Death Valley Life #25: The Big Build Begins!

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  • Death Valley Life #25: The Big Build Begins!
    10/2/22
    Our friends Randy and Kelton have come to stay with us, and build some much-needed shade for the south and west sides of the house -- as well as a carport, and a few other odds and ends we needed help with. It's a LOT of work -- but totally worth it...and I'm incredibly lucky to have such kind, generous friends helping me!
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 571

  • @tonytoes2
    @tonytoes2 Рік тому +3

    bravissimo to Randy showing how we all need to share each other

  • @CalmBeforeTheStorm76
    @CalmBeforeTheStorm76 Рік тому +91

    The only woman I know who would do home improvement work in a bikini!! Wonderhussy, you are a true gem. ❤️

    • @johnsimko4920
      @johnsimko4920 Рік тому +6

      We love her " very funnY !"!

    • @bisleyblackhawk1288
      @bisleyblackhawk1288 Рік тому

      AMEN on steroids…Sarah Jane is a National Treasure 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻 5 AM is sorta 😊pushing it girl

    • @bshingledecker
      @bshingledecker Рік тому +3

      Most if not all the men I know would be offering her assistance for her building needs if she was dressed like that while we worked. I'll bet your ranch is going to impress when all is said and done. Way to go Kiddo.

    • @spuds6423
      @spuds6423 Рік тому +5

      For a wise woman of her years, she can still rock a bikini!!! 😃😃😃

    • @artflores2812
      @artflores2812 Рік тому +1

      Hairy Pitts🤮

  • @johnfowler9253
    @johnfowler9253 3 місяці тому +3

    What a wonderful man randy is and a gentle soul.

  • @glennk.7348
    @glennk.7348 Рік тому +3

    Thank you Randy and Kelton!! 😎

  • @brianmatthews4149
    @brianmatthews4149 Рік тому +2

    It's so peaceful out there .loved stopping at the mad Greek getting one of those famous Chile Verde burritos and setting my cruise on the rig pulling my load of cement to mercury oh I miss those days.

  • @frankconti6591
    @frankconti6591 Рік тому +3

    ‘There goes the Neighborhood’ !!! 🤣🎭✨🎈💎🌾

  • @denisestarr2314
    @denisestarr2314 Рік тому +3

    Theres no place like home.
    Congrats on the homestead.
    Ive been off grid for 5 years.started out with a 5thwheel camper on 5 wooded acers . Now I have built my modern cabin .

  • @hhawg1
    @hhawg1 Рік тому +27

    Really love the compound. Just enough neighbors to not feel too isolated but exceptionaly quiet

  • @moonyshine
    @moonyshine Рік тому +5

    Turns out the "Death Valley Compound" was just a house in Tacopa all along

  • @wildbillfirehands
    @wildbillfirehands Рік тому +2

    OMG ! I may have to move to Fla. I love Desantis, patriots, and all real people ! Good morning !!!!

  • @rubenmorgan5456
    @rubenmorgan5456 Рік тому +3

    Randy. i love the way you said . i get to help.the world needs more.

  • @MrImaghost
    @MrImaghost Рік тому +8

    You won't meet people like Randy living in a big city,that's for sure.

  • @mariemorgan7759
    @mariemorgan7759 Рік тому +5

    Randy is a super cool guy for helping out in you home!💕🌹

  • @gator83261
    @gator83261 Рік тому +5

    So wanted to see the mug of cold cider!

  • @richardzeiders5496
    @richardzeiders5496 Рік тому +85

    If you girls plan on staying there the rest of your lives perhaps you should find a engineer that can help improve the climate control in your living spaces, use solar panels or small windmills for battery storage, rain water runoff storage for growing vegetables & flower gardens. That much property has plenty of potential, after all, a day will come when you lose your "Wanderlust" & prefer to just sit back & relax.

    • @rogersmith7396
      @rogersmith7396 Рік тому +5

      Makes a great RV storage lot.

    • @PoM-MoM
      @PoM-MoM Рік тому +2

      @@rogersmith7396
      Ugh.
      She doesn't want to look at that!

    • @PoM-MoM
      @PoM-MoM Рік тому +17

      Once one catches Wanderlust disease, well, it never really goes away. My 80+ yr old mom is a bit like Sarah here and she hasn't stopped yet, except to smell the roses once in a while ! 🍺😉⚘

    • @ronaldbobeck1026
      @ronaldbobeck1026 Рік тому +4

      Do not waste money on solar panels for daily power needs . In Israel every home uses passive solar Hot water heaters. If you do get an Emergency Solar power system.

