Where else can one ride on a mule with a great story teller of the great south west, rough desert scenery with dogs howling at something???? Thank you for taking us along it's so relaxing. So many of us would never be able to do this.
"Those Indians..." Were protecting a way of life from rapacious invaders who mostly gave them no respect and often wantonly killed them, took away their natural sustenance and starved them on reservations and removed them from their homeland, and dishonored treaties, Thanks for another adventure enjoyed vicariously ....👍👍
Brett, your ride through where a lot of Apache history took place reminds me of where I grew up as a young boy. I lived in Tucson a few miles from old Ft Lowell before it became a park. The adobe walls were still there. There was a big desert behind my house with a few arroyos, a great place to explore. After a big rainstorm I would slowly walk along the edges and find pieces of painted pottery and old military rifle casings, likely from the fort. It seemed to me as a kid that since these finds were fairly concentrated to one small area that perhaps this was a target practice range where the targets was pottery garnered from nearby a trading village. What a fabulous area to wander as a kid. Today, it is a massive hospital facility with acres of parking lots. I envy your treks on old Agnes. Enjoy them while you are able or permitted.
Many of my childhood days were spent doing the same thing where now the Denver International Airport is. Back then the land owners were kind and treated you with respect and we respected them and their land. Great memories.
There's is so much history in and around Tucson that not many realize. I'm from Michigan but my parents moved to Tucson in 1977. I love the history it has to offer like the iron door mine in the Santa Catalina mountain that has yet been found.
I live near there. I can imagine how great your memories must be. Been in Tucson almost 37 years and have seen many changes. Doesnt feel a lot like the Old Pueblo any more. So urban and lots of tall buildings now. Also a very Socialist govt now. Still enjoy desert and surrounding mountains. The best to you and your family.
I live in Kansas and our most notorious stage route was the BOD Butterfield Overland Despatch, it ran from Junction City in eastern Kansas west to Denver, it followed the Smokey Hill River, basically a little south of I-70 now days. It was a very dangerous trip by stage with the Cheyenne and Arapahos working it at certain times of the year, it slowly dissolved as the Kansas Pacific railroad made its way west along the trail. The Smokey Hill Trail had all the western legends traveling it Custer and the seventh guarded and traveled it, Buffalo Bill, Bill Cody, all the old western legends traversed it. Now it's all wheat fields and sleepy little towns and farms, in its hay day it was stage stops every twenty miles, the route for the Pikes Peak gold rush, the SantaFe trail crossed it at Great Bend. The Forts were Fort Rielly, Fort Harker, Fort Zarah, Fort Hays, Fort Larned, Fort Wallace. Hard to imagine what a hardship it was to get to Denver back then.
I bet it was hard... I want to ride some of these historic trails out here .. we have lots of public land ... I lived in Junction City and worked at Fort Riley years ago on and off .. tough little place for me at that time .. Thanks
Cooks canyon starts from the spring and goes directly west and comes out at Pony Hills..The next stage stop was Mimbres, a onetime community at the crossing of the Mimbres River and the next stage stop was at Cow Springs...I'm a local history nut..lol
Loved the ride and reading the historical information on the area and Big Agnes definitely earned a couple carrots on that climb, she never even slipped or skidded a hoof!
Thanx for bringing me/us along with you. I sat and watched you and Agnes working the hills while having a piping hot cup of coffee. It was a very relaxing expedition and couldn’t think of a better way to spend 30 minutes. I just love it all, there must be something wrong with me too!!
My wife and I just stumbled across your channel and absolutely love it. You remind me of my uncle and grandfather. Appreciate ya sharing your passion and stories. Glad to see a new adventure again and you are hopefully doing much better and are well. The days of old seem to be fading faster and faster and is heartbreaking. I'd have say I was born a 150 yrs too late.
Good stuff....There used to be a small village up on Cooks Peak, the mayor was named McKenna and he wrote a good book called "Black Range Tales", it's available in most local libraries.
Great video, I love it when we can retrace historic places and see them today. FYI most web sites (Wikipedia and google maps included) spell it Cookes Canyon, and Cookes Peak. Not sure that it matters, the content was great!
In the days of Victorio by Eve Ball is a good book on the warm springs Apache. From Mexico to West Texas up to present day mescalero reservation back to the black range were many battles. Mostly the gila forest south. Like one of the comments below they were fighting to survive. Bad things on all sides. A great movie good be done about the victorio war. Far more interesting than Geronimo.
