TDW 1450 - Walt's Barn in Griffith Park

0:09 Welcome everyone. Adam the Woo here. I

0:09 am 99.36942%

0:19 positive that I am getting rid of

0:19 the Christmas tree today. It's so hard

0:23 to say goodbye

0:26 to the Christmas

0:28 tree.

0:37 It's my second channel, daily vlog

0:37 channel. It's going to be a fun full

0:40 day. It's a daily woo.

0:54 Still only drinking water. And when I

0:54 say I'm only drinking water, I know

0:56 there are technicalities involved in

0:58 that. People were leaving comments the

1:00 other day about, "Well, you ate faux, so

1:04 you drank the broth, so technically

1:07 you're not drinking water." And I guess

1:09 that's true to a degree. And then

1:10 someone else left a comment, "Well, you

1:12 ate ice cream, you're technically

1:14 drinking milk." But the same could be

1:16 said for if I eat Chinese food and I use

1:19 soy sauce, I'm drinking soy sauce.

1:23 There's a lot of different variables.

1:25 And I, you know, there are different

1:27 types of people in the world. There are

1:29 the glass half full people and the glass

1:32 half empty. And the glass half empty

1:34 people will always look for something to

1:37 nitpick. But I've only been drinking

1:39 water. I've not had soda. I've not drank

1:41 a cup of milk. I have not had tea or

1:44 juice or anything like that. Granted,

1:46 I've eaten fruit and there is juice in

1:49 fruit. And if you eat a stick of celery,

1:53 if you put it through a juicer, it

1:55 becomes a beverage. So, yes, there are

1:58 exceptions to this. Going up to Burbank

2:00 today.

2:02 Going to Walt's Barn, which used to be

2:05 on his property in the greater Los

2:07 Angeles area, and it still is in that

2:09 area, but they've moved it from his

2:11 homestead over to Griffith Park, and

2:14 it's only open one day normally. I think

2:16 during the summer hours, it's open two

2:17 days a month. But this is the last day I

2:19 will be able to visit Walt's Barn before

2:22 I depart California. And I don't think

2:25 I've ever vlogged this. This has never

2:26 been the topic of a vlog. So that's

2:28 where we're going.

3:00 So there's the barn when it was on his

3:00 property. I believe the property was

3:02 located in Homely Hills, which is kind

3:04 of over near Bell Air, but that was it.

3:08 And now it has moved here. Walt Disney

3:11 used this telephone to communicate

3:13 between the barn and the main house.

3:15 this old school telephone. Just think,

3:18 Walt Disney spoke right into that and

3:21 listened through this little earpiece

3:24 right here.

3:37 And Walt's barn here in Griffith Park

3:37 was based on his memory of the barn he

3:40 spent a lot of his childhood years

3:43 hanging out in in Marceline, Missouri.

3:46 And there's Marceline, which was also

3:49 one of the inspirations for the original

3:51 Main Street USA. I've been there. And

3:54 I've been to the recreation of Walt's

3:56 barn in Marceline. And now I'm in Walt's

4:00 Wheel Barn in Griffith Park.

4:04 The circle is complete.

4:12 Check this out. Walt Disney himself

4:12 built this little coat rack where he

4:14 hung his overalls. This was an old

4:17 broomstick that he cut off. He cut it

4:20 off so it would fit in this hole. Walt

4:24 built this himself.

4:27 That's awesome.

4:35 This workbench, like all the others in

4:35 this barn, were handbuilt by Walt

4:38 Disney. He built this right there.

4:43 Think about it. Walt Disney himself

4:46 built this bench.

4:55 And this is one of the original train

4:55 cars from Disneyland right here. Just

4:58 sitting here in Griffith Park, the 101.

5:01 And look inside this. Look here.

5:16 That'd be great.

5:16 I don't think there's any small trees

5:17 running. So, this might look familiar

5:19 because this looks to most people looks

5:22 familiar as very similar to the train

5:24 station that's at Disneyland where the

5:26 Morse code is typed. And they have like

5:29 a miniature version here.

