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A hike in the Horseshoe Canyon section of Canyonlands National Park in Utah leads to the Great Gallery, a site considered to be the most significant ancient rock art panel in North America. The pictographs at the Great Gallery are between 2000 to 8000 years old and includes the “Holy Ghost”. The trail leads to three other pictograph panels, High Gallery, Horseshoe Gallery and Alcove Gallery.

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This is a reality video of what really goes on around here on a daily basis. Sometimes there are good things and sometimes there are not so good things. Just like all kids there will be times where they just will not get along with each other or agree on the same thing. If you are a father and have kids then you should be spending time with them and making wonderful memories. These two girls and their dad have fun days like these very often.

We never sit still and we find ourselves going from one fun adventure to another on a daily basis. There are many places in the USA that we call home. If you do not see us at one of our homes up north then you might see us in one of our homes further south. Vacation homes are perfect for getting away while still being at home. We will be taking our adventures even further south down into Florida in a few weeks when we go on Spring Break and we will record as much moments as we can without it interfering with our fun.

Brianna has a thank you message for being so kind and wishing her a happy birthday. It was Brianna;s official birthday last week and many were thoughtful and wished her a happy birthday.

We did some mountain climbing but did not catch it all on camera but we will be going again to reach our goals which are to make it to the top of the mountain and shout very loud.

If you would like to audition for acting or singing and would like to be on TV then be sure to visit our auditions website at http://www.all4tubekids.com/audition

Always be careful when hiking in the mountains or playing in the river. Have a competent adult with you when doing these kinds of things.

School will be out again soon so this mean many more opportunities to be outdoors in many other locations further away. Spring Break will be here in the middle of April.

Let us know the top 5 or top 10 things you like to do outdoors. You may post them as comments or as a video response to this video.

We have many prank ideas planned for the Spring and Summer so stick around and see what kind of prank these tow girls play on their dad. You never know what to expect around here.

We have some pop star parody music videos coming soon. Still working on the never say never parody music video.

We will be headed to Disney World in Orlando Florida! Looking forward to that adventure!

More comedy videos coming soon!

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A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Denali National Park and Preserve, United States by TravelPod blogger Jennasmith titled “Savage River Hike”

Jennasmith’s travel blog entry:

“Today’s is a long one.

So today I went on my first hike into the National Park. Very cool. We (my hiking buddy, Cindi – she’s from Colorado and used to the altitude and hiking) decided on Savage River. It’s about 15 miles into the park and relatively moderate hiking once you leave the maintained trail and head on the social trail. The weather was perfect, except for the wind.

(Here’s my nerdy side coming out) Savage River trailhead: 63.73916°, -149.29111°.
Denali National Park: There are over 1200km of faults in the park.
Generally there are over 600 seismic events in the park every year,
most are less than M1.5 and are rarely felt by humans. Because of the
ongoing activity, Denali (the mountain) is growing about 1mm every
year. The oldest terrane and rock, the Yukon-Tanana, are actually found
near the park entrance. Most rock seen in the park are basalts,
rhyolites, and other volcanic and/or metamorphic rock. As of today,
almost 2/3 of the roads into the park are open, with the last 20 miles
still undergoing rennovations from winter. The rangers are looking for
“discovery” trail volunteers – people to go with the rangers on unknown
trail (ie trails that have not been open since last year or before) to
see if they are in good condition; or to go into the backcountry to
clear parts of the land. No, I will not do that – quite beyond my skill
level of hiking/climbing. But it sounded fun anyway.

On the way there, we came across some Caribou. Also, we were some of the few lucky ones – “the 30% percent club” – that saw Denali (or Mt McKinley). She was hiding partly behind a cloud, but we could make her out behind another hill. That’s 2 for 2 with me. Guess I’m part of the 100% club, ha ha.

(Here’s your lesson for the day) The blue ice: “ice is blue for the same reason water is blue: it is a result of an overtone of a oxygen-hydrogen (O-H) bond stretch in water which absorbs light at the red end of the visible spectrum”. Touching the ice can cause serious results. It can freeze to your moist skin instantaneously; cause frostbite 5x times faster; the list goes on. The blue ice we found was not quite this cold, as we were only at 3400 feet. Really neat, none-the-less.

We hiked about 4 miles total. Long for me, who’s not used to being 3000+ feet in elevation, going on some 40 degree angles up and down, with the patches of snow and ice. Of the animals we found were the Dalls Sheep, Snowshoe Hares, Ptarmigan birds, Swallows, and Marmots.

We decided to start walking along the road back towards the entrance, mostly because we were bored sitting, waiting for the bus and didn’t want to miss it (again). We walked about 2 more miles. When we flagged down the bus, the driver said that they had seen a Grizzly on mile 12. (You with me here?) Wow, we thought, how cool. Savage River is 14.5 miles into the park. We walked a little over 2 miles. We were less than 1/2 a mile from the Grizzly. We couldn’t help but laugh in our fear that we were that close and it had started walking our way apparently. Creeped us out. On the bus back, we saw a couple of female moose walking around through the trees.

Anyway, once back from the hike, we went to a local coffee shop (which had remarkably good tortilla soup) to hang out for a little before heading back to the Village, where I got to spend my evening doing laundry. Fun times ”
Read and see more at: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jennasmith/1/1244001367/tpod.html

Photos from this trip:
1. “Caribou”
2. “Denali”
3. “Attack Snowshoe bunny”
4. “Savage River”
5. “Dalls Sheep”
6. “Me (finally)”
7. “Check out the avalanche shoot”
8. “Blue ice”
9. “Avalanche shoot”
10. “Small waterfall”
11. “Denali Park”
12. “Ptarmigan”
13. “Hitching back”

See this TripWow and more at http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-00bb-a6e0-639e?ytv4=1

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In the first of a series of videos to share the amazing hiking trails of Arizona (especially around Tucson), here’s an apx 8 minute winter hike to Romero Pools. With a trailhead in Catalina State Park, the Romero Canyon Trail takes you high into the Catalina Mountains where you find remarkable pools of water.

