What It's Like Exploring The Backroads Of Colorado

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Nick Johnson

Nick Johnson

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@NickJohnson
@NickJohnson Жыл бұрын
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@Juno_Beach
@Juno_Beach Жыл бұрын
can you reveal how these road trips are financed ?
@RedRoseSeptember22
@RedRoseSeptember22 Жыл бұрын
Should be pretty obvious considering he's almost at 1 million subscribers lol, he gets paid by KZbin. @@Juno_Beach
@rogerburn5132
@rogerburn5132 Жыл бұрын
Nick Big Thanks Brilliant Video Really enjoyed it and luring even more for US Always 👍👍👍👍
@Cyber_Freedom
@Cyber_Freedom Жыл бұрын
Can you define Woke?
@Cyber_Freedom
@Cyber_Freedom Жыл бұрын
What you don't like answering questions?
@betsyroy6269
@betsyroy6269 Жыл бұрын
I live in Colorado and I love Colorado. It's cities, not so much. The mountains and prairies, the high deserts and river valleys are amazing beyond description.
@Soggygranite
@Soggygranite Жыл бұрын
You should check out northern New Mexico if you haven’t already. It’s like colorado but without all the people
@Luc1dRock
@Luc1dRock Жыл бұрын
@Soggygranite it is nice driving up from Farmington, into Durango. It is a little different type of beauty. But it is beauty none the less.
@georgehenderson7783
@georgehenderson7783 Жыл бұрын
What's wrong with the cities? Actually I have a good of what's wrong with Denver after watching Nick's video on that city. The lunatics running Denver are ruining it...
@powerwagon3731
@powerwagon3731 Жыл бұрын
@@SoggygraniteLove Chama!
@markwaters7802
@markwaters7802 4 ай бұрын
In Golden. G & morrison = best, for meto Denver area. Fron Oregon/Hawaii. Here sinse 1980, out of USMC. Just ta ski right? Wrong! Run by liberials now & taxes/theft to high. It made since then, but not now. They ruin everything they touch! Didn't go in the Marines to support SOCIALISM. Rewards laziness penalizes producers. No common sence. May have to get out of this & go to Tenn.
@comicartcities5482
@comicartcities5482 Жыл бұрын
I'm from Germany and I've never been to the US but I love watching your videos because it gives a great view on your country and all the variety and different towns and cities. Thanks a lot for your work which does a way better job than any media outlet out there!
@gaylejohnson8579
@gaylejohnson8579 Жыл бұрын
Isn't THAT the truth?!! Our USA nightly "news" doesn't like to talk about the druggies who are being allowed to literally take over our cities!!!
@BasicBeachCommunity1
@BasicBeachCommunity1 Жыл бұрын
Danke
@vikingwoman1988
@vikingwoman1988 Жыл бұрын
True ❤
@brettburnside1457
@brettburnside1457 Жыл бұрын
Come visit us :)
@comicartcities5482
@comicartcities5482 11 ай бұрын
@@brettburnside1457 I'd love to someday
@Tonymanero1960
@Tonymanero1960 Жыл бұрын
The older I get (63) living in a ''Podunk town'' is lookimg more and more appealing.
@michaelturano7522
@michaelturano7522 Жыл бұрын
Im 60 and ive felt that way for decades
@decuevas244
@decuevas244 Жыл бұрын
Yep. I escaped Illinois 18yrs yes ago to a small town in Wisconsin.
@tracisawyer7681
@tracisawyer7681 Жыл бұрын
I’m 60 and am very tired of my podunk town. Nothing to do ☹️
@highbrass3749
@highbrass3749 Жыл бұрын
@@tracisawyer7681just go poop on your neighbors driveway. That’s what they’re doing in big cities these days.
@huemann7637
@huemann7637 Жыл бұрын
I’m 42 and I can tell you that it kind of sucks having to drive an hour to buy groceries and I miss being able to order Thai food. The grass is always greener…
@sythompson9331
@sythompson9331 Жыл бұрын
I'm a Colorado native. My cousins and I used to go 4 wheeling up in the mountains- lot of incredible scenery to see
@asajayunknown6290
@asajayunknown6290 Жыл бұрын
The Western Slope is wonderful. The reason people say it's "bad" is because it's not full of big box stores, chain restaurants, and all of the other accoutrements of the "city".
@DK-sr2wi
@DK-sr2wi Жыл бұрын
Sounds like heaven, peace, family 🎉
@Lifetalk849
@Lifetalk849 Жыл бұрын
Personally, I believe it's death to a quirky small mountain town when a Starbucks shows up. It's downhill from there...😬
@jag92949
@jag92949 Жыл бұрын
I’d take the western slope any day over the urban decay of the Front Range.
@Luc1dRock
@Luc1dRock Жыл бұрын
Best burger I have ate in Colorado was in Florissant at the Iron Tree Restaurant. That place was amazing. If ever in that area, eat there!
