I left to live out of my van… | Van Life Road Trip | Petrified Forest National Park

[@MrEllio7]

Thanks for sharing. Looks like a fun trip. The rainbow

[@RiverbendlongbowsOutdoors]

Desert deer 😂👍🏻 Yep, Romos is excellent 👌 Been through there many times. Looking forward to the Grand Canyon trip

[@justicegusting2476]

Your Grandpa would be very proud of you.♥️

[@keniakennedy9016]

You and James are so cute together! Loving this western National Park adventure……looks like you two had the Petrified Forest mostly to yourselves!

[@roamingwithroma5879]

Great video. Roma loved it there. I like your van.

[@hikingmovie]

Used to live in Flagstaff and I miss the Navajo Tacos! So good!

[@LuckyLarry]

I don’t know exactly where y’all are right now but to the south of PFNP is an area called the White Mountains! In the summer it is wonderfully cool. Towns or Show Low ,Alpine , and Pine Top are so good. But the White mountains are gorgeous! Lots of Nat Forest land and I imagine dispersed camping for y’all.

[@jimweagant8920]

Great video thanks for sharing

[@Galiuros]

Few folks know that you can get an overnight backcountry pass in the Petrified Forest National Park. You park at a pullout and start backpacking in any direction (certain areas are set aside) for as far as you want and set up for the night. They will lock your vehicle inside the park boundary. The dark skies are incredible.

[@rockytopwrangler2069]

... At your age , road trips can be a blast ,, roll without specific destination times and take in anything that perks an interest (as you guy's did)... So much too learn that there is NO other better way .... Stay Safe ... til next vid ....

[@billyshears921]

It's a beautiful world...enjoy and stay safe!

[@a.ramosakadrumgrl6677]

Over the years people have taken pieces of the petrified wood home with them. I remember going when I was a kid and they caught people stealing the petrified wood. People need to remember that if everyone takes a piece, then it will all be gone. Have fun at the Grand Canyon!!

[@reidsadventures]

Wow those rock drawings are amazing!!!

[@vadaboy]

Rainbows are always a blessing. Follow the light.

[@carolwalker9769]

When you stay at casinos check their website, sometimes they offer a free buffet when you sign up for their players club card.

[@gracemccoy2874]

"Desert deers" 🤣 and that right there is why I am a patreon supporter omg so funny. That is some cool landscape. And the native American dancers I love that. Great video!

[@TheLastBoyScouts]

Awesome! Sorry to hear about your experience with “the vid” - stoked to see how this adventure goes for you guys 👍🏼🍻

[@timwolfers7880]

My last visit to Petrified Forest it was around 100° and sunny, so you had a much more pleasant experience on the trails. The colors in the painted desert section of the park are amazing, especially early or late in the day. Enjoy kids!

[@csscott9803]

Your videos are absolutely awesome 🤘😁

[@christinashepard8787]

Just love seeing you and James out there having fun and thanks for taking us along with you.

[@rhousto1]

Stopped at the park last September after we picked up our RV in Ohio. Had always been on my bucket list. The colors were amazing and seeing the petrified trees topped it off. Glad you're back on the road.

[@ssue4q]

Hi Kelly glad you're back what a cool vlog! The piece of petrified wood that was quartz mostly was gorgeous thank you James for the commentary. I kept wondering is James her boyfriend? And yeah you finally announced that at the beginning 😆 I sure as heck hope that fatigue does not last lifelong with you from the covid like it has with my niece about your age and my sister older than me. I've suffered with it for 20 years because of my very progressed Rheumatic disease. So I know exactly what it's like and it's really hard to deal with for sure. When you wake up feeling like you've been ran over by a flipping freight train for the entire day. Enough about that looking forward to this journey you're on.. Okay safe and happy travels as always😘✌

[@TheAdventuresOfDougan]

That's fun, the Petrified Forest. Gosh, back in 2011, I sold my boat and filled a U-Haul to relocate back to the beach in California (from New York), but I took Highway 40 all the way back. Stopped at the Petrified Forest, and Ortega's Indian Jewelry in Gallup NM. I think there is a trip video on my mdougan1000 channel. Love the way you two are traveling. You look a lot better than the last video I saw, so, whatever you are doing is good. Hugs!

