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June 2022 NV/OR/CA Expedition Part 5 of 17
Date of adventure: 6/8-6/9/22
I stumbled on this little tin shack out in the middle of the desert, and apparently it was the home of a very manly man!
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Thank you for the comments, everyone! Just so everyone knows, I do travel with an air compressor, two cans of fix-a-flat, an assortment of tire tools and regular tools, two jacks and a satellite phone! I might be overly prepared, but better safe than sorry!!
You are highly experienced at this, No need for people to worry.
If you ever have to use the fix-a-flat, I have heard that if you leave it in a tire, it will ruin it. You might check with your tire man to see if this is true. If so, they can remove it at the tire shop.
@@jamesspalten5977 I know the slime brand will clump up and cure out in about a yr and half at least in a riding lawnmower.
I have been to Denio.
Probably my favorite video
Lived in Cedarville for a while back in the 1980's. I was the only physician there and took care of a 24 bed hospital. You drove right past my home on the north side of hwy 299 just before going over the lake and into Nevada. Mine was the last house in California on that side.
I actually loved the area and it's very strong people. I went several times along your route, and I truly enjoyed the vastness and isolation.
Some years later I flew my own helicopter into the same country several times. The trip is much more scenic and much easier with this form of transport.
Thank you ever so much for this video. It brought back many warm memories. And thank you for all your videos; they are always so uplifting and inspiring in these troubled times. A devoted fan!
Wow, that's really cool! You were lucky to have lived in such a beautiful area!
We'd rove that road twice. Vya is a NDOT station only. No gas, breweries, salons, botiques,etc. In about 1988 or so we took that road in October to check out the Sheldon Refuge. About 2 months later a guy, his wife & infant hit that same rd. He didn't know anything about the area, where he was going & didn't have the 3 brain cells needed to; get a map, ask locals in Cedarville, or let someone know where they were. All went through a huge snowstorm, were stranded for days w,
w/o food or water & only by the grace of God did they barely survive. Nevada will kill you if you take these things for granted. Last year an old guy died after getting lost on a dirt rd. in a RV
Don't rely on Google dirt as it not always accurate. If you want to see the back country buy a Nevada Map Atlas. Also, cell phones aren't always usable.
ADVICE..When you get home, practice changing your tire. even if your are strong enough to do it, so many times people find out that the wrench does not fit or a jack part is missing etc. Good Idea to at least practice.
Good advice. They even make electric impact wrenches you can use ..
Yes. Prepare for WHEN it does happen, because it will eventually. A cheater bar might work for her as well.
...that'd be a bad time to find out there's low air in the spare.
A cordless impact and a small set of 1/2 impact sockets would be a must
My best friend's mom made us do this when we were 16 yrs old, best advice ever. I do try to do with it ever vehicle I have and make my daughter do it too. Always missing something on the first try or something that doesn't work.
Just finished looking at the news...."being in the heart of nowhere" sounds good right about now....
I live in Nevada, lots of no where here.
117 in DV 🙀🥵
Thank you sharing another beautiful adventure. My mom passed away Friday night and you are a welcomed, much appreciated distraction.
Sorry for your loss. it's been just over a year since my Dad and Sister passed. I really miss talking to them.
Keep her memory alive in your thoughts. Bless you both.
@@beepseatsfindingfoodtreasu8756 thank you for the kind words and so very sorry to hear of your losses as well.
@SassyBlu Prayers for your strength during this difficult time. May you find solace at every turn. Christ is the way, the truth and the light.
May the Lord wrap his loving arms around you and comfort you.
Wonderhussy, a trick I learned changing out tractor tire and wheels is , just jack it high enough to maybe slide a dollar bill under the tire then pry off the bad tire and wheel, roll it out of the way and roll the replacement in place lean the tire on the top lug enough to get the nut started good, then kick the tire in place or jack it up just a little and kick it in. Put on the rest of the lug nuts and let it off the jack.
