Exploring the Buried Town of Newberry Springs

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Located in the Mojave Desert, east of Barstow, CA, the Route 66 town of Newberry Springs was created thanks in part to underground water supplied by the Mojave River. But that same river is part of the reason a part of the town has been reclaimed by the desert, with houses becoming sand dunes.
In the northern part of Newberry Springs there was a neighborhood that was built in in the dry riverbed of the Mojave River, a river that travels most of its 110 miles underground. A combination of the placement of the houses, road management by the city, and over use of the underground water put this neighborhood in a constant battle with blowing sand. A battle they were doomed to lose.
In this video we travel to the buried neighborhood in Newberry Springs and explore sand dunes with the tops of houses and trees poking out of them.
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@humunguswarrior Год назад

I lived in Newberry as a kid. Started off living in the motel that was next to the Sidewinder Cafe, both of which catered to route 66 travelers before the interstate was put in. That Cafe went on to be the Baghdad cafe after the movie, of which quite a bit of it was shot in the same run down Motel. Then my family moved out into a piece of property very near where these homes were, and we lived out there for a year before we got electricity. We had horses and pasture land. It was an adventure, but just the same, when I turned 18 I left immediately. After having lived in the desert, some people say you carry a piece of it around in your heart, but I don't believe that's true. Instead it keeps a piece of you there. If you ever get to go out to the Ord Mountains south of Newberry, some of the most amazing petroglyphs I've ever seen in my life still exist out there. Thank you for taking me back to this area. A lot of memories for sure.

@socalxplorer Год назад

Saw a big horned sheep there 10 yrs. ago.

@santa3756 Год назад

What a various country usa is! You have many stories to tell. Thanks. Me in Korea and have grandchildern in New Mexico.

@Porsche996driver Год назад

Thanks for sharing your experience! I had family out the other way in Lancaster, it was all desert and now mostly paved. Take care! 🌵🏜️

@nationalist818 Год назад

I lived in Newberry Springs too. I hated taking the bus to Dagget and waiting on a dirt road for the bus. I lived on the other side of town off Harvard Rd. When did you live there? I remember I had a friend that lived down from Bagdad Cafe with a giant barn in the back yard his parents store stuff in.

@humunguswarrior Год назад

@@nationalist818 I think I lived there like 78 to 85 maybe? I know I graduated in '85, and I remember going to Newberry Elementary School before going to daggett. Daggett was the high school before they built the new one, and if I remember correctly, we were the first class to graduate from the new high school. I was part of the AG program with Mr. Gin and I know we planted a lot of the trees around that place.

@stevesloan56 Год назад

I grew up in Palmdale and we used to explore everything out in the desert when I was young. The desert has always amazed me. I learned early on that without human activity and maintenance, the desert will always reclaim itself.

@stevesloan56 Год назад

@@GAVACHO5150 very cool. We lived in Palmdale for around 30 years. I went to Sage Middle School and Palmdale High School, class of '74. We moved there from Long Beach california. I could never imagine growing up in the city as the desert was mostly always my home. We used to go up into the mines around Rosamond and Mojave. But that was long before the population took over. Drugs were also rampant in the Antelope valley. And another reason why I had to move lol. At one time, it would have been a great place to raise a family. But now it's nothing more than an extension of San Fernando Valley. It really break my heart see what has happened to my little desert town. Nothing like it was before. And the culture of people that have moved there made it a horrible place to live. It turned it just as crazy and violent as San Fernando. But the little town of Mojave and Rosemond in California City have all grown in size but they are still small towns or small cities. But there's just too many criminals living around there that I would not even feel safe out in the desert anymore. You never know who that is approaching you out in the middle of the desert in their own vehicle. The only living relatives I have left there is my oldest brother who lives up in a closed community up above Tehachapi california. And even he is working on getting out of there. I don't know what took him so long LOL

@stevesloan56 Год назад

@@GAVACHO5150 the same happened to White Fence farms. That was kind of a higher-end neighborhood with everybody having a little bit of property. The area is now unrecognizable because people are not keeping up on their houses and there are broken down cars in yards. And no telling who lives in those neighborhoods now.

