This TOWN Was UNDER 60 Feet Of WATER! - St. Thomas Ghost Town - Lake Mead
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2022
- Checking out St. Thomas Ghost Town at Lake Mead and also giving an update on the water level.
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Don’t let people online correcting you ruin your confidence, or question your intelligence. “I don’t know,”-you DO know. No need to apologize. If the internet doesn’t like your videos they can move on. Much love and support
there's about 10 names for everything... and if it's sitting on a lake bed... I'd go with boat anchor, lmao
? Don't know but will find out and get back to your is a sign of intelligence and self confidence - Own it and move forward, good stuff - carry on friend, don't forget light colors when out in the heat of the day [hat included]
Yeah people online are always experts in everything and many tend to lean on the mean side because they know they have anonymity. I personally have met some of these mean people online through various outdoor forums and you notice when you get face to face with many of them they tend to tone it down a lot , the online persona does not match the real person but there are still a-holes out there.
Very interesting to see what been under water
Kudos
Thank you for enduring the heat and donkey, I’m old and disabled so I really appreciate younger people doing videos like this so I can enjoy them!
Ditto!
I just commented on another video about lake Shasta and I said the same thing I’m now disabled, hardly able to walk and it’s nice to live vicariously through others❤
I found a small ruins ua-cam.com/video/Geu78ml_yUE/v-deo.html
Me as well. I used to to ghost towns and documented a lot on Facebook but I can't do it anymore. I love all these youngsters keeping up on the travels.
@user-ig6bk6ym3m THE internet means you don’t have to go anywhere. Just stay home & visit distant destinations through videos. (Can also get free entertainment like TV shows, movies, and playboy.)
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I’m a retired LAPD officer and a former Army Paratrooper………..first……. Always……and I mean ALWAYS trust your instincts. You don’t need to know exactly what the threat is just relocate when your instincts tell you to.
Second…..I accidentally found your channel today. Thank you for introducing us to places most will never see. I love the fact that you are so safety conscious. I also love your editing.
Thanks again and stay safe
Thank you for your service
great advice, always good to have someone tell you these things. Ty for your service as well!
Thank you for your service brother especially in LAPD. I have 2 cousins that also worked LAPD than transferred to Burbank, much easier area to serve and protect
What a nice comment , the internet does have some nice people ! 🙏🏻🫡
#NoREDFlags ... #TrustInstincts
Feral donkeys can be really dangerous, you did the right thing. Thanks so much for sharing this! Cool place!
he's mad because they kicked him out of his hangout on w. charleston.
The VIN on that engine block says it's a 1962-64 327 V8 out of a Corvette.
Awesome
That is a casting number not a VIN. It is for a early 1962 Corvette.
Wow , good catch
Ran when parked
Wow a 62, a little machining back on the road again...lol
Thank you very much for walking out in the dangerous heat so we can see the historical town that was flooded so long ago! Very cool! Ty! ❤
Yes thank you
If you're prepared and acclimated the heat isn't dangerous. I run 2.5 miles even when it's over 110°, and I'm getting old. But don't do it if you're not acclimated and hydrated because then you could die.
@@jeffchandler3390 also I wouldn't be wearing a black shirt to just absorb all the sunlight.
@@jeffchandler3390 I believe he said he bought food and water etc the only thing I think he did wrong was his clothing and by clothing primarily is black T-shirt
@@Pedro-0839 It is abnormally Hot in a lot of places Pedro, the earth is supposed to be in a cooling phase, It's not hard to research, It's all to do with our orbit around the sun...
No longer the age to have these sorts of adventures makes me appreciate all the more the chance to tag along with you. Your production technique is flawless, dazzling views, and you captured it all. Stay safe. 💙
I found a small ruins ua-cam.com/video/Geu78ml_yUE/v-deo.html
Years ago I was in North Eastern Arizona, and after studying a Gazetteer, I departed the Navajo Reservation in the early evening and decided, instead of taking the paved roads and needing to go more than 100 miles out of my way, I would drive the power-line roads and I drove 22 miles in four wheel drive low, even broke an axle shaft. My destination was a small mountain lake that I had never been to but was told that there where Pike in the lake, and I had never fished Pike before. I arrived at what I assumed was my destination at 2:30am. I was up at sunrise, put my tent and sleeping gear away first and had a quick breakfast. I walked out to the edge of the small lake, and went left up the bank and out into the open. I made a single cast and heard this huge crash from the other side. I was this very large BULL and apparently I had just made him mad. He was a big bull and he was making very aggressive big bull noises in my general direction and he was trying to crash down all of the brush and trees between him and myself so I suddenly lost interest in that particular lake and decided to drive away.
