Hidden Desert Lagoon Hike Into Seven Springs

[@LivinginArizona]

Should we do the full Skull Mesa Trail or Drive Bloody Basin Road All The Way Up?

[@SenettaSpicerJaxFLRealtor]

Full Skull Mesa Trail

[@naeru5810]

Both

[@MaryOKC]

So what did you do it’s been 4 months…

[@moisesbenavides]

The "golf ball" is a Doppler radar. Highly accurate, it provides data for the imagery of rain, snowfall, etc that we see on the weather reports.

[@tortugalisa4748]

I've lived in the Prescott, Arizona area for 21 years now and I've never been to the 7 springs area. Now I'm looking forward to checking it out😃👏👏👏👍 Your videos compliment our beautiful versatile Arizona💚🌵🌴🌳🌲💚 Thanks much💖

[@dannyruiz6868]

I think it's closer to Carefree and Cave Creek. To the north of both towns.

[@emerychandler]

Just moved to Prescott for college I’m learning about about how cool it is.

[@debbiestyer453]

Nice. Seems like a very nice hike. Wouldn't do it alone. Beautiful country.

[@soniab9116]

This was incredible, true nature, beautiful!!

[@traceytrotter9934]

These types of places are why I love Arizona, Thank You for this video! I am afraid to bring too much attention but I would love to see Ellison Creek outside of Payson and any hot springs...

[@gypsygoddesstarot7060]

That's me 2:44 and my kids hiking up there lol beautiful spit we always camp out and hit the bridge.

[@Thomas63r2]

This video was a treat! I no longer have the endurance for such hikes, so I was happy to live it vicariously through your video and commentary.

[@outbackwack368]

Thanks! Loved the Crested Saguaro at 10:37... there are only around 620 in the entire state

[@XploreAz]

I read somewhere that there have been more than 2,000 of them documented in the state.

[@chaelnel]

Don't forget to stop at Raven's View for a drink and good food, right after the Bartlet turn-off across from the golf course. Well worth the stop.

[@troyklinginsmith2523]

Like your video's. Use to live in Lake Havasu. Do miss Arizona, it's an awesome state. And the giant golf ball tower is most likely for weather or air traffic or those UFO fly'n triangles of the Phoenix lights!😁👽👽👽👽👽

[@Camera1931-p5v]

Great looking hiking area! A must see when i head to Arizona! CC area for sure!

[@luvadventuresandart]

This is nice I think we're going to have to check it out. Thanks for the awesome vlog! I am waiting for it to cool down to do any hiking!!!

[@paintediva]

Right on! Someone just mentioned this place to me in conversation and I had never heard of it.

[@gigigo126]

What a beautiful hike. The desert is so green thanks to the monsoon this year. Thanks!

[@richardbrown3976]

That golf ball thing is a weather radar station

[@lewisbale1]

I was wondering what it was.

[@Sonikbytes]

That is very likely a NEXRAD Doppler. there is a spinning array inside

[@krista-orman]

Another awesome video. Your drone shots are amazing. Thanks for posting!

[@michaelshepherd733]

Great video!!!

[@farmergirljo]

Awesome video! I am a native North Dakotan but consider beautiful Arizona our home away from home. ( on our fourth winter) You do a great job showcasing all the beauty AZ offers. Keep up the great work!

[@SethMceleney]

That’s awesome, where do you live in az

[@narta11]

Excellent video!

[@michaeltorrey3603]

When I was a kid in the 70’s there a signal at both ends of the road to the golf ball on Humbolt mountain to let you know if anyone was coming or going. I think that’s a weather radar station. I remember coming down my brakes almost failed because they got so hot.

[@tri5ford]

Not weather, air traffic control.

[@ramonsmobilemechanic3420]

@@tri5ford I thought weather is air traffic controlled. Right?

[@tri5ford]

@@ramonsmobilemechanic3420 ...uhhh...sure...that's right..the weather is controlled...!

[@oranaz551]

Yea it is a very nice hike,there are bears out there never had a problem.have not been out in the last 3 or 4 years do to health proplems use to go out there 2 or 3 times a year nice to see it has not been over run yet.

