I have been following you for only a couple of years, and cannot wait to watch the archived footage of Death Valley! My best friend and I were signed onto a Roads Scholar trip in 2017, and he passed away just 5 weeks before. I am enamoured of the area now, of course. We live in the Kootenays and need to get out of here in the winter! I am gong to convince my husband to do this trip. (Only problem is how to heat the MH while gone, or we would be). Thank you so, so much for brightening my life! I am a photographer and really appreciate your images, videos, and the commentary, which is invaluable. You and we are alike in just being off by ourselves, and your information is treasured.
It was nice meeting you at the gas station down in Ajo. We took off south and ended up in Tombstone until we froze out. It was freezing every night there. Listening to the locals, this was one of the worst winters on record in the Southwest.
Sure has been and continuing into spring. Haven't worn my short pants much at all this trip. Good part is all the rainfall and snowpack. The southwest drought situation was getting pretty dire the last few years.
I liked camping at the pads. Dogs could be off leash & hike up the hill. Texas springs is my fav spot but did see the new area you spoke of down below.
Death Valley National Park is one of the few national pks that actually allow dispersed camping in some areas. I found a remote but legal dispersed campsite on the unmarked Lake Mountain Rd. (?), on the west side of the park, with a fine view of the Panamint Range.
Yes, on the Google Map page for the site there is a review post from someone that loved there as a kid. Aura Mae Local Guide · 104 reviews 2 months ago I see lots of speculation about the origin of this place and I am here to help with some facts. In 1980, my family lived here. It was owned by the local mine and was filled with mobile homes provided for the workers and their families. We took the bus to Death Valley High School (Go Scorpions!) in Shoshone. It was a long drive there and back. You could begin, enjoy, and end an adolescent relationship in one round trip. The pool was functional but not deep and we had a rec center next to it with pool tables, pinball machines, and a jukebox. Water was trucked in and stored in a tower. There wasn't phone service to each home but the five double wides at the end (management) shared a party line. We couldn't dial out and you couldn't dial us directly. You had to call the San Bernardino toll operator to get connected and each of the five houses had their own unique ring so you knew when to answer. (My family lived in one of the double wides. You might say I was part of the privileged elite.) It has always been windy there. I recall one night when our metal shed door was left open and the wind got under it and ripped it from its anchors. We watched it fold and roll like a tumbleweed. Our grocery shopping trips included a very large ice chest and it was still possible that your frozen items would be a bit less frozen by the time you got home. Enjoy your breathtaking night sky and spectacular views and ponder what it might have been like to be a teenager so far removed from all but a small group of people. Listening to Meatloaf, Supertramp, and the B52's. And playing Rapper's Delight by The Sugarhill Gang on constant repeat until you'd learned all the words. Enjoy your stay.
Very nicely done! your video & editing skills have really improved over the years. Thanks for the tip about the Casino for fuel. Last year I bought 10g of gas at $7.50 a gal in the park. enough to get to Bishop. My gauge telling me I was getting 4mpg's pulling the steep hills was a bit concerning. Is there a reason yu didn't park the trailer on the concrete pad ? heat? Is Anne doing any astro-photography there.?
A couple of reasons. Freedom to point the trailer for best solar harvest and cooling when sunny. Not any compelling reason to be on the concrete pad. Anne got a neat shot at the dry lake bed. Not published yet I think. Cheers, Ray
@@LoveYourRV Not sure of the 2018 ram but with the 2021 I have the long box as well and ordered the 50 US gallon tank. If you order a short box truck you can not get the bigger tank, you would have to go with a custom after market if that was the case. I'm not sure what year they implemented the option for the bigger tank.
I'm a geocacher and checked the area around "The Pads" and there are no geocaches there. Don't know what people were going to that spot for, but it wasn't for a geocache.
hmm, maybe it was some sort of spring break scavenger hunt then as I noticed at least 3 dozen vehicles over the course of a few days come off the highway and go down to the end of the dirt road, stay for maybe 2-5 minutes and leave.
Between 10.5 and 13.5 MPG depending on variables like wind, hills, curvy roads, diesel quality, and of course, how fast I want to go. :) Sweet spot for my gearing is around 58 - 62 MPH, but on some highways, that can be a little too slow for traffic. Sometimes I will bump it to 65 - 68 to stay with the flow and stop constantly being passed on two-lane roads or make better time but then you're pushing a lot more air so milage drops. Usually, on our trips up and down the west, from BC to Arizona, it averages out to about 11.5 MPG.
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I have been following you for only a couple of years, and cannot wait to watch the archived footage of Death Valley! My best friend and I were signed onto a Roads Scholar trip in 2017, and he passed away just 5 weeks before. I am enamoured of the area now, of course. We live in the Kootenays and need to get out of here in the winter! I am gong to convince my husband to do this trip. (Only problem is how to heat the MH while gone, or we would be). Thank you so, so much for brightening my life! I am a photographer and really appreciate your images, videos, and the commentary, which is invaluable. You and we are alike in just being off by ourselves, and your information is treasured.
You're most welcome. :)
You have done a great deal of improvements to be able to boondock the way you do.
I sure enjoy the monthly updates 🙂
Simply beautiful. Thanks Ray!
We loved Death Valley. Such a surprise to find it so beautiful. Badly named haha
It was nice meeting you at the gas station down in Ajo. We took off south and ended up in Tombstone until we froze out. It was freezing every night there. Listening to the locals, this was one of the worst winters on record in the Southwest.
