In just the last 3 weeks you've taken us to 3 corners of California, SE, NW, and now NE. These are places I would have likely never seen or imagine going to in my lifetime. As a lifelong Californian I salute you Steve & Jessica for your inspiration to take us to all these interesting, off-the-beaten path locations. The quintessential definition of sidetrack adventures. Thank you for another awesome video.
The ladder over the fence is called a stile. The word basically means any means for crossing a fence that leaves the fence itself intact. It's mostly an obsolete word, at minimum archaic, but its derivative turnstile persists. As always, great episode.
Steve: I am from a pioneering California family and would have never seen this corner of our state had you not wandered out there. Grateful, and thank you.
@@fairchild1737 We've visited the area often since the'80s, love it! We took the 3 hour Cal Caverns tour where you crawl around with a helmet and overalls, it's where we decided caving is not really for us. I didn't think I was claustrophobic but I was wrong!😄
people need to discover california again... rip huell howser. i was born in '99 and only allowed to watch PBS lol, ive never met anyone else my age who understands 🤦🏽♀🤷🏽♀😇🩷💛🩵 only child, been taking care of my parents for a long time... things are hard but i appreciate the hard work of those before me. we are all related to ancient people.... did you know that sharks are evolutionarily older than trees? 🌴☀ dont be a big fish in a small pond
Pretty impressive that Mr Von Schmidt was able to navigate through those lava fields, to place his monument so accurately, just a few feet away from the modern-day, GPS-located survey marker. Old-school navigation techniques that got the job done.
The video says Von Schmidt was way off but they later decided to use his inaccurate survey point as the official one, and that's why the modern one is next to it.
This is an excellent RUclips Video Production with historical data that is validated. Almost none of us in California will ever have the opportunity to see the actual marking, a metal stamped circular object, that designates the boundary between California and Nevada. Many RUclips videos premiere the author, the producer, the videographer, and thereby lose the attention of the viewer. This video is very clean, balanced, documented, and authentic. There is no historical ulterior motive. The delivery of the message of the RUclips video is California's boundaries have errors; due to poor technical resources during the 19th century - not due to the surveyors, and arbitrary, and unwise decisions by the commissioners of the times for the new state. I recommend this video highly for its brevity, clean editing, accuracy of editing - they used a drone to cover territory, and their referencing of true California history.
Little did Von Schmidt know, that only about 150 years from the time he erected the monument there, human beings would be able to fly, look at the landscape from above, throw pictures and voices through the air, and so much more. Wonder what the visitor a 150 years from now will be able to do that we can't even imagine.
By then Fort Bidwell will have grown to a 500,000-population bedroom community of the Bay Area and there'll be a couple of huge casinos just across the Nevada line.
I loved hiking around odd corners of California when I was younger, but now I'm old and disabled. Your styles of exploration and curiosity are so close to mine that I feel like I am vicariously walking right beside you in your videos. Thank you for sharing your passion and joy with us.
Same here. Born and raised in San Diego; lived in the Bay Area for twenty years. Now I live in Kentucky. No matter where I have lived, I always want to explore. I am now old and disabled myself. I live vicariously through Steve’s explorations.
Isn't it grand that for a short time within our day, Steve and family can sweep us away from everything current and take some of us back in our time and vicariously relive our sensory responses to our expectations, what was under foot, visually offered as we panned the horizon, stopping for a rest and get our bearings, hear the sounds, smell what's on the air there, feel the temperature, and sense the angst of another difficult climb and exercise the care needed to avoid injury or encounters with other life forms. And do so in some of the most obscure locales. Steve's adventures sure are a treat.
Cool .... not a very common surname.... might you be somehow related to Donald Cool of a town South of Sacramento...my 69yr old brain says the the name of the town begins with a 'c', and v-drive boats are our common interest?
@@roberthevern6169 Sorry, no, it’s actually a play on the name Indrid Cold. He was an alleged visitor who was not from earth and supposedly met with a traveling salesman named Woodrow Derenberger in the 1960’s. ✌🏼👽 Interesting story.
Ex Californian here, and I grew up in Redding, went to college in Chico, and loved exploring Lassen National Park. The pix of rural northern California brought back fond memories.
Be glad you got out. Most of the people with sense have left so the people left are the people with no sense or the people with sense but not enough money or something else keeping them here so they are bitter about it. It's a pretty miserable place to be. I'm currently stuck in Burney because I moved here for a job that lasted two years and then the company went under now I'm stuck here unable to find work good enough to move.
@Saphire_Throated_Carpenter_Ant just because it sucks for you doesn't mean it does for everyone. Maybe cry more or try some more insults that might help
My wife bought an amazing Quarter Horse that came from a ranch not far from there. This was a stubborn buckskin dun Spanish type horse that had the tiger stripes on her legs. My wife fell in love with this Mare who lived to about 35 and literally was sick one day in her life (colic) before she died.She contacted the woman who owned the ranch and was told all their 50 plus horses freely roamed in the spring, fall and summer and they were rounded up and put in a 50 acre fenced area where they got hay and grain in the winter. We often joked that is World Wat 3 hit and we had to get to the mountains this old gal would find a way as millions of vehicles were stranded ion the roads.That area literally seems 100 years behind the rest of the state- like a real Cowboy place where time has stopped and the horses survive any and everything.
Like the Chilcotin and the bunch grass up in BC Canada horses THRIVE in that environment, and due to the large spread of land don't pick up parasites as easy as being confined. No surprise horses do really well.
When I was last up there we rode our horses to the post office in Fort Bidwell to get the mail. There were no actual parking spacers in front of the post office, but there was a hitching rail, so we tied up our mounts and got our mail. That was over 40 years ago, I wonder what it is like today. I would bet not very much has changed. At least I hope not.
Thanks for the news about Fort Bidwell, which I'd never seen before. It would have been interesting to hear a little bit about Alturas, the Modoc County seat. It boasts an 8-sided courthouse dating to 1914, and one of the few still-working blacksmith shops in California. It's also home to the Alturas Indian tribe.
