Hearing Ghosts And Finding Beautiful Places to Camp!

There's beautiful places you can camp in Montana. We got out to explore the old Hughesville and Centerville mining towns along Belt Creek in the Lewis and Clark National Forest. One strange thing we found is a cave with three fireplaces - check it out! There's not much left to see of the towns, but the camping is fantastic!!! Bring your RV, motorhome, 5th wheel, van oor whatever you've got and check it out. The ATV trails go all over and you can see a lot of fantastic sights. Lots of dispersed camping in large sites here and other places in this forest.
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[@missouritraveler6401]

You folks are an inspiration, kind ,considerate, mind Your own business. Respecting other peoples property is usually taught from childhood by caring parents. This world needs more people that has these qualities.

[@Mary-yu3sn]

Laws of God and Nature: Respect Rights,Respect Property ,Do not Harm...

[@missouritraveler6401]

@@Mary-yu3sn You're right Mary.

[@johnb1567]

@@Mary-yu3sn , which god?

[@jimb5113]

@@johnb1567 The other one.

[@murrayandru7527]

@@johnb1567 The one you will eventually meet one day . take care !! lol.

[@arnoldreiter435]

Montana still has plenty of places for us common folk to enjoy, my fear is that as it becomes more well known that big money will move in and restrict access. It happened in the Kalispell area where i spent my summers at my grandparents roaming the hills, now out of state owners do their best to close up the same beauty that they enjoy. We need more like you two who show the beauty of the wild, talk about and show respect for it.

[@TheDakotaRed1]

"And in case you're wondering..." Exactly. I was wondering every time I got a look at that stream. Thanks for the tour.

[@williammccaslin8527]

Well that's 3 of us then

[@gailforest5774]

Me too!

[@SamuraiMama]

I've always wanted to head up and there and look around. Neat place! And hey, I like the shirt. Be Gonagain!

[@philmickey7247]

Thanks mom.😜

[@gonagain]

We should show the girls. Next time!

[@SamuraiMama]

@@gonagain was it much farther than we usually go?

[@LarryTalbot_1313]

If I've heard it once, I've heard it a hundred times that if someone invented a time machine they would go back and see who really killed Kennedy, etc. Not me! I would go back and visit places like this, to see them in action. What they were really for and more importantly, how they worked. Interesting tour this time!!!

[@gonagain]

Hi Larry, what an interesting concept.

[@seeDiersoilcrossrowds]

The creeks could of flooded more than once, long ago, and swept those cars up against that rock wall.

[@freewill1114]

Seeing all the white rock leads me to think limestone kiln. I have seen some in Idaho. Someone else mentioned charcoal kiln, which is a good possibility also.

[@jaymarcus4930]

Another great video. Love you Linda your such a kind sprit 🌹

[@gonagain]

Thank you!

[@biggerbehindthetrigger2814]

The holes could have been from doing core samples of the ground. You never know what has happened in the past. That's my guess

[@Cockeyed_Den8213]

In my 62 years I have never wanted to see Montana but thanks to you I can see it's a Beautiful place and wide open land just what I live for so one summer I'll have to try and make it up there. Sorry I haven't been commenting but once again I have had a set back with my back and using my arms is hard to do. No one's fault but my own. Thanks for sharing.

[@gonagain]

Den, I'm so sorry to hear about your back pain!

[@Cockeyed_Den8213]

@@gonagain No need to be sorry I deal with it and no need for anyone to be sorry about it it happens to people all the time.

[@marianfrances4959]

Montana is so beautiful. Great tour, thanks! 👍😏🇨🇦

[@badgerpa9]

The fireplaces would be a good thing in the winter in Montana, have a small wood structure just attached to the opening and sleep in the fireplace opening to stay warm. With all of the gypsum they had to be gold prospecting. Stay safe and healthy, fun video.

[@gonagain]

Yes, that would be a great place to hang out during a Montana winter!

[@garyhurst7378]

I am also thinking the furnaces were used for cooking Limestone. They may have been using the lime to make the mortar for building construction. There are several places around our area in Northern Utah where there are this type of kiln or furnace near Limestone deposits.

[@gonagain]

Thanks Gary, I think you're right about that.

[@rockymountainroughridersofMT.]

