Nice walk.

Drove by the other day. Just exploring the lake. Staying in palm desert for awhile. Nice video.

I live in San Diego. Always wanted to go to the Salton Sea but heard so many bad things about it. Good to hear it doesn’t smell. Will have to go there, in the winter! Thanks for sharing.

@LoveYourRV

2 жыл бұрын

Its worth a trip, quite a unique place! Go check out the Salton Sea SRA visitor center and there is another little one at the Sonny Bono Wildlife refuge. www.fws.gov/refuge/sonny_bono_salton_sea/ Lot of interesting history to learn about the sea.

thanks

Welcome back Ray and Ann! Good to see you in the desert again.

Most excellent video! Thanks, Aloha ;~)

Totally fascinated by this place, can't wait to make it down that way now that I'm on the West coast. Hell, I might buy some land and move to the Sea when I (try to) retire in ten years. You can actually (kinda) still afford California property there. Amazing. Cheers!

The last black bird with red eyes is a Phainopepla. It tends to mark its perch with red droppings from eating red mistletoe berries.

@LoveYourRV

2 жыл бұрын

Cool bird. Saw those in abundance down at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. Also known as Silky Flycatcher I believe.

Birds are eating all of the sea monkeys! (I assume that's what they're eating) Have a good holiday!

Welcome back Ray and Ann! Good to see you back in the desert.

After watching this video, we've just added this area to our January 2023 trip south. 👍

Hey, Ray. We've dry camped there many times. Love it there. It's a strange and interesting place to visit.

Hi Ray! When I was a small child, we used to go to Salton Sea with neighbors who had a home there way back in the early '60s. It was kind of nice back then. We visited again during the late '80s and it was so sad looking. The town was in very poor repair. Our neighbors bought their home thinking they would retire there, but it never worked out for them. I don't know if they were able to sell their property or what happened to their home. But, it clearly looks nicer now than it did 45 years ago. So glad you are having a nice snow bird trip! Merry Christmas to you and Ann!

@dougsmith4754

2 жыл бұрын

My dad had a boat when I was a child back in the 60s and we would spend weekends there camping and fishing/skiing, it was a fun booming place back then. Lots of good memories. So sad to see what it has become

That was a real nice little walk. Thanks Ray.

That area has changed so much over the year's. Love the bird's. Enjoy 🤠

@drinkinslim

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Robert. I think you meant "years" and "birds". :)

Like!

Hey thanks for the great video. I was born and raised in Indio, and have spent many days in that area jeeping and camping, in my younger days, brings back a lot of good memories.😎

I flew over the Salton Sea about 11 years ago. I was on my way to San Diego to visit my oldest son before he was deployed to Afghanistan.

@LoveYourRV

2 жыл бұрын

Must have been quite the sight.

Love that environment! So unique. Thanks for the video.

Thanks for taking us along.

What a neat place to also practice ornithology. Lots of birds there.

Glad to hear it didn’t smell… When I saw the video’s title, the odor was the first thing that went through my head. It actually looked quite peaceful there! With the dead fish gone, I guess the odor would subside. I don’t live too far from the Salton Sea, and now I think I might make a trip over one of these days.

Relaxing video and an awesome tour of the area. Thanks Ray!

That looks like a pretty good place to chill out. Thanks for sharing! All the best for the holidays and look forward to seeing more in the new year!

Always enjoy your walkabouts!!

Love the bird shots.

Great video. Interesting history. Avid birdwatcher here, loved the seagull type birds. Happy Holiday.

Really nice. Thank you

They're bringing me a lump of coal no doubt!! Great telephoto work Ray.

You are sitting right on the San Andreas Fault. The Eastern and Northern ( as you travel northwest) hills have many sprimgs (Desert Hot Springs) that emerge from the fractures in the earths crust. There is another palm oasis just North of Palm Desert that has ponds with a pup fish found only there. I cannot imagine a greater difference between Where you live on Vancouver Island and where you are staying. Different beauties. Cheers to you!

