Forgot about the Padre Dam until you brought back a flood of memories. A bunch of us used to ride dirt bike motorcycles around the area below Black Mountain as we called it. There was nothing but open space between Navajo and Mission Gorge back then and we had loads of fun. Several times we rode over to the Dam to explore. Never knew about the rocks where the natives ground their food. And the Dam area looks the same now as it did 55 years ago. Thank you for the memories.
@SidetrackAdventures
Жыл бұрын
I found a picture of it from the 30s and it looked the same too.
@TheStuport
Жыл бұрын
Feels like The Old Mission Dam is really out in the middle of nowhere...yet as you mentioned Steve, it is literally 15 minutes away from multiple Walmarts. What a Treasure for San Diego! This was a fun hike and very interesting story! Really appreciate the time and effort you put into your videos Steve. It's quite obvious this is a labor of love for you AND We Fans do not take it for granted! Cheers From Ohio
@conniewojahn6445
Жыл бұрын
I don't take any of Steve's videos for granted, that's for sure. Can't wait for Wednesday when he uploads new. I live in Oregon and find southern California to be too dry and, well, ugly, for my tastes in nature. But since viewing his videos, I've come to appreciate the climate and terrain there as part of the greater ecosystem of North America. Good videos can change people's minds.
@SidetrackAdventures
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, I appreciate it. Yeah, the park is really an island of wilderness in the city.
@SidetrackAdventures
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@1nvisible1
Жыл бұрын
*Cool find, hey @**2:39** on the 15 ton boulder dedicated May 17 1941, the word "PADRES" and "INDIANS" were edited into the ground down original which had said 'first permanent irrigation project by white men in california'! BIG THANKS to Larry Stirling of San Diego Council who got that changed* "OLD MISSION DAM BUILT 1813 - 1816 A PART OF THE FIRST PERMANENT IRRIGATION PROJECT BY PADRES AND INDIANS IN CALIFORNIA MARKER PLACED BY THE SAN DIEGO CHAPTER, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAY 17TH, 1941"
@corn677
Жыл бұрын
@@SidetrackAdventures Hey Steve, any cool hidden treasures on the climb up Cowles Mountain that would be worth a video. Really appreciate your videos. They are all really cool. We go to Laughlin a few times a year and your vids about the towns and hidden treasures along the I-40 corridor are awesome. You make us realize you can find wonderful stuff just about anywhere. I live in Allied Gardens and love hiking in Mission Trails park.
@keithsellers7166
Жыл бұрын
I grew up in the Santee area and went to High school at Santana in the 60’s. As a kid my friends and I would ride our bicycles to the dam and fish for crawdads with bacon tied on a string. We also caught crappie and blue gill that my mom would cook for us. One year the river flooded the dam area and my buddy and I were out there at the dam and was standing on top of the part of it that you show in your video with the water running through it. On that day a reporter from the San Diego Union and Evening Tribune wax there. Back in those days there were two newspapers one in the morning ( San Diego Union) and in the evening ( The Evening Tribune) he was taking pictures of the flooding and took our pictures while we were standing on the dam ! I had a paper route delivering the San Diego Union in Carlton Hills and to my surprise when I got the papers to roll for delivery my picture was on the front page below the fold!!!! That brings back a lot of memories for me because I had explored all over that area. One of the mountains back behind the dam was nick named rattlesnake mountain because of all of the snakes on it. A guy I went to school with (Jim Davis) and his father captured the rattlers and would milk them for the venom and sell it to Scripts Ranch for serum to treat snake bites. There was always a story going around back then too that talked about there being a Spanish cannon in a cave up there somewhere, but I think it was just a myth because we hiked all over that place and never found it. It was a fun time growing up in Santee, there was always something different to do. You were never too far from the beach the Cuyamaca Mountains, the dessert Tijuana Mexico or a quick trip up to Disneyland, knotts Berry Farm or The Wax Museum. It was a great place to grow up.... oh the memories your video conjured up... thank you Steve!
@duleybraza4558
7 ай бұрын
I had some similar experiences on the other side of the country, at about the same time, catching crayfish, bluegill and snapping turtles in Virginia. My friend and I found ruins with concrete bunker like shapes buried under leaves and surrounded by trees. We later discovered that it was a POW camp at one time. This was near the Ft Hunt area. I think we had more freedom as kids then, than we do as adults.
