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Talk about an
apocalyptic dream...

300,000 desert acres so smooth

you can see the
curvature of the Earth.

Terrain so barren, desolate,

devoid of life,

it's as if it were
built for one thing...

speed.

This is "Ride,"
and we're in Utah.

Should we set a speed record?

And one of the
all-time kings of speed,

Sir Malcolm Campbell, was on
for a still memorable record

down one of those salt flats.

In his supercar Blue Bird,

Sir Malcolm blazed
across the Utah desert

at a speed that literally
melted his tire.

Yeah, it's like
we're on the moon.

Out here it's like
being in another world.

I'm feeling a little lost.

Utah is the last frontier
of the old Wild West,

a the place where
outlaws sought refuge

and pioneers could forge
their own reality...

This is cool out here.

Oh, my God. Are
you kidding me?

Something my companion
on this journey

knows a thing or two about.

Yep, that's right...
Keanu Reeves.

I'm seeing Utah
with Johnny Utah.

You want some coffee? Yeah.

Keanu and I have talked about
going on a ride for years.

I literally have coffee.

And it's finally happening.

It's our first chance to
spend real time together.

And I can tell already

that this is gonna
be an epic ride.

Yeah, so the Bonneville
Salt Flats...

I did a little bit
of the Wikipedia.

What I read was
that these two guys,

Joseph... like, a guy
who's searching...

I think it was named
after, I think...

was it Joseph Bonneville?

And then they were like, "Hmm.
I wonder if we can go fast?"

Right. I want to say 1903, 1913.

I'm getting all
these facts wrong.

All of them are wrong.

But I just think it's
funny that, like, you know,

humankind coming out here

and wondering,
like, what can we...

What can we crank up
just a little bit more?

"Charles." "Yes, Simon?"

"We have this car that's
got a huge engine in it.

It's top of the line,
new world, new thing,"

you know, before the
super highways were built.

Yeah, yeah.

And then they were like,
"Put the pedal down."

And then, ever since then,
people have come out here

to see how fast they can go.

Yeah. I love
it.Motorcycles. Cars.

Here. There's more now,
and I'll give you that one.

So tell me about Arch.

We started the company in 2011,

and this is the KRGT-1.

I call it kind of metro modern.

Yeah. It's beautiful.

But how come you've never
come out here to do this,

like, take your bikes out here,
just see how fast they go?

I don't know if I'm,
like, a speed demon.

How'd you get into motorcycles
in the first place?

When I was a kid, I grew
up in Toronto, Canada.

And every summer,
motorcycle gangs

would come into the Yorkville.

I just remember as a
little, little kid,

11-year-old, going,
like, "Freedom."

It felt like freedom. It
felt like alternative.

It felt like power.

You know, like,
"Waah!" They'd come in.

Camaraderie, the whole thing.

And so it began.

I like that you're,
like, a dude-dude.

You know, like, you're
sitting on the ground,

getting filthy, drinking coffee,
talking about stuff like this.

It's nice to see you on
the ground. No, it's nice.

Get the opportunity
to ride and hang out.

Cheers. Thank you for doing
this episode. Cheers to the mud!

Thank you, Mr. Reedus.

It's a pleasure
to have you, man.

Pleasure, man.
Thank you for...

for the journey.

Utah is an extraordinary state.

There's no other state like
it because of the culture.

Utah's heritage
was a bunch of pioneers

coming through the mountains
and selecting this valley

said, "This is where we belong."

Utah is a place where you can
just really find your own niche.

You can come here and you
can make a life for yourself

in whatever it is
that you want to do.

That rebel spirit,
that independent spirit,

you can see it every single day.

A lot of people come here,
and they stay forever.

What's not to love, honestly?

Your bike is covered in salt.

I didn't get to the
fastest this bike could go.

I think I need another
couple of runs.

♪ Beyond the valley of
the shadow of doubt ♪

Reedus: Leaving the
Bonneville Salt Flats,

we'll head east into the city
founded by Brigham Young.

Making our way south,

we'll visit a world-class
racing team in Summit County

before achieving
peak sensory overload

in the Canyonlands National Park

and the final ride to Moab

for a celebration of
motorcycles and fire...

a three-day, 500-mile
journey through the sparse

but otherworldly Utah desert.

Whoo! Utah.

It is
pretty, isn't it?

