Lake Mead Hemenway Harbor Low Water- Human Remains Found

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  • Lake Mead Hemenway Harbor - Human Remains Found - Check out Lake Mead's Historic Low water Levels from the outlook point by Hoover Dam and the Hemenway Harbor Marina plus Human skeletal remains found at drought-stricken Lake Mead at two locations. Bodies are related to a Possible Mob Hit back in the 1980s Also stopped at Lake Mead Visitor Center
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  • @foxiedogitchypaws7141
    @foxiedogitchypaws7141 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank You Russ, love this area. First visit was 1982. It's been changing ever since.

  • @victorboucher675
    @victorboucher675 2 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    What happens in Vegas sometimes stays in the bottom of Mead ...

    • @dinahjackson8146
      @dinahjackson8146 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @mauryamckendrick5446
      @mauryamckendrick5446 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Apparently that is not the case!! Somewhere somebody is watching the news seeing these body's being found and is crapping their pants!!!

    • @mousetreehouse6833
      @mousetreehouse6833 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Victor,
      Touche!

    • @michaelmorgan7893
      @michaelmorgan7893 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yep. Ask D.B. Cooper, and Benny Binion, if you can find them....

    • @mousetreehouse6833
      @mousetreehouse6833 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@michaelmorgan7893
      😁

  • @johnmajchrzak9826
    @johnmajchrzak9826 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you for your reporting very sad to see used to live there starting visiting in 1998 got to actually see lake Mead full there are solutions they could have built a water pipeline well over a decade ago and they knew this and they know this let's hope it works its way out.

  • @MrYojefe
    @MrYojefe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There used to be camping on the lake because I learned to swim there because it was so hot you had to stay in the water. Our little dog, that normally hated water, would stand in the creek going through the campground. My grandma Laidlaw was with us and when we saw a sign that said you could only stay two weeks, she said I'm not going to stay 2 minutes! And she insisted we take her to town to catch a bus home! She also didn't approve of gambling when we took her to Las Vegas. We tried to get her to pull the handle on a slot machine. She said you might as well take your money and throw it into the street! I can't say she was wrong!

  • @MarthaGonzalez-jm3vn
    @MarthaGonzalez-jm3vn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is the low water levels from lack of rain fall or over consumption?

  • @helenburke3499
    @helenburke3499 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are walking round the museum too fast...Watching from the uk 🇬🇧

  • @lawrencewheeler7837
    @lawrencewheeler7837 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    They found a barrel with a body could it be jimmy Hoffa?

  • @nojunkwork5735
    @nojunkwork5735 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You would think with all the new homes they built out in the desert that they would have been uncovering a lot of dead bodies.

  • @gregprince2523
    @gregprince2523 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    If ya take 100 gallons out and only put back 10 gallons you'll run outa water pretty quick..... Works with money too.

  • @lifeintune7851
    @lifeintune7851 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Greg Braden has a great story. New Mexico was experiencing a great drought a few years back. A Native American friend said to him, let's go pray. They got to an area where the friend drew a circle in the desert earth, he took off his shoes and sat in the circle. In a few minutes he said, let's go get something to eat. Greg said wait, we didn't pray, what were you doing in the circle? The friend said I was envisioning the rain, I could smell the rain, I could feel the rain, I could feel the mud squish between my toes. Shortly, they heard thunder, rain clouds came in, it started raining, it rained and it rained and it rained. Greg said ok, that's enough, make it stop. The friend said my ancestors didn't tell me that part!! Let's all collectively feel, smell and squish our toes in the rain for this area and for Lake Mead.

    • @lorimiller4301
      @lorimiller4301 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love that and love Gregg too 💖

    • @LIZZIE-lizzie
      @LIZZIE-lizzie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ..... and then it will be the advent of the second flood because nothing short of that will fill this basin.

    • @tommurphy4307
      @tommurphy4307 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      his lexus was getting flooded in the parking garage

  • @marilynb8136
    @marilynb8136 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Back in 1964 my family stayed the weekend in a mobile home near the lake. At that time Lake Mead was as high as it's ever been. We had a great time. It's sad to see the low lake levels. How long will it be before Hoover Dam is sucking air and Las Vegas goes dark???

    • @tkso.philly-7868
      @tkso.philly-7868 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      For all of those who still deny global warming, think again-

    • @lizzygraham748
      @lizzygraham748 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Depends on the snow melt coming from other states as to when the lake will start to fill up again.