Good video Rick and Linda, I really like the Little Belts when it comes to exploring. We did a few rides a few years back over in the Hughesville area and made it up to the remains of a couple of old fire lookouts. Love exploring those hidden places from a time long ago. Scotty aka. Scooter :-)

[@gonagain]

That area has a lot of neat rides, for sure. We've done a few and its always a breathtaking view.

[@teresaf5480]

First off I was cringing when you went in that dark cave I was like holy crap be safe and then I see that bug or spider on your arm moving up it 😱 I was screaming at my phone kill it KILL IT LOL and then 1 minute later I'm dying laughing because Linda is like the Energizer Bunny 🤣you're trying to catch up 😂you guys are a hoot.... I loved this video. I love all the exploring you do thanks for the entertainment you too.👍👍 and the history lessons awesome!! Oh Linda I loved your shirt😁

[@gonagain]

You had me laughing while reading your comment. As for the shirt, its amazing what a little bleach pen will do to an ugly tshirt.

[@halleluyah8241]

Really beautiful and interesting! God bless you and keep you safe from spooks of all kinds. :)

[@russell3380]

Another Great video. I wonder if it may have been a lime kiln. We had them all over Pennsylvania, making lime for farm fields. Many places they made charcoal and some old stone smelters for ore. What a beautiful area, I'd want to spend time there too. Thank you.

[@ernestpaul2484]

I was thinking some kind of kiln myself. The white rock could be an indication of lime refining. I do not know the geology out that way. Regardless of what it was used for originally, if there is a way for the smoke to exhaust out the top, it would be a good place to use for a temporary survival shelter.

[@markstafford5992]

The holes are the result of frost jacking. Frost pushes the soil up in winter. There may be a large Boulder under the hole that didn’t allow the soil to rise. As the hole deepened each winter more snow melted in the hole providing more water to freeze and jack up the soil. Very common in Alaska.

[@gonagain]

That's really interesting! Thanks Mark, I can see how that would happen because it get's cold here for sure.

[@robertmcgee7083]

Maybe the holes in the ground you were talking about are little sink holes, could be underground springs in the area.

[@PlainStraightShooter]

That is interesting. I am going to have to check up on those fire caves.

[@Bob-qf4qo]

Always informative and entertaining, thanks you two

[@gonagain]

Thank you Bob for watching!

[@nikkiherzog-peterson861]

Loved this. We love camping on that road. :)

[@gonagain]

There's a lot of obake on that road....

[@jdeso3]

You guys always show us interesting stuff thanks.

[@gonagain]

Thanks Joe.

[@kristiluv817]

I love it! I'm a believer too btw. You'll never believe who went camping 2 weeks ago at 64 years of age! Me! I met a bunch of my Facebook group friends at Redd Hollow campground inside the Land Between the Lakes, Kentucky. It was just what old girl needed. I slept in my Honda Element, the "Hotelement", like a log! It was so great, even though 750 miles is a loooong way. I can't wait for my next adventure! Thanks for dragging me along you two!❤🤙 #Boogerin' #Squatchin'

[@gonagain]

That is awesome! Glad to hear that you made it out. I have friends looking for land to buy in Kentucky right now.

[@kristiluv817]

@@gonagain that's so cool! I was thinking about moving myself. It's simply beautiful up there, and those trees!❤ I needed the trees!

[@wrbruce6100]

Hi my friends, glad to see you back in beautiful places. Can you imagine the work it took to make that furnace. People were tough as nails back then. The woods are loaded with all kinds of energies walking around.There is so much going on right under a person’s nose that one does not know about. There is a app you can get free and put on your I-phone called structured light sensor, type in sos camera. It’s really cool, it shows you and energies walking around like stick figures, its pretty amazing. Great video my friends, love the places you two go. Take care and stay safe.

[@gonagain]

Thank you for the app tip. Our granddaughter had one on her phone but uninstalled it when she saw so many "entities" in our house.

[@arnoldseay9118]

I too think that was an old smelter. The rock work on top was the chimney. Probably fired by Chinese labor. Would be easier to haul out metal that had been melted out of the ore. I like to explore these old sites and wonder about the people that lived and worked in these places.

[@gonagain]

Hello Arnold, you're most likely correct.

