I am looking for a cool place that's close to springville that's where my son lives. But I am a senior of 75 . Looking for a small house or an apartment that a senior can afford.? I am not a rich senior. But I want something that will be close to Springfield.
I recently visited this beautiful small town by accident and loved it. I walked all throught the area and stopped in the very nice coffee shop on Main St., I then sat outside and enjoyed the view and the peaceful surroundings. It kind of reminded me of what Mayberry was like. I would definetely revisit this town and wish I could live there.
We were in Helper beginning of September and fell in love. We were shocked you didn’t stop and see either of the two refurbished ol time gas stations! Inside the one at the top of the street, the Kodak moment area, was full of old cars, Coke/cigarette/snack machines. Down from the other station the big statue was Helper’s version of “Big John” as in the Tennessee Earnie Ford song Sixteen Tons. We stayed as the Blue Cut Campground, great owners and cute campground, for two weeks and still didn’t get to see everything! 9 Mile Canyon and the petroglyphs was phenomenal!
That blue glass build you passed up, that's the kiva club and the worst building in helper. My friends dared me to go into the basement if the kiva and I did. Then I came out just speechless, I felt the energy in there. I've also seen orbs and dark shadows fallow me around as a kid. I always felt protection around me though.
WOW - This place looks like something out of a movie set. Fantastic museum. If you ever go back, make sure you hang around to early evening to get shots of the neon signs lit up.
Neat little town. Been quite a while since I've seen a Piggly Wiggly grocery store. So much history, so little time. Lol. Little towns have the nicest people also. 👍👍🙋♂️
That Main Street is so gorgeous. So clean and tidy, the curbing and sidewalk all nice and neat with all the flower boxes. So nice to see a place where people take pride in their town. No litter and you can tell there is a lot of life in the town and yeah that mountain backdrop !!! Very impressive place great video
Well that was cool!! When you turned the van around and there was the mountain!! A (Oh Wow!!) moment for sure.. I think that town was going back to the 40's and 50's. I wonder if kids cruised the streets at night.....Stay safe
12:05 I'll bet dollars-to-donuts, Russ, that those are old railroad company houses built for employees back in the day. Helper really is a neat, old town, thanks for stopping in, Russ.
My hometown, yes it's haunted and I'm happy they prove it. I'm not afraid of the dark shadows anymore because Jesus Christ is my best friend Amen. Great Video for sure Amen 🙏👏🙌🙏.
You mentioned a canyon you wanted to see, but didn't have time. I'm thinking 9 Mile Canyon, which isn't too far away! Anyway, thanks for the tour of Helper! I've been past there several times, but never stopped in. Now I know what I've been missing! Nice little town!
Learning about all these sweet little towns that are reviving their community is great. Love to go through these types of towns as you find they have amazing arts and crafts for sale. I love finding a gem. Maybe the family will take a trip to this town next summer😀 Thx Russ!
Outstanding Mountain scenery,,deff Kodak Moment. OMG,,an operational Phillips 66 gas station,, that is awesome. Haven't seen one in ages.:) Beautiful town & cool video,,thanks.
Cool town and museum Russ. I love when places restore old buildings and upgrade them instead of tearing them down. In my old hometown, the housing market has become lucrative so people are taking homes that were built around 1952. They are restoring the hardwood floors but also upgrading the electrical, plumbing, roof and furnace. They are also upgrading the kitchens and bathrooms.
Wish more cities and towns were in a position to do that. I am assuming that these improved homes are privately owned as I have never heard of a city doing this. I love when old homes are updated.
