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A great philosopher
once said, "The world is a book,
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and those who don't travel
read only one page."
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Well, I've gotta say,
I've read a few pages,
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and I'm not crazy about the book.
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I don't look forward to traveling
for a number of reasons.
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When it's too cold, I'm not comfortable.
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Ice swimming, naked?
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- Yes.
- Well, that's a terrific invitation.
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When it's too warm, guess what?
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I'm not comfortable.
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I can't move that fast.
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But I'm 75.
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- You need some help?
- No, I got it.
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And maybe it's time to expand my horizons.
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Oh, my God.
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First time I've had my hand up
an elephant's ass.
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On the plus side,
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I'm staying at some unbelievable hotels.
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Oh, my. This is spectacular.
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The catch is, I've also agreed
to explore what lies outside.
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- Watch your step.
- No kidding.
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- Beautiful mountain.
- That's a volcano.
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That's a volcano?
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A world I've spent my whole life avoiding.
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Whoa. Sadie.
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Oh, my God.
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Just surviving would be great.
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This is the last time I have five vodkas
with a Finn.
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This landscape is as alien-looking
as anything I've ever seen.
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There's just a lot of nothing.
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So much nothing.
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And me.
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This is my first time in the desert,
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and I can honestly say,
it doesn't hold too much appeal for me.
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I mean, granted the total lack of humidity
is good for my hair, and that's a plus.
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But I don't think I'd wanna spend
a lot of time...
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out here, to be honest.
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And I know from experience,
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just because the situation is bad,
doesn't mean it can't get worse.
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Did I ever mention
I have a thing about heights?
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Mr. Levy, sir. Good morning.
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I'm Tony. I'm gonna be your pilot today.
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- Tony. Eugene.
- Pleasure.
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This is gonna be
a beautiful scenic flight.
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I want you to be able
to look around and enjoy it.
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I can't really look off a bridge.
So we'll see how this goes.
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I'm thinking "Not well."
But I'm sure this is all perfectly safe.
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This is a personal flotation device.
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It would just go around the waist,
click together like so,
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- tighten it facing out. Okay?
- Yeah.
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Have you ever worn
a flotation device before?
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No, never needed one.
Never come that close to death before.
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- Sure.
- But it's good to know it's--
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- that it's here.
- Okay.
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We'll get seated and get on our way.
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- Okay.
- Right this way.
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Utah is the 45th state of the USA,
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but I think you can sense
the real state I'm in right now.
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Let the screaming begin.
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It's called absolute terror.
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Okay. Here we go.
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God.
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- It's a little shaky.
- How are you doing over there?
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You know, not bad.
I'll be opening my eyes momentarily.
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- Don't let fear paralyze you.
- Okay.
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I haven't seen the view yet,
to be honest. I'm looking out now.
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It looks like we're flying right
into that wall, Tony.
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We're gonna shoot right over top of that.
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Yeah, way over top of it.
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Oh, my God.
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Off to the right-hand side,
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you're getting
the wonderful Horseshoe Bend.
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I'm gonna roll us just a touch
to the right here
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to give you the full experience.
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Yikes.
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That's a long way down, Tony.
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Next stop, the beautiful Tower Butte,
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towering above the landscape
about 300 meters above the ground.
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- You're gonna land up there?
- Yes, sir.
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I want to be able to show
you the views around this place.
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Yeah, I've seen the views.
Much appreciated.
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Not sure we need to land on them.
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Here we go.
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Tony,
I don't wanna tell you how to do your job.
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Doesn't quite look big enough.
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Oh, my God.
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All right, sir. Welcome to Tower Butte.
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I'd assumed things
would be less terrifying
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when I got out of the helicopter.
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I was wrong.
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- Just watch your step.
- No kidding.
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- Welcome to the million-dollar view.
- Wow.
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All this land that we're looking at now,
would this be a conservation area?
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We're actually on Navajo Nation land.
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- This is Navajo land.
- Very sacred place for the Navajo.
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Wow. So, looking at these buttes,
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you get the sense that everything
was at this level.
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That's exactly right.
About 165 million years ago,
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where we're standing
would have been ground level everywhere
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as far as you could see.
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So, what's next?
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Well, Tony thinks we should try
and plummet off the edge of this cliff.
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We'll see how this goes.
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All right, sir. Are you ready?
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Okay. Here we go.
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Oh, baby!
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Yikes!
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That was as close to falling off
a cliff as I've ever come.
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All right, Eugene.
As we come around the corner,
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you get your first view of the hotel.
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The main resort's out in front of us here.
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That right there?
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You can hardly see it.
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And there she is.
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The Amangiri.
My home for the next few days.
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The things I put myself through.
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- All right, sir, welcome.
- Nice landing.
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They tell me that "Amangiri"
means "peaceful mountain".
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And at over $3,000 a night,
that's some pretty expensive peace.
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Wow. This place is beautiful.
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Hello. Welcome to Amangiri.
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- Thanks. Hi.
- I'm Kauri. Nice to meet you.
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Eugene. Nice to meet you.
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Kauri is here to show me to my suite.
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Oh, my.
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And help pick my jaw up off the floor.
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It's absolutely breathtaking.
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After you.
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This is nice.
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This is our Girijaala Suite,
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which in Sanskrit
means "mountainous ridge."
