Rearview Glare Killing Me At Night

 

Actually front view glare is 100 times worse, but the rearview vs. super high vehicles with LED lights is terrible also. 

Read this all the way to final post... if want to try double tint on your rearview.

https://www.cadillacforums.com/threads/guys-i-really-need-a-flip-down-shade-for-rear-view-mirror.1122858/

He tried this brand, and while it was a major PITA, he said it was worth it: https://www.vehiclewrapping.com/auto-window-tinting/kdx-anti-glare-mirror-film/

And funny comments here, maybe there will be a good idea:

https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckyourheadlights

Health - Isometric exercise helps arteries

 They think. It probably applies to all exercise to a degree, but maybe isometric is extra. 

https://www.sciencealert.com/isometric-exercise-why-this-workout-regime-is-so-good-for-you

Then, once the contraction is relaxed, a sudden surge of blood flows into the blood vessels and muscle. This influx of blood brings more oxygen and (crucially) nitric oxide into the blood vessels – causing them to widen. This in turn reduces blood pressure. Over time, this action will reduce stiffness of the arteries, which may lower blood pressure.

Blur your house on google maps

 https://www.bobvila.com/articles/how-to-blur-your-house-on-google-maps/

Saw a house next to an AirBNB house was set to blur. 

White Pocket lady stuck in sand with 4x4 - And Coyote Buttes South

https://www.thewave.info/WhitePocketCode/Map.html   https://thewave.info/ has a ton of info about mult areas. 

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1ekv6sTH3Pkcn7_d5sAvIBmHCJvk&ll=36.95683796233982%2C-111.84235868664236&z=13

This link has ALL THE INFOS for Coyote Buttes South (easier but still nightly try for it permit), which shows a map, and the map also shows the non-permit-needed White Pocket. They say, if no 4x4, can do Coyote Buttes South and just walk extra 2.5 mi in sand. Hmmm, seems too much walking. 

https://nomadsinnature.com/blog/skip-the-wave-hike-south-coyote-buttes

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WHITEPOCKET: Yeah, just stop here at the scary sand sign, and walk the 0.25 miles, no biggie???

Actualy, check these other videos and comments. Sounds like it can get hairy well before the last warning section:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNMyYjrVO0M 

There is a specific route to White Pocket that is suggested - and it's not the sandy road leading from Paw Hole. Not sure if you made there considering your inquiry was 8 months ago.  Nevertheless, check out thewave.info for loads of information on the Coyote Butte/Vermillion Wilderness Area.

Appreciate the feedback. Ended up in a 4x4 Tahoe and made it no problem. However, I was glad I had a compressor, shovel, fix a flat and 2x8 sand ladders because it got very soft in some spots. Thanks!

Also, the off roading team had a "Stock Subaru Forester with 8.7 inch ground clearance (NOTE a Ford Explorer might only have 7.6 to 8.x ground clearance), and made it through the normal dirt road with sands, washboard, and deep rocky bumps with no problem. It DID have a problem getting back up the last 0.25 mi super sand area tho. And they admit that there was a rainstorm recently which made the sand EASIER, believe it or not. TIME 3:17 for that Subaru clearance vs. rock-bumps just fine part. 

GROUND CLEARANCE PER VEHICLE:

SMALL SUVs: Nissan Rogue 2021 has 8.2 inches of clearance... [vs.] ... compact SUVs of 2021. Its closest competitors are cars like the Honda CR-V (8.2 inches), the AWD version of the Hyundai Tucson (8.3 inches), the Toyota RAV4 (8.4 inches), and a little ahead of those the Subaru Forester and Outback (8.7 inches).

 On the lower end of small SUVs are crossover vehicles like the Kia Sportage (6.4 inches), the FWD version of the Hyundai Tucson (6.4 inches), the Mazda CX-5 (7.5 inches), the Chevy Equinox (7.6 inches), and the Ford Escape (7.8 inches).

Then there are the more off-road oriented small SUVs like the Jeep Wrangler (10.8 inches), the Ford Bronco (8.4 to 11.6 inches), and Bronco Sport (8.8 inches).

