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Have you seen the movie "Bone Tomahawk"? It's a western/horror and it has some of the craziest theories of the west and what some clans may have been like to the extreme. With the amount of torture methods and body art. I think you'd really enjoy it. That cave reminds me of the cave in the movie and also shows how they may have used ropes to get up to some of those really high caves that seem unattainable.
8:11 "exactly who used this cave, and why" same frame you've got in the thumbnail. you can see their face in the opposite bank quite clearly. look at it, see the big face you picked for the thumbnail.
WOW! nothing kills the mystique of the "desert drifter" like a commercial/ad for boxed mail in food. come on man....integrity aint easy, but ones honor is worth it in the end.
My grandfather was a forrest ranger for 45 years in New Mexico and Az.. we rode horses all over the country and hiked and discovered so many amazing things. One day we saw two guys climbing a huge rock mtn. On the Blue river, border of NM and Az.. the next werk we read in the paper they had found a conqistador helmet and shield in the cliff dwellings there. !! Love your show👍
A guy told a story in one of these videos of him and his buddies finding a completely intact and serviceable stash of U.S. Calvary weapons which included a hand crank 1860’s era Gatling machine gun. Oh my !
@@shannonwhitaker9630awesome! I was born in Silver City NM and have loved this my whole life, now I'm a great grandmother and still do this exploring ! Thank you for your comment , would have loved to see what they found ! 👍
Can we for a minute thank Andrew for ,I would imagine the ton of work and extra walking it takes putting these uploads together. He always makes sure the views are incredible and that includes the drone footage carrying the drone and batteries including cameras go pros making sure they're charged up .... carrying all this gear in dangerous spaces researching where to go historical and environmental facts he relays and editing these all for our enjoyment and knowledge NOT TO MENTION time away from his lovely wife and home.... Andrew thank you it's much appreciated ...heck I'm learning so much you know being from new Hampshire and all!😂
crazy time to visit a high desert summer is brutal maybe go above tree line in the rockys to stay cool or get a cooling neck towel and use it all day also getting shirt and hat wet and drinking one gallon of water with electrolytes added
Your integrity towards preservation is inspiring. At the same time, it embarrasses me for the behavior of others that loot and damage. Thank you for capturing what you do. Thank you for your narrative. Just, thank you.
Just came back from Az. Stopped at Montezuma castle, super historian that volunteers time explaining the history. Ken, told what these “punks” my description, destroying trees climbing up defending himself for his behavior by saying he pays taxes he can do what he chooses. He wasn’t the only Vandals.
This is way before your time. But in the late 60s and early 70s a lot of us hippies were looking to escape society and went into the wilderness to live. A group of us one summer lived in a cave in Colorado. It was the best time I’ve ever had in my life
My days used to ruined from the second I woke up everyday with a horrible feeling that whilst living in a nasty place there’s a family enjoying a nice life as a result. I find it bizarre that we have to pay to sleep in peace under a roof. That stopped 5 years ago. Saved 10s of 1000s. And I am not surrounded by strangers or smelling there crap !! The worst days of my life.!!
Like other people that comment on your wonderful channel, I’m an elderly 85 year old man, and fortunately still able to mow our lawn and do minimal house and garden work. Anyway, as a young boy I lived in Southwestern Utah and at that time we collected arrow heads, pottery and pottery shards, and metates. Not realizing we were taking away from future generations the thrill of finding a perfectly crafted arrow head etc, and now regret what we did. Thank you for educating the public to respect others and to allow them to see these ancient artifacts where they found them and to leave them for future generations to enjoy. My love for the study of ancient southwest cultures I became a master flint knapper. I have crafted hundreds of Atlatl points, arrowheads, knife and spear points and have marked each one so they would not be confused as ancient artifacts. Maybe that will redeem the uneducated transgressions of my youth.
Maybe the former owners who lost them would be happy knowing they don,t end up in a sterile museum but a boy( you) and his friends were happy collecting the lost scraps and enjoyed and learnt about it on their own way….there is no reason to archivate some kind of open air museum all over the world at all, ….why wouldn’t,t anyone private be allowed to pick up some old arrow heads and ceramic shards? Bcs the museums and archeologists claim their rights? What did you actually destroy while doing that? Nothing….those shards and old broken arrow heads were discarded mostly and thrown onto a bin or just left behind, but for you their are treasures and kept the memory about those hunters and people alive,,,,a hand full of boys 70 yrs ago can.t do any harm to millions of lost artefacts hidden under gravel or in old fire pits,…but you learnt a lot about it that way and that is far more important than basically trash ending in museums….and how many museums burnt down and all was lost, while hidden gems still slumber in an old boy‘s collectible box…..LoL…😘
@@SR-gs8zo Hi from New Zealand, I really like your perspective on removing artifacts. Totally agree.. better in an old man's junk drawer than a museum storage box in a basement
Think your being a little hard on yourself. Perfectly natural thing to do. If not you some other kids who probably wouldnt hardly remember or respect them
I’d mount them in a beautiful frame and put as much location documentation on the back as you can.. pass them down, enjoy them, cherish them.. they can inspire others better than any sort of museum.
I'm assuming you are in the Hole In The Wall area. The Butch and Sundance story is very interesting to me. They were at the very tail end of the wild west but they were some of the smartest and most resourceful bandits ever. They covered vast distances when evading posses with a large network of supporting ranches that would provide them with fresh horses. This network was expensive to maintain and most of their loot went to keep palms greased. What is more, their disappearance from history while in South America cements their legend as the most intriguing bandits ever!
My Grand Uncle & Grandfather road w/Cassidy. They opened up a Butcher Shop in order to process the cattle for Cassidy. That is, until Grand Uncle ran off w/the cash & went to Argentina to work on the B.C. ranch.
Thank you, Desert Drifter, for fascinating plunges into nature which weave intricately into our heritage. This outlaw expedition was invigorating! Then you know, Tuco, that Butch & Sundance were showoffs, not unlike yourself. The Fort Worth Five photo was proof of this, paid for by one robbery while the next was being planned. This was also the case in June of 1889, when young Robert Leroy Parker, newly enriched from the Denver bank robbery, and Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, newly out of Sundance jail, posed for a cabinet card photo near Telluride, Colorado. "Butch & Sundance ~ The New Evidence," corroborates the big scar on Cassidy's left cheek and places the Kid at the San Miguel Valley Bank robbery. They are young men, sporting straight noses and relaxed faces, in a tent studio run by a travelling photographer, drenched in natural light with no sheer lighting or shadowed eyes. The image is processed in albumin - egg whites. Nobody has seen anything like it, yet Dan Buck has told the Western History Association and True West Magazine to ban me. I've tried to publish with both and they will not acknowledge the obvious scar. I call on sharp honest eyes, like yours Tuco, to investigate "Butch & Sundance ~ The New Evidence" and try to prove me wrong. To anybody who says "it's not them - not even close," your opinion is clearly immaterial. You have never seen a photograph of young Robert and Harry from their Telluride years - so you must address the evidence. Tuco, as a cinematographer, surely you realize where this is headed. Check it out, BMB
@@imdawolfman2698: this must be Mr. Roy Head. I am your old neighbors son. Before the flood anyway. My Dad was Carl Scroggins. Your Son Sundance is a Friend of mine. He has turned out to be an amazing Artist and Man! I hope you’re doing well Sir. GOD Bless! Clint
incredible to think about the possibility of walking in the footsteps of outlaws who had found the perfect hideout! I'm so grateful to come along for the ride, even if from my couch!
I love your quiet, respectful, intellectual ways, combined with your climbing ability and outdoorsmanship. Add to that your talent for videography and editing; your channel is top-notch! You inspire tranquility, deep thought and meditation. You remind me of some of my favourite professors from university. Keep on drifting!
