SURVIVING A NIGHT IN AMERICA'S LARGEST SAND DUNES (crazy sand storm)
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#vanlife / Travel vlog 727 | Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado | Filmed July, 2020
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Cougars hate people. They avoid us like the plague. The only time you might encounter a cougar is if you come into their territory or there are cubs around. They also aren't likely to snack on adult humans. Also, those tracks look too small to be a cougar's. They could be canines or a smaller wild cat.
Doubt people will see this but funny story about the sand dunes. Me and my family decided to go during the summer at night to look at the stars and hangout. We had about 20 mintues of fun until we heard some odd buzzing noise. It was a swarm of bitting Nats and we ran as fast as we could. (We were about 1/2 mile in) and you saw how big the dunes were. It was a warm summer night so we were wearing shorts and t-shirts and were covered in bug bites for the rest of the week. Now we laugh about it all the time.
Those are lady 👓 Nate!
Is no one gonna talk about having to poop and pee out there like Dedication just for that
you guys are the best
yall guys are soooooooooo cooooool
Where is this....? Why don't you state this in the comments or title...?
love these 2
Your kids are gonna be so jealous lol
i have searched up diffrent types of foot prints and turns out those foot prints could be cyotes
16:28 I just burst out laughing at Kara's face
I stopped watching before y'all left TN b/c covid made me mad jealous of anyone traveling in any capacity lol. But now I get to binge watch and that's the best.
Was Kara in her socks by the end of the hike? Did anyone notice?
We go there every single year on our way to colorado
i love yalls channel! i watch it every day!
how did you feell nate when you extended your fist and she said to herself- not now
next time nate roll the sleeping bag tight then put in the bag. you haven't been using sleeping bags for 5 years. Odd. and questionable..you can not do this correctly.
I camped there a few weeks ago in -8° thinking how nice it’d be in the summer and yet this doesn’t seem much better! haha
I live right next to there and went there this summer
You guys are so courageous
i love how you guys show how things are REALLY like and not just the good things! Love the vlogs
To all the people that say they use a drone to get their shots instead of walking ahead and setting up a tripod, I can assure you being the owner of a drone it would be near impossible to keep it that still in those strong winds. You can also clearly see (13:25) in some of the shots that they use a tripod.
Glad you guys did it so I didn’t have too!
I was so lucky to grow up 45 minutes from the Great Sand Dunes and have experiences like this growing up!
I prety positive they are some sort of bobcat which is a way smaller almost a fox sized cat
wow crazy to know that ive been there!
Now I know that if I were to do this I should probably get some goggles for hiking 😁
Bobcat not a mountain lion.
I love your video! I love the sand dunes. They bring me back to my youth. My son and I went on a road trip my first time driving a whole trip by myself. I can't believe we hiked it, I can't believe we drove it. My video at 7:27 There is no easy way my son told me. ( cnworld.info/free/daOgzIq2rV1vnpI/sh-p-n ) and I'm at your video 9:39 thinking you are way farther than I ever could imagine of getting. Props to you 👏🏻
the fact that they set up the camera in different places to start the walk over and that they get to do what they love s hands done the best thing ever
I love you guys have posted a video today
Nate: brushes sand off arm Nate 2 seconds later: leans back on arm on sand 😭😂
Iam from india I like your videos
It's so crazy watching this video , I was there in October and went boarding and crashed on my first sand dune, broke my wrist and had to turn around hike back out a mile to try and find the nearest ER which was 45 mins away. Longest hike and longest 45 mins of my life lol 😂 turns out I essentially broke my hand away from my arm because I crushed my distal radius and ulna bones yikes.
Please make more vids
Have you been to Australia with your van
I cnar believe they set the camera up to film them walking and then they had to walk all the way bakc to get it thats dedication
I live in Colorado!
Nate yawns 🥱 me yawning after.. YOU MADE ME YAWN Lol
Those are tracks of a running mountain lion or at least from what I’ve seen
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My heart broke when Kara was talking about how the harsh sand was hurting her. They are so amazing for pushing through!
