Cacti Minefield! - Butcher Jones Trail in the Tonto National Forest, Arizona
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- Dog paws beware! Our campsite near Phoenix, Arizona and the Butcher Jones Trail in the Tonto National Forest are both cholla cacti minefields!
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The BLM area just north of Phoenix, Arizona we camped on is definitely the greenest desert we've ever seen. Who knew deserts could be so lush! Unfortunately though, all these desert plants means it's a cacti minefield! Cholla cacti are everywhere so - of course - our dog Sweetie stepped in some which led to me getting stuck too as she flailed while I pulled spines out of her paw.
Phoenix, Arizona is surrounded by National Forests and our adventures led us into the region's largest - the Tonto National Forest. Sweetie joins us on the Butcher Jones Trail which promised gorgeous views of Saguaro Lake, Burro Cove, and the Four Peaks. Sadly, this area is also a cacti minefield! Wait...is this trail actually dog friendly?!
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🌵Stunning! 😎
How wonderfully useful!! People should really pay attention to this!
Those dry little cactus clumps that blow around are called "Jumping Cactus" because they are attracted to static electricity. So they will actually jump onto you. :)
WOW, that's good information to know, thank you for sharing! 😊
Nice video and great scenery
Also" I am so so soooo glad that other people see the beauty of the desert!!
Heck yeah it is gorgeous here!
@@FateUnbound i lived in Yuma for 23 years( where i wentbto college) and taught there. Then lived in Phoenix for 2 years. I think the Saguaro Desert State park is the best. Alot of movies( westerns) and tv shows habe been filmed there. It is protected and very beautiful. At this time of year its pretty nice but towards the end of May I wouldnt recommend it, TOO hot!! You could do Flagstaff area then, REALLY nice there at that time of the year! There are some nice BLM places outside Yuma in the winter and spring. One in particular is by the Imperial Dam near YPG Very lush foliage and nice hiking. My Geology class went there and hiked and it was a hoot!
Photography is always top notch! Thanks
Your hike was amazing!!! Thank you for all your hard work putting this together. Your hairstyle is super cute on you! Hope you get to see the flowers blooming soon!
Your hair cut is so cute! Love the donkeys.
Sweetie & other furbbabies are SO ADORABLE!!! Loved your first neighbors lol!! The Donkie's are SO CUTE!!! & LOVE your short hair it looks good on you!!! Safe Travels!! HUGS to ALL!!!
Just passed through Flagstaff on my cross-country drive. I can confirm there is snow on the ground and the winds were crazy.
Super cute haircut!
You two are great! Loved that hike !!!
Really like the new hair style!
Great video. Love the drone shots. Really enjoy your videos. Peace.
Jenni, great new look! I bet the pixie cut is so easy to handle on the road. I couldn't do that with my curls unless I wanted to look like a poodle caught in a rainstorm. Haha. Keep on rocking it. Loved the drone footage at the beginning and I bet the no light pollution out there is so peaceful. Poor Sweetie's paws though; we are thinking of doggie boots before we even leave. I doubt our boys would wear them though.
Oh, and awesome video! :)
Aaawww, you guys are great.
Another great video. Thanks so much.
I think this might just be my favorite from you guys so far.😊
Wow! Beautiful!
Love it.....
Enjoyed the video. Sweetie sure was hungry at lunch. She was gobbling that food.🐶🐕
Funny enough, she gobbles all her food no matter what time it is or if she was recently fed. If we feed her she gobbles it. If we feed her again an hour later she'll gobble it.... then promptly throw up haha. She has a very sensitive stomach but she gobbles anyway
Eeek!!! I LOVE your hair!! So adorable, and it looks SO GOOD on you!! You go girl
The video is awesome as usual also, but I seriously love the haircut! Probably so much easier to manage on the road too.
Nice review of the Trail, the new dew is a game changer
The donkeys look like great entertainment for Alice!