One of my uncles, Philip Garbutt, lived in Adin and worked for the U.S. Forest Service for most of his career so the Northeast corner of California was his territory and I spent time there in the 1960s and 1970s. He would take us out to places he loved and I have fond memories of those times. Another uncle, Gene Derrick, used to run the gas station and market in Canby. I remember visiting Lava Beds National Monument with the outside temperatures well over 100 degrees and going down into a cave where ice was frozen on a 45 degree slope many feet thick, fed by snow melt in the spring. I was born and raised in Chico and Northern California is still my stomping ground.
Brilliant. Being a resident of that small overcrowded island called Britain it's easy to be unaware of just how big the US is and how remote some of the places you visit are away from human habitation. Amazing that there was some kind soul who took the trouble to go to the monument with the stuff needed to build that little ladder. Another supremely enjoyable and informative video, thanks Steve.
Those survey markers are really interesting. I once stayed at Tuttle Creek Campground near Lone Pine, CA and I was walking my dog around in the sagebrush aways from the campground and I tripped over something. It was a brass rod stuck into the ground with a survey marker on it marked 1911. It was kind of in the middle of nowhere and certainly would have been extremely remote in 1911! I imagined a team on horseback surveying for probably weeks at at time with just a canvas tent and some dry provisions.
@@jc4evur661 To mark that spot.🤣 In all seriousness there's a great read that can be picked up or ordered in to most public libraries titled, Chaining the land by François D. Uzes
Come visit Black Chasm, Volcano, California, same faultline as Indian Grinding Rock! and California Caverns, San Andreas, California. Open for business. Please come and see us!
You make it so obvious that "the journey is the gift"... the process is every bit, if not more, important than the destination. Striking out with nothing more than a GPS and an idea... that's the stuff dreams and adventures are made of. My home is Laramie, Wyoming, and we head out often to get lost on purpose, making the gift come true. Thank you so much.
Modern GPS offers the best cure to the mental/emotional obstacles of getting out there: How do I get there?, and How do I get back? For a day of adventuring into a new region with no specific location goal in mind, How do I get back? is paramount and such a relief. Just tell GPS you want to go home (or originating point of this adventure) and let it guide you.
As best I can recall your complaints about the terrain and those of Huel Howser 15 years ago are just about the same. But both you guys did a very good job of covering this. Keep up the good work
His episode isn't on RUclips unfortunately, but I seem to remember that they were trying to get there by following GPS, and that's what caused them issues. I remember them climbing across a rather large lava field, and I didn't even see that, so they had to have been a ways off at times.
@@SidetrackAdventures I remember his program on the NW corner, which is also off, due to old technology. He related that he went into a local business there and told him that the actual property line was 500' north and the business was actually in California. Howser laughed when the owner rather heatedly disagreed with him.
I don't know how you do it, Steve. Once again you took a trek to a place that had the promise of a real boring video and made it interesting as can be. Thanks so much.
You find the coolest, most interesting places to explore, and you’re so fun to take us with you! Because of that, we are planning to go see several of those places in our own travels. Thanks for paving the way. 😃
Come visit Black Chasm, Volcano, California, same faultline as Indian Grinding Rock! and California Caverns, San Andreas, California. Open for business. Please come and see us!
Dropped down there 2 weeks ago from Warner Valley, then eastbound from Cedarville to Denio. The northeastern Great Basin is my favorite area on earth. Big thanks for putting this video together.
@@nealcampbell3190 Thanks. You’re right! Apparently my enthusiasm to write something caused me to make the boo-boo. I was trying to say the extreme northeastern part of California is my favorite part of that state and the extreme northwestern part of the Great Basin is favorite part of the entire country* *I spent a chunk of my life in SE Oregon.
One thing I loved about the area, it is high desert and very arid where it is not desert, but it has a beauty all it's own. When a full moon comes up, it looks like you can touch it. If you ever saw the movie, Joe VS the Volcano, it looks like the luggage scene moon rise on the ocean. At night, when a train comes through, the whistle makes you feel like you are stepping back in time; it is one of the loneliest sounds you will ever hear. Coyotes at night bring you back to the old west. It has a beauty that grows on you. Jack rabbits(40,000 per square mile), mule deer, prong horn antelope, coyotes, mountain lion and black bear all reside in this area.
@@rjh2772 No place in CA is affordable. In 1990, a 3 bedroom two bath ranch averaged $240,000, you might find a desperate seller, but that house is gonna cost you a million now. Cost of living is high all over, and water was becoming an issue back then.
Yeah right? ....sounds like sheer bliss. To be able to shut off that switch of noise and progress. What year would be nice to do that for a long period, at least.
As a retired civil engineer and interested in the history of survey and maps, this episode was fantastically interesting to me. Thanks, Steve. I also have gone on treks to find coordinate junctions and state lines. But, I've never taken a video and recorded those trips.
Quite the adventurous adventure this time! And extra points for you, keeping the camera steady while tripping over rocks and watching for snakes!! It's easy to see why there is no big city there, but the views are still stunning. Those old time surveyors had to be a hardy lot. It looks like you have our corners covered, Steve! Super interesting history on this one.
I have been to Cal., Nevada, Oregon, Washington , Utah, and have lived all my life in Arizona, but have never been this far north in Cal. Thanks for familiarizing me with this part of Cali.
@@SunnyWu Thanks for you kind comments. I had it back in 2021 and still have some side effects so I know how it goes. So far the only thing I've noticed is that I can't smell ground coffee!
Those horses bless their souls are living the life of freedom and simplicity. Like an American dream, they roam and for the most part live in peace and harmony. So beautiful, i am surprised you walked through all that to see this little monument. But none the less conquered it. And were able to document this
@@imasmokethee9170 I live in the Modoc Estates and the USFS land above there are lots of wild horses on Devils Garden.The closest I’v been to that area is lake Anne.
@@facmptr I have property in new pine creek. I’ve spent many hours walking around out there. Also did some work for twelve mile ranch that is next door to the ranch were the horses are. Cowhead slough is what he walked through and despite him saying it wasn’t there, there is a trail to where he went he was about a half mile away from the start of it.
Mr. Steve, you come through yet again! I watched your last video of the northwest corner of California, on the beach where it meets Oregon, and that was a great video too! When it was over, I said to myself " I wonder if he's going to show us the northeast corner too". And here you are, showing us! I love it, and the terrain up there is beautiful. Thanks again for another inspiring episode of Sidetrack Adventures!