But, you know,
like, I'm gonna miss

riding motorcycles in
Georgia, that's for sure.

How many months out of
a year would you shoot?

Eight months, but
this last season,

we did almost a year
and a half solid.

Now, I remember when I
did "Matrix" 2 and 3,

that was 22 months.

It's so groundbreaking,
"The Matrix."

Just kinda pick up something
new every time you watch them.

They're great.

The best sci-fi has something
to say about who we are

and what we are and
what we're doing.

Yeah.

So much of it was just
foresight into the world

that we live in now
and simulation, AI.

All sorts of roads you could
go down from "The Matrix"

to apply to the modern world!

Modern world!

On the highway!

Into the future.

What the heck are
we doing, Reedus?

What are we doing?!

What are we doing, man?

That, I don't know.

But what we're
doing now is hitting

a Salt Lake institution,

Garage on Beck...

Can I have a waffle now?

An old auto-body
shop that now serves

the best chicken
and waffles in town.

Let's go to... hey,
nice to meet you.

It's where we're meeting
up with a few of the locals

responsible for showing
this place a good time.

Pretty cool story.
I was 12 years old.

I went to Scout camp

up in the High Uintas
at a Ute Reservation

because Utah's name comes
from the Utes that were here.

And we set up camp, and I
see this little furball.

And it's a wolf pup.

- Oh, wow.
- It had a broken paw.

Oh, no.

So I raised, and she raised me,

a full timber wolf
for about 16 years.

- Wow!
- Wait. What?!

Yeah. Timber wolf.

What? Okay, so you
have a timber wolf,

what, in your house?

You can have wild animals here.

You just have to have a
license and enough land.

Was it still the
hunter all the time?

Yeah, she buried her
food, howled at the moon.

Wow. That's so cool.

- That's awesome.
- That's awesome.

So Motos in M...

- Motos in Moab.
- Yeah. What is that?

It started out just
with me by myself,

kind of a lone
wolf. Whenever I...

Awhooo! Yeah, that's
what's on my wolf helmet.

I'll show you. You got
the wolf helmet, okay.

- That's me, yeah.
- All right.

Over the years, it just kept
getting bigger and bigger.

I was gonna turn Moab into
the Sturgis of the west.

That was the plan. Then
Moab pulled the plug.

- And do you ride as well?
- I do.

I, you know, create festivals

and own bars and book shows.

And what about you?

I love riding motorcycles.

And I kind of have an
event where I invite people

to my house to eat curry,

and then we go for
a ride together.

So you guys run this town?

At least the fun
parts of this town.

We just kind of want to see

what we can get
away with, you know?

I was born in Uruguay,

and an LDS missionary

married my mother
and adopted me.

But in Utah I find camaraderie

'cause there's a lot of
people that look different.

And through the church,
it's connected us.

And both of us are
here because of that.

But Utah's got
something for everybody.

A lot of people just
associate the church,

but there's so much more

if you love adventure,

you love the outdoors
and motorcycles.

I was gonna say this... I
don't want to offend anybody,

but if you've not ridden in
Utah and you have a motorcycle,

why do you even ride, bro?

All right.

Cool. Let's go for a
ride. Take us places.

We're in downtown Salt Lake.

I think there's a Mormon Council

pick-up and drop-off out here.

You can
tell it's Sunday

because everyone's
wearing their Sunday best.

There's
a lot of people.

Do you want to ask
them what's going on?

Yeah. Is this... Is
this Lollapalooza?

Welcome to Utah!

Salt Lake
City's origins

are intertwined
with the LDS church.

Back in 1847, the
Mormons settled here,

hoping to build a new utopia.

And their influence can be seen
today in the layout of the city.

Uh, this is us.
This is our window.

Wow. These hills are out
of nowhere. I like it.

Yeah. And these
are the avenues.

They're the oldest part
of downtown Salt Lake.

It was built as a grid
around the temple.

So the temple's the
center of the universe.

And everything is north,
south, east, west,

progressively
increases in numbers.

We're gonna pop out behind the
Capitol, the State Capitol.

There's the Wasatch Mountains.

Yeah. Those are great.

Yeah, it's one of the few places

where you can be 90
degrees in the valley

and then hit a snowstorm
at top at 10,000 feet

at Mirror Lake Pass.

Anyone know what
my favorite thing

about Salt Lake City is?