And for Sweetie girl 🐕 🐾 too!!! 😍😚 😙 ❤ Auntie Didi 👵
You two visit some of the most BEAUTIFUL places I've ever seen! Thank you so much for sharing your videos :)
A Gila monster is a species of venomous lizard native to the SW United States and Sonora. Good thing you didn’t encounter one because they’re a bit testy! Love your videos and Jenni’s new haircut. Thanks for letting us live vicariously through your adventures!
Love your video, spent many summer days at butcher Jones beach back in the60’s.
Good videos and great filming with your drone! Love the places you go to and how you take your time explaining about the vegetation. You both seem really natural and not fake sounding like others I've watched.
That's EXACTLY why I SUBSCRIBED to Sweet Jenni 👩 and Dapper David's 👨 channel!!! 😊 😄 😉 😍 😚 😙 ❤ Auntie Didi 👵
Very cute do.
As far as the scorpions go, we live a block from the desert (North Scottsdale) and get them in our house all summer long. For 18 years running now. So far, haven't been stung though. We have to use a flashlight to use the bathroom at night since that's when they feed. The people I know that have been stung have had one drop onto them from the ceiling, while in bed. That would keep you awake at night for a while after that.
BTW, that cut looks good on you Jenni.
I hope you carry a pair of needle nose pliers with you. You'll need them if the dog (or you) ever gets into the cholla.
Love how you and David coozy up watching the movie..... sweet!!
I know, how cute, I just love Dapper David 👨 and Sweet Jenni 👩!!!! 😍❤Auntie Didi 👵
Great video. Thanks for sharing. Love the dog. I am having to put my Golden of 13 years down today. He has cancer. Enjoy all the time you get with them. It ends way to soon. Enjoy the desert and keep the videos coming.
We are SO sorry to hear you had to put your pup down! It is by far the hardest thing either of had to go through when we lost family pets. They are family, there's no doubt about that.
Camper Life, I am so sincerely sorry for your loss of your beloved babe. I had to put down my Daisy 🐶 🐾, she had cancer in her left rear leg which was all through her bloodstream. I know the pain that you are feeling and I am still feeling it and it's been about 2 years now for my German Shepherd, Malmute, Wolf, Daisy. Just know that you are not alone, my friends, I'am so truly sorry, take care, your friend, Didi 👵 from Des Moines Washington 😢😢😢😭😭😭 I do feel your pain, truly I do. 😢 😢 😢 😭 😭 😭 🐕 🐾 ❤❤
Not read the books but have watched all the movies about 10 times each
Been busy so trying to catch up on you guys. The new look is very becoming! Sharp!
This video was absolute gorgeous.
Sold the house back in WV and RVing now back in FL helping friends finish some work on their house. Will head back to WV in summer to the mountains and a trip is planned for VT and NY Adirondacks too.
Will slowly catch up on your videos to see all your adventures.
Happy camping!
Love your hair girl.
Wait till you see the giant tarantulas. You should visit Prescott and Jerome AZ.
Oh NO, that's the area where we SHOULD AVOID!!!
That scene of you guys watching Harry Potter movies and eating home made tacos was the best! That is Living!
New glasses? Your looking good.
They're actually old, I would only wear them in the truck when driving but I really like them for hiking since they have a nose piece to keep them up
What a beautiful hike. And speaking of beautiful - you so rock that pixie cut. Love it.
I agree about the hike and about sweet Jenni's sweet pixie haircut, EXCEPTIONAL!!! 😉😊😍😚😙💋👄❤💇 ❤Auntie Didi 👵
I loved this video and you inspired us to hike this trail when we go to AZ next week. We are getting our trailer after our trip and we really enjoy you guys and your videos. You taught us a lot. We are just getting into youtube ourselves because we want to document our journey into minimalism and living nomadic. Thanks so much for what you do!
We really hope you enjoy the trail like we did!
Cute haircut, prob'ly easier to maintain on the road. Are there new frames, too? Looking good as always. Another wonderful video, always enjoy the scenic views.
