Desert Secrets and the Road to Cerro Gordo | Destination Adventure
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- čas přidán 30. 12. 2021
- The rest area that I had found to spend Christmas had kinda turned into home for a few days. The winds in the desert have been absolutely relentless, but I've made due as best I can. Even just from the highways, you can see ruins and remains scattered all through the desert here, but it's just not possible to go and explore them all. There were however a few that I definitely wanted to stop and see. It is becoming obvious just how much of a rookie I am in the desert, but I'll do my best to learn quickly. My first desert adventure was really a lot of fun. I could tell that it was probably an old mine sight all the way from the road, but I didn't expect to find all that I did. The tunnel through the mountain was sure a nice surprise, and a great testament to the hard work of the folks that came before. The higher into the mountains I got, the more I began to find. And not to mention the colours. The colour of the rocks here is just amazing and something totally new for me. After our desert adventure, and Lake Dolores Waterpark, I really had to find my way out of the wind, so I headed north. Regardless of the wind, I was going to be heading north to Death Valley anyways, hoping to secure a tour of Cerro Gordo. I have tried for nearly two weeks to get a hold of the folk at the ghost town, but I think they might be away for the holiday season. It was disappointing for sure, not getting to go up to the ghost town, but Death Valley is a stop I am so happy to have made. It is beautiful here, and full of history. It doesn't really matter where you go out here, there is some sort of history to be discovered, and that is my kind of place. My time at Keeler has been very enjoyable, even though it snowed, but I am ready and excited to continue our travels south.
I hope i didn't bore anyone with my ramble at the end, but it's important to me to thank my Patrons. You guys are the best!
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Dustin! What a great video. I'm sorry we didn't catch each other. I'd absolutely love to host you, anytime. I'll try calling you now.
EDIT: We were able to connect!
That’s Going To Be A Great Collaboration!
Thank you everyone for your interest and excitement with this location and collaboration. I’ll definitely be making a trip up to Cerro Gordo in the near future, but winter has to subside a little bit. Excited to say that this one will in fact be coming together.
Dustin & Brent - you are making dreams come true here! Brent from Ghost Town Living is the only person I ever sent physical fan mail to, and Dustin I end every day watching your channel - so I might have to watch the Cerro Gordo episode twice!
I can't wait to see what Brent and you'll come up with, it's going to be epic!!!
That would be SO cool if you guys could do something together! This page is actually how I found out about Cerro Gordo in the first place!
Destination Adventure and Cerro Gordo together in the same content... mind officially blown!
Except not.
@@themoviedealers exactly!!!
@@themoviedealerswhats wrong with him going to cerro Gordo?
Was so hoping you'd go to Cerro Gordo!
Destination Adventure and Ghost Town Living= two of the best channels on CZcams!
Cerro Gordo isn’t a ghost town anymore. Someone purchased the town and is bringing it back to life
@@truckingwithwill4942 it's the name of the youtube channel
I am 66 yrs. old and disabled so I love your videos that helps me with my depression
My two favourite channels on youtube doing a crossover!??
HOT DAMN
Lake Dolores was one of the first water parks, started in the '70s by a family. With a few hairball homemade water slides into muddy lakes, it drew people from all around it was very popular. The water park in the middle of the desert had a good run. There are a few videos on CZcams showing what lake Dolores used to look like, and how it started out extremely primitive. Went from Farmers fields to water park, all man-made using the groundwater. Thank you for your videos, much love to you all 💞🗺️💞
Haha I tried to get ahold of Brent for over a month, finally he responded the day we arrived. He is extremely busy and has thousands of messages so we totally understand. It was so worth it to finally get to see Cerro Gordo and meet Brent and some of the guys. So I can't wait for you Dustin to explore and do a video at Cerro Gordo. This was our experience if you have time to watch, we (Amy and Brad) love you channel. czcams.com/video/KEu4TMifO00/video.html
Wish we would have had more time.
That's awesome
thank you for your videos I am 67 and disabled with heart problems so I don't hike as much anymore so thank you for your adventures
The look of it and your description suggests it might be a meteorite.
Dustin, you'll enjoy Cerro Gordo, but wish you could have seen it in 1976 when my dad and I drove up there in a Chevy Impala station wagon. The caretaker living there at the time hadn't seen anyone for over 2 months, we gave him some jugs of water and some canned pork and beans and he let us have free rein to explore every inch of the town. It was long before the American Hotel had been rebuilt (or burned down obviously), and the town was literally a time capsule, and 4 years before they regraded the road up there (the Yellow Grade)... it was quite a trip and we shredded a tire on he talus slope into town, but to be able to see Cerro Gordo completely unrestored and untouched, and explore the surrounding mines, is something I will never forget. That large smelter outside of Keeler was for ore from Cerro Gordo, but for zinc processing. It was trammed down from the Union mine to the smelter, being built in the early 1900's..
