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- Welcome to Wonderhussy Adventure #710
Date of adventure: 3/2/23
Trying to get to the spot where the once mighty Colorado River finally dries up into the sand, somewhere west of Yuma, Arizona.
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As a Englishman who has not learned much about American history and culture your videos have given a often light hearted and informative insight into American life...love your work
It’s all HIStory…not exactly the TRUTH.
Yeah.... this is an entertainment channel, and most of us really enjoy her take on things.... The insight would only come if you came to AZ/Socal desert cities
I would take a lifetime to learn American " culture" every single state is different with its own geography,traditions, and culture... It's like 50 little countries..
Don’t worry , us Americans aren’t taught American History either .
@Nowhereman funny thing is i am a dental practitioner...and yes there are 4 dentist in the UK
I just realized that if Wonder Hussy were my college history professor I might have actually learned something. 🤓 Seriously this lady has an amazing gift for sharing mundane facts in a fun meaningful way.
Her Donner Party series should be used in schools. I agree,she’s a great storyteller of history.💙💫
The wall is doing what is supposed to do, but someone stopped construction...
There is no wall through the native reservation as they are a sovereign nation! But hey white man has Never honored a treaty so why start now!
That’s a lie 🤣
Our border wall looks good. It would be nice if we could finish it.
Apparently, by the amount of immigrants POTUS Joe has had to deal with, it is not working.
I live in the desert in Arizona. Many rivers and washes have deep bed of sand and gravel, so water actually flows beneath the surface. That's how quicksand occurs. So, the Colorado River possibly does flow to the delta, but below the visible surface of the bed.
The Morales dam is actually the last dam, but it is so small it's usually open. It's near Algodones Mex.
Wow Geography,History and Science lessons all at once ! You are a fine teacher, storyteller and cool solo traveler.Thanks for the warm weather tour
She better than most of the teachers I had growing up!
To add to your story, I travel to San Felipe many times a year and drive through this location. The cemented portion is in CA, not far from Yuma. Interesting point, the Feds had to add floating ropes across the cemented areas because it is impossible to exit the canal due to the slope and slimy cement walls. Now you know, the rest of the story, Good Day!
Plus 5 mph current.
I loved you presentation of the Colorado river system. Articulate and lucid, like you were built to communicate. A real pleasure...
I'm not sure I can be shocked by what humans are capable of doing to each other and the planet anymore wonderhussy . Great videos you pack a little bit of everything on your channel .
Wow! That's a beautiful wall.
Good vid Sarah. The Colorado River irrigates 500 thousand acres of Imperial Valley Farm Land (Imperial County) that provides 75-80% of our Nations Winter Vegetable Crops and the same for Feed at The Cattle Feed Lots. The "All American Canal" ends at the U.S. / Mexico Border, "Southwestern Desert Edge" and feeds The Imperial Valley through 3 Main Canals running north from "The All American". The East Highline, The Central Main and The West Main" with Lateral Canals Branching off of those to irrigate the fields. Again, all water flow is by Gravity, running south to the north. The All American Canal at the U.S. / Mexico Border, is approx "Sea Level" and North at The Salton Sea, it is approx 230 feet below Seal Level. Truly a marvel of Nature and Human Engineering to Feed America,
I love watching your adventures!! Stay careful out there 🥰👍
During the Colorado River Flood of 1983, the Laguna Salada, a normally dry lakebed between Mexicali and San Felipe, was flooded for a couple of years after they intentionally flooded the entire river downstream of Powell and Hoover Dam. Glen Canyon dam came very close to failing, and they had to use the Hoover Dam spillways (which I got to witness, pretty awesome!) for the second, and only other time in history. I was making regular trips to San Felipe and got to see the lake down there, it was on both sides of the highway and it stretched to the horizon on both sides.
Phoenix,Az had bridges knocked out due to bad engineering and only 1 bridge handled traffic. People had to take train for months. It was a bad flood.
Weren't there also shrimp farmed down there for a while? Possibly a Japanese fisherman?
Good video Hussy, cool to see you by the Mexican border. Come up near the Canadian border, and you could see our beautiful Great Lakes, with high pollution levels from steel and oil. but they do still stand strong. Praise God.
Peter Santenello's channel has a great series on the border situation. In the majority of places, the walls are well on the US side and is not the actual border. All Presidents have installed pieces. The walls have gaps to funnels folks to more safe places to cross but most are customers of Mexican cartels. There are two types of crossers, the give-ups and the criminals. The give-ups actually cross and then wait for border control and some actually call 911 themselves. Once the authorities are busy with the diversion of families being processed, the criminals cross someplace else. Peter's episodes visit different areas and highlight how different the circumstances are. The potapoties were installed to keep people from going in the human consumption food crops and contaminating it.
