Ghost Town - Eagle Mountain & California Desert

[@paulsanchez7394]

This made my parents year. I just shared it with my mom and dad and they were thrilled. We lived on Oleander and you showed our house and all of the neighbors houses. It was amazing to revisit the town. My dad is now 91 years old and he was thrilled to watch this.

[@keithremfert624]

I also lived in Eagle Mountain until 1972. My dad was a supervisor at the mine and I still remember being on a bowling team when I was 6. It is sad that a town full of so many people's memories can be stricken from the map. I hope that someday I can get back and take a walk around if only to see what's left of the house I grew up in on Oasis St.

[@sillyoldfrog]

People will never know what it is like to grow up in a town as great as Eagle Mountain. I graduated in 1973. Kids drove cars at 13, every kid had a dirt bikes at 10. People lived a pretty simple life. When some one lost a love one, we all lost a love one. I never realized how much I loved this town untill the day I heard they closed the mine. I still stay in touch with people after 40 years. Once you let people in your heart they never leave. God bless all those from Eagle Mountain,. Keith Matthews.

[@dakotaiv]

Minute 14:13-14:16 shows 420 Sage Drive on the corner of Yucca. That was the first house we lived in from 1965 to around 1970. As a kid, I delivered morning newspapers (Riverside Press Enterprise) and afternoon newspapers (Desert News) to all parts of town. I worked in the only restaurant in town (Talk of the Town) when I was 15-17. I graduated from EMHS in 1975.

[@dddavidlll]

I bet we knew one another Dan... I live there from 1965 to 1972...

[@bbevb1]

Thank you for posting your video and taking me home for just a few minutes, I grew up there. You see apocalyptic ghost town and I see my home, friends and green lawns. There is no better place to have grown up in existance. Thank you again :)

[@nocturnal7312]

@Beverly Benjamin What a cool place to grow up, I love to explore places like this, I've lived in California for the last 64 years and there's 100's of old Ghost Town's here, Nevada and Arizona. :)

[@terrydewitt4040]

I grew up there too

[@Ralph-ha]

Hello, thank you for sharing this. Can you describe how was it there? and what year did you end up leaving or when people started leaving?

[@adlinscott3503]

Dave, a heartfelt thank you for posting this video. My folks and I lived in this small isolated iron ore mining town from 1952 until 1982 when it was finally shut down due to economic conditions. I barely recognize it anymore from your video, but I did recognize the recreation hall where all the mine meetings, school graduations, church services, Halloween carnivals, school plays and many other town activities took place. I also like that you showed the elementary school. I attended that school as well as the high school that was built there in 1965 and can remember so well playing tether ball, dodge ball, jacks at recess time, etc. at the elementary school and being a cheerleader at the high school. I can't speak for everyone, but for me Eagle Mountain was a wonderful place to grow up in. So sad that it has eroded so much that it has ending up looking so apocalyptic, but I, and many of my EM friends and family, still have so many wonderful memories of living there. Many of the folks that lived in Eagle Mountain still get together on Facebook and in Laughlin, Nevada each year, reminiscing, renewing old friendships and catching up on news. Sharing your video with all my EM'rs on my Facebook page. Sorry that you got kicked out of there. Not even the people that lived there for so many years are allowed back into town. Maybe someday that will change. Again, thank you. Cynthia Eller Scott

[@DavesRVLife]

Thank you so much for posting your comment. It adds so much more for me having connected to former residents! :)

[@Minxcomix]

Hi Adlin, I was wondering, surely for a town that was in existence for so long there had to have been a cemetery. Did they move everyone somewhere else? I mean they can't keep you guys from accessing such an important part of one's life.

[@georgiamoore7801]

As our adventure continues ..... we find Brave Dave making his narrow escape from the apocalyptic ghost town called Eagle Mountain! Was Brave Dave’s choice of plan B a smart move? Will Brave Dave be able to get back to his Beautiful Bella safely.... or was he misdirected to a different road on purpose? Follow along to see what trouble lies ahead!