@Liabie_Momma
@Liabie_Momma Жыл бұрын
I can't wait to be that far from everything!!
@Hschlick84
@Hschlick84 Жыл бұрын
This is the Colorado I miss, not the present Front Range.
@American-Made1776
@American-Made1776 6 ай бұрын
The Front Range becoming Calirado so much has changed here it makes me sick
@PattiCakes-l3r
@PattiCakes-l3r 4 ай бұрын
Traffic is becoming outrageous
@Troutchaser99
@Troutchaser99 Жыл бұрын
I live in the western slope. Little town called Palisade, just outside of Grand Junction. Our main thing here is agriculture. So many small time orchards. Peaches & wine mostly. We hope you visit next time you're in the state to see our festivals.🙂🙌
@darleneatkinson3906
@darleneatkinson3906 Жыл бұрын
@Troutchaser99, I been to Palisade in 1967 and again in 2007 years, my older sister lives in Grand Junction, Colorado she took me there in 2007 in July month we also went to Mesa Mountain so beautiful country. from 1965 to 1968 my parent lives in Colorado around Mack Colorado I was 8 to 12 years of age when I live there with my parents, I am now 66 years of age, my naive place I was born 5 miles west of Lincoln, California Now days I live in North Sacramento California my house paid off so have no need to move.
@Troutchaser99
@Troutchaser99 Жыл бұрын
@darleneatkinson3906 It is a beautiful town. The Mesa is my favorite spot, as it's essential our backyard here and it takes all but 40 Minutes to reach the top. This is the smallest community I've been apart of, and I love it.
@Liimpy
@Liimpy Жыл бұрын
Hey neighbor, I'm also in palisade 👋
@roberthughes7380
@roberthughes7380 Жыл бұрын
I’m also a Palisade resident - love it!
@johnlesica4657
@johnlesica4657 11 ай бұрын
Palisade is a beautiful rurall town with the desert mesas for a backdrop. Whenever I drive through there I love to stop by and grab a pint at Palisade Brewery. The last time I was there it was a couple years ago in October. It was right around sunset, with an autumn chill in the air, and an outdoor fire pit going on. It was the perfect atmosphere to have a cold one!
@OthmanAl-p2s
@OthmanAl-p2s 11 ай бұрын
Colorado is not one of the most beautiful places in the US only but in the entire world. The people, the weather, I literally love everything about this State.
@MrPolandball
@MrPolandball 2 ай бұрын
Which people? The boomers buying up homes in ski towns while paying Mexicans low wage hotel salaries?
@finchman1
@finchman1 Жыл бұрын
I was in Ouray CO for four days this past August. Awesome little mountain town. It took me a day or so to acclimate to the 7,800 ft elevation. The drive along the Million Dollar Highway (US-550) was breathtaking.
@vikingwoman1988
@vikingwoman1988 Жыл бұрын
I ❤ouray
@Emon7543
@Emon7543 Жыл бұрын
BTW, Coloradans call it YouRay, Not OOORay!! :)😂
@finchman1
@finchman1 Жыл бұрын
@@Emon7543 Yes sir. I caught on to the local pronunciation.
@semicountryliving3095
@semicountryliving3095 10 ай бұрын
@@Emon7543 ooorah!
@joeg5414
@joeg5414 9 ай бұрын
I get to make that drive from Durango to Ouray a few times a month for work in the summer. Quite a nice drive to get paid to make😂
@FlintIronstag23
@FlintIronstag23 Жыл бұрын
Ouray had an amazing scenic setting. I'm just not sure about the winters at 7800-foot elevation.
@scottangle574
@scottangle574 10 ай бұрын
You think that's high try Leadville CO 10,000 ft
@mrskwrl
@mrskwrl Жыл бұрын
Absolutely love this style of video. Especially the locals getting interviewed.
@DuskWalker33
@DuskWalker33 Жыл бұрын
Dude, your narrations have me rolling. Every single video. Keep up the good work & happy new year.
@Liimpy
@Liimpy Жыл бұрын
Grand junction is still conservative town, and the homless park is dubbed locally as bum park, it was recently cleared of the homless and fenced off, a temporary shelter was built a few blocks away for the homeless.. its really a nice place to live
@Galen-864
@Galen-864 Жыл бұрын
The Californians who flooded in in the 80s during the oil shale bust bought up whole blocks of houses. Come winter, they put up for sale signs and went back. Unfortunately, they didn't stay and have flooded all of our western states now like rats off a sinking ship.
@Liimpy
@Liimpy Жыл бұрын
@DannyGibas I don't disagree. It's definitely sliding
@barbarasummers280
@barbarasummers280 Жыл бұрын
My mom, dad and their parents were from Colorado, my mom from Leadville, and dad lived on the Western Slope, but wound up teaching High School in Leadville, where he met my mom. Also my dads family brought the first piano into Colorado over the Rockies by mule, it was in the museum in Ouray, but don't know if it still is.