@stevesloan56 Год назад

@@GAVACHO5150 drugs were always a problem in the Antelope Valley is far back as I can remember after I learned about it all. I used to call the Antelope Valley, methylope Valley. The only part of the Antelope Valley I like now is when you drive about 40 miles past The Buttes, way past Lake la. Where the desert really begins now. Love my desert. Just not so much the people in it.

@SmittyAZ Год назад

You're too young to remember the commercial that said "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature" How about it's not nice to fool WITH Mother Nature?

@lindabriggs5118 Год назад

I used to live in Palmdale as well. R-4 was a busy area. My first home there only cost us 18K. And it was a corner lot. One block down was the desert and we used to ride thru on our motorcycles. My husband grew up in Littlerock. Back then it was acres and acres of orchards. I helped open the first McDonald's in Palmdale, by Hwy 14. People back then were friendly and it was a quiet town back then in the early 1970's. Sad to see it now. I drove thru the area in 2008 on my way to North Carolina, and it was depressing.

@changchp 9 месяцев назад

Mr. Steve I have one word to tell you: you are darn GREAT. You told me all kinds of stories Huel Howser didn't tell me. Now I am addicted to you channel.

@jme36053 9 месяцев назад

Former resident of Barstow and the Mojave high desert. Enjoy your snippets as it brings back the memories. Well,done.

@carlsowell8099 5 месяцев назад

I was stationed at Ft Irwin in the early '80s. I wished I could have met someone with your type of knowledge about the area. I remember one storm that swept my buddy's car off the road with sand. Unmerciful. Thank You for the stories.

@badasswood Год назад

I checked out death valley and searles valley many years agodown by stove pipe mills... man the ruins and crazy things we saw there... amazing when you go up a path for miles and find old charcoal houses build of stone way out in nowhere nothing else around... we have first settlement ruins here in the north east... old towns and orchards from the 1700- 1800's now gone to woods and swamp... so cool to ride trails there thinkin there was a town there hundreds of years ago and im stumblin over it every turn on the trails i ride...

@Ro6entX Год назад

Puts a new meaning to sands of time never controlled by man.

@swankles3877 Год назад

I've lived in San Bernardino County for over 60 years, yet I've learned so much I didn't know about our County from your channel. Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Steve 😊

@SidetrackAdventures Год назад

Thank you. I'm glad we can be informative.

@zapcodeknock4503 6 месяцев назад

@@SidetrackAdventures Hey Sidetrack,i subscibed recently. Recently i have become a tire head , truck guy and want to do some overlanding. I am just wondering what kind of rig/truck you drive and more specifically what size tire you have?

@johnmonaco1028 Год назад

Great story .... Newburied Springs. Thanks

@SidetrackAdventures Год назад

Good one!

@buttonbeeandme7601 Год назад

When I was a kid I had a neighbor that left our neighborhood and moved out to Newberry springs. Seeing this makes me wonder if one of those sand covered houses was hers. She moved there in maybe 1980 or so. Her name was Mary and she was the most sweetest lady. She was probably mid 20s or so back then. ✌🏻❤️

@CaseyWunsch-hn5nt Год назад

This is without a doubt my favorite channel on RU-vid! A weekend explorer myself, and having spent a good deal of time in the San Diego area, I can’t get enough! Thank you a million for this content!

@secretdaisy6484 Год назад

‘Mother Nature is undefeated’. Good one Steve. You are the master of understatement 😅. I would love to see some photos of the town when people were living there. I was watching your drone drift over the house with the curved retaining wall and saw a guy out there shoveling sand and throwing it over the wall. I’m sure some of the residents did that until they had a sudden grasp of the obvious. Thanks for providing us with another interesting location. Well done. 👍☮️🌞❤️

@SidetrackAdventures Год назад

I looked around but couldn't find any pictures from when they were still occupied. I hoped Google had an old satellite photo at least, but none that zoomed in enough unfortunately.