They could have finished the fence but Steve Bannon stole the money
So what do you think about Donald J Trump’s wall? Pretty awesome huh? Just being sarcastic.
I caught some huge bass out in Blythe CA great place to fish and jet ski on the Colorado river! I wouldn't live there but an awesome place to party in the summer. Warning be careful Blythe CA gets 121-128 deg in the summer in it's sleep. Load in a ton of water if you go have a blast enjoying the hell out of the Colorado river! Catfish are as big as people in that river!😜
Wonderhussy you are the greatest purveyor of historical facts and events...I hunt the area around Niland in the summer and I can say without a doubt, it's the hottest and most humid area I've ever been in...Great video...
@Telco nerd that would make her a journalist. As it is, her posts are mostly tidbits of accurate information dotted with overused puns and served stream of conscious style.
It is called entertainment.@@JourneyWithJana
Paddlewheel steamship would distribute goods up and down the Colorado. There was also fishing expeditions from Phoenix to the Colorado River to catch a now extinct fish that could weigh more than 200lbs.
Without the Colorado River, Phoenix and Tucson could not exist. There is also a LOT of agriculture between Tucson and Phoenix and west of Wickenburg off of route 60. We have one of the few (and largest- the Big Chino) aquifers in Arizona up here in the Prescott area. Great vid as usual!
The Navajo Nation suffers perennially, so those areas you spoke of, can exist…
Wanna speak reparations and repair?
WalkINBeauty
Lol Phoenix already had over a million people by the time CAP (Colorado River supply to Phoenix) was completed in 1993. Try again.
@@Sins83... That's because that person doesn't factor in Eastern Arizona and the Salt River and lake systems from that direction in Arizona. The Gila River system is not the Colorado River system but both keep Arizona's farming claims to water rights to not burden one over the other.
@Lawrence Jelsma You would think being from Prescott he would be fully aware of the Rim countries watershed. When Oak Creek is flowing at a higher volume than the Colorado River you would think the writing is on the wall.
Sarah, hi there lady. 👋Super interesting video today. Thank you for all you do to entertain and educate us. Much respect to you 😎
Thanks for the good coverage of the Colorado River Sarah Jane. I hope the weather gets back to normal and you can travel the back roads again without fear of getting smell deep in mud. Thanks for sharing this moment .
I love how you told the truth and for the smart man, the diverting of the water is robbery!
You are the greatest little ambassador for your country, I look forward to your shows, drive safe girl 😇
The water allocations were calculated during an unusually wet period in western American history. The “drought” always peaks the news reports, but in reality it is business as usual.
The Coachella Valley sat on one of the largest natural aquifers in the world from runoff from Mt San Jacinto and Mt San Gorgonio. The local tribes have tried to protect it, but it is being squandered as well. Then someone approved Nestle to build a water-bottling plant to bottle it up and ship it around the world. Now the aquifer has to be replenished with the help of the All American Canal.
Thanks for the tour, Sarah! Would love to show you around The Valley some time❣️
it's funny how how democrats in CA pump billions of gallons of water straight from the fertile growing central valley, all for a non native fish that will go extinct no matter what anyone does.
The Colorado River disappearing into the ground isn’t a unique phenomenon. The Humboldt runs 300+ miles and disappears into the Humboldt Sink west of Lovelock.
No turd in the porta potty and plenty of toliet paper! You found a good one Sarah!
...”Freshly Serviced”. 😏
The river is diverted to the irrigation canal which runs for many miles
There isn't any water at the end of the river
They literally use every last drop of it
There is no river, just the riverbed
I love the history lesson you add into many of your interesting videos! Along with your wonderful singing, you have a beautiful singing voice! Many blessings to you! 19:28
I love love LOVE seeing that fence - it's one of the greatest and most protective creations that benefits ALL American heros and patriots!
The Colorado hasn’t flowed into the Gulf in decades
South of the border down Mexico way. Wonderhussy looks for the Colorado river's end. Hey you even got to take a 15 minute dam tour. 🤣
The irony of the fact that SoCal is getting the most rain it has seen since 1982 or so (don't quote me) is not lost upon me. You have a wicked sense of humor and I love your insane ability to make learning fun. Thanks for all the effort you put into your projects.
We got a fair amount of rain in '95 and 2017.
And much of it gets wasted… allowed to flow into the ocean because they don’t have the ability to hold the water until they need it. It’s pretty pathetic.
You're a real hoot Sarah Jane. Your videos are not only very educational. but your humor is top notch as well.
