Hard to believe when I was a kid in the sixties my family and friends used to fish and swim in that water. I remember it being a lot of fun to be able to walk out a long ways without being over my head.
The Salton Sea was created in the early 1900s after a heavy rain caused the Colorado River to burst through the banks of an irrigation canal, sending millions of gallons of water into a previously dried out lake bed in the California desert. It's returning to it's original state.
Hi again Carolyn, it is so great that you acknowledge my comments to you. I love travelling with you. NEVER let negative comments get to you as I am sure THOSE people are only trying to create controversy. They are not worthy answering. YOUR TRUE FAMILY INCLUDING ME are your true followers. Big Hugs From Australia
My husband and I are both geologists and have spent many years exploring this area. So many wonderful geologic structures to see and you are touching on a few of them. We still haven't found the mud pots not far from where you are. Try the Oasis Date Garden in Thermal on Grapefruit Blvd. for free date samples and the best date shake in the Coachella Valley!
Oh my gosh, I have been wishing I'd studied geology or something earth related.. so much out here I don't know and want to know!!! mud pots?? oooh sounds interesting. Will look them up!! Thanks for the tips on the dates too!
Hi Carolyn, I enjoyed your video of the Salton Sea. I am a CA native of 59 yrs who moved to GA two years ago. I perk up when I see anything dealing with CA. I was a 30+ resident of Lake Elsinore, CA. For about a month now I have became intrigued on learning more from you and Bob on how to live a nomad lifestyle. More so on you as your a single woman traveling alone most times. I hope to meet the both of you one day. Keep the videos coming as I'm drinking them up like water. God Bless
go there every March during the BNP Paribas tennis tournament but I never knew there were water races. East side buildings are where I got stuck in nostalgia. most fascinating modern day remnants I have ever been to
Another big "thank you" for your gift of sharing. I love reading all the positive, informative, and uplifting comments. I'm disabled, and am glad to learn about getting my pass free...
Aloha Carolyn! I love your videos. I went to the Salton sea two years ago. The sand is crazy full of barnacles and fish bones. Stinky sulfur smells. Thank you for your amazing life and videos!
A friend and I discovered the Salton Sea last spring when we drove from Sun City West to see the desert bloom in Anza-Borrego. Being from Michigan, we thought it was a beautiful lake and we decided to check it out on our way back to AZ. We could not believe that it wasn't more built up (the beautiful lakes in Michigan are usually surrounded by lovely lake homes and cabins). THEN we got out of the car... Whoa! That smell!! We definitely figured out why it wasn't more built up and touristy. It really is beautiful from a distance, though.
I was at Salton Sea in '80..made friends with alot of retired college professor and their families there. The smell also comes from volcanic material..I found alot of it there besides the dead fish. They told me there was only one kind of fish that lived in the water and was so briny you couldn't really eat it. All the homes I visited were made of recycled materials and were very cool..but alot has changed as I noticed on the news..its a posionous and dangerous area to be in..such a shame it was pretty nice at one time. Hope you get to Mexico..I love Baja..always had a great time there. Safe travels, Carolyn!! :)
I was watching some of the travel channel this morning and the were talking about Hoover Dam and how the accidentally created the Salten Sea before Hoover Dam the learned from their mistakes on how to build Hoover.
Wow! Magnificent colors toward the end of your vid. So much sadness about this vicinity. I had an uncle & aunt who lived in Indio and he helped dig the basin for the Sea. While driving his caterpillar, he ran over his own dog by accident. He was totally heartbroken for years. Lots of history about the different areas within the Basin involving movie stars, country clubs and trailer parks. Have fun exploring it all.
Hmm. I guess that is one place I won't be putting on my bucket list to visit, lol. I really enjoy learning a little about all these places you visit. I can't travel very often, so I love to live vicariously through your videos. Thank you Carolyn!
As for the salton sea: any body of water with high salinity is created by evaporation. Basically you have water running in, but no water running out. The water evaporates leaving minerals - mostly salt - behind. More water flows in - more evaporation etc. etc. The dead fish in the salton sea stem from algae blooms which are promoted by agricultural runoff. The algae use the oxygen in the water, thus suffocating the fish. That's the reason why it isn't stinky all the time. Algae die, fish die, new oxygen comes in, fish thrive, algae thrive killing the fish - rinse and repeat. BTW: the Gulf of Mexico has a 9 mile dead zone at the delta of the Mississippi. That's what fertilizer runoff from the massive corn fields gives you.
LOVE THAT HAT, Carolyn! You're exactly right about the Salton Sea - Very high salinity = increased buoyancy. Agricultural runoff has promoted algae growth and killed much of the aquatic life that was in there. Unfortunately, it's a horrible testament to overuse of chemicals in agriculture, effectively killed by the concentration of toxins. ("Saline" is the right word, BTW). What is the theme music that you're using? It's pretty cool. Did you know that Algodones means "cottons"? Algodón is the word for cotton. Thanks for the look around! Always meant to take a look at the Imperial Valley and the Salton Sea; never got to. Have you been to Slab City yet? Supposedly a very quirky commune of RVers and others, built on the site of a former military base. Would love to see your assessment of it! LOVE, and can't wait for your vlogs! Please keep it up.
thanks for all the great info dave and stay tuned, I think you will LOVE what I have coming up!!! Been shooting some video I am very excited about! :-) - C
great video again. like all the info you get and share. thanks for that. glad that Capone is having a good time and stretching his legs. stay safe and happy trails,
Carolyn, If you are still in the area stop at the Sony Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge. It's at the intersection of W Sinclair and Gentry roads. Google marks it a little off. It's right next to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife. One of the men at the visitor's center has an excellent understanding of the Salton Sea and the geology of the surrounding area. He can explain the thermals used by Cal Edison to generate electricity. Also while you are there. sit under the veranda and have a picnic. You can listen to all the birds. Thank you for the videos. I enjoy them immensely.
