The Rock Pools of the San Gabriel River near Azusa California
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- This is an unbelievably beautiful place located only 40 minutes from Azusa California, it has pristine clear water and many rock pools to swim in!!
The only problem is that there is a lot of trash all over the place, so if you decide to visit please make sure to pack it in and pack it out!! Don’t leave any trash behind, thank you.
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This spot will always have a special place in my heart. For a short while I was pretty much homeless sleeping in friends cars and would wake up & come down to the river in the morning. It was a rough time for me then- 18, just left an abusive household & trying to kick my drug habits. I met my best friend up & found love. That was almost 18 years ago now:)
Hope everything is going well for you now 🙏
Ok. Ever heard of keeping things to yourself? You should learn a thing or two from stoicism. 😂
@@soinas-ii lol seems like you learned enough from narcissism
May God continue to bless you. In His name I pray.
@@eb8601 up here In Oroville 20 years ago I had my Son drive me up into the west branch of the Feather River in Feather River Canyon Hwy 70 to Quincy...to kick a habit pitched a tent across from a Bald Eagles nest stayed there for thee months till I found myself again and got clean ...one of the most memorable times in my life...I continued to struggle but finally quit cold turkey and haven't looked back...Thank God.
Bless you for telling people not to litter. I cannot believe how many people treat nature with such disregard and disrespect. We should feel honor and protective of all the beauty. Too many selfish people in the world.
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Exactly. How hard is it to bring extra trash bags to clean up and take away your mess??? It's a blessing to have these beautiful nature spots around us. All we need to do is enjoy the beautiful scenery and clean up when we're done. Littering is disgusting, leaves a blight on society, as well as destroys our precious resources.
@@daisymae3883 SAN GABRIEL RIVER, THE BAD SIDE!
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@@lopezexplora If it's going to show me the bad side of people's behavior I don't think I can handle it.
@@daisymae3883 Yes, Daisymae, you are so right. The most simple and basic thing we can do too many people refuse to do. It's very difficult to live in a world where half the people want to do the best for our planet and the rest just don't even think about it or care! Thanks for being a conscientious human being.
I stopped going up here because of all the dirty diapers,trash ,graffiti and gang bangers who made it uncomfortable. This is a beautiful place that’s just been trashed. People put rocks across the river to form the deeper pools which due to environmental issues is illegal. Appreciate your video and telling people to keep it clean.
I know about the problem, it’s really sad. Watch this:
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I have learned to use kind words that will bring light into this dark world( we are losing the light)If something bugs me I try to make a difference by picking up the trash myself.
@FoundtheLORD23 Thank you 🙏
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Good stay away 😂
I live on the Kern River and it gets trashed with the same thing. If you go any place, just take your trash out and if you have time, pick some more up. San Gabriel looks amazing man and cute pup. Edit: Also happy you had the life jacket on the youngest one.
Because of you, me and my family and my dad went to go to this very location. We spent such a wonderful day together, creating memories. He was recently diagnosed with cancer so this one will go down in the memory book. Thank you sir
Thank you so much for watching, I’m so glad that you had a great time!!
Sorry about the cancer news.
That’s so beautiful!
@@crystalm290 sending prayers for your Dad...I take it you're close by ...I grew up in Downey/Pico Rivera off the 605 fwy ..
. great to hear you treating you and yours with The San Gabriel River...I loved going swimming up there so close yet worlds away from the fast lane...ya know if any of you likes fishing its free on Seal Beach and Huntington Beach pier ( Oceanside is better but kinda far) No fishing license required...if you interests you reply and ill fill you in on how to catch 🪝
em! ....Good eating fish! Kind Regards and I'll be praying for your Dad...✌️♥️🇺🇲🙏🗽
Prayers 🙏🏽 Health wealth and Happiness ⚔️
@@lopezexploraHope he's doing well. ⚔️
You have such a soft and soothing voice, very calming to listen to you. Thank you for reminding people to take their trash with them! Our Earth is amazingly beautiful, we need to keep it that way 😊
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Please keep it clean. Reminds me of fossil creek in Arizona. Priceless beauty
It was ALL pristine in the 70s. We called the East Fork,"Hippie Creek". We had some wonderful times there. People who hung out there were very diverse, it was an inspirational time in my life. Hopefully it is still like that. Your message is beautiful 😍. Please listen and keep it beautiful for ALL peoples to enjoy. Peace to you ALL❤😊✌️
back in 1972, after coming back from Viet Nam, I went swimming there with my cousins from West Covina. I was from South El Monte..
