Dang Adam, I'm a misplaced Texan presently living in east Tennessee, you're making me homesick. I am from Amarillo, I haven't seen the horizon in over 5 years to many trees and hills here. The Texas Panhandle, so flat and open you can watch your dog or your woman run away for 3 days.
Totally get it, but from the opposite end of the stick: I live in the Yucatan (it's completely flat here), and I used to be homesick for the trees and hills of western Washington...still, it's hard to beat the wide open land and sky of northern Texas.
The tire mounds are actually covering cattle feed. There was probably a feedlot or dairy nearby and they cover the feed with tarps to protect it from the weather and put tires over the tarps to keep them in place when the wind blows.
I spent several years living with my grandparents on their farm outside Dalhart. The Panhandle South Plains have an austere sort of charm. The farm houses are typically surrounded by trees, often the only trees you will see, making them stand out like like atolls in a vast, empty ocean.
That very beautiful old home in Channing was the old XIT ranch headquarters. XIT stood for 10 counties in Texas. It was sold to a group of investors in England in the 1880's to finance the construction of the state capital. The ranch was 1 million plus acres. The last of the acreage of that old ranch sold in the 1970's. That ranch was quite a legend in Texas.
Those small towns in the Texas panhandle is exactly where I spent my time in the late sixties. Those abandoned restaurants and “Ol Tex” were viable back then. There were many places though that had been abandoned many many years earlier. Farm houses, buildings, and barns dilapidated from long ago, perhaps as a result of the Dust Bowl and economic depression of the thirties. Passing by those abandoned structures makes you wonder what dreams and goals had been destroyed by unforeseen catastrophes. Recall too that the early seventies brought about the gasoline shortages and prices of fuel going beyond a dollar per gallon. Most pumps, in those days, could not be set beyond ninety nine cents per gallon. The Interstates too had not yet been completed and many small towns suffered permanent economic damage from the traffic being diverted around or away from those towns when the Interstate was established. Railroads too had switched from steam to diesel resulting in towns being abandoned by the railroad personnel that serviced steam engines and crews. People who live in those towns today likely had lived there all their life. Likely they had farmland or other endeavors that supported their lifestyle and the changes imposed were not a threat to them as they chose to stay. Still, it’s disheartening to see abandoned homes and buildings wondering what had caused their demise. Near or around Dalhart Texas and all the land plowed up during the late twenties was the central location of the beginning of the Dust Bowl. Land that had been stabilized by the natural vegetation had been disturbed by plows and laid the resulting bare ground open to erosion. The winds easily picked up the top soil creating massive dust storms that devastated farms and towns. Those dust storms began as drought enveloped the area in 1930 and lasted ten years with no relief until 1936 up to 1940. I watched many a movie in that Perryton Tx movie theater too, during the late sixties.
The real Old Tex is located at the Cowboy Cafe on US Hwy 60 in Canyon just south of Amarillo. This Old Tex is much taller and larger than featured here in the little town the creator of this video traveled on US Hwy. 54 on his way to Stratford. The Big Tex in Canyon has been a landmark in the centra part of thel Texas Panhandle for many. The cafe may be closed but Big Tex remains. Several years ago a number of people volunteered their time to to needed to perform some restoration work to preserve this iconic statue made of metal many years ago.
These videos are A+++, Adam. Backroads' abandoned, Americana, I find so absolutely fascinating. Thank you, so very much for sharing these videos with us. AWESOME 👏☀️🤠🌵
Compared to Urban. There is more stress farming to produce feed, milk, pork, and beef. Agriculture has more technology than you know. That is why people move to have the easy city life.
And they call the Dallas area North Texas lol! Thanks so much for sharing the trip. The Texas panhandle has so much history. Grew up in Amarillo. I worked in all these little towns in the early 90s for a utility company, really enjoyed meeting the people there. You got a treat being out in the evening to see the sunset. Those panhandle sunsets can show off some beautiful colors on those calm cloudless fall nights.
Dear Adamthewoo, I am loving these beautiful backroads videos it shows us it's not all about the shiny big cities of America that counts it's the smallest and most amazing things that makes American my father used to say :" Denise a road lined with gold is beautiful in its own right but a road with bumps and hills might be hard to handle but it's those roads that builds character and life long memories plus strength "
Adam, I want to thank you for your trip through the Texas Panhandle. My wife and I met for the first time in the fifth grade in Spearman. That was the town with all the windmills. We finished high school there and married after one year in college. That was 52 years ago. It has been awhile since we have seen Spearman and it was a great surprise to see it on your channel. Good luck on your future endeavors.
Spearman is growing, some. For 3 years my wife and I managed the HQ of the Turkey Track Ranch. Actually did shopping in town, mostly at Jimmy's NAPA . Great people live all over the Panhandle where the true soul of Texas still lives.
I am so happy you’ve done these travel-back-to- Florida videos. I am recovering from knee replacement surgery this week, and I am TOTALLY enjoying these. Thanks so much, Adam.
When I use to stay with my grandparents as a kid whenever we traveled in and around Illinois my grandpa never took the highway. He always took the road less traveled. I remember meeting random people at stops along the way that were just the nicest people. Your videos remind me of that simpler time. No phones or GPS. Just open car windows and conversation.
