Rifle Colorado to Vernal Utah and Ending at the Flaming Gorge Dam on Highway 191. The morning After!

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  • čas přidán 2. 11. 2019
  • Filmed October 28th 2019

Komentáře • 148

  • @jackklingen4728
    @jackklingen4728 Před 4 lety +13

    A great ride thanks for taking me along. Be safe out there.

  • @christinearmstrong852
    @christinearmstrong852 Před 4 lety +7

    Hi there Mike..nice drive through the mountains..be well and safe travels..✌peace ☮

  • @WaltANelsonPHD
    @WaltANelsonPHD Před 4 lety +9

    I cannot believe they built the road on the hip of the mountain at Flaming Gorge dam. Suspenseful video.

    • @WaltANelsonPHD
      @WaltANelsonPHD Před 4 lety

      @@edwardjones9631 Thanks. Edward! I think they built part of I 70 in Cllorado the same way. It is dramatic but seems to work!

    • @WaltANelsonPHD
      @WaltANelsonPHD Před 4 lety +1

      @@edwardjones9631 No idea
      Never seen it in person. Just picked it up watching YT.

  • @edwardjones9631
    @edwardjones9631 Před 4 lety +1

    MMMIKE..Howdy! Absolutely Awesome Landscape under a threatening sky. Dinosaurs must be hibernating in their caves? Beautiful High Country! Thanks for Fantastic Ride! Be Safe! Peace.

  • @freightdawg6762
    @freightdawg6762 Před 4 lety +7

    Beautiful scenery thanks for posting

  • @garyquelch5827
    @garyquelch5827 Před 4 lety +5

    Amazing ,the US is such a beautiful country what a place to work in road transport 🇦🇺😎😀

  • @scanadaze
    @scanadaze Před 4 lety +1

    Camped a lot on that lake. Green River lake. Most is 50 to 90 feet deep. The deepest like any by the dame. Although if you can catch them, the fish are huge. Very big salmon. Just like Boysen Reservoir up by Shoshone. By that dame is 90 feet deep. In the center for a lot of it is 50 feet deep. Then comes up from there. Although at Green River, that lake, you need a boat with down riggers. I have a 21 foot pontoon boat. That lake gets packed in the summer. So always go fishing where they are not. Those who use that lake year after year always go to the same spots. As any lake. 100 miles long but yet your friend can be on the other side and you can see with your own eyes them waving. Very fun lake. Many docks. A lot of very good camping sights. Again, take care.

  • @MrVarmitr
    @MrVarmitr Před 4 lety +1

    Very good somewhere else to add to list to visit thanks for letting us ride along

  • @Linda2
    @Linda2 Před 4 lety

    What a great drive. Thankyou for showing us Flaming Gorge. That road on the edge of the cliff was amazing. Just loved it. "PEACE"

  • @jimbateman225
    @jimbateman225 Před 4 lety

    Discovered your great channel last week. Start of the year. Watch a new video every night now, before going to bed. I used to drive back in the 70's, oil delivery, and bulk tanker, plus I drove tiller end of fire department 100 footer ladder. That's an experience you never forget. PEACE!

  • @PanamaRose
    @PanamaRose Před 4 lety +5

    Love them traffic circles! Beautiful drive!

  • @mikeservais888
    @mikeservais888 Před 4 lety +1

    Thanks Mike what a deference a day makes nice ride peace!!!

  • @scanadaze
    @scanadaze Před 4 lety +3

    Who knows on that mine. There and to Rock Springs plus Kimmer are so many mines for coal. Rock Springs is built on top of one. My ex uncle's work at the one east of Rock Springs on the north of I80. Both work aboveground. Yet underground now over 4 years ago that one went 56 miles to I believe the east underground. Those mine are very huge and deep. I sure dont miss the cut off pine trees. Yet I need to some time get back to Rock Springs and take care of some business. Thanks for the memories tonight. Take care.

  • @stuartroland9605
    @stuartroland9605 Před 4 lety +1

    Hello Mike ,great run to Flaming Gorge Dam .This trip is always good ,winter or summer .Take Care ,Peace .👍👍✌

  • @foxiedogitchypaws7141
    @foxiedogitchypaws7141 Před 4 lety +1

    So so pretty. The ride down looking at all the mountains. On Foxie Dog's to do list.
    We were going in October but now have to wait until March or April.

  • @joesphbest3120
    @joesphbest3120 Před 4 lety +9

    The roads in Utah are a lot like the roads in Spain.

  • @gingerlucas3715
    @gingerlucas3715 Před 3 lety

    Thanks that was an amazing video. Beautiful landscape through those mountains.Thanks for the ride along. Ginger

  • @christineepright7045
    @christineepright7045 Před 4 lety +5

    Breath taking mountain view!