"Nary a solitary turf in there" is the best thing I heard since I heard "50 bottles a donkey" used as a unit of measurement today!!
I swam in that canal many times, on a concrete style aqueduct/canal, used to tie a long rope onto the jeep and had a ball in the 110 degree weather. Caught a lot of catfish too. :)
I'm wondering how much difference all the rain we're having will influence the mighty Colorado river as it flows into Mexico ...
Or how many more strawberry's we can grow?....love my strawberry's 😎
Colin Fletcher spent a lot of time in and around the Colorado River. He (and others) consider the headwaters of the “Green” River as the true beginning of this river. Check out his book “River”. He travels the full length. The course *does* re-emerge further south. The official designation of the souce being in the state of Colorado was a political move.
The book is available, and is a wonderful read.
The Salton Sea is extremely high in "salt", ie. Minerals such as Calcium, Magnesium and Sodium, primarily due to Evaporation! The fresh water that fed it contains a . moderate level of minerals. Over decades, the water in the Sea evaporates. When water evaporates, only pure water is removed, causing the existing minerals to become more concentrated. I have a degree in Chemical Engineering, I am a Industrial Water Treatment Expert, and own an Industrial Water Treatment Company.
This is the way the river ends not with a bang but a whimper
I've never seen a strawberry field when I drive around Imperial Valley. I see field after field of broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, lettuce, alfalfa and occasionally dates.
IMPERIAL VALLEY DOESN'T GROW STRAWBERRY, ONLY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
It’s not only strawberries 😊 other foods are grown to sustain life too 😊
At the end of the fence you’ll find identification cards all over the ground and discarded money
and bags of fentee' from the cartel
I'm from Chicago and I bought two pounds of strawberries last week. ($1/pound) One came from Florida and the other from Mexico. Those California growers better get on the ball!
If you had got them from California it would have cost 3.oo dollars a pound, you know we have to pay for the Confederate Demoncrats sins of slavery.
Well I finally got through it and reading the comments, being from California I already knew all this. Great boarder wall and I wish there was more, now that we are no longer in a drought there is more water than we can handle unfortunately. We have flooding in the valley and it even shut down Hwy 99 last week, I could not get to my appointment at the VA. All I can say about all this water is that it all was Dinosaur Piss at one time.😵💫🤣🤣🤣🤣 Another great vid Sarah, hopefully we can get someone who can get California back on track, we need a governor who knows how to get the job done, too much crime an entitlement here. 👍❤️🇺🇸
Thank You Wonderhussy ❤️
For all of the
Virtual Realistic Adventure Road Trips 😎
Keep On Trucking Baby🚙
Gallee I just missed you Serra I passed over the all American canal by the Casino on the 23 wish I could of seen you ❤
Well done thank you for that. I have always wanted to go to the very end of the colorado in mexico this told me about what was happening at the end. Thank you
Your commentary is spot on and authentic. It's why I keep coming back.
you did a great job on this video.. thank you for bringing attention to it.
Thank You, Sarah, for the *GREAT* video!!! 🥰
A little notice from TH-cam highlighted in blue was under this video and asked if this video has been recommended to me too many times , yes or no .obsessively I tapped the no cause who doesn’t like their Wonderhussy videos every Wednesday .
It gushes into the sea of Cortez. It’s gushing! We have been camping on it in Yuma all winter.
You were in my neck of the woods. I'm an operator of "The Final Boss".
If you're still in the area, I can get you into those restricted areas.
WoW! As usual, another brilliant, very informative show! Loved it🙌❣️❤️👍✨
Don't respond probably a scammer.
With the lack of a boarder wall (incomplete and missing sections) the Boarder patrol is too busy looking for" Getaways" so they have no time for someone like you making a video.
Good and easy language, good expression good subject
Finally some WarmER weather for Western region!! Thank you Sarah Jane.
Thanks for the education
Thank you for the education my dear.Was not aware of any of the content you covered but you fixed that ! Take care.
That section of the "wall" was built decades ago. There are like sections at international border crossings in Douglas and Nogales AZ
very good show
Thank you so very much … I love this video ❤️❤️ … You think just like me when creating your videos!!!! … Fantastic job!!! So AMAZING 💯💯 … So happy I found you (& was accidentally lol😱😂) on You Tube … PLEASE keep them coming … YOU MADE MY DAY/EVENING AGAIN … Safe travels … on the “ADVENTURES OF LIFES HIGHWAYS “ … 💯💯❤️❤️🌹🌹🙏🙏😀😂
I always learn something on this channel.
Finally! Now I can sleep at night. .. Thank you. So flippin' funny!
The border man may watch your channel so he knows how you roll!