I went there with my family in March 2022 but we accessed it from Oregon. There is public land on the Oregon side at the bottom of the ravine shown at 17:15. A dirt road gets pretty close to the tri point so we parked there, crossed a shallow stream, and hiked up the steep ravine to reach the plateau with the marker. My guess is that it's a shorter hike than the route in the video, but the terrain is more difficult. I'd like to go back someday and access it from California, as your route seems better. Great video....thank you for posting!
I did it from the Oregon side. I had no problems. I guess its what you consider steep. I'm out in the Nevada outback all the time. It was not difficult at all.
Come visit Black Chasm, Volcano, California, same faultline as Indian Grinding Rock! and California Caverns, San Andreas, California. Open for business. Please come and see us!
Come visit Black Chasm, Volcano, California, same faultline as Indian Grinding Rock! and California Caverns, San Andreas, California. Open for business. Please come and see us!
Come visit Black Chasm, Volcano, California, same faultline as Indian Grinding Rock! and California Caverns, San Andreas, California. Open for business. Please come and see us!
Ahhhh, I miss him!! "This is AMAZING!" I don't remember that ep and now have to go find it...I remember then one when he went to the center of CA, I think off SR-99. So many fun adventures!!
@@rickring1396 I always felt a little sorry for the tour guides pointing out the standard attractions while Huuell was going off in a different direction getting excited about something not in their script.
Come visit Black Chasm, Volcano, California, same faultline as Indian Grinding Rock! and California Caverns, San Andreas, California. Open for business. Please come and see us!
Come visit Black Chasm, Volcano, California, same faultline as Indian Grinding Rock! and California Caverns, San Andreas, California. Open for business. Please come and see us!
Thank you for sharing your adventure you brought back an adventure that I had as a child to Fort Bidwell. I was about 10 years old when I visited the town. I'm now 70. My Mom, Dad , myself and a friend went there to fish a couple of lakes that were in the area, Lake Annie and Fee Reservoir. Cut throat trout and German Brown galore! We spent several days there and really enjoyed it. The mercantile you showed was still operating at that time. It was/ is an incredible place. I was there around 1965. Thanks for the memories!
A little bit of a hike, but I enjoy the commentary along the way, that register was pretty cool, now the hike back, enjoyed this video Steve. THE SARGE
I lived in Alturas and Cedarville for years, and that area is very interesting! I understand the hot pools that are found out there in the alkali flats have cooled some, so that they can be used for more than scalding pigs!
18:25 The adventure of getting there is well worth it. I like going out in the middle of no where. I'm surprised that there isn't a town since its so flat and wide open space. But im sure it would cost more just to remove all the rocks than it would to actually build. Its awesome to see that in California there are still places you can go and no one is around for miles in any direction. Thank for the story and video.
Hi Steve. I really enjoyed your video. Great photography and interesting narration. As a retired land surveyor, I wanted to bring a couple things to your attention. A Bearing Tree is a reference mark that is used to reestablish a missing corner and it does not define a property line. Also, the brass disk appears to be a USGS triangulation station and I don’t believe it would be one of the old state corner markers. I saw this on an old USGS topo. map. Keep up the good work. 😊
A heartbreak I am certain. Grateful you have the memories, however. In my youth, my dad took me on many steam train excursions. Those photo run-bys, with his 8mm film rolling are still at my sister’s. Like yours, GOOD times! Sorry for the mobility issue. I miss you dad! R
@@royceh.5743 I do have a prosthetic and I did go hiking in Iceland following my amp 7 years ago. 5@ miles in 11 days. But balance issues now severely limit my hiking. The rock trails and inclines declines in your videos would be impossible for me. Your videos and your conversations are very good, help everyone to experience areas that we can’t transverse any longer. Thank you for making them.
Thank you very much for a great adventure. It is a trip that I would have never seen without your help. My wife and I spent 2 years exploring just such places through out the whole United States. Your hike was much appreciated. Thank you.
I’ve always been fixated with the Northeast part of California. Thanks you for making this video. One day I hope to visit the northeastern region of California.
@@andyjay729 I've been to Lava Beds before. That is still very far from that corner. I looked at Fort Bidwell and some nearby areas on the Google Street View before, the town looks deserted, and some areas looked kinda shady.
@@SunnyWu It's interesting how Fort Bidwell was actually one of the first areas to go on Street View in 2007. I know this because they're still using those images today.
My wife and I thoroughly enjoy your videos,Steve. Your California corner series has been a blast to watch. I've been to 3 of the corners, now hankering to see the North East corner. Thank you for doing what you do!
@@seanseoltoir Agreed. Even if it were more strenuous, the curiosity and drive to accomplish the task trumps the mental/physical obstacles presented. And those of us that used to venture into such settings have that personal history of accomplishment and enjoyment.
Hi Steve, I just came across your channel about six weeks ago and and I've really enjoyed your videos. There are other RUclipsrs who make 'personal adventure' videos, and others who make historical videos, but you're one of the rare creators who can mix both really well. I enjoy your hikes and drives, but also how you weave in history and other fun facts.
You'll find those piles of dead tree limbs throughout rural Texas -- but there's a financial reason behind them. If you have 10 acres or more, you can get an "agricultural" tax exemption on your land if you create "habitats" for wild animals. The woodpiles do the job! 🤠
We make them here in Oregon, just north of where he is, we make them. They are for Sasquatch, they’ll put their young’uns in there when they go searching prey at night. It’s true, they do exist.
@@roberthevern6169 no Yeti, but we did think we had a “Nessie” swimming along the Columbia Gorge, it turned out to just be my ex-wife. Very frightening 🫣
yayyyy when I watched the NW corner episode, I was hoping you were going to the NE corner. It's reminding me of the Huell Howser episode where he went there and started getting a little pissed off by the hike.
What a nice and peaceful interlude from my desk in NC in the middle of a busy morning. Sometimes it is so rejuvenating to stop normal life for a while and enjoy the scenery. Thanks for the refresh. Subscribing for more of these.
Snakes? Snakes? Snakes give me the total creeps! Earthworms creep me out too! Congrats in finding the boundary marker, and not meeting up with any snakes!
Come visit Black Chasm, Volcano, California, same faultline as Indian Grinding Rock! and California Caverns, San Andreas, California. Open for business. Please come and see us!
Great job as always. Thanks for doing these videos that most of us only get to see because you take the time for us. I appreciate all the history that you research and tell us about. Very, very glad that you take the time, thanks again and happy adventures.