@X Fix a flat is a option if you have a portable filled air tank. However the latex or liquid internal sealant gets spread all over the metal wheel and tire semi evenly and causes balancing problems. I've never used it successfully on offroad conditions. When the tire is replaced the metal wheel is covered with a semisolid goo that is difficult to remove and is the culprit in tire balancing problems.
I still smile every time I read your channel name. The world is missing more people with a good sense of humour.
I love you WonderHussy! I seen you one time sitting up on hill or a rig that looked like yours along the I 5 last Summer. I was a truck driver and let me tell you driving all the time is really a tiring job. Not physically but mentally ir makes a person very tired. Take care and be safe.
Yes! I read the story of the family that perished taking a “shortcut” during the winter. “Never take no cut-offs and hurry along as fast as you can.” Good advice even after 170 years. I never thought I would visit the area of the modern day tragedy. Thank you for posting, Sarah.
Correction. It was a long time ago. I’m glad to learn that the family survived.
These travel adventures are so much fun. You have a great sense of humor and wanderlust.
Great job taking us along! We appreciate you so much (I'm speaking for everyone here) because I can tell we all come here to share your adventure & to forget about life for awhile! Lol, hugs!
Okay, okay I really got to say that The funniest part of this was her expression of the gas pump 😂
This life you live is so cool! I love driving in Nevada,we have traveled several places too. I have bowled in Reno 13 times in woman’s nationals. We have driven,flew in and taken Amtrak. You inspire me to travel again,lost my husband in February this year,but won’t stop me to travel❤️👍
That Vegas house under the ground bunker style you mentioned in your favorite Vegas homes... is for sale. One video made of it too.
I’m super sad and depressed today, thanks for the new uploads. Safe travels ❤️
I'm into just 3 minutes of the video and I can already tell I'm going to like it !! The WH style of story telling is luring me in. Maybe she'll get lucky and happen upon a hot springs here, who knows.
Its amazing to me in all your travels out in the vast wide open desert, you've never stumbled across any snakes. Be safe dear.
James and Jennifer Stolpa tried to take a short cut through this area to attend a family funeral. They got stuck in their truck for 4 days and then tried to hike out to safety. Mom and baby spent 2 days in a "cave" while Dad walked 30 miles through a blizzard to Vya. There was a huge rescue effort covered by the media while trying to rescue Mom & baby. I remember hearing news on the radio that they were saved. Both parents had significant frostbite. It's an amazing survival story!
The northern high deserts are beautiful, and the smell is unforgettable.
While the world is falling apart, we get to keep our sanity by watching Wonder Hussy explore the great west.
One of Mother nature's daughters enjoying nature, that's just precious
I love how you called out the mall crawlers 🤣
Awesome episode Wonderhussy! Loved all the en-route footage thru the windscreen, taking us along on your cross-atlas-pages journey. Nice sunset timelapse ;-)
I worked with Stopla. He was an Army Soldier stationed at Camp Robert's CA. He and his wife both had severe frostbite. Only the baby made it out uninjured. Stopla borrowed someone else's truck for the trip and the vehicle's required safety inspection was forged. He was a good Soldier.
Wow Sarah for a year 1974-5 I was working on a drilling rig in Tuscarora, beautiful country but a little remote We did it in a 1949 Ford pickup best vehicle I ever owned , what an experience!
Glad you told the story of Jim and Jennifer Stolpa. l remember when it happened, it was a nationwide story. Yes, they both lost their toes.
Talking Heads: “We’re on a road to nowhere…”
you are still a wonderful story teller. you could be given a rock and a stick and make a captivating 30 minute story of them. love listening to your tales. may you keep it up like forever.
I rolled slowly through Denio on my way from Alvord Dry Lake to Lakeview. A couple of locals standing by the road gave me the stink eye for some reason. Well, greetings to you, too.
I was hacked a while ago and lost all my fav utubers. You were gone for a couple of months. I’m thrilled to have you back. You are so cute and I like your videos. Col Chip
Beautiful. Reminded me a Great Basin traverse is like sailing through an archipelago: high island mountains marching between vast basin straights. Cutting the dust of the two-track, the smell of water in those marshy, brooding ephemeral lakes somehow completes the oceanic.