@briang70 Год назад

Nature remains undefeated. So true...

@PinInTheAtlas Год назад

We have driven through Newberry Springs many times on R66. Never knew this part of town existed. Very interesting, Steve. Thank you for a great explore.

@SidetrackAdventures Год назад

Thank you. I'm glad you guys liked it.

@PinInTheAtlas Год назад

@@GAVACHO5150 With great difficulty, we don't show the tears or the frustration!

@johnnyfreedom3437 Месяц назад

I'm amazed at how quickly the desert eats it up! By the way, the house I'm in today was built in 1910. We can't get a nail through the oak beams anymore they are so hard! It doesn't take 200,000 years to turn a piece of wood into a rock! Good to know I got a sturdy house!

@triggerMB 5 месяцев назад

Here in Georgia we don't have any landscapes like this. Love these desert videos!!! Thanks for posting!!

@Corgis175 Год назад

Nature surely takes over.

@IntrepidMilo Год назад

This reminds me of the Sandbanks Provincal Park in Ontario. In the 1880 the large timber cutting and farming in the area made the soil unstable and this caused the sand dunes to drift inland. In 1881 the West Point Road had been buried under 30 meters of sand and the entire town of Athol had to be moved or it was going to be swallowed up by the sand. About 40 years later the Sandbanks area was the site of an intense reforestation project to try and halt the sand dunes. The restoration of the Carolinian forest that once stood there was comprised largely of poplar. The sand dunes extent over 34 hectares.

@brianmccarthy5557 Год назад

Interesting. My Mom spent part of her childhood in the late 1920's and early 1930's living with her maternal aunt and uncle in Daggett, just west along the highway where the railroad intersects it. Uncle Jerry, my Grandma's brother, was born in LA and a confirmed desert rat. Aunt Juanita was a Panguitch Indian from the green aspen valleys of east central Utah. How he convinced her to live in such a dry hot place I can't imagine. He did some mining and worked for the railroad, she learned to do sand paintings in glass jars for the tourists and played the local Indian. At that time life there was very rugged. The only advantage was living on an aquifer. They kept cooler at night by livung in "desert submarines". You covered your tin shack with burlap, ran a pipe from your well pump to the roof and watered the burlap to keep it damp on the roof and walls. Evaporative coolong was your air conditioning. I imagine the folks on that section of Newberry Springs were hanging on at the very edge of civilization and just fell off. With a hard nudge from County bureaucrats.

@kidwichita Год назад

I used to live in Barstow and had a lady where I worked at that lived in that area. There was a fort that was built near there (c 1860s?) that washed away from heavy rains. There's a marker where it was located. If you live outside of Barstow forget about having anything nice as it will be sandblasted. The area used to be ok. It was sort of like going back in time as some were decent and friendly but others were not. I got out of there as the riff raff that could no longer afford to live in LA moved in and brought their problems with them.

@SidetrackAdventures Год назад

I stopped and checked out the marker for the fort actually. I was wondering if there was any trace of it.

@redshoesgirl Год назад

@@SidetrackAdventures there are still remnants of the fort and there has been caretake out there. i think there is a hunting club that uses the area.

@kidwichita Год назад

@@SidetrackAdventures who knows what happened to it. That area is also the western start of the old government road. Lots of historical stuff on it but an off road 4x4 is needed.

@Monkeyboi4567 Год назад

People from la moving to barstow?? Yikees thats when you know its getting bad

@clothestravel Год назад

I think alot of the riff raff have moved to Victorville and Adelanto too.

@AbandonedMines11 Год назад

Another great video! Very interesting to learn the history of this doomed settlement. That one house near the end that built the curved retaining wall sure put up a valiant effort against the encroaching sand. But, as you mentioned, mother nature always wins in the end. The background music you had playing throughout the video was very nice and not obtrusive.

@SidetrackAdventures Год назад

Thank you. The wall looks like it helped a lot, but I imagine at some point when the roads have completely disappeared you just have to call it a day lol.

@AbandonedMines11 Год назад

@@SidetrackAdventures By the way, the title of your video, The Town Under the Sand, would be a great title for a novel.