1972? I was just a baby!
Is there restrooms here??
@Verliny yes there are, but not in the best conditions
@@VerlinyYes, they use the creek as a restroom. Enjoy!
@@backfromthedead553 😔
Good that you mention not to leave trash 😊
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Yes, leave the trashy people out of nature. Natures alive and spirits of said nature exist and I hope you all realize we all depend of nature and each other or we all 🪦☠️ so be good mindful humans. They are watching you. 👽🧚♀️💜🙏👍😉
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@@lopezexplora oh danggggg. The fairies and nature spirits aren’t going to like this….. 🧚♀️☠️😩🪦💩👽
As a teenager we spent countless hours up there swimming fishing hiking getting stoned! Watching people get stuck in the mud! There's HUGE BASS in those reservoirs youll pass ..used to be wild Native Rainbow Trout up there in the River ....Fish and Game usex to plant trout in the 80s ... I think they stopped.
Eric Underwood Class of 81 Downey High school California ✌️♥️🇺🇲🙏🗽
Back in the 90's this area was a nice area to trout fish, and youre right, Fish n Game used to plant. Sad to hear they no longer do so because people have become trash and losers who disrespect nice places.
@@quailshootr6389 Yup...we enjoyed a much better time than nowadays....there was a real common respect that was just there... probably cuz you can't smack anybody anymore that needs smacking! Like I said and you said it's was better.. I just learned that fish n game stopped stocking trout because of the endangered red legged 🐸 frog....✌️
@@EricUnderwood-v2x Red legged frog = translation: "We will no longer fund trout plants because we are broke and may start paying out reparations " lol
@@quailshootr6389 Ribbet!
@@quailshootr6389 Did you ever do the hike back to Fish Canyon...? The waterfall
STOP LEAVING YOUR TRASH IN THE MOUNTAINS!¡!!!!!!!
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It was never tagged up in the 90’s and was always kept clean . Some of us don’t bring spray paint and Modelo beer to have a good time . Please keep this place clean . Also maybe read some history books on the people that were in these mountains long before any of us And even with gold mining and other ventures never destroyed it like this new generation.
Yeah, the native indians
Mexicans 😂
Really? It’s a generation issue? With that logic then maybe it’s the parent’s generation that fails at raising well behaved youth
In reality, I see kids who volunteer to pick up trash and see adults who teach kids about nature and native history all of the time. Nobody is to blame. Azusa canyon has become more popular over the years and has attracted more homeless people and delinquent groups of people. It’s an unfortunate byproduct of higher public interest and low supervision no matter the decade
@@whumptapus with logic like this the new generation has no responsibility for their own actions . My kid never ran around tagging walls while drinking modelo’s
@@stevenrandolph1654 That’s not quite it, friend. Everyone is accountable. Anyone could help pick up trash, clean graffiti, and educate youth about nature and history. The change starts with you
I live at the end of this river in Seal Beach. I love hiking these foothills & creeks 💪🏼❤️
You mean the drainage ditch lol
My local spot for 20 years too beautiful to see the source, old timers would tell me about the bonita in the river but they're all gone now, interesting to see a bonita road at the source, wonder if it's coincidence or not, lots of turtles in the river lately
But yes it does get trashed at the river 😢
Local legend, shaper and the first owner of a surf shop in long Beach called rainbow bridge, ray spitzer, found a head floating in a burlap sack while waiting for a set in the 90s😅
Ah yes. The one thing this area needs is another video publicizing its location so that more hordes of people can arrive and trash it further.
@@feliperivas3814 it’s been like this before social media, watch this:
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This is why you should BE the change by picking up trash that people leave. Give people awareness to have more respect towards nature or places in general.
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You seem fun
This brings back childhood memories 😻
great video, my friend....I grew up in Glendora..I spent my youth exploring these canyons..I need to go back.