What's that?

Everything outside
of Salt Lake City.

You point your bike
in any direction,

and you'll find
something magical.

And that's exactly what
Keanu and I are going to do.

See you down the road hopefully.

Hope you enjoy the
rest of your trip.

We'll see JP again in the desert

at the revival of his
Motos in Moab event

in a few days.

Now we venture out of the city
in search of all the mystique

Utah has to offer.

Pretty. Right, Keanu?

Pretty spectacular.

♪ Hey

♪ Hey

Good morning, Norman.

Well, good morning, Keanu.

It's day two.

♪ Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh

I mean, this is beautiful.

Like, can you imagine
living on that lake?

Wow. That's cool.

Humans just playing
on planet Earth,

the rock in space.

For people who
love the outdoors,

this is the place to be.

There's everything...
hockey, skiing, skating.

Anything you can imagine,
you can do it here in Utah.

Beautiful landscapes,
snow-topped mountains.

There's seven major
peaks that can be hiked,

ten major ski resorts
that can be accessed.

I'm geeking out on the
beautiful snowy mountaintop.

Woman: Utah obviously is
the greatest snow on Earth.

Super epic and magical here.

- Dude, did you eat?
- No.

Not even a croissant?

I have to admit, Norman,

I was counting on the
breakfast this morning.

All right. Should we
get some breakfast?

Yes, please. Let's go.

We're on our
way to the desert.

But first, a quick stop for
the day's most important meal.

Grab a seat? Sure.

Did you play sports at all?

Does shooting pool
count as a sport?

Yes. I
played a lot of pool

and, uh, played a lot of hockey.

So you played hockey. That's
cool. I didn't know that.

Yeah, yeah, I played goal.

I was a netminder, as they say.

Did you get, like,
nailed all the time?

Like, it's super violent.

No, I was playing net so...

You never just did
one of those...

and then pull the jersey
over their head and just...

Yeah. No, no.

I did have this one
game... super intense.

And, like, it was
a bit of a scrum,

and I got up and I swung,

and I punched the
guy in the head.

Fight, fight, fight! Then
the other players came,

and then my defensemen came in,

and then they fighting.

And it was all very exciting.

Did you ever see the
movie "Youngblood"?

I was in "Youngblood."

You were in "Youngblood"? Yeah.

Man Racki's brutal,
even for this league.

That
man, an animal.

Shut up!

Yeah, man. That was my
first 35-millimeter.

With Rob Lowe?

Yeah, Rob Lowe, Patrick
Swayze. Shut up.

I played the French
Canadian goalie.

No way. Dude, I gotta
rewatch that

Two Bloody Marys!

Thank you all once again
for the second time!

And, uh, what was
Patrick Swayze like?

He was a beautiful spirit.

So sweet.

Super committed.

Enthusiastic. Yeah.

Especially on "Point Break."

Have you ever seen
"Point Break"?

Loved it, yeah. Oh, cool.

While we were filming,

he kept skydiving.

And then all the other
guys started skydiving.

And so they had to tell
him to stop skydiving.

Oh, 'cause he got...
he loved it too much.

He just kept going.

And Kathryn Bigelow,
the director...

the righteous, amazing
Kathryn Bigelow...

she was like,

"I'm just gonna take
a cameraman and camera

and go up in the
plane with Patrick,

and you go do your thing."

So all of that
stuff that he did,

he ended up doing at
the end of the film.

You can see he's,
like, doing tricks

in the air and everything.
Is that really him?

He was doing somersaults
and everything.

Yeah. It's really
him.Wow. That's so cool.

Yeah. So it's why
that's in the movie.

Reedus: If you're lucky,

you cross paths with that
someone who inspires you

to look inward, challenges
you to be better.

And those lessons that you
take with you last a lifetime.

Wow. This is a
great road right here.

Look at that yummy
turn up ahead.

I feel like I'm in a
dream or something.

JP was saying the
riding's great here.

That ain't no lie.

Leaving Park City,

we've got big plans
in the desert.

But before escaping town,
we're making an 11-mile detour

to the mountain town of Peoa.

It's where for the last 12 years

the good folks at
Rancho Luna Lobos

have been transforming
underdogs into champions.

Smells like sled dogs.

Is that what we're doing?

We're gonna go see
some sled dogs?

Yeah. All right.

