I Explore the Mystery of America’s Most Disturbing Desert

[@Desert.Drifter]

Hey everyone, thanks for watching. If you're interested in trying MyHeritage for free, check out this link bit.ly/DesertDrifter. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to each of you!

[@amandasanchez6064]

❤❤❤❤

[@ram1brn]

border patrol Blimp is the thing hovering in the air it is actually anchored

[@AliciaTankersley-x5i]

I think you picked up a horseshoe nail.

[@erberIsSillyhawk]

water retentions

[@johnmurphy7443]

There is a wolf statue at 27:55 above that canine/wolf foot print!!!!! Did you see that?!?!

[@kentlenz2882]

I'm 71 years old now. A couple of years ago, my wife and I visited Arizona (and the southwest) for the first time. What an amazing, tortured landscape it is! The coyote and roadrunner don't do it justice. You sir, are giving me what I can't give myself... you are allowing me to walk by your side and see more of this amazing place. Your respect for the history you discover is as it should be. God bless you. May you and yours be safe.

[@joshrawlings2621]

Well said Sir....🇦🇺

[@angusweir8665]

Amen

[@maryannweldin4633]

I’m 78. Can’t get out any more.

[@Elmothedemon]

Having lived in Arizona all my life, I totally agree with you 😁(also the people who live here are just as tortured as the landscape 😂)

[@michaelpass2176]

I was station at Ft. Huachuca, AZ. I and other troops we would travel the canyons just on the fort property. Not far Mexico. From the main Flag on post was seven miles to the border.

[@shawnbell782]

Thank you for your representation of the Apache people. I am a member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe and a descendent of 3 bands of Apache-Mescalero, Chiricahua and Lipan. Our people were nomadic and roamed southern Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Mexico. I enjoy your show and was excited to see you exploring White Sands and the historical areas of our people. I appreciate how you treat the areas with respect and never remove artifacts. Be safe 😊

[@duanejohnson6271]

The object in the sky is an Aerostat Balloon operated by the Border Patrol. They are huge, roughly the size of a B-747 and contain a look-down radar to observe low-flying aircraft and ground traffic. They are spaced along our southern border with Mexico and are usually kept between 10 and 15 thousand ft above the ground. Not only that, but they have been there starting in the early 1980's. They are attached to a tether that allows them to be reeled in for maintenance or high winds. Excellent episode Andrew. I live in Tucson and have camped and hiked the Chiricahua Mt. region of far SE Arizona and the Gila Wilderness of western NM. It is an amazing area of the SW US for sure.

[@PeachysMom]

That’s actually an interesting fact!

[@benreed4349]

The object in the sky is a Border Patrol Blimp. They have several, and they are spaced so that they can monitor a very wide area of the landscape.

[@1320Cooper]

I was going to say either this or it’s a chinook

[@kefitz]

Yup. An Aerostat. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerostat

[@kermitgrenoille6331]

Not border patrol, but FAA, I think.

[@bob0s062]

It's a border blimp. There's one like that between Deming and Columbus, NM.

[@kermitgrenoille6331]

That IS the one between Deming and Columbus. I see it every day.

[@dolphinschild62]

Andrew, I’m 62 disabled vet female who loves history and nature. I am grateful for your channel, because I get to go on adventures through you and I love everyone of them. Thank you Andrew for all you do and carrying us with you. Love and blessings, Sandy in Far Northern California

[@prophez23]

It's not just the amazing places that you show but it's your eloquent well spokeness and historical information you tell that draws me in so much. You should also consider having a channel that's just you recounting historical events and things of that nature and I would happily listen to you all day. You have a true gift for this very thing you do and it baffles me that your channel doesn't have millions of subscribers but I am willing to bet that is going to change before too long. There's a lot of content on KZbin but there's not a lot that delivers this level of perfection and quality like you do and I'm very happy to have found you. Keep up the great work and always be safe.

[@TheSSoSS]

this above 100%

[@Desert.Drifter]

Thank you so much for the encouragement

[@Justsobyjan]

I agree!

[@judycook1918]

Me too!

[@skyeseaborn1170]

I agree. Thank you for how you bring these historical places to life.

[@Gail-ux2ly]

I cannot imagine how resourceful the native people had to be to survive in that extremely harsh environment.

[@longrider42]

At one time, it wasn't that harsh. But weather patterns changed and the rains stopped and that was it.