I enjoy your philosophy, poetic observations, and appreciation for the western deserts. You ask excellent questions without acting like you know the answers already. You explain stewardship and respect in realistic terms. And…your word choice shows your education and sensitivity instead of laziness. Cussing tends to hit my pause and delete buttons. There is a natural explorer built into me, but my legs are getting older and my time is limited. Thanks for opening up that trail of wanderlust.
The combination of beans and rice creates a complete protein. Beans alone and rice alone both lack certain essential amino acids. If eaten together, however, each contributes what the other is missing to form a complete protein.
@@saritamullins8294 Never heard that, but I find this: "Eating corn, beans and squash together - as the ancient Indians did in a dish that has come to be known as succotash - also enhances the nutritional benefits of each. Together, the complementary amino acids of the Three Sisters form complete proteins, virtually eliminating the need for meat in the diet."
@@RobCherwink...... I knew about the corn and beans together and that ancient American Indians ate this combination on a regular basis but had never heard about combining with squash. Will have to let my Granddaughter know this as she is a vegetarian and a serious one. She has not eaten meat since she was 15 years old and is now 29. Recently had a blood work-up and is A-1 healthy.
As a kid I grew up on a farm & in Jr High started reading the whole Louis L'Amour collection & got my Dad to read them, gave us something else to share. Your videos bring his books to life. I wish my Dad was still here, he would have loved your videos as much as I do.
You forget that in the early 1900s late 1800s... That area was probably populated 1000% more than it is today. Folks were riding and exploring everywhere looking for gold, or ranch land. Not every cave was an Outlaw hideout, it was just easy shelter for the folks passing through or looking to homestead.
There were also significant numbers of Indigenous peoples living all across North America… at least the ones who survived the diseases and mass extermination that the white settlers brought.
Amen brother and after the wars of genocide against us we had no reason at all to be kind nor friendly to anyone not of our people. Fool me once.....we die...@@artharrison9586
@@artharrison9586not indigenous they walked over from Siberia. “Native Americans” are from Asia. However Europeans lived in North America 4000 years ago before the “Native Americans” walked over from Siberia.
From a retired white South African Boer I must thank you for bringing such top quality and most interesting places to enjoy in comfort. For your efforts I honestly respect and support you every step of the way. Thanks.
Thanks. Those that inhabited or went through the area LOVED it, don't cry for them. I had this memory of being in the entrance of a cave where i recalled a low roaring sound, which I now realize was from today's show rushing (rapids) water. Hope you are enjoying yourself as I really enjoy these shows.
Enjoyed your video. I am sure when those writing on the stone walls were made, they did not think someone would be looking at them hundreds of years later. My father born December 10, 1924 grew up way back in the hills of Northeast Oklahoma. Before Grand Lake was made by building the Dam. As a child he was showed how to 'live off the land'. What you could eat, what to stay away from. As I watched your video it is clear they had pretty much everything they needed. With the river there was food. Of course, if you got tired of fish, eat what came to the river to catch the fish. Clearly you had clear water. If you got hot, jump in. If you got cold, make a fire. Except for the snakes, they do not taste like chicken! Thanks Don
You know the wild west wasn't that long ago. I'm 71. My grandmother was old enough to have experienced it. And I have relatives from the generation under that who lived primitively into the 1970s and possibly some to this day.
I just came upon a picture of my great-grandmother, it looks like it could have been their wedding day, in front of a freshly made sod house. Probably Eastern Wyoming or Nebraska, I know my grandmother - her oldest was born in Chugwater Wyoming.
I'm 62 and the census lists my great grandfather as a teamster in Dodge City, and he also had a saloon and boarding house. I never met him, but my grandfather certainly did. You are right, it wasn't long ago.
The women in my family had children late. I'm 69, and my grandma was born in 1888, she traveled by wagon train from Indiana to Nebraska when she was 5. Her older sister homesteaded a ranch on her own outside of Sundance WY. They were amazing people that took risks and worked really hard.
I miss the days when I was able to explore the way you do. I've hiked the mountains of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. Memories of great trails and finds will be with me always. Thanks for your channel, and taking me with you.
What an intriguing place! The cave with the hitching post was would have made a good home if you didn't want to be found. The difficulty of getting to that canyon, and the availability of clean water made it an ideal hideout. Thank you so much for taking us with you to someplace so gorgeous.
I can see the upper cave used as a look out, but that bottom cave is the best bet for a band of outlaws to use. One could ride there horses up stream m, where it's easily accessible to water for their camping and look at all the soot up above at the mouth of the cave. That's years of fires in the cave. I hope you have the opportunity to explore the uyger caves in the area. Just imagine what possible stolen booty is buried in those hills that you could have walked by and never knew was there. That would be a fun place to go to with a good gold and silver metal detector and spend a week or two! 😄
I used to live in Virginia City, NV. There is a road that leads down from there to Highway 50 called Six Mile Canyon and I have traveled that road many times. Legend has it there is a treasure buried in there somewhere and many people have gone in search of it but came up empty-handed. If memory serves, it was from a robbery up at Virginia City.
I can say with a pretty good amount of certainty that although the Wild bunch may have frequented the “outlaw trail”, Jesse James never saw anything farther west than maybe central Texas or central Oklahoma. The James gang did make it to Minnesota where they were shot up pretty badly.
After Jesse faked his death he lived out there until he did died in 1930s he went to a civil war veterans reunion in the 1920s where he signed the registration list.
Andrew, you are one of the safest hikers I've seen. And your videos are so well presented with abundant scenic views. I enjoy every one of your desert adventures. Please stay safe, my friend.
You have the most incredible channel on RUclips. Your narration is so amazing. Please show us more from this area. Thank you for another just super video.
Good video bud I'm surprised you found it not being local. The Outlaw stories are true because not far from the canyon river along the Red Wall was Cassidy's gang's cabin which was moved to Cody, Wyoming Old Trail Town. It's there today. This was the perfect place to hide and have endless food and water. Glad you had fun! ✌️🤠
That’s a nice journey through that canyon. No doubt many outlaws probably have used it fried out and the scenery is beautiful. I bet your wife would love to go on that journey with you.
I particularly loved this adventure because of the river and the different scenery. Living 26 yrs in AZ, youvare always fascinated with water. It was so beautiful, and I could just imagine myself in that gorgeous pool! Thank you, I really enjoyed this adventure. My family was part of the Hatfield/McCoy feud.
Great exploration! I have cared for elderly in many capacities, your Factor 75 would be a game changer for many. They could continue exploring with you from their home, and live there. Aged vulnerability. So, great addition to your channel! Thanks again.
What a treasure Drifter found in these valleys where outlaws possible hid from posse's and the law. It was very rugged, but had plenty of water and fish and so many cave shelter's to choose from. Beautiful scenery and good content!
Andrew, this was a very interesting video. My wife really liked it as well. Her grandpa left hime as a young boy...pre-teen. 3 years of his life are missing. He never talked about what he was doing, but he could tell you the location of all the outlaw hideouts. He also told of the outlaw trail you mentioned and that hed been to Mexico. Some of the family thinks he fell in with the outlaws as a camp kid...cooking, cleanung etc. She kept nodding her head and saying yes. I dont know his whole story, but you had alot if points that rung a bell with her. Thanks for another great trip.
Hello Andrew, I recently discovered your wonderful channel. I don"t like the heat but I most certainly like the wonderful places you takes to. I truly enjoy watching the hidden caves, cool rivers and rock formations. God provided us with a wonderful Earth! Thank you for all your hard work. Please keep sending us your wonderful videos.
Just like to tell you I love your videos. Coming from sleepy middle England we don’t have deserts . We do have lots of history but it’s great watching your adventures and discoveries. 🇺🇸🇬🇧
I love your history, too. I have a friend who lives in Chard, we have never met in person, but have had a few video chats, so fun! Anyway, she often sends me photos and little history lessons. I love it.