@robertlyman9789
6 ай бұрын
Bet it sure different now
@timarnold7239
5 ай бұрын
I grew up in San Carlos-Patrick Henry HS Class of '72. After 1st Mod, we had 2 hours of what the school called "open mod" when students who had cars could go off campus. We used to head straight out Golfcrest Drive to Mission Gorge Road and out to either the dam, or that abandoned access road off Padre Junipero Serra Road that took you across the river (if you had a a lift kit) to the north quarry. Both locales were good for getting high. But maybe you County boys were more wholesome than us prevert city folk, eh? heh heh heh... We fished there too. Mostly in the quarry pond. Snagged a few cat fish and bass on stink bait. Did you or your friends ever ride on that old manual 4 seat cable tram that spanned the gorge? Good ol' days.
@keithsellers7166
5 ай бұрын
Yeah I was pretty young when the pictures in the SD Union appeared. But visited often after that it was also a very popular make out spot…. Need I say more?
@deandupont5503
Жыл бұрын
Ah, the San Diego river... Or as anyone in the rest of the country would call it, a creek. 😏
@jordanblahnik1035
Жыл бұрын
More like a wash
@rickkaylor8554
Жыл бұрын
I was just here Monday on a hike after work. You do feel like you are far away from civilization on some of the trails but it is an illusion. Unfortunately Mission Trails park is being loved to death. So many people are using it. The good thing is that there must be a lot of people who pick up the trash on the trails because I rarely see any. Graffiti is also minimal (except for the toilets near the dam). Probably my favorite hike is Oak Canyon. Thanks for making these informative and entertaining videos.
@SidetrackAdventures
Жыл бұрын
Oh man, there is a big boulder on Father Junipero Serra Rd, near the rock climbing trail, and several times I've been down there and have seen that someone has spraypainted it. Makes me so mad, but they are quick to get it off but you can still tell it was there. The people who do trail work etc are amazing though. I too rarely see trash.
@MichaelTitera
Жыл бұрын
Another fantastic video, San Diego Steve! As a kid, I always mistakenly thought the building on Presidio Hill was Mission San Diego. Not until I became an adult did I find out that Presidio Hill was just the original site of the mission. It is now the location of the Junipero Serra Museum, which stands prominently atop the hill overlooking historic Old Town State Park and Mission Valley. The Junipero Serra Museum contains thousands of artifacts unearthed from this historic site.
@CactusAtlas
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic area! The running water is super relaxing and that old dam! Truly fascinating old history to the location. 👍
@SidetrackAdventures
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, its usually nice and peaceful on weekdays. Weekends are another story lol
@IBRAKEFORBEDROCK
Жыл бұрын
Growing up in Santee we used to call it Padre Dam I believe. 34 years ago I got busted bass fishing just up stream from there 🤣
@rolpal619
Жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention that those hills are millions years old.
@pisacksen
Жыл бұрын
Great content, as usual. You are an excellent story teller! I cannot wait for your videos to be released on Wednesdays. Keep up the great work.
@SidetrackAdventures
Жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@michaelduszynski4128
Жыл бұрын
Some traces of the flume are visible behind the 5th green at the Admiral Baker North Course, as well as a bit further upstream in the quarry area.
@HuangXingQing
Жыл бұрын
The missionaries had the same problem (soldiers abusing their converts) at the San Saba Mission & Presidio which is why the Comanches led several tribes in killing the Spanish trespassers and burning the buildings. While reading all the Spanish communique between Mexico city, San Antonio, San Saba and several other missions I was able to get a first hand account of the attitudes of Comanches toward the missionaries there. Thanks for your posts and most of all thanks for being honest about the heinous crimes committed against the natives by those representing Christendom. If you ever get to Texas there's a treasure trove of sites you could feature on your channel including the best representation, Presidio La Bahio of one in this hemisphere. Try to visit during the annual reenactment!
@acornsucks2111
Жыл бұрын
Monks, men of the cloth and Priests just came over and slaughtered saintly people for no reason whatsoever. Hardly seems believable, but that is modern history.