[@jimgargas2480]

Great video! Stay safe and have fun!

[@funtimevideos2160]

Really good video. I always wanted to see this. It so good to see you and James having fun. I like seeing him be more active and explaining things in this video.

[@donaldgerig9515]

Great to see you two exploring the sites out west. Will you make it to Crater Lake NP? Maybe then take in a really different restaurant east of there called the "Cowboy Dinner Tree"? (near the little town of Silver Lake). Check times and reservations. John Day Fossil Beds NM is cool. Check out the Painted Hills Unit and the Sheep Rock Unit Happy travels. Don from Oregon.

[@TheJhtlag]

Planning to hit Oregon in September, Cowboy Dinner Tree, eh? I'll check that out if I can. 7/11 er, maybe not, not a big steak guy, chicken looks gorgeous, I could eat half of that.

[@adlhikes3159]

Nice tour. As a Snowbird, I’ve posted up in Flagstaff for many weeks on the way to warm winter Wx. Lots of disbursed Rv camping there 👏. Hiked most of the AZT - another v good long trail.

[@richardross7219]

I'm glad that you two are having a good time. When my wife and I traveled together, she had to keep talking to me because I have sleep apnea. She'd lay on the bed in back and we'd talk about everything. The AAA guide books were handy for pointing out interesting sites. The National Park Pass is a good idea. In the 1970s there was a "Golden Eagle Pass" that let me into National Parks and Forests. Have fun. Good Luck, Rick

[@Justusson]

From one to another with sleep apnea, was in central apnea? Or how come she had to talk to you?

[@richardross7219]

@@Justusson She helped me stay alert and if I started to nod off, she would have me pull over for a nap. She had crushed her back and couldn't drive much. So, I had to do the driving.

[@msBriana011]

You mean narcolepsy? Sleep apnea means you stop breathing in your sleep

[@randybeeson3424]

Cool! Glad yall are still out having fun You don't have to walk to have a great KZbin channel. But you do have to CAMP!

[@jimmyjenkins9240]

Well, y’all are looking good and having fun and that’s what this trip is about! Thanks for bringing us along.

[@MaxZomboni]

That was awesome. Pronghorns roaming and rainbows over the petrified forest. What else could you want? I can't wait to see your Grand Canyon adventure. 😎👍

[@TheJhtlag]

wow, what a difference a couple weeks make! Road trips cures a lot of ills, making sandwiches, restaurants, hitting natty parks, running from the rain (imagine doing that on the AT: suck it up buttercup ;^) Driving 15 hours, sometimes you just gotta have fun!

[@jacquikostige4001]

Love seeing all this.

[@jduggan4129]

Love fun places off the highway. Thanks for the trip. I can’t wait to see where else we go. Love you guys. California Joanna

[@pudster1960]

Nice to see you on the road having fun, the trails will allways be there. Obviously check out Desert Solitaire and The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey who was a ranger there back in the day. He is also the modern day Thoreau about Environmentalism and keeping one's Sovereignty against Govern Ment.

[@StandardLand]

The info plaque at the crystal forest talks about how many millions older the trees are than dinosaurs which is mind blowing.

[@prepperbob84065]

Your desert deer are called Antelope!

[@kellyhays23]

I figured out later in the video they are pronghorn

[@AbleHammer]

Those are antelope 😊

[@jasonjones5213]

Thanks for the work you guys put into making videos.Looks like you're having fun.

[@nickhikesinthewoods6150]

Great video Kelly I love what you are about your life is awesome keep that vibe going 🙂

[@charmaineslater7632]

Nice I'm from New Mexico, but live in Utah. Good to see u all traveling around the area. Be safe and have a great time!

[@garylindenmuth7468]

Nice trip

[@michelleange-i7v]

Now y'all know I couldn't wait for the two of you to hit the highway trail .. wahoooooo. Thank you so much for doing of this especially for those of us that can only dream about it ! God bless Are you planning a trip to Moab to see the petroglyphs out there ?

[@ineffable_potentiality_01]

You are amazing

[@porchlightadventures]

Incredible! Thanks for sharing this. Did you have cell phone service at the Petrified Forest?

