The Grand Canyon South Rim Experience

The Grand Canyon South Rim Experience | Van Life

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@lyndaduncan8329 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Kelly and James. That Powell Point sunrise was extraordinarily beautiful. What a wonderful way to take a hiatus from your PCT thru-hike. I’m now a 76 yrs. old widow and your video reminded me of the time my husband and I traveled to the Grand Canyon.

@weatherbeardsupply 2 жыл бұрын

I really think that this direction for your channel is a good one. I like the long format 20 to 30 minute episodes. It increases your view time and really shows how loyal that your followers are to watching your videos all the way through. It would be really cool if you guys just traveled around in your camper van and made an entire series for a whole year where you may be dead three days worth of filming and put it all together into kind of a full length type episode.

@oak664 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve noticed this with other Chanel’s on random topicz.

@APN_67071 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Kelly, I'm from Germany. Several years ago I had the pleasure to visit the Grand Canyon too. An amazing scenary, but that is thru for most of the national momuments in the South West, cheers Andreas

@rhett4027 Ай бұрын

Beautiful! Trail candy smile! Once I was treated to it I don't think I could go one day without seein it!Something wrong with Mr Virginia! Thanks for the great trail hikes and observation points Lovely grandfather tribute 5:03

@jamescooke3803 2 жыл бұрын

I use my hiking sticks all the time now , even just one while walking my Shepherd. Saves on wear and tear

@justicegusting2476 2 жыл бұрын

Every Thanksgiving week when school was out I’d take my daughter to the GC and hike to the bottom and camp at different location in its interior for 4 or 5 days. Our favorite spots were Hermit’s Creek, Indian Garden, Phantom Ranch, and different locations all along the Tonto Platform. We did this for 10 years straight from her age of 8 through 17. It was sweet to hear how this young lady missed her grandpa. I know my daughter will feel the same when I’m gone as it was a tremendous bonding experience.

@rhousto1 2 жыл бұрын

Love the Grand Canyon....fortunate to have visited it 3 times. Have flown over it several times in a small plane. Every location is a win. You look fully recovered now...that's good.

@joesmith98765 2 жыл бұрын

Kelly and James, thank you for taking us along. Stay safe and happy camping.

@yosam5184 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely enjoyed this video. Was there in 2011 and still words hardly describe its beauty.

@mikeshuck2760 2 жыл бұрын

Canyon hiking. Opposite of hiking up a mountain. Hiking up is slow going but the return is quick and easy, 2/3 up 1/3 back down. Canyon hiking, going down easy, then hoof it back up. 1/3 down 2/3 back up. It gets a lot of people in trouble at the Grand Canyon. Documented, read “Over the Edge, deaths in the Grand Canyon.”

@goddukee 2 жыл бұрын

First trip to the Canyon was 1978. We did Bright Angel,, since we were young experienced backpackers. The trip down was great but 11 miles back was hard,, all up hill. This is the jaw dropping parks there is. Went to the bottom again 10 years ago with an Indian Tribe. Rafting trip. Unbelievable vacation experience. Planning my next trip out there next Spring and carrying my girlfriend,, a 2004 Harley. Y'all be safe in your travels.

@gracemccoy2874 2 жыл бұрын

Loved this video! Sometimes it the simplest, last minute trips that give you the best memories! Great views, sunset, sunrise just amazing!💕 well done guys!

@chiefskip8093 2 жыл бұрын

Great vlog! Way more interesting than thru hikes. Thanks . Looking forward to the next one. Safe travels!

@mikeyrussell4836 2 жыл бұрын

Been watching your videos for a long time and love the thru hiking stuff but as a park boy myself this is an awesome video. Been down to the bottom of the canyon twice and still love seeing all this. For park nerds seeing the visitor center/museum stuff is so awesome puts me right back there. Good work!

@kenweber2162 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice video and narrative about your visit to the Grand Canyon! Like others have commented, this brings back some of my own memories of vacationing there with family. Love to visit the southwest. God bless!

@funtimevideos2160 2 жыл бұрын

I love this video. The views were amazing. Thank you for your time and efforts to make this video. I look forward to the next one. You and James are an amazing couple making beautiful memories together !

@beernut1000 2 жыл бұрын

Great video brought back a lot of memories. My best friend and I backpacked 70+ miles through the canyon 25 years ago its a magical place.

