Immersed in Utah's Rock Art: McConkie Ranch, Dinosaur National Monument, Nine Mile Canyon

This week we travel with friends, exploring the Fremont Indian Rock Art in Utah: McConkie Ranch, Dinosaur National Monument, and Nine Mile Canyon.
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Music in this video is from a subscription with Epidemic Sound:
Finding Freedom 3 - Peter Sandberg
Play It Cool - Duke Herrington
Aim For The Stars - Rand Aldo
Between Four Eyes - Czar Donic
Painted Road - Jon Algar
The Village Welcoming - Adriel Fair

[@annmoore6562]

What a sacred spot you found! We really are not very long on this earth in the grand scheme of things. I love that you appreciate that fact.

[@spellmadam2947]

That was just awesome.

[@LeonGiafaglione]

Love the music in the beginning

[@joybabe54]

Thank you for including us in your travels. Really fun! My husband and I are close to retirement and considering a Class B. We keep wondering about the length of the chassis. It’s tempting to get caught up in the extra room and storage available in a longer rig. But then I remind myself of what you have said about you and John being happiest on the road with the least stuff. Any further thoughts you can share about this from your wealth of experience would be super helpful. Thank you for all of the hours you devote to this channel. Feels like an act of love. 😎🚐😎

[@FromShetoMe]

Your comment was posted twice and hopefully you saw my response on the other comment.

[@DebbieWhitten]

Thank you for this information. I'm in the process of planning a National Park trip in Utah for next spring in my Plateau FL. Now I'm adding a detour to check out Dinosaur National Monument that I wasn't aware of.

[@stan3497]

Very cool, always enjoyable. Thank you for sharing your time.

[@bsjcook]

Debbie and John, we especially enjoy your videos of places that we can't get to in our "ole fogy"n 5er. Thanks for all the work of making these videos and putting up with John ... any more dancing like that could be grounds.... :)

[@FromShetoMe]

We played with the idea of heading your way but decided you had probably had enough of us. 😘

[@bsjcook]

@@FromShetoMe We would love to have you visit again ... we returned home from Fun Valley and Karen and Jay are still parked at our house ... they leave after her Dr visit for her broken arm to release her and give her the first physical therapy on the 13th - then they head back to South Texas for their home. Great visit!

[@godfreydaniel6278]

This is a first-rate video! Crystal clear images and steady camera work. Thanks so much for posting it!

[@swansodi]

Great video! I have been to Dinosaur NM, years ago. But, not to the other places. Will put them on my list.

[@bettyjorodgers8552]

Coooooool video. Thanks

[@ER-mo3wq]

Thank you, I really enjoy your videos. Places I would love to visit someday. From your Friend in Nova Scotia.

[@tarac5137]

Very interesting! Thanks for bringing us along. Glad the stove oven is working out well. 🚐

[@stout_tossme7541]

So so glad you were able to hit Dinosaur monument and 9 mile. I hope Utah was welcoming 🙂

[@FromShetoMe]

Thank you so much for diverting us! Incredible.

[@stout_tossme7541]

@@FromShetoMe you are very welcome. Safe travels, I will be waiting for the next video

[@mandosandradios]

Excellent background music

[@stephenbeck4636]

Great opening shots !

[@camperab]

No, I do not envy you your wonderful trips! Great scenery. Thank you for this video. Greetings from Bavaria, Germany.

[@johndoody1492]

Thanks for showing us these national treasures. Their challenges were no less significant than our own. One of them, no doubt was to determine whether to ascend or descend to those precarious canvases.

[@timsmith7625]

Been out there years ago and visited the park. Always interesting find and less traveled, not like a Moab! Enjoyed the video and seeing the region again.

[@richardross3172]

Awesome! My oldest son was born in Vernal, so that part of the world holds a very special place in my heart. Thanks for the memories!!!

[@davidoswald9275]

Wonderful places. We've been there. The McConkies are cousins.

[@kimhollon4736]

Been watching your videos for a long time, but this is the first time to comment.Thanks for sharing in these 2 videos about your travels in Utah. It's on our list of places to visit after we get our van in April!!! We did have the delight of a rafting trip down the Green River in 2013 or so, and on several stops along the way, we saw many of those amazing petroglyphs. Kim & Ellen

[@FromShetoMe]

You are so welcome. Maybe next time we’ll get in a float trip. Enjoying a beautiful sunset right now near Escalante.

[@TravelSmallLiveBig]

Wow! Just WOW! Going on our never ending list. John dancing - oh my hilarious! I really enjoy your travel videos ~ I always save them until I'm comfortable on the settee with a glass of wine :) Or a Saturday morning with a cup of coffee. Thanks!