    • @styx62ga95
      @styx62ga95 Рік тому +2

      @@PoM-MoM good for her still livin life ✌️

  • @bigolerednek2905
    @bigolerednek2905 Рік тому +10

    Very smart move. Some of the old desert houses, they have wide wrap around porches that do just what Sara says, block the sun from the house. Awesome.

  • @stevenmoser7233
    @stevenmoser7233 Рік тому +4

    Hard hat & flip flops.

  • @gymnoboi
    @gymnoboi Рік тому +9

    Your Death Valley Compound vids are my favorite one's

  • @user-bd5nh5eb4b
    @user-bd5nh5eb4b Рік тому +2

    Sarah ( last video I watched you said say my name, and it is a very, very beautiful name, paired with a beautiful lady) , it appears you have purchased the very best place in town, you can see everything! The desert is so beautiful, my wife and I are planning a trip to New Mexico soon, can't wait to see the enchanted state. Godspeed to you and thank you for all the fascinating places you have taken us❤. redbaron

  • @wb8802
    @wb8802 Рік тому +21

    Congrats to you and your friends/family, and all the other resilient good folks who choose to live in the beautiful Death Valley Region.

  • @debbieweckler6832
    @debbieweckler6832 Рік тому +21

    How great to have these guys helping. Awesome work there , and wow I can't wait to see more. Great video. Your so funny. 5am!!

  • @janevalentine6391
    @janevalentine6391 Рік тому +1

    The views from atop that hill are really spectacular!

  • @fourwheelcamper5491
    @fourwheelcamper5491 Рік тому +5

    Hello from Colorado

    • @tomtheplummer7322
      @tomtheplummer7322 Рік тому

      Me too. Also too late for fourteeners, unless ya like to get lost real bad. BTW you get to pay for the rescue chopper too.

  • @genevabrantner365
    @genevabrantner365 Рік тому +2

    Even sewer ponds are lovely...from a distance.

  • @lindaherman1918
    @lindaherman1918 Рік тому +15

    Your project is an adventure to me. Videos on your progress will be interesting 🔨🪛🪒👍

  • @js7127
    @js7127 Рік тому +1

    The porch will help a lot to keep the sun off and am fixated on the banks of shale? rock around the compound. Same flat sided stone goes for bucks in so cal for decorative walls n structures. I totally picture a righteous hot tub with a BBQ or fire pit made out of the stuff under your new shade. And yes you are blessed, by being who you are and staying true to that. Thus why you attract such wonderful and giving people, because you are worth it n we are blessed to have you !!

  • @RobinsinaG
    @RobinsinaG Рік тому +6

    That's awesome : ) You're gonna LOVE having that porch-shade-outside space, right ON!

  • @anthonygallegos4342
    @anthonygallegos4342 Рік тому +1

    That’s what you call real friends!

  • @BradLarson1963
    @BradLarson1963 Рік тому +1

    I was just in Tacopa the week after Christmas, great place.... Went to the Date farm and saw the waterfalls there.....

  • @Howdy76
    @Howdy76 Рік тому +1

    Here's to 300 k subscribers Been to the free hot springs right over your hill. Dang it , now they are not free anymore. When i lived in Vegas 1982-1992 they were free.

  • @cheristoneburner5551
    @cheristoneburner5551 Рік тому +4

    As a fellow desert dweller the first thing I noticed was how green your view looked . It is a beautiful area. I am a DIY junkie so I love seeing your progress on your project. It will be worth it in the end . Hope your cool cider hit the spot.

  • @ronaldmason7053
    @ronaldmason7053 Рік тому +12

    I was one of the viewers pushing Sarah very hard to go with the mini-split system for cooling (and heating too if necessary). So glad it is working well. Now she and her sister have great comfort, and the porch addition will be another fabulous enchancement!

    • @vegasneon
      @vegasneon Рік тому

      Do you know about the telegram scams? Verify with Sarah at her email because this looks like the scam. I had this exact same thing on another youtuber site.

    • @moonyshine
      @moonyshine Рік тому

      @@vegasneon don't be so suspicious, you clearly won a prize from our kind Wonderhussy, just message the number and give it a chance, whats there to loose

    • @vegasneon
      @vegasneon Рік тому

      @@moonyshine Apparently you don't read well. Someone else was offered a prize by a spammer on Telegram.

    • @moonyshine
      @moonyshine Рік тому

      @@vegasneon thats different .. you could be a lucky winner in this instance 😃 its better to regret something you have done, than something you haven't done..

