Visit To Cerro Gordo
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- Опубликовано: 25 окт 2023
- In this video I drive up the notorius Cerro Gordo Road to Cerro Gordo, CA, a ghost town near Death Valley, to check out the town, the silver mine, and meet Brent Underwood, the new owner of the town.
Make sure to check out Brents videos at / @ghosttownliving
Music courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
Martin Hall "The Turn"
Candelion "Say My Name!"
Roy Edwin Williams "Christopher Street"
Dream Cave "Narrow Escape"
American Legion "Pacific Winds"
Helmut Schenker "Omnia"
I've been watching Brent's channel since a month after he started, this has become more than a business venture for him at this point it's become a life defining project. I'm pleased he and his friends are restoring Cerro Gordo because it keeps the memory of all the people that lived and worked to the bone to get on in life, these folk are the folk that literally built America's wealth, pulling it out of the ground with their bare hands and they deserve their place in history. I don't know why this fascinates someone like me on this side of the pond, maybe seeing our mining towns going into decline in the 80s makes it resonate, maybe it's the sheer endeavor and industry of the people living on the edge and prospering, I don't know it just does fascinate me. BTW you'd get up there quicker in old Mini.
I explored this ghost town in the late seventies I am happy that it is being restored
Thanks for helping out, our Brent. One day it's going to be gr8 to see more building's there.
Wish Brent had been there when I was. We'll be back again. Love to see the hotel taking shape.
Nice video and great voice
Glad you two got to visit! I've been watching Brent's channel from the start. Gotta catch up on the last episode or two!
Bent has some awesome videos for sure. Thanks for watching.
Simply stunning terrain and views!
We agree! Beautiful area of our Country.
Nice video, Brent is working to bring it back to life. Such an adventure for all. Thank you for sharing. Everyone stay safe, happy, warm and healthy. From Henrico County Virginia
Jim you have a great voice for narration. Well done sir.
Thanks for listening
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Wow now I understand how hard the road is and why the building of the new hotel is so hard to build. Thank you for sharing. Shout out to Heavy D Sparks. Imagina getting that water tank up there on this road?
I kept thinking about the water tank trek the whole time driving up. If you get out that way, try to get up to Cerro Gordo.
Great job! Thank you for the video and update! :)
Thanks for watching!
I just returned from Fossil Falls yesterday. Google Earth showed that the road to Little Lake Lookout wasn't very difficult but it was. There was some washed out areas where I could see others doing some foot scouting before heading any further. I managed to make it to the Little Lake Lookout. I've traveled through the Easter Sierras for the last 15 years or so but only now taking the time to do some camping along the 395. The views are just breath taking and it's so peaceful there.
I may have to travel to Cerro Gordo one of these days.
The thing about Cerro Gordo Road is that it is alway changing. It really took a beating with the tropical storm. Thanks for watching.
8:33 Arrives in Cerro Gordo.
If you think you're taking a slow trip up to Cerro Gordo. Try imagining going up that same road being pulled by a team of male's like it was back around 1865.
I thought about that on the way up. I’m sure the road was not in as good of shape as it was when I went up it. You are so right. It must have been a long trek.
Just Found you channel. You guys are GEMS!!!
Thanks Tim. We have many videos coming soon. And we are transitioning to full time travel, so more great stories to tell.
At 3:56 to 5:04 you are looking down at the Owens Valley and Owens Lake (which is usually dry). The mountains beyond Owens Valley, with snow on them, is the eastern side of the Sierra Nevadas. If you were to go over those mountains you would be in Yosemite. Owens Lake used to be huge until Mr Mulholland drained the basin to feed water to LA in an aqueduct hundreds of miles long. This was a huge disaster for all the farmers and families living in the valley and surrounding area. For reference, west to east, you have the sierras, the Owens Valley, the Inyo Mts (Cerro Gordo) and then Death Valley and the Nevada border. Mr Muholland had a famous street (Mulholland Drive) named for him in the Hollywood Hills and the population of the Owens Valley was rewarded with drought and despair.
Thanks for clearing that up for viewers, Michael. I had a couple of friends who thought Owen’s Valley was Death Valley.
Did they get the door fixed? And put glass back? Need to look through window to see ghosts 👻😞❤.
