Scenic Sand Hollow State Park in South Western Utah - Full Hook-Up & Primitive Dry Camping Options

[@LoveYourRV]

Link to other LYRV videos from RVing in Utah - www.loveyourrv.com/tag/Utah/ Link to *Anne's Drone and Timelapse Video* at Sand Hollow - kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2OYnJajmqymrbc

[@Scrambler85]

I didn't know Anne had a channel, I just subscribed

[@LoveYourRV]

Yes, she has all her own website and social channels for her photography. :)

[@bc65925]

Matt's Off Road Recovery makes a lot of trips out there.

[@LoveYourRV]

I would imagine. :)

[@wingnutbert9685]

@@LoveYourRV Also a great channel, but not one you want to do an unintended collaboration with! LOL!...... Though tempting if you get a ride in the Morrvair!

[@vicO1323]

I used to visit my friends in Hurricane and it was a nice stopover on my trips from Phoenix to Seattle and back. Beautiful area.

[@K7CARadio]

That's Matt's Off Road Recovery YT channel Honey Hole. 😀 They have dozens of videos pulling people out of the sand/mud. I'm hanging out on Lk Mead for another few weeks before I head N. I didn't know Spring had sprung!.......82 today and low 90's coming up in a few days, so summer is fast approaching the desert SW. Travel safe.

[@stuartstuart866]

Yeah, it’s going to be a hot weekend in the Vegas area. I’d love to stay at Boulder Beach before summer, one of my favorite local campgrounds

[@pigybak]

Glad to see you didn’t get stuck there.

[@explor794]

Great way to end your videos, reminds me of Sunday morning episodes

[@egarant57]

Nice Job, we really appreciate your time and effort that you put into these video’s

[@elmer665544]

Ray, keep up the good work!

[@jerrydaminato743]

Beautiful shots and music at the end. thanks!

[@robertburgess6100]

Great video Ray! Utah is beautiful.

[@placesonthelist]

My uncle lives in Hurricane. Great area.

[@JAMESMT-mm6zl]

Love Sand Hollow....one of our favorites. Thanks Ray

[@BugsOnTheWindshield]

I think I saw some kayaks out there on the lake. It looks beautiful! We will add this one to our list. Thanks for sharing this one!

[@mikecarroll970]

Great video Ray. Very pretty. Thanks.

[@donedennison9237]

I grew up in Nevada and my dad lived there all my life. He passed 9 years ago. I went to visit him in 2000 and he gave me a huge pile of desert wildflowers he took out on his walks. You remind me of his joy for nature. Thanks.

[@bossman1974]

Very pretty scenery, great photography, hi 👍

[@sharlenevowels4125]

Cheers Ray and Ann

[@dalemarshall9736]

I follow Matt's Off Road Recovery channel and he is frequently out there to Sand Hollow to rescue vehicles and RV's stuck in the sand or broken down up in the dunes. Looks like a great place!

[@LoveYourRV]

Some guys knock on our RV door asking if I could pull them out with my truck. Got their little car stuck. A heavy 9000 lb. diesel truck isn't a good mix with soft sand so I pointed them to a gathering of ATVers and they were out in no time. :)

[@projet2907]

Such beautiful colours, even on the Google map :-0). Thank You. 🧡

[@glenschumannGlensWorkshop]

Thanks Ray!

[@Art-qs9yd]

We live in St. George and have been to Sand Hollow several times, although not to camp. You did a great job describing the area and the lake. The very high mountain (with the snow) is named "Pine Mountain" and is just short of 11,000 feet high. Thanks for the continuing great videos--really appreciate your channel!

[@LoveYourRV]

Cool, thanks for sharing the mountain name. Cheers! Ray

[@dkhatri2006]

Your videos are excellent! I especially like your intros with maps, very useful and thank you!

[@HighCountryRambler]

Great video. I love camping in the Utah dunes, and every camper I've owned has the sign of red sand hiding away. Never been there, looks like something for everyone...

[@davidgrimm7733]

Epic… Nice job, Ray!

[@rvcycling7102]

My wife and I checkout of the same site on March 7. We stayed in the primitive area last October.

[@terryhaynes1596]

Thanks. I had no knowledge of this area until now.

[@jwrappuhn71]

Good vid Ray.

[@jeffslater3708]

Nice Ray

[@geraldsouthard7092]

Just found your channel…and subscribed. Did you see any Class A Diesel Pushers out there? Looking forward to your videos on BC. We love it up there.

[@LoveYourRV]

Yes, quite a few pulling large box trailers with ATVs in them.

[@williamwelty4095]

As always great job ray.Safe travel.