[@91Evilein]

The lobsters 😂❤️ Great video, thank you for that 👍

[@LivinginArizona]

Lol yeah Crawfish “desert Lobsters” 🦞

[@91Evilein]

@@LivinginArizona ahh OK! Cool 😊👌

[@standdown4929]

@@LivinginArizona I used to go to the old canals that used to run through Phoenix and catch tons of Crawdads...

[@naeru5810]

I love your channel.

[@bdc2178]

wow so nice!!! - so best places in Az for single man who likes outdoors access to craft beer type spots and golf -

[@JohnPaul-ts8dq]

Have you thought about hiking with a camelback? They make some nice packs with a hydration bladder. That’s what I use. 👍👍

[@chrismillar6404]

No wounder i love Arizona :-)

[@dannyruiz6868]

WOW! Seven Springs. Back in the early 70's on holidays that place used to be packed. A safe haven away from town for all the weed smokers. Last time I went there was in the 80's. There were hardly any people. Love your videos.

[@Rhyno908]

Still hardly any people, went there today! Cheers 🎉

[@joeglennaz]

I am a private pilot. That’s the radar antenna for the greater Phoenix sky Harbor approach and departure control

[@MRG_Az]

I got valley fever from whipping my car on that trail with the windows down

[@Ournotsoperfectlife]

Just had your channel recommended to us and this first video was a great experience!!! ~ we’ll be back for more!! We have hiked this exact trail many times and 7 springs is one of favorite areas. Excellent work! 🦞🤣😂

[@LivinginArizona]

Welcome aboard!

[@journeygirl8109]

We did the Seven Springs off-road drive last February (didn’t do the hike). We saw some wild horses nibbling grass and getting water at the creek side. That was quite a beautiful treat!

[@josephking5411]

It's been over 50 years since I have been to Seven Springs. There were tadpoles at the time. Thanks for posting. Oh, I'd say that tower is more a ping pong ball.

[@jwat2396]

Lobster? Crawdad! Not sure there's a such thing as a fresh water lobster. But I could be mistaken.

[@LivinginArizona]

Definitely a Crawfish. I just call it a Desert Lobster. More fun to say! But yes you are right those are crawdads....

[@debbiestyer453]

Desert lobster is more fun to say 🦞

[@jwat2396]

@@LivinginArizona i wasn't trying to be a creep i just honestly thought you made a mistake. Yes you are right desert lobster is more fun to say.

[@cbzzzzzzzzzzz1167]

I have never heard of this area and I have lived here my whole life. My dad used to take my little sister and I hiking to Bear flats, and even around the area of Hell's Gate up around the rim. Years ago. My husband and I love Heigler's creek and took our kids a lot when they were little. Lots of wild berries up there too. Then there is Beaver creek, which is another really pretty area. Used to camp out there when we were kids. I believe the further you go down the river you will come across ruins up in the cave. I remember seeing that one time when we were all playing in the creek and exploring. It all reminded me of Indiana Jones. Arizona is an amazing state, love where I was born and raised.

[@davidgodley521]

I've just spent three months camping in southern Arizona for the winter months. In June I'll be heading to northern Arizona for the summer. My home base is Charleston SC. Come fall I'll be heading back to southern Arizona for the winter.

[@deciduousdiscipline9592]

Awesome. Thanks

[@troyb.4101]

People should leave the animal life alone when it's away from populated areas, agreed 100%

[@rossvesci1706]

You take the raptor soo cool

[@blang8127]

Wow the rain sure Greene's things up! Great video never been there and I've been in Az 42 years! 😂

[@cococamargo3178]

I have never heard of this oasis but definitely will put it on my bucket list. Too bad that prickly pear was not ripe. At least the wildlife will eat it.

[@jaybee608]

I just spoke to someone who said that AZ has nothing there! I was shocked with that! How is it they are still oblivious to what the state has to offer! I wish I had vacationed there in the past!

