El Camino del Diablo (Highway of the Devil) and Desert Oddities
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- You can find and see the most interesting things in the desert and this excursion had it's share of interesting and possibly dangerous discoveries. Take a look at the Highway of the Devil too, the El Camino del Diablo. You can travel that road with your ATV or 4X4, but bring plenty of water and survival gear.
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A stark uniquely beautiful place I love the way you seek out the remotest locations. A pleasure to follow along.
Glad you enjoyed it Jeff.
Holy smokes you’re down there in my backyard. Couple of your questions the droppings you were handling are from a jack rabbit. The round smooth rocks are from glaciers during the Ice Age. And yes the black rocks are volcanic a lot of Arizona had volcanic activity and in our north eastern portion it is more obvious with a lot of cinder cones. The aluminum pole is actually a flag pole that they would put up for boundary corners when they were bombing and Ariel target practice. Enjoy your visit and if you’re still in the area prepare for quite a bit of rain this weekend. If you stick around for a few weeks you may get in on Wildflower Bloom in portions of that desert area. PS I’ll see you that extended warranty for 1/10 of the price.😱😂😂👊👍😎
Market Share, thank you so very much for that information! You've answered some of the questions I had. By the way, those are some BIG jacks and fast.
@Lucas Jackson unfortunately mother nature controls that I seen it as early as February and well into April and May rain and temperature in different regions have a lot to do with it some of the southern portion down around Patagonia and Tucson can be the best. There are some websites that will give somewhat of a update of what people are experiencing. 👊👍😎
I wonder if there are possibly fossils in the round glacier rocks.
@@moretoexplore6736 I don't think so, they're usually found in layers of shale or slate. I thought it was odd that there are round river bottom type rocks on the same level as lava. Not one over the other. Interesting.
Thanks market share for the information.
You are so right. No need to just sit around the house. WE LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!
Thank you Shirley!
Well, this is one way to let family know you are ok! Thanks for the adventure!
Happy Trails
Old is always 10 years ahead of me, that’s my story I’m sticking to it.
..... yup! 🤶 ....... sure do like these yrs better than the 'high drama' young ones ....... just sayin'.
@17:02 - M18 Smoke Grenade. Still has pin & spoon attached. Being out in the desert, it probably still works. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M18_smoke_grenade
Somebody will activate that and have the MPs there in a heartbeat. I figured I'd play it safe and leaves it alone. You should see the pictures in their brochure of what can be found out there. Live bombs!
Some were set stones and the cedar 2x2 was the mark. We old school surveyors know. Thanks for the hike. See you around.
Hernie Dog, I thank you very much for that information!
I get those calls all the time HaHa. I chat with the callers & ask them a lot of personal questions until they hang up on me. It’s fun, try it!
😂😂
I tell the caller that I’m not wearing my hearing aids and them to speak up. I had one guy screaming into to the phone.
I would have taken the rock too Linda.....
My warranty as well 2000 Suburban LT with 233k on it haha👍
You always find unique and interesting places. I love your travels.
We try to take the road less traveled, that's for sure. Thanks Patrick!
Interesting about el Camino del Diablo! As a point of curiosity, there is a road in eastern AZ that was formerly highway 666. Seems like it went through a few states. In AZ it started south of Morenci, went through Alpine (a particularly beautiful, though treacherous stretch), and north of alpine it crossed over into NM and went toward Gallup. It is a mountain road that typically receives considerable snow in winter, but there are camping opportunities along the route (care must be taken to avoid camping on reservation land without a proper permit from the tribe).
Love that route.
That sounds interesting H Gj. I've heard of it, but never traveled that way yet.
@@leslieaustin1467 I love almost everything out there. Lived in show low several years. Spent a lot of time in the mountains. Been away a few years and was hoping to go back last year. Oh well...😷
@@gonagain north of Morenci is a good road to check the operation of your trailer lights without leaving the driver’s seat.😳🤪
Row to Hoe..as in maintaining a garden. "Road to Hoe" is common mistake. FYI. When I'm in Yuma I always visit my fellow Veterans at the VFW. Great people there!