[@sharonsteele8915]

That was a wonderful, educational trip.. thank you.. lots of serene places to stay and visit as well stay safe

[@gonagain]

Thank you, Sharon!

[@jimb5113]

A rock picked up and moved for a cabin foundation corner stone or fire pit ring. A footprint of some prehistoric animal hidden under the vegetation

[@jimb5113]

OK! You made me look!!!! Fulgurite is what it is called when lightening strikes sand and the heat melts the silica, leaving a visible heat path. What does the same heat do when it strikes different types of "dirt"? I don't know but I bet Linda has some idea. ;)

[@aztrails1]

Very cool journey through a beautiful and historic landscape. Thanks.

[@cia1204]

This reminds me of the Great Western Iron Furnace in Tennessee on the Land Between the Lakes road.

[@gonagain]

Hello Marcia!

[@williammccaslin8527]

As I,'ve said before, even tho me an the wifey are from fla, we truly love Montana an hope to get back now that ,I just retired an go explore the places we didn't have time to see when I was working, got to get the honeydo's done first, THEN ROAD TRIP for the summer, thx for the vid.

[@garretlewis4103]

Yeah....In a rural/remote area, those “lookie loos” go looking around where they should not be looking may be looking at the negotiating end of the old double barrel shotgun. The area you were in looked interesting. Looked like a bunch of good places to camp too. You are correct. If people don’t pick up after themselves and abuse the area. All of the dispersed camping will go away. I think on a certain level there is a subtle push to shut it down anyway.

[@seymourrivers6169]

Thank you for this video of hearing ghosts and finding beautiful places to camp.

[@thompsonjerry3412]

Some of that rock looks like cinnabar, maybe extracting Mercury. If that is limestone, could be make lime mortar.

[@wjeffp]

Charcoal is a possibility however seeing the white rock appears to be limestone and they might have been making very early version of mortar to make ovens to melt the gold and silver

[@gonagain]

I'm thinking you're right about that. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@vickiescharlow3979]

Again thank you so much for taking us places that I’ve never been in and I enjoy the history of the places that you go

[@gonagain]

Oh, thank you for watching, Vickie! And comments like yours make it all worthwhile, we appreciate hearing that.

[@ralphp3057]

Thanks for sharing Rick! I saw similar crude furnaces in real rural PA . Did that propane bottle rack work out for you on your trailer? Thanks again for sharing! 👍🍺

[@gonagain]

Yes, so far so good on the propane rack.

[@SheDevilAdventures]

You two are brave souls to go into that dark cave! Beautiful area. Glad to see that there was no defacing with graffiti and such.

[@gonagain]

Us too! I was leery of what I was going to see there.

[@johnduke9894]

Great video. Thanks for the trip and the tour... Jan and I will be in that area in September. Might just have to pay a visit!

[@cotter9751]

Very cool adventure.

[@55197A]

Thank you so much for taking us along looks like a great place to Visit hope to Explore this summer thank you so much

[@LilbitSolo]

love all your videos!!! 😊

[@doingitwithnothing]

Interesting spots

[@wagonswest2526]

Very nice....

[@lawmandod233]

Thank you for great video!

[@gailforest5774]

Thank you for this video! Hope we get to follow along soon! I'm ready to go exploring! Beautiful locations. We need a clam shelter and a trailer! :) See ya around!

[@raymondpotts9569]

Once again I enjoyed your video. Thank you for sharing.

[@gonagain]

Thanks, Raymond, we appreciate hearing that.

[@taco472]

Grant video, those fireplaces are a ‘wonderment’ for sure. Yes, I was wondering JUST as you said, “boy that looks like a great creek to try a fly or a single egg & hook”. Lol 👍

[@cookiekitty8122]

Holy **** there are sasquatch behind that bark. one clearly shows the eyes. enlarge.

[@glenschumannGlensWorkshop]

Thanks.

[@markreynolds3850]

Interesting area

[@nickmad887]

Thank you for the videos.

[@gonagain]

Thanks for watching, Nick, we really appreciate it!

[@pandachickenmama]

When you see the gravesite caved in doesn't mean they were exhumed, more likely the coffin has collapsed and the dirt has sunk in. Old graves also have the headstone marker where the name and dates are put, then a foot stone at the end of that usually have just initials.