Donkeys are incredibly terrirotrial, that's why so may people use them on farms as livestock guards, they raise a ruckus anytime something new enters their terrirotry.
that's a bit of interesting info for those of us who don't know our farm animals 🙂
I was thinking it needs water. Could be caught up on something... Maybe some animal rescue person could help.
@@wyomingjody6470 Donkeys do really well in desert environments. That could be a feral donkey looking for water. Donkey have a keen sense for finding water, often digging down a couple of feet for it. I just hope it doesn't get caught in some of the mud banks. If you remember every western movie with a desert prospector, they had a donkey or pack mule (half donkey) carrying their stuff. Apparently early homesteaders would let their mule wander around and where ever the donkey would dig to find water, that's where they'd dig their well. My grandfather used to raise farm mules, so he kept a few breeding donkeys and horses for that.
Yep, they'll F a coyote sraight up, my grand dad used to keep em on his cattle farm, had to watch u'r back walking through the pasture lol
Donkeys are my favorite they fiercely protect their Lil animals homies and their favorite humans too there's a funny video of a donkey just blocking his owner from putting out a fire 😆
If they're going through the trouble of putting up all of those historical markers, they're probably not expecting water back anytime soon.
he mentioned the town has been sticking out of the water for 10 years already.
Lmfao bro its going to take YEARS of heavy rainfall to gain any sort of feet back into the water that is sustainable.
All good raising by 4 inches for 1 day but yeah hope you get my point
@@nickjeffrey8050 .... consider it took 3-4 years to fill the lake after the dam was completed, and that was with GOOD years on the river. By my figuring it took 20-30 years to get this bad so probably another 20-30 years to reverse the trend. Time will tell.
@@nickjeffrey8050 a whole lot of people would have to abandon the southwestern region of the country for lake Mead to have a chance period.
They could let it down from lake Powell again. That’s what they’ll have to do to make a difference.
Coming from over the pond, I salute that you show us the journey to get there , I love visiting the states but it’s the vastness that still blows me away every time …cheers for showing us the scale … great videos
The vastness shows how "over population" is a big lie. I live in NY and many areas here are vast woods.
@@ImSuitsMe Yes I agree 100%. With too many people governments have a harder time controlling them.
Most Americans have no idea how vast, empty, abandoned, sad, beautiful, dangerous, loving, diverse it is. Now it's getting full of homeless people and drugs. where I live, the low-level jobs are fo vacant we can't order food. etc. sometimes. I hope all our world gets better soon.
@@ImSuitsMe Yeo. Empty and abandoned. Look up abandoned blgs on your, worldwide really. creepy.
@@katieflowers4163 I have looked at some. I've even been in some. There are whole abandoned towns. It's definitely creepy and fascinating at the same time.
I work in 110-120 degree temps for 8-10 hours a day and it is rough, though I would still hike a few miles to see all those great sights. I was there about 20 years ago and you could see chimney's and poles poking out of the water.
Thank you for going out there and showing us what the town was like. I used to live in Las Vegas Nevada. I've gone to the Hoover Dam. I've seen Lake Mead. When me and my family left Las Vegas that town was just beginning to show. You could walk down the main road but it was advisable that you didn't and if you did they wanted you to wear hip waders and you couldn't get all the way back there. I left back in 2007 and before I left I really did want to go see that town but I never really got to. At the time we lost a family member. We were going to have to move because we couldn't afford to live in Las Vegas Nevada anymore. So thank you for showing me what it looks like now. I really enjoyed that.
Did you move out of State ?
I've never visited these lakes/reservoirs. Only a couple of reservoirs in California (Haiwee & lake Isabella)
@@missingremote4388 yes, I moved out of state. I moved to Ohio with my young daughter and my mother-in-law. Hate to say it but I think the only thing I missed from Nevada is the fact they had a good public transportation, but other than that I don't miss that much about Nevada
last time I was there was as a kid we camped out by the lake in the end of Aug it was soo Hot never wanted to go back
i'm guessing you didn't move to california, since you couldn't afford nevada....
@@tommurphy4307 I moved to Ohio. California was never an option. Then the more than once just didn't like it. I can honestly say went to Nevada once really didn't see a lot of the negative about Nevada until I moved there and then basically got slapped across the face with it. Years I wish I could get back but never will.
