A Day on the Rattlesnake Gulch Trail: An Off-Road Adventure

The journey began with a wrong turn, literally. The main road had been taken off by mistake, and the driver, who wishes to remain anonymous, realized it was time to head back in the opposite direction. "I think the best way is just to head back this way," they said, "yep because that's because this way is the Grand Canyon." It turned out, however, that the issue wasn't a dead battery but rather the vehicle being in a park. The driver tried to push it back and forth, but it didn't work.

The jump box was retrieved, and it was discovered that the battery had lost its juice. "Your battery was dead," the driver said, with a hint of disappointment. "Dead dead dead dead dead that's unusual even for my girl." Fortunately, the driver knew how to get back on track, and they consulted with their trusty sidekick, Tom. "We're gonna need some Stellar navigation for you to get out of here," Tom said, as they set off in search of a way out.

The route was tricky, but eventually, they found themselves at the Road. "That's the road I want to get on," the driver said, relief evident in their voice. The GPS led them to a fork in the road, and after some deliberation, they decided to take the left path. As they drove down the bottom of the ravine, they realized that they were getting close to the road. "If we just drive down the bottom of this," the driver said, "we're gonna get to it okay."

The journey continued with a stop at a convenience store, where the driver purchased some supplies and celebrated their progress. "Well that wasn't too bad once we found him," they said, referring to Tom's navigation skills. The team was getting close to their destination, but not quite there yet.

Just as they were about to leave the valley, a call came in from a couple of motorcycles stranded on the Rattlesnake Gulch Trail. One bike had been thrown off its rider due to a deep spot and was bogged down with water. The driver quickly sprang into action, along with Tom and the rest of the team. "We got Brett here with the weather," they said, as they prepared for the rescue mission.

The conditions were good, with temperatures in the 60s and partly cloudy skies. The team set off to catch up with Jamie and the crew behind them in the banana vehicle. As they approached the stranded bikes, they spotted their missing family member trying to start his bike. "He started going already," the driver said, as they geared up for the rescue.

The journey was lined up with several off-road recoveries, including a celebration of Matt's birthday. The Hyundai Tucson Trail proved to be an adventurous route, but the team had navigated their way through it successfully. However, there was a warning about taking this trail: it can be challenging, especially when it comes to communication.

As they made their way back, the driver reflected on their journey and mentioned that they had underestimated the ruggedness of the terrain. "We didn't bring the rugged radios," they said with a chuckle. The team had almost forgotten about them in their excitement for the day's adventures.