I do enjoy your videos and informative narrations. I can’t travel yet do vicariously through your videos. They really help after surgeries to see beyond the 4 walls of my room. So again thank you sooo much for answering this call.
Oh my goodness I’m so glad to have stumbled onto your site! How awesome is this! You go to amazing places..and you give a history too! Thank you so much for the work you put into your videos! Time to binge then try to catch up! Ty again! ⭐️⭐️⭐️❤😊
Lakeview, Oregon, just across the border used to be known as the hang gliding capital of the west, so I've spent a fair amount of time in that area flying and exploring since 1995
Hey, have you ever checked out "Weaverville"? Right on Highway 299? , There are bricked-up tunnels and doors that go into the mountain, visible from the road. There's a little stretch of the old mining town left, made with red bricks. I'm the worst photographer, or I'd have a picture to show you. Lol. I thought I was recording. Love your videos. Thank You for sharing with us. It's rough now, can you imagine living there 100 years ago?
Check out Pioche, Paranaget, Walker Lake Rholyte, Geyser Ranch, Ely, and even the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS). The National Nuclear Security Administration operates the Museum of Atomic Testing in Las Vegas and takes the public to the NNSS by chartered bus for tours once a month. You have a very good delivery and production style.
Love that you are re-doing the famous Huell Howser series on the CA Corners. Huell had some major problems hiking to that spot...LOL. It was his most stressful episode for sure. Of course the 5th corner is in the middle of Lake Tahoe, which would necessitate a maritime excursion.
@@dixoncider7256 Trying to find the NE Corner, Huell got lost and was visibly frustrated and exhausted hiking through the rough rocky hills. They finally found it after many hours.
Just loving these corners of California videos. I've been the California once, visited LA and other stuff in Orange County. These places most folks won't see are just fascinating! Thanks again Steve... I watch every week and try never to miss a video....
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Love that you share your extensive research with us rather than just taking us on a walk. It's a learning experience. Thanks so much
Its amazing, there's so much history everywhere.
Well said
well said. this is what all content creators should be doing.
ALWAYS love learning about history no matter who's it is.
We've seen all 4 corners of California now, in the last bunch of videos?
In just the last 3 weeks you've taken us to 3 corners of California, SE, NW, and now NE. These are places I would have likely never seen or imagine going to in my lifetime. As a lifelong Californian I salute you Steve & Jessica for your inspiration to take us to all these interesting, off-the-beaten path locations. The quintessential definition of sidetrack adventures. Thank you for another awesome video.
Awesome Call Rob.
He also took us to the SW corner.
And likely the only place on the face of the earth where You will see an image of Biden publicly smooching Trump. BTW
@@royceh.5743LOL.
Spot on. 👍🏻
The ladder over the fence is called a stile.
The word basically means any means for crossing a fence that leaves the fence itself intact. It's mostly an obsolete word, at minimum archaic, but its derivative turnstile persists.
As always, great episode.
it gave the “stile” in turnstile, and is heavily used in Europe where walking trails are everywhere- especially the UK
Beats getting snagged in barbs, that's for sure!
@@exothermal.sprocket Or electrocuted should the fence be electrified,
@@stevelange819 Would have to be a solar powered fencer out there, and someone would have to maintain it.
@@exothermal.sprocket In NZ they have these tensile wired electrified fencing and they can run for kilometres, and now with solar!!!
Steve: I am from a pioneering California family and would have never seen this corner of our state had you not wandered out there. Grateful, and thank you.
Come visit Black Chasm, Volcano, California, and California Caverns, San Andreas, California. Open for business. Please come and see us!
@@fairchild1737 We've visited the area often since the'80s, love it! We took the 3 hour Cal Caverns tour where you crawl around with a helmet and overalls, it's where we decided caving is not really for us. I didn't think I was claustrophobic but I was wrong!😄
Me too, my great grandma was born in Sacramento in 1857,
people need to discover california again... rip huell howser. i was born in '99 and only allowed to watch PBS lol, ive never met anyone else my age who understands 🤦🏽♀🤷🏽♀😇🩷💛🩵 only child, been taking care of my parents for a long time...
things are hard but i appreciate the hard work of those before me. we are all related to ancient people.... did you know that sharks are evolutionarily older than trees? 🌴☀ dont be a big fish in a small pond
Pretty impressive that Mr Von Schmidt was able to navigate through those lava fields, to place his monument so accurately, just a few feet away from the modern-day, GPS-located survey marker. Old-school navigation techniques that got the job done.
Nature is precise, so long as one learns to read it.
Germans are pretty accurate
The video says Von Schmidt was way off but they later decided to use his inaccurate survey point as the official one, and that's why the modern one is next to it.
The narrator was pretty clear on this point.
This is an excellent RUclips Video Production with historical data that is validated. Almost none of us in California will ever have the opportunity to see the actual marking, a metal stamped circular object, that designates the boundary between California and Nevada. Many RUclips videos premiere the author, the producer, the videographer, and thereby lose the attention of the viewer. This video is very clean, balanced, documented, and authentic. There is no historical ulterior motive. The delivery of the message of the RUclips video is
California's boundaries have errors; due to poor technical resources during the 19th century - not due to the surveyors, and arbitrary, and unwise decisions by the commissioners of the times for the new state. I recommend this video highly for its brevity, clean editing, accuracy of editing - they used a drone to cover territory, and their referencing of true California history.
Little did Von Schmidt know, that only about 150 years from the time he erected the monument there, human beings would be able to fly, look at the landscape from above, throw pictures and voices through the air, and so much more. Wonder what the visitor a 150 years from now will be able to do that we can't even imagine.
By then Fort Bidwell will have grown to a 500,000-population bedroom community of the Bay Area and there'll be a couple of huge casinos just across the Nevada line.
@@nlpnt Hahahahhhhahhhhhhhaaaaaaa!!!
Chill bro. 😂
Too accurate @@nlpnt
I loved hiking around odd corners of California when I was younger, but now I'm old and disabled. Your styles of exploration and curiosity are so close to mine that I feel like I am vicariously walking right beside you in your videos. Thank you for sharing your passion and joy with us.
