I made 6 trips between 2006 and 2012 exploring Route 66. An amazing experience creating some wonderful memories. However, I have one bit of advice, or perhaps a warning is more appropriate. When exploring the inside of these abandoned buildings be aware that there is a considerable population of rattlesnakes in the area and they like to go inside these buildings to get protection from the midday heat. I’m not trying to discourage anyone from going inside these buildings, just watch where you step.
I don't know how many people my age who are still with us and remember driving the mother road in the 1950's and 60's, Ive eaten in so many of those old cafe's along the road west of Texas And burnt many tanks of gas Between Santa Monica and Texas in my late youth.Those who remember those wide spots in the road with 3 or 4 cafes, a couple dive motels, and a half a dozen gas stations and auto repair shops, Back then they had what was known as "Gas Wars" where stations competed with each other for the tourist and trucker $ with lowest gas prices many of those mom & pop settlements had 4-6 gas stations one on each corner at the main crossroads and one or two at each end of town on both sides of the highway. I remember paying 19.9 cents a gallon then looking across the street noticing gas was 18.9 cents per gallon with a free breakfast with fill up, So $2.40 to fill my 20 gallon tank and paid .49 cents for a steak and egg breakfast which included 3 eggs, potatoes toast, coffee and orange juice at the higher priced station. Hard to believe it does not seem that long ago We would buy a $50 car or truck in LA, One that ran and had some tread left on the tires and with $100 between us take a month long road trip throughout the southwest always taking US 66 as our route out of LA or returning to LA. Needless to say we left many cars broken down along that highway & buying another beater just to get us home..
In the early 70s I once sold an old Pontiac Bonneville to a musician friend of mine for $37.50 and a bottle of Jack Daniels. He drove it across the country and back to California before it died. He got his money's worth out of it. I'll be doing the New Mexico to CA stretch of 66 this June.
Man all them abandoned cars and all them buildings with scrap metal that's a fortune right there and all them abandoned buildings should be torn down and gotten rid of big deal it's on route 66 you can put industry in there real cheap industry and bring up people that build new homes manufactured homes but there's a lot of money in scrap metal there
I travelled route 66 when I was young. It really hurt when I-40 replaced it. Those days gone forever. The innocence is long gone and no way to restore. And Sir, you gave us an epic journey. Grammy material. Thank you for the memories.
My family drove from SoCal to visit family in Indiana every summer in the 50s and early 60s. Sure looked different then! We always loved that trip. Thanks.
Excellent video! Detailed yet concise, clear, beautiful shots (i love the drone), informative , no annoying music, great editing... i could go on, but let's just say perfect video. 👌 👍 I am definitely a new sub here Thanks for this !!!
@@attrell awesome I may as well I do a lot of research for my photography. Really enjoy your videos. I’m always intrigued with old towns and abandoned buildings and towns and wonder how it once was.
I can count on one hand how many vids over 30 mins that I have watched in their entirety on RUclips. This is one of that elite group. Thank you for a fantastic video.
I lived in Kingman AZ and saw many of the towns abandoned and lived in. It's on my bucket list to travel the complete route hopefully before my vessel goes into eternal sleep.
Watching on a drab, dreary, Sunday afternoon in the UK, our mood is lifted seeing this video. Envy the comments made by those who have been fortunate enough to travel this route and 'live the dream'! Something my wife and I would love to do, but alas, age and funds prevent this from happening! Thank you so much for your tour!
Don't give up on a dream trip like this! I am from Ireland and know about the dreary weather you talk about. I hope you and your misses get to take a visit to 66.
I live in CT, always wanted to travel 66 but, time and money does not allow these types of things anymore. Thank you for showing a modern view of the famous Rt. 66... Thank for this trip along with you. Amazing detail and thanks for walking the places where normal people would not. I've been watching this video over 3 days, just when I had time, so finally got to finish it today.
Excellent Route #66 video, Chris. Rode Route #66, on my Harley motorcycle, 20 years ago, and old-school. No GPS, old cellphones, on bottom of T-bags. Paper map clipped to luggage, in plastic rainproof bag. So, this video is extra special - it's a wonderful collection memories of traveling "The Mother Road", as done in Easy Rider. More graffiti than I remember. I hope the 100th Anniversary, in 2026 encourages many to tour Americana. Your video is a great preservation of this historical treasure.