    • @triketacular8093
      @triketacular8093 Рік тому

      I too had this scammer reply to my comment l had left on Matt Laidlaw's motorcycle channel. I reported it to UA-cam, but l see they are still at it.
      Sarah, please also report this scammer on your channel to UA-cam. Take care.

  • @RAISEPLACE777
    @RAISEPLACE777 Рік тому +40

    Sarah is a great story teller and a rare breed with many admirers! So glad you have some true friends who care about you!

  • @RichardSmith-um4js
    @RichardSmith-um4js Рік тому +12

    Always a pleasure seeing one of your videos and listening to your stories.

  • @piscesrising6533
    @piscesrising6533 8 місяців тому +1

    Get a swamp cooler, they’re amazing
    I moved out of Phoenix in 2004, I loved living in the desert but alas I had to move due to the dry and dusty conditions there. I get my fill watching your videos, thank you 😊❤

  • @tommydeitch6382
    @tommydeitch6382 Рік тому +1

    Think Randy was not expecting a cheek kiss. Kinda made buddy look silly!

  • @flynnstone3580
    @flynnstone3580 Рік тому +1

    Boy, a cold hard cider sounds good right now. But now I have to settle for a Alpine hot cider with rum.

  • @tomtheplummer7322
    @tomtheplummer7322 Рік тому +3

    Dickens Cider is sweet, tart. Even the Preacher’s brides in Salt Lake like a bit of Dickens Cider 😎🤫🇺🇸

  • @naturalmax8474
    @naturalmax8474 Рік тому +1

    there is an awesome cloud formation behind your head at 14:54

  • @skyepilotte11
    @skyepilotte11 Рік тому +5

    Great friends to do this for you all...beautiful desert views...Great little town...I've been there quite a few times...

  • @lindabriggs5118
    @lindabriggs5118 Рік тому +12

    I absolutely 💯 % love this channel. I live my "desert" life vicariously through you Sarah! I really miss the desert, hot or cold, exploring and getting to know people, like myself who love traveling in this amazing and awesome desert. I live in the Southwestern Appalachian's now, and yeah it's pretty here, the fall colors are just starting to appear. But, you're correct, Autumn in the desert is fantastic. It's like the desert takes a deep breath and relaxes. Thank you so much. 💓 I can relate to you and even have a quirky male friend 🤪 who's my buddy and lives right next door. (In fact, he's my landlord.) But we each have each other's backs.
    Take care, Sarah, I know you're going to love that new porch. I practically live under mine.

  • @kurtporter1323
    @kurtporter1323 Рік тому +3

    Thanks for the compound update dear. You are polishing the ruff stone

  • @katehutto6004
    @katehutto6004 Рік тому +3

    I just went to the Surprise Valley Hot Spring on your recommendation and it was great. They gave me room #13!

  • @morrison62
    @morrison62 Рік тому +10

    You are just a bundle of energy, WH, cannot keep up with you!

  • @charleneheiland8803
    @charleneheiland8803 Рік тому +3

    Thank you for the tour. Was delighted with the overview especially the greenery. Had no idea of this area being so delightful.When you say Death Valley picture much different surroundings. Great friends who will build a delightful , cooling porch. Hope the hard cider "hit the spot" Grandma H
    So. Cal.👩‍🦳

  • @gerryhartung736
    @gerryhartung736 Рік тому +3

    Darn good planning and execution of roof extensions. Your friends know their stuff. Thnx for the update, expecting more cool videos. Going to glass house about 11.10.22. Taking my brush jumper k1500, silver pickup to good to scratch. Got part way up, sage, etc really grown out into the trail, sooo!

  • @badapple65
    @badapple65 Рік тому +3

    The patio roof system will pay for itself over the years in energy savings I’ll betcha. Keeping the hot Sun off of the house. Great job.

  • @jroar123
    @jroar123 Рік тому +3

    I’m stuck in Houston when I could be in Pahrump! I too love the dessert. Thanks for sharing!

  • @michaelw2643
    @michaelw2643 Рік тому +1

    Welcome to the "joys" of home ownership.

  • @michaelmorris3660
    @michaelmorris3660 Рік тому +2

    Thank you Sarah for making these videos , you are a great inspiration to others.