Awesome Informative Video!!!! Lots of childhood memories there for me, many many camping trips at Easter time early 1960's. I still have quite a few Pumice Stones which used to float free on the lake. I remember the shoreline was very Clay like, my sisters and I would fill our buckets with the wet clay, take it back to our camp and make all kinds of stuff.
My sister bought a lot, ha ha, out there and we had a friend who lived there approx 1999 so I spent time in that area. There are the best small rock formations in the desert surrounding the lake. We use to go "rocking". Some looked like curled up snakes. We loved the perfect little round ones and tried to collect them in descending order. It smelled foul then. They also had pelican die offs as well. Nostalgic video for me, thanks. Next time you are there look for those rocks.
I remember reading an article in a 1958 True West (magazine) about an unusual character who roamed the West. It was titled Mystery Man of Mullet Island. (Salton Sea) Apparently he was very interested in the Donner Party and tracking their "ill-fated" journey across the West. He had the ability to literally sniff out their old campsites according to the author. He also resided, I think, in later years on Mullet Island. Been wanting to learn more about him. I've got a copy of the article in my files somewhere.
Gorgeous footage! I LOVE the sky and the water. It looks so serene. That's interesting, yet sad, about the fish remnants making up the shoreline "sand".
This place sounds fascinating! Friends were just there and loved it ~ looks like a great place to take pics and explore. But our black Lab would be in that water in a heartbeat...!
Wow! That view is amazing! Iw ould have loved to be there at that time to photograph that landscape with the purplish hues. I'm not a videographer but I am a photographer and when I travel it is to capture the beauty of the land around me through photography. Love this video! Give Capone a hug for me. Be safe!
Yeah, I always see the Chem trails in the sky, like another commenter mentioned, and yes, keep an eye on Capone! I love this video! Can't wait to see the town, I've seen it on documentaries, this is an interesting area, especially about in the 50's when it was a huge recreational and resort area, but as another commenter said, the transformation of this area is still evolving -very interesting video, the pieces of so many fish! Stay Safe and Stay Free People!
Hi Carolyn from Nick Wiese: I hope you will get the solar stuff I sent soon, I must say it is necessary to use the proper flux with solder. Acid flux core solder is a no no as is plumbing flux for copper pipe as the acid can eat through the smaller multi strand wires in 3 months to 6 months, it is not the solder that fails it is the wires are eaten through on smaller wires. I had a plastic handle break on a battery charger and I soldered a spare one on with no trips to the store as i made do and got it working. good luck, Nick W.
Hey Carolyn, thanks for taking us on the tour of that beach. I had no Idea it was fish bones instead of sand ... kinda weird. Looking forward to the next adventure!
hi Carolyn and Capone, yay water! The water looks beautiful however that is a very sad story :-( enjoy your journey and the hat looks great! I will have to remember to pack my hat similar to that one.
Hey! I was thinking about that too~ wondering how some of those roundish bits might look sprinkled with some finely ground abalone shell, for a little sparkle? If they are super fragile, and I imagine they are, maybe a person could strengthen with some sort of clear coat spray or?? Funny where the mind wanders when we see stuff like that, and I'm not even an artsy crafty person - I wish- but I do love jewelry!
@RV there yet - oh yes there are several types of clear spray and gels that can be used for strengthening those little bone bits... wow if I ever get to that place I might get me some fishbone bits for jewellery making.. so now I am gonna look around me to see what else can be used for jewellery .. I have plenty of wire and threads and strings for this but need to get some more bead cups and stuff... I love arts and crafts and making stuff from finds an junk... and ya know something you can learn to be artsy ... I didn't know I had an artistic bone in my body til I did a calligraphy course some 20 odd years ago and it led me to all sort of things.. when I get into my rig I will need storage for all my bits and pieces, and find me a way to sleep suspended from the ceiling :) ... so if ya wanna try it just do it and see what you can do...
Vanessa, I like the way you think! You're absolutely right~ just because I have not been, does not mean that I may not be, really good point:) So now I just have to know about the "sleeping suspended from the ceiling" part of your reply~ only because I have always loved hammocks, the swing ride at carnivals, etc., -anything that makes me feel weightless and buoyant~also maybe unreachable??
and free, that high place is freedom too... above the earth and free... I like the be on a firm foundation when I sleep.. but saw a guys camp in the woods a few years ago where his tent was suspended over some boggy ground and assessable only by his draw bridge thingy... he slept suspended , high above the floor of his suspended tent... so there are limitless ways to sort this 'problem' out... just need to think outside the box... so lets see what and where this all leads eventually... we might invent something unique and also make and sell strange fish bone jewellery :) ... nice meeting ya on here...
