I recently discovered your channel and I really like it. Your adventures show me things I would never normally think about visiting and I think that is great plus you seem like a really laid back guy who gets straight to the point without any hype like a lot of other channels.
I live in Ontario Canada. I really enjoy your videos and the opportunity to see things that I will never be able to see in person. I have always wanted to see California, but in my present state of health I would not be able to go even if I could afford the trip. I really like how you have your wife and son join you on your excursions, family is important.
Greetings from the UK Steve. Eccentricities make the world a much more fun place and you certainly seem to have the knack of uncovering some of them. This adventure is definitely on the same level as Mrs Orcutt's driveway albeit a much smaller affair! Enjoying your adventures very much, they show places you wouldn't expect and are also very well researched and narrated.
There is confusion in the scientific names, as they are both Sequoia species, but the "Sequoia" is different from the "Coastal Redwoods" found in California and formerly in Oregon. It's the Coastal Redwoods that thrive on the fog to water and feed them. They struggle to survive in other climates when not babied or protected. They also live as a community hooked together underground, not so much as singular trees.
@@johnlafever3162 What's the difference between a Sequoia tree and a redwood tree? Also, does any of the logging companies replant those after they are harvested?
@@charleshaggard4341 Sequoia and redwood are a generic words for trees in the sequoia family. Sequoia sempervivens is the coastal redwood from the california coast, and Sequoiadendron giganteum is the redwood from the Sierra Nevadas. (Technically johnlafever3162 is wrong, they aren't both sequoia species, but they're close enough.) The former is the tallest tree in the world, and the latter is the most massive. There's a couple S. giganteum growing in my hometown of Fort Collins, Colorado, although they are very small and usually look kind of miserable lol. They don't like our dry, windy winters and hot summers I don't know what logging company practices are but I'm confident in two things: 1) California probably has legal protections that prevent the destruction of these important trees, 2) these trees take a very long time to grow and it's debatable whether, in our changing climate, these trees could reach the same heights as they once did. This is a problem facing eastern white pine forests in the east US, where those wonderful trees simply do not grow as tall as they did hundreds of years ago. Reforestation is really hard, if you're interested, there's probably a way you can get involved at a local level.
Thank you for this. You're about 20 miles away from the Unknown Pioneer Woman's Grave from the Oregon Trail. Just off of U.S. Hwy. 26 and Mount Hood Highway .... not an official park but maybe unofficially the smallest cemetery? : ) I hope to go there someday.
Head towards that tree. A Sequoia tree at that. Never heard of them but good on Judge Waldo. Great content. By the way, good name for a car park in Salem could be Salem’S Lot
Your channel is just so unique. I love it. I have never once watched one of your videos without finding it Ultra interesting and some very amusing. Just good solid wholesome content. Thank you!!
Hi Steve, I discover3d your channel two weeks ago and I love it. You go to places in California I never knew existed and I was born and lived here since 1962. You should come and visit some sites here in northern California. Especially, Columbia, Jackson, Sutter's Fort, Ione, etc. We have a lot of history here and also in my home town of Oroville, CA. Not only do we have the tallest dam in the U.S. We also have many museums showing relics from the 1800's. And if you get the chance to come here you have to stop and have lunch at Tong Fong Low where I work. They have been in business here since 1912. Hwy 49 is the road that winds thru many mining and western towns. We also have the Mercer Caverns and the Moaning Caves and I think you would love to enter them and see them, I know I always have.
Thanks, I appreciate it. Planning on heading up to Northern California, hopefully in a few months. I was going to shoot a couple videos on the way back from Oregon, but ran out of time. Love the area.
It's always such a pleasant break when I stumble across one of your videos that I haven't seen yet, and there's a lot of them! I want power watch them, because I enjoy this occasional treat! You must have taken professional photography classes as well by the way you handle the camera!
How cool that a lone Sequoia tree is a park! I recently read that there are a couple Sequoias that were planted in Wisconsin and are doing well. I really enjoy the content of your channel 😊
I very much enjoy your channel and thanks to you I have learned a lot about the western side of this country. If you should find yourself in the Midwest. Specifically Illinois, there is the small town of Casey with an unusual amount of big things which we visited last week and I believe your family may enjoy. We saw 27 big things and will be going back for the final 9 after two of them have been refurbished.
