How I find new places to go and plan them out (While in quarantine)

[@petervollers]

God dude you are the gold standard of informative content. Thx!

[@johnwyoder]

Thanks for all the info! My Google Maps app is covered with pins, marking places I want to go to. (including quite a few from your trips) I'm definitely going to start using Google Earth more, as well as the USGS maps you mentioned.

[@virginiafrank317]

This is an excellent quick guide to a lot of useful info. Thank you.

[@Grinsauce]

Thank you so much for sharing. I had no idea of where to start planning some trips. This is a big help!

[@sunnydaysoff]

Great tips 👍 I love the books from David Days. With all your knowledge, you should organize a guided trip!

[@rickm4295]

Thanks for all of the tips and tricks. I look forward to your next investigation ...I learn a lot every time.

[@danpalmer2881]

Enjoyed learning about some of the websites and apps you use. Lots of good ideas. There's so much to do and see in Utah. Watching your videos gives me lots of ideas on where to go and what to do. Thanks.

[@c.m.steedowski2939]

I have been watching your videos the last week and wanted to say thank you. They are great. Now we just need to be able to get out!

[@jasondweber]

This was awesome!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!

[@TJackSurvival]

This is great! I do something similar with how I search things out. I’m also here in the same part of the world as you.

[@picklemancan]

Im glad I stumbled upon your channel. I love these videos!

[@joanneteasdale4192]

One can do this way too much, just go out there and hike.

[@thatisartnotpffft6368]

Yup Google Earth. Use it to locate interesting places and then confirm online resources, if possible. This worked for us to get to White Pocket, Cobra Arch, many mountain biking trails in AZ, etc etc. I love maps too and my gps. Yer vids are great!

[@BOF7431]

Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of time when I go out west. I have to be honest and tell you that many of the sites came from people like you, Freewayjim, American Roads and many other videos of traveling out in the southwest. You personally informed me about the Alstrom Point overlook, I just wished you would have mentioned the condition of the roads the last 2 1/2 miles (LOL). I finally made though last OCT and while I wanted to visit that area in OCT 2018, I am glad I postponed that plan (due to that storm Rita that blew in from the Baja) because I prepared for that roads going out there just like Toroweap Grand Canyon Overlook as well as the Little Finland part in NV, with rough terrain tires. Had I gone on those roads back in 2018, I would have had several flat tires. I will continue to see where others have gone by watching driving or hiking videos at a minimum but when one by chance happens to see something by chance just like you describe in this video about the arch in Canyonlands, I would prefer to find things on my own as well. My goals in the coming years is to get to Glacier and other sites in the MT, WY and ID areas and then return to south of I-70 to see things I missed like the Black Dragon Canyon pictograph. I was actually too far to the right for that as I was looking at the area that had the wooden fenced off area as you indicate in your video for that area. I want to do the White Rim Road in Canyonlands, get to see the Robbers Roost area (missed seeing it in OCT 2019), the Cosmic Ashtray and the Tatahatso Point overlook (if the Tribe will reopen it again) at a minimum and then check out more things that one stumbles upon when they are just out for a drive. One other road trip would be to do the Skyline Drive road in UT. Thanks for the heads up and continue to post your travel videos!

[@exploresouthwest]

I'm glad the videos help out in finding some alternatives to visit. Sorry about Alstrom Point! That last little bit is pretty gnarly, the thing is I probably have video of it and even noticed the same thing myself. Each trip is usually 3-4 hours worth of footage that gets chopped down to 10-20 minutes. That's the hardest part of editing is figuring out what to cut. I was thinking of shifting to most short videos that are more focused on sections like that and then multiple videos would make up "The Trip". That way things could be a bit more informative over a small area.

[@BOF7431]

NP, I enjoyed the shake, rattle and roll aspect of that trip. The year before I went down the Shafer Trail at Canyonlands and while that part was OK, when I took the L turn to go on Potash Road it seemed to take forever to make that drive to the hardpack - just so many spots where one can only go 5MPH or so, for a good portion of that trip. I want to do the White Rim Road, I just wonder if it'll be the same as Potash Road. One last question: as I missed out on getting to the Robber's Roost area (Butch and Sundance's hideout close to Hanksville because I made a wrong turn and was starting to run late as per schedule, have you ever gotten down to see that? Just curious. Look forward to future postings of your travels.

[@NigelNaughton]

That into... WTF! Haha. Try Google Keep for notes. I got away from Evernote a long time ago for a lot of reasons. Another tip: Use Google Photos for all your photo needs especially backups...free unlimited. But the best thing about it is the metadata on the photos you take. Since the photos are GPS marked I take a photo anytime I want to remember a place. So now you have the GPS coordinates and a photo associated with it. It's a faster way than trying to mark a position on the map when you just want a quick marker. Then later save the location to Google Maps.

[@exploresouthwest]

I'll definitely look into Google Keep. I actually used to use Google Photos but the plugin to send straight from Lightroom to the Photos stopped working so I've been using Flickr for storage. But between the two I preferred Google Photos, it was just the convenience factor that switched it over.

[@AdventureKorkey]

What’s the name of that Utah guide book that you said you liked the best

[@exploresouthwest]

Utah: A Guide to the State by Ward J. Roylance. It's the 1982 edition of a book that initially came out in 1941.