Good evening from Senator Wash Reservoir. We just got done taking a dip in the lake...
It's been a beautiful day... The clouds cleared out, warmed up nicely and the sun
is shining again! We've been here for almost well... About 10 days now! And you
probably have noticed when we go and get fresh water and dump our trash and stuff...
That there's a lot of camp set up over. There are folks that are there for the
winter.... So it's BLM land and it's called the Imperial Dam Long-term Visitors area!
And it's a very fascinating place because it's full of people, pretty much
living dirt cheap. If they don't have a payment on their Motorhome and they
live in tiny because they're living in an RV! So it's very fascinating and
people get very comfortable! But it's only 180 dollars to stay there for seven
months during the winter! That's a heck of a deal. Let's head on over!
Alright guys! We figure the wind picks up as soon as we get over here... But we have
made it to the other side of the lake which is the Imperial dam long-term
visitor area and.... There are several areas here. Like this one precisely is called
South Mesa... Generally speaking it's all the same area. Now we're staying on the
other side of the lake which is part of the Recreation Area. Which has a 14-day
max day!.... So we mentioned that you can stay here through the winter months. Specifically...
September 15 through April 15. It's $180 for that time
period. And you're able to use their dump station, trash cans and water, potable
water facilities while you're here!.... The water is not the best tasting in this
part of the world so... Odds are you're going to want to get your drinking water
from somewhere else. But it is safe to drink!
Yes. But it's nice to be able to... Right here in the campground, refill your tanks
so you can do dishes and take showers and flush the toilets.... So there's nobody here
right now....But some of you guys may have seen there's these tanks that
people dump their holding tanks into. And roll them behind their vehicle... I've even
seen somebody pulling one on a bicycle, motorcycle, golf carts and... So they dump
their tanks and wheel that right over to the dump station. And dump it over there!
So they don't have to break down camp every time their tanks get full...Same
thing for the water, you can do what we do.... Which we have three and five gallon
tanks that we bring over here and refill. But I've also seen people here with like
50 gallon drums and they fill them up. And then they must have a pump back at
their RV...That's the way they do it I think! Especially if you're going to be in an
area like this.... For the whole winter!.... Speaking of areas like this, there are... LTVAs
scattered throughout the West... A lot of
them are just small areas. But this one's a big one! And I know there's that
another big one up in Quartzsite. But no offence, you go to Quartzsite for people
not for the environment. This is hands-down awesome! I could stay here for an
extended period of time. Obviously it'd be nice to be down on the lake where
we're at in the recreation area but... You can easily drive your vehicle down to
the lake and go swimming... They have amazing views! There's mountain vistas all around...
The lake, the desert here is really pretty with the rock formations and the
plants. It's, it's just a lovely place! And... You're only about 25 minutes from Yuma
where you can go get groceries and... It's a full-service city...Gasoline...It has
everything you could need!... So we're here kind of towards the end of March and
there aren't as many people here. But you can see that they're set up to handle a
larger population. There's eight water base... Seven dumpsters and four dump
stations.... There's something that's really cool about this area is that people get
so settled in. And they get very creative with the rocks and the vegetation in the
area. They'll like make planter beds around the brushes and the ocatios. And
arrange their rocks to make a driveway. It is really cool! And I imagine there's
a great community of people out here... Alright a couple closing thoughts...
This is boondocking which means you're going to have to supply your own source
of electricity. Whether you get that electricity from a generator or solar...
Just be prepared to generate that yourself! I did see a Schwan's truck
out here doing deliveries today. I would not be surprised if propane trucks don't
come out during the peak season. When there's like thousands upon thousands of
people here... Okay! We're going to fill up our water bottles and close this video
out.... We really enjoy sharing awesome places. And this is a pretty awesome
place because you can live tiny and live cheap and have fun! Which is what life's
all about...Thanks for watching and we'll see you tomorrow