  • @ruthkaye2466
    @ruthkaye2466 Рік тому +2

    Sandy here: GREAT VIDEO, especially since it included views from the hilltop. You and Sis and friends are making fabulous progress, it will be well worth it when it's finished. Plus, you are learning new skills. Stay safe and be well ❤❤ Sandy and Ruth ❤❤

  • @chrisblack8390
    @chrisblack8390 Рік тому +2

    So glad your getting that big porch! Thanks

  • @gracielacenteno2246
    @gracielacenteno2246 Рік тому +1

    Love watching u all the time thanks for the stories and thanks to those guys they are a blessing

  • @lindzee924
    @lindzee924 Рік тому +3

    I love your energy, your intellect and your appreciation ❣️

  • @lauchieburton5289
    @lauchieburton5289 Рік тому +1

    I just watched one of your videos I'm really impressed ,very enjoyable

  • @jeanduke2245
    @jeanduke2245 Рік тому +2

    So wonderful! You will want to come home now if you want to in the summer, lots of shade! Great friends too.

  • @carolb1792
    @carolb1792 Рік тому +3

    I'm so excited to see the final build!!

  • @richwhitaker1506
    @richwhitaker1506 Рік тому +3

    Nice spot for viewing your environs. Happy to see town coming back to life again. It will be fun to watch the progress on the construction. Keep the cider flowing

  • @michaelcarron3418
    @michaelcarron3418 Рік тому +2

    You could coat the roof tiles white to reflect the Heat. Put Solsr panels on the South faceing porch roof. Run a solar powerd attic fans to move the air out of the ceiling. Hang shade bambu roll down curtins.

  • @scruples671
    @scruples671 Рік тому +3

    A few solar panels could at least eliminate your electric bill while the sun is up during the heat if the day. 🌞

  • @phillipswain4942
    @phillipswain4942 Рік тому +2

    Building the covered porch on the west and south side will really help keep the heat out of the walls will help keep the house cooler. May even enjoy being home in the summer

  • @u2cancatchme
    @u2cancatchme Рік тому +1

    I love it all, so awesome, can't wait to see your beautiful decking, well done guys, helping out, great to see there's wonderfull men around too..

  • @6spring3
    @6spring3 Рік тому +3

    I’ve lived in the hot high mtn desert in CO and I understand the wonderful Green! You are blessed to have many friends that are talented and willing to help!!!

  • @Stan_Rich
    @Stan_Rich Рік тому +1

    Improvements are looking good all the way around. You & your Sis are blessed & very fortunate to have such good, genuine, big hearted friends helping you out there.

  • @1tothoo1
    @1tothoo1 Рік тому +3

    The Baronesses and crew look great. Starting is the hard part. The desert location looks good with some water. stepping stone💜

  • @awkwarddude
    @awkwarddude Рік тому +1

    High Fives to your friends for taking on that huge project to help you and your sister. That's awesome. Looking forward to your update video when it's completed and you enjoying a cool one on your new porch! Love you, Sarah, stay safe!

  • @joewenzel5142
    @joewenzel5142 Рік тому +24

    "Go through that saddle" - I love how you use the proper map terms. Brings back memories of map reading in the military.

    • @bingojones4820
      @bingojones4820 Рік тому +1

      Wenzel the Weasel, have another bong and 12 pack

  • @Lez_Laura
    @Lez_Laura Рік тому +3

    singing starts at :35 seconds in with "happy days"!!! "she has a red hat cause she is the safety officer"! Youre too much! :)

  • @timothywalker4563
    @timothywalker4563 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for showing-off your mountain range it reminds me of my uncle’s place he lived on the edge of a desert in Redlands California I enjoyed the view of his back patio. Sarah your gonna love your porch, after that’s done you should have a party to celebrate Randy and company’s latest achievement 😉

  • @michaelmcgourty9535
    @michaelmcgourty9535 Рік тому +1

    Wow, it's a lot greener than I would have imagined.

  • @wolfganghofmann3977
    @wolfganghofmann3977 Рік тому +2

    The desert is awesome ! Can’t wait to see the fountain of youth 😎🤘

  • @backwoodsman1952
    @backwoodsman1952 Рік тому +1

    Beautiful and a sweet singing voice. I love your stories and your enthusiasm.

  • @rundbaum
    @rundbaum Рік тому +2

    you're right, i just fully thawed out from winter about 2 wks ago & got my summer stride on--able to make in the gym 4 days/wk (rollback to younger days.) now it's chilling down again & i'm about to freeze & will loose all my mojo. i do much better in the heat . . .

  • @robertkoehne1795
    @robertkoehne1795 Рік тому +2

    Happy to see you are back at it. In the 70s I camped my VW camper van near your backyard. There was a wood shed built where hot springs would flow. If I had bucks the resort near the road fun. I am a friend of CHAD, and hope FRED IS WELL. MELLOW OLD PUP.

  • @marycompogno5665
    @marycompogno5665 Рік тому +1

    Congrats on your latest project! Hope it turns out well for you guys and it helps make your house cooler.

