From Bradley westmoreland in the 60 s to 1971 when I left it was a great place fish water ski camp is was the number one agricultural land of the world 4 growing season s the lack of run off water from the fields pollution coming in from the new river Mexicali and all the fertiliser the ranchers added to the demise I remember all the migration off birds in the wintertime snow-capped mountains in the winners and 119 120s in the summertime great places to eat town pump westmoreland and grasso s Italian restaurant in El Centro Larry friese class of 71 brawley

Things change, but we keep going , yay:)

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Beautiful Russ... but there’s a sayin’, Smell fish its my dish, Smell cologne i leave alone🤣🤣🤣, you’re awesome, stay safe

I didn't make it past the North Shore it was 122 degrees!

It looks good, but there is a very good reason not many people are in the area. The air and water are polluted, making it a good place to avoid.

Those were Date Palms.

Wow..definitely have to check it out !

Salton Sea in it's hay day was beautiful ! Just makes me sick to see what man can devastate by careless management and practice..... it was like a beautiful oasis jewel in the middle of the desert....teaming with clean water ...abundance of fish and wildlife now........sad reminder of deviation of a beautiful place.......

@DrLumpy

5 жыл бұрын

It wasn't "teaming with clean water" in the 1960s when I used to go there. Oil slick from the boats, dead Corvina floating even back then. Stink was there even then. Thanks - Lumpy

i put it on my bucket list for when i lose my sense of smell.

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+cave redecorator it wasnt too awful... i have been around ocean beaches that have the salty fishy odor as well

@caveredecorator5310

8 жыл бұрын

JUST park up wind i guess... if there is a west side of salton sea lot/spot would that be the best?

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+cave redecorator There is a north side... next video coming up much better

Notice that boat ramp. When it was built it extended into the water. That's how much the water has evaporated.

I visited the Salton Sea about 2 years ago. I opened the door on my rig to go outside and I was immediately attached by flies and the place stunk so bad I held my breath and got right back in my rig and left! Wow, it's hard to believe this was once a resort area like Lake Tahoe just a few short years ago.

Good job, Russ.! I really like the quad shots. Really steady aerial video with great clarity! Cant wait to see more! Thanks!

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+Gene Smith thanks

Nice scenery and good video Russ, thanks again enjoy . Happy trails!

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+Joe Ski thanks joe

Even though the US history of the sea stems from 1905-07, the area has a history that goes back a few million years before! I saw a PBS docu about this place in the 80's, have been interested in this place since then! An engineering mistake created most of what we see today. Great vid Russ...Cheers to you & Scoobs!

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+roberto abrams yes the history is cool... i hope they save the lake

Good work showing the place. Thanks!

You need to check out the Mud Volcanoes!

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+Lianne Sanders cool

Thank you Russ for the video.Joe in eureka,calif

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+Joe Sihanks

Thanks Russ, I really enjoy the video and narratives you give about this area as well as the other videos on your channel. I really hope to be able to do what you are doing, someday, but in the meantime, I get to live it vicariously through your videos. You seem like a nice laid back sort of guy, really enjoying what you do, and it is a pleasure to watch your videos. Well done...

Awesome! when I was there, F-18s were chasing each other over the sea, one went super sonic, the BOOM! scared the crap out of me.

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+simki1 thats cool

We use to go out to Salton Sea when I was a kid and it was so much fun.

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+JoAnn Rizzo I bet it was fun...

Thought about going there when I was in Quartzsite. Glad I decided not to go. Looks like a really dead area. Chemtrails everywhere. Poison water. Decaying fish carcasses. Great place to film a horror flick! Fun Fun! Thanks for sharing! You rock!

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+RV Band Wagon great idea.... "Nightmare on RV Beach" hehehehe

@NomadicSociety

8 жыл бұрын

+RVerTV sadly you probably could really die drinking that water- the fish did :(

Thanks i never new all that was over there, i always past by going to the Prison

Russ , Thanks for the update - the view from your drone was fantastic - you make it look easy ! Be Safe

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+Rollin' USA thanks

Hey Russ, great video's there asphalt cowboy :) think I'll pass on the fish AND any boating around, wouldn't want to fall out into that nasty water. Safe travels bud!

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+Music Man thanks music man

It sure looks pretty there. I love all the palm trees and the pretty crane. Thank you for the awesome video. Give Scoobs a pat on the head from me. :-)

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+Shelly Rusek thanks

Thanks.

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+the RV ER'S thanks

NOT palm trees...Date trees :-)

polluted is an understatement staying there is a big hazard due to the air quality plus its a dump

Russ, you should research the history of the Salton Sea..you may find it interesting... started by human error..

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+mazwt44 yes thanks... i did read some of the history... leave it to mankind to create and then destroy nature

Great video Russ, have a fun safe trip through the LA area & up north. I look forward to your video's. Hope Scooby is having fun as well.

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+Michael Long thanks

Nice job Russ!! Like the copter view Adventure on!!

