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Trying to imagine that house with the pool was once nice before. Family outside bbqing while their kids excited and swimming in the pool.

Nice vid👍 Stopped by there once years ago. They've definitely added to it since.

So weird and cool. Stoked I'm subscribed to your channel so I can see such things. Thanks for making these videos

Fantastic video! I will have to swing by both parks next time I am out in the A.V. exploring!

I lived right there in the shop area with my mother when i was 14/15yrs old. We were driving to vegas and had our truck overheat. A very old man named gus lived there in a corner. It was much better looking back then. We were pretty poor, all i remembered ever eating was toasted bread with butter and cinnamon. Before we ended up leaving, i remember gus talking about moving to arizona, i believe. Never seen or heard from him again. Been by here twice since my 30's (I'm 32 now) still can't believe i lived here for awhile.

A friend and I explored Rice airbase in the 1970's. Needless to say, it was in a lot better condition back then. The runways and roads were in pretty good shape, unlike what you saw. We found 50 caliber ammunition not far off one of the runways. I took one of them. The gas station in town was open and maybe another business. Hard to remember 50 years ago. Also, just to the East is the Rice Divisional Camp. By the way I still have that 50-caliber bullet. Thank you for posting the video and bringing back memories.

Wonder Valley and all that surrounds it is one of my favorite places in the world. There is SO much to explore in the area!

Thanks for going there. My dad owned 5 acres there from back in the 60's. We went out there to visit around 2012 and YES, it was very wierd. We were looking for his land using a map that a local realtor had drawn up for us. Some of the roads that are shown on maps don't really exist. Some are washed out, etc. We did find the remains of some signs warning us to keep off of a religous cult's land, complete with human like effigys stuck into 55 gallon drums for bases. There are lots of shacks, but then there are a few normal houses too. Clean air and far off vistas complete the view. I don't plan on going back, so thanks again. I'm glad you did not get stuck. Remember to air down your tires when driving in sand, but your floor mat trick sure worked! Be well.

The place is definitely different. My wife said the same thing...creepy vibes 😂. Interesting art though.

A lot of them have been turned into Airbnbs

I’ve always wondered what the story is with these shacks. Thanks for the informative video. There is definitely a creepy vibe out there, especially at night.

My dad worked at Kaiser steel when I was about two years old so that was 74, 75 and we actually lived in the trailer park that no longer is there. There was only one gas station, and one little store at that time. Kaiser Steel was getting ready to be sold to a foreign company we would have had to move over seas. I have old pictures when I was a baby. Thanks for sharing.

I'm trying to figure out where the Palo Verde Valley in Arizona is. I've only lived here for 40 years. Help me out.

Thanks for picking up some of the trash. It has become a popular spot and many people have no respect for nature. We were there a few days ago and I filled up a bucket with trash. There are other local people that help keep it clean and try to eliminate some of the graffiti also. Try the Jenks Lake trail. It’s fairly easy.

I miss my off road exploration days 😢 Now I'm here stuck in the city working 😔I grew up there in the Mojave desert,alot of forgotten history.Your videos are way cool,they make me totally relaxed 👍😄

I saw the video and I didn't see anything pristine, in fact that place need to be seriously cleaned up.... It is not a place that needs to be saved.... The site, I believe, was illegal to be there to begin with.

That was pretty neat place hidden away, in the mountains of the golem State, unfortunately the vandalized have found too , very nice video, never know what's out there until u go hiking 🚶‍♀️

School camp flashback! Neat place.

Very cool. Sounds like a fun trip to beat the heat recently.

Bobby from NJ. You did a great job with the video, but could you please speak louder. I had my volume up to 100 and couldn't hear you that well. When I got a commercial I had to mute it because it was blasting. Thank you

The motto I’ve always followed for exploring: Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints. Break nothing but silence. In 100% agreement with you on the trespassing. A lot of exploring has a balance…risk vs reward. I’ve passed up on a lot of spots simply due to the risk far outweighing the reward.

Thanks!

If you had a Patreon or such, I'd be happy to pitch in a little. I've found value in the content you've provided.

Are you in Oak Glenn?

Love the before pics compared to what it is now. It's nice to imagine what it was like pre-abandoned.

Another place I used to drive by and wondered about! Thanks for scratching another brain itch :)

The arrow looks like a Quanah Parker arrow, but don’t think the series go as far away as Arizona.