Great video, my grandpa lives in Vega. I lived in Amarillo for the first 22 years of my life before moving to LA. The never ending flatland of West Texas simultaneously induces the most unrest and tranquility I’ve ever experienced. Sometimes Elysian; at other times Dante’s 10th circle
My dad's uncle was sheriff in Vega during the mid '60s, Birch Campbell. We had a big family dinner when we came out from CA one summer to visit. He gave Dad this old pocket knife with flashy red, pearl and gray highlights that he'd taken from a prisoner who tried to sneak it into his jail, just before WWII. Dad carried it through the Philippines and Okinawa, and gave it to me around 1963. I carried it on me in Jr High, even though it was frowned on. Everybody carried a knife back then, but we never cut anybody. They carried expensive Case knives, and looked down on me for carrying such an antiquity, but it was carbon steel and was wicked sharp. I still have it 80 years later and it still cuts fine.
I’m tied to this part of TX. Parents are buried in a town that is at least fighting to stay alive. Its heart breaking to know what these towns were just 30-40 yrs ago and now because of a few cultural cheapening motives we are losing our heart as a state and nation and sadly a world. God help us please.
It could be that as you and others moved away the towns die. You can't leave and be sad. Go build your town and business. Seems in these towns in some way there is major opportunities for an aspiring business.
My kind of journey with someone who notices and enjoys the little things along the way. Extra treats because you did not think you would do many vlogs along the way. Like me, you see the little things and the camera jumps into your hands🤣 THANK YOU!!
Me and my mother was going thru the Texas panhandle on 66 on that infamous day in November a gas station attendant told us about the president. Route 66 was pretty exciting back then with the many roadside attractions glad I had the experience even as a child. Enjoy your trip.
Gruver, Spearman, Perryton... all towns I can still hear my Grandmother speaking of. She was born and raised in the Panhandle. Great memories and thanks for sharing. 💓
Hello Adam, @10:04 at the little gas station is a windmill tail. It originally said "The Aeromotor Co." obviously made in Chicago back in the day. I'm sure you'll sleep better knowing this, lol! I am absolutely loving the road trip with your Dad (who I think has a kind soul) and now this road trip. I am traveling vicariously with you.....
From Perryton. Thing is Channing and many others barely keep alive but when the older residents go, they die one by one. The old farming communities were once very prosperous, Adam. You did a great job!!
I love it when you talk to the cows. It always cracks me up! This road trip series is great. It really captures the immense wide open spaces that are all over the United States.
Thank you so much for this. I went to Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas and seeing this video reminded me that there is nothing on this earth bigger or more beautiful than a West Texas sky. I loved this.
Adam, you are, without a shred of doubt, the very cream of the crop when it comes to the ease with which you talk “to us” out with you, invisible though we may be. I have been watching your videos for 2 1/2 years and I’ve seen several who have started up doing the same thing and none of them have even come close to you!! When it comes to being at ease with your audience, there’s no one even comes close. You have your style and I would bet you’re the same exact way when somebody is really there beside you. You are great fun and you crack me up every single time I watch you! (Nothing has come close to “I think I’ll give riding my bike down this long slide a go” of course, but I always get at least a smile) Please safe out there and be well!
This brought back great memories of the Texas panhandle with my dad. We used to travel those old back roads. Must have been around 1977. I remember Cactus Texas and 'ol Tex the cowboy. I must have been 10 years old. How I miss my dad...thanks for this video back down old memory lane.
This is what I love about forgotten towns and cemeteries in this country. You never know what amazing stories these locations hold until you can discover them and share them with the youtube world. Thanks for sharing!
I've really enjoyed this. I love seeing those little old towns that look like movie sets. The cows reminded me of those cows a while ago who got back behind their fence when you questioned them! Funny
Keep it up Adam!! No big city, no major attractions, no them park!! We can see bunch of these videos in RUclips!! But this kind of stuff is rare!! It's gold..
Those arrows are in 52 counties in the panhandle signifying the Quanah Parker trail. I live in Dumas, and seeing the towns around here through your eyes makes it seem much more interesting. Thank you 😊
10:04 If I'm not mistaken, that's the tail of a very old windmill. Aeromotor Windmill Company - STILL IN OPERATION to this day and now based out of San Angelo, Texas (south central Texas I believe)
Amazes me how you keep finding new and fresh ways to bring us something fresh and interesting. So much wonderful Americana is still out there. It gives me hope.
Hey I live here:) i really appreciate seeing someone with fresh eyes come through and love it too. The little things you got excited about reminds me of who I am, my values and where I come from!
Thanks for showcasing Texas panhandle. I live in Levelland, Tx. We are located approximately 30 miles straight West from Lubbock Tx. Home of Texas Tech Red Raiders; home of Buddy Holly. And, approximately, 2 1/2 hrs straight West of Roswell NM. Levelland even had its own UFO incident in late 50s. Good area to call home . So long for now!
The filming in the night was actually really cool. Seeing the small towns @ night. Obviously couldn’t do whole videos like that , but the switch up was pretty awesome.
There are some fantastic frames in this footage. The light is so cold and hard, and the scenes so bleakly nostalgic!! I'm watching from the UK and have been sub'd for a few years now. I didn't know the US still looked like this. These uploads are like a time-machine back to the '70s.
My family traveled Route 66 many ,many times from New Mexico to Oklahoma when I was a kid. There was alot of life until the interstate killed the towns. Humans just wanting to get places faster ended up being catastrophic for these towns. Look forward to seeing where you take us in the new year.