Watch my other videos too, got so many in the San Gabriel’s! What’s your favorite trail?? Thank you watching 🙏
Hey David so did I! Never got around to the Sepulvada Basin after it rained...ever since I was a kid I'd see kids fishing the LA River by San Fernando Rd and off to the side of Interstate 5 on that cement apron....ever seen that? I grew up South of you in Downey this river runs out before it got to Telegraph Rd and The 605 freeway but up in Azusa great jumping rocks and pools....✌️
Eric Underwood Class of 81 Downey High School Downey California
Oh and another thing...umm they are working on bringing back the Southern Steelhead back into the LA River.... Yup
Glad to see someone telling the truth about trash . pack it in pack it out is the best way to keep nature beautiful
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Beautiful place thx for sharing. Unbelievable that people would graffiti the beautiful rocks there, place is sacred then they go and do that. Nice job on the video, and reminding folks to take there trash with them. ✌️
Thank you 🙏
Everything gets tagged in LA. I would be depressed to visit this area and see all the gang tags and garbage. And meanwhile all of us have to pay for the "Adventure Pass"..did the taggers pay for a pass?
@@bombaybeach208 Hell no they didnt.
I hope people keep this clean and take their trash…. And keep it beautiful.👍
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Please watch this before you go!
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thank you Ignacio I plan to take my family 4th of July. I hope there's water How long ago did you go?
@@edgarramirez2540 2 weeks ago, go early it’s going to be a chaotic day !!
@@lopezexplora I plan to be there by 7am you think 🤔 that will be fine
@edgarramirez2540 should be ok, please don’t leave any trash behind 🙏
@@lopezexplora definitely not I am taking extra bags will pick up extra trash if need be I love nature
In the 50s, growing up in Whittier, the San Gabriels were the "mountains". First with parents and family and later with my girlfriend and our dogs we spent countless hours on the river exploring and fishing. We hardly went to the same place twice. I caught my first trout there. Saw my first rattlesnake. Back then it was almost pristine. I have only fond memories.
Thank you for making this video to help people find these beautiful, local places. And for most in the surrounding areas that cant afford to go too far away for a little getaway with your kids. Just clean up after yourselves!
Thank you
I went once, and it was trashy and dog poo everywhere! If people bring food in, they can take their trash out with them! Also they can clean up after their pets. Keep the river clean it is a beautiful place🌿
do you get leeches when you go in that water?
Nope, never. They are usually at warmer waters that aren’t running strong. This one was freezing 🥶
When I was a child my family would drive from long Beach to this spot to Gold Prospect and enjoy the river this was in the late 70's and 80's I remember the bridge it looks the same today
Thank you for watching 🙏
SAME!!! FROM LONG BEACH TOO!!!
7th and Orange. You?
@@OtherMike5000 Studabaker and Wardlow
I used to love that place in the 90s but the cockroaches destroyed it, and you can't park without your vehicle getting broken into...
😢thanks for the heads up
Yay, English version! I wish I could speak Spanish, but I’m not smart enough lol.
🤣🤣🤣
Don’t say that you are!!!
Thanks for burning the spot.. n yeah people disgusting for leaving all their diapers and garbage behind.. my car is littered at times because i don't just throw shit on the street.
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Coming soon: graffiti and dirty diapers
I remember going with my family, tias, tios, primos my whole family and stationed are selfs on the river streams and did cook outs, this video brought old beautiful memories brother thank you 😭
I’m glad you’ve enjoyed it, watch my other videos too. Thank you 🙏
Same here!!!! We would have so much fun ❤ sadly none of my cousins could remember the name so finding this video made my week!!!
@@cnc4243 Yes I remember the first time I went my primos called “El rio de Azusa” but that would be all the information they could give. It wasn’t until I made my channel and starting to look for trails and stuff and when I was driving to hike to “Bridge to Nowhere “this place looked familiar and that was that. Thank you for watching , check my other videos too 🙏
We have biked on this road many times. We start at Cerritos Liberty Park and take the San Gabriel River Trail to Azusa Highway. Then we follow the East Fork to Glendora Mountain Road. Sometimes, we continue all the way to Crystal Lake. It's a long ride, almost 90 miles.
Good job Ignacio 👍
Pure snow melt
super clean water
i love your videos, thank you for the great in depth directions!