Thank you for the trip down memory lane sir. I used to live in helper back in 1988 and 89. What you see on film right next to the museum is a hotel that used to be a mission for transients and homeless people/families. We would usually give room and board for single women or women with children up to 6 weeks, and single men 1 to 2 weeks. This was a temporary stop allowing them to possibly get back on their feet or to get from one place to another. The mission ran strictly on donations from around Carbon County. Monetary and food donations were taken and used 100% for the mission and transients. We also had a small general store on the bottom of the hotel. The general store also operated off of donations from around the county and we sold used items much like a Goodwill today. I see that the Avalon hotel has changed quite a bit. When I was there it was actually a running functioning hotel but in its original configuration from I believe, the 1920s. It was very old and creaky and and still used heat from old water/steam heaters in each room. There has been a lot of change but I still notice a lot of the town is still the same. Thank you again sir.
Thanks for highlighting our town. Next time make sure to get some rock chips at the Balance Rock Cafe and anyone there can tell you some of the great places to visit around Helper. There is an RV park and camp area if you had driven down Main street a little farther you would have seen it. Also the first Friday of the every month there is an event on main street throughout the summer and our Art Festival at the end of the summer is wonderful. The light parade the first weekend of December is fantastic too. Fireworks in the snow can't be beat!
Thanks for the video. LOVE Helper. Great vibe, amazing buildings. Two years ago, they set up a stage on Main Street and the Utah Symphony performed for the town.
Cool little town! I knew you'd like the museum. The volunteer in the gift shop when I was there pointed to a house up on the cliff, where she was born. "So you've lived here your whole life?" I asked. "Not yet!" she said.
Hey Russ. Thanks for stopping in Helper and taking us along. Don't apologize for liking the old town look, even though they are updating. I thought the exact same as you when you mentioned the flower pots, chairs and tables...just like the town I grew up in. The good old days...lol. Can't wait to see where you are heading to next. Be safe!
Another good one! I'm impressed by how many small towns along your route are preserving their history. Thanks for taking the time record these small town museums.
I live in Helper, right outside of Spring Canyon. Sometimes I take for granted how beautiful the views are. My house is surrounded by mountain backdrops.
Thanks for going to helper unfortunately you left a lot of the town out he didn’t bother to look at the gas station at both ends of the Town that have all been redone and didn’t catch the motorcycle museum they have there and the malt shop then you have to see this place at night it’s like a little route 66 and just Down the street it’s a beautiful campsite you can walk from the campsite to town
Main street America is awfully quiet nowadays. Nobody really shops there anymore. The malls killed the downtowns. Then, the online shopping killed the malls. Back until about somewhere in the seventies these little towns were busy. Give me the old days when you could go downtown for the shopping and dining and just hanging on a corner watching the world go by.
It seems, Russ, every video I’ve watched of yours today I’ve been there when I was still trucking! Lol! Talk about a day for memory lane! Thank you! I’ve traveled Hwy 6 there in Utah a lot as well…on down to Soldier Summit and beyond on my way back to Texas! Back then Hwy 6 was under heavy construction and it was a real pain to travel! Helper looks like such a neat town! Im sure I’ve driven through there at some point or another. I’m into history and LOVE all the old buildings. Thanks for sharing! ~Jim~
Thank you very much for this video, I absolutely love helper, Utah. There’s a lot of great history there. The Tallerico’s were (are) a famous family. Coal mines were the main source of income for the valley. Such a beautiful town.
Now you're in my stomping grounds. If you like ghosts, ask anyone around Helper about the legend of the "white lady," who is often seen up in the old mining area up Spring Canyon. If you have time, it's worth a drive up towards Latuda. You can still see the remains of coal tipples, old homes, etc.
I loved the tour of this vintage town. I thought there was a creeper sneaking up on you when I saw the shadow figure hovering over the flowers on the sidewalk. Your camera looked like an ax so I thought it was an ominous shadow figure getting ready to strike, until I realized it was only you, your own shadow. Lol It is a cute town. I don't wear hats but I thought it would have been fun to take a closer look at the vintage ladies hats in the museum. They would have been more interesting than the old TV's:-) All in all, it was a fun tour:-)
OmG! I miss hone so much! Grew up in Price/Wellington/Helper area. This took me back for a few minutes,to the streets i know so well.... Christmas Town USA Thank you!
