Overlanding Along the North Rim with our 2023 Colorado ZR2

it is actively snowing and [Music] [Music] it's what's going on guys we are back with another video and today we're doing something a little bit different we've taken a couple of our longtime van friends uh that we actually met at Overland Expo about 3 years ago we are taking them to our most sacred Camp spot um looking at the granden canyon yep so we we're starting off this adventure we just finished Overland West and uh going to be on a the the road for the next four or 5 days so let's get right into it [Applause] most of this Trail as you've seen so far isn't Scenic at all it's not until you get to this last Hill Climb as you Crest over the top of the hill the Grand Canyon welcomes you with its views [Music] ch [Music] [Music] and just like that we have arrived just on the north rim of the Grand Canyon really we were worried cuz we weren't get the spot because while we were airing down our tires a tundra just flew past us and we thought he was just going to be line to this spot but apparently not so we were able to secure this awesome spot we're just going to hang out here make some dinner and uh just enjoy our time got dinner going what we got making we got some chicken fajitas so we've had some chicken marinating in a fajita mix for a couple days now and uh we're going to get some reff fried beans going and then we're going to fry up some corn [Music] tortillas we got the refried beans going tacos pitas fajita tacos we're eating inside the camper because it's a little windy outside so we don't want dirt in our food so Bona PE we enjoyed the rest of our night taking in the views of this amazing Camp spot [Music] [Music] good morning we actually uh hair's a mess but we just woke up and woke up early to catch the sunrise so we're just it's almost about to Peak so catch you guys in a bit we're going to watch the sunrise over the horizon [Music] [Music] [Music] we started our journey back out the same Trail we came in but had a little fun on the way [Music] out we are then back on the road heading north into Utah before once again hitting more trails [Music] we continued our way up the mountain to make it to tonight's Camp spot which was for sure to be another amazing spot with a complete change in scenery [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] St [Music] [Music] and just like that we are here yet again at another amazing Camp spot overlooking all of South Utah now we had a quite eventful day coming all the way from pretty much the north R of the Grand Canyon over here by nearby Bryce National Park that's where we spent most of the day today and then we did some light wheeling and uh ended up at this awesome Camp spot as per usual we're just going to end up uh setting up camp cooking dinner and I don't know if you can see the trees behind me but it is a little Breezy outside so hopefully it doesn't get too bad at night we're going to monitor it cuz we may need to take shelter a little further down the mountain instead of being at the peak here at 8,600 FT of elevation all right all righty what what are we cooking here sir little jumbalaya and um some sausage diced up Tomatoes hopefully it'll be good if not could be bad doesn't matter we'll eat it regardless all righty so we're ending up unfortunately having to leave this amazing spot here due to the inclement weather that is approaching so hopefully you guys can hear me over the howling of would say probably 20 to 30 mph winds right now but behind me as you can see there is some pretty dark storms storm clouds rolling in and we are on the peak of the mountain So to avoid possibly uh getting stuck in that and the winds are continuously picking up and getting worse we're going to take shelter further down on the mountain I have a secondary backup spot for just in case unfortunately we can't control Mother Nature and sometimes it's just better to uh give up a beautiful spot and uh take shelter but we were able to enjoy this view for a few hours here and uh we'll catch you in a bit all righty we just pulled up to our backup secondary Camp spot and it's uh not as quite as Grand as their previous spot still pretty decent spot but we don't have crazy gusts of wind we don't have dirt blowing up in our face and uh are much more sheltered here from the rain if it does rain which it started a few sprinkles landed on my jacket and then it stopped but I'm not sure if it'll focus out there in the distance but rain is off is raining off there in the distance you can see the rain coming down so hopefully all that doesn't make it towards us but everybody's kind of hunkered down in their vehicles because it is dropping fast uh tonight up here is a predicted low of 28° so it's going to be quite nippy luckily for us uh Milton there gifted us a diesel heater that he had in storage and wasn't using and we've already used it one night and it was fantastic there are a few modifications that I want to do to it just to make it a little better but not complaining it's most likely going to keep us nice and toasty tonight as it drops below freezing so we're probably just going to hang out maybe pop up the fire pit and uh probably catch go to bed early because uh we woke up quite early this morning to catch the sunrise over the Grand Canyon so we'll see you guys in the morning we woke up to below freezing temperatures had breakfast and headed our way back down the mountain [Music] as we descended the snowfall became heavier as we drove further down [Music] well hopefully you can see I'm sure you can see it all over my face and my jacket it is actively snowing and it's snowing pretty hard right now uh we just ended up just packing up and heading down the mountain and we're currently on the road here air and up pulled off to the side so we are heading to a much warmer climate originally I had some routes that were going to be back roads but with this weather rolling in uh the routes went up to 11,000 ft of elevation and we do not want to get stuck in snow so we're going to bypass that and just head directly to our destination which is Moab we're going to spend uh the next couple days in Moab so we see you guys over in Moab in a few in the next episode we arrive in Moab and push the Vans to the absolute limits make sure you subscribe and hit that notification Bell so you don't miss out on the next video [Music]