[@LoveYourRV]

Thanks 👍

[@nopey]

Really helpful video! Thank you

[@LoveYourRV]

You're welcome!

[@willymueller4587]

Very Pretty

[@metaxaanabeer]

After two years of basically camping north Island I hear Northwest Territories is going to allow rubber tire tourists in this summer. Yahoo! If true we are going to do the Dempster one more time, in my mid-seventies we might not get another chance. I wish I could video as you do, Canada's far north is a different kind of beauty, love to show it off. Thanks for the SW US tour.

[@mjm3852]

I added this to my list for possible spots for next year; the fee seems rather high for no hookups though. The scenery is amazing and to be by the water would be nice. The soil reminds me of PEI. Winter not over here; 15cm of snow as well as some freezing rain tomorrow, ugh. Thanks for sharing this spot.

[@egarant57]

State Parks, you have to pay to play…

[@LoveYourRV]

I think part of the reason for the high fee is the popularity of the park for ATVers. They can camp and just drive right onto the dunes and trails and I guess don't have to pay a day use fee. All camping fees are headed up. Some popular no hookup provincial park campsites in BC are now around 35 CAD a night!

[@billvegas8146]

Love Utah! We usually go in September.

[@stuartstuart866]

Areas of Utah are absolutely gorgeous. Timing is everything though, Utah has extreme temperatures, summer or winter. Last year we stayed at Mackinaw campground at Fish Lake. Fish lake was awesome, but the 9000 foot elevation was brutal and cell reception was spotty.

[@LoveYourRV]

Yes, same for southern Arizona, it's getting pretty hot down there now! That's why I love the southwest, so many elevations change makes it easy to chase 70 degrees. :)

[@timalmich1964]

Hi ray great video as always. So how many miles you got on the ram now? Curios on the color is that patriot blue? I have a 17 ram 2500 with the 6.4 hemi. Keep up the good work love your videos.

[@LoveYourRV]

Thanks! Just over 33,000 after about 3 1/2 years. Most of the mileage happens when we head south and back for the winter and due to Covid, we missed one. The official color name is Blue Streak Pearl. :)

[@FarrellMcGovern]

Did you have a Matt's Off Road Recovery spotting while you were there?

[@LoveYourRV]

No, but I was smart enough not to go where people get stuck. :)

[@FarrellMcGovern]

@@LoveYourRV That's a good thing! I wonder how many "stuck" people do so to meet Matt & the Crew?

[@elmer665544]

Keep up the good work. We love your videos and have friends in St. George. We also have a 5th wheel, winter in AZ, summer in MT, wife is a photographer and birdwatcher, retired, and I have an electronic engineering background. I would still be interested in how your charge controllers are doing with heat when you are overpowering the input wattage?

[@LoveYourRV]

Here was I test video I did during a heat wave last summer kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3jHdHSVmpihjMk Now I have dual MPPT 40 controllers. www.loveyourrv.com/srne-40-amp-mppt-solar-charger-features-install-demo/ Has worked well this winter. This time of year and way the RV roof is angle front and back I'm pulling about 50 amps for so combined.

[@elmer665544]

@@LoveYourRV Thanks!

[@stevejansky9913]

Ray, For some entertaining videos, there is a you tube channe0 called Matt's Offroad Recovery, he is based near Sandy Hollow Park and has customized an old Corvair stationwagon for 4Wheel recovery use and calls it the Morvair and is painted bright yellow.

[@LoveYourRV]

Yeah, watch quite a few when I was holed up for the Covid winter back in BC. Some people get really stuck!

[@MedinaChuckie]

Hi Ray Love your videos. I was just hoping you might answer a question for me. Does one need a 4 wheel drive truck for boondocking? How often do you get in a situation where you need 4 wheel drive? Thanks

[@LoveYourRV]

It's nice but not really needed for lots of great places. For our first 7 years of RVing full time, we had a 1994 Ford F350 2WD dually. Here are examples of where we took it www.loveyourrv.com/ten-favorite-campsites-of-2016/ You just have to be a little more careful and scout out the locations beforehand. My criteria was if a large Class C or a Class A RV was there we could make it. Cheers, Ray

[@pauljohnston7700]

Hey there Ray,Have you ever been to Kodachrome State Park?

[@LoveYourRV]

Yes :) www.loveyourrv.com/kodachrome-basin-state-park-utah-2012-throwback-video-series/

[@brucegillette5713]

Ray how have the outdoor window shade screens been working for you? I have been thinking about getting some for my camper, are they a good investment?