@aliciakay4725 2 жыл бұрын

I am enjoying your travels just as much as your hiking videos. Thanks for bringing us along on your adventures. :)

@anneoconnor3614 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you both for sharing your amazing trip with us !!!!

@jimmyjenkins9240 2 жыл бұрын

This was a great vlog! Jam packed full of majesty and beauty. Thanks for taking us along.

@brandi5162 2 жыл бұрын

Been to the Grand Canyon! Very beautiful! Took a national park road trip a few years back! Yosemite, Kings Canyon and Sequoia are beautiful as well! Happy trails, safe travels! Your lucky to be able to do this! Thanks for taking us along!

@wanderingoutyonder 2 жыл бұрын

We did a cross country to the Grand Canyon South Rim from PA in March in our van - it was a trip of a lifetime! It was all that we were hoping for and SOOOO much more!

@peteremig6244 2 жыл бұрын

And the North Rim is even more beautiful with less people... Head a little further West and take the hike down to Havasu Falls.

@rockercover 2 жыл бұрын

Quite the canyon views. Paved bike trails, very nice, hopefully a much smoother ride overall. Thank you for sharing some trails and sights in the area.

@colettewasielewski7206 2 жыл бұрын

I was there in January. So interesting to see the place with snow, and now without.

@vadaboy 2 жыл бұрын

One of your best videos. Thank you both for the experience.

@jamesadams2334 2 жыл бұрын

Kelly and James, I've always been adventurous and always wanted to see the Grand Canyon but just never made it. I've watched movies about it but your video showed more of it and what a visit could be like than anything I've ever seen. Thank you! BTW, John Wesley Powell was an incredible explorer. If you get the chance, read the book about his river journey down the Colorado. geek '90 & '02

@hashtagdag 2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad anyone but me is hiking those insane dropoff trails. I'd have a full-blown panic attack.

@chiefskip8093 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah me too ! I’m a retired SF Fire Battalion Chief who thought nothing of climbing ladders and traversing peeked roofs three stories high. Now I’m 76 and I literally have a physical reaction when they are walking on those trails !

@charlesb4267 2 жыл бұрын

Your comment reminds me of some years ago I hiked up to the top of Half Dome in Yosemite NP and it happened that a couple of young ladies from Cali who were on a college break and both quite athletic were hiking it and just so happened to be right by me as they were hiking the last section that is steep before the actual cable climb and I was chatting with the one girl as we scrambled our way up. There she was all confident in her physical ability but what she had failed to realize until she happened to glance back down from where we had climbed as to how steep it was and she had a total mental melt down. Crouched down and was crying and her female friend was trying to console and give her confidence but that was not working, I never saw them again as I am sure they went back down and that would have been some nightmare for that girl who broke down to get back off that section. There was nothing I could do to help them and carried on and went up the cables and that was the mind battle for myself as its quite something going up those cables and then I stood on the diving board they call it at the top looking straight down thousands of feet with no railing. I have my own fear of heights for sure depending on the situation.

@GregMarshall-wn3ck 4 ай бұрын

Admire y'all hiking places I've always wanted to see !

@billyshears921 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful scenery and thank you for sharing this!

@bradwilliams7198 2 жыл бұрын

Kelly and James, I really wish you were able to continue your PCT thru-hike, but then we never would have enjoyed this beautiful and amazing video! Thank you for sharing it with us. Wishing you both wonderful adventures this summer!

@iwazzabadboy1982 2 жыл бұрын

Last year my wife and I checked off a bucket list item…started early morning on South Kaibab and hiked down to Phantom Ranch…Took a 90 minute break in the shade and hiked back up the Bright Angel getting back to south rim a hour after dark..We had headlamps on the last mile or so…We just missed the last shuttle bus by 10 minutes back to visiter center…we were devasted…The temp at Phantom Ranch was 106 and the heat was no joke…We were prepared for this and it was amazing throughout the day how many hikers were unprepared for the heat…We did make it back to visiters center with a ride from a stranger/ great guy!!!!!…Big bucket list check off for us 64 year olds….Next is north rim to south rim ina day💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

@kellyhays23 2 жыл бұрын

That’s incredible!!!!!! Goals!!!

@78scottj 2 жыл бұрын

Good luck on your rim to rim hike! I've gone south to north annually for the past 10 years. I use to hike back but now take the shuttle. It's a great experience!