[@ramonarichardson7904]

The Jicarilla Apache & Apache Nations are tribes several hours from where I live. You’re in my state and I recognize where you’re going and what you’re looking for. My mom was an archeologist here in the Southwest. Know many stories about this area. Even the oil & gas industry respects the land and its history…we all drive tredipaciouqsly when on their tribal land! Andrew, you’re a brave man and I just gained an added respect for you on this journey! ❤🙏

[@blakebufford6239]

Desert Drifter you're right those Mortars were for grinding seeds, roots, grain or anything else. Basically a prehistoric food processor. They are no longer smooth inside because over the centuries rain and the elements have eroded the sides exposing the natural layering of the bedrock sandstone. The pestles were often hidden by the women when they left to be uncovered when they returned, or if not they were easy souvenirs carried away by later visitors. I remember as a kid I was looking at several mortars and happen to see a long cylindrical pestle stashed in crevice under some boulders. Its still there I hope. love your channel!

[@annekramer6740]

I like your sense of timing because it feels like we’re making these discoveries in real time right along with you.

[@EL-ru8nl]

I spoke with a native fella that was a surveyor. He told me of a BLM boundry he was surveying in utah. He was using the original hand written survey book from when it was originally done for the feds in the 1800s. He said he turned the page of the book and the handwriting changed. Thought maybe he was missing some pages. The paragraph written by the new surveyor introduced himself and told the fate of the previous surveyor. Turns out they were attacked by natives and some of the party were killed. He said he started looking around and found shell casing and arrowheads. True or not, it was an interesting story, especially as a surveyor in my past life. Your video brought back fond memories of that fella. Ran into him a few times for about a year or two. That's been probably 10-15 yrs ago now. He was an interesting fella

[@dellalderman8011]

Great story

[@lindabriggs5118]

It may look barren to many, but the vast desert is home to me. It has a stark beauty. But waiting for spring, and the subsequent green and wild flowers, blanket that land. Yes, it looks like the land only grows dirt of baked tan and brown, but in spring green takes over and blooms. Sunrises and sunsets are spectacular, and inspiring. Although I live in the Southwestern Appalachia, I'd give everything to move back to where my where my soul sings. The desert.

[@oldogre5999]

The Bareness is much of what make the Deserts so beautiful! I've spent a little time around the Arizona deserts spending time with family friends and had a chance to see the different things they used to survive in the Desert and it's not as sparse food wise as people think. It's truly beautiful but I'm from the North East and I could never live without the green and the mountains (hills for you Westerners) and all the lakes and streams and game etc! But the Deserts are breathtakingly beautiful!

[@teradrew7555]

This is top notch content. The ads with Mrs. Desert Drifter are so funny

[@Desert.Drifter]

Haha, glad you like them. This one in particular was fun. Evelyn could barely keep a straight face

[@zoomster2004]

@@Desert.Drifter not sure if you guys realize that the ads are customized to your viewing history and Google searches. 😮

[@collect_call]

Came here to say the same thing. I love Evelyn! She’s so funny. Andrew is ok too 😉

[@collect_call]

@@zoomster2004they’re referring to the in-video sponsorship ad

[@bizkitellison2183]

My wife and I have watched every one of the videos you have put out. This is by far the coolest place yet as far as artwork

[@JuliaDavis-k2i]

I agree so interesting

[@TW-nz7cx]

Yes. And the depictions are much different. The Ancestral Puebloan had many humanoid depictions.

[@Desert.Drifter]

Yes it was really a phenomenal place. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@MozeePhoto]

Every video gets 2 views minimum from me! Usually watching as I fall asleep, and then rewatching in its entirety. -- I would also like to say to anyone here who don’t make any type of content AS A PRESENTATION to/for the world. Knowledge of subject(s) he talks about alone is one thing. Knowing camera gear / equipment & droning (when legal to) & then to present it all… cohesively, and what seems effortless.. is a gem 💎 of quality creator & story teller that we get to watch. Thank you for these journeys you take us on ! Thank you for having deadcats & quality audio in high winds !

[@djkeltn]

You have grown into a great storyteller! Thank you

[@MaryDiaz-q1j]

Andrew if you see this before Christmas wishing you and your wife a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

[@Desert.Drifter]

Merry Christmas Mary!