    • @mikemaloney2607
      @mikemaloney2607 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      God I am grateful for my finer lakes and Ontario.

    • @roberthilliard3536
      @roberthilliard3536 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      If it's geo engineering from the air force why is the lake drying up, wouldn't they make it snow so the snowmelt would fill the lake?

  • @DesertAdventuresinArizona
    @DesertAdventuresinArizona 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    28% is shocking! Hope we get some rain and snow up north later this year! Hope they can identify those remains found there. Feel sorry for the family.

    • @summerbrooks9922
      @summerbrooks9922 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The polar vortex us moving North. That means that the dry deserts will become drier and that the higher latitudes at 60 degrees will become wetter and get more humidity. At 900 feet, Southern California gets the remaining water in Lake Mead. We will be out and the power may cease as well. Move to Canada folks.

    • @StephStruble
      @StephStruble 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Feel sorry for the family? They will probably finally get some closure

  • @tiogacaltelcom
    @tiogacaltelcom 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Thanks for showing me this. My son, his wife and in laws just left to walk down to the Colorado river for 8 days of rafting. I hope they survive all the rapids. Now that I see how low water it will be..yikes..they better paddle hard

  • @bidensucks6792
    @bidensucks6792 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Recently went to my 30th reunion, the night I flew in I met a group of friends at the lake where we would cliff dive late 80s early 90s.
    It was completely different, you would now need to climb down the cliff and walk a long way just to reach water.
    It was a bit sad to see to be honest!

  • @edmartin875
    @edmartin875 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    My dad was big on fishing and Lake Mead was a favorite of his till it got so crowded with speed boaters. He fished the lake since it was brand new. I used to go fishing there pretty often in the 40's, 50'sand 60's. I haven't been back since 1968. Lived too far away and life took me away from the lake. It's really sad to see the lake so low.

  • @milehighkit4725
    @milehighkit4725 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Was pretty darn full when I was there an 89. I think they waited just a little too long to implement harsher restrictions :-)

  • @tonyl1483
    @tonyl1483 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Just when you think you can dump a body in the lake and it would never be found… who ever thought an extreme drought would expose it! 👍😂

  • @JR-qw6eb
    @JR-qw6eb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Gosh, I remember renting a 50 foot houseboat when the water was all the way up and spending a week exploring the lake. It is amazing to see it so low and the lake so small. With that new water collection tunnel for Las Vegas, it is likely to become a 12 mud puddle when it is all said and done. It is a shame Las Vegas does not find a way to stop taking Millions (Billions?) of gallons and let the lake fill. When it is gone, it is gone. :(

    • @MrEricmopar
      @MrEricmopar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Las Vegas doesn't take much water. More than 80% is used by farms in Southern California. Southern Nevada only takes what is allowed by decades old water agreements.

    • @krisg3984
      @krisg3984 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      More stadiums, and hotel rooms flushing away that water- it’s hard to believe farm irrigation uses more. But I don’t know. Probably best not to use it all up

    • @SMA1mommy
      @SMA1mommy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly right. But it is the People of the USA that NEED to stop being so wastful. The USA makes up over 80% of the WORLDS consumables 🤯 (they say 90% but that just cannot be right so I'm being nice) a very wasteful society. And sadly Canada is trying to copy but cannot get 10% as close. I always would have guessed china was the top most wasteful but not so. I can sit at 5pm and watch the USA suck the water out of lake Ontario daily and all the birds get sucks out the wrong way from where they should be going😮‍💨😔.... water and life is precious we must be careful ALL of us.

    • @1maniemar
      @1maniemar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The strip is not restricted from water usage. There's plenty of waste.

    • @rosemaryoconnell1119
      @rosemaryoconnell1119 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      JR, I too had the pleasure of renting one of those beautiful houseboats for a glorious week's vacation on that beautiful lake. I'm glad I got the chance to experience it.

  • @davidmacek2354
    @davidmacek2354 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    In 1948 a B29 crashed and sank in Lake Mead and was found by a diver in 2001.

  • @HappyQuailsLC
    @HappyQuailsLC 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    It is relaxing to hear the voice of someone like yourself who is calm and comfortable.