That's lovely country. Last year I spent some time exploring the area on the west side of that range just north of Lordsburg along the Gila River. It's remote!!
Welcome to my list of subs Sir. Much respect. This is my third video and I have to watch many more. Once upon a time I used to adventure. Now I watch others go on adventures and can only dream of such things from my bed. I will enjoy your channel for sure. May our Great Spirit bless you.
Love your channel some thing l always wanted to do but working two much then finally retired got sick and then disabled now can’t do so l love your channel l live through it thank you l enjoy much 😊😊😊😊🇺🇸✝️🛐🙏
Great expedition! Only thing that could make this better would be if I could be there as well!! LOL GREAT VIEWS GREAT STORY! Thanks for your your time and your and Great reciting of history! Big D West Texas
All of this canyon country so reminds me of my days tramping around the west slope of the Wyoming Big Horns. A big canyon wilderness study area of the blm land. So awesome thank you, I can smell the dew settle on down on the pinyon pine, the sage and bitter bush.
Enjoy your content. Spent time out in Arizona/New Mexico unfortunately I wasn't able to explore much of it. Thank you for sharing your time and history with us.
Thanks so much Bret! I’m 67 yrs old.Took me back to my pre teen years! Tons of history in that area! Still looks like I remember! Lorn I miss New Mexico I live on the east coast now since ‘74
@@BrettVaughnB100 If I remember right there is a BLM road that goes just shy of the underground spring that the soldiers of the nearby fort would fill large horse drawn would water tank what we called in the 60s as Cookes Flat!
Yes goes right by the spring ... the spring is in a round house with roof ... I didn't video any of Fort Cummins or the spring .. I thought about going back and doing that but decided against it .. mainly I wanted to ride the canyon .. Thanks
Enjoyed your ride out to Massacre Canyon. Brought back many memories when i lived out at Hidden Valley RV Cattle Ranch. Been through that canyon hundreds of times. There is one spring off of the trail and one over by Fort Cumming's. Learned a lot about famous indian battles that happened there. I can't believe that your friend said that he took a horse to the top of Cook's peak. Good way to die in my opinion.
Why don't you ever bring your wife along? If I was your wife... You wouldn't be leaving me at home!! I would love to explore the dessert on a mule. You are truely blessed.
Thanks Brett taking us on this ride, I too love this kinda history as you know I live in Arizona, I do re-enactments of the old west. Looks fun sitting around that campfire, sitting reading history.-Kid Yuma
@@BrettVaughnB100 welcome Brett, I do enjoy reading-acting dine it for many years as well dress everyday. I will try send you video of our performance from Goldfield Apache Junction old mining town.
@@scottdunkirk8198 thanks responding. I am 1880’s period mostly. I enjoy it. If you live in Arizona, our group is performing Goldfield in Apache Junction Jan 27 1:00 & 3:00.
It’s been 40 years since I’ve been in that country. I live close enough that I need to go back. I knew a 103 year old ranch woman, that her and her family were attacked coming into Ft Cummings. The Apache shot one of the lead horses out of the team, her dad jumped and cut the traces , and started running with the rest of the team. Her mother laid down enough lead to keep em at bay. Out of nowhere came a Army patrol and saved there butts. Her decedents , and both her sisters decedents are still around now. You know some of them.
Back in those days people would barely get bured ,shallow with rock on top,even buried in wagon ruts. But I know that the wolves and coyotes would dig them out and eat up the bodies. 😮. Those Indians were very fierce. Thanks for Sharing. 😊
You are blessed with this land. I envy you for that. So much space, so much sky and you all alone out there! Splendid. This is unimaginable here in the narrow confines of Europe. Make a fire? Excluded! Seclusion? Hard to find! People everywhere, trash everywhere! As I said: I envy you!
Thanks for taking me along on your ride. I just found you recently and find your videos so peaceful. I've been living in Tucson for 40 years; love it here!
Another great ride! Really liked the camping and history reading. My country is the Chiricahua homelands on the Arizona side. I grew up rambling thru Fort Bowie and Chiricahua mountains. Some of the oldtime ranchers would tell of run ins with Apaches. Quite a fascinating history throughout Apacheria... Thanks!