[@Katnip452]

🎅🏼

[@WristwatchMedic1953]

You have a gift of putting thoughts and words together , making the story interesting. Thank you very much

[@minimaker5600]

This program in particular set me to thinking what it must have been like for the natives to watch their land being invaded, taken over by hoards of people so different from themselves. When you look at it from their point of view . . .

[@RedCloud-h6f]

Yes, it'' s the law of nature and we are indivisible part of that vicious circle.The settlers left slavery of Europe to be hunted by the Apaches.Many made it to the promised land and now they are running back from the paradise land back to the hot desert lands of Arizona.

[@lawrencewillard6370]

Most were passing through, but history tells us the intertribe wars, so their response understandable, sadly.

[@danielconquer909]

Don't forget history repeats itself

[@phalcon23]

You forgot they also invaded each other lands as well. They aren't innocent either.

[@gregoryvschmidt]

@@phalcon23but they didn’t destroy the land or kill all the creatures on it. Big difference

[@BillKempton-v1p]

Interesting hike and history. My grandmother's uncle Lorenzo Wright and his brother Seth were killed by Apache Indians in 1885 in a ambush near Safford, Arizona which is about 100 miles west of Massacre Canyon.

[@swassociates]

Your production quality is outstanding!

[@jerilyncibulka6162]

I crawl in bed turn out the lights.. listen to this man’s amazingly soothing voice .relax and off to zzzz-land.

[@Reid_One]

In the last year, your channel has become one of my favorites. I'm an East coast kid to the core (CT, western Mass, upstate NY & NYC), but I spent a few very memorable years working in the red rock canyons and high deserts of Southern UT.. Some of the most amazingly beautiful, peaceful and spiritual places I've ever experienced. I yearn to return.. In the meantime, I can live vicariously through your videos. Much respect to you and your sense of adventure, desire to explore, learn and educate. Thank you ☮️❤️🙏🏼

[@Shalompaz-m7w]

When a person visits and explores UTAH, is almost a Spiritual experience because one would come to realize that Only God could of create something so absolutely beautiful, I myself would get tears in my eye's when I with my husband and children visited many places in our beloved UTAH ❤❤❤

[@billseggie4578]

hi, thanks so much for your content. I am an avid explorer and conservationist. I'm glad you don't pinpoint your locations, it keeps out the riff raff. Love your expeditions.

[@jasonallen169]

You're the best Andrew. Happy Holidays!

[@dr.brandileebunge]

Thank you, Desert Drifter, for your amazing travels and wisdom shared. These videos are a labor of love for those of us who can no longer get out there and explore. 🙏💯❤️✨️

[@jordanheimer774]

This video was one of the coolest I've seen. All that rock art was amazing. Thank you so much for showing us that

[@DesignRhythm]

Yes. I got goosebumps at home, I can't imagine actually being there.

[@purelightlove8888]

“Desert Drifter” you’ve got to get yourself a jacked up 4 x 4 and you could’ve stayed back in there for a long time, that would be no problem for a 4 x 4. I used to navigate roads like that in my Volkswagen bug, that thing was super reliable for me in the desert. your channel Rocks, thanks again for bringing us on your adventure!

[@prophez23]

I'm so proud to live in New Mexico with all it's historical significance and enchanting beauty and wildness. I live in the northern mountains and it's so magical here.

[@Desert.Drifter]

Certainly a beautiful state with a history incredibly unique

[@oldmuppet191]

Sad to see the graves and people's loss from 1866-7. Incredible that only 2 years later the transcontinental railroad opens, and the deadly journey to the west coast turns into a trip on a train.

[@PeachysMom]

Trains did get attacked as well from time to time

[@michelleharrell8452]

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to you Andrew & your wife Evelyn.

[@LOSERLUCAS]

Just wanted to say you inspired me to go to college and study Anthropology. Thank you.

[@blakebufford6239]

Good for you! I'm a retired Archaeologist and had a lot of fun and saw some very interesting things.

[@Desert.Drifter]

That's awesome! I hope you find it a meaningful experience and career. Continue watching the channel to keep me in line with my facts lol!

[@LOSERLUCAS]

@@Desert.Drifter will do lol 😆

[@tylerstock6781]

Glad you're getting good quality advertisers to support the channel!

[@jeank8061]

I love the way the viewer feels like they're right there with you! Excellent video!