In the late 60s and early 70s. My father and my mother and I am my youngest brother made several trips across country and made a few visits to Arizona to see my older brother. Seeing those places out in the desert before you get to Arizona brings back a lot of old memories I spent Time there has a 16-year-old maybe 17. But those places some of them I do remember. There’s a lot of cool places in Palm Springs to that were still there now. I really enjoyed traveling with my mother and father and seeing all the sites in the United States, 1971 we ran across country in a motorhome what a blast, I’ve traveled a lot sure miss it. I’m 70 years old now and both of my parents are gone but she knows bring back memories. Thanks so much for such great videos. Have a beautiful day.👍🏼😁❤️ Sure miss those good old days❤️👍😎
All of those dreams long faded... now only whispered on the wind and in the sound of the tumbleweeds. It sure would be fantastic to hear the stories of the dreamers, and learn what became of them. Mesmerizing, thanks for sharing your journey.
My wife’s great grandfather was Sydney Casey. She actually lived in the house behind the storefronts for a while. I used to store my bass boat in the garage. I’ve heard lots of great stories about Spencer. I even did some metal detecting there before her family sold the property.
As with that watch with the Swastika on the back, though is such an IMPORTANT piece of History, I couldnt help myself elaborating on WHY it was so important or at least, COULD have been. Yes, it was a war, and had things are done in a war by all nations involved, but consider that HITLER, who with his Nazi party, started that war, might have actually handled that watch...
TY for this wonderful video , in 1972 my family moved from Kentucky to San bernardino just off Norton Air Force Base and we took RT.66 on part of that journey and i remember well Fort Courage and man was it full of visitors and vacationers. it was a very busy place,of course F troop was a very popular tv show back in the day. TY soooo much for the return of my childhood memories with my family. Well done Sir, God Bless
Good video. I have traveled hwy 66 with my family many times from the late 1960 until I-40 just wiped out most of the businesses. My parents stopped at all the cool places. We stayed in the teepee shaped motel rooms. Stucky's was a frequent stop. My parents loved the pecan rolls, and they sold Texaco gasoline, which my dad preferred. The weather looks so nice on a clear winter day, but on our yearly trips between Amarillo to L.A. near Christmas the weather could be horrible. One year we had thick fog for 2 days. My dad drove 15 mph in our Chrysler Imperial with the factory sun shade. When it rained, it poured. Often very large hail, and an occasional tornado. Somewhere on 66 there is a restaurant in a large cave in a huge rock. That can't be closed now, it was too cool. Does anyone know where it is? Thanks for posting this video. Interesting memories.
I'm from Brazil and I like to travel the world, the American desert has always fascinated me, I don't know if it's because of the movies, but these landscapes really catch my attention. I really want to one day get in a car and drive along this road, and be able to have coffee and beers in these places, sleep in these small towns that are still alive and, of course, be able to park the car somewhere and enjoy these beautiful American landscapes. Congratulations on the excellent content, I watched everything, from beginning to end.
I was stationed at Fort Leonardwood and when we received an off base pass, I spent the day at Route 66 cafe. 15 years later, we took a family trip across the country and I took my family there. The magic had died. But I took the time to take the historic Route 66 and a regular gas stop had large single page maps showing the original Route compared to modern maps. I am currently building a 64 Chevy truck and am planning to drive up to Chicago and follow as much of the original Route as allowed all the way to Cali. I will be taking my daughter for the trip. I expect it to be about 5 years from now. (When she is 16 and has a learners permit so she can be a part of the drive) I fully plan to hit every single stop you made in this video too. We will have modern follow cars along for the trip for added security/safety. Over night lodging will be tents on the side of the road in some cases when local motels are either too dangerous or the crime rate is just on Democrat levels. So far we have a 65 and 69 mustang, 64 chevy C10 truck, and maybe a 70 Nova lined up for the trip.
Chris, I'm a Canadian who has been living in America since 2014, I'm very appreciative of your unbelievably comprehensive video! I most recently drove parts of Route 66, when in mid-December I drove from San Diego to Chicago. I saw several of the places that you have highlighted. Thank you for your hard work!