[@DavesRVLife]

LOL :)

[@CJGausvik]

Thanks for posting this! I went to High School here (Class of 83, the LAST class of EMHS) and while seeing the state of the buildings is still heart-breaking, it is also very nostalgic...

[@chikilin4831]

I bet you have real good memories of childhood, was it nice ? Was there grass? Did everyone start to leave when the mine closed ?

[@CJGausvik]

@@chikilin4831 Awesome memories! My family moved there after my dad retired from the Marines, and wanted to "do something" during the day. I was in 8th grade and stayed until 12th. I was in a band, DJed at dances, had some really amazing friends, and did really STUPID things way out in the middle of the desert. Yes, most yards had grass and shrubs and trees, some folks even grew gardens. Yes, it was a mass "exodus" when the mine closed. People still had to work and provide for their families, so we all scattered all over the place - wherever the jobs took us. I ended up in Texas, but still feel homesick when I think about Eagle Mt. all these years later...

[@randyhawley1955]

My class 83

[@donnaradonski2470]

Ever feel like your being watched. Not really abandoned, it appears. Great video. Thanks for taking the ride to where many of us aren’t able to. That was fun!!

[@mollyquinn9120]

You really show the best points of interest, like the old train trestle & the beautiful plant life. Thanks

[@dddavidlll]

Moved there in 1965 as a child with my family, my dad got a job there, my uncle was a manager for Kaiser Steel... we moved back to Texas in 1972... get childhood there.... so many fond memories...

[@shamenstarrstarr4560]

I was raised here Dave! It was an amazing place to grow up. After decades of not knowing where everyone went, the internet let us find each other. We have a "whole town" reunion now in Laughlin Nevada every spring!

[@DavesRVLife]

It's really an amazing story that I was unaware of until I made the video and former residents found it and commented. I'm so glad I did it!

[@rcstann]

Hi Carole, I'm glad you could come to back for a visit. I remember when you worked for me when you were a kid. Maybe I'll see you at the 2020 reunion. .

[@Julie_M_]

Your poor judgement led to great content!

[@melindacaldwell7897]

Thank you so much I grew up in Eagle Mountain it was nice to see this video of the place I grew up at ❤

[@cassiehall2361]

My grandparents lived here in the 60s. I remember coming here to visit them. We used to go to the dump and look for cool stuff! LOL

[@dunnwurkin]

Wow, reading the Wikipedia now, town was founded by Henry J. Kaiser in 1948. (My folks owned a Henry Kaiser car, think it was a 1949) And it did have an apocalyptic feel for sure. Thanks for the video, that is amazing. Bella is doing great!

[@mtnride4930]

Nice. Just read up on Eagle Mountain an interesting history. I have driven by Eagle Mountain a number of times going in to CA or leaving on the 62. Thanks for the little history lesson.

[@Nivasi]

the desert has its' own beauty

[@Minxcomix]

Very cool. I followed right with you using Google Satellite. I knew you were driving down Oleander before you showed the street sign, based on the unique formation on the hill, then the piece of plywood in the street, and the direction of the footprints of the houses. Google shows the truck you saw in the middle of Mesquite Dr. And I rode with you along Court Street as you passed the former prison that was set up after the town closed. You sure did put yourself in a tight spot with no way out on Court St. From the looks of it, there are several houses with residents in a few pocketed areas Well it was fun and I'm glad you had an easy ride back 'home'. Thanks for taking us along and being the one getting kicked out for the rest of us.

[@DavesRVLife]

LOL...it was one of my favorite adventures! Thanks for coming along and for the info!

[@Minxcomix]

Subscribed :)

[@ndzmoms1]

I worked in Eagle Mountain in the late 1970;s as a teacher at the elementary school. You missed out on seeing the small store, post office, bank, and bowling alley.