You live in a beautiful country. The West is wide open land and blue skies. On my first trip out West, I was coming down a mountain and saw a train in the valley below. I could see both the engine and the last car-it was a very strange sight for me. It looked like a huge snake. Here in the South, we only see one or two train cars at a time.
What a great video.. the reading of the history of the place was excellent.. I really enjoy your camping videos .. well as always .. Onward and Upward is Still the Watchword .. PS .. I received all my Onward and Upward hoodies.. can’t wait to pass them out Christmas Eve .. I have used that little slogan for YEARS in my ministry .. 😉😉 I still use it today .. until the next one .. keep up the good work..
Nice ride Brett, lot of history out there. It would seem to me that those old trails would be eroded down thru the decades and would be pretty visible 👍🏻
Having traveled that area while stationed at Holloman AFB in Alamogordo I can't help but recall a similar conflict though in Cookes Canyon which was in the Arizona Territory at the time but now part of Luna County, NM. This battle you cite was in 1879 which shows nothing was learned from Cookes Canyon Massacre in 1861 which was a conflict between the CSA and Chiricahua Apaches.
Love your channel….what I would give to escape this Canadian prison of a life and ride a mule free as a bird! God bless…keep up the life of total freedom….no politics, no taxes…total freedoms…
Brett, enjoy your adventures. My kids like seeing the different landscapes and watching the mules and dogs. My daughter likes fat Lori. A lot different from the east coast
Very Cool about the History of the area It really Makes a person think about how the People were thinking back then and giving the way the one side were just on the move all the time Two side of the story...Thank you for sharing ...:)
I really enjoy watching your videos Sir. Especially the historical aspects you explain is truly interesting. I am looking very much forward to more adventures. Kind regards and much respect from Bali, Indonesia
Brett, what we're you reading from by your campfire? I'd like to read that! I was busy working and missed a lot of it. Thanks for some great trips.... I airways feel like I could go there too (age ONLY 70!)
Hi Brett, We used to quail hunt in that country years ago, had some pretty good luck back then , did you see any quail while riding thru that country. Thanks, Doug
Ilike watching your channel matter of fact going out now for a short hike on our property Co. mts. have you noticed even if you walk the same path that each time you see something you didn't see before ? crazy we have a lot of old mines around and damned if i don't find something i missed before ..
Great video So much history in those hills as only certain routes had adequate water 💦 and resources to allow passage from river valleys and mountain 🏔️ ranges From the earliest inhabitants through time to the present day the movement of populations continue Thanks for capturing the essence of the desert which is seemingly empty and devoid of life yet in reality is teeming with life Those who dwell in deserts become acutely aware of our limitations and resourcefulness thereby becoming much more appreciative of the other life zones in our wonderful world 🌍 🌎
If you get a chance go over and watch this video of mine .. it is one of my *FAVORITES * I CLIMB COOKS peak th-cam.com/video/f-3iAxVFUKE/w-d-xo.html
As a city guy sitting in a one bedroom apartment on the fourth floor of Saint Paul Minnesota. I appreciate what you’re doing and I’m a little envious.
Thanks ..
Agnes munching on her feed ... very soothing sound to me. ... 👍
And I thought it was just me lol 💯👍
Where else can one ride on a mule with a great story teller of the great south west, rough desert scenery with dogs howling at something???? Thank you for taking us along it's so relaxing. So many of us would never be able to do this.
Thank you .. I keep trying
Just found your channel and did it light up a fire in me that when out many years ago Thank you.😊
"Those Indians..." Were protecting a way of life from rapacious invaders who mostly gave them no respect and often wantonly killed them, took away their natural sustenance and starved them on reservations and removed them from their homeland, and dishonored treaties,
Thanks for another adventure enjoyed vicariously ....👍👍
Thank you
Brett, your ride through where a lot of Apache history took place reminds me of where I grew up as a young boy. I lived in Tucson a few miles from old Ft Lowell before it became a park. The adobe walls were still there. There was a big desert behind my house with a few arroyos, a great place to explore. After a big rainstorm I would slowly walk along the edges and find pieces of painted pottery and old military rifle casings, likely from the fort. It seemed to me as a kid that since these finds were fairly concentrated to one small area that perhaps this was a target practice range where the targets was pottery garnered from nearby a trading village. What a fabulous area to wander as a kid. Today, it is a massive hospital facility with acres of parking lots. I envy your treks on old Agnes. Enjoy them while you are able or permitted.