@sumgai2585
Жыл бұрын
I don't know if you already covered it but once around WW2 a Navy Aircraft had to ditch in Otay Lake. The story of its recovery is full of intrigue as well.
@SidetrackAdventures
Жыл бұрын
I haven't done a video on it. Recently I've seen a book just of plane crashes in San Diego County that I want to check out.
@elsupremo3651
Жыл бұрын
I just visited the site of a B-24-or some experimental version thereof-crash in a neighborhood just off Rosecrans beyond the airport. House is still there!
@yamaracer991
Жыл бұрын
Wow Steve, I literally started traveling around that area every other day about 2 months ago, I deliver fuel to the Sycuan fuel station over on Dehesa Rd in El Cajon. I come from the North coming down 15S to the 8E and when I leave I take 8W to the 67N to 52W back to 15N. Gonna definitely try and check out Dam one of these days just gonna have to find room to park my Rig lol. Great Video sir.
@SidetrackAdventures
Жыл бұрын
If you go on the weekday you can probably park it on Father Junipero Serra Rd with no problems. The fire department does training in the area and I see fire trucks parked there all the time.
@JB-rt4mx
Жыл бұрын
My wife and I gave birth on a picnic table and gathered fresh water to wrap him in freshly soaked towells to get to Scripps..😁😇...🏞 We met as Rock Climbers in 1980/81 when the road was a highway for Santee Gravel Semi's
@timarnold7239
5 ай бұрын
How is that dam kid now? 43? Did he give you any dam grandchildren?
@donalddodson7365
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Steve. Thanks for highlighting our San Diego history and great scenery. I appreciate your balanced research and acknowledging the difficulties with the Spanish colonialization.
@SidetrackAdventures
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, I really appreciate it.
@paulscanter5562
Жыл бұрын
That Grinding Stones trail you show at 7:00 was closed off for years as was much of the trail around the river. My wife and I used to picnic right there on the rocks in the late '80s and early '90s. Beautiful place.
@conniewojahn6445
Жыл бұрын
Nice memories!
@SidetrackAdventures
Жыл бұрын
Wow, I wonder if they were doing any archaeology work there at the time.
@paulscanter5562
Жыл бұрын
@@SidetrackAdventures, habitat recovery I think. Actually I didn’t know they had reopened that area and I still don’t know how much of it they did open.
@MrBob714
Жыл бұрын
I'm from that area and went there when I was a kid to swim and fish, 55 years ago.
@knappdaddy
Жыл бұрын
So cool to see the area so well preserved !
@u4riahsc
Жыл бұрын
When I was a kid, back in the 50s, early 60s, we used to play there.
@PinInTheAtlas
Жыл бұрын
Wouldn’t it be great to turn the clocks back and see how the area looked when only the Natives were there! Such beautiful scenery, Steve.
@SidetrackAdventures
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I imagine there had to be a village nearby, at least seasonally.
@bobcoats2708
Жыл бұрын
You don’t have to hike too far in Mission Trails to forget you’re in the middle of San Diego and imagine what it was like 200 years ago. I do so often
@denisehazlett508
Жыл бұрын
I've camped at the campground and it's a great way to enjoy the park and explore the area. Have you ever thought of doing a video about the Diamond Valley Lake up near Hemet? A lot fossilized bones of extinct animals were found there.
@SidetrackAdventures
Жыл бұрын
I'll have to take a look at it. I have never been there but it sounds very interesting.
@denisehazlett508
Жыл бұрын
The name of the with the fossils is Western Science Center, and it's located on Searle Parkway. I hope I've got it right.
@lowbaritonewwj
Жыл бұрын
I have lived in Elsinore over 10 years now. When my roommate's sons were younger, I took them there frequently
@SpanishEclectic
Жыл бұрын
I've heard the name Padre Dam for years, but never knew where it was located. Nice you were able to get some shots with water pouring through, and wildflowers blooming on the hillsides. I recall a picture on display at the 70th Street trolley station that showed the historic trade routes and trails of the native people all through Mission Valley. The last time I was there it was gone...I wish I'd taken a photo of it. All of this history is so interesting and I appreciate your honest and sensitive treatment of the subject. My relative of mine actually has grinding stones and pictographs above the creek at the edge of her property in East El Cajon. They had experts from SDSU and Museum of Man out to look at them.