In California we have a show called "California's Gold" with Huell Howser. I learned about it on his show (he has since passed) and have been intrigued by it's funkiness for years. Was exciting to get there!!
Another interesting video. Thanks! How in the world can you walk and keep the camera on your face while filming? I would be constant out of range. You do a great job.
Years ago before it became so bad we used to camp and fish at Salton Sea and the fish were good. It's sad to see how it is now compared to back then. Wish they could find a way to restore it so that at least the wildlife could use it.
I saw the title and though you had made another video about dumping your black water tank. LOL. Thanks for the showing us something new, even if it is an ecological disaster.
So happy to take a break from the horrors of world news that I absorbed for far too many hours today~not that we shouldn't, but oh my word I feel so fragmented after a few hours of it. Turned on youtube and saw your latest upload, though ahhh, that will do nicely :) Appreciate you, your curiosity, your shiny happy face....always good for the soul, thanks for sharing
So your interesting discovery of fish "sand" inspired me to research the phenomenon. Seasonal winds bring up water from deep in the lake that has very little oxygen. This causes mass fish die offs on a periodic basis. The lake is basically rotten fish soup that gets stirred occasionally. Lovely. I'll pass on the refreshing dip, thanks.
It looked like there was some kind of algae growing in that. I wonder what kind that would be that it could handle that kind of toxicity. Cool. Thanks for posting this.
Your hat looks very cute on you 😁 hats are awesome I wear them in between hair color appts 👍 I have been learning so much about the environment since watching you. Thanks Carolyn 🙋🏼
I first became aware of the Salton Sea in 06', PBS ran a docu about it! Prior to 1905, this "Sea" never existed! In the 50's, they tried to turn this area into a "Desert Riviera", with all sorts of water activities! Interesting history here!
I see your side mirrors on your '93 have the same problem mine do on my '94. So this tells me then that my odd mirrors are normal. How odd... :) I was thinking someone broke one and replaced it from and opposing side out of a junk yard...
I already found that out the hard way.... I'm gonna live with it. I am installing a backup live view camera on the back anyway so it will just augment that.
I floated in the Dead Sea once. I thought it stunk but it was so crazy populated with people there for the healings it was hard to tell what was natural Dead Sea stink and what was peeps. But yes, you are amazingly buoyant is salt water but I also have rough, dry patches of skin and they were very much not healed by the salt. The chemical issue where you were would bother me even for a brief trip into the water. But it is an interesting story. I'd never heard of the place before.
Pretty hat and it looks great on you! You are in our neck of the woods. Our poor Salton Sea is in trouble. Advocacy groups are trying to save our Salton.
I think when the canal first overflowed creating the lake, they use to have freshwater fish in it like Northern Pike. Then it just got saltier, 30 years ago it was a trophy corbina lake, then now there is a only tilapia. They get massive blooms and die outs of tilapia, tilapia have the ability to grow really dense, basically this lake could probably feed California, you could catch tilapia by the barrel full. Soon it will be too salty for tilapia. I think they should section a small piece off that has no inlet and water will flow into it due to evaporation loss allowing the rest of the lake to get fresh. Have a free 14 day blm camp on the berm. In 5,000 years ago it was a natural lake as a bend in Colorado filled the lake and there are ancient fish traps in Palm Springs used by indians.
Carolyn, I don't often read comments. Now I can see and understand better why the comments can be distressing to you. Where did civility go? Is it really hiding behind a keyboard?
wonderful and very interesting.. love to travel with you and look forward to your videos so much.. thanks so much for sharing this, and yes I love your hat.. lol.. smells ..ummm reminds me of the coats in the SE of the UK on the Kent coast, its the rotting seaweed there though ... but inspite of the smell worth seeing, a beach of dead fish bones.. lol... WOW actually that's so cool.. that's a hot place with 6ft of evaporation..
Don't know who you got your info about how it was created, but not correct never part of Gulf of CA. Please google Salton Sea Historical info. There haven't been speedboats since 1960' I know because my family raced boats there.. It has no source of freshwater only runoff from big ag. The smell is the sulphur blooms, not fish smell. Major source of habitat for Pacific Flyway Birds. Blame the US govt for the mishandling of this precious area which is now in jeopardy! Wish you would have been able to appreciate the beauty that is there.
I think it looks beautiful until you do a close up of the water. What a shame. Hopefully Capone didn't get in that yuck! Lots of info I had no idea about. Thanks!
