You , and a very few others, are getting a unique experience that probably won't be repeated any time soon . Seeing these natural wonders without a mob of World tourists !
Several of the spots you drove by today are filming locations for the movie Easy Rider. There are also several on 89 on the way to page as well as Monument Valley.
@@n.z.countryroads2637 Where he turns right here, on th 89 about a mile up the the road, on the far side, is an old small building that appears in Easy Rider, near the start of th movie. i think they also drive down part of route 66 down town flagstaff.
Rode past the Park several times , THANKS for the walk about . There is a cool road going to The Grand Canyon coming in off 89 . We started off with a hippy van in 1978 on to a Holiday Rambler and now back to a Transit Van much better when doing the miles. Your videos beat anything on my tv with 50 + channels. Thanks Russ ❗️
Very interesting volcano area, crazy looking tree too. The walkways are really nice, looks like a good place to sit and eat a piece of blueberry and butterscotch pie 🥧, nice video, thanks Russ., thanks for pausing at the story boards.
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Several years ago I took the tour at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. The tour guide was a geology major from Northern Arizona University. One of the people on the tour asked him where all the mountains around Flagstaff came from. The tour guide said they are volcanoes. I said "Hopefully extinct ones." The tour guide said "Oh yeah, they're extinct. The last one to blow was 1,000 years ago." That would be the Sunset Crater he was referring to. Then he paused and said "But come to think of it, I've talked to airline pilots who were taking the tour here at the observatory. They told me when they fly over the area in the winter, and it's totally covered in snow, they can see big round places where there isn't any snow." He said that the only thing he can think of is there must still be lava close enough to the surface that it keeps the ground above the freezing point year round.
That geology student was somewhat mistaken because the San Francisco Volcanic Area is not extinct, it's merely dormant. A volcano that has erupted in the last 10,000 years is considered 'Active' although individual cinder cones like Sunset Crater may be monogenetic or erupts one time only, that volcanic field it sits in is anything but extinct. A look at a topo/Google Earth map of the field shows dozens of volcanic craters of various ages, a few in the last 10,000 years judging by erosion and lack of vegetation on the lava flows. Sunset Crater is impressive because it is 350 meters/1150 feet tall which is large for a cinder cone. Look to the North of Sunset Crater along West of highway 89 and there is a small crater on Google Earth that just got re-dated because of it dark unweathered lava field and cone to around 2,000 years ago. Now the tallest mountain, San Francisco Peak, used to be 16,000 feet tall until it blew its top off about 400,000 years ago and is now called Humphreys Peak. It is an extinct stratovolcano as is most of the San Francisco mountain range to the west of the volcanic field which sits on a hotspot like Yellowstone does. It is why the volcanism seems to have moved East, when it is actually the tectonic plate that moved to the West.
A thousand years ago isn't even close to calling the volcano extinct they are very active and could go off at any time your geologists tour guide probably wasn't a geologist just a professional b**********
@VeraBrightfeather Oh yes, I was aware Ms.Brightfeather that San Francisco Peak was a Mt. St. Helens type sideways eruption, but was just speaking metaphorically by saying it blew its top off. It actually would have been a bit of an anomaly if it had erupted straight up with less vigor and left a 16,000 foot mountain. Thus AZ would have had the highest mountain in the Continental 48 States. An honor now held by California' Mt. Whitney that according to the plaque on top it says it is 14,505 feet. You can look it up and get slightly differing numbers, but after hiking the John Muir Trail for the previous 4 weeks starting in Yosemite Valley I'm going by the brass plaque on the top. My understanding of the High Sierra section of the Sierra Nevada Range is that it is still growing in elevation. Have you ever traveled up Hwy 395 through the Owens Valley? Up past Lone Pine you'll see the White Mountain Range to the East and the amazing thing about them is that they are smooth and worn looking versus the Sierra to the West which are sharp and jagged in appearance. It is obvious the Sierra are younger, and once you get past Lake Crawley you are in the Long Valley Caldera. I read a long scientific paper that expounded on why a caldera sized volcano was even there. Everyone thought it was part of the Walker Lane tectonic faults, but only partially. The paper went into a lot of detail showing the area was literally being pushed and pulled from different directions. Walker Lane only being part of the cause. They actually had a steady geyser, but it was turned into a geothermal power plant. Issues occur when there are quakes and Hot Creek which used to be stable enough for swimming became unstable to the point of being closed in 2004 I think it was. I saw video of the Creek just geysering up with steaming hot water. I new hot spring also just popped up last year GeoHub had a video on it.