@OkieRoamer Жыл бұрын

You are living the best life! Thanks for sharing 🙂

@kevinalthage9826 2 жыл бұрын

Here are two books you may enjoy reading: 1. Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon by M. Ghiglieri & T. Meyers. 2. The Emerald Mile by Kevin Fedarko.

@adventurelifewithbob2960 2 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed your video! The Grand Canyon will take your breath away. It's one of our favorite places to visit.

@michael_cheryl_vanlife702 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to see you doing vanlife. Great vlog!!!!

@JimBobele 2 жыл бұрын

3 years ago I hiked the rim trail from the GC village all the way to pima point. That was such an amazing hike. Especially inbetween the various viewpoints because most of the people use the shuttle to the view points and then drive out again. So I almost had the trail to myself. That was amazing...

@carrollleopard1961 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful country. Enjoyed the wildlife and the views. Thanks for sharing the video.

@georgelynnainsworth4496 2 жыл бұрын

Kelly, you got some of the best video of the Canyon I have ever seen.

@jimweagant8920 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video thanks for sharing looks like you and James are having a good time

@user-David-Alan 2 жыл бұрын

The views were awesome. Thanks so much for filming it. Take care and be safe.

@oak664 2 жыл бұрын

Your cabinets in your van are top notch!

@musingwithreba9667 2 жыл бұрын

I've never been to the Grand Canyon, thanks for the tour 🙂 It's absolutely stunning.

@Eds_PanAm 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, those views were amazing.. you guys look like you had a great time out there

@suzanholder2525 2 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for it love your vlogs

@AbleHammer 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome. I love the Grand Canyon. We’ve done rim to rim hike a couple times.

@sherriewoods9538 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Stunning views and fantastic video, thank you so much for sharing ❤️

@VwRosstorations 2 жыл бұрын

Along for the ride...👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@mariesingleton709 Жыл бұрын

Grand Canyons is beautiful & loved the sunset. I have not ever been their

@paulfastbikes361 Жыл бұрын

Planning a trip from the UK watch your video thanks for the great tips

@jpickle4982 2 жыл бұрын

Great video of what it would be like to visit the Grand Canyon. I have never been but now I would love to see the views in person. I have heard that is really crowded but your trip didn’t seem like there were tons of people around.

@nickhikesinthewoods6150 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Kelly loved it

@vickifg13 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful video with us today. I lol when you were taking pictures of you and James and he said: take it of the views.😊🤣🤣🤣.

@OkiDingo 2 жыл бұрын

We will be there next week. Super stoked!!!! hopefully not too hot for the kiddos.

@aceyorba 2 жыл бұрын

great stuff.. If you guys liked the South Rim.. then its a Must to checkout the North rim GC

@SalPane1224 8 ай бұрын

That was a vacation with a lot of everything 👍

@cindymartin1936 2 жыл бұрын

I really like your music choices!!

@roncaldwell3797 2 жыл бұрын

Brings back memories when I was there

@timgrogan883 2 жыл бұрын

Did you see ( Lisa P. Hikes ) she also did the A.T. last year . She works at the Grand Canyon as a mule guide for the park. I’m glad you getting stronger and healthier. I had Covid-19 during Christmas it took a while to recover from it . God bless you and take care.

@jasonjones5213 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, you guys look 100% better than when you were on the PCT.Nice shots of the canyon.

@1moremile845 2 жыл бұрын

The watchtower was amazing. Looks like you’re having a great time😊

@KyleKrieg 2 жыл бұрын

OMG...I just got back from the Grand Canyon yesterday and we had site 234. LOL! It's beautiful. Can't wait to go back.

@kellyhays23 2 жыл бұрын

Ahhh no way! Me too!!!

@bettybarnett6994 2 жыл бұрын

Stunning!

@kwagner0306 2 жыл бұрын

Love the video. I have done Rim to Rim twice and can highly recommend you visit the North Rim. Totally different from South Rim.

@StephenOshea 2 жыл бұрын

lovely video much appreciated

@jduggan4129 2 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful day. Love the views. Love you guys. California Joanna

@deannefalise2784 2 жыл бұрын

Wish I had those views last time I went. Beautiful footage! No hint as to where your next adventure will be?? ☹️ Lol! Loved the video. Thanks!

