The Abandoned Roadside Relics of Route 66

0:03 welcome everyone Adam the whoo here

0:03 today number three of my adventure on

0:07 route 66 starting in Santa Monica

0:09 California and hopefully ending in

0:12 Chicago Illinois today I begin in

0:15 Seligman Arizona and heading eastwards

0:20 join me shall you judging by the outcome

0:24 of this $5 plane ride I'm gonna have to

0:27 take a pass on that one this is how far

0:30 we've gone and how far we still have to

0:35 go oh yes not too much activity early

0:41 morning but the mannequins on the roof

0:43 are in full effect hanging out up top

0:48 hanging out down below stationary

0:53 mannequins everywhere some of the way

0:56 this one looks very familiar

0:59 not this one so much but this one hey

1:02 Adam can we bring with us one could not

1:06 help but think of the Pixar movie Cars

1:08 when in this area and at no spot is the

1:11 nostalgia and history more evident than

1:14 right here in this store because this

1:18 little store also is home to a

1:21 barbershop as the story goes John

1:24 Lasseter himself got his hair cut by

1:26 this gentleman angel the mayor of route

1:30 66 and some say got the inspiration for

1:34 the movie Cars by sitting right in this

1:37 room above the front register look

1:40 closely you'll see Buzz and Woody up top

1:43 cartoon form well they are cartoons but

1:45 you know that they're drawing by

1:47 Lasseter himself another popular place

1:49 in town is the snow cap and around back

1:51 some good photo opportunities just

1:54 follow the miniature Mother Road not the

1:56 yellow brick road

1:57 but the Mother Road trust me it's a

2:01 humdinger park at your own risk

2:03 trust me they're watching you they're

2:06 watching you except for these two

2:08 they're not staring at me in fact

2:10 they're not even looking at each other

2:11 looking complete polar opposite

2:13 directions like they must be feuding

2:16 arriving now in ash fork the flagstone

2:21 capital of the world

2:23 vehicle perched on top of that hair

2:25 salon ultimate parking spot the Yanks

2:28 are coming kiss your butt goodbye huh

2:36 it's like stepping back in time looking

2:39 at this old school Dairy Queen they

2:42 don't make them like this too much

2:43 anymore the last town bypassed by

2:46 interstate 40 Williams Arizona the main

2:49 drag has plenty of gift shops diners and

2:52 old neon can no longer fill up for gas

2:56 but you can buy some souvenirs here down

2:58 this corridor is the world's largest

3:01 shield sign oh I see it back there just

3:05 follow the burma-shave advertisements

3:18 while there are no magnets on these

3:18 fenders there's definitely a plethora of

3:20 them on this one wild west junction

3:24 looks like a quaint little quiet

3:27 community they do have a sheriff's

3:29 office we don't allow rebels in this

3:36 town you cause trouble I'm gonna put you

3:39 in here with the rest of the criminals

3:41 be on the lookout for Bill Doolin if you

3:44 find them at $5,000 coming you're a

3:47 trained car that's been converted into

3:49 it looks to be oh yeah a makeshift

3:53 bridge you can walk across this dry

3:57 riverbed for whatever reason it's not

4:00 open tonight but there

4:01 zip line you can zipline across a

4:04 parking lot in an old classic car at the

4:08 red garter seems to be a woman waving us

4:13 in with her accessory there she has like

4:15 a little scarf around her neck she's

4:17 waving us waving us over t-shirt states

4:19 that good girls are soon forgotten

4:22 here in Williams so that's that's called

4:24 a boa jacob reminded me that's a boa not

4:27 a scarf inside is a little diner Oh

4:34 check out that shirt this might be a

4:34 seat it might actually be a chair carve

4:37 this old man has been carved out of a

4:40 tree you can sit in his lap and sit in

4:43 his hands

4:44 cute couple in there oh you guys want

4:46 your bro sorry they want they want their

4:48 privacy I didn't realize they were they

4:50 were parking that makes you feel like a

4:59 man right and bear made it to Flagstaff

5:04 I'm gonna step inside the Visitor Center

5:08 circa 1920s mural just above a miniature

5:12 train track that passes the miniature

5:16 tab doesn't appear as if the Train is

5:18 moving though it's it's sitting stagnant

5:20 nice assortment of oven mitts bandanas

5:23 pot holders and I don't know this does

5:27 might look good good on me 15 cents a

5:30 gallon this is a memento of back when

5:33 fuel was slightly less expensive

5:36 something called jumping cactus and it's

5:39 candy I guess you're supposed to eat

5:42 this you know how much I love murals but

5:44 you may not know how much I love

5:48 Jackalopes

5:49 I never knew the Beatles crossed route

5:52 66 news to me and we should be visiting

5:58 twin arrows a little bit later today

6:00 this is a foreshadowing as mentioned a