5:32 And look at this

5:34 out of Ollie's front yard. Oh, that was

5:36 in Ali's front yard. Yeah. He um had

5:39 track running all around his property

5:41 there walking out of Flint Ridge and he

5:44 donated his track and this little uh

5:46 train depot to us out here at Carolwood

5:49 and uh in the front um where a walkway

5:52 and the driveway was. He cast the track

5:56 into the concrete and that's part of the

5:58 track. So that's part of the track and

6:00 he signed that right there.

6:03 Wow.

6:10 He even had the light on. It almost

6:10 reminds me of Walt's apartment at

6:12 Disneyland. It is incredibly hot out

6:14 here today and I'm from Florida and I'm

6:16 used to the heat. This is the hottest

6:18 day in California in a long time.

6:24 Get a couple of these. I think I might

6:24 get all three of those postcards as well

6:27 and the waters. People have been leaving

6:29 little notes on the dust on the side of

6:32 my van. Someone wrote, "Love your vids.

6:36 Thanks. And then over here, someone

6:39 wrote thank you. And then someone simply

6:42 wrote Adam on the back window. I

6:45 probably need to wash this thing at some

6:47 point sometime soon. I got myself a

6:50 little momento. I'm going to stick it

6:52 right up here so that I always remember

6:57 always remember Walt's barn. Oh, by the

7:00 way, I forgot to show this in the meetup

7:01 video yesterday. Somebody gave me the

7:04 Star Wars figure. He's wearing out of

7:06 the Woo glasses. Join me, shall you?

7:10 Wait, is that how he talks? I don't even

7:12 know how this guy talks.

7:24 And just down the road from Walt's Barn

7:24 is the Travel Town Museum.

7:31 Do you think the majority of alcoholic

7:31 beverages that are snuck into Griffith

7:34 Park look like martini glasses?

7:38 I don't know if there's a lot of people

7:39 drinking martinis

7:41 here. I could be wrong, though. The

7:43 Pacific Electric was one of the largest

7:45 and most varied inter urban railways in

7:48 North America, the Rio Vista. And right

7:50 there is one of the stations. I'm going

7:53 to go up inside the train right now. I'm

7:55 going in here.

7:57 Holy cow. Look at this. Whoa.

8:09 All the gears and knobs to make this

8:09 work.

8:25 Holy cow. This is awesome. I didn't know

8:25 you could come up inside here.

8:41 Now, I don't know about you, but I find

8:41 this stuff super interesting. Am I the

8:44 only one? The San Francisco Municipal

8:46 Railway. Just as it had a subway long

8:49 ago, it also had a railway. And this is

8:54 one of the old railway cars.

8:59 Imagine people sitting right here.

9:03 And now it's just sitting here baking

9:06 and cracking and crumbling underneath

9:08 this very hot California sunny day.

9:17 I know this one is not operational, but

9:17 I have never ridden an active cable car.

9:20 I want to go to San Francisco sometime

9:21 in the future and ride and vlog from a

9:24 cable car just like in the movies. I

9:26 want to chase it down and jump on it

9:28 even though I don't think that's allowed

9:29 anymore. But it never hurts to ask.

9:38 This was an old circus car transporting

9:38 animals to and fro from circus to

9:41 circus. And I wonder what animal this

9:45 was being used to transport. Any idea

9:49 what was being transported in here?

10:06 This is super cool. This old Carnation

10:06 milk truck.

10:08 Look at this relic. And even more

10:11 thrilling than that is the fact that

10:12 there is a huge fan right here because

10:14 it is incredibly hot today.

10:18 I'm going to pull a Tommy boy. I am your

10:22 father.

10:24 It works.

10:38 It feels much better in here because

10:38 there is a huge roof over us. I love

10:42 California weather, don't get me wrong.

10:43 California has the most majestic weather

10:46 ever. Today, however, my philosophy on

10:50 perfect California weather is out the

10:52 window. It is stinking hot. Look inside

10:55 these old rail cars at the seats.

10:59 Look at the old wooden seats there.

11:02 That's old school.

11:05 So much history right here among these

11:07 trains. And what was this used for?

11:27 There's more trains out here than you

11:27 can shake a proverbial stick at. If you

11:30 had a stick, I hope it's proverbial

11:31 because you could injure someone if it

11:33 was a real stick. And the best thing

11:34 about this place, it's free admission.

