Mummy Springs and the Oldest Tree in Nevada: Exploring the Sky Islands of the Mojave Desert

Welcome to Wonderhussy Adventure #732
Date of adventure: 6/29/23
Escaping the heat of Death Valley at 10,000 feet... in the Spring Mountains of Nevada. These astonishing mountains are known as "sky islands," because they rise so abruptly in the middle of a barren plain, hosting an amazing biodiversity -- including ancient bristlecone pine trees and natural springs.
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[@joyceb.sachsesachse1242]

Sara, love ya and CARRY ON with the adventure. You are the best , I am taking care of my mother for the remainder of her life and have her watching you're channel and it cheers her up at 92 years young and you give her joy with you're silliness and humor, God bless you for making her life richer in her later years.

[@GrandmaBev64]

Me too. I love her inner dialogue and imagination with her little stories of what the people that used to be there were like.

[@gracieg7601]

My sister lives in Colorsdo at 8500 ft. Near Vail.

[@cynthiahofer2903]

The story about the Union waitresses is good one!

[@ruthkaye2466]

Sandy here: Wonderful hike, thank you for taking me along as it is the only way I'll ever see it. Once again you proved that being out in nature is a "magic tonic" that chases away depression. Go ahead and climb the trees, enjoy life !! Stay safe and be well, Sandy. ❤❤

[@glendirienzo1365]

Wonderhussy!!!🤩💗💕❤️😍🔥

[@Lez_Laura]

"scree"! you keep teaching me for free!

[@mango8918]

Sara...If you don't get your shocks fixed for a while, I wouldn't care. You can entertain us by taking us along on your adventures that are on the paved roads near you and Vegas. Nevada would do well by hiring you to be an ambassador because there is no one else that is as knowledgeable and entertaining as you. Thanks for the trip!

[@julbro8451]

yeah, the tri-state area is full of great travel content material; no reason to go off-road or cross country this summer if unable to

[@waltingram4198]

Thank you so much, when I was living in Las Vegas in 1968 and I was a little kid my dad took me up to Mt. Ch. And for Christmas he made it snow in my yard with 10 ins. Of snow, when it was almost gone we filled the pickup truck up and drove with us kids in the back.

[@markheld995]

The trees are wearing their birthday suit.I love that old tree.

[@Howdy76]

The North Loop Trail was my second home from 1982-1990. Many happy memories with my black lab Henry. He would pull me up the trail to Mummy Springs, and pull me down to the trail head

[@Elhastezy888]

God Bless Henry wherever his little soul is helping now 💕🐾 Thank you for sharing many blessings

[@Howdy76]

@@Elhastezy888 Thank you. Henry's ashes are on my mantle. When i pass my and Henry's ashes will be scattered on top of Mt. CHARELSTON. Peace.

[@ronaldmason7053]

Black labs are the best dogs ever - a genuine "people dog" for folks of all ages!

[@julbro8451]

@@ronaldmason7053 they love to play with children; they are like big kids

[@Elhastezy888]

@@Howdy76 Oh, how wonderful! A magnificent & beautiful place 🤍

[@ralphpatrick3071]

We use to fill our canteens with snowmelt creek water back in the day before filters. Loved backpacking the Sierras. At 72, too old and disabled to ever do it again. Thank you, Sarah! And yes, I could smell the scenery..

[@jwfinley7808]

Before filters? I Remer those days!

[@KatyLady88]

I know I have made a sassy comment in the past...But I really thoroughly enjoy you and your content. You are just such smart human. I love learning such fun things from you. =)

[@jimmiksche1527]

“Scree” what a cool word

[@reckerrit3103]

Living in Indiana I'd be dying trekking to that elevation. You go girl!

[@apolloskyfacer5842]

One of the worlds most fittest woman. Still climbing mountains with reasonable ease. Hi again Sarah. Watching all your quality videos here in far away NSW, Australia. Stay safe and healthy for us. We all loves ya. 💕

[@johnholcomn8560]

Seriously. Great cardio.

[@anthonyacosta5336]

looks like.a nice hike..

[@badapple65]

Very cool. KZbin makes the World feel smaller!! Greetings from Chicagoland

[@jamesrobertson4258]

👌 👏 WOW

[@TheGoodNews07]

Ah, I love your content and I totally admire how brave you are on all of your solo trips! You’re a freakin rockstar girl, thanks for sharing your world with us ❤

[@davebenson1294]

That tree goes way back to the times of Ancient Nevada.

[@Star-bd8zm]

Whether you are very high or very low God is always with you loving you.