[@ifitfitsvanlife663]

What a fun video. Thank for finding something new and cool.

[@nocturnal7312]

That was a great video Dave, I was watching another channel about this place and he couldn't even get inside, You did it because you went around on your Motorcycle, Great video, Thanks !!

[@richardross3172]

That place was almost spooky! Looks a a fun fun place for the van van!

[@demzskittlez]

richard ross lol

[@dianecoats4746]

Thanks for the Bella update. She's looking good. Great video on a forgotten place. Take care.

[@methachristopher9371]

I was born from the border of Arizona California but I lived in eagle mountain ever since until I was 16 and then I was married my dad and my husband at the time both worked at the eagle mountain mine the houses were very good they had cement floors and my dad built a little shed on the side of the house with shutters for Windows and we thought that was so cool kind of like the cowboy days my brother had a treehouse with pigeons that he located had to give them back because they belong to somebody else LOL and there was a garage and we tried to dig a swim pool but it ended up throwing old bike parts in junk in it and ours was a three-bedroom house it cost $30 a month free utilities it was $10 per room bedroom and the people that did not have a family lived in the barracks that was up by the bowling alley that was a little angled down from the stores and the post office and they had two swimming pools one was by the store and the other was by the high school we did have a baseball park at we have corrals that was on the outskirts of town where everybody kept their animals except for the dogs and cats or birds but horses and cows and goats and donkeys and so on we're at the corrals and we had a race track out there a lot of people would take their cars out and drive the track and feed and water animals it was a great memory place you could write all day in town on your skates or your skateboard or your bikes but when the sun went down and the lights started coming on you better be home everybody knew everybody everybody help watch everybody yes there was one way in and there was one way out and it was the same way people that went hiking some got lost and they found their bodies later it's not a good idea to go hiking out there too many snakes and stuff but the town was about 18 blocks long and we had a doctor's office we had a doctor named Dr Lane and he loved to fly his plane and almost the whole town saw him crash behind the elementary school I believe he had his two sons with him it was terrible we loved him very much our teachers were very good teachers even when we did our class clown Acts they were pretty understanding and they helped us to know we can only get away with so much but it was a memory a high school had a quad that only seniors could walk on it was a piece of grass in between the sidewalks that went between from one side of the classes to the other and you had to stay on the sidewalks if you were not a senior because the seniors would tell you that is their quad and you have to be a senior to walk it or you get in trouble.. it might sound silly but it was a good thing to have limits so you had something to look forward to when you got to be a senior we still love our teachers today Mr B. Was the music teacher and Mr Gavel was my history teacher and Mr Brown was my art teacher and Mrs England was my English teacher. They're great teachers and now that I'm older I have great respect and honor for them this place is so much a home for people that even just stayed a month or a day this was their home because of the great memories and wonderful people that live there thank you for giving us a tour of our memories it's good to have something to hold on to God bless you God bless everybody and be ready for Jesus he is coming soon to take us home

[@lorijefferds7196]

I lived there in the same town 1989. The prison was up and families were living there due to my husband and others working on the aqua duct. They rented those houses out to us. There was scattered houses with real green lawns. Just wow! I brought my youngest daughter home from the hospital in Palm Springs home there.

[@robertdicristina6622]

Great video, The nice man kicked you out? Too funny.

[@RetiredTony]

hate riding thru washes lol...kept wiping out on soft sand back in the day haha. Great video man

[@tammysmith1940]

Great video, thanks for sharing!

[@pattiwhite9575]

Aww look at Bella. So young and thin. I thought she was older. But, in catching up on your past videos I found where you lost a dog and found Bella. You joked about her being spanish and not understanding you. That actually happened to me. It took me awhile to figure it out. And it took my dog about 2 1/2 years to finally understand every thing. He was somebodies baby. All he wanting is for me to hold him at my chest. Scared of everything. The way I figured he was Mexican was when ever I cooked. He would go wild around my feet when I would cook with the mexican spices. LOL He still loves my mexican food.