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Travelogue video of hike to Rocky Top and Thunderhead Mountain. Video shows key features from this classic Great Smoky Mountains National Park trail.

The video follows two hikers as they climb 3665 feet to the summit of Thunderhead Mountain. Highlights include Spence Field, Rocky Top, the Appalachian Trail and Thunderhead Mountain.

For more detailed information and pictures from this hike, please visit:

http://www.hikinginthesmokys.com/thunderhead.htm

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In july 2003 we visited Arches national Park. We hiked over Devils Garden trail en to the delicate Arch.

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Yeah, the question mark is there for good reason. I got talking to some random guy at Lake Louise who assured me the walk up to Wilcox pass near the Athebasca glacier was the hike to put all other hikes to shame. So yeah, I thought I would take a look. Hmmm, kinda oversold!

Tuesday 18th Aug 2009
Up well before dawn to see Venus and a very old crescent moon hanging in the gathering light of dawn. A spectacular sight over forest. Hit the road and by the time I got to the Athabasca glacier (only about half an hour later) the sky was clouding in. In the grey light I was the first in the glacier car park. Flight conditions were near perfect. The short walk up to the glacier was made more fun by the 1980 marker (about the last time I stood here) some 300m short of the present end of the glacier. Flight went well, very well. The glacier was big and open, and bar crashing on the glacier there was little that you could do wrong, although it was clear from my shortness of breath that this place was quite high. Landing was sloppy given the excellent conditions. Headed back to the Wilcox pass trailhead (it was originally the plan to do this first, but the glacier was just too much of a target of opportunity). I had bumped into some guy at Lake Louise the day before who had given the trail rave reviews as the hike to put all other hikes to shame. On the trail by 8.30, that put me at the second person on the trail. The hike was steep in the trees to begin with, and the weather cool, and increasing gloomy as the cloud cover increased. After only about half an hour I had cleared the trees and there were excellent views of the icefields opposite. However as I neared the top of the pass this was largely obscured by hills in the foreground. On what I assumed was the pass the path forked (unlabelled) with one path apparently heading on over the pass (still somewhat up) but it was difficult to contrive there would be any great views that way, or up onto one of the hills. I elected the hills path. By now it was not only almost completely cloudy but there had been spots of rain and the wind had gotten up and at times was giving exceptionally strong gusts (40 +mph). On the summit there was a good view of the icefields, although not that much better than just above the treeline. I stopped there to scoff what little food I had tossed into the backpack in my hurry to get going. Even with all the kit I was wearing, the wind was beginning to find purchase and I was getting cold (having been initially too hot when I started). The wind seemed to be lighter here, although it was still highly variable. Shortly after I got the plane into the air it got VERY windy, to the point where even at full throttle I was barely making any progress. While the recovery prospects were essentially 100% it was still a very hairy flight (even at only a couple of minutes). Indeed shortly after the wind got up it was simply a battle to get the plane back.
On the summit I had got pretty cool, but the heat soon came back as I started down. Went up to see if there was anything further up nearer the top of the very flat pass. After a km or so I decided it was going nowhere and headed back (the correct choice as it turns out, the path just looks round the back of a mountain). Back down by 11.30ish. Hit the icefields visitors center. It was a stunning place, you go through the door of this building, which is frankly like a building in the middle of nowhere and its like walking into a busy airport. I had a quick chat with one of the guys at the info desk before bailing. Took the drive back down the Icefields highway fairly leisurely, stopping frequently (the wind was up all the way back down the valley). Just driving through Banff is an exceptional experience. Set the GPS to get me to Dumheller. Stopped at a safeway just north of Calgary at about 6ish where I pugged in and made a video till they kicked me out when they shut(! Yeah they actually closed!!) at 10ish. Went about 10minutes till I was in a massive thunderstorm and could barely see anything. That was it.. I was tired and couldnt take that so I found some quiet siding (this was actually quite hard to do in Albertas flat lands where there is basically the straight road and a few turn offs for farms however fate smiled on me and I got lucky!). Kipped down for the night with trucks hammering by every 10 minutes or so. A little unsettling, but there were no sensible alternatives.

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Join Lindsay, Jenny and Mike as they hike through one of Zion National Park’s most exciting trails: The Subway. Located on the Kolob side of Utah’s Zion Canyon, a trip down The Subway is perhaps one of the most coveted hikes in the world, and can be done only by permit. Brought to you by GeoQuest. http://www.geoquesttech.com

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http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/christmas-in-yellowstone/introduction/4292/
A red fox shows its ingenious method of catching rodents that it can hear – but not see – beneath the snow. Join NATURE for a breathtaking look at wintertime deep within America’s first national park.

Christmas in Yellowstone airs on PBS Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 8pm (check local listings) and is part of the 28th season of the Peabody and Emmy award-winning series produced by Thirteen in association with WNET.ORG for PBS. Major support provided by Canon U.S.A. Inc. For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/christmas-in-yellowstone/introduction/4292/

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Join Susannah, Samantha and Jason as they ascend Angel’s Landing in Zion National Park for the first time. Located in the heart of Southern Utah’s Zion Canyon, an ascent of Angel’s Landing is perhaps one of the most coveted hikes in the world. Brought to you by GeoQuest. http://www.geoquesttech.com

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