  • @noraleestone2859
    @noraleestone2859 Před 4 lety

    I know how much you love driving at night, Miike, but OMG the scenery today!!! Loving it! :D

  • @edwardmounsey9208
    @edwardmounsey9208 Před 4 lety

    Hi Mike: enjoyed it very much. At least the weather was accommodating,no snow. Hope the rest of the trip went well. See you on the next leg. Thanks Edward

  • @lucindaroses7400
    @lucindaroses7400 Před 4 lety +3

    Hi Mike, I love riding shotgun with you through your videos. I love your commentary as well. You have a very nice voice .

  • @neeterb5584
    @neeterb5584 Před 4 lety +1

    Another great ride. Thank you.

  • @judithwilber2540
    @judithwilber2540 Před 3 lety

    beautiful scenery!..thanks for the sightseeing tour :)

  • @coloradopackratprepper

    Hav done that drive too thru the mts to rock springs wy then vernal a few times but in warmer weather . i absolutely fell in love with beautiful flaming gorge!!!!! I loved all the little signs that say whats " here in this area". I didnt hav time to stop n investigate either. Hav spent the nite in rifle a couple times in heavy snow storms

  • @justduff8990
    @justduff8990 Před 4 lety

    Thanks for sharing Mike!!

  • @sammygonzalez7627
    @sammygonzalez7627 Před 3 lety

    Thank you for that beautiful ride

  • @seamusdaley3961
    @seamusdaley3961 Před 4 lety +2

    Nice that you beat the storm and put it all behind you. Turns out to be a nice day in the hood.
    I rode shotgun on this 191 North back in late spring or early summer with you and 418. What a difference from the verdant green landscape to the early winter snow. If I remember correctly, the next stretch of 191N up to I-80 and Rock Springsis at very high altitude (~8000 ft) almost the whole way. It may be very cold, windy and icy up there.
    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernal,_Utah
    Vernal itself lies in Ashley Valley, named in honor of William H. Ashley, an early fur trader who entered this area in 1825 by floating down the Green River in a bull boat made of animal hides.
    westernmininghistory.com/mine_detail/10252268/
    The Vernal Mine is a phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Uintah county, Utah at an elevation of 6,001 feet. Phosphate ore is mined 12 miles north of Vernal, Utah, where it is also crushed, washed, finely ground and concentrated.
    Commodity
    Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
    Tertiary: Vanadium
    Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
    Tertiary: Uranium
    Deposit Type: Chemical Sediment, Marine
    Operation Type: Surface
    Mining Method: Strip-Hillside
    Milling Method: Flotation
    @23:30 If we have to shut down and "chill-out", at least we'll be in town. ("Chill-out", is that what you kids call it when the snow storms shut you down. Good one!) Eighteen degrees and watching for ice on the decent. Wow. Testing the grip on the road surface is a good trick. 8428 ft summit.
    How deep is the lake?
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaming_Gorge_Dam
    The dam is 502 feet (153 m) high and 1,285 feet (392 m) long, and its reservoir has a capacity of more than 3.7 million acre feet (4.6 km3), or about twice the annual flow of the upper Green River.
    The dam and reservoir have fragmented the upper Green River, blocking fish migration and significantly impacting many native species. Water released from the dam is generally cold and clear, as compared to the river's natural warm and silty flow, further changing the local riverine ecology. However, the cold water from Flaming Gorge has transformed about 28 miles (45 km) of the Green into a "Blue Ribbon Trout Fishery". The Flaming Gorge Reservoir, largely situated in Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, is also considered one of Utah and Wyoming's greatest fisheries.
    Another great ride along. Peace out.

  • @Philios2Glory1
    @Philios2Glory1 Před 4 lety +1

    Love your videos, keep them coming

  • @robertemmons2260
    @robertemmons2260 Před 4 lety

    Dammit! I missed you again! I live in Vernal. Good to see that you made it through safe!

  • @mauricepowers8079
    @mauricepowers8079 Před 4 lety

    Did that route quite a few times...fished under the bridge at Flaming Gorge a couple times with my youngest boy...best trout fishing ever.

  • @finleyfendt3750
    @finleyfendt3750 Před 4 lety +1

    Amazing panoramic views out the windshield of a beautiful country we live in.

  • @KatieReadsKoziesAndMore

    Loved the ride! Thank you.

  • @dadmezz4024
    @dadmezz4024 Před 4 lety

    My wife would be going bananas going over the dam and bridged roads.Seen both directions now. Nice job narrating.