[@gonagain]

The reason we thought it might have been exhumed is that the headstone was gone too. There used to be a lot of graves there and most look like they were moved for some reason, unknown to us, because all the headstones are gone.

[@pandachickenmama]

@@gonagain sadly, there are some people who have nothing better to do than vandalize things. When I was growing up and lived in a rural area some kids thought it great sport to tip over outhouses and tombstones, especially around Halloween. I have even heard of headstones being found used in landscaping and as fill in controlling erosion. Once the stone is broken and off the pedestal they can get overgrown by vegetation eventually burying them naturally in decaying plant material. Another idea is the original markers were either wooden or metal that have deteriorated or blown away. Sometimes the families left behind might have been too destitute to afford a stone monument. Thanks for sharing your travels!

[@murrayandru7527]

Thanks for your videos, Always a Great watch , Appreciate you 2 take care !

[@gonagain]

Thanks, Murray!

[@tomburson5554]

I love Montana

[@charlesr479]

Extremely Cool Video

[@gonagain]

Thanks C F!

[@johnb1567]

Looks like a couple spots in the streams where folks may have set up a sluice box. Do you ever see anyone up there panning for gold?

[@gonagain]

One summer we camped further up the highway and up another creek. A friend brought a little sluice and pans but didn't see any color.

[@johnb1567]

@@gonagain , oh well... I like to dunk the pan in the water sometimes just to see if get lucky and enjoy the time around the creek.

[@msgtjim4692]

Beautiful area. Much like we have here in Idaho. Hopefully, those that are now coming to our states in droves appreciate and respect it. Have a great week and again, thanks for sharing.

[@gonagain]

Hello MSgt, I'm making an effort to clean every spot we camp in now. It'll work if we, those of us who care, try to make a difference. We just pulled into a remote spot with a firepit full of beer cans...

[@Seattleseattle111]

Cutscene ,Moose skatt

[@44Mag]

Going in to the dark cave might be a good way to surprise a bear or mountain lion!

[@martykong3592]

WOW! Thanks so much for bringing me along! Beautiful place and lots of history, and kind of surprised that it is so inhabited.... how far do they have to go for supplies? Thank you again and Cheers! :)

[@gonagain]

Those folks have to drive about 45-60 minutes to a town, so not too bad.

[@biggerbehindthetrigger2814]

We definitely have to meet out in the wilderness sometime. I'm hoping to be out in a few months. Lots of work to be done.

[@gonagain]

Hope you get back to 110% then. Take care.

[@MsQtrrider21]

We called them “spooky ookys” because they made you go “oooh” 😉😂

[@gonagain]

I like that, thanks for watching, Shannon.

[@darellsunderlin4670]

Nice place, odd they don't have it with history signs telling its history. But all the same very interesting! Good job , great video!

[@gonagain]

Yeah, because we've never seen anything telling us about the cave/kiln and we'd like to know.

[@hannahshepherd9073]

Love that stream, that's my dream, to live next to a stream like that, with my Spirit Alert Rescue dog. She sees those spooks & spirits !

[@gonagain]

Cool dog!

[@jimmybutler3728]

How about the start of a sink hole from lack of water to hold the ground up in places, or ground remove to use else where to cover a area away from that place?...

[@jodyseaman1885]

Another great place to visit in Montana. I just love seeing the places you visit. Do you carry bear spray? I noticed a bear warning sign. How is Linda doing? Is she able to travel yet?

[@gonagain]

She's not quite ready to leave the house, but is a lot better. We each carry a firearm because the wind blows to much in Montana to rely on bear spray. Have you even watched this video of mine? kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3LEmH-slJ6tla8

[@TomOHara72]

Miners smelting 1880, I was in my previous life....born in 1954 east side of Cleveland,,,smelters were belching the day I was born....all gone now...and if I was smeltin back in the day....I commend the builder getting back so far and hidden.........

[@Mary-yu3sn]

I researched Consciousness and it exist all around us in the air ,the Ghost also fills that space...but we are too disconnected from true nature we can not easily see it or feel it..