I'm excited. It's really cool.

Wait. So
you've dog sledded.

I was in Lapland, actually,
when I was dog sledding.

It was cool.

I bet it was cool.

Is there... is there
anything you haven't done?

Not really.

- All right.
- Let's see some puppies.

Yeah! Let's see some puppies.

Hey, I'm Norman.
Hey. How are you?

I'm Dana. Nice to meet you.

- Fernando. Nice to meet you.
- And I'm Dana.

- Hi, Dana.
- Nice to meet you.

So you guys rescue
puppies here, right? We do.

We're like a rescue
and rehabilitation.

We do a lot of...
this is kind of like

what we'd want to be a sanctuary
for animals and for dogs,

and we use dog sledding
as a form of therapy.

But this is mainly about every
dog living their best life

and every human getting
to live their best life

while they're here as well.

How'd you guys get into this?

I've been
racing since I was a kid.

I grew up just up the
road in Park City.

And when Dana and I got
married, I asked her,

I was like, "What would you
think about rescuing dogs

and living in the
middle of nowhere?"

You know? She
was like, "Sign me up."

This is like heaven.

Awesome. Okay. We'll
take you this way.

Oh, my God. You
guys are cute. Hi, buddy.

- Good girls.
- Hi. Hi. How are ya?

- Welcome to the ranch.
- Wow. They're so cute.

About 55 acres.
Everything you see here,

my husband I have
built together.

We are about 85% rescue.

Majority of those
were surrendered over

or dropped off on our doorstep.

So we believe in
being dog listeners,

not dog whisperers.

And it's our job to
figure out what it is

that they want to teach
us through their journey.

I think this one is
teaching me to take a nap.

Who's the fastest?

The fastest dog in our
entire kennel is Nickel.

She's an Alaskan husky
mixed with a greyhound.

They actually have a higher
red blood cell count,

so they process oxygen better.

So it's kind of like
a natural superpower.

They can just have that
extra energy boost.

What's this guy
who's super friendly?

Lily. This is Lily.

She's a Pyrenees-Malamute mix.

Lily needs a Tic Tac.

- She does.
- She does.

You need a Tic Tac.

This is Nanuk.

Nanuk is a high-content
Canadian gray wolf

timber wolf-Malamute
mix, so she's 85% wolf.

The wolf hybrids are actually
becoming a really big problem.

People see shows that have
all these awesome-looking

wolf hybrids, and they want one.

And they don't realize
they're not exactly dogs.

They have a very
high prey drive.

I would never bring a little
dog out here with her.

They'd probably be lunch.

But the main reason is that
they can be alpha over you,

which is pretty dangerous.

That word was "prey drive"?

- Prey drive.
- Yeah.

This one over here next to
my head is the one that's...

that might eat me, yeah.

So do they get to run
around, like, out here?

They do. We'll load up
and we'll go for a ride.

This is one of the
main reasons we keep them fit.

So they're not
pulling any weight.

We just create some tension.

So they literally think they're
pulling us up this hill.

- Oh, really?
- Yeah.

So just feel free to cheer
them on as we're going.

They love that. You got this!

Yeah, they love it.

Ready!

Good job, guys!

It's funny how quiet they get,
right, when they tick.Yeah.

Will you teach
commands from here?

That's exactly what we do.

Oh, gee, gee, gee, gee, gee Oh!

Wow. That's good.

Haw-haw-haw! Oh, so good!

There we go! Great job!

Back on trail. Find
the trail, baby.

That's my girl!

Oh, so good!

Is that sound that
you made for the correction,

the "haw-haw"? Yeah.

Is that a traditional
sledding sound?

Yeah. "Haw"'s left,
"gee" is right.

It actually came from the
mining days up with...

the prospectors
in Alaska used it

for their mules in California,

but when they went up
to Alaska, you know,

you could only use
wagons for so long.

So when they had to
depend on the sled dogs,

they taught their lead
dogs the same commands.

Good girl.

Oh, you guys are so strong.

This is them pulling
us right now, a Jeep.

- Really?
- Yeah.

Utah has
always been a place

where people come to do
things their own way.

And up in these hills,
Fernando and Dana

have found the place to
follow their dreams...

Thank you, guys.
That was really cool.

- Oh, you're so welcome.
- Yeah. That was really awesome.

