 We're picking up Jake Rich. Looks like he's got the camera pointed on me right now. Let's meet him real quick. The adventure begins. The adventure begins. Everybody meet Jake out. Yeah, he travels pretty light. And I would never take a bag like this, except I'm going to Melbourne for like a week of just shoot film. Oh, okay. So like, I'll leave it outside of Sydney. There, I'll give you a hand. When I get back, I'm like, pretty much on the Grove. Yeah, I feel you. By the way, we should probably figure out where we're going, vocal cords. I feel like they're so dry because we've been talking nonstop. We've just been chatting. We've just been catching up, like sharing ideas, and just talking YouTube, you know? Like, obviously to get better at doing this whole YouTube thing, but... It's fun to be reunited with another creator, that's for sure. We're doing a necessary stop. I know I told you guys I was gonna do like a diet, but when in Rome, you know, do as the Romans. So we're stopping in and out with Jake Rich. Boom. Who you guys met earlier this morning. And I feel like I'm gonna lose my voice out here in the desert. It's super dry. And we've been talking nonstop about all kinds of stuff. And actually, he's been inspiring me and teaching me some tips and tricks of the trade. So we're gonna do some cool stuff together. So... Hell yeah. It's this. Because we're gonna have this second time in and out on this trip. Yeah. Sick. If you guys don't know, this is my favorite burger, double-double, animal-style extra pickles, mustard, instead of spread. What'd you get, Jake? I think I got number two. Oh, it's all new to me, man. So I couldn't give you the rundown. It's just, I know that there's a patty on there. There's some lettuce and cheese in it. It's a burger. It's my favorite. There you go. And I went with Animal Fries, which is a pretty gutsy move there. Pretty bold. That looks delicious. So me and Jake are leaving in and out. We ran into some viewers. Hey, what's up, everybody? Tell me your names again. I'm Dominic. Dominic? I'm Danny Guterres. Cool. Good money to my mom. This is my name, Jess. Sweet. And you guys are just ripping around on the quads out in Glamis? Yeah. That's cool. Man, I gotta take you guys again on the quads because it's super fun. Is that your favorite thing to do on the weekends? Oh, yeah. Yeah. It's like, it's my first time, but I've been there about five times. My friend and like, you know, he invited us with his family. So we went out there and we had a good time. Yeah, right on. Well, high five for subscribing. Woo, nice to meet you guys. First thoughts on Salvation Mountain. Brief story on this place. Basically, this was a creation from a guy who passed away. It is designated as like a special place in California. I forget the specifics. But there's information here if you do come. But I will just let the place do the talking for itself because this is really a one of a kind place. This is the parking area of Salvation Mountain. There are multiple vehicles parked. There's a little scooter. There is a boat over there. And then the main attraction, of course, is behind it, the Salvation Mountain. Let's go have a peek. Would you tell me your name and where you live? I'm Augie Sidora. I'm a resident of Nile and been here since 1947. That's amazing. And Nile, by the way, is this whole area for anyone who didn't know? Nile, yeah. This is all 9-2-2-5-7. It stretches all the way here between here and Calipatria and goes all the way up to the county line. That's amazing. Includes Bombay Beach, the Fountain of Youth, and all the other areas. Would you tell me you knew Leonard when he was? Yeah. Yeah, he was quite a personality. So what, in your opinion, makes this place so special? This is one man's dream. He was telling me there was no religion in his life at all until after he crashed his balloon, which kind of looked like what's up here. Oh, OK. And he had a scripture written on it. And when he crashed his balloon, he ended up out here not knowing what to do. And then his vision came to him. And then he started building this thing. I know the one individual that was with me, we just took a lot of meals out to Slab City. But he's one of the priests out at Calipatria. We got a lot of meals here we want to give away. So we just did that. But Leonard got along with everybody. You look back here at these two old vehicles, those were his original vehicles back there. And one of those was put on a truck and taken back to Chicago. And I think it was one of the morning shows on national TV that he was on. And they flew him out there, and they flew him back, and they brought his truck back. That's so cool. And he would have those trucks in the parade, the Nile and Tomato Festival Parade every year until he was gone. That's fun. Yeah, he was quite a character. This place is a special place out here. So how does it work with the, there's a lot of people come in the winter time? Yes. And hang out for the winter? They'll come out here in the winter, and for example, right now, we might have less than 1,000 indigenous people out here, then called Slab City. And at one time, my sister was the postmaster in Nile. And during her time, she said the population would increase to 7,000 for the Nile area. Wow. So that's quite a bit of people that would come in. It's dropped significantly lately. I don't know why. I think it's just the economy that maybe they just can't get out here. It doesn't cost nothing to live here. You've got to be able to live off the grid. You have solar mic out there that will provide you electricity or ways to make your own electricity. And you go into town and get water or somebody will deliver it for you for a fee. And what would you say are your favorite places in the Slab City are to stop by and visit or take people to? Right here. Right here. When Leonard was still alive, California Gold, the individual that he came out here. And we sat out here and talked one time. And he says, did you know that this is the ninth most visited place in California? Wow. Ninth most visited. That's amazing. At that time. And that was probably about eight, nine years ago. Wow. That Houser just before he passed away. Wow. And the number one time, Nile and itself was the tomato capital of the world. Amazing. And Houser was telling me his statistics. He said Nile and produced approximately 80% of the tomatoes consumed in the United States during the winter crops. That was September, October, November, December, and January. Wow. And you could stand right here. And as far as you could see down below, past that canal down there, it was tomatoes. So I got the inside scoop on this place. It's very interesting how this works. I guess the local sheriff has like a special kind of unwritten rule kind of deal. Because they're kind of, I don't want to say homeless people, but some like drifter kind of people. And essentially they're squatting out here. So it's like they're out here. They're away from this town over there. And they're kind of like, as long as they have their space and they kind of keep to himself, then they don't have to come into the town. And not all of them. But some of the people do drugs out here and things like that. So they kind of just allow it to exist out here. And it just kind of works in a strange kind of way. So that was a really cool piece of information that I learned. And there are several different groups trying to buy up different parts of this. So this whole thing, Salvation Mountain, Inc., the nonprofit, they're trying to purchase this little land. And it's like the state kind of owns a property, but also it's owned by like a teacher's group. I forget I should have asked him to say it on camera. But yeah, it's cool. It's like no man's land out here. What do you think, dude? Hey man, he knew so much stuff that guy. It's cool. Dude. Man, this is like a photographer's dream. Isn't it cool? Yeah. Yeah. I've moved on to land. Yeah. Dude, just imagine if there were more places like this where you could do whatever you wanted on land that nobody really owned and you can just make whatever your heart desires. Like, wouldn't that be nuts? Like, what kind of a world? You just show up someplace and be like, this is mine. Yeah. You know, like, I'm going to make a giant painted mountain and then just do it. So if you guys are interested, coming out to Slab City, you can move here. It's 120 degrees in the summertime. What do you think, guys? Should we have more public spaces like this where just any person with any kind of creative idea can come and create and make whatever they want without owning the land? As it says, stay on the Yellowbrick Road. By the way, it's a little slippery up here. They almost fell more in sandals.