An EASIER Backway to Crown King, Arizona
Check out Matt & Nicole's video of the trip here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKGFuImXf78
The Senator Highway is one of the more popular and beginner friendly routes in Arizona. But I've heard there is a way to get there from the South. Somewhere around Lake Pleasant. But if you know me, I'm a chicken when it comes to off roading. And there is the fact that people told me the traditional back route to Crown King was SERIOUS off roading. Take the wrong turn and you could get into serious trouble.
So like all things outdoors, when I'm in doubt, I turn to people who know more than I do. In this case, it was Matt and Nicole Kester. If you don't know them, check out their overlanding channel:
2nd Hand Overland https://www.youtube.com/c/2ndHandOverland
As a side note, Nicole recently started a true crime/mystery podcast called Valley of the Lost Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf-siCU1unJdEWAZwxMh_Xw
If you still aren't convinced, check out our trip from a few months back where we drove part of the Senator Highway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csoKbJ0K26c
So we made plans and met up, taking a route that Matt originally told me he knew was more mellow than the notorious back road to Crown King.
Turns out he really had no idea and was just guessing at some roads he pieced together, but he sounded confident and I am naive, so off we went. Did we make it? Guess you'll have to watch to find out.
Music by Epidemic Sound:
Walking Back Home - J. F. Gloss
Raise Your Shoes - Splasher!
2mg - Auxjack
Morning - E Grieg
Calm - Amber Glow
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Filmed on:
GoPro Hero 9 Black:
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Canon EOS R:
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Canon 35 mm f1.8 lens
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Weebil S gimbal for your DSLR:
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