I really enjoyed this Chris, thanks for sharing! In the 1980's my wife and I made the same journey. I was amazed to see how many things I remember and how many things that were there in the 1980's are not there now. Most things that were destroyed or barely standing were still intact in the 1980's. I even remember eating at a couple of restaurants along the way shown in your video. In the 1980's parts of these abandoned locations were still open and VERY HAPPY to see you. I wish I had video of those spots, but only memories and a few crappy photos!
Excelente recorrido mi amigo. La fama de la ruta 66 trasciende fronteras y hasta por aquí soñamos con viajar por ella una vez en la vida al menos. Pregunta; es todo o falta otra parte? Desde ya muy agradecido por el video. Lo he disfrutado mucho. Saludos !!!!🇦🇷
Thanks for sharing this video with us! I made the trip in 1967 at the age of 18, with two other ladies, from central Arkansas to Fresno, CA where three of my brothers lived at the time. We spent one night in Tucumcari, NM. I loved seeing it again, at a time when I no longer travel. Awesome job, Chris!
Absolutely fantastic Chris! This is the kind of America I would love to visit, both now and when these places were still alive, it is also extremely heartbreaking to see the changes
An amazing mini documentary on the route 66. I stayed for the entirety of it and loved the nostalgia. Unfortunately I have only ever seen int in its dilapidated state. But it would've been nice to have something like this in my own lifetime. Glad to have a taste
Thanks for this sensitive and well researched tour. You've captured the spirit of our fragile pride set against the passing of time. Beautiful work. Keep it up. Thank you!
That was a wonderful interlude, following along as you checked out so many of the abandoned towns and buildings along the famous Route 66. It was fascinating to see so many of the sad, derelict buildings, along with some information on them. Also, to see so many of the wonderfully restored ones, too! By the way, I love how you sometimes feature the "mayor" of a town in your videos. 😊 Thank you so very much, Chris!
before I started watching I assumed your comment was referring to some historical plaques on the former Mayors, imagine my surprise when instead we get to meet such esteemed civil officials instead, truly an honor lol
We feel like we're traveling both through space and the decades when this road was alive. Congrats on really nice video, you know how to make people want to come visit it ! I wish i will one day even if i need to cross the Atlantic for that. Road 66 is truly a fantasy all around the world !
Fun stuff. There is still a lot of magic in these places along Route 66. My family and I absolutely adore the Route 66 legacy, and what is left of it. That was handed down to me... by my parents, who are still basically obsessed with it. Route 66 was pure America, and the remnants are still part of the fiber of this Country.
When I was little 1966 on Route 66 going to California from Chicago well, Aurora Illinois ,all the way out to Los Angeles and Bel Air. Ca. that was quite a trip .I've seen these structures in my childhood at least 5 trips in the back seat of mom and dad's car kind of neat seeing them now looking as they do. . Great video. 🙋
That was an AMAZING tour Chris of Route 66 and many bravos for posting this.... Loved this video and loved that quaint Phillips 66 gas station... Wonderful and great content' Maybe some of these old fine buildings will eventually be erased with weather unless someone buys them and restores them to their former glory, But if not we can all come back to your nostalgic video and watch and see them them all on how life used to be back in the day... God bless Chris from the uk... 😊
So cool to see the places my Grandparents traveled though as Dutch immigrants in 1936. And to see the town my father in law grew up in, Galena Kansas! Thank you so much for the You Tube Posts.
None of you were slaves, huh?...... You just up and came to north America from your homeland because things were so perfect, Its interesting that most black people from America don't have a story of coming and going.
Wow, what a memory rush. I miss the old days, my folks always follow the old 66 to our places to visit. Thank you. I enjoyed watching. God Bless you, I
I absolutely fell in love with your channel after watching this video. Amazing upload thank you for bringing us along on your Route 66 Adventures. Bet this video took a lot of time editing and filming. Appreciate all the hard work you did to bring this video to life. I get a chuckle for some reason how you pronounce Processing lol Great job huge fan.
Fort Courage: The Fort closed in 2014, and has rapidly decayed since then. Easily accessed from I-40 in Arizona, Ft. Courage is a worthwhile stop, especially for those of us who remember watching F Troop on TV.
