Ep. 13: Lake Powell & Antelope Canyon | Utah & Arizona RV travel camping

[@earlwolleat3303]

I am still catching up on your older videos, what a great way to see the country through your eyes!!!

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you Earl! We'll admit that we sometimes cringe when re-watching some of our early efforts like this one, but we're nevertheless thrilled that you're going through our back catalog.

[@clarktferrill]

You are just alright with me..anyone that will set a table for his dogs is a great human being...So glad I found your sight..keep on😄

[@GrandAdventure]

Mrs. GA wasn't along for that swing down to Lake Powell, so the girls were the only ones to share Thanksgiving with. Our dogs are our kids to us.

[@duckiegirl58]

My mom in law is in kanab! That canyon is hypnotic, beautiful and looks so fragile!!

[@GrandAdventure]

As does much of that part of the southern Utah desert, Candie. It's all so beautiful.

[@kcculp6430]

Another thing to do in Page AZ is to take a rafting trip from the base of the dam down through the canyon. You exit just before the bad rapids going through the Grand Canyon. Some of the cliffs are over 1,000 feet. Just beautiful.

[@GrandAdventure]

We love desert river running. So many great rivers in the SW US.

[@kcculp6430]

Another beautiful thing to see in Page is the overlook of the river just below the dam. You can walk right out to the edge of the cliffs.

[@GrandAdventure]

Referring to Horseshoe Bend, we presume?

[@kcculp6430]

@@GrandAdventure Yes. Absolutely beautiful view!

[@ibcontent]

Lake Powell is my favorite lake. I have used a 15' sailboat and stayed twice for 5 days, camping on the boat in different spots each night. Even went to Rainbow Bridge on one of the trips. Going slow allowed me to see so much!

[@GrandAdventure]

That's the same reason we like multi-day kayak trips on Lake Powell, Craig. You are correct, slowing down lets you see so much more.

[@jefftatchio6091]

Utah Jeff..... here..... well done video .... been a long time since I have been to Powell .... need to go again

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you Jeff! We're thinking of heading down that way ourselves again once we leave SLC following ski season. TBD.

[@kcculp6430]

I camped at Lone Rock in 2007 on a 7,000 mile motorcycle trip. Fished in the lake and toured the area, including Monument Valley. However, the most beautiful thing I saw in the area was Canyon de Chelly just to the east of Monument Valley.

[@GrandAdventure]

Canyon de Chelly is still on our list, KC, and occupies a prominent spot on it.

[@lorih379]

How sweet. Thanksgiving with your girls. Beautiful places.

[@GrandAdventure]

Funny, but we look back at that now and it looks so corny to us...but the girls deserved a little holiday treat.

[@lorih379]

@@GrandAdventure as fur parents ourselves , we totally get it. Not corny at all.

[@dollymando]

Lake Powell is really our favorite place-so amazing and beautiful, truly makes one appreciate what a fantastic country we live in! Thank you so much for the video!

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you!!

[@Wendel22]

Great Scenery Pictures. Absolutely breath taking....

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you Wendy! We hope that you'll stick around, for there's more where that came from coming soon.

[@EddieAtLarge]

Thanksgiving with the girls was both precious and priceless. Alstrom Point was magnificent. Would love to see it in person, however, I’m not ready to risk my brand new tires on that trek. Maybe next time around...

[@GrandAdventure]

You'd be fine. My tire failure was due to tires that were at the point of replacement anyway, and mobbing around those roads like a bat out of hell. Eliminate either of those factors and nothing would've happened.

[@satajet883]

We just kayaked the canyon from antelope point. Was incredible.

[@GrandAdventure]

That has to be a wonderful paddle, even when the lake is so low.

[@bridgettec9200]

awwwww my heart just melted when the girls got their own Thanksgiving plates 😊😍 love the channel!!!

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you Bridgette, thrilled to have you along for the ride!

[@allankawakami7851]

Awesome aerial view 🌅

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you Allan!

[@tomaustin4526]

Beautiful ❤️😎🎥🌎 thanks for sharing and safe travels

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you Tom!

[@georgehayduke6717]

Love your ch. Wish I lived in the West again.

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you George! There are indeed opportunities back East as well, they're just far fewer and often require a bit more creativity to find.

[@ibcontent]

Love Lake Powell. Took my small sailboat there in 2017 & 2018. 5 days on the Lake each time. Had to get trailer bearings repaired in Page! In Kanab is a nice Pastry place. Very good! Thanks

[@GrandAdventure]

We love Lake Powell, too! But not so much this video. Funny, but we watched this one again the other night and we just cringed as we believe we've gotten so much better at producing films. This was one of our earliest efforts and it shows, but thanks so much nevertheless!