I put the glass back in. I don’t know that anything else has been done to the door. It needs to be replaced.
Cerro Gordo is a community not far from Cottage Grove, OR. It was supposed to be a fairly large counter-culture development and even though it did not work out it still is way more populated than some desert ghost town. I think people still live up there, don't know for sure.
Wrong Cerro Gordo - the one this video is talking about in in the Death Valley area, 700 miles from Oregon.
Cerro Gordo is a community in Illinois. Cerro Gordo is in North Carolina. So, you see there is more than one location with that name. Any time watching this video clearly shows it not taking place in Oregon, Illinois nor North Carolina but rather in the desert area between Death Valley and Lone Pine. The draw of this particular Cerro Gordo is not the number of inhabitants it now holds but rather the rich history of mining in the Eastern Sierra and conditions those living there in those days had to contend with.
@@SunriseLAW "Funny"?
@@SunriseLAW Sure thing buddy. Nothing like some random comment with virtually nothing to do with the video always brings me to laughter.
@@SunriseLAW I'm guessing your Sarcasm Detector failed to go off. Mine was set off with my last comment.
Did you need 4 wheel drive getting there? I've got a 2023 Tacoma SR 2x4. Very interested. Thanks
I had it in 4 high. But I was shooting with two cameras and used the 4wd to help keep speed consistent. I go up in in a 2x4 provided the rode is in as good of condition as it was when I went up it. If you go, check with the guys in Cerro Gordo. They can tell you the condition of the road.
laughed at your description of the door. and not just any glue, epoxy......
yes, Brent has many videos and is quite the story teller. more videos over on heavy d.
Yea, I could have torn the door apart, but with what appeared to be epoxy, it would have never gone back together. I need to make a new door.
Question did you finish the door or replace it before it rained. I have been planning a trip there myself, I have had a couple of setbacks, my trucks engineer needs injectors, and my RV blew a tire ripping I hope in the body and the kitchen those nothing to needing TKR total knee replacement rehab is looking at 6-8 more months. I have I load of tools I am going to donate to Brent, what did you see he needed the most. ?
Hi Tom. Somehow I missed your response until just now. I did not repair the door. I put it back together as it was. They need woodworking tools. Hand tools as well as some power tools. I would like to build a new door and get it installed. We are retiring and my woodshop is going to be eliminated. So don’t know if I will have time to get a new door built before we sell the house. We are going full-time travel.
I’ve been subscribed to Brent’s channel for several years. 9000 ft high huh? Must be less oxygen up there. Some elderly people might have issues.
I didn’t notice any big issues myself, but you are right. That is something everyone must be aware of. It is beautiful up there.
I know some younger people who would have issues. Anyone who isn’t used to elevation will feel it. The more you go above say 4k, the more you are going to feel it. Bishop is around 4K and isn’t a problem for most folks.
When I visited Cerro Gordo with my dog, there was a building with a kitchen and dining area. Seems I recall there was a table set up as a poker table and as the story goes, a man was shot there accused of cheating. In any case. I read somewhere. That building burned to the ground couple years ago. In this vid, I noticed some new framework for a building. Wondering if that is going to be a replacing the original that burned?
That is the new American Hotel, which replaces the hotel that burned a few years ago.
Thanks. Bummer the old one burned. It was kinda cool. I got to walk all through it. BTW, there are elevated roadways out on Owens lake you can drive out on. Couple of viewing areas to pull out on with structures and history. Nice views and peaceful out there if wind isn’t blowing.
9 mins of driving on the road in a13 min video
So the road is passable?
As far as I know, Brent has got it back into good shape. I do not recommend going up in a car, but a 4WD vehicle with some ground clearance should be fine.
So you went up there to help but didn't bring any tools? If you can't help, then at least stay out of the way.
I had no woodworking tools with me. We didn’t discuss what I would do prior to me setting a time to be there. And I was on a 2-1/2 week of travel and coming from the Overland Expo in Flagstaff. I assumed Brent would have tools, which he did, but not what is needed to repair the door.
I'm going to guess that Jim is a Scorpio and Val is a Cancer.
Nope. Missed on both.
@@jimandvalstravelchannel what are your actual signs?
Lol. You got my wife and I though. I'm a Scorpio she's a cancer.
@@austinstitzel Val is Gemini and I’m Sagittarius.