Oh, I'm so glad that y'all
could come out and join us.

Reedus: providing love
and coaching to create

a most unconventional
champion dog-sledding team.

How lovely
were those people?

Yeah, they were great.

They were really great.Really.

I like people that find out
their calling, you know?

It's kind of inspiring.

Just the mission
and their mentality,

the life lessons.

The discipline,

the communication
with the animals,

like, it's so cool,
and how much they care.

You know, there's
danger everywhere,

but there's lessons
everywhere. Yeah.

We leave the
snowcapped mountains behind

and go back in time

as we venture into the vast,
mysterious Utah desert.

When you do movies,
do you do, like, trainers

and do the whole thing?

If it's an
action film, definitely.

Norman, I'm like a dinosaur.

I don't have any, like,
modern recovery methods.

Like, I had a big
fight scene with...

a knife fight with Ryan Hurst.

Really, really
big guy but not...

you know, it wasn't
like "John Wick" action.

That's crazy.

Yeah, physically, the
films are very intense.

But I enjoy that, too.
I love fake fighting.

I love the ballet, the dance.

Violence is always
so intense, right?

It means so much. It's
like fight for your life.

Fight for something.
Fight to protect.

Yeah.

Who is this guy?
Hello, Mr. Lumberjack.

It's coal mining.

Wow, look at this little town.

Starting to get hungry.

Mmm.

Maybe an ice cream.
Ooh, let's go.

Yeah. Those roads were
beautiful, really pretty.

Ice cream, hot dogs, floats.

- You want vanilla?
- Yeah.

In a cone. Can I
do it in a cone?

- How was your ride?
- Amazing.

Good. It's a beautiful area.

Super pretty, yeah.

This whole town's so cute.

Yeah. It's an old mining town.

Wow. Helper was an old...

the push car that
helped the trains.

Oh, yeah? Oh, cool.

Yeah. There's a lot
of, like, speakeasies.

It looks
like a movie set.

- It really does.
- Yeah.

They've done a great
job restoring it.

- I bet. Cool.
- It's a cool place to live.

- Thank you so much.
- Thank you.

Wild West mining towns
aren't supposed to exist anymore,

especially not like this.

Across this country I've seen
so many old industrial centers

that are struggling to survive,

communities that
progress left behind.

So being out here and finding
this restored Main Street,

I've gotta find out
what's going on.

Wow.

- Welcome to Helper.
- Yeah.

You guys on a
little road trip, huh?

Yeah, came up from
Salt Lake City.

Beautiful ride. Twisting road.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Wahh!

That hour ride is...

you know, up through the
canyon is just the best.

There's a lot
of cool history here.

- Americana.
- Yeah.

This slowly turned
into more of a museum

type of get-up
than a real garage.

A lot of times
people stumble in here,

and it's so fun. People
are just like, "Whoa!

What is this place? What's
going on?"It is fun.

These are both 1957 Corvettes.

You done any restoration?

Yeah, so it was
pretty extensive.

We got it so it's streetable.

I mean, you can drive
it and drive it hard.

Ooh, that smell. Look at that.

I can smell. I
love that smell.

It smells like my dad. Yeah.

It's a
true barn find.

It sat in a barn
for over 50 years.

These are great.

We just got
this the other day.

It was all original,

but a couple items are
still original paint.

It feels like a bicycle.

It does feel like a
little... like a leprechaun.

Right. It's crazy that
they rode these in the war.

Like, my dad wrenched on these.

He was stationed in Australia
at the end of the war.

And I remember him telling
me they were taking

all these things and
dumping them in the ocean.

He the reason you started...

Well, absolutely. I mean,
as a little kid, yeah.

I mean, I just
grew up around it.

He's really into
preservation and, you know,

old, historic things, so now
this work has transformed

from restoring bikes and cars

to this town and just
bringing it back to life.

Gay: Coming through here
for a ride, saw the town.

It was pretty
dilapidated, you know,

so my mind was just
going 100 miles an hour

because everything
was unoccupied almost.

So I was just like, "Wow, man.

This could be cool to make
the whole town how it was,"

because as it's
being discovered,

you don't want just
developers coming in

and taking a quick, easy...

Yeah. To make a buck.

You've done a great job.
You've done a lot with it.

I love these buildings.

There's almost like
a David Lynchie thing

going on, too, which is cool.