•  RAV4 (2024) = 8.4 inches 
• Mazda CX-5 (2021) = (7.5 inches) 
• Ford Ecosport (2024) = 7.8inch, (2018 -2020) = 7 in to 7.8 in (fancier version has higher)
•  Hyundai Kona = 6.3 in to 6.7 in
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MEDIUM SUVS: 

• Nissan Pathfinder (2022) = 7.1 in
• Equinox (2020-2022) = 7.9 in for AWD models, 8.0 in for Premiere AWD (7.6 in for non-AWD)
• Sante Fe = 6.9 inch

BIG SUVS:

• Chevy Suburban (2024) = 8 in - 10 in (I see AIRride, u can change it). 
• Ford Explorer MAX (2025) = 7.6 in. to (8.2 in. for Platinum)

---STUCK ppl below. STILL TEMPTING! Read somewhere afterwards that you just need to walk the last 0.25 mile when you see deep sand, and you'll be OK. ... ... I dunno, some of the vids looked pretty dang intense. ---

 See yt Hun.tress.308 video, Hiking white pocket [got stuck in sand and had to be rescued!]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC70embxMiU

***so the trick is, the very last quarter mile rd is the deep sand.  Just walk that part then u r at whote pocket, Arizona.  

Looks like a red ford truck… at time 13:52 it shows 4x4 on the side.  She earliermentioned trying 4 hi and 4 low, but still stuck. Smaller truck and not knobby tires. 

Rescue came and reduced air in tires. Rescuer was a std jeep w big tires.  

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See yt other vid by the off-roading team Jondz Adventuring “passport to: white pocket, az - sand trap!” Very interesting.  Cvt bad for subaru, but other subaru dis ok.  Jeeps and hi clearance did fine.  Gotta speed and momentum thru a lot. Around 15:30 minute mark. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek1Jc1mAg2g

Grand Canyon, Zion area hikes and sights

 Important NOTES up top

1. Candy cliffs drive from east not West --We re in the rockies says: East approach not west. West has sharp decline.
2. Zion's Observation Pt. https://theworldtravelguy.com/observation-point-zion-trail/ -> Gotta do East trail (easier anyhow, nice).
3. Petroglyphs to pools is BETWEEN Many Pools and Keyhole Canyon on google maps. https://www.10adventures.com/hikes/zion-national-park/petroglyph-pools-trail/ shows details and has this MAP link: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=37.22464,-112.90906
1. This map shows going N after get out of car/under road: https://hikestgeorge.com/hiking-trails/secret-petroglyphs-canyon-zion-national-park/
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Page area plus more (below is prior to Oct 27th, 2024 notes)

• Wahweap overlook (vast desert n faraway canyons, some buildings) (entering Page?)
• Wire pass (permit unlimited ) to Buckskin Gulch SLOT canyon (3mi in, 3 mi out… easy but long and best scenery). See WereintheRockies.com site. Other ppl say, You start with a 45 minute drive on a rough road. But once you get to the trailhead there is a huge parking lot. $6 a person for permits.
• https://www.crazyfamilyadventure.com/grand-staircase-escalante/#Hwy_12
• The new wave
• South Coyote Buttes 4-12 mi up to you, (easy permit to get), as good as The Wave, but 4x4 needed for 2.5 mi sand road. https://nomadsinnature.com/blog/skip-the-wave-hike-south-coyote-buttes
• Lone Rock, N. of Page.
• Old Paria - Old Paria Mesa is a big weird cool hunk of a rock, reddish, sitting next to highway as you drive by. 
  
  
  
• SKIP Grand Staircase Escalante - ??? isn't it a HUGE area, how do you "do this"... not a trail. View from afar? Signs on roads. One part showed the Toadstool hoodoos, heh. One guy explained to get the heart, it's a 20 or 40 mi scary dirt road.  
  
  
  
• Kodachrome basin park… only close to BRYCE, otherwise cant.
• Willis Creek SLOT canyon, near Kodachrome. 
• SKIP IF NO TIME. Coral pink sandunes
• Moqui cave museum and sand caves - the manmade sand caves, rly impressive though. 
• Cathedral Wash, Cathedral Rock, Balance Rock, Paria Beach & then Lee’s Ferry (bcuz every pull out is great. ) SW of Page, you'll hit Navajo Bridge also. 
• White Rocks betw Kanab & Page. 100 Toadstools, wow. 4-10 miles up to you. It's the circle. "It’s as if world-renowned animator Dr. Suess met 1960s-era psychedelic rock star Jerry Garcia, on the classic TV show The Twilight Zone" https://www.backroadswest.com/blog/white-rocks-grand-staircase-escalante/
• Toadstool Hoodoos trail, leaving Page halfway to Kanab.

 BRYCE CANYON, see this to pick a hike https://thethoroughtripper.com/best-hikes-in-bryce-canyon/#Is_it_a_Queen_or_a_Wizard. Basically, either the Queen + Navajo combo hike (moderate 3 mi. 652 ft gain at end of queen) or Mossy Cave (easier 1 mi.). 