@jameslyons1624
@jameslyons1624 11 ай бұрын
That's a real cool story
@CassieJones-pn1rp
@CassieJones-pn1rp 3 ай бұрын
​@@jameslyons1624I grew up in Leadville
@carlosmacmartin4205
@carlosmacmartin4205 Жыл бұрын
"The more languages you know, the better." 👍 Facts
@kiwififochef510
@kiwififochef510 Жыл бұрын
I'm from New Zealand and sure I'd love to see the usual tourist traps of the USA but places like the ones in this and other recent vlogs are what I would love to see. Keep it up Nick! Great to see the diversity of your homeland.
@NickJohnson
@NickJohnson Жыл бұрын
Ok! 🇳🇿 ❤️
@MrFloydsUniverse
@MrFloydsUniverse Жыл бұрын
Colorado is the best state, why because I live there. I look out my patio and see the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. I am twenty minutes from Rocky Mountain National Park! Blessed to see such beauty daily! Grateful 🙏😇🤗🗻❤️❣️
@Luka_c123
@Luka_c123 Жыл бұрын
I agree it's a very pretty state in terms of it's natural beauty. But in terms of it's main city's such as Denver I think it's pretty bad.
@YellowstoneJayhawk
@YellowstoneJayhawk Жыл бұрын
May be 20 minutes by map But it takes 2 hours in traffic to get there.
@crusadeelectronics2444
@crusadeelectronics2444 Жыл бұрын
Colorado sucks they just took Trump off the ballot and legalized shrooms. Sounds like a bunch of goofballs to me.
@DK-sr2wi
@DK-sr2wi Жыл бұрын
Sorry no sunny beautiful beach. I'll stay in Florida. But yes please stay in Colorado 😊 it's the best. Everyone should move there and California.
@MrFloydsUniverse
@MrFloydsUniverse Жыл бұрын
@@Luka_c123 Yep Denver went from the number one best city in America in 2018 to 44th by 2022. Yep it's a @#&$ hole!
@user-qc7hr4my7r
@user-qc7hr4my7r Жыл бұрын
Love Colorado. Probably coolest back road we took was through Phantom Canyon from Cripple Creek.
@Lois-o1f
@Lois-o1f 11 ай бұрын
Try Shelf Road from Cripple Creek to Canon City. It's a shelf!😊
@bethbabson913
@bethbabson913 9 ай бұрын
Both roads are fun. Been awhile but they were practically my backyard playground for years. Shelf sure was as turns into Fields Ave/St. Lol
@KCFromTheIE
@KCFromTheIE Жыл бұрын
Love some Colorado backroads!!❤️
@NickJohnson
@NickJohnson Жыл бұрын
i know you do honey
@skullyzee
@skullyzee 6 ай бұрын
Dry and slightly sarcastic delivery. Dude I enjoy this .
@Liabie_Momma
@Liabie_Momma Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Nick! I was born in Loveland, so seeing my state and all the changes I've seen in 27 years.. the homeless, the growth... Thank you for showing Colorado. Maybe less out of staters will come here!
@SpiKSpaN-ei6zq
@SpiKSpaN-ei6zq Жыл бұрын
Don't count on it. It's only going to get more and more crowded as people flee crappier states
@sbrabs
@sbrabs Жыл бұрын
Yeah Nick, all the dead pine trees up Wolf Creek outside of Pagosa is beetle kill. Terribly managed, scary to imagine all that going up in flames one day. I wish you'd have gone up north through the San Luis valley - you'd have liked (bougie) Salida, and eventually gone through our tiny town of Bailey and visited the yeti museum 😂 Next time!
@01Lenda
@01Lenda 5 ай бұрын
Wolf Creek Pass, road nightmares are made of...
@toddg4385
@toddg4385 Жыл бұрын
I live in Colorado Springs. I love it here. Every small mountain town is nice. Colorado is truly beautiful. The secret is out about how nice it is here.
@decacards5250
@decacards5250 Жыл бұрын
Native Rich ("The Goose") Gossage, who pitched for The NY Yankees, was very well liked here in NYC.
@ajf5823
@ajf5823 Жыл бұрын
So glad you made this video! I lived in Montrose and commuted to my job at Telluride ski resort (70 miles/1.5 hours each way). We had an employee shuttle until COVID. I couldn’t afford the commute so had to get a job somewhere else. No one is commuting from Montrose to Aspen. The 2 towns are 3 hours apart. People working in Aspen might live and commute from Glenwood Springs. The western slope is far better than the Front Range and the Summit County. It’s not too overrun except in places like Telluride and Ouray. Ouray is pronounced “Your Ray.” You totally butchered that 😂!
