Yes. We’re still watching old videos! Now you are in our neck of the woods! Have you ever camped in or around Borrego Springs, CA? It’s the largest state park in the US and has absolutely beautiful desert scenery. We aren’t boondockers, to addicted to comfort, but they have wonderful places to park your rig!
Oh and you pronounced chollas perfectly in English but in español it’s: Chō, like it rhymes with toy. And the double ll is a y, so Ya. Chō-ya. And kind of slur to two vowels together. Sorry. So many names in SD are Spanish.
Every year I have to decide where to go late in the season that's going to be reasonably warm, before we are due back in Salt Lake City for the beginning of December. Right now that area of the Southern California desert is sitting in the back of my brain as a possibility. The closest we've been is the Salton Sea. Also, you may not realize this yet but there is an interactive map of our travel episodes available at GrandAdventure.tv. You may find that helpful to hone in on areas you'd like to know more about.
@@GrandAdventure We have a 25' travel Trailer...Might ping you for some guidance on South East Utah spots!! Keep up the fantastic work on the videos. Happy camping and safe travels
Wonderful video! Love your information on everything! Had no idea there was a Patton museum! I would love to go! Also, I didn't know PS had a Tram. I've never been on one and very much want to, along with a hot air balloon and a helicopter! BTW, on the 10th of this month, the hot air balloon day is here in Lake Havasu City! Hope the weather is not rainy like the forecast is saying it could be. And the all you can eat sea food looks wonderful!!! Thanks Marc!! :)
TY Jesi! Do the balloon ride if you can -- it's an otherworldly feeling. And the tram in Palm Springs is one of the steepest ropeways in North America, and certainly the highest vertical rise, rising nearly 6,000 vertical feet in only 2.5 miles. It's an impressive feat of engineering!
The Joshua Rock campground looks like a pretty cool place to camp. Last time I was in Palm Springs it was HOT - well over 100 F after sunset. Obviously you were there at the right time and stayed at a park with class. There are reasons people like to go to Palm Springs. P.S. I liked your slick scene change. 😉
We really liked it. After a couple of days, though, we'd seen as much of the Park as we needed to. Jumbo Rocks is a beautiful campground but we got really lucky. Most folks reserve at the maximum window as spaces go quickly, but we only reserved about a week in advance and got what we felt was the best spot, on the loop at the far end of the campground so we had little drive-by traffic. That's important because the spots are basically parallel parking areas on the side of the road.
I saw the parallel parking. 😒We’re not into that. Not quite “any port in a storm” for us. Looks like it was set up more for tent camping. You probably had the best spot.
Thank you! It all depends on how much footage we shoot in any given location, and of course how much of it is interesting. Naturally, too, these longer videos are a real bear to edit, as you're looking at about an hour of editing time for each minute or so of video produced. Still, we love doing longer ones, too!
It's really pretty cool, J. Passing like that through multiple time zones, it's the steepest passenger ropeway in the nation and one of the steepest in the world. I could've done without the rotating cabins, however -- they made it really tough to get a video clip.
Goodness me I’m on a education journey , never knew that Joshua tree was a national park ! As you might of guessed my experience with the name “Joshua tree “ was from the Irish band of U2 and if we look at the cover photo it would seam that some of the dessert you have shown has appeared in the cover , I think it’s safe to say we now know where the inspiration came from , if you haven’t listened to any of the music go ahead try it , I recommend it! So on we go Grand Adventure the only education one needs , thanks Marc G&Z
TY folks! For Joshua trees, in our next episode we boondock in the midst of the world's most dense Joshua tree forest -- and it's not in the National Park. 😉 As for the U2 album, we're more partial to the earlier stuff like "Boy" and "War". 👍
Thanks for watching, and for commenting! Actually compared to a normally full-to-capacity skier tram, you could've held ballroom dance classes in the Palm Springs tram. 😉
absolutely fantastic and perfect adventure vlog. i really enjoy watching. big thumbs up and hit the red button with bell on so see you soon. have a lovely week.
