The NORWEGIAN XPLORER Personal Story on ULTIMATE 5000 Mile American Car Camping Roadtrip Adventure

The NORWEGIAN XPLORER Personal Story on ULTIMATE 5000 Mile American Car Camping Roadtrip Adventure

If you are wondering about my history with America I used to be a resident this is the untold story about my past, present and future in America it is also my ultimate american roadtrip, adventure, backpacking & camping movie I am stealth camping outside of West Yellowstone 5000 miles through the american west Here is my car camping setup You usually find me in my van
in the middle of a blizzard or snow storm… …Exploring the remote corners and Frozen borderlands of arctic Norway But in September 2024 I left my van in the arctic
and traveled back to the US for 4 weeks To tell you my American story All right dear friends I have arrived in 
the United States I’m uh currently heading west from St George where I stayed the night and I’m 
going to head towards Lone Pine going to do a backpacking trip around the Horseshoe Meadows 
area I am so happy to be back   here spent the night in St George of all places 
that’s where I had booked a motel for the night and I just wanted to have this drive into the 
sunset last night didn’t film anything was a It was a long journey I   had two layovers and uh I flew from Stavanger 
Norway to Amsterdam and then on to Los Angeles had a 3 and 1/ half hour layover in Los 
Angeles and then uh my final destination was um Las Vegas I drove 2 hours 
from Las Vegas to uh St George two beautiful hours but I was a bit too tired so it’s hard to 
drive at night because of all the trucks they go so fast and I was not really in the mood to 
drive very fast anyway here I am now in the 
red desert going to head over to the Sierra Nevada can’t wait to see that area again it’s a 
big uh Wildfire going on over there as usual it’s September the 4th today so the Coffee 
Pot fire is Raging and there’s also fires up uh in Idaho 
that spread smoke all over the place and there’s a big one or a medium one just around the Brooks 
Lake up in the Teton Wilderness and and uh that’s another place I had planned to go so I’m going to 
go to the Sierra first now have a permit out of uh Cottonwood pass Horseshoe Meadows tomorrow and now it 
is 10:00 here in Utah so going to be 9:00 in uh California so we’re going to head over there it’s 
going to take me five 5 hours so arrival time is 3:30 so today I’m uh starting by driving through 
the Virgin River Gorge and then going to pass through the desert over to Las Vegas and then I’m 
going to go north west and into Death Valley for a little bit I’m a big fan of the Killers and they 
have plenty of songs about driving this route that I’m doing now as some of you might know I have 
spent a lot of time in the desert out here in the American West and also in the Sierra in the 
High Sierra so I feel feel like I’m back home now and I’m so excited about the cheap gas here 
I thought it was much more expensive I had uh a little bit over half a tank left on my uh rental 
car here and I went into uh the gas station and asked for 50 bucks and it was 21 bucks so I’m kind 
of a little bit out of touch with the gas prices here because it’s so much cheaper than it is in 
Scandinavia so let’s sit back and enjoy the ride I found out a great way to get uh cell service 
and uh unlimited uh data uh when I’m visiting here um and that is through T-Mobile this is 
not sponsored it any way but uh I was uh trying to find out the best way to get something working 
uh before I entered the United States and T-Mobile has an app called uh T-mobile e-sim or something so 
I was able to uh download my e-sim and activate the uh plan while I was still in Norway and that was 
great because I could get um that all set up and taken care of so that I could just turn off my 
Norwegian line so no super expensive data roaming to worry about so it works really well and I’ve 
uh been using it for the first half day now and no problem at all I can still use my WhatsApp 
and my iMessages and everything like before that’s just a perfect workaround for getting 
a plan and it’s $50 for the unlimited plan uh for one month and uh then you can renew it so it’s 
like a prepaid plan Here Comes um Tesla in insane speed look at this yeah so anyway highly recommend 
trying the T-Mobile e-sim app great new technology so we’re in the heart of the Virgin River Gorge kind of fascinating deep 
Canyon Road here I wonder what this Canyon would look like 
without a road through it so as I’m approaching Las Vegas there is a 
bunch of f35s flying over my head here and it looks like they’re Norwegian so they they 
might be the same ones that um I showed you uh from the winter exercise up in Norway I’m just 
kidding I can’t see what nationality they have but uh they could be the same ones there was a bunch 
of um US Marine uh f35s and Norwegian ones uh on the ground at the same time there and here’s one 
Landing so cool going to turn towards Beaty now in couple of miles and go into the desert towards 
Death Valley the Northern end of Death Valley look at that over there to the right there so I’m just passing through all the UFO areas 
Area 51 and um desert areas out here west of Las Vegas and it’s getting warm it’s 100° now um 
yesterday it was 107 that’s around 41° C I think so pretty warm day out here and I’m not yet in 
uh Death Valley wonder how warm that is going to be these desert Landscapes out 
here are quite spectacular it’s just really pretty but uh what 
an unhospitable area this is this is also around the area with all the test 
sites for nuclear bombs all the nuclear tests that were going on in the 50s in 
these areas here look at these here wow that’s insane I believe this uh Highway 95 is actually called the Extraterrestrial Highway 
way because of all the UFO sightings here we’re arriving in Beatty
Junction and this is where I head into Death Valley so it’s 96° 
here right now got these guys here donkeys or mules it’s funny it’s reindeer in uh Norway and it’s donkeys and mules here 
in Beatty Junction turn left this a really cool steampunk building 
here might be coming back through here after I’m done in the Sierra but now it’s time to head 
into Death Valley that could be a hot pleasure and then uh going to drive across the 
mountains to Lone Pine to the Eastern Sierra inter agency Visitor Center it’s only 8 
miles to Death Valley National Park from here time to drop into Death Valley. 93 up here on the pass it’ll be interesting to see how hot it gets so this is Death Valley it was 100° in my car when 
I stopped to take a look here feels incredibly hot pretty cool View so pay the entrance fee $30 to just drive through   here continue on daylight Pass road 
for seven miles and uh I should have gotten a America the beautiful pass but 
I haven’t gotten that yet 100° right now 101 102° this is absolutely not the 
right day to be in Death Valley 103° well it was 107 in St George yesterday 104° well now it’s 107 again 
like it was yesterday so 41° Celsius pretty hot outside 
now 109° what’s that 42 43° C so it’s a 110° here now at the 
bottom I don’t know how much that is in 
Celsius but I’m guessing around uh 44 43 44 111° F Siri won’t cooperate and tell me what 
that is in Celsius right now but find it sorry I can’t show the result to you while 
you’re continue on California 190 West for 68 miles 112 there getting warmer 
and warmer so I’ve been in Death Valley a couple of times before but 
this is the first time I drive this   road over to Lone Pine so I guess I’m 
going to do a big climb again pretty soon 113 so uh 113° f is 45° C that’s pretty 
intense probably the warmest I’ve ever been in actually and uh that’s pretty 
exciting but I want to get out of this I wasn’t here to get extreme heat from the 
extreme cold in the winter to the extreme heat in uh summer there’s uh 45° on 
the plus side and 34° on the minus side that’s pretty cool there’s 
uh Mount Langley and Mount Whitney doesn’t look too Smokey over there right now I don’t know how bad it is we see half an hour left this was a long drive so I’m uh driving through Alabama Hills 
there’s a detour because of uh closed Road or maybe the detour is not for 
me but there’s a detour if you want to go to Whitney portal so going up through 
Alabama Hills here and it’s amazing so I went to the Eastern Sierra inter agency 
Visitor Center and they told me my permit was good to go for visiting Mount Whitney so 
if uh I can make it uh with my altitude uh sensitivity or whatever is going to 
happen there I’m going to go and uh do that we’ll have to see I might not be in shape 
for those elevations now but I’m going to give it a try so everything is set now got uh 
some propane gas from my stove and I got the fire permit or Back Country fire permit 
or whatever it’s called so that I can bring my stove I have no Illusions about what kind 
of shape I’m in this year it’s been 4 years since since I was up on 3,000 M uh elevation uh 
Norway’s highest mountain is uh of course only 8,000 ft or 2,469 M so that’s just a completely 
different kind of Beast the Beast you have up here right there is 4500 M it’s been so hot 
today so 45° C 113° Fahrenheit I think that’s the warmest I’ve experienced in my life and it’s 92 
here it’s going to be a perfect uh 65° or 18° C up at Horseshoe Meadows can’t wait to get into little bit 
cooler climate I arrived here right in a heat wave basically so you can see the road where 
I came through that Gap in the mountains over there from Death Valley that 
was a long drive this is a pretty awesome Road climbing up now of 
the valley getting some amazing views there is the 
road I came over on okay I’m finally back in the Sierra it’s 
uh September 5th and I have a 7 Day permit or 8 days or for as long as I want to basically 
and I’m heading in the direction towards Mount Whitney so I have the option of going up there 
spoke to the rangers yesterday and they said my permit was fine to visit Whitney so we’ll see 
about that haven’t been up in these elevations for 4 years so that should be an issue and Stoked to be back in the Sierra long drive from Utah last 
night but it’s beautiful and today is a very warm day well I’m finally pitched in the High Sierra 
again going to enjoy this chicken Spring   Lake and just take it easy here and get even 
more acclimatized to the elevation beautiful place oh that’s warm well the wind calmed down and um the sun is out so it might 
be a really warm evening well it’s uh around 7 pm and jet lagged as 
I am this is very late in my head so just going to go to bed well first coffee in the Sierra in four years I’m so happy to be out here again 
never expected to be here again honestly the Sierra are so special can’t think of anywhere else in the world 
that it’s like this place big Whitney Meadow out there so you usually find me battling blizzards and snow 
storms and extreme weather in Arctic Norway in my van or in the tent but uh now I’m back somewhere 
completely different where it kind of all started for me I’m in the United States and I’m back 
in the Sierra Nevada didn’t really think I’d be back up in this amazing place anytime soon but 
here I am so kind of surprised about this this is used to be my home mountain range and uh now I’m 