[@merlin1477024]

Excellent video of Lake Powell area.

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you Mark!

[@MDSECTOR]

Great video Thank you for opening my eyes to these beautiful adventures and for my future trips oh and by the way, awesome paper towels

[@GrandAdventure]

LOL! Thank both for watching, and for your wonderful comment!

[@MDSECTOR]

Grand Adventure lol it’s all in the details. Even though it was upside down ole eagle eye caught it

[@kcculp6430]

The bridge by the dam is the second highest single arch bridge in the Americas. The highest is over the New River near Fayetteville West Virginia, at 850 feet.

[@GrandAdventure]

Fun factoid, KC!

[@DownsizingMakesCents]

I love it that you made thanksgiving dinner for the pups. I always wondered if you could actually make a turkey in an rv oven. How was it.?

[@GrandAdventure]

It was excellent. There was no way to make a full turkey, no matter how small, so we went with a turkey breast.

[@WanderlandTravelers]

Wow, we'll definitely have to check out Antelope canyon as well. Loved the music choice for the beautiful, epic drone footage near the end of the vid!

[@WanderlandTravelers]

And wow, that lottery was hilarious. We'll keep that in mind if we want to attempt a wave visit. Thanks for the heads up!

[@GrandAdventure]

Appreciate it! Some friends went down a few weeks later and scored a Wave permit on the first try...for the second time. Grrrrrr! As for Antelope Canyon, I must caution you that it's a real shitshow. It was terribly difficult to get shots without people in them. I've done slots before (Ding & Dang Canyons, etc. - on our own, of course) and barely encountered anyone else. There were several hundred people in Antelope, which was only a few hundred yards long. I'm glad I saw it but I don't feel the need to ever do so again.

[@laughingram7287]

The scenery and story of Paria was very eerie. We had tickets to do Antelope Canyon, but because of Covid-19, they refunded our money. Thanks for some pretty good shots despite the crowd! Thanksgiving with the girls....where was the Mrs.?? Nice job on the campfire. The end of this video had probably some of your best drone shots; really enjoyed this part.

[@GrandAdventure]

I'm glad that we did Antelope Canyon, but I don't need to ever do it again. It's just a junk show with all of those people, whereas there are a ton of slot canyons in that part of Utah/Arizona that you can drop into and be the only people there.

[@CaliforniaTravelVideos]

Love your 4K video and story, Marc. Of course, it's "cheating" when you use footage of you dining with your lab 😉

[@GrandAdventure]

Hahaha! The truth behind that story was that we had two vehicles in Zion, and when Patricia got pissed off at me she drove back to SLC. I decided to press on to Lake Powell anyway, so my only dining companions for Thanksgiving Dinner turned out to be the pups.

[@CaliforniaTravelVideos]

@@GrandAdventure Holy smoke bro - happens to the best of us. I guess it rubs both ways - Grace tells me our pupster gives BOTH of us unconditional love! Many, MANY moons ago I was on a houseboat on Lake Powell, went swimming and had a "few" midday toddies before taking a nap by the beach. Unfortunately the sun was beating down in July and the top of my feet turned beet-red, so when I woke up I realized I had a real problem. 10 days later I was able to start wearing shoes again - not my finest hour. Marc, I'm not so sure we get wiser but we definitely have stories to tell... PS - Turkey and salmon are my two favorite meals - looking forward to dining with y'all post-COVID...

[@darisanshanger1616]

Oh wow!! A hiking pas? Are there hiking police on the trail? Still.. other beautiful places to explore.

[@GrandAdventure]

There are indeed. Rangers patrol that area regularly to check permits, as they opine that overuse would destroy it. A friend tried himself this past Christmas, and the lottery drawing was even more busy.

[@joinusonthervhighway]

Great job on the video. Always nice to see different places.

[@GrandAdventure]

Join Us For A Trip Down The RV Highway Thank you!

[@ElementaryExplorers]

Oh Antelope Canyon was so beautiful! The week we were in Page, AZ flash flood warnings cancelled our reservations. So glad you got to experience it, even though it was crowded! Happy Thanksgiving. 🦃🍽

[@roneskoz1961]

Really enjoy your videos as we are fellow RV'ers. What drone do you use? I have the Mavic 1st gen, but yours look clearer?