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+Rv Adventure TV thanks

Interesting and totally not what I expected. Not sure I could get past the smell lolll! Thank you for showing us and so happy Scoobie is mending. Be safe!

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+Roger Dole yes it was disappointing... but you never know

Great video. Always wanted to see the Salton sea.

When did it become a State park??

Back in 1987 my youngest girl had a friend whose dad and mom would go fishing out in the sea. She told me they would take the fish home and eat them. This is a pretty spot here. thank you.

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+jeansplace1 thanks

What a nice park and the birds. California does put a lot of money towards there up keep,it shows by there facilities. To bad about the smell, like someone else says get up stream of the wind. Well Russ have a good rest of the day.

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+Gary Campbell thanks gary

Excellent video. I've boondock camped all around the Salton Sea for at least 2 months the past 2 winters and haven't had any problem with the smell. It's not much worse than on the ocean. On the S end of the Sea the stink from the cattle yards near Niland was a 100 times worse. On dead calm nights the stink would come rolling in and then be gone in about a hour. Very weird. I didn't have that last year. 2017 SanDiego will be diverting irrigation water away from the Sea, so it will really go downhill. It's a fascinating area that time has forgotten. Hopefully Calif. won't let it get so bad that it's irreversible.

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+NWHiker thanks NW... i hope they save the lake too

It has a huge beach because the lake is continually evaporating. It's slowly drying up.

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+wayne halladey that is what i was reading online

Hey russ pretty cool area ,awesome view Shame it's messed up great flying view , Yuneec is sending me 2 new batteries due to mine swelling up LIKED (thumbs up )

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+Alaskan motorhome thanks keith... that happened to all 5 DJI batteries i had

your videos are pretty good

great video and a little to much honesty u turned me off with dead fish and prob sulfur stink and pesticide runoff floating birds as u say ~i think we call them ducks or were they seagulls lol- it's a great view especially by your drone but noticed you couldn't stand the stench and were outta there before you put your camera down lol but thanks for another great video :)

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+Nomadic Society thanks

More informational than other videos on the Sea. There are two potential small freshwater sources, but the Sea may still be taking sewage from Mexicali (they call that canal "the New River"). There are various groups working together to perform studies to improve the water quality and to decrease the salinity. Wiki Salton Sea for more info.

nice video :)

Not sure I could eat fish from there either if it smells that bad. Maybe those dead fish on the beach are contributing to the pungent odor. Whew lol. But the park facilities look real nice.

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+lakelizard the salt sea odor is not that bad.... its powerful at first the you get use to it... but i would not eat the fish... the park is a really nice place

Russ it looks like Scoob is doing a lot better, that's good. That place must have been a big deal at one point for them to build all those facilities, but now it looks almost deserted. Any idea why?

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+mrbr549 Scoobs is mending....it was a huge deal for years.. if you google the history of the Salton sea... there are many stories of how the lake was created in the 1900's and in the 1950's it was celebrity packed and boat races.... there is a effort to try to save the lake from distinction

Does Scooby-Doo still have her bandage on? How's she doing?

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+Kris Pedersen scoobs is ok but i have to take her back to the vet for another bandage and check next week

If they would only save it. :(

Was hoping the rains these past few months improved the water level... any info on that? This looks really nice up against some comments that it is not such a good place.

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+jeansplace1 its a nice place and I hope they will save it

$5! You got taken!

Beutiful but kind of desolate, no? How far is slab city from there?

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+Rving Woman very desolate... and unique... slab city would have been farther south on Highway 111

i like san diego beaches much better.....anyway ....what its salton sea.

I enjoy watching your videos, My dad used to love going to the Salton Sea, I used to go fishing with him back in the 60's and early 70's. I got sea sick once out in the middle of the sea, after that I wouldn't go out in the boat again. He liked it so much he sold his house in El Cajon and bought a double wide trailer in Niland and lived there for a few years. I went to see him in 1993 and the place had gone down hill, smelled pretty bad. He left Niland and went back east to live by my half sister. I have a lot of memories of the Salton Sea. There is a good documentary about the Salton Sea that was made around 2002 I think. kzread.info/dash/bejne/aoieqaOQqK-YY8Y.html

wheres tp interprise this is sandy shores from gta 5

@jonmacdonald5345

7 жыл бұрын

will warren There's Plenty of Trevor's There Too!!!

and they fleeced you for 5 bucks for the smell....the rotten egg smell....all those agricultural fields you raved about earlier....caused the Salton Sea Disaster.

So, what kind of fields did you say those were on your way in? Nice area, but I imagine the stink keeps a lot of people away...dead rotting fish and salt water to boot...yuck...Safe Travels...........

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+JOHN LAMB I seen palm trees (dates)... vineyards, veggies and not sure what else.... There is big time ag there

@GATOREP

8 жыл бұрын

Maybe it was "ag" fields that you said....I thought you said "EGG" fields....lolol

@rvertv

8 жыл бұрын

+JOHN LAMB agriculture

its just a big toilet. ecological disaster

@DrLumpy

5 жыл бұрын

A toilet with an entrance fee. Thanks - Lumpy