[@tombrowder3520]

I started watching you a long time ago. My adult daughter is so much like you. She addicted to you now. She is almost finished with her geology degree. She will most likely relocate out west. South Carolina now. I grew up in Scottsdale and will travel out west soon. I miss the Milkyway. Oh I forgot. I love you. LOL

[@debbieweckler6832]

Awesome amazing trees and all that you showed. Praise the Lord too! Beautiful area, thank you for the hike. Very crazy trees. Oh man, water springs. Love it. Your just the best 🙂

[@grandeoverland6787]

Just flew over Death Valley and made sure to wave at you down in the heat. Glad you found some elevation for salvation.

[@FlamingRobzilla]

Thanks for taking us along with you to the Sky Islands. I remember that pine perfume well, it reminds me of Christmas. When I was a small boy my family would shop for a Christmas Tree, and the whole lot smelled of pine. Something about that smell just makes me happy. So now whenever I go to a place where the pine trees flourish I'm reminded of those magical days long past. >5k years? That's one old tree! And I thought that the the giant sequoia trees held that title.

[@patcaribou]

Wonderhussy Wednesday is my therapy.

[@forestdoughty6045]

I love Mary Jane!

[@Elhastezy888]

I 🩷 maryjane *AND* I love Sara Jane 🤍 🤣

[@carolynnunes3922]

Great hike! I couldn’t have done it without you, Sarah Jane! God bless you, dearly beloved

[@a73drdodge]

What a beautiful place and a awesome adventure. Thanks again Sara ❤😮😅😊

[@ebc371]

Keep your chin up beautiful. Love your show more with every episode🥰🥰🥰🤙👅🌟

[@briang70]

This is one of my favorite videos you have done. Thank you, Wonderhussy!

[@LaDonnaShielded-kc7zm]

Cocktailasaurus 😂😂. You really brighten up a day, while educating. Thanks Miss WH.

[@naturegloadventures]

FABULOUS storytelling, Sarah Jane! I always get a belly full of laughs by the time I finish your videos. You make the best lemonade in your circumstances too! Cheers!

[@zantigar]

A genius and a poet! This was beautifully shot! Paradise in the sky; Wonderhussy, your ecstatic bliss is positively palpable! Your story of the cocktailsauri victory reduced me to a fit of tears laughing! Not even waiting for your car's new shocks can stop you from ooozing brilliance - ya come out swinging with even more astonishing magic, REAL MAGIC!

[@johnrogers6291]

Those wild flowers were out of this world ! Thanks for taking us up to those dizzying heights. Very envious of Sarah’s amazing shape.

[@jchristopher1762]

That was an awesome hike Sarah. Thank you so much for showing us all that beauty in the mountains.

[@paulhunter546]

Cocktailsarus.. love it 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@13699111]

Beautiful wonderful just what my manic minded today !!! Thank you wonderhussy

[@darinclark1853]

Thank you Sarah for introducing us to this ancient tree...

[@GruvyTubie]

Thanks! Wonderhussy the Great!

[@DOOODWDDDAD]

YER WELL-COME

[@Elhastezy888]

Thank you gruvyTubie for keeping our lovely WH in business! 🤍

[@allencrider]

That tree has a lot of experience.

[@dolls_onthego]

Glad to see your keeping cool! I can’t believe there is still some snow!

[@christinaturpin9464]

We did this one! Such a cool tree! 🥰 we love you, Wonderhussy!

[@OdySlim]

Thanks Sarah! Thanks for the history of Mummy Springs! Its always my pleasure to see Ya! Regards from Ody Slim

[@johnglasgow4176]

Awesome scenery who would have thought that would be possible so close to Vegas and the oldest tree in Nevada what A+ thank-you wonderhussy

[@suzanjournagan1112]

Nature therapy 💙 Not to mention altitude therapy, high altitude can get you giddy and feeling fabulous!🇺🇸😎🇺🇸😎🇺🇸😎 In the words of John "Rocky Mt. High"🌸🌼🌸🌼🌸

[@taurial67]

Unparalleled beauty and sweetest informative narrative. Covers the forest, hike, self and more. Wonderhussy, you have almost outdone yourself. :) Great production.

[@SylviaR.1971]

Thank you Sarah, what beautiful and diverse part of the states you live in. Would never see any of this without you, much respect for you sweetheart.

[@markshietze4783]

...watching you climb a tree would be alotta fun , too ! ( did he say that Out Loud !?? 😮 )

[@chrisr.1803]

I’m glad you’re feeling better! Or at least well enough to fake it! 😉💕

[@tomfrye9037]

That is some great scenery, Sarah Jane. Thanks for taking us along. Looking at those B. C. pines makes me feel as if Mother Nature likes to piddle around with Bonsai trees.

[@keonikaig9247]

Beautiful again... 👍😎

[@daveimus7274]

This video is classic Wonderhussy! Thanks!