@afletchermansson4418
Жыл бұрын
Steve, your postings about San Diego County topics are really a trip in Mr. Peabody's wayback machine for me! We learned about metates and grinding acorns way back at John Paul Jones Elementary in the 1960s. And as I recall, ground acorns tasted like crap! Thanks for the reminder of the past!
@conniewojahn6445
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, I've often wondered what acorns taste like. No wonder squirrels in my area (Oregon) like peanuts so much and leave acorns alone unless they're starving.
@SidetrackAdventures
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I think we did that at my school in the 80s too, and I don't remember them tasting too good either.
@billscott356
Жыл бұрын
Just for fun, brought up Google maps. Set position at the park headquarters and did a search for "walmart". Exactly one (Murphy Canyon) came up with a 15 minute driving time. The Grossmont store showed nearly the same distance, but driving time was not indicated. After closing the search panel to see more map (without re-scaling) additional Walmart's didn't appear but up to three Costco's were in plain view. Steve's commentary was so funny I just had to do it.
@SidetrackAdventures
Жыл бұрын
No one goes the speed limit on those roads though!
@bodysuitguy
Жыл бұрын
I wonder what that stone said, where it has been ground down and the word indians engraved in its place.
@SidetrackAdventures
Жыл бұрын
Someone told me it said "savages" but I don't know for 100% certainty. I've been trying to find an old picture of it to see.
@AbandonedMines11
Жыл бұрын
What a nice video of a historic site! Weren’t they going to install some kind of barrier or some kind of safety measures on that dam to prevent people from falling off of it? I remember a young guy was accidentally killed out there when he walked out onto the dam, slipped, and fell into the water or something like that a handful of years ago. Hit his head, I think. Didn’t his family sue the Park Service or the city? I thought the family was adamant about the city installing some kind of barricade or railings on the dam to prevent the same accident from happening to somebody else. Based on your video, however, it looks like nothing ever was done.
@SidetrackAdventures
Жыл бұрын
There was a somewhat recent death, but I don't believe it was at the dam. I know there was a hiker who was in the park during bad weather and was trying to cross the river and fell and hit his head, but I thought it was at the river crossing near the visitor center. I could be wrong though. I know that crossing had about 3 feet deep water last time I walked by it, but I haven't seen any construction there either.
@AbandonedMines11
Жыл бұрын
@@SidetrackAdventures Yes, I think you have the right news story. That story is what I think I’m remembering. For some reason, though, I thought it occurred quite a few years earlier than it did. Apparently the guy was hiking on a trail that actually crosses the river at one point. I guess he slipped and got swept away and hit his head. For some reason I thought he was crossing the river on the dam, and that’s where he got killed. Apparently his parents wanted to put some kind of bridge over the river at that spot where the trail crosses it but it looks like that never happened.
@SuperDave1426
Жыл бұрын
Interesting bit of history here. I am really curious as to what was originaly on that engraving on the rock near the dam, where it says, "and Indians." There's a very clear indentation there, which suggests that something else was there originally which got removed and then the words that are there now were added.... 🤔
@SidetrackAdventures
Жыл бұрын
I believe it said "savages".
@SuperDave1426
Жыл бұрын
@@SidetrackAdventures Ah. Yeah, that would make sense. During that time, they were considered--and regularly referred to as--"savages," so I could see where that stone would have been engraved there. Given the date on the stone, I'm surprised that they were still using that term (unless they were simply keeping to the term that applied for the 1800s?), but I could see where sometime after that, someone decided to soften up the language a bit. Thanks for the reply and the info!
@stjo4756
Жыл бұрын
I grew up there , I wish now I had spent more time exploring. Thank you.
@jstclaire3
4 ай бұрын
In the 1850's paddle wheel steam ships used to come up the river all the way to San Diego State University. I chubasco (hurricane in English) blew up the coast later that century. It caused massive flooding, Encinitas became an island, and re-routed the river to empty into San Diego Harbor.
@mawi1172
Жыл бұрын
You're so funny! 🤣😂🤣😂 At the end there about being so close to home. 😂😂😂keepin' it real, huh? 😘😘😘. I want to visit San Diego now.