It's amazing how the foliage comes back so fast... When I lived in AZ we had a lot of rain one year I believe it was 96 or 97 and the entire desert turned into this crazy wildflower landscape (every color in the rainbow). People that lived there for a while said it was rare to see that (some near my age at the time said they never have (I lived there from 95-98)). Those seeds and old dormant root systems last a long time I guess. Usually, it was all cactus, desert bushes, and weeds the entire time I lived there except that one spring.
1995-98 were good years to live in Arizona. I remember that year it rained a lot and yes the desert was full of flowers. It doesn't rain like that anymore and its getting really crowed here now. Hope you're living in a good area.
It’s like that along the highway going to Payson, it would be nice to see that in the valley, thankfully we have gotten more rain this year than we have the past three years.
They call it a superbloom.
@@lancelotlink3907 I had a blast in AZ back then I was into 4WD, hiking, and rock hounding you cannot find a better state to do that in than AZ. I live in FL now (I lived here before AZ) and the same has happened here population wise. Also, the temps and rain patterns are way different than in the 80s-90s. We have heat indexes of over 100 now daily in the summer and have not had a freeze in over a decade which used to happen quite a few times each winter. Looks like Gore was right all those years ago...
Stay safe and take care!
Just like the “rainforest” JUNGLE… cut it down, and in two years you couldn’t cut a path through the dense vegetation.
I live in Nevada and know exactly what you mean about the heat being over 100 degrees.
Thank you for walking through the extreme heat to show us the ghost town of St Thomas.
As for that poor donkey in the heat and all alone, I think.
It is very strange to suddenly see and hear a donkey when there seems to be no one in sight.
I don't blame you for taking it as a sign to leave. I would have done the same thing.
Again, thank you very much for sharing this video. I learned something new today.
Keep up the great videos coming.
I know these guys that came out to the East Coast for work as Iron workers and they are from this area. One day it was only 80 or 90 degrease and they were saying how unbelievably hot it was compared to out west because of the humidity. They said 100 degrease out west feels like 75 degrease out East. Never been out west so I don't know.
Could've been rabid.
@@bcrusher1979 One of my buddies works construction & he was out in the DSW during summer one year.
He said the same thing.
Said the temp was actually higher out there, but it felt hotter back home in the SE.
It feels like you can cut the air with a knife here.
So soupy & sauna like.
I have some auto immune diseases that hate the heat from anything 85 to 103 ish but you get into the higher numbers like in Nevada! It actually feels amazing. I have no idea why ether. I just discovered it randomly on a Vegas trip and i was afraid that the heat was going to be a problem because it was the first time i had been in such high temps since becoming sick. It’s the one place i can go out and do things outside as long as it’s really hot, that’s the catch.
@@emily.toombs I find the western states environment much easier, also. There's low humidity. When I came home from BMT back to the north east, I snot bubbled and choked on my first 2 mile run. Then I realized if I wanted to be able to run here at home again, I'd have to grow gills to breathe in the humidity. My great uncle was ill and was told to move to Arizona. He did and it extended his expected time; he outlived his younger brother, my grandfather, by a couple of years.
Thank you for taking the time to show us all, yet another piece of history on lake Mead. Especially in the heat. I personally don't think I could have possibly even made it half that far.
The square holes with iron over them are cisterns for storing water. Next time you go there, wear a white sombrero with a really wide brim, wear a lose fitting long sleeved white cotton shirt that hangs to your knees. Lose fitting white pants, You will not believe the difference. All black in 100 degrees is not good. Maybe pause with your camera for just a couple seconds on the signs, they are interesting and we can pause our video to read, thanks.
Glad you mentioned that, we worry!
Lol sooo true and did he have black sox annd sandals
Think like the Arab desert people that is how they dress for that heat .
@@garypic4083 flannel boxers
Black on a hot day like a car guy.
Andrew Smith Gibbons was one of the founders of St. Thomas / Callville. He was sent down to Arizona in the 1800's to address difficulties in the area when it was still a territory. He was a 5th great grandfather of mine. I remember taking this walk years ago and it was in the cool of the evening in the fall so much more bearable.
it was established in the 1880's- nice job with your homework. it was settled by thomas smith who thought it was in the new state of utah (1865).