only visiting but still this is such a big part of who I am and what my channel is about really 
these mountains in the Sierra Nevada uh in the Eastern Sierra mostly and uh all of this amazing 
scenery so even though I’m not in a van for these four weeks I invite you to come along and have 
a look at where some of my heart is this is deep ingrained into my spirit and it’s a gorgeous 
gorgeous place so come and join me for these four weeks in the United States it’s going to be 
quite exciting I’m recording this on the second day basically so I do not know all the adventures 
yet but the first two days here up in the Sierra heading towards Mount Whitney it’s just absolutely 
gorgeous so let’s go on an American Adventure this time and we’ll get back to the Arctic blizzards in 
Norway soon enough it’s uh September sixth today and uh I’m here for 4 weeks So the plan is to be out 
here in the Sierra Nevada for about a week then we’ll see where the road goes if you want to know 
more about all the details of this American tour you can find maps and exclusives and uh a lot 
of behind the scenes and extra material on my patreon NorwegianXplorer or you can sign up 
to become a member of my YouTube channel right here by hitting the join button there should 
be maps and campsites and everything so thanks for for coming along even though I’m not in a 
van today it should be pretty exciting anyway In this video I will reveal my history with the United States
and why the American west is so special to me this is so hard right now it doesn’t feel like 
I will make this all the way to Whitney a little bit low on morale right now first look that’s a long way up oh man very long way am I 
really going all the way up there what a beautiful mountain incredible good morning it is Sunday and today is a rest 
and recreation day not so much Recreation as uh just rest going to hike up from uh here I am now 
Crabtree Meadow ranger station and up to Guitar Lake and uh that’s just a few miles and then I’m 
going to start bright and early tomorrow and go up to Whitney well now we’re talking that’s 
some amazing views up there going to be walking straight onto Whitney now Timberline Lake what a spectacle there’s Guitar Lake finally Guitar Lake I opted to go higher, I spoke with two rangers they said two terraces up was a 
good spot so just crossing 12,000 feet this has to be the best campsite 
I’ve ever had absolutely stunning Whitney what an absolutely amazing place to have Camp and tomorrow I’m heading 
up here all the way way up there Got pulled pork today to celebrate this fantastic Camp okay it is uh Summit day it is 5:50 in the 
morning and starting to get light everyone else is already up there I’ve seen them going 
up since 3: in the morning so they did not get to enjoy this amazing trail. all they want is 
the sunrise and in my humble opinion sunrises you can see from anywhere but you cannot see this 
Mount Whitney Trail going up from Guitar Lake which is the most spectacular Trail in the 
whole world in my opinion anyway let’s go welcome to the most incredible of all Trails 
this is my favorite Trail in the world look at the colors now out wow up there already is the junction 
came up faster than I thought cool always looking for Forester 
pass could be out there so that was trail pass now for the hard part not the steep part but 
this is the hard part because of elevation it is also a quite spectacular part so got 1.9 miles to the summit out there is Bighorn Plateau I camped 
there many years ago beautiful place Forester pass is 
probably in one of those notches don’t know which one it is really cold there’s a frost 
smoke coming from my breath now can’t beat this and up there is Whitney you can see 
the Hut first got to get around this stuff here probably a mile left to go it’s so cold sweet okay so the Summit is right behind 
here and got to go up and around the sky is just so blue up here now nearly there on the plateau now just going 
to do a little half circle and here we are there’s Mount Langley the highest point in 
the contiguous uh United States so I made it to the summit it was actually easier 
than I thought it would be I was uh scared that I would get uh altitude sickness or something I 
didn’t feel like I was in the best shape this time around but was actually not too bad probably 
because it’s the fifth day in the Sierra so I’ve been acclimatized slowly even though I haven’t been 
higher up than 12,000 ft mission 
accomplished well that’s that it’s time to head down again 
was mighty cold up here in the wind today what a spectacular place It takes me 2 more days to hike 30 miles back the way I came so I’m done with my big Sierra trip uh got uh 
much cooler temperatures down here now 71° F I’m heading back towards Utah and then north towards 
uh Wyoming and Montana that’s the plan it’s on for a long drive through Death Valley again through 
the desert and everything so I already showed you that so I’m probably not going to film much of it 
but there might be some highlights and then we’re going to get out to Utah and uh further north 
looking forward to that that was the original plan so this stop in U Lone Pine and um in the Sierra 
was just a detour basically so here we go so this is uh what the smoke looks like coming down to 
Panamint Springs and uh next Valley over from Death Valley and it is Smokey there’s uh plenty of new fires around the 
western United States after I uh went into the Sierra and there’s a lot of tourists stopping 
random places around here today I don’t know if there’s something special going on maybe 
it’s just cooler weather so people come out here when I drove past uh or through Death 
Valley uh a little over a week ago it was 113° or 45° Celsius that’s quite something what 
a beautiful place though beautiful and harsh good morning I’m uh in St George had a 
night at motel here and now I’m going to head east and uh North going to go over to page across 
the Arizona strip and uh from there I’m going to turn north and uh head up to Hanksville through a 
few places I’ve never been and then further North toward towards uh the Yellowstone area it is still 
super Smoky I was hoping to be able to see more but um it is what it is can’t do anything about 
all the fires especially the big one bridge fire in La now that is uh really kicking in anyway 
going to go to Hurricane first get some food some groceries and see if I can see Matt’s Offroad 
recovery I’m a big fan watch a lot of the shows from out here I was also considering going through 
Sand Hollow but I think I’m going to do that some other time but uh hurricane and then across 
the Arizona strip and uh further on towards uh Page and Monument Valley and uh maybe up the moki 
dugway that’s one of the things I’ve been planning in also want to go to Alstrom Point first see 
if that road is open I heard it was flooded a week ago but that could have changed by now I 
love the Arizona strip driving across that is just awesome it’s been a long time since I did 
that and I’ve never done it west to east you could barely make out the Zion National Park 
in the distance there but it’s covered in Smoke so hard to see but I I know those Contours 
okay I’m going to actually take a detour to Matt’s off-road recovery and see if I 
can buy a ball cap for my dad that’ll be fun let’s see if there’s anyone here this looks interesting got the morrvair very cool 
I think this is called the banana we’re good yeah well the smoke is pretty bad but it could 
be worse I guess looking out over hurricane and St George over my shoulder or over my arm here 
and uh getting up on the Arizona a strip area so over to the side here out the window you can 
see Zion National Park I guess if uh my camera picks it up through the smoke should be able to 
see some of the stuff up in Zion National Park from here good stuff I’m going this way so we’re in hilldale or Colorado 
City now it’s right the border between Utah and Arizona at this view here there’s the 
Arizona State Line this area has become so developed since I was here the first time 
10 years ago the Arizona strip is basically the huge strip of land between um the Grand 
Canyon and the grand staircase might even be a part of the grand staircase 
but uh it’s a huge strip of land here got the Grand Canyon far out in this 
direction so we’re actually at 5,000 ft up here which is 1,500 M so it’s pretty high up we’re approaching uh Kanab here so I’m going east now from uh Kanab up towards page I think it’s uh Highway 300 or maybe it’s Highway 89 I’m not 100% sure on that 
yet but it’s going to be pretty cool Drive driven this road once the opposite direction 
but it wasn’t that smokey back then that’s 10 years ago something like that and then I’m 
going to see if I can get to Alstrom point can start seeing some of the amazing Cliffs 
around here now just cross the Paria townsite like U place where they filmed a lot 
of western movies and maybe they still do I’m not really sure but uh it’s a 
full terrain out here getting close to Lake Powell now and getting more of the 
Red Cliffs and uh Utah and uh Arizona Landscapes well this feels like the the gateway 
to the staircases or maybe it’s down to Lake Powell wow wide and Open Spaces big water and I’m going to make 
a left in couple of miles down here okay this looks a little bit rough for 
uh rental two wheeel Drive SUV the GPS gave me the wrong direction here for a little 
bit so this is the right Road the Smoky Mountain [Music] Road all right let’s try this 
so the challenge is going to be this wash down here uh I know that was flooded uh couple of 
weeks ago I think it’s been pretty dry since then so it might be passable but it might also 
not be so let’s see what’s going on down [Music] here that does not look like a problem at [Music] all yep no problem a little bit of sand here 
that’s always a challenge and and we’re through that some sort of Blue Desert out here feels like Factory butte country out here so there’s a first look at Navajo 
Mountain out there in the distance pretty cool here ends the developed Road and that looks like a real mud pile from the last rainfall need to go and have a look at that it’s my little Kia rental not really made for these conditions this here has been a really bad mud 
rut but it looks like it’s good on the side here and it looks good over here again so going to keep driving a little bit longer kind of surprised to see all this blue 
desert out here it’s like the area around Hanksville with Factory butte and and 
the Blue Desert out there very cool look at these ruts here I have a feeling I’m going out there to that point wow look at this 
incredible terrain out here so awesome so if you wanted to know this is the 
Smoky Mountain Road and uh it’s a road that can take you all the way up to 
Highway 12 I’ve seen videos of people driving that whole thing with jeeps 
and overlanding vehicles looks pretty cool Canyon Country thing about this road so far is that uh 
this mud uh or clay almost turns into pavement when it’s uh dry so it’s uh been 
pretty comfortable driving so far there’s more miles to go okay here’s a difficult 
one I’m going to take the high rout yep okay here’s the crossroad and it’s getting 
warmer it’s 85 now going to turn right here going to take a look at the info panel first 