@mawi1172 Год назад

No Steve, this is where someone TRIED to build on a dry lake bed. And was immediately corrected by Mother Nature. Happens alot in that area.

@SidetrackAdventures Год назад

They lasted about 50 years so it wasn't that immediate.

@WhiskyForBeginners 11 месяцев назад

I've been through Newberry I don't know how many times. Before I-40 opened, we passed through at least twice a year going to and from our place in Lanfair Valley. On the way back to LA we'd always stop at the Whiting Brothers gas station there.

@memowilliam9889 5 месяцев назад

Back in 1989 I got my CDL for the fire dept. in Morongo Valley, San Bernardino County. I drove one of Newberry Springs's engines. The driving portion was held at an old army base near Barstool.

@Mikemalone7873 Год назад

I don’t know how you find these things… but I’m sure glad you do! Thanks Steve!

@SidetrackAdventures Год назад

Glad you like them!

@donnadees1971 Год назад

Just adore finding things thru others’ explorations, wear elderly and and cannot “go” physically,but it doesn’t deter our curiosity. Thank you

@patrickg3276 Год назад

So when you go north on newberry rd. Past Harvard. The first house on the left is a 2 story and you can't even tell. We used to ride our dirtbikes and jump the roofs. It's really an awesome place to live

@TheHypnotstCollector Год назад

I saw the remnants of the wooden Plank Highway that is now 8. It was near Yuma El Centro area. I was 6 in 1956. "Dad, what is that?". "It's the wooden highway". I bought a post card recently that shows it... And there were Burma Shave signs. And it was hot. We had a canvas bag full of water, hanging on the radiator grill and a swamp cooler on the window that did almost nothing. Gila Bend stll stands out ....1956 Gila Bend a bend in the road and a gas station

@brianmccarthy5557 Год назад

You might find the Lost City section of Portugese Bend in Palos Verdes interesting. Don't know how much is still visible or legally accessible but it was a housing development swept away by a slow moving landslide. We used to explore it as kids in the 1960's and 1970's and I remember seeing ruins still visible about a decade ago.

@Michael-ex9uo Год назад

Your channel should be bigger than what it is. I watch every new episode you make now. There’s highs and lows in everything. Just keep at it ❤

@SidetrackAdventures Год назад

Thank you, I appreciate it.

@brockadam6569 Год назад

Completely agree!

@kaylabailey4270 Год назад

I am 26 and I grew up here!! Its wonderful to see someone appreciating it! My grandmother Monica saved so many people in this desert and I worked for andrea at the bagdad when I was just 13! Thank you the informative video!! If you ever want some cool conspiracy theories about this place I have tons from friends and older people who lived here

@Abel-Alvarez 11 месяцев назад

Tell us one of your best conspiracy theories. I'm down to hear some. 🙂

@Ivegotnochoicesilencemyvoice 11 месяцев назад

@@Abel-Alvarezx2

@Infinitygaming670 4 месяца назад

My Dad owned the garage across the street for years from the 70s to the mid-2000s

@Infinitygaming670 4 месяца назад

Does she still own the Cafe I haven't been there in about 15 years

@MommiDonni1 2 месяца назад

PLEASE do tell about the town conspiracy theories!!!

@mikego18753 26 дней назад

One year on and it,s a thumbs up from me. Thanks.

@jamesbarber9664 Год назад

Missing history. The spot where Minniola Rd crosses the Mojave River is where the split of the Mormon Trail and Mojave Road trail is. In earlier times, there was an artesian spring located there and the river bottom was lined with mesquite and cottonwood trees. The likely original reason why someone would homestead there. The water table has since dropped significantly and vegetation removed, destroyed or used for fuel. This led to soil erosion due to the constant wind. Fort Cady also had an artesian well too and located near Harvard Road. It's all about the water. On the north side used to be Mitchell Ranch. They used to raise cattle and alfalfa. The river bottom is also very popular with off-roaders. This also contributed to the soil erosion.