[@GrandAdventure]

Nope Ron, we too are using a first-gen Mavic Pro. Everything we use is in the Photography & Videography section at www.amazon.com/shop/grandadventure .

[@retiredandrollin]

I may have missed it, but for those of us following your travels, please add a note to your videos if your campsites are big rig accessible. Thanks

[@wnabm3]

Nice video! Loving the progress on the channel! Keep it up!

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you!!

[@jesib7526]

Enjoyed the video and the 3 of you having Thanksgiving dinner. :) I like that you showed us how the drawing for The Wave was done, and told us how much the tour cost. I won't be doing any rock crawling anywhere. :)

[@GrandAdventure]

If you can manage to get a permit, The Wave would be totally worth the hike. Can't say the same for the cost of the Antelope Canyon tour, unless you like crowds.

[@susandoyle263]

Beautiful video …. I see that you have used drone footage. I was surprised; what determines where you can and where you can't fly your drone? I believe it is not possible in National Parks, correct? Maybe you are on BLM land here and in other videos? Please let me know … and what drone do you use? Thanks

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you, Susan! We use a DJI Mavic Pro, and covered this drone and how we use it in our Episode 85: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4Waf4efpNWCrdk . It all depends on the FAA's classification of the airspace within which you're flying, which relies upon airspace maps. Only the FAA has the authority to regulate airspace; what entities like the National Park Service have the ability to regulate is whether or not they allow take-offs and landings from land they manage. National Parks are, indeed, off limits for that; however, you can still film National Parks if you take off from and return to land outside of the National Park. Our drone's range is 4.3 miles. You also face restrictions within 5 miles of any airport. The majority of publicly-managed land in rural areas, though, is completely legal for flying, including National Forest and BLM land. Apps like DJI's flight app (called DJI Go) and AirMap use geo-fencing to show where flight is legal and where it is not, and will warn you (or in some cases even block you) if you try to launch from restricted land.

[@facdafra8485]

Great video!

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you very much!

[@timbronson745]

Antelope Canyon is a zoo. I might have to just break in at night and see it when no one is around. As for the $50, I’ll still spend it on Navajo souvenirs.

[@GrandAdventure]

We'll grab a headlamp and join you. 😉

[@timaz1066]

Looks a lot like the Badlands of S. Dakota.

[@GrandAdventure]

In person it's quite different, actually. The cliffs are much, much taller -- like orders of magnitude taller. And unlike the Badlands it's not surrounded by green grass in spring and early summer, too.

[@snickers2829]

Puppies!!!

[@williamkeil8414]

Good video

[@GrandAdventure]

Thanks as always, William!

[@retiredandrollin]

Great stuff

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you so much!

[@randomclips9122]

Hey did you do the upper or lower Antelope Canyon? Also which would you recommend?

[@GrandAdventure]

We did Upper. Honestly I can't recommend it, and assume Lower is the same. It's just too much of a junk show. There are other slots you can explore where you're the only one there.

[@randomclips9122]

@@GrandAdventure in going in the end of February into March. Any spots to check out?

[@GrandAdventure]

@@randomclips9122 if you can find a copy (it's now out of print), find Michael Kelsey's Guide to Non -Technical Slot Canyons of the Colorado Plateau.

[@alexlee3787]

👍

[@donaldfuller5041]

So it isn't only 20 people a day it could be 120?

[@GrandAdventure]

If you're referring to Antelope Canyon, Donald, it's literally hundreds.

[@RussellBond13]

Old bob, another drone hater with no real drone knowledge. At 25’ I can’t even hear my drone and I didn’t see many people . Nice video.

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you Ian!

[@dumolebob]

That’s BS, I live in a National Park and you can hear those things buzzing a half mike away.

[@RussellBond13]

Well first off most everybody knows it's illegal to fly in a National Park so not sure how many your hearing and not sure what a "half mike" is, is that metric.

[@charlooote1]

Love u'r Drone video. Which drone is it? I have the DJI Phantom 3

[@dumolebob]

To bad you have to fly that darn drone over everybody’s head. It’s a real intrusion!

[@GrandAdventure]

During the day with other people's generators running, and at that altitude no one even knew it was there.

[@dollymando]

No I love the drone!! No intrusion at all, come on

[@KodyKline]

Keep up the drone footage...awesome shots and us drone flyers know to not intrude on peoples space. ---there will always be haters. The drone footage was a nice compliment to the video. :)

[@retiredandrollin]

Always negative people, great video.

[@bcsundberg2]

Good with the drone. You might try some ND filters for your lens.