I love your channel Steve! Full of great history and other info. A side note or flip-side of today's video, Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve. At 13.2 million acres, it's larger than Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park, and Switzerland combined. John Arvada Colorado
I appreciate your research and video style. Thanks for your work. I wish you continued success. (BTW I was able to visit the Mill Ends Park but did I take a picture? NO!! What's wrong with me? 😆)
While you were in Portland, did you cross over the Columbia River, and visit their small park? It is on the site of what was once a Potato Patch where, then Lt. U.S. Grant grew potato's, for the OFFICER'S MESS at Fort Vancouver. It is a small triangle bordered by streets. Just above it is a marble bench, honoring Boy Scout Troop 16/316 and the number of Eagle Scouts it produced. Once hailed as the "Largest Eagle Producing Troop" by none other than "The rest of the story..." Paul Harvey. I was its Scoutmaster for 33 years before I retired.
Steve, thanks for showing some nice pictures of Portland, it really is a nice place to live despite all the bad press. The correct pronunciation of Naito is NAY-toe. Glad you had a nice time up in PDX, come back anytime.
Native Japanese speakers pronounce the family name Naito as English speakers would pronounce the word "night-o". The spelling for the way most Portlanders pronounce this street name (nay-toe) would be naeto.
I didn't realize. I'm used to the Japanese pronunciation. I heard a lot of horror stories about Portland recently but did not see anything crazy on my trip. We went to the Timbers game, parked near Powell's and walked and never felt unsafe at all or saw anything sketchy.
@@SidetrackAdventures Yup, this is the typical portland experience. It's a very safe city, but that doesn't fit a political narrative. Who needs facts when they have feelings?
@@SidetrackAdventures Ditto, I'm in Salem and I enjoy your videos, I've always had a thing for old/abandoned roads in particular, I love driving and walking on the Historic Columbia River Highway.
You can actually rent Mill Ends for weddings. (They remove the tree temporarily, and also rent the adjacent portion of Waterfront Park so your guests have a place to stand, since fitting anyone other than the couple and the officiant in Mill Ends is... not easy.)
The World's littlest skyscraper is still standing in Wichita Falls, Texas. The Skyscraper has a funny history behind it. Knowing the difference between this " and this ' is important when signing off on drawings and bids.... especially, when the city itself signed off on them many years ago. :)
Closing in on 💥100,000 Subs💥 AWESOME Steve! I take my Bulldog to a few different Parks here where we live and I never thought of the existence of a "Small Park"! This video was very entertaining and educational as well. Mills End Park really is phenomenal in it's Size (or lack there of) and it's location in pretty much the middle of a traveled city block! I would imagine there have been some gnarly situations between people and motor vehicles in the past!🤣 Now I'm curious as to what lead you to this "Sidetrack Adventure"?😂 In any case, very glad you stopped by to pick us all up for this Field Trip! Cheers From COW-lumbus, Ohio MOO From Bulldog "Jack Boy" and his Butler Stu👋
I just happened to read about Waldo Park the night before and looked up info on it and then realized we'd be near Mill Ends Park too. I was actually surprised at the number of people stopping in that median to check out Mill Ends Park. Portland was smart to improve it so its probably a little safer than it used to be.
Very few things irritate me more than senseless, self centered people who demand trees be cut down and land paved over so they can run their vehicles over it. These are the very people who would squawk bloody murder if their precious property was condemned and replaced by a road or parking lot. People don't stop to think the Earth is in a lot of trouble because so much surface has been covered over that the soil can't breathe. Every park, no matter the size, is a blessing to be preserved. Thanks, I live in the Metro area and didn't know about the little clover leaf shaped park with a pine tree planted in it. By the way, I thought the street name was pronounced "Nay toe," but then what do I know, it's not like I hear it spoken much.
Funny! That petting zoo better not have anything bigger than a couple Shrews! Should I present your proposal at the next city council meeting? It's on the 27th.
Welcome to Oregon! Enjoy your visit and safe travels BACK HOME. 😅😂❤ Totally kidding!!!!!!!!!! With a healthy pinch of not kidding,Go home after visiting! Thank you for doing your videos!
