So cool 😎 and glad to see Kellie back ! Lunchtime just isn’t the same without her. That said, Doug you make a wicked good breakfast if my memory serves me. Glad to see you practicing your 2nd amendment 🇺🇸 rights to protect the group if need be but hopefully not. What an awesome part of the world and what a remote town that looked to be quite large at one point. Thanks again for sharing your adventures with us!
@@Cojiii1959 Hi Carl, was just thinking about you and wondering when you would check in: videos just aren't the same without your comments on here. Have always loved shooting and plinking, so real comfortable exercising my rights. It's great in the desert in the winter because the weather is mild and EVEN less crowds ...or for that matter, anyone altogether! 🐟🐟🦈🐟🐟The fish are waiting for you
I really enjoy your videos Doug and Kellie. Thank you so much for sharing. I live about 35 minutes north west of Marietta....... Marietta Georgia home of Lockheed Martin and Dobbins Air Force Base..😊
@@maverick4080 Howdy Maverick! I am thinking perhaps Cobb County. 🌳🏡🌲Wow, that is a big air base there! ✈️ Really glad you are our friend, and have stuck with us on so many adventures in the wild far West! 🤠🇺🇸 🐂
Another entertaining video. Marietta had a very interesting history. We were amazed at the beautiful stacked stone walls. Those were painstakingly built. Good to see Kelli back. Have a good week!
@@jennifertriplett6149 Hello Jennifer! I was also impressed by the stacked stone walls. Thank you, you all stay warm and dry....and no sliding on any ice!
Nice seeing you with Kellie as a traveling companion once again. The recent graves at the small cemetery caught me by surprise. The caretaker place to the west looked pretty much as I thought it would be, abandoned too. Water coming out of the sodium, potassium, borax and tincalconite in the marsh make it form those round bumps and shapes well after it rains and forms them during evaporation. Great visit to a remote playa out in the middle of nowhere guys. Thanks again.
@@hestheMaster Hello Steve! It got my attention about the recent graves too; I'll bet they are all local people who spent most of their lives there (would be my best guess). Thank you for the info on the salt residues on the marsh. I tasted the crystals and they were salty sweet....I could see using it on food in a pinch. When the wind picked up it was cold; I'm sure you well know how that weather scenario goes. 👋🇺🇸🤠⚒️
Hi Brother Doug and Kellie 👋. Glad to see Kellie back safe and sound! I've seen the sign for Marietta before but never went there, always wondered about it, now thanks to you I know! I was impressed with the rock walls, what skill it took to build those for sure. And I was amazed at the very recent burials, that took me by surprise 😮. Glad you and Kellie enjoyed your middle of the road lunch! It was definitely a fun video Brother! 🇺🇸
@@Brother_D_therail Hi my Brother D (aka "The Rail")! I was imagining the Chinese laborers cutting those rocks meticulously by hand. But then again, it could have been some local men that did that excellent work laying those neat rows of well fitted stones. Either way, hats off to whomever did that stone work. I suspect it could have been the Chinese as they were the hard labor for most of that operation. What a sight that would have been to see, as at the that time they wore long hair with a different style of dress and unique looking caps and hats. I bet they could not speak English or Spanish, but sure knew how to build a wall in that hot/cold remote desert. Amazing! 🔨⛓️💥⛏️🪝🧊🌡️🔥🪨🫗🥢🫖🍜💪
I still buy borax.my father in law welded some horseshoes and made a base for my borax dispenser.we were able to introduce him to Gail Steiger/cowboy poet and singer in Arizona who needed some welding done.his horses come from the famous ORO ranch there near Prescott. So my dispensers horseshoes have some meaning....that's all folks
@@nationalparksprincess3216 Hi DL! All that playa needs is a little more water and some elephant seal pups! 🦭 The road was highly rated for the area; a 1 out of a 10...just so you know. 👋
Loved your visit to Marietta. It looks like it's down in a basin. One of the reasons why you would find borax there. Salt Wells is located near Fallon and there was a borax company that was located there back in the day. I remember my dad talking about it.That looked like Boundary Peak to the South which is the highest spot in Nevada. I drove through that area in 1990 on my way to Yosemite NP from when I was on a family vacation.
@@CharlieA-q4y Hi Charlie! Always enjoy your stories and recollections about the area! Yes, it is a big drainage basin with no outlet. I would like to watch for all the animals when they come down to drink from the pool there.