@mattdelany6799
@mattdelany6799 6 ай бұрын
It’s Ooo ray……go back to California
@stevenfernando9490
@stevenfernando9490 Жыл бұрын
I hope you made time to stop at Great Sand Dunes Natl Park! You were right there being in Blanca. One of the coolest parks I’ve been to
@davehughesfarm7983
@davehughesfarm7983 Жыл бұрын
I know Blanca;;;I have ran all over the San Luiz valley N S E to W
@andrewmalone9143
@andrewmalone9143 Жыл бұрын
I visited Grand Junction and the Delta Area last summer. I visited about a month and a half later. The people with the improvised fruit stand were still there and I gassed up at that station before I went up to the Colorado National Monument. A guy who I was talking to at the disc golf course in town said he had lived all over the country and he lived living in Grand Junction the most.
@trailblazinwithaspen158
@trailblazinwithaspen158 Жыл бұрын
Hey Nick back in 2011 I lived up in the mountains of Colorado in a little ghost town called Victor about a 45 min drive from Colorado Springs I loved it up there and I got a chance to travel thousands of miles checking out Colorado!!
@Lifetalk849
@Lifetalk849 Жыл бұрын
Shout out to Victor!!! ❤ LOVE that place and the people!!! Cool history. No pretences, just good, down to earth people trying to get by❤❤❤
@jrs4ex
@jrs4ex Жыл бұрын
I’ve always wanted to visit the gold mine in Victor. I lived in Colorado Springs and visited Cripple Creek many times. Went to the Mollie Kathleen mine tour, it was interesting going down a 1000ft vertical mining shaft. If US 24 gets closed because of weather isn’t it like a 3hr drive to the Springs? It’s changed now but I really enjoyed the Mountain Burger restaurant in a gas station in Florissant.
@Lois-o1f
@Lois-o1f 11 ай бұрын
I lived in Lawrence, ghost town southwest of Victor. 😊
@Anita-zf9re
@Anita-zf9re Жыл бұрын
Thanks Nick for taking us with you on your amazing journeys 🌍 🚗.
@nicklausjohnson-yn2qk
@nicklausjohnson-yn2qk Жыл бұрын
🎉 Colorado is Beautiful. I moved to Denver... Then moved back to Muskegon Michigan
@decuevas244
@decuevas244 Жыл бұрын
Hi. I'm surprised you went to Michigan. They had the most draconian laws then most during illness. No thank you. I hope things stay free by you. God bless you and us all.
@1MinuteFlipDoc
@1MinuteFlipDoc Жыл бұрын
@@KJones-qs7ju I went back to Ohio But my city was gone There was no train station There was no downtown South Howard had disappeared All my favorite places My city had been pulled down Reduced to parking spaces
@nitedreamer23
@nitedreamer23 Жыл бұрын
Nice. Akron’s finest.
@nicklausjohnson-yn2qk
@nicklausjohnson-yn2qk Жыл бұрын
@@nitedreamer23 hey
@digdugg4976
@digdugg4976 6 ай бұрын
I live in Grand Junction, I work in all the surrounding areas, Delta, montrose, olathe, rifle, rangely, meeker, all over, the inflation is making it tough for sure, especially being a first time home buyer, loved the video and wished I could have met ya and discussed life over here! Keep up the awesome work!
@chrisloomis1489
@chrisloomis1489 Жыл бұрын
Your in OURAY .. WOW I cannot believe your there ♥ I drove that pass all the time in the 1980's .. Oh I love that area to pieces !! ♥
@jimmc2990
@jimmc2990 Жыл бұрын
The Nick Johnson “America is Closed” tour continues! 😆 Love it… as always so much fun. CO is beautiful. I used to spend a lot of time out there. Thanks, Nick!
@coldthrills5150
@coldthrills5150 Жыл бұрын
Another great video nick, I'm from Australia and just love watching your vids. Keep the small country town documentaries coming, they are more beautiful than any bloody big city mate. All the best
@NickJohnson
@NickJohnson Жыл бұрын
❤️❤️ 🇦🇺
@nitedreamer23
@nitedreamer23 Жыл бұрын
And I’m likewise horrified by the thought of driving in the UK or Australia🤣
@eljj7968
@eljj7968 Жыл бұрын
@@Sammy-il1qf I did it last year (from NZ). It's honestly not bad! Only takes a couple of days to get used to it. I also found driving in the US generally very easy. Go for it! The Southwest is amazing for road trips.
@eljj7968
@eljj7968 11 ай бұрын
@@Sammy-il1qf Utah 100% - Zion, Bryce and Arches are absolutely amazing and so different from anywhere I have ever been. I also loved Yosemite (though you need to make a reservation well in advance), Santa Fe New Mexico and the Bing Bend area in West Texas. You can't really go wrong anywhere in the Southwest, it's all amazing, but those were my highlights.
@sheritamac87
@sheritamac87 Жыл бұрын
The spruce beetle killed all those trees as you drove up Wolf Creek Pass.
@joeg5414
@joeg5414 9 ай бұрын
pine beetle
@01Lenda
@01Lenda 5 ай бұрын
Wolf Creek Pass.. nightmare road. Sad about the pine beetles.