[@normanmallory2055]

Montana has so much to offer a person for places to camp and explore .. The holes are a mystery , but i kinda lean lightening not producing the holes .. I have seen a lot of strikes on trees and ground strikes .. So i can' t really offer any help on that one... Looks like a neat place where you are... One of my favorite Ghost Town books covers the entire state of MT.. It would take me years to explore it all.. But you both are out there having fun exploring .. Question , what is your favorite Ghost Town to explore ? Great video ..

[@gonagain]

Our favorite ghost town in Montana is Bannack because it's so well preserved.

[@normanmallory2055]

@@gonagain I agree with you on that ghost town.. Excellent coverage in the MT collection of ghost towns.. You are in a good location..

[@vickikielman2798]

It looks like a lime kiln used for making quicklime. Or maybe making charcoal? But you are probably right that it was used for smelting considering the number of mines in the area.

[@gonagain]

Someone else suggested a lime smelter also. Could be.

[@44Mag]

Nice hat Linda has! Makes her look like a mountain woman!

[@bryanschwertner3585]

Spooks! Back in the day, responded to a residential alarm down. Big house. I was checking upstairs, my backup was checking downstairs with the homeowner. (They were almost always false). Was in a bedroom when I know I heard a revolver hammer being cocked! I scrambled for cover, drawing my service pistol! Looked around, nothing. Called as calmly as I could to the backup who came up stairs. We found nothing! I’m sure it was settling or something like that, maybe pipes…..but I grew up around firearms and it was definitely exactly like a revolver hammer being thumbed back! Anyway, enjoyed this episode! Thanks!

[@johnb1567]

My hot water pipes in my walls make expansion and contraction noises like that. Still freaks me out even though I know what it is.

[@gonagain]

Yea, spooky things happen!

[@davidcandy2220]

Great pity to see all those hard built buildings rotting and disappearing. Could you explain the workings of some of the mines you visit, what they were after as you seem to mine all sorts and never say what they were mining. Lynda had the makings on her hip, yes.

[@gonagain]

Silver and lead were heavily mined in that area.

[@sandrakenney4839]

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[@joezanti5961]

Montreal 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦

[@Mary-yu3sn]

Never know why so many cars left behind,something go on did another group wanted the mine...

[@FirstSuiGeneris]

_My belief is that all humans are the spiritual souls, they talk about. : ) people have forgotten, that’s all! We’re supposed to be in a symbiotic relationship with all species upon Mother Earth. Which the creator has given us!_

[@gonagain]

Yes, He did. Aloha.

[@jamesemerson3381]

Was it for processing quick silver(lead)?

[@gonagain]

They did a lot of mining for silver and lead in that area, so maybe. Linda will be doing some digging (research).

[@johnw6428]

It would interesting if you and your wife would been able to camp overnight right next to that cemetery overnight, and possibility catch some phenomena it would bring another genre of viewers to this video and your channel, Love your videos, long time subcriber

[@gonagain]

Thanks for the idea, John. I don't know if we would be that brave, tho. Lol.

[@looseballs1966]