Yeah, I also noticed Sweet Jenni's 👩 new or different glasses 👓, EXTREMELY benefiting to your darlin sweet little face Sweet Jenni 👩!!! Looking GORGEOUS as usual!!! 😉😄😊😍😚😙❤ Auntie Didi 👵
Great
Wow you guys find some amazing boondocking areas! Thanks for sharing this hike. We love to find great hiking trails!
Try the flatiron trail at lost Dutchman state park. Awesome hike and views ... you will love it.
Great done work again, I like the speeded up shot coming back, very cool. My wife appreciates the dog on the trail tips.
Buy a camouflage type cover for trailer for when you leave it alone, like when you drive to a hike etc.
about that, while living in the mountains we put a camouflaged tarp over our camping area and we had so many helicopters fly very close to our site many times.
Haircut is so cute on you. Watch out picking up anything in scorpion country. They will hide almost anywhere. I live in Central Texas, and some years we have huge numbers of scorpions. When I was stung, it made a huge lump and burned and ached for about a week.
The Lost Dutchmans S.P. in the Superstition Mtns where you hiked is a wonderful CG. You should xhech it out some time.
Love the cut! I'm getting a similar cut on Wednesday! It looks great on you!
Sweetie is such a good dog. I just love seeing her smiling face! That was a beautiful hike. Thanks so much.
This was beautiful footage. I have never been to Arizona or the desert out west either for that matter. But from what I read on an instagram post, where a youtuber was laying on a blanket with her daughter taking photos and they were advised to be careful this time of year because everything is waking up and the rattlers and scorpions are everywhere. Idk. Just what I read.
I just listened to the entire Harry Potter series for the first time on Audible last year, and watched all the movies last fall when they were doing a marathon of all of them on TV. I recorded them all. The books were so much better though. As usual. You guys should get an audible subscription. They are great for traveling. You two can listen to books while you. Are driving together.
I sure hope that David, Jenni and Sweetie girl never have any interactions with snakes, tarantulas and scorpions, talk about NASTY critters!!!
@@didibolter9362 Here, hear for good hopes!
I went through Flagstaff on the way to the grand canyon about 5 years ago it was the middle of May and it snowed about 8 inches the night before, when I was flying into Phoenix I couldn't figure out what all the white was on the ground, it was first time flying out west and I heard there was salt flats and I thought it was that but Nope it was snow. You see I come from the east coast where the elevation is 500 ft above sea level so really never put much thought into the weather change when going up in elevation, never had too.
Hi! We currently live down in Tucson. There are wild Mustangs in the area you are in too. Use two sticks to get off the cholla cactus and not get it on you. Tonto Natural Bridge is really cool to see. Down here in Tucson, the Saguaro Nat'l parks are great! You have to see a Crested Saguaro. They are rare and still dont know why the form that way!
Need the taco seasoning from the store to zest up the hamburger after browning and draining. Refried beans. Red onion. Lettuce. Tomato. Shredded cheese. Sour cream. Jalepeno slices, deli or real. Salsa. Excellente!
If you want to keep scorpions away from your camp; soak down some old burlap and place it around your camp well away from were you are. Be carful when retrieving your burlap; use a long pole or long stick. We used this method when we camped at Lake Powell on the beach.
Do soak it in water?
yes@@JJs-ClassC-Adventures
love your excitement for the donkeys!
I love the Harry Potter movies. I have seen the series probably 7 times. I have watched the Bourne series over 30 times. No kidding. Very big movie buff camping.
Sweetie needs some doggie hiking boots, lol. Great video guys!!!
Epic drone shots. I am a Huge Harry Potter fan. Get Fantastic Best and Where To Find Them also.
$8 for the drone footage is well worth it! David, how long did it take you to get proficient with your drone? Love your videos! Thank you.