well looks like uh people are unhappy with uh the panels and the National Monument that 
is sad to see definitively a little bit more challenging and bumpy out here now and 
larger rocks larger bumps but uh no big problems so far in 0.3 miles I’ll be turning off 
to different Road maybe it’s better maybe it’s worse well the road has certainly been 
rougher for a while now so not filming much just concentrating on getting over rock ledges 
and uh steeper stuff where high clearance is needed or semi high clearance not super high 
clearance so far fascinating desert out here some Painted Desert out here 
look at those colors beautiful well this is quite a little Adventure out 
here what an awesome Place really loving this let’s see what this next part 
holds 5 miles out across here just uh spoke to a few local utans in a 
big uh heavy duty truck and uh they said say I was probably good to go always 
want to know the opinions of the locals look at this stuff here coming into view so there’s quite a lot of sand here right now 
got 3 miles to go and I’ve been going through some sand areas that’s got its own challenge definitely 
could give you difficulties but it looks uh and feels like cars have kind of flattened Sandy 
spots and made it pretty solid so it’s uh it’s a long drive to get out here and uh hoping I’m 
hoping it’s going to be worth it now it’s Sandy again sand is very pleasant till you get stuck going to come up 
on some amazing stuff here it’s 89 degrees now so let’s see I think need to be over here look at this coming up and the road is getting gnarly I think this is as far as we 
can go let’s go have a look first of all it’s 87° so we’re at around 28° 
C and uh yeah this is going to be something so the point itself is 2 miles 
over here and and uh that doesn’t go with my car as far as I’ve been told can’t get 
up there this uh section here is probably impassible with my vehicle also I might 
have to walk just going to get some food first spectacular okay I left my car and uh going on a hike 
out here in the desert it is stifling hot but not crazy it’s like 90° 30° 
Celsius and uh it’s Smoky but uh this allstrom point is spectacular and 
it looks like I get all the visibility I need it’s a 2 mile hike each way just 
kind of keep walking and uh head back to the car afterwards and Camp up here it’s such 
a gorgeous place show you more as I get closer pretty sure the end of the trail is out here 
somewhere so need to go around this drainage here would you look at this stuff over 
here that’s the ledge or that’s the island I’m going to go out on I 
think out here there probably page somewhere in the smoke wow this is going to be just awesome woohoo I love slick rock benches a little bit further I think we’re heading over here but there’s also this place right here let’s 
go to what’s uh marked as allr point on the map first nearly there it’s hot imagine camping here oo incredible absolutely fantastic guess I need to go out on that one 
that’s the point itself that’s the whole point of it look at 
this incredible stuff just fantastic the sun is so strong 
I’m so hot I need to continue out on the point itself before 
the sunset takes this place away well here we are wow is this the best view in the whole Canyon lands I might be inclined 
to think so all this here so cool hey there buddy Gunsight Bay on a Friday night 4:30ish afternoon wonder what all this looked 
like before they put up the dam Edward Abbey saw it all 
in desert solitaire who can say no to this I mean this out 
here this is just too good to give up it’s a little bit of a moon over 
here think I found my place here   right at the edge basically maybe 3 yards 
from The Edge and uh view is magnificent walking back in the dark now boosting up my ISO to 1250 so it looks pretty day bright it’s warm and dead quiet out here 
now it’s a lovely time to walk gorgeous and a bat that’s awesome if you can 
see the lights out here it’s probably not quite page but on 
the other side of the Bridge or dam so that it’s probably pagee and I have a bat following 
me guiding my way that is so cool it’s uh attracted to my headlamp I’m pretty sure here’s the car so it’s 8:00 I’m back in the car I’ve 
installed myself ready to go to sleep it’s only 8:00 and it is 82° outside which is 
uh 26° cish and it is pretty warm but I open all the windows and uh kind of getting a 
little bit of air running through here so the draft kind of makes it bearable should 
get better as we get into the night so I might show you a little bit more of my 
car camping setup as I get it a little bit more systematic now it’s all a mess 
uh until I figure out how to do everything uh should get super warm tomorrow when the Sun 
rises so I’m going to bed early and uh had a splendid day fantastic day so now I’m car camping 
uh 2 miles from the point itself and it’s pretty spectacular view from here as well well I have 
left uh my campsite for the night out by Alstrom point and now I’m driving this uh gravel road back 
to big water you cannot stay in your car for too long before it gets stifling hot so I’m just uh 
going to get out of here before gets too warm now I’m going to go into page I’m 
going to get some gas and I’m going to get some food and water before I 
head over to Kayenta and up through Monument Valley and up the moki dugway 
crossed into Glen Canyon recreational area again and you can see Lake Powell 
coming into view here so out here somewhere is Alstrom point that’s probably in my top five 
viewpoints I’ve seen in the whole world actually he so these uh plateaus up here are uh 
6,000 ft that’s uh nearly 2,000 M High okay I’m now on Highway 160 going east Northeast 
towards uh Kayenta it is Saturday today so I see a lot of people out and having uh barbecues and Market 
stalls and stuff like that out here I’m on Navajo Nation I’m always a little bit kind of confused by 
the time zones in here because it varies by state and by Navajo Nation they all have different time 
zones or they do not follow daylight saving time or stuff like that so there’s like individual 
time zones that might just be like half an hour apart or something thing so I don’t know what the 
time is now my phone says 1:14 but uh I don’t know I have no idea been here many times before but 
never driven in this direction so it’s a new view so kayenta as far as I’ve understood this 
is kind of the center for the navajo Community you never know if that 
information is correct if you ask a Navajo they might say [Music] different 
lot of history here that’s for sure looks like we’re driving into the 
smoke again down here south it’s uh not that Smoky but I can see it’s 
way more Smokey towards the North if you can see this but to the left is south 
and to the right is North I’m driving du West now and you can see the smoke out 
to the right there is just thick as soup yeah this is the classic side the 
classic look from Monument Valley   but uh the sun is uh kind of ruining the 
colors and everything but there it is let’s continue so we’re approaching the famous 
Forrest Gump point where he stopped running this is a road I’ve never driven before I head 
towards Moki dugway been to Goosenecks state park that is right around the corner here but 
now driven over the moki dugway so I’m going to drive up those switchbacks and then 
I’m going to probably going to find a place to Camp so I got the Valley of the Gods out 
to the S side this direction here and uh that’s a very popular spot to Wild camp or 
go boondocking with um RV and vans and stuff it’s 87 degrees Fahrenheit now it’s 
4 o’clock and uh that should be around uh 28 29° celsus still a bit too hot to stop 
for camping so going to go out and look uh viewpoints above the moki dugway going to 
climb this wall here on some switchbacks on a gravel road I wonder why they never 
paved it okay here we go the Moki dugway From Below 3 miles of switchbacks that’s funny and we are on gravel this is a steep one wow that’s quite intense actually it’s uh 10% grade that’s quite 
a lot but I did see a grater whatever it’s called machine down there and uh probably means they 
keep it pretty well graded and maintained up here absolutely spectacular got some narrow spots this a spooky point there where 
the road has collapsed to the   side little bit of payment again oh the views are crazy and it’s steep [Music] you don’t want to fall outside here [Music] that’s it not bad really at all kind of similar 
to a lot of stuff we have in Norway although most of the time it’s paved but it’s much 
narrower so really amazing views though just crazy going to take off to Moki point now 
not Moki point but Muley Point see if I can get out there and see the views this is the 
Muley Point Road red sand and dust and a dust devil bye there spectacular campsites out here 
so it’s 4:30 I think I need to stay out here looks like an adventure no cell 
service though need to check the forecast don’t want to get any rain here but oh here it is amazing wow 
little bit of bad Road here last stretch this is undoubtably my spot I camp right here let’s take a look at this really got to wait until the light gets better it’s the San Juan 
River drains into Colorado River little bit past Alstrom point 
out here is Monument Valley pretty neat got Navajo Mountain out there going 
to have to wait until the light gets better it’s 4:35 now so I think there’s a trail down 
here probably follows this shelf here looks impossible but you never know [Music] so this has been quite a week was on 
the summit of Mount Whitney on uh Monday yesterday Friday I was at olstrom point and 
uh today is Saturday I’m at muly point and a lot of stuff in between there so this is 
super cool going to Camp up here tonight overlooking Monument Valley and and the San Juan River so pretty awesome kind of tired now so hope I’ll sleep well I think you can see 
Monument Valley out here somewhere behind me this is cool super cool so there’s some rather wild thunderstorms out 
in the Basin just to the east here and I’m at uh the end of this long Sand Road here so it’s 
5:00 and I wanted to make sure that it doesn’t get surprised by some big rainstorms and a flash 
flood out here that would make it impossible to get back on pavement so I’m going to drive the 
four miles out on pavement and spend the rest of the night there so I don’t get stuck in here I 
might be too over cautious but uh uh I don’t like Taking Chances especially out here on the sand 
I know what it will do to the road if it gets some serious uh rain here turns into a real mud 
bath and no chance of getting out in a few days it’s a beautiful a little bit cooler 
Sunday morning it is 8:45 now and I’m heading towards Hanksville first going to 
get up on Highway 95 beautiful Highway up uh through the desert and um we’ll see 
maybe I’ll make this a long driving day Sundays are usually good for driving so uh I 
might go all all the way up to Wyoming today I try to stop at Stans Burger Shack in 
uh Hanksville if they’re open when I get there get a milkshake and a burger and see 
bear ears up there I think I am in the Bears ears National Monument right now actually I 
think I passed into that down by Moki dugway clear sky today not much smoke I 
think the wind turned we’ll see once we get further north also driving 
