It Begins ! The Start of Route 66 Road Trip
For the first time in my life I am attempting to complete all of Route 66 in its entirety . Starting at the Santa Monica pier and ending in downtown Chicago Illinois . This is day one of the adventure .
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done did it dun-dun-dun gah
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welcome everyone Adam 1/8 whoo here
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coming to you from a very foggy Santa
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Monica California the farthest westward
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point of an endeavor that's about to
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begin today starting from this very pier
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a journey that stretches nearly 2,500
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miles yes my friends I'm talking about
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route 66 over the next couple weeks I
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will be taking this very marked path all
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the way to Chicago Illinois an adventure
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of epic proportions
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getting some kicks on the horizon about
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to have some fun venturing through
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California Arizona New Mexico Texas
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Oklahoma Kansas Missouri and finally
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Illinois this will be the first time in
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my life that I've gone completely from
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point A to point B a bucket list if you
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will and what better in that situation
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than to bring along a friend hey Adam
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can I come too
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absolutely join me shall you what better
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way to begin than by riding this the
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ferris wheel the view from up here is
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pretty amazing
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slightly breathtaking but also
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moderately moderately terrifying even
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though for all technical purposes the
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signage states this is the end of the
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route and Chicago is the start we're
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gonna be seeing the same things and the
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mileage the distance is exactly the same
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so just go with it
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do this as we make our way out of Los
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Angeles heading over the historic
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Colorado Street bridge now in Rialto
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California home of the wigwam motel have
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you slept in a tepee lately have you you
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can unpack your bags and take a load off
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right here inside a wigwam now it is a
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little too early in the journey to
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settle down for 40 winks but it seemed
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appropriate to stop off and at least see
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these epic structures an assortment of
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merchandise inside the office and
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makeshift
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gift shop including some pretty cool
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t-shirts and photos of how they looked
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back when they were being built nice
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artistic rendering of this historic
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location and if you feel so inclined you
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can purchase one a smaller version
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obviously you can't sleep in there for
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$40 a pit-stop worthy of a thumbs up a
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big thumbs up cruising right along made
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it to San Bernardino and by following
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this red line takes us to this gigantic
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wall mural of the path we will be taking
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currently right where the star is we did
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a little thing where I was pretending to
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drive the car I don't think it resonates
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on the video very well though I think I
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thought it was amazing
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there was stop staring at me he's just
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got the creeper peepers at the site of
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the original McDonald's is another
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fantastic mural very detailed indeed
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starting at the pier and making its way
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through Southern California into the
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desert there's those wigwams and just
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down the road that's what used to sit on
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this spot and this is what resides here
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now continuing on just a bit down the
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Main Street of America about to check
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out the route 66 California Museum in
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Victorville let's go inside and check it
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check it out check it out upon entry
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there's a VW Bug just waitin for a photo
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op equipped with prop glasses and wigs
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some signage from the former roadside
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attraction hula Ville including hula
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girl herself right there welcoming
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wayward travelers inside this wooden
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outhouse was the home of stink foot red
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if you want to see inside you got a drop
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a nickel in before you go whoo kind of
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smells in there unlike a lot of other
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museums of this place lets you sit
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inside the artifacts for real so so
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right there you may sit in the
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attractions this neck of the woods was
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home to the king of the Cowboys Roy
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Rogers and his old pal trigger who's
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shown on that cool-looking knife right
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there to the left
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nice miniature version of the museum I'm
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standing in the bird's eye it's a bird's
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eye view of the scale-model a
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Victorville is it is still legit if you
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go in Reverse I think it's the best way
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to go
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so we're doing it the correct way I
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would say that one of the best ways to
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actually do it is experience Los Angeles
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see the beach leave town
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come up to the desert and spend some
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time here then start heading into the
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other part of the Southwest continuing
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on making our way towards Barstow but
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not before going over this sweet old
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school bridge slow down it's the bottle
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tree ranch heck yeah
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the gates are open come on an incredible
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amount of metal poles with glass bottles
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protruding out of the branches it's like
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a maze a labyrinth of colors a
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cornucopia of creativity here in the
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desert plenty to look at whoa are those
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deines no those are those human this
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human bones wind that's quite a bit of
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ambiance turning the propellers on the
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windmill but also swaying each one of
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these trees what happens during a
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tornado what happens during a tornado
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think you mean dust devil I think you
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mean dust down
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be proud looks as though someone set out
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on a three-hour tour a three-hour tour
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as much as I enjoy hanging out it's time
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to be moving along coming up on an
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emblem that has been spray-painted oh
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yes an emblem that's been spray-painted
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in the road it's happening it's actually
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welcome to Barstow home of the Stardust
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end Wow look at that cool old sign how
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often do you see a Mickey D's located
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inside train cars well you can at
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Barstow Station in fact three train cars
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go in its all turn out while your money
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major destiny wisely my friend by
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purchasing more instruction from the
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grave Silva
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someone over my shoulder isn't this
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section of pavement has definitely seen
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better days arriving now to Newberry
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springs home to the one and only Baghdad
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very dark in this back room but they
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have a poster from the movie that shares
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the same name from a film starring Jack
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Palance but for me this will be one of
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the locations of one of my favorite
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episodes of Huell Howser 's California
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Gold I think it's safe to say he'd still
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say this place is amazing
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tucked away down this back hallway not
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only are the restrooms but a plethora of
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signatures of travelers who have
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inscribed their names all along the
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walls every inch completely covered I'm
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gonna make my mark right here for
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posterity
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nailed it looks pretty good here scrub
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it a little sign right
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he's also signing his name undermine
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local mascot of the Bagdad cafe just a
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stone's throw away is the foundation of
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the motel from the film it's been
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bulldoze butts at least the old neon
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side still remains
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it's not your everyday normal
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convenience store this one also has
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aquariums with cute little fishies
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that's gonna do it from day number one
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route 66 myself and Jacob the
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carpetbagger who is so kindly holding my
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camera and the light to illuminate this
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very dark night has fallen if you'd like
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to get yourself a sweet t-shirt Adam the
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Wootton Spreadshirt calm any size any
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shape any color any design just shipped
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directly to your door
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also patreon out of the loop you want to
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help fuel the whoo but gas in vehicles
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hotel rooms helps keep the show on the
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road I'll put links in the description
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down below I will see you in the next
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video vlog