Bentonite Blast! A scenic drive through the Morrison Formation in my Segway Villain

Filmed with an Insta360 Go3
Music: Chemical Brothers
If the bentonite clay were to get wet, it would have been the end of me. A moment of silence for all those who didn't make it. Its like mixing peanut butter and warm wax.
I'm driving this 2023 Segway Villain 72-wide in a slightly spirited way, but I need to be careful of any other machines out here with all these blind hills and corners. Handling is typical of any mid-engine: It tends to push a little at first, then when the back end gets some power and bites, you get quickly get that fun perfect balance if not a little oversteer.
This is Sand Bench Loop as it winds its way through the famous Morrison Formation in the San Rafael Swell, Utah. The Morrison was a Jurassic river delta type environment, and somehow 150 million years later, we get... THIS!

[@sxsoutcast7651]

Man you guys can rip out there. You have climbs all around you. If I ever make it out west we gotta hook up. 💪💪

[@herbf2700]

Well, the BLM is rather strict about sticking to established roads here. There are zones where you can free-for-all, and then specific trails of various difficulties. Remember the desert might take 50 years for tracks to vanish. Still, there are a million miles of roads and trails out here. I was thinking of doing Eagle Canyon soon, but it just rained hard yesterday and I'm going to give a few days for it to dry out. My brother lives across the road from Swing-Arm-City, one of those free-for-all zones of whoops made of fluffed Mancos Shale at the base of Factory Butte. That'd be a great place to get some air if you're in to that. And then there's Moab just down the way. I tend to enjoy staying away from the tourist zones. The San Rafael Swell is our little secret out here. Its almost entirely un-advertised and you can be out there on Dutch Flat Road on a holliday and only see one other vehicle the whole afternoon. Except Easter... Easter is a big deal here. The entire population empties out of the towns and camps out there.

[@sxsoutcast7651]

@@herbf2700 someday it'll happen. Thanks for sharing. 😎