We Hiked To Impossible Ancient Ruins Using Google Earth & Drone 

What do you think? After calling off our hike when we ran out of time, Tom & I are back in this remote canyon in the desert Southwest. The ancient people were smart when it came to locating their desert dwellings. But they had to be. During our search, Google Earth yielded limited results so we took the drone up for a closer look. We are focused on this mountain. Just look at all the places you could hide your cliff dwelling. Where would you locate your house if you were living here 1000 years ago? Well let's go explore where the ancients decided to build and find it together. Thank you for subscribing and joining us on another ancient journey. ✅ Click ⬇⬇⬇"READ MORE"⬇⬇⬇ for links to our favorite RV resources, gadgets, gear, & FREE stuff! ✅ SUBSCRIBE: enjoythejourney.life/RU-vid ➡ Subscribe by Email: enjoythejourney.life/newsletter CHAPTERS/TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Intro 01:20 Hard To Find Ruins In The Desert Southwest 01:29 Going Off-Road To Find Secret Ancient Ruins 01:33 Using Our Drone To Find Hidden Native American Ruins 01:51 Scanning Google Earth For Lost Ancient Cliff Dwellings 02:10 Hiking To Secret Ruins in American Desert Southwest 02:48 Cheri's Desert Poetry & John Hancock Award Winner 03:26 Rainfall in the Desert in the SpringTime 04:27 This Old Tree Is The Secret Sign To Get Off The Trail 06:23 Is This Ancient Rock Art? 06:56 Hiking Tip: Don't Stick Your Fingers Under Rocks! 07:37 Struggling To Find The Social Trail 08:02 Searching For Hidden Sinagua Ruins in the Desert Southwest 09:53 Rock Climbing To Find Secret Indian Ruins 10:04 Hiking Tip: Yucca Plants Are Dangerous! 11:58 Our First Look At The Hidden Ruins! 12:15 Slipping & Falling 12:55 Turning Around Again! 13:36 Hiking Through A Crevice 15:21 Hiking Through Sketchy Slot Canyon To Find The Ruins 15:48 Hiking Tip: Don't Kick Rocks 18:33 Cheri Hiking on the Ledge! 19:21 Toughest Climb To Indian Ruins Yet! 19:48 Battling Loose Rocks To Climb This Mountain! 20:37 We Made It To A Multi Room Cliff Dwelling! 21:06 Finding Fingerprints in the Adobe Mud from the Ancients 22:04 Finding The Longest Serpent Pictograph Ever! 22:47 Are These Hallways? 23:27 Why Would The Ancient Indians Build Here? 23:46 Is This Ancient Pottery? 24:33 Is This An Ancient Firepit? 25:33 Is This An Ancient Water Source? 26:42 Why Are There Not More Ruins Here? 26:59 Why Put This Wall Here? 27:58 We Can't Get Over To The Other Ruins! 28:45 Why Build Rock Walls Under A Cliff? 29:38 What Caused The Destruction of this Ruin? 30:39 What is this Bone From? 31:36 Thank you for Watching & Subscribing! SHOP Our FAVORITE RV & travel gear on AMAZON www.amazon.com/shop/enjoythejourney.life Tom's Beginner's Guide To RVing Course on RV Masterclass! (free with subscription) Best RV Routes, campsites & more! enjoythejourney.life/planning (7 Day FREE Trial & 30% OFF exclusive to subscribers only) FREE OFFICIAL TRAUMA/PTSD TEST! enjoythejourney.life/cheri 🌞 Cheri can help one on one with you over Zoom (94% success treating depression, PTSD, anxiety, shame & more in one 2 hour session) 📶 HOW DO WE GET INTERNET? Save 20% OFF your first month with Homefi Internet with code: EnjoyLiferv enjoythejourney.life/router 🔋 Save 5% OFF Enduro Power lithium batteries enjoythejourney.life/enduro or mention 'Enjoy the Journey' if you call 303-968-1366 SOLAR! ETRAILER & GO POWER! enjoythejourney.life/solar & enjoythejourney.life/inverter ✅ MERCH! T-SHIRTS & MORE! enjoythejourney.life/shirts 👍 Quick Start Guide: How to Make Money & RV & FREE RV Campsite Setup & Breakdown Checklist(s) enjoythejourney.life/newsletter Get all your truck, towing, RV needs & more enjoythejourney.life/Etrailer **** SOCIAL: Follow us & share **** Join the 'Journey Tribe': enjoythejourney.life/join Subscribe to our RU-vid channel: enjoythejourney.life/RU-vid Subscribe to our Podcast: anchor.fm/enjoy-the-journey-life Subscribe to our newsletter for updates: enjoythejourney.life/newsletter Join our Facebook Group: enjoythejourney.life/group Facebook Page: facebook.com/EnjoyTheJourney.Life Instagram: instagram.com/enjoythejourney.life TikTok www.tiktok.com/@enjoythejourney.life Website: enjoythejourney.life/ @Desert.Drifter @the_pov_channel @TheTrekPlanner **** CONTACT US **** Email: tomandcheri@enjoythejourney.life Mail Bag: Lake Effect Media 14870 Granada Avenue 1037 Apple Valley, MN 55124 Tom & Cheri, RV travelers sharing our adventures (and challenges), advice and more from the road. Inspiring others to do it now and live life on their terms, a life of freedom and adventure. 😍 Enjoy The Journey . Life, All Rights Reserved Our channel is for entertainment purposes only. We are not RV or travel experts. Some of our links are affiliate links. Thank you! #ancient #googleearth #history #drone