I remember going through there about 20 years ago! Seemed somewhere near there was some weekend cabins! Seemed like old Borax diggings out near Teals marsh .Good turquoise and Quartz crystals much futher westerly clocer to Basalt! Good to see Kellie again! I love that old masonary Closer to Basalt
@@TimT-um6rt Hi Tim, time to take a multivitamin AND a mineral. Perhaps you could boondock there on your next trip back? Hope all your projects are coming along well, and we will see you when we see you!
Nice tour of The Ghost Town ... I remember watching the TV commercials of Twenty Mule Team Borax .... They were memorable.... It was that important of a product.... I have the hand dispenser . Still works as in The 50's ... Thanks For Your Show .... !
@@davidtreichelpppj5304 Hi again David, that is interesting. I guess grandpa knew what he was talking about with that borax. Glad to have you along with us!
Another great video of a place few will ever see. 5:02 I had the sinking feeling of this car slowly rolling away out of gear with the handbrake not set, heading straight for that cliff. Reminds me of when my old VW parking brakes would not hold when I got out alongside the road between Panamint Springs and the Darwin turn off. I jumped back inside and steered it back on the roadway just in time before we both went over the cliff edge 😧 10:15 The stones on the inside are irregular. Stones on the outer face have been shaped and dressed. An extra effort to impress with whatever purpose this building was intended for. 16:08 Kellie's in the shed the miners used to go and visit with the women . "To keep out of the wind."😋 haha. 22:13 --- Daniel A. Brackett age 75, 1918 Massachusetts- Died 1993 Tonopah, Nv. 22:33 Rodger Gallen Lovejoy USAF. age 81 Mina, Nevada. 1935-2016. Died Sparks, Nevada. 2003 CBS Special, featuring Roger and Evelyn Lovejoy of Mina, Nevada. Selected by the throwing of a dart at the map of the United States ( Mineral County Independent News March 28, 2023) Evelyn B .Lovejoy age 84 appears still living as of July 2024. Address and telephone number appear available. 23:37 Dorthy M. Davis age 77, Born 1932 Denver -2009 Benton, Mono County, Ca. Find a Grave. Last residence Benton, Mono County, California. Photos posted by NevadaBob, a retired Michigan Police Sgt. who documents abandoned graveyards. Find a Grave has his email. NevadaBob might be interesting for Kellie to converse with? She likes guys who carry guns ; ) What was Dorthy Davis doing in Benton? Answer - What CAN you do in Benton? 🙂
@@josephbingham1255 Hello Joseph! Yes, I worry about rolling a vehicle on a grade myself; I usually put a couple big stones to chock under the wheels as insurance (my parking brake unreliable). Good investigative work on the grave occupants resting there (an excellent place to wait for the resurrection is my guess, quiet there except for the ever present conspiracy of desert ravens). On our next adventure Kellie and I ran into some snow: stay tuned! ❄️🏔️🌬️🧗
This was such an interesting video. Just when it looked like you were in the middle of nowhere, you expose evidence of former signs of life that go back well over 100+ years ago! (That story of the shootout was so bungled, and sad.) I can't imagine that caretaker being out there all alone. What was he protecting... people's claims? The background information of the history of the area was so interesting... The cemetery is very well preserved, for the most part. Those recent burials are intriguing! 🙏🏻 ✝️ ✝️ ✝️ 🙏🏻... As usual, that lunch,🤩including the cookies, looked positively yummy, Kellie. Welcome back.☺️ Thank you for the info on boron, and Borax, Doug. The oasis must be such a welcome source of fresh water to so many animals.😊 I absolutely love that crunchy sound that occurred as you both walked over the marsh.🤭 **Once again, you brought us a very fascinating video, Doug and Kellie. *It was chock-full of info, and absolutely kept our attention, and interest throughout.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤠 I hope you both enjoy a lovely rest of your week. Your videos are unsurpassed, and appreciated in so many ways, Doug and Kellie. . 🌟🔥☀️💧
@@rhondaz356 Hello Rhonda! Always a pleasure to read your professional review. I thought the same thing about the shooting; no winners. I agree, the cemetery is intriguing for I never expected to see recent burials therein. I would like to camp out at the desert oasis spring in summer and record all the different burros, deer and other assorted fauna as they drink their fill. So strange how the valley once had so many people living and working there! It's nice to have Kellie along with us, not just for the food, but so I don't overextend myself crossing some mountain creek. Stay warm and remember; the days are getting longer and it will be mud season before you know it. Thank you again for your loyal support my friends in New England! 🙏🫡🙏✌️🥇❄️😶🌫️❤️🤍💙🇺🇸🤗
@CalNeva So true... Thank you, for your personal take on parts of the video. Yes, you and Kellie make a great team. You're right. It is better to have a companion, who shares similar interests, on your ventures into some of the places you travel, for a variety of reasons, Doug. Enjoy your weekend. I'm sure that you'll be busy whatever you do. 🙏🏻🏡🛣... 👏🏻🤠🌞💛🤗
@@clydeneclinger5888 I bet they did. Remember when the cooky spooky Charlie Manson family was living over in the Panamint Range? I think it would be the ideal spot for outlaws... 🙃🧐
@@clydeneclinger5888 Wow, I bet they were. Clydene did you know there is a big lithium battery fire above Monterey that is making people sick? The gov. said, "We aren't testing the smoke because we don't know what (toxins) to test it for". Some say it may pollute all the lettuce and artichoke fields all the way to Salinas, our nation's salad bowl. 🤔
Very interesting site, The shot of your (2) footprints, across the playa, a 'keeper.'