I sure enjoyed the trip to Sunset Crater National Monument to see the 🌋 volcano mountain, the black lava rocks, the beautiful pine trees and that gorgeous blue sky with cumulo-cirrus cloud ☁️ formations. NICE 👍 JOB!
I have a few on my property in Missouri, if you go the opposite way of the bend they all point to a river or spring. Don't know if this was a way to keep others, non Indians, from heading the right direction to find water or just the customary way of the local tribes to mark a water location.
I envy you! I use to drive for Fed Ex Ground and travelled coast to coast and Arizona was one of my favorite States to run. The western States are the best.
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We were quite facinated by how sharp and unweathered most of the lava appears there, and how beautiful the area is! Thank you so much Russ. Your series title idea is awesome. We are most definitely traveling vicariously through your filmed adventures this summer!
You are serving many people by providing virtual travel. We go Spring and Fall for 3 - 4 months at a time. This has been a most depressing time. Expecting a grandbaby in October in Phoenix area. By hook or by crook we're getting there. You've given us a number of places to visit. Thanks for doing this. Best wishes.
Thanks Russ for introducing this location. We travel out to Flagstaff often but had not yet visited Sunset Crater . We will be heading out there this weekend thanks to you. On a side note, my 92 year old mother just loves your videos. My husband and I even got her the coffee cup with your van on it. Every morning she now enjoys her coffee in her RVerTV cup. Wishing you many happy journeys!
Russ, a wonderful video! It brings up many happy memories as a NAU student in the '70s who used to spend her"spare time" hiking the San Francisco Peaks, admiring Wupatki and in love with Sunset Crater! I was told back then that Olivine was formed due to the intense heat of the volcano and although rare could still be found in the volcanic ash. Another name for the gemstone version of Olivine is Peridot and is the birthstone of August. The Park is gorgeous now with wonderful concrete trails and I feel homesick! Thank you for bringing up amazing memories and I am looking to going back soon! Many thanks!!! Keep up the great informative videos of my favorite area!🌋
I enjoy the professional nature of your videos. This trip was special because the walk give such wonderful details of the volcanic action. I can’t travel and through your beautiful videos I am able to view places I may never see. Thanks for this “Virtual Vacation 2020” for me. Plus your humor adds to your trips. Keep traveling! I’m with you loving the views you provide. Thank you! So much!
LOVED TODAY'S VIDEO!! Thank you Russ for taking us along on your travels. Thank you for stopping at these very interesting locations and for pausing at the story boards! God Bless YOU!
I agree with the comment below me. You are doing a good thing. I have not driven since 2016 & this is a great way for me to see the beautiful country. Thanks again.
Decades ago (1972) My dad and I climbed to the top of Sunset Crater. My mom thought we were crazy and wouldn't let us take the camera along. Man... the pictures we could have had :( Shortly after that they stopped people climbing it :(
Great video, once again. And thanks for showing good, wide shots of the story-boards. By my pausing the video and reading them, it turns a 22 minute video into a 40 minute one, doubling my enjoyment, and I learn so much. And it's a good addition to your down-to-earth comments ("that's a BIG pile of rocks") which I love so much. Hehe
Great trip you have planned for us Russ!. I also had been driving right by Sunset crater for years. Now thanks to you we have seen it !. Looking forward to tomorrows stop, and the next, and the next. Thanks for bringing all of us along!.
Last time I visited Flag, and Sunset Crater, it was the late 70s. I was a kid. We stayed at a single story motel with an old buckboard out front, and the town was dinky. Lots has changed. Thanks for the great vid.
