Abandoned Fake Volcano - Movie Set - Secret Campsite in the Middle of Mono Lake

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  • @robinevans7194
    @robinevans7194 3 роки тому +2

    I loved this, in fact all of the Mona lake stuff. I can't get out like used to. I had 3 kids (who are all in their 30s and 40s now) and we went on little adventures every where ! We lived in a small town in Utah up in the mountains and went all over the western US, It shaped who they are today, Kind, enviromently concious and parents of their own children who are the same!
    I had a bad surgen put a hole in my colen during a opperation a few years back and then I became septic. It damaged all my major organs and left me barely alive. I can't get out and go like I used to. Even a trip to the store kills me. They said I would only live 2 to 5 years, that was 8 years ago. I always knew my bullheadedness would work in my favor one day !
    Your movies ( I call them that because they are beautifly produced ) give me so much wonderful pleasure !!!!!!!!! Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart !!!!!!

  • @thomfisher1100
    @thomfisher1100 6 років тому +3

    Thanks for posting. I spent the Summer of 1967 doing geological research out there. The "volcano" was still intact then and had a huge furnace under it. Great memories of the area!

  • @califcomedy
    @califcomedy 7 років тому +11

    Eastern Sierra residents can check out the film's DVD from any Mono Country library. I'm the curator of the "Mono in the Movies" collection. Here's my notes on the film: "All the ship deck scenes were shot in a flooded sound stage, so the stars were never at Mono Lake. In the volcano sequence, the long shots were two volcano sets actually built on islets in Mono Lake. The lakeside villages are sets that were matted (combining of two different filmed images, the lake on the top, and the villages on the bottom) or small models (shot close range to appear full size against the lake’s backdrop.) Notice the switching of locations, from lakeshore to ocean shore. Fred MacMurray often joked with the cast, “Why am I in this picture?” It was the Indiana Jones film of its time, from a matinee-producing studio known for only two things; action and special effects. In this film you get both, and that’s it. Filmed in “Trucolor,” Mono Lake’s dramatic scenery was the most noted feature of this film, although the flogging of the woman love slave raised a few eyebrows at the time."

  • @michaelkaiser4674
    @michaelkaiser4674 5 років тому +1

    Thanks again for sharing life with enthusiasm and passion for life

  • @bigrick812
    @bigrick812 7 років тому +1

    Really enjoyed your video Hussy. It is hard to believe the old set is still standing.

  • @cracktower3613
    @cracktower3613 7 років тому +3

    Ha! your Back! . . your almost a movie star now. Glad for you.

  • @buckwylde7965
    @buckwylde7965 7 років тому +1

    Another too cool adventure as only you can have one! You given me lots of travel ideas next time I am down there.

  • @jeffpalmer5502
    @jeffpalmer5502 7 років тому +1

    Wow ,early snow 2 yrs in a row. I remember that movie, was pretty cheezy! Planning on riding past Mono lake in April. Hope it's warm by then ! Nice vid.

  • @cigarzan
    @cigarzan 5 років тому +1

    You have the best adventures and shoot the best videos ever!

  • @switchblademinerva5285
    @switchblademinerva5285 7 років тому +1

    That was great Wonder Hussey, a most excellent adventure. I first went to Mono Lake and Bodie in 1977, but I have to say you really added a new perspective of the terrain for me to enjoy, thanks again. Damn that was fun.

  • @donnasfocus2050
    @donnasfocus2050 7 років тому +1

    Beautiful! the water is so blue. You did good 🙌

  • @BrewManPhilly
    @BrewManPhilly 7 років тому +1

    You find so many cool places. Thanks so much for sharing. That looks like a great place to find geodes too.

  • @MaxZomboni
    @MaxZomboni 7 років тому +9

    Nice. You explore all the cool hard to get to places that are to much trouble for most explorers. :)

  • @debbiemitchell6055
    @debbiemitchell6055 7 років тому +5

    Another strange thing about Mono Lake you have found, wow who would have thunk it! The sanitorium was so strange, this was cool information as always. Thank you again for a fun video.

  • @canadianactionkid
    @canadianactionkid 7 років тому +2

    Terrible and horrific incident in Las Vegas. I hope your safe Wonder Hussy.

    • @scottreasons4746
      @scottreasons4746 9 місяців тому

      She's safe. She still makes videos today!

  • @mobiltec
    @mobiltec 7 років тому +14

    Who would have thought! Clint Eastwood made a movie at Mono Lake called High Plains Drifter in 1973. They built an entire town set on the edge of the lake and then when it was all finished they had to take it all down. They moved a lot of the buildings to Bishop where they sat for a while before being dismantled.