If you headed South on main Street about 1/4 mile from where you turned around you would see an amazing RV Park. Also stop by the rock shop at the North of town. They have lots to see at very reasonable prices.
You make the summer go by fast. Always anticipating your next video and here we are.....October already. Doesn't seem like you started this journey back in April. That's how much your videos are enjoyed. Happy trails!
🙋♀️Hello Russ! Helper, Utah is a beautiful little town. Enjoyed seeing parts of the past in their museum. Always fascinating history. Only 623.7 via I - 15 S left from here.😉 👍
Hey bud, just a shout out, I was born in Price,Ut, haven ex that lives there in helper,Ut. Wow, & here I am living in florida, anyway great to see some video of back home, keep up the good works. -Ron-
I live on the North End of main street in Helper, I love my house built in 1911! I love living here! Wouldn't change it for the world. We have had a few music vids made here, Ghost Adventures was here in May of 2021. Norman Reedus and Keanu Reeves were here recently too. And if u would have stayed on main Street instead of getting on the freeway, there is an RV park down there. 😀
The signs in your videos are readable, and I mean in a really good way. I watch quite a bit of those travelling videos, and some youtubers have opened the shutter of their cameras so wide, that everything is somehow at least in part affected by motion blur, unless you look directly dead ahead. But closing the shutter instead is a good thing, because especially those "drive-by" videos necessitates, that I have to stop the video if I want to read the signs or look at a specific detail. That is impossible to do with motion blur. So: Thanks, buddy... closing the shutter of your camera is making things much easier to see :)
I used to live here back in the late 90s-early 2000s. I had lived in a few of the buildings on main street, as well as the blue duplex right next to that price river trail park. A good 70% of the buildings in the area were completely abandoned or in a state of disrepair. Despite that it was beautiful, there were always sunflowers, wild roses, apricot trees, the monarch migration to look forwards to every year. The Christmas parade. I do miss it. I was feeling nostalgic and went looking to see if there were videos like this. My god how it's changed, but I'm glad to see it's still beautiful. Wish they would have put some actual theaters or something in, seems to be all art. Glad to see the old bar, clinic and liquor store are in the exact same place, as is balance rock eatery. Those and the bank were about the only businesses that existed on the street around that time. The whole place when I lived there, was a "ghost town", not just because of how it looked and it's state, but just about every building had some sort of history and was haunted. The Avalon house, I lived there, was free temporary housing and a thriftshop at the time. People would see brief faces or hear someone in the halls but never saw anything. The old hotel called new house hotel, we lived there too, in the kickass old speakeasy underneath it. It looks different now, used to be a little shack extension with a big cafe sign. But those stairs on the side are the entrance and it used to be one of the coolest places I'd ever lived, it was haunted as well. Though I'm a bit sad, that entrance used to be a shack, a big patch of grass, and then a staircase leading to a second door. My beloved pet rats were buried there and it was a natural sunflower and tomato garden when we left it, I think It's a shame they tore that out and took the swing bench. Helper utah still remains one of the coolest places I've ever lived. I left there back around 2005 and still always think about it and want to go back. It was just so serene.
I work at the coffee shop. He passed by it but honestly such a pretty place to work.
Loved staying at the historic Conoco airbnb in Helper, totally worth the stop.
Utah is a beautiful state and the blue sky on this day was beyond any other.
Thanks so much.
Ya we have a lot of blue sky here its because we mine and burn alot of coal in this little area here 3 coal fire plants and 5 coal mines
Wow what a cool little town. Love all the old buildings with the neon signs still on then. 👍👍
Looks l8ke a fun little town. What does the rent go for?
I am looking for a cool place that's close to springville that's where my son lives. But I am a senior of 75 . Looking for a small house or an apartment that a senior can afford.? I am not a rich senior. But I want something that will be close to Springfield.
I recently visited this beautiful small town by accident and loved it. I walked all throught the area and stopped in the very nice coffee shop on Main St., I then sat outside and enjoyed the view and the peaceful surroundings. It kind of reminded me of what Mayberry was like.