Andrew, the outlaws rode their horses down impossible for human cliff edge paths. Ray Mears How The West Was Won series showed how it was done. Thank you for another awesome video
You'll never know what your videos have meant for me. I used to hike, climb, scramble 4-7 times a week. Even ran a couple of ultras. Since the pandemic I've had a lot of mental health issues which has helped give me agoraphobia, social anxiety. I did not want to live for about 4 years. Last few months I have felt better and looking forward to getting even better. I wanna get back outside and your videos help with that. Just wanted to say thank you. If and when I can, would be awesome to be able to join you on a hike. I'm miles away now, but one can have dreams. Stay cool my brother and always safe 👍
My home state. I’ve heard many stories about the outlaw cave hideouts. I know the area you’re at. Seeing these caves from your perspective is fascinating. Great video. Thank you, Andrew.
This kind of stuff is what I like seeing because I’ve never been anywhere to explore and now I’m a retired Welder, 64 and can’t do any of that anymore!
I came in about 10 minutes in and saw your sandals and went "what!". Then I realized and went back to the beginning and saw what you were doing. Wish I could explore like you do but i'm too old for it now. Thanks for another beautiful one.
Always enjoyable, I'm in awe of the amount of effort it must take to set up the cameras for long shots only to have to climb back up to recover them. Amazing landscape but I wouldn't want to take an injury there - hoping you've got that covered! Happy wanderings.
Amazing to see all the different caves you saw and explored. Just imagine the numbers of caves you didn't stumble upon as well. There would be virtually no way to track down anyone if they didn't want to be found... Thumbs Up!
Dude, I'm so happy you're getting sponsored! You definitely deserve it for the quality of videos you create! Thank you for my escape or west beforeI'm able to move there.
I never comment on videos, but I have been following you for a while and here you are in my back yard! I grew up fishing public and private land around that area (by invitation of course). It’s rough country out that way. There are some pictographs in some of the caves and walls, as well as some old cowboy graffiti. The only pictograph’s I’ve seen are turtles and some bighorns, no clue how old they are. If you head that way again, I’d suggest some stiffer pants, stout boots and a fly rod. Parachute hoppers really clean up this time of year. All the best man!
Hitching post made me suspect a wall and that cross beam would be a good rifle rest when drawing a bead on anyone coming down that draw into the canyon?
Ithink maybe the posts were to put your saddle on. Why have a horse tied to something they could rip out and why have that hores apples so near the cave.
My mom always made rice to go along with her homemade chili. She was from the deep south, southern Alabama. I don't know anyone else that ever even heard of rice with chili, no idea where she got the idea but it's my favorite way to have chili. Chili with cornbread, real southern cornbread, not the sugar laden northern interpretation, runs a close second.
Might've been a stash location. Comancheros built walls with a roof and beams into the sides of low canyon walls into small caves and small cave-like manmade dugouts. They were built in the rural Mexican ranchero style with wood, sandstone, straw, and muddy clay. They were used for storing goods, hidden away from their living location. You won't find any stone slab granaries in the ruins of their structures, and many have been washed out since they often built them in low areas of the canyon walls. With this spot you found being so difficult to get to by horse, or even mule, I reckon they'd put their ill gotten goods on a raft and float it up there to the cave. Seems like a solid way to avoid trackers, going through a waterway like that. They probably entered the water a fair distance away from the cave to avoid suspicion, since any decent tracker will search up and down both sides of a waterway a mile or so to locate the lost tracks again. Any outlaw with the foresight to choose a place like that was pretty clever. If one man in a group left his horse with the other outlaws to continue running away while he rafted the stolen goods up to the cave, it would take a very good tracker (maybe an Indian) to recognize that the horse got lighter in the hoof without its rider. Such a tracker would be a very dangerous enemy to have in those days. There weren't many folks out there back then though, and an outlaw would have a pretty good idea of the skill level of those tracking him. In most stories though, it was just a posse of farmers. A lot of ranch hands wouldn't even notice that horse had lost a rider at some point. An experienced bounty hunter would've known to expect it as soon as the tracks led to a waterway though, I reckon.
Had you tried catching trout by hand ? 60 years ago an old man in Norfolk England told me about poaching by 'tickling trout' . They would lay down with their arm in the water near to where fish gathered. Slowly moving underneath one, gently moving their fingers to encourage it to move up. When near to the surface, a sudden swipe would throw it onto the bank.
One well known outlaw showed up and was given a plate of food. He never stopped holding his gun as he wolfed down the food and then just threw the plate on the ground, and didn’t even say "Thank you." Same area an outlaw was cornered in the barn for several days. They killed him there and never found the loot. Eventually the barn burned down, years later, and someone noticed the family quietly started to do better with an extra purchase here and there of things they couldn't afford before. Was it Billy the Kid or one of those well known types I had actually heard if before... I can't remember who it was. But it was in Rural Arizona, if that helps.
My wife is Puerto Rican and that's how they eat chili too. Now, I'm not saying that arroz con chili is indigenous to PR and I don't know if other Puerto Ricans eat it that way but, as my father-in-law says, a meal without rice isn't a meal. I grew up eating chili as a bowl of chili, no rice. Now, I prefer it with rice.
I live in Hawaii and during the early days of sugar plantations, workers were brought in from anywhere they could find people who knew how to handle sugarcane and could handle the heat. Guess who that included? You guessed it Puerto Ricans. They're still here playing their cool music and dancing their cool dances. Whether we got the chili and rice from them or somebody else it's hard to say, but I've grown to love it!!
It worried me when I saw your sandals but was so relieved that you had worn hiking boots going up. This was an awesome hike and so interesting to speculate about how many people had used the caves throughout history. Thanks for sharing!🤗
I imagine that the landscape has changed throughout the years since the outlaw days! A lot of those big boulders probably were still covered in soil back in the day! Rain and flooding has espoused them now!
Fantastic! I think the big cave was definitely parially walled up. Im 71 and have lived in AZ, NM,WY,UT, and CO. Ive always read books about the frontier history for every state that ive lived in and explored. Around Hanksville, UT years ago where the outlaw trail passed through you could find remnants of many old hideouts and junk left behind. Im so glad that i found your channel.
Dude! That last cave you found the second day seemed amazing! SUPER hidden and had a notch ideal for hiding the brightness of fire and close to an awesome swimming hole! It's super neat to live vicariously through you, friend! Stay safe!
1914 is a little late for outlaws. But earlier groups probably were there. Also a lot of erosion has happened in the creek bed and the trails in 100 or more years. The original trail down might have been easier. Cowboys I know don't ever want to get off a horse and walk. I read a story 40 or more years ago Robert Redford rode the outlaw train from south to north. He had an old cowboy as a guide. The mornings were cold and Redford had at the cold weather gear of the time. Down sleeping bag, air mattress, long johns, etc. And the cowboy wore bluejeans and a jacket, slept on the saddle blanket and had a light blanket over him. Redford was amazed how the cowboy didn't seem to notice the discomforts. While he froze all night and didn't get warm until the sun was on him. I was raising horses and cattle at the time and probably saw the story in a ranching magazine, but it may be around on the web. The were probably prospectors thru there with mules several times. For minerals, but later for uranium. And it's a great place to get away from people. Nice canyon. If it wasn't so far to the store, I'd like it. My special forces friends could visit and eat snake. If their knees could take the hike. Buy some gas. Thanks!