  • @sommstuff3071
    @sommstuff3071 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Thanks again Russ for all the great footage of Western America!
    These low levels are a National environmental tragedy, as bad as wildfires. Good evidence 😢😢

  • @nancycain4434
    @nancycain4434 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Sad to see the lake so low. They better get serious about looking for aquifers or pipe and over the Pacific Ocean otherwise Nevada and Arizona might be in trouble. And that is a beautiful part of the world. Maybe they can do some DNA test on those bodies and have some closure for some families

  • @originalmamagrizzly2478
    @originalmamagrizzly2478 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    A ton of rain is on the way there now though!

  • @Davidcallard
    @Davidcallard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thank you for your illuminating report on the sorry state of Lake Mead. This is a story that I have been following all the way from Australia 🇦🇺 which is where I write to you from at this time, Sydney to be precise. I am always struck by the similarities of your desert landscapes to ours in Australia. We also share some of your water supply issues with over allocated natural resources. It would appear that in order to restore many of our existing natural resources we have to stop taking so much out of them as an urgent first step. Mead is still supplying 3 states + 1 country!

    • @russellm7530
      @russellm7530 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wrong. This is caused by intentional man-made weather manipulation. See my other comment.
      They can seed clouds to give the right amount of moisture needed, or over seed them to flood a place out.
      There's several directed energy weapons or DEW's they use to do this also.
      They can make it rain where There's fires raging.
      I've been watching Australia get destroyed/burned and flooded. All of which could have been averted with man-made weather manipulation.
      All of which could have been caused by man-made weather manipulation also.

  • @beachball-kf5hz
    @beachball-kf5hz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    My aunt and uncle ran a little restaurant and floating dock in the 1970s and 1980s on the Sacramento river about 20 miles from Sacramento in the tiny town of Courtland. It was called Courtland Docks.

    • @lindawoody8501
      @lindawoody8501 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My Husband and I lived in Sacramento for nearly seventeen years. I liked the area quite well.

    • @theresaleek7750
      @theresaleek7750 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Arizona is beautiful with or w/o water. The land and mountains are so pretty to look at. Russ you've logged a lot of miles & none of it is boring. I love being outside or just looking outside.

    • @oldscout80
      @oldscout80 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I remember a Saturday night fish fry at Collinsville in the 70's, What a blast!! We probably hit Courtland too on the way back up to Long Barn.

    • @nerblebun
      @nerblebun 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @beachball2022: I lived on my sailboat at different marinas on Brannon Island Rd. (The Delta Loop) from 1980 to 1991. I've been to the Courtland Docks several times.

  • @desertrose9499
    @desertrose9499 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    What a time to be there with bodies being found. I think anyone who lived in Vegas isn't surprised. Such a shame. So sad to see water levels down. Thanks Russ. Love the way you film and narrate your videos! Perfect everytime!!!

    • @wolflarsen941
      @wolflarsen941 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Someone in Vegas knows who at least one of those bodies is.....
      Probably a few people in fact.... It took more than one person to get them into the barrel, and then get the barrel on a boat, and then off the boat into the reservoir... I wanna know who it was!!!! I lived in Vegas in that time frame 78-83

    • @ChopYourSalad
      @ChopYourSalad 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Nope it's not surprising to any of us. There's lots of them I'm quite sure in the lake.

    • @davidortega357
      @davidortega357 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There in Sin City in the 🏜️ desert they have the cemetery buried in the sand and Lakes the mafia hits movies Like Casino gloryfly gangster hits

    • @BillGreenAZ
      @BillGreenAZ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      One of my best friends from high school lived in Vegas in the 60s and 70s. He said bodies were found in the desert on a regular basis. This is the desert outside Lake Mead. This is why you hear so many sources say there will be more bodies found as the lake level goes down.

    • @johnraymond7569
      @johnraymond7569 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah I live here , and word around the camp fire is` that's Joe Bidens corpse and an evil clone has taken over in his place , allegedly... "breaking (our) backs better" I think the quote goes...

  • @musicalmuse574
    @musicalmuse574 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Wow. I left Las Vegas 7 years ago and the change is drastic. It’s such a shame. We use to go to the Lake at least once a month and it never looked like this. Makes me sad to see it literally disappear before our eyes.

    • @MikeyReadman
      @MikeyReadman 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I left Las Vegas 10 years ago, it really is in bad shape now!