I would definetely revisit this town and wish I could live there.
We were in Helper beginning of September and fell in love. We were shocked you didn’t stop and see either of the two refurbished ol time gas stations! Inside the one at the top of the street, the Kodak moment area, was full of old cars, Coke/cigarette/snack machines. Down from the other station the big statue was Helper’s version of “Big John” as in the Tennessee Earnie Ford song Sixteen Tons.
We stayed as the Blue Cut Campground, great owners and cute campground, for two weeks and still didn’t get to see everything!
9 Mile Canyon and the petroglyphs was phenomenal!
That blue glass build you passed up, that's the kiva club and the worst building in helper. My friends dared me to go into the basement if the kiva and I did. Then I came out just speechless, I felt the energy in there. I've also seen orbs and dark shadows fallow me around as a kid. I always felt protection around me though.
What a clean town!!! No trash anywhere!! Good video, thanks much!!
WOW - This place looks like something out of a movie set. Fantastic museum. If you ever go back, make sure you hang around to early evening to get shots of the neon signs lit up.
Another on my list!
I enjoyed being reminded of the old days with the old buildings. We didn't have a Walmart, but we had Western Auto which this town also has.
Neat little town. Been quite a while since I've seen a Piggly Wiggly grocery store. So much history, so little time. Lol. Little towns have the nicest people also. 👍👍🙋♂️
So glad to see they’re fixing the old buildings up! Nice town, Russ thanks for the tour. Thanks for ALL the tours!
I loved this town. I still cannot get over that back drop. They have beautiful views all around them. Thanks for sharing.
The blue sky , awesome!
Very cool little town, the only thing missing is a Sears & Roebuck store and a Woolworth's Five & Dime store....
That is Awesome! I sure enjoyed going along for the ride. Happy 👣 to you.
Wow very nice old town, video was extra clear blue sky's...
Yes, thanks
I would like to see this place after the remodeling is done. Stunning mountain backdrop! Thanks for the tour!!
You and me both!
Town did good. Liked the Hotel museum!!! Neat little quiet place to live!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
That Main Street is so gorgeous. So clean and tidy, the curbing and sidewalk all nice and neat with all the flower boxes. So nice to see a place where people take pride in their town. No litter and you can tell there is a lot of life in the town and yeah that mountain backdrop !!! Very impressive place great video
Great video! I've lived in Salt Lake City most of my life. Never considered visiting Helper. Thanks to you, I've changed my mind.
Beautiful... Movies... Suddenly remembered Breakdown movie bank scene...
Well that was cool!! When you turned the van around and there was the mountain!! A (Oh Wow!!) moment for sure.. I think that town was going back to the 40's and 50's. I wonder if kids cruised the streets at night.....Stay safe
12:05 I'll bet dollars-to-donuts, Russ, that those are old railroad company houses built for employees back in the day.
Helper really is a neat, old town, thanks for stopping in, Russ.
Sure miss the beauty of Utah!!Thank you!Rea
That’s where I stop to rest for the night ,after driving 13 hours from Ca ,on my way to my annual Colorado hunting trip 👍thanks for the tour .
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My hometown, yes it's haunted and I'm happy they prove it. I'm not afraid of the dark shadows anymore because Jesus Christ is my best friend Amen. Great Video for sure Amen 🙏👏🙌🙏.
That 191 is a fantastic scenic drive all the up n down eh Russ!!
Thanks for the ride
Haven't been to helper in years
They had a soda factory next to a motel
And a doughnut place that had the best ones
Safe travels
I completely agree with you what a picturesque town.
You mentioned a canyon you wanted to see, but didn't have time. I'm thinking 9 Mile Canyon, which isn't too far away! Anyway, thanks for the tour of Helper! I've been past there several times, but never stopped in. Now I know what I've been missing! Nice little town!
Awesome video Russ!!
I love "my" 2021 tour of the USA. Thanks Russ for guiding me around. Fits my style of travelling - backroads, museums, scenery and a peaceful pace.