I'd heard a lot of horror stories and was worried about it, but I was pleasantly surprised when I got there. It seemed relatively clean for a downtown area, and we didn't see really anything sketchy. We didn't go all over though, so I can only speak about what I saw near this park and in the few blocks around the soccer stadium though.
In my city that will be "chopped down" because some monkey or office boy calling himself a "Tree surgeon" was handed a brown envelope with a "gift" and a letter from some "Lowly developer" But hay good he'll plant some new ones! That should make amends, Same developer has already done it on a 200 years old oak and now 18 elm tree's are in his way all 200 years old as well
This American obsession with having "the biggest", "the smallest" or "the whateverest" in the world, oftentimes without having any evidence that supports the claim, is certainly the most American thing in the world. 😅 And no, the Guiness Book of Records is not definitive evidence for anything because they only certify what you pay them to certify. So, anything like that could easily "beaten" by anyone or anything nobody bothers to have "certified". Its all a business gig.
I recently discovered your channel and I really like it. Your adventures show me things I would never normally think about visiting and I think that is great plus you seem like a really laid back guy who gets straight to the point without any hype like a lot of other channels.
Thanks, I appreciate it.
Waldo saving a tree 150 years ago .. crazy
Another great adventure! Thank you for the history lesson.
Our pleasure!
Thanks for sharing another wonderful adventure with us, Steve!
Glad you enjoyed it
I live in Ontario Canada. I really enjoy your videos and the opportunity to see things that I will never be able to see in person. I have always wanted to see California, but in my present state of health I would not be able to go even if I could afford the trip. I really like how you have your wife and son join you on your excursions, family is important.
0:59 'That tree that is sticking up higher than the rest' I've navigated using similar methods. Great stuff Sir.
Greetings from the UK Steve. Eccentricities make the world a much more fun place and you certainly seem to have the knack of uncovering some of them. This adventure is definitely on the same level as Mrs Orcutt's driveway albeit a much smaller affair! Enjoying your adventures very much, they show places you wouldn't expect and are also very well researched and narrated.
Thanks! I figure there's already enough videos on all the big tourist attractions so I like to show the things that might get overlooked or forgotten.
Thanks Steve 👍
I hope you, and your family enjoy our upcoming National holiday !
Same to you!
Wow! Didn’t know a Sequoia tree could live outside the Sierra Nevada mountains! Thanks Steve for another interesting adventure.
The entire Northern west Coast still is, mostly, what wasn't cut down that is.
There is confusion in the scientific names, as they are both Sequoia species, but the "Sequoia" is different from the "Coastal Redwoods" found in California and formerly in Oregon. It's the Coastal Redwoods that thrive on the fog to water and feed them. They struggle to survive in other climates when not babied or protected. They also live as a community hooked together underground, not so much as singular trees.
@@johnlafever3162 What's the difference between a Sequoia tree and a redwood tree? Also, does any of the logging companies replant those after they are harvested?
@@charleshaggard4341 Sequoia and redwood are a generic words for trees in the sequoia family. Sequoia sempervivens is the coastal redwood from the california coast, and Sequoiadendron giganteum is the redwood from the Sierra Nevadas. (Technically johnlafever3162 is wrong, they aren't both sequoia species, but they're close enough.) The former is the tallest tree in the world, and the latter is the most massive. There's a couple S. giganteum growing in my hometown of Fort Collins, Colorado, although they are very small and usually look kind of miserable lol. They don't like our dry, windy winters and hot summers
I don't know what logging company practices are but I'm confident in two things: 1) California probably has legal protections that prevent the destruction of these important trees, 2) these trees take a very long time to grow and it's debatable whether, in our changing climate, these trees could reach the same heights as they once did. This is a problem facing eastern white pine forests in the east US, where those wonderful trees simply do not grow as tall as they did hundreds of years ago. Reforestation is really hard, if you're interested, there's probably a way you can get involved at a local level.
One of the biggest and tallest stands of sequoias is in Oregon.
Thank you for this. You're about 20 miles away from the Unknown Pioneer Woman's Grave from the Oregon Trail. Just off of U.S. Hwy. 26 and Mount Hood Highway .... not an official park but maybe unofficially the smallest cemetery? : ) I hope to go there someday.
