UTAH ROAD TRIP - Monument Valley, Mexican Hat & MORE! | From ARIZONA to UTAH | Part 1
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- To celebrate 500 subscribers we are taking YOU on a road trip with us! You'll get to see some amazing sights and behind-the-scenes stuff. This was one epic road trip you don't want to miss.
It's a road trip! Today we wanted to take you along with us as we travel from Phoenix, Arizona to Goblin Valley State Park in Utah. We give you some behind-the-scenes look at what the life of a traveling vlogger is like in the car, out on the road with all the glorious sites of the American Southwest as our playground.
We drove north Tuesday evening and stopped at a hotel in Flagstaff to get a few hours under our belt. From there the magic begins. Pines disappeared and plains unfolded. With the San Francisco Peaks in our rearview mirror, we headed north towards Cameron, Arizona where we stop to look at a historic bridge. We took five minutes to see Elephant's Feet - a lone rock pillar by the highway that looks so very out of place and can't help but catch your attention.
We pushed onward towards the Utah border and marveled at Monument Valley on the horizon. Not too proud to stop at a tourist stop, we couldn't help ourselves and pull over at Forrest Gump Hill, the famous hill where Forrest decides he's tired and wants to go home.
Traveling north, we saw some incredible canyons and constantly changing scenery. We stop at Hite Crossing Bridge over the Colorado River. Red Rocks unfold with amazing cliffs. Finally, we end at Goblin Valley where we camped for three nights. But this is only part one! We told you this was an epic trip! Tune in next week for part two before continuing back with our regular content.
Enjoy!
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Welcome to the Cactus Atlas! We are Glenn and Amy and invite you to join us as we visit all sorts of locations across the American West. We tour both natural and man-made attractions.
Our base of operations is in the Phoenix, AZ area. We do a lot of hiking and day trips as well as campground reviews and hope that we will be a great resource if you are planning a trip to the American West. We also hope to delight you with our exciting adventures!
Congratulations on your 500 subs, Utah has been on our wish list for so long, thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much! Utah is such a majestic place with so many unique parks that we can understand why it would be on a wish list. We hope that you get to check it off that list soon enough!
I’ve also camped several times about a mile before that Lake Powell/Hite Marina lookout at 38:00.
Road Trip 🙄🤪🥴😜👀
Hat's off to you Glenn for thinking about Amy's & your own Health. Should be interesting watching the rest of the vids on how everything has been affected. Lol heck of a sombrero. Glenn after 37:54 is kinda how I feel watching ALL of your vids so far. Like where should I look? Everywhere I look is just amazing.
Hey like the new ending soundtrack.
Haha! Yeah... there's more to that song than just the small clip we used to (and sometimes still) use. It's kind of a fun one honestly. I keep wondering if I should go back to using it for all the videos just to kind of stick to one brand (probably except anything with a more serious tone).
An absolutely beautiful drive into Utah. I have alway heard Utah had some wonderful landscape and you are bringing some of it to us. Thank you and looking forward to more.
Our pleasure! We're glad you enjoyed it! Part two should be coming right around the corner with lots more Utah scenery.
Congratulations!! On 500 !Awesome video! Fantastic scenery.
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed the scenery. 😁
Thanks for another awesome video!! Keep em coming!!
Thanks for watching! 😀
Love this video. I like that you do random stops to look at the landscape
Glad you liked it! Sometimes you've just gotta stop and appreciate the scenery if you have the time. 😁
Congrats on the nearly 600 subscribers now! That windy switchback road you took is named the Moki Dugway. I’ve camped many times on top of those cliffs overlooking the San Juan River, Goosenecks State Park, and Monument Valley. You can also camp near the Mexican Hat rock, and the San Juan Inn is a nice motel. I love that area!
Thanks so much!
And thanks for mentioning all those camping places! We're looking to upgrade to a high-clearance SUV sometimes in the future (currently researching) so I imagine we'll get to see and camp at a lot more interesting places. We might have to hit you up for more suggestions. 😅
The Cactus Atlas Definitely hit me up, I’ve explored southern Utah for years now, and have found some magical places & roads. I drive a Honda CRV and that has gotten me to some epic places :)
Oh- also on the Moki Dugway, bearing the top to the right, you probably noticed the buttes that looked similar to Monument Valley- that’s Valley of the Gods, a great little road to check out if you’re camping in the area.
We actually saw another UA-camr's video on Valley of the Gods (Traveling Robert)! It looks awesome! We thought about adding that at the end of the trip but timing didn't work out.
Man I’m so proud to be a Southern Utahn! Such a gorgeous state! You went to a lot of really great places and you showed very beautifully how amazing this area of the Southwest is! I totally know what you mean by that “Silence”, and you don’t experience it many places in the U.S. But Utah is basically filled to the brim with these places with DEAFENING silence, and I am in love with it. It’s so peaceful and calming. Thanks for another amazing video as always! Cheers!
Thanks so much!! That Utah trip was one of our favorites. Seemed like there was something breathtaking at every turn. It was hard to stay focused and on schedule! 😅
congratulation my friend ... have a nice day :)
Thank you so much! 😀
so based on what I have experienced and your footage, I have to agree Southern Utah has more jaw dropping moments than our home state of AZ!
We may have the Grand Canyon, but yeah... they have a LOT of gorgeous scenery. It's almost unfair how much they have. 😂
@@CactusAtlas and sorry I left this out but Congrats on 500 subs!!!
Thank you so much! Kinda surreal since we were just at 250 it seems. Hahah!
Congrats on 500 🎉 those rock along the road 😬
Thank so much! Halfway to 1000!
And yeah, I wasn't even along the ride with Glenn but just editing the footage was enough to give me the creeps seeing some of those things! 😅
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Another great video. Glad you are able to do some exploring for us all. Congratulations on 500. I was in the first 150 or so and doesn't seem that long ago. 1,000 before you know it.
Thank you! Glad we were able to have you along for the ride so to speak.
Honestly it didn't seem that long ago that we were waiting for our first subscriber that wasn't a friend or family. 🤣
Vlog style! I like it! I'll be following along!! :-)
Hurray!! 😀
Part two should be out soon enough!
You're doing g a great job!!
Thanks so much! It means so much coming from those who've been with us for a while. 😀
Greetings from a fellow AZ resident. Just started my channel and am enjoying your content.
Welcome and hello! Glad to see another fellow AZ adventurer!
Thank you for this video, it's exactly what I was looking for. I don't know if I could've handled one more 'road trip' video looking at nothing but a view of the street from the car camera as they are driving with bad music playing in the background. ^.^ I appreciate that you get out and explore and share your knowledge with us. =]
Thanks!! It’s funny you say this. Our channel was born of the frustration we had when we watched other videos for info about specific places, but learned more about what someone’s favorite Starbucks drink is. So we can relate! Happy to hear this helped!
I'm glad you think $139 a night is affordable
don't worry, I say it's easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission!
Gannon Stiles so true 👍