The forever flatness . . .. I've been through Kansas and Nebraska on a motorcycle back in the 70's (Rt. 70 out in the hot sun and Rt. 80 back . . . in the rain). Those parts of Texas you showed are unlike anything you'd see "back east". The old "Mom and Pop" businesses offered unique experiences and memories to those who visited. They were much unlike the "cookie cutter" replication of corporate businesses we often see today along the highways. The marketing goal was to push "familiarity" so that customers would expect the same basic goods/foods and services no matter what location they walked into.
I enjoyed this visit Adam. Quiet adventure of small towns. Cactus, Texas, cool. The wind mills, wow. The big cowboy was fun. And my home state sign to end it, yahoo! Love the train ending too.
I always tell people if you're driving somewhere and you have the time, get off the interstate and take another route. You'll be amazed at all the little cool things and places you'll find all over the country
The road trips have always been my favorite of your channel content. I love getting to see you explore the places that I wish I had time to explore. And you always do it with such respect and genuine excitement. Thank you.
Great vlogs! I’m enjoying this new approach. We’re the same age so I completely understand the desire to “do things” now. If you ever head north, Route 11 parallels I81 and has lots of hidden gems along the way.
WAHOO! A visit to Glen Rio! Town seems a little sadder since my visit in 2011. Glen Rio made an appearance in The Grapes of Wrath and homage as the GLEN RIO MOTEL in Disney's Cars movie. The State Line Motel sign read on one side something like Motel: First in Texas; other side Motel Last in Texas. Your visit made my day! both Texas cowboys are very cool! I enjoy your style and outlook on of the beaten path places. Thank you for your wonderful vlog!
You truly are the best at this genre, Adam!! Nobody finds and shows the love you do for these forgotten places and icons. I loved the bird scare- I was secretly hoping maybe a cat would screech and dash out of that building. Lol! Much respect to you! Darla
Cactus is mentioned in a duet by Steve Fromholz and Lyle Lovett called Saddest Man in Texas. I’ve been through those towns many times traveling from Ft. Worth to Colorado. The northwest corner of Texas is the home of the XIT Ranch as mentioned on the historic marker. You should read the history of the ranch.
Yes, suggest anyone wanting to know more of the areas they are traveling through to get historical info. From the state tourist stops., Plus. Dalhart has a Very informative museum, telling of all the area. Lots of pictures & info. After living in these area he traveled in on this video, sadden me to see how much he missed out on by not knowing the history that was before him. Even the name Dalhart is a mixture of how is story started out.. It’s Dallam& Hartley county , in one town. Maybe he will have more time, if the opportunity presents itself. Plus tons of info.is on the internet as we all know.
The buildings that you couldn’t read the wording on in Channing I could make out a little bit of it. The first place was a Cafe, the one in the middle was a drug store, and the one at the end was I believe Adams Appliances and Hardware. I like trying to decipher that kind of stuff.
Nice video, I've been to the state of Texas several times, but have never traveled along the pan handle area. Mostly , I traveled and fought Wildland fires in the areas of Denton, Spring town, Cranberry, Mineral Wells, and believe it or not an area called possum kingdom Texas. I was in the Fort Stockton Texas area about 10 years ago doing the same thing. Nice people.
Ah, Fort Stockton. I used to live in San Antonio and traveled by road to California a lot for business. I made numerous stops in Fort Stockton on those trips. When Adam started talking about finding the cowboy statue, I immediately started thinking about the giant road runner statue in Fort Stockton.
Love It! This is why I started watching you a while back! Love it when you get out on the back roads and film unique and forgotten locations! You inspired me to start My Own RUclips Channel last year Thanks So Much for getting back to your Roots, and back on the Back Roads of America! 💪🏻😎
My granddaddy was the judge for District 69 - Dallam, Hartley, Sherman, and Moore counties. My mom was from Dalhart. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Lots of familiar sights.
I often feel sad looking at abandoned towns and schools because, so many good memories were probably made in them and they’re just left to rot with everyone’s belongings and valuables in there.
Wow! You ended the vlog in my home state! OKLAHOMA!!! Ive lived in other states but returned here and I'll never leave again! God bless you Adam and stay safe. Hugs to your dad and mom. Really enjoyed when you and your dad took your trip. So much fun. 🤗❤️🙏
I like old vintage painted on the wall advertising what it use to be as when it was in it's heydays. That to me is commercial art, cause I took commercial art in highschool in a technical school back in the 1990s. Years ago. Thanks for sharing.✌️ I like that your doing back roads as well seen what's you can't see from being in the city or away from the location. Thanks again Adam.👍
These small town videos were always my favorite. I watch these all the time. I was never a big fan of the Disney videos (exception being Disney, Oklahoma, lol). I didn't really watch those as much but I love the small town vids. More of these, please. I love looking at these places
I grew up in the panhandle (Amarillo), my entire life is in your vid. Some may wonder why live in this remote place . . . because it is home, and it is who I am. Great video man :)
I love it! A little touch of time travel to start my Sunday! I found you through Disney vlogs, but I am really enjoying things that you are showing me that I may never see in person. Thank you! The best of holidays and everything you do Adam! Be well! 🌸
Following using google maps. After 3 strokes I am stuck living my life watching youtube for adventures and your channel never disappoints! Thanks for your uploads .