[@mickaelmick5397]

Thanks for this travel 😏👍

[@floorticket]

I'm going to recommend a couple of books by Ed Abbey which relate directly to your destination. "Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness" (1968), is Abbey's account of being a seasonal park ranger at Arches National Monument in the late '50s. And "The Monkey Wrench Gang" (1975) which is a novel about protecting the environment by sabotage and is hilarious. Total romp. I'm amazed it hasn't been made into a movie. Maybe that's a good thing.

[@Galiuros]

There have been at least a half dozen attempts to make a movie of The Monkey Wrench Gang. None successful for various reasons. Two of his novels have been made into movies. Lonely Are the Brave (book title, The Brave Cowboy) staring Kirk Douglas and Walter Matthau. The other novel turned into a movie was Fire on the Mountain staring Buddy Ebsen and Ron Howard.

[@steverensh]

Those "desert deer's" are actually pronghorn antelope. They are all over the western US in the desert type areas. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronghorn UPDATE: I watched the rest of the video and see that you discovered that they are pronghorn.

[@TheJhtlag]

and they're trying to get us to say "pronghorns" because technically they're not really antelopes, there are no antelopes in the western hemisphere. (same with cedars even though you'll see cedar this and cedar that all over the place)

[@madsadventures]

Is James a geologist??? Haha thanks for all the information in the video loved it 💗

[@calex9398]

Very cool🤙

[@MrEllio7]

What phone mount are you using? Does it stay put on the windshield?

[@kellyhays23]

i am using my go pro! just holding it in my hand. the mount is from amazon. I will start linking my store front on these videos - i have an electronics list that includes everything i use to film

[@homer3189]

$12 showers?! must be some good water

[@kellyhays23]

$12 for up to an hour and they provide a towel. Not too bad of a deal when you only do it once or twice a week

[@thejudge61]

How did you and James meet

[@cabinvibeetsystore9094]

New sub! Liked 😀🙏👍👍

[@eddieeteuati2540]

👍😍🤩✌️🙏😊👊 Nice !

[@cvilla5668]

Awesome video! Are you and James in contact with Popeye? Hope he's doing well.

[@moses777exodus]

So beautiful, amazing, lovely, wonderful. Blessings to you. ✝Thanks for sharing, Lord-Jesus-Christ com

[@esaesmicancion]

When I heard my boyfriend 💔

[@Bestbirths]

This unexpected trip is so nice!!! You look so much better and happier than you were on the grueling trail and it’s a lovely idea to do this instead. Interesting how it looks like pyramids or possibly pagan cultures destroyed by volcano. ( I have done no research on this just my imagination) It reminds me of what God did to really evil people in the Old Testament. Like in Israel you can still see Sodom and Gomorrah and light the brimstone on fire. It is like a desert wasteland too. Those are jingle dancers!! Yum the food looks so good!! James and his hobo joke, bahahaha.

[@LukeAndersson1]

12 dollars for a shower? Did they shower you with champagne? Wow, that's a lot for a shower. The room was nice though, so that was cool. Still 24 bucks for the two of you to take showers seems like a money making scam they get away with. I run a camping park on the beach here in California and our showers are 1 dollar for three minutes of hot water and we are in a drought. Just sayin.

[@kellyhays23]

It’s for an entire hour, they provide a towel, soap, shampoo and conditioner and it was worth every penny after not showering for a few days. Do this one a week and it’s not that bad

[@LukeAndersson1]

Well that sounds better, an hour is a long time to shower, but once a week and you could use an hour to relax and get clean. If you and James come to California and you are near Santa Barbara, come stay at Jalama beach park on me. I retire at the end of this year so after that you may have a hard time getting in because it's a small park and it's popular. But I would be stoked to hook you two up. A little pay back for all the entertainment and enjoyment you have given me from watching your journey on YT. Happy travels!

[@RonHutchCraft2]

A Van with no windows in it would literally suck. You can't look out & both sides are literally now A Huge blind spot for the driver. Everyone gets The color white Bec it's the cheapest color. What Good is it if you lay in bed & look up at the Stars? Life is better in a Sprinter 🙄🙄🙄

[@kellyhays23]

Leave the back doors open at night and you can see every star. I agree I don’t like not having windows in the back. I’m saving up to put some in

[@archiearchiball3392]

[@thejudge61]

How did you and James meet