Being a local Wyo person and spending lots of time hunting n camping just north off this video there is some amazing history in those canyons and land, b ack packing threw that canyon system is not an easy feet for an skilled experienced person. Proceed with caution if you venture . Loved the video 🤘🤘
D. Parker here, Butch Casity was my great great uncle. Took the name from the man that taught him to rustle cattle, his own dad disowned him. Yeah your on the outlaw trail. Goes all the way to Texas. Both sides of my family came from the Utah territory. Ole Leroy Parker was not a great man and chose a very difficult life..Saddle Tramp, nothing to romanticize. Neat journey though.
@@sheilagravely5621 sorry finger slip but at leeeeeaast oops did it again, love you even if your the spelling police. Check out Outlaw Trail by Charles Kely (yes you can find it with one L.) It was out of publish for many years but I thinks it in publish again. Please dont (haha) call the grammer cops on me. ;-), great book, many of my family participated in the enactment.
Incidently my grandmother who grew up in Utah homesteadind and is now 98 still breathes. Shure she would be interested in talking to anyone doing ligit research. She is still sharp as a tack andd probably tries to spell better....
What an amazing adventure! Love to escape with The Desert Drifter and roam to beautiful, mysterious and ancient places. Thank you for taking us along. Life is so peaceful and serene after an outing with Andrew! Thanks again!
Such a great intro, I'm surprised you don't have 1 mil subs already. You have a great voice delivery over video and making it sound natural when presenting
I always eat rice with my chilli also. My mom made it that way and I love it. Thanks so much for sharing your adventures with us. The scenery is breath taking. I can also imagine the loneliness they felt staying away from everyone.
Thank you for this video. Looks like that would be a great place to spend a few days exploring. Quite possibly there were outlaws who used that valley as a hideaway.
I always enjoy your videos. I was once able to do those types of adventures (usually with others), and I miss them terribly when I see where you have been. I hope you are enjoying yourself as much as it appears. Thank you, thank you.
Beautiful in summer and early fall, but winter would be impossible -- none of those caves could be winterized. And snowmelt floods in the spring would make that place dangerous. Probably a one-season hideout. Fishing that stream would be a treat!
Chili without rice is like living in the city, and never getting into the open spaces that you keep finding.. Try adding a little sour cream and cheddar cheese if you want to add to the variety. Thanks for sharing your experiences in this beautiful land
You're always so well equipped, so I was literally shocked to see you put on a pair of flat bottom sandals instead of water shoes. perhaps you're unaware of them. They protect your feet and have a good grippy rubber sole. I love your videos and look forward to every new one. Thanks for taking us along!
@@feelinghealingfrequences7179 I've caught a beautiful trout in a remote place like that (OK, it was next to a road, but kind of remote). Of course I let that trophy go. I'll never forget it.
Just curious - while out by yourself like this, have you had anything spooky happen? I realize this is not what your channel is about, but still, with all that history, it makes me wonder. Really enjoying your channel! Looking forward to more!
It's so amazing seeing this beautiful country. And the caves are hidden really well. And chilli with rice is something I've eaten all my life. My husband thought I was crazy.
The Occurrence at Dry Lakes, Sublette County, Wyoming, 1971, saw the largest drug seizure in U.S, history where foreign smugglers used dry lake beds to store packages wrapped in weather resistant house wrap and camo covers. Vehicles could disappear through an opening in one of the dry lakes. Caves were also found, and captives were liberated by deputies,
I've lived in Sublette county for 75 years and never heard anything about this. Tried to google it nothing. Where do you find more information or is this a tall tale?
Facts like this never reach the light of day my friend is nothing new. That is how bad people get away with doing horrible things to good people by not enough alert eyes open inquisitive folks willing to get help and never go alone, be armed and alert Law Enforcement to suspicious activities or things that could save lives. BE ALERT-SAVE LIVES-HELP THOSE UNABLE TO HELP THEMSELVES , only a simple photo or phone call means Everything!
@@allenvandyke732 There was a Wilderness Crime Watch in effect supported by law enforcement in three counties. The good begins when someone calls the police.
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Have you seen the movie "Bone Tomahawk"? It's a western/horror and it has some of the craziest theories of the west and what some clans may have been like to the extreme. With the amount of torture methods and body art. I think you'd really enjoy it. That cave reminds me of the cave in the movie and also shows how they may have used ropes to get up to some of those really high caves that seem unattainable.
8:11 "exactly who used this cave, and why" same frame you've got in the thumbnail. you can see their face in the opposite bank quite clearly. look at it, see the big face you picked for the thumbnail.
lol, have fun!😂
WOW! nothing kills the mystique of the "desert drifter" like a commercial/ad for boxed mail in food. come on man....integrity aint easy, but ones honor is worth it in the end.
Jeeze, TV dinners are back. I ate those in the 1960s. 😂
My grandfather was a forrest ranger for 45 years in New Mexico and Az.. we rode horses all over the country and hiked and discovered so many amazing things. One day we saw two guys climbing a huge rock mtn. On the Blue river, border of NM and Az.. the next werk we read in the paper they had found a conqistador helmet and shield in the cliff dwellings there. !! Love your show👍
A guy told a story in one of these videos of him and his buddies finding a completely intact and serviceable stash of U.S. Calvary weapons which included a hand crank 1860’s era Gatling machine gun. Oh my !
@@shannonwhitaker9630awesome! I was born in Silver City NM and have loved this my whole life, now I'm a great grandmother and still do this exploring ! Thank you for your comment , would have loved to see what they found ! 👍
sounds like you had an awesome childhood
Yes I had a great childhood and still a great life ahead ! Thank you
New Mexico, AZ, Utah,.....AMAZING geography!! If you're looking for green grass and trees,...you're in the wrong state.
Can we for a minute thank Andrew for ,I would imagine the ton of work and extra walking it takes putting these uploads together. He always makes sure the views are incredible and that includes the drone footage carrying the drone and batteries including cameras go pros making sure they're charged up .... carrying all this gear in dangerous spaces researching where to go historical and environmental facts he relays and editing these all for our enjoyment and knowledge NOT TO MENTION time away from his lovely wife and home.... Andrew thank you it's much appreciated ...heck I'm learning so much you know being from new Hampshire and all!😂
Thank you for the kind words and for watching!
I love to watch your clips,they take me to places that at 77 I will never get to see
I'm leaving for the southwest in a week, from Rhode Island. I'll spend about a week or two, then drive back. My point is: It's all your fault.
😂BAAWWAAAHHHAaa
crazy time to visit a high desert
summer is brutal
maybe go above tree line in the rockys
to stay cool
or get a cooling neck towel and use it all day
also getting shirt and hat wet and drinking one gallon of water with electrolytes added
😂
Youre brave! .......or Crazy 🤪
1 week won't be enough. Enjoy.
Your integrity towards preservation is inspiring. At the same time, it embarrasses me for the behavior of others that loot and damage. Thank you for capturing what you do. Thank you for your narrative. Just, thank you.
Just came back from Az. Stopped at Montezuma castle, super historian that volunteers time explaining the history. Ken, told what these “punks” my description, destroying trees climbing up defending himself for his behavior by saying he pays taxes he can do what he chooses. He wasn’t the only Vandals.
@@macsaints10 The arrogance of the ignorant is hard to escape...
This is way before your time. But in the late 60s and early 70s a lot of us hippies were looking to escape society and went into the wilderness to live. A group of us one summer lived in a cave in Colorado. It was the best time I’ve ever had in my life
My days used to ruined from the second I woke up everyday with a horrible feeling that whilst living in a nasty place there’s a family enjoying a nice life as a result.
I find it bizarre that we have to pay to sleep in peace under a roof.
That stopped 5 years ago.
Saved 10s of 1000s. And I am not surrounded by strangers or smelling there crap !!
The worst days of my life.!!
Ya, the people who watched the movie "Jerimiah Johnson" too many times, like the Unabomber!
Most Hippies needed snacks and pizza delivery.