Lime kilns my friend,,, most likley anyhow because to my expreience and what I've sean of gold smelters it looks not quite right,,,but both lime kilns and smelters look fairly alike so who knows for sure at this point(however there is some town type and good size mining opperations remains not too far away so they could have actually have pulled double duty as both lime kiln for concrete making to make the buildings and what not then been used to smelt ore also so????) ,, I used to live right beside (basicly) some old Lime kilns in Bayview Idaho some years ago and they were built very much like these, That white rock is most deffinately left overs from back in the days when it was still active (could still have high lime content or as you know when subjected to high temps rock will turn white also), you could probably search out old county or state records (possibly but old records were not very well kept and may have been lost through time but possibly???)and find out the who whats where and whens but be prepared to spend A LOT of time looking through old records, some years back when I was a pretty serious prospector I would spend HOURS upon Hours pouring over old records trying to find out about old mines and mining claims, going over old historical documents like those gets really interesting though and it actually gets hard to tear yourself away from it. The lime kilns in Bayview are left over from the days when Farragut state park used to be a military base (or when it was being built I should say), still alot of the concrete buildings are left in Farragut from it's military base days and some still in use for park related things, and also when the navy underwater accoustics research/surface warfare facility in Bayview were being built, that was in the late 30's early 40's when it was built and used as a base and the facility in Bayview is still active,,,the kilns there are are built into a natural rock outcroping (partly anyhow) and even the lime was harvested right on the shores of Pend Oreille lake as well the sand was gotten right from the lake,,,so they had all the ingredients right there to make the concrete that pretty much all the buildings on the base were made from without having to ship them in from far away ( you can still see the remenants of pretty much all of that if you know where to look),I'd be curious if any of the still or present day residence of those little old mining towns know anything of it's history or have family history dating back to the days when it was in full swing???,,,,even with no trespassing signs my overwhelming curiosity might lead me to go asking if I could see a house to go to,,,,the worst they could do is shoot you right LOL,,,however the better bet would be go look it up in old county archives I guess LOL,,,,I love looking through old cemetaries like that at the old grave markers,,,one of my favorite places I used to go was when my uncles and I used to horse pack into the gosple hump wilderness from the middle fork of the salmon river up wind river trail, right across the swinging pack bridge over the salmon river where wind river dumpend into the salmon there is a fairly large flat area (maybe and acre or so), and in that area there is remains of a really old cabin/house and just of to the one side of the old cabin site is 2 old graves ( a man and a woman) with headstones hand carved from what appears to be and most likely from native stone from right there, I can't for the life of me remember the dates but they were the same for time of death and I believe they were from somewhere in the late 1800's like right before the turn of the century,,,I asked around about them with some locals back then (something like 40 years or more ago now) and tried to find out about them in records and couldn't even find that the land was ever supposed to have ever been bought or populated by anybody,,,just make me so curious about who they were, and when they were there, how they died and being so far back in the middle of nowhere and that they died at the same time who found them and when and burried them,,,it must have been somone who knew them or maybe not and somebody just stumbled upon them dead and burried them and put that date on the stones????, because I honestly don't remember enough about them anymore to remember for sure if they said much more than man death date ---- woman death date---- being when they were found and that's what was put on the stones?????,,,,been nearly 30 years now since I've been there,,if my legs that are giving me so much trouble anymore would let me I'd sure like to go look at them again, but at this point that isn't likely to happen or I don't forsee it happening,,, So I'll just watch you guys out having fun,,really like the great videos thank you.

[@davidcandy2220]

Great read Looseballs1966, have done a wee bit of exploring around South Island New Zealand gold mining towns and wonder at some of the dates and graves, (we bury our dead with the marker above the head) you guys seem to have the marker at the feet end. just saying. Now you got me thinking of the two you found in the middle of nowhere. Dave.

[@looseballs1966]

@@davidcandy2220 Hey David thanks man just an FYI we do put grave markers at the head end but they don't always stay that way (some of the old graves up in the mountains are subject to snow and what not actually moving them,,,not often but sometimes,,,an example of that is I spread my dads ashes on top of a 9000+foot mountain,,,the whole top of the mountain is pretty much all solid rock and we had carved his name and dates of birth and death into a solid granite part of what I thought would be a permanent never moving part of the mountain but one year about 6 years after doing all that I went up there and the marker was gone and so was a huge slab of the granite mountain,,,I later found it about a qaurter mile down the side of the monutain,,,some of the old miners and setlers in this area of the rocky mountains of Idaho that were buried in theses places go completely unknown because of that (snow 10 feet and more deep along with temps in the many degrees minus Ferinhieght does that),,,anyhow I got to know Gonagain a bit because of a story I said he could do about one of my adventures that started as a comment I made on one of his videos,,it's called 4x4 failure a story of self rescue in the deep snow,,,it's about just one of my many wild adventures in the rocky mountains of Idaho,,,,I've spent a lifetime of nearly all of my 55 years exploring either on horseback, 4wheeler or jeep and even on foot, and spent no less than 6 years of my life living like a mountain man of sorts on a small ranch/homestead that had to be either horsebacked or jet boated into on the middle fork of the Salmon river in Idaho, on the fringes (so to speak) of whats called the frank church river of no return wilderness,,,but yea my uncles had me out exploring all over Idaho since I was little kid and I've/we have had some wild and crazy times on those exploring adventures,,,like getting caught in snow squals at nearly 10,000foot mountain tops that are so bad you can't see enough to even move around so you just hunker down and ride it out cuddled up with the horses to keep warm,,,,,that was one of our mid sumer august trips years ago on whats called big fog mountain in the selway bitteroot wilderness,,or having had the pack string of horses attacked by a bull moose and causing havoc on a pack trip into fish creek meadows in the same wilderness area,and many other adventures that some went well and others not so well,,anyhow take care my friend.