@humunguswarrior Год назад

I know JD Mitchell as a kid, and later in high school worked for one of his sons in the hayfields. He was a good man and a true cowboys/wrangler/farmer frontiersman kind of guy.

@aliceevans3357 Месяц назад

We used to make trips on Rt66 in the summer from Oklahoma to Modesto California. This video reminded me of the sand blowing over the road in that area. There were signs that said beware of cross winds. They weren't joking, the wind blowing that sand even sifted sand into the car as we went. The speed limit was 55mph on Rt66. Even though we always traveled over the Mojave in the evening or night that wind still blew. Thank you for this video, it brought back memories. Stay safe and GOD bless

@jerrybennett7856 Месяц назад

Not far from Roy's Cafe.

@aimlesslost Год назад

There is an area in my state that was just developed and the new houses are literally built in a riverbed that is damned upstream . Not built on the banks, but in the bed . Seems crazy to me.

@dezertraider Год назад

THANK YOU STEVE,,WILD! GREAT JOB ON THIS ONE FOR SURE..SEEMS LIKE THEM FOLKS NEEDED A MODIFIED SNOWBLOWER..LOL.FASCINATING PLACE ...SAFE TRAVELS..

@galardmills5306 Год назад

Great story! Reminds me of failed homesteads I seen. People have dreams, but ultimately the desert buries them.

@davidrich4758 Месяц назад

FASCINATING. You deserve every sub.

@mawi1172 Год назад

You're a very kind person, Steve. ❤️❤️❤️

@boomtownrat5106 Год назад

Enjoyed your narration and images of this failed community. Your images of the submerged homes and trees under score the folly of the decision to settle in that area. The Newberry Springs area is very fascinating. I remember about 20 years ago or so on the program, Visiting With Huell Howser, Huell ‘visited’ the Barstow Koi Farm there in NS. A fascinating operation when you think about it’s in the middle of the desert that they’re raising these fish. I checked the Internet and this business is still thriving. Also, Huell owned the architectural space dome shaped home built on top of a cinder cone in Newberry Springs.

@SidetrackAdventures Год назад

I didn't know about the koi farm, but every time I see his volcano house it reminds me of something a James Bond villain would have. I'll have to see if that episode is online.

@boomtownrat5106 Год назад

@@SidetrackAdventures I rewatched that episode today after seeing your video. I just keyword, Koi Farm Visiting With Huell Howser. It’s archived on Chapman University’s web site. He donated his video archives to the University along with his volcano home and other holdings. If you ever come up to the city of Orange, that university has a museum dedicated to Huell. You may want to check Chapman University’s website for hours of operation.

@brianmccarthy5557 Год назад

@@SidetrackAdventures KCET also has a You Tube playlist on their channel of Huell Howser's "Visiting". I don't know if the Koi Farm episode is there but it's interesting and fascinating. The family who owns it seem like good people.

@mikestirewalt5193 Год назад

California, the part that remembers him, really misses Huell. He was the original video explorer of California. I still remember his visits to the Newberry Springs areas. There was once a lake with boats and even an amphibious airplane that would fly Tiki Culture tourists in. The desert eventually put an end to all that. Even the water park (which Huell also did a special on) up on the I-15 was related to the dreams of turning the Newberry area into a resort area. Heull's volcano home is either related to his interest in the Newberry area, or his interest in the Newberry area is related to him having built his volcano home there. Sure miss that Tennessee boy.

@48ljs Год назад

The first house shown was a two story. The roof caught on fire maybe 2 years or so.

@scott-gy6fe 23 дня назад

I live in Newberry Springs...150k will buy a livable property with mobile home and two acres. The air is clean and quite peaceful here...

@TrzCharlie 9 месяцев назад

I just discovered your videos a few days ago. I really, really enjoy them. Thanks for the content and for taking us along.

@edwardhanson3664 Год назад

In the 1980s I used to square dance at Newberry Springs. I considered buying property there. Sad. The views are spectacular, especially the stars at night.

@chinaboss6683 11 месяцев назад

Hows the property value there these days?