You have a fantastic show and I really enjoy it! Those are coyote melons by the way, they're bitter, but the coyotes don't seem to mind...
"Perfect place for a Water Park."
You crack me up!
I grew up near Lake Dolores and knew the family;y that built it originally. What you see now is nothing like what it originally looked like. There is quite a history behind this place that is not widely known, I spent many wonderful weekends there as a young boy. This place was very popular back in the day and even had a motocross track with races on the weekends. As to who Dolores is, She is the mother of the family, Dolores Byers, her and husband John were the original builders of the park. The kids were my age, and we all welt to school together. They were all very nice people and wanted a place for families to have fun together. All the Raging Water and other water parks have this place to thank for being the pioneers of the business. People used to drive hundreds and even thousands of miles to enjoy this place, and was a mecca for a great many high school's annual tradition of Senior ditch day revelries. Originally it was made of all natural lakes with different purposes and even had overnight camping. So much more to this place
Oh heck yeah dude! Destination Adventure and Ghost town living have to get together! Would be such an awesome colab! As always keep the great videos comin!
Glad to see you got thru Cali before the storms hit.
Destination Adventure meets Ghost Town Living..
Woulda been a cool episode, maybe on the way back north.
Love everything about your channel. Corny jokes, interesting content. You know, Canuck stuff. But be very careful out there where you leave your rv. My buddy came back to his after some exploring and it was completely ransacked. They took his dirt bike and generator. They even took out the battery and starter. He was stranded for 2 days and that's not the first I've heard of this kind of thing down in the desert.
9:49 those are called coyote melons.......mostly cal high deserts, but we have them in western/north western az too, in the higher deserts
Tarantula den and Coyote melons. The things a guy learns watching Wonderhussy on Ytube. Happy New Year bud!
Dustin hello from back home. Today's adventure is exactly what drew me to your work in the first place. That almost uncontrollable urge to need to know what is beyond the next ridge and the next and the next no matter the conditions or time of day. Excellent adventure and entertainment every time. Thanks for taking us along.
Wishing you a safe and happy new year.
Travel safe.
Oh man I’ve never been so excited for a CZcams collaboration 🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻 keep the wheels turning brother!
I've beem exploring and camping in the Mojave Desert since the early 1950's. It does take awhile to learn it's physical features, weather, and environment.
The mill opened in 1881 and began processing low-grade ore from the Cerro Gordo mines. In 1906 a smelter was built at Keeler to again process low-grade silver ores.
Yep smelter for Cerro Gordo glad someone said it.
Love your explorations Dustin, hope to get out towards Cerro Gordo myself this year, been following Brent the whole time. Ruins are just so cool, stories to be told about them.
Its awesome seeing you explore a whole new alien environment. Talk about a polar opposite! Yet yer enthusiasm is as equal. LOVE YOU DUSTIN!
Ohhh I feel so spoilt to see a new vid of yours every week for the last month! It was hard going not seeing regular new vids from you over the previous couple of months lol, so I replayed lots of other ones to get me through the drought, which were all well worth replaying lol. I am from New Zealand and I look forward to every video that you post, you have an amazing way of creating your films that make people feel like they're there and a part of your adventure journeys, your filmography skills are amazing, the songs you play on your videos are incredible and blend so well with your scenes, and you are the icing on the cake! Your warmth, your chillcat vibe, your adventurous spirit, charisma, talent, cool a.f. humour, and genuine personality is contagious. Thank you!
Calico California gold mines great place to visit 👍 👌
Cool how Brent has such an outreach....one love
I live in SoCal. I go to Vegas for family a lot. There used to be slides and not as bad looking until in 2009 the show Rob & Big showed Rob Dyrdek skating the slides. They removed them shortly after. In 2020 plans started to move forward to rebuild the park. Would be awesome
Your channel is absolute good vibes. Always interesting. Weird fruit! I love that little piece of scrollwork you found and left. The art and the desolation.
What Brent is doing with Cerrro Gordo is going to have a major impact on the Owens Lake Valley area. Keller will serve as a point for tourists to visit Cerro Gordo. Oddly there is more to the Owens Lake Valley and the area around it.