@mawi1172
Жыл бұрын
Another eccentric favorite of mine is Myron Cook, Geologist. And if you watch his channel, he might have a story about that stone sign you started with. Do you have a story about those huge pock marks on it? Seems sooo geological, huh? 😂😂😂. I wonder what makes those rounds on it???? Also interesting, Steve! ❤❤❤❤
@Makeitliquidfast
Жыл бұрын
It wasn't founded by the Spanish it was founded by Father Junipero Serra (Portola Serra expedition)
@jroffler
9 ай бұрын
This place used to be the gunnery field of Camp Kearny during ww2. If you're willing to hop the "habitat rehabilitation" barriers, you'll eventually come across a few signs that give the real reason they don't want folks hiking there - "unexploded ordinance". I used to find all sorts of stuff out there before the barriers went up.
@MrRick123468
Жыл бұрын
I went there many times as a kid growing up in San Diego,,,,, WOW! What memories... It was called Padres Dam back then,,,
@felipericketts
Жыл бұрын
It would be nice to connect the history of the Alta Californian missions with the missions in Baja California. This connection is often missed and many people don't realize that the San Diego mission was not the first in the chain. Thanks for sharing your stories. I enjoy it greatly as it gives me a sense that I am part of something that is vast, beatiful and ancient.
@marks.schwartz8468
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for bring back fond memories, Steve !!! Another great video !!! :)
@andrewpates
Жыл бұрын
Great video & especially from the 8:15 mark on truly beautiful, moving & funny, thank you!
@denislanglois2799
Жыл бұрын
Great video! I live in Florida we have no history because rich assholes built condos on top of Indians historic sites. 😞. You’re lucky.
@voiceofraisin241
3 ай бұрын
About 20 years ago the singles club I belonged to fixed up the hiking trail. It is a pretty place. Too bad San Diego just lets all of that water flow into the ocean. 200 years old and yet it still stands.
@jerroldkazynski5480
Жыл бұрын
The first Mission in Baja CA was built in 1697. Missions were commonly built as "exploration" crept north, although not always consecutively with distance. The Spanish thought CA was an island for quite a while. Junipero Sera was first Padre to cross desert from Arizona into CA crossing near today's Needles. Consider: how many Indian Reservations are there in Mexico, or any other Spanish and Portuguese colony countries?
@robertfansler7800
Жыл бұрын
In the case of Argentina, the Spanish killed them all off! The Spanish did not bring civilization to the lands they conquered.
@jerroldkazynski5480
Жыл бұрын
Reference books include "The History of Alta California" by Antonio Osio, translated by Rose Beebe and Rob't Senkewicz, and "Lands of Promise and Despair. Chronicled of Early California, 1535-1846" by Beebe and Senkewicz as above.
@gregorybacher2883
Жыл бұрын
VT = 6 months of winter followed by six months of bugs, but damn (sorry) i'm sure glad i live here and not there.
@joetorrey6922
9 ай бұрын
beautiful. Those poor native people under the strong arm of the Spanish. Ugh.
@TheRealDrJoey
Жыл бұрын
I believe El Camino Real is the oldest road in the United States. Of course, it was New Spain when the road was built.
@allenwand5577
Жыл бұрын
FISH ON!!😮🤢😂😂 Great video as always
@RENunez-sd6ov
Жыл бұрын
Right on Mr. Steve was there anymore traces of how the water got to the old mission and did it feed into any water fountains at the mission. After using the rock to grind up acorns they must have also worn down their teeth from the small little bits like sand that would get mixed into their food. Thanks Steve.
@samandrade9854
Жыл бұрын
I’m new subscriber I love you show ; been learning so much about the USA south west, Thanks
@ericthomsen9644
Жыл бұрын
Great presentation! It's a part of history often overlooked by Americans.
@ksr1177
Жыл бұрын
Another great video and history lesson Steve. Thanks again.
@AndrewGrey22
Жыл бұрын
I'm on SSI. I wish I could afford to live anywhere west of the Front Range.
@peterbozzo1451
3 ай бұрын
This area has greatly changed over the years In the early to mid 60's we would catch crawdads by the gunnysacks and see an occasional snake Good ol' days
@dougmartin7129
Жыл бұрын
Back in the 70s I would ride my bike to the dam with friends and we would jump into the water to cool off.