Learning about all these sweet little towns that are reviving their community is great. Love to go through these types of towns as you find they have amazing arts and crafts for sale. I love finding a gem. Maybe the family will take a trip to this town next summer😀 Thx Russ!
Haven't seen a Phillips 66 gas station in ages, thanks for the trip
Outstanding Mountain scenery,,deff Kodak Moment. OMG,,an operational Phillips 66 gas station,, that is awesome. Haven't seen one in ages.:)
Beautiful town & cool video,,thanks.
Cool town and museum Russ. I love when places restore old buildings and upgrade them instead of tearing them down. In my old hometown, the housing market has become lucrative so people are taking homes that were built around 1952. They are restoring the hardwood floors but also upgrading the electrical, plumbing, roof and furnace. They are also upgrading the kitchens and bathrooms.
Wish more cities and towns were in a position to do that. I am assuming that these improved homes are privately owned as I have never heard of a city doing this. I love when old homes are updated.
@@dalekundtz760 yes, They are all privately owned. Some of them are rentals that the owners have updated and sold.
Thank you for the trip down memory lane sir. I used to live in helper back in 1988 and 89. What you see on film right next to the museum is a hotel that used to be a mission for transients and homeless people/families. We would usually give room and board for single women or women with children up to 6 weeks, and single men 1 to 2 weeks. This was a temporary stop allowing them to possibly get back on their feet or to get from one place to another. The mission ran strictly on donations from around Carbon County. Monetary and food donations were taken and used 100% for the mission and transients. We also had a small general store on the bottom of the hotel. The general store also operated off of donations from around the county and we sold used items much like a Goodwill today. I see that the Avalon hotel has changed quite a bit. When I was there it was actually a running functioning hotel but in its original configuration from I believe, the 1920s. It was very old and creaky and and still used heat from old water/steam heaters in each room. There has been a lot of change but I still notice a lot of the town is still the same. Thank you again sir.
"I used to live in helper back in 1988 and 89." Prices had gone up 500 % since then.🤣
Thanks for highlighting our town. Next time make sure to get some rock chips at the Balance Rock Cafe and anyone there can tell you some of the great places to visit around Helper. There is an RV park and camp area if you had driven down Main street a little farther you would have seen it. Also the first Friday of the every month there is an event on main street throughout the summer and our Art Festival at the end of the summer is wonderful. The light parade the first weekend of December is fantastic too. Fireworks in the snow can't be beat!
Helper Utah is beautiful and they’re bringing it back to life! Thank you Russ for filming it!❤️😀🚙
Thanks for the video. LOVE Helper. Great vibe, amazing buildings. Two years ago, they set up a stage on Main Street and the Utah Symphony performed for the town.
Cool little town! I knew you'd like the museum. The volunteer in the gift shop when I was there pointed to a house up on the cliff, where she was born. "So you've lived here your whole life?" I asked. "Not yet!" she said.
It's nice to see a small town revitalized instead of deserted.
I just discovered your channel or rediscovered it. I love these kind of small town videos,. These places are so beautiful.
Hey Russ. Thanks for stopping in Helper and taking us along. Don't apologize for liking the old town look, even though they are updating. I thought the exact same as you when you mentioned the flower pots, chairs and tables...just like the town I grew up in. The good old days...lol. Can't wait to see where you are heading to next. Be safe!
Great town and awesome view, Russ! Love your videos and all the comments!
Another good one! I'm impressed by how many small towns along your route are preserving their history. Thanks for taking the time record these small town museums.
I live in Helper, right outside of Spring Canyon. Sometimes I take for granted how beautiful the views are. My house is surrounded by mountain backdrops.
The refrigerator is not an ice box. The compressor was on top. We had one when I was a kid in the 1960’s.
My wife's nickname as a kid was Coolerater. Coolerater was a company that made those fridges with the compressor on top.