through the Grand Gulch area never been in the grand Gulch but uh I’ve heard 
it’s awesome Kane Gulch ranger station this is The Block that I walked cross maybe six years ago [Music] getting down to Hite now going to cross the   Colorado River and then the dirty devil 
River this is an area I’m very familiar with it’s a beautiful place crossing the Colorado River into Garfield County and then over to the dirty devil River and crossing the dirty devil River 
spent a lot of time in the dirty devil River few years ago so that was the Hite Overlook one of my favorite 
overlooks around here could look uh in through the dirty devil River and the block and all of 
these places have been been backpacking over the block and in through the dirty devil River 
and the Red benches and all of that stuff so that’s pretty cool place I’m heading up towards Hanksville through these amazing Canyons here on Highway 95 I drove through here on my first trip through 
Utah and it kind of blew me away that time and since then it’s always been a favorite 
of mine so I try to drive through here whenever I can so this is probably probably 
my 10th or 15th time or something like that driving through the Hite area got 
the Henry mountains coming up here looming over the area coming up on Hanksville 
now got Factory butte out to the left there and the San Rafael as well behind
Hanksville over here you can see a Boulder Mountain and uh Capitol Reef here’s Hanksville let’s see if 
Stans Berger Shack is still here it’s got to be the best 
milkshakes in the world Stans Burger Shack going to get some gas 
here going to keep heading north Stans is still here lots of boats filling up here that was way too much food for 11:30 that 
milkshake is just insane got a coffee and uh a Hanksville t-shirt refilled gas I’m planning to head 
to Evanston in Wyoming Hanksville is kind of Adventure Central for dirty devil River area and a lot of 
people come through here with their boats from Lake Powell going to Salt Lake City and capitol 
reef is around the corner and Canyonlands is uh kind of between here and Moab lot of stuff to do 
here not to mention the San Rafael swell and all the off-roading and overlanding that goes goes on 
over there like all these cars here probably been in the swell so I was thinking about going uh 
through Capitol Reef but I think I’m going to go the fastest way I’ll get up to Yellowstone and 
come back here on the way down. On to Yellowstone okay and we are in Wyoming didn’t see any sign 
but the line on Google Maps set we crossed into Wyoming it is uh September 16th and I’m uh leaving Evanston
and going to head north now to Jackson there might be a big storm tomorrow and the day after so I 
might have to hunker down somewhere so thinking about going over to Wapiti and 
maybe camp in that area towards Cody seems to be the better weather on the Cody side so maybe I’ll 
get to see some sites in Yellowstone today maybe not we’ll see how long it takes to get to Jackson 
and how much people there are trying to get into the park the weather forecast might keep some 
people away but uh most people that go to National Parks probably have this planned months ahead so 
can’t wait to get up there again driving a new route today that I’ve never driven not that I’ve 
driven a ton of routes up to Yellowstone just at the light turn left two different ones basically 
totally different weather today it is 58° f which is probably below 15° C very comfortable a 
nice morning up here in Wyoming going to head out on the Prairie I think going to go back and 
forth between Utah and Wyoming on this road up here little bit of all colors on the trees so I’m uh 90 Miles from Jackson now and here 
the Fall colors are really starting to pop I’m on U Highway 89 and going through 
some beautiful hilly mountains here starting to get that Yellowstone vibe here in Alpine now just cross the Snake River going 
to make a right here and uh head towards Jackson it’s tight in here and look at that French van at the 
light turn left on us 191 North US 26 East continue on us 191 north for 7 miles 
should have stayed here a little bit but it’s so crowded and uh it’s the last day 
with decent weather so I think my route will go out to the east today towards um Cody 
cuz the weather looks much better there towards the West uh West Yellowstone 
and um Bozeman looks like it’s going to be raining for three days straight but the 
Cody it looks pretty good this is a tourist Place probably a lot of nice stuff to 
see but uh not for me not today I can’t tell you how much joy I’m feeling from 
heading up into this place I almost had a feeling I would never see Yellowstone 
again but here I am very close okay and I’m uh in Grand Teton 
National Park that happened fast up here is the Grand Teton itself looks like there’s already some big storms looming over Yellowstone in front of us 
I’m going to go through there anyway is got the first uh bison herd 
coming up here lot of cars parked so that the first herd of bison exciting got 
to stop and spend a little bit of time with that but uh the main place for that stuff 
is Lamar Valley so I hope I’ll be there in a few days not really sure what’s going to 
happen with the weather okay Moran Junction turn left we go to Yellowstone. in 1,000 ft slight right. got my pass highly recommended for anyone 
who’s wanting to see more than One National Park here we go not a long line at 
all today I’ve seen nightmare pictures of the line getting into the national 
parks here wow colors now are amazing plenty of fire burn here right now I think we’re in 
the Teton National Forest between the grand ton National 
Park and Yellowstone National Park going to enter a Yellowstone pretty soon Snake River again and the entrance station 
to Yellowstone National Park going to go down to Grant Village so finally Yellowstone Lake there’s going to be snow every day now for next 
5 days or something or the possibility of snow quite a lot of weather so that’s um something 
I’ve been looking at for a while now and it’s uh kind of going to be an is so I’m going to 
head up um to Hayden Valley it’s 4:30 now and I have an idea about uh where I want to sleep 
tonight it’s um towards Cody if things do not pan out I can uh Drive uh down to Walmart in Cody 
and sleep there and also warmer down there than the weather that’s coming in tomorrow so let’s 
go up to Hayden Valley and have a quick look I decided to take the detour to the West 
thumb geyser Basin and it was awesome I’ve never really spent any time going to see these 
geysers because uh the been so many people every time I’ve been here so that the parking lots 
have been completely full there’s been no space at all but now there’s a little less people so 
definitely seeing some cool stuff here now so all these thermal features is something I’ve just 
seen at a distance most of the time the plan is still to head to Hayden Valley I don’t know what 
time is going to be it’s 10 5 now and uh when the Sun goes down probably an hour or an hour and a 
half that’s probably a good time to see wild life that’s a little taste of Hayden Valley they 
saw a Grizzly out there but it was so far away way that there was no chance of filming it um 
got about an hour and a half to drive down to where I’m hoping to find a place to park 
for the night so it’s getting dark better hurry out of the park and find place 
to sleep so this is the Yellowstone River pretty cool been to its headwaters and here it’s flowing 
more Mighty and then flows even mightier Yellowstone General store closed looks like Pelican Creek well there was the first uh lightning and thunder and uh started raining so now 
it’ll probably start pouring down forecast says a ton of rain 
tomorrow several days another massive lightning I should have had 
the camera running for that that   was just insane going across the 
sky here let’s see if I can catch something so just crossed out of the park so 
now I’m in the Shoshone National Forest going to drop down a little bit further and see 
if I can find a place to Camp or maybe I should go much further so I can be 
certain that doesn’t start snowing on me starting got some big drops it is going off another one I think with with this weather I think the 
safest thing is to go all the way down to Cody now it’s raining so hard I 
can’t see a thing incredible can you believe it down here by Wapiti 
the road is completely dry wow that is so incredible I can’t count how many 
there’s another one can’t count count how many Lightnings I’ve had go off now must 
be the most Lightnings I’ve ever seen in one kind of evening oh this road is going to 
get pretty wet soon as well here it comes okay I missed the most fancy lightning it was right in 
front of me here it’s just incredible the air is charged with electricity and dry Road Again here’s the moon it’s nearly full maybe we’re through it okay I had a pretty good night’s sleep here 
uh down below Wapiti going to head down to Cody now and uh get some uh groceries fill 
up some gas and wait out this next big storm that’s coming tonight looks really bad for 
the next couple of days up in Yellowstone arriving in Cody the rodeo capital 
of the world Walmart in Cody and it looks like there’s a lot of campers out 
in the back lot here so this is a good place to hold up for the rainstorm that’s 
coming tonight I bet probably a good 20 campers that have stayed overnight I 
guess it’s uh 11:00 and I was thinking about staying here for a day or two and just 
waiting out this storm but we can’t have that I’m already impatient after an hour so I’m 
going to head towards the Big Horn Mountains just entered Big Horn National Forest this is pretty cool didn’t expect 
a canyon like this to be [Music] honest so this is the Big Horn Scenic 
byway and Scenic it is incredible way out in the back here you can see 
the storms raging in Yellowstone I think clouds are getting darker 
and darker and looks more and more stormy feels like we’re on top now what a spectacular Road this is just amazing 
highly recommend driving this road if you got the possibility Granite Pass elevation 9,033 ft and we’re in Sheridan on County looks like a pretty 
neat little historic town here [Music] continue on us6 West for 5 miles so I’m uh going across the 
Southern Road over uh Powder River Pass I believe it’s called and 
back to Cody tonight I think Powder River Pass 3,000 M I think has an 
interesting little Arch maybe it’s a Natural Bridge can look across the open Plains to what 
I think is the Absarokas or maybe the Wind Rivers storms over the Absarokas, Washakies for sure I’m pretty sure this is sorely needed started raining a lot now and in the mirrors I 
cannot see the Big Horns any longer just turned black behind there it is Wednesday uh September 
18th and it’s been a big storm through the night not a lot of uh rain but ton of wind and now 
looks pretty bad up in Yellowstone but I’m going to head up there anyway and uh just see if I can 
find some Wildlife this could be kind of a cool weather for that I think it’s kind of cold and um 
gloomy so might be some Wildlife out so let’s get into the park again so if you know me you know 
that I bring the bad weather and now there is a winter storm warning for Yellowstone I’m going 