[@LoveYourRV]

Great, I bought some more last summer www.loveyourrv.com/simple-to-install-exterior-window-shades-for-a-cool-rv/ I don't need to put them on much in the winter because its often not that hot, often times we actually want the heat of the sun. :) and I can usually position the RV in such a way as to not need them by keeping the larger windows on the sunny side.

[@brucegillette5713]

@@LoveYourRV Thank you, I'll be ordering some soon, it's getting to be camping in North Dakota.

[@stanbyme7874]

Hi ya! How do you & Anne handle the red dust coming/going into RV? Does it get bad when it rains trying to keep floors clean? Can it be vacuumed safely? Thanks

[@LoveYourRV]

I usually just sweep it out with a whisk broom and wipe counters with a wet cloth. And any left over on the floor or in corners I use my little shop vac. It also clings into the window sills but I wait until we are out of the desert then give them all a wipe and clean. It really doesn't rain too often and the ground quickly dries after a rain so we just make sure to take our shoes off on a rain day. We are used to camping in the Pacific Northwest so are used to mud and dirt and pine needles on our shoes an dealing with it.

[@richardmarlowe422]

Great video Ray. How are you dealing with these high fuel costs

[@LoveYourRV]

Thanks :) Hasn't been too bad, we don't move very far with each hop and stay in places for several week at a time. The newer truck gets much better mileage than are old one did. And being from the west coast of Canada fuel down here seems like a bargain! Diesel back in Victoria is currently $6.32 US a gallon, just filled up here in Utah and it was $4.79

[@johnpurdum8126]

@@LoveYourRV That $6.32/US gallon for diesel, is what it is California currently and more in certain places!

[@LoveYourRV]

Yeah California is often pretty close to British Columbia in pricing, both add quite a few extra taxes to the price. They must be raking it in as many times the tax is based on a percentage of the overall price. But I guess they have to pay for all the borrowing somehow. :( Oh well, maybe there will be less traffic on the roads, less polluted air and more spaces at campgrounds now. :)

[@billdperry]

Have you had to change how long you stay at any one spot to cut down on fuel exspence? I could imagine California getting fewer travelers this summer.

[@LoveYourRV]

We have started to stay boondocked in one spot longer but its more to do with the additional of a 36 gallon sewer tote this trip than fuel costs. We used to pack up and move more because we had to pack up to dump the waste tanks anyway. But now with a water bladder and the tote we can stay camped as long as we want and just get water and dump with the truck to nearby dump stations. We also save a load on camping by free boondockng or cheaper dry camping so have extra for fuel money. Have lots of solar so rarely need the gas generator in the desert. My 2018 truck gets about 30% better mileage than my old 94 dually so that has save a lot too. So overall this trip cost hasn't been much different than the past trips. Our most expensive year was back in 2011/12, we stayed mostly in RV parks as we had no solar power just gas generator for dry camping, the old diesel and fuel back then was up around the $4 a gallon dollar mark. Cheers, Ray

[@skiimountaineer]

Question, did you have your Starlink set up?

[@LoveYourRV]

I canceled my Starlink subscription back in early November. At that time they told me that my Canadian Starlink Dish could not work in the USA. They said they only licensed it for use in the country you purchased it in. They said in the future they may make it work between countries. But gave no timeline.

[@skiimountaineer]

@@LoveYourRV That’s a bummer! I just read where someone else had purchased theirs in Canada and had the same problem. When you did have it and it was working, did you think it was worth it?

[@LoveYourRV]

I wasn't upset as I went into it eyes wide open knowing at the time it was a completely beta service and had no promises. It was fun to play with the new technology and it worked better than I had imagined. In Canada, I feel for us it's worth it due to the high cell data costs and so many unserved cell areas. Especially in the mountains. It sure was nice to have a very fast unlimited unthrottled internet connection. In the USA it is debatable as they have some decent cell data plans and much better coverage. We currently have a Cricket MiFi hotspot 100GB for 55 USD a month and it usually lasts us the month if I turn our streaming to SD 480P vs HD. I can add data for $10 for 15GB. It has also worked fine pretty well everywhere except some National Parks. What would be great for Starlink is the ability to pause and unpause service as much as we like, sort of like Netflix.

[@skiimountaineer]

@@LoveYourRV thanks for the detailed answer, I’m sure someone else is wondering the same thing! We just got ours up and running, at the house. We are hoping it will work at our local state parks where there is zero service at four of the parks we frequent. I was encouraged by one of your videos where you were in the woods and were able to find a signal.

[@LoveYourRV]

Yes, for sure, that's its killer app, places with little or no cell service. Sure is nice there!

[@randyshay7280]

How old are you now Ray?

[@LoveYourRV]

Turned 58 last September