Wonder what it is about humans that makes them want to destroy everything they see. Think we’re the only creature that does that. Love the old lunch counter, many good days spent at diners and coffee shops..

great vibrant colors

Where is this I live in Lancaster Ca

SO I just managed put 2 + 2 together on something. That restaurant used to be a Van de Kamp's coffee shop. They had a chain of them including in Los Angeles. The defining feature these coffee shops had was their trademark windmill. The last remaining surviving in use building is actually in Arcadia California. Great example pictures in this article: www.coloradoboulevard.net/last-reminder-van-de-kamps-bakeries-arcadia/

Great vid man! This place has been on my bucket list for far too long at this point 🤣

I always wondered about this place when I was a truck driver. Thanks for the info!

Not explaining too much, never could! Feel like I'm aging myself a bit, but remember seeing this place as we would travel in our old station wagon on Rte 66 to Arizona to see grandparents in the desert and up to Utah, sometimes over to New Mexico. My Mom liked old places, the older the better, so we were introduced to many a "fun" adventure. Tarantulas, snakes, jumping cactus, old cemeteries ghost towns. Was thinking how these old places can be sometimes sad, but like to imagine them at their prime when we would look forward to seeing them year after year. They'd get older snd older. All these places were once someone's dream...they must have bern so proud to have a new business or home or a new shop or a new anything. The dreams are all gone and going. Was a throwback to see the old service station, my dad used to sell the equipment that they used to fix cars in the bay area. Have seen many old now but new way back then service stations. Appreciate your thoughts on people destroying everything they can put their hands on. It really is just incomprehensible that someone would want to ruin things that aren't theirs and that are memories of the past. I call them punks, but that's probably too mean. Appreciate your videos they really bring back a lot of great memories...little bit of longing for the "better days". Thanks for sharing your adventures!

Jeez, people just love to wreck cool places. Every time I drive that road more and more places are just getting removed because of stuff like this.

Very interesting!! As you said, I have passed this junction many times, but never bothered to take a closer look. I will next time, Thanks for sharing :)

Was just out there this morning - cool video!

Sleeping bags alone won’t keep you warm on your back side because you’re compressing the insulation and you’re feeling the cold air. What you need is an underquilt for your hammock.

Smart approach to exploring these types of spots and a great topic. I see these types of places all over the desert. I've found a couple fully underground grow operations as well.

Appreciate your video and your commentary. A really good view of something that people don't ever see, the devastation thats left behind due to shortsighted "environmentalists". I'm from Northern California, San Francisco and Moss Beach on coast and it always astounds me how viciously protective California's current regime are of the coast and the coastal environment and sea life and animals. The environmentalist screeching and shouting about the rules and regulations they need to put in place so their precious beaches are kept pristine. I don't understand why ocean animals are more important than the animals found in abundance in the central and desert environments. California, especially recently, seems to have a real and devastating problem with shortsightedness. They don't seem to understand their nanny-state measures have consequences. They never see things through to the end...the consequences of these policies they espouse. It's all about the money I know, but it's still hard to see my beautiful state being shredded and destroyed like the plastic on those ghost town greenhouses. Humans and parasites...the only creatures that feed off others, eating away until their own host (land and resources) are dead or dying. The greed and grossness of these humans who left all this crap behind disgusts me and it should disgust every other native Californian who holds their state dear.

You have pointed out an issue I knew nothing about.

I have a place you might want to explore. It's a Lockheed Martin test facility in Beaumont, CA Potrero Canyon and Laborde Canyon. it's been abandoned for years and been explored by many on TH-cam.

Know whats ACTUALLY f**king up everything? People who post these pristine, private locations for all the idiots to now go and mess up.... Your fault.

I see this all the time out in Riverside County and Imperial County and it's sad to see how they don't care and trash everything. Definitely enjoy watching your content.

fantastic video! i would have loved to see a video when it was functional.

Good stuff bro 😎

Well edited.

Theres alot of solar panels out in that area, makes me wonder where the power is used. That mine must be cool

There's a road from my ranch to midland and cox. You said the largest civil defense shelter was made from the mine. That would have been cool to see inside. I guess ill do that video

Great beginning! Aerial photographing is beautiful...looking forward to new adventures!