[@standdown4929]

We don't tell them and they leave... :)

[@bobradar2962]

The "golf Ball" is the FAA's Humboldt Mountain Air Route Surveillance Radar (ARSR). It is used by Air Traffic Controllers to guide airplanes in the enroute phase of flight. It can feed data to both Terminal RADARS at airports and Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC) . It is not used for weather tracking!

[@cq7415]

Special area out there but don’t say we need lots of people out there hiking just to keep the trail visible. More people destroys what we came for. Look at Fossil Creek area now. Thanks for sharing.

[@marysantillo3725]

We seem to be in the middle of some kind of yellow butterfly migration. I was hoping that you’d notice ,experience and comment about it

[@standdown4929]

Yes we are, millions of yellow caterpillars crossing the roads and no way to miss them.... The tarantula migrations are eerie, but the rattlesnake migrations will scare the crap out of you... they make a loud popping sound when you drive over them, and no way to avoid it...

[@darrylbuswell2713]

golf ball all teed up for you

[@davidparnell1903]

First

[@Thatguyy7439]

I’m gonna start calling crawdads ‘desert lobster’.

[@rtbphx1736]

Are you looking for a driver? Just making sure.

[@dirtclodaz.1161]

Are you from AZ? It's archery deer season, you didn't see any hunters? Oh, they are all in camouflage. There is a trail along the bottom near the water.

[@LivinginArizona]

I didn't see any hunters back there. Yes I am from Arizona.

[@standdown4929]

@@LivinginArizona He's joking...

[@patriciau6277]

Black bear and Puma. Rattlesnake’s like to lay in under that brush next to the trails.

[@dirtclodaz.1161]

Always wear black when hiking in Az! When hiking drink all the water you need when you need it, don't ration it.

[@jwat2396]

Are you kidding? Always wear black while hiking in AZ? How come?

[@dirtclodaz.1161]

@@jwat2396 Because if you wear black you will die of heat exhaustion! Knuckle!

[@robertthompson4565]

Been chased buy some thing out there stocked me . Keep eye kids

[@allthingsgrowing]

It actually belongs to the FAA for flight control. Shares the top of mountain with a fire lookout

[@stevescott8060]

Not another soul in sight. Occasionally wild horses wander through the area along with cattle and used to have sheep out that way. Some advice, do not go out into the desert without knowing what you are doing!! Do not entice others to do so. Seven Springs actually appears in a very early John Wayne movie, what it once looked like. My homeland is beautiful, it is very nice to see it in your video presentation. My camp, mine is about 52 miles north of your location on the road? north. Basque cabin built long ago.

[@tolson57]

IYAOYAS

[@anettee.1805]

This hike is not for the feeble-spirited that’s for sure. Just the drive up with the steep drops … I’m out. Bears, snakes … no cell phone reception. I’m fainting. BUT thank you sooo much for making the hike and video-journaling the beauty of it … the clear running creeks, the water springs, the cattle, couple of lobsters, butterfly swarms and cactus pear. As another commentator said … allowing us to live a hike we are unable to do vicariously thru this video. God bless.

[@rossvesci1706]

What’s up Jeff

[@patriciau6277]

It’s a dry heat! Much easier to handle

[@jwat2396]

Wearing cowboy boots in case you run into a rattler? There's one you don't need to be concerned about thanks to the rock throwers. Unless the leather is loose and away from your skin the rattler can bite right through it. Every bit of material is helpful but a standard boot such as a cowboy boot alone isn't much protection against rattlers. If your concerned about them they make snake proof boots. I've got a pair and I still wouldn't push it just to see if they really are snake proof.

[@LivinginArizona]

Well as you said every layer counts. I mean it also depends on how it strikes. It would certainly protect against a graze. But a full on bite, those fangs are getting through yes.

[@robertthompson4565]

Big foot out there six toes

[@garyf8229]

Doppler radar for weather

[@markowen8224]

Did all that as a kid

[@robertvillarreal7055]

Texan here Are there rattlesnakes one has to definitely be on the lookout for? Looks like one would.