[@davidcandy2220]

@@looseballs1966 Wow, well my friend with experience's like that you should write a book, would be a great seller. My late father-in-law was a great outdoors man loved his fishing and hunting. He was sent up from the South Island 1948 to the North Island to relieve a worker for a week , he never went back to the South Island, loved the country were he was sent ( I'm still here) Taihape NZ. I used to go out back with him for years and walk the hills or fish for trout, always felt safe with him in the rivers as i couldn't swim and thought he could.....NOT. He always thought I was a swimmer. Ha ha. I love Gonagain videos he and I are the same age and I am hoping he will do a video on his hand guns ( no hand guns in NZ) Lynda is always (tooled up) as I call it. Keep Smiling ( as it always makes the other person think what have you been up too) Will be Google the areas you mentioned. Dave.

[@looseballs1966]

@@davidcandy2220 Me writing a book??? If some of my old school teachers heard that they would get a good laugh,,,lets just say I wasn't the most studious,,, I was too much of a class clown screw off to ever get good grades, and classes I really hated like English I would be enough of a problem child just so I could get kicked out of that class LOL,,,I'd rather sit in dentention than put up with all of that LOL,,,bought the only time i would buckle down and get decent grades was when I'd be grounded from going on any of those many trips to the wilderness LOL I did great in metals shop classes though and science,,, loved those but the rest not so much LOL,,,so me writing on this keyboard is the old hunt and peck and trying to figure out how to spell some of the bigger words,,,and my proper sentence structure that's a joke LOL,,,but I get by on that not too bad for a school days flunkie and highschool drop out LOL, I dropped out when I turned 16 (reluctantly my mom gave me emancipation so I could do so and go to work) and left home because my parents had divorced shortly before that and I couldn't stand the guy my mom started dating and my dad moved to the other end of the country,,,so I just stopped going to school and that's when I started staying at that ranch on the salmon river working as a horse wrangler and general do it all ranch hand,,,anyhow I kinda wish you weren't so far away,,,I'd take you out for some handgun shooting fun because guns and hunting have been a huge part of what I've been into my entire life especially handguns and could not emagine life without them, and we would get on the 4wheelers and I'd show show you some of the places I've been,,,in recent years I've been hit with way more than my share of health issues, I've developed COPD and diabetes both of which are at the point it's getting to be a bit to deal with as well as blood pressure issues that are also being a bugger right now to controll,,,as well my legs are pretty shot due to nerve and mussle damage from 6 terrible bad boughts of cellulitis I've had in a period of 6 years,,at least that's what they called it but mine was so bad it left me with actuall deformity/lymphedema and like I say mussle and nerve damage bad enough that I need a walker to help me get around at times,,and I also have a trashed back from the number of crashes and other stuff I've been through, I have had my back broken twice in 2 places each time,,,one from a motorcycle accident when a car pulled out in front of me and once from a fall out of a tree (just one more of my life's crazy doings was my mtorcycles both dirtbike and streetbike that included a slight bit of racing of both years ago),,,there's a long story to my dealing with the cellulitis and back and how it was so bad that it quite nearly killed me 3 of the times I had it but that's the short of it,,,but I still drive my truck with manual transmission and get on my 4wheeler and go up into the mountains when I can get away from all my other doings,,,anyhow thanks for the back and forth conversing here I enjoyed it because right now I have some down time getting over some recent illness/body having some issues with a couple of my ailments,,,anyhow take care my friend.