The final stretch was marked by triumph as the team successfully unloaded the stranded bikes from the Tucson Trail. With the help of their trusty sidekick, Peanut, they navigated their way back to the yard, where they would unload the vehicles and begin their next adventure – an off-road excursion up Brian Head in the snow.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthis is the ditched so we got a call for I believe it's a Honda Element that is stuck out here I don't think they're stuck I think they're just lost I think they drove off the road and now they're disoriented don't know where they are and they said that there's ditches all around them so we gotta go find them and then figure out how we're gonna get that Honda Element out you got Tom Tom back here hello got Lizzy just sleeping not me I'm awake no I wasn't it wasn't on the camera what do we got for weather Ed well it's a little cloudy and then down uh not much wind if any oh it's warm probably 60 degrees and they're going out Arizona's trip see if we can find them we got to figure out how to get there it took us a little while talking with the cup customer before they finally were able to get us a pen to where they're at you know exactly where they're at we just don't know exactly how to get there so I think we're gonna go and make a left up here see if we can yeah they are between all the roads aren't they yeah they are not on the road yeah but this is the ditched thank you so we think we found the vehicle it's right here directly south of us we're getting our exercise in today yeah they are about a half mile up there so it's a bit of a hike well but all right we've got to find a map to the best way out of here I'm not even seeing them here road to the right I think all right how are you guys doing yeah well the way we came in it was it was a mile or two yeah I lost my way out basically and if I could follow where y'all are headed yeah you'll have to find a better route yeah yeah did you guys come in at night or did you yeah yesterday I did and it wasn't it wasn't that uh wasn't that Rocky hey so we'll maybe try and follow your tracks and head back head back road it's just not starting but it it's not that's because it's not in park I believe so did you do a bunch of driving around to try to get out of here yeah yeah so backtracking your tracks is a problem so the main road did you come off the main road then yeah okay I think the best way is just to head back this way yep because that because this way is the Grand Canyon it's it's uh it's not a dead battery it's because I'm in it's because I'm not in into park but once it rolls no it'll start it will it'll roll me back and forth the little tiny bit you have enough fuel do you know how much fuel you have ah plenty I tried to push it back and forth too and it it didn't uh go in the park or whatnot it's in park do we have the jump box in there go grab it yep it's got It's got no juice in it three volts really yep go ahead and start it yeah see right there yeah your battery was dead dead dead dead dead that's unusual even for my girl okay we'll try to get you out of here you just follow us all right let's go so Tom we're gonna need some Stellar navigation for you to get out of here their tracks right there so see where that camper is straight in ahead of you yep I do it's got to be Road see the tracks it's lost them um well I can only look left really here but I'm not saying Lizzy either right this looked pretty good though how close are we getting to the road third of the way we might hit a road in between well that would be good if we just turn to the right we'll hit that other Road won't we possibly how far are we from that road if we just drive down the bottom of this we're we're over halfway to that if we keep going this way we'll get to it okay okay that's the road I want to get on all right all right what size shirt do you want right on man you got it I will sport this like more than ever definitely well that wasn't too bad once we found him we just kind of had to backtrack the way they went in so we got a call for a couple of motorcycles that are stranded up in the rattlesnake Gulch Trail so I think one of them is disabled I don't even know the whole story what happened my dad hey this super deep spot threw him off his bike was all the way under the waters it's just bogged down with water well there you have it so I guess one of the bikes runs one of them doesn't so we're gonna go get him out of there we got Brett here with the weather and probably about 60 degrees out there partly cloudy it's gonna be a good day we got lady and peanut back there those are good dogs we got Jamie and that crew behind us in the banana we're going to catch my dad he started going already yeah let's go do this guess what today is do you know what today is like several off-road recoveries lined up today so that's happy birthday to Matt that's what we're doing today and this Jeep is overloaded Can you feel it so if you're gonna run the Rattlesnake Trail there's two ways to get into it you can either get into it from the gun range or you get into it at tokerville Falls there is a couple of ways to get into it in the middle there's like you can opt out in the middle of this Trail so we're going up the tokerville road and we're dropping in in the middle and we didn't communicate well with Jamie last I heard was gun range no so she went to the gun range so they're behind us a little bit but I'm sure they'll catch up hey Max you're so excited to get out aren't you and you haven't been able to yet you've been trapped for so long since we didn't bring the rugged radios which was a mistake I'm not 100 sure that Jamie knows exactly where we're going hopefully they turn down river and meet us at the bikes if not it'll be a fun adventure either way just not together so we finally made it to the tokerville Falls Road and we are on the Hyundai Tucson Trail gonna head down to the river and then we'll take a right and we should meet up with him pretty quick foreign foreign was it a nice drive at least all right I think that's the best way to go foreign so one of these shark protectors came out you guys making it okay we're just here for the dry we haven't even done anything okay let's try it again foreign we're just about out of here we got the hubs unlocked peanut decided to come ride with us we're gonna head back to the yard