[@keithrichards4513]

Great! thanks for the tour!

[@katmandoism]

I worked there in 1975. I used to drive from Joshua Tree on Sunday to get to work on Monday. Then drive back to Joshua Tree Friday after work. Took a little over an hour. I didn't drive the speed limit. The CHP would drive the road once every 24 hours looking for wrecks.

[@DavesRVLife]

Thank you! I love hearing from those that lived or worked there!

[@shamenstarrstarr4560]

I'm so glad you did too. Thank you

[@charwilliams8703]

When MTC Eagle Mountain Correctional Facility open the prison all the staff live there in Eagle Mountain I used to live on Ann Street. There was a big riot inmates got killed. They closed the facility down. You can still find a video of the riot on KZbin

[@garycoats2504]

A buddy and I Worked there In early 1970 .I have just got back from Viet Nam and we took out on Motorcycles and ended up there. My friend married a girl from there. It was quite an adventure.

[@peggylittle6930]

Awesome watching your video my grandparents lived there in the 60's

[@DavesRVLife]

I love hearing the comments on this particular video. It brings some life to the place somehow! :)

[@janbarrington7945]

This was fun. Ive seen this abandoned place on other videos. It would be so cool to check it out. Its a shame they wont let you investigate.

[@maryannmcnair6887]

How said and so many homlesness,may God turn hell to haven one day 🙏

[@sandydavis6195]

Great video Dave!

[@chrispelky8800]

I lived there from 75-82.it was a great place.

[@cragger9358]

I stopped there to look at the stars and drove back up to the gates it seems very strange like strange lights illuminating the mountain thats why I drove up there and other strange lights that mysteriously vanished. I was parked on the dirt road that is actually pavement it looks as though it is designed to look old and it doesnt seem that old though and it obviously doesnt kick up dust it seems very secretive I stayed out there alone for several hours there are also old railroad tracks which is not unusual but the had new signs which seemed odd. I saw trailing light coming down the roan from up there and quickly started my car to get out of the road only to have this "trailing light" disappear it seemed it would cross my path but then vanished it was weird thats why I am checking it out now does anyone have any ufo stories or anything to share, is it secret underground base? It just seemed like there is far more to this place but sleepy old ghost town owned by big Pharma? not for sale and you cant visit all with a military type entrance with no trespassing gated sign and entrance it seemed like something was going on besides the mining or I was to tired from driving all night which I doubt it was kind of scary go up there and you'll see what I mean.pleas post any other experiences you made have had or know about it have me the creeps. Show less REPLY

[@DavesRVLife]

The place definitely has a weird feel about it. I was happy to get out of there!

[@jcrane1966]

The tracks run from the small ridge behind the prison (where Dave stopped filming before he was invited to leave). That ridge is where they would load the trains with marble size ore pellets (300 rail-cars a day at peak). Then, the tracks go down though the valley floor then head out to the Salton Sea then onward to Fontana for processing into steel; until the mine closed down in the mid 80's.

[@SynthToshi]

​ J. Crane Dave should of told that dude to fuck off, it's public land.

[@kathysad2006]

We just saw this place and loved it. We were also able to go inside the mine.

[@richm.6220]

I liked lived there till 1980 july the little houses with one car garage rent was 11 bucks a week out of your pat ckeck almost 9 yrs working out in the pit on the drills, shovels, then D9 tractors. The temp ranged from 16*- 126* thats lowest & highest while I live there..now still miss the old place.to this date of May 24, 2022 rauges

[@AdventuringwithTrevor]

Just came to this place today and decided to see some other people videos on it and i didnt even see the jail there! My friend and i walked down the roads for about an hour avoiding any cars or houses that didnt look abandoned. Saw the hospital and the movie theater but didnt see the jail, bowling ally, or the other buildings there. Might have to sneak back in and have another looksy

[@kathysad2006]

Trevor Costelloe we just eent here as well. We didnt see the bowling alley but saw the hospital,school and the mine.