  • @lynnleavitt478
    @lynnleavitt478 2 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    I had been to Lake Mead in the early 80's, crossed the dam from Nevada into Arizona to go fishing for striped bass, and the water level was very high. I returned in April 2018 and was blown away at how low the water was. Seeing it in person is so much different than seeing it on video. it's sad what has happened in that time.

    • @SittingBearProd
      @SittingBearProd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The people have increased by tens of millions & nothing they do can produce enough water.

    • @100pyatt
      @100pyatt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Results of an absurd water pact 🛑☠️🛑

    • @Numar87by3wheels
      @Numar87by3wheels 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@redrider7730 I have seen it filled to the brim in 1982.

    • @ChopYourSalad
      @ChopYourSalad 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@100pyatt Yep all them other states sucking up all our water

    • @5thribroarn304
      @5thribroarn304 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@SittingBearProd
      The Leaders on The West Coast should have built themselves quite a few Desalinization Plants close to The Pacific Ocean up and down the Coast.
      Problem solved.
      The Earth is 70% Water.

  • @midwestmusic1909
    @midwestmusic1909 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow! I read the deepest part of this lake is/was 530 feet!! So I wonder what the deepest part is now?

  • @williamfaulkner1959
    @williamfaulkner1959 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Hi Russ, thanks for posting this. My wife and I moved to Las Vegas in February 1981. We spent 32 years there and raised four kids. We saw a lot of growth during that time. We spent a lot of time at Lake Mead. I got my diving certification at Lake Mead. In 1983 we saw the spillways in use. In 2006 we bought a motorhome and hit the road. We still have two our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren there. Have fun and stay safe.

    • @rvertv
      @rvertv  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very cool!

  • @bethbartlett5692
    @bethbartlett5692 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    My home for 17 Years, Las Vegas area. I may return to the area: Sedona, NV, CA around the area you spoke of, but I really enjoy the Desert.
    (Last time I was actually on the lake was 1993, I was busy with my career, traveled Nationally and had Mommy Duties.)
    I so appreciate your footage and Narration.
    You can Chauffeur me anytime!
    Happy Trails!
    Beth
    Tennessee, USA

  • @lindawoody8501
    @lindawoody8501 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Good that you plan to try for Lake Powell. I saw on the news reports that Glen Canyon Dam on Lake Powell will be measuring and cutting bak the water released downstream to Lake Mead to preserve electrical generation in Glen Canyon Dam's generating site. The water there on Lake Powell is really low similar to Lake Meade. You got a really pretty camp site for the night. Safe travels. I have enjoyed your videos a lot!

  • @WEHenry
    @WEHenry 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Shouldn't be too surprising finding body's in the dry lk. Mead🥴, take care Mr. Russ great sites👍🤠🌴🇺🇸

    • @rvertv
      @rvertv  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks 👍

  • @garylenenichols2491
    @garylenenichols2491 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’m from there!! I lived there for 40 years. That’s the old railroad tunnels. You can walk through them. I wouldn’t do it when it’s hot 🥵 can get snaky. Lake Mead will only fill back up when Las Vegas quits building pools and water features. I remember in the 80’s and 90’s it rained so much it used to flood down there. They would have to use the spillway to get rid of water. I just stumbled on to this. I left about 5 years ago and moved to the mountains of Idaho. So much more peace and quiet. I hope you enjoyed your trip.

  • @lauraklotz968
    @lauraklotz968 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You hit the nail on the head rest because my mother had been there way back and she said it was all Mafia ran. Therefore the bodies were the dump ground in the lake

  • @immanutt4442
    @immanutt4442 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you sir for such an intriguing adventure !

  • @rschreck876
    @rschreck876 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Yeah the lower levels have nothing to do with the population growth in the area. Nah. No way more people could use more water.

  • @davehowe7332
    @davehowe7332 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for your video,didn’t know how bad things are when you don’t get around the country like you use to,knowing things are bad but not that bad, thanks again.

  • @adventureseeker9800
    @adventureseeker9800 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    If it's all the way down to 28% , it makes one wonder how many hard-core pounding winter storms over how many seasons it would take to refill this tragic disaster?

    • @Floridawoodsbanshee
      @Floridawoodsbanshee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was thinking the same thing. I hope people in that area don't need much water. The mountains around in that area look dry to the bone

  • @TheCriminalViolin
    @TheCriminalViolin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Those palms at the end - those are part of what really heavily exasperates the water problems down there. Those are Tropical Palms, which require obscene amounts of water 24/7. You see them all throughout Nevada and California, and major portions of Arizona, and in the cities and suburbs, they literally have to install water pipes directly underneath them so that they have 24/7 watering. That's how ridiculously thirsty these palms are if you don't want them to die, and want them to maintain the signature look and aesthetic too many have gotten used to now.