You're just in your
own world out here.

It sounds like the town itself

wants to remain something,

and they've picked you
to keep it like that way.

We're meeting
some pretty good folks,

spiritual people, you know,
manifesting in their way.

- Very true.
- Really good humans.

We've got a
long stretch of road.

It's kind of like "My
Own Private Idaho."

I do know that road.

Wow. Uh... how do I do this?

Look how sophisticated you
are with your knife and fork.

Well, there's many
ways to skin the cat.

Sophisticated.
Not sophisticated.

Knife and fork.

My hands covered in butter.

Whoo! Good morning!

It's nice out here. Yeah, it is.

Day three.

We're headed into Utah's
Holey Land Region.

That's "Holey" with an "e,"

named for all of its arches
and unique rock structures.

Leaving Emery County, we're
on a 60-mile shot southeast

until reaching
Canyonlands National Park,

a 227,000-acre wonderland

of sweeping vistas and sandstone

carved out by the
Colorado River.

Utah is
often referred to

as the center of scenic
America, and justly so.

From one end of the
state to the other

are national and state
parks and monuments.

Utah very much
cares about its land

and preserving it
for the future.

And we have a very, very large
amount of public land here.

Five national parks, so
we call it The Mighty 5.

We have Canyonlands,
Arches National Park,

Zion National Park, Bryce
Canyon, and Capitol Reef.

The most insanely beautiful
places in the world.

I wonder if this used
to be the bottom of an ocean?

Yeah, right?

It just looks like one giant
sculpture everywhere you look.

As I'm getting older,

I'm finding myself
thinking about geology.

Really?

So, like, looking at all these
rocks and the stratifications,

what shaped it, how
did that happen?

I like... I like listening
to the inner workings

of your mind.

Danger everywhere.

All right. Here it is...
Canyonlands National Park.

There's real
history in these rocks.

Back in the '50s, miners
scoured this land for uranium

as America's appetite
for atomic energy grew

and Cold War fears heightened.

And when this place
was the Wild West,

Butch Cassidy used this
inhospitable terrain to hide out

and avoid the law after his
outlaw crew's legendary heists.

This looks like it
just cracked open.

"Human activities have changed
the face of Canyonlands.

The roads and seismic lines
you see below were constructed

in the '50s in a search
for uranium and oil.

Full biological recovery
will take many years

in this arid environment."

So this tells us the
impact of man on it.

But where's the
knowledge of, like,

what the heck is going on here?

What bore out this?

Well, right here you can
see a giant alien handprint

that went down into the ground.

- Absolutely.
- Great.

- Okay.
- So that happened.

Where is that? So
aliens came down,

dug their tunnels underneath us

for uranium to build
super space weapons.

So that we know. Yeah.

So then somehow we've
made a pact with them,

and now they're living
underground.Yeah.

And we're like, "What
do we do with this?

Let's just make some money
and charge some tickets."

Yeah. This is all part of
concealing the master plan.

- Yeah.
- The truth.

Hold on. One second.
Might be Captain Kirk.

How'd you even get a... How did you
even get a call?

Do you have, like,
a super phone?

He has a super phone.

Hi. I'm on a
mountain with Keanu.

We were discovering alien
life forms that are...

Don't tell them because
then they'll connect to...

Oh, no, no, no.
Delete this call. Hang up.

Delete this number.
I could be...

I think I'm being watched.

Quick. They...
They have a gun.

Okay. Bye. We
figured it out, dude.

I mean, I don't know. I
don't know about that.

Come on. Who
are you gonna believe,

me and Keanu or the
so-called experts

who claim this was
all caused by erosion?

That's exactly what I thought.

Welcome to Moab.

Wow. It is really peaceful
and pretty up here.

Look at this. Oh, my God.

Moab has always been
kind of a hidden gem.

It is these rock formations
out of sandstone.

Iconic red rocks and structures
and hoodoos and things.

Landscape that looks
almost like Mars.

You can't help but
just look around in awe

at what you're seeing, and
it almost doesn't look real.

We're in
the homestretch.

It's the final 32-mile ride

to the outskirts of
Arches National Park

for a motorcycle
bash in the desert.

This is intense.

Oh, my God.

Are you kidding me?

These roads!

Oh, look at this
turn. Oh, my God.

Go to the outside
this turn right here.