[@wunder_Jam]

I thought Australia was a vast desolate landscape, and while it is, your videos have opened my eyes to the extensive landscapes of the US. I had always assumed having a population 13x larger than ours would mean not many places wouldn't have people around, but from your videos I see now how wrong this is. Amazes me how many fascinating landscapes are scattered throughout the US that are so isolated (Yet native Americans still somehow found their way out here long before us). While we have some incredible stuff here in Australia most of the inland country is just flat, barren red dirt, but US seems to have these awesome landscapes all throughout. The actual size of the canyon system is one thing in particular that blows my mind, we have nothing like that here. Would love to see some Australia desert drifting one day!!

[@Doxymeister]

A lot of people have no idea just how vast the amount of land the US government does own--the federal government owns and manages approximately 650 million acres of land in the United States-about 30% of the nation's total surface area. While some of it is uninhabitable, and I do approve of the efforts to preserve a lot of the natural beauty and history of many areas, I also think it ridiculous the amount of land they hold since the laws state that the government is only supposed to own the Washington DC area, and ten miles around forts and bases (or some amount like that) 😄You are right though, there are tons of gorgeous places here. I must say, Australia has some absolutely drop-dead gorgeous places too--I have always wanted to visit Australia, but it's highly unlikely to happen, so I must be content with pictures and video. G'day, mate!

[@LeeJDo]

The land from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean is mostly empty.

[@DesignRhythm]

Every city on earth could fit in Texas alone : ) The American west is incredibly vast and expansive with endless places of wonder to explore. The nice thing is there are typically fire or mining roads to get everywhere compared to Australia (if I'm correct) where a lot of the continent is just wild virgin land which makes it hard to access. I still hope to get to Australia + New Zealand some day though... cheers mate.

[@jordanheimer774]

I live in Phoenix, Arizona and I want to explore the desert more often than I am able to. I really enjoy your videos. The way the natives lived interests me very much.

[@skipperclinton1087]

@jordanheimer774: If you're in Phnx, then get out of your safe space, grow a set, and do the exploring yourself. The time will come when you're truly physically unable to do it yourself, and by then, all you'll have is regrets, and there's nothing you can do about it.

[@jamesandreadventures2284]

Just starting a 17 day vacation! Flying my Arizona house tomorrow. Love exploring the Bradshaw mountains and everywhere else in there. Just started the video and am gonna take a shot every time you say “huh”! Make me proud!

[@Desert.Drifter]

What was the final count? haha

[@jamesandreadventures2284]

@ 2.5 lol. Your first huh was a haw lol. Love your videos Brother

[@KisheaCrowl]

I really like how you made the video look like the cover of a book. Already tells a story. Definitely growing into your own style. Keep growing. Love every moment in that growth.

[@Desert.Drifter]

Thanks for that feedback and for joining me on the journey!

[@karenekins8805]

What a great video! Thanks for bringing the past to life. The graves were so very sobering! My great grandfather witnessed a stagecoach attack by a group of native Americans a valley west of Lehi, Utah. (Just south of Salt Lake City) He was only 8 years old but was sent to bring in a group of cattle home. What a horrible thing to witness!

[@debluetailfly]

Edward Abbey worked for the Park Service back in the days before they made so many roads to the famous spots. If you haven't read his books, you should. He had an English professor in college who told him he would never be an author. He ended up with quite a few books published. He became a master of one word sentences. He said a word is worth a thousand pictures, if it is the right word. I like words, but I am glad to see the video of all the places you take us. I used to drive a truck all over the country and often wished I could park it and go exploring for a few days.

[@CWS-h5z]

Historically interesting places, but that canyon's rock symbols were fantastic - so much and so varied. At 30:35 it looks like some kind of plant petroglyph on the suspended rock in the upper right corner....hmmm...and another mid-screen at 30:53 )(could it be corn?) and below it - that very interesting glyph - like abstract art! What a neat adventure - thanks so much!

[@tonydowd8566]

You are a master of intrigue and suspense. I get so caught up in your stories of possibilities, it's like I'm standing right beside you. Thank you for your interest in our great southwest history, from a friend in the Shawnee Hill's and Trail of Tears area's of Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois.

[@lorenadewild1031]

This adventure, by far,was the best one yet! I felt the loneliness of the area, the fear, these settlers must have felt. To see the unmarked graves of all the people lost, made me realize how fragile life can be. When you got to the petroglyphs, my curiosity got the best of me and wanted to explore more. You have such a way of drawing the person in, with your details, history, and emotions. Thank you for making this adventure, one that I will always remember.