@LoveYourRV

2 жыл бұрын

We visited that one when camped out a Thousand Palms a number of years ago 2013, it has a nice pond. Got this shot of Anne sitting beside it www.loveyourrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Palm-Springs-Oasis.jpg

@tmorton922

2 жыл бұрын

@@LoveYourRV great pic. I wonder if it is still as wet. I haven't been out there lately.

Welcome back to So Cal! I didn't know about Dos Palmes but it reminded me of Coachella Valley Preserve. Have you been there? Lots of trails thru the dense palm oasis. Coachella Preserve had lots of water last time we were there a couple years back.

@LoveYourRV

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :) We visited that one when camped out a Thousand Palms a number of years ago 2013, it has a nice pond. Got this shot of Anne sitting beside it www.loveyourrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Palm-Springs-Oasis.jpg

Merry Christmas and a Much Warmer New Year. Have been on both sides a few years back. The eastside is a must. Make it a point to go to the only bar in town. Great little dive. If you have time drive thru the town. you'll be glad you did. Lots to look at. It's ashamed as beautiful as it look it's definitely a " Look BUT DO NOT TOUCH" lake

I think you’re becoming a birder?!? 🦉🦆🌴 Very interesting walk. I’ll need to dust off my bird books.

Hey Ray, another great video. We stayed in that area in early 2021. If you get a chance check out the Bautista Family Organic Date Ranch just down the road from you. They give free tours and samples. We really enjoyed it.

Hi Ray, we lived in 29 Palms (Marine Corps base) back in the early 60’s and my dad took us there all the time for fishing. It was fun. The US Marines use that area for bombing/target practice, that is what you are seeing.

Great video!

Appreciate the video. Always wondered what this area around the sea was like. Thanks.

thanks!

I think I might like the trains. They don't really bother me much. Not when if ever I'll get to venture down south. I live n the Central Coast and it would be like a 6 hour drive for me. Hopefully I'll get to retire next year but who knows.

Stilt for sure.

Neat!

Hello from Campbell River! Enjoying your California vids. We are heading into another winter weather system, 5-10 cm snow, more like 5-10 inches in reality. Cheers!

@LoveYourRV

2 жыл бұрын

Wow! guess I picked the good winter, last winter to have to stay in BC. Seems much worse this year.

The Alamo and New River feed the Salton Sea

Hey Ray😍🙋‍♀️🇨🇦‼️ thx for bringing us along!!! What a great little place! It is torrential rain today😔 and more lockdowns🤦‍♀️ I just ordered a EB70 today, hoping it runs my mini instapot, I figure if your Jackery500 can...then this should be able to. Cheers🎄❤‼️

@LoveYourRV

2 жыл бұрын

Cool, let me know how it goes.

At 220 feet below sea level, they could build a large siphon pipe with a gate valve for flow control and fill the sea with ocean water since it's salt water anyway.

@LoveYourRV

2 жыл бұрын

www.usatoday.com/in-depth/graphics/2021/06/11/salton-sea-drying-up-infrastructure-projects/5243837001/ The most commonly discussed idea is to build a canal across the U.S.-Mexican border that connects to the Sea of Cortez, 125 miles to the south, and import water to the Salton Sea. By comparison (although much more narrow and shallow), a sea-to-sea canal would be more than twice as long as the Panama Canal.Such a sea-to-sea route has been promoted by businessman Gary Jennings, a founding partner of the Sea to Sea Canal Co. Another proposal submitted by Agess Inc. includes flooding 142,000 acres of a dry lakebed in Mexico called Laguna Salada and creating economic development in Baja California. Sending ocean water across the desert wouldn't be an easy fix, and any plan would need to negotiate agreements with a variety of stakeholders on both sides of the international border with Mexico. Even carefully laid routes would need to traverse private land, communal farmlands and Cucapá territory. On top of the permitting and treaty hurdles, an exact dollar amount isn't known, but estimates have suggested costs for a canal project would range into the billions of dollars.

Lol the first thing I thought was does it stink

To funny, hanging on stinky lake!

The Salton Sea is replenished with nearly one million acre feet of salty farm waste water every year from 500,000 acres of farm ground.. Approximately 10,000 tons of salt from farm run-off is delivered in a watery solution every day by the Alamo River and New River.

@LoveYourRV

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting. Where do the farms get the water? Wells?