Did it break down like most hippie communes where 1 assertive dick would end up in charge and then proceed to abuse everyone else until it disbanded?
Just found your videos! Great ! As a disabled person your going places I could never get to. Thanks
Like other people that comment on your wonderful channel, I’m an elderly 85 year old man, and fortunately still able to mow our lawn and do minimal house and garden work. Anyway, as a young boy I lived in Southwestern Utah and at that time we collected arrow heads, pottery and pottery shards, and metates. Not realizing we were taking away from future generations the thrill of finding a perfectly crafted arrow head etc, and now regret what we did. Thank you for educating the public to respect others and to allow them to see these ancient artifacts where they found them and to leave them for future generations to enjoy. My love for the study of ancient southwest cultures I became a master flint knapper. I have crafted hundreds of Atlatl points, arrowheads, knife and spear points and have marked each one so they would not be confused as ancient artifacts. Maybe that will redeem the uneducated transgressions of my youth.
Maybe the former owners who lost them would be happy knowing they don,t end up in a sterile museum but a boy( you) and his friends were happy collecting the lost scraps and enjoyed and learnt about it on their own way….there is no reason to archivate some kind of open air museum all over the world at all, ….why wouldn’t,t anyone private be allowed to pick up some old arrow heads and ceramic shards? Bcs the museums and archeologists claim their rights? What did you actually destroy while doing that? Nothing….those shards and old broken arrow heads were discarded mostly and thrown onto a bin or just left behind, but for you their are treasures and kept the memory about those hunters and people alive,,,,a hand full of boys 70 yrs ago can.t do any harm to millions of lost artefacts hidden under gravel or in old fire pits,…but you learnt a lot about it that way and that is far more important than basically trash ending in museums….and how many museums burnt down and all was lost, while hidden gems still slumber in an old boy‘s collectible box…..LoL…😘
@@SR-gs8zo Hi from New Zealand,
I really like your perspective on removing artifacts.
Totally agree.. better in an old man's junk drawer than a museum storage box in a basement
"I'm clipped out"...what does that mean
Think your being a little hard on yourself. Perfectly natural thing to do. If not you some other kids who probably wouldnt hardly remember or respect them
I’d mount them in a beautiful frame and put as much location documentation on the back as you can.. pass them down, enjoy them, cherish them.. they can inspire others better than any sort of museum.
I'm assuming you are in the Hole In The Wall area. The Butch and Sundance story is very interesting to me. They were at the very tail end of the wild west but they were some of the smartest and most resourceful bandits ever. They covered vast distances when evading posses with a large network of supporting ranches that would provide them with fresh horses. This network was expensive to maintain and most of their loot went to keep palms greased. What is more, their disappearance from history while in South America cements their legend as the most intriguing bandits ever!
I named my first son Sundance. He's 45 now and wears the name well. He's not an outlaw, but a DJ/Musician.
My Grand Uncle & Grandfather road w/Cassidy. They opened up a Butcher Shop in order to process the cattle for Cassidy. That is, until Grand Uncle ran off w/the cash & went to Argentina to work on the B.C. ranch.
Thank you, Desert Drifter, for fascinating plunges into nature which weave intricately into our heritage. This outlaw expedition was invigorating!
Then you know, Tuco, that Butch & Sundance were showoffs, not unlike yourself. The Fort Worth Five photo was proof of this, paid for by one robbery while the next was being planned. This was also the case in June of 1889, when young Robert Leroy Parker, newly enriched from the Denver bank robbery, and Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, newly out of Sundance jail, posed for a cabinet card photo near Telluride, Colorado. "Butch & Sundance ~ The New Evidence," corroborates the big scar on Cassidy's left cheek and places the Kid at the San Miguel Valley Bank robbery.
They are young men, sporting straight noses and relaxed faces, in a tent studio run by a travelling photographer, drenched in natural light with no sheer lighting or shadowed eyes. The image is processed in albumin - egg whites. Nobody has seen anything like it, yet Dan Buck has told the Western History Association and True West Magazine to ban me. I've tried to publish with both and they will not acknowledge the obvious scar.
I call on sharp honest eyes, like yours Tuco, to investigate "Butch & Sundance ~ The New Evidence" and try to prove me wrong. To anybody who says "it's not them - not even close," your opinion is clearly immaterial. You have never seen a photograph of young Robert and Harry from their Telluride years - so you must address the evidence. Tuco, as a cinematographer, surely you realize where this is headed. Check it out, BMB
@@imdawolfman2698 *My son is also named Sundance! He's made us proud.*
@@imdawolfman2698: this must be Mr. Roy Head. I am your old neighbors son. Before the flood anyway. My Dad was Carl Scroggins. Your Son Sundance is a Friend of mine. He has turned out to be an amazing Artist and Man!
I hope you’re doing well Sir. GOD Bless!
Clint
incredible to think about the possibility of walking in the footsteps of outlaws who had found the perfect hideout! I'm so grateful to come along for the ride, even if from my couch!
I love your quiet, respectful, intellectual ways, combined with your climbing ability and outdoorsmanship. Add to that your talent for videography and editing; your channel is top-notch! You inspire tranquility, deep thought and meditation. You remind me of some of my favourite professors from university. Keep on drifting!
There is a bug in every skum. Gül bideo.
I think I'm pregnant
-@JoanneOP's phone keyboard
Thank you, that’s a very nice compliment. I’m glad the videos encourage you to think deeply. More of that in our society would be helpful!
I’m 69 and you are doing wat I always dreamed of. High deserts are amazing and full of history.
I found an outlaw hideout too!
It's called Washington DC!
There’s one in Florida too.
@@John-qb8vdFlorida has good outlaws at least.
@@Mr05Chuck No, not really. Lying, anti-constitutional outlaws are not good.
One clue is that Wash DC isn't even a part of America and has its own rules & govt. USA hasn't been free for a long, long time.
😂😂😂😅
I enjoy your philosophy, poetic observations, and appreciation for the western deserts. You ask excellent questions without acting like you know the answers already. You explain stewardship and respect in realistic terms. And…your word choice shows your education and sensitivity instead of laziness. Cussing tends to hit my pause and delete buttons. There is a natural explorer built into me, but my legs are getting older and my time is limited. Thanks for opening up that trail of wanderlust.
Beautiful comment. Exactly how I feel but words fail me❤
The combination of beans and rice creates a complete protein. Beans alone and rice alone both lack certain essential amino acids. If eaten together, however, each contributes what the other is missing to form a complete protein.
Wow, I didn't know that! Thanks❤
I always thought it was beans and corn that provided complete nutrition. Maybe it's both.
@@saritamullins8294 Never heard that, but I find this: "Eating corn, beans and squash together - as the ancient Indians did in a dish that has come to be known as succotash - also enhances the nutritional benefits of each. Together, the complementary amino acids of the Three Sisters form complete proteins, virtually eliminating the need for meat in the diet."
@@RobCherwink...... I knew about the corn and beans together and that ancient American Indians ate this combination on a regular basis but had never heard about combining with squash. Will have to let my Granddaughter know this as she is a vegetarian and a serious one. She has not eaten meat since she was 15 years old and is now 29. Recently had a blood work-up and is A-1 healthy.
As a kid I grew up on a farm & in Jr High started reading the whole Louis L'Amour collection & got my Dad to read them, gave us something else to share. Your videos bring his books to life. I wish my Dad was still here, he would have loved your videos as much as I do.
I love Louis!
I’ve read all of his books too - not only were they entertaining, but educational as well. I so wish I could have met him!
You forget that in the early 1900s late 1800s... That area was probably populated 1000% more than it is today. Folks were riding and exploring everywhere looking for gold, or ranch land. Not every cave was an Outlaw hideout, it was just easy shelter for the folks passing through or looking to homestead.