    • @virgieortiz5213
      @virgieortiz5213 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      WoW raised in phx never knew about the water usage for palms?I personally heard in the 70s water shortage didn't like wasting water.Here's reality ouch sad.Thanks

  • @SmittyAZ
    @SmittyAZ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    We saw this coming a long time ago.
    Does anyone believe the mega-resorts claim that they don't use a lot of water?
    Did 'Vegas' ever add the extra pipes lower in the lake to keep drawing water?

  • @joycemiraglia280
    @joycemiraglia280 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My dad in the 20-30s worked on the "Boulder Dam" as it was called back then and that's all I know it to be called.Thanks for the visit to Lake Meade

  • @lloydbaker6988
    @lloydbaker6988 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Hey, Hey, It's RVerTV Russ , Thanks for stopping by Lake Mead and letting us all Pile in and Ride Along. Too Cool , my Friend. 👍

    • @rvertv
      @rvertv  2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thanks for coming

  • @bryduhbikeguy
    @bryduhbikeguy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for the tour.I don't think I'll ever get there in person.I think that beside little clips in movies,I haven't seen anything about the decline,and just how the dam was built in black and white.LoL.Guess that shows a bit of time passed.

  • @mariewintersteen7098
    @mariewintersteen7098 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh, thanks so much! I used to get to drive all over the country or ride in a big rig, but those days are over! I'm only missing Alaska and Hawaii in my travels and I've been across Canada from one end to the other!

  • @j.r.jacobs1660
    @j.r.jacobs1660 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for taking us along.
    Wondering if medal detectors are allowed?????

  • @MTMikey
    @MTMikey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Hi Russ!
    Watching the Lake Mead video. Yes you can stay overnight in the hoover dam lodge and casino parking lot up on the hill. Next time you should walk out on the dock out to the marina and restaurant. There is a school of striped bass that follow you up and down the dock, looking for a handout. Cool! When you get up towards lake Powell be sure to check out Lees Ferry and the horseshoe bend below the Glen canyon dam. We enjoy your videos, we get to relive our travels in AZ. We just returned from there to MT for the summer

    • @originalmamagrizzly2478
      @originalmamagrizzly2478 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yup, Hoover Dam Lodge is nice! 👍👍👍

    • @Howdy76
      @Howdy76 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      uummmm i think those fish are carp. if that;s your thing

  • @susanboatman7913
    @susanboatman7913 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    If the water keeps dropping pretty soon you'll be able to walk across.

  • @thumpersquid
    @thumpersquid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Maybe they will find Jimmy Hoffa down there. Would be fun to metal detect the area where the water has receded.

  • @luvsonel2
    @luvsonel2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    if the lake doesn't fill soon..... some housing development company will start building homes!

  • @susanstrickland6774
    @susanstrickland6774 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Great ride along. Mountains all around, nice views. That's sad the lake keeps going down. Seems as though the government would get pumping some water in, need a plan, going to effect a lot of people. That was a beautiful topographical map. Thank you, you do such nice videos. 🙂👍

    • @davidgale4604
      @davidgale4604 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Where do you think they are going to pump the water from? Mead is the largest man made reservoir in the U.S. Lake Powell is second and it is also at record low.

    • @susanstrickland6774
      @susanstrickland6774 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@davidgale4604 Well Dave, since I'm in the medical field, I wouldn't begin to know where to fix this problem. Maybe piped in ocean water. I know that this didn't just happen, and a lot of people are effected by water restrictions, and drought in that area; and have been in many western states. Those that are working in that field need to step it up with a solution. Maybe with midterms coming up, this would be a good thing for one of the candidates to get involved in? I don't live in that area, but I feel for those that do.

    • @flappinwings7274
      @flappinwings7274 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@susanstrickland6774 Yeah, let's deplete the ocean for green lawns and golf courses. And then figure out how to get the salt out so you can drink it. I can hear it now.

    • @susanstrickland6774
      @susanstrickland6774 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@flappinwings7274 Like I said, don't work in the water field. I never mentioned grass watering, sustaining life would be more a goal I would lean toward. Have a great day.