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I just love the way this is done.
Look at this.
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Even the umbrellas and the hats,
and the stick blend in with where we are.
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It's like they took the color scheme
right from my wardrobe
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and made a whole world out of it.
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And then your private patio's here.
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I love the way this hotel sits
in with the landscape.
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Well, the land is very important
to us here.
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We do try and embrace the cultural values
of the Native Americans.
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I myself actually am Navajo.
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So that's something
that I appreciate about the resort.
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Well, that is something that I would love
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to learn a little bit more of
while I'm here.
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- Of course.
- That's for sure.
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Now, this resort is built on federal land,
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but it sits on the edge of
the Navajo Nation,
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the largest Native American reservation
in the US.
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It fits in perfectly
with its surroundings,
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which is not a feeling I'm familiar with.
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Look at this place.
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This is spectacular.
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I just can't imagine what it took
to build this oasis in the desert.
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But thankfully I don't have to.
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I'll leave that up to Marwan,
one of the hotel's architects.
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So, this is the first epic view
you get since coming into the hotel?
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Exactly. In a way, we wanted
to take the view away from you
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because when you start to arrive
at the hotel,
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you're pinched in between
this concrete wall and the existing rock,
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and you're not quite sure
where you're going.
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And then you come up these stairs,
and after taking it away, bang.
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We wanted to provide something really,
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- really dramatic.
- It's absolutely majestic.
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How do you come up
with something like this?
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Personally,
it comes from a lot of traveling.
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Whether it's in Morocco or even in Japan,
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and you look at kind of
a lot of vernacular architecture,
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it's quite simple and basic
but to me very elegant.
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So, that aspect of simplicity
can be very luxurious.
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And do you think it is society craving
a simpler way to go?
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I do.
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And I think one of the reasons
this hotel has become so successful
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is it brings people back to that.
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Marwan has laid out the hotel in two wings
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to ensure all 34 suites get to enjoy
the real star of the show.
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The idea was, do this kind of, like,
cinematic window
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- to get the drama of where you are.
- Right.
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And, you know,
there is a history of the West, obviously,
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that we're trying to pick up on.
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- From westerns by John Ford...
- Yeah.
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...Sergio Leone with the Panavision screen.
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There it is.
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This says John Ford to me.
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It's like the whole place
is completely at one with the desert
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in the same way that I,
just as completely, am not.
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This is amazing
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how this pool swoops around
this beautiful-looking rock right here.
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For us, it was kind of about
how to abstract the landscape.
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- Yeah.
- Basically, water, rock, sky.
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We can't outdo these rocks,
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but we can allow people
to appreciate them in different ways.
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This is so brilliant
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how you have picked up
every texture you can imagine
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from the landscape around it.
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This is a kind of break in the wing
where you get this slot canyon
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and it gives you this nice view out.
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And what are slot canyons?
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They're these narrow
slivers of eroded rock
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that are curving in different directions,
and it's all eroded by wind and water.
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And the way light filters
through there is absolutely magical.
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- Wow. Would love to see that.
- Definitely should see it.
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To get to meet the guy
that designed this place
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and have him take you around
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and explain where
this whole thing started?
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For me,
those are the kind of things I love.
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I enjoyed it. I wonder if he did.
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Maybe he's a better actor than I am.
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Didn't know it was gonna be this cold.
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Nighttime desert, cold but beautiful.
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Geographically,
you can look around this place
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and you have such
a strong sense of history.
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It's as close to looking
at the creation of the planet
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as any place I've ever seen.
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The Native Americans
are the history of this country.
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So, I think the connection
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to their culture is something
I wanna know more about.
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So I slept very soundly.
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Full marks to the hotel.
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But now the most important
part of my stay.
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Breakfast.
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When it comes to food,
I'm there in a big way.
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It's my favorite part of the job.
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- Erik.
- Hello. Good morning.
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- Good to see you, sir.
- Good to see you as well.
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So, do you cook a lot?
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I barbecue.
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I can't say I'm a cook
because there's too much involved.
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So I just put some meat on a grill
and then I'm pretty good at that.
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We're gonna make a pancake this morning.
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- It's one of our staples a--
- Pancakes?
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- Pancakes.
- Okay.
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You'd think in a place like Amangiri,
you know, that you might find a--
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kind of a higher-end
kind of "foufou-ish" menu.
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If it's too Michelin, for me,
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it's sometimes tough
to find something you really want to eat.
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That's right. A lot of the guests do like
that hometown feel.
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Yeah.
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Now I'm gonna go inside here
and reach for the hot pan.
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All right. You got it.
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Grab my clarified butter,
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and then
we'll just pop it inside the oven.
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So it sizzles in clarified butter
in a wood oven.
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Oh, my God. This sounds incredible.
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Don't let the homespun cooking fool you.
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This place is the A-listers retreat
of choice.
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The trouble is,
I know Erik is strictly forbidden
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from revealing who they are.
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Almost there.
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This is the fun part right here.
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Let's see if I can
subtly introduce the topic.
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So, if I said, "Has George Clooney
sampled your pancakes?"
251
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- You would say...
- I can't confirm or deny.
252
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Can't confirm or deny.
253
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Have you made a pancake for Brad Pitt?
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I take that as a yes.
