Confession…..I Depend on Being Connected Way Too Much

Added: 2026-05-31

[00:00:00]Good morning. Guess who slept in.

[00:00:02]Oh, it was so peaceful.

[00:00:08]The sun feels good.

[00:00:14]>> [sighs] >> Love the sound of that river.

[00:00:20]Well, I've got to go.

[00:00:24]I need I need reception.

[00:00:28]I've got to do a few things and I need reception, but it was nice for a night to just have peace and quiet and feel safe and be disconnected.

[00:00:42]Okay, let's go.

[00:00:44]It's unfortunate that I have to leave this place.

[00:00:48]I did say goodbye to my neighbors and thank them for sharing their camp spot.

[00:00:52]They were very nice.

[00:00:54]I can do 3 days without reception and connection and everything, but I have to plan ahead.

[00:01:02]Like I need to let I was able to connect through satellite to text my son and my friend uh and my sister, but I don't know. I just need that I need to prepare. Let's just put it that way. I need to prepare if I'm going to be completely shut off.

[00:01:22]And you know, I just I've done this before where it's like I realize how dependent I am on having internet connection of some sort some sort.

[00:01:37]I really want to get Starlink.

[00:01:39]I'm thinking I may bite the bullet. I don't know.

[00:01:44]Because even though I'm paying a little bit more, you're paying you're saving because you're not driving away from a spot, you know?

[00:01:56]This is a day area.

[00:01:59]And there's just one other person.

[00:02:03]Fisherman with his kids.

[00:02:12]I might go get my steps in.

[00:02:14]And just check out the river.

[00:02:17]Snow is melting.

[00:02:21]Just a little bit on the top there.

[00:02:36]Hello birdies.

[00:02:38]Hello birdies.

[00:02:43]Turn it, I didn't bring any protection.

[00:02:46]We are in bear country.

[00:02:56]Bear aware.

[00:02:58]I'm being bear aware.

[00:03:01]I don't think they're going to be down here.

[00:03:03]I just keep telling myself that.

[00:03:09]And of course, as always, proper hiking shoes.

[00:03:16]Gosh, this is nice.

[00:03:28]Why aren't they fishing over here?

[00:03:44]See how cold it is?

[00:03:48]Ooh, it's colder than it was yesterday.

[00:03:52]I went into that river that I was at above my knees.

[00:04:07]Oh, there's a wind.

[00:04:09]What is that?

[00:04:30]It's going to say.

[00:04:36]If you were a bear, where would you be?

[00:04:42]Be where the berries are, right?

[00:04:49]I love the sound of the birds.

[00:04:56]If you were a fish, where would you be?

[00:05:08]If I had some wading boots, I'd walk right through there all the way to where they're at. They're over there.

[00:05:40]I didn't go very far.

[00:05:45]Just wanted to check out what was around the river bend.

[00:06:48]End of the trail.

[00:07:05]A little muskrat just jumped in the water.

[00:07:08]He got frightened by me.

[00:07:14]Move the fish.

[00:07:31]This says, "Welcome to the majestic Mountain Ebo Scenic Byway."

[00:07:41]So, this is called Jenkins Flat day use area.

[00:07:45]This is Okay, you are here Jenkins Flat.

[00:07:53]And we went Where did we go?

[00:08:02]We did not go into Devil's Kitchen.

[00:08:13]We did not go up that far.

[00:08:19]Cuz I read on I Overlander that a lot of these Let's see.

[00:08:28]Um camping spots you need four four-wheel drive.

[00:08:37]Who lives here? Oh, cute.

[00:08:44]So, we've got red-tailed hawk, mountain bluebird, golden eagle, elk, mule deer, badger, black bear, ooh, black bear, mountain lion, ooh, and tons of squirrels and chipmunks.

[00:09:03]Avalanche.

[00:09:05]Oh, yeah, when it snows.

[00:09:10]All right, let's continue on the road.

[00:09:16]We are leaving Uinta National Forest.

[00:09:26]Uinta Uinta National Forest. Uinta Forest.

[00:09:32]I know I was.

[00:09:37]I love how green it is and the trees. My ideal place would be a little house along the little river with trees and probably like 5 acres and mountain mountains like this hills neighbors kind of nearby friendly neighbors, a little town and then like 30 minutes to a Walmart and green safe, friendly, clean, blue skies just a little house single story with a front porch so I can have a garden, animals, not too many animals.

[00:10:41]I realized that I don't like a lot of poop.

[00:10:45]>> [laughter] >> I realized when I was taking care of the chickens, I don't do well with dog poop and chicken poop.

[00:10:54]Okay, I'm leaving this area and heading through Salt Lake City, Utah which also gives me anxiety. It's funny, I can drive through LA no problem, but two places, Las Vegas and Salt Lake City make me I don't know, there's a heaviness, there's an anxiousness that I normally don't get.

[00:11:20]So, I don't know if I'm just sensitive to things there.

[00:11:27]But I figured I'm timing it just like I did with Vegas on a Sunday morning.

[00:11:37]So far, so good.

[00:11:40]I can enjoy the views and not deal with crazy traffic pushing me.

[00:11:46]I wasn't planning this.

[00:11:50]Welcome to Idaho.

[00:11:54]This is a rest stop in Idaho.

[00:11:59]You've got cars on this side and then truckers on that side. Huge huge area.

[00:12:05]Then you've got indoor bathrooms, vending machines.

[00:12:20]Just want to check it out.

[00:12:27]That leads to BLM land.

[00:12:33]There's all kinds of trails here.

[00:12:36]Oh, that's locked up.

[00:12:45]And it looks like somebody lives over there cuz I saw chickens and a truck that structure at the end.

[00:12:55]See there's a house right there.

[00:13:01]I saw dogs and chickens.

[00:13:08]Go this way.

[00:13:12]This is the quietest it's going to get.

[00:13:15]So, this is our sunset.

[00:13:25]Good night.

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