Nice vlog Mark, good stuff. It's been a long time since I've been up the Palm Springs Tram. I think I'll head there this Spring. FYI, I think Cholla is pronounced "Choy-Ya"
Marc, I bet you have to watch those dogs closely around those trees. Wow a 50% GS discount. I like that you put the dates of your adventure in the description. I'll bet that you're already skiing by now in Utah. I remember the santa anna's when I lived in the San Diego area. It was a very hot and dry west high wind. I can see, that even when you're in the desert, the mountains are still calling you. What was the damage for a lobster buffet in the desert? Great video Thanks
@@GrandAdventure Hey bud thanks for your replay ..i see you are having to much fun.. we are actually doing much better now and we are getting back on again on the next few weeks..we had a medical situation with my wife and we had to stop traveling ..That is why you haven't seen us..but we are back and we have a few videos to upload very soon...thanks my friend
Thanks KnomadTrack! As the resident Italian, I can tell you that need to learn how to spell "bocce"! LOL. The horseshoe pits and pickle ball courts at Catalina Spa RV Resort were also first rate. The Palm Springs tram has the only rotating cabins in the western hemisphere. The first was built in the early 1990s at Titlus, a ski resort in Switzerland, but they upgraded that tramway with new 360-degree rotating cabins in 2014/15. The only other two built to date by Austrian manufacturer Doppelmayr with their "Rotair" cabins are the Table Mountain Cableway in Cape Town, South Africa, and the Skyway Monte Bianco in the Italian ski resort of Courmayeur. And that Larkmead was a gift from the wine cellar of our overnight guests from Glendale, Calif., Tony and Liz. We can assure you that it was consumed that evening! 😎
We were recently in Joshua Tree also. Beautiful place! We are planning on being in Pleasant Grove Utah from the 11th though the 14th of Jan. If you are going to be near the area and you want to do a meet up let us know.
That was an interesting segment of your trip down south with a lot of variety. I enjoyed your drone like footage without the drone. Cholla cactus can be extremely nasty stuff. They are terrible for dogs because the first thing the dog wants to do is bite it. It is s good idea to have a pocket comb available when walking near the stuff. If person or animal picks up one or more of those balls, put the teeth of the comb between the base of the ball and the skin or clothes, then flick it off in a safe direction. It is basically impossible to pull it off with a bare hand. Also have some tweezers or a small medical hemostat for the remaining barbs. Hemostats are easily bought from the many vendors in Quartzsite. I am wondering how you compare the Palm Springs tram ride to the one you did this summer in Albuquerque? Do you recommend one over the other? It looks like the price is about the same, $26 at Palm Springs and $25 at ABQ. I am in for the lobster!
Actually, Bruce, that one "field goal" shot between the suguaro cacti was with the drone. Just some slow, low-altitude flying. Cholla? Yep, nasty! Fortunately, both of our pups show little inclination to go anywhere near the stuff. Maybe they're smarter than I give them credit for. Good tips on thorn removal, however, should it ever come to that. Trams? Each is different, but at 6,000 verts in 2.5 miles the Palm Springs tram is by far the most impressive, but then again that upper span on the Sandia Peak tram in ABQ is pretty impressive, too. I will say, though, that I find the Rotair rotating cabins on the Palm Springs tram to be mildly annoying.
Thanks for the tram details. Both sound good. I don't think I would be to thrilled to be stuck in the center like some of the folks in the video after paying for the ticket. That would make video even harder than the rotating floor. It is impressive how the builders installed the towers on that mountain side.
@@bruceh3786 this is something I know a little bit about from life experience. Once the footings are built, ropeway towers are typically flown in by heli; however, those towers must've been flown in pieces as they're far too large and heavy to be flown in one piece. Helis are also used to fly in the concrete to pour the footings. Tower bases are positioned by the helicopter as ground crews quickly attach them to the footings. As for getting stuck in the center, there's a trick. In a tram you want to be the last one to load and the first to unload. Once they start loading most folks rush into the cabin; however, just lollygag around a bit to try to be the last one in. You're then right against the door with a great view.
Thanks, Mark! Was interested in how you reserved the sweet $15 a night Joshua Tree campsite this far into the winter ... then I thought maybe I should read the other comments, and sure enough caught the one guy saying he was glad you put the date of your stay. STILL, be curious to know how far out you reserved the site, for your November stay. Loved the history of Desert Center!
Thank you Jim! I only reserved that spot maybe 2-3 days in advance. I was shocked that it was available, perhaps it was a cancellation? They had only a few sites to choose from, but it was more than one.
Kaiser Shipyards, was hastily built on the mudflats in San Francisco Bay to produce ships first for the British and later for the US Navy, and along with the shipyards, Kaiser built entire towns with housing, grocery stores, a bus system, schools, and MEDICAL FACILITIES. Edit: (second World War)
We are here Boondocking and literally just contacted the $23/night RV park!!!! Thx! It’ll be nice to have hookups for a couple nights if they have openings!!!!
Well that was timing, wasn't it?! Glad to help! Catalina Spa is a very nice park with some lovely hot mineral pools, but the staff made it truly extra special. Tell Christina that "Guido" said both "hello" and "thank you."
Sure thing, we were in #77. In our humble opinion it was the best site in the whole campground. (Assuming that you mean Jumbo Rocks and not the Catalina Spa RV Resort.)