My pleasure, thank you for watching my work 🙏
THE PLACE IS BEAUTIFUL, BUT THERE'S A LOT TRASH FROM PEOPLE, THEY THROW AWAY EMPTY BEER CANS,DIRTY DIAPERS, ALL OVER THE PLACE 😢
I know, watch this:
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Gotta keep hidden gems hidden. Doesn’t take long b4 it gets trashed
I do , this isn’t hidden it’s all over social media
Trashed?? That’s been a problem here even before social media. Watch this: SAN GABRIEL RIVER, THE BAD SIDE!
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Yeah, I'm not down with stingy people who wanna keep secrets about the beautiful spots in California. 👎
Its trashed. People leave so much trash.
I know, I’m trying to send a message about cleaning this place. Trust me I’m doing what I can, watch this: SAN GABRIEL RIVER, THE BAD SIDE!
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It always best to come on a WEEKDAY
on weekends it’s like a huge Mexican party 😂
It’s our land. Even the name is Mexican.
@@F30586 Too bad many of the mexicans treat the land like a garbage can and leave so much trash, including SO MANY diapers. BTW...it's NATIVE AMERICAN land.
@@F30586Nope, proper education not propaganda please
@@alymshep 🤣 where’d you learn that from? Please…go sit down somewhere.
Last time I visited the area, I was saddened by what I saw. People in the river ..fully clothed, dirty diapers on the shore, bbq along the river...too many people/families messing up the river rocks. Never went back. I wanted to do some fishing. I've seen it in front of my house, on my street...a woman threw fast food trash out the window ---I was standing there. Drove off w/o a care.
We used to go up there in the late 70s. There was a Fish Hatchery on the way where you could feed the fish. Epic California beauty! 🥰
They make people buy a pass to enjoy property they already own and pay for.
Why do people write on the rocks smh
Despicable...it's bad enough graphetti in cities...but in NATURE ? ! !
I recall these places being really clean and quiet…..then came all the UA-camrs inviting everyone and just got trashed. Very sad times we live in.
It’s been like this before social media, sadly
This is beautiful thank you for the wonderful illustration of the journey to the rock pools, you have a calming voice will be anticipating more videos
The graffiti is so depressing to see in such a naturally beautiful location
Probably one of the best edited and humble, real videos I've ever seen. Great job, thank you!
🙏 Thank you.
Now watch the bad side;
SAN GABRIEL RIVER, THE BAD SIDE!
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Hello Azusa, Ca My Auntie Eileen lived in Azusa. I graduated from Duarte High School which is so close. Its best to remember the good times, bad times belong buried.
Appreciate you sharing this! In the 70s we used to go to this river and play for hours there. We built our own rock pools back in the day. The water was beautiful and even had crawdads back then.
Thank you
This place was great around the year 2001.Then it was taken over by folks that no respect for nature, trash, drugs booze along with glass turned this place into a city dump. Don't know what year this was filmed but if you go there now it is a mess.
It was June 20, 2024
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I'm glad this showed up in my feed. This brought back so many memories. We grew up going to the Azusa mountains, almost every day in the summer. We used to try to pile more rocks on the current dam to make the pools bigger 😁 Good Times!
Thank you for watching 🙏
I just came across your video!! You have a really nice voice!☺ I like how you take us along in your car. Can't wait for more adventures
Im so glad you are enjoying my work, thank you for watching 🙏
Thank you! Looks like a great spot for fun and cooling off!
I went there 2, 3 month ago, saw a search party looking for a missing girl that supposably got carried by the river, I wonder if they ever found her. Stay Safe.
No she drowned, sadly.
I always mention on my videos no to come here when the water levels are too high
Wow this is beautiful, thank you for posting.
Thank you
Posting videos like these are the MAIN REASON there is trash up there. Stop telling people about our local places, please!!
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Thank you so much and God bless you!
Back in the 60s & 70s, nobody left trash up here. But we started to get people that had recently migrated to the US & they would just come, picnic on top of you, & leave all their trash when they were done. We tried to ask them to pick up & we would pick it up. As native Californians of all ethnicities, a lot of us just got sick of this & just stopped going up there. We just went to other canyons along the San Gabriels: Chantry, Eaton, Sweitzer etc.
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swimming with Js on is wild lol.
That’s the way ! 🌊
In the 70’s we use to eat peyote and hike back to the waterfall at leg lake .. I’ve always wondered what it’s like in there now. People were starting fires and burning things down so I stopped going in 1985
Beautifully made. Thank you. ❤
Totally agree
Not a fan when UA-cam people show spots. It just brings more people and tagging. Doing more harm than good to the world.
