manzanar was necessary. In 2024 we have her now so very very many in the USA who hate us. Japan just made a mistake in ww2...hum? I need to study the decision why they joined Germany.

It was SO fun to be reminded - and one has to live intimately in the Eastern Sierra to experience of - the summer into fall progression of the flowers - the progression of Spring itself, upwards, in the high country. Spring is a matter of elevation, and so, in the mind of the living, mounting up and up, into September, when it ephemerally changes into Autumn, which reaches down the meadows and creeks into that valley. Some winters show little snow along the Owens, but always the hoarfrost in the dried grasses which sprouted their seed heads. Now and then the low lakes (i guess most artificial reservoirs, as Tinemaha and Haiwee), and I've never seen Little Lake freeze, the last surviving fresh water along that tenuous flyway that once hosted the vast flocks that seasonally ventured from Arctic , funneled down through the desert lakes, creeks, ans wetlands to the lower Colorado River and its once rich delta. The Wolf and I, sometimes anticipating Spring, might find some high lake or pond just barely having a spot of open water, where we might share with a few ducks or others enough to drink, courteously giving just enough room to pass. Right now, it's necessary to thank Carol for her basic instruction on how to whistle with little fingers in mouth - never learned this in childhood, so i emit piercing sounds while watching. Yeah, those high schools were small, with graduating classes of about 11-12 from Walker down to Lone Pine. RIdgecrest, of course has been a big sprawling town since whenever the Naval Base and dried China Lake was established. I believe that once, when Owens Lake (with its western towns of Olancha and Cartago were ferry points for the silver-mining towns of Swansea, Hawley, Keeler, on the east side of that once-huge lake), drained further, all the way to China Lake. I suppose that just floating down the Owens in the hot 100 degree summer with just a pair of shoes for the long walk back was not part of most experiences, the little cutbanks just high enough to flip off into the water's deep spots, and the passing wild roses perfuming the heat, and startling the introduced trout, was not part of their experience. So much must be omitted, and more thanks must be expressed to the Paiute kids, whose grandmother taught them about the plants, they passing wisdom onward, The Valley is also somewhat a refuge for the Tule Elk introduced by Tinemaha, 4000 feet higher than their original homes in the Great Sacramento/San Joaquin and coastal wetlands (with all their "tules") presently lost to overconstruction. some slight adaptation occurred, and they can be seen up as far as Fish Slough, and frequent some of the Eastern Sierra's lower creeks. History, hopefully, blends into Tomorrow's surprises!

You are a TREASURE!!!

Huell had the same beloved following in Nashville, I wonder if Huell ever discussed that with Louis or his California audience.

This is the social equivalent to golden story book...thank you enjoyed your sharing your life with me.✌️

That was great! An excellent example of why we keep records of family. Generations will love knowing their roots

Carol such a beautiful family, and wonderful book , remincent of my mom and dad's time in southern Nevada çlass of 51 Las Vegas High , the mountains in Nevada were no stranger to us, Charleston, wheeler , and just south of Arc Dome peak , Peavine canyon...💎🎯✌️🙏☯️😸☝️

Cool picture of junction pass when it was the JMT route

Louie, look at that! Whoa

What a wonderful way to "grow up"

She’s amazing!! And what a life and memories ❤

so amazing to see and hear tales of a place I love so much.

Bad sound to hard to understand so I left this show, and I really wanted to hear it better too

I loved Huell, my kids grew up watching him and one daughter and her husband both worked for AAA and got to meet him. I never did and sorry for that. Luis is such a humble man and I do hope to shake his hand some day, there's meaning in doing this and makes a personal connection. Thank you for this, was enjoyed.

Great stories and I’m sure Huell would be happy that Luis is sharing tales from the production. I had the pleasure of hearing Luis talk early in his book tour at the library in Dana Point California. The audio was very good at that one. It’s a shame that this video has such poor reverb an echo to it, ironic really since Luis has always been a stickler for good quality audio After thousands of hours doing production in the field. You would think in a controlled atmosphere like the interior of the USO building that they could have good quality sound. Oh well, you can expect everything, still some great stories just have to listen to it three times to understand everything. Comments?