Same here. Born and raised in San Diego; lived in the Bay Area for twenty years. Now I live in Kentucky. No matter where I have lived, I always want to explore. I am now old and disabled myself. I live vicariously through Steve’s explorations.
Isn't it grand that for a short time within our day, Steve and family can sweep us away from everything current and take some of us back in our time and vicariously relive our sensory responses to our expectations, what was under foot, visually offered as we panned the horizon, stopping for a rest and get our bearings, hear the sounds, smell what's on the air there, feel the temperature, and sense the angst of another difficult climb and exercise the care needed to avoid injury or encounters with other life forms. And do so in some of the most obscure locales. Steve's adventures sure are a treat.
@@stevelange819 Very well expressed.
I miss Huell Howser. So now we have this fun channel to take us.
You don’t look old!
Talk about a Sidetrack Adventure! I don’t think a lot of people realize how vast and remote areas of the Great Basin are. 👍🏼👍🏼
Cool .... not a very common surname.... might you be somehow related to Donald Cool of a town South of Sacramento...my 69yr old brain says the the name of the town begins with a 'c', and v-drive boats are our common interest?
@@roberthevern6169 Sorry, no, it’s actually a play on the name Indrid Cold. He was an alleged visitor who was not from earth and supposedly met with a traveling salesman named Woodrow Derenberger in the 1960’s. ✌🏼👽
Interesting story.
Ex Californian here, and I grew up in Redding, went to college in Chico, and loved exploring Lassen National Park.
The pix of rural northern California brought back fond memories.
Be glad you got out. Most of the people with sense have left so the people left are the people with no sense or the people with sense but not enough money or something else keeping them here so they are bitter about it. It's a pretty miserable place to be.
I'm currently stuck in Burney because I moved here for a job that lasted two years and then the company went under now I'm stuck here unable to find work good enough to move.
@Saphire_Throated_Carpenter_Ant just because it sucks for you doesn't mean it does for everyone. Maybe cry more or try some more insults that might help
@@Saphire_Throated_Carpenter_Ant😂😂😂 b bye! 👋
@@CAIFAN3 bye
@@Saphire_Throated_Carpenter_Ant
😢🙏🙏
My wife bought an amazing Quarter Horse that came from a ranch not far from there. This was a stubborn buckskin dun Spanish type horse that had the tiger stripes on her legs. My wife fell in love with this Mare who lived to about 35 and literally was sick one day in her life (colic) before she died.She contacted the woman who owned the ranch and was told all their 50 plus horses freely roamed in the spring, fall and summer and they were rounded up and put in a 50 acre fenced area where they got hay and grain in the winter. We often joked that is World Wat 3 hit and we had to get to the mountains this old gal would find a way as millions of vehicles were stranded ion the roads.That area literally seems 100 years behind the rest of the state- like a real Cowboy place where time has stopped and the horses survive any and everything.
Like the Chilcotin and the bunch grass up in BC Canada horses THRIVE in that environment, and due to the large spread of land don't pick up parasites as easy as being confined. No surprise horses do really well.
I rode past that monument when I was 15 on horse back. 1965.
When I was last up there we rode our horses to the post office in Fort Bidwell to get the mail. There were no actual parking spacers in front of the post office, but there was a hitching rail, so we tied up our mounts and got our mail. That was over 40 years ago, I wonder what it is like today. I would bet not very much has changed. At least I hope not.
Horses are wild here too you can adopt one and take it home if you like .Been in Modoc since prior too COVID love it live it respect it !
Thanks for the news about Fort Bidwell, which I'd never seen before. It would have been interesting to hear a little bit about Alturas, the Modoc County seat. It boasts an 8-sided courthouse dating to 1914, and one of the few still-working blacksmith shops in California. It's also home to the Alturas Indian tribe.
One of my uncles, Philip Garbutt, lived in Adin and worked for the U.S. Forest Service for most of his career so the Northeast corner of California was his territory and I spent time there in the 1960s and 1970s. He would take us out to places he loved and I have fond memories of those times. Another uncle, Gene Derrick, used to run the gas station and market in Canby. I remember visiting Lava Beds National Monument with the outside temperatures well over 100 degrees and going down into a cave where ice was frozen on a 45 degree slope many feet thick, fed by snow melt in the spring. I was born and raised in Chico and Northern California is still my stomping ground.
It is very emotional to see the marker left by such dedicated men. 1872, WOW, how impressive. Thank you for your looking and presenting your results.
Brilliant. Being a resident of that small overcrowded island called Britain it's easy to be unaware of just how big the US is and how remote some of the places you visit are away from human habitation. Amazing that there was some kind soul who took the trouble to go to the monument with the stuff needed to build that little ladder. Another supremely enjoyable and informative video, thanks Steve.
"getting here is only half the adventure." I enjoy your humor.
He should have said, "Getting back is the other half!". Haha
Steve's humor precedes him!
I wouldn't mind seeing the second half, and more of the town.
I love Cali-centric content...Huell Howser vibes...well done & thx.
What an adventure. Thank you Steve for taking us along!
Man the architecture of that bank from the 1907 photo is crazy. Wish things were still built that way.
Yepp, that was built properly. Wonder who carted it off and just left the vault.
Those survey markers are really interesting. I once stayed at Tuttle Creek Campground near Lone Pine, CA and I was walking my dog around in the sagebrush aways from the campground and I tripped over something. It was a brass rod stuck into the ground with a survey marker on it marked 1911. It was kind of in the middle of nowhere and certainly would have been extremely remote in 1911! I imagined a team on horseback surveying for probably weeks at at time with just a canvas tent and some dry provisions.
I wonder why they left a marker like that there?
@@jc4evur661 To mark that spot.🤣 In all seriousness there's a great read that can be picked up or ordered in to most public libraries titled, Chaining the land by François D. Uzes
Lone Pine and Big Pine. I love that area!
@@CarsandCats The Eastern Sierra is indeed a special place.
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You make it so obvious that "the journey is the gift"... the process is every bit, if not more, important than the destination. Striking out with nothing more than a GPS and an idea... that's the stuff dreams and adventures are made of. My home is Laramie, Wyoming, and we head out often to get lost on purpose, making the gift come true. Thank you so much.
Modern GPS offers the best cure to the mental/emotional obstacles of getting out there: How do I get there?, and How do I get back? For a day of adventuring into a new region with no specific location goal in mind, How do I get back? is paramount and such a relief. Just tell GPS you want to go home (or originating point of this adventure) and let it guide you.