@Otessa-j4u
@Otessa-j4u Жыл бұрын
I wish my Husband Robert was living and we both could move to the State of Colorado. Ever since his death on 07 September 2022, my live has been nothing but torture. I intensely miss him.
@NickJohnson
@NickJohnson Жыл бұрын
Aww I'm sorry 😞 🙏
@Kev1234-d4j
@Kev1234-d4j Жыл бұрын
Colorado and Utah should have more water rights than the last stops of the Colorado River (California & Arizona).
@jag92949
@jag92949 Жыл бұрын
Water bills are so expensive in Colorado as well. I paid $50 monthly bill for a one bedroom apartment consisting of only myself.
@CCC303THIZZ
@CCC303THIZZ Жыл бұрын
@@jag92949that has nothing to do with the River Tf
@jag92949
@jag92949 Жыл бұрын
@@CCC303THIZZ Higher prices contribute to lower supply. I know socialists in Colorado know absolutely nothing about high-school economics.
@ZIGZAGBureauofInvestigation
@ZIGZAGBureauofInvestigation 11 ай бұрын
California & Arizona needs to ban Watering on its lawns ,golf couses and parkways .
@jag92949
@jag92949 11 ай бұрын
@@ZIGZAGBureauofInvestigation What’s wrong with growing cactuses. You never need to water them.
@Sayres434
@Sayres434 Жыл бұрын
The Colorado National Monument is in Grand Junction . Its incredible
@MikeLockheart
@MikeLockheart Жыл бұрын
Watching it, and seeing Colorado from my couch on the internet doens't really compare to seeing it in person. But it is better than nothing.
@NickJohnson
@NickJohnson Жыл бұрын
Yes Mike!
@duncanself5111
@duncanself5111 Жыл бұрын
Epic scenery. Its a beautiful part of the world, the wilderness parts anyway
@joannunemaker6332
@joannunemaker6332 Жыл бұрын
Colorado is such a pretty state. Beautiful sunshine, but really expensive! I like this video.😊❤
@NickJohnson
@NickJohnson Жыл бұрын
It really is!
@61RdlyKryk79
@61RdlyKryk79 Жыл бұрын
As an East Coast boy who moved to SoCal at 20 yrs. old moved to Western Colo. for 20 yrs. of my life. Those were some good ol' daze.
@CrAck-MoNey
@CrAck-MoNey Жыл бұрын
I used to go to Grand Junction, and Palisades alot. I love Palisades. Lots of wine tours and grape orchards. Very beautiful. The Maverik gas station in Palisades has so many beers, and wines I've never seen anywhere else.
@dereckwarren6276
@dereckwarren6276 Жыл бұрын
I've been to Colorado a couple times and it was beautiful!! I did some hiking.
@johnmajchrzak9826
@johnmajchrzak9826 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for coming through Nick Man Longmont resident here. Yes great place great people but winners can be crazy weather is awesome too but it is what it is going back to the beach Southern California. Been here almost 9 years now and just a great place it really is thanks for visiting take care God bless you and your family
@briang4914
@briang4914 7 ай бұрын
I was born there! What brought you to longmont?
@tikihutdweller5944
@tikihutdweller5944 11 ай бұрын
I have not been to Colorado for 22 years. I forgot how nice it looked.
@kaybee5008
@kaybee5008 Жыл бұрын
I love this channel!!!!!
@ames2727
@ames2727 6 ай бұрын
Yayy you came to FOCO aka fort Collins! Im a born raised native and yes you said it! Its sooo expensive to live here because everyone keeps moving here. CSU has grown immensely and look up the connection between our historic downtown town and disney world! So much to do here and i absolutely love it here! Thanks for showing off some of the city. Safe travels!
@Piertides
@Piertides 4 ай бұрын
My youngest daughter was born there. Owned property when the population was 70k. Harmony Rd was the final frontier 😁 and the only business there was HP. Iow, I lived there in the 80s and was forced to Denver for a job. Still here but have always dreamed of going back to the area, I loved it. Retirement soon, maybe then.
@lawrencepalacios5809
@lawrencepalacios5809 Жыл бұрын
When you get out of the city, Colorado is actually very nice too bad cities like Denver are forever lost due to bad policy and decision making.
@lawrencepalacios5809
@lawrencepalacios5809 Жыл бұрын
@@JonathanArmstrong-xd4wm all once nice cities in generally beautiful states that will never get it's priorities straight.
@j_p_stratorus211
@j_p_stratorus211 Жыл бұрын
And bad drivers! I lived in CO Springs for 3 months and saw car crashes every single week I was there. I moved back to the mountains.