Thanks.. I also hiked to the top with my family 1968, it was fun running down...like sand dunes . Doesn't take any time to come down. There are ice caves close by too.
Hi Russ, very nice video. We love the name you chose, Virtual Vacation Tour 2020. Fits really well! Be careful driving, have fun and keep the vlogs coming. We thoroughly enjoy them all! Stay safe.
Virtual Vacation Tour sounds 👍🏻 Thanks for the tour of the lava fields. I have wanted to stop there many times. Now I have a taste of it. Still, I will stop personally when I get a chance. I’m looking forward to the tour. God bless and safe travels. ❤️👍🏻🙏🇺🇸
Sunser Crater is a cinder volcano. My father and I hiked the trail up to the rim in the 1960's. The cinders were so loose that for every 3 steps forword, you slid back 2.
All aboard for "The Virtual Vacation Tour 2020". Your videos are a wonderful way to take a "road trip" during this pandemic. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe. Stay healthy. Peace Love Hugs
At Sunset Crater, if you have an 'eye' for it while walking about, you can pick up small 'beads of Olivine. They're actually tiny crystals of that mineral. The clear gem-quality Olivines are called Peridots. You often see small trays full of them at Gem & Mineral shows. They can come from all over the South West. Also, the widespread Volcanism is why the South West is so rich in Copper deposits, especially that of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.
I like that! Virtual vacations! My wife is a high risk person so our RV is fully serviced and sitting here at the house. All of our travel plans for the year have been cancelled. ☹️
Hello Russ! What a great video! I'm really enjoying riding along with you to some really nice attractions. I have been to Flagstaff and I can remember skipping Sunset Crater and the Indian Ruins and driving straight to Page, and then checking out Horseshoe Bend and beautiful Lake Powell, and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and then onto all of the 5 Utah National Parks. I will make sure that I check out Sunset Crater and the Ruins next time I'm in AZ. This is just wonderful to see during a pandemic. I'm looking forward to seeing the next video! Great video Russ!
Evening Russ, Yep, "Sit there and wait for the thing to blow up again", Too funny! Just so you know just south of the Sunset Crater is a place called The Cinders. It is an Off Highway Vehicle Park. Maybe sometime you can bring the Dusty Nugget up for a drive. It's a pretty cool place to see. Lots of volcanic rock/cinders you drive on. And there is boondocking in the area too. When's my turn at shotgun??? See You Soon!
WOW Volcanoes all around you means lava underground beneath you? I would have liked to seen more of this!! I did not know Arizona had Volcanoes and I learned something new. Awesome!!
That was too cool Russ. That volcano was incredible. Did you notice the difference in the air being so high? It’s nice to see the trees all around you compared to Quartzsite with none. Wow that is a lot of lava. Cheers!!!
Awesome video! My husband and I stayed at the Coconino National Forest Bonito Campground in June 2019 (dry camping). The hosts were so nice! Beautiful area!!! I wish you could have taken the trail path off of the cement walk. The views and the information provided by the story boards are even more excellent! The pueblo and petroglyph (Wupatki National Monument) were very interesting, too. Did you know that astronauts trained in the Coconio National Forest in 1967?
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Its still at the mercy of the pandemic. Its possible you may be the only way alot of people will get to see America for now . Thank you MR. RUSS.
Thanks Russ, I'm glad you stopped, too. Thanks for the Virtual Vacation!!
Love the Virtual Vacation Tour! Thanks for taking us along, Russ!
You , and a very few others, are getting a unique experience that probably won't be repeated any time soon .
Seeing these natural wonders without a mob of World tourists !
Hey Russ, you are doing America alot of good with these videos. Keep it going....Love it...
I love your RV vids..they allow me to go to places I've always wanted to see!!
Sunset Crater last erupted between 1085 & 1090 A.D. it’s considered extinct. Love the virtual tour Russ, Thankyou 👍
Several of the spots you drove by today are filming locations for the movie Easy Rider. There are also several on 89 on the way to page as well as Monument Valley.