@badasswood Год назад

Love the history!! The way you present these places i could listen for hours!

@praiserdusty Год назад

Thanks for adding the new info about how the lake was filled

@jerroldkazynski5480 Год назад

Another Newberry Springs tidbit: the Knotts Berry Farm family spent some time here before heading to Orange County. But thanks for another great story & video.

@SidetrackAdventures Год назад

I drove by where the Walter Knott homestead was out there actually. There's nothing there now but I read somewhere he owned the land up until his death.

@johnhodge5871 Год назад

Outstanding! I'll definitely be sharing this with my geology friends. Thanks for the video.

@johnny2bagz 6 месяцев назад

I lived in Newberry Springs for awhile and I thought it was really special. Los Ranchos Del Coyotes was the property I stayed on if I remember right.

@briankunick4301 Год назад

Thank you you were very informative and I really appreciate it learning more about Newberry fruit I’ve traveled that way under the time and never realized what was under the sand

@craignevels3530 Год назад

ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO. LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD BE WORTH A TRIP OUT THAT WAY. LOTS OF STUFF TO SEE!

@troyreif8674 Год назад

I agree your channel should be bigger, once the secret gets out it will explode though. Great job!

@SidetrackAdventures Год назад

Thanks, I appreciate it.

@mkollander99 Год назад

Perfect video and music thank you

@Love2Wander Год назад

Something we will check out. Thanks for sharing, and Merry Christmas

@potatothorn Год назад

another great video full of great information, extra interesting to me as i have some land in the area. thanks for telling us about all of this

@mawi1172 Год назад

Three hundred yrs from now, for explorers to find.

@davidlittle4971 Год назад

So pretty ,so warm looking ☀️☀️☀️☀️ beautiful skies

@milojanis4901 Год назад

VERY nice job on the vid. No blaring "music" and good choice of what is actually music. Really enjoyed it.....

@1984xlx Год назад

Great video. I travel route 66 through Newberry Springs several times each month, so I am familiar with the area. I never knew about these neighborhoods though, quite interesting.

@michaelsimonds2632 Год назад

MAGNIFICENT POST! Thank you, Dr. Adventures. You will release a wonderful book one day made from your RU-vid adventures, and this documentation may be its cover feature.

@BeingMe23 Год назад

Well anybody in Palms Springs better move ASAP! There are HUGE sand storms at times yet the area is very much populated with people.

@senthilnathanviswanathan4924 Год назад

I always loved your videos. You are cool and methodical. You give historical background of the location. Over and above, you have the ability to transport us along with you. Through this video, I literally walked through a desert. Thank you so much, Steve.

@SidetrackAdventures Год назад

Thank you, I really appreciate it!

@oneeyeddog3045 Год назад

Very interesting! Lived in apple valley ca most of my life. Been to Newberry springs several times and never knew about this. Thanks so much

@SidetrackAdventures Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@Mitaken4089 7 месяцев назад

I love your videos and camera resolution 😊

@christopherrosing4473 Год назад

Great camera work and drone footage. Thanks!

@SidetrackAdventures Год назад

Thank you too!

@barke27barker19 Год назад

Didn't care much for the area when I lived there, now I miss it... Thanks for making this video.

@UnfilteredWP Год назад

Great video about a place I didn't know existed! Very informative. Thanks!

@SidetrackAdventures Год назад

Our pleasure!

@johnkaper1129 Год назад

Enjoyable video, I go out to the desert quite often and have for years, I have through Newberry Springs, but just passing through and not long enough to see the blowing sand. We go north out of Ludlow across the Broadwell Dry Lake to Mesquite Springs toward Afton Canyon or east of Newberry Springs to the Rodman mtns. Interesting are, but I wasn't aware of the blowing sand and the sinking homes or rather buried houses. Excellent video and interesting facts. Tks

@TheZ28Lady Год назад

Wow- how interesting! I lived there when I was three years old (many moons ago), and the last time I stopped by there was about 25 years ago and it wasn't much then, but my how things have changed!