Herzlichen Dank, dass du uns auf der Reise entlang der Route 66 mitgenommen hast. Interessant zu sehen, wie die einst belebten Städte zu Geisterstädten werden. Super Reportage und hervorragend erklärt. Viele Grüße aus Hamm, Deutschland. Daniel
I’m sorry you missed seeing the Painted Desert Trading Post, just outside of the Painted Desert/Petrified Forest National Park. It’s a great 👍 field trip along an abandoned stretch of old Hwy 66. Nice video presentation here. You’ve done your homework and have created an enjoyable video. Great drone work.
This was such a great video. I remember traveling through here with my family as a kid. Thank you so much for sharing and bring in back such happy memories!
Hi from UK, i find this kind of stuff fascinating, so much history and mystery its no wonder people from outside the U.S have so much interest with America, it just makes one wonder why with 21K views already and only 339 likes of it 🤷
It will never have as much meaning to a foreigner as to an American. This route is just not something fun to see, it was a lifeline to millions of Americans during the depression. The hopes, dreams, & future was on every mile of the historic road. My family traveled this road from OK. during the depression . They settled in CA.. This road is the heart & soul of, and, is part of being an American. Other countries just see the road as a cartoon., but, to US, it's part of our hearts & fabric of our lives. There were literal tears shed on this road, the people didn't want to leave their homes, but, had no choice , as it all became a Dustbowl.
@@estelleadamski308 I don;t know where my comment vanished to, but I think maybe you could write a book, It was very educating and heartwarming how you described how it really was and how its shaped this part of American history, people would love to hear in detail I feel...and its only thse who speak from true experience that can educate others with real events.
@@MyammiRose U R kind. I am 48 % British Isles DNA. But I am a American of long standing since the 1700"s. So only an American can understand this epic Mother Road as a Lifeline across America. and what it meant to them.. We have always traveled long distances in the USA. I've been to all 50 states. My maiden name was Smith, my mom's was Brown. You can come visit the RT, 66, a lot of fun spots, but really no deep meaning for you, but, really interesting nonetheless I love the Open Road. I've never been to England, the land of my ancestors, but I always wanted to go. That would have meaning to me
@@estelleadamski308 I'd swap places any day, lol - Yes I understand and appreciate what you mean, although I don't feel the UK has as much awe inspiring and mystical events happen...I gues it does but I thinks its the useual cae of what one is used to and other places that are more unfamiliar seems to pull that imagination out, Its nice to hear of the American History, I just feel more connected to it..Thanks for your reply and insight. Hey the likes have gone up to 2.1K now so that's cool to see...Have a great day.
Thanks for that wonderful tour of Route 66!! I always wondered what was or is still on that Route! It looks like mostly abandoned historic buildings! That is almost breathless. And thanks for some elevated drone shots!!
Chris, your work is so beautiful, to include the little tidbits of data you put on the screen. The narration doesn't really do it justice. I just signed up to watch your filmography and put some relaxing music behind it. Brilliant. You've won me over. Just looking at your abandoned places works for me. I only need to see, not be told. You are wonderful. You have a new fan! Thank you!💗
I guess this video saved me a trip to the USA because now I can remove "travel along route 66" off my bucket list. :) Thanks to the creator for making this video!
Yep, I used to stop often at the old Tucumcari Truck Terminal back in the 70's before the interstate. It was a relay hub for consolidated freightways. Very busy place.
You're a little ways away from Route 66. But I really do appreciate it. I am new to your channel and will have to look to see if you have done any travelling in Washington. Your videos are so well done and extremely informative. And very appreciated! ❤
Interesting/informative/entertaining. I’ve had the good fortune to travel & experience different area’s from Illinois to California. Special thanks to the historians filming & orating those areas that they found interesting. For viewer’s whom won’t have the opportunity to see Route 66 in person.
I really enjoyed watching this. So much rich history and you narrated it very well. Watching from all the way across the world on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands 🇸🇧..