You guys look like self heating food packets 😂
This was the first time she didn’t get her morning coffee like she always gets as she’s waking up ☕️
I love watching you you are the best and crazy people alive
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The way he wakes Kara up always 😍😍
Next vlog: living in the sand castle that we made off camera .lol
I would've worn goggles, can not deal with sand. Kudos
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Sleeping with spiders and snakes I'd rather see a cat track
You guys get wet and then the sand blows oh, you're going to look like little emery boards
Hiiiii i am ur biggest fan
it’s hilarious when the girl talks she sounds like she is reading a book 🤣 lmaaoooooo
Right now i am eating pasta
They should not where shoes in the desert because I live in the U.A.E and we don't wear shoes because it's more comftorable and it gives positive energy and it helps to not slip from the dunes and we drive our cars on the dunes lol
I live in CO and we just bought a teardrop. So excited to spend more time out!
And I thought walking over the dunes to get to the beach at the outer banks was tiring lol
ok but like... imagine if you got lost
Did y’all ever find out what type of tracks those were?
OMG that is a mountain lion
I just subscribed!
my uh hands do smell like fish tho
Amazing video
Hi guys, love the channel. Those are coyote tracks, and they naturally get laid down in couplets. Coyotes are usually very shy, and this one was probably shocked once she realized you were out there. Big cat tracks are about 400% larger, laid down evenly, not paired, and are in nearly a straight line. actually, if a person looks down a line of lion tracks they will make very slight lazy "s's", often with a tail dip alternating with the stride. If you're nearRockies
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So thissssss is what they meant by living the life
What a lovely couple!! Got a new sub here
Motion lion it's a hoof print
Air mattress, swimming goggles, heated blanket.
You guys are epic.
no fair i want a Nate
Ski goggles work well for keeping the sand out of your eyes.
I love how Nate always makes Kara coffee it’s so cute
I’ve been there it’s so fun and I’m only 7
Saying in CO is 'if you don't like the weather, wait 10 minutes' 😊
Hey guys. I live in Colorado. The sand dunes are amazing. If you guys are looking for a beautiful hike and a beautiful lake you guys should look into hiking up to lily lake. It’s a great hike and amazing views!
They are so cute together. I wish I could go all of those places. With a home on wheels now that’s awesome. Sleeping in sand doom wow that’s courageous.
That’s just random stuff I thought about during this video.
Bro we have our cabin here I saw Blanca and just saying we are going to hike mount Blanca
Those are bobcat. Tracks or mountain lions
There life sounds so fun! But I don’t think I could do it bc I get car sick easily :( but when I grow up I want to travel
Mad respect for this series. Grew up in Salida co right next to sand dunes. I get this experience
Those look too small to be mountain lion. Maybe bobcat but likely coyoye
THEY WENT TO MISSOURI !!!!!!!!
I went there, it was really fun but very tiring!
16:27 LMAO THATS MY FACE WHEN MY MOM REALIZED I CLOGGED THE TOILET!!!
LMAOOO
Being a Colorado native I love this video 👍🏼
Sand is my worst nightmare. The whole thing gives me anxiety!
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This is so crazy !!! How guys didn't got lost in all these dunes
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I know for a fact I am not the only one that came into the comments to see if anyone knew what animal made those tracks
I love them but they also put there selves in dangerous conditions...and they never know exactly what there doing I hope one day they don’t die trying to push the extreme
You guys are amazing I love you guys keep up the good work
I'm super curios what the foot steps were. Lol
They make it seem like it’s dangerous/challenging to camp there. Thousands of people do it every year, many with young children. This national park is not very big and is so safe that dogs are allowed. Also, did they wait till the weather got bad to go so no one else would be there, or were they not smart enough to check the wind forecast? The park get over half a million people per year, and is not remote by any reasonable standards. Those are bobcat tracks, which are far more common in the park than mountain lions. If they did any preparation, they would know that. There are so many other things wrong with this video that make these two look stupid/weak/deceptive. At best, They sound like stereotypical tourists who have never camped before and have no idea what they are doing.
I love there bus
You guys are so cute together, I'm old school and I love you too,. Watching your videos you make me happy when watching your videos.
Kinda looks like you guys camped on the moon!