11:37 So, if you're ever in Los Angeles, stop

11:38 off here. Check it out.

11:53 That's an interesting vehicle.

11:54 Blinged out

11:56 beyond belief.

12:04 Do you ever look at stickers on the back

12:04 of signs? Sometimes I'll just stare at

12:07 them and wonder what they are. Like what

12:09 does beast getum mean? And here's a

12:12 couple more. Roar. R O backwards R.

12:21 Hello Subway. That used to be a Taco

12:21 Bell. I'm going to miss this place when

12:23 I leave. And this little taco place next

12:25 to it is always in full party mode.

12:27 Always in full party mode.

12:47 I got to be honest. I'm starting to get

12:47 really stressed out about leaving

12:50 Southern California. And it's not the

12:52 moving away. It's not the going that is

12:54 stressing me out. It's just how much

12:57 stuff I still need to do before I leave.

13:00 In just about a week from right now, I

13:02 will be departing California. And my

13:06 mind feels like it's going to explode.

13:08 My head is spinning around so much

13:12 because I have so much left. I still

13:14 need to do to get ready to leave the

13:16 homestead. Things I need to get rid of,

13:19 things I need to take to Goodwill, food

13:21 that I need to take to take to the food

13:22 pantry, canned goods, and stuff like

13:24 that. some stuff I need to throw away as

13:26 well as things I need to film and vlog

13:29 and document people I need to hang out

13:31 with and see who have all these ideas

13:34 and saying, "I don't see enough of you.

13:35 I want to see you before you leave." I'm

13:38 trying to get all of that

13:40 done and handled before I leave. And

13:42 it's just really it's really starting to

13:45 weigh on my shoulders and stress me out

13:46 a lot. And I have to remind myself that

13:49 I will be back many, many, many times

13:53 over the next now until the end of my

13:55 future, whatever that is. I will be able

13:57 to come back out here. And

14:00 it's very difficult. I will tell you

14:02 this. I've mentioned this in the past.

14:03 It's very difficult living down in

14:05 Orange County near Disneyland in Anaheim

14:08 and being able to get to Los Angeles to

14:11 film all the stuff I've wanted to film

14:13 that I only pretty much hit the tip of

14:16 the iceberg on over the last year and a

14:19 half of me being here. And the reason is

14:21 it takes so long to commute from Anaheim

14:25 up to Los Angeles and then heaven forbid

14:29 past Los Angeles would take you forever

14:32 to get there. But mind me not having a

14:35 place I will be able to go wherever. And

14:37 here's what I'm thinking. When I come

14:39 back in the future, instead of me

14:41 staying in Orange County for two weeks

14:43 or whatever or a week, I will just stay

14:45 down here maybe a day or two. Go to

14:48 Disneyland. go to Disney California

14:50 Adventure and that's it. Then I will go

14:52 to Los Angeles. I will stay in Hollywood

14:54 for a week or two weeks and I can focus

14:57 on all the stuff that I've wanted to do.

15:00 Even though I did a lot of stuff,

15:01 there's so much more I wanted to do up

15:03 in Los Angeles and up in Hollywood and I

15:06 will be there and I will probably get

15:08 more accomplished by visiting here than

15:11 I did the whole time I lived there.

15:12 Think about that. So, just wanted to

15:15 give you a piece of my mind and tell you

15:18 how much stress I have right now that is

15:21 going to be alleviated when I leave. And

15:24 outside right now, I can hear the

15:26 fireworks from Disneyland. You can hear

15:29 them going off outside. So, I'll try to

15:32 fly the drone up and get a shot of the

15:34 grand finale of the Disneyland fireworks

15:38 from the majestic drone off in the

15:41 horizon from about 5 miles from the

15:44 Disneyland Resort. There they are. The

15:48 grand finale fireworks from Disneyland.

15:51 That's how close I lived to the

15:54 Disneyland Park. Only one more week and

15:57 then it's time to say goodbye. All

16:00 right, everyone. Vlog over.

TDW 1450 - Walt's Barn in Griffith Park

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