    • @CplSkiUSMC
      @CplSkiUSMC 7 років тому +2

      I was to the site of the High Plains Drifter set on Mono Lake a couple of years ago. You can find rusty nails, broken glass, pieces of burnt wood, etc from the movie set. I'm not big into that kind of thing but I love the movie and visiting the site was pretty cool.

    • @mentallyilldarkjeroid5378
      @mentallyilldarkjeroid5378 7 років тому

      And now the volcano in a movie would be some CGI piece of shit. People should buy my "Impact" a James Grider novel on Amazon so I can afford to visit a lake.

    • @dmscholl4
      @dmscholl4 5 років тому

      Brian Landers Yes, that’s the one.

    • @davidbrothers2765
      @davidbrothers2765 4 роки тому +1

      That's why it looked so familiar the town of lago was at the shore of that town

  • @100inthewind
    @100inthewind 7 років тому +3

    Another fun video! Thanks! Remember when you said you wish you could travel like this all the time to explore all over? It looks like you made it. Good for you!

  • @jimkey920
    @jimkey920 7 років тому +2

    Fred McMurray made afilm with barbara Stanwyk. It was called, "Double Indemnity". A Classic.

  • @hollywoodgraham4046
    @hollywoodgraham4046 7 років тому +1

    Thanks Wonder, Mono is really an interesting place. Head up to Bodie.....

  • @skoolco83
    @skoolco83 7 років тому +1

    What a neat place,great video.

  • @2quintly
    @2quintly 7 років тому +1

    Great video. I especially appreciate the homework/history you shared about the movie that was the subject of the false volcano. Who would have known?

  • @LeopoldMidas
    @LeopoldMidas 7 років тому +1

    You make this so fun. If I did it, it wouldn't be the same. KOL!!! (keep on livin!)

  • @kcountrycorvettes
    @kcountrycorvettes 4 роки тому

    As mentioned in a few other comments,Clint Eastwood’s classic High Plains Drifter was filmed there. Still one of my all time favourite movies. Thanks Sarah for documenting this area a little bit. Cheers to you from Calgary Alberta Canada.

  • @Edogawa1117
    @Edogawa1117 7 років тому +1

    Thank you.
    Loved your vid.
    Never knew about that place.
    Your personality suits your vids,that's why you are one of the best UA-camrs out there.

  • @attilazatila
    @attilazatila 6 років тому +1

    wow!all the times i’ve been to mono lake and never knew about this,especially since i’m a motion picture tech up here in vancouver bc.
    you have no idea how much i’ve explored of ca,as,nv,wa,or and other states. luuuuuuv the desert! i grew up in the canadian version. i always enjoy when you go to a place i’ve been before😊
    next time i’m at mono lake i’m bringing my kayak😉

  • @dezertraider
    @dezertraider 7 років тому +1

    Thank you WH,Fantastic.Stay safe n warm...Lol on you thinking this is the weirdest thing you seen.You will have to start pulling them in Memory folders .You are such a cool Traveling Lady.!!:-)TY73s

  • @BIGBADWOOD
    @BIGBADWOOD 7 років тому +1

    Always great videos to watch ... Thanks and be safe !

  • @Allen-in6de
    @Allen-in6de 7 років тому

    Very cool, gotta say don't know if I would have climbed up that ladder but the view wow! Excellent job thanks for doing what you do.

  • @larslarsman
    @larslarsman 7 років тому

    I'd seen that tower in assorted photos over the years, but they were from a distance and never showed detail. I had always thought it was some sort of leftover from quarrying lava rock. Thanks so much for your great video.

  • @stfrsc
    @stfrsc 7 років тому

    I attended a graduation ceremony for the sister of a friend at Marymount High School in the late 1960s. This was a girl's high school on Sunset Blvd. across the street from UCLA. We craned our necks to look for Fred Mac Murray, who had a daughter in the school and was allegedly going to attend for our friend's benefit, but dude never showed.
    Anyway, another great one WH!

  • @mickkae3704
    @mickkae3704 7 років тому +1

    Great spot .. on my list now .. thanks WH. ! :)

  • @glumpy6079
    @glumpy6079 6 років тому

    I love you Wonderhussy ! X

  • @guns4funcajanajustin
    @guns4funcajanajustin 7 років тому +1

    Awesome adventure!