Thank you so much for appreciating our ancestors living grounds. I myself are of the Hopi/Tewa indigious tribe. You are absolutely right, leave as you found them, and do not enter for your safety. The buildings could collapse if walked on or bumped. Do not take of deface any dwelling. Thank you for stressing these rules. I truly enjoy your videos. 🫶👍💜💚🫡

Glad you made it. Thanks for showing us!

Glad your back and ok. Looking forward to what you find. Thanks for the adventure.

Love this type of video. Cheri is looking great.

Thanks for taking us along on your recent adventures, what an amazing location, such a beautiful area! The geologist in me thinks the one rock in the arroyo you noticed with lines and spirals had shell fossils in it, just a guess from here. And yes to poetry and Cherie’s naration😊. Bob and Carol from northern New Mexico

Excellent video.

Rocks get carried down spring during spring thaw and during flooding. Floods in the southwest are no joke!

The ancient ones were magnificent builders. Please be very careful to not walk into the rooms. The paths behind the living quarters is very smart for safety reasons. I grew up with parents that loved exploring. I have been very lucky to see places that only a few have seen. One time my mother found a huge fossil of a petrified fish. It was a casting. This fish was said and there were three large pieces you could see where the backbone went even. The front piece had the eye socket. Unfortunately the very front of the head was missing and the end of the tail was gone. It was still amazing. A word of warning in those washes, I wouldn't stay in them long. Even though its not raining where you are at it could be elsewhere. Water comes down there hard a fast. So use caution.

Wonderful that you are out there doing this. Thank you.

Awesome video. I haven't watch channel in maybe 2 years, back when visiting Dustin and Cheri's son in the videos. I'm glad the algorithm pushed this to me, I love the videos exploring the old southwest

you two old farts are more than just alright , its been fun watching you explore the world , good job Bravo you two. Bravo.

Amazing!!!!!

Yes Sharrie you should create , a word smith is what I like to call it . Personally I can't stand poetry but I love literature . now I do like Kahlil Gabraun , his poetry was one of the few I could easily appreciate . More than appreciate I absolutely love his writings teachings whatever you want .

A very well done Tom and Cheri. You had me at the camera thru the “window”, walking thru a wall effect. Excellent concept, excellent editing. Thanks for sharing your adventures each week. Stay safe, stay well.

you ask about the hallway at the back. In some locations that construction indicated a seep where water was collected at least at the groundwater conditions at the time.

Galad you found your destination...very interesting..thank you. That was one of the largest dwellings i have seen so far. Safe travels

In Mexico they make needle and threads out of them as there is a thread attached to this very sharp needle.

Blue spruce. Common to northern AZ. They’re stunning.

So bear this in mind, camels were here 11,000 years ago according to the experts. The ancient people here in Wyoming included camels in their petroglyphs. There are footprints in the Whitesands area dating 20,000 years ago. Something tells me those ruins may have been here longer than what we are led to believe.

great journey, stay safe. explore on.

Hi guys. Looks like that was fun and interesting!

OK we wont but watching you two old geriatric love bugs sliding down that mountain on your bum was priceless, more , we want more footage like that . the real nitty gritty RV life. on cactus no less , tough damn tough . try the patches and you wont need to slide down those inclines anymore you;ll be jumping down there

I liked it. Yes, I love the exploration videos. and it's funny when people ask not to share the locations. they are just selfish. they effort to get out to these places won't attract vandels. keep em coming

I was weeding in my yard around a barrel cactus and got too close. The barrel cactus have fish hook huge thorns and one broke off and the fish hook part lodged in the joint of my right index finger. I had to have it surgically removed. It was intense and a complicated removal being in the joint. I have a 3 inch scar on that finger to this day!

Excellent two videos, very interesting.

BEAUTIFUL ❤👍🙃🌼

did you see or hear of the road collapse on the hwy yellowstone.?

How was the trip down?

What a adventure

Loy Canyon Ruins

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Found this ruin over 25 years ago. It is now way to well known and has been getting to much traffic. Used to have tons of pottery, corn cobs, and even some woven fabric relics that are all now gone. I wish you wouldn't put videos of this stuff on the internet. Enjoy it, but don't give millions a clue as to where it is.

Found out Friday we’re moving to Arizona in January. Now I will definitely be hitting this spot up.

Please dont reveal locations, tourists are destroying these sites back to back.....alot of our sacred sites cannot even be enjoyed without a line like you would see at disney & the carving of random names on our beautiful rocks.... absolutely awful

Which Indians,, or native American