with these and get them unloaded thank you okay that's great all right well we got that done we've got another job we've got to get to up on Brian Head in the snow but thanks for watchingthis is the ditched so we got a call for I believe it's a Honda Element that is stuck out here I don't think they're stuck I think they're just lost I think they drove off the road and now they're disoriented don't know where they are and they said that there's ditches all around them so we gotta go find them and then figure out how we're gonna get that Honda Element out you got Tom Tom back here hello got Lizzy just sleeping not me I'm awake no I wasn't it wasn't on the camera what do we got for weather Ed well it's a little cloudy and then down uh not much wind if any oh it's warm probably 60 degrees and they're going out Arizona's trip see if we can find them we got to figure out how to get there it took us a little while talking with the cup customer before they finally were able to get us a pen to where they're at you know exactly where they're at we just don't know exactly how to get there so I think we're gonna go and make a left up here see if we can yeah they are between all the roads aren't they yeah they are not on the road yeah but this is the ditched thank you so we think we found the vehicle it's right here directly south of us we're getting our exercise in today yeah they are about a half mile up there so it's a bit of a hike well but all right we've got to find a map to the best way out of here I'm not even seeing them here road to the right I think all right how are you guys doing yeah well the way we came in it was it was a mile or two yeah I lost my way out basically and if I could follow where y'all are headed yeah you'll have to find a better route yeah yeah did you guys come in at night or did you yeah yesterday I did and it wasn't it wasn't that uh wasn't that Rocky hey so we'll maybe try and follow your tracks and head back head back road it's just not starting but it it's not that's because it's not in park I believe so did you do a bunch of driving around to try to get out of here yeah yeah so backtracking your tracks is a problem so the main road did you come off the main road then yeah okay I think the best way is just to head back this way yep because that because this way is the Grand Canyon it's it's uh it's not a dead battery it's because I'm in it's because I'm not in into park but once it rolls no it'll start it will it'll roll me back and forth the little tiny bit you have enough fuel do you know how much fuel you have ah plenty I tried to push it back and forth too and it it didn't uh go in the park or whatnot it's in park do we have the jump box in there go grab it yep it's got It's got no juice in it three volts really yep go ahead and start it yeah see right there yeah your battery was dead dead dead dead dead that's unusual even for my girl okay we'll try to get you out of here you just follow us all right let's go so Tom we're gonna need some Stellar navigation for you to get out of here their tracks right there so see where that camper is straight in ahead of you yep I do it's got to be Road see the tracks it's lost them um well I can only look left really here but I'm not saying Lizzy either right this looked pretty good though how close are we getting to the road third of the way we might hit a road in between well that would be good if we just turn to the right we'll hit that other Road won't we possibly how far are we from that road if we just drive down the bottom of this we're we're over halfway to that if we keep going this way we'll get to it okay okay that's the road I want to get on all right all right what size shirt do you want right on man you got it I will sport this like more than ever definitely well that wasn't too bad once we found him we just kind of had to backtrack the way they went in so we got a call for a couple of motorcycles that are stranded up in the rattlesnake Gulch Trail so I think one of them is disabled I don't even know the whole story what happened my dad hey this super deep spot threw him off his bike was all the way under the waters it's just bogged down with water well there you have it so I guess one of the bikes runs one of them doesn't so we're gonna go get him out of there we got Brett here with the weather and probably about 60 degrees out there partly cloudy it's gonna be a good day we got lady and peanut back there those are good dogs we got Jamie and that crew behind us in the banana we're going to catch my dad he started going already yeah let's go do this guess what today is do you know what today is like several off-road recoveries lined up today so that's happy birthday to Matt that's what we're doing today and this Jeep is overloaded Can you feel it so if you're gonna run the Rattlesnake Trail there's two ways to get into it you can either get into it from the gun range or you get into it at tokerville Falls there is a couple of ways to get into it in the middle there's like you can opt out in the middle of this Trail so we're going up the tokerville road and we're dropping in in the middle and we didn't communicate well with Jamie last I heard was gun range no so she went to the gun range so they're behind us a little bit but I'm sure they'll catch up hey Max you're so excited to get out aren't you and you haven't been able to yet you've been trapped for so long since we didn't bring the rugged radios which was a mistake I'm not 100 sure that Jamie knows exactly where we're going hopefully they turn down river and meet us at the bikes if not it'll be a fun adventure either way just not together so we finally made it to the tokerville Falls Road and we are on the Hyundai Tucson Trail gonna head down to the river and then we'll take a right and we should meet up with him pretty quick foreign foreign was it a nice drive at least all right I think that's the best way to go foreign so one of these shark protectors came out you guys making it okay we're just here for the dry we haven't even done anything okay let's try it again foreign we're just about out of here we got the hubs unlocked peanut decided to come ride with us we're gonna head back to the yard with these and get them unloaded thank you okay that's great all right well we got that done we've got another job we've got to get to up on Brian Head in the snow but thanks for watching\n"