to drive up to the east entrance and and uh go into the park and see what happens winter storm 
warning up here I have no idea if that includes uh a lot of snow or if it’s just like an be aware 
situation alert the plan today is basically to get up through Hayden Valley and into Lamar Valley and 
maybe I’ll circle around Cooke City and uh Chief Joseph Scenic byway which is one of my favorite 
roads there’s uh fresh snow on the mountains over there that’s what I expected crazy wind the winds are so powerful 
and there’s snow and all the   around here looks like it’s storming pretty bad 
up in Yellowstone but uh I’m just going to keep going and uh see what happens there’s one thing 
I will not take any chances on and that’s the road conditions with these uh summer Tires 
on the rental car that’s a no-go zone for me seems like there’s a lot of vehicles coming out 
of the park so might not even be possible to get in or they’re fleeing some big stor down here 
is 49° F what’s that uh 12° C 10 something like that and uh it’s going to get much colder as we 
climb but it’s also 10:30 so it might warm up a little bit as the day grows older pretty cool 
Drive here’s Elk Fork where I came out when uh we did that uh big uh tour through the greater 
Yellowstone Wilderness Teton wilderness okay Moment of Truth is it closed because 
of this winter storm or is it open East entrance looks open this is certainly not 
what I expected but uh it’s cool getting up in the snow I guess 
before the pass it’s 40° now and we are pretty much up at the pass and 
we got snow all around here fun stuff this is what I live for beautiful 40° it’s uh 39 now definitely got to be 
careful this is the high point though so should get better I wonder if 
they’re salting the roads here I have no idea 39 so that’s like 3° C around there and it is dark in in Yellowstone Sylvan pass 8,530 ft 
they got some real snow up here through the night 38° funny going from from uh 113° F 
or 45° C in Death Valley to this uh snow scenery here in Yellowstone 
in about a week that’s uh pretty crazy for back to 40° now and uh snow is gone for there’s a black wolf that’s a gray one well that was cool that was actually 
my first wolf ever in the wild can you imagine it so awesome to see one 
out here in Yellowstone Hayden Valley more wolves but far far away now it’s getting   really wet and uncomfortable 
outside with this rain here okay let’s go and see this thing here in my opinion this is the one you need 
to see if you’re going to see any out   of viewpoints here this Lower Falls, 
Lookout Point I believe it’s called It’s amazing just incredible this is the 
place to find the best view of the falls well this stuff will get you wet and I also 
have rain pants I should have put them on but uh they’re at the bottom of my suitcase so I’m not going 
to do that I think unless it stops raining. Heading over to Lamar Valley now after an hour in a construction 
zone queue getting up in the snow zone now and uh don’t know how far I can go with 
this car keep close eye on the snow on the road here it’s 39° fah 
now so this could uh turn into snow anytime but as long as it’s 
rain it’s all good there’s this Subaru up here that is going so slow it’s beautiful up here winter Yellowstone 
in mid September guess you can get winter up here any time of year could have had 
some amazing views here but it’s all cloudy here’s the parking for Mount Washburn so I’m 
guessing this is probably the high point then or at least close to it yeah we’re 
going down again it got down to 38° F so Tower Junction let’s continue up 
the Lamar Valley here’s the fabulous uh Lamar Valley beautiful place so I’m going to head up to Cooke City and get some food it’s uh 4:30 I’m getting very hungry looks like bad weather up there a lot of 
rain or snow or something there’s that thing soda bute here is the North Eastern entrance station leaving Yellowstone and we got four miles to cooke 
City see if they can cook something up there Silver Gate Montana here’s Silver Gate nice Absarokas always impressive this mountain range and we’re in Cooke City and definitely 
looks like somebody’s cooking something thing there’s smell of fire and it’s 42° cooke City on a rainy day seems like there’s no vacancy anywhere I think   it’s the burger place to the 
left here it’s going to be my goal pretty lousy weather for a 
day in cooke City but that’s okay This is a fun wall in the bathroom going to head uh over to Chief Joseph 
Scenic byway and uh depending on the weather and temperature over there I might 
go across that and down towards Cody again or I might Camp somewhere on the way and come 
back here to cooke city tomorrow to keep going and do my stuff in Yellowstone National Park 
tomorrow the weather should be much better first going to climb up a little bit it’s 42° 
height right here now let’s see how cold it gets so I really wanted to drive the Beartooth 
Highway but that’s closed now because of this winter weather there’s a winter storm warning 
in effect for this whole area but so far it’s only rain over here and it’s staying around the 
lower 40s which is like I don’t know 5° C around there this area is only allowed uh hard sided 
campers no tents so uh you need to have a something with a shell that’s because 
of the grizzly is here and uh I think my car is probably recognized 
as a hard sided camper still 41 I think this is as high as we go I think 
uh Chief Joseph seeck byway the pass of over there is uh probably lower than this 40° here now and it’s raining so get a lot of questions from people 
asking why I don’t get a Starlink in Norway and um I can see why people ask that question after 
been driving around here because the cell service is so random and spotty and uh not very good the 
cell service in Norway is many times better uh you can mostly find cell service all over the country 
except for if you’re backpacking in the back country that’s why I want to use um cell service 
for my data because it doesn’t uh pull any power from my batteries and it doesn’t um uh require 
you to rig like a dish on the outside that could blow away and my blizzards and hurricanes that I 
experience frequently so it kind of works really well to just use the phone as a hotspot with my 
new plan that I just changed to in Norway I get uh 300 gb a month of full speed and then uh 
I get uh a reduced speed of only 3 megabits after I’ve used 300 GB and I think uh 
300 GB is about as much as I need when I upload my videos and stuff so that’s the 
reason why I’m not getting a starlink in Norway because the cell reception is 
actually really good so cooke city is in Montana but uh we’re crossing back to 
Wyoming right now according to my GPS and it’s 40° look at these mountains and the fog so mysterious and cool it was so beautiful to go 
through Yellowstone today in this kind of special weather most of the time you see photos taken on Sunshine days but this is just 
a totally different atmosphere okay this is Chief Joseph Scenic byway 
I think not sure if it starts right here but this is a beautiful drive but I found a 
great campsite just behind here so I think I might turn around and take that I’m too tired to 
get more impressions today so I found my camp for the night uh here in the mountains uh close 
to the BearTooth highway it’s only 7:30 but I’m kind of exhausted from a long day of lot of 
experiences so I’m going to go to sleep here in half an hour maybe read a little bit or something 
basically this is my simple sleeping setup got my Western mountaineering ultralite sleeping 
bag that I use everywhere and I’m in the back of the rental got my suitcase here got a cooler 
here with my cell phone and my headlamp and a little bit of food stuff here and uh basically 
just blocked off The View view from the front windows with my jacket and the lid of the suitcase 
Mighty Simple Car camping setup got a little bottle for uh the nightly toiletry and then I got 
some water over here a gallon gallon bottle over there I’m pretty much set to go anywhere as long 
as it doesn’t get slippery and snowy on the road because those are summer Tires so darkness 
is falling and I’m just going to say good night Sunrise from inside my car beautiful good morning had a peaceful night of uh long good 
sleep here uh at the start of the chief Joseph’s Scenic byway I’m going to drive that road uh 
back and forth today and probably drive down to grand prismatic Springs which is a feature 
I always wanted to see so that’s my goal for today then I’m probably heading up north from 
there and going out via West Yellowstone and up to Bozeman but I’m not going to be able 
to do that in a day so I’ll find a place to Camp so that’s the plan for today weather 
is starting to get a little bit better turned on the engine now it’s 7 30 and it looks like 
it’s at least in the 40s so that’s a good start okay back in cooke City and I’m going to go to the visitor 
center and see if I can get some internet down there worked the last time I was here 4 
years ago what a cool little town this lets get some gas first kind of calm morning or it’s 11:30 actually now so calm midday not much going on here 
today most people are probably in Yellowstone going to go to The Visitor Center 
here and get some free Wi-Fi and take care of few thanks definitely better 
weather today pretty cold still though that’s cooke City for now 
great Visitor Center with the free Wi-Fi going to head into the park 
again and go to grand prismatic spring that’s a feature I’ve always 
wanted to see but never gotten to and we’re entering 
Yellowstone National Park again Yellowstone is absolutely spectacular 
today with the Fall colors and um and the snow covered mountains and uh the sun 
is out and it’s just brilliant so glad I’m taking my time here just enjoying 
this heading back back down the Lamar Valley now going to get over to the to the 
spring area with grand prismatic spring there is just too much to see in this park and 
I’m not even backpacking but what an incredible place it’s uh just a magic uh otherworldly thing 
I’m so glad somebody decided to protect this area make it the first national park in the world I 
think one thing I really admire about Americans and United States is the will to protect these 
places it’s uh just so different from what I’m used to in Norway in Europe. In Norway 
you can actually hunt in the national parks so there’s not really any Wildlife left in the Parks 
but sheep and cows roam freely but uh the way National Park Service and the forest service and 
everything works with protecting these national parks and national forests and wildernesses 
and all of that it’s just kind of incredible! very little parking here in 
relation to how popular this spot is well it looks like I cannot access 
the trail to the Overlook from here wonder where that goes from it’s 
like there’s people way over there cannot really see it at all from this angle 
so going to try to get to that overlook going to go and see if I can find 
the Overlook like the French van in front of me probably also thinking we 
need to see this for real when there’s Sunshine so my advice here is don’t get 
fooled into going to the like the normal parking lot and uh Boardwalk around grand 
prismatic spring you don’t see anything so this uh Trail is uh 0.8 miles each way that is decent for an Overlook 