As best I can recall your complaints about the terrain and those of Huel Howser 15 years ago are just about the same. But both you guys did a very good job of covering this. Keep up the good work
Ahh...Huell Howser!
Wasn't he a reporter for a California TV station?
His episode isn't on RUclips unfortunately, but I seem to remember that they were trying to get there by following GPS, and that's what caused them issues. I remember them climbing across a rather large lava field, and I didn't even see that, so they had to have been a ways off at times.
@@roberthevern6169 California`s Gold .. PBS
@@SidetrackAdventures I remember his program on the NW corner, which is also off, due to old technology. He related that he went into a local business there and told him that the actual property line was 500' north and the business was actually in California. Howser laughed when the owner rather heatedly disagreed with him.
I met Huel howser about 20-25 years ago in Sacramento, loved his show
Just awesome, Steve. So many comment that they'll never get to these destinations, myself included, thanks to you, we do. God bless, safe travels 🙏
I don't know how you do it, Steve.
Once again you took a trek to a place that had the promise of a real boring video and made it interesting as can be. Thanks so much.
You find the coolest, most interesting places to explore, and you’re so fun to take us with you! Because of that, we are planning to go see several of those places in our own travels. Thanks for paving the way. 😃
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Dropped down there 2 weeks ago from Warner Valley, then eastbound from Cedarville to Denio. The northeastern Great Basin is my favorite area on earth. Big thanks for putting this video together.
Used to be great hamburgers in Denio.
Did you mean the Northwestern? The Northeastern part of the Great Basin is the Salt lake Valley.
@@nealcampbell3190 Thanks. You’re right! Apparently my enthusiasm to write something caused me to make the boo-boo. I was trying to say the extreme northeastern part of California is my favorite part of that state and the extreme northwestern part of the Great Basin is favorite part of the entire country*
*I spent a chunk of my life in SE Oregon.
@@drkskyes absolutely right!
One thing I loved about the area, it is high desert and very arid where it is not desert, but it has a beauty all it's own. When a full moon comes up, it looks like you can touch it. If you ever saw the movie, Joe VS the Volcano, it looks like the luggage scene moon rise on the ocean. At night, when a train comes through, the whistle makes you feel like you are stepping back in time; it is one of the loneliest sounds you will ever hear. Coyotes at night bring you back to the old west. It has a beauty that grows on you. Jack rabbits(40,000 per square mile), mule deer, prong horn antelope, coyotes, mountain lion and black bear all reside in this area.
Is it affordable place to return?
Retire
@@rjh2772 No place in CA is affordable. In 1990, a 3 bedroom two bath ranch averaged $240,000, you might find a desperate seller, but that house is gonna cost you a million now. Cost of living is high all over, and water was becoming an issue back then.
Yeah right? ....sounds like sheer bliss. To be able to shut off that switch of noise and progress. What year would be nice to do that for a long period, at least.
@@rjh2772not much anymore. Compared to the rest of CA, yes, but all in all, not exactly affordable
As a retired civil engineer and interested in the history of survey and maps, this episode was fantastically interesting to me. Thanks, Steve. I also have gone on treks to find coordinate junctions and state lines. But, I've never taken a video and recorded those trips.
Quite the adventurous adventure this time! And extra points for you, keeping the camera steady while tripping over rocks and watching for snakes!! It's easy to see why there is no big city there, but the views are still stunning. Those old time surveyors had to be a hardy lot. It looks like you have our corners covered, Steve! Super interesting history on this one.
I have been to Cal., Nevada, Oregon, Washington , Utah, and have lived all my life in Arizona, but have never been this far north in Cal. Thanks for familiarizing me with this part of Cali.
Places I've wondered about since I was a kid, thank you Steve for taking us there.
Love love love the historical commentary
As I sit here with a lousy case of covid, your vid is an oh so welcome diversion. Thanks for all the effort you put into these Steve.
Thank you. I hope you feel better quickly.
Hope you feel better soon and you don't have any residual effects. I'm here 7 months after infection, and never fully recovered...
@@SunnyWu Thanks for you kind comments. I had it back in 2021 and still have some side effects so I know how it goes. So far the only thing I've noticed is that I can't smell ground coffee!
Hope you feel better soon.....
@@jeanangel2104 Thanks - we do!
Thanks for sharing! It’s a remarkable journey into the long forgotten past. A piece of history.
I am amazed at the length you go to post great videos. Thanks you so much.
Those horses bless their souls are living the life of freedom and simplicity. Like an American dream, they roam and for the most part live in peace and harmony. So beautiful, i am surprised you walked through all that to see this little monument. But none the less conquered it. And were able to document this
lots of wild horses in Modoc.
@@facmptr we have some wild horses around the country in the south west here too, in NM.
Those are not wild horses I live in this area and have been there many times. That is a private ranch.
@@imasmokethee9170 I live in the Modoc Estates and the USFS land above there are lots of wild horses on Devils Garden.The closest I’v been to that area is lake Anne.
@@facmptr I have property in new pine creek. I’ve spent many hours walking around out there. Also did some work for twelve mile ranch that is next door to the ranch were the horses are. Cowhead slough is what he walked through and despite him saying it wasn’t there, there is a trail to where he went he was about a half mile away from the start of it.
Always look forward to your sidetrack adventures, Steve. Thanks for sharing this. So informative and interesting!
Thanks Steve, watching your videos are probably the most peaceful part of my day. Always looking forward to the next. Stay safe my friend.
Thank you, I really appreciate it.
The background music is relaxing, subdued. Perfectly suited to the content. 👍
And not too loud to be distracting.
@@christinerussell1132 I honestly thought I had already covered that concept with the word "subdued". My bad.
This was a really cool video. I live in Southern Oregon... I might try to see this in person one day.
Thanks Steve for the journey and your narration is very interesting and enjoyable. Keep it up.
Mr. Steve, you come through yet again! I watched your last video of the northwest corner of California, on the beach where it meets Oregon, and that was a great video too!
When it was over, I said to myself " I wonder if he's going to show us the northeast corner too".
And here you are, showing us! I love it, and the terrain up there is beautiful.
Thanks again for another inspiring episode of Sidetrack Adventures!