  • @dennispage5333
    @dennispage5333 Рік тому +2

    Love how informative you are, Thumbs up.

  • @waynelutwiniak797
    @waynelutwiniak797 Рік тому +2

    This project will be fun to follow. Stay safe 👍

  • @agrarianyeti8134
    @agrarianyeti8134 Рік тому +1

    It's starting to feel comfortable here in San Antonio, Texas too. It's always hot and humid here throughout summer, makes me miss the dry west sometimes. I also prefer hot climates, but I appreciate the cool times of year that allow for all day outside exploring. Thanks for another great video. Have fun in the open wonderful deserts of our lovely country,thanks for bringing us along

  • @CuntryRebel
    @CuntryRebel Рік тому +10

    I can’t wait to see Tecopa again this year. Labor Day was excruciating there.

  • @brendtoconnell6119
    @brendtoconnell6119 Рік тому +2

    Gosh looking at those mountains I could ride my scooter up those. Looks like an awesome location for a home. Good luck with the porch build. You have more positive energy and personality than the average person!!

  • @joseph5348
    @joseph5348 Рік тому +2

    Paint ing you're wood first is great

  • @Sunny8888
    @Sunny8888 Рік тому +2

    Enjoy your new porch when it's done . . ..
    What a great place to do nothing and think about everything you'd like to do some day.
    Or, just reflect about all the great places you visited already. Reminiscing is like meditating without the work.
    Awesome!!!

  • @dansavoie5508
    @dansavoie5508 Рік тому +1

    Just wanted to say a quick thanks for your awesome channel. I'm in the area exploring and have already checked out a few places i would never have heard of or found without watching your videos. Thanks again. Keep them coming.

  • @donmunro9425
    @donmunro9425 Рік тому +3

    Hey I didn’t know Larry David was so handy and uses “ Randy “ as an alias hehehe good friends are indeed a blessing.

  • @kennysherrill6542
    @kennysherrill6542 Рік тому +2

    You are a very lucky young lady Sarah, looks real nice from up there. I was supposed to be in San Diego this week and as usual I'm delayed once again. Your friends know what their doing from what I can see and you will enjoy your new porch. Love ya much, Kenny👍👍👍👍👍♥️🇺🇸

  • @wildwestunlimited
    @wildwestunlimited Рік тому +1

    Randy seems like a great dood! Doing that for you is a heart thing. Sarah, YOU are BLESSED!!!!

  • @jerrykeenan1848
    @jerrykeenan1848 Рік тому +1

    Thanks so much

  • @mdit21
    @mdit21 Рік тому +2

    I live in the desert and yes, hopefully it's the last of the three digit temperatures for the year.

  • @S.E.C-R
    @S.E.C-R Рік тому +2

    You’re going to love the new porch! I love a nice porch, I’m sitting on mine now with a beautiful view of nothing by green country farm land.

  • @davidlessard9317
    @davidlessard9317 Рік тому +1

    Great video. Death Valley is so beautiful.

  • @wannabe_sailor_777smith6
    @wannabe_sailor_777smith6 Рік тому +2

    Sarah, that shot of you sitting on the bench and the cross was so cool !

  • @barackmycat9448
    @barackmycat9448 Рік тому +3

    That place will be great when completed.

  • @jdfmfb03
    @jdfmfb03 Рік тому +1

    You go girl Congrats on the expansion to the ranch
    👍❤️

  • @brianpetersen3429
    @brianpetersen3429 Рік тому +2

    Love it! Great progress.

  • @gracielacenteno2246
    @gracielacenteno2246 Рік тому +1

    love watching your videos and the guys they are a blessing

  • @daveweaston287
    @daveweaston287 Рік тому

    Great, Sarah!! We LOVE Death Valley!! One of my best friends lives over the pass at Lone Pine!! Can't wait to see your final product on the compound!!

  • @GruvyTubie
    @GruvyTubie Рік тому +2

    Thanks!

  • @raccoonlittlebear6476
    @raccoonlittlebear6476 Рік тому +1

    🎶 Happy days are here again🎸🎶
    - Sings the Pahrumph Song bird!
    You make a sweet noise WH. 🤠
    Best of luck on the construction!🤗🔨

  • @Lori_b36
    @Lori_b36 Рік тому +1

    I've never lived in a desert but I've noticed from your videos it does have some charm and beauty. Thank you 💖

  • @zalix512
    @zalix512 Рік тому +2

    The Desert is beautiful when it finally does rain. Rare wild flowers will pop up.

    • @Rob2
      @Rob2 Рік тому

      It rained recently.... unfortunately, when it rains, it pours....