LOVING these road trip videos, Adam. Seems like you are enjoying yourself. You road trips in the New Year ought to be amazing. Looking forward to those vids. Its great that you will be documenting so many small towns and places that deserve to have their history preserved.
Adam, been watching you since you started. Always like your taste in things long gone. I have enjoyed your videos in last few months but am really excited to watch the ones after New Years. I love these last few you have done. Stay safe and stay strong!!
I am loving these videos. I can't wait for the next chapter you are doing a great service for this country by documenting the forgotten and the hidden treasures in our small towns.
Love the backroads adventures. They’re my favorite things about our country. I can tell you’re loving every minute of these adventures. I’m very excited about this backroads adventures and the ones to come in the new year. Stay safe. God bless
Adam, the hills of tires are actually mounds of manure from the feed lots. They cover the manure with white plastic and put tires on top to keep it from blowing off. So, they are composting the manure to sell as fertilizer and found a use for old tires. You will see (and smell) these all over western Texas and Oklahoma.
Sorry my friend, it’s not manure. In a previous message someone said silage or high moisture corn and that is correct. After a tractor with a dozer blade has packed and shaped a crown to the silage, it’s covered with the plastic and each tire is laid on top of the plastic by hand.
@@farmersplumber Absolutely correct! Manure may be piled up but not covered until it is picked up and spread (by special trucks) onto mostly wheat and corn fields. The very large windmills are actually called wind turbines and generate electricity.
Proud of my Texas Highway Department. The Texas side of old Route 66 still well maintained and looking good. New Mexico side looked like the entrance to a jungle ride.
I’ve always noticed that too, I grew up in eastern New Mexico about 30 mins from the Texas line and you can feel the difference in pavement as soon as you cross over
Ok is called the fly over state. Ok should be just one big bombing range. Nothing in ok . All the towns have no income. The towns only have old folks and dead folks. No money no health help.
The wind turbines don't turn first thing in the morning, especially when it's cold, unless there is a real wind blowing. After it warms up and there are thermals rising off the ground they start turning. And once they turn from the thermals they create wind which perpetuates the turning until just before or shortly after nightfall. Unless, again, there is an obvious wind.
God bless you, Adam. Totally love seeing these forgotten, middle of nowhere communities. Digging the old school Woo vibe. Have a safe journey brother. 🤙🏻
Thank you adam for getting back to your roots of what made you popular. I think you are on the right path. I understand its a lot more work, but it will pay off.
How can you not like this guy? You can tell he's a good dude. Doesnt run anywhere down. Just appriciates places & things he runs across
He could be the new historian leader for the nation he has covered some ground
Yep Adam seems like a really nice person to hang with. Been watching him for a while.
He is very cool, been watching for years . I just don’t care for carnival rides lol.
@@robin5380 I agree with you on that one. One visit to a Disney park is one too many.
@@rogerd9150 😂 yes,.
I just keep checking in with TDW for Real life video’s
Dang Adam, I'm a misplaced Texan presently living in east Tennessee, you're making me homesick. I am from Amarillo, I haven't seen the horizon in over 5 years to many trees and hills here.
The Texas Panhandle, so flat and open you can watch your dog or your woman run away for 3 days.
Amarillo by morning Amarillo all be lost my wife and girlfriend some were along the way 🖐😁
Representing Dalhart here!!
You crack me up..watching your dog or woman run away for 3 days...so true..
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Hey Dalhart, XIT!!!
Totally get it, but from the opposite end of the stick: I live in the Yucatan (it's completely flat here), and I used to be homesick for the trees and hills of western Washington...still, it's hard to beat the wide open land and sky of northern Texas.
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Yucatan, as in peninsula?
The tire mounds are actually covering cattle feed. There was probably a feedlot or dairy nearby and they cover the feed with tarps to protect it from the weather and put tires over the tarps to keep them in place when the wind blows.
We do that in NZ too
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And the wind blows all the time, or it seems like it.
Same in the Netherlands
Feedlots Everywhere up there!! Woo smell that money!
The desolation and emptiness is beautiful. Im loving it.
It’s truly fascinating.
I spent several years living with my grandparents on their farm outside Dalhart. The Panhandle South Plains have an austere sort of charm. The farm houses are typically surrounded by trees, often the only trees you will see, making them stand out like like atolls in a vast, empty ocean.
That very beautiful old home in Channing was the old XIT ranch headquarters. XIT stood for 10 counties in Texas. It was sold to a group of investors in England in the 1880's to finance the construction of the state capital. The ranch was 1 million plus acres. The last of the acreage of that old ranch sold in the 1970's. That ranch was quite a legend in Texas.
Those small towns in the Texas panhandle is exactly where I spent my time in the late sixties. Those abandoned restaurants and “Ol Tex” were viable back then. There were many places though that had been abandoned many many years earlier. Farm houses, buildings, and barns dilapidated from long ago, perhaps as a result of the Dust Bowl and economic depression of the thirties. Passing by those abandoned structures makes you wonder what dreams and goals had been destroyed by unforeseen catastrophes. Recall too that the early seventies brought about the gasoline shortages and prices of fuel going beyond a dollar per gallon. Most pumps, in those days, could not be set beyond ninety nine cents per gallon. The Interstates too had not yet been completed and many small towns suffered permanent economic damage from the traffic being diverted around or away from those towns when the Interstate was established. Railroads too had switched from steam to diesel resulting in towns being abandoned by the railroad personnel that serviced steam engines and crews. People who live in those towns today likely had lived there all their life. Likely they had farmland or other endeavors that supported their lifestyle and the changes imposed were not a threat to them as they chose to stay. Still, it’s disheartening to see abandoned homes and buildings wondering what had caused their demise.