Thank you Steve & Jessica, really appreciate and enjoy your video's.
Thanks for taking us along😊hope you made it back easily and snake free👍🏼
Quite a trek! Thanks for taking us along. 👍
Our pleasure!
I went there with my family in March 2022 but we accessed it from Oregon. There is public land on the Oregon side at the bottom of the ravine shown at 17:15. A dirt road gets pretty close to the tri point so we parked there, crossed a shallow stream, and hiked up the steep ravine to reach the plateau with the marker. My guess is that it's a shorter hike than the route in the video, but the terrain is more difficult. I'd like to go back someday and access it from California, as your route seems better.
Great video....thank you for posting!
I did it from the Oregon side. I had no problems. I guess its what you consider steep. I'm out in the Nevada outback all the time. It was not difficult at all.
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Another informative and enjoyable video. Learn stuff in your videos I have never seen or heard before. Excellent photography
Thank You For Sharing Beautiful Scenes
i am so impressed with this episode. I watch all the Sidetrack Adventures, but this one is at the top of my list. ✴✴✴✴✴
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I’m only 2:37 in and I am so happy I found this video! Thank you for showing me this area. I love it it’s beautiful ❤
Huell Howser did a series of shows on finding California's corners. The episode on the N/E corner was quite an odyssey.
I saw that video. I loved to watch California's Gold. I lived in southern Oregon a few media programs bled across the border.
Ahhhh, I miss him!! "This is AMAZING!"
I don't remember that ep and now have to go find it...I remember then one when he went to the center of CA, I think off SR-99. So many fun adventures!!
@@d.e.7467 You should see the one where he finds the North/West corner and tells the Oregon store owner that his store is actually in California.
Huell Howser: “Look at that rock! Golly”!! 😂
@@rickring1396 I always felt a little sorry for the tour guides pointing out the standard attractions while Huuell was going off in a different direction getting excited about something not in their script.
Thank you, man. I love learning these hidden cities here in the golden state.
Your video's are so cool ! I don't miss any ! Thank you Steve !
I can’t wait until Wednesday! R
Certainly, one of the most beautiful videos I've ever seen. Thank you so much!
Steve, I really love your videos.
Keep up the good work.
Steve, I have to say your videos are so good. They're nice and chill. I'll be watching you explore for years.
Thank goodness we have open natural spaces in California and Nevada.
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Come visit Black Chasm, Volcano, California, same faultline as Indian Grinding Rock! and California Caverns, San Andreas, California. Open for business. Please come and see us!
Thank you for sharing your adventure you brought back an adventure that I had as a child to Fort Bidwell.
I was about 10 years old when I visited the town.
I'm now 70. My Mom, Dad , myself and a friend went there to fish a couple of lakes that were in the area, Lake Annie and Fee Reservoir.
Cut throat trout and German Brown galore!
We spent several days there and really enjoyed it.
The mercantile you showed was still operating at that time.
It was/ is an incredible place. I was there around 1965.
Thanks for the memories!
A little bit of a hike, but I enjoy the commentary along the way, that register was pretty cool, now the hike back, enjoyed this video Steve. THE SARGE
I lived in Alturas and Cedarville for years, and that area is very interesting! I understand the hot pools that are found out there in the alkali flats have cooled some, so that they can be used for more than scalding pigs!
I grew up in Modoc County. Its a beautiful area. Thank you
18:25 The adventure of getting there is well worth it. I like going out in the middle of no where. I'm surprised that there isn't a town since its so flat and wide open space. But im sure it would cost more just to remove all the rocks than it would to actually build. Its awesome to see that in California there are still places you can go and no one is around for miles in any direction. Thank for the story and video.
Hi Steve. I really enjoyed your video. Great photography and interesting narration. As a retired land surveyor, I wanted to bring a couple things to your attention. A Bearing Tree is a reference mark that is used to reestablish a missing corner and it does not define a property line. Also, the brass disk appears to be a USGS triangulation station and I don’t believe it would be one of the old state corner markers. I saw this on an old USGS topo. map. Keep up the good work. 😊
Thank you for showing us the wonders of California and the southwest. I love this place and appreciate your work!
Great video. I’m a Steve too. I used to hike too. 1300 miles annually. But now I’m down to one leg. So your video is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
A heartbreak I am certain. Grateful you have the memories, however. In my youth, my dad took me on many steam train excursions. Those photo run-bys, with his 8mm film rolling are still at my sister’s. Like yours, GOOD times! Sorry for the mobility issue. I miss you dad! R
@@royceh.5743 I do have a prosthetic and I did go hiking in Iceland following my amp 7 years ago. 5@ miles in 11 days. But balance issues now severely limit my hiking. The rock trails and inclines declines in your videos would be impossible for me. Your videos and your conversations are very good, help everyone to experience areas that we can’t transverse any longer. Thank you for making them.
Thank you very much for a great adventure. It is a trip that I would have never seen without your help. My wife and I spent 2 years exploring just such places through out the whole United States. Your hike was much appreciated. Thank you.
Excellent video as always! Thanks for sharing.
Nice combination of history, geography, and a little sightseeing. Good job!
I’ve always been fixated with the Northeast part of California. Thanks you for making this video. One day I hope to visit the northeastern region of California.
I've been there and I'd recommend, especially Lassen Peak and Lava Beds National Monument.
@@andyjay729 I've been to Lava Beds before. That is still very far from that corner. I looked at Fort Bidwell and some nearby areas on the Google Street View before, the town looks deserted, and some areas looked kinda shady.
@@SunnyWu It's interesting how Fort Bidwell was actually one of the first areas to go on Street View in 2007. I know this because they're still using those images today.
It's a beautiful area. Grew up in Modoc county.
My wife and I thoroughly enjoy your videos,Steve. Your California corner series has been a blast to watch. I've been to 3 of the corners, now hankering to see the North East corner. Thank you for doing what you do!
Two miles out, and two miles back plus all the ups and downs. That was a long trek. Thanks for sharing.
That's not bad if you are young and in even moderate shape... I'm neither anymore... :(
@@seanseoltoir Agreed. Even if it were more strenuous, the curiosity and drive to accomplish the task trumps the mental/physical obstacles presented. And those of us that used to venture into such settings have that personal history of accomplishment and enjoyment.