It’s been like this even before social media, watch this:
SAN GABRIEL RIVER, THE BAD SIDE!
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Wow! Had no idea this existed by Azusa. So surprised to see how clear the water is. Love that the area is so clean as well. I will bookmark this. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you 🙏
Thay cleaned it up after that pulled all the gold out these past 5 years
Did you see what happened to this spot this July 4th weekend? Thanks to videos like yours and other TikTok/Instagram videos that bring even more people up here. I know you’re trying to help, but unfortunately, these videos are only doing more harm by increasing the amount of people coming there and trashing the place.
blame the people that trash the place , a guy having a nice time with friends and doing no harm is not the problem its the morons that have no respect for anything that are the problem
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@@lopezexplora I appreciate your videos, but let's look at the stats here. This video showing off the rock pools has 260K views, the "Bad Side" video only has 2.6K views. Your videos will end up bringing more and more people to the spot vs. educating people about the trash. Over the next few years, this video will get even more views than it has now. You are indirectly harming this location even if that is not your intention.
@van2810 You are absolutely right, it wasn’t my intention to cause any extra harm to this place that I love so much. However this past couple of days they actually closed the access to it and my hope is that the authorities finally put an end to this situation since it got to their attention.
@@lopezexplorain a way it’s good so that it’s more controlled
My guy sound like nacho libre! Ay take it eeeeseee!
The only nice thing about Azusa is the canyon. That town sucks.
Sad to see all that graffiti on the rocks. Why people have the need to do that to our beautiful nature I'll never understand. Glad you mentioned to pack it in/pack it out.
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Se ve muy bien ese lugar. Saludos.
Gracias 🙏
You’re a wonderful tour guide! Thanks for this video, this place looks like Heaven! Especially in triple digit weather.
Yes my dad always made sure we left places better than we found them. It’s terrible to see such a disregard for nature, and it’s just selfishness that people would trash the area and not think of anybody else that may want to enjoy it after them!
Subbed for more adventures, love the watering holes!
#OlllllllO maybe I’ll get back down south soon ✨🥰✨
Stay blessed, safe, and prosperous my friend. Hello to your wonderful family, they’re very encouraging for nervous jumpers! That was a funny part LOL!
Native Land
Was
Native Americans weren’t a single nation. You’re talking about a succession of hundreds of unique cultures who took turns fighting over these territories and their resources, often committing slaughter and attempted genocide. As humans do.
I want my kids to have a happy memory of this place too
UA-cam and people like this have ruined beautiful locations when they post the location and spread the word. Instagram and UA-cam nightmare
Yet, you are here
Ridiculous. This particular place has been on the map for over 100 years.
BUT.... yes, UA-cam & X etc. are a net negative for humanity and the 🌎.
Yet here WE are......
I used to go there and my dogs and cats loved Azules waters Your videography and storytelling is unique and insightful gracias’
Amigoes until next time
Thank you !
Every year the forest service allows volunteer groups to remove the dams creating the pools The pools are terrible for the native fish population, warming the water and damaging nesting beds. Please enjoy the river in its natural state.
blah blah blah... don't be an idiot, keep the dams in place that our old timers had the wisdom to build for the rest of us to enjoy.
I have lived just down the 605 for more than 45 years. I used to go here and further up river near crystal lake. The condition as you said was horrible with trash and yes diapers. I think part of the problem was that there was no people control by forestry. Another problem was the fixed toilets were hideous because of non maintenance and over use. I think people could change with a little prodding. Parking revenues could be used to improve the trash pickup and toilet maintenance. Some youth groups could storm the area once in a while with an army of trash picker uppers. I live next to legg lakes (Whittier narrows recreation area) and frequently walk the lake path for exercise while picking up trash. Many people thank me for doing so, I think it makes a difference. Los Angeles county runs the area, but I think they could return some of the parking revenues to improve the maintenance of the lake and park.
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So beautiful.
What a beautiful area, a beautiful video and a beautiful narration. I'm excited to follow you. ❤
Thank you 🙏
Welcome aboard!!
Why you didn't let the dog into the water, poor dog the only one not enjoying the water on a very hot day. You should have not brought the dog there if you're not letting it swim or play in the water.
I know right? I wasn’t my dog it was somebody else’s and I asked them the same and they said he was terrified of it!