255
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If I just gave you initials
256
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and you just nodded, would that be--
257
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I can say Eugene Levy was here.
258
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How sweet is that?
259
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- Little maple syrup on top of it for you?
- Yes, please.
260
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I'm Canadian, maybe I didn't mention.
261
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- Wow.
- Please enjoy.
262
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Wow, is that good.
263
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Awesome. Thank you.
264
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- That is the most amazing pancake...
- Thank you so much.
265
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...I've ever had.
266
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And what did George Clooney say
when he had one of these?
267
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Now, I've come here to have
a life-changing experience,
268
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and these pancakes definitely qualify.
269
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Ask a cardiologist.
270
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But apparently, I've got to say goodbye
to Erik and venture out.
271
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I'm dressing a little on the warm side
272
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'cause I think the air actually
gets chilly out here this time of year.
273
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Local guide Raymond is taking me
to see the natural phenomenon
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which partly inspired
the design of the hotel.
275
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It's a pleasure to be
with you this morning
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as we make our way to the slot canyons.
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I'm excited to see them.
Do you live in this area yourself?
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I'm born and raised. So, you know,
279
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this area here is really tied deep
to my roots.
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I gotta be honest.
281
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When I think of slots in the desert,
I tend to have Vegas in mind.
282
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But Southern Utah has more of these
slot canyons
283
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than anywhere else in the world.
284
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Wow. This is incredible.
285
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Look at this.
286
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The geology of this rock
would be about 190 million years old.
287
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Over the ages, the elements
have reshaped this landscape
288
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that's all around me.
289
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This is what happens
when nature creates its own cathedral.
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And then you would have
291
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high volumes of wind
that would create all this smoothness
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that we would see right here.
293
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How significant are these canyons
to the Navajo people?
294
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There's a lot of different storytelling
295
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that they have about these in my culture.
296
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So they say that these canyons here are
actually shaped and carved
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from everyone and anyone's adversity
that they may have faced in life.
298
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So, when you have those moments
that you deal with adversity,
299
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when you take those deep breaths that--
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Wind.
301
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It would carry that negativity,
that adversity,
302
00:18:26,775 --> 00:18:29,361
it would blow it into these slot canyons.
303
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- Turning negative--
- Into beauty.
304
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- Thoughts into beauty.
- Yeah, exactly.
305
00:18:35,867 --> 00:18:36,910
Looking at this place,
306
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- I think those prayers have worked.
- Yeah.
307
00:18:40,121 --> 00:18:41,581
Yeah, definitely.
308
00:18:43,792 --> 00:18:46,670
What I picked up from Raymond
is that there's--
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there's more here than meets the eye.
310
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There's more going on here
than just history and geology.
311
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- Good? Nice.
- Yeah.
312
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I'm 75, Raymond,
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00:19:06,523 --> 00:19:10,735
and I can't believe
that it's taken me this long
314
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to get to this part of the country,
and I'm almost embarrassed to say that.
315
00:19:19,452 --> 00:19:22,706
The desert wind doesn't just sweep
away negative thoughts.
316
00:19:23,206 --> 00:19:27,210
It's powerful enough to also sweep away
the reluctant thoughts
317
00:19:27,210 --> 00:19:29,379
of a creature of habit like me,
318
00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:34,259
because I have, and this is not
a phrase I'm accustomed to using,
319
00:19:35,051 --> 00:19:38,513
booked an afternoon's outdoorsy activity.
320
00:19:39,806 --> 00:19:41,308
Going horseback riding.
321
00:19:44,769 --> 00:19:48,648
So I know what you're thinking.
Am I really a horse person?
322
00:19:49,357 --> 00:19:51,276
I've never been a horse person.
323
00:19:51,860 --> 00:19:54,321
I never know when a horse is happy.
324
00:19:56,364 --> 00:19:57,532
Do you know what I mean?
325
00:19:58,533 --> 00:20:02,412
You know when a dog is happy to see you.
But I don't know if a horse actually--
326
00:20:02,412 --> 00:20:05,874
Does he wag his tail
when he's happy to see you?
327
00:20:08,126 --> 00:20:11,713
But I grew up,
just about every television show
328
00:20:13,381 --> 00:20:16,343
in prime time was a western.
329
00:20:16,343 --> 00:20:21,765
You know, Roy Rogers, The Cisco Kid,
Wild Bill Hickok.
330
00:20:22,349 --> 00:20:25,769
Let's go start my own western.
331
00:20:27,437 --> 00:20:28,438
Hi.
332
00:20:28,438 --> 00:20:29,814
Howdy.
333
00:20:30,690 --> 00:20:31,691
How are you?
334
00:20:31,691 --> 00:20:34,361
- I'm good. I'm Eugene.
- Good. I'm Brooke.
335
00:20:34,361 --> 00:20:37,113
- Brooke, how you doing?
- Good. You wanna meet the horses?
336
00:20:37,113 --> 00:20:39,032
Sounds like an odd game show.
337
00:20:39,783 --> 00:20:41,576
- Who's this?
- This is Sadie.
338
00:20:41,576 --> 00:20:43,203
Hey, Sadie.
339
00:20:44,120 --> 00:20:46,206
- Is this my horse?
- This is your horse.