Hi Steve, I just came across your channel about six weeks ago and and I've really enjoyed your videos. There are other RUclipsrs who make 'personal adventure' videos, and others who make historical videos, but you're one of the rare creators who can mix both really well. I enjoy your hikes and drives, but also how you weave in history and other fun facts.
You'll find those piles of dead tree limbs throughout rural Texas -- but there's a financial reason behind them. If you have 10 acres or more, you can get an "agricultural" tax exemption on your land if you create "habitats" for wild animals. The woodpiles do the job! 🤠
i bet the spiders, rodents, and birds alone love them!
We make them here in Oregon, just north of where he is, we make them. They are for Sasquatch, they’ll put their young’uns in there when they go searching prey at night. It’s true, they do exist.
@@Cmon-Man Does Sasquatch play cards with the Yeti?
Sorry, wrong continent.....😅
@@roberthevern6169 no Yeti, but we did think we had a “Nessie” swimming along the Columbia Gorge, it turned out to just be my ex-wife. Very frightening 🫣
I believe the land owner was cutting down Juniper because it lowers the water table. I know this is done in Texas.
I love that town ride my bike through there now and again, thanks for another fine video Steve
I've just bought a house in Cedarville. Thanks for this video!
Such a cool, informative video! Really loved it AND lovin’ the Padre hat!!!
yayyyy when I watched the NW corner episode, I was hoping you were going to the NE corner.
It's reminding me of the Huell Howser episode where he went there and started getting a little pissed off by the hike.
I remember that! They used GPS and didn't realize it was off and walked all over the place.
And Huell had helpers along.
That’s amazing!
@@SidetrackAdventures Sorry to bother, but if you have time, could you do the south east corner of California,thank you
@@joshuaambriz8711He already has a great video on Yuma and the Colorado River.
What a nice and peaceful interlude from my desk in NC in the middle of a busy morning. Sometimes it is so rejuvenating to stop normal life for a while and enjoy the scenery. Thanks for the refresh. Subscribing for more of these.
my legs are aching just watching you hike: you’re doing what many can’t or won’t do!
So true! I used to 'won't' and now I 'can't'! Don't want to end up like Julian Sands....!
This has been enlightening information. Thank you for exploring and sharing with us.
Snakes? Snakes? Snakes give me the total creeps! Earthworms creep me out too! Congrats in finding the boundary marker, and not meeting up with any snakes!
to. quote a great adventurer: “ why’d it have to be snakes!”
No kidding that’s when the Levi’s come in handy and some good boots. 😂
@@Daniel-fd3wp Hahaha! Yah, US Grade steel toe boot that goes all the way up my to my waist!!
@@gregg4600 …i can picture someone in a suit of armor hiking around 🤣
@@bostonrailfan2427 Hahaha! No Joke!
Being from Cali, I really enjoyed this look into the history you provided in your search for the marker. Great video.
I've lived in California my whole life and never knew that the North East corner was so desolated. Thank you for a very well done video.
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I Loved it, It was Educational And RELAXING... It was like I Took a Hike, AND I Didnt need Hiking Shoes, nor a Bike !
Thank You !
It wouldn't be a Sidetrack Adventures vid without you fretting about snakes :P
One day we'll see a snake again.
Great job as always. Thanks for doing these videos that most of us only get to see because you take the time for us. I appreciate all the history that you research and tell us about. Very, very glad that you take the time, thanks again and happy adventures.
Hey Sidetrack Adventures...Find the center of California...there is a marker there, so it is a place.
Clean your windshield and Let's Go!
I have a video on it from a few years ago. If you look at the playlists section, I have one for centers of the states and California is the first one.
Great exploration Steve.. Here in Tennessee I enjoy being a fan.
Thank you, I appreciate it.
I do enjoy your videos and informative narrations. I can’t travel yet do vicariously through your videos. They really help after surgeries to see beyond the 4 walls of my room. So again thank you sooo much for answering this call.
You sure made this a lot more interesting than when Huell Howser did it !
Oh my goodness I’m so glad to have stumbled onto your site! How awesome is this! You go to amazing places..and you give a history too! Thank you so much for the work you put into your videos! Time to binge then try to catch up! Ty again! ⭐️⭐️⭐️❤😊
Lakeview, Oregon, just across the border used to be known as the hang gliding capital of the west, so I've spent a fair amount of time in that area flying and exploring since 1995
Hey, have you ever checked out "Weaverville"? Right on Highway 299? , There are bricked-up tunnels and doors that go into the mountain, visible from the road. There's a little stretch of the old mining town left, made with red bricks. I'm the worst photographer, or I'd have a picture to show you. Lol. I thought I was recording. Love your videos. Thank You for sharing with us. It's rough now, can you imagine living there 100 years ago?
Check out Pioche, Paranaget, Walker Lake Rholyte, Geyser Ranch, Ely, and even the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS). The National Nuclear Security Administration operates the Museum of Atomic Testing in Las Vegas and takes the public to the NNSS by chartered bus for tours once a month. You have a very good delivery and production style.
The history, stories and scenery really ties us all together. What you're doing is fantastic and I thank you for all the work you put into these.
Love that you are re-doing the famous Huell Howser series on the CA Corners. Huell had some major problems hiking to that spot...LOL. It was his most stressful episode for sure.
Of course the 5th corner is in the middle of Lake Tahoe, which would necessitate a maritime excursion.
I missed that episiode of California's Gold. What happened?
@@dixoncider7256 Trying to find the NE Corner, Huell got lost and was visibly frustrated and exhausted hiking through the rough rocky hills. They finally found it after many hours.
Just loving these corners of California videos. I've been the California once, visited LA and other stuff in Orange County. These places most folks won't see are just fascinating! Thanks again Steve... I watch every week and try never to miss a video....
One thing I don't think a lot of people outside of the region think is "how is Nevada anything like Oregon?". Lol Thanks for these!
Eastern Oregon, Washington, North Nevada, Southern Idaho look just like North East California scrub land and yes it snows here.
very cool - thanks for the vid sir. A couple decades ago I spent more time in eastern Oregon there for work but never made it all the way down there.
Having toured the Bidwell Mansion and Bidwell Park in Chico, I assumed it was the same guy!
I am truly loving the people who venture out into our country and describe things from our historical past.
Sending love from new mexico ABQ. ❤😊