There were also significant numbers of Indigenous peoples living all across North America… at least the ones who survived the diseases and mass extermination that the white settlers brought.
Amen brother and after the wars of genocide against us we had no reason at all to be kind nor friendly to anyone not of our people. Fool me once.....we die...@@artharrison9586
@@artharrison9586not indigenous they walked over from Siberia. “Native Americans” are from Asia. However Europeans lived in North America 4000 years ago before the “Native Americans” walked over from Siberia.
@@ATROPAsound ...?....
@@artharrison9586 Indoctrination.
From a retired white South African Boer I must thank you for bringing such top quality and most interesting places to enjoy in comfort.
For your efforts I honestly respect and support you every step of the way.
Thanks.
Thanks. Those that inhabited or went through the area LOVED it, don't cry for them. I had this memory of being in the entrance of a cave where i recalled a low roaring sound, which I now realize was from today's show rushing (rapids) water. Hope you are enjoying yourself as I really enjoy these shows.
Enjoyed your video. I am sure when those writing on the stone walls were made, they did not think someone would be looking at them hundreds of years later. My father born December 10, 1924 grew up way back in the hills of Northeast Oklahoma. Before Grand Lake was made by building the Dam. As a child he was showed how to 'live off the land'. What you could eat, what to stay away from. As I watched your video it is clear they had pretty much everything they needed. With the river there was food. Of course, if you got tired of fish, eat what came to the river to catch the fish. Clearly you had clear water. If you got hot, jump in. If you got cold, make a fire. Except for the snakes, they do not taste like chicken! Thanks Don
They taste like a snake smells 😝
It's great to see you back after 2 weeks!😃👍
Thanks TUCO!
Does he know where his wife is - when he's out like this ?
This is one of your best adventures. I'm glad that I get to visit such wonderful and fascinating places with you. Thank you for letting me tag along.
the footage of the snake was so cool!!!
What kind of snake?
Now I know the garter snake ate the fish out of my pond. I bought larger fish this time.
People used caves for centuries, especially with animals. Supply’s safety, shade, and lots of water and fish. Let’s go !!!
I was just thinking of the many people over 1000's of years who have sat looking out from the mouth of those caves contemplating life!
@@S-T-E-V-E it must of been very peaceful back in those days with no telemarketers calling your cell phone constantly. And no consumer debt, lol. 😂
Thumbs up for showing the watersnake eating the fish!
Garter snake
Unless you were the fish! Lol
Garter snake, not a water snake... Minnows and small fish are a favorite.
@@MrVegas-vm2kp I thought Garter snakes had body-length stripes but I guess they're different up there. I stand corrected.
@@Wampus_Cat I googled "garter snake" and was amazed at how many varieties there are.
This adventure is one of my favorites. Bring your pole and have a trout for dinner. Beauty all around you.
You know the wild west wasn't that long ago. I'm 71. My grandmother was old enough to have experienced it. And I have relatives from the generation under that who lived primitively into the 1970s and possibly some to this day.
I just came upon a picture of my great-grandmother, it looks like it could have been their wedding day, in front of a freshly made sod house. Probably Eastern Wyoming or Nebraska, I know my grandmother - her oldest was born in Chugwater Wyoming.
@@christymartin6281 yes. Sometimes I just feel like I can reach back and touch that era.
I'm 62 and the census lists my great grandfather as a teamster in Dodge City, and he also had a saloon and boarding house. I never met him, but my grandfather certainly did. You are right, it wasn't long ago.
@@jamesf4405 That is really awesome! One side of my family is Native Americans who ended up in Oklahoma.
The women in my family had children late. I'm 69, and my grandma was born in 1888, she traveled by wagon train from Indiana to Nebraska when she was 5. Her older sister homesteaded a ranch on her own outside of Sundance WY. They were amazing people that took risks and worked really hard.
I miss the days when I was able to explore the way you do. I've hiked the mountains of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. Memories of great trails and finds will be with me always. Thanks for your channel, and taking me with you.
What an intriguing place! The cave with the hitching post was would have made a good home if you didn't want to be found. The difficulty of getting to that canyon, and the availability of clean water made it an ideal hideout. Thank you so much for taking us with you to someplace so gorgeous.
Always grateful to see folks explore my backyard. I grew up learning about the Hole in the Wall Gang. Thanks for stopping by to enjoy Wyoming!
I can see the upper cave used as a look out, but that bottom cave is the best bet for a band of outlaws to use. One could ride there horses up stream m, where it's easily accessible to water for their camping and look at all the soot up above at the mouth of the cave. That's years of fires in the cave. I hope you have the opportunity to explore the uyger caves in the area. Just imagine what possible stolen booty is buried in those hills that you could have walked by and never knew was there. That would be a fun place to go to with a good gold and silver metal detector and spend a week or two! 😄
Let us know if you do it and what you find please.
I used to live in Virginia City, NV. There is a road that leads down from there to Highway 50 called Six Mile Canyon and I have traveled that road many times. Legend has it there is a treasure buried in there somewhere and many people have gone in search of it but came up empty-handed. If memory serves, it was from a robbery up at Virginia City.
The more “soot”you find on the ceiling, the more fires that have been that Cave🎉
I can say with a pretty good amount of certainty that although the Wild bunch may have frequented the “outlaw trail”, Jesse James never saw anything farther west than maybe central Texas or central Oklahoma. The James gang did make it to Minnesota where they were shot up pretty badly.
After Jesse faked his death he lived out there until he did died in 1930s he went to a civil war veterans reunion in the 1920s where he signed the registration list.
We need more from this area.
Yes! How about a 2 week explore?
Andrew, you are one of the safest hikers I've seen. And your videos are so well presented with abundant scenic views. I enjoy every one of your desert adventures. Please stay safe, my friend.
You have the most incredible channel on RUclips. Your narration is so amazing. Please show us more from this area. Thank you for another just super video.
Good video bud I'm surprised you found it not being local. The Outlaw stories are true because not far from the canyon river along the Red Wall was Cassidy's gang's cabin which was moved to Cody, Wyoming Old Trail Town. It's there today. This was the perfect place to hide and have endless food and water. Glad you had fun! ✌️🤠
That’s a nice journey through that canyon. No doubt many outlaws probably have used it fried out and the scenery is beautiful. I bet your wife would love to go on that journey with you.
I particularly loved this adventure because of the river and the different scenery. Living 26 yrs in AZ, youvare always fascinated with water. It was so beautiful, and I could just imagine myself in that gorgeous pool! Thank you, I really enjoyed this adventure. My family was part of the Hatfield/McCoy feud.
Great exploration! I have cared for elderly in many capacities, your Factor 75 would be a game changer for many. They could continue exploring with you from their home, and live there. Aged vulnerability. So, great addition to your channel! Thanks again.
What a treasure Drifter found in these valleys where outlaws possible hid from posse's and the law. It was very rugged, but had plenty of water and fish and so many cave shelter's to choose from. Beautiful scenery and good content!
Andrew, this was a very interesting video. My wife really liked it as well. Her grandpa left hime as a young boy...pre-teen. 3 years of his life are missing. He never talked about what he was doing, but he could tell you the location of all the outlaw hideouts. He also told of the outlaw trail you mentioned and that hed been to Mexico. Some of the family thinks he fell in with the outlaws as a camp kid...cooking, cleanung etc. She kept nodding her head and saying yes. I dont know his whole story, but you had alot if points that rung a bell with her. Thanks for another great trip.
That’s a fascinating piece of your family’s history. I enjoyed hearing it
Hello Andrew, I recently discovered your wonderful channel. I don"t like the heat but I most certainly like the wonderful places you takes to. I truly enjoy watching the hidden caves, cool rivers and rock formations. God provided us with a wonderful Earth! Thank you for all your hard work. Please keep sending us your wonderful videos.