[@davidhalley8587]

Arizona is home to every type of rattlesnake with the exception of the Eastern Diamondback. The two to be most careful of are the Western Diamondback and Mohave. The first is the more common and also more dangerous as they are the biggest as well.

[@gonzalezready]

How long was that hike? Distance and time?

[@elkwood8]

You should have brought a water filter and filled up before returning.

[@davidgodley521]

You need to fix that farmer tan, buddy!

[@superchargerboy5750]

Hey Jeff can you do a video on the new fanduel sports book open at the footprint center...? With legal gambling open in AZ on Thursday it looks like this fanduel sports book at the footprint center will be a bar with a bunch of TVs and betting kiosks. It says it’ll be open on weekdays too. Looks interesting and would be fun to go down there & bet on a game and have a drink!

[@philwhipple4557]

SPAM

[@standdown4929]

The prickly pear does not look like a guava, you picked it when it was unripe.... wait until they are red and they are eatable, just remove the spines first...

[@moa8121]

What’s the depth of that Lake?

[@robertthompson4565]

Jets blow off road so low

[@dottiepresmyk4923]

You can eliminate hidden in your title now. Will have to get permits like fossil creek soon.

[@sammiller171]

I am surprised you don’t have a camel pack. Way better than a bottle of water you need way more than one bottle of water for that kind of hike and you don’t wanna be holding back on the water.

[@reshephyisraaldawnoftheawa7990]

I enjoyed your video, all of them in fact, but I was totally amazed that a native of AZ would wear a black shirt and then complain about their body temp. needing to cool off! White or light colors reflect sunlight, while black or dark colors absorb! Stay cooler in the AZ sun by wearing light colored clothes. Coming from a roofer who knows where with he speaks.

[@robertthompson4565]

Star gate

[@robertthompson4565]

Ufo night

[@robertthompson4565]

Fire came burn lot area mine gone but trialer on top of bunker for hines kectup wife worth billion

[@robertthompson4565]

Lot low jets ufo near

[@robertthompson4565]

Hunt family bunker up there ketchup wife

[@robertthompson4565]

Dew pionts in Alaska and Canada from could war radar see low flying bombers. This that old took lot $$ build ball golf base out desert road up moutian been there snow on it. Drive in dark been on it so much out there no lights. Be were seen lot recks of road beer kids

[@robertthompson4565]

I was 911 night usaf block truck on road top ball side ways think it was atack want base road up last hill security left note on it call base close for now😂 me bro stayed buy it 9mm just help 2 guys in silow hatch under ball in small house . They so secert now help for them. F15 night vision were above only 2 planes that night bush stop all flying f15 had protect phx skys

[@robertthompson4565]

Usaf nuke spoter could war dew piont

[@robertthompson4565]

That land reptiod it is not for week

[@robertthompson4565]

Beware

[@Brewdiss]

There is one of those golf balls off 410 in Washington st. I don't believe they serve any real purpose. I think they are just an excuse to spend taxpayer money. Ok, I guess it could be part of the Doppler radar system.🤘😎

[@robertthompson4565]

Esion hower moved dead et there

[@robertthompson4565]

Want truth out im dieing world need truth save it

[@SFInspector2211]

I enjoy your videos but I must say that I find the background music you use and most of your videos too loud and very annoying when I'm trying to listen to you. It would be great if you could post a few videos with no music at all so I can just enjoy your narration. Thank you

[@teresaalford5978]

I get cracked up by everyone here acts as if a small creek of tiny amounts of water and these so called lakes, where I come from they are called ponds!!! Go east you'll see real lakes and creeks my friends , head to Arkansas or Tennessee!!!

[@davidmckibbin4440]

yes those areas are great, the bugs will eat you alive though, my mom grew up in prescott ak. hot springs is very nice.

[@knappdaddy]

Wow what an awesome hike good job ! Will be down there in November for the races might have to do a day hike up there :) Think there will still be water flowing then ?

[@emuhill]

The water flows all year. There are some springs just a short distance up the creek from where the creek cosses the road. The springs are always running.