[@Chuck44442]

I love looking at little flowers along - my walk. Some only bloom for such a short period of days.

[@slimpickins9124]

Gosh, every time you do a hike in the mountains I find myself missing them & wishing I was along on your adventure.

[@Bill-ue9sv]

My mom and I are watching your adventures. Pretty cool thank you again thank you for being yourself brightens my day 60 year old Biker white boy just taking it easy 420

[@Lois-o1f]

Yeah😊❤️

[@amyrobinson3119]

Thanks! I love the thought that this might cheer you up.

[@jerrylatta2692]

Thank you for the videos, this one was awesome, like you, love you and your videos, Wish I lived closer, Thank you for ALL you do

[@jerrylatta2692]

I'm much in to all your videos, and your narrating and the research you find is truly amazing, as well as your amazing, Thank you, look forward to the next video

[@milesandhikes]

Beautiful, beautiful hike Sarah! One thing I loved about living in Vegas about 15 years ago, was exactly that! the nature that surrounds it! so many options for us outdoors lovers. And it's great to see you happy and smiling so much. Nature truly is the BEST therapy!

[@ELMENDORFX]

Still shocks? What the heck? How many KZbin channels feature leaking shocks? How many thousands of people are on the edge of their seats regarding a leak?

[@keithrichards4513]

I call B freakin S , somethings going on here somebody's not telling the truth or someone's screwing around. It just doesn't add up.?

[@ELMENDORFX]

@@keithrichards4513 YEAH!

[@thekenneth3486]

Love that purple! The mountains and trees are pretty spiffy, too.

[@simonKagree]

You are a hero of the wilderness! Thank you for removing that stupid plastic bottle!

[@Nostrudoomus]

Mountain’s generate their own weather, just like DEATH ☠️ VALLEY! I used to go into the Eastern Sierra in March, saw St. Elmo’s FIRE! Time to go to Chat’s and get some jalapeño cheese bread! 😂

[@emmogwai1459]

This looks so beautiful! The oldest tree seems to have the illusion of a person resting slightly on its side by the roots. Events always leave traces like this in nature, it could be possible that someone laid to rest there once when the tree was young

[@richwhitaker1506]

Thank heaven for your magic bikini. This was a great visit to a beautiful place. Hope you're on the road again very soon. Stay well Sarah.

[@dennislegassie728]

Hi beautiful, you're the one I love your videos and your actions and reactions. Amen big heart. Have a morning!

[@davidcoyote8921]

I'm sure your mischievous imagination will come up with something... 🐾

[@robertf4540]

Great video Sarah! That's some spectacular scenery! Those Bristlecone Pines are truly amazing! How could anything live that long, especially in that environment? Thanks for letting us tag along! Safe travels.

[@AlphaMensae1]

They grow very, very slowly in that environment, and can even shut down most of their limbs, leaving just a small spot of needles active, just enough to feed their minute growth.

[@LuckyBaldwin777]

Nevada used to have the oldest tree on earth until the forest service gave a forestry grad student from NC a permit to cut it down. It was another bristlecone that turned out to be 200 years older than the current California record holder. It was on Wheeler Peak, the number 2 most prominent mtn in Nevada behind Charleston.

[@jimlotspeich7117]

Sarah, thanks for taking us up on this high mountain. If I had tried to climb up there I'd probably be found on the ground like a beached whale! Beautiful photos - cool place to be on a warm summer day!

[@roblindsey3751]

5 yrs in Modoc and Shasta county up 4,000 in the mountains, trust me, for some of us, you do have a smell a vision. Some of the springs even make my mouth water because there was a natural snow melt spring that came up right on one place we only used a metal screen to filter any twigs or leaves. If everyone tasted that water, they would give up tap and bottled both. I took some in jugs back to Iowa to visit home and my nephews and niece drank my 2 week supply I brought in 3-4 days. They couldn't believe that was fresh right out the ground and tasted so good.

[@godngunclinger]

I love you and your videos, thanks for the pictures of you too your ick-me-up hike picked me up for reals❣

[@Elhastezy888]

About a little more than a year ago you went around Vegas showing some of the oldest trees left. Its one of my all time favorite Wonderhussy vids. Because I *LOVE* trees!! Been in the Redwoods in Northern Cali but haven't gotten to see the great Chandelier 🌲 Thank you 4 this 🩷

[@perrypresley9630]

Love you; you are my travel rock star!

[@wayneleonard6434]

Glad to see you’re wearing real shoes! ❤

[@gregoryknight1772]

You so funny 😊

[@Thecorgially]

You are certainly fit. Whenever I come to something ancient, I want to put my hand on it and try to "feel or absorb" some of its history.