Such an interesting piece of history….both the old ghost town and there act of covering it to build a dam. My husband was part of building a dam in Salt Lake City a few decades ago, and they were required to take all measures to avoid impacting a “possible pony express station”. They had to reduce the capacity of the dam substantially. Apparently covering a complete town wasn’t even an issue back in Coolidge’s day. Thanks for sharing the experience!
Post WW2 the US government got filthy rich and did this to hundreds of towns. All the lakes in South Dakota used to be settlements and towns
Not so sure about Coolidge's day, but plenty of towns and homesteads, some having been lived in for over 150 years, were destroyed by FDR's dam building, especially the Tennessee Valley Authority dams. For the greater good, of course.
Of course 🥴
the era (or who was president) had nothing to do with it- they were squatters. at least the mormons realized their geographical mistake and got the hell out of there....doesn't anyone read and comprehend anymore?
This whole adventure was a hoot. Its hard to imagine that town being over 60 feet below. When I was 12 I toured the dam in 1983 at full pool. I didn't know how lucky I was to witness its spooky full power. I just assumed it would always be like that. The history peppering this drying lakebed is endless. Anybody interested in some free boats? Lol! I see those motors and wonder if anyone was tied to them when they went down. I loved that western bluegrass Doboro song you played on the drive in. It really set the mood. I may make an audio copy of it.
Awesome video! My grandparents had a trailer at what was then Lakeshore Village Trailer Park at Lake Mead. I spent lots of time with them there, boating and fishing with my grandpa, watching the storms rumble through the area and just enjoying looking out on the lake from their patio. It makes me sad to see how it all looks now. Happy I have those memories!
did grandpa have an early 60's corvette??
This was very interesting. I learned a lot of new things from your video. You taught this ol dog something NEW! I appreciate your effort in doing this in the sweltering heat and being chased by a rabid wild burro. 😂🤣😂 All kidding aside, you took me on a hike that I would likely never get to experience otherwise, all while I sat in a comfortable AC room. Thank you for that.
even domesticated donkeys flip out like that- and they don't have to be 'rabid'
I enjoy your videos and I can tell that you are passionate about the things that you find and I appreciate your honest and genuine approach to this set of adventures and discoveries. There are many many people that are unable to go anywhere or see anything and this little thing that you do, brings unparalleled happiness and interest to so many people that you may never meet, but your art and love of these out of the way places has put you in a position to touch the lives of so many in a positive way. Don’t be discouraged by ANY NAY SAYERS OR JEALOUS AND PETTY PEOPLE SHAPED LOOSERS! You are a great source of positive information and that’s a rapidly disappearing fact of existence for many many people and many channels! keep it up! Sincerely D.
It's refreshing to get someone sharing their experiences without all the forced enthusiasm for likes.
Thanks for keeping it real.
4:56 Curtis Machine Company was founded in 1946 with a lathe, milling machine, and welder in a 20 x 30, foot chicken house behind the Curtis home in Dodge City, Kansas. One of the first jobs contracted for was the manufacturing of a gearbox. Curtis Machine’s design of “straddle mounting” the bearings results in a smaller and symmetrical gearbox with more torque carrying capacity than competitors.
Curtis Machine Company now dedicates 56,000 square feet exclusively to gear, gearbox, and precision machined parts production. Curtis Machine Company also produces parallel shaft gearboxes with spur or helical gearing. Straight bevel, spiral bevel, right angle, and off-angle gearboxes are common projects. These units are used in hundreds of applications including: military equipment, transportation, material handling, vehicle steering featuring low rolling torque and compactness, fan drives, pump drives, petroleum industry, and food processing.
Thanks! I'm gonna see if they have any videos of their work.
Town has been flooded since 38. Why is there a Curtis gear box there.
@@custislongarm5738 It is good clickbait for one of those proof of time travel videos. It is a mystery why a gearbox is sitting there but there is no denying that it looks like a gearbox.
@@KutWrite I was hoping that they had a FB page so that I could solicit a response from them but no luck.
Another Curtis Machine Company was founded in 1902 and in business until 1958. It looks like they were into large belt and block sanders.