I hope it’s worth it from this that was more like it that’s where you 
need to go if you want to see the grand   prismatic spring at the Overlook which is 
uh mile and a half further south on the road good morning it’s been a cold night it 
dropped below freezing it’s now 8:30 and uh car is showing 33° f which is 0° uh 
C cold night I had to add a blanket to my sleeping bag and I started the vehicle couple 
of times through night to get some heat into it so now I’m just waiting for it to heat up 
again I’m going to make some cold coffee and have some breakfast and head north towards 
Bosman I’m stealth camping right outside of West Yellowstone and uh had a little bit of 
trouble finding a place yesterday because um it got dark but uh I found this Jeep road that 
uh seemed like a good fit and there’s been no traffic through here at all so good spot even 
got some cell service some 5G here so it’s uh September 20th it’s time to have a little 
look in Montana fog is just Lifting for the morning looks like we’re going up a pass here Gallatin mountain range so this is Montana looks like the 
Beartooth Highway is open I might circle around uh on the Northern side of Yellowstone 
and drive across the Beartooth Highway and we just entered uh Yellowstone National Park 
again so going to drive on the very edge of Yellowstone here now for the next 20 miles got to get some gas and coffee 
here at Exon 3:41 in Montana was cheaper in Wyoming by a few 
cents filled up with horse trailers here that’s pretty cool well those big horns were a bonus 
great to see them this close they were not skittish at all they were 
just standing by the road there so if you’re wondering about my history with 
America and why I love uh the nature and the Wild and driving around here so much that’s because 
I used to be a resident after many years of uh success in the music industry in Norway I 
decided it was time to try my luck against uh the very best in the industry in Los Angeles 
that’s kind of the hub for the music business in the world with all the best People based on my 
Grammy nominations and stuff like that in Norway I was able to get an 01 Visa I spent many years in 
the Western United States trying to build my music career further the closest I came to something 
really really big was that I had three songs that uh I wrote and produced that uh Rihanna wanted to 
hold or release for her next album uh that album isn’t out yet and I highly doubt that any of those 
songs are still in the mix for for that album but it was a huge acknowledgement for me to have 
these songs considered for Rihanna’s album but as 2019 2020 arrived everything kind of changed and 
stopped and and the music business kind of just shut down the world was turned upside down and I 
went back to Norway and I haven’t been here since then while I was out here I kind of rekindled my 
joy for nature by discovering the amazing nature in the United States I traveled around Arizona 
hiked a lot the Grand Canyon Utah Sierra Nevada greater Yellowstone a lot of places that really 
captured my heart one thing I discovered while in the United States was the meaning of freedom 
it’s something that Americans uh talk a lot about that we do not talk about in Europe and 
Norway it’s freedom I don’t think it’s easy for Europeans to understand the meaning of the 
American Freedom until you’ve been here and you understand what that is about and um why people 
talk about it so much my understanding something I discovered is that you can do what you want 
more or less and people are okay with that it’s not like you get those questions that you get in 
Norway the first question you get in Norway is can you live of that if it’s anything but a 9 to4 or 
7 to3 or whatever it is 9 to5 and uh that question does not come up in the United States it’s like 
if you choose to live a different lifestyle everyone’s completely fine with that and it brings 
out the best and the worst in people of course but also it it gives people the acknowledgement 
that you’re okay to do as you want with your life and I had a few good friends uh here that 
kind of uh made me discover these things about the freedom out here I’m on a long rant about that 
here but uh it’s kind of exceptional compared to anywhere else I’ve been in the world and that is 
the meaning of the American Freedom the land and the freedom to do what you want with your life 
and not have too many interfere with that so compared to the set society that we have 
in Europe and Norway it’s it’s something amazing included in this freedom is what 
people call the land and it’s so hard to describe unless you’ve driven around here for 
days and weeks and months and that is the land is just amazing there’s just something special 
about all these places and people really care about the land and kind of love that whole 
thing it’s a little explanation of why I’m doing this month long tour around uh the western 
United States it’s because I have this love for the land and for the freedom and for the country 
and there’s something special about this place to me you can find some of the videos from 
the those days uh here on my channel some of the earlier videos from uh Escalante 
and the Sierra and the mountains around La Mount Baldy San Gorgonio San Jacinto the Cascades 
in Washington uh some other stuff so if you want to check out those those are kind 
of my legacy content from when I was a resident originally I started this channel 
to be a place to Showcase my music in some videos but it’s actually turned and the channel 
has become the main thing and uh not the music any longer that’s why I’m not really promoting 
the music and for those of you who find it it’s cool and uh if you want to listen to it you 
can find it under the artist name Melantopia on any streaming service except YouTube music 
but my YouTube channel has gotten way bigger than the music so that’s where my focus is 
basically I guess that brings up a lot of questions for you so feel free to ask I might 
not reply to everything thinks that are too personal or invade on my privacy but uh I’ll 
try to answer as much as I can so I went to REI and with a lifelong membership got my new 
hat here not seeing any of Bozeman I think I’m going to head east to Livingston and to 
Red Lodge and over the Beartooth Highway it’s time to start on the Beartooth Highway 
Beartooth pass is open so let’s go and enjoy look up there in front 
that’s where we going [Music] all right seems like we’re getting 
close to the summit here now imagine having the van here being able to 
stay up here it’s 50° now so that’s not too bad up here at uh I think I think 
we’re close to the summit and uh that means it should get down to around 
freezing probably but that’s totally fine could probably Camp down 
there I’m guessing whoa what a view you can see the I’m guessing it’s 
the big horn mountains way out Back in Wyoming we’re getting the snow 
from the other day this is why it was closed wow look at those Mountain views of the beartooths guess we’re not at the top still this here feels a lot 
like Norway on so many levels way out there are the plains of Montana here’s the ski slope ski lift nice to the east thought this was the top but 
it’s not there’s a ridge to   the right there big one look out 
into the desert way out there or desert I’m saying into the plains what 
an incredible Road this a good camp spot okay guess we still got more Hills to climb no honestly I don’t think we 
have anything as dramatic as this in [Music] Norway this is pretty insane actually 
what a road and we’re going to get even higher here there’s so many turnouts 
I want to stop at them all look at those Beartooths all right Summit 10,947 ft that was the summit of 
Beartooth pass fantastic place I think this side is more pretty even though it’s 
not as steep but it has more Scenic views I think well that was it absolutely spectacular I’m 
so glad I got to do that highly recommend it Go and uh Drive the Beartooth Highway 
if you can so now I’m going to head back to Cody it’s going to be a little 
over an hour from here see you in Cody Good morning spent the night here at 
Walmart in Cody again so now I’m going to head into Yellowstone for last time going to drive 
up to the east entrance and go down south through Grand ton National Park and uh out towards dubo 
also going to go around Brooks Lake place I’ve never been so I had several backpacking routes 
planned from the Brooks Lake area but uh um it’s been a fire and everything’s been closed I want 
to go up and see if things are open again [Music] I’ve uh driven through Yellowstone and I’m 
uh approaching Moran Junction going to head east to dubois and uh take a look over that road 
never driven past the turpine meadow Campground so I’m excited to see that road over there 
over the pass U there’s a fire area so might hinder some views but then again it might not 
so we’ll see fall is here it is September 21st I think okay Moran Junction still got the fire warnings here I’m excited for this road here this whole area kind of just uh 
captured my heart when I was here four years ago now it’s even prettier with the full colors here’s the Buffalo Valley Road that we took 
the last time I was here here’s the buffo fork there’s uh Mount Moran I 
think there’s the grand Teton Brooks Lake this is what I’ve been looking for the sad 
thing is that I don’t have time to go out and do anything here now and this uh fire closure 
kind of uh hindered me from going out in the Teton Wilderness and also that uh cold front 
the winter storm I do not have uh the winter clothes with me that I would 
have preferred to have if I was to   go out in a winter storm it’s just 
simply too cold with the gear I had Brooks Lake uh campground it’s Saturday 
night and I don’t think there’s more   than one or two others here so going to 
grab a site here and luckily I bought this beautiful alpaca blanket up in 
Yellowstone so I’m going to Camp here can’t beat this [Music] so here’s my car camping setup got the seats down suitcase over there the Pea 
bottle ready to go here and from the back side you can see got a couple of 
hyperlight mountaineering pillows also is clothing storage got this blanket here 
got a cooler my suitcase all my stuff and today I got this alpaca blanket for 
my van that I’m going to use when it gets cold it’s going to get super cold so that’s 
basically it simple bed it’s going to get super cold tonight 
I’m really glad I got that alpaca blanket good morning well that was a terribly cold 
night I was up uh around uh 6:30 and it was 29° Fahrenheit that’s like – 3 or 4° C there was 
ice on everything both inside on the windows and outside on the vehicle so I had to turn the car on 
a little bit to let it warm up the alpaca blanket definitely helped but it was still cold so today 
is beautiful beautiful morning uh overlooking Brooks Lake here going to get some breakfast 
get packed up and head towards Bubois and then probably down to Rawlins and then down to Medicine 
Bow further on to Grand Junction and Utah again so this is basically what I 
need to have a good drive a   car and coffee most important meal of the day got the Laramie out here 
never been to Laramie coming right up on the Fisher Towers now 