Third gear, fourth
gear, top,

outside, coming in.

Whoa!

Picturing
you having sex

and having... having
this kind of dialogue.

"Ooh, look at this right here.

I'm gonna drop down to fourth.

I'm gonna turn in. I'm
gonna feel out this.

I'm gonna get a
little acceleration.

It's gonna go down that way."

Just open.

Just wide open right here.

Full throttle right in there.

Full throttle, full gas.

And then right here, just
like, bang! Downshift!

Oh, Yeah!

All right. Colorado River.

The Colorado flows
south through Utah and Arizona.

Much of this region
is dry wasteland,

and the river itself
is normally shallow.

Yet man has made this
river of great value.

♪ Riding along the Colorado ♪

Wow. Everywhere
you look is just awesome.

You ever done that thing
where you get on an inner tube

and you just roll down a river?

Pretty great. You
get sunburned

Other than that, it's awesome.

Beat the heat on the water.

That's a great
idea. Let's do it.

The Colorado is a
playground for water adventurers,

attracting millions to
its banks every year.

So that's just what
we're going to do.

Oof! Okay.

Ah!

We'll strip naked.

I broke my zipper. Oh, no.

I'm gonna have to do the
break with a paper clip.

Did you break it?

Here, you want me to
undo it? We can rig this.

I don't know how, but
we're gonna do it.

Oh, my God. Look.
A piece of wire.

This is perfect. Where
do you want to cut?

Just cut it here
for... thank you.

Look at that. Done. Thanks.

Bomb. Let's get wet.

What's up, boat
people? I'm Norman. Hi.

- Annie. Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.

- Hi. What's your name?
- Cassidy.

Cassidy,
you're all in shorts.

- Yes.
- Should I put shorts on?

Um, so I guess it's
entirely up to you.

Okay, let's see what we
have in our bag of tricks.

Yeah.

This beats a
river tube every time.

I think we
look like tourists.

What do you mean? I'm a local.
What are you talking about?

Have you guys been
on the Colorado River before?

- I have not.
- No.

No? Welcome.

We've traded up for
a ride on a jet boat.

You know, like Jet Ski
the size of a boat.

♪ Yeah, yeah,
come on, come on ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah,
come on, come on ♪

♪ Give me rock 'n' roll

Ah!

Yeah, we're
playing tourists.

Can you blame us?

♪ Lose control

So refreshing.

That was nice.

So the river starts up in
Rocky Mountain National Park,

meets up with the Green River,

and then goes down into the
Grand Canyon and then Lake Mead.

And then it pretty much almost
dries up in Yuma, Arizona.

Oh, whoa.

And never makes it to the ocean?

So it used to go all the
way to the Sea of Cortez.

Enjoy it while it lasts.

The mighty Colorado...

the lifeline of the
American Southwest,

twisting and slicing
through 1,500 miles

of deserts and mesas.

It provides water for
nearly 40 million people,

from Tucson to Los Angeles.

Are you native
Utah... Utanians?

So we are.

And so we grew up in
Salt Lake together,

actually went to the same
junior high, same high school.

Oh!

Moved down to Moab
about 20 years ago

to work on the river
'cause it's amazing.

♪ Dee-dee-dee,
doo-doo-doo-doo-doo ♪

Yeah.

♪ Doo-doo-doo-doo

And we were just gonna
do one season here.

And then 20 years
later, here we are

'cause it's awesome!

She's right. This
place is pretty awesome.

But rising temperatures,
drought, and years of overuse

mean immediate action is needed
to keep the water flowing.

And it's my hope that,
in 20 years' time,

Annie and Cassidy will
still be out on Colorado,

soaking tourists and
showing them a good time.

Is this all a giant simulation?
Is this all really happening?

That I can't answer.

But it's already acknowledged
that consciousness,

the human brain, already
has to tell a story

to make this real.

I just want to make
a left-hand turn

and meet the Norman that
can grow chest hair.

Wait. What?

Reedus, thank you for
bringing me to Utah.

Thank you for doing
the show, brother.

Heading to Motos in Moab.

Sounds like a good day, Reedus.

Reedus: We're meeting back up
with event organizer JP Coles.

Three days ago,
he took us around

Utah's biggest metropolis.

Oh, wow. What's going on
here? What's up, buddy?

- What's up?
- Good to see you again, man.