Great video. I cross into Mexico at Lukeville, so I’m somewhat familiar with the area. But not this year due to covid.
Organ Pipe Cactus NM is worth a look see. It’s my understanding that dispersed camping isn’t allowed south of Why anymore. The Border patrol gents should be able to tell you. There’s a checkpoint on the way to Organ Pipe.
There’s Hickiwan Trails RV park in Why Az that I stay at. If you need to do laundry and such. Its located behind a small casino/fuel station.
Wish I was there. Stay safe, well and positive.
Thanks for the tip on the laundry at the RV park. You can still camp at the 55 mile marker south of Why (we just did), but it's pretty dusty if you drive back in very far. Not too bad closer to the highway. We liked it better up near Ajo and went back up to that area.
I fill my military water bottle with boiling water and preheat my sleeping bag , stops it freezing so you have water for coffee in the morning !
Great idea Lee!
Great video guys, if that desert could talk? That area has always had a strange vibe to me. I spent a life time one week when I broke down in Yuma during the UPS strike, back in my car hauler days. Stay safe.....
Funny how life slows down when you're in a bind like that and waiting for something.
At 19:32 that’s a Festivus pole. You know, a Festivus For The Restivus.
LOL! Well that explains it.
I think that might be called the death trail around that area. It was used during the Gold Rush in California. The trail was littered with dead cattle carcasses driven up from Mexico to feed the miners.
Thanks Tom for that additional knowledge, it's appreciated.
Beautiful. Making me get itchy feet. I will be down in that area in spring, I need to warm up my Montana bones.
Hi jlyn Zee! Believe it or not, we came back home just in time for February. I know, crazy, but we're going again pretty soon. See you down there!
i would love to try what ya'll do. but convincing my wife so far has been a big nogo. heck i sold my first small camper due to lack of use. i did convince her to get another 1 this time with a full bathroom. so maybe next spring. as it is i enjoy watching your adventures
I hope so James, because it's relaxing to get out and forget about everything else. Maybe try to include some things that she, personally, would enjoy. Museums? Foods that are unique to a given area? Beautiful scenery is something we all enjoy.
To quote Winnie the Pooh.... LOL! Linda you’re funny!
Those cacti that look like long thorny rose canes are ocotillo. You will see a lot of livestock fences made by cutting the canes and kinda weaving them together with wire or rope. They also root fairly quickly I am told, so they are sometimes planted close, in a row to make a “living fence”. Makes a very imposing barrier either way. I guess folks out there have been doing that for generations.
They have beautiful red flowers in the spring. The plants are thought to have natural lifespans of up to 100 years. Cacti are found all over Arizona, and over 50 species are found there. Pima county is thought to have the highest concentration of species. The iconic Saguaro cactus is only found growing naturally in Arizona.
That's a really nice post about the different cacti plants. Thank you!
@@gonagain I lived in AZ for several years, up in the white mountains. I loved it. Now I’m 1600 miles East, missing AZ almost every day.🥲😷
Keep up with the videos, thanks
Thanks for watching Randy!
now that 50cal would of followed me home
Interesting
Your videos are so interesting. Thank you
Glad you like them Ros!
A bit off topic. But regarding firearm carry, how do we do that legally when crossing state lines? We don't always have reciprocity with all states we might pass through.
I watch you out in nowhereland and the first thing I think is that I'd have my side arm on me. But...would I?
Maybe a good topic. Thanks. Love your videos.
You can bet he do's, way to close to the border not to
That is a good topic. We're licensed in Montana and that allows us to carry on all the states we like to visit. If you have an Android phone you can get the CCW app which is what we use to stay on top of current laws in each state. It's updated regularly and I highly recommend it.
Great adventure, thanks for taking me along. The filming & narrative were perfect.
Thank you Dick!
If you go towards Quartzsite George S. Patton did his WW11 training out in the US. ARMY YUMA PROVING GROUND CIBOLA RANGE.On theUS 95 HWY is the KOFA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. You can find bombs,projectiles & mortar rounds out there. Also an old makeshift run way they used.Main road will take you to the Colorado River. On the other side of US 95 HWY is Have fun !!! In YUMA County. MATT T. From YUMA.