Wow i did not notice that. Love easy rider. Thank you for pointing it out.
Is Monument Valley where they used to make the cowboy movies ?
@@n.z.countryroads2637 Where he turns right here, on th 89 about a mile up the the road, on the far side, is an old small building that appears in Easy Rider, near the start of th movie. i think they also drive down part of route 66 down town flagstaff.
N.Z. Country Roads yes from at least the 50’s to present day. One film shot from Forest Gump too where he Is running. 👍
Thank you Russ, we always enjoy your videos 🚌
Rode past the Park several times , THANKS for the walk about . There is a cool road going to The Grand Canyon coming in off 89 . We started off with a hippy van in 1978 on to a Holiday Rambler and now back to a Transit Van much better when doing the miles. Your videos beat anything on my tv with 50 + channels. Thanks Russ ❗️
Excellent....... adding to my travel list. Thanks Russ
Very interesting volcano area, crazy looking tree too. The walkways are really nice, looks like a good place to sit and eat a piece of blueberry and butterscotch pie 🥧, nice video, thanks Russ., thanks for pausing at the story boards.
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Very cool can’t wait for tomorrow’s video was going through the cut and up the hill to page I have been going there since 1969
Several years ago I took the tour at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. The tour guide was a geology major from Northern Arizona University. One of the people on the tour asked him where all the mountains around Flagstaff came from. The tour guide said they are volcanoes. I said "Hopefully extinct ones." The tour guide said "Oh yeah, they're extinct. The last one to blow was 1,000 years ago." That would be the Sunset Crater he was referring to. Then he paused and said "But come to think of it, I've talked to airline pilots who were taking the tour here at the observatory. They told me when they fly over the area in the winter, and it's totally covered in snow, they can see big round places where there isn't any snow." He said that the only thing he can think of is there must still be lava close enough to the surface that it keeps the ground above the freezing point year round.
I was there in 2008 and noticed that the air seemed warmer in that area.
That geology student was somewhat mistaken because the San Francisco Volcanic Area is not extinct, it's merely dormant. A volcano that has erupted in the last 10,000 years is considered 'Active' although individual cinder cones like Sunset Crater may be monogenetic or erupts one time only, that volcanic field it sits in is anything but extinct. A look at a topo/Google Earth map of the field shows dozens of volcanic craters of various ages, a few in the last 10,000 years judging by erosion and lack of vegetation on the lava flows. Sunset Crater is impressive because it is 350 meters/1150 feet tall which is large for a cinder cone. Look to the North of Sunset Crater along West of highway 89 and there is a small crater on Google Earth that just got re-dated because of it dark unweathered lava field and cone to around 2,000 years ago.
Now the tallest mountain, San Francisco Peak, used to be 16,000 feet tall until it blew its top off about 400,000 years ago and is now called Humphreys Peak. It is an extinct stratovolcano as is most of the San Francisco mountain range to the west of the volcanic field which sits on a hotspot like Yellowstone does. It is why the volcanism seems to have moved East, when it is actually the tectonic plate that moved to the West.
A thousand years ago isn't even close to calling the volcano extinct they are very active and could go off at any time your geologists tour guide probably wasn't a geologist just a professional b**********
@VeraBrightfeather Oh yes, I was aware Ms.Brightfeather that San Francisco Peak was a Mt. St. Helens type sideways eruption, but was just speaking metaphorically by saying it blew its top off.
It actually would have been a bit of an anomaly if it had erupted straight up with less vigor and left a 16,000 foot mountain. Thus AZ would have had the highest mountain in the Continental 48 States. An honor now held by California' Mt. Whitney that according to the plaque on top it says it is 14,505 feet. You can look it up and get slightly differing numbers, but after hiking the John Muir Trail for the previous 4 weeks starting in Yosemite Valley I'm going by the brass plaque on the top.