Porta potties are much nicer then those found at Burning Man. A couple years ago you had a dip at the beginning of the Colorado. Keep up the tours.
WH, great piece you did, I learned a lot, remember it a lot but I learn more, thanks so much for doing this it was a great idea of yours very much appreciate it!!!
Nice video. Very informative. Thanks for sharing!
They are still watching you as the officer left, and you are probably being watched and listed to right now.
THANK YOU SARAH..THE TRASH BAG,HAD LOTS MONEY/CURRENCY FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.PETER SANTANELLO DID A GREAT VIDEO IN THAT EXACT SPOT.THE MONEY HE WAS PICKING UP WAS CRAZY...GREAT JOB..SAFE TRAVELS..
Thank God for skinny-dipping🥳
Have you read Colin Fletcher's book about his trip down the colorado? It's a good read: "One Man's Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea" He got a boat about as close as possible to the terminus in Mexico. Really enjoyed this video. Thanks!
My Dad worked on the canal shortly when I was a boy and we lived in Calexico for 1 summer , I was too young that I don't remember much . Thanks for the memories.
I live in Michigan on the west side of the state - My home is a lakefront home. I LOVE LAKE MICHIGAN. Every Great Lake has a Canadian border. Therefore, the Lakes are highly important border territories between the USA and Canada. Every US state that touches the Great Lakes are members of the Great Lakes Compact that regulate and protects water rights and usage. It also guarantees that no one will be tapping into them for water... Like the water-starved west. Since the Mississippi River flows from Lake Superior - no siphoning pipes or diversions are allowed to suck water for the west. Hopefully, the Great Lakes will be around as a natural wonders freshwater source for the next one hundred thousand years!
Lake Michigan doesn’t.
Nice and informative video. Thank you
We left Indianapolis,In. and bought a Home in Yuma. No more snow for us!
Very interesting video! Thanks!
Also the lower river used to be very wide. I’ve read that in the spring it could be a couple of miles of fast water. Too much for a ferry to manage.
She says the border wall doesn't work? How could it work when the guy she voted for didn't finish the job, that the guy I for voted for (who actually won) started?
excellent point - I also voted for the guy who really won....not the racist dementia patient squatting in the white house basement currently
Oh man has been snowing so much I would love to be in Yuma
Thanks that's really interesting I thought it went the ocean. But a rather uneventful and for the weather
Great offroading in the Martinez area. Would've taken you on a jeep trip to some neat old mines and desert explore.
Wonderhussy for President!!!
I think your sunglasses might have a calming effect on Border Patrol.
You can always make me laugh Sarah.
Thanks!
Shows awesome border "wall."
Proceeds to walk around it.
I remember certain wealthy and influential people saying "walls don't work", and then they proceeded to build huge walls around their mansions. Weird that they did that if they don't work. I guess maybe they liked the look of them better out of their windows.
Sarah, you are a hoot!! I’m one of the few that is allergic to Strawberries 🍓. Go figure, my family is British, my mom was born in London. Having strawberries and tea is a common thing in my family..so I make sure I have my bowl of raspberries!!
Do you prefer American strawberries or English grown?
You smuggled us 46K in to Mexico! Awesome!!
I love traveling with you. Blessings love
Fascinating video Sarah. Sorry I missed you. There is one more dam below the Imperial Dam named the Laguna Dam built around 1905. I has been abandoned and there is now a wetland behind it and a body of water called Mittry Lake. I fly RC float planes on it every Tuesday in the winter. I have a couple pictures from the air I will email you since TH-cam doesn't allow it here. The cementing in of the All American Canal was a 30 mile section through the Imperial Sand Dunes along Interstate 8 in California. Part of that project was to divert Mexico's 10 percent to them through a canal near Algadones Mexico. The canal is the Canal Alimentador Central which feeds the farm lands in Mexico in that region. So, the mighty Colorado ends about where you noted in the video. Thanks, you filled in some missing pieces of the information I had already learned.
Thanks for another great episode. It does seem strange to be growing veg and fruit in the desert.
There used to be crocodiles in the marsh where the Colorado drained into the Sea of Cortez. I guess they were hunted to extinction... but you never can be certain.
1 Billion of those vegetables are recalled after we eat them.
I use to live in Yuma for years. Actually, the only video on my channel is a VR 360 drive (using mouse button dragging on the screen) through downtown Yuma.
another good one, Sarah
@3:57 that is the easiest quickest way back to the U.S.A. with no harrassment lol
I vote all elementary schools play your videos as your videos are cleaner and more informative than what they’re learning now.
"Pit Kittens" scared him off.
When you stuck your camera through the border fence, I could not understand you, the audio changed to Spanish. LOL!
God bless our Border Patrol.