[@davidcandy2220]

@@looseballs1966 must of had the same upbringing, my dad kicked mum and us two out and we moved right down the island and reaching the age of 16 was made to get a job to support mum and my brother, so became a Rigger/lineman building towers and new power lines. Had 3 years with the NZ Army and that stuffed my hearing no ear defenders those days. Went back rigging for 7 years with the NZ Navy repairing towers and building new antennas 100ft jobs. Weekends I went gold panning way back in the Nelson area forests all alluvial gold in the area. so the weekend gold panning paid for a trip over to Australia for me and the wife. Yes would love to have a go with a hand gun I've only used the SLR army rifle and the Armalite during my time with the army. Well I wish you well with your ailments and always look on the bright side, Checked out the Salmon River and saw a ranch at the intersecting rivers I think that is where you were working pretty remote . Yep I think you and I would have got on like a house on fire maybe in the next life we may run into each other. Talk soon. Dave

[@georgehayduke6717]

Lime kiln?

[@jeffreygraf3358]

Did you do any fishing this trip?

[@gonagain]

No fishing on this trip. The creek we were at was dry in some places and gushing in other places.

[@gailforest5774]

Question? Did you explore Garnet Montana yet?

[@gonagain]

Hi Gail, we've been to Garnet several times but never made a video on our visit. Have you been there?

[@gailforest5774]

No we haven't explored it yet.. Maybe this summer we will. Just found out, (our county) that Madison County bear population , 80% is Grizzly and they are pushing out the Black Bear populations.. So be careful out there.. See ya around!

[@Smashhoke]

And don't shoot the trees either. It's actually illegal.

[@tinamanion6870]

There old outhouse holes lol

[@garyreed354]

Call staying warm in the winter Slow Burn fire pit

[@Ravenwood82]

Neat video. At 9:36 looks like you've got a tick crawling up your right sleeve.

[@gonagain]

We DID run into ticks that day! Didn't get any bites, but it was the first warm day of the season and they were out.

[@tarstakars]

You know what's funny?, if I throw an old Bean can on the ground it's called littering but if you leave it there by 2121 it's going to be called a relic or artifact and archeologists will ooh and awww over it.

[@newmanlarue7728]

Aluminum smelter

[@gonagain]

Hmmm... that's an interesting guess. Could be!

[@tm8747]

my grandmother said that when you visit a grave site in the middle of a town , or some person that you dont know, your to leave a branch or flower on the grave site, the reason, RESPECT. IF YOU DONT THAT NIGHT, BY WAY, OLD WISE TALES, NIGHTMARES ???? nd grandmother use to say, WE SHOULD RESPECT THE DEAD, BEFORE THE LIVING, WHY? IF IT WASNT FOR THEM YOU WOULD NOT BE HERE!

[@gonagain]

Your grandmother was right, t m.

[@ralphp3057]

I was watching a older video of people leaving trash all over! I had to stop watching it . It really pisses me off as well!!! I don’t think it will get better is the sad thing ! They have no training!! I’m done...😬😬😞

[@gonagain]

We started cleaning up everywhere we camp and I think of we all do that it will make the difference. It sure sickens me though.

[@eileenallemm1835]

Great video I definitely believe in the afterlife we need to pray for our departed souls in purgatory and people sometimes have to do their penance on Earth.

[@garyreed354]

The first pizza parlour

[@bryanclark3739]

It’s an old pizza oven.

[@gonagain]

That's as good a use as any!

[@jimmybutler3728]

Think smokeless fires to hide from their enemies and stay warm in bad weather or sweat lodges as Indians would have to stay hidden from their enemies and cooking areas for large groups without giving away were you are? or smelting metals!...

[@gonagain]

Hi Jimmy! The build on those fireplaces is pretty industrial looking.

[@jimmybutler3728]

@@gonagain If you want to not have every one knowing what you are doing, you get industrial to get out of the others interesting about what and when you are doing the things you don't nosey people coming around you when you are busy...

[@SoonerGirlTravels]

Braver then I am. I’m not a cave person. Good thing I wasn’t born in that time period

[@gonagain]

We don't like the deep, dark caves either but this one was not like that. Thanks, Sooner Girl!

[@jamesbailey4374]

Don't give them power by speaking about them.🤐

[@seeDiersoilcrossrowds]

*When you mention hearing ghosts but there are not any actual ghost sounds on your video, that is called a clickbait video, and you will probably get your share of thumbs down for that, I'm sure.*

[@seymourwrasse3321]

that piece of railroad track in the second cave would have taken 2-3 men to carry it in there

[@gonagain]

They were hard workers back in those days.