Head towards that tree. A Sequoia tree at that. Never heard of them but good on Judge Waldo. Great content. By the way, good name for a car park in Salem could be Salem’S Lot
Another good one. Thanks for taking us along.
Your channel is just so unique. I love it. I have never once watched one of your videos without finding it Ultra interesting and some very amusing.
Just good solid wholesome content.
Thank you!!
Glad you enjoy it!
You have the *best channel content!!* Thank you Sir, for bringing interesting topics to your subscribers.
I appreciate that!
Thanks! Always great research .
Thank you for your kind words! We appreciate your support.
Love your channel! As an Oregonian I hoped you had a great time here!
I'm amazed at the history that I was not aware of. I appreciate that you share the forgotten history with us.
Hi Steve, I discover3d your channel two weeks ago and I love it. You go to places in California I never knew existed and I was born and lived here since 1962. You should come and visit some sites here in northern California. Especially, Columbia, Jackson, Sutter's Fort, Ione, etc. We have a lot of history here and also in my home town of Oroville, CA. Not only do we have the tallest dam in the U.S. We also have many museums showing relics from the 1800's. And if you get the chance to come here you have to stop and have lunch at Tong Fong Low where I work. They have been in business here since 1912. Hwy 49 is the road that winds thru many mining and western towns. We also have the Mercer Caverns and the Moaning Caves and I think you would love to enter them and see them, I know I always have.
Thanks, I appreciate it. Planning on heading up to Northern California, hopefully in a few months. I was going to shoot a couple videos on the way back from Oregon, but ran out of time. Love the area.
Thanks for the walk through. I would love to take the family camping in Mills End Park for a weekend.
Be sure to bring a map so you don't get lost! You can probably get a 1/1 scale.
Really enjoy tagging along with you on your adventures
It's always such a pleasant break when I stumble across one of your videos that I haven't seen yet, and there's a lot of them! I want power watch them, because I enjoy this occasional treat! You must have taken professional photography classes as well by the way you handle the camera!
How cool that a lone Sequoia tree is a park! I recently read that there are a couple Sequoias that were planted in Wisconsin and are doing well.
I really enjoy the content of your channel 😊
Really glad they had the foresight to save it.
Awesome and informative! Thanks Steve!
Glad you liked it!
@@SidetrackAdventuresAbsolutely! I love your videos! Keep doing a wonderful job showing us history and cool places!
Love your channel.....any chance youll be exploring the deserts of Oregon and Washington anytime soon? Just curious. Keep up the good work!
I very much enjoy your channel and thanks to you I have learned a lot about the western side of this country.
If you should find yourself in the Midwest. Specifically Illinois, there is the small town of Casey with an unusual amount of big things which we visited last week and I believe your family may enjoy. We saw 27 big things and will be going back for the final 9 after two of them have been refurbished.
I hope to get out that way at some point. This sounds pretty interesting.
@@SidetrackAdventures It's a great time for all. My 82 year old mom and my 8 1/2 year old granddaughter enjoyed it as much as I did.
Thanks! Steve🌲
Another fine, fun trek. Love the majestic Sequoia story !
Cheers from smoky Detroit !
I love your channel Steve! Full of great history and other info. A side note or flip-side of today's video, Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve. At 13.2 million acres, it's larger than Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park, and Switzerland combined.
John
Arvada Colorado
Alaska has some massive parks. Chugach State Park in Anchorage is huge too for it all being in the city limits.
I appreciate your research and video style. Thanks for your work. I wish you continued success. (BTW I was able to visit the Mill Ends Park but did I take a picture? NO!! What's wrong with me? 😆)
Very interesting. Watch where you step in that city.
While you were in Portland, did you cross over the Columbia River, and visit their small park? It is on the site of what was once a Potato Patch where, then Lt. U.S. Grant grew potato's, for the OFFICER'S MESS at Fort Vancouver.
It is a small triangle bordered by streets. Just above it is a marble bench, honoring Boy Scout Troop 16/316 and the number of Eagle Scouts it produced. Once hailed as the "Largest Eagle Producing Troop" by none other than "The rest of the story..." Paul Harvey.