340
00:20:46,206 --> 00:20:50,085
Okay. She can sense that, you know,
"We got a newbie."
341
00:20:51,795 --> 00:20:53,046
No, she's very sweet.
342
00:20:53,046 --> 00:20:57,217
The last time I was on a horse was about
343
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50 years ago
344
00:21:00,220 --> 00:21:02,305
- when I went riding with a friend.
- Okay.
345
00:21:02,305 --> 00:21:07,143
And the two horses sideswiped each other.
346
00:21:07,811 --> 00:21:10,438
- I got thrown off...
- Oh, no.
347
00:21:10,438 --> 00:21:12,440
...but luckily we landed in brush
348
00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:13,692
- and, you know--
- Didn't get hurt.
349
00:21:13,692 --> 00:21:18,029
And I got up and I thought,
"Well, maybe they are too big to get on."
350
00:21:19,239 --> 00:21:20,949
You look like you're ready to play polo.
351
00:21:20,949 --> 00:21:22,492
A little spot of polo...
352
00:21:22,492 --> 00:21:24,494
- Yes.
- ...and then off to cricket.
353
00:21:24,494 --> 00:21:25,704
How's that?
354
00:21:28,748 --> 00:21:30,083
- Good?
- Yeah.
355
00:21:30,917 --> 00:21:35,881
And this is why cowboys
never wore glasses. Not a good look.
356
00:21:35,881 --> 00:21:36,965
How's that feel?
357
00:21:36,965 --> 00:21:40,176
Well, it kind of feels like a wishbone.
358
00:21:40,176 --> 00:21:43,096
- Okay. The loose is go, okay?
- Okay.
359
00:21:43,096 --> 00:21:44,848
- Yep, and then just lean back.
- That's a good girl.
360
00:21:44,848 --> 00:21:47,183
Yeah, and then just put your heels down
when you stop.
361
00:21:47,183 --> 00:21:49,895
All right. Are we ready?
362
00:21:49,895 --> 00:21:52,772
Maybe the horse is ready. I'm not.
363
00:21:52,772 --> 00:21:54,482
All right. Come over here, Sadie.
364
00:21:54,482 --> 00:21:56,359
Whoa. Sadie.
365
00:21:56,359 --> 00:21:59,946
- Whoa. Sadie!
- Okay, honey.
366
00:21:59,946 --> 00:22:01,156
Tighten your reigns up.
367
00:22:01,156 --> 00:22:03,867
Okay, so just keep your reins
a little tighter
368
00:22:03,867 --> 00:22:05,827
- and then she won't do that to you.
- Yeah.
369
00:22:06,703 --> 00:22:07,996
No. Come on, baby.
370
00:22:07,996 --> 00:22:10,415
- Come on. That's it.
- There you go.
371
00:22:10,415 --> 00:22:12,876
Yeah, totally in control.
That's the name of the game.
372
00:22:13,710 --> 00:22:15,462
You gotta let 'em know who's boss, right?
373
00:22:16,379 --> 00:22:17,464
Whoa.
374
00:22:20,425 --> 00:22:23,386
Now, I'm told there are
seven miles of horse trails,
375
00:22:23,386 --> 00:22:27,015
which for me would be
about six and a half too many.
376
00:22:29,226 --> 00:22:32,354
I don't know whether I would have
gotten back on a horse,
377
00:22:32,354 --> 00:22:38,068
but I'm doing my best trying to do things
that I wouldn't normally do.
378
00:22:38,068 --> 00:22:39,736
Are you feeling like a cowboy?
379
00:22:39,736 --> 00:22:43,365
I'm feeling like
the worst possible cowboy.
380
00:22:43,365 --> 00:22:46,660
This is one cowboy that will never
have his own movie.
381
00:22:47,827 --> 00:22:51,456
The only thing I'm missing
is chewin' tobacco and my gun.
382
00:22:51,456 --> 00:22:55,001
We carry guns
to shoot the rattlesnakes and the coyotes.
383
00:22:57,337 --> 00:23:00,298
Have you come across a rattlesnake
on a trail ride?
384
00:23:00,298 --> 00:23:01,383
Yes.
385
00:23:01,383 --> 00:23:04,261
That's it. Heart's palpitating.
386
00:23:07,722 --> 00:23:10,809
For some reason,
Sadie decides to spare my life
387
00:23:11,393 --> 00:23:13,103
and I get back to the hotel.
388
00:23:14,521 --> 00:23:16,231
My bed seems to be calling,
389
00:23:16,231 --> 00:23:19,276
but tonight I have front-row tickets
to quite the show.
390
00:23:20,986 --> 00:23:25,156
A private stargazing session
with Navajo guide Mylo.
391
00:23:26,116 --> 00:23:27,576
- How you doing, Eugene?
- How are you?
392
00:23:27,576 --> 00:23:28,743
I am doing so great.
393
00:23:28,743 --> 00:23:29,995
- Good to have you out here.
- Wow.
394
00:23:29,995 --> 00:23:32,622
My job is to sit back and look up,
395
00:23:33,248 --> 00:23:36,668
and I'm pretty confident
I can do that really well.
396
00:23:37,419 --> 00:23:39,546
There anything up there
that's important to you?
397
00:23:40,046 --> 00:23:44,926
You have a sense that
you're kind of relatively insignificant
398
00:23:44,926 --> 00:23:47,012
- in the giant scheme of things.