Good vlog. It's pretty cool that most of the signs in the deserts are still well kept. Usually there's graffiti or something on them. Thanks for sharing 👍
Theres a hotspring on the edge of the road south of Eagleville at milemarker 5.5 my favorite
Beautiful desolation. You have a knack at finding it. Stay well Sarah.
"The Oregon Trail" by Rinker Buck, a 2015 trip with mules and reproduction wagon 2000 mile trip. Good book.
I could not put that book down!
What a nice trip. The sky was beautiful!
I've been on that paved road (the one you hit off the gravel road)-- trucking into southeast Oregon. It's. Restricted road for trucks. Trucks over 65' not allowed. Back in the early days for me I drove a cab over and had a 48' trailer. In was glad to get back to Texas. I thought west Texas was the middle of nowhere, nope, northern Nevada is the middle of nowhere. I stopped for the night on that road and I only saw one car pass before I went to sleep.
I really enjoyed this video. When I was a young man in the 1960’s, my dad, who loved to explore, would take us all over SE Oregon and Nevada. I’ve been to Denio many times. I especially like the Steens mountain area, you really should go there sometime. I’m 71 with stage 4 cancer and heart trouble so I probably won’t ever get to see that area again, so thank for what you do!
Praying for you.
@@elizabethjohnson475 me too
Spectacular! I have been planning an overland trip through that exact area to look for undiscovered opal deposits! the area in the vicinity of Virgin Valley near Denio is all part of the same volcanic ash beds that produce black opal. I am a geologist, but back in 2013 I had a stroke at age 46 that has left me partially paralyzed. I can still drive offroad to explore,but hiking is a bit challenging,so I live vicariously through your video adventures-
Back in the day I did the same thing-the farther off the tarmac, the better. watching you have a ranch water at sunset in the desert transported me back to when I used to metal detect in northern Nevada and have a big glass of chilled Mead while watching the sun go down... absolute heaven! Thank you for the time and effort you invest to bring us along with you, it means so much to those of us that can't get out like we used to. Be safe out there! Regards,Jeff
Yes, I can't wait for the video on square #36!
That s the stuff. You still got it, what a adventure. Exploring the true back and beyond . Good all on you over lander / adventure :)
Glad to came through our little part of the world we run cattle from Duck Lake south of Cedarville all the way to massacre Ranch and you know where all that isHope you enjoyed yourself
Nice! I've done this drive, and flatted just before the pavement. This was before I learned about the advantages of spending a little more on heavy duty tires.
Another great video! I'm in Reno and have been in the area of this video. I drove from Gerlach to Cedarville , camping in between and saw one other truck the entire way. It is amazing how much open country is up there.
Reno is such trash... please stay in Washoe
That's territory like that from my teenage visits to Paradise Valley, Nevada. Grandfather had a general store there in the early 1900's. Miss the smell of the sage brush. You would be completely amazed at the gorgeous Hinkey Summit out that way if you have not already gone there. Best wishes and happy traveling. : ) L. A.
I enjoy your trip on griddy roads. You are a daredevil. A tip for the ladies if you ever have to change a tire and you can't turn the lug wrench. You can push the wrench down so there is no slack and the wrench is in the horizontal position. Then with your foot, stomp hard on the wrench, but be careful. This should break the nut. Don't jack up the tire until all the lug nuts are loose. I was a tire man in Kodiak, Alaska when I was in the U.S. Navy --- This method works for you guys too.
🙌 💪 💃 Two in a day! Awesome! ❤️
Just talking to myself - I wish I could find a way to schedule my Wonderhussy videos so I get them like on Wed and Sunday. An hours worth of staring at Wonderhussyness on the screen is a big time commitment in a day, generally miss one of the two, which is probably the better one. Anyway, must be one of those fancy youtuber algorithms that keeps them pumping out 2 a day.
I love your adventures. I love the way you create a fun story and make some mundane things seem very upbeat. I also think you're pretty hot 😍. Be safe and have a blast 👍😁
Hey Toyota would you start sponsoring this woman? Look at the faith she's putting into her 4Runner. Yikers!