[@VANTREKKINGlifestyle]

John "flossing" 😂😂😂😂👍. Our granddaughters tried to teach me too but I'm not even as good as John even if he has been practicing for a year. Maybe when we finally get together we can have a dance contest. That should be hilarious. Great episode Deb. Like you we've had to download it and watch while in a National park so we're just now getting a little cell coverage. Those pumpkin roll thingies looked pretty good. Give John an 8 on the head bobbing good dance and a 10 on the mouth wipe. 😂😂😂. Somehow you need to get him to talk more on the videos. I swear the parts where you two banter back and forth are the best parts. You two!!!!! Love you both. Stay safe. See you soon.

[@WA7ALUT]

This is my backyard. Welcome wish i would have known I would have loved to have met you. Hope you enjoyed the views and experience.

[@lindaazamian9287]

Thanks for this beautiful and enjoyable video! As a newbie to RV camping, I was wondering how this works: if you pick your campsite and then drive off for adventures, how do you show that your spot is taken? Do you leave anything there when you take off? If you leave a note or sign, do you think someone might think you’re gone already? I think you mentioned in a previous video that sometimes people forget to remove their signs and others assume they’re gone. Btw, our bricks and sticks home is just down the coast from you in California! Love your channel.

[@FromShetoMe]

If it is a developed campsite then we leave a few items like a tablecloth or leveling blocks. But with dispersed camping you may come back with your stuff gone and someone parked there. Best just to move on and find a different spot.

[@jdunnigan6893]

Hi. Always interesting videos, and this one was terrific. Questions: How was the weather in Utah at this time of year? And: do you post your itineraries after your trips? Thanks, Jack

[@FromShetoMe]

Yes, I will post when we get back. Weather is pretty good. Can be cold at night up north toward Vernal (high 30’s) but in the south near Escalante it is maybe high 40’s to low 50’s at night. Today the high was upper 70’s.

[@douglastoney2843]

Wonderful! You are introducing me to places near to our home in Western Colorado that we have yet to explore. Thank you! Did you find a Trader Joe's near Vernal?

[@FromShetoMe]

LOL. Probably SLC is closest TJ. You are very close to many amazing places.

[@davebutler6521]

You guys are funny. Modern Donna Reed show. History thing: at about the same time the Native Americans were documenting their lives on the rock walls, the Norman conquest was underway in England, with the Duke of Normandy building massive forts. If you zig zag to St. George, consider the Twisted Noodle Cafe, the chef makes healthy food taste good.

[@FromShetoMe]

Thanks for the tip. Probably have to save for next time. I cracked the glass on my phone today and we have to make a detour to SLC.

[@scottsitler3023]

Hi Debbie, another great video. I was wondering if sometime you could measure for me the distance from your rear door to the outermost part of your spare tire. We’re looking to add the Agile spare tire carrier to our 2018 PW Ascent and want to make sure our bike carrier will fit. Thanks!

[@FromShetoMe]

14” from door to outside of tire and the lowest part of the tire is about 33” off the ground. Our rear is about 3.5 inches higher than the stock models.

[@scottsitler3023]

@@FromShetoMe Thank you very much for this information! Continue your videos and be safe,

[@flybyairplane3528]

Hello DEBBIE & JOHN, now no haze, see how beautiful, those ROCK ART, some are really large , thought I was in AUSTRALIA, except for some animals, WTR were at dinasour Park recently , ment to ask, how are your seats on long rides ? WTR, changed the seats they have in their crew cab pickup , But never regretted it one bit , they bought a 20 yo FORD 7.9 DIESEL, and their rear is a bolt on camper body W/ pop up , lots of space , lots of electric, but do use propane, for heat & cook . Happy Trails Safely , cheers 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@FromShetoMe]

We follow them, too. Our seats are comfortable so no problems in that department.

[@michaelkurz9067]

Hello young lady, 9 mile canyon close to a town called East Carbon a town called helper in Utah has a 3 story museum (very nice) Butch Cassidy and his wild bunch robbed the payroll from the miners riding distance from helper rode south thru Huntington (where I grew up) I would have paid big bucks to have ridden side by side with Butch

[@FromShetoMe]

His name pops up in so many places we have visited. He was quite the traveler.

[@waynerandall5576]

Amazing, this video turned up from syber nowhere at a Time I question much of our origends . Look at the art with an open mind and really picture what science, religion and alien therist claim, state or prove, the circles in the first picture on the left side circles have legs X 4 creature in the mid, and circles with extending line. What does a tradition space ship look like when above you? How does it land? Who drives it? Wow the next gliff shows a modern day DNA halex clearly wow. the man a top all creatures in the gliff shows once "the Adam" obtained knolege and clothed himself he was a deite not an animal . Wow amazing thank yiu

[@txhypnotist]

It's to bad John doesn't really want to be in front of the camera. He keeps you laughing I bet all the time. "He's a Fung-Guy".

[@bertkelly7650]

Another Owen impersonation. LOL

[@Silentwingedone]

Please don't touch the rock art.