[@jcrane1966]

Trevor and Dave, glad you found the place and experienced in person. There is a heck of a lot of history there and lots of stories. Very fun place actually to grow up. Had everything we need (Bowling Alley, Rec Center, Movie Hall, Swimming Pool, Schools, Small Store, Bank, Post Office, Gas Station, Churches). For those of us there in the Mid 80's when the mine closed everyone was forced to relocate and start new lives elsewhere as there were no jobs anymore and why it has that quick "drop everything and abandon" look to it. The mine closing happened very quickly. With no jobs, no reason to stay and all the housing were rentals anyway. Many former residents still have reunions and keep in touch by facebook.com/groups/EMrefugees/ but for the most part we all had to start new lives after the mine shut down. Post more videos if you go back in the future.

[@jcrane1966]

The Bowling Alley (back in the 70's 80's) was down in a lower ravine area back behind and down below the prison receiving area; that high ground (which used to be the old post office, bank, shopping center, restaurant and mine offices were). I was in a band in high school and my band in that bowling alley once (in the 80's). From the prison receiving area (I think in the 90's) you could look down and see the prisoner housing the outside 'yards' and some of the inmates outside. I'm sure the old bowling alley was converted to something else when the prison was there but when the mine was functioning the Bowling Alley, Doctors office and Miner Barracks (temporary miner housing like dorms) were all down in that valley where the prison ended up being built. The prison had a big riot and think some inmates or guards were either hurt or killed and the prison ended up being shut down. There are tons of stories that can be told of that place and the people. So Eagle Mountain again reverted into a Ghost Town again as it is today still decomposing; leaving and handful of the caretakers and watchers up there to make sure we don't go sneaking in whenever we like :)

[@jcrane1966]

One note on the "Hospital" if it is the place next to the Movie Theater then that was never really a hospital. That was only painted there for a horror movie that was filmed there (not sure if it was released or the name of the movie). That "hospital" is/was actually Kaiser Elementary School. I went there from grades 2-5 when the mine was open. At best we did have a doctors office and a doctor but that was up where the bowling alley is/was and where the prison is/was. Some of the movie desert scenes from the 2005 movie "The Island" were filmed there. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYvcf31pmLCZe8k

[@kyleandersen6879]

So is it legal to "sneak" into this ghost town?

[@raydeanfeniuk2168]

Too funny, lol !!! Ever see the movies "The Hills Have Eyes " Creepy 😱 The first one kinda reminds me of a couple parts in the movie, especially the spooky town.

[@599miata]

👍👍👍

[@kathysad2006]

We plan on going here soon. How far of a walk was it from the wash to the town?

[@jeffdoan7184]

This is the town I grew up in! They closed the town in 1983.

[@tylerandrew1009]

Hi Dave, great video. This is a super long shot. Any chance you have the caretakers name or contact info? My Mom grew up here and I'd like to ask if we could tour her old stomping grounds. Thank you!

[@DavesRVLife]

Sorry, I do not. :(

[@tylerandrew1009]

Bummer. Thanks anyway!

[@BandiPower]

Why do they not want people here so much? It's so strange how they have so much security in such an abandoned town. Are they trying to hide something or do they own the property?

[@jamesmegill]

Wondering why you can't find one picture of this place when new and vibrant?? Strange

[@colleb95]

Is it just me or is the houses behind the fence look nicer?

[@TheRmm1976]

Interesting that it is private property... I don't see how that can be the case, being it was such a large town. I wonder what they would say if you refused to be kicked out!

[@johnhill4964]

Kaiser Steel owned the property and the mining rights. Hence, it was a company town. You either worked for Kaiser or were working in a support role, i.e. teacher, Doctor, etc.