[@ScottConner-uq2ip]

It is amazing how important that canyon was to a lot of people for a very, very long time even before the Apache were there. Great history the amount ot petroglyph is amazing

[@MikeMatlock-i6v]

I have become an avid fan of your channel. In my younger days I loved to hike and explore areas around where I lived but your adventures thrill me. What I like even more is how you give homage to those who came before us and don't disperse objects you've found. I wish you good travels and safety in your future.

[@J4nkyFPV]

I believe what you saw floating in the sky was a tethered Aerostat balloon. They can be used as sensor platforms for various purposes (camera platforms, radar stations, RF detection capabilities).

[@SargesCustoms]

The object hanging in the sky is a surveillance blimp along the lines of the Tethered Aerostat Radar System. I worked with the group in Baltimore that used to have one of those floating (tethered) above some National security concerns. This one is probably used for border security based on where you are located.

[@Desert.Drifter]

Thanks for the insight!

[@lancewildwood2277]

I partly grew up in AZ, but I'm Canadian and live in the rainforest of the PNW, love watching your show, an unknown, and unknowable to me, landscape. Merry Christmas!

[@TheOneHundredPercent]

The work u put into the discoveries u make is commendable. Hiking and climbing to uncover and peel back the pages of the past for us. U have a great attitude and its cool that u show total respect for any sites u discover. This has quickly became one of my favourite channels.

[@jasondunlap9823]

Awesome, we live Silver City, been about 10 years since we last visited the ruins, that Canyon and petroglyphs . Safe travels. 😊🙏💕

[@RobinHood-bn6yg]

The pits in the rocks are for a crude way of cooking. The pits would have been filled with whatever ingredients that they had and water would be added along with hot rocks from a fire...

[@cosmicrancher2169]

A substitute for pottery for a nomadic culture , and they carried the water in skins or gourds. I wonder how long that site has been used ?

[@randallkrasomil280]

I’m 72 and retired. I love this channel. It helps me escape boredom. Takes me away from reality for a moment.

[@rongreen4231]

The amount of rock art is incredible. So much history to be seen.

[@rd4660]

Awesome, Ft. Cummings. The wife and I camped at Cooke's Spring earlier this spring. I read the book, Annals of Old Fort Cummings by William Parker MD as we sat there in the very place that the book is written about. It was very very cool.

[@bleepinjeep]

What the History channel should have been…. Instead, we got “Aliens” guy 😂. Love your storytelling! Edit- maybe you did see aliens too with that weird thing floating in the sky, must have come over from Jersey.

[@michaelhancock9636]

Maybe you should capture that thing in the sky and use it for the next Bleepin build. Cheers from Michigan!

[@bleepinjeep]

​@@michaelhancock9636 lol, is it car shaped? We needed a better view of that thing!

[@NCLong]

Wow!! I can't believe that I know where you are in this video!! There is a whole lot that went on in that area aside from what you posted.

[@calvinallen9508]

Thank you Mr Andrew! Your content is always very interesting and well presented. I greatly appreciate you educating your viewers and sharing your perspective on what you discover. Keep up the good work, and please always stay safe.

[@adrianturner6133]

Some serious treasure symbols and possible maps right there. Dang. Love these videos BTW. Thanks for the amazing content!

[@johnnydoe66]

It's rather sad when you think about people who died and were buried in random places w/o any documentation or proper headstone. The possibility of their families left behind that never knew what happened to them or heard from them ever again. I was backpacking once on a three day loop and came across 12 evenly spaced piles of rocks that definitely were graves and one smaller one, none with any headstone in the middle of nowhere. If it hadn't been winter time and all the vegetation dried out and no leaves, I probably wouldn't have even noticed them. They were literally over 75 yds away from the trail I was on and had only stopped to take a "nature" break.

[@irish-actual1278]

Anyone else use these videos to escape the corporate rat race??? Six figure salaries are only cool if you have the time to enjoy your passions in life! Get outside are explore more, wish I could be more like Desert Drifter

[@squid_fish]

This comment makes me sad. Money can never buy happiness: except jet skiing, it’s proven.

[@gabrielsifuentes3102]

Vicariously through the drifter!!

[@i_am_grutzius-_-828]

6 figures or week to week. I think anyone and everyone would rather just get out and have no worries. You don’t need money to enjoy life, who wants to work half your life? if you’re able to sit up out of bed and put your feet on the floor and start your day, that’s an adventure right there. Anything can happen.