Thank you Matt, we love that area and will do more exploring soon.
Another great video, and learning experience. There is one problem with your vids.... we need more! LOL
Y'all stay safe.
Thanks D.R.
Very nice video!! Nice round worry stones! Lol I don’t blame you getting away from the cold 🥶!!! 👍
We made it back home a couple of days ago and I see that the thermometer this morning is a 0F degrees. That's ok though because it's making us get busy on planning the next trip, which is coming up soon.
Just a shout out to the cutest couple on the road. Thanks for sharing your wisdom and your experiences. We continue to learn from good folks like you.
Thank you Lucy! We've been cooped up for the last couple of months, but will be hitting the road again soon.
Looks like a 50 BMG round. An urgent message came over the phone, my 2011 Silverado with 200,000 miles on it is in danger of losing it's warranty. Oh no!
Me too! Imagine my surprise & dismay that my 1997 Jeep with over 225,000 mls is About to loose its warranty 😳😂 Love how you two always find the most interesting things! 🤗 Sounds like Linda could appreciate a visit to Hawaii 😘💞
Thing that worries me is why the post office never delivers mail about the final notice of warranty cancellation on my 97 Ford pickup with 347,000 miles on it. I’m gonna have a word with our postmaster about it!🤪
Yeah, I need to send her home for a visit pretty soon, but I'm afraid she won't come back!
What was the material on the end of that long pipe/pole laying on the ground? It looked a lot like our tracking poles our aircraft mechanics used for tracking our rotor blades on our helicopters.
The canister you didn't want to touch looked like a training cs or smoke grenade. I didn't read the writing on it's side.
I spent a little over a month in the California desert at Bicycle lake on Ft Irwin. (The NTC -National Training Center) One of my aircraft mechanics found something there in the desert he traded to me for a six pack of Pepsi.
I still have it somewhere... it's a grenade launcher adapter for an M1 rifle.
The bottom of the pole had a heavy steel cylinder on it. I figured that was a smoke grenade but didn't want to mess with it, just in case.
@@gonagain Thanks... we used something shaped like that and about that size, but it's a soft material like foam with masking tape around it. There's a tip on the end of each rotor for hooking the tie down strap to secure the rotor blades... They use like two colors of crayons on these tie down points so each blade has a different color so when the rotors are running and the pole is held up so the tips on each blade contacts the masking tape so the mechanics can see how each blade is tracking. If they need to adjust it... they bend a tab on the trailing edge of the blade to line them up so both blades are tracking properly.
Good explanation on tracking rotors there!
@@gonagain I was a military pilot. lol. I better know how they work... plus one of my additional duties was aircraft maintenance officer.
Hahahaaa love the vehicle warranty scam calls! My 99 Isuzu’s ran out!
What to do?
Oh, what to do??
_impressed you have cell service out there_
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Another great video 😉
Yeah, no privacy anymore! Thanks for watching JannieJean.
I love your Tahoe. That is what I want for my tow rig. I have an 8X16 Cargo that I am converting.
Nice size and will make a very comfortable rig. Ours is a GMC Yukon (same thing as the Tahoe basically) and the only years to avoid is 2001-2003 due to the short piston skirts causing some slapping noise when it's warming up. That would be mine, but it doesn't seem to really affect anything except resale value.
We were camped in the same area about 6 years ago. A boarder patrol officer stop by our camp and suggested that it was not safe to camp. He strongly suggested that we move further north. There were a lot of fire rings and “camps” when we were there but there was a lot more garbage.
The lack of garbage where we were was puzzling. I've seen migrant "camps' and they are totally littered with plastic bottles, food wrappers and cigarette packs, but here there was nothing at all, not even a pull tab. For sure we saw discarded clothing in the bushes here and there, but no trash around those rings. I've been told that those are old survey markers and that might make more sense.
My guess on the stack of rocks with pointer and cedar post remnants is a grave. How much longer you kids going to be wandering down there? The wireless nics are nice. Like how they kick on above a threshold to cut noise, not to say the ambient noises aren't nice to. Happy Wandering.