@michaelmyers3892
@michaelmyers3892 4 ай бұрын
Colorado springs, Denver and Boulder of all gone down the toilet there are some very bad towns now I was the west side of her in Colorado springs from 78 to 2009 but always went back as a friends and family I was disgusted to see what I saw I want to puke every time I'm back in that town Colorado springs
@lawrencepalacios5809
@lawrencepalacios5809 4 ай бұрын
@@michaelmyers3892 I can see that, once nice cities being tarnished to the ground everyday because people have no respect for anything or bother to take better care of ones place.
@michaelmyers3892
@michaelmyers3892 4 ай бұрын
@@lawrencepalacios5809 absolutely I remember just how beautiful Colorado springs once was yes I understand it's a military town with schriever Air Force Base and for Carson always people coming and going, but I believe ever since introduction and marijuana as well as many other things and the economy crashing that's what that wants beautiful area even Denver used to be a great place to hang out for the day but now I only go back to Colorado springs to visit friends and family and maybe some restaurants tonight get out of there at least I got the good memories of what that town once was
@melodyanderson7914
@melodyanderson7914 Жыл бұрын
The best parts of colorado are away from the interstate for sure! I drove the million dollar highway last fall. Breathtaking!
@eugeniovasquez3780
@eugeniovasquez3780 Жыл бұрын
I used to get bitter when this guy would talk about the homeless situation in california but i look forward to all these videos and truly appreciate so thx4this😊
@jag92949
@jag92949 Жыл бұрын
Living in Colorado, I grew to hate the hobos. They take handouts and use drugs. What’s to like?
@eugeniovasquez3780
@eugeniovasquez3780 Жыл бұрын
@@jag92949 they exhale co2 that nourishes the trees that make o2 for us to breath and stay alive
@chrisnelson3046
@chrisnelson3046 Жыл бұрын
I loved in fort Collins in the early 2000.... Best time of my life. I love that place
@truebetold65
@truebetold65 Жыл бұрын
It's absolutely gorgeous. I've been there, done that.
@benjaminjantzen1398
@benjaminjantzen1398 6 ай бұрын
I’ve lived in most of these towns and have been to the rest. Nice video. I live in between Ouray/Ridgway now. I love how Ag/farms/ranch meet the towns/mountain culture here. God bless! Leadville/Lafayette/Erie/Georgetown/Salida/Alamosa are all great, Meeker, Walden, Steamboat Springs and Miashawaka on the Poudre West of Fort Collins is where it’s at!
@sheritamac87
@sheritamac87 Жыл бұрын
Yay! You pronounced Olathe correctly!
@BaroqueBlues
@BaroqueBlues Жыл бұрын
Nick Johnson/Mappy 2024!
@jrs4ex
@jrs4ex Жыл бұрын
I once stayed near the Great Sand Dunes National Park at the Best Western Movie Manor it’s a hotel directly next to a drive in movie theatre. So you can watch movies on the big screen from your room. Unique place never seen anything else like it before.
@NickJohnson
@NickJohnson Жыл бұрын
How do you listen to it?
@jrs4ex
@jrs4ex Жыл бұрын
@@NickJohnson There’s a button in the room to turn on a speaker. You could also watch from your car and tune to a certain radio station to play the sound.
@gmcmullins3251
@gmcmullins3251 8 ай бұрын
Dude, you got one of the best channels! Please keep making your content. I learn so much. I'm appreciative of it. You probably know the US better than anybody now. NICK JOHNSON for PRESIDENT!
@Viperwon
@Viperwon Жыл бұрын
Another great video! Really inspiring me to do something similar and go back to colorado to truly enjoy it
@Zyrus25
@Zyrus25 Жыл бұрын
I really like your videos like this, where you show not just the bad parts, but the whole picture. Felt like I as a German who never been to the US had been to Colorado myself! Keep it up!
@carinarilk89
@carinarilk89 Жыл бұрын
Hi Nick, nice to see Colorado. One of the best Police man from Colorado was Joe Kenda. I saw him on TV. He is very famous in Germany ❤ Have a peaceful new year ❤
@goombah226
@goombah226 Жыл бұрын
My, my, my.
@carinarilk89
@carinarilk89 Жыл бұрын
@@goombah226 Fine! A good start 2024. Greetings from Germany Carina
@goombah226
@goombah226 Жыл бұрын
@@carinarilk89 And greetings from the free state of Texas.
@tomneff7030
@tomneff7030 7 ай бұрын
Colorado Springs will never have a larger population than Denver. Not now not 50 years from now. False information.
@docbrown9851
@docbrown9851 11 ай бұрын
That landscape next to the endless straight roads looks amazing. So beautiful!
@JPinthe719
@JPinthe719 Жыл бұрын
Look foward to checking it out bro, be safe out there!
@abbienormal2103
@abbienormal2103 5 ай бұрын
I just found your channel and I was so excited to see you visited my town, Montrose!! I love it! It’s a perfect small town to raise a family. The people are so friendly and wonderful here. Colorado is such a beautiful state but there’s just something so special about the western slope. ❤
@PictPixy
@PictPixy Жыл бұрын
Olathe sweet corn, Rocky Ford Cantaloupe, Palisade peaches. Delicious.
