This Place Is the REAL Land That Time Forgot!

In this video I explore a little corner of the Desert Southwest that sees few visitors but is absolutely spectacular.
DATE FILMED: January 2023
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** Starting campsite: 33.63087, -113.89032
** Where I parked for the caves and mines: 33.595530, -113.897961
** Where I parked for the Eagle's Eye hike: 33.60579, -113.89990
** Eagle's Eye: 33.594694, -113.904750
** Ending campsite: 33.55206, -113.78442
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[@danlundgren262]

It always amazes me that you can be hiker/explorer, cinematographer, director, writer, actor and editor in these clips and it seems so effortless in the end when we're watching it. Well done again.

[@SUVRVing]

Thank you! It's all stemmed from me wanting to convey my adventures in the best way possible for those watching 😁

[@MegaDcmp]

Don't forget the best part: fisherman

[@RicG.]

Good comment about staying within one's sill set. I always stay within mine when it comes to mountain climbing, which consists of sitting in my chair at home, watching Tristan scale up the side of cliffs. I'm excellent at it! 😊

[@wwisaacson4807]

I"ll be 69 in a few weeks. This reminds me of some hikes when I was in my teens and 20s. I got a severe case of lymes and also have to follow Tristan and enjoy the virtual trip.

[@shawnparenteau9395]

@@wwisaacson4807you get that from a tic bite?

[@trishaswaney648]

Great skill set!!

[@barbaraarsenault1192]

😂

[@deboraward1574]

Awesome video. Great music and so appreciative for the historical fun facts. Thanks again

[@pauldean3935]

Thanks, Tristan. A few of your spots, I'd already discovered on my own, many others have been new to me, and I've added lots of those to my "to do" list. Love your work and your channel. Keep it up.

[@SUVRVing]

That's great to hear, and I appreciate the support!

[@sandy4jc]

a crystal cavity that a geode may form in is called a “Vug”

[@SUVRVing]

Huh, good to know!

[@helendail747]

I like your comments at the end of your video. Very insightful. I like that you share your thoughts.

[@cid9099]

Your descriptors are hysterical - pointy and ridgey and sharp and thorny. LMAO 🤣 Again - I'm a mid 70's desert rat in a SxS, my hiking days are long behind me. 😎 I rode ~1100 miles in the Quartzsite area last winter, solo, and I enjoy seeing your close-up views of things I drive right past. 👍 You're much more cerebral than myself and add, immensely, to my appreciation of the desert. 😍

[@problu9586]

Before getting into my 70s, wondered what it'd be like to be as old as I am, now. I feel younger than anticipated, a 10-year-old in a 70-year-old's shell. Anyway, found Tristan's geodes with exposed crystals interesting finds.

[@SUVRVing]

It's awesome that you're still getting out there! I hope to be doing the same in a handful of decades 😁

[@carlbrown8830]

How blessed you are to be able to do the things you love and make a living from it! Thanks for documenting your adventures to share them with people like me who can't!

[@SUVRVing]

I'm a lucky guy, for sure!

[@blitztim6416]

I remember seeing that arch coming back from Prescott and wondering if anyone had ever climbed up to it. Now I know that it has been done. Good job. 👍

[@EfficientRVer]

I've been lucky to spend quite a bit of time around moonwalkers and other astronauts, including one who became an aquanaut living on the ocean floor also. The mood you described is pretty much along the lines of how they felt, for the bits and pieces of time when they weren't busy dealing with mission tasks and doing what they had to do to end the mission alive. Being in unusual places, especially desolate ones, can really provoke unusual moods and feelings, including reflective ones and fantasy-like ones. They all savored the memories of not just where they had been and what they had seen and done, but memories of how they felt. We're not talking about guys who were naturally feelings-oriented people. Without exception, they would have loved being called out of retirement and sent on a mission. Some more to recapture the feeling, some more to enjoy doing stuff they're so good at and love doing, but in every case, actually a combination of those things. It seemed to me, that the feelings part of it was the more craved/addictive part of any desire they had to experience it again. The feeling of being the best guy for the task fades, though they put an asterisk on that by thinking that they're still good enough, and that bringing along an experienced old guy who has already been tested under pressure, is a good idea. "I don't think they'd pick me, nor would I try to get them to. But if they did, then of course I'd go." You're the right guy for the missions you choose now. Even if you get old and lose a step technically, there will be room for you to continue doing what you do, extremely well, and sharing it with others. In that way, you're luckier than an astronaut, because you can always go back to Quartzsite and Kofa, while they can't just decide to go back to the moon to experience the feeling again. Luckier than a pro athlete. They're not getting to do what they did, again. Rock stars on the other hand, get to keep giving concerts for as long as they're above ground, it they are beloved enough. I'm thinking you'll be more of a rock star than Super Bowl quarterback, in time.