We're heading back to Montana for a bit and then will head that way again in a few weeks. Getting used to those mics has been tough, like forgetting to turn one on or turn one off. I shot some beauty roll and Linda's mic was still on so you could hear her footsteps loud and clear even tho she was far away.
@@gonagain I'm considering a roadtrip down there before long myself. My truck is running awesome after rebuilding my fuel injectors. I did my first mileage check and got a pathetic 11.28 mpg a 12.8% increase from the even more pathetic 10 mpg I got before. Still haven't tried with the truck camper on. Power is much better too. We'll see...
Looks like a good place to be, Yuma is a hot spot for the virus.Stay safe 👍👍
Lots of us old people there.
Hey Rick & Linda!🙋🏽♀️ I’ve never been to the desert 🏜 but find it fascinating🙌🏽🙌🏽 Can’t wait to visit. Just paid my son’s college tuition for the spring semester. He starts the 2nd 1/2 of his junior year on 2/1. Counting down til May 2022!! I see you get the warranty harassment calls too! 😃 I have tried everything. Asked them to remove my name from the list, told them I sold the car, block the numbers but they call every day from a different number😫
I wish there was some way to melt the phone they're using! You're going to love the desert and I look forward to the day you can make it down here.
@@gonagain 🤣🤣
You will see coyote or fox out there
That’s a nice place
I think the rock pile with rotted post on edge of it was a grave . Maybe? 🥴
No signs of digging though. Someone from that area said they were survey markers from the mining days. Thanks Ralph!
My warranty just expired too...mine is a 2003 Sequoia...I better call them back right quick...lol
You kinda ran past the size limit on what sizes of trailer or camper “would” be allowed? Ya’lls is a 6x10 correct? So, just curious as to any info ya’ll could impart on trailer size allowed in this cool area!?
Hi Robert. The only thing I can say is that they told me RVs aren't allowed in there except for two parking areas which are at the entrances. When I told them that I had a 6x10 cargo trailer that we slept in they said I was fine. You can call them with questions ahead of time.
Very interesting, thank you! More, smoke canister.
You two are wonderful! I so enjoy your videos, every one. Enjoy your time in Ajo, the boondocking camp spots and hiking is wonderful around there. Oh how I wish I could get away right now, but I’m staying planted in the cold and snow for now. Travel safely!
Hi Trisha, we're actually heading home for a few weeks before heading out again. Montana in February, yay...
Survey markers
You and I must have the same car warranty.🤣
Unlike walking pahoehoe you don’t have to worry about falling through to magma below and melting your sorries 🤣. The sharp rocks are basaltic and the round ones are probably from pyroclastic flow.
You know what you're talking about. Was filming the moon down below Puu Oo one night with a lava flow in front of me when the pahoehoe under my feet moved because it was starting to melt from underneath. Should have seen me run.
@@gonagain yes, as was hiking out to the vent going into the ocean near kalapana in 1991 when my 10 year old daughter fell through. Scraped up her leg real bad. She had just gone shishi on the lava and I had told her how upset Pele would be so she became a firm believer! By the way tell Linda to be careful taking rocks from a lava flow 😂.
Parts of a UFO
2 brothers live in Yuma.
One lives a half mile from the border in the country. Been burglarized so many times that I've lost track. Can't believe they stay there!
Military smoke grenade that someone dropped and they sell for $60.00 to $80.00 at gun shows.
Giant steps are what you take
Walking on the moon
I hope my leg don't break
Walking on the moon
Great video! Love Linda’s voice reading about the Devil’s Highway. That round rock looked like an avocado pit. Lol That one thing that had a ring on it, looked like a grenade! What an odd variety of objects in this video. Very enjoyable!
Glad you enjoyed it Maria. I think Linda kept that rock and it will appear when we get home.
Great video, we're planning to go south from Washington next winter.
You're going to love it Ken. Best wishes from Linda and I.
Couple of thoughts.