@Marbella125
@Marbella125 Жыл бұрын
and dont forget Pueblo Chile, San Luis Potatos and Trinidad weed
@Newengland1966
@Newengland1966 Жыл бұрын
Hi nick just like to mention there's loads of these type of videos on you tube but yours are by far the best keep up the great work all the way from London uk Take care
@NickJohnson
@NickJohnson Жыл бұрын
Aww ok!! ❤️❤️❤️ 🇬🇧
@btetschner
@btetschner Жыл бұрын
A+ video! Awesome Colorado Odyssey through the backroads!
@NickJohnson
@NickJohnson Жыл бұрын
You have a good new year!
@btetschner
@btetschner Жыл бұрын
@@NickJohnson You have a good year too!
@carolchmielewski5313
@carolchmielewski5313 7 ай бұрын
Also spent time in Ouray (a friend there) and Silverton. First weed store I ever visited was on Main St. in Denver!
@vernafairleigh7566
@vernafairleigh7566 Жыл бұрын
Had to laugh when you were talking about the west side of Colorado, let us not forget how 'beautiful' the east part of Colorado is.
@Thecaptain1898
@Thecaptain1898 Жыл бұрын
The eastern plains are beautiful! But I need wilderness land to play in. It's all just farms and sage put there. No trees or mountains! Just the comanche grassland! Not enough for me 🫠
@briang4914
@briang4914 7 ай бұрын
I've started appreciating the eastern side more lately. Where you from? It's funny in my mind I just lump most of the east into "west Kansas" "west Nebraska" or "north panhandle"
@eviefriend3976
@eviefriend3976 Жыл бұрын
Lately this is one of my favorite channels. Every episode is so interesting,
@NickJohnson
@NickJohnson Жыл бұрын
Yay Evie! ❤️❤️
@bdavis64
@bdavis64 11 ай бұрын
Nice video Nick. I've spent many a vacation traveling the state myself. By the way, Ouray is pronounced Your-RAY by the locals, vs. OOH-ray. It was named for Chief Ouray of the Ute nation.
@MarioJ8431
@MarioJ8431 Жыл бұрын
From minute 27:10, so beautiful, such a magnificent landscape. WOW! Ouray is very nice! Greetings from Germany.
@NickJohnson
@NickJohnson Жыл бұрын
🇩🇪 ❤️
@ProductionByTales
@ProductionByTales Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed the mountain west series. I'm always looking forward to what you'll upload next!
@GentlemenMonkey
@GentlemenMonkey Жыл бұрын
I'm delighted to see you passing through my neck of the woods, been living on the Western slope since '98. If you ever come back t through Delta county again detour to go over the Grand Mesa. Sorry DeVries wasn't open when you stopped by, I love buying produce from them and they could have really told you about farming in the area. I also commend you for pronouncing Olathe correctly.
@edwardranno7119
@edwardranno7119 Жыл бұрын
All the craftsman are dying off,in every field of work! It really sucks....I love your videos!!
@gailcross4165
@gailcross4165 Жыл бұрын
Born and raised in San Berdoo and thank Gawd got out and moved to the Western Slope in the late 80's. Love Colorado ❤
@briang4914
@briang4914 7 ай бұрын
Just don't ruin it now!
@BamBamBigelow..
@BamBamBigelow.. Жыл бұрын
Nick is just my poll worker! Edit: I want that leather jacket! Edit #2: the Rocky Mountains are always looming in background
@kmc1steelers998
@kmc1steelers998 11 ай бұрын
I visited Cortez Colorado, after staying in Moab Utah to visit my son, who was working out there. Such beautiful ❤️ scenery
@PatrickCole-md9bu
@PatrickCole-md9bu Жыл бұрын
How are you liking California, I mean Calirado? Are you passing through Douglas County again?
@NickJohnson
@NickJohnson Жыл бұрын
Not true
@PatrickCole-md9bu
@PatrickCole-md9bu Жыл бұрын
Polis should never try to correct anyone on the pronunciation. He's a devout Californian that has turned this state into California.
@heyjude1927
@heyjude1927 11 ай бұрын
Best ever trips honestly were the back roads and off highways to get all around. Loved every dang time went off the highway and took the backways home. Even getting a little lost a time or 2. However, this was about 15 years ago.
@oldtop4682
@oldtop4682 Жыл бұрын
City Market = Kroger. You should have driven out to Route 65 and then down to Delta - you would have loved that drive. Thanks for showing this part of Colorado! I used to own some land out there, and visited frequently. Great folks. If you haven't, you should drive Nevada 93 either up from Vegas or down to it from Ely. Great Basin NP is along there too. Just did that a couple days ago and it is an awesome drive.
@NickJohnson
@NickJohnson Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tip!
@barbaraness4507
@barbaraness4507 14 күн бұрын
31:42 I love the way they restored all the old buildings downtown!