[@LorisRVLife]

What did that guy say when he kicked you out? Did you ask hi if he really lived there? Thanks for sharing, Lo :)

[@DavesRVLife]

He explained that it was private property and he did have the key to the front gate...sooo...

[@campingwiththecampbells2224]

What road did you come in on Dave? Eagle Mountain Rd or Kaiser Rd/R2 I followed R2 back to I-10 and there is a lot with a ton of rusty car's WOW makes you scratch your head. Hummmm I wounder if those are the cars that were left in the town? Did the guy ever tell you why you could not be there.

[@campingwiththecampbells2224]

found this As of July 18, 2007, the town of Eagle Mountain is no longer openly accessible. The perimeters of both the town and mine have been fenced and gated, with a site manager appointed to handle access requests.

[@DavesRVLife]

Google took me up Eagle Mountain Road I-10 exit. I'm hanging in the general area for a few days to see what other trouble I can stay out of! :)

[@campingwiththecampbells2224]

Thanks Dave Did you see any signs that said do not enter at any time? I was following the R2 on Google Maps and could not find any signs what so ever.

[@rickH0102]

Be careful, I went that town last year by August, and I'm sure someone still living there.

[@jcrane1966]

Yes, there is at least one caretaker, possibly more. it is not 100% empty. Technically that property is private property, perhaps still owned by Kaiser Ventures; I'm not 100% sure about that.

[@thomasfluskey5922]

I watched a video and I believe this town is used for zombie films so maybe to keep it in tact the US Army use it as a Training base or something.

[@John-zd8hn]

Hi Dave my name is Sharin and I grow up in Eagle mountain Until the mine closed in 1983

[@jonathanortmann8524]

That town would creep me out... how exactly did you get kicked out? Did someone own the town itself?

[@DavesRVLife]

It is private property and I wasn't able to get much info from the nice fellow.

[@ryanberio2411]

Is it true the zombies living in this place?

[@richm7016]

I lived their for 9 yrs left then the wife ran off with a drunk neighbor that we went fishing with. This place would fine out if you had a good wife. I started in 1973 an left in 1980.

[@travisalmouth2745]

Fascinating place. Thanks for venturing out there. Kaiser-Permanente was fashioned after the medical facilities that were developed for the townsfolk here. Kaiser eventually closed the Iron mine and the town became a ghost town.

[@MidnightVisions]

The train tracks have been sold off and are being salvaged.

[@ronaldrutledge1926]

What closed it down

[@1MNUTZ]

government experiment gone wrong

[@chedryulujuria4016]

What?! Granpa Max's Van?!

[@lauriebee9936]

Sorry you got kicked out! Who the heck could live there?

[@demzskittlez]

Laurie bee lol

[@michaelspooner6389]

I GREW UP THERE AND WAS A WONDEFUL PLACE TO CALL HOME, I MISS IT VERY MUCH ...

[@paulbrowning1758]

Would anyone care if you fixed up one of the homes a little and moved in?

[@DavesRVLife]

Yes, you would be trespassing.

[@bobbybaldeagle702]

There's got to be some reason they moved everyone out of there. I'd sure like to know why... The man that kindly asked you to leave does he own the town now or what????

[@DavesRVLife]

I wish I had more of there story.

[@_duval_]

I believe the houses were originally built to house the miners. Then the private prison opened up and guards and family's lived in them till the closure of the facility in 2003. I worked there from 1998-2000. I lived in one of those homes for a year. It was pretty beat down and old then.