That is horrible that it is so toxic that fish can not live in it and seeing that makes me sad. I was thinking that I hope Capone don't eat nothing and get sick. Hate to hear he is deaf. I had a poodle that was going deaf and she developed diabetes and I had to put her down last year. I had her 12 1/2 years. Have safe travels to your next destination and hope your dental work goes okay. God Bless
Levy Gant it was very hard decision but I was not going to be selfish and make her suffer with shots daily. Losing her 1 year ago on Feb. 11th. I cried all day. I got another puppy around end of May and she is so much like my Shandie. This one is a yorkie though and she is precious also. I am so glad I did get her cause my sister passed on June 6th. She had been battling terminal cancer 4 years. She went in hospital same day I had to put my girl down. Last year was really tough
Carolyn, I could yell you were headed toward the Salton Sea when you were on the move in your previous video (I think I recognized Box Canyon Road). I hope you took the time to visit Borrego Springs and, specifically, the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. It's a wonderful place to visit and hike -- the Borrego Palm Canyon trail with palm tree oasis and/or Hellhole Canyon trail with 20 foot Maidenhair waterfall are must-see/hike trails! If you haven't been there yet it's just 35 miles west of the Salton Sea (40 minutes) via the Borrego Salton Sea Way. It's well worth the drive. Here's a link to the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park website: www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=638 And a link to the trails website: www.hikespeak.com/ca-desert/anza-borrego-desert-state-park/ Just be careful to stay on the paved roads if you go this weekend as they've posted this advisory: "STORM WARNINGS: NOAA has issued both High Wind and Flash Flood Advisories for this weekend. With many dirt roads in the park already saturated from previous rains, visitors are advised to avoid travel in the backcountry. Roads that receive lots of rain often become impassable due to deep mud that can be sticky and/or slippery, making navigation difficult, even with four-wheel-drive." I love your RV life (thank you SO MUCH)!!! Have fun, be happy, be free and be kind! Mike
Hi, did you here Verizon is offering their unlimited plan again? It didn't save me any money to switch to a different plan, but I have more minutes. You might want to check it out.
Although there are certainly fish bones to be found in the Salton Sea's beaches, they are made up primarily of barnacle shells. When Carolyn holds up a handful to the camera, you can clearly make out the tiny little shells, just like the ones you see clustered on the rocks when you visit the ocean. Barnacles thrive in the hypersaline conditions. Growth clusters are broken off the bottom during storms, and transported to the beach and pulverized by wind and waves. This unique barnacle accumulation is the only known lacustrine, barnacle-dominated shoreline and possesses some surface features that are exclusive to this beach setting www.kutztown.edu/academics/colleges-and-departments/liberal-arts-and-sciences/departments/physical-sciences/geology/undergraduate-research/salton-sea-shoreline.htm
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Carolyn..... videos 4 days in a row? you are spoiling us! Love it, Keep it up!
Hard to believe when I was a kid in the sixties my family and friends used to fish and swim in that water. I remember it being a lot of fun to be able to walk out a long ways without being over my head.
so love reading the memories of all who have been there.. Thank you for sharing!
The Salton Sea was created in the early 1900s after a heavy rain caused the Colorado River to burst through the banks of an irrigation canal, sending millions of gallons of water into a previously dried out lake bed in the California desert. It's returning to it's original state.
Looks like water level is rising due to picnic tables. Massive amounts of water from canals flow into the lake. Not sure if lake is getting smaller.
Bobby Harper The Salton Sea is just a big toxic mud puddle now.
It'd be nice if they let it dry up and go away.
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Hi again Carolyn, it is so great that you acknowledge my comments to you. I love travelling with you. NEVER let negative comments get to you as I am sure THOSE people are only trying to create controversy. They are not worthy answering. YOUR TRUE FAMILY INCLUDING ME are your true followers. Big Hugs From Australia
My husband and I are both geologists and have spent many years exploring this area. So many wonderful geologic structures to see and you are touching on a few of them. We still haven't found the mud pots not far from where you are. Try the Oasis Date Garden in Thermal on Grapefruit Blvd. for free date samples and the best date shake in the Coachella Valley!
Oh my gosh, I have been wishing I'd studied geology or something earth related.. so much out here I don't know and want to know!!!
mud pots?? oooh sounds interesting. Will look them up!! Thanks for the tips on the dates too!
Hi Carolyn, I enjoyed your video of the Salton Sea. I am a CA native of 59 yrs who moved to GA two years ago. I perk up when I see anything dealing with CA. I was a 30+ resident of Lake Elsinore, CA. For about a month now I have became intrigued on learning more from you and Bob on how to live a nomad lifestyle. More so on you as your a single woman traveling alone most times. I hope to meet the both of you one day. Keep the videos coming as I'm drinking them up like water. God Bless
The sky look so beautiful along with the snow capped mountain.
go there every March during the BNP Paribas tennis tournament but I never knew there were water races. East side buildings are where I got stuck in nostalgia. most fascinating modern day remnants I have ever been to
Another big "thank you" for your gift of sharing. I love reading all the positive, informative, and uplifting comments. I'm disabled, and am glad to learn about getting my pass free...
Aloha Carolyn! I love your videos. I went to the Salton sea two years ago. The sand is crazy full of barnacles and fish bones. Stinky sulfur smells. Thank you for your amazing life and videos!
A friend and I discovered the Salton Sea last spring when we drove from Sun City West to see the desert bloom in Anza-Borrego. Being from Michigan, we thought it was a beautiful lake and we decided to check it out on our way back to AZ. We could not believe that it wasn't more built up (the beautiful lakes in Michigan are usually surrounded by lovely lake homes and cabins). THEN we got out of the car... Whoa! That smell!! We definitely figured out why it wasn't more built up and touristy. It really is beautiful from a distance, though.
Very interesting! Im a native Californian and I have never been to the Salton Sea but would love to check it out. Thank you Carolyn!