Hey Russ long time no see Kim and I are down here in Moab if you haven't already gone through holler at us great video
Hey Russ!!! Do you need a "HELPER"!!! Have Fun!!! Be Safe!!!
Thanks for going to helper unfortunately you left a lot of the town out he didn’t bother to look at the gas station at both ends of the Town that have all been redone and didn’t catch the motorcycle museum they have there and the malt shop then you have to see this place at night it’s like a little route 66 and just Down the street it’s a beautiful campsite you can walk from the campsite to town
Main street America is awfully quiet nowadays. Nobody really shops there anymore. The malls killed the downtowns. Then, the online shopping killed the malls.
Back until about somewhere in the seventies these little towns were busy.
Give me the old days when you could go downtown for the shopping and dining and just hanging on a corner watching the world go by.
I am happy that you are returning to hometown sir.❤❤❤👌👌👌👌👍👍👍👍
It seems, Russ, every video I’ve watched of yours today I’ve been there when I was still trucking! Lol! Talk about a day for memory lane! Thank you! I’ve traveled Hwy 6 there in Utah a lot as well…on down to Soldier Summit and beyond on my way back to Texas! Back then Hwy 6 was under heavy construction and it was a real pain to travel! Helper looks like such a neat town! Im sure I’ve driven through there at some point or another. I’m into history and LOVE all the old buildings. Thanks for sharing! ~Jim~
Wow, thank you Russ! Great video!
Thank you very much for this video, I absolutely love helper, Utah. There’s a lot of great history there. The Tallerico’s were (are) a famous family. Coal mines were the main source of income for the valley. Such a beautiful town.
Way cool love the old town and Railroad. Tks be safe
I lived in Helper when I was a kid. They have done a great job preserving its character.
Great town and getting better every day. Thanks for the tour, Russ.
Now you're in my stomping grounds. If you like ghosts, ask anyone around Helper about the legend of the "white lady," who is often seen up in the old mining area up Spring Canyon. If you have time, it's worth a drive up towards Latuda. You can still see the remains of coal tipples, old homes, etc.
Sounds like a good place to visit. Thanks for recommending it to Russ and those of us who are following him on his travels.
I loved the tour of this vintage town. I thought there was a creeper sneaking up on you when I saw the shadow figure hovering over the flowers on the sidewalk. Your camera looked like an ax so I thought it was an ominous shadow figure getting ready to strike, until I realized it was only you, your own shadow. Lol It is a cute town. I don't wear hats but I thought it would have been fun to take a closer look at the vintage ladies hats in the museum. They would have been more interesting than the old TV's:-) All in all, it was a fun tour:-)
Love Helper Utah! Been there a few times. Bar owner told us about the brothels that used to be there.
I lived here for so long now in Vegas but my first love was there and that car wash is a nice loving memory.
San Rafael Swell by Castle Dale, Utah is a great spot for a video. Just south of Price.
OmG! I miss hone so much! Grew up in Price/Wellington/Helper area. This took me back for a few minutes,to the streets i know so well.... Christmas Town USA Thank you!
Russ, what a beautiful mountain backdrop in Helper, UTAH! Awesome
AWE-INSPIRING, RUSS......Thank U!
The mountains alone will draw me in, so impressive 👏 👌 🙌 😀
Russ, you missed one of the nicest RV parks we have visited. Castle Gate RV Park is only about a half mile from downtown Helper.
Thanks Russ...nice trip. We are watching....
Thanks for watching
Rambling roaming Russ of RverTV? Thanks for the circle summer tour!!!
We can't wait for you to get back to quartzsite and watch your videos. We've never been there and are anticipating the fun.
Hey russ what type of camera 📷 you use Beutiful picture Quality
Just tripped over your videos 'by accident' and LOVING them 'diolch yn fawr iawn' / thank-you very much - from a very green, ex-coal mining, Wales! :)
If you headed South on main Street about 1/4 mile from where you turned around you would see an amazing RV Park. Also stop by the rock shop at the North of town. They have lots to see at very reasonable prices.