  • @jburritt426
    @jburritt426 Před 4 lety

    That is a beautiful drive. I double pull up to Dubois, Wyoming sometimes it is a beautiful drive.

  • @MalleusSemperVictor
    @MalleusSemperVictor Před 4 lety +6

    I've taken the backway from Vail to Wolcott and onto Craig many times in just my little FWD car. Not a road you want to fight in the winter time since it's an unplowed county road.

    • @jackterry7664
      @jackterry7664 Před 4 lety

      There is a hwy there, you know.

    • @MalleusSemperVictor
      @MalleusSemperVictor Před 4 lety

      @@jackterry7664 It isn't the fastest route if the roads are in OK conditions. You can take 131 up to Steamboat and then down the west on the 40 if the weather isn't cooperative.

    • @jackterry7664
      @jackterry7664 Před 4 lety

      @@MalleusSemperVictor Yep, been there, done that, several times.

  • @williamhendrix3253
    @williamhendrix3253 Před 4 lety +2

    the desert looks amazing in the winter times

  • @ballislife9989
    @ballislife9989 Před 3 lety

    Enjoy your channel sir. Just like to watch your videos when I am doing my desk job.

  • @LadyMarie880
    @LadyMarie880 Před 4 lety +2

    hahahahah I did to do it again, just had to take one more run, so so beautiful, maybe because it is different..... love the scenery. thank you Mike so cool

  • @glmarketingdude
    @glmarketingdude Před 4 lety

    Mike: Great video last 3 days. Still would say, your attitude and demeanor are displayed in the superb execution of your driving. Would keep my eyes open on the hairiest of hairpins and steepest if grades. Your confidence is contagious! 👍🏻

  • @georgehuff1582
    @georgehuff1582 Před 4 lety

    nice trip , I enjoyed very much . Thanks

  • @daveyheeren182
    @daveyheeren182 Před 3 lety

    Great Video Mountain Mike

  • @MrElosn
    @MrElosn Před 4 lety +1

    Beautiful landscape. Regards

  • @ilsejoyce
    @ilsejoyce Před 4 lety

    Great video!

  • @eddieeclark314
    @eddieeclark314 Před 4 lety

    Amazing video!!@!@!@ Love the snow thats the reason why im watching

  • @LadyMarie880
    @LadyMarie880 Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you kind of you to take the time. Yes I did injoys😀👋

  • @marypatten4853
    @marypatten4853 Před 4 lety +2

    Love the view.

  • @paulvonauth7254
    @paulvonauth7254 Před 4 lety +1

    very nice video, appreciate it....

  • @natureloverworld8409
    @natureloverworld8409 Před 3 lety

    Nice ride brother

  • @devansangha7287
    @devansangha7287 Před 4 lety +3

    Hello There This Devan Sangha Happy Sunday Today October 3 2019 Good Afternoon Thank You For UpLoading The Video On Your CZcams Channel And I Am Gonna Watch Your Video Right Now And You Have A Good Day And Drive Safe To Work 🤗 Peace ✌

    • @devansangha7287
      @devansangha7287 Před 4 lety +3

      Thanks For The Video And I Liked The Video And I Will See You Later On Your Next Video Riding Shotgun

    • @devansangha7287
      @devansangha7287 Před 4 lety +3

      @Ken Hofer No I Don't Do Fishing i Just Watch Riding Shotgun Videos

    • @tomgray6123
      @tomgray6123 Před 4 lety +3

      Devan Sangha Better take those headphones off and watch the calendar too there Devan peace

    • @michael2k3d48
      @michael2k3d48 Před 4 lety

      @@tomgray6123 it's November ⛷️

  • @norbertorodriguez5571
    @norbertorodriguez5571 Před 4 lety +2

    Love the Road trip keep ontrucking🇵🇷

  • @charleshanna3123
    @charleshanna3123 Před 4 lety

    Thank Mike For AMAZING Video

  • @mikioni
    @mikioni Před 4 lety

    Beautiful mountains

  • @Lonesomedoveloves
    @Lonesomedoveloves Před 4 lety +1

    Wife and I drove to Idaho Falls from Houston and along the way spent time in Rock Springs. We had perfect weather the whole trip to and fro.

    • @foxiedogitchypaws7141
      @foxiedogitchypaws7141 Před 4 lety

      Larry when did you go? I want to ride up to Idaho and Utah. I'm from Denver but I haven't been to those states.

    • @Lonesomedoveloves
      @Lonesomedoveloves Před 4 lety

      Our trip was back in May.