looks pretty epic and we got a view of Castle Valley and all those famous 
climbing butes out there as well that is awesome should have had 
uh half a day to hike the Trails but I don’t have time for that okay I’m in uh Moab going to take a little 
break here get some water in me and uh just have a quick look around maybe go to 
the bookstore it’s always a fun place here back of beyond on Bookshop ch so I’m heading out to the moonscape 
Overlook by Factory butte I guess it’s uh not a secret anymore a lot of overlanders 
have shown this place so anyway I’m going to go out and uh Camp there for the night 
I think it’s 6:00 now and uh the light is awesome really hot day today it’s been 
close to 90° and uh I could really feel it wearing me down a little bit uh so 
from 28° f to 90° F in a day n so that was the moonscape or Moon overview 
a lot of people gathered at night to watch the sunset and a lot of people got here for 
Sunrise so we going to head uh towards uh Capitol reef and escalate today and hoping to meet Jamal 
tomorrow he is a day delayed from Salt Lake City but um it is really too hot to go out and do 
any backpacking with 90° that’s uh definitely above my comfort zone and uh I don’t know what the 
water situation is but we’ll have a chat about all of that when he gets down here but now I’m going 
to head to Capital reef and uh over to Escalante it’s been over 4 years since I drove 
this road but it just feels like yesterday only thing I could see that in Hanksville 
there’s been a lot of development it’s gotten little bit more gentrified the old gas 
station turned into a coffee shop stuff like that okay we’re entering Capital Reef National Park just going to drive it through today but 
uh tomorrow I might be back here hiking with Jamal and we’re out through the reef this 
is the back side pretty spectacular arriving in tTorrey, gonna get some gas and 
coffee now before I drive across the incredible Highway 12 towards Escalante 
one of my favorite roads in the world this is the Larb Hollow Overlook it’s a pretty 
spectacular site let’s go and have a look at this so this whole area here is part of my 
first meeting with Utah around 10 years ago came driving up this mountain here and it was dark 
and we saw that we got up to almost 11,000 ft and we didn’t see any of these views and we car 
camped down in capital reef and this was before the mass invasion of people so there were nobody 
there probably car camped illegally at the rest Stop inside the national park but nobody came and 
checked up on us or anything at that time so these scenes and this area is just kind of very 
special to me been here countless times after that we’re at the summit and we are looking 
over into Escalante River Country can actually see Monument Valley way 
out there in the haze Cliff point so this is uh Boulder with a little 
gas station and Country Store Boulder Mountain Lodge I stayed here once right to place welcome to the hogbacks 
it’s quite spectacular Road don’t want to fall off a cliff here so I’m nearly in Escalante and the plan is to go 
to Escalante Outfitters and have one of their famous pizzas if the line of people isn’t too long 
looks like it’s very crowded out here on a wednesday day at the end of September just spoke with Jamal 
and we’re going to meet up tomorrow in Capitol Reef maybe do a short day hike first and then 
we’re going to head out on a backpacking trip on which I can only join for 2 days probably because 
I need to head back and go to Vegas to catch my plane in a few days here we are the Adventure Town 
of Escalante wonder what’s happened in four years here not too expensive the gas 
here surprisingly Nemos is open again grocery store [Music] is open and here is Escalante Outfitters doesn’t look full today I’m uh meeting Jamal at the capitol 
Reef going to spend a night at Fruita Campground the and then we’re going to head 
out tomorrow on a backpacking trip uh around the Escalante River now and uh 
this area just fills me up with peace I don’t know why but it’s just so calming 
these red rocks and if you have some time not driving too fast through the scenery just 
taking it all in Crossing the Escalante river calf Creek got a famous waterfall in here 
but it looks like the trails are closed well looks like I got much better 
light driving this way for filming so I’m just going to film The Hogbacks 
going back towards Capitol Reef this is calf Creek heading in towards the Falls beautiful scenery in 
this morning sun here you can see the hogbacks the road going up above there what a road out here is Boulder below Boulder 
Mountain and above Boulder Creek okay oh those were the hogbacks pretty 
spectacular scenery up there on that road I’m in Boulder now I’m going to go and 
check out the Burr Trail let’s head down the Burr Trail I’ve been down this way a short ways before 
in my old Prius but uh now I got higher clearance in this rental so going to try to make it all 
the way out to the Eastern side of capital Reef look at these slick Rock 
Hills here amazing [Music] up there is Boulder Mountain 
where I came across yesterday look at these incredible Canyon 
walls here going to drive down there that’s what it’s all about such amazing walls look like something 
from an alien planet something like that looks like those buildings 
in Barcelona look at all the the shapes and forms up here on top of the 
canyon walls there just too much to take in so amazing that’s turtle the king 
turtle Queen Turtle there’s a lizard watching over us this is just 
crazy how cool is this Canyon here that’s going to be a famous Arch at one 
point look at the size of that thing there’s a tiny or a huge Arch way up in the mountain so you got a little bit 
of needles in here as well I’m blown away I really had 
no idea this would be so awesome I can’t believe I haven’t driven this road before all right end of pavement let’s 
see if it’s worth driving the whole Capital Reef uh Road entering Capital Reef pretty good road so far slow down w a stunning view absolutely gorgeous hope 
there’s somewhere to stop here just can’t believe there hasn’t been made   one single place to pull over 
here and catch these amazing views could of course just stop in the road 
but as soon as there’s somebody coming full speed up here like that van from Alaska 
you’re just going to get complete covered dust look at this scenery this is some magic stuff that’s a massive Arch back there all right burr Trail switchbacks let’s 
see if this is something that is possible with this 12% grades okay let’s try the burr switchbacks and see what happens it’s a legendary Road and um we’ll see that’s the first turn pretty steep drop off here beautiful beautiful beautiful what an impressive Road this is this is an adventure so I’m keeping uh the transmission in first gear just to break as much as 
possible on the engine and driving around 10 m an hour and I think that’s it switchbacks are done cool so now to head out to the bullfrog Notom or Notom bullfrog Road and see 
if I should drive out that way look at these Cliffs here it’s the back 
side of the water pocket fold or the front side Maybe here’s the water pocket fold that we 
just drove through in Capitol Reef National Park some really cool rock formations in there 
if I drive this road it’s 29 mil and it’s probably the same going back but it’s paved 
so going to go and check on the conditions on this road if it’s Sandy and uh clay then 
it’s fine if it turns into a lot of uh trashy soil then it’s bad let me ask this person so 
the guy from North Carolina said the road was good going this way so let’s do the 29 mil 
soft sand road right now here’s that Arch from the back side I’m going to call it Lobster 
Arch and here are the switchbacks I just came down going to follow the fold 
the whole way down here I think awesome awesome awesome [Music] it is a bit Sandy here that can be difficult but that was okay so far oh look here 
pavement didn’t expect that still got 15 miles left but I’ll take it what an absolutely stunning 
drive this is and now I’m on pavement it’s pretty warm it’s around 90° 30° and got 
15 miles left to go back to the main road and if it’s on pavement like this it’s all good 
that road can mostly be driven in any car I think don’t even need high clearance I think 
maybe one or two places on the switchbacks would be good to have high clearance but if you take it 
really slow I don’t think it’s necessary [Music] and we are back on on Highway 
24 time to head over to fruita Campground going to head over to fruita Campground 
and uh see if Jamal has arrived it’s pretty good campsite right in the middle here with 
the beautiful cliffs in the background so I’m here with Jamal you all know Jamal 
and today we’re going to do something different I’m going to do a very short hike,  
touristy hike, to the Hickman Bridge never been thereby first time yeah so 
we’re just going to head up here and the Sun is going down and half an hour just going to try 
to beat the sun basically should be beautiful in this light so let’s go all right let’s do 
it so Grand wash 
comes up in between us and that here’s the Hickman Bridge it’s one of the larger ones I’ve seen pretty cool I can’t reach it well the lens actually 
isn’t wide enough really well that’s pretty nice it’s after Sunset so no funny lights but Hickman Bridge quite impressive this bridge it’s much bigger than 
we imagined now we got a little bit of purple light that’s wow this is huge From Below take photo pretty impressive bridge I wonder what it’s like 
when the sun comes through okay so we’re at uh Capitol Reef uh Visitor 
Center and we just got our backpacking permits uh Jamal is staying out for five or six days 
and I’m staying out for 2 days I have to go back and catch my plane in Las Vegas so I’m 
doing um little loop with uh going up sulfur Canyon and down lower Spring Canyon it’s going 
to get really hot the forecast is for 87° and it’s been up to 90° so going to be carrying a lot 
of water and uh trying to stay cool it should be fun first time uh backpacking with Jamal so I’m 
pretty excited for this so we’re driving around staging cars and uh making sure that we have a 
car at each exit point and we’re going to start going up sulfur creek Canyon. so Jamal can you tell me a little bit about 
what we’re doing. we are off on an adventure we are going up sulfur Creek and connecting 
to Upper spring Canyon and then to lower Spring Canyon I guess some people call it an 
extravaganza as in the Extravaganza Loop but we might do some other side stuff on the 
way so it should be fun awesome. good to   be here with you. likewise! our first time 
hiking together actually oh you’re right yep it’s funny we’ve chatted so much 
about it we’ve had beers together yep our first obstacle coming up going down fast Jamal is checking 
depth so we’re not going up there but we think think we go up here it’s so slick oh yeah it’s doable but see it’s that 
next it’s that middle section right above the fall that looks problematic right get back in the water scouting the possible route I’m going to go over here and look that was that was pretty difficult 
that would have been hard solo well that was fun kind of reminded me of death 
Hollow yeah kind of has that same feeling of you could slip and fall into the water 