As an over the road truck driver I drive-through this area from time to time...... I have driven all over the area of the Colorado river basin... very recently..... There's lots and lots of water coming down through the Colorado river.....so if lake Mead is being drained I assure you the government is behind it....its not a drought as you're being told
Thank ~ You for posting what you've observed... I agree 💯 % that it's being drained out. These days it's so hard to comprehend what all is going on.1 thing is certain...the government DOES NOT HAVE OUR BEST INTEREST AT HEART 😔
@@tonyamedsker213
Thank you for your kind words
Yeah, kinda goes with Bill Gates purchasing massive amounts of farmland. Berkshire Hathaway (Warren Buffett) also owns massive amounts of farmland as well as the electric companies out west. And we all know they're socialists
It is merely that demand is exceeding supply. The US Bureau of Reclamation published a report in 2008 that in 1999 the moving ten year average of demand exceeded the moving ten year average of supply; and, that demand was forecast to continue to rise. About the same time, the Christian Science Monitor published a story that predicted that Lakes mead and Powell had a 50% probability of being empty by 2021. There are some agricultural lands in the Coachella and Imperial Valleys that receive about 90 inches of water per year. This is more water than what is needed as rainfall to classify a climate as "Tropical Wet".
@@paulkurilecz4209 completely wrong. who provided you with the bullshit propaganda? You must have voted for biden as well. Polititians are draining lake mead on purpose.
I love that you come across as probably the most cynical and disinterested adventurer on UA-cam. But clearly you have a passion for the stuff. Sunken towns are fascinating.
I don’t know how you with stood the heat. Even more so, I cannot imagine why pioneers got out there and decided it was a great place to settle down. They must’ve been lizards.
No lizards, just tougher then we are today.
...it's truly amazing what has happened to Lake Mead this past few years...
The most likely explanation for the V-8 engines is as cheap anchors for warning buoys. When the lake was first filling and later as the town was re-exposed, the buildings would have been a danger to power boaters. Or if the town were deeply submerged,, Scuba divers would want to know where to dive on the town. Engine blocks are a nearly free permanent anchor.
The area was flooded in 1938. Chevy didn't offer a V8 until 1955. They had one in 1917 and 1918 but that was before GM owned the name. Even back in the 1950's you would not want to get caught dumping such into a lake. Oldsmobile and Buick had V8's but they have their name cast into engine block. Not GM.
Many river and lake areas have used engine blocks for anchorage boys. When the author calls his Mom every 30 minutes she could search and verify these facts.
@@gregmoyers7757 Cadillac used L block V-8s beginning in 1914 and one of those engines IS an L-block engine if my eyes do not deceive me. Old chunks of cast iron,,, (engine blocks) make near perfect anchors.. dirt cheap,, usually free (Yeah, get that piece of junk out of here !),, The norm is the oil pan is removed,, (not always) and at least one head is removed,, Makes it easy to tie a line through it. They are cheqp and they are excellent at resisting being dragged across the bottom. That's what they are doing out there. Trust me,, no one back packed those engines out there.
Well, whomever used that small block GM engine was an idiot!
Turns out to be a 1963 and up Corvette engine.
Yeah, yeah, back whenever it was dumped, people thought that there are a million of those just laying around, taking up space. It's a shame that the rust on it has gotten to deep and pitted to save it. Could you imagine the story of how you got the short block for your car, or truck, "Yup, I found my engine out there, in a little town that was under water, out in the far reaches of a tiny, little lake. Lake Mead to be exact. Yes sir, well, I'll tell you what,"......
Haa haa ha haa! 😅
@@gordonstroup882 That would absolutely be a great story. I don't want to be the one back packing it 2 miles out. Couldn't do it.
St. Thomas is the final destination of John Wesley Powell in his original exploration of the Green and Grand Rivers (later renamed the Colorado River) This is where his trip ended.
It is amazing, and very sad, just how low the water level in the lake is. Considering how many millions of people depend on it, the situation is very scary. Let's hope this winter is VERY snowy in the mountains and VERY rainy to help bring the levels up.
Thanks for this video; I really enjoyed it. It's crazy to me to see the massive drought out west, since there is plenty of water; it's just in the wrong place. I'm in Alabama and it's rained almost every day here the past two weeks. Just today we got about two inches of rain. I can stand on my porch and hear the grass grow. BTW, as a former scoutmaster in the deep south, I can tell you to not wear a black outfit hiking in hundred degree weather, especially when there is no shade available. I'm surprised you didn't outright melt on this hike. Great hat, though. Love the videos. Keep it going.
No kidding. I'm in Minnesota, and I know enough to wear a long-sleeve sun-shirt.
thats great- but nobody wants to move to alabama
@@tommurphy4307 My late mom and dad retired there. Lots of family there. Beautiful state.