Seems like the shelter you describe that might have been used for refuse, is undefendable low ground. Did native Americans consider that?
Also, it seems like you really wander out there. Do you ever have difficulty finding your way back to camp?
We're very careful about navigation and have done some videos concerning that subject. The Indian inhabitants were different in each area. In this place they were farmers, growing what they needed and pretty peaceful. That being said, from what we've seen there was always a lookout posted on higher ground to warn the rest of the tribe. We find those lookout spots all the time from the rock patterns for shelter from the wind and flakes left on the ground.
@@gonagain interesting stuff. Thanks for the response.
You bet!
Very nice video..glad you guys are injoying winter..peAce🤗
Very cool. I'm planning to be doing this soon. I do have a question how do I know where to get these permits for theses different places ?
That fire in the distance is most likely a Bermuda grass farming process. I see these in the winter as the farmers prepare for the grass growing season.
Make sure it's not a scam because I get a lot of calls like that and I own a 97 grand caravan sounds like the same kind of call.
Hi Brian, it's definitely a scam. I wish we could block all those type of calls.
Yes me 2 I get them almost daily .
You guys are just too cute!! Love your videos.
Thank you Gail.
The green canister with the pull pin looks like a military smoke grenade 17:00
there are some cool mines out there this is an old training place to train marine pilots i love that place great atv area
Lots of places to ride!
9:56 those pre-historic people were really good about packing out their trash
wow great video ,thank you for sharing ,big hugs from MN
Thank you Dan. I hope you make it out on the road yourself soon.
@@gonagain gosh me too,crazy world we have my friends
Good stuff,,, cheers on the coffee,,, You & Linda be well out there!
Thanks John!
When will you camp the Superstition Mountains
Never thought of it Poppie, but now that you've mentioned it I think soon! I grew up on stories of the Lost Dutchman.
Maybe Linda can pick up some gold rocks she can take home
Great RV trip and you found some very interesting items some looked like a nice find .. But it really sounds like an area filled with very old history and you may very well have been hiking 500 year old trails .. It looks like an area of very old early explorers passed through .. Looks like a person could find some items that are very old , it always brings up more questions to me than i have no answers for , how did this get here ? how long has it been here ? how old is this ? there were no roads here until 50 years ago and this didn't come by means of a FS road , horse back explorers , folks on foot? Then months later i'm still trying to solve the mystery of an item that's 100 years older than the only road that leads one into this mountain area ..
You're like us because we wonder the same things. I also think about what life was like for the person who dropped it.
@@gonagain For a couple years now I'm working on 2 objects on a ridge top that are steam logging equipment era.
What's funny is the main road was cut in 1969 and I did get to speak to the cutter who is an old fellow now that cut the right away, he told me there was no other way into that ridge that he knew about..
So far I found no old trails or other to support how this equipment may have got in here..
So I took it further, I spoke to one more old timer who was one of the first to put his big tower upon top once the road was built, he said that country had never been logged before..
Okay next I moved SE 2.3 miles and looked back at that area through a scope, no wagon trail, no RR lines , log skid roads no evidence.. very steep country .. I'm at a standstill, the FS is not answering my questions so..
That's a tough one to find an answer for. Do you know what the equipment is?
@@gonagain One is a very old heel boom that's used on a spar tree to pick up logs and swing the log to either a truck or RR car..
The second one has more steel on it but has steel eyes on the corners, blocks can be hung on those eyes for swing the boom either direction..
What's very interesting is Nielson logging had their Burger tower upon the ridge first in 1970 right after completion of the new /only road , Burger steel towers are modern logging equipment..
What I found is in the forest between several trees..
Always something interesting
That was a smoke grenade.
Yep! But I didn't trust it anyway. Then I also thought about how fast the MPs would be there if I set it off and decided to leave it be. Thanks for tuning in again Mark!
You being on a range for Luke AFB, and a broken piece with safety wire tells me something broke off an aircraft.
I'm hoping an A&P will see the video and tell us all what it is.
@@gonagain Sorry, didn't recognize that chunk of metal. Could be anything. Definitely safety wire.
I was counting on you Nate! Whatever it was, it was expensive.