I was its Scoutmaster for 33 years before I retired.
There's also a small park on Coronado Island in San Diego. We saw it when we took a bus tour of the island.
I'll have to look into that. Not to far of a drive for me.
Steve, thanks for showing some nice pictures of Portland, it really is a nice place to live despite all the bad press. The correct pronunciation of Naito is NAY-toe. Glad you had a nice time up in PDX, come back anytime.
Native Japanese speakers pronounce the family name Naito as English speakers would pronounce the word "night-o". The spelling for the way most Portlanders pronounce this street name (nay-toe) would be naeto.
I didn't realize. I'm used to the Japanese pronunciation. I heard a lot of horror stories about Portland recently but did not see anything crazy on my trip. We went to the Timbers game, parked near Powell's and walked and never felt unsafe at all or saw anything sketchy.
@@SidetrackAdventures Yup, this is the typical portland experience. It's a very safe city, but that doesn't fit a political narrative. Who needs facts when they have feelings?
Right next to the Employment Dept. Been on that corner hundreds of times!
Great stories as always!!!
🐈🐾👍👏👏👏👏
Thank you so much 😀
It would have been awesome to know that you were in town I would have loved to come and hang out that place is not too far from my house
We were only in Portland proper the one afternoon. We went to a Timbers game in the evening but stayed in the Clackamas area.
@@SidetrackAdventures next time!
@@SidetrackAdventures Ditto, I'm in Salem and I enjoy your videos, I've always had a thing for old/abandoned roads in particular, I love driving and walking on the Historic Columbia River Highway.
I hope you will visit Ranald McDonald State Park, Washington’s smallest. And the story of the person honored there is extraordinary.
You can actually rent Mill Ends for weddings. (They remove the tree temporarily, and also rent the adjacent portion of Waterfront Park so your guests have a place to stand, since fitting anyone other than the couple and the officiant in Mill Ends is... not easy.)
Steve answers the age old question: Where's Waldo? 😎
I lived in Portland for 7 years and biked near this spot all the time. I never knew it was there. 😐
The World's littlest skyscraper is still standing in Wichita Falls, Texas. The Skyscraper has a funny history behind it. Knowing the difference between this " and this ' is important when signing off on drawings and bids.... especially, when the city itself signed off on them many years ago. :)
Good story. Thank You Sir. THE SARGE
Closing in on 💥100,000 Subs💥 AWESOME Steve! I take my Bulldog to a few different Parks here where we live and I never thought of the existence of a "Small Park"! This video was very entertaining and educational as well. Mills End Park really is phenomenal in it's Size (or lack there of) and it's location in pretty much the middle of a traveled city block! I would imagine there have been some gnarly situations between people and motor vehicles in the past!🤣 Now I'm curious as to what lead you to this "Sidetrack Adventure"?😂 In any case, very glad you stopped by to pick us all up for this Field Trip! Cheers From COW-lumbus, Ohio MOO From Bulldog "Jack Boy" and his Butler Stu👋
I just happened to read about Waldo Park the night before and looked up info on it and then realized we'd be near Mill Ends Park too. I was actually surprised at the number of people stopping in that median to check out Mill Ends Park. Portland was smart to improve it so its probably a little safer than it used to be.
Very few things irritate me more than senseless, self centered people who demand trees be cut down and land paved over so they can run their vehicles over it. These are the very people who would squawk bloody murder if their precious property was condemned and replaced by a road or parking lot. People don't stop to think the Earth is in a lot of trouble because so much surface has been covered over that the soil can't breathe. Every park, no matter the size, is a blessing to be preserved. Thanks, I live in the Metro area and didn't know about the little clover leaf shaped park with a pine tree planted in it. By the way, I thought the street name was pronounced "Nay toe," but then what do I know, it's not like I hear it spoken much.
Nice! I Have been there a few times.
Great Video!!
Thanks!
The line for pics reminds me of the Welcome to Las Vegas sign, though on a much smaller scale.
As always..l
...Is it actually even possible to ENTER the smallest park though? 🤔😅 Great video! I've heard of that tiny one but not the tree.
You can enter, but I hear its easy to get lost on the trails lol
@@SidetrackAdventures 😂🤣
Very beautiful...💯👌
What a beautiful tree.