  • @PRTEVYBMW
    @PRTEVYBMW 7 років тому +1

    Now that was Great Fun:) Thanks W.H. and hunt on! Cheers;)

  • @vvogt4252
    @vvogt4252 7 років тому

    Thanks Wonder Beauty. Ill probably never get out to some of those cool places. So little time. Too many places. Ha. Enjoying Your Videos. Thanks!!

  • @DrChem-wx1uc
    @DrChem-wx1uc 7 років тому +1

    Great vignette thanks for exploring the wonders in our backyard of America.
    BTW hows the 4 Runner been treating you? From the vlog so far looks good from this angle!

  • @jtcbrt
    @jtcbrt 7 років тому +10

    Whenever you hike in flip-flops you might krakatoa! - Fred MacMurray's best film was "Double indemnity" in 1944. One of the best Film Noirs ever made. - Sam Adams & WD-40 the Breakfast of Champions!

  • @ronsbeerreviewstools4361
    @ronsbeerreviewstools4361 6 років тому

    A Good Video. Thanks for taking us on a trip to Mono Lake Volcano. In their cupboard they had an empty Samuel Adams lager Beer bottle. Samuel Adams does brew Good Beers.. Now time for a cold bottle of Beer. !

  • @michaelreardon7548
    @michaelreardon7548 7 років тому +2

    Praying you or any of your loved ones were nowhere near the shooting. When I heard it was Las Vegas, your safety immediately came to mind. Peace.

  • @cracktower3613
    @cracktower3613 7 років тому +1

    it didnt look cold out there . . but the colors of the lake and mountains were very nice. Cant believe that ladder still works. ok, thanks again.

  • @AbleHammer
    @AbleHammer 2 роки тому

    Yikes. A time machine episode. Very cool. Far out!

  • @RippSnortin
    @RippSnortin 7 років тому +8

    Those can opener holes were made by the kind of can opener a Boy Scout knife has. Just kind of a blade with a hook that grips under the rim. Usually has a flat screwdriver on the tip.

    • @RippSnortin
      @RippSnortin 7 років тому

      12 Volts...diameter is too small for oil can.

    • @RippSnortin
      @RippSnortin 7 років тому

      12 volts...you are right...but take another look. One side has 2 holes and the opposite side has one.

    • @TheSweetOldMan
      @TheSweetOldMan 7 років тому +1

      Yeah, that's an old flat top steel beer can alright and I'll bet you are right about what was used to puncture it. That's what I used to open them in my misspent youth. lol

    • @scottyo64
      @scottyo64 5 років тому

      Yppers, you put holes on both ends so the beer.....opps soda, would flow out properly. @@TheSweetOldMan

  • @VegasCyclingFreak
    @VegasCyclingFreak 7 років тому +1

    9:52 Yeah... I LOVED the Far Side, my kind of humor!

  • @SuperBuzd
    @SuperBuzd 7 років тому +1

    Wow u did a lot at mono lake ! :)
    Such a nice ride. U need to go to the alabama hills, its just west of Lone Pine. lots of history, western movies, commercials filmed there. I drive up the 395 all the time my parents live in Minden. I'm in L.A.

  • @linall2345
    @linall2345 7 років тому +16

    Absolutely beautiful scenery!! Did you make your sister row??? LOL. Enjoyed!

  • @marcbeebuzz1711
    @marcbeebuzz1711 7 років тому +1

    Great newspaper read!

  • @lesallison9047
    @lesallison9047 3 роки тому

    Well that was super cool, thanks and ❤🇬🇧

  • @davidsul7052
    @davidsul7052 7 років тому +2

    That island is a REAL volcano. It's all thick viscous type lava. The most recent eruption in rhat area was a little more than 250 years ago. Mono Lake is part of an active volcanic system that includes the Inyo and Mono chains of craters, Mammoth Mountain, and the Long Valley Caldera where the town of Mammoth Lakes sits right in the middle of it, and right on top of the resugent dome on US highway 395, which crosses the middle of the caldera and the resurgent dome. Mammoth Mountain's most recent eruption was about 600 years ago. There was also a period of elevated volcanic unrest of that system in the early 1980s. A future eruption of that general system would break highway 395.

  • @DennisSheaPRM
    @DennisSheaPRM 6 років тому +1

    Fred MacMurray: Double Indemnity (Awesome Film Noir movie!) The Cain Mutiny (Classic).

  • @larryword4356
    @larryword4356 7 років тому +1

    Love your videos! You Rock!

  • @BishopKing.308
    @BishopKing.308 7 років тому

    THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT VIDEO'S.😄💚💛💜

  • @sledneck7398
    @sledneck7398 7 років тому

    Dang girl! That was brave to climb up there and explore.