Me and my wife and her doggy travel in her motorhome full-time and we were out in that part of the woods went to virgin Valley we went through denio thankfully didn't have to get gas there month ago it was seven bucks a gallon but anyway we only drive 3 or four hours at a time very tiring and we got a big cushy seats killer video as usual me and my wife I love your channel and like I said pin in the atlas ain't got nothing on you keep up the videos loyal subscribers and followers🇺🇸✌️👌👍
Virgin Valley has a great campground with a warm pond and perpetual shower room. In the back of the campground are dirt roads that lead to some amazing, tall and vast gorges. Then, there are opal mines to try out too. The fishing in the valley must be amazing too.
Hello wonder lust hussy🌞 the last time I went to the burn I went through Denio , plus I’ve wonder ed about in that area. I saw once, in that general area, in more or less, the middle of the night, what had to be experimental aircraft flying out of ???
Area 51 ? Perhaps? Anyway they, there was two of them, they were going so fast that I barely had time to register that there was some super high speed aircraft flying almost over the top of me. Funny thing was, they made zero sound. No roaring engines no swooshing noise no sonic boom nothing nada I never would have detected their presence if not for gazing at the wonder ous sky and stars. The best reason of all for wonder ing into that part of the vast desert west
That is some beautiful country! I cant wait to get out there and see it myself...till then I'm glued to your videos! love 'em!
Another awesome voyage into the nether regions of Nevada - places I'll have to visit vicariously ❤️👍
Thank you, I love this channel, your personality is just great and cheers me up, I work 7 days a week and your videos help me unwind and enjoy my free time. Thanks
I'm retired at 62 years old. Watching this video and you so happy, makes me want to start a journey and live in the open landscapes in nevada..your awesome
WH, Not sure why but I totally enjoyed this adventure with you. I usually like your posts when you make up stories the best. The feeling, you created, of not knowing what's over the next rise really was fun! And I love your usual great photography.
Thank You.
Those BFG’s were a wise choice. Unless they were made prior to the upgrade they’re 10 ply tires which is a great barrier to rocks on the trails. The only time you’d need to step up to mud terrains is if you were in muddy areas or deep snow. I had the mud ones when I had snow up to the bumpers on a full size bronco. I was blasting down back roads where snow was whipping in front of the windshield. Never felt out of control. I pulled a pickup out of a muddy field when he couldn’t move. Pulling someone else out will give you confidence to know what you can navigate by yourself. It never hurts to get out and look for disguised obstacles.
Have fun out there!
you need 12 ply in that dresser
Yay! First to see onother excellent Wonderhussy production.
Your second. Don't torture yourself on the elusive first. My life-coach Slapped me for trying to be first. My cult mentor, the blessed leader, did too. I've said too much. That's my ride, I gotta go.
@@ericmadeoftin8206 never ever did I ever think I would have to stoop this low. It's (You're)
@@patrickskelly7520 Thank you sincerely for being an apostrophe posse.🙂
Thank you for making Wednesday a video holiday every week😬Have a great rest of your week. Stay cool👍🏻
Great job, loved the suspense, thanks for letting us come along!
Fantastic!! Great adventure Wonderhussy!
Great video WH! I drove between Winnemucca and Lakeview, OR in February, 1985 when I moved from Colorado to Oregon. My girlfriend (now my wife) lived in Lakeview at the time and she was riding back with me. I had everything I owned under a tarp in the bed of my pickup and my girlfriend and I were in the front seat (this was when pickups had only one bench seat and two doors) with my goldfish in his bowl between us and various houseplants and other items that couldn't ride outside so the cab was full. We pulled into Denio Junction, (not to be confused with Denio proper which is a couple miles north) to get gas. It was dark and fortunately the gas station was still open. As I was filling up a guy came up to me and asked if we were headed west to Lakeview. I said we were but there wasn't any room in the cab or bed. He said he broke down a couple of days before and he was sleeping in his car at the station and we were the first car in two days that was headed west. I apologized that I couldn't help him and expressed optimism that someone would be by soon to take him west. I haven't been back since then and am wondering if there was an early '80s silver VW Jetta with CA plates in the parking lot when you were there?