Jesus Christ God’s Son Loves You!!! Roman’s 10:9 KJV.
Many of my childhood days were spent doing the same thing where now the Denver International Airport is. Back then the land owners were kind and treated you with respect and we respected them and their land. Great memories.
There's is so much history in and around Tucson that not many realize. I'm from Michigan but my parents moved to Tucson in 1977. I love the history it has to offer like the iron door mine in the Santa Catalina mountain that has yet been found.
Is very sad how the Indians had to leave their lands an their way of life
I live near there. I can imagine how great your memories must be. Been in Tucson almost 37 years and have seen many changes. Doesnt feel a lot like the Old Pueblo any more. So urban and lots of tall buildings now. Also a very Socialist govt now. Still enjoy desert and surrounding mountains. The best to you and your family.
I live in Kansas and our most notorious stage route was the BOD Butterfield Overland Despatch, it ran from Junction City in eastern Kansas west to Denver, it followed the Smokey Hill River, basically a little south of I-70 now days. It was a very dangerous trip by stage with the Cheyenne and Arapahos working it at certain times of the year, it slowly dissolved as the Kansas Pacific railroad made its way west along the trail. The Smokey Hill Trail had all the western legends traveling it Custer and the seventh guarded and traveled it, Buffalo Bill, Bill Cody, all the old western legends traversed it. Now it's all wheat fields and sleepy little towns and farms, in its hay day it was stage stops every twenty miles, the route for the Pikes Peak gold rush, the SantaFe trail crossed it at Great Bend. The Forts were Fort Rielly, Fort Harker, Fort Zarah, Fort Hays, Fort Larned, Fort Wallace. Hard to imagine what a hardship it was to get to Denver back then.
I bet it was hard... I want to ride some of these historic trails out here .. we have lots of public land ... I lived in Junction City and worked at Fort Riley years ago on and off .. tough little place for me at that time .. Thanks
Cooks canyon starts from the spring and goes directly west and comes out at Pony Hills..The next stage stop was Mimbres, a onetime community at the crossing of the Mimbres River and the next stage stop was at Cow Springs...I'm a local history nut..lol
Agnes is a sweetheart. ❤️
She really is .. Thanks
Loved the ride and reading the historical information on the area and Big Agnes definitely earned a couple carrots on that climb, she never even slipped or skidded a hoof!
Thanx for bringing me/us along with you. I sat and watched you and Agnes working the hills while having a piping hot cup of coffee. It was a very relaxing expedition and couldn’t think of a better way to spend 30 minutes. I just love it all, there must be something wrong with me too!!
lol something wrong with a lot of us .. Thanks for watching
everybody is happy here,
yourself, the mule and the dogs,
everybody loves exploring the outdoors, mountains, rivers, fields etc.
Sure enjoy you sharing this western Heritage. I love America so much. We have such a proud history.
Glad you enjoyed it Thanks
My wife and I just stumbled across your channel and absolutely love it. You remind me of my uncle and grandfather. Appreciate ya sharing your passion and stories. Glad to see a new adventure again and you are hopefully doing much better and are well. The days of old seem to be fading faster and faster and is heartbreaking. I'd have say I was born a 150 yrs too late.
New Mexico is beautiful. Just found your channel and nice to see you take care of your animals. Great story. You got a sub.
Good stuff....There used to be a small village up on Cooks Peak, the mayor was named McKenna and he wrote a good book called "Black Range Tales", it's available in most local libraries.
With a pack of great hounds Awesome
This makes my day to get to ride my big, black mule, Belle along on another adventure!!!
Linda from Missouri 👍🥰😊♥️
That was such an interesting, awesome video 👍🙂
Great video, I love it when we can retrace historic places and see them today. FYI most web sites (Wikipedia and google maps included) spell it Cookes Canyon, and Cookes Peak. Not sure that it matters, the content was great!
Yeah they are right probably .. I'm not the best speller lol Thanks
In the days of Victorio by Eve Ball is a good book on the warm springs Apache. From Mexico to West Texas up to present day mescalero reservation back to the black range were many battles. Mostly the gila forest south. Like one of the comments below they were fighting to survive. Bad things on all sides. A great movie good be done about the victorio war. Far more interesting than Geronimo.