My understanding of the High Sierra section of the Sierra Nevada Range is that it is still growing in elevation. Have you ever traveled up Hwy 395 through the Owens Valley? Up past Lone Pine you'll see the White Mountain Range to the East and the amazing thing about them is that they are smooth and worn looking versus the Sierra to the West which are sharp and jagged in appearance. It is obvious the Sierra are younger, and once you get past Lake Crawley you are in the Long Valley Caldera.
I read a long scientific paper that expounded on why a caldera sized volcano was even there. Everyone thought it was part of the Walker Lane tectonic faults, but only partially. The paper went into a lot of detail showing the area was literally being pushed and pulled from different directions. Walker Lane only being part of the cause.
They actually had a steady geyser, but it was turned into a geothermal power plant. Issues occur when there are quakes and Hot Creek which used to be stable enough for swimming became unstable to the point of being closed in 2004 I think it was. I saw video of the Creek just geysering up with steaming hot water. I new hot spring also just popped up last year GeoHub had a video on it.
Thank you Russ for this awesome trip today. I really enjoyed seeing the lava rock and the volcano. Stay safe. Wishing you a super week. Hugs Susan
Spectacular landscape! Thanks for bringing us along Russ!
You picked a good name for the 2020 tour.
👍for name. We're all vacationing vicariously thru you this summer. BIG Thank You!!!
I sure enjoyed the trip to Sunset Crater National Monument to see the 🌋 volcano mountain, the black lava rocks, the beautiful pine trees and that gorgeous blue sky with cumulo-cirrus cloud ☁️ formations. NICE 👍 JOB!
Mother Nature, amazingly beautiful in all forms. TY for taking us along on the journey. Enjoyed!😊👍🏾
Perfect name for this trip, Russ. Love it!
The bent pine might have been a trail marker. Indians would bend a tree towards the ground and tie it in a bent position. It is a marker for trails.
I have a few on my property in Missouri, if you go the opposite way of the bend they all point to a river or spring. Don't know if this was a way to keep others, non Indians, from heading the right direction to find water or just the customary way of the local tribes to mark a water location.
@@glenchoitz9497 Probably local tribes.
Nice to start your day on the road with Russ....
Love RVerTV.
Beautiful wish I was there
I envy you! I use to drive for Fed Ex Ground and travelled coast to coast and Arizona was one of my favorite States to run. The western States are the best.
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We were quite facinated by how sharp and unweathered most of the lava appears there, and how beautiful the area is! Thank you so much Russ. Your series title idea is awesome. We are most definitely traveling vicariously through your filmed adventures this summer!
You are serving many people by providing virtual travel. We go Spring and Fall for 3 - 4 months at a time. This has been a most depressing time. Expecting a grandbaby in October in Phoenix area. By hook or by crook we're getting there. You've given us a number of places to visit. Thanks for doing this. Best wishes.
Such blue skys!!!!❤
Love the name of this trip Russ. It definitely fits well with all that's happening in the world. Thanks Russ great job.
C'mon folks, don't forget to "like" Russ' videos. This one was especially unusual. And cool!
Thanks Russ for introducing this location. We travel out to Flagstaff often but had not yet visited Sunset Crater . We will be heading out there this weekend thanks to you. On a side note, my 92 year old mother just loves your videos. My husband and I even got her the coffee cup with your van on it. Every morning she now enjoys her coffee in her RVerTV cup. Wishing you many happy journeys!
Russ sometimes you just have to pinch yourself with all the awesome places you get to visit. Safe travels and thanks for the great video!!!
Russ, a wonderful video! It brings up many happy memories as a NAU student in the '70s who used to spend her"spare time" hiking the San Francisco Peaks, admiring Wupatki and in love with Sunset Crater! I was told back then that Olivine was formed due to the intense heat of the volcano and although rare could still be found in the volcanic ash. Another name for the gemstone version of Olivine is Peridot and is the birthstone of August. The Park is gorgeous now with wonderful concrete trails and I feel homesick! Thank you for bringing up amazing memories and I am looking to going back soon! Many thanks!!! Keep up the great informative videos of my favorite area!🌋
Virtual Vacation Tour 2020 sounds good to me .Thanks for taking us along. You've got hundreds of people taking the tour with you. 👍😁
I've been to Arizona many times I love that place I never get tired of it Grand Canyon everywhere in Arizona is great rvtv I like what you do
I enjoy the professional nature of your videos. This trip was special because the walk give such wonderful details of the volcanic action. I can’t travel and through your beautiful videos I am able to view places I may never see. Thanks for this “Virtual Vacation 2020” for me. Plus your humor adds to your trips. Keep traveling! I’m with you loving the views you provide. Thank you! So much!