I was at Salton Sea in '80..made friends with alot of retired college professor and their families there. The smell also comes from volcanic material..I found alot of it there besides the dead fish. They told me there was only one kind of fish that lived in the water and was so briny you couldn't really eat it. All the homes I visited were made of recycled materials and were very cool..but alot has changed as I noticed on the news..its a posionous and dangerous area to be in..such a shame it was pretty nice at one time. Hope you get to Mexico..I love Baja..always had a great time there. Safe travels, Carolyn!! :)
I was watching some of the travel channel this morning and the were talking about Hoover Dam and how the accidentally created the Salten Sea before Hoover Dam the learned from their mistakes on how to build Hoover.
Oh wow... really? that's fascinating. ty so much for sharing that!
Wow! Magnificent colors toward the end of your vid. So much sadness about this vicinity. I had an uncle & aunt who lived in Indio and he helped dig the basin for the Sea. While driving his caterpillar, he ran over his own dog by accident. He was totally heartbroken for years. Lots of history about the different areas within the Basin involving movie stars, country clubs and trailer parks. Have fun exploring it all.
Hmm. I guess that is one place I won't be putting on my bucket list to visit, lol. I really enjoy learning a little about all these places you visit. I can't travel very often, so I love to live vicariously through your videos. Thank you Carolyn!
As for the salton sea: any body of water with high salinity is created by evaporation. Basically you have water running in, but no water running out. The water evaporates leaving minerals - mostly salt - behind. More water flows in - more evaporation etc. etc.
The dead fish in the salton sea stem from algae blooms which are promoted by agricultural runoff. The algae use the oxygen in the water, thus suffocating the fish. That's the reason why it isn't stinky all the time. Algae die, fish die, new oxygen comes in, fish thrive, algae thrive killing the fish - rinse and repeat.
BTW: the Gulf of Mexico has a 9 mile dead zone at the delta of the Mississippi. That's what fertilizer runoff from the massive corn fields gives you.
'Cadillac Desert' is a great read about So. Cal. & water
Thanks for the report! I really have no desire to ever go there now...! LOL
LOVE THAT HAT, Carolyn! You're exactly right about the Salton Sea - Very high salinity = increased buoyancy. Agricultural runoff has promoted algae growth and killed much of the aquatic life that was in there. Unfortunately, it's a horrible testament to overuse of chemicals in agriculture, effectively killed by the concentration of toxins. ("Saline" is the right word, BTW).
What is the theme music that you're using? It's pretty cool.
Did you know that Algodones means "cottons"? Algodón is the word for cotton.
Thanks for the look around! Always meant to take a look at the Imperial Valley and the Salton Sea; never got to.
Have you been to Slab City yet? Supposedly a very quirky commune of RVers and others, built on the site of a former military base. Would love to see your assessment of it!
LOVE, and can't wait for your vlogs! Please keep it up.
thanks for all the great info dave
and stay tuned, I think you will LOVE what I have coming up!!! Been shooting some video I am very excited about! :-) - C
Can't WAIT! :-D
Thank you, modern day drifter! Never heard of Little Manitou lake, but it sounds like an amazing anomaly.
great video again. like all the info you get and share. thanks for that. glad that Capone is having a good time and stretching his legs. stay safe and happy trails,
Hey Carolyn..
Ima really digging that hat...
I've got one just like it that I picked up in Taos New Mexico.
It goes with me every where.
I hear it was an amazing place, so glad you are there and sharing.
I thought it was cool in it's own funky way.. I like anything with a story! :-) ty for watching
Carolyn,
If you are still in the area stop at the Sony Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge. It's at the intersection of W Sinclair and Gentry roads. Google marks it a little off. It's right next to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife. One of the men at the visitor's center has an excellent understanding of the Salton Sea and the geology of the surrounding area. He can explain the thermals used by Cal Edison to generate electricity. Also while you are there. sit under the veranda and have a picnic. You can listen to all the birds.
Thank you for the videos. I enjoy them immensely.
I love all the picnic tables where people can sit and have some nice lunch. I do love the mountain view from there though.
Awesome Informative Video!!!! Lots of childhood memories there for me, many many camping trips at Easter time early 1960's. I still have quite a few Pumice Stones which used to float free on the lake. I remember the shoreline was very Clay like, my sisters and I would fill our buckets with the wet clay, take it back to our camp and make all kinds of stuff.
I love it there!!! such a unique place. Have a blast Sis.
I thought so too!! I love anything with a great story! :-)
my wife and I love your channel. we intend to break from this life next year. maybe we will run into you on the road. thanks for the advice!
Someplace I really don't think I would want to go. Thanks for sharing.
My sister bought a lot, ha ha, out there and we had a friend who lived there approx 1999 so I spent time in that area. There are the best small rock formations in the desert surrounding the lake. We use to go "rocking". Some looked like curled up snakes. We loved the perfect little round ones and tried to collect them in descending order. It smelled foul then. They also had pelican die offs as well. Nostalgic video for me, thanks. Next time you are there look for those rocks.
I remember reading an article in a 1958 True West (magazine) about an unusual character who roamed the West. It was titled Mystery Man of Mullet Island. (Salton Sea) Apparently he was very interested in the Donner Party and tracking their "ill-fated" journey across the West. He had the ability to literally sniff out their old campsites according to the author. He also resided, I think, in later years on Mullet Island. Been wanting to learn more about him. I've got a copy of the article in my files somewhere.
back 52 years ago, my family visited Salton Sea a few times, the water then wasn't all that great but we swam in it but we had to rinse off.
oh wow.. Love hearing from someone who remembers it back in the day!! Thank you!