and it would be no fun but it might be fun yeah I don’t know yeah I I honestly I wasn’t going to 
be too disappointed if I fell in just to cool down pretty awesome love it this is amazing so slick. when 
you get that red sand oh yeah it’s a it’s a rare case that actually 
walking in the water is less slick than the   edges of the water that rock is so polished 
that it’s slick when you’re out of the water this Creek does have a pretty good catch Basin 
so I imagine it does get ripping and roaring at times good job that was fun do we need to get up there yeah may not have to 
but it was starting to get kind of deep there it might be walkable but it starting 
to get deep that’s going to be too deep Second waterfall it oh look at that that’s fun climb up that log right there in the middle yeah 
yeah we’ll do the log in the middle so this is the bypass it’s uh yeah nothing to it not bad hold me along all right okay this could be interesting looks deep oh yes Jamal is scouting 
scouting o maybe level is coming up oh you have a ledge there. I think so. oh yeah there’s something there. I don’t know that that’s walkable, might be. how deep, how deep does 
it get? so going. it’s silty like I’m sinking probably 12 in in to my feet getting stuck under. that does that look like an adventure yep 
except for the background sound sounds like we’re in an amusement par amusement park 
okay I’m going to give this to you. that   was uh quite tricky not tricky but it was the 
water was high. awesome though. real Adventure. that’s pretty nice these hand holds help a lot 
yeah could be hard without that right so up here is The goosenecks 
Overlook and you can maybe see some   people up there I have actually been 
to that Viewpoint like six s eight years ago maybe I’ll find a picture 
from that and post it here in the video so we got to our exit Canyon or exit route Out 
of This Magnificent Place sulfur Creek Canyon okay we’re 
at Chimney Rock in the road a little reminder hey it’s Mr Shadow it’s a little 
short it’s not quite time for him to be out full we’re heading over a pass 
chimney pass or something don’t know if it’s called chimney pass 
I’ll call it that to get into Spring Canyon it’s a beautiful evening sun has gone down and we’re going 
down towards Spring Canyon in the wash. this is easy walking but we’re pretty tired now. these white walls in front of us here is Spring 
Canyon that was a long 2 miles and it’s dark so we’re in Spring Canyon now I’m guessing it’s 
getting closer to 8 and we have half a mile to go to Camp by the spring according to Jamal and 
I don’t think I’m going to film more till we get there because it is dark okay we found our camp 
in darkness and it is completely dark now so not going to film anything more today but uh it’s been 
a long day uh very tired and ready to get camp set up what 
are you doing over the coming 5 six days well I am   headed in Cross Country into the northern part of 
Capitol Reef I’m going to go up this route that I dubbed Jamal’s crack it’s just kind of a weakness 
in the Navajo standstone Lair get up to the top of the Mesa and then I’m going to head Northwest 
to some really cool areas that I uh stumbled up on years ago there’s a few arches back there and 
a few that I saw from a distance that I want to get a closer look at so that’s my plan and then 
I hope to find a way to drop back into the canyon and come back by this very spot and then go down 
lower Spring Canyon so what are you expecting so while Jamal is going up on the reef I 
am going uh down Spring Canyon lower Spring Canyon and that should be awesome from our 
campsite it’s around 7 and 1/2 miles through the Canon It is going to be super warm, the forecast is in the ’90s hoping that 
this Canyon provides some shade as I go down so so according to Jamal’s recording we 
hiked uh 12.9 or 13 Mi yesterday and it was a long day but we started late at noon and we were 
in Camp uh around 8 8:30 maybe should be getting to a dryfall two Dry 
Falls where I need to take a high route   bypass with a lot of exposure apparently and 
I’m pretty sure that’s coming up right down here over here’s apparently the dryfall 
yeah that is way too steep there’s a pool of water there and there’s another 
drold over there with a pool of water and this is impassible from here 
so got to get up on the trail here those are some blue skies up there there’s supposed to be a section with a 
lot of exposure guessing it’s coming up over here I’m guessing this is the portion they mean such good conditions 
now that it’s not problem at all [Applause] well thinking this is actually 
the portion exposer there yeah this section here would have been no fun if 
it was wet or snowy or icy coming through here it’s kind of uh Steep and the exposure is pretty 
significant so I can understand that portion having a warning on the route description uh 
looks like there might be a little bit more here if this gets wet it kind of 
turns into clay and that’s uh just not as fun but the exposure here is not as bad it’s 
uh more of a slide down to the bottom Got this section done. Be careful if it’s wet so I just broke the glass 
on my camera I don’t know   if it’s showing in the image but that’s kind of a bummer such huge walls pretty cool Pinnacle there it’s definitely getting warmer and I am 
super happy for all the Shaded Canyon areas here so kind of working my way 
in and out of the Shadow and uh kind of gives me a few breaks every now 
and then from the heat of the Sun walls like these are so cool love it it is getting incredibly hot as soon as you’re 
out in the sun it’s just baking oven and also the Sun that is hitting these walls is uh heating 
up the walls so that turns into a baking oven so pretty hot stuff now it’s definitely the time 
of day when things starts heating up for real that’s a serious undercut this is a giant of an undercut okay I’m at the Fremont River just 
going to cross put on my Crocs and cross down here I think and then it’s 
just a little road walk to to the car that’s it was only like a little bit below knee 
high and uh very easy this kind of marks the end of my trip just going to walk up to the 
car now and uh get changed get cleaned up a little bit and we’ll see where I’m heading to 
Next uh got uh another day before my flight so I’m going to sleep around the area here I 
think just wanted to thank uh Jamal Green for inviting me and planning this trip and it was 
really awesome love Capitol Reef after this such an awesome place so thank you so much 
Jamal you need to go and check out Jamal’s uh YouTube channel it’s uh Across Utah so after driving a little bit 
it’s uh 91 92° uh Fahrenheit so that’s the Heat so it’s my last day here before I 
have to take my flight out of uh Vegas and I’m heading into Bryce Canyon National 
Park been in Bryce many many times and it’s kind of uh the one place that blew my mind 
the most I think it’s the last day for me out here I’m driving 
across the Arizona strip my time here in the United States has come to an end for this 
time this time I’m not a resident any longer so it’s a temporary visit but this visit has 
really rekindled my love for the American West the nature out here the vastness and the openness 
and the freedom that I talked about earlier in this video it’s been amazing so now it’s uh time 
for me to head back to Norway and start thinking about storms and winter and the Arctic winter 
blizzards snow storms massive snow snowfalls freezing temperatures and all of that stuff so 
time to get back to Van life to enjoy the winter that I love so much so the contrasts I had 113° 
f in Death Valley I had 28° f up in the medicine bow mountains and um now I’m going to go 
back to have an Arctic winter in my van again this has basically been my American story 
I hope you learned a little bit more about why I have such a close connection with America 
and why I feel it’s my second home I will probably never return as a resident but uh I will 
definitely be back more often so now it’s back to Vegas to catch the plane I’m having one night 
at a hotel and then uh long travel with two layovers which is kind of a bummer but it is what 
it is but um totally worth it thanks so much for watching and I’ll see you later my friends in the 
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00:00 Epic Intro
02:30 Travel from Norway to Las Vegas
05:38 Cell service data plan for travelers
07:11 Virgin River Gorge
09:07 Las Vegas
12:48 Real UFOs Extra Terrestrial HW
13:33 Beatty by Death Valley
15:05 113° in Death Valley
21:23 Lone Pine & Alabama Hills
26:28 Horseshoe Meadows
27:34 Sierra Nevada on the PCT
33:07 Intro to my American story
41:26 On the John Muir Trail
46:20 Sunset over the Sierra
47:48 Mt Whitney Summit day
01:10:57 Lone Pine through Death Valley
01:13:27 Matt’s off-road recovery
01:17:30 Arizona Strip
01:24:35 Overlanding Glen Canyon
01:40:11 Hiking Alstrom Point
01:49:57 Sunset at Alstrom Point
01:58:57 Car Camping Glen Canyon
02:03:39 Through Navajo Nation
02:07:34 Monument Valley
02:15:05 Driving Moki Dugway
02:20:54 Overlanding Muley Point
02:23:19 Sunset and thoughts at Muley Point
02:28:22 Escaping thunder storms in the basin
02:30:40 HW 95
02:35:11 My history of Utah hiking
02:37:42 Hite Overlook
02:41:29 Hanksville
02:45:44 Entering Wyoming
02:49:57 Jackson
02:53:47 Grand Teton National Park
02:55:57 First Bison herd
03:00:57 Yellowstone National Park
03:03:29 West Thumb Geyser Basin
03:10:31 Hayden Valley
03:16:39 The most crazy lightning storms I have experienced
03:23:02 Thunder and Lightning
03:28:30 Cody, Wyoming
03:30:22 Bighorn Mountains & Scenic Byway
03:37:12 Snow storms in Yellowstone
03:49:32 Wildlife in Yellowstone
03:50:14 Wolf Pack in Hayden Valley
03:54:40 Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
03:59:46 Across Yellowstone National Park
04:03:13 Lamar Valley
04:08:18 Winter scenery in Yellowstone
04:13:17 Cooke City Montana dinner
04:15:44 Car Camping outside Yellowstone
04:23:37 Chief Joseph Scenic Byway
04:28:02 Back into a Yellowstone dressed after snow storm
04:32:09 Thoughts on National Parks
04:33:38 Bear mom with cub
04:36:44 Grand Prismatic Spring
04:41:30 Grand Prismatic Spring overlook
04:47:16:05 Stealth camping West Yellowstone
04:48:27 Montana
04:51:29 Big Horn Sheep
04:51:52 Thoughts on Music & My Story
04:59:18 Beartooth Highway
05:16:05 Yellowstone one last time
05:17:34 HW 26 Scenic byway
05:20:58 Towards Togwotee Pass
05:24:05 Brooks Lake
05:27:13 Car Camping setup
05:29:00 Cold frozen night car camping
05:30:41 Through Wyoming
05:32:31 Medicine Bow national forest
05:33:39 Utah
05:34:53 Fisher Towers & Colorado River
05:37:06 Moab
05:38:39 Overlanding Factory Butte
05:40:21 Moonscape Overlook
05:45:04 Through Capitol Reef
05:48:58 HW 12 Scenic byway
05:49:42 Larb Hollow overlook, HW 12
05:53:09 The Hogbacks, HW 12
05:57:02 Escalante
05:58:16 Pizza at Escalante Outfitters
05:58:48 HW 12 Scenic byway
06:03:10 Burr Trail
06:14:37 Burr Trail switchbacks
06:17:55 Notom-Bullfrog road
06:24:24 Fruita Campground
06:25:26 Hickman Bridge hike
06:29:39 Hiking, Backpacking & Camping Capitol Reef
06:30:45 Sulfur Creek
06:49:49 Chimney Canyon
06:51:49 Spring Canyon
07:05:07 Bryce Canyon National Park
07:10:20 Final Thoughts & Goodbye America