Brutal times back then! I would like to do about a day in the old west . Heres to the souls of the old west 🍻
That's lovely country. Last year I spent some time exploring the area on the west side of that range just north of Lordsburg along the Gila River. It's remote!!
I would like to go over there too .. Thanks
This is what I always look for while hiking southern Arizona mountains. Apache cache hiding..
Welcome to my list of subs Sir. Much respect. This is my third video and I have to watch many more. Once upon a time I used to adventure. Now I watch others go on adventures and can only dream of such things from my bed. I will enjoy your channel for sure. May our Great Spirit bless you.
Thank you very much .. let me know what you like to see.. glad you found the channel and subbed
I like this one. You did good. Glad to see you using that tent some. Great story line. Do more of those
I will try I do have some trips planed .. Thank you
Love your channel some thing l always wanted to do but working two much then finally retired got sick and then disabled now can’t do so l love your channel l live through it thank you l enjoy much 😊😊😊😊🇺🇸✝️🛐🙏
Glad I can help .. sorry about what happened to you .. If you would like to see anything in particular let me know .. Thanks
thank you . I enjoy what you post I appreciate @@BrettVaughnB100
Great expedition! Only thing that could make this better would be if I could be there as well!! LOL GREAT VIEWS GREAT STORY! Thanks for your your time and your and Great reciting of history!
Big D
West Texas
Thank you very much ... maybe someday ?
Great story about murder canyon! Looks like you and the critters had a nice ride.
All of this canyon country so reminds me of my days tramping around the west slope of the Wyoming Big Horns. A big canyon wilderness study area of the blm land. So awesome thank you, I can smell the dew settle on down on the pinyon pine, the sage and bitter bush.
excellent adventure, I love listening to the noises of the mule when walking, waiting for the next part, take care ✌️🎶
Eddy from albuquerque nm👍
Enjoy your content. Spent time out in Arizona/New Mexico unfortunately I wasn't able to explore much of it. Thank you for sharing your time and history with us.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks
Thanks so much Bret! I’m 67 yrs old.Took me back to my pre teen years! Tons of history in that area! Still looks like I remember! Lorn I miss New Mexico I live on the east coast now since ‘74
Oh wow .. need to come back .. Thanks
@@BrettVaughnB100 If I remember right there is a BLM road that goes just shy of the underground spring that the soldiers of the nearby fort would fill large horse drawn would water tank what we called in the 60s as Cookes Flat!
Yes goes right by the spring ... the spring is in a round house with roof ... I didn't video any of Fort Cummins or the spring .. I thought about going back and doing that but decided against it .. mainly I wanted to ride the canyon .. Thanks
@@BrettVaughnB100 Thanks I very much enjoy your videos! Thanks for the ride along!
Enjoyed your ride out to Massacre Canyon. Brought back many memories when i lived out at Hidden Valley RV Cattle Ranch. Been through that canyon hundreds of times. There is one spring off of the trail and one over by Fort Cumming's. Learned a lot about famous indian battles that happened there. I can't believe that your friend said that he took a horse to the top of Cook's peak. Good way to die in my opinion.
lo thanks ... need to watch my next video .. should be out tomorrow .. your right good way to die lol
Why don't you ever bring your wife along? If I was your wife... You wouldn't be leaving me at home!! I would love to explore the dessert on a mule. You are truely blessed.
Well she really doesn't care about doing things like this ... She really does enjoy taking care of things at home ... Thank you!
@@BrettVaughnB100 I always invite my wife Camping she doesn’t like the cold and she needs a lot of women stuff
Why don’t you ever have an invite? I’m sure a lot of people would like to go back 100 years.
My wife likes to go riding on giant ground. But as soon as I head toward a mountain she is out lol
The adventure and scenery is very cool and with the history to go with it what a great time
Thanks Brett taking us on this ride, I too love this kinda history as you know I live in Arizona, I do re-enactments of the old west. Looks fun sitting around that campfire, sitting reading history.-Kid Yuma
I do enjoy it .. I bet you like those re-enactments .. I would like to watch some .. Thanks Kid
@@BrettVaughnB100 welcome Brett, I do enjoy reading-acting dine it for many years as well dress everyday. I will try send you video of our performance from Goldfield Apache Junction old mining town.
@@BrettVaughnB100 I tried sending video, say not delivered. Why?