WOW, The More I Watch the More Bummed I'm Not Out on the Road or Camping in a Nice Quiet Spot. The Devil's Highway, Ya, Just My kind of place. Ha. Since you both are So Close, Hit Algodonas and have some Killer Mex. food. Albeit, Many Many Tourists. But for one half-day it can be Fun. Sort Of. Nice to see you're having a Good Time.(That was a Smoke Grenade) Remain Safe.🏜🙂
Thanks Erik, we need to get our passports in hand.
I get the same calls on my 2001 Jeep Cherokee.
I enjoyed your hike in the desert. My late brother-in-law sent many winter in AZ. On a visit there I noted that he always hiked with leather gloves on his hands. His neighbor, who was a newby, painfully wished he had when he picked up a rock and a scorpion under it felt threatened!
Those things are nasty! I've only seen one, but that was good enough to make me careful.
Very cool, thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
Love your videos. You are so lucky to have Linda with you. I love her sense of humor.
I think you and I are about same age, my theory is that I might be growing old, I’ll never grow up.🤠
Got the same call about my auto warranty, I just hope my 2003 Tundra can go a little longer.
Since you are in southern Az. you might like a book called the “Apache Wars”. It is an insight to the relationships between the Apache, Mexico and the US.
Again, keep up the great videos.
That's right Bryan, never grow up! Thank you on the tip to the book Apache Wars, that sounds like something I will enjoy
Nice! I'm sure y'all know this, but for any viewers who may not, be sure and stay out of washes! Take the high ground when you can. Flash floods happen where it's not raining and you really don't want to be caught in one. Props to Linda for the Lewis Carroll quote! And here's a link on the geology! 73, from KC7ZDM. www.desertmuseum.org/books/nhsd_geologic_origin.php
Thanks Richard, that was a great read and answered a lot of questions.
Lots of cool stuff in the desert. I couldn't be happier than when I wander around and discover evidence of an old mine or a shepherd's camp. I'm honestly not comfortable that close to a munitions range. When my brother in law was in the USAF, one of the things they did was to drop heavy things out of planes or copters. They used old broken stuff because it was for practice. Perhaps that curved aluminum piece you found was one of those. Normally they clean up pretty well but ya know...
Well, that explains a lot of the weird things out there! Thank you.
Just found your channel. Enjoying your travels. Same age similar situation in New Zealand. we have 18 foot camper and enjoy travelling around. Done some US travel. Will be back soon when Covid goes away. Keep up the good work. Very interesting...and down to earth. Not some million dollar glamour coach!
Thanks John!
Wow so glad you didn't touch that...yikes...boom.
I so enjoyed this video thanks for taking us along. Be safe God Bless👍🏻👍🏻
I've been told it was a smoke grenade, but better safe than sorry.
No place on earth untouched by humans.
🙋🏻♀️ Just happened upon your vlog; totally enjoying your easy going trek and unique finds. Liked, subscribed and will see what else you may have prior shared. I bet along that Devil’s Highway you might find many an interesting treasure buried than brought back to the surface what with all that have passed along that route for hundreds of years. 🥾
I think you're right. One thing the US Sir Force made very clear though is that you are not to dig in there because of all the unexploded ordinance in the ground. That convinced me! Thanks for subscribing Linda.
You mentioned sitting around the house, ha, well this has been about 18mths of lockdown mostly sitting about the house and watching UA-cam, our house sits on 400sqm so there’s not much garden, I’m looking forward to one day getting away with my old 4x4 and doing what you two are doing, I’m 66 and stay safe, Frank
Hope you get out soon, too, Frank.
Too cool! Thanks much for another great share! Making me want to get out even more after over a year of lockdown:( Love your videos and learn so much from them! Had to laugh again, Linda hsa stashed that nice round rock, even if it;s too big for her SLINGSHOT! :) All the BEST to both of you and family! CHeers! :)
Thanks Marty, I know that rock is around here somewhere.