@richardmcgrew2167
Жыл бұрын
Live just a few miles from this spot. Enjoy your explorations.
@justnerdystuff
5 ай бұрын
The rock that placque is on looks like a primitive note written for a blind giant with all those bumps.
@ETCubing
Жыл бұрын
Wow yeah, definitely some brave souls willing to eat fish from the san diego river haha!
@cheycasters
Жыл бұрын
Steve, dont forget....It takes a bigger man than me to drink a Corona Beer from the "lower end" of the Colorado!
@Cloudminster
Жыл бұрын
Wow…over 200 years…London has pimples that old
@mondayleftmebroken387
Жыл бұрын
Multiple Walmarts.. what a downer 😅
@jeffarcher400
6 ай бұрын
There's serious rock climbing on the south side of the road. Oak creek falls is nice when it rains.
@bruce2keys270
Жыл бұрын
This was super interesting and cool !!!! Thanks
@glennferris2764
Жыл бұрын
You should have mentioned that across the street from the mission there u😢to be a well that was destroyed and buried for brogress l don’t know if it was built with the mission but it could have been
@stevenkaskus6173
4 ай бұрын
Gee, the San Diego River sounds like a southern California river
@TheAsif5182
Ай бұрын
woow. what a great place to visit . how calm the place is . wish to stay for a while and watch the imagination of old era on silver screen on mind .
@Daniel-fd3wp
Жыл бұрын
You’re right that is a really polluted river. Fish catch and release. 👍
@IndridCool54
Жыл бұрын
Very cool! Love the indigenous history! 👍🏼
@Randallsixx13
Ай бұрын
One more reason I like this state so much-politics be damned.
@mjhuskyluv3660
Жыл бұрын
What? You didn’t go to the bottom of father juniparo and go into the grove from the visitor center where there are grass huts etc?
@conniewojahn6445
Жыл бұрын
Who needs Walmart when there's acorns to be had and a nice, cool, fresh place to grind them?
@kevinsoundmixer
Жыл бұрын
Sorry, I just have to say it. That was a dam good video 😂
@harrisric128
Жыл бұрын
Lots of water down there this year. Love that place
@SidetrackAdventures
Жыл бұрын
Someone told me it said "savages" but I don't know for sure. Been trying to find an old picture of it.
@The_Grumpy_Ol_Redneck
Жыл бұрын
I was there in the spring of 2015. At that time, there was a HUGE Rattlesnake problem. If you hike there, especially in the spring, be very careful and alert for snakes and other wildlife.
@timarnold7239
5 ай бұрын
A friend camped in a quarry cave over night and came out just before sunrise to see a mountain lion sniffing around the cave opening. It bolted as soon as it saw my friend. When Santee was still largely undeveloped, plentiful deer and mountain lions migrated freely between the coast and the Lagunas.
@metaldetectingwithrocky1901
Жыл бұрын
There use to be a metal cable car that you could go back n forth over the canyon. We use to do as kids,
@deltaraven
Жыл бұрын
the water isnt deeper it is in fact higher but it is sitting on top of a large deposit of silt mud and rocks so not deeper its just a waterfall now
@conniewojahn6445
Жыл бұрын
Nice swimming hole? The fisher-people would get upset if people were in the water disturbing fish. Don't know if I'd swim there, but a little one or two person lightweight raft would be kind of fun to paddle around and investigate things in and around the water. Eating fish from that river might be healthier than eating fish from supermarkets, especially major chains whose supply is farmed fish or imported fish. I've seen videos of the dubious nature of the quality of supermarket fish, although not all is suspect. Anyway, fisher-people at the dam probably "catch and release" just for the sport. Enjoy, everyone! Great video.
@juicypoofs3530
Жыл бұрын
Nobodies eating shit from SD River, bass & carp taste like shit anyways. Catch and release always.
@rolpal619
Жыл бұрын
We keep going to that place every weekend. Love that place. Whatever happened to the native? Where they settled?
@gobbleguk
Жыл бұрын
After the independence of Mexico the Mission system was abolished and the state of the Kumeyaay in San Diego became more dispersed - eventually they became casino / reservation-based tribes
@SidetrackAdventures
Жыл бұрын
There are so many trails to explore there. As more people moved into the areas the Natives were pushed to reservations.