[@fostercathead]

Howdy Wonderhussy!

[@whitneylake2107]

May your adventures continue !

[@ihknilsen]

Absolutely enjoyed this! Thank you for taking us along!

[@IronmanV5]

Love these tours you're taking us on lately

[@SingleTrackMined]

I'll take See- and Hear-O-Vision with Wonderhussy any day. That is almost sensory overload lol. Love the vid!

[@jwfinley7808]

Smell o-vision and feel o-vision!!

[@rolfmoren6682]

Wow! Fantastic hike. Beautiful scenery. That hike is on my bucket list. Thanks for a great video. Top entertainment.

[@Lois-o1f]

WH you are so cool. Thanks for all you show us in your travels. Always glad when you leave the flip flops at home!🤗😂😘❤️

[@Lois-o1f]

Me 2 😂

[@gregoryknight1772]

Been a big fan for a long while now ,enjoy watching your older videos too,but this one is my favorite! Your charm is. No words can describe

[@jerrymestas1231]

Now that was an awesome hike. I prefer the mountains over the desert, but both are beautiful in their own special way. Thank you Hussy👊🏻

[@MrRoughknuckles]

Yikers! BEEUUUTIIFUUUL!

[@korhing1066]

You are so Blessed to see all of Natures Beauty Thank You for all your Hard work so we can also see it

[@williamjenkins9]

You had a huge smile on your face even as you were running out of oxygen….All the way up that mountain…. such a joy of life…. you actually make me want to come to Vegas, even though I don’t gamble, I would come to take that hike… you are such a great advocate for your (now) home state ! Wonder on gorgeous Hussy !

[@robertashton1853]

Wonderhussy, you're such a Nature Girl you're awesome. Your enthusiasm is so cool. Sometimes in Colorado I would hike up 14,000 foot mountains and unexpectedly encounter some of these bristlecone pines which were thousands of years old. I hope the people who find out about it from you respect them as you do.

[@SCSlimBoiseID]

Many moons ago, my college geology classmates and I went on a field trip to the White Mountains out of Bridgeport, CA, and checked out the bristlecone trees there, including the oldest one known. We did some fossil hunting thereabouts as well. Such a wonderfully rich diversity of alpine flora among the dolomite crags. Hope your depression eases off. Take heart: you have more than a quarter million subscribers who wish you well and care enough about you to tune in every Wednesday and catch up with your latest wanderings. How many people can say that? Some of us are lucky to have one or two people in our lives who actually give a 💩whether we draw another breath. Be well, and stay safe!

[@PAPOOSELAKESURFER]

Geology students from Antelope Valley College CA did the same special exploring

[@SCSlimBoiseID]

@@PAPOOSELAKESURFER And AVC is where I took both historical and physical geology courses, from Prof. Warren Houghton. It was he who led the field trip(s).

[@PAPOOSELAKESURFER]

@@SCSlimBoiseID I drove the van, Houghton drove station wagon

[@timbowerman6716]

Thanks for taking me along with you on that Hike! I was thinking about your determination & you have my deepest respect! Love the vids& your creativity & amagination & the story telling & that honest crazy free thinking mind!😊

[@CalNeva]

Thanks for cooling us off Sarah!

[@pixelpeter3883]

Yeah, those bristlecone pines are something to behold; that twisted sunbeaten and wind-swept gnarly wood looks really special. Great to photograph! Looks like a great walk WH! Need to remeber it whenever I wind up in Las Vegas in the future :-)

[@bigtex4058]

I visited the bristlecone pine forest further north on my way to Yosemite. So cool to see these super old trees. Some are 5000 yrs old. Imagine being way up there in winter when the high winds blow that give them that shape.

[@mikehamilton3833]

Sarah, aka.Wonderhussy, is a brilliant conversationalists. Her ability to entertain us with serious information with wit and humor is amazing. Beautiful person sharing her talents and beautiful locations with us. Thank you WH.

[@emgiemaico]

love you!

[@lucy9236]

Negative ions in the sunshine, on mountains, and around moving water said to cheer people up when they're depressed. Maybe get a little fountain to sit by when you're home and feeling low.

[@edsmith736]

One of your best.

[@DanH434]

Keeping cool

[@rikspector]

WH, After that last comment, I'm speechless. well, almost!:) Cheers, Rik

[@truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793]

The lady knows how to make sweet lemonade 👍❤️😲

[@AB-kg6rk]

Youre quite the naturalist as well WH. Much respect.

[@chrisellis935]

You're amazing thank you

[@davidgolden1776]

Nice camera shots 😉👍

[@khaitran3709]

Wow! That tree was there when Jesus Christ was born is unbelievable amazing n its still there today..