I Did Not Expect What I Found Here

One elderly English lady here.....what the hell have I been wasting my bedtimes watching cruise liners for, when I could I have been riveted watching this glorious channel !!! Xxxx I'm in LOVE ❤

I am a 77 year old woman who is seeing so much through your eyes. I am fascinated by your videos. . Your videos are giving me and others a glimpse in to history, a window in to life, that me and others will never have had a chance of coming close to seeing before. I didn’t even realize that there is so much out there to be explored. Thank you for opening the ancient world up for us. 🥰

The one thing that always crosses my mind when I see things like this....."If the walls could talk, imagine the stories they could tell"

My son told me that lots of churches in England and Wales have those vertical grooves on the outside walls. Its where medieval bowmen would sharpen their arrow heads, prior to bow practice. All the best from England.

Another old'un here. A 72 year old Englishman who stumbled on to your channel recently and very much enjoy and appreciate your films. You're clearly inquisitive, respectful, adventorous - very knowlegable, and want to share these amazing places with the rest of us. I'd love to see these historic areas for myself but am content to see them through your eyes. Thanks for educating this old man!

I am living my dreams through you young man. I always wanted to explore the southwest on my own. I'm too old now. Thank you for your channel!

For anyone ever considering building a fire inside a cave; be EXTREMELY CAREFUL doing that. The heat from the fire can cause overhead rocks to expand and then fall down.

As a kid I used to enjoy Jaques Cousteau underwater exploration and Marlin Perkins wildlife shows. They seem dated now but your explorations of the southwest are just as enjoyable to a (much) more mature me today. Glad I found your Desert Drifter wanderings.

i love your videos in particular Sir because you show American history and you disturb nothing leaving it pristine for future generations...ty for showing it as it is and leaving it pristine.. cheers

Your videos are highly addictive taking me into another world. Ive been in New Zealand my entire life so the landscape in comparison is chalk n cheese. Heres its super green, moist and loads of bush life. No pottery fragments as Maori never had pottery but we have other artifacts. Sometimes you pick up a stone and say how it perfectly fits your hand. I have experienced that and have one here that I believe was for rubbing flax fibres to strip and soften for clothing and bags. Its a perfect fit and worn in just the right places. That feeling that someone held it and worked with it is something amazing, and I feel linked to all time and peoples in that moment. Thanks for sharing and taking us along.

The holes in the sandstone rocks are made by erosion, water and wind hollow the stones out. Sandstone is not all uniformly solid, some parts and layers are just not as tightly compressed, those weaker parts get weathered out. Especially if you see those holes form a line across the stone face, that was a layer with a more lose sandstone and got washed out. It still takes thousands of years. The cool thing of them, birds and small animals can use them as nests and burrows.

I don’t want this to sound like I’m a critic, but your tone, your demeanor and your presentation is absolutely awesome to go along with your photography. Remely enjoyable almost has a soothing affect. Why you’re listening please be safe. Keep them coming Theron.

I wonder if the RA Dunn 1898 graffiti was left by Robert Alexander Dunn (1854-1935). He was an Iowan who in 1898 travelled West with three Dunn cousins on route to the Klondike gold rush in Canada's Yukon Territory. Robert's cousin Samuel Baker Dunn left diaries, photographs, and letters that can be found online, that document their gold rush-related experiences.

That petroglyph above the entrance is kachina. I wonder if the "snowing like hell" inscription was left in case he was trapped by the snow and never made it out, so people would know what happened? Or was he just stuck with being snowed in and bored? We'll never know. That rock wall certainly has records for the ages!

In the 50's I spent a lot of time in that area of our country. I was first working as a sampler (geologists helper) in the exploration department of a large mining co. We talked to a group of diggers at a archeological site near Grants NM that were working on a "kiva" that had artifacts dating 20 thousand years ago. I took some pottery fragments to the museum at Flagstaff and just off hand the head guy, said the sculpted were probably over 500 years old and the painted were maybe 300 years old. Later I was on Cummings Mesa, just SW of Navajo Mountain for 20 days (two trips) There is one trail up to the Mesa from Rainbow Lodge at Navajo Mt. However, we were flown in by Super Cub. that came back every three or four days (depending on weather) with food, fuel and water. (two burner gas stove,) 10 gallon water can. Nick Zentner from Eastern Washington State. has put some computer enhanced pictures of the area on YouTube that show a lot of fresh water lakes around the 5000 foot level. (Lake Bonneville) we are talking about people living there for thousands of years Lots of fresh water, lots of growth and lots of mud. The water level raising and falling with the seasons and dams forming and then washing out with violent storms. Lot's of ice up in Montana. It is very difficult to empathize with those people when we only live a 100 years if we're lucky. The potshards remind me of places along the Pacific coast where stones and plastic has collected. Dave Hansen

This channel makes me want to go camping for the rest of my life. I would have to stay at these places.

Going through the records, that snowstorm was big in Denver in 1928. Check that area to see if anything significant occurred.

I ride my horse through the desert all the time and I am shocked at what I see sometimes. Since I am riding a horse at a slow walk I get to just enjoy and look around. It is amazing to see all the things that come to life in the desert. Have you ever been to Wikiup, AZ?

At 11:56, that symbol looks like a brand. I tried using google lens’s but no luck. But my 1st thought was a cattle brand especially since there is cowboy graffiti there. I’m from Hawaii originally and petroglyphs are very common there. There are many remote places on the islands where you can find them untouched by any modern graffiti. Lots of undiscovered lava tubes there as well with ancient sign of habitation. History is very fascinating. Love your adventures.

Thank you so much for taking me on thus adventure of historical home building & glimpse of life & beauty. I'm 81& these videos make me so happy