[@yeticusrex1661]

I lived there shortly from about 1967-1971 from about age 3-7, but I do remember Eagle Mountain quite well. My mother was a buyer for Kaiser those years....I believe she said she was one of two women that worked there at the time. She is almost 81 now, but I will ask her whether or not that everyone might only have rented the houses from Kaiser instead of owning them....that might explain why it is all private property. We lived in three different places at the time and moved when space became available. First, we were in a mobile home on Ironwood, then a smaller house on Palo Verde, and then we (my Mother, younger brother and I) ended up on the corner house at Palm and Elm. I remembered my brother and I played LAWN DARTS (!!!) on the meridian there between Palm and Sage....yes...with real metal tips....ah, those were the days... Out in the desert, we had lots of fun catching chuckwallas, taurantulas, lizards, scorpions, and various snakes. Loved the chuckwallas the most. Also going out to the stables outside of town to feed some horses and goats carrots and other scrap vegetables and fruit. The dump was interesting too. Going swimming in the high school pool on summer nights with the bats flying around (catching insects flying around the lights) was awesome too. I remember my Kindergarten teacher was Ms. Jackson in '68-'69, first grade was Ms. Brenneise in '69-'70, and 2nd grade was Ms. Reesman in '70-'71 which I was only there for half of that year because I moved to Fontana, CA....I still have those class pictures! A mutual friend (who was a supervisor of some sort who traveled back and forth from Eagle Mountain and Fontana) of my mom and my stepdad (who was the chief optometrist for Kaiser Hospital in Fontana) got them dating and my mom they got married in 1971 and we moved to Fontana that year. The iron ore from Kaiser mine was sent on rail to Kaiser Steel in Fontana, CA. When the cost of making steel in the U.S. was higher than in Japan in the early 1980s, then Kaiser became too costly to run and is why the steel mill and mine closed. Kaiser Hospital, of course, remained open and expanded. It was the first HMO based medical facility and insurance in the country. My stepdad who is currently 88, still has the original HMO type of coverage from the 50s and onward. Came in handy when he fractured his hip last year. Apparently, having a 5 digit Kaiser medical identification number was impressive to all the doctors and staff there at the Kaiser Hospital in San Diego. I have driven to Eagle Mountain over the years, and it always seemed that the town was surrounded by locked gates. If they had an annual tour of the town, I would definitely go every year.

[@sillyoldfrog]

This was a great place to grow up. I had my first car at 14 years old. You did not need a drivers license because this was private property. We use to climb up the tailings (the mountain you see in the video) and slide down. What a rush that was. We had a helicopter to deal with any mining accidents with people trained in trauma. If you were injured in a car wreck our local rescue crews would be there to safe your life and fly you to Indio. You did not have utility bills and a 4 bedroom house was around 40.00 a month. Brake a window Kaiser sent maintenance out to fix it. It was hot but we owned the nights. It is sad seeing these pictures. Eagle Mountain use to be so green.. We had a modern school with a swimming pool. People did not lock their doors. Boones Farm Wine was our drug of choice. I remember the Sheriff showing up at the airport, where we were drag racing. He brought his squad car out raced us. We had a whole desert to play in. There are a lot of old mines out there we use to go in. The all American canal runs through that area. Kaiser built Lake Tamarisk for workers.. life was so much simpler back then. If you got caught fighting at school, the coach would take you into the gym, put boxing gloves on you and make you fight. We had it made as kids in Eagle Mountain.

[@NMjack2000]

Be on the lookout for Zane Greene while you are out there. He is hiking with his dog carrying a bunch of gold mining equipment on his back. Check out his youtube video at kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3y0nq17mZWorJI He states he is down to 1 bottle of water and has been drinking cactus juice. He is living over at Slab City and building a Hobbit Ship in the ground over there. Strange Huh?

[@DavesRVLife]

I think I saw him digging a massive hole in slab!

[@igotstaknow]

Natural noises are better than annoying music.

[@Minuteman75]

When the dems are finished, the whole state of California will probably look like this and possibly the entire country.

[@toddwhite6074]

Well said. The sad part is most people have their heads up their asses believing what they hear on CNN CBS NBC ABC MSNBC.

[@mtnride4930]

Yup and the time is coming sooner than you think. This nation is screwed. Be prepared.