[@TheAverageGuy12]

I know what you mean by time standing still. As an Aussie, my special place is the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park. I visited every year. Every time I found new things, different places. More people need to feel this.

[@stevethompson8154]

Something you may want to consider when parking on a steep hill. I make it a habit when parking on a steep hill to have the front end uphill. I do this because on my vehicles the oil sump is at the rear of the engine. This way when I am parked the oil pump will not be starved for oil when I start it up. It probably is not going to be a problem if you start up and move to a more level area quickly but if one idled for a few minutes the oil pump might run dry and that could be a real problem.

[@davidwellen830]

Great video. As much as I would like to think that I could go see those petroglyphs if I knew where they were...I also like that you protect their location from most of us in order to keep them just as they are. At age 76, I, just like RicG, my skill set is limited to just watching you on your adventures. Thanks for a fun trip into the Arizona desert. I always enjoy your trips into wilderness.

[@SUVRVing]

There are plenty of rock art sites out there that are easier to get to than this one, anyway. Thanks for watching!

[@lynnef3297]

Beautiful drone view with you standing in the Eagle's Eye! Thanks, Tristan, for another great video. I really enjoyed it.😊

[@SUVRVing]

Thanks! 😁

[@denisem.1042]

I don't comment on your videos very often, but I just wanted to thank you for what you do Tristan! When I was your age, I was pretty adventurous myself. I live in Idaho and have been to many places all over the state. I can't do those things any longer as I have gotten older, but I can still sort of do those things vicariously through watching your content. Thanks again for what you do!

[@SUVRVing]

Thank you! I appreciate you watching and commenting when you can. And I've always said that Idaho is the most underrated state in the West.

[@denisem.1042]

@@SUVRVing Idaho is a great place to enjoy the outdoors for sure! I'm sure you have climbed many mountains in Idaho. Have you ever climbed Lem Peak? Not the highest summit but great prominence. Fantastic views from the top!

[@BettyBearsNomadicTravels]

Every time I watch your videos, I am so amazed at what this planet has to give.

[@tracythorn2918]

Thank you for protecting the locations of some of the more vulnerable places. I really enjoy the relaxed, soft-spoken approach to your travellogs.

[@cgl503]

I like the personal comments at the end. I have spent time in that type of desert. For me, it feels like a large desert bonsai garden. The gardener in this case is the harsh conditions.

[@cid9099]

PS: your closing comments were spot on, the land that time forgot, more than the old west, closer to the Jurassic era. I swear that there's a Velociraptor around every turn. 😳 I am an old coot but could never pass for an 1800's miner. You're lucky to have missed the wind, more often on than off. 😎

[@kathietee291]

Love your videos! Loved all the rocks with crystals, the caves, and all of it. Someone should cover the opening to that mine, though. You scare me somewhat when you climb, but I tell myself that you survived, since we have the video! LOL This place is special, thanks for showing it to us!

[@debrabalawajder2617]

Another great video. I liked seeing the mines and you standing in the arch and the rock art. Thanks for sharing the stuff out there!

[@cowboyscoffee]

Another great experience with super sweet views. Of course I do believe all your viewers are concerned for your safety. Risk assessment your well tuned too. Thank you once again for bringing joy to the viewers .

[@markpasquarella3223]

Nice setup in the back of the cruiser simple but effective

[@julieplumb3427]

I love your camping setup! 👍🏻

[@SUVRVing]

Me too! 😁

[@donnaaparo9450]

Yea! Quartzsite! Was waiting to see this video. Tristan, met you at the RTR...highlight of my day!! Love your videos!! ❤

[@asadventures_moriicoddiwomple]

What a cool place! Gorgeous rocks and crystals included! As usual, great job!

[@michaelamaestas4950]

Love this

[@isttra]

What a spectacular area. All the green from the copper is really quite pretty and those open mine shafts were intense! I wouldn’t say I have ever been “terrified” watching your adventures, but I do have to remind myself whenever you do something that looks “unsafe” to me, that you are really good about staying within your “skill set”! 😂 I would describe it more as concern for your safety than fear. 😉 I had no clue there were open shafts like that though. It makes it easy to understand how someone could fall in! 😳Thanks for regularly assuring viewers that staying safe is a priority in exploring.

[@debracampbell5151]

Beautiful area with something for everyone! Thank you for sharing this with us!

