PIUTE CANYON, UT

Piute Canyon looked like it hadn't seen a visitor for awhile. From the air the runways were recognizable, but once on the ground it was pretty difficult to see where it was. It would have been a little less rough had our tire pressure not creeped up in the mid morning heat. At the midpoint of the runway was some stacked wood and other building materials. Would be a great place to camp.

A little something to occupy a few minutes of your time (well, about 45) as you may be stuck inside these days. It's entirely stills of some of my favorite landscape(ish) photos--not an overlanding rig one to be found. I have something else in work for the overlanding enthusiasts, but that will take a bit more time. Meanwhile, please enjoy this, and maybe even share it with your non-overlanding friends. I hope that you tell them, "Seeing sights like this is one of the reasons I go overlanding!"

The video is carefully rendered in 4K, so I encourage you to watch it on an appropriate device--your living room TV, for example. There are a few images shot with older cameras (including some film) that have been upscaled as best as possible to 4K, so, please be kind in your remarks. :-)

I've created subtitles for all of the images. The subtitles can be turned off or on with the CC option in the lower right corner. Recommend enjoy the shots with the subtitles off, but turn them on briefly if you wish to learn where an image was shot. Or, you could watch twice, once with the subtitles off to enjoy the show, the second time with a pad and paper and the subtitles on, noting where you'd like to take future trips.

Chris Zabriskie wrote, produced and performed all of the music I used. I downloaded it from the YouTube Audio Library. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://chriszabriskie.com
Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com

The music is what I'd call new age. It includes:

"I Want to Fall in Love on Snapchat"
"Mario Bava Sleeps In a Little Later Than He Expected To"
"The Life and Death of a Certain K Zabriskie Patriarch"
"Divider"
"There Are Many Different Kinds of Love"
"I Don't See the Branches, I See the Leaves"
"Prelude No 20"

If that's not to your liking, well, just turn it down and start your own playing. There is no audio to this video other than the music, so you won't miss anything (except some relaxing music). It's not necessary to share in the comments that you don't like my musical choices. It's neither surprising nor really much of a concern to me. To each their own--just one more thing that makes this ... One Amazing Planet.

Please enjoy and stay safe.

Some more of Southern Utah. This on Highway US-89 going north.

Another great day of backcountry flying.
Up to the top of the book cliffs in eastern Utah.

West side of the strip was in excellent condition. Looked recently graded. The second half of runway was narrow but still pretty smooth. Looked to be some recent off-road activity.

Our first trip to Moab Utah. Put the RZR to the test, rode some awesome trails and saw some beautiful country!

Breathtaking Aerial Drone Footage #EpicAdventure RIding in the Mountains
Chill riding music

A test video from the Monument Valley Flight with some test voice over tracks.

I'm not much of a gambler, so did not stay up late in Reno. I got a decent night's sleep, and then headed out pretty early today. My goal was to make well into Utah today, but first I wanted to have lunch with my friend "Rocket Man" in Fallon, Nevada.

I was considering driving into Salt Lake City, but after talking to a new friend that I met at a rest area, I decided to take his suggestion of going to Moab, UT near Arches National Park (footage coming soon). Thanks Dave!

My Sony HXR-NX100 rode shotgun on a tripod shooting at 4 fps. The tripod was held in place using bungee cords giving it I nice smooth feel, even on bumpy roads. I also used this same camera to shoot various scenes around the country, and to interview folks.

Original music by Nim Portakey and/or created by Pinnacle Studio ScoreFitter.