Thank you! It took probably a year, the difficult part is moving the drone on 2 or 3 axis while keeping it smooth and consistent. And what you don't know is I sometimes have to redo shots 2 or 3 times to get it just right 😉
We love hiking the Butcher Jones trail...Great views and not too difficult. We winter at an RV park in Gold canyon and enjoy exploring the trails around the area. Glad you found this trail. I enjoy your videos. Thank you
Jenni, your hair is adorable!
Beautiful video♡♡♡
Beautiful shots from your drone. We too are shocked at how lush the desert is this year. The flowers are magnificent
OMG!!! I love the hair!!! I so have contemplated a pixie!!! I just fear it wouldnt look as cute as it does on you!! Have you tried those rubber booties on Sweetie??? I wonder how well those work??? I was thinking about trying them out and see if the dogs will go for it!
Yes, we have actually tried them and they work pretty well but they pick up dirt really well so they tend to lose their grip which can be annoying when we're doing a hike with a bit of a scramble
Get the Harry Potter audiobooks and listen while you’re driving!
Beautiful hike photos. Thanks for sharing. 😃
Beautiful! It's been extra rainy this winter and greener than normal in the Phoenix area desert. A fine tooth comb is good for pulling out the cholla. Many hikers around here keep them and/or tweezers in their first aid kits. Thankfully, I've never needed to use one. Ouch!
Ha ha, loved the donkeys! And that footage of the lake and the boats, that was just breathtaking. Thank you!
looks great! thanks for sharing!
Too funny about the pixie cut yesterday I was looking for that video with you showing off the new cut and couldn't find it I was thinking did I imagine that. Lol
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What an awesome adventure you are having!! So glad to see Sweetie on the trail.....thanks for sharing :)
Beautiful country thanks for the video love the aerial shots! Don't forget the sunscreen I saw a little burn @17.01!
Yeah, that's from last time though. I'm not burnt anymore but I am still peeling 😧
I love the dessert in the spring!👍🐾❤
Thank you for letting us follow your journey. My wife and I really enjoy your channel! The camera work and drone footage is remarkable! If I could do it all over again we would hit the road like the two of you. We were watching your video and enjoying the weather that you guys are in, in Arizona, while we still gave three feet of snow on the ground in Maine! Be safe and keep the videos coming !!
Nice spot! Simple pleasures...
Love what yall do! What drone do you use?
What an awesome campsite! But it must have been slow going with the TT getting back in there so far off the road. So glad you guys are having a ball. As always, stay safe guys. I’m getting the TT out next week for the first trip of the season! Yay for me! 😁
It took us 2 hours to get back to this site and it's only a half mile or so long! VERY slow going hahahahaha! But what is this lifestyle without a little adventure?! We hope you enjoy your first trip of the year Chris!
Another amazing video! I want to thank you and David for the videos, I look forward to seeing them as they come out and, making sure I come to the live stream when all possible.
Love your hair. Love your dog 🌞☉❤
So do I!!!!!!! 😍😚😙💋👄❤Auntie Didi 👵
We'll be in the area next week for 2 months. Maybe the nicest time to be there. The donkeys : Amazing. :) Enjoy (and I so much love your haircut)
Okay Kiddos, you really got to get a calendar creator or fine someone who can take all your beautiful pictures and make a calendar. SWAG STORE!! Love you guys.
A calendar would be pretty cool! We'll look into it, especially since you're recommending it 😉
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Very cute hair kiddo. It fits you very well. Thanks.
That cut is so cute on you. loved the video! Thanks!
You guys are just so cute. Love the haircut. What a great location. Thanks for taking us off the beaten path with you. P.s. that quilt on your bed? Did some one make that for you?
Sure did! We received it from a very kind man who had his MIL make it for us. She's SO talented!
We are always stunned at your amazing photography. Excellent job guys! 👍
Awesome drone footage! I finally got mine in the air this week. I've had it for a while but the weather has been too cold to fly.
Read the books! Great books, not very good movies. Great video as usual, thank you!