Thank you really appreciate your time showing us around. Here's something that help stay little cooler next time. Try if you can find all white hat and wear a cotton white shirt. Black and dark clothes will attract the heat.
So cool getting that wild burro on camera and it yelling at you.
I live in NC and I could never imagine living in a desert like that, much respect to you and people who do. It definitely has its own unique beauty but I’d miss the hills and trees and stuff too much. Respect tho lol
Every desert in the west is a tiny bit away from a not desert. But only after like 100 miles. Very close to not desert.
I'm glad I had the chance to see Lake Mead before it had gotten to this point. So sad. It was beautiful at one time.
Donkey/Buro whatever. Those critters can get dang nasty. I don't blame you for backing off.
The sky is so beautiful. Such a beautiful blue and the fluffy clouds that kids would make pictures from.
Don't forget to hydrate!
Great video! Thanks for walking those extra miles for us! I really appreciate seeing some ‘new’ history out there.
Cool little desert rig. 👍🏼
Thanks for taking the time to walk out there so we could look around.. Great video. Take Care 👍🏼
Thank you for exploring this cool old town, I'm glad you took all the precautions you did. Very interesting spot that I will research more on.
Godspeed
Thanks!!! That was incredible! You're a trooper - 4 miles in that heat! Hope you rested up after that one!
Awesome content! Thanks for posting!! Would never of heard of or seen without your braving the elements! Suggestion: Wear light colored loose clothing, will help reflect the sun versus absorbing it. Hydrate to the max, plenty of acres to pee.... Stay safe... Thanks Again!
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIs PLAce- you see 'plenty of acres to pee'?? U need therapy
And never wear black .
@@tommurphy4307 😂
@@SMF314 "look at all this space! you go pee over here and i'll go pee over there"
Can't imagine how hot it was down there! I live up in Maine 🇺🇸 So we deal with heat in the summer, but rarely see anything close to 100 that holds more than a few hours. Thanks for pushin through so we could get a look at it! I appreciate ya bud! #allthelove from Maine 🇺🇸 🤘
I live in maine to bud. I'm 50 and I can't even remember the last time we hit 100 but it depends on where in maine you live I guess. I'm down south by the coast
Really enjoy your treks! Thanks for sharing and withstanding the heat👏👏👏👊👍😊🙏
Great video! Gosh, I have not seen a Trooper like that in years. They gave way to rust long ago in my neck of the woods. Thanks for showing us those sites, I appreciate the efforts you made in that heat. Travel safe!
Thank you for putting your self through the heat to get this footage for us. I know what the heat can be in that area. Thanks again.
Thanks for pushing through that heat, man. I recall a time during the prime of the Florida summer when i lost BOTH of my power windows on my civic coupe once. Took me a week to get that fixed, so i kept a spray bottle of cold water on me going to and from work, so i understand. Thanks for the video and the travels to get there while pushing through. By the way, the donkey wasnt mad. He just wanted water.
Thank you for hiking and doing the hard work and giving us a first hand look at Lake Mead. I use to drive through that area to get to Las Vegas years ago. Sad to see now.
I appreciate your content and your updates. We look forward to more. If it wasn't for you and a few others, we would never get this information elsewhere
It's crazy to think you might spent a day at the lake 10 years ago. But it's now a walk in the desert.
Thank for showing us this place.
Its all drying up, icebergs melting then just baron wasteland - nice future huh?
i'm sure all this crap turning up will give the park service ideas for closing off the lake to boating in the future. i'll bet the water is getting cleaner due to the lack of all those gross-polluters (and their boats)
Thank you for your wonderful post. It brought back happy memories of hiking among the cactus's. I lived in Arizona for four years or so (many years ago.) Two in Phoenix and two in Kingman. Being acclimated to the heat does help, but staying hydrated is key. For those who haven't spent time in a desert please understand "dry heat" is a real phenomenon. Peeing is rarely a problem because the sweat transpires as soon as it hits the air, that means your clothes don't get wet or even damp. The first time I filled a glass with ice water I was amazed there was no condensation on its outside.
Worked with a guy at Boeing (Pa.) named Dave Wixon who retired to Kingman 30 yrs ago! Said he loved it there!!
no such word...
Pretty cool, my friends and i found an old colonial village ruin in the forest when we were kids. Crazy how much history the area had, even found arrowheads and pottery out there.
Good video. Nice and chill. After my stressful work it's nice to have chill people making videos. At work people freakin' out. This video... totally chill. Good stuff.