[@joesariva2369]

What an amazing place you once again took us to I really enjoyed this trip--Thank You!

[@brucecarroll4041]

Another great episode. I really love that you go places no one else goes; so many hiking-type KZbinrs all rehash the same stuff. Your content is original which is Great AND Engaging. Keep up the good work, Tristan!

[@shawnnorrell1686]

Those rocks are geodes. They have quartz crystals and druzy crystals in them. A rockhound would love this place. Happy Trials 👍😎👍🇺🇸

[@bethcollier3789]

Love watching your show Tristran. Thank you and keep on climbing.

[@ericag2233]

Love the adventure to you becoming the pupil in the eagle’s eye.

[@chines72]

Thanks!

[@davec9244]

I too love that area, thank you stay safe ALL.

[@steveflaim2656]

Love the close ups of the crystals!

[@rkjf1995]

Thanks for this one Tristen. I’ve driven past this arch 100 times and always wanted to see it up close. It’s great to know that it’s accessible with some effort and disregard for your car’s paint job.

[@SUVRVing]

Lol that's the perfect description of it 😄

[@julierawlins5984]

I have watched many of your videos over the past few years. This location is special and you seem to really to have had a particularly good time here.

[@Angel-hd2rs]

You made it! I'm always relieved even though I know by the fact that I'm watching the video that you made it .

[@SherylAZ]

Thank you for a lovely Saturday evening adventure, Tristan. 🥰

[@pixelpeter3883]

Nice view of the arch from the air; just like the shot of you climbing down that chimney (?). Yeah, the landscape looks rather primeval.

[@waynewilliams839]

The deserts are extra green from all the rain, thanks for your work!😊

[@mrkkitson]

We have a similar setup in our Odyssey with a lot of storage space under the bed. We really enjoy getting out and seeing remote areas....You take it to another level and inspire me!

[@vickihubach4388]

Thank you Tristan, for protecting the rock art spot! Great adventure!

[@AlphaMensae1]

Tristan, one thing I like about these kind of trips of yours is that they fill in what I remember as blank areas on the Rand Mcnally Road Atlas. Sure, notable features like national parks and forests and such are shown, but other parts, like the southern tip of Nevada, western Utah or south western Arizona, are just empty, save for a road or two. As you've shown, these areas most definitely not empty, and even a more detailed map doesn't begin to depict what these areas look like, all the mountains, ridges,.buttes and spires, rock formations and the colors that camn be as beautiful as any major national park. But in many of these cases you have to be an Edward Abbey type to really appreciate them.

[@BrendaHaltom-cs6ck]

Loved the Eagles Eye! Glad you made it! Thank you SUVrver!❤️😀🇺🇸

[@carolsmith7380]

Nice job climbing to the arch, Tristan. Interesting. Thanks for not sharing the location of the rock art.. I enjoyed your parting thoughts and understood what you were thinking and.wanting to convey to us. Again a nicely done video, Tristan ❤

[@buckeyeranger6438]

☕️🍪🍪🍪😎 very interesting trip. Thks for bringing it wonder to us.

[@pauldean3935]

Did Signal Peak (from a public route on Gaia) last year, and all sorts of new Kofa adventures this year. I feel your pain on getting checked by Kofa's cliff bands! Looking forward to to trying for the Eagle's Eye area next year. Thanks for yet another great video.

[@kenneyg100]

Stunning video. I love that type of terrain

[@jeepsahara333]

Always traveling the road less traveled 💚 Appreciate your content and finding the rock art boulders - amazing!

[@raktoda707]

Unique observations,coupled with energetic bounds of energy imagination make your videos special to watch to cherish.Glad you guys are still safe and interpreted in the outdoors as people and educators.Thank you for being yourselves and for sharing.🕊️

[@sharondavis8003]

Love the look of this place especially the last campsite looking like a moonscape from the future. I’m with you about the caves. Look in but stay outside. Great video! 😊

[@cherylmiller-day5932]

Great adventure Tristan, thank you 😊. Loved the Eagle's eye arch.

[@SheilaRigney-g1n]

So cool!

[@mitchellbarnow1709]

15:59 YIKES 😱 is exactly what I would’ve said myself!

[@michaelmcshane6280]

This is another great video, Tristan. I lived in Arizona for 40 years and hiked in some of those areas that you are in in the mountains. Beautiful country in the winter. Extremely hot in the summer. Most of those mines were more likely gold mines. And sometimes you find silver and copper with gold.thank you for sharing another great video. I really enjoyed looking at it because I recognize some of the places that you are in this video.