Gorgeous footage! I LOVE the sky and the water. It looks so serene. That's interesting, yet sad, about the fish remnants making up the shoreline "sand".
Thx for the video Carolyn!
This place sounds fascinating! Friends were just there and loved it ~ looks like a great place to take pics and explore. But our black Lab would be in that water in a heartbeat...!
Wow! That view is amazing! Iw ould have loved to be there at that time to photograph that landscape with the purplish hues. I'm not a videographer but I am a photographer and when I travel it is to capture the beauty of the land around me through photography. Love this video! Give Capone a hug for me. Be safe!
I am a follower of Bob also. He is so inspiring like you. NEVER STOP. Big Hugs From Australia. P.S. I'm a hat girl also, love your hay.
Hi Carolyn and Capone, thanks for the adventure
if it was formed by flooding 120 years ago, and toxic to fish, why is it surrounded by large dead fish? How to the spawn and grow large?
Wikipedia has the whole history of it. links in the description.
Yeah, I always see the Chem trails in the sky, like another commenter mentioned, and yes, keep an eye on Capone! I love this video! Can't wait to see the town, I've seen it on documentaries, this is an interesting area, especially about in the 50's when it was a huge recreational and resort area, but as another commenter said, the transformation of this area is still evolving -very interesting video, the pieces of so many fish! Stay Safe and Stay Free People!
I shot a lot in Salton City, but honestly there wasn't much to see.. still though. some fascinating stuff.. history is always cool IMHO! :-)
So funny! I had the same reaction a couple of years ago when I insisted that my travel mates and I go the Salton Sea. Ugh...surprise!
Also, the SW corner stinks to high heaven!
Hi Carolyn from Nick Wiese: I hope you will get the solar stuff I sent soon, I must say it is necessary to use the proper flux with solder. Acid flux core solder is a no no as is plumbing flux for copper pipe as the acid can eat through the smaller multi strand wires in 3 months to 6 months, it is not the solder that fails it is the wires are eaten through on smaller wires. I had a plastic handle break on a battery charger and I soldered a spare one on with no trips to the store as i made do and got it working. good luck, Nick W.
I love your hat! Looks great! I love talpia fish baked, really good. Beautiful view.
Thank you Katherine!!
Hey Carolyn, thanks for taking us on the tour of that beach. I had no Idea it was fish bones instead of sand ... kinda weird. Looking forward to the next adventure!
hi Carolyn and Capone, yay water! The water looks beautiful however that is a very sad story :-( enjoy your journey and the hat looks great! I will have to remember to pack my hat similar to that one.
fish bone jewellery ? would that work? just wondering for strange ideas..
Hey! I was thinking about that too~ wondering how some of those roundish bits might look sprinkled with some finely ground abalone shell, for a little sparkle? If they are super fragile, and I imagine they are, maybe a person could strengthen with some sort of clear coat spray or?? Funny where the mind wanders when we see stuff like that, and I'm not even an artsy crafty person - I wish- but I do love jewelry!
@RV there yet - oh yes there are several types of clear spray and gels that can be used for strengthening those little bone bits... wow if I ever get to that place I might get me some fishbone bits for jewellery making.. so now I am gonna look around me to see what else can be used for jewellery .. I have plenty of wire and threads and strings for this but need to get some more bead cups and stuff... I love arts and crafts and making stuff from finds an junk... and ya know something you can learn to be artsy ... I didn't know I had an artistic bone in my body til I did a calligraphy course some 20 odd years ago and it led me to all sort of things.. when I get into my rig I will need storage for all my bits and pieces, and find me a way to sleep suspended from the ceiling :) ... so if ya wanna try it just do it and see what you can do...
Vanessa, I like the way you think! You're absolutely right~ just because I have not been, does not mean that I may not be, really good point:) So now I just have to know about the "sleeping suspended from the ceiling" part of your reply~ only because I have always loved hammocks, the swing ride at carnivals, etc., -anything that makes me feel weightless and buoyant~also maybe unreachable??
and free, that high place is freedom too... above the earth and free... I like the be on a firm foundation when I sleep.. but saw a guys camp in the woods a few years ago where his tent was suspended over some boggy ground and assessable only by his draw bridge thingy... he slept suspended , high above the floor of his suspended tent... so there are limitless ways to sort this 'problem' out... just need to think outside the box... so lets see what and where this all leads eventually... we might invent something unique and also make and sell strange fish bone jewellery :) ... nice meeting ya on here...
Great hat. and love your videos too!! hi Capone. Safe travels
Enjoyed the video. Don't know that I had ever heard of the Salton Sea prior to this.
In California we have a show called "California's Gold" with Huell Howser. I learned about it on his show (he has since passed) and have been intrigued by it's funkiness for years. Was exciting to get there!!
Another interesting video. Thanks! How in the world can you walk and keep the camera on your face while filming? I would be constant out of range. You do a great job.
Years ago before it became so bad we used to camp and fish at Salton Sea and the fish were good. It's sad to see how it is now compared to back then. Wish they could find a way to restore it so that at least the wildlife could use it.
I saw the title and though you had made another video about dumping your black water tank. LOL. Thanks for the showing us something new, even if it is an ecological disaster.