  • @raymondcline8194
    @raymondcline8194 7 років тому

    Very interesting sarah, keep it real Huggssssssssssssssssssssss

  • @jbonnett1225
    @jbonnett1225 7 років тому

    What are you using to film and and what are you using to keep the camera steady?

  • @lukekelly8387
    @lukekelly8387 7 років тому +1

    U Are one crazy funny awesome Chick..I love your videos u do stuff some Guys are afraid to do..You Rock and have the best videos out there

  • @mazwt44
    @mazwt44 7 років тому

    Thanks Hussy, love you videos

  • @jondoesmith541
    @jondoesmith541 7 років тому

    Come on Hussy. You don't think their are any boats in the salty ocean. ;). Cool place!

  • @raymondcline8194
    @raymondcline8194 7 років тому +3

    Fred had a TV series back in the day called "My Threw Son's " cool show

  • @michaeldavies4871
    @michaeldavies4871 3 роки тому +1

    Fred MacMurray was great in “The Apartment”, “The Cain Mutiny” and in “Double Indemnity”

    • @quell4812
      @quell4812 2 роки тому

      and My 3 Sons on tv

  • @darrinmoneer8518
    @darrinmoneer8518 7 років тому

    THANKYOU SARAH

  • @theislandpackrat
    @theislandpackrat 7 років тому

    Wow so cool I lived on the lake back in the 60's It was way bigger then!

  • @54leedaley
    @54leedaley 6 років тому +1

    You're so young. Indeed a beer can, The holes were made by the hook shaped part of a pen knife, the "can opener", no pop tops back then. Also the Miro pot was most likely the bottom part of a pressure cooker. I can see how that could be used as a smoke generator. Any old fart can answer at lot of these questions. BTW on the Majave Road trip Those cans you found were a C Ration meal/ the little can was peanut butter, jelly, or cheese. The 'tinned meat ' was exactly that. should have been one more can.

  • @plombme
    @plombme 7 років тому

    Wonder Hussy Rocks.....Love all your vids.....When are you doing the haunted hotel in Goldfield......I've been there and it's pretty well preserved. The hotel closed in 1945!A local has the key and will let you go in.....

  • @hestheMaster
    @hestheMaster 7 місяців тому

    My favorite endorheic lake. At one time it was larger and much higher at one time as the white rocks called tufa towers are
    the remains of fresh water from the surrounding mountains and the alkaline water mixed that was once from the Pacific Ocean which was far inland here millions of years ago. Nice finding a campsite there.

  • @draizwrm
    @draizwrm 7 років тому +1

    Fred stared in Flubber, absent-minded professor, etc.. For Disney, he did detective movies maybe dinner westerns

  • @rudedogii
    @rudedogii 7 років тому

    Snow? I was up at Mt Whitney Portal last week. It was about 80F. Hiked the trail up to Lone Pine Lake, short pants and shirtless.

  • @shugardad
    @shugardad 7 років тому +1

    Sisters paddling strokes. 10,000. Wonder Husseys paddling strokes....

  • @glurnheim
    @glurnheim 6 років тому +4

    The weird holes in the can were from an implement you would need to drink a beer backthen. There would have been no pop tops. The tool would hook onto the lip of the can andmake a v shaped opening. Usually people would make one on the opposite side to makethe beer (or soda) flow smoothly. The pop tops that we have today have a tapered ovalshape that allow for air to come into the can to allow for the liquid displacement.

    • @brianlanders5306
      @brianlanders5306 4 роки тому

      That implement was usually called a church key. They worked good for opening bottles caps as well. Good old times.

  • @629GSMITH
    @629GSMITH 6 років тому

    You have got to watch High Plains Drifter, good movie, Also, that rusty canwas beer, inthe 1950's you had to poke holes in beer cans, NO easy open

  • @davidrussell8795
    @davidrussell8795 3 роки тому

    Wd40 in middle of Lake!what rusts and needs that?

  • @mrdayyumyum3712
    @mrdayyumyum3712 7 років тому

    how did you get the scares on your left knuckles, and how do you keep your fingernails so clean? another fun trip.

  • @pakerman3d
    @pakerman3d 7 років тому +2

    Hope to hear from you soon... (worried)

  • @dekcgi7891
    @dekcgi7891 5 років тому +1

    ..... Like your smile..... Love your style.....Glad that you could chat a while.....!!

  • @dekcgi7891
    @dekcgi7891 5 років тому +2

    ..... Like your smile.....Love your style.....!!