What time frame you portray, I use to do 1872 infantry from Fort McDowell
@@scottdunkirk8198 thanks responding. I am 1880’s period mostly. I enjoy it. If you live in Arizona, our group is performing Goldfield in Apache Junction Jan 27 1:00 & 3:00.
I REALLY like to campfire story..... Good story, good photography, good video.......NICE....... Happy trails
It’s been 40 years since I’ve been in that country. I live close enough that I need to go back. I knew a 103 year old ranch woman, that her and her family were attacked coming into Ft Cummings. The Apache shot one of the lead horses out of the team, her dad jumped and cut the traces , and started running with the rest of the team. Her mother laid down enough lead to keep em at bay. Out of nowhere came a Army patrol and saved there butts. Her decedents , and both her sisters decedents are still around now. You know some of them.
We need to get together sometime so I can hear your stories .. Thanks
Back in those days people would barely get bured ,shallow with rock on top,even buried in wagon ruts. But I know that the wolves and coyotes would dig them out and eat up the bodies. 😮. Those Indians were very fierce. Thanks for Sharing. 😊
I really enjoy you reading around camp, brings back the good ol days
You are blessed with this land. I envy you for that. So much space, so much sky and you all alone out there! Splendid. This is unimaginable here in the narrow confines of Europe. Make a fire? Excluded! Seclusion? Hard to find! People everywhere, trash everywhere! As I said: I envy you!
Love the historical stories, and your descriptors of the NM landscape. Thanks Brett. I miss that country
Thanks for taking me along on your ride. I just found you recently and find your videos so peaceful. I've been living in Tucson for 40 years; love it here!
Just found your channel love what you do my friend. ! THANK you Frank from montana.......
Thank you Frank .. Glad you found it
Another great episode
Thanks !
Canyon De Chelly also has a Canyon Del Muerto and massacre sites.
I there are a lot of them across the country .. Thanks
There ain’t nothing wrong with being out there and enjoying it! I loved the history bit, so much history around where your at.
Always look forward to the next video. Enjoyed the campfire reading and history. Thanks again, makes a winter night enjoyable.
Glad you enjoyed it Thanks for watching
Another great ride!
Really liked the camping and history reading.
My country is the Chiricahua homelands on the Arizona side.
I grew up rambling thru Fort Bowie and Chiricahua mountains.
Some of the oldtime ranchers would tell of run ins with Apaches.
Quite a fascinating history throughout Apacheria...
Thanks!
My next video coming out I was over there by you .. Thanks
You live in a beautiful country. The West is wide open land and blue skies. On my first trip out West, I was coming down a mountain and saw a train in the valley below. I could see both the engine and the last car-it was a very strange sight for me. It looked like a huge snake. Here in the South, we only see one or two train cars at a time.
What a great video.. the reading of the history of the place was excellent.. I really enjoy your camping videos .. well as always .. Onward and Upward is Still the Watchword ..
PS .. I received all my Onward and Upward hoodies.. can’t wait to pass them out Christmas Eve .. I have used that little slogan for YEARS in my ministry .. 😉😉
I still use it today .. until the next one .. keep up the good work..
Nice ride Brett, lot of history out there. It would seem to me that those old trails would be eroded down thru the decades and would be pretty visible 👍🏻
That one sure was .. Thanks
Having traveled that area while stationed at Holloman AFB in Alamogordo I can't help but recall a similar conflict though in Cookes Canyon which was in the Arizona Territory at the time but now part of Luna County, NM. This battle you cite was in 1879 which shows nothing was learned from Cookes Canyon Massacre in 1861 which was a conflict between the CSA and Chiricahua Apaches.
Yeah I think there are several "Massacre" canyons or peaks .. Thanks
Thanks!
THANKS!! I do appreciate that !!
I love this! Got a great history lesson and a view of the site! Great job!
Glad I found you from P.M....Your videos are awesome...!!!
Another good ride with you .
Thanks 👍
Love your channel….what I would give to escape this Canadian prison of a life and ride a mule free as a bird! God bless…keep up the life of total freedom….no politics, no taxes…total freedoms…
Very nice ride. Thank you for sharing.
You bet .. Thank you
It’s amazing how well the mule deer can blend into the desert.
Another great video buddy.
First way you went was edging more toward prairie. Second way you went was edging more toward desert. Very interesting being right in that transition.