So happy to take a break from the horrors of world news that I absorbed for far too many hours today~not that we shouldn't, but oh my word I feel so fragmented after a few hours of it. Turned on youtube and saw your latest upload, though ahhh, that will do nicely :) Appreciate you, your curiosity, your shiny happy face....always good for the soul, thanks for sharing
Awwww.. that's very nice, thank you for that!! HOpe the rest of your day is a little better..
World news..?? Do I even want to know. :-(
So your interesting discovery of fish "sand" inspired me to research the phenomenon. Seasonal winds bring up water from deep in the lake that has very little oxygen. This causes mass fish die offs on a periodic basis. The lake is basically rotten fish soup that gets stirred occasionally. Lovely. I'll pass on the refreshing dip, thanks.
It looked like there was some kind of algae growing in that. I wonder what kind that would be that it could handle that kind of toxicity. Cool. Thanks for posting this.
Your red hair is great.
Your hats are great.
I like all that you do!
I've followed your every move.
Thank you for sharing.
awww. you are very kind!! thank you so much for being here!!
That was interesting. That mountain looks like it has snow on it too.
Love the hat Carolyn, thanks for the video.
Nice hat. :)
Thanks for showing a place that isn’t all flowers through rose coloured glasses.
Sometimes nature stinks, but it's still interesting.
Jon
Lovin the hat!!...is that Capone in the background? lol picnic tables in the water is odd? Wow fish bones?!...that is wild!!
Your hat looks very cute on you 😁 hats are awesome I wear them in between hair color appts 👍 I have been learning so much about the environment since watching you. Thanks Carolyn 🙋🏼
Thanks Debby, I'm glad you're here!
I first became aware of the Salton Sea in 06', PBS ran a docu about it! Prior to 1905, this "Sea" never existed! In the 50's, they tried to turn this area into a "Desert Riviera", with all sorts of water activities! Interesting history here!
I agree, very interesting. I love STORIES!!! :-) must be the writer in me.
how frequently do you have to dump tanks and fill fresh water?
Thank for the video. I think I just saw where I don't want to go. lol Keep having fun.
awww. even the icky stuff is fun!!!
Do people still live there? I saw a documentary about it like 10 years ago
I see your side mirrors on your '93 have the same problem mine do on my '94. So this tells me then that my odd mirrors are normal. How odd... :) I was thinking someone broke one and replaced it from and opposing side out of a junk yard...
yes, isn't that weird?? And try replacing them.. Impossible!
I already found that out the hard way.... I'm gonna live with it. I am
installing a backup live view camera on the back anyway so it will just
augment that.
the last time I was at the Salton Sea was 1974 . I like your hat !!
thanks very much Big Stick.... I thought it was a great area full of interesting stuff and history..
I had fun!
So what do you do for a living? I know the youtube stuff but what else?
I floated in the Dead Sea once. I thought it stunk but it was so crazy populated with people there for the healings it was hard to tell what was natural Dead Sea stink and what was peeps. But yes, you are amazingly buoyant is salt water but I also have rough, dry patches of skin and they were very much not healed by the salt. The chemical issue where you were would bother me even for a brief trip into the water. But it is an interesting story. I'd never heard of the place before.
Pretty hat and it looks great on you! You are in our neck of the woods. Our poor Salton Sea is in trouble. Advocacy groups are trying to save our Salton.
As a young boy back in the 50s we used to go their and play and have a great time, in the 70s you could not go because of the dead fish
Like your choice of hats
Roadside Geology of Southern California is a good start. I will forward more references for you after some review.
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Love your show, be careful you are getting burnt. Love your hat!
Both are great.
What type of mic and camera do you use?
Ah I traveled here years ago. Such a interesting place! :D
I agree.. thought it was fascinating!
Did you notice the "chem trails" behind you? yuck......
Is that for real, Or, Just a Myth ?
Nocturnal Chem trails are definitely not a myth. You can Google it and find out a lot of information about it.
Do you mean con trails in the sky?
yeah lots of people have been commenting about chem trails on my vids.. I thought they just meant the water vapor trails jets leave. is there more?
yes, there is more. And every conspiracy is not just a "theory". :-).
I think when the canal first overflowed creating the lake, they use to have freshwater fish in it like Northern Pike. Then it just got saltier, 30 years ago it was a trophy corbina lake, then now there is a only tilapia. They get massive blooms and die outs of tilapia, tilapia have the ability to grow really dense, basically this lake could probably feed California, you could catch tilapia by the barrel full. Soon it will be too salty for tilapia. I think they should section a small piece off that has no inlet and water will flow into it due to evaporation loss allowing the rest of the lake to get fresh. Have a free 14 day blm camp on the berm.
In 5,000 years ago it was a natural lake as a bend in Colorado filled the lake and there are ancient fish traps in Palm Springs used by indians.
Carolyn, I don't often read comments. Now I can see and understand better why the comments can be distressing to you. Where did civility go? Is it really hiding behind a keyboard?
don't camp there or further south at the primitive spots. the trains run all night... but then again I was sleeping on a cot outside my car
Nice hat Carolyn! Looks good on ya! Yeeehaw!
wonderful and very interesting.. love to travel with you and look forward to your videos so much.. thanks so much for sharing this, and yes I love your hat.. lol.. smells ..ummm reminds me of the coats in the SE of the UK on the Kent coast, its the rotting seaweed there though ... but inspite of the smell worth seeing, a beach of dead fish bones.. lol... WOW actually that's so cool.. that's a hot place with 6ft of evaporation..