Yes thank you for risking the heat and your time so I can see this stuff 👍
This is also a reminder of what can happen to some towns when a dam is constructed to form a reservoir and the rising water of the reservoir covers the town. There were a sizable number of towns in the People's Republic of China that ended up under water when Three Gorges Dam was constructed. If remember correctly around a million Chinese people had to be relocated.
People die.
And historical sites too
Over a million
They knew this when they built the dam
Plus some archeological and historical or ancient ruins
Thanks for sharing we used to live in Las Vegas for 7 years that's when the water was high thanks for all your hard work I enjoyed watching it..... Rock on brother Rock on..... May God bless you and keep you safe on your journeys at you provides all of us cuz I'm just too old to get out there and walk that far..... Thank you again....
I met a young man who survived falling in a well. Lucky enough that someone heard him right before dark. He was humble and thankful to be alive. Always be careful around old homesites, wells behind most every one of 'em.. 👍 Great video.
they wouldn't be real deep because theye cisterns and they had to provide access for the water.
Thank you for showing us this we really appreciate it without folks like you we would never ever get a chance to see something like this
the park service has posted videos about st. thomas on their website.
Kudos to you for braving that intense heat to make a great video. You're blessed that you have someone nearby who cares enough about you to let you call them every 30 min. to check in.
Really liked this video! Had no idea about this ghost town! Thanks for dealing with the heat and definitely back you on the burro as a sign lol.
You earned a sub. The high desert of Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and western Colorado are some of my favorite places on earth. Basin and range forever it seems. Great views, and good job.
Wow! Thanks for an amazing video. Thanks for taking me to this place which I have never seen! I have hiked the desert like you did to produce this video. It is beyond hot and rough doing so. I am proud to say that you EARNED a new subscriber! I thank you once again.
THIS was a really neat video. The immense desolation and town remnants were mind-blowing. Thank you for posting this.
Thank you for braving that scorching heat to show us that area! I am shocked to see Lake Mead like that, I hear it on the news, but to see it is unbelievable! I think of Lake Mead as a beautiful turquoise jewel from above, when flying in and out of Las Vegas. I hiked around the Colorado river, and that has changed dramatically too! All the wrong places are getting all the precipitation lately, during this water emergency, it seems!
I must say; the video quality of your camera is beyond excellent. Thanks for posting!
I appreciate all your hard work in bringing this to viewers. This was educational and you actually have some humor so that's great.
Great job showing everyone what use to be a town.👍🏻
Thank you for sharing your hike and your positive energy and hope you know how much I appreciate your video. I had done a bike trip with my geology class in 1989 through that area. Well it still looks like it did 33 years ago. I hope you have a blessed rest of your o🙏👍
Thanks for showing us that, and absorbing the hot conditions!
I'd bet that every single one of those cement-filled barrels lying around out there has a corpse in it. The one they "found" is just the only one that was already broken open, so the police couldn't easily ignore it.
Exactly!
Actually most of those are anchors or buoy attachments to the floor of the lake, but it's always fun to postulate
Maybe all the heavy objects like engine blocks had someone attached.
I bet those car engines had bodies attached to them as well.
@@Shield.148 What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, and dead men tell no tales, as they say.
There’s gotta be a bunch of good metal detecting finds out there.
Great Idea
I was thinking that, too
Find some gold coins.
sure- get busted and all your equipment confiscated- great idea
@@tommurphy4307 you must not comprehend the OP eh?
😄😄😄 The Donkey losing his mind!!!! Great 💖👍
Thanks for a effort and hike on such a hot day. Cool video and neat content. Thanks again for sharing.
This was amazing! I'm impatient af, so this was perfect! !
Loved the speed. I WILL be watching you more.
Thanks for this.
Pretty cool. I appreciate you hiking through all of that heat to share your experience.
I just discovered your channel not more than 20 minutes ago! This was way cool. Thanks for sharing this!
Great video!! Thank you for sharing your adventures with us. That was above & beyond. I live in Arizona and I can totally relate. Out in remote areas you never know what 4 legged or 2 legged animal you're going to encounter. Kudos. 🤗🤗🙏
Thank you for hiking in the heat to show us the old town.
Great job keeping the Trooper alive.