[@joeoutabout2947]

I was there myself, the last week of February. It would have been so cool if I had run into you. I haven't climbed up to the eagles eye, but I have stood where those side by sides were. I didn't hike up there because as you said, everything is sharp and pointy. I love that area.

[@keepthewheelsrolling]

I live in an area where we have seen tons of mining tailings. Interesting. The quartz and the copper evidence was special.

[@whitneyryan-ng1cq]

Your videos are fantastic. Thank you for your service.

[@SUVRVing]

Thanks, I appreciate that!

[@4Loosecruise]

I’ve lived in the area for 13 years and haven’t yet made this hike. My favourite so far is the Twin Spires canyon in the KOFAs. Go there sometime.

[@Galiuros]

Looks like a great area., Very unique. I knew when you said you could hear vehicles on I-10 that you weren't in the Kofas. I've been going to the Kofas off and on for over 20 years. Always in the winter, of course. Not so much now a days because of the hoards from Quartzite in their ATVs. It really destroyed the serenity of the area. I'll probably head out that way next winter. This video has renewed my interest in the desert back country of western Arizona. Thanks.

[@storeytwinb]

What a cool video. Doug and I were watching The Lone Ranger the other day and said to each other, that scenery reminds me of Tristan!

[@joecutro7318]

Thanks, Tristan! Loved Eagle's Eye. You did some great drone footage of it as well.

[@SUVRVing]

Thanks!

[@kimprocarione5473]

Good job! That root really did look like a snake! 😮😂 But, WOOHOO! You made it! Very cool! Drones take selfies to a whole new level! Wow! What great shots to have!

[@StanWarren-l7t]

1. Wyoming has a great license plate. 2. The way you utilize your Landcruiser, it`s a modern day equivalent to a old timey covered wagon. 3. Your southwest desert explorations are fascinating; THANKS for the vicarious share(s) ! 🤠

[@geogypsytraveler]

Nice hikes. I am fascinated by Arizona's Sky Islands, Kofa Mts specifically yet have noticed the adjacent New Water Mts have a dramatic tilt. Thanks for taking me a place I won't go.

[@shooter31m]

I completely understand the feeling that you’re trying to convey. I feel the same way at spots that I’ve travelled to out west… Racetrack Playa, Chaco Canyon, Shiprock, Mojave National Preserve. Excellent content as usual, many thanks for sharing!

[@anndebaldo7381]

Very cool video! I always love your hikes and I know what you mean about the Jurassic feeling one gets in the desert. It's like time has, and still, stands still. An incredible feeling of the immensity of this planet we call home. Thanks! and ATB

[@jessiehead6525]

Loved it all (as always). Intrigued by the small boulders with rock art. And so glad you are not revealing where they are! Also enjoyed hearing your thoughts at the end of the video regarding how it feels like a place outside of time - I feel the same way.

[@nancyedwards6611]

I really enjoyed your video; I grew up in this area and rockhounding was my passion there. I am hoping you can pass along a warning to folks- to not walk out on or climb on mine tailings. Along with discard rocks, the miners would often throw garbage stuff: broken machinery and busted logs, for example. Even in this dry environment, the wood can rot, leaving voids in the tailings so they may look solid but, over time, become unstable. Thank you.

[@dennisportillo6074]

Dude, you have county 4 Wyoming plates!!! Are you living in Sweetwater county now? Plenty of hiking in the desert that will not be very crowded at all. All around RS and GR there are plenty of geocache stashes that take you to unique areas. There are several arches and other cool sites close to both towns. Enjoy the area!!!

[@Josephine-sm2db]

Good way to see how much your landcruiser can handle those trails

[@donnarego608]

Hi. 3 years ago I spent a few weeks at Quartzsite AZ. I spoke to a couple of miners there who had found something they had in a bag that they were going to sell. On some of these rocks were streaks of a peculiar shade of green. I asked about it and was told the name, which I no longer remember, but was told it was toxic to humans. It seems like the word was akin to Cell-adon. 😊

[@TheWoodensong]

Interesting place…I found it fascinating. My favorite part was watching you “down-climb” through that chimney on your way out… “Ol’ Scooter” in East Texas…

[@tegucigalpa2]

We visited and hiked Kofa in the middle of summer. Gave us a whole new level for the word “brutal” 😂. Anyway, it is a beautiful place.

[@robertallen6710]

You gotta be gonzo or nuts or both to be there in summer lol...did a winter there and it was morning after morning of below freezing temps! ☺

[@brigittewalden9226]

I really loved the whole video and being a Rockhound, I was super happy to see the crystals. Thanks for including them.

