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The Desert: Exploring the Southwest (1949)

Ray and Virginia Garner take a road trip in a wood-bodied station wagon, camping in the desert of Utah and Arizona in 1949. (color, no sound, 57 minutes & 33 seconds)
 

 
00:00 Intro
00:25 Sand Dunes, Canyon & La Sal Mountains
01:08 Arches National Monument
01:50 Cactus, Wildflowers & Wildlife (caterpillar, lizard, insects, scorpion)
03:41 Hassayampa Legend sign, car travel in the desert & camping
10:45 Dusty Car travel
11:30 Water from a Windmill (Monument Valley)
12:18 Men climbing Agathla Peak (El Capitan) in northern Arizona
16:11 Scenes from Monument Valley
19:33 Changing a Tire
20:06 Downtown Moab
20:30 Arches National Monument
21:31 Snakes
22:41 Delicate Arch (Arches National Monument)
25:15 Sand Dune & Pothole
26:16 Motorboat on the Colorado River
27:15 Jeep ride at Dugout Ranch and Canyonlands including Newspaper Rock
29:13 Dynamiting a boulder to clear a path for the Jeep
32:13 Driving Jeep on Elephant Hill Road and through Devils Lane
33:39 Visiting ruins in Beef Basin
35:47 Horned Lizard
36:10 Driving to Chesler Park
37:55 Camping in Chesler Park
40:53 Small planes landing and taking off in Chesler Park
43:06 Desert hiking
43:40 Jeep stuck in quicksand
44:33 Camp chores
45:02 Climbing up to Keyhole Ruins
49:07 Driving back to camp
51:33 Climbing up to the Big Ruins in Salt Creek Canyon
53:59 Wedding Ring Arch, Ruins & All American Man
55:23 Castle Arch in Horse Canyon
57:04 Leaving in the Jeep

 

Published on March 3, 2025

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