Fished there with my dad in the late 70’s early 80’s. He had a business on Todd Ave. in azUSA….great fishing. We both always had protection. Never needed it…mostly nice people..then…great trout.
dude stop telling people how to get to my spots, now I'm going to have to start looking for other spots so it won't be so crowded.
Your spots??
Show me the title where it states you own that spot and are the only one that can visit.. you a 🤡 bro get a life
Entitled much?
damn that really sounds like a you problem lmao. also you don’t own these spots 😅
Great minds think alike 😅
What a beautiful place. I can't swim, but I'll love to go visit this place to relax with my son and mom since its not that far from me.
It’s best to go on a weekday!
Me too.
That’s the sad thing is people don’t have respect for mother nature and they ruin things. It’s almost best not to tell people about it. They might just turned it into a dump
Thank you for bringing back my favorite memories as a child!! It's been many years since I visited Azuza Canyon.
@@anthonymartinez8122 it's not called Azusa canyon 😂 it's San Gabriel Canyon. I wondered why everyone calls it Azusa canyon.
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Yes nice place near the bridge but it also attracts the wrong crowd you don’t want to be around. I walked through there and
when you start to see a bunch of beer bottles and people smoking weed with gang tattoos all across there chest it doesn’t make you want to stay there
Great video. I think your video went viral and everyone went today. Cops blocked the way saying it’s overcrowd with max
Capacity haha
that area is destroyed by human neglect.
Sadly, watch this:
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Last time i was there was over 10 years ago. Use to go off road, shooting, hiking and bungee jump. Good times.
Love the fact he asks over n over n over again 2 pls don't leave trash I had grown up in Azusa & as a kid & young adult I would go all over up n down the river & it has got dirty more n more it's FUCKD up that ppl are leaving it like they do instead of keep for generations 2 come I would love 2 take my daughter here 1 day or even her kids if I'm still alive when she does... PLS TAKE UR TRASH WITH U DONT B AH FUCKN SCUMBAG OR THE PERSON THAT IS THE CAUSE OF FUCKN THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN THE CITY IVE SPENT 42YRS IN....
So sad. The trash and graffiti problems will only be compounded now. We can't have anything nice.
We use to go up Azusa Canyon back in the early to mid 1980's when it was free. Then in the 1990's trash everywhere. That is why the rangers came up with a daily $5.00 pass. There was Follows Camp on the East Fork. Going up HWY 39 past the East Fork was public parking, and bathrooms. You could bring your vehicle down into the San Gabriel River, or continue up HWY 39 going all the way up where you hit Crystal Lake, where rumored Jason Voorhees was : actually it was filmed in Connecticut.. AT the entrance of HWY 39 was the El Encanto, where Hostage was filmed, with Bruce Willis....
Alot of memories there almost 45 years ago, my favorite spot to go was there at East fork and gmr and camp Williams,those were the days
In the sixties, my Grandpa Shorty, drove His gold barracuda with Hemi up there while babysitting me" fly rod,goldpans,shotguns, in tote it was full of browns,gold and game it was California Gold!!
Fantastic way to get to know our local rivers Very enjoyable and nice video. Thank you.
I've been there. I hate that people found out about it and started to swarm it and litter.
It’s been like that even before social media.
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@@lopezexplora then maybe i just went during a low traffic season
Turning nature into an LA GHETTO with their graffiti, trash, beer bottles, dirty diapers, and using a beautiful river for a public toilet for folks downstream to enjoy😢 I'm from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and we would Never even think of doing that Crap.
Last time i went there ME QUEBRARON LA VENTANA DE MI CARRO LO HICIERON COMO A DIEZ CARROS ... (AMANTES DE LO AJENO)
Now I understand why everyone is trying to drive up there!
The dog needed a drink. Those spots should be left alone for the wildlife. Careless people f it up for all. I'm sick of picking up trash of others wherever I go. It's always back the next day. Yest. it was a run over jug of motor oil in a parking lot. Unbelievable. I'd like every person that can't pick up their crap, to be stripped and banned from USA, dropped in Syria or Afghanistan.
Thank you for sharing these beautiful spits but ALSO thanks for reminding everyone...not to leave trash!! Take only pictures, leave only footprints.
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SAN GABRIEL RIVER, THE BAD SIDE!
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