It was really neat to watch this presentation after listening to the whole book on Audible..

American Indians by nature and necessity were “wanderers”. They roamed the land rather than occupied it. Any one point of land was roamed over by many different groups of people during the same period of time throughout history.

Asking people who live today about their ancestors who lived hundreds or thousands of years ago is NOT SCIENCE.

"Michelle"

The sounds is not good at all sorry

Thank you Carol, your recollections are important and add rich layers to the history of the area

Thank you for sharing your stories and your book! Your family must've known my family, The Gormans. My grandfather and his brother were born on Oak Creek in Independence, and they both graduated from Lone Pine High School. My grandfather was born in 1916, so I think he was the class of 1934.

Sometimes Howser would say low ceiling or a step here and I believe Fuerte camerawork amazing, wonderful and he walk sideways too get it all. My Howser impression "WoW...Louie"

Seems complete opposite from huell. I always knew huell liked to go out and party after shooting. Lol

Beautiful picture of the two young girls sitting together thank you for your video man I really enjoyed it and then you camp host at Goodale Creek starting April 1 that I am so pleased to hear your history of your family and how Owens Valley was when you were growing up thank you very much keith cooper

Tunnel vision. Free yo mind and yo ass will follow.

Thanks sir.

For a man who doesn't care about the meaning of the rock art, he seems pretty sure about himself when it comes to the ailments of stars being some bullshit.

Thank you for a fine look at a person not publicly recalled, but who certainly should be.

This deserves so many more views!

when I was a kid , in the 70's....We had a miners cabin across from the reservoir....I mis that place , wonder if its still there...Iron ore was what they mined there

WTH?

1 st Vloger

I'm out. I came to get a lecture, not a lecture. Sheesh !

This guy sounds like a dick, frankly. Check out the Amazon reviews of his book.

My brother did custom decorative work for Huell's home and they were friendly adversaries in a way. Huell would try to get my brother down on the price of his work and would pay 80% of his quoted price. My brother went and took 20% of his work back. Huell paid up and said it was worth trying. Huell had a fit when my brother's dog jumped into his swimming pool. My brother went it's OK, the worst he'll do is piss in the pool. Huell had a fit to say the least, my brother is an asshole and I told him to get his damn dog out of the pool. That was the day I met Huell Howser. LOL

Carol,you are a very sweet,funny person with a great story to tell! I have some photos of my Grandparents and my Mom and Aunt camping in Rock Creek from 1922 and 1926. They went for a month every Summer. Im 73 and have been going to Sierras since early 1950;s. Hope this comment fins you and your Sister doing well! Dennis. Love your photos

great stories learned so much. loved the back stage stories.

Sad. Hardcore guts. I remember there used to be a video from inside the cockpit of what i am pretty sure, was this flight. It looked like a wide-angle cockpit camera from upper right, and it look like he was in space. I guess thermosphere. And then just everything started going real bad and you're looking out the cockpit glass and the spin was not a spin it was like a tumbling everywhere at absurd absurd speed. And you could see the pilot reaching up With his hand barely able to after a bit but surprisingly able to at the beginning, like trying to hit different controls and then things just out the window were absurd. You saw no more movement of The pilot and then just scratch. I remember as a kid being obsessed with the X 15 reading about it and here like 30 years later I saw this video on KZbin which seems to be gone. Probably out of respect to the family. But I remember being like disturbed and shocked and in all of the pilot's courage. It was like trying to ride a wild animal in a wild land that had different physics and...rules. All of these pilots showed tremendous courage to move us forward. Much respect and honor to the family. 🖤

Such a handsome man. I Always wondered how Louie looked. I looked at Huell for many years, it was one of my favorite shows. I never had the chance to travel, watching the show I sure enjoyed and learned a lot. Thank you for this video, I sure liked the stories. Luis is also my dad's name 😂 also it's nice to finally see your face, you did a GREAT job as Huell's cameraman.

It is a tragedy that most modern Californians don't understand the rich cultural fabric of pre-historic Californians. Thank you for bringing this out and all the conservation work you do.

great stories,luis great cameraman,wish this could go on longer,miss huell.