[@tamirundell8392]

Well I don't have a six figure income. I barely survive. But he's just as wonderful to me. To be able to see what I'll never visit is just awe inspiring.

[@babyhuey.5150]

100%

[@CENCAL491]

One of your best on all levels . Thanks

[@honeybeebeekeeper4999]

Watching from New Mexico and that looks like my backyard! What a love about the Southwest you can see from miles and miles! Beautiful country! Love your videos!

[@ram1brn]

it is overe by Deming

[@latecommer100]

I was a desert drifter 40 years ago . As a rock hound / prospector I wandered the SW. This is my escape now. Thank you Andrew

[@ardean]

Some of those glyphs were surely related to seeing spaniards with the crosses. Also, the glyph of the man with glasses and a beard would have been influenced by 1800's settlers but more likely, I imagine either a white man the apache respected enough to portray or maybe someone that left his image in their minds they killed. Your videos spark the imagination of those times for sure. Some of those glyphs are much older, no doubt. I think the apache added some newer artwork, though. Your videos are excellent and really take us out there with you. Thank you for sharing!

[@dorothylewis1207]

Wait!!! Glasses, Beard? SANTA CLAUS:----Everyone! 🎄Merry Christmas🎄

[@anvilranch1888]

The black “hair” you found is a cow’s “switch.” It’s the furry part at the end of their tail they use for swatting flies. They often get clumps pulled by brush & such.

[@IamDuf]

stone boiling comes to mind with the stone bowls "Once they have achieved an optimal temperature, the stones are quickly placed into a ceramic pot, lined basket or other vessel holding water or liquid or semi-liquid food. The hot stones then transfer the heat to the food."

[@bethannyallain5395]

Thank you for taking us along. The old ones had so much knowledge and close to the land.

[@madamecampsalot6384]

Just an amazing testament to how strong both the travellers and residents were back then. Thank you for bringing us along. So beautiful in its stark reality.

[@jacklisiecki2389]

Wow! A super interesting sojurn that potentially covers hundreds if not thousands of years. Who knows? The Mimbres culture certainly has left its mark. Thank you for another cool adventure with great commentary.

[@Carolinapeach22]

You are sooo brave! I would never have gone in there alone. However, without adventurous folks like yourself; people like me would never know this stuff exists. It's magical! Thank you ❤

[@skipperclinton1087]

@Caroliapeach22: Without people like him, everyone would still be curled up on the East Coast!

[@ironcladranchandforge7292]

If memory serves me right, the man who has the KZbin channel "Born 100 years too late" explored part of this area with his mules. Excellent video and history, thanks!!

[@XsumerianX]

You've quickly became my favorite channel. Thank you for all that you do!

[@davidlancaster8152]

The pot holes could have been mortars and rain catchers simultaneously. Thanks for all your hard work and skills. You are a raisin among the flakes.

[@martyjosephson4937]

Amazing Trip, love the video and all that history, thanks for sharing this journey thru time. You go where we only dream of going.

[@I_am_Junebug]

Wow. This was like 2 different videos - from the bleak to the beautiful. That rock was incredible! But the energy around those graves was intense. Time to do the Ghost Dance...

[@josephlilly8314]

And I must also say that the music you select for your videos is invariably appropriate and evocative. Also, the editing is masterful.

[@AintNoFool]

I had a dream to live in southwest. But I cannot tolerate summer temps. I will enjoy your adventures remotely. ❤

[@Richard-t2b]

Andrew, you and wifey are way cool… Been a meanderthaller most all of my life, 77yrs. young now, and still verticle and breathing. Thankful every second of every day. You 2 make me laugh, and respect all history. Never stop… Thanks. 😊 ❤ ❤ ❤

[@ROHDEOOO]

Very interesting stuff! I’m an old farmer; that looks like part of a cow’s tail to me.. Probably blew there, or brought by a pack rat. Happy Holidays!

[@mudzou812]

That was an awesome rock art gallery between those boulders

[@kermitgrenoille6331]

I know exactly where you were; it's practically my backyard. There's a petroglyph collection other side of the mountain range you were on. Look up the county name and petroglyphs, and you'll find it. That "weird thing in the sky" is a tethered aerostat blimp, and a daily feature out here.

