
* Cathedral Gorge: 37.8234, -114.4131
* Big Rocks Wilderness campsite: 37.6634, -114.9837

In this video I continue exploring the highlands of the Markagunt Plateau in southwestern Utah. I hike up a mountain, try and fail to hike to another spot, explore Cedar Breaks National Monument, drive one of the highest roads in Utah, have a couple of wildlife encounters, and make some dinner from a gorgeous camp on the edge of a meadow. Whew! (Click here if you can’t see the video below.)

GPS COORDINATES

• Andy Nelson Peak summit: 37.517714, -112.817895
• Campsite: 37.5828, -112.7656
• All other places should be pretty easily found via a Google and Google Maps search.

In this video I start exploring southwestern Utah’s Markagunt Plateau. I check out a couple of caves, hike a short trail to a really neat waterfall that emerges from a cave, and more! (Click here if you can’t see the video below.

GPS COORDINATES

• Mammoth Cave: 37.5684, -112.5882
• Ice Cave: 37.506545, -112.710942
• Cascade Falls Trailhead: 37.497321, -112.751591
• Cascade Falls: 37.502568, -112.757277

In this video I leave southern Utah’s Capitol Reef National Park and set out to find an obscure and difficult-to-access (but very pretty) waterfall called Sand Creek Falls. I then steer my trusty RAV4 southward and drive up onto the Markagunt Plateau, a forested, high-elevation plateau east of Cedar City, Utah. (Click here if you can’t see the video below.)

In this video I finish up Capitol Reef National Park’s Cathedral Valley Loop, something that has been on my Utah bucket list for years. I check out the Morrell Cabin, the Temple of the Sun, Temple of the Moon, Glass Mountain, and more! (Click here if you can’t see the video below.)

In this video I start the 60-ish mile Cathedral Valley Loop through southern Utah’s Capitol Reef National Park. I drive across a river, come across an old abandoned truck, and drive through some truly epic desert landscapes before finding a buggy campsite on national forest land.

Learn more about the drive here. (Click here if you can’t see the video below.)

In this video I explore Buckhorn Draw, a canyon in Utah’s San Rafael Swell area. I check out a ton of petroglyphs, some pictographs, a natural arch, a Native American ruin, a dinosaur footprint, and more! (Click here if you can’t see the video below.)

Sorry for the delay in getting a video out, but good internet access has been difficult to come by on this trip! In this video I head to central Utah’s Little Grand Canyon and promptly break my main video camera. Great. I also cook up a couple of easy meals. (Click here if you can’t see the video below.)