@@1d1ane Thank you Steve; you are one of my, if not my favorite, photographers and craftsmen. 🚐⛵🏡🌲🌲🏞️🌉
So cool 😎 and glad to see Kellie back ! Lunchtime just isn’t the same without her. That said, Doug you make a wicked good breakfast if my memory serves me. Glad to see you practicing your 2nd amendment 🇺🇸 rights to protect the group if need be but hopefully not.
What an awesome part of the world and what a remote town that looked to be quite large at one point. Thanks again for sharing your adventures with us!
@@Cojiii1959 Hi Carl, was just thinking about you and wondering when you would check in: videos just aren't the same without your comments on here. Have always loved shooting and plinking, so real comfortable exercising my rights. It's great in the desert in the winter because the weather is mild and EVEN less crowds ...or for that matter, anyone altogether! 🐟🐟🦈🐟🐟The fish are waiting for you
That was fun! Extensive labor went into building those rock walls. Thanks for the ride! I’m glad Kellie is back to keep an eye on Doug. 😆
@@danacalifornia9453 Ha Dana! But with Kellie back the risk factor has dropped. 😉🎨🖌️🖼️
@ 😆👍🚣🚴🚕. I really enjoy your video’s. You and Kellie show us how to enjoy life and nature. ❤️
@danacalifornia9453 Thank you Dana; very sweet.
I really enjoy your videos Doug and Kellie. Thank you so much for sharing. I live about 35 minutes north west of Marietta....... Marietta Georgia home of Lockheed Martin and Dobbins Air Force Base..😊
@@maverick4080 Howdy Maverick! I am thinking perhaps Cobb County. 🌳🏡🌲Wow, that is a big air base there! ✈️ Really glad you are our friend, and have stuck with us on so many adventures in the wild far West! 🤠🇺🇸 🐂
Another entertaining video. Marietta had a very interesting history. We were amazed at the beautiful stacked stone walls. Those were painstakingly built. Good to see Kelli back. Have a good week!
@@jennifertriplett6149 Hello Jennifer! I was also impressed by the stacked stone walls. Thank you, you all stay warm and dry....and no sliding on any ice!
Nice seeing you with Kellie as a traveling companion once again. The recent graves at the small cemetery caught me by surprise. The caretaker place to the west looked pretty much as I thought it would be, abandoned too. Water coming out
of the sodium, potassium, borax and tincalconite in the marsh make it form those round bumps and shapes well after it
rains and forms them during evaporation. Great visit to a remote playa out in the middle of nowhere guys. Thanks again.
@@hestheMaster Hello Steve! It got my attention about the recent graves too; I'll bet they are all local people who spent most of their lives there (would be my best guess). Thank you for the info on the salt residues on the marsh. I tasted the crystals and they were salty sweet....I could see using it on food in a pinch. When the wind picked up it was cold; I'm sure you well know how that weather scenario goes. 👋🇺🇸🤠⚒️
Hi Brother Doug and Kellie 👋. Glad to see Kellie back safe and sound!
I've seen the sign for Marietta before but never went there, always wondered about it, now thanks to you I know! I was impressed with the rock walls, what skill it took to build those for sure. And I was amazed at the very recent burials, that took me by surprise 😮.
Glad you and Kellie enjoyed your middle of the road lunch!