Just like to tell you I love your videos. Coming from sleepy middle England we don’t have deserts . We do have lots of history but it’s great watching your adventures and discoveries. 🇺🇸🇬🇧
I love your history, too. I have a friend who lives in Chard, we have never met in person, but have had a few video chats, so fun! Anyway, she often sends me photos and little history lessons. I love it.
Thank you for taking this along, I really enjoy your videos.
Being an elderly man , I cannot do something like that. Please keep the content coming.
Andrew, the outlaws rode their horses down impossible for human cliff edge paths. Ray Mears How The West Was Won series showed how it was done. Thank you for another awesome video
lead them in lead them out
Yeah they took the chairlifts down
You'll never know what your videos have meant for me. I used to hike, climb, scramble 4-7 times a week. Even ran a couple of ultras. Since the pandemic I've had a lot of mental health issues which has helped give me agoraphobia, social anxiety. I did not want to live for about 4 years. Last few months I have felt better and looking forward to getting even better. I wanna get back outside and your videos help with that. Just wanted to say thank you. If and when I can, would be awesome to be able to join you on a hike. I'm miles away now, but one can have dreams. Stay cool my brother and always safe 👍
Congrats on the sponsor! Hope to explore the southwest myself one day
Such an adventure! Thx for taking us along.
It is nice to hear you whistling, Andrew! Thats something that But h Cassidy and The Sundance Kid could relate to!
Born in NY/raised in Florida, but the Mountains have always intrigued me! I travel to NC/TN. every yr. to explore and lose myself in nature
My home state. I’ve heard many stories about the outlaw cave hideouts. I know the area you’re at. Seeing these caves from your perspective is fascinating. Great video. Thank you, Andrew.
This kind of stuff is what I like seeing because I’ve never been anywhere to explore and now I’m a retired Welder, 64 and can’t do any of that anymore!
I came in about 10 minutes in and saw your sandals and went "what!". Then I realized and went back to the beginning and saw what you were doing. Wish I could explore like you do but i'm too old for it now. Thanks for another beautiful one.
I love watching your videos and it makes it more interesting because Jesse James is my great great something.
Sure nice to see another adventure! Gorgeous canyon. Fun to dream about the good old days.
Always enjoyable, I'm in awe of the amount of effort it must take to set up the cameras for long shots only to have to climb back up to recover them.
Amazing landscape but I wouldn't want to take an injury there - hoping you've got that covered!
Happy wanderings.
So happy to see you!!!!
Love to Mrs. Drifter.
Amazing to see all the different caves you saw and explored. Just imagine the numbers of caves you didn't stumble upon as well. There would be virtually no way to track down anyone if they didn't want to be found... Thumbs Up!
Dude, I'm so happy you're getting sponsored! You definitely deserve it for the quality of videos you create! Thank you for my escape or west beforeI'm able to move there.
I never comment on videos, but I have been following you for a while and here you are in my back yard! I grew up fishing public and private land around that area (by invitation of course). It’s rough country out that way. There are some pictographs in some of the caves and walls, as well as some old cowboy graffiti. The only pictograph’s I’ve seen are turtles and some bighorns, no clue how old they are. If you head that way again, I’d suggest some stiffer pants, stout boots and a fly rod. Parachute hoppers really clean up this time of year.
All the best man!
Hitching post made me suspect a wall and that cross beam would be a good rifle rest when drawing a bead on anyone coming down that draw into the canyon?
Ithink maybe the posts were to put your saddle on. Why have a horse tied to something they could rip out and why have that hores apples so near the cave.
My mom always made rice to go along with her homemade chili. She was from the deep south, southern Alabama. I don't know anyone else that ever even heard of rice with chili, no idea where she got the idea but it's my favorite way to have chili. Chili with cornbread, real southern cornbread, not the sugar laden northern interpretation, runs a close second.
Thanks for taking me along!
Might've been a stash location. Comancheros built walls with a roof and beams into the sides of low canyon walls into small caves and small cave-like manmade dugouts. They were built in the rural Mexican ranchero style with wood, sandstone, straw, and muddy clay. They were used for storing goods, hidden away from their living location. You won't find any stone slab granaries in the ruins of their structures, and many have been washed out since they often built them in low areas of the canyon walls. With this spot you found being so difficult to get to by horse, or even mule, I reckon they'd put their ill gotten goods on a raft and float it up there to the cave. Seems like a solid way to avoid trackers, going through a waterway like that. They probably entered the water a fair distance away from the cave to avoid suspicion, since any decent tracker will search up and down both sides of a waterway a mile or so to locate the lost tracks again. Any outlaw with the foresight to choose a place like that was pretty clever. If one man in a group left his horse with the other outlaws to continue running away while he rafted the stolen goods up to the cave, it would take a very good tracker (maybe an Indian) to recognize that the horse got lighter in the hoof without its rider. Such a tracker would be a very dangerous enemy to have in those days. There weren't many folks out there back then though, and an outlaw would have a pretty good idea of the skill level of those tracking him. In most stories though, it was just a posse of farmers. A lot of ranch hands wouldn't even notice that horse had lost a rider at some point. An experienced bounty hunter would've known to expect it as soon as the tracks led to a waterway though, I reckon.
I think mule...if the water was high enough to come close to the elevated caves, it would only be during a torrent. So I can't see floating anything.
9:45 how often do you see snake catching a fish. That's pretty freaking cool
Swamp People season 2 has one
Definitely cool. I was surprised to see it eating the fish tail first. I would think that would make it difficult to swallow.
Had you tried catching trout by hand ?
60 years ago an old man in Norfolk England told me about poaching by 'tickling trout' . They would lay down with their arm in the water near to where fish gathered. Slowly moving underneath one, gently moving their fingers to encourage it to move up. When near to the surface, a sudden swipe would throw it onto the bank.
@@HighWealder was his name Smeagle 🤣
One well known outlaw showed up and was given a plate of food. He never stopped holding his gun as he wolfed down the food and then just threw the plate on the ground, and didn’t even say "Thank you."
Same area an outlaw was cornered in the barn for several days. They killed him there and never found the loot. Eventually the barn burned down, years later, and someone noticed the family quietly started to do better with an extra purchase here and there of things they couldn't afford before.
Was it Billy the Kid or one of those well known types I had actually heard if before... I can't remember who it was. But it was in Rural Arizona, if that helps.
My wife is Puerto Rican and that's how they eat chili too. Now, I'm not saying that arroz con chili is indigenous to PR and I don't know if other Puerto Ricans eat it that way but, as my father-in-law says, a meal without rice isn't a meal. I grew up eating chili as a bowl of chili, no rice. Now, I prefer it with rice.
I'm Colombian and thats how we always eat it.
Cajuns also.
I live in Hawaii and during the early days of sugar plantations, workers were brought in from anywhere they could find people who knew how to handle sugarcane and could handle the heat. Guess who that included? You guessed it Puerto Ricans. They're still here playing their cool music and dancing their cool dances. Whether we got the chili and rice from them or somebody else it's hard to say, but I've grown to love it!!
Definitely 20x more enjoyable to eat with rice.
Even 1/10 ratio is completely different.
Guess what??
I’m hungry now.
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@@jamessones4044 Yeah, my belly is rumbling too.
It worried me when I saw your sandals but was so relieved that you had worn hiking boots going up. This was an awesome hike and so interesting to speculate about how many people had used the caves throughout history. Thanks for sharing!🤗
A nice cup of tea and a cake and a new Dessert Drifter video! Nice.
Tell me you're English without telling me you're English 😂
@@BadlydrawnBen I'm having exactly the same, but I'm Scottish! lol
@@ChrisN1973 😁 I'm having tea and digestive biscuits and I am English although very close to the Scottish border
Tea & biscuits here in the south too!