@kevjames527 2 жыл бұрын

Love the UCA table.

@davidminkle5838 2 жыл бұрын

Love all the videos you have been sharing,you could do this across America

@TheJhtlag 2 жыл бұрын

Sorta my comment above, this is really good stuff and a more relaxed pace.

@bethc229 2 жыл бұрын

I did R2R two weeks ago. South K to North K. It’s was 112 at 8pm at the bottom. Crazy hot!

@kellyhays23 2 жыл бұрын

WILD!

@terrypanama8004 2 жыл бұрын

lmao sunglasses bigger than your face love it! Welcome to az! hope you enjoy it!

@tblmt 3 ай бұрын

Awesome video! ❤😊

@TheGazavman 2 жыл бұрын

The greatest thing I have ever seen in my real life !

@chrissaunders8284 2 жыл бұрын

When he asks, say yes. I will send a gift.

@ericchilver9113 2 жыл бұрын

Hey folks just found your channel looks awesome. 🇦🇺

@Onewholovesrock 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Great views!

@guillaumefaurie5644 2 жыл бұрын

very nice video, simple. very good.

@sandra4710 2 жыл бұрын

What do you do for ventilation in the van when you are sleeping? Windows open? Do you worry about safety? Love your videos so much no matter where you are and so happy for you and James! Safe adventures to you! Cheering you on all the way!!

@kellyhays23 2 жыл бұрын

I have a max air fan that can either blow air in or out of the van and then james bought us a 12volt fan from Walmart that well run if it’s really hot. I also have a side window over my sink I open. We slept with the back doors open a couple nights when we wild camp in upcoming episodes and it was amazing

@ComputerChickProductions 2 жыл бұрын

Was at the Grand Canyon camping with my son

@csidba 5 ай бұрын

Great episode. I live in AZ. Been to GC a few times and enjoyed the experience from your pov.... Have you experienced Sedona yet? -Brent

@user-David-Alan 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@kellyhays23 2 жыл бұрын

THank you david💛💛

@rickcoffey5309 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. The canyon is such a fantastic place. Check out the book "First thru the Canyon" by John Wesley Powell. Very good read about their journey down the river

@earthhorse5127 2 жыл бұрын

Its those 3.30 wake ups where you catch the magic hour of watching a sunrise. Those moments feel so magical and feel so good to be alive. Awsome to see one of the Wonders of the world! Glad you guys are taking advantage of God's Glory while your young, So manly people wait too long!

@ktrpillar 2 жыл бұрын

Wow you really got some stunning shots! Makes me wanna take another tour of the southwest. Also the AZT is on my bucket list. Are you two considering it?

@kellyhays23 2 жыл бұрын

Oh 100% the AZ is on our list for sure!!

@suzanholder2525 2 жыл бұрын

Hey!! What kind of lights do you use at night when you were cooking? So beautiful

@randybeeson3424 2 жыл бұрын

Your so pretty, what a beautiful place to visit.

@LostParadiseFarEastPrimorye Жыл бұрын

very very very good

@wilbertolugo8700 2 жыл бұрын

hello long timemno see. very cool video

@A-K_Rambler 2 жыл бұрын

Coffee Stipend!

@kellyhays23 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Mitchell 💛💛💛

@jameshallfishing3377 2 жыл бұрын

❤❤

@carolynfrazier6562 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@thedoneeye 2 жыл бұрын

8:06 YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!!!

@kellyhays23 2 жыл бұрын

😂

@danielgriffith3633 Жыл бұрын

Yep, that trail's hot, even hotter here

@garymoore3446 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful...

@cindycochran9946 2 жыл бұрын

You didn't come up to see us at Hermit's Rest!

@kellyhays23 2 жыл бұрын

The lil store was closed when I was up there! It was 6 am when I was up there 😭

@garymoore3446 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you sweetheart...

@markfisher8427 2 жыл бұрын

Upvote for the Forrest Gump wave!

@michaelboyle4119 2 жыл бұрын

So Kelly tell me what campground you stayed at for only 18.00 . We where there last year but stayed outside the park . And where they real bathrooms or pit toilets . Thanks kiddo .

@kellyhays23 2 жыл бұрын

Mather campground

@kellyhays23 2 жыл бұрын

& Real bathrooms !