• Belly of dragon, entering Zion from east. Manmade but fun. 
• SKIP, too far: Red canyon (AKA peekaboo slot) -in the backcountry of Utah’s southern desert so it's hard to get to with pros and cons for each option including experience, time constraints, and cost.
• Best friends animal sanctuary
• East Zion
• SKIP Glen canyon dam, no time. 
• SKIP-Vermillion cliffs and White Pocket. Would LOVE to, but... hours driving on bumpy sand road, getting stuck, no bathroom, etc. 
• GOT IT. -Antelope Canyon X
• Emerald pool lower, easy, magestic views of cliffs n mtns.
• …
• ABOVE HERE IS mostly THE DUDE'S LIST

 

Zion east side i think specifically

• The Hobbit Hole (drive from east?)
• Checkerboard from east.
• Belly of Dragon
• https://theworldtravelguy.com/observation-point-zion-trail/
• Observation pt… Gotta do East trail (easier anyhow, nice)

 

St. George / Zion area more

• Grafton ghost town leaving ZION to St. George (but... Kanab, the 100+ Hollywood westerns thing).
• Petroglyphs EASIEST in neighborhood. Bloomington Petroglyph park.
• Candy cliffs at sunset best, from east road maybe Leeds, Utah (west rd too steep) any car
• Snow canyon’s Jenny's SLOT canyon (easy 0.48 mi for roundtrip)
• Snow canyons Petrified Dunes!!
• Snow canyons white rock amphitheater (take the short trail) (like candy cliffs but no pink swirls).
• Snow canyon volcano / lava tubes. Probably don't walk up volcano, too much loose gravel and steep means you will fall on big jagged rocks. https://thethoroughtripper.com/cinder-cone-trail-snow-canyon/#Trailhead_Basics 
• Snow canyon Overlook via a Hidden trail (horse trail, near Snow canyon trail rides trail, south of their stables) (SW of red mtn trail) that has the best super view!
• Pioneer park has “the crack”, a short SLOT canyon right there. Busy.
• Pioneer park’s ARCHES, 2 medium, other small. See from parking, look up.
• Pioneer park has a TON of easy red rock crazies, like rt by parking. Eventually Dixie Rock.
• Desert garden by pioneer park. Free 

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Zion & nearby hikes

 Canyon overlook trail (1mi). *** best views

• ***Hobbit Hole (lower clear creek). 1.3 mi, 147 ft gain. Rocky.
• Dry hike next to narrows.
• Emerald pools (for the crazy cliff walls)
• Grotto trail ( mile hike nxt to rd)(downhill from grotto to lodge)
• Pa’Rus trail. Paved.

 Outside main canyon- drive self.

1. Willis creek narrows slot canyon. Easy get to.
2. Checkerboard mesa***great. East east.
3. Zion jeep tour
4. Cedar Breaks Ntl Monument (is Bryce Canyon junior, super cool)
5. Snow canyon state oark, is 1 hr away. No snow. Lava tube! Slick rock! Petrified sand dune!
6. TOO FAR - Valley of fire , closer to vegas. Suoer cool looking.
7. Grafton ghost town, Hollywood movies, Butch Cassidy n Sundance kid. . (Kanab town had 100 western movies).

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MORE NOTES 

Hobbit Hole near Zion
Via https://www.alltrails.com/en-gb/trail/us/utah/lower-clear-creek-the-hobbit-hole--2

This is a gem! Parking on the highway is limited east of the canyon overlook trail. Download the trail map before you go. No signs to mark your start but you know you are on the right trail… drop off the north side of highway down some slick rock and sand and look for the cool rock water underpass that goes under the highway. Travel south onto and along the trail. Enjoy some amazing slot canyon trails all to yourself! There is an old creek bed that goes off to the east that you can explore as deep as you wish. Moderate easy trail. Can be as short or long as you wish but if you love the canyons and slots— must try this. Family friendly if you have small ones :-)

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If you stay on the trail marked on All Trails, completely dry (no standing water). There was a branch that still had standing water but that wasn’t the trail mapped…so you don’t have to get wet if you don’t want. Had it completely to ourselves. Just beware of the open area as it could get very hot in direct sun. **tip: as mentioned previously, the slot canyon is near the beginning—so if you want a fun, interesting, short trail…follow the trail through the slot canyon and turn around at the “hobbit hole” arch.