I live vicariously through you, sir. Love your videos, thank you so much for them. Drive safely!
LOVED TODAY'S VIDEO!! Thank you Russ for taking us along on your travels. Thank you for stopping at these very interesting locations and for pausing at the story boards! God Bless YOU!
VVTour 2020 is excellent!😊
I agree with the comment below me. You are doing a good thing. I have not driven since 2016 & this is a great way for me to see the beautiful country. Thanks again.
Decades ago (1972) My dad and I climbed to the top of Sunset Crater. My mom thought we were crazy and wouldn't let us take the camera along. Man... the pictures we could have had :( Shortly after that they stopped people climbing it :(
Very cool Russ!!👍
Awesome 👌 Russ,I love the story and I had no idea about this place
Interesting place! Great capture Russ !
Hey Russ!! Your whole RVerTV fans are all strapped in the "SHOTGUN" seat!! Let's "ROLL"!!
TY !!!
AZ is an astounding place to experience.
Just look how blue that sky is.. I've noticed the desert regions have the bluest skies.. AZ is famously known for the pink sky sunsets..
Great shots Russ, we are so lucky to have a these Parks so everyone can enjoy.
Thank you, had been visiting family there since 1980 and never visited Sunset Crater.
Those trees & shade look pretty good, nice scenery. TAKE CARE..
Definitely a cool place enjoy seeing the cool videos kind of like taking a sightseeing tour and stay home
Great video, once again. And thanks for showing good, wide shots of the story-boards. By my pausing the video and reading them, it turns a 22 minute video into a 40 minute one, doubling my enjoyment, and I learn so much. And it's a good addition to your down-to-earth comments ("that's a BIG pile of rocks") which I love so much. Hehe
breathtaking views~ Thank you so much for sharing this.
I so love your channel it is so peaceful and just a wonderful breath of fresh air
I like that "virtual vacation tour".
With our own tour guide. What ADeal!!!!!:)
Great trip you have planned for us Russ!. I also had been driving right by Sunset crater for years. Now thanks to you we have seen it !. Looking forward to tomorrows stop, and the next, and the next. Thanks for bringing all of us along!.
I'm just going through and watching your trip. Awesome place to stop at Sunset Crater! Very nice.....
Loving the virtual tour....keep the videos coming!!! Thx!
Wow,....good thing the lava flow stopped before it hit the road!!! :-). .....Russell D.
I love it Russ......thank you!!
Last time I visited Flag, and Sunset Crater, it was the late 70s. I was a kid. We stayed at a single story motel with an old buckboard out front, and the town was dinky. Lots has changed. Thanks for the great vid.
Probably would have never gone to this park, if not for you taking me. It's cool. Thanks Russ.
Thanx Russ,hope you find that lost Dutchman mine.💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰
Thanks.. I also hiked to the top with my family 1968, it was fun running down...like sand dunes . Doesn't take any time to come down. There are ice caves close by too.
I've been there when I was way younger. Hahaha
Russ, I love the idea of your video series Virtual Vacation Tour 2020. Perfect-a-mundo!
🙋♀️Hello Russ! I hope you are keeping cool? 👍
Great visit to the volcano. Thank you!
RVerTV Virtual Vacation Tour 2020! That sounds great!
I will be watching the hole time your a great guy
Hi Russ, very nice video. We love the name you chose, Virtual Vacation Tour 2020. Fits really well! Be careful driving, have fun and keep the vlogs coming. We thoroughly enjoy them all! Stay safe.