Near or around Dalhart Texas and all the land plowed up during the late twenties was the central location of the beginning of the Dust Bowl. Land that had been stabilized by the natural vegetation had been disturbed by plows and laid the resulting bare ground open to erosion. The winds easily picked up the top soil creating massive dust storms that devastated farms and towns. Those dust storms began as drought enveloped the area in 1930 and lasted ten years with no relief until 1936 up to 1940.
I watched many a movie in that Perryton Tx movie theater too, during the late sixties.
Thanks for the informative response. I would imagine a depleted water table would make life all the more difficult.
The real Old Tex is located at the Cowboy Cafe on US Hwy 60 in Canyon just south of Amarillo. This Old Tex is much taller and larger than featured here in the little town the creator of this video traveled on US Hwy. 54 on his way to Stratford. The Big Tex in Canyon has been a landmark in the centra part of thel Texas Panhandle for many. The cafe may be closed but Big Tex remains. Several years ago a number of people volunteered their time to to needed to perform some restoration work to preserve this iconic statue made of metal many years ago.
It’s sad to see those town to be gown I just hope there good people out there to watch over them.
Hmmm, just think here in the midwest our towns are crumbling fast and the only people that have any money are the farmers.
The Great Depression stole many lives, my mother's included.
I love when Adam talks to animals on the side of the road! Lots of small towns in the Texas panhandle struggling to keep going
These videos are A+++, Adam. Backroads' abandoned, Americana, I find so absolutely fascinating. Thank you, so very much for sharing these videos with us. AWESOME 👏☀️🤠🌵
It makes me sad it should be more like Adam... To be a great vlogger you gotta get out of the library aka "happiest place on earth"
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I'm lovin' these back roads vids! As I watch, I'm imagining what life looked like back then. Thank you for the quiet and calmness. Stay safe.
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I can almost guarantee that no one else on RUclips is stopping to listen to windmills. This really is world class stuff!
Thanks Jonathan !
These videos are extremely calming. Like a dose of an escape for people stressed with urban life.
Watching this from the other side of the world.
Compared to Urban. There is more stress farming to produce feed, milk, pork, and beef. Agriculture has more technology than you know. That is why people move to have the easy city life.
And they call the Dallas area North Texas lol! Thanks so much for sharing the trip. The Texas panhandle has so much history. Grew up in Amarillo. I worked in all these little towns in the early 90s for a utility company, really enjoyed meeting the people there. You got a treat being out in the evening to see the sunset. Those panhandle sunsets can show off some beautiful colors on those calm cloudless fall nights.
Dear Adamthewoo, I am loving these beautiful backroads videos it shows us it's not all about the shiny big cities of America that counts it's the smallest and most amazing things that makes American my father used to say :" Denise a road lined with gold is beautiful in its own right but a road with bumps and hills might be hard to handle but it's those roads that builds character and life long memories plus strength "
The point👍you took the time out Dear... ✌
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Adam, I want to thank you for your trip through the Texas Panhandle. My wife and I met for the first time in the fifth grade in Spearman. That was the town with all the windmills. We finished high school there and married after one year in college. That was 52 years ago. It has been awhile since we have seen Spearman and it was a great surprise to see it on your channel. Good luck on your future endeavors.
Spearman is growing, some.
For 3 years my wife and I managed the HQ of the Turkey Track Ranch.
Actually did shopping in town, mostly at Jimmy's NAPA .
Great people live all over the Panhandle where the true soul of Texas still lives.
I am so happy you’ve done these travel-back-to- Florida videos. I am recovering from knee replacement surgery this week, and I am TOTALLY enjoying these. Thanks so much, Adam.
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When I use to stay with my grandparents as a kid whenever we traveled in and around Illinois my grandpa never took the highway. He always took the road less traveled. I remember meeting random people at stops along the way that were just the nicest people. Your videos remind me of that simpler time. No phones or GPS. Just open car windows and conversation.
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Great video, my grandpa lives in Vega. I lived in Amarillo for the first 22 years of my life before moving to LA. The never ending flatland of West Texas simultaneously induces the most unrest and tranquility I’ve ever experienced. Sometimes Elysian; at other times Dante’s 10th circle
My dad's uncle was sheriff in Vega during the mid '60s, Birch Campbell. We had a big family dinner when we came out from CA one summer to visit. He gave Dad this old pocket knife with flashy red, pearl and gray highlights that he'd taken from a prisoner who tried to sneak it into his jail, just before WWII. Dad carried it through the Philippines and Okinawa, and gave it to me around 1963. I carried it on me in Jr High, even though it was frowned on. Everybody carried a knife back then, but we never cut anybody. They carried expensive Case knives, and looked down on me for carrying such an antiquity, but it was carbon steel and was wicked sharp. I still have it 80 years later and it still cuts fine.
I’m tied to this part of TX. Parents are buried in a town that is at least fighting to stay alive. Its heart breaking to know what these towns were just 30-40 yrs ago and now because of a few cultural cheapening motives we are losing our heart as a state and nation and sadly a world. God help us please.