The true story of that water parks is just bent but that's another CZcams. Channel. You end up in the strangest places . love it.
Zombieland is one of my favorite movies of all time! And I thought I would hate it before I walked into my roommate watching it and I learned it was one of the best films ever. Each person wanting the simplest thing in life. A Twinkie.. brush a girls hair across her ear...
Ahh, I miss my desert. I don't miss California, but I do miss my desert. That wind is normal. Calm days are the abnormal. When the heat comes up, you become thankful for it.
Thank You for entertaining us through 2021. Like last year ,this year couldn't have been that much easier and I for one appriciate your dedication. Have a great festive season and Happy New Year. Regards, Dafydd
Thank you for stopping by Cerro Gordo Dustin!!
lazy river has been swept since Jordan The Lion was there. My first thought was "that's a cool skate/bmx spot". Too bad you cant play Queens Of The Stone Age or KYUSS to go with the desert vibe.
Thank you for sharing! Happy New Year 2022🥳🎉🎊🍾🥂🎆🎇
Yooo Cerro Gordo. I totally saw this coming!
I've been enjoying your videos for awhile now. Thank you so much for sharing. Im so stoked, Cerro Gordo is Amazing to me. Keep up the great work. Thanks for bringing me along.
So glad Brent answered you. Been watching him from the beginning. I love your hikes an that rock walls with ovens was so nice with the tunnel too. Great video. Thank you. Glad that wind didn't turn into a dust storm.
Oh yeah going to see Brent at Cerro Gordo! Oh I can't wait for both of your videos it'll happen! Brent's connections to the outside world is pretty spotty up there. Hopefully you'll connect.
So amazing to hear you're off to Cerro Gordo Dustin!!!! - been watching your channel and Brent's this past year and loving both your adventurous spirits and enjoying seeing the "wide open spaces" that I appreciate so much more as I grow older. Like many comments from other viewers this is soooo cool, Destination Adventure and Cerro Gordo in the same Episode....I wish I could join you.
Hell yes!!!!
Congratulations you got a silver play button
The black rock you hold was Wolframite or Tungsten...it's used for making hard steel...
😉
yup-there was a tungsten mine near pearsonville/ridgecrest cali we hauled out of years ago--take it to pine creek north of bishop where they had a mill--all shut down--china man sends us cheap tungsten now
I am entertained and Wowed at the places you take us. Brother, You got BALLS!
Good thing you are traveling though death valley in the winter, summer in way too hot even at night. safe travels my friend
It was a good idea to try I watch your channel just as much as I watch brents I enjoy watching both channels you would have really liked that place it is really neat he's done a lot of work there trying to preserve it I also agree with you about that mural you showed on the wall at that water park when you said it was really good mural it really was a good one it almost looked real well thanks for your good video you never know you might get invited back to Cerro Gordo
Awesome !
I love it !
Beautiful !
...now get back and go set out early , Be Safe ...
Thanx , D ! ❤😊
love ur adventures ....Thank You
First view, that's a first to me, keep it up, your videos are great💥
You and Brent together how awesome that would be, follow his channel as well. what a great adventure this was Dustin, Thank You!
The sky in this video is amazing. Good job capturing it.
Your opening, that is me at any amusement park, but especially disney.
Yipes! I wouldn't leave my rig unattended!
Hi. I note a it of a landslide. (Wash). Thanks for showing us around. Love to see more of Cerro Gordo. Say Hi to Brent (Hallo). Regards
Happy New Year. Enjoy your videos. California has some of the best artistic vandals. LOL
You mean criminals.
Thanks for sharing!
I can not believe that place is still standing.
It looks better than it did 20 years ago.
I loved visiting the desert with you. Thank you !!! Happy New Year to you !
Awesome!
I was there in the late 70’s!! Crazy fun! Don’t remember all those buildings
Congrats Dustin on reaching 100k subscribers! Thanks for taking all of us on adventures.
My names Dustin Porter, and I film better documentaries than planet earth.... another epic video. Also, my guess would be iron ore... if they weren't mining it it would account for the weight...
Bingo!
Another great video! 😎👍👍
Now I’m hooked!
I LOVE THE ADVENTURE
I liked it. The water park in the desert was cool.
Great video thank you!
I love your videos and try not to miss any of them. I would have loved to have done exploring like you when I was younger. Keep up the adventures and safe travels.