It was definitely a fun video Brother! 🇺🇸
@@Brother_D_therail Hi my Brother D (aka "The Rail")! I was imagining the Chinese laborers cutting those rocks meticulously by hand. But then again, it could have been some local men that did that excellent work laying those neat rows of well fitted stones. Either way, hats off to whomever did that stone work. I suspect it could have been the Chinese as they were the hard labor for most of that operation. What a sight that would have been to see, as at the that time they wore long hair with a different style of dress and unique looking caps and hats. I bet they could not speak English or Spanish, but sure knew how to build a wall in that hot/cold remote desert. Amazing! 🔨⛓️💥⛏️🪝🧊🌡️🔥🪨🫗🥢🫖🍜💪
You guys are the salt of the earth,and Kellie's back
@@caseyhansen4567 Ha! You come up with the best posts! 🍪🍩🍪🥧
I still buy borax.my father in law welded some horseshoes and made a base for my borax dispenser.we were able to introduce him to Gail Steiger/cowboy poet and singer in Arizona who needed some welding done.his horses come from the famous ORO ranch there near Prescott. So my dispensers horseshoes have some meaning....that's all folks
@caseyhansen4567 Interesting Rick....
Interesting to be buried in a ghost town...it would seem to still be...alive? I love the education thank you.
@@the4thj Yes, I thought that was interesting too. Glad to hear from you!
That road in had some knarly rocks!! Hooray that Kellie is back, that means awesome lunches again!! That playa was beautiful 😊
@@nationalparksprincess3216 Hi DL! All that playa needs is a little more water and some elephant seal pups! 🦭 The road was highly rated for the area; a 1 out of a 10...just so you know. 👋
Loved your visit to Marietta. It looks like it's down in a basin. One of the reasons why you would find borax there. Salt Wells is located near Fallon and there was a borax company that was located there back in the day. I remember my dad talking about it.That looked like Boundary Peak to the South which is the highest spot in Nevada. I drove through that area in 1990 on my way to Yosemite NP from when I was on a family vacation.
@@CharlieA-q4y Hi Charlie! Always enjoy your stories and recollections about the area! Yes, it is a big drainage basin with no outlet. I would like to watch for all the animals when they come down to drink from the pool there.
I remember going through
there about 20 years ago!
Seemed somewhere near
there was some weekend cabins! Seemed like old Borax
diggings out near Teals
marsh .Good turquoise
and Quartz crystals much
futher westerly clocer to Basalt!
Good to see Kellie again!
I love that old masonary
Closer to Basalt
Maybe thats my problem,not enough micro nutrelients!
@@TimT-um6rt Hi Tim, time to take a multivitamin AND a mineral. Perhaps you could boondock there on your next trip back? Hope all your projects are coming along well, and we will see you when we see you!
Hey Doug and Barry nice to see you again. Love the video. 🚙❤
@@juansantiago8628 Thank you Juan, glad you came along with us amigo! 🤠🤠🤠
Nice tour of The Ghost Town ... I remember watching the TV commercials of Twenty Mule Team Borax .... They were memorable.... It was that important of a product.... I have the hand dispenser . Still works as in The 50's ... Thanks For Your Show .... !
@@davidtreichelpppj5304 Hi again David, that is interesting. I guess grandpa knew what he was talking about with that borax. Glad to have you along with us!
Another great video of a place few will ever see.
5:02 I had the sinking feeling of this car slowly rolling away out of gear with the handbrake not set, heading straight for that cliff. Reminds me of when my old VW parking brakes would not hold when I got out alongside the road between Panamint Springs and the Darwin turn off. I jumped back inside and steered it back on the roadway just in time before we both went over the cliff edge 😧 10:15 The stones on the inside are irregular. Stones on the outer face have been shaped and dressed. An extra effort to impress with whatever purpose this building was intended for.
16:08 Kellie's in the shed the miners used to go and visit with the women . "To keep out of the wind."😋 haha.
22:13 --- Daniel A. Brackett age 75, 1918 Massachusetts- Died 1993 Tonopah, Nv.
22:33 Rodger Gallen Lovejoy USAF. age 81 Mina, Nevada. 1935-2016. Died Sparks, Nevada. 2003 CBS Special, featuring Roger and Evelyn Lovejoy of Mina, Nevada. Selected by the throwing of a dart at the map of the United States ( Mineral County Independent News March 28, 2023)
Evelyn B .Lovejoy age 84 appears still living as of July 2024. Address and telephone number appear available.
