Uncle Pappy’s Water Road Trip

Salt Lake City News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jun 28, 2026 · 1m

Blair Carlyle, aka Uncle Pappy, is on a 60-day cross-country van journey from California to Florida, spotlighting America’s shared thirst for clean water and smart policies. Along the way, he’s visiting drought zones, resilient cities, and underserved communities like the Navajo Nation, turning his quirky persona into a powerful environmental message. With a van plastered with public support and a final stop at the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in D.C. on July 4th, he’s rallying leaders to see water as a unifying, not divisive, issue — and reminding us that protecting it is…