- Good to see you, man.
- Yeah.

- Nice to see you.
- Take us somewhere.

Let's go. Let's see your spot.

Today he'll show off
the pop-up city he created

at the bottom of a canyon.

Welcome to the Red
Desert, gentlemen.

This is all carved by
water, the mighty Colorado,

and wind.

The wind comes in, it
turns, and it cuts arches.

So eventually that
will be an arch.

Mother nature is an artist,

and here sandstone
is her canvas.

For 10,000 years, mankind has
basked in Moab's magnificence,

from natives to missionaries
to outlaws and pioneers...

Welcome to my tribe.

What?

Wow.

And today, for one
magical weekend a year,

motorcycle riders.

Welcome to the Thunderdome.
What's up, everybody?

This is too cool.

How's it going?
This is too awesome.

With a mission of
bringing people together

while living in the now,

not to mention a
healthy dose of fire,

Motos in Moab has
earned its reputation

as the motorcycle Burning Man.

♪ And the smell is vile

♪ You better stash yourself

♪ The wolf man lurks around

- How'd you find this place?
- Wolf's gotta hunt.

Yeah, but how did you
find this and find this

and find this and find those
and find her and find this

and find that dog?

Uh, tribes.

Yeah. Just word of mouth, huh?

- Tribes.
- Very cool.

Wow. This is crazy.

I might not leave, actually.

This is cuckoo.

Where's Keanu?

He's over there getting coffee.

You want some coffee?

- Yeah.
- Let's go get some coffee.

All right. So there's
a lot of things.

You were asking me before
what was surprising.

- Yeah.
- What have I found surprising?

Yeah. We just found it.

So we come into this
spectacular, amazing place

and they had Duke Caboom,

who's the character I
played in "Toy Story 4."

Shut up. What?

So that's surprising.

We actually got something
for you to sign, too.

What?!

This kid has been a
huge "Walking Dead" fan

from the beginning.

- Since I was like 10 or 12.
- Honestly.

Should I make it to you, or...?

- Oh, man, do it. Yeah.
- Spell your name for me.

Archer, A-R-C-H-E-R.

- Makes sense.
- Yeah. Makes sense.

That's my bike I rode on.

I don't. Is this the...
the replica of my bike?

So I rode this in
the show forever.

Put a little
crossbow on the back.

- Yeah.
- What?

What?

- Sounds all right.
- That sounds really good.

Sounds really good.

Very cool. Oh, my God.

That's a good
little desert scoot.

Hey, there's sushi
underground right here.

- Come on.
- No. Dead serious.

Reedus: Are you
really that surprised?

It's as if nothing
and everything

is suddenly normal
all at the same time.

What's going on? Who are you?

I'm John.

I'd shake you, but
you're... Yeah.

You're obviously
working with fresh fish.

It makes no sense whatsoever,

but somehow you know
it's going to be perfect.

Dude.

John: I can get you
something a little different.

I mean, what's
going on right now?

Sushi underground in
the desert in Moab.

Is your mind blown yet?

Yeah. All day every
day. Mind blown.

- What's your name?
- I'm Maggie.

What happens
here tonight?

People have
tents. They get crazy.

There's gonna be lots of
riding and good music.

Important. And lots
of blowtorches.

Also lots of fire, so...

- Wow.
- I hope you're not flammable.

I might be flammable.

Yeah!

In Utah, I've discovered
people don't wait for life to happen.

They get out and live it.

It's a place where
improbable ideas

create new worlds.

And for a state that's
all about ingenuity,

couldn't script a
more perfect ending,

and I'm happy to have
shared it all with Keanu.

Look at what you're helping people
be a part of, you know? Yeah.

Not only an amazing place
in nature that is inspiring,

awe-inspiring, and
beautiful...

but, you know, the
people and being together

and playing with their craft,
playing with, you know, food,

with each other, with humor,
with life, sharing spirit,

I think that's what
places like this

and with, you know, really,
like, creators like you...

thank you for including
us in your life.

- Thank you.
- It's a real pleasure.

Thank you so much.

♪ You better stash yourself,

♪ The wolf man lurks around

When's the next
one of these you do?

Same time next year.

Same time next
year? I'll be back.

I want to come back.

And why not? As
long as Keanu comes with me

'cause these have been
three mind-altering days,

even if they've all just
been a simulation all along.