Old 66 Hiway was a primary hiway back in the day. I 40 rerouted much of the traffic and slowly suffocated 66 traffic and business'
Mr Dawson, I feel ya. I'm from the panhandle as well and its just heart wrenching to see them fall apart.
It is sad to see small town America die. These small towns are the heart and soul of the USA.
Where is ur parents buried? I’m from the Texas panhandle
It could be that as you and others moved away the towns die. You can't leave and be sad. Go build your town and business. Seems in these towns in some way there is major opportunities for an aspiring business.
Seeing you out exploring old towns makes me want to go on my own adventure soooo incredibly bad
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My kind of journey with someone who notices and enjoys the little things along the way. Extra treats because you did not think you would do many vlogs along the way. Like me, you see the little things and the camera jumps into your hands🤣 THANK YOU!!
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Me and my mother was going thru the Texas panhandle on 66 on that infamous day in November a gas station attendant told us about the president. Route 66 was pretty exciting back then with the many roadside attractions glad I had the experience even as a child. Enjoy your trip.
Gruver, Spearman, Perryton... all towns I can still hear my Grandmother speaking of. She was born and raised in the Panhandle. Great memories and thanks for sharing. 💓
Love TEX! You have now caught him on RUclips for all time! He will never be forgotten! So cool and I love seeing you get excited about these relics!
Like the nighttime feels from the end of
the day. Loving this “series” and how much of America isn’t known at all.
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The cowboy was in front of what used to be a chain of bar-b-q restaurants called “Underwoods” back in the 50’s-60’s.
Hello Adam, @10:04 at the little gas station is a windmill tail. It originally said "The Aeromotor Co." obviously made in Chicago back in the day. I'm sure you'll sleep better knowing this, lol! I am absolutely loving the road trip with your Dad (who I think has a kind soul) and now this road trip. I am traveling vicariously with you.....
From Perryton. Thing is Channing and many others barely keep alive but when the older residents go, they die one by one. The old farming communities were once very prosperous, Adam. You did a great job!!
I love it when you talk to the cows. It always cracks me up! This road trip series is great. It really captures the immense wide open spaces that are all over the United States.
Awesome to see the Panhandle getting some love. Lived here my whole life and still love it! Keep up the great work man.
Most of these buildings & structures are gorgeous, Adam...
Thank you so much for this. I went to Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas and seeing this video reminded me that there is nothing on this earth bigger or more beautiful than a West Texas sky. I loved this.
Adam, you are, without a shred of doubt, the very cream of the crop when it comes to the ease with which you talk “to us” out with you, invisible though we may be. I have been watching your videos for 2 1/2 years and I’ve seen several who have started up doing the same thing and none of them have even come close to you!! When it comes to being at ease with your audience, there’s no one even comes close. You have your style and I would bet you’re the same exact way when somebody is really there beside you. You are great fun and you crack me up every single time I watch you! (Nothing has come close to “I think I’ll give riding my bike down this long slide a go” of course, but I always get at least a smile) Please safe out there and be well!
This brought back great memories of the Texas panhandle with my dad. We used to travel those old back roads. Must have been around 1977. I remember Cactus Texas and 'ol Tex the cowboy. I must have been 10 years old. How I miss my dad...thanks for this video back down old memory lane.
Wow! The night videography is FAB here! Excellent pacing and love the ending. Enjoying the trains as much as you are! Thanks.
This is what I love about forgotten towns and cemeteries in this country. You never know what amazing stories these locations hold until you can discover them and share them with the youtube world. Thanks for sharing!
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I've really enjoyed this. I love seeing those little old towns that look like movie sets. The cows reminded me of those cows a while ago who got back behind their fence when you questioned them! Funny
Keep it up Adam!! No big city, no major attractions, no them park!! We can see bunch of these videos in RUclips!! But this kind of stuff is rare!! It's gold..
Those arrows are in 52 counties in the panhandle signifying the Quanah Parker trail. I live in Dumas, and seeing the towns around here through your eyes makes it seem much more interesting. Thank you 😊
Demon
10:04 If I'm not mistaken, that's the tail of a very old windmill. Aeromotor Windmill Company - STILL IN OPERATION to this day and now based out of San Angelo, Texas (south central Texas I believe)
Of course I see your reply after I post something about it as well, lol
Thank you for sharing information about this. I’ve seen these old windmills and love them. Did not know they were still in operation. 👍
Yes sir, it is. 👍
Amazes me how you keep finding new and fresh ways to bring us something fresh and interesting. So much wonderful Americana is still out there. It gives me hope.
Hey I live here:) i really appreciate seeing someone with fresh eyes come through and love it too. The little things you got excited about reminds me of who I am, my values and where I come from!
Thanks for showcasing Texas panhandle. I live in Levelland, Tx. We are located approximately 30 miles straight West from Lubbock Tx. Home of Texas Tech Red Raiders; home of Buddy Holly. And, approximately, 2 1/2 hrs straight West of Roswell NM. Levelland even had its own UFO incident in late 50s. Good area to call home . So long for now!
I grew up in Brownfield.
The filming in the night was actually really cool.
Seeing the small towns @ night.
Obviously couldn’t do whole videos like that , but the switch up was pretty awesome.
There are some fantastic frames in this footage. The light is so cold and hard, and the scenes so bleakly nostalgic!! I'm watching from the UK and have been sub'd for a few years now. I didn't know the US still looked like this. These uploads are like a time-machine back to the '70s.