- Yeah.
399
00:23:47,012 --> 00:23:48,930
Well,
we're gonna explore that a little bit
400
00:23:48,930 --> 00:23:51,683
according to some
of our traditional stories.
401
00:23:51,683 --> 00:23:52,809
All right.
402
00:23:53,310 --> 00:23:55,186
Earlier,
I made little wood chips over there.
403
00:23:55,186 --> 00:23:57,689
If you can grab those,
I'll get these bigger logs and...
404
00:23:57,689 --> 00:23:59,733
- Sure.
- ...we'll get warm.
405
00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:03,320
When's the last time you built a fire?
406
00:24:05,530 --> 00:24:07,032
Never.
407
00:24:07,032 --> 00:24:09,868
Okay. Well, we're getting there.
408
00:24:09,868 --> 00:24:11,661
You know where the North Star is at?
409
00:24:17,208 --> 00:24:19,920
I should know where it's at.
410
00:24:21,338 --> 00:24:22,797
I think it's in this...
411
00:24:24,049 --> 00:24:25,717
- Yeah.
- ...general area.
412
00:24:25,717 --> 00:24:26,968
It's actually right over there.
413
00:24:26,968 --> 00:24:29,221
- That's what I meant.
- Yeah.
414
00:24:29,221 --> 00:24:31,681
- And so in our creation story...
- Yes.
415
00:24:31,681 --> 00:24:33,475
...that was one of the original first stars
416
00:24:33,475 --> 00:24:35,560
that was placed
so it'd be the brightest one.
417
00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:37,729
They said no matter where our people go,
418
00:24:37,729 --> 00:24:39,439
they will always be able
to look up at night
419
00:24:39,439 --> 00:24:41,191
to remember teachings that we have.
420
00:24:42,317 --> 00:24:46,071
Is there a lesson
in what we're seeing up there?
421
00:24:46,738 --> 00:24:49,324
My grandpa is such a wise man.
422
00:24:49,324 --> 00:24:51,493
And one thing that he taught me
when I was a kid was,
423
00:24:51,493 --> 00:24:54,246
we're made of the same material
as those stars.
424
00:24:54,246 --> 00:24:58,291
He said, "Just remember, all these stars
are like all the people on Earth,
425
00:24:58,291 --> 00:25:01,711
because when you connect that star
to this star,
426
00:25:02,212 --> 00:25:04,548
multiple generations are connecting."
427
00:25:04,548 --> 00:25:07,342
Grandpa always said
that we're all important,
428
00:25:07,968 --> 00:25:10,887
just like every single star
that is out here.
429
00:25:11,471 --> 00:25:14,474
Wow. That's very enriching, Mylo.
430
00:25:15,392 --> 00:25:20,605
I said, looking at the stars,
I feel somewhat insignificant.
431
00:25:21,189 --> 00:25:25,610
And I think what you're telling me is
that when you look out
432
00:25:25,610 --> 00:25:30,156
into that vast night sky,
that I should feel significant.
433
00:25:30,991 --> 00:25:32,284
Shouldn't feel lost.
434
00:25:32,284 --> 00:25:34,744
Yeah, you shouldn't feel lost
because when you look up,
435
00:25:35,245 --> 00:25:38,498
there are things up there
that can remind you that you aren't.
436
00:25:40,041 --> 00:25:41,751
Would you like to travel with me?
437
00:25:41,751 --> 00:25:46,298
Because I'm feeling really terrific
listening to you.
438
00:25:46,798 --> 00:25:50,760
It's a great way to feel,
just feeling significant.
439
00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:53,263
And the desert can do that.
It's a spiritual place.
440
00:25:53,263 --> 00:25:54,556
I'm getting that.
441
00:25:54,556 --> 00:25:56,933
Are you a spiritual person?
442
00:25:57,976 --> 00:25:59,769
At my core, I am.
443
00:26:00,979 --> 00:26:03,690
But I think the closest I've come
444
00:26:03,690 --> 00:26:09,654
to relating that spirituality
to the land has been right here.
445
00:26:09,654 --> 00:26:13,867
So, I think for me it's a good first step.
446
00:26:13,867 --> 00:26:16,328
- Yeah.
- Thank you, sir.
447
00:26:20,206 --> 00:26:23,877
This place has affected me in ways
that other places have not.
448
00:26:23,877 --> 00:26:27,923
I understand the spiritual aspect of it.
449
00:26:27,923 --> 00:26:31,134
I get it. I can feel it.
I can almost touch it.
450
00:26:31,676 --> 00:26:34,304
You're feeling something.
451
00:26:34,304 --> 00:26:39,392
And Mylo was very articulate
in laying that out
452
00:26:39,392 --> 00:26:44,064
from the perspective of the Navajo Nation.
453
00:26:51,738 --> 00:26:54,824
So it's my last day
and I've learned a lot.
454
00:26:54,824 --> 00:26:58,161
Mainly that the desert
which you'd think is a hot place,
455
00:26:58,161 --> 00:26:59,371
not so much.
456
00:26:59,871 --> 00:27:04,417
Chilly night last night, wasn't it?
It was cold. Yeah.