[@tedpreston4155]

That area around Quartzsite is a rockhound's paradise! Especially during the January rock shows!

[@sickmannduane633]

What a great video … Your respect for relics & important/unique locations is quite incredible Thank You for that … Much appreciated this presentation Namaste !

[@indtexcol]

Love this adventure. The rock crystals were beautiful. The arch was amazing. Then at the end the petroglyphs on small boulders was unusual. I have never seen that. Your comments at the end sounds so familiar to me. There is always more to see and do in a trip and the will come back again to see them seems to never happen. Question. Why don’t you change your itinerary and see those other things before moving on? For me it never happens. Love your videos, you are my favorite adventure vlogger.

[@BrandonH1138]

Great video! We just camped out here a couple of weeks ago. You can traverse the entire outside of Eagle Tail MTN wilderness area and its beautiful out there!

[@michelleharrell8452]

Could be a miner's grave. Yes those tools displayed are most likely the original miner's tools used to remove rock from the mine. There is in the 4 Corner's area pottery that is over a 1000 years old. Yes just lying there. Really awesome these old sites.

[@roseamazingtravel]

Beautiful place

[@cfarr]

Great vid as always. Humble request for Anza Borrego vids some time, please. Not far from this area. Mud Caves (Arroyo Tapiado), Font's Point, Galleta Meadows sculptures, Pumpkin Patch, Elephant Knees, Wind Caves (Painted Gorge), Blue Sun Cave, Palm Canyon, Goat Canyon Trestle (from top or bottom), etc. Thanks and cheers!

[@lancefall4811]

Next time you go brush busting in your truck put a heavy coat of Wax on first and that will help minimize the scratches, we do this before any Baja adventure to save the paint.

[@dmdavis4551]

Awesome adventure Tristen! Thanks!

[@heden1460]

I watch Desert Trails. He goes into mines. This place is awesome. I really liked the views from the arch.

[@falconsooner]

Tristan. Have you ever hiked to Liberty Arch in the Arizona side of Lake Mead. If not very worthwhile Arch to add to your collection. I hiked there this past Saturday and had it all to myself. It shares the same trailhead as Arizona Hot Springs where everyone else goes. Enjoyable hike and an impressive arch.

[@philipbryant6275]

ITS A NEAT PLACE INDEED.. MANY MANY THANKS.. SUPERB VIDEO..

[@Exit-Time1111]

If you I've full time in a vehicle like I do there is no parking and you're done. I'm in a small hatchback and before I can sit and relax or explore there's an hour of shuffling your gear, water, clothes, chair, table, food, and all you carry from the back sleeping are to the front or into a tent. Wish I could just park and be done😊

[@joyouslily2982]

Very enjoyable and nice to hear your insights and imaginative feelings 🌵

[@johnhaug1747]

Yup the green stuff is Copper ore: chalcopyrite, bornite, malachite, and/or chalcocite

[@amydelpiere9315]

That second view down into the mine shaft I said Yikes then on the video you say Yikes 😂 Great video and appreciate your thoughts about a unchanged place.

[@ValGalandTheKitKats]

Always enjoy your video's, thanks for sharing.

[@tommysimmons5266]

You’re near Tyson wash and your in a valley it collects water why it’s green. Lived 2 years ( year round in Quartzite)

[@briannewman8634]

Great show… but all of your videos are! Love your knowledge sharing and mainly your attitude. Hope to cross paths somewhere out on the backroads 👍🏼

[@SUVRVing]

I appreciate the kind words, Brian!

[@vannemocilac274]

At the end, when you were describing about the landscape feeling static, I thought you were going go to the indigenous people that lived there and fought so hard to keep their land. And somehow you got to the pioneers and the miners and then skipped right over indigenous people, and went to the Jurassic!

[@karen11]

I had the same thought, maybe an artist was around the corner carving. I loved the last section myself and I think that is what draws us to these places a connection to something 'else' -- for the lack of any other word.

[@jules1sd]

I actually almost drove out to Kofa for the weekend. I love the area. I'll climb up and check out the Eagle Eye next time I'm over there. Excited for that.

[@nancyadamson6755]

Oh my goodness I was there a few weeks ago it was off I-10 off Kofa Ave.

[@minimalist_adventurer]

Further south in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument there is a large double arch with a steep hike you can do to the top of it.

[@kcreeves199]

A group of us go stargazing in that area. I'll have to look for the Eagle's Eye. Also, I looked at the map for the New Water Mountains Wilderness, and The Eagle Eye is just outside the wilderness area. So it is legal to fly it there.