Abandoned Mountain Top Missile Site - OPEN To Public / LA96C
A visit to Los Angeles NIKE Missile Site LA96C no longer in operation . Best part is it's now available for the public to see .
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today's adventure brings us up to the
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top of a mountain on an unpaved portion
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of Mulholland
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Drive and the views from up here aren't
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too
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shabby still have a ways to go however
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till I reach the
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top you can see it in
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view right
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there that's where I'm heading welcome
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everyone Adam the woo here to San
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Vincent Mountain Park to an old missile
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site that was built during the Cold War
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era sits abandoned but I use that word
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very Loosely because it is open to the
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public anyone can hike up here and just
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look around and that's what I'm going to
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do today we're going to dive into a
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little bizarre history in the mountains
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near Los Angeles join me sh you you can
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also opt to drive up here but be aware
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that the roads are closed nightly from
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Sunset to 8:00 a.m. so if you
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do bring a vehicle up this path don't
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show up till at least 8:00
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a.m. daylight hours and once you reach
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the top you will see other access roads
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that have Gates that are always locked
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they are not accessible by motorcycles
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motor scooters or other Motor Vehicles
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are prohibited however there are walking
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and hiking trails designated around the
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side of the stanions so you can go that
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way or if you're daring maybe
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even down this weird pathway that's now
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grown over with foliage our first
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Glimpse there it
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is the tower off in the distance and
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here to the left the old guard
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shack is still on site La 96
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C formerly a Nike missile control site
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US Army from 1956 to
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1968 currently the San Vincent Mountain
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Park gateway to the big wild restricted
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entry but only for vehicles everyone
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else is welcome one of 16 Nike missile
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sites that protected LA from a feared
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attack by Soviet bombers however new
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military techn ology made those Nike
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missiles Obsolete and the site has been
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made into a Park Nature is reclaiming
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the military ruins you know how when you
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come to a railroad crossing there are
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those items that come down to block the
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road well I think don't quote me on this
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this piece of Machinery was similar to
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that parts of it on either side which
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lowered and raised that's my best guess
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that that the guard stood in here and
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there was obviously some sort of
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electrical equipment mounted
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there and on the side of that concrete
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wall that
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operated that and the bars would come
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down stopping anyone that tried to get
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in right through here manned around the
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clock to prevent entry of anyone not
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allowed on Military business today it
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has been partially restored the feeling
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of the site as a heavily secured and
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harsh military Outpost
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proceed with caution there are quite a
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few
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remnants like this
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a few other rules to follow up here no
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defacing or destroying property no
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alcoholic beverages no firearms and one
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step further do not bring a bow and
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arrow those are not permitted kind of
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surprised to see some operating
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facilities up here there's a bathroom
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complex and a water
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fountain today however don't want to get
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too close to the water fountain there is
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an
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infestation of
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bees can you see all those bees oh want
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triy to get on my
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hand listen you can hear him
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swarming oh my gosh okay that's that's
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too close no longer any orders or
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notices posted on the board but I did
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notice this dog Bowl 13 great
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years that's
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Bosco's dog bowl that hawk flying around
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the soldiers lived
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inside this fenced area and I know that
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because it is written
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here on this information board these are
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some of some of the animals that used to
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be seen very prominently around here the
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mountain lion the Bobcat the gray fox
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the Cotton Tail rabbit the raccoon and
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the mule deer Wildlife is not as
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abundant today because of urbanization
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however public agencies are working
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together to
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conserve 200,000 acres and here's a map
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a layout of the land
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currently I'm right there it's a small
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plane I really like all the
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information placards they have up pretty
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good overview of the entire area the
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first thing when I ENT entered was the
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century post but there's also a radar
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Tower a radar
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pad control trailers a generator some
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water tanks some
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barracks and the latrine which is the
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bathroom has been replaced with a modern
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restroom don't get any bright ideas to
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climb to the top of the water towers
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they are one step ahead of us by placing
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a chunk of metal over the ladder making
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it extremely difficult and dangerous
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you'd probably need a tetanus shot if
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you attempted it do not be too
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disappointed because we are allowed to
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go up
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there in fact there is a very convenient
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walkway with stairs how the system
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worked number one radar would detect
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enemy airplane followed by sending a
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location to a computer the computer
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would activate missile guidance radar
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the missile would be launched missile
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booster would fall off radar would guide
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missiles to enemy airplane and a
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warhead would detonate destroying
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airplanes before it could bomb Los
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Angeles holy
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cow know your job no need for a stair
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master all you need is a an old
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abandoned military base get your
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exercise it's a good workout 1950 ft
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above sea level it's 15 Mi to downtown
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and about 10 miles to Venice Beach after
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Crossing that little metal bridge and
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ascending these stairs we've officially
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reached the
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top give a little 360 view here a
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meander around the
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top of the
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platform you can just see the
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vastness of what can be seen from up
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here
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pretty cool You Can See For Miles up
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here it's a little hazy and smoggy today
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but not too terribly bad you can see way
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off in the
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distance I always wonder about places
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like this how many people that live down
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there have no idea that it
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exists just above their heads certain
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portions are heavily razor wired off
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they do not want you scaling these
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fences but you can peek in and just see
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what's down there there are some former
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Foundations at the bottom of the hill
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that is also off limits as
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well jumping that fence would not be
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wise I'm not recommending it we are not
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granted access to down below that grate
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you can see there's some pipes leading
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down into the some sort of underground
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bunker below US soldiers were on a
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15minute Alert in case of attack if an
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enemy airplane had been located where I
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am now standing computers would have
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activated the missiles 4.5 miles away
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for security reason the soldiers knew
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only what their assigned jobs were no
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one knew exactly
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how the full system worked down below
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the bottom of the hill now at what I
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stated was a bunker in reality it's
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something that is currently still
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used modern day you can see the door
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there and you can hear you know some
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engines and
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things shifting and roaring around out
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in there all the bells and whistles to
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keep that going from down here you can
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also get a much better view of this
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Relic
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now this is old school and is not
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currently
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operational but look at that it's a
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piece of History right
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there now covered in Weeds and makeshift
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flowers modern day look
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2018 but there is a photo taking us back
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to
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1961 and there's that same embankment
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that same
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Hill right there if you want to look up
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on satellite view the physical
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address is placed right there painted on
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the side of that electrical box it's
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funny cuz when you think of mulholand
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drive you don't think of the road
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looking like this they collected plants
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and created a small garden a tender and
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hopeful symbol during the Cold War the
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cactus garden quite a bit of cacti Still
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Remains going down the side of the
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embankment
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there it is there's even there's even
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some way down there and almost like a
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beacon of
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light popping out of the top is a desert
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flower right there a beautiful
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flower
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amongst all
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this to the bottom left of the screen
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you will see a structure that looks like
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a house I believe a park ranger or
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someone who watches the property lives
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there but that's the original location
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of the barracks the barracks have been
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removed and now there's a home
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hello I'm yelling at a slightly light
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moderate level I don't want to yell too
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loud cuz I might set off this this
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earthquake equipment seismic
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monitoring in
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progress looks like an alien or some
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sort of
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robot from a sci-fi movie do you have a
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keen enough
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eye to see the skyscrapers over the hill
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in the
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haze it's tough to see it I'm Zoom way
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in you can barely see them there very
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peaceful up here
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very Serene it's amazing how you don't
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have to go too far outside the
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Metropolis of
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downtown to just get away from it
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it lets me know you care I will also be
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posting a link to a video by fellow
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YouTubers odity Odyssey who did a very
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detailed video on the subject matter of
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this place I really enjoyed it and it
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prompted me to come out here and check
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it out so after you get done watching my
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