457
00:27:05,001 --> 00:27:10,674
Getting back to this place was
like the icing on a dry, sandy cake.
458
00:27:12,175 --> 00:27:13,843
But before I head home,
459
00:27:13,843 --> 00:27:17,305
I've received a special invitation
to visit the farm
460
00:27:17,305 --> 00:27:20,642
where Mylo grew up
on the Navajo reservation.
461
00:27:21,226 --> 00:27:24,396
Spiritually, our boundary
would be the Colorado River.
462
00:27:25,188 --> 00:27:27,774
And so anything
on this side of it would be Navajo land.
463
00:27:27,774 --> 00:27:31,778
And so, when we signed the treaty in 1868,
464
00:27:32,279 --> 00:27:36,324
that's when the federal government said,
basically, "Here's your reservation."
465
00:27:37,325 --> 00:27:39,703
And so that's what we now reside in.
466
00:27:40,495 --> 00:27:43,248
Mylo explains that the name Navajo
467
00:27:43,248 --> 00:27:48,378
is a Spanish adaptation of a Pueblo word
meaning "farmers of the valley,"
468
00:27:48,378 --> 00:27:50,922
which still applies for many today.
469
00:27:51,423 --> 00:27:55,886
This is my parents' place.
It's two miles from the highway.
470
00:27:56,386 --> 00:27:59,556
And what was it like growing up
here for you?
471
00:27:59,556 --> 00:28:01,391
It was everything. Your--
472
00:28:01,391 --> 00:28:05,562
The major responsibilities
revolved around the family,
473
00:28:05,562 --> 00:28:09,482
and my childhood was wrapped around
that and hanging out with my grandpa.
474
00:28:09,482 --> 00:28:12,736
So, this truly
is a family homestead, right?
475
00:28:12,736 --> 00:28:15,655
Yeah. There's my mom and dad's house.
Right there. The brown one.
476
00:28:15,655 --> 00:28:16,907
- Wow.
- And then,
477
00:28:16,907 --> 00:28:20,577
my sister's place is over here
to the right in the peach home.
478
00:28:24,664 --> 00:28:26,291
- Well, Eugene--
- Wow.
479
00:28:26,291 --> 00:28:29,127
- How big is your place here?
- It's a few thousand.
480
00:28:29,127 --> 00:28:31,463
- Yeah, it's several--
- A few thousand acres?
481
00:28:31,963 --> 00:28:34,090
- That's what I call a spread.
- Yeah.
482
00:28:34,090 --> 00:28:37,135
We'll go see
what the update is on the sheep.
483
00:28:37,135 --> 00:28:39,387
- You ready to get our shoes dirty?
- You have sheep?
484
00:28:39,387 --> 00:28:42,140
Yeah. Look there's the sheep.
See them right there?
485
00:28:42,641 --> 00:28:44,643
Let's actually go this way
to chase them back in.
486
00:28:44,643 --> 00:28:49,064
We've got one pretty wild-spirited sheep.
His name is Wilbur.
487
00:28:49,064 --> 00:28:54,110
He's not my biggest friend.
So hopefully he doesn't ram into us.
488
00:28:54,110 --> 00:28:55,570
If he's not your biggest friend,
489
00:28:55,570 --> 00:28:57,948
- what's he gonna think of me?
- I don't know.
490
00:28:58,531 --> 00:29:00,450
This is already sounding exciting.
491
00:29:02,202 --> 00:29:05,830
Okay. We're just gonna herd them back
into their little corral here.
492
00:29:05,830 --> 00:29:07,707
- There it is. Okay.
- Yeah.
493
00:29:07,707 --> 00:29:09,042
Well, that's easy enough.
494
00:29:09,042 --> 00:29:11,294
Well, sometimes it is. Sometimes it's not.
495
00:29:11,294 --> 00:29:13,421
- I don't think--
- There's one already taking off.
496
00:29:13,922 --> 00:29:15,966
Uh-oh. Wrong way, kids.
497
00:29:18,093 --> 00:29:19,177
Uh-oh.
498
00:29:21,846 --> 00:29:25,809
Had the sheep been better behaved,
I could have showed you what I can do.
499
00:29:26,643 --> 00:29:29,646
What's the expression? Herding?
Herding sheep? Herding sheep.
500
00:29:29,646 --> 00:29:31,106
They're cruising.
501
00:29:31,106 --> 00:29:32,566
I'm known as a wrangler.
502
00:29:32,566 --> 00:29:35,652
You know, wrangling things.
It's like my middle name,
503
00:29:37,237 --> 00:29:38,238
Wrangler.
504
00:29:40,740 --> 00:29:42,409
As my wife, Deb, would call me,
505
00:29:42,409 --> 00:29:45,745
the "Kosher Cowboy" is back.
506
00:29:45,745 --> 00:29:48,164
This is just playing
into my strength out here.
507
00:29:48,164 --> 00:29:52,586
I'm glad I have an opportunity
to show off a few skills
508
00:29:52,586 --> 00:29:55,422
that most people
don't get a chance to see.
509
00:29:55,422 --> 00:29:58,758
Mylo, I can't move that fast. I'm older.
510
00:29:58,758 --> 00:30:00,385
We're never gonna get 'em.
511
00:30:00,385 --> 00:30:02,137
- Boy, did they take off.
- Yeah.