The hobbit hole is a low arch at the end of the first slot canyon. Fun for kids but easy for adults to get through too. We went to the second slot canyon, which had stagnant water in it and planned to turn around. Then we saw hikers coming from a side trail, which we then took and hung out under a spacious rock ledge for about 30 minutes. Great hike for a hot day, with reluctant hikers, or for slot canyon lovers.

Mighty Men and Monster Maker

 https://13thdimension.com/how-the-classic-mighty-men-and-monster-maker-kit-taught-me-to-draw/

SF6 Does Jamie beat M.Bison?

 https://eventhubs.com/news/2024/oct/16/cpt-super-premier-singapore-results/

DFM|Naruo (Jamie) eliminated G8S|Pugera (M. Bison) 2-0.

DFM|Naruo (Jamie) eliminated IBSG|Yanai (M. Bison) 2-0.

This online fight looks very close at least, but Naruo's Jamie still winning even vs. Dogura: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asgkohebhOE , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7T-p5QjI_Q

Finally found a Bison that won vs. his Jamie, Hotdog29: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzPcYWlEZNM

Naruo also does a mean (ranked #9, was #2 two weeks ago) Terry vs. Bison (Nemo), winning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLOxj-9Dxss

Boat tour in Page, AZ?

https://www.boatrentalslakepowell.com/tours/rainbow-bridge/

Seems like not possible in Nov. from the usual BIG boat thingies that have bathrooms. If you go in Nov., gonna have to get a small speed boat or something with no bathroom breaks for the ladies. 

Arizona and Utah rocks vs. Enemy Mine movie location

 https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/utah/wire-pass-trail Buckskin Gluch, can just do beginning  

Willis Creek slot canyon, https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/utah/willis-creek-narrows-trail

Next is The New Wave.  https://www.travelinusa.us/the-new-wave-page/

Dont forget Candy Cliffs in Yant Flat… near St. George, UT in or near Snow Canyon. https://hikestgeorge.com/hiking-trails/yant-flat-candy-cliffs/

Toadstool hoodoos, https://adventuresofaplusk.com/visiting-the-toadstool-hoodoos

Rainbow bridge, https://thenatureseeker.com/how-to-hike-to-rainbow-bridge/

White Pocket is most alien, https://www.travelinusa.us/white-pocket-arizona/

Enemy Mine, partly filmed in Canary Islands  https://wherefilmed.org/en/Enemy-Mine1985/

Dinosaurs, older drawings, 1800 to 1980ish

And mistake dinos.

Try ty’s The Budget Museum’s “when scientists make up dinosaurs “

 Agathaumus on dinosaurpictures.org

Microplastics - Magic Erasers, Yep

Of course something that works so strangely and suspiciously well has to be putting sh*tty microplastics all over you. I always had a weird distrust of them, now I really don't trust 'em. 

https://www.housedigest.com/847635/the-untold-truth-of-magic-erasers/

Grammar Time: Worth vs. Worth It

 So “Worth” is a weird word. People using it wrong on the internet a lot lately. Really in common every day speech, 9 times out of 10, you’d say “worth it”... like,

That isn’t worth it.

Or,

It is worth it to exercise regularly.

 

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The only time time you use “worth” without “it” ... is when it is followed by an -ing word... or another specific noun.

Example: It isn’t worth worrying about.

Example: It isn’t worth poodoo.    (Star Wars reference). 

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A random website guy said it this way:

 

Worth acts as a Preposition. That's why it's normally followed by a Noun, a Pronoun or a Gerund (my note: a gerund is an -ing word, which turns it into a noun).

Ex.

It's worth a try.

It's worth it.

It's worth trying.

 

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The dictionary says it can be a noun or preposition 99% of the time.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worth

Noun example: A dollar’s worth of gas.

Noun example: ...trying to teach human worth.

 

Preposition example: Well worth the effort.

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Kaiju movie- Monster from a Prehistoric Planet

 Never ran into it before, I kinda like it. The big statue topple scene at 21 minutes in is impressive.  The giant rocky cave, the pure rock island… I guess these are all on some islands around Japan.  Later you get loads of 1960s Japan culture… print magazines, attitude toward natives on an island (the main folks just take stuff), saving face (you want Me to apologize to them for your screwup? says the rich boss guy), the young girl suggesting her teqcher/nanny would make a new mom to the embarrassment of the rich bows guy dad….

Early on, i love that they are all wearing matching safari outfits, hats and all… but why are they?

Why does one of the parent monsters carry a giant octopus in its mouth? Betting to feed Baby.