o #o Ep32 UTBDRaw-ish! Utah Backcountry Discovery Route Moab Section KLR650 DR650

We have our BOOM campsite, and it is pretty epic. We've got a big cool cliff above us there. There's Jay setting up his hammock. Here, I have something for you. I've been waiting all day for this. This is a banana? For your hammock. It's a banana hammock! Sweet. No, I have something. I have a different gift for you. Anyway, yeah, we've got this. Somebody already brought the firewood. That's sweet. There's a banana eaten in the ashes. Look at Jay's tree. For some reason, it reminds me of the Bat Cave. Or like, how fitting, it's an arch. Anyway, that's kind of cool, because it just kind of goes off of there, and that's what he's going to be sleeping on. We've got a little stream down there. We get water from. But the problem is, with this whole situation, is we've got big clouds and thunderstorm stuff going on. And I'm not an expert on flash floods, but I have a feeling all of the water is going to come rushing down here. And I think we're high enough not to get wet, but if we're wrong, we are going to get jacked. Anyway, it's also kind of a bummer because we're right off the road thing there. But in case anybody comes to mess with me, 9mm. So, more than likely somebody will come and hang out with us. Anyway, that's our campsite. Super sweet, beautiful area. Just awesome. But it is going to rain, and that river down there hopefully doesn't flood, or else this is going to be some interesting, an interesting night. Alright, so here's the situation. I can pretty much just point it in that direction, and I'm guaranteed to get lightning, because it, yeah, there we go. That is all moving towards us, fast. So we're going to eat dinner, and go to bed, and just hope that we make it, and we'll make it. But, you know, I have a little kid, two little kids actually, so in the words of the Wonder Pets, this is serious. Okay so in true Top Gear fashion, even though we're not Top Gear, even though Jay, but Jay is James May. In two... I am not Captain Slow. He's not Captain Slow, he's just, he's got to organize the spanners, and he's got to get the directions completely wrong every time. Hey, you're the one with the map. Dude, it's a map of Utah. It has the route. Anyway, yeah, yeah. Anyway in true Top Gear style, we've decided to give each other some gifts, and I don't have all my gifts for Jay right now, but I do have a couple that should help him in his journey. So here we go. Oh, unzip. There we go. Oh yeah. Alright Jay, here, I present to you a huge machete, and because you're not a high visibility yet, there's a high visibility mesh. This could save my life. Some negligee. It could, it could save your life. I might wear that when I take a bath early this morning down in the river. You could probably wear it and your wife would be like, oh, you're so high visibility. Just wear that and nothing else. Tyler, I do appreciate that. I got a little something here for you that I picked up at the harbor freight. Let me get the right bag here. I'm already high visibility. Oh, sorry man. Monkey butt powder? For all your swassy needs, but that's not your gift. Your gift. Oh. Is one of those angel bells. I couldn't find the little tiny ones though, so I got this one. So just a flat out cowbell? Yeah, flat out cowbell. Where do I, do I have to put this on my bike? I would highly recommend it. That way I can always know when you're right behind me. Thanks. You're welcome. I really appreciate that. You're very welcome. Oh crap. Oh, what do we got there? Tyler's taking a little bath in the stream. Dude, I'm naked. It's awesome to be naked outside, but kind of not when people are filming you. What, are you just air drying or what? Down there, there's a little like bathtub. Yeah, I forgot a towel, so I'm just kind of drying off. Nice. You can't see anything, right? I think I hear a car coming. Full of ladies? Probably. Are those ladies our wives? No. Oh. Well, then that's no good. Okay, so while Tyler's down at the river, I noticed that he's got his gift not attached very well to his bike. I mean, that's very loose. It could fall off. So, I've decided that I need to attach it a little bit better. Hey, do you have that? No, I don't have any. But by the way, I'm attaching your bell in the right place. Oh, thank you. You're welcome. Here, hold that for me while I film it. Oh, that's fabulous. So, it'll be nice and hot so I can't take it off. And now it's zip tied, so it's permanent. Nice and secure. You can't take it off. Well, that's just fantastic. It'll give you a nice cowbell handle pull for when you need to open your bag. Yeah, that's convenient. Where's your blaze orange thing? I don't know. That's convenient. You like my gift that much that you just threw it away? I didn't throw it away. I think I was bathing with it in the river. And it may have washed downstream because I didn't see it anymore after that. Oh, that's really awesome. Maybe my cowbell will float down the river as well. No, you have to keep your gift. Dude! I've got it here somewhere. Well, next time I turn on, it better be on your back. Dude, cowbell is way worse. I gave you a machete. I hope they don't taste like super bad. Yeah, that'd be gross. Or make me sick. What if it makes me sick? It won't make you sick. What if it's got like bacteria and junk on it? I don't know, man. It's a risk you're going to have to take. Maybe we should boil it first or something. Boil it? Come on, it's an ant. So, Jay is going to eat an ant. And he lived in Columbia where they eat ants. Like little peanuts. But they're big. They're like that big. Yeah, and so here he has an ant and he's worried about eating it. I'm not going to eat an ant because I didn't live in Columbia. So, go for it, man. Ant mouth. What's it like? Dude. That had a weird taste. That was not good. Alright. So, last survey of the campsite. It's amazing. But it's time to go. So, we're loaded up on the bikes. I've got my ridiculously heavy backpack. I can thread this through. Actually, it's not that heavy. Look what I found. There you go. You're so welcome. Really? That's awkward. Anyway. Yes. See, Jay? That'll keep you so safe. Yeah. It'll reflect some of that heat. That's going to be just... That's going to be just amazing. And it looks really awesome. Anyway, we're ready to rock. And now Jay has his Blades Orange on. Yay. It's still nothing compared to this. Ah.