But … dessert?
I imagine that the landscape has changed throughout the years since the outlaw days! A lot of those big boulders probably were still covered in soil back in the day! Rain and flooding has espoused them now!
'totally enthralled with your every adventure.
Fantastic! I think the big cave was definitely parially walled up. Im 71 and have lived in AZ, NM,WY,UT, and CO. Ive always read books about the frontier history for every state that ive lived in and explored. Around Hanksville, UT years ago where the outlaw trail passed through you could find remnants of many old hideouts and junk left behind. Im so glad that i found your channel.
Cool to see you in my neighborhood! Great area to explore...
Dude! That last cave you found the second day seemed amazing! SUPER hidden and had a notch ideal for hiding the brightness of fire and close to an awesome swimming hole! It's super neat to live vicariously through you, friend! Stay safe!
Horses are pretty good company.
Mules too 😊
They seem like big dogs to me, easy to read their body language…
Very loyal too
Yes they are but you still have to feed them or they will get grumpy...
@@handyman75657 They are like that. But that's why this place desert drifter went to is a good one because it is fertile land with water.
1914 is a little late for outlaws. But earlier groups probably were there. Also a lot of erosion has happened in the creek bed and the trails in 100 or more years. The original trail down might have been easier. Cowboys I know don't ever want to get off a horse and walk. I read a story 40 or more years ago Robert Redford rode the outlaw train from south to north. He had an old cowboy as a guide. The mornings were cold and Redford had at the cold weather gear of the time. Down sleeping bag, air mattress, long johns, etc. And the cowboy wore bluejeans and a jacket, slept on the saddle blanket and had a light blanket over him. Redford was amazed how the cowboy didn't seem to notice the discomforts. While he froze all night and didn't get warm until the sun was on him. I was raising horses and cattle at the time and probably saw the story in a ranching magazine, but it may be around on the web.
The were probably prospectors thru there with mules several times. For minerals, but later for uranium. And it's a great place to get away from people. Nice canyon. If it wasn't so far to the store, I'd like it. My special forces friends could visit and eat snake. If their knees could take the hike. Buy some gas. Thanks!
Thank you again oceanmariner!
Being a local Wyo person and spending lots of time hunting n camping just north off this video there is some amazing history in those canyons and land, b ack packing threw that canyon system is not an easy feet for an skilled experienced person. Proceed with caution if you venture . Loved the video 🤘🤘
Woo-hoo! Sponsorship ❤ so happy for you!
Another awesome adventure in some incredible country. Wyoming is a beautiful place
D. Parker here,
Butch Casity was my great great uncle. Took the name from the man that taught him to rustle cattle, his own dad disowned him. Yeah your on the outlaw trail. Goes all the way to Texas. Both sides of my family came from the Utah territory. Ole Leroy Parker was not a great man and chose a very difficult life..Saddle Tramp, nothing to romanticize. Neat journey though.
CASSIDY was your great great uncle, yet you can't spell his name?
@@sheilagravely5621 sorry finger slip but at leeeeeaast oops did it again, love you even if your the spelling police. Check out Outlaw Trail by Charles Kely (yes you can find it with one L.) It was out of publish for many years but I thinks it in publish again. Please dont (haha) call the grammer cops on me. ;-), great book, many of my family participated in the enactment.
Incidently my grandmother who grew up in Utah homesteadind and is now 98 still breathes. Shure she would be interested in talking to anyone doing ligit research. She is still sharp as a tack andd probably tries to spell better....
@dillonmech7206 record videos of her yourself and post them, same with others on your family, would be good hearing the stories💯
What an amazing adventure! Love to escape with The Desert Drifter and roam to beautiful, mysterious and ancient places. Thank you for taking us along. Life is so peaceful and serene after an outing with Andrew! Thanks again!
Such a great intro, I'm surprised you don't have 1 mil subs already. You have a great voice delivery over video and making it sound natural when presenting
I always eat rice with my chilli also. My mom made it that way and I love it. Thanks so much for sharing your adventures with us. The scenery is breath taking. I can also imagine the loneliness they felt staying away from everyone.
Vigo Brand makes Yellow Mexican rice that goes great with chili!
Thank you for this video. Looks like that would be a great place to spend a few days exploring. Quite possibly there were outlaws who used that valley as a hideaway.
I always enjoy your videos. I was once able to do those types of adventures (usually with others), and I miss them terribly when I see where you have been. I hope you are enjoying yourself as much as it appears. Thank you, thank you.
The Starlink Mini people would do well to sponsor you, too. Love your channel!
Breath of fresh air, among all the mayhem out there right now. THANK YOU
dont avert thine eyes get active get educated and vote with compassion and love in mind!
Beautiful in summer and early fall, but winter would be impossible -- none of those caves could be winterized. And snowmelt floods in the spring would make that place dangerous. Probably a one-season hideout. Fishing that stream would be a treat!
Chili without rice is like living in the city, and never getting into the open spaces that you keep finding.. Try adding a little sour cream and cheddar cheese if you want to add to the variety. Thanks for sharing your experiences in this beautiful land
I loved visiting Wyoming. Beautiful Country!
You're always so well equipped, so I was literally shocked to see you put on a pair of flat bottom sandals instead of water shoes. perhaps you're unaware of them. They protect your feet and have a good grippy rubber sole. I love your videos and look forward to every new one. Thanks for taking us along!
@@AnnTicipation18 Tyvas are great backpacking & water shoes!
Really nice vid, very interesting. It seems quite possible that was an outlaw hide out at one time. Or possibly a hunting or fishing camp site.
You need to get a Tiny Tenkara fly fishing rod. It collapses down to about 8" and weighs nothing. Tiny Tenkara is the brand.
agree
no reel is the way to go
buy a used tiny tenkara
@@feelinghealingfrequences7179 I've caught a beautiful trout in a remote place like that (OK, it was next to a road, but kind of remote). Of course I let that trophy go. I'll never forget it.
@@Jeff-jg7jhoriginal food
Absoultely beautiful scenery. What a wonderful adventure. Thanks for taking us with you, stay safe and God bless.
What was so funny is I was in the middle of having chili and rice for dinner myself when you had it on the video - Twilight Zone vibes 😱🤪😁
Just curious - while out by yourself like this, have you had anything spooky happen? I realize this is not what your channel is about, but still, with all that history, it makes me wonder. Really enjoying your channel! Looking forward to more!
Nice job on your sales presentation
It's so amazing seeing this beautiful country. And the caves are hidden really well. And chilli with rice is something I've eaten all my life. My husband thought I was crazy.
Dude. Please 🙏 never stop... I love this shit, sooo much. I have emphysema and I could never see this without you 💔
Great hike! Wish I could still make those overnights, but at 83, day hikes are about all I can handle anymore.
The Occurrence at Dry Lakes, Sublette County, Wyoming, 1971, saw the largest drug seizure in U.S, history where foreign smugglers used dry lake beds to store packages wrapped in weather resistant house wrap and camo covers. Vehicles could disappear through an opening in one of the dry lakes. Caves were also found, and captives were liberated by deputies,
I've lived in Sublette county for 75 years and never heard anything about this. Tried to google it nothing. Where do you find more information or is this a tall tale?
Facts like this never reach the light of day my friend is nothing new. That is how bad people get away with doing horrible things to good people by not enough alert eyes open inquisitive folks willing to get help and never go alone, be armed and alert Law Enforcement to suspicious activities or things that could save lives. BE ALERT-SAVE LIVES-HELP THOSE UNABLE TO HELP THEMSELVES , only a simple photo or phone call means Everything!
@@allenvandyke732 There was a Wilderness Crime Watch in effect supported by law enforcement in three counties. The good begins when someone calls the police.