The WH drinking game: Take a shot every time she says, "I'm not gonna lie." or
"to be honest." Cheers!
Lol
hey w/h nice video, makes me reminiscent of the time when my pal and i did this same trip plus more, but in reverse, we left from Sparks, and went north....fun trip!
Thats some of the best advise on the tire changing issue. I had a brand new truck "Ford"and the jack broke from the welded base and crushed my hand between the tire and rim of my truck. It was made in China and had no recourse or so I was told 15 years ago. I carry a floor jack and 4 way lug wrench. Also keep fix a flat and a Air pump.
I'm glad that you have a Toyota. They last a long time. Great video 👍 love following your adventures.
Wow you make great videos I’m really enjoying watching them. You’re a gutsy lady. I don’t have the courage level you have to do what you’re doing. But I do enjoy watching what you’re doing. Keep it up great videos and thank you. Good stuff!
I love your messy truck perfect!
Sometime in the late-90's my girlfriend and I headed out from that "hot spring outside Denio" and although we hit pavement on a few occasions our path back toward Bend remained mostly dirt. Truly amazing.
I'm so envious. Watching your videos increasious my yearning to get out and overland in remote areas and explorer this marvelous country we all inhabit. Well done.
Off roading IS a physical activity !! Great adventure Sarah, thank you.....
What an adventure !!!! Glad you made it safely thru some wide open territory,Safe travels Sarah Jane..Oh yeah Wonerhussy. LOL
OMG you are the most adventurous person I have seen period. I am not sure I would do that track alone although I don't mind traveling alone. Thanks for the video. 👍
It's stressful- that kind of driving. But beautiful too. Wondering, Sarah, if you went through High Rock Cyn, guess not- as I saw no walls. Brave you were though- to do it. I've been wanting to. Got maps from The Winnemucca field office- years ago now. Plenty of Sagebrush. I'm going to be out there- Cedarville, in a couple months. Thanks for share. Just looking at the NV Benchmark atlas and the Stopa Rescue Site is marked in the Sheldon Antelope refuge. You were within five miles of it if you were on Badger Mtn Road. 👍
In a past life I traveled through some of that Country Horseback. You can't imagine how big that Country is until you get away from the Roads.
She must spend hours upon hours down in her dungeon editing. Fun to watch, thanks!
Great video and your sense of humor is amazing. Thanks for sharing wonderhussy
I love coming home from work and sitting down with a beer and watching your videos wonderhussy. So relaxing. Safe travels wonderhussy and thank you for taking us along on your adventures 😊 😀 👍👍
I just subscribed after lurking for way too long. Great work WH. You did a route which I've been eyeing for a long time--Nevada Route 8A from Vya to Denio Junction. I didn't take the time to scroll through all of the 544 comments before mine, so maybe this has been addressed, but the Jim and Jennifer Stolpa episode is pretty fresh in my mind: I'd once had an interest in looking for and visiting the cave in which Jennifer and their infant son (Clayton?) took shelter while Jim started the long trek back towards Vya for help. The family had actually abandoned their stuck 2WD pickup truck along 8A some distance back to the west (10-15 miles?) and they'd walked towards Denio (east/northeast) through deep snow along the roadway. They reached an intersection and took what they thought to be the more likely "main road" but they were wrong--they headed southeast towards the Hell Creek basin, a dead end small network of roads and trails ending at the rim of a deep canyon hosting Virgin Creek After walking farther in the wrong direction from the intersection, they reached near exhaustion and located a "cave", actually an overhanging rock outcrop with little in the way of real shelter. There Jennifer hunkered down while Jim turned back toward their truck and Vya many miles past their truck. I believe a County road maintenance person spotted him long before Vya and the rescue efforts began. With the foregoing in mind, I started perusing my Nevada Benchmark Atlas for the ill-fated intersection along 8A, tracing the "wrong road" down towards Hell Creek, looking for any obvious bluffs which might form an overhang similar to a cave. And, sure enough, on Page/Map 33, west (left) side, around grid C/D 7, was the subject of my search--the English language label "Stolpa Rescue Site", immediately southeast of North Hell Creek campground and northwest of Chokecherry Spring. The Benchmark I'm looking at now is the Seventh edition, copyright 2020, and the site must have been included on earlier editions as it's been at least 6-8 years since I first "discovered" the map showing. And they say I'm no Magellan. Now I'm going to figure out exactly where you long two-track "short cut" was. See below.