@christianrorozco5610 Год назад

Thanks for doing these videos, I Live in San Diego county and am kinda familiar with some spots you have visited. You have a ton of interesting info, keep it up!!!!

@SidetrackAdventures Год назад

Thank you for watching. Will have some more San Diego County stuff soon.

@JP-su8bp Год назад

Another solid tour, thanks.

@SidetrackAdventures Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it.

@barrytalbot2216 Год назад

very informative. Great research

@bruceg1845 21 день назад

love to see nature's reclaiming acts...

@johnmcquilkin 8 месяцев назад

Excellent video. Very informative. ☮️✌️☮️

@silvercash64 Год назад

I just subscribed because the content is fascinating and the videography and editing is thoughtfully done .

@SidetrackAdventures Год назад

Thank you very much!

@roxannerice8565 Год назад

You may want to “explore” Hinkley, Ca. Fascinating!

@cheycasters Год назад

What a trip!!!! Thanks man.

@SidetrackAdventures Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@oldcatmech Год назад

Great job! I remember down near Palm Springs the wind would blow the sand down there it covered houses there too! Then sandstorms were so bad you could not see the lanes on what is now enter state 10 tell you got to Indio! See what you showed of New Berry Springs brings back those memories!

@SidetrackAdventures Год назад

Had paint on a car get messed up driving in Palm Springs once because of sudden sand storm.

@uniquetoyz6215 Год назад

The new Huell Howser. Great job on your videos. Even like sharing them.

@SidetrackAdventures Год назад

Thank you, I appreciate it.

@leonajameson8902 Год назад

Wow. Totally awesome

@romeoalphafoxtrot9517 Год назад

Very interesting and well done video! Subscribed!

@SidetrackAdventures Год назад

Awesome, thank you!

@primefocusphotography Год назад

Great vid! glad to see there's still some structures left. Been trying to get out there for years to do a vid but I'm always out that way at the wrong time of year and the sandstorms wipe out all the roads and I can't get anywhere near it. Definitely want to get out there before it's completely gone. Cheers, JD

@pjellingsen Год назад

the sand is like snow drifts, except they don't melt

@OdySlim Год назад

It reminds me of what my Grandparents experienced in the Dust Bowl. They had to leave as well.

@thomrun3929 Год назад

Another great video!

@SidetrackAdventures Год назад

Thank you, appreciate it.

@pigeonpallz1733 Год назад

Nice 👍 thanks for sharing

@SidetrackAdventures Год назад

Thanks for watching!

@aventuraseneldesiertodecal8284 Год назад

Oh wow incredible !!😯😯

@fmolds Год назад

Nice Short Sidetrack! I have friends whos parents had a place in the buried part of Newberry Springs. Harry and Frida Bowen . Maybe someone will remember them .

@shooter31m Год назад

I was just out that way in April in the Mojave National Preserve doing some back country camping. Beautiful area, but I’ll stay right here in South Carolina. 😂 Another great video, thanks for sharing.

@SidetrackAdventures Год назад

Mojave National Preserve is great, so under rated.

@blaneycrabbe3390 Год назад

A very well-made video

@onesabez Год назад

This was one of the coolest place I've ever visited.

@RukiDance Год назад

Great Job!

@RENunez-sd6ov Год назад

Thank's for the video Steve, for some reason I thought your name was Larry. Anyway thank's for taking us along.

@garygartside5280 8 месяцев назад

thnx !!

@Paladin88 Год назад

Location for the shooting of one of my favorite movies with it's haunting soundtrack.

@howardnielsen6220 Год назад

Thank You

@CactusAtlas Год назад

Ah! The power of nature. Shame that the parties didn't really understand how that works at the time. Fascinating though! The image of the sand burying houses and trees with just the tops peeking out... Amazing. And great connection/comparison to Petrified Forest.

@mawi1172 Год назад

They understood! Anyone witnessing the dust bowl of the Midwest already knew not to try to build on sand. They knew. They thought they'd be different! 🙄🙄🙄

@SidetrackAdventures Год назад

Will be interesting to go back in 10 years and see if anything is left.