Absolutely outstanding camera work! Really orients us to your campsite and the surrounds.
Recently subscribed and following on fb, AND loving every min of watching you guys! *ads and all. Found you guys because we will soon be following our dream of travelling in our newly purchased rv and have been "researching" the lifestyle before hand. Learned a lot from watching your videos!!! Safe travels
David and Jenni are incredibly EXCEPTIONAL teachers and humans!!! 😊😄😍❤Auntie Didi 👵
Didi Bolter I feel like I know them. They remind me so much of myself and my relationship. They definitely seem to be wonderful people!
Aww, you guys are so sweet 😊
Fate Unbound I'm almost in "star struck" right now that you replied!! Lol. You guys are the kind of "celebrities" I would love to meet one day! My significant other and I are so much like you. We met at 19 and have been together almost 12yrs now, we love outdoor/adventure life style and want to be RV'ers soon w/ our dog and kitty. 😁 Love, love, love you guys!
@@brittanynelson7175 - EXACTLY Brittany, I so agree with you, Jenni 👩 and David 👨 are EXCEPTIONAL people, I also feel as if I know them! I have ADOPTED them because they are so down to earth and wonderful!!! I sincerely LOVE David and Jenni and Sweetie girl 🐕 🐾, Tat🐰, Min 🐇, Butters 🐱 and Alice 🐈!!!! They take AWESOME care of their babes and that's INCREDIBLE of them, they really are GREAT people!!!!!
Ah, we just missed you. We were at Snyder then Phonex, now Joshua Tree. I don't know how you guys always find these great BLM spots.
Great Video Jennie. You should to be the star more often, David's a bit to analytical for me and I tend to ff through his video's . You were already a gorgeous woman and the pixie cut just added to it.
Cute hair, my wife's sister lives in Globe, east of there.
Wow.... Such nice and beautiful views.. Both my Rottie mixes would have loved it... Not sure if they would make it to the end though. One is 13yrs and the 5yr old sustain an injury last summer that is still affecting how much activity she does... Thanks for sharing... Happy Trails.
So sorry to hear about your rottie's injury, we hope for a speedy recovery!
Glad you're enjoying our state! We've lived here since 1975 and it's a wonderful state to camp in. You can camp here year-round depending on what elevation you pick. The desert doesn't look this green every year. We had a really wet winter this year. So this is one of our standout Springs. It's much wetter and cooler this year. Unfortunately, June is coming! 😉
I love your videos! Just a word of advice, please be careful of bloat (stomach torsion) on Sweetie. Rottweilers are particularly susceptible and it can be caused by letting her drink and/or eat too much before, during or after exertion. It is a medical emergency in dogs. Please Google it and take care of her. I have to say that after watching this last vid, I might just jump in the RV and take a trip to the area of Phoenix. What amazing beauty. Thanks for sharing and God bless!
Great video again. I have a technical question about the drone shots. At the beginning of the video when you leave your trailer and driving the truck, did you actually use the auto follow command of the drone or where you manually guiding it ?
Oh yes Jenni your haircut is very nice
David manually guides the drone, we haven't tried the auto follow while driving yet, it should work alright, but he typically wants the drone to go a certain way so he just does it manually
Do you see lots of scorpions?
How about seeing tarantulas, lizards, gila monsters?? Be safe, good luck!!! 😍 😚 😙 ❤you, ❤ Auntie Didi 👵
We've seen 2 so far but that's only by accidentally overturning rocks
@@FateUnbound - Oh no guys!!!! I WORRY about you my beauties, those dangerous critters are horrible, PLEASE no more turning over rocks, I want you HAPPY and SAFE!!! When are you coming to Seattle?? I'd LOVE to see you all!!! I'am so happy that you are enjoying your adventures, and smiling 😁 happy 😆 beautiful smiles and being safe and happy, stay healthy because I LOVE you ALL, ❤ Auntie 👵 Didi 😚 😍 😚