@johndantice2577

2 жыл бұрын

@@LoveYourRV About 3 million acre feet per year flows to Imperial Valley from the Colorado River via the All-American Canal.

@LoveYourRV

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, guess the future looks bleak with the decline in water upstream these days.

@johndantice2577

2 жыл бұрын

@@LoveYourRV Senior water rights entitlement protection, but will require small reduction.

Hey, Nice to see you traveling again. I was wondering, do you find it harder to find campsites. With so many RVs sold last year, I would think all campsites being full... of maybe not.

@LoveYourRV

2 жыл бұрын

Not really, so far we have seen about the same or even less than in previous years. But we aren't RV park campers when we travel south and do a lot of off-grid type camping in natural type areas so maybe that's why. We generally avoid the busier boondocking places like Quartzsite and the Colorado River LTVA areas. As for all the new RVs. They aren't really set up for dry camping very long and newbies don't know much about it. Also, many Canadians decided not to come down this year due to Covid concerns. Cheers, Ray

We're heading south towards Joshua tree around the 9th of January, if we can pull thru the Oregon pass by Ashland. The problems with leaving after Christmas, I suppose.

@LoveYourRV

2 жыл бұрын

Hope you get a warm up! or take the 101 coast route

Beautiful mountain ranges all around you - whatta nice view. Beautiful "palm forest" - what kind of palms are those thick-trunked hairy palms? - I've never seen that type in the east and southeast before.

@LoveYourRV

2 жыл бұрын

California Fan Palm - www.desertusa.com/flora/california-fan-palm.html

@garryhammond3117

2 жыл бұрын

@@LoveYourRV Thanks Ray! - Having never been to the west (or southwest), these are all new to me. They are beautiful.

All that seclusion and bam!!! TRAIN!!!!!!

@SpykersB

2 жыл бұрын

Lol! that’s what I thought too….it is amazing how the same phenomenon occurs at campgrounds everywhere. 🍻

So Ray, what happened with the Christmas giveaway, did you give it away and if so who got it?

@LoveYourRV

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, did the draw about a week ago. kzread.info/dron/N84xiPAVdIdNLQjQ97d8fw.htmlcommunity?lb=Ugkxty_hJVyj71aK5K0_QKKWD5ixHCPjKFbz It was won by a nice lady named Judy who is camping in southwest Arizona. She actually came and met up with me today to get the goodies. :)

Hola Ray Is there any camp sites with only electricity?

@LoveYourRV

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I'm not too sure. Headquarters campground and Mecca beach have some full hookups. I think I saw a smaller section at Headquarters with just electric. You'd have to give them a call www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=639

Hey Ray, have you picked a winner for the solar panel and lithium battery give away yet?

@LoveYourRV

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, on Sunday, a lady named Judy kzread.info/dron/N84xiPAVdIdNLQjQ97d8fw.htmlcommunity?lb=Ugkxty_hJVyj71aK5K0_QKKWD5ixHCPjKFbz

I didn't catch who won the solar set-up.

@LoveYourRV

2 жыл бұрын

A lady named Judy kzread.info/dron/N84xiPAVdIdNLQjQ97d8fw.htmlcommunity?lb=Ugkxty_hJVyj71aK5K0_QKKWD5ixHCPjKFbz

How is the salt dust this year?

@LoveYourRV

2 жыл бұрын

Hardly any dust, winds much lower than in previous years.

That looked like the perfect solitude oasis of quiet.. minus the trains lol Can u bring the rv closer or to the water and can u kayak in the water??

@LoveYourRV

2 жыл бұрын

Corvina and Mecca campgrounds are a little closer but not much. There is a boat ramp at the headquarters campground and a small bay. The lake has receded over the years and the ground isn't firm enough for RVs as you get closer to the edge. I used to see kayakers 3-4 years ago but haven't seen many lately, maybe its to salty now or other nasty stuff in the waters. Try Googling "Salton Sea Kayaking" Cheers, Ray

How far to a grocery store ??

@LoveYourRV

8 ай бұрын

About half an hour to a decent sized one

There's nothing nice nor interesting ....not a thing..🙄