23:37 Dorthy M. Davis age 77, Born 1932 Denver -2009 Benton, Mono County, Ca. Find a Grave. Last residence Benton, Mono County, California. Photos posted by NevadaBob, a retired Michigan Police Sgt. who documents abandoned graveyards. Find a Grave has his email.
NevadaBob might be interesting for Kellie to converse with? She likes guys who carry guns ; )
What was Dorthy Davis doing in Benton? Answer - What CAN you do in Benton? 🙂
@@josephbingham1255 Hello Joseph! Yes, I worry about rolling a vehicle on a grade myself; I usually put a couple big stones to chock under the wheels as insurance (my parking brake unreliable). Good investigative work on the grave occupants resting there (an excellent place to wait for the resurrection is my guess, quiet there except for the ever present conspiracy of desert ravens). On our next adventure Kellie and I ran into some snow: stay tuned! ❄️🏔️🌬️🧗
You are close to the infamous “cabin under the rock,” but you would need a 4wd.
@@rnewquist4996 So close and yet so far! 🛻👋
This was such an interesting video. Just when it looked like you were in the middle of nowhere, you expose evidence of former signs of life that go back well over 100+ years ago!
(That story of the shootout was so bungled, and sad.)
I can't imagine that caretaker being out there all alone. What was he protecting... people's claims? The background information of the history of the area was so interesting... The cemetery is very well preserved, for the most part. Those recent burials are intriguing! 🙏🏻 ✝️ ✝️ ✝️ 🙏🏻...
As usual, that lunch,🤩including the cookies, looked positively yummy, Kellie. Welcome back.☺️
Thank you for the info on boron, and Borax, Doug.
The oasis must be such a welcome source of fresh water to so many animals.😊
I absolutely love that crunchy sound that occurred as you both walked over the marsh.🤭
**Once again, you brought us a very fascinating video, Doug and Kellie. *It was chock-full of info, and absolutely kept our attention, and interest throughout.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤠
I hope you both enjoy a lovely rest of your week. Your videos are unsurpassed, and appreciated in so many ways, Doug and Kellie. .
🌟🔥☀️💧
@@rhondaz356 Hello Rhonda! Always a pleasure to read your professional review. I thought the same thing about the shooting; no winners. I agree, the cemetery is intriguing for I never expected to see recent burials therein. I would like to camp out at the desert oasis spring in summer and record all the different burros, deer and other assorted fauna as they drink their fill. So strange how the valley once had so many people living and working there! It's nice to have Kellie along with us, not just for the food, but so I don't overextend myself crossing some mountain creek. Stay warm and remember; the days are getting longer and it will be mud season before you know it. Thank you again for your loyal support my friends in New England! 🙏🫡🙏✌️🥇❄️😶🌫️❤️🤍💙🇺🇸🤗
@CalNeva So true... Thank you, for your personal take on parts of the video. Yes, you and Kellie make a great team. You're right. It is better to have a companion, who shares similar interests, on your ventures into some of the places you travel, for a variety of reasons, Doug. Enjoy your weekend. I'm sure that you'll be busy whatever you do.
🙏🏻🏡🛣... 👏🏻🤠🌞💛🤗
Thank you both. welcome back Kellie good job. I was surprised to see drinkable water on the playa figured salt.
@@davec9244 Thank you again Dave! The little spring was a real oasis for sure. 🏝️
Glad Kellie's back.i hear you gotta watch your ass around those burros.just starting video will have to watch and comment more later
@@caseyhansen4567 Yes, and around those mustangs too! 🐎🫏
Thanks for all your adventures.i will finish the vid later
Called BORAXO hand cleaner ... I bought a box on EBAY ....
@@davidtreichelpppj5304 Hi David, I guess I'm a borax salesman now! Have a great one. 🙌
Several people evading the law back in the 70s n 80s lived out there
@@clydeneclinger5888 I bet they did. Remember when the cooky spooky Charlie Manson family was living over in the Panamint Range? I think it would be the ideal spot for outlaws... 🙃🧐
The gov.. was going to mine lithium on the flats
@@clydeneclinger5888 Wow, I bet they were. Clydene did you know there is a big lithium battery fire above Monterey that is making people sick? The gov. said, "We aren't testing the smoke because we don't know what (toxins) to test it for". Some say it may pollute all the lettuce and artichoke fields all the way to Salinas, our nation's salad bowl. 🤔