  • @BH-wz3bw
    @BH-wz3bw 7 років тому +1

    Are you ok?? I heard about the shooting on the strip.

  • @cranimal286
    @cranimal286 7 років тому +1

    I love these vids!! I always feel as if I am there> My fave UA-cam peep!

  • @Vladviking
    @Vladviking 7 років тому

    I have drove by this lake several times on the way to Bridgeport etc. You would never think that much went on there. That "volcano" probably would have made a great Duck Blind.

  • @chuck_in_socal
    @chuck_in_socal 7 років тому +1

    Cool trip. Hope you weren't at the concert.

  • @IkonicLionProductions
    @IkonicLionProductions 3 роки тому

    Awesome.

  • @AmyinOregon
    @AmyinOregon 7 років тому

    Wonder Hussy, wanted to check in to see if you were ok and send all or love and prayers from Portland Oregon. This is the only social media I have to check on you. Hope all is well. It'll be reassuring to see your face. Maybe you aren't even in town but I wanted to check in just on case. Much LOVE!

  • @cg7856
    @cg7856 7 років тому +1

    Nice vid wh

  • @tobymahan324
    @tobymahan324 7 років тому

    I'M surprised the movie set wasn't vandalized like most places you go to.

  • @garbage854
    @garbage854 7 років тому

    Good video :)

  • @jamesmccreery250
    @jamesmccreery250 3 роки тому

    It's tufa time! The little islands and volcano shaped rocks are called tufa.

  • @mach179
    @mach179 7 років тому

    I hiked from Spooners Lake to Marlette Lake today, 27 Sept 2017, and all the snow has melted.

  • @GarrettHypes
    @GarrettHypes 6 місяців тому

    Watch Fred MacMurray in "Double Indemnity", it features him as the bad guy. Excellent movie.

  • @michaelh465
    @michaelh465 7 років тому

    Really interesting. I'm surprised some maggot hasn't set fire to it by now.

  • @coolrayfruge
    @coolrayfruge 3 роки тому +1

    I'd love to get some friends with supplies of chicken wire, plaster, paint finish the build of the Volcano and reinforce the platform and water proof the volcano and hidden shack, add hidden look out windows that blend in, as so not to be seen,

  • @rudyrissone4298
    @rudyrissone4298 10 місяців тому

    Oh my what a viue ! No one but You can show this to use .

  • @Retromicky82
    @Retromicky82 7 років тому

    lol you would not like it here then its getting cold here lol . cool they look after the place .

  • @tomfrye9037
    @tomfrye9037 6 років тому

    Well, you know how fast technology advances, Sarah. Could be it'll be Stereo lake by the time you get ready to go back.

  • @hopeulikenudes
    @hopeulikenudes 7 років тому

    Very cool WH

  • @theanonwolf
    @theanonwolf 7 років тому +1

    Those were the days

  • @davidtison905
    @davidtison905 3 роки тому +2

    You are way too young to remember Fred MacMurray in the My Tree Son's tv show!

    • @diemman70
      @diemman70 3 роки тому

      Great show, My Three Sons. He also played in quite a few Disney movies from the 1960s.

  • @TheSweetOldMan
    @TheSweetOldMan 7 років тому

    That was an old flat top steel beer can you found and it would open them with a device called a "church key". If you lost or forgot yours then a pocket knife such as a Boy Scout knife would be used in a pinch. This would explain the stab wounds in the top of the can.

  • @richardsmith-uw6sw
    @richardsmith-uw6sw 7 років тому

    high plains drifter was also filmed there

  • @robin2012ism
    @robin2012ism 7 років тому +1

    That is a nineteen 50s beer can. At least that's what they were like...thus a "church key" was needed. If not, a knife or as someone already said, a flathead screwdriver worked.

    • @TheSweetOldMan
      @TheSweetOldMan 7 років тому

      A Boy Scout knife had a hooked blade that opened the old flat top steel cans just like that. You couldn't puncture them too close to the rim because the hook would puncture the side of the can if you did. I opened a lot of beer cans with my Boy Scout knife. The pattern looks familiar. ;-)

  • @Kittycat822
    @Kittycat822 5 років тому

    They didn’t have pull tabs or pop top back in the day you used a can opener...when you didn’t have that you used a screw driver and poked a hole in the can.

  • @CharlesMSmillie
    @CharlesMSmillie 7 років тому

    Fun!

  • @paulvicenzi5024
    @paulvicenzi5024 3 роки тому

    The way they were back then, when they were done