That was a fun video!🙂
Thanks.
See the squirrel bridges in Longview WA
I wanted to see those but didn't end up having time.
I luuuuv this vid Steve.
Thanks for video. Sequoias remind me of whale sharks: Beautiful, peaceful and large beyond belief.
Fun stuff! Thanks
So glad they saved the tree!
The Sequoia tree. Did anybody else notice a Toyota Sequoia passing the Sequoia tree in the video. But pretty cool though.
Move the street and structure across the street from it to give the tree a multi-thousand lifetime.
Looks like you had almost perfect weather.
Thought we might get rain but the clouds were pretty much gone by the time we got to the Portland area.
@@SidetrackAdventures From the look of your hat you may live in a place also with really good weather. lol
Salem should improve Waldo Park: a tiny golf course, a tiny picnic area, a couple tiny hiking trails, perhaps a tiny petting zoo.
haha
Funny! That petting zoo better not have anything bigger than a couple Shrews! Should I present your proposal at the next city council meeting? It's on the 27th.
Welcome to Oregon!
Enjoy your visit and safe travels BACK HOME.
😅😂❤
Totally kidding!!!!!!!!!!
With a healthy pinch of not kidding,Go home after visiting!
Thank you for doing your videos!
Thanks. I just got home yesterday actually!
Waldo's tree is definitely the better park... Better story, better protected, and hasn't been moved.
I have heard there is a park that is only one foot square. Sorry, I don't recall where it is, but believe it is in the north east of the country.
Very interesting
There's also a tree that's its own park in Athens, Georgia.
There is a very small park in Long Beach but not as small as those featured here.
Your videos keep getting better. Way to get out of Diego , but still rep yo city
"Portland is where young people go to retire." [From the show 'Portlandia']
thank you 👍🏼 your travels are are always a adventure 😎would you discribe Portland as “kinda ruff” now days
I'd heard a lot of horror stories and was worried about it, but I was pleasantly surprised when I got there. It seemed relatively clean for a downtown area, and we didn't see really anything sketchy. We didn't go all over though, so I can only speak about what I saw near this park and in the few blocks around the soccer stadium though.
No one that lives in Portland proper would describe portland as "kinda ruff." Lots of targeted press spreading misinformation.
The worlds smaller skate park is in Burns Oregon. It consists of a rail and a box. Its a sad sight to see
love it.
Great video!😊
Glad you liked it!!
Of course, the world's smallest park is in Portland, OR. They are keeping true to their "Keep Portland Weird" motto, lol
Waldo Park is a real park.
so there's Waldo
That’s cool.
Long live "The Tree!"
Crazy that the city keeps trying to renege on the original agreement.🙁
Love you go to other States!
In my city that will be "chopped down" because some monkey or office boy calling himself a "Tree surgeon" was handed a brown envelope with a "gift" and a letter from some "Lowly developer" But hay good he'll plant some new ones! That should make amends, Same developer has already done it on a 200 years old oak and now 18 elm tree's are in his way all 200 years old as well
Oregon?! You in my 'hood! They pronounce it Nay-do btw.
Hey honey, let's take a walk in the Mill Ends Park!
But, where's Waldo?
Saw a guy dressed like him at the Timbers game later that night actually!
We also have the world’s ugliest capital building
Surprised he didn't get robbed by the Addicts in Portland tbh
This American obsession with having "the biggest", "the smallest" or "the whateverest" in the world, oftentimes without having any evidence that supports the claim, is certainly the most American thing in the world. 😅
And no, the Guiness Book of Records is not definitive evidence for anything because they only certify what you pay them to certify. So, anything like that could easily "beaten" by anyone or anything nobody bothers to have "certified". Its all a business gig.
Smallest minded people live in Oregon
Mostly in and around Portland. the eastern part of the state is much better.
Just like the rest of us humans.
That was interesting. Very kewl how the tree 🌲 and the tiny park 🏞 came about. 👍☮️🌞🗺
Glad you enjoyed it
I can only imagine throngs of people pass by here without even knowing Mills End's significance. 🤏
They probably wonder why there are people in the middle of the road taking pictures!
@@SidetrackAdventures 🤣🤣🤣