[@sandrakisch3600]

I use Family Search, my heritage and Ancestry. I have gone back to 1610 in Virginia. 1066 and farther in England and France. I love researching. I feel connected to the good, bad, and ugly. Love your searches. Merry Christmas to you and loved ones. Hope you find a turkey dinner in your fridge.😂 ❤🎄🎅

[@carontheroad]

I remember reading the story of a trapper who was a sheep farmer in Sante Fe area, tell the story of his travel on foot from St Louis to Sante Fe. He ran from natives for days. Made the trip more than once.

[@beepseatsfindingfoodtreasu8756]

One can imagine that during those times, that place was seen on both sides as hell on earth. For the Apachies their last chance to stop the whites and for the traveler's, the valley of death. Neither of which were happy to be there. I paused during your drone shot and looked at the holes for a moment. Something said it is a burial site. The poles extended from the rocks and sky burials were done there. Notice the direction of the feet in the artwork. And no hunting pictographs either. As you know, the game near a burial site is for the dead so its something to investigate. You may find crevasses that have rocks cemented in them. The bones would have been sealed inside. If i were a warrior facing the future of my family and community, that would have been the place I would have spent prior to battle. One thing about your video's is, there's no absence of questions you provoke. I would love to ponder every aspect of these places. It would take several days to really immerse yourself with all the minute details to be discovered. Unfortunately souvenir hunters have stolen history that has no pages or photographs. They were the story. I can't express how grateful I am that you replace everything in situe. Thats honorable and worth commendations.

[@SUPERJKJEEP]

Wow that’s Crazy how you found all the rock carvings

[@user-Kulcz]

Wife and I love your channel, you get to places I can only dream of. Thank you and Merry Christmas to you and your family! *J&S*

[@rickdraeger4321]

That's likely just a Border Patrol observation (tethered) dirigible. They have lots of sensors and cameras on them and spot/track movements of people (smugglers, etc) with them.

[@susantaylor9923]

That was overwhelming. The emotions that were stirred, the amazement of the pictographs, the bewilderment at humanity and its way of taking and giving and violence against each other group or individual. Thank you so much for the discoveries and wonder at so many things human development over centuries.

[@patriciamuskevitsch8359]

What an awesome place.

[@paulm749]

Indeed, it is.

[@debraruffindesign]

Just amazing, as always. Thank you for sharing your quests. Please stay safe and well and keep them coming.

[@sagecoach]

What you saw. Border Patrol operates observation blimps that don't move much and can stay up for a long time. We saw one clearly driving many years ago. Your images fit the profile on my screen. They are large enough to see from many miles away.

[@robertbraun7155]

As you set up camp and started your fire, I couldn't help fall into the thoughts that there were people so long ago traveling through there doing the exact same thing. Pitch darkness, no clue who or what is watching you. What a crazy existence for both the travelers and the natives.. It's incredibly thought provoking.. Great work my friend.

[@nudoge]

34:03 its two arrows crossed. Means friendship

[@joefeinstein6804]

So interesting to think how ancient this place is, sitting there for millions of years, and the blip of time these events occurred. Amazing it can still be remembered and you can find traces. Very cool experience.

[@Michaeloftheland]

Dude your literally right in my stomping grounds. I live along the mimbres river in the wilderness above. My land is kitty corner to a 200 mimbres room Pueblo site. Lots of cool stuff in the Gila

[@Michaeloftheland]

About in between me and where you are is city of rocks which is one of the only mesquite mill techs archeologists have found. Basically a huge stone bowl with a hole on the bottom for grinding mesquite flower. Pretty sick.

[@johnhart125]

This was a cool video, in 70s we rode small dirt bikes through the canyon and looking around the area. Hasn't chgd much and I'm glad the vandals haven't been there much. The stories of the Apache wars and life here are many and really make you think.. waiting for where next, I'll be watching

[@laurene5806]

The view from the drone of the "water holes" I believe were post holes. They are a perfect semi-circle. Just what jumped out at me. I'm not an expert, just an old archaeology fanatic.

[@e.k.4508]

You mean potholes?

[@r3beatty]

Visiting my neck of the woods! i live against the mountains to the south. I am blessed to have an Apache embrasure 0.6mi away.

[@MichaelLeBlanc-p4f]

Gravity never ever forgives and fickled fate has a sense of humour. Don't play with it. Prefer you alive. Extra likes on any channel mean much but are soon forgotten like almost all folks. Trying to say, No risks please, unless 'visual set-ups' A TRUE FAN