Nothings wrong with you. I'm hooked on your exploring! Wonderful scenery over your muley's head! Great history lessons! Take care buddy. Rk.
That's a cool area 👍🏻
Saving this to watch later
Brett, enjoy your adventures. My kids like seeing the different landscapes and watching the mules and dogs. My daughter likes fat Lori. A lot different from the east coast
lol Fat Lori she is becoming famous lol .. Thanks
Love your video,your mule and the dessert Thank you
Very Cool about the History of the area It really Makes a person think about how the People were thinking back then and giving the way the one side were just on the move all the time Two side of the story...Thank you for sharing ...:)
So interesting. Great video. Can you tell me what brand of sunglasses those are? They would be great in the AZ sun for me.
I really enjoy watching your videos Sir. Especially the historical aspects you explain is truly interesting. I am looking very much forward to more adventures. Kind regards and much respect from Bali, Indonesia
Glad you like them! Thank you!
Enjoy seeing your part of country
😂 at the last comment...yeah you and me both! Would've been great to see more artifacts, or traces of the history that happened there.
Ahhh Good to see you brother.
Life is good. God Bless
Thanks and God Bless you too
Brett, what we're you reading from by your campfire? I'd like to read that! I was busy working and missed a lot of it. Thanks for some great trips.... I airways feel like I could go there too (age ONLY 70!)
I pulled it off of the internet .. here ..www.desertusa.com/desert-new-mexico/cookes-canyon.html Thanks
Glad you made it back o.k. That place is full of ghosts!👻
Probably is .. I didn't think about that .. Thanks
My ghost will hopefully go there
Thanks for the ride along
Enjoyed it
I'm from Australia Love your camp and set up,I love it to
Beautiful area and history!
I enjoyed riding with ya today. I used to enjoy going with my grandpa Gene O’Dell was his name. He had ranches all over New Mexico and Arizona.
I have heard of some O'Dell's Thanks
Hi Brett, We used to quail hunt in that country years ago, had some pretty good luck back then , did you see any quail while riding thru that country. Thanks, Doug
My grandparents lived at the CowSprings Butterfield stop just west of this canyon
I bet the mule loves this trip
Ilike watching your channel matter of fact going out now for a short hike on our property Co. mts. have you noticed even if you walk the same path that each time you see something you didn't see before ? crazy we have a lot of old mines around and damned if i don't find something i missed before ..
Yes happens a lot .. Thanks
They were protecting there land!!
Yes I believe so .. and trying to survive .. Thanks
I love your videos
So could this possibly be the place where the Apaches got the treasures they hid at Victorio Peak? Interesting!
When you said Mimbres that’s where I lived when I went to 5th and 6th grade in about 1965 we lived on the GOS ranch
Good memories I bet .. Thanks
Very enjoyable thanks for posting.
I’m coming with you when you go to top! Let’s schedule it!
Me too!!
My mule was kinda lame this morning .. up in the shoulder .. have to wait and see .. Thanks Chris
Bring your mule and safety ropes lol
Awesome video! Thank you very so much. God bless!
Thanks for watching ... God bless
Great video So much history in those hills as only certain routes had adequate water 💦 and resources to allow passage from river valleys and mountain 🏔️ ranges
From the earliest inhabitants through time to the present day the movement of populations continue
Thanks for capturing the essence of the desert which is seemingly empty and devoid of life yet in reality is teeming with life
Those who dwell in deserts become acutely aware of our limitations and resourcefulness thereby becoming much more appreciative of the other life zones in our wonderful world 🌍 🌎
GREAT VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!👍
Thank you sir. Something knew I learned today.
Great ... Thanks
This may be a good area for metal detecting. Thanks for the glimpse into the past.
Probably ... Thanks
Sure looks like fun! Maybe someday Lord willing I’ll be able to 😢. Keep up with the shows please next best thing!
Thanks I will try ... and maybe you can figure out a way
I really like this channel. I love history of the west. Read all I can get.
There is another Massacre Canyon’ of historical nature. Where the last Battle between the Sioux’ and the Pawnee’ took place. 1870’s.
Yeah there are a few massacre canyons come to find out lol thanks
Thank you great video
Very welcome Thanks for watching
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Have ever been to palo duro canyon or grand canyon
Nice Ride !
what a great life.