You make the summer go by fast. Always anticipating your next video and here we are.....October already. Doesn't seem like you started this journey back in April.
That's how much your videos are enjoyed. Happy trails!
More to come!
🙋♀️Hello Russ! Helper, Utah is a beautiful little town. Enjoyed seeing parts of the past in their museum. Always fascinating history. Only 623.7 via I - 15 S left from here.😉 👍
Hey bud, just a shout out, I was born in Price,Ut, haven ex that lives there in helper,Ut. Wow, & here I am living in florida, anyway great to see some video of back home, keep up the good works. -Ron-
Awesomeness 👍😊
Thanks 🤗
They have a arts festival every year, thousands of people go
Wow those fire department windows were sparkly clean!
Old time movie theater without a hundred screens
Awesome RV Park called Castle Gate just south of town.
Greetings from India!! Luv your videos!!
I live on the North End of main street in Helper, I love my house built in 1911! I love living here! Wouldn't change it for the world. We have had a few music vids made here, Ghost Adventures was here in May of 2021. Norman Reedus and Keanu Reeves were here recently too. And if u would have stayed on main Street instead of getting on the freeway, there is an RV park down there. 😀
Nice camera work
We stayed in a small town bout three hours south of there called Panguitch Ut home of Butch Cassidy
👍👍 Thanks Russ.
LIVED THERE 1970S ON POWER PLANTS....COACHED IN FERRON...BASEBALL N ALLSTARS....2ND IN STATE GREAT KIDS..
Another great video.
I appreciate that
Have you been to Richfield UT before it’s like this a little larger
As A Railfan who's been through there . . This Is A Great Video ! Thanks : >)
The signs in your videos are readable, and I mean in a really good way. I watch quite a bit of those travelling videos, and some youtubers have opened the shutter of their cameras so wide, that everything is somehow at least in part affected by motion blur, unless you look directly dead ahead. But closing the shutter instead is a good thing, because especially those "drive-by" videos necessitates, that I have to stop the video if I want to read the signs or look at a specific detail. That is impossible to do with motion blur. So: Thanks, buddy... closing the shutter of your camera is making things much easier to see :)
Yup, I think it's still got a heartbeat, Russ! HELP...er! no McDonalds? Pretty stark situation against that massive rock!
Gorgeous
I used to live here back in the late 90s-early 2000s. I had lived in a few of the buildings on main street, as well as the blue duplex right next to that price river trail park. A good 70% of the buildings in the area were completely abandoned or in a state of disrepair. Despite that it was beautiful, there were always sunflowers, wild roses, apricot trees, the monarch migration to look forwards to every year. The Christmas parade. I do miss it. I was feeling nostalgic and went looking to see if there were videos like this. My god how it's changed, but I'm glad to see it's still beautiful. Wish they would have put some actual theaters or something in, seems to be all art. Glad to see the old bar, clinic and liquor store are in the exact same place, as is balance rock eatery. Those and the bank were about the only businesses that existed on the street around that time.
The whole place when I lived there, was a "ghost town", not just because of how it looked and it's state, but just about every building had some sort of history and was haunted. The Avalon house, I lived there, was free temporary housing and a thriftshop at the time. People would see brief faces or hear someone in the halls but never saw anything. The old hotel called new house hotel, we lived there too, in the kickass old speakeasy underneath it. It looks different now, used to be a little shack extension with a big cafe sign. But those stairs on the side are the entrance and it used to be one of the coolest places I'd ever lived, it was haunted as well.
Though I'm a bit sad, that entrance used to be a shack, a big patch of grass, and then a staircase leading to a second door. My beloved pet rats were buried there and it was a natural sunflower and tomato garden when we left it, I think It's a shame they tore that out and took the swing bench.
Helper utah still remains one of the coolest places I've ever lived. I left there back around 2005 and still always think about it and want to go back. It was just so serene.
Ru, You need to spend 2-3 days to see all the historical stuff in Carbon Co. Love your videos.