Very interesting.
don't go in The water like other people lol o hi Carolyn and Capone nice hat
tyvm for the Geomorphology lessons
and i like your hat .... can work better than spf cream for face
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take care and God bless !!!!
Thx!
Don't know who you got your info about how it was created, but not correct never part of Gulf of CA. Please google Salton Sea Historical info. There haven't been speedboats since 1960' I know because my family raced boats there.. It has no source of freshwater only runoff from big ag. The smell is the sulphur blooms, not fish smell. Major source of habitat for Pacific Flyway Birds. Blame the US govt for the mishandling of this precious area which is now in jeopardy! Wish you would have been able to appreciate the beauty that is there.
I think it looks beautiful until you do a close up of the water. What a shame. Hopefully Capone didn't get in that yuck! Lots of info I had no idea about. Thanks!
That is horrible that it is so toxic that fish can not live in it and seeing that makes me sad. I was thinking that I hope Capone don't eat nothing and get sick. Hate to hear he is deaf. I had a poodle that was going deaf and she developed diabetes and I had to put her down last year. I had her 12 1/2 years. Have safe travels to your next destination and hope your dental work goes okay. God Bless
Levy Gant it was very hard decision but I was not going to be selfish and make her suffer with shots daily. Losing her 1 year ago on Feb. 11th. I cried all day. I got another puppy around end of May and she is so much like my Shandie. This one is a yorkie though and she is precious also. I am so glad I did get her cause my sister passed on June 6th. She had been battling terminal cancer 4 years. She went in hospital same day I had to put my girl down. Last year was really tough
Carolyn,
I could yell you were headed toward the Salton Sea when you were on the move in your previous video (I think I recognized Box Canyon Road). I hope you took the time to visit Borrego Springs and, specifically, the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. It's a wonderful place to visit and hike -- the Borrego Palm Canyon trail with palm tree oasis and/or Hellhole Canyon trail with 20 foot Maidenhair waterfall are must-see/hike trails!
If you haven't been there yet it's just 35 miles west of the Salton Sea (40 minutes) via the Borrego Salton Sea Way. It's well worth the drive.
Here's a link to the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park website:
www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=638
And a link to the trails website:
www.hikespeak.com/ca-desert/anza-borrego-desert-state-park/
Just be careful to stay on the paved roads if you go this weekend as they've posted this advisory:
"STORM WARNINGS: NOAA has issued both High Wind and Flash Flood Advisories for this weekend. With many dirt roads in the park already saturated from previous rains, visitors are advised to avoid travel in the backcountry. Roads that receive lots of rain often become impassable due to deep mud that can be sticky and/or slippery, making navigation difficult, even with four-wheel-drive."
I love your RV life (thank you SO MUCH)!!! Have fun, be happy, be free and be kind!
Mike
P.S. If I remember correctly, the park roads that access those two trails are real close to the Visitors Center and are paved. :-)
Toxic water, dead fish, poisoned birds and picnic tables really don't walk hand in hand for a family outing.
Or am I missing something.
I don't understand ... were you expecting videos about recommendations for family outings?
Carolyn's RV Life isn't there a big event happening attracting families and all?
It was written (tongue in cheek) Picnic tables seemed out of place.
I'm a "friendly" :) Will re-tool my comments from now on.
NO harm, I really wasn't sure what you meant.
never thought of my channel as 'family friendly' so much. :-p
Good vid. and the hat looks sweet on ya! ;-)
thanks!!
My ex wife was from Riverside and she use to mention the Salton Sea occasionally
Hi, did you here Verizon is offering their unlimited plan again? It didn't save me any money to switch to a different plan, but I have more minutes. You might want to check it out.
Has too many limitations: for exaple 10gigs of hotspot before they scale it back to 3G.. won't work for uploading videos!
Fish bones! Reminded me of that old song "fish heads, fish heads, rolly poly fish heads, fish heads, fish heads, eat 'em up yum"!
Although there are certainly fish bones to be found in the Salton Sea's beaches, they are made up primarily of barnacle shells. When Carolyn holds up a handful to the camera, you can clearly make out the tiny little shells, just like the ones you see clustered on the rocks when you visit the ocean. Barnacles thrive in the hypersaline conditions. Growth clusters are broken off the bottom during storms, and transported to the beach and pulverized by wind and waves. This unique barnacle accumulation is the only known lacustrine, barnacle-dominated shoreline and possesses some surface features that are exclusive to this beach setting
www.kutztown.edu/academics/colleges-and-departments/liberal-arts-and-sciences/departments/physical-sciences/geology/undergraduate-research/salton-sea-shoreline.htm
Thanks for the info. and for watching
Is it raining there?
i don't know
Carolyn's RV Life I read that they named this storm Lucifer!
I am glad you are elsewhere! I wouldn't want to be there in a storm. Stay warm and dry.
What a beautiful place once again spoilt by man!!....................................
No, spoiled by aliens and hybrids. Time to have a burning aliens festival in the woods.
Have a great day
Another nice video... and hat, partner !