512
00:30:03,096 --> 00:30:04,556
- Why?
- They saw you and me
513
00:30:04,556 --> 00:30:05,891
and they were like, "We're gone."
514
00:30:05,891 --> 00:30:08,768
The sheep ran as soon as they saw me.
515
00:30:08,768 --> 00:30:13,064
Did they see a movie
they didn't particularly care for?
516
00:30:14,566 --> 00:30:17,027
- They're on the run. Yeah.
- They're still going.
517
00:30:17,027 --> 00:30:19,154
Are they gonna come back on their own?
518
00:30:19,154 --> 00:30:21,031
I mean, they know to come in here
519
00:30:21,031 --> 00:30:24,951
because we've got mountain lion,
foxes, coyote. So--
520
00:30:24,951 --> 00:30:26,202
You have mountain lions?
521
00:30:26,953 --> 00:30:29,122
They're more towards
the rocks you see over there.
522
00:30:29,122 --> 00:30:30,665
These rocks right here?
523
00:30:30,665 --> 00:30:33,627
- Yeah. So the--
- Well, what do you mean, "way over there"?
524
00:30:33,627 --> 00:30:35,462
We have a pig. You wanna go see Lulu?
525
00:30:36,713 --> 00:30:38,381
I'll take a look at a pig.
526
00:30:38,381 --> 00:30:44,262
- Oh, my. That's a big pig.
- Yeah. She's a big girl.
527
00:30:44,262 --> 00:30:45,722
Lulu.
528
00:30:45,722 --> 00:30:49,142
If you go in there and pet her,
she'll squeal. She's funny.
529
00:30:49,142 --> 00:30:52,187
You can pet me in certain places
and I'll squeal.
530
00:30:53,730 --> 00:30:54,940
The sheep are back.
531
00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:58,193
Just took a while
for my authority to sink in.
532
00:30:58,193 --> 00:31:00,362
Hey, there we go. All right.
533
00:31:00,362 --> 00:31:02,489
And let that be a lesson to you.
534
00:31:03,073 --> 00:31:06,493
You don't go running off unless
you're given permission, understand?
535
00:31:06,493 --> 00:31:07,994
Yeah.
536
00:31:07,994 --> 00:31:11,039
So this is their feed.
You wanna go in there and dump some in?
537
00:31:11,039 --> 00:31:13,583
Okay, kids, mealtime.
538
00:31:14,167 --> 00:31:16,545
Meal-- No.
539
00:31:16,545 --> 00:31:18,380
I found Wilbur a little pushy.
540
00:31:18,380 --> 00:31:20,507
- Okay, you know what?
- Just bring it over this way.
541
00:31:20,507 --> 00:31:22,175
These animals are spoiled.
542
00:31:22,759 --> 00:31:25,136
- That's like ice cream to them.
- There-- No, kids.
543
00:31:25,136 --> 00:31:28,557
You know, you think of sheep
as being gentle, lovely thing--
544
00:31:28,557 --> 00:31:30,350
No, this is like a bull.
545
00:31:31,434 --> 00:31:33,144
Okay, you know what?
546
00:31:33,144 --> 00:31:36,022
We've gotta teach these animals
some manners.
547
00:31:36,022 --> 00:31:38,233
- Okay.
- No, there's nothing in here.
548
00:31:39,401 --> 00:31:44,447
How important is it to keep
the traditions alive today?
549
00:31:44,948 --> 00:31:46,783
It's vital to retain these things.
550
00:31:46,783 --> 00:31:48,868
I love to say I'm deeply rooted
in the land, you know?
551
00:31:48,868 --> 00:31:51,079
When we're born,
a piece of our umbilical cord,
552
00:31:51,079 --> 00:31:53,081
you know, that's put into the ground
553
00:31:53,081 --> 00:31:58,044
to connect us instantly
from our birth back to Mother Earth.
554
00:31:58,044 --> 00:32:01,965
And so to not have much
of that in one's life,
555
00:32:03,174 --> 00:32:05,468
I can see why somebody may feel
a little bit lost.
556
00:32:06,970 --> 00:32:10,140
The Navajo are a matriarchal society.
557
00:32:10,140 --> 00:32:13,560
The women control the land
and own the livestock.
558
00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:18,648
And the great thing about this way
of working is, things get done properly.
559
00:32:18,648 --> 00:32:20,567
Eugene, this is my mom. Shimá.
560
00:32:21,067 --> 00:32:22,402
Shimá, hi.
561
00:32:22,402 --> 00:32:24,446
- This is my sister, Patricia.
- Yeah. Hi.
562
00:32:24,446 --> 00:32:25,864
- This is Desree.
- Hello.
563
00:32:25,864 --> 00:32:28,158
- Desree, nice to meet you. Eugene.
- Yes. Good to meet you.
564
00:32:28,158 --> 00:32:29,951
- Yeah.
- Lauren, my wife.
565
00:32:29,951 --> 00:32:31,244
Nice to meet you, Lauren.
566
00:32:31,244 --> 00:32:32,579
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
567
00:32:32,579 --> 00:32:35,081
I saw some little ones around here--
568
00:32:35,081 --> 00:32:36,666
They're actually all over there.
569
00:32:36,666 --> 00:32:39,169
Our family tree almost 200.