Love this video man hope you had a great Christmas. I’d love to come over there to check out stuff like this I’d really love to dig into the stories of these towns and how it came to this
Thanks for making the film, Chris, I really enjoyed it. The commentary is very sympathetic and doesn't distract from the pictures. I've done the Arizona-California stretch a couple of times and loved it. One of my larger artworks is based on Hackberry, Ca. I stopped at Ash Fork too where I think you had to edit out? Maybe one day I'll fly over again and do a different stretch? The Lincoln Highway for you next?! Best wishes, Brian
This is a very poetic and also a very moving video. This is the first video I have seen to illustrate a more human side of not just Route 66, but also you can tell all places are alive. People who established themselves in these places breathed all their hopes, their dreams, their fears, and their optimism into them. People came west to establish and invent a life that really existed /exists nowhere else on this planet. I like the fact that artists renovated buildings and even built something that mirrors the Ghost theme of route 66. Not as something grim, but as something like the renovation of a painting. All places along Route 66 are as those paintings. All these places need artists to come along and, like a Phoenix, make all places along Route 66 express the dreams of those who lived years ago. Some places are not meant to be touched. But, I like those cars standing up right where anybody can take a can of spray paint and put their own mark on them. And this is the idea. One set of artists do their work. A second, third, fourth, etc, artists come along and put their impressions on the original established art work. Idea, the life of the Western U.S is forever shifting and redesigning itself. That is, the West is as a person who is always dreaming. Those who encounter the art work, are also part of that unspoken conversation that can only exist along Route 66 to the Pacific Ocean.
I took my kids on a round the USA road tour in 1992 and we took Hwy 66 from Amarillo, Texas ti San Bernardino, California. Still have my Hwy 66 neckerchief that I’ve always use as a dinner serviette ( napkin) at family dinners.
I loved watching it was like I was with you along the tour lots of nostalgia in every stop I would love to buy a house in some old abandon town and just kick back with a cold one 😂❤😅 !!!
I didn't realize Siberia still had so many ruins! I'll have to get out there. Not too long ago, Mojave Desert ruins weren't so graffitied/ tagged/painted up and were more in their amazing, natural state and ambiance. It would be nice if the were still that way, but the paint doesn't completely ruin things. Great video.
Great to see a video about the subject matter rather than using it as an excuse to show yourself like so many others do nowadays. Very interesting. Enough to make one miss the old days even if we weren't there. A shame to see so much "heritage" lost......
Beautiful video - I traveled Route 66, once. When I was able to drive both day and night long distances. It was hard without GPS, cause much of the route was gone and had to do pick ups in various states...
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I made 6 trips between 2006 and 2012 exploring Route 66. An amazing experience creating some wonderful memories. However, I have one bit of advice, or perhaps a warning is more appropriate. When exploring the inside of these abandoned buildings be aware that there is a considerable population of rattlesnakes in the area and they like to go inside these buildings to get protection from the midday heat. I’m not trying to discourage anyone from going inside these buildings, just watch where you step.
Great advice.
Merci infiniment pour ces conseils .
😮 wow
Do they have Daimond backs as well George..?
Yep, for sure! Desert areas especially.
I don't know how many people my age who are still with us and remember driving the mother road in the 1950's and 60's, Ive eaten in so many of those old cafe's along the road west of Texas And burnt many tanks of gas Between Santa Monica and Texas in my late youth.Those who remember those wide spots in the road with 3 or 4 cafes, a couple dive motels, and a half a dozen gas stations and auto repair shops, Back then they had what was known as "Gas Wars" where stations competed with each other for the tourist and trucker $ with lowest gas prices many of those mom & pop settlements had 4-6 gas stations one on each corner at the main crossroads and one or two at each end of town on both sides of the highway. I remember paying 19.9 cents a gallon then looking across the street noticing gas was 18.9 cents per gallon with a free breakfast with fill up, So $2.40 to fill my 20 gallon tank and paid .49 cents for a steak and egg breakfast which included 3 eggs, potatoes toast, coffee and orange juice at the higher priced station. Hard to believe it does not seem that long ago We would buy a $50 car or truck in LA, One that ran and had some tread left on the tires and with $100 between us take a month long road trip throughout the southwest always taking US 66 as our route out of LA or returning to LA. Needless to say we left many cars broken down along that highway & buying another beater just to get us home..
The good old days!!