My family traveled Route 66 many ,many times from New Mexico to Oklahoma when I was a kid. There was alot of life until the interstate killed the towns. Humans just wanting to get places faster ended up being catastrophic for these towns. Look forward to seeing where you take us in the new year.
The forever flatness . . ..
I've been through Kansas and Nebraska on a motorcycle back in the 70's (Rt. 70 out in the hot sun and Rt. 80 back . . . in the rain).
Those parts of Texas you showed are unlike anything you'd see "back east".
The old "Mom and Pop" businesses offered unique experiences and memories to those who visited. They were much unlike the "cookie cutter" replication of corporate businesses we often see today along the highways.
The marketing goal was to push "familiarity" so that customers would expect the same basic goods/foods and services no matter what location they walked into.
I enjoyed this visit Adam. Quiet adventure of small towns. Cactus, Texas, cool. The wind mills, wow. The big cowboy was fun. And my home state sign to end it, yahoo! Love the train ending too.
I always tell people if you're driving somewhere and you have the time, get off the interstate and take another route. You'll be amazed at all the little cool things and places you'll find all over the country
This place has own unique beauty. Thanks showing all these interesting historic places.
The road trips have always been my favorite of your channel content. I love getting to see you explore the places that I wish I had time to explore. And you always do it with such respect and genuine excitement. Thank you.
This is your niche, Adam! I love Disney, and being able to see you enjoy it makes me smile, but videos like these are where you shine!
The single arrow you saw marks Indian encampments/battles from the Comanche period.
Even in those small towns I love how they still decorate for Christmas.
These are the best videos!❤️❤️❤️❤️
LOVE the quiet night rides with you!🙂
Great vlogs! I’m enjoying this new approach. We’re the same age so I completely understand the desire to “do things” now. If you ever head north, Route 11 parallels I81 and has lots of hidden gems along the way.
Heck yes nows the time
Seize the day , who knows whats round the corner. ☺️
That’s how I sometimes feel. Abandoned and forgotten hahaha 😝 safe travels Adam
😇👍🙏😎👋
@@loveswayright I will remember you in my prayers friend.
@@coldgranitehottears5162 thank you. Much appreciated🙏
WAHOO! A visit to Glen Rio! Town seems a little sadder since my visit in 2011. Glen Rio made an appearance in The Grapes of Wrath and homage as the GLEN RIO MOTEL in Disney's Cars movie. The State Line Motel sign read on one side something like Motel: First in Texas; other side Motel Last in Texas. Your visit made my day! both Texas cowboys are very cool! I enjoy your style and outlook on of the beaten path places. Thank you for your wonderful vlog!
You truly are the best at this genre, Adam!! Nobody finds and shows the love you do for these forgotten places and icons. I loved the bird scare- I was secretly hoping maybe a cat would screech and dash out of that building. Lol!
Much respect to you!
Darla
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I may never see this in person Adam so I say thank you for this my friend,.
No problem thank you for the comment and for watching
I was appealed by the nostalgia of small abandoned towns. Happy to see it revisited. I love the videos you started with.
Cactus is mentioned in a duet by Steve Fromholz and Lyle Lovett called Saddest Man in Texas.
I’ve been through those towns many times traveling from Ft. Worth to Colorado. The northwest corner of Texas is the home of the XIT Ranch as mentioned on the historic marker. You should read the history of the ranch.
Yes, suggest anyone wanting to know more of the areas they are traveling through to get historical info. From the state tourist stops.,
Plus. Dalhart has a Very informative museum, telling of all the area.
Lots of pictures & info.
After living in these area he traveled in on this video, sadden me to see how much he missed out on by not knowing the history that was before him. Even the name Dalhart is a mixture of how is story started out.. It’s Dallam& Hartley county , in one town.
Maybe he will have more time, if the opportunity presents itself.
Plus tons of info.is on the internet as we all know.
I'm from that area! Born in Dumas, raised in Stratford! So neat to see someone go through and visit all the small towns!
The buildings that you couldn’t read the wording on in Channing I could make out a little bit of it. The first place was a Cafe, the one in the middle was a drug store, and the one at the end was I believe Adams Appliances and Hardware. I like trying to decipher that kind of stuff.
Nice video, I've been to the state of Texas several times, but have never traveled along the pan handle area. Mostly , I traveled and fought Wildland fires in the areas of Denton, Spring town, Cranberry, Mineral Wells, and believe it or not an area called possum kingdom Texas. I was in the Fort Stockton Texas area about 10 years ago doing the same thing. Nice people.
Ah, Fort Stockton. I used to live in San Antonio and traveled by road to California a lot for business. I made numerous stops in Fort Stockton on those trips. When Adam started talking about finding the cowboy statue, I immediately started thinking about the giant road runner statue in Fort Stockton.
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Great fishing in Possum Kingdom.
@@erikjs That would be Paisano Pete.
I just love these types of videos. Lost history and lifestyles. I haven't watched in a while. So glad you're easing up with Disney episodes.
Love It! This is why I started watching you a while back! Love it when you get out on the back roads and film unique and forgotten locations! You inspired me to start My Own RUclips Channel last year Thanks So Much for getting back to your Roots, and back on the Back Roads of America! 💪🏻😎
Hi Adam, just more and more cool places your finding on the trip across the country!
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Love your road trips content as much as your other content.