Miss my 1990 SpaceCab (2nd), 1990 P’up (4wd), 1999 Rodeo (2wd). Be nice to see some Isuzu’s come back.
we had a 94 bought it new went almost 300,000 the first time it reached 100,000 the one didn't roll over so my friends would always ask "how's that new truck doing?" second time the one did roll over. That was the most reliable vehicle I have ever owned all stock and great in the snow and towed great the frame rusted out in back so traded it to a friend that shipped it to his relative in Columbia probably still going. tried to buy another one that had low mileage and it was a pos , it went to Columbia also.
The Rodeos were Honda's with fabric seats [same production line] the Hondas received better interior trim options as their price points reflected
Holy moly, I wanted to fast forward so you could get out of that heat faster.
Thank you for sharing. I liked the Donkey ( Burro ) said it's loosing it's mind. Living out there mine would be lost and fried too . Stay safe! ❤️
This is amazing!! I enjoy your walking around and showing us the sites! 👍🙋♂️🖖🏻
At another similar themed site I saw that the well-looking square holes were actually cistern water holding tanks and there was an underground irrigation system of ditches/pipes that carried river water from one or both nearby rivers to the town's farms and homes. The federal govt. put the grates over the holes for safety after the lake receded and people started exploring the ghost town.
brilliant! how could the settlers and squatters make the gratings when there was no electricity? here's another one- why would they build an irrigation system if they had productive wells? how did they dig the wells without drilling equipment? don't say 'by hand'...
@@tommurphy4307 That's exactly how wells were dug... By hand. That's how everything used to be done.
I’m not a superhero 🤜🤛 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. Too funny. Bro. You uploaded a good video! I hate pouring sweat! So I appreciate your dedication to making a good video. Thanks for sharing. PS. keep being you. Don’t change for views or money. Be real. The well part made me chuckle. But also I appreciated how real you were there.
That aaand the "next time i might dress like Shrek" 👍💪
Cool video! I lived there from 2000-2013 and didn’t know this existed, and I rode my motorbike by the Lake all the time! Thanks for posting!
Thanks for the tour looking forward to taking the hike when I get back to Vegas in October.
THAT WAS SO COOL THANK YOU FOR WALKING WAY OUT THERE
No, your spot on walking away from a donkey. Don't ever challenge or threaten one. They will bite the shit out of you.
..and they run away like a little bitch if you throw stuff at them
Yeah that would suck to get attacked and be out by yourself 2 miles from the car and it's 100 degrees. Good way to end up dead
And kick.
Thank you for informing us. Great video. Keep hydrated.
Awesome experience thru you brother thank you!
Man great video!!!! I know how hot it can get and it sucks that's for sure!!!!! But you did great work!!!! Stay safe out there!
You made the right call about the burro those things are mean as a rattlesnake when they wanta be! We use donkeys/burros at our place to keep guard over the horses & calves 💪 Them suckers will destroy any coyotes that think our livestock would be a good meal. So very smart call!
Yup, was about to say the same. There very territorial make no mistake about that. I recon if it wasn't so hot this would have been a different kind of vid.
I had no idea that burros were like that. I saw a video that showed coyotes near the burros and I thought they were hunting them. They were all near campers on Lake Mead. Sounds like they can take care of themselves then.
not a pack of them.
the double time driving clips we're so ... relaxing. watching the terrain change
Really neat! I enjoyed watching you explore, thank you for not peeking down at that, things like that creep me out too so I was fully ready to skip! it's crazy to see what once existed & what remains.
Bro thanks for great content I have lived in Vegas a long time and the it's so sad what is happening to Lake Mead,but I love ghost towns and that one had a real creep factor to it so I don't blame you for being a little freaked out,but thank you again you looked so tired after that hike!
Greetings from Australia Mr Trooper . That was an awesome film of Lake Mead . I think it puts into perspective just how low the water is . It is surprising that there is no vehicle tracks down there . It's going to need a lot of water to put back in 60+ feet & one wonders with the way the world is now , will it ever happen . You earned a cold beer that day . cheers aussie bob
it is restricted to foot traffic at st thomas point.
Amazing no sign of the current water from the lake.. how far away is the water? And how the weeds have grown back so quick.
Thanks for braving the dangerous conditions Remote Trooper . Very interesting . Too bad about the lake Mead. Been there once in the early 90's
Great video. A tremendous amount of history there. It looks pretty hot alright. Thank you.
There's also an underwater town at the Hoover Dam. Used to house the builders and make the concrete. That has to be pretty visible by now.
Thanks for sharing your adventure.
So much interesting and beautiful scenery. Thanks for sharing.
Love this, keep up the cool videos!