Hi love you videos. We drove the devils highway all the way through. We camped about half way through, your right it was quiet and what a different part of the desert. Nice to read about your travels. Because of health and age we had to finally buy a house. We're from alberta Canada and lived the Snowbird life across north America for 30 years. Loved every minute.
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Rick, I hope that those aluminum bits aren't remains of atomic munitions.... Have Linda bring the geiger counter next time! Cool video 👍. Safe travels Perry
I'm trusting that the government wouldn't let us in there if it was radioactive. I mean, who doesn't trust the government?! Lol! You just never know.
MIC'S VERY CLEAR..
Thanks. I had a problem with them being over sensitive and needed to turn their volume down.
Was stationed at Gila Bend AAF in the very early 70s at the time the Barry Goldwater range was called the Gila Bend Gunnery Range. Finding bodies in the desert was a common occurence back then and many's the time some poor Mexican would stagger up to us begging for water and we'd help them and have to call Border Patrol. Those help beacons probably saved more than a few lives?
The military would build makeshift buildings and tow old vehicles to use for bombing and strafing targets and more than once someone would take shelter in them not knowing they were inadvertently signing their own death warrant.
Interesting bit of history there, thanks for sharing!
Where can I get a set of those wireless mics? Awesome video. My Camper conversion trailer 7x14 is almost done. Just completed installing my solar panel 305 w on top of that sucker. For now it will run my laptop and small electronic devices. No need for tv, when you have the great outdoors.
We never have tv either. To much to see out here! The mics I'm using can be found on Amazon. They're the Movo dual wireless ones. If you only need one mic you can get that set instead.
I received the same call this morning about Chevy Silverado ..🤦♂️ . Save those doughnuts I’m on my way. Thanks for the Great video and the history lesson 👍👍👍
Thanks for tuning in Jack!
Did you go down YPG road & see all the old artillery, APC & tanks,? There is Antelope, Bighorn Sheep, Donkeys & Mule Deer
I did not, but I will next time!
Thank you for sharing your desert experience with me I’m sitting in my recliner enjoying watching my UA-cam friends
Thanks for choosing to watch our channel Gary!
Broken rock most likely from tectonic plate shift that created the ridges and valleys. Rocks with rounded edges were left by glacial action. That whole area was under the ocean 3 times.. certain parts of the Sonoran desert ALSO has oceanic fossils.
That's really interesting. I did figure out that the sharpness of the lava rocks was due to the sun causing them to heat up and split.
I like the microphones. Another great video.
Only the brave are rewarded with such a beautiful spot. I wouldn’t want to hunt anything out there. It would be meaner than you and if it didn’t hunt and eat you, it would be to tough to eat.I was thinking wonder if any gold out in that place. But a gallon of water would be better than gold in that spot. I hope Linda took that rock home, strange that round rock out there. I bet you could hear a lot of eerie sounds at night, like all of the spirits going up and down that trail. Great video, you two take care.
I'm pretty sure she stuffed that rock in the car here someplace... Thanks WR!
17:02 WISE CHOICE it is and UN-USED XYZ The PIN has not been pulled and is/can be still LIVE!
I figured better safe than sorry.
We get those warranty junk calls every week! Love the solitude there.
Don't you wish there was some way to block those calls? I sure do.
Yuma proving grounds... The aluminum part was a bet a test missile of some sort they didn't pick up..
There's a lot of that out there, but I'm glad they let us in to enjoy the area.
Good presentation no hipe no drama a normal couple,living a normal life, except Linda ,trying to off set the balence of the earth ,by collecting and taking rocks home LOL
I know right?! I keep telling her she's going to kill us all.
Oh man, I get that "warranty is about to expire" call all the time, it's relentless. I tell them I don't even own that car anymore, they sell the information, (I'm told), and someone else calls. It's annoying to say the least.
Don't you wish you could push a button and melt their phone?
As Eric before me said..smoke grenade.
"Look Linda.....at this broke piece of metal on this bombing range....hmmm...my watch is running backwards.....
I kept waiting for Linda to bean you with her rock as you walked about gousing about her picking up another one.
She kept her distance. She's smarter than me, I admit it.
9:58 AS IT SHOULD BE!