Your back road towns reminds of the country town I grew up in here in Australia.
My granddaddy was the judge for District 69 - Dallam, Hartley, Sherman, and Moore counties. My mom was from Dalhart. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Lots of familiar sights.
Wonderful work here. Amazing to see these cities that were once hopping communities. Thank you, Adam for showing the beauty that once was.
been enjoying this series! I love seeing these old back road towns. safe travels Adam
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Your road trips are a national treasure. Priceless, IMO.
Night time in west Texas definitely has a feeling. You conveyed it excellently in this video
I often feel sad looking at abandoned towns and schools because, so many good memories were probably made in them and they’re just left to rot with everyone’s belongings and valuables in there.
Wow! You ended the vlog in my home state! OKLAHOMA!!! Ive lived in other states but returned here and I'll never leave again! God bless you Adam and stay safe. Hugs to your dad and mom. Really enjoyed when you and your dad took your trip. So much fun. 🤗❤️🙏
Awesome!
I like old vintage painted on the wall advertising what it use to be as when it was in it's heydays. That to me is commercial art, cause I took commercial art in highschool in a technical school back in the 1990s. Years ago. Thanks for sharing.✌️ I like that your doing back roads as well seen what's you can't see from being in the city or away from the location. Thanks again Adam.👍
These small town videos were always my favorite. I watch these all the time. I was never a big fan of the Disney videos (exception being Disney, Oklahoma, lol). I didn't really watch those as much but I love the small town vids. More of these, please. I love looking at these places
I grew up in the panhandle (Amarillo), my entire life is in your vid. Some may wonder why live in this remote place . . . because it is home, and it is who I am. Great video man :)
So many little Texas towns I had never heard of before! I’m loving these road trip videos
I miss these type of vlogs. Great job Adam, thanks.
I for one am glad you are doing these adventures. I hope you continue to document these long forgotten towns.
You seem so happy these days, exploring these areas. Love following along! Great job, Adam! 😊
I do enjoy your back road adventures!!! I also love to hear the sounds of trains!! Happy Sunday Adam!!
I love it! A little touch of time travel to start my Sunday! I found you through Disney vlogs, but I am really enjoying things that you are showing me that I may never see in person. Thank you! The best of holidays and everything you do Adam! Be well! 🌸
Following using google maps. After 3 strokes I am stuck living my life watching youtube for adventures and your channel never disappoints! Thanks for your uploads .
LOVING these road trip videos, Adam. Seems like you are enjoying yourself. You road trips in the New Year ought to be amazing. Looking forward to those vids. Its great that you will be documenting so many small towns and places that deserve to have their history preserved.
Adam, been watching you since you started. Always like your taste in things long gone. I have enjoyed your videos in last few months but am really excited to watch the ones after New Years. I love these last few you have done. Stay safe and stay strong!!
The best of the best is back on the road! I soooo love these segments of ATW. So a break from my life riding along with you. TY ATW!!! 👍
I am loving these videos. I can't wait for the next chapter you are doing a great service for this country by documenting the forgotten and the hidden treasures in our small towns.
Another awesome video thanks Adam for taking us along be safe and good night
Love the backroads adventures. They’re my favorite things about our country. I can tell you’re loving every minute of these adventures. I’m very excited about this backroads adventures and the ones to come in the new year. Stay safe. God bless
Adam, the hills of tires are actually mounds of manure from the feed lots. They cover the manure with white plastic and put tires on top to keep it from blowing off. So, they are composting the manure to sell as fertilizer and found a use for old tires. You will see (and smell) these all over western Texas and Oklahoma.
Sorry my friend, it’s not manure. In a previous message someone said silage or high moisture corn and that is correct. After a tractor with a dozer blade has packed and shaped a crown to the silage, it’s covered with the plastic and each tire is laid on top of the plastic by hand.
@@farmersplumber Absolutely correct! Manure may be piled up but not covered until it is picked up and spread (by special trucks) onto mostly wheat and corn fields. The very large windmills are actually called wind turbines and generate electricity.
Proud of my Texas Highway Department. The Texas side of old Route 66 still well maintained and looking good. New Mexico side looked like the entrance to a jungle ride.
I’ve always noticed that too, I grew up in eastern New Mexico about 30 mins from the Texas line and you can feel the difference in pavement as soon as you cross over
Ending this video with the train going by loudly in the dark was just awesome. Loved it, had to play it back. Thanks Adam
These are so relaxing! Have a good/safe trip!
Who has to wait for next year
when the Woo’s still willing
and able to post daily ?
…Safe Travels Adam ✌🏻
Ok is called the fly over state. Ok should be just one big bombing range. Nothing in ok
. All the towns have no income. The towns only have old folks and dead folks. No money no health help.
You look so happy Adam....Safe travels. Thanks for the Great videos.
The wind turbines don't turn first thing in the morning, especially when it's cold, unless there is a real wind blowing. After it warms up and there are thermals rising off the ground they start turning. And once they turn from the thermals they create wind which perpetuates the turning until just before or shortly after nightfall. Unless, again, there is an obvious wind.
God bless you, Adam. Totally love seeing these forgotten, middle of nowhere communities. Digging the old school Woo vibe. Have a safe journey brother. 🤙🏻
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Thank you adam for getting back to your roots of what made you popular. I think you are on the right path. I understand its a lot more work, but it will pay off.