Sure has been and continuing into spring. Haven't worn my short pants much at all this trip. Good part is all the rainfall and snowpack. The southwest drought situation was getting pretty dire the last few years.
Wow... beautiful photos!!! I really enjoy seeing where you have been camping and your photos are always outstanding!!!
Looks like Mars with some plants added.
Thank you.
I liked camping at the pads. Dogs could be off leash & hike up the hill. Texas springs is my fav spot but did see the new area you spoke of down below.
Death Valley National Park is one of the few national pks that actually allow dispersed camping in some areas. I found a remote but legal dispersed campsite on the unmarked Lake Mountain Rd. (?), on the west side of the park, with a fine view of the Panamint Range.
Cool! Big Bend NP has some backcountry camping for RVs www.nps.gov/bibe/planyourvisit/roadsidecamps.htm#Primitive_Sites_for_RVs
I am curious if you have ever had the joy to watch the fighter jets train at Star Wars canyon.
No, haven't driven up to see them. See quite a few different planes that train near Yuma & Ajo AZ and Salton Sea, CA
The pads were built for miners, when the company went belly up the pads were all that were left.
Yes, on the Google Map page for the site there is a review post from someone that loved there as a kid.
Aura Mae
Local Guide · 104 reviews
2 months ago
I see lots of speculation about the origin of this place and I am here to help with some facts.
In 1980, my family lived here. It was owned by the local mine and was filled with mobile homes provided for the workers and their families.
We took the bus to Death Valley High School (Go Scorpions!) in Shoshone. It was a long drive there and back. You could begin, enjoy, and end an adolescent relationship in one round trip.
The pool was functional but not deep and we had a rec center next to it with pool tables, pinball machines, and a jukebox. Water was trucked in and stored in a tower.
There wasn't phone service to each home but the five double wides at the end (management) shared a party line. We couldn't dial out and you couldn't dial us directly. You had to call the San Bernardino toll operator to get connected and each of the five houses had their own unique ring so you knew when to answer. (My family lived in one of the double wides. You might say I was part of the privileged elite.)
It has always been windy there. I recall one night when our metal shed door was left open and the wind got under it and ripped it from its anchors. We watched it fold and roll like a tumbleweed.
Our grocery shopping trips included a very large ice chest and it was still possible that your frozen items would be a bit less frozen by the time you got home.
Enjoy your breathtaking night sky and spectacular views and ponder what it might have been like to be a teenager so far removed from all but a small group of people. Listening to Meatloaf, Supertramp, and the B52's. And playing Rapper's Delight by The Sugarhill Gang on constant repeat until you'd learned all the words.
Enjoy your stay.
Very nicely done! your video & editing skills have really improved over the years. Thanks for the tip about the Casino for fuel. Last year I bought 10g of gas at $7.50 a gal in the park. enough to get to Bishop. My gauge telling me I was getting 4mpg's pulling the steep hills was a bit concerning. Is there a reason yu didn't park the trailer on the concrete pad ? heat? Is Anne doing any astro-photography there.?
A couple of reasons. Freedom to point the trailer for best solar harvest and cooling when sunny. Not any compelling reason to be on the concrete pad. Anne got a neat shot at the dry lake bed. Not published yet I think. Cheers, Ray
Stop in and see Wonderhussy. She lives in Death Valley. ; - )
haha, right.. I doubt my wife would be keen if I went to meet someone by that name. :)
@@LoveYourRV Just don't go to hot springs in the area, she likes to dip nude.
Good for her, but not really interested. I have my own woman I can see nude anytime.
Wow, diesel fuel was cheaper at Furnace Creek, Ray! We paid $10.00 a gallon there last March.
Maybe the new pumps at the casino is a bit of competition. :)
First!!!
Wow that still at 17:02 is amazing ! Speaking of diesel, when you bought your truck did you get the bigger tank?
There wasn't a choice when I built the truck. Its a 8 foot long bed so I think the tank may be bigger than a short box but not sure. It's 32 gallons.
@@LoveYourRV Not sure of the 2018 ram but with the 2021 I have the long box as well and ordered the 50 US gallon tank. If you order a short box truck you can not get the bigger tank, you would have to go with a custom after market if that was the case. I'm not sure what year they implemented the option for the bigger tank.
Looks like it was a new option for the 5th gen Rams starting in 2019
@@LoveYourRV 😔 That would make sense
I'm a geocacher and checked the area around "The Pads" and there are no geocaches there. Don't know what people were going to that spot for, but it wasn't for a geocache.
hmm, maybe it was some sort of spring break scavenger hunt then as I noticed at least 3 dozen vehicles over the course of a few days come off the highway and go down to the end of the dirt road, stay for maybe 2-5 minutes and leave.
What kind of mileage do you get with your rig?
Between 10.5 and 13.5 MPG depending on variables like wind, hills, curvy roads, diesel quality, and of course, how fast I want to go. :) Sweet spot for my gearing is around 58 - 62 MPH, but on some highways, that can be a little too slow for traffic. Sometimes I will bump it to 65 - 68 to stay with the flow and stop constantly being passed on two-lane roads or make better time but then you're pushing a lot more air so milage drops. Usually, on our trips up and down the west, from BC to Arizona, it averages out to about 11.5 MPG.