All of ur videos are amazing ❤️
Awsome adventures and cool drone footage
Absolutely love your adventurous spirit! I get the same way when I get out exploring ......"I just want to see what's around the next corner.......".
Pumping out the Vids and inspiring adventure! Live it bra!!
Love, love, love your content, Dustin! Seeing all the places, that most of us will never get to see, through your eyes, makes it that much more spectacular! Happy New Year!
Really great videos, locations and just your story from video to the next edit are amazing. Just want to say thanks for them all so far and I really look forward to seeing all the great stuff and adventures that are next in 2022 happy new year!
Thanks for all the entertainment. Best of luck in the new year. Almost 100 k subs!!!! 😀
Sweet, lets go!!!
Great content. Your style keeps me interested no matter what your up to. I plan my bike rides around your shows. Thanks for sharing
Wow some interesting places. Thanks for taking us along. Cheers and Happy New year.
Coyote Gourd is the wild plant you found and yep copper is the green deposits, lots in Mojave. Great video!
Just started watching your channel. Lol my family and I use to visit Lake Delores on our way to Disneyland trips in the 70's. Was great in the early days.
So I really love your videos exploring Canada, but its so cool your exploring in the states around places I'm familiar with
I haven't been a subscriber long but I really like your vids. Thanks so much for posting your adventures! Happy New Year to you!
I cannot get enough of your adventures! I love them all so much. I just started watching your videos a few weeks ago so I have a lot to catch up on. Along with many others in the comments I too would love to see you go to Cerro Gordo! I've been watching him for a while now and I love his stuff. You guys would go well together!
Great adventure and discovery been to wheeler in 2019 lots to see in a very small town super heavy in history 🏆💰⛏️
Great video and looking forward to your collabration work with Brent!
Did you ever think that when you went through that mine shaft to the other side you were entering another dimension and Mother Desert was just sucking you further down the rabbit hole.... You're lucky you had the fortitude to decide to turn back. Who knows what would have happened...😉
HAHAHAHAHA omg, this is todays best comment. When I started reading, I thought it was just going to be another comment about my safety and blabla lol Sure do appreciate the humour in this, and next time yes, I will have in my mind it could be for sure an earth portal :)
I've watched too much Dr Who😁
@@westcoastislander6699 who is your favourite Doctor?
@@xj6001991 Tom Baker
I've been subscribed to destination adventure for about six years now, and two Ghost Town living for about 3 months now, and when I discovered that this video had both I was thrilled! Looking forward to Future collaborations!
We absolutely love Death Valley! Such a unique place! Wonderful video as always, friend. -Ben and Ang 💕
Cool video great history
Driving up the 395 from L.A. is epic and so is Death Valley our old stomping grounds used to do that drive on the weekends to escape the city. Looks so peaceful in the snow. Glad your out and enjoying the desert. Yeah wind is the huge caveat though there’s nothing to stop it once it gets going! Another great one can’t wait to see what’s next.
It would be cool if you get a chance to go up to Cerro Gordo. He seem to be awesome person. Thanks for sharing and Happy New Years to you and your family.
So great seeing you explore California. I just found your channel a few months ago but have enjoyed all your new content as well as working through your past adventures. The 395 through eastern California is one of the most magical drives here in Cali, besides the crazy wind at times, haha. The difference between the Mojave up to the foreats around Mammoth, June and Over to Yosemite or Tahoe are just awe inspiring. Hope to catch more great adventures soon! As always, Leave no Trace!
Hey Dustin. I've been watching your travels and explores for awhile now..
The content you put out is great and definitely family friendly..
Have a great New Year my friend..
I'm sure Brent is crazy busy man. Hopefully someday it comes together!
Beautiful scenery! Great adventure! I've been to a small portion of Death Valley near the Nevada border (salt flats area) so it's nice to see other parts of the massive valley.
Yup, that water park reminds me of FPV video’s like from Mr Steele, Ummagawd and Rotor Riot. Gives a whole different perspective than just a rotting old water park.
Fascinating video though.
There is some cactus out there that are jumping cactus, no lie. We experienced it in Nevada, if you get close they jump and only way to get them out is going to the hospital. Thanks again , love the videos.
Yeah, cholla I think, watch the beginning of the mustang movie "UNBRANDED"!
Carry Water canteen. . Your in the desert..
Thank you for sharing
God bless
We love your videos and really hope that Brent reaches out to you from Cerro Gordo. We think it would be a great adventure for you and your channel!! If still around d the area just take the gnarly up and see if he is there!! ❤️ your vid’s!!!