570
00:32:39,794 --> 00:32:40,921
200?
571
00:32:41,671 --> 00:32:45,258
- Yeah.
- So, when you have a family get-together,
572
00:32:45,258 --> 00:32:47,177
- there's a lot of people.
- Yes.
573
00:32:47,177 --> 00:32:48,261
- A few.
- You need--
574
00:32:48,261 --> 00:32:50,055
It's a long buffet table.
575
00:32:50,555 --> 00:32:51,723
Yeah.
576
00:32:51,723 --> 00:32:55,769
The things we learn,
we definitely pass on to our kids
577
00:32:55,769 --> 00:32:59,564
so that they can carry these teachings
and these lessons forward.
578
00:32:59,564 --> 00:33:01,024
That's the important thing.
579
00:33:01,024 --> 00:33:04,152
Is just keeping our culture
and our language and our heritage,
580
00:33:04,152 --> 00:33:06,655
especially our ceremonies alive.
581
00:33:06,655 --> 00:33:07,989
- Keeping it alive.
- Yes,
582
00:33:07,989 --> 00:33:10,492
and teaching our next generation
who we are,
583
00:33:10,492 --> 00:33:14,496
because our grandparents are the ones
that hold that tradition for us
584
00:33:14,496 --> 00:33:16,706
and a lot of them have passed.
585
00:33:16,706 --> 00:33:21,086
And it's been tough
because we are people of, you know,
586
00:33:21,086 --> 00:33:22,170
just...
587
00:33:24,464 --> 00:33:26,716
- of culture that we gather...
- Yeah.
588
00:33:26,716 --> 00:33:27,926
...and it's been hard.
589
00:33:29,427 --> 00:33:34,140
My nephew Owen
is just a fantastic young man,
590
00:33:34,140 --> 00:33:36,309
and he loves to dance.
591
00:33:36,893 --> 00:33:39,354
So with hoop dancing,
you gotta use your imagination.
592
00:33:39,354 --> 00:33:42,607
And you'll notice the different movements
that he's making,
593
00:33:42,607 --> 00:33:46,152
he's also showing different types
of animals as well.
594
00:33:59,541 --> 00:34:01,543
Well,
it's been a pretty amazing afternoon.
595
00:34:02,544 --> 00:34:08,508
Mylo is an incredible young man
and he has an amazing family.
596
00:34:14,890 --> 00:34:19,561
I mean,
watching Owen and looking over at Mylo
597
00:34:19,561 --> 00:34:22,021
and seeing his eyes welling up.
598
00:34:22,646 --> 00:34:24,608
- It makes me proud of Owen...
- Yeah.
599
00:34:24,608 --> 00:34:26,401
...to keep this alive. Yeah.
600
00:34:26,401 --> 00:34:28,403
I can see it in your eyes, Mylo.
601
00:34:28,403 --> 00:34:29,570
Yeah.
602
00:34:38,747 --> 00:34:41,583
Owen, amazing.
603
00:34:41,583 --> 00:34:44,169
- Amazing!
- Good job.
604
00:34:44,169 --> 00:34:45,586
- Wow!
- Nice job, Owen.
605
00:34:45,586 --> 00:34:46,503
Yeah.
606
00:34:46,503 --> 00:34:48,173
- Yeah!
- Yeah!
607
00:34:48,798 --> 00:34:55,096
I really didn't know much
about Navajo culture before this,
608
00:34:55,096 --> 00:34:57,474
and this is a big eye-opener for me.
609
00:34:57,474 --> 00:34:59,434
- We're happy to have had you here. So--
- Wow.
610
00:34:59,434 --> 00:35:02,896
- Yes.
- As part of our grandmother's teaching,
611
00:35:02,896 --> 00:35:04,814
we present you this necklace.
612
00:35:07,192 --> 00:35:08,401
There you are.
613
00:35:09,194 --> 00:35:11,988
A part of our culture
and our language will always be with you.
614
00:35:11,988 --> 00:35:13,323
- Thank you.
- This is amazing.
615
00:35:13,323 --> 00:35:15,617
This is really special.
616
00:35:17,827 --> 00:35:21,498
The desert is a lot of nothing,
617
00:35:21,498 --> 00:35:24,876
but there's so much in that nothing.
618
00:35:24,876 --> 00:35:30,298
It's history, and it's geology,
and it's the people who have been
619
00:35:30,298 --> 00:35:33,843
on this land for 15,000 years.
620
00:35:34,719 --> 00:35:39,891
So, it was kind of an honor for me
to be on this land with them.
621
00:35:42,727 --> 00:35:44,187
If I had come here on my own,
622
00:35:44,187 --> 00:35:47,941
I probably would have loved staying
at the Amangiri
623
00:35:47,941 --> 00:35:52,028
and would have spent most of my time
on the resort.
624
00:35:52,028 --> 00:35:55,865
But there is a world outside
the resort here
625
00:35:55,865 --> 00:35:59,786
that I'm glad I got a chance to see
and discover.
626
00:35:59,786 --> 00:36:04,249
And the friends that I met
in the Navajo Nation,
627
00:36:04,249 --> 00:36:07,085
I think was probably the biggest...
628
00:36:09,838 --> 00:36:15,427
highlight and the greatest discovery
that I had here.