  • @sharpshooter012345
    @sharpshooter012345 Před 4 lety

    I love the scenery

  • @alejandradelpilarpizarroar2542

    I love Riding Shogunt you are my life

  • @anthonyamendolia818
    @anthonyamendolia818 Před 4 lety

    IT'S HELEN >>>YOU ARE AWESOME!!! PPPPPEACE!!!

  • @carolconey5047
    @carolconey5047 Před 3 lety

    Closed my eyes at flaming gorge dam. Way too high and cliff road scary, but scenery beautiful!

  • @williamzander9708
    @williamzander9708 Před 3 lety

    Used to run that route out of rifle to Roosevelt Utah that road is better then what I had to drive on . They built a lot of business now .cruel jack is where you will come out at .

  • @hafizmasoud
    @hafizmasoud Před 4 lety +3

    Hi What is the Dash Cam you use in your videos ... looks clear & microphone is very clear

  • @kimberlyshalaby1134
    @kimberlyshalaby1134 Před 4 lety

    You see so many beautiful areas of the country in your travels. I loved the scene of the mountains in the beginning as you were starting out. The car that crossed over in front of you to turn left at the light, never used turn signals. What are you a mind reader whom had to guess what that driver was going to do? You were safely in the intersection when that light turned yellow. I've enjoyed this ride with you & look forward to more trips with you. Peace also be unto you.

  • @markgilbertson4917
    @markgilbertson4917 Před 4 lety

    Beautiful and no traffic at all.

  • @majorpayne4098
    @majorpayne4098 Před 3 lety

    good fishing near the dam :)

  • @saltydog3714
    @saltydog3714 Před 4 lety

    Hi Mike, love your videos! What kind of camera set up do you use to get such clear pictures. The clarity of video is amazing. Keep the great videos coming. Thanks, Doug.

  • @garyleibitzke4166
    @garyleibitzke4166 Před 3 lety

    Beautiful scenery. Have you ever drive Hwy 44 and Hwy 413 from below Flaming Gorge and over to Fort Bridger ?

  • @gaylegordon1075
    @gaylegordon1075 Před 3 lety

    I love your channel! That's pronounced "VER-nul", in Utah. I used to live in Utah.

  • @jackterry7664
    @jackterry7664 Před 4 lety +2

    Turn right at 2:06 and it's only a mile and half to my old neighborhood, up the hill.

    • @oldlady6229
      @oldlady6229 Před 4 lety

      Rifle looks like a nice town to live in. It doesn't look to big.

    • @jackterry7664
      @jackterry7664 Před 4 lety

      @@oldlady6229 Nope, not very big. Maybe 15,000 now, i don't know.

    • @redmesa2975
      @redmesa2975 Před 4 lety

      Where do you live now ? What kind work did you do in Rifle ? I was born & raised in Rifle

    • @oldlady6229
      @oldlady6229 Před 4 lety

      @@jackterry7664 15,000 is a great number. I grew up in a town of 5,000 which now is 18,000+. 5,000 was to small growing up there but in my old age either one sounds great. I live now in the outskirts of a city of 100,000 plus....not counting the homeless.

    • @jackterry7664
      @jackterry7664 Před 4 lety +1

      @@oldlady6229 Yep me too! Sacramento must have over 1Mil. Rifle had about 5,000 when i lived there.

  • @aqua.scape69
    @aqua.scape69 Před 4 lety

    What type of video equipment are you using? Great views, thanks for sharing. I love the channel.

  • @garethleitner9547
    @garethleitner9547 Před 4 lety

    Quick question, Mike. Does your transmission use a manual clutch? Thanks. And thanks for inviting us to ride along.

  • @blasiousmashatisa9031
    @blasiousmashatisa9031 Před 4 lety

    Thanks for sharing your high quality videos on CZcams. What type of camera are you using?

  • @oldlady6229
    @oldlady6229 Před 4 lety

    Another pretty site to wake up to. Love the snowy hills. WTH were those two pickup trucks doing? They were way over to the right. I thought they looked drunk. My brothers hunt in Craig.

  • @dadmezz4024
    @dadmezz4024 Před 4 lety

    Mike...maybe check into getting heated wipers for the truck. Good video. Thanks.

  • @nolalespierre9469
    @nolalespierre9469 Před 3 lety

    @33:40 Oh deer!! 😳They’re telling you, ‘Stay in your lane.’🦌🚙

  • @jackterry7664
    @jackterry7664 Před 4 lety

    Damn!! Round-a-bouts in Rifle! Crap! i lived there for 20 years. never enough traffic for that....

    • @redmesa2975
      @redmesa2975 Před 4 lety

      They were built about 10 years ago when the gas patch was winding down. Lot of people here now. Don't know what they're doing.