6:03 moment ago there they are twin arrows

6:05 still standing strong the gas station

6:09 next door has been abandoned

6:12 pretty much for years

6:23 floors not structurally sound nor is the

6:23 roof seemed better days

6:26 that's for sure no burgers being sold at

6:30 this diner not for quite some time but

6:33 nonetheless still a fantastic piece of

6:36 roadside americana

6:38 incredibly windy out here in the desert

6:40 but that's not gonna stop me from seeing

6:44 the relics of an old zoo mountain lions

6:48 even some of the cages are still left to

6:51 rot out here probably not safe to be

6:54 sitting in here structural stability not

6:59 this thing's most finest asset the

7:02 bridge over Diablo Canyon here in two

7:05 guns was one of the few that was used as

7:08 an inspiration for some of the ones in

7:11 the movie Cars this looks inviting an

7:18 open door leading into an area in a

7:21 closed area now I have been out here on

7:23 this premises before this is the first

7:27 time that I discovered right down there

7:30 the Apache death in order in order to

7:37 get down to it you have to brave this

7:40 rocky terrain followed by going downward

7:47 down this rickety Indiana Jones Temple

7:53 of Doom type type of bridge I don't know

7:57 about this I'm having second thoughts

7:59 I'm having second thoughts what do you

8:03 think

8:11 okay I'm bailing more I think about it

8:11 it might have been a sign because it's a

8:13 little bit of dark history with what's

8:15 down there might be bad mojo to set foot

8:18 so could be a sign that and the thought

8:21 of hurting myself and getting stuck down

8:22 in that pit not here at the meteor city

8:27 Trading Post there is a partial fence

8:31 this wooden fence used to stretch way

8:35 down this way but it fell over years ago

8:38 and now they've replaced it with a

8:41 chain-link barbed wire one the reason I

8:44 bring it up is it used to be the

8:45 self-proclaimed longest fence that had a

8:48 painting of route 66 on it but it's no

8:51 longer there it's been erased from

8:53 existence even though it's now closed

8:56 and boarded up I will always be reminded

8:58 of the 1984 movie star man filmed right

9:02 inside that gift shop there are however

9:04 a couple of other structures that are

9:07 accessible back here it's a little

9:11 kitchen area and over here they used to

9:14 have different things for sale when the

9:16 tourists would come by

9:33 don't really know what's around this

9:33 corner hello hello this was obviously

9:41 where the caretaker of the property

9:44 lived oh look at that guy he's stand-in

9:46 on the corner in Winslow Arizona taking

9:50 it easy he was taking it easy if you're

9:56 looking for one of the iconic staples of

9:59 Mother Road here it is the jackrabbit

10:13 trading even though there's plenty of

10:18 things for sale don't even think about

10:21 trying to purchase anything on the top

10:24 shelf a nice assortment of magnets I

10:28 think I'm leaning towards purchasing

10:32 this one back here appears to be a

10:36 little museum yeah got some artifacts

10:39 lobs big boy up there looking stylish

10:42 he's not holding the hamburger usually

10:44 he has a hamburger in his hand some

10:46 fanart photos of a simpler time and

10:51 sweet trucker hat look at that thing

10:54 coca-cola

10:55 no longer comes in a tub of that

10:57 magnitude but that could knock out your

10:59 thirst with a quickness certain sections

11:03 you get to have the opportunity like

11:04 we're about to have left hand side is

11:07 the freeway right hand side is a train

11:11 passing by we're going right down the

11:14 middle

11:15 geronimo Trading Post states that this

11:17 is the largest petrified tree in the

11:21 world

11:23 I think it's cut into three different

11:24 sections however but imagine if that was

11:26 all one piece towering high completely

11:30 petrified solid rock imagine trying to

11:35 move that thing as the day slowly gets

11:37 away from us it's time to eat at the

11:40 Butterfield steak house oh yes some

11:45 restaurants knock your socks off this

11:48 place makes you remove your pants to

11:51 gain entry you must make your way

11:53 through the middle of a stagecoach like

11:59 the vibe of this place some Longhorns on

12:02 top of each of the booths you hungry I

12:05 will be opting for this amazing looking

12:08 salad bar plenty of information to get

12:11 caught up on why you eat this placards

12:13 all about Jesse James and his family

12:15 this is what we're dealing with I got a

12:17 little ranch dressing on top of the

12:19 lettuce and you went full steak meat

12:22 overload that's gonna do it for today if

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The Abandoned Roadside Relics of Route 66

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