@annabelleb.8096
@annabelleb.8096 Жыл бұрын
What a nice tour of Colorado that was!
@marthaann33
@marthaann33 7 ай бұрын
My husband and I were in Colorado in August 2022 for our honeymoon. We went east where you went north to Pueblo. We stopped in one of those migrant Mexican looking towns called Rocky Ford for lunch at a Mexican restaurant. Seeing your video of the Rockies made me want to go back right now!!! The beauty in Colorado is amazing!!! BTW we didn't like Boulder at all. You could feel the leftie vibes.
@MrDEWaters
@MrDEWaters Жыл бұрын
They can grow hops because the climate is similar to areas of eastern Washington state, where they grow the famous "Cascade" hop variety. My grandparents' family lived at Monte Vista, near the southern border, and some of those people grew red potatoes. One of my great uncles was on the Colorado potato board in the 1940s and 50s.
@sourcehealing82
@sourcehealing82 Жыл бұрын
Aww you got my town of Loveland on here! Thanks for stopping by! We do have homeless here now. It’s getting worse each year. I live downtown.
@rosemarycastronuovo6056
@rosemarycastronuovo6056 Жыл бұрын
Always awaiting your videos 🎉 So happy to see this Colorado video..... Especially when you came thru LONGMONT.... Wish I could have run into you..... Another favorite part of your journey... Was Ouray ( Silverton) ... Wish you had hit Telluride.... My most favorite part of our State .... 2025 we make 25 years in Colorado ( Longmont)..... Can't wait for your next journey.... Happy New Year 🎉.... Stay safe and enjoy 💖
@pOOL_pANTS
@pOOL_pANTS Жыл бұрын
colorado just seems like a great state all around. beautiful!
@NickJohnson
@NickJohnson Жыл бұрын
It really is!
@stacky512a
@stacky512a Жыл бұрын
One of your better adventure videos.
@carolchmielewski5313
@carolchmielewski5313 7 ай бұрын
NC Carol here. Husband and I spent time in Montrose. Arrived from Denver just after a tornado and stopped to eat some of the best Mexican/Southwest food, beer, blue corn tortillas ever! Loved the beauty of the plains outside Montrose heading to Durango. Had to stop for a huge sheep roadblock! Huge herd being moved. :)
@RoadTripsWithYogi1968
@RoadTripsWithYogi1968 Жыл бұрын
I found it amusing and ironic that you were listening to "Californiacation" on the radio in the Grand Junction clip...👍
@JohnnyUtah13
@JohnnyUtah13 Жыл бұрын
I used to live about 45 min south of Durango in Northern New Mexico. Was really cool to see you in Durango and at the Bar D. The San Juan Mountains in Southwest Colorado are some of the most beautiful mountains in the Colorado Rockies! I learned to ski at Purgatory! Made many trips across southern Colorado in my life. Now we spend a lot of time in central Colorado. (Salida, Monarch) Really enjoyed this!
@MILITIA330
@MILITIA330 Жыл бұрын
Oh My Goodness Nick You never cease to not make me laugh and cry and laugh. Good Job , it is really hard to entertain me but you do the job . Thank You. Come back to discover more of Western Washington. Not the city parts. Just a request. 👊
@betsyroy6269
@betsyroy6269 6 ай бұрын
I live in Colorado. I have traveled all over the state. Colorado is amazingly beautiful but the people are slightly weird.
@johnnyrocketed2225
@johnnyrocketed2225 Жыл бұрын
Some of the shots of the Million Dollar Road looked like the opening to The Shining 👍😊
@ms.elegant4571
@ms.elegant4571 5 ай бұрын
They filmed that in Estes Park
@charlesrocks
@charlesrocks 11 ай бұрын
Your channel is such a goldmine. Thank you so much for posting such REAL content.
@NickJohnson
@NickJohnson 11 ай бұрын
Ok Chuck 👍
@RitaElaineHeltonBarker-uz4sz
@RitaElaineHeltonBarker-uz4sz Жыл бұрын
Beautiful scenery out there
@oadrian3
@oadrian3 Жыл бұрын
loved when you were listening to Californication. RHCP is my perfect vibe for road tripping.
@oliverarts4673
@oliverarts4673 Жыл бұрын
Great video…spent some time there last summer. Sad to see the same thing happening there that’s happening where I live in the Texas hill country. Hard for young people to get a start…we’re killing the middle class
@McFwoupson
@McFwoupson 11 ай бұрын
Yeah there are a lot of ppl moving into rural towns in TX hill country. Wimberly, dripping springs, Fredericksburg and now Johnson city. Grew up in Hunt and nothing ever really changes out there but now there are new multi million dollar homes popping up frequently.
@barbaraness4507
@barbaraness4507 14 күн бұрын
49:01 See that big plateau in the middle of everything? Well there’s actually 2, and if you view them from above , and at night it looks really cool because they are pitch black!
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