    • @GaMeBoYDaN1
      @GaMeBoYDaN1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The colorado river cant sustain the amount of population increased demand and we are also in a super drought at the same time. There are talks about piping water from the missouri ruver to the green river in utah which would eventually supply the colorado river. But that may take decades.

  • @ruthanderson1758
    @ruthanderson1758 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My sister and I were at the Hoover Dam in early October 2010, not long before they opened the new bridge. We felt fortunate that we were among the last people to cross directly over the dam as future travels would take the new bridge.

  • @montanamornings8526
    @montanamornings8526 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When the old mob ran Vegas it was great! Food and lodging were cheap. Shows were great.

  • @apolloskyfacer5842
    @apolloskyfacer5842 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Crazy Geology around the Dam. But then again, the entire South West is a Geologists paradise.

  • @johnenos356
    @johnenos356 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Are you going to be in the St. George area? I would love to see Zion!

  • @slingerssecretlaboratory
    @slingerssecretlaboratory 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Tilman bridge is really something. I mean how could you make Hoover Dam even more cool? But yes they pulled it off. I love walking across the bridge and driving underneath it's really amazing. I lived in the Las Vegas area during construction and watched it happened. It was amazing to see how they build such a structure.

  • @ginnyk50
    @ginnyk50 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I moved to Las Vegas in ‘94 and they were concerned about water usage then, but they just kept building more casinos and homes. The water was right up to the top of the dam, but downstream towns and agriculture needed it too. Sad. Millions of people depend on that lake for water.😿😎

  • @likearainbow7501
    @likearainbow7501 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    🌟 RUSS!🌟
    This was so good, always enjoy your vlogs.. I really hope that you return to Boulder City and go to Hemenway Park!! The park not only has an amazing view over Lake Mead but!! 🐑 has herds of big horn sheep that roam the park! Its Amazing!! Please Google to see pics and I'm sure you'll go😀 can't wait to see you there! Stay safe and healthy ❤love from Las Vegas

  • @larryjohnson6398
    @larryjohnson6398 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great video love how you let everybody know everything's going on around there and and the lake is low

  • @JR-qw6eb
    @JR-qw6eb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    WOW! When I last saw that mobile home park it was about 20 feet from the water's edge.

  • @twilightpurpleglow
    @twilightpurpleglow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I liked the drive and your narration. I visited Lake Mead in the 80's, my mom and my aunt her only sister, lived in Henderson. We visited the lake. They since have passed away but it brought me memories of a good time gone by. It is very sad to see what is happening and it just makes us aware "global warming" is for real. I wish there was a way to pump in water. It's not the dead bodies news that brought me to your video, it's the dying beautiful lake.

    • @lorimiller4301
      @lorimiller4301 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The earth changes naturally. Alberta used to be a tropical forest. It was completely different. Drumheller has a huge museum of Dinosaurs who lived in a beautiful temperate environment. It's sure not tropical anymore.

  • @ericthered760
    @ericthered760 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    @1:42 - Mead is the water source for Las Vegas and finding corpses comes as a surprise ?? LOL

  • @sueanna_banana
    @sueanna_banana 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    In February we camped at that same RV Park side of that campground as you did. We needed their hot showers and laundry. Very friendly staff...It's all gravel and quite ugly really...
    The dry camping side ( no showers or laundry ) however is MUCH prettier, cheaper, and with actual trees, plants, and bushes.
    Down at the Marina we walked around with our dog and there were these giant fish in the water begging for food. Huge mouths open looking for a hand out. Our dog was fascinated by them! Crazy fish, been there forever people said.

    • @christinemott8799
      @christinemott8799 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wjy didnt u feed the fish ? Speaks volukes that you did not help them. Sicl

    • @Floridawoodsbanshee
      @Floridawoodsbanshee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@christinemott8799 could have been signs that say don't feed the fish. Although I'm a firm believer fish need love as well.

  • @MSDOGS1976
    @MSDOGS1976 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good to see masks are not required in the visitor center. Getting back to normal. Beautiful area. Might have to drive out that way in October.

  • @williamburdon6993
    @williamburdon6993 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If you think it's sad now , wait about 5 years and that thing will be an empty bath tub. It's unbelieveable the disregard the people down river have misused the water that was once in there, watering desert and just uncontrolled building . AS I was moving out of Phoenix in 2015 I saw a stretch of desert about 5 miles long and a couple miles wide , being watered with a sprinkling system growing ? The ground looked just like pictures of the moon . Needs a little help is wishful thinking, it's too late for that.