@jeffsadon552
Жыл бұрын
Often when you see people fishing they are doing it for the pleasure of it not for keeping and eating the fish 🐟
@kylemoss2765
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your videos and info on places i never knew existed in San Diego...❤ Maybe you could mention how walkable these sites are... I'm not getting any younger!😢
@SidetrackAdventures
Жыл бұрын
There is a small parking lot next to the dam and a lot of street parking if you are there on a non-weekend. Its very easy to get to. The trail down to the grinding rocks is maybe 1/4 - 1/2 mile from the visitor center and is a little steep but only about 300 feet long.
@mawi1172
Жыл бұрын
What's the quality of that water? I know its not potable but is it street run off or what?
@scottpearce8772
10 күн бұрын
... How did I miss this one, thanks Steve...
@koekum2142
Жыл бұрын
2:30 I wonder what words were canceled to give way for "and indians"
@TeddsPicks
Жыл бұрын
Hey Steve ... I'm not sure if you've done one of these on the El Capitan reservoir ... I really don't know the history about it but when I bought my house here in blossom valley the previous residents said they let water out back in the depression and today it's probably more full every been!
@michaelmccleary4665
7 ай бұрын
All these episodes are very good day trips, well done...
@vanessahenry7238
Жыл бұрын
San Diego River is as reliable as the Los Angelas River!
@doskraut
11 ай бұрын
Looks like someone edited and or redacted that rock, look at and Indians.
@stevenkarner6872
Жыл бұрын
This was first period skip for my crew from Chaparral High back in 1977. We would sit on the pipe that crossed down below the damn aways and burn doobies.
@timarnold7239
5 ай бұрын
We smoked our doobies. I remember that big ol' rusted pipe, though. Was that part of the old flume system? Is it still there? Haven't been out there in decades. But usually we arc'd our doobiage in that old cable car that spanned the gorge further south. Good times.
@dezertraider
Жыл бұрын
EXCELLENT STEVE..VERY COOL..SAFE TRAVELS..
@kennycraven2648
10 күн бұрын
You find the best little historic spots.
@leroyreichel8763
Жыл бұрын
Very cool! Really Dig your channel man!
@susanherman3707
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for all your videos. This probably won't buy a tank of gas, but maybe lunch!
@SidetrackAdventures
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. I really appreciate this.
@4-SeasonNature
5 ай бұрын
Nice historical information.
@YahshuaLovesMe
Жыл бұрын
read two years before the mast, by Dana.
@kurtweiand7086
Жыл бұрын
That was a Damm good episode 😁, thanks 😊!
@cindystrachan8566
Жыл бұрын
Love the great videos, the little snippets of relevant history and the maps of the area. Wish I had the money to visit all these great places, but since I can’t I’ll rely in your great content to see them. Thank you.
@SidetrackAdventures
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the kind words.
@joewenzel5142
Жыл бұрын
No tour of that visitor's center - that mini-wigwam looked interesting.
@SidetrackAdventures
Жыл бұрын
There was a school field trip in the visitor center when I was filming so I couldn't really show too much of it.
@lindagrimmett6564
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful historic place!I need to head west!
@milt6208
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Sir. As always.
@mrsdouglas
Жыл бұрын
My husband proposed to me here.
@georgemarinez7650
10 ай бұрын
Que Pasa we love ur vids Aqui en Tejas
@mikeifyouplease
Жыл бұрын
Be sure to check out the San Inez Mission and Mission Purisima. Both are amazing. Also, Solvang is adjacent to the first mission. Don't forget to go to the Solvang Restaurant and have a breakfast of Danish sausage and Æbleskivers! You can't say you've been to Solvang if you haven't eaten those!! Danish Days is the absolute best time to go! The 22 mile drive between the two missions is one of the most beautiful. You feel like you are driving through a beautiful oil painting landscape. A great place to stay is the Split Pea Inn. They have awesome morning authentic Danishes. Good prices; nice people. Next door is the Split Pea Restaurant (no connection). A lot of history there! Be sure to get the split pea soup with "All the Fixings", so worth it!
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