  • @mikedennis9613
    @mikedennis9613 Před 4 lety

    Does your truck have a auto shift trans or is it manual just wondering

  • @DLSWV
    @DLSWV Před 4 lety

    nice ride

  • @marypatten4853
    @marypatten4853 Před 4 lety +2

    This road would not be fun on a snowy day. Hope you get over the pass before it starts.

  • @anabelvasquez2614
    @anabelvasquez2614 Před 4 lety

    Bellísimo

  • @hafizmasoud
    @hafizmasoud Před 3 lety

    Hi ... What is the camera you use?

  • @rogervonstruve6065
    @rogervonstruve6065 Před 4 lety

    Somebody said there's good fishing on Green river below the damn?

  • @sunandsage
    @sunandsage Před 4 lety +1

    According to Utah scuba divers. Com Flaming Gorge is 436 ft deep at its deepest point.

  • @remembergodisalwayswithyou6862

    Good luck driver

  • @jjustlooken
    @jjustlooken Před 4 lety +2

    wile im riding shotgun idd like to see the hole trip not just part of it thanks!!!!!

  • @michaelburke750
    @michaelburke750 Před 4 lety

    @41:19 “...that is definitely deep...” Me: and I’m definitely on the wrong side of the fking truck!

  • @SaltyReels
    @SaltyReels Před 4 lety +3

    Have you stopped in at shooters cafe in rifle before?

    • @tomgray6123
      @tomgray6123 Před 4 lety

      Better be packin’. Thanks for pointing it out. Interstellar Overdrive ( sounds better than Mexican)

    • @jackterry7664
      @jackterry7664 Před 4 lety

      Wasn't there when I lived there. Have seen it on TV though. Fun!

  • @alejandradelpilarpizarroar2542

    From La Serena city in Chile 🇨🇱

  • @superserial1
    @superserial1 Před 4 lety

    Ah yes, starting out the vid from the the rifle rest stop. Was there last week.

  • @lorenlieder9789
    @lorenlieder9789 Před 4 lety

    They mine phosphate there and pump it to a Simplot plant just south of Rock Springs and process it in to dry fertilizer and ship it out by trucks and rail.

  • @tazmod7272
    @tazmod7272 Před 4 lety

    Howdy Mike.

  • @davidfarrell7318
    @davidfarrell7318 Před 4 lety

    i love the view from your camera it is so much better than other truckers there cameras are in the wrong place but yours is perfect.

  • @marypatten4853
    @marypatten4853 Před 4 lety +1

    I cracked my windshield ounce when I slapped it with my wipers.

  • @RonaldoSantos-dv6ll
    @RonaldoSantos-dv6ll Před 4 lety +1

    🇧🇷👍legal muito bom

  • @TheDominicVlog
    @TheDominicVlog Před 4 lety +1

    Tip from a Utah local, Vernal is pronounced as Vurr-null.

    • @ridingshotgun1251
      @ridingshotgun1251  Před 4 lety

      Thanks Dominic.. I've said that a few times but I've also said that the other way. but from now on I will definitely say it vurrr nulll..☮️

  • @cindyturpitz3256
    @cindyturpitz3256 Před 4 lety

    Nice

  • @tomgray6123
    @tomgray6123 Před 4 lety +1

    I think I saw Bigfoot out there!

  • @Chesterbarnes1
    @Chesterbarnes1 Před 4 lety

    go mike go

  • @marceloaraujo9747
    @marceloaraujo9747 Před 4 lety

    The best United estates

  • @dorisbotts6414
    @dorisbotts6414 Před 3 lety

    Mike, I love your videos. But I have a fear of heights and when you turn the camera I think your going off the road.. lol.. and I darn near have a heart attack every time. I keep forgetting you are obviously okay because you posted the video.. lol. I get so wrapped up in the drive and scenery I forget that part. And why don't they have guard rails in some of those areas that are steep drop offs? I will still enjoy the ride. Stay safe out there.

  • @martinbuinicki1056
    @martinbuinicki1056 Před 4 lety

    Holy crap, what happened to Rifle? When last I was there there was one turn off and a local-type convenience store!

    • @jackterry7664
      @jackterry7664 Před 4 lety

      You needed to turn the other way! into the town.

  • @oscarlizanorodriguez3077

    Hola holaaa..saludes desde costa ricas.

  • @geraldblackwood6205
    @geraldblackwood6205 Před 4 lety

    Wow...that is one curvy road. Sure am glad to see all that global warming showing up early in Wyoming. That trestle construction at the close of the video is spectacular. Deep valley made for some interesting construction issues.