Virtual Vacation Tour sounds 👍🏻
Thanks for the tour of the lava fields. I have wanted to stop there many times. Now I have a taste of it. Still, I will stop personally when I get a chance. I’m looking forward to the tour. God bless and safe travels. ❤️👍🏻🙏🇺🇸
I love the name! We were planning a trip to the Grand Canyon from New York this fall. Your videos are definitely our virtual vacation.
Another interesting episode, thanks for being there Russ
Sunser Crater is a cinder volcano. My father and I hiked the trail up to the rim in the 1960's. The cinders were so loose that for every 3 steps forword, you slid back 2.
I don't think you can hike the volcano anymore. Off limits.
@@johnpurdum8126 You are correct. The current map of hiking trails does not show a trail up to the rim.
Good trip - good music. Thanks.
I can’t travel at this time. Thank you for allowing me to ride along. You have a great site.
All aboard for "The Virtual Vacation Tour 2020". Your videos are a wonderful way to take a "road trip" during this pandemic.
Thanks for sharing. Stay safe. Stay healthy. Peace Love Hugs
Love the name!! The VVT tour! Drive safe. We're coming back West on the tail end of our 3 weeks out. Looking like 89 may be on the next route!!
I'm just catching up with the latest videos, this is really cool Russ, and the video title for the series fits just right.... Yay
Great video Russ!😊
At Sunset Crater, if you have an 'eye' for it while walking about, you can pick up small 'beads of Olivine. They're actually tiny crystals of that mineral. The clear gem-quality Olivines are called Peridots. You often see small trays full of them at Gem & Mineral shows. They can come from all over the South West. Also, the widespread Volcanism is why the South West is so rich in Copper deposits, especially that of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.
I like that! Virtual vacations! My wife is a high risk person so our RV is fully serviced and sitting here at the house. All of our travel plans for the year have been cancelled. ☹️
Hello Russ! What a great video! I'm really enjoying riding along with you to some really nice attractions. I have been to Flagstaff and I can remember skipping Sunset Crater and the Indian Ruins and driving straight to Page, and then checking out Horseshoe Bend and beautiful Lake Powell, and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and then onto all of the 5 Utah National Parks. I will make sure that I check out Sunset Crater and the Ruins next time I'm in AZ. This is just wonderful to see during a pandemic. I'm looking forward to seeing the next video! Great video Russ!
Evening Russ, Yep, "Sit there and wait for the thing to blow up again", Too funny! Just so you know just south of the Sunset Crater is a place called The Cinders. It is an Off Highway Vehicle Park. Maybe sometime you can bring the Dusty Nugget up for a drive. It's a pretty cool place to see. Lots of volcanic rock/cinders you drive on. And there is boondocking in the area too. When's my turn at shotgun??? See You Soon!
Thanks for the videos I'm using them to plan my vacation this year
Like you, I have driven past this many times. I will have to go check it out when I go through again in a few weeks
Love Arizona 💜
I stayed at that campground you mentioned in the beginning. That whole drive/loop is a beautiful drive
WOW Volcanoes all around you means lava underground beneath you?
I would have liked to seen more of this!!
I did not know Arizona had Volcanoes and I learned something new.
Awesome!!
That was too cool Russ. That volcano was incredible. Did you notice the difference in the air being so high? It’s nice to see the trees all around you compared to Quartzsite with none. Wow that is a lot of lava. Cheers!!!
Spectacular
Awesome video! My husband and I stayed at the Coconino National Forest Bonito Campground in June 2019 (dry camping). The hosts were so nice! Beautiful area!!! I wish you could have taken the trail path off of the cement walk. The views and the information provided by the story boards are even more excellent! The pueblo and petroglyph (Wupatki National Monument) were very interesting, too. Did you know that astronauts trained in the Coconio National Forest in 1967?
Yes! That's the name of the campground! I've stayed there before too in 2016. It was one of the cleanest places we'd been too
@@johnpurdum8126 My favorite campground ever!!!!
Cool video Russ thanks for sharing!!