    • @MikeyReadman
      @MikeyReadman 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe that's where they filmed the so called moon landing! lol

  • @chuckstith838
    @chuckstith838 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I guess they found Jimmy Hoffa. I just hope whoever it was wasn't alive when they dumped him in the lake. I googled Hoover dam and found that 96 people died while building it.

  • @Tiger-hc6ek
    @Tiger-hc6ek 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hey Russ I am fairly new to your channel and have heard you mention the senior card several times, but have not heard what card it is. If you could please let us know what card you are talking about so we can get one for my family as this year we plan to travel

    • @michaela.chmieloski3196
      @michaela.chmieloski3196 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The "senior card" of which Russ speaks is a one-time $80.00/$85.00 (something like that) fee pass that gives lifetime access to every national park, available to senior citizens only. If you travel and are into national parks it is definitely worth the money.

    • @brucesmith9144
      @brucesmith9144 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@michaela.chmieloski3196 think you must be 62+ for it. Just afraid with inflation it will be $800 when I apply for it. Sure hope not.

    • @michaela.chmieloski3196
      @michaela.chmieloski3196 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@brucesmith9144 Lol! I just turned 62 so I need to look into getting that pass NOW before I'M paying $800.00. Want to do right by Russ and keep this a politically-free channel (even though their are others who do not) otherwise I would have a lot more to say given what you just un-politically wrote.

    • @likearainbow7501
      @likearainbow7501 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tiger
      When you go thru the booth into a park instead of paying for the day pass just ask for the senior card. We have ours, love it

    • @williamfaulkner1959
      @williamfaulkner1959 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It is: THE NATIONAL PARKS AND FEDERAL RECREATIONAL LANDS PASS (SENIOR PASS, 62 years and older). We got ours going through Yosemite in 2008 for $20. Now they are $80.

  • @davespeer6569
    @davespeer6569 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    We spent ten days there in January. Camped four nights at Echo Bay. Lotsa history there, the old hotel you could jump in the lake off the back porch in 1983. Long walk to the lake now. Thanks for the video, always enjoy watching your travels

  • @rusty1187
    @rusty1187 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Git yer boat out now!!! ....while you still can!

  • @CSDonohue11
    @CSDonohue11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It’s so sad.
    It’s mind blowing as well.
    I can remember going there when it was all the way up
    and you’d be driving under 35ft of water

  • @lindahoudek9855
    @lindahoudek9855 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Did the Mob ran out of room in the desert.......

  • @karenwoodward7291
    @karenwoodward7291 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am disabled so can't get out. Thanks for the drive, it makes me feel I'm out there with you. When I was growing up we traveled every summer so this brings back some memories. I wish you had showed the contour map more and all the way around it!!

  • @janegilmore102
    @janegilmore102 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    By the way I really enjoyed your driving. Shall be watching more in the future. Thanks 😊 🙏🏻

  • @cindybogart6062
    @cindybogart6062 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Did they find Jimmy Haffa yet?? I’m really not comfortable with the lack of rain in the West Coast. I like your accent.

  • @Dennis-vr1ri
    @Dennis-vr1ri 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for sharing your adventures. You'll have to make your way back through the Las Vegas ghost town in a few years !

  • @monstirz
    @monstirz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    George Knapp said in a 5 second commercial that Lake meads water is connecting to a tunnel system that goes out to the ocean and the Chinese ships are buying that water along with California Lakes. They also suck up water in the great lakes. This is the so called drought and climate change. Weather weapons too/ Bunker fuel in the pacific.

  • @joycedingus7972
    @joycedingus7972 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi Russ, thanks for posting. I truly enjoyed it.