Oh, and like mentioned before, I'd invest in a satellite emergency device before venturing out like that again.
I'm really enjoying your work and looking forward to seeing more about this particular adventure. I think I see where you ventured WAY southeast of 8A to reach the intersection of Soldier Meadows and Badger Flat Rd within the Summit Lake Reservation before heading northeast to Gridley Springs and Gridley Lake, but I'll await your storytelling for confirmation.
Iam Happy with your storys. The details are very important items in your treking storys.
Dang! Should'a gotten the VIN off the Focus and done a vehicle search after editing to use for crazy story material!!
Please do every page in the atlas! Thank you Sarah for taking us to places most of us will never have an opportunity to visit. Life is short! ❤️ from Michigan
Ah, good old Surprise Valley (Eagleville, Cedarville, and Ft Bidwell). Used to live there. Beautiful place. You really should go back and do video on history, natural beauty, and area hot springs (at least 6 of them).
It’s so great you have that fore runner. It’s like the perfect vehicle for you to do all this stuff
Thank you fro the journey into the Northwest section of Nevada. I enjoyed your vlog of the journey and I am glad you had a great time. Looking forward to your next adventure and narrative. Best wishes and stay f safe! 😀🤙
Exploring the squares with nothing in them 😂... I love it!!! Seems like something totally weird that I would do. You're an odd duck and I love that about you. 🤙
Hey Wonderhussy, always enjoy your videos, with some videos you film your self walking into the distance, I like seeing you start your adventure when location permits. for me, makes it a little more adventuress. I enjoy your narration more than anything. its a good thing cause you are sooooo good at speaking. your delivery. your persona. just keeps getting better. thank-you for your adventures Sara.
I really enjoy your sense of adventure and getting to admire the beauty hidden away in our area of the Earth. Keep on adventuring!
I am still wanting to go to Cedarville and Vya. Thank you so much for the virtual trip!
I LOVE camping out, in my Off-Grid Prius Camper by Denio Junction. The hot springs and the opal mines are so cool! 💙 Thanks for sharing.
Jeez Wonder. You were close to the Kokopelli Opal Mines. That would have been worth checking out. I guess you'll have to head up that way again.
Sarah, no matter where you are, the "Heart" is always there...another great video.
My bet is the car was stolen! Too new to be left in the desert. You made a smart choice for your rig. Toyota has great reliability. Thank you for posting, from Texas
I often get gasoline at Denio Junction between Winnemucca and Lakeview, OR on the Winnemucca to the Sea Highway. The best part is going down the Daugherty Slide. One time the pumps at Denio Junction were hit by lightning and gaoline was not available. I was able to make it to Adel on my Ducati where I could only buy regular gasoline. I last went to Cedarville in the 1960's with my grandfather. The first time I was on the Winnemucca to the Sea Higway was in 1966 in my gradffther's Jeep.
My brother is a retired lineman. He had a firm rule: do not go through and open gate that ahs a lock. someone could lock you in if they are working inside and leave.
Good advice.
Thats awesome Wonderhussy!! You can do a video for each square on that map!
I love your videos. Thanks for letting me ride along. So cool 😎
Beautiful country...thank you for taking us there...be safe...
What a beautiful trip 👍 thank you for sharing
It’s pretty up there! I absolutely ❤ HORSES!! That was so neat to see!!!!!!
Cedarville is a cool town I went up behind Pyramid lake by Gerlatch to Cedarville nice road☮️🌵
Fun video…. Thanks for sharing!