  • @guymcmullan9297
    @guymcmullan9297 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for letting us know, stay safe,

  • @binkieruby2191
    @binkieruby2191 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    We stayed at the RV park fall 2020 it was pretty nice. There are a lot of great spots to check out along that road around the lake. We love lake mead.
    The north rim opens May 15 if you haven’t been you should check it out. A little out of the way going to lake Powell but worth it.
    Great video thanks 👍🏼

  • @Planespotterdude
    @Planespotterdude 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    When i was there it was full, the highway went across the top of the dam and we took a tour inside the dam. Now none of that occurs. Been a while, im 47 and i was around 12 yrs old

  • @rickwag6000
    @rickwag6000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    they need to stop weather manipulation, Geo-engineering and SAI and SRMP

  • @jimmyfishburn7894
    @jimmyfishburn7894 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Was there back in the 50s as a young boy. Was on a tour out of Knoxville TN on Knoxville Tours Inc. My mind just will not comprehend how it must have looked even tho I took over 500 slides during the trip. Good job and enjoyed this.

    • @daisyy99
      @daisyy99 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It would be a fantastic slide show for youtube.

  • @allyher65
    @allyher65 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just found your channel as a suggestion on my feed. Thanks for the great tour it was very interesting. I live on the east coast, and don't travel much. Safe Travels to You

    • @rvertv
      @rvertv  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Welcome aboard!

  • @grandmakellymcdonald
    @grandmakellymcdonald 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool beans and interesting 💕👵

  • @kimberlyshalaby1134
    @kimberlyshalaby1134 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    🙋‍This was really a nice day. The Visitor Center/Gift Shop was small, but rather nice & informative along with making guests aware of the wildlife. The Marina was nicer at one time. With the water level low, the houseboats looked somewhat congested. Maybe not. Lake Mead has a beautiful blue color. The campground looks nice. 👍

  • @krisg3984
    @krisg3984 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You really love the desert ! It’s nice not to see so many crowds- I remember it best with only small crowds, then they’d leave on Sunday and we’d get our town back

  • @JOE-xz4kx
    @JOE-xz4kx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So they have been allowing Nevada residents to drink water that had decaying bodies in it?

  • @proudchristian77
    @proudchristian77 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hope nobody been drinking the water out there ! U be careful, ☕🍯🥛🏝

  • @mikehumphrey4039
    @mikehumphrey4039 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Politicians right now are planning how this will fill their pockets with cash

  • @DiggersParadiseThriftShopRWhyt
    @DiggersParadiseThriftShopRWhyt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Check point at dam ? I get it now why they search your cars?

  • @yragtgov
    @yragtgov 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hiked the old rail trail in the 80s. There were big horn sheep in the mountains. Went through the dam on the tour.
    Great trip.

  • @vaughnbluejr5960
    @vaughnbluejr5960 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Did they find Jimmy Hoffa's body in Lake Mead?

  • @shahnawazmughal5535
    @shahnawazmughal5535 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    GTA lovers can better understand this place😂

  • @BlueSky-ff4oy
    @BlueSky-ff4oy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow that was a treat. Thanks for the informative tour, replete with barrel find news "clipping". Indeed, the crimes are "unearthed".

  • @davidw2959
    @davidw2959 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    We were just at that camp ground about a month ago. Had a great time. Great videos.

  • @johnmajchrzak9826
    @johnmajchrzak9826 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    To be totally honest now I live in Colorado home of the Colorado River and I can tell you that River puts out serious amounts of water I've been here for seven eight winners massive snow storms either somebody's still in the water obviously the fires take a lot too

  • @Jodyrides
    @Jodyrides 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    is anyone surprised? This is after all the great southwest desert

  • @stingrayshark9373
    @stingrayshark9373 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mafia hit dumping ground - Jimmy Hoffa

  • @talldude5841
    @talldude5841 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow, looks pretty destitute there. No green trees, no grass, just hills of rocks. Lake Mead will soon be a dry lake bed. People didn't listen to Mother Nature and this is what happens. Over population and abuse of the water. Makes me feel grateful that I live in beautiful central Ohio. Oh ya, we have a unlimited commodity of an important thing called water.

    • @razzwilmz7970
      @razzwilmz7970 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unlimited? Things change rapidly now days.

    • @karliw2218
      @karliw2218 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Probably because the 5 lakes are north of them...

    • @rhulse8904
      @rhulse8904 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same here in beautiful, green Arkansas but we shouldn't count ourselves to lucky because they can just as easily stop the rain here in our parts of the country just like they have there!

    • @talldude5841
      @talldude5841 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rhulse8904 Aww, but we don't live in a desert. It rains here at least once a week, and we have the large fresh water lakes in the world just north of me. Oh, by the way, they are all at full level.

  • @theone2be33
    @theone2be33 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In another year they'll be calling it Mead Pond. LMAO