In the early 70s I once sold an old Pontiac Bonneville to a musician friend of mine for $37.50 and a bottle of Jack Daniels. He drove it across the country and back to California before it died. He got his money's worth out of it. I'll be doing the New Mexico to CA stretch of 66 this June.
its because the expand of the new highways so route 66 got abandoned ?
That as it was inexpensive to fly.
Man all them abandoned cars and all them buildings with scrap metal that's a fortune right there and all them abandoned buildings should be torn down and gotten rid of big deal it's on route 66 you can put industry in there real cheap industry and bring up people that build new homes manufactured homes but there's a lot of money in scrap metal there
I travelled route 66 when I was young. It really hurt when I-40 replaced it. Those days gone forever. The innocence is long gone and no way to restore. And Sir, you gave us an epic journey. Grammy material. Thank you for the memories.
WOW thank you!
A Grammy is the award for music.
Yes, change is inevitable but this hurts a lot.
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It hurts me they didn't make it APART of the interstate
My family drove from SoCal to visit family in Indiana every summer in the 50s and early 60s. Sure looked different then! We always loved that trip. Thanks.
Thanks for sharing!
Excellent video! Detailed yet concise, clear, beautiful shots (i love the drone), informative , no annoying music, great editing... i could go on, but let's just say perfect video. 👌 👍 I am definitely a new sub here
Thanks for this !!!
Wow, thanks!
Woud be awesome to see some old vintage photos when all these places were thriving..
I will work on that
@@attrell awesome I may as well I do a lot of research for my photography. Really enjoy your videos. I’m always intrigued with old towns and abandoned buildings and towns and wonder how it once was.
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At cool springs there are photos inside
@@attrell Спасибо! Было бы здорово посмотреть старые фото на фоне сегодняшнего состояния
I can count on one hand how many vids over 30 mins that I have watched in their entirety on RUclips. This is one of that elite group. Thank you for a fantastic video.
Wow, thank you!
I can count on one hand.
@@attrellCould be a lot better...see my comment above, near the beginning of the comments section, thank you!
I lived in Kingman AZ and saw many of the towns abandoned and lived in. It's on my bucket list to travel the complete route hopefully before my vessel goes into eternal sleep.
wow your elite group of youtube videos over 30 min, shut the fuck up, just say is a good video
Watching on a drab, dreary, Sunday afternoon in the UK, our mood is lifted seeing this video. Envy the comments made by those who have been fortunate enough to travel this route and 'live the dream'! Something my wife and I would love to do, but alas, age and funds prevent this from happening! Thank you so much for your tour!
Thank you!
I lived in Pacific Missouri, right down 66 from the Gardenway Motel in Gray Summitt
Don't give up on a dream trip like this! I am from Ireland and know about the dreary weather you talk about. I hope you and your misses get to take a visit to 66.
Me and my daughter traveled it a bit seven years ago it was interesting from oxford England 🏴
I live in CT, always wanted to travel 66 but, time and money does not allow these types of things anymore. Thank you for showing a modern view of the famous Rt. 66... Thank for this trip along with you. Amazing detail and thanks for walking the places where normal people would not.
I've been watching this video over 3 days, just when I had time, so finally got to finish it today.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate that!
It's a great piece of been history now! So much nostalgic feeling for a place where I never have been to.😢 Loved your video man... awesome.👏🏻
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent Route #66 video, Chris.
Rode Route #66, on my Harley motorcycle, 20 years ago, and old-school. No GPS, old cellphones, on bottom of T-bags. Paper map clipped to luggage, in plastic rainproof bag.
So, this video is extra special - it's a wonderful collection memories of traveling "The Mother Road", as done in Easy Rider.
More graffiti than I remember. I hope the 100th Anniversary, in 2026 encourages many to tour Americana.
Your video is a great preservation of this historical treasure.
Lucky you! I am sure you had a memorable trip!
I went out Route 66 in 1963
So do I but monted on a cow. It took me 10 years and 3 cows to do all the route.
@@raleighhaney3182 Wow 'well that would have been something eyh.. #Crazytimes ....!
Wow that sounds like an epic trip. I would love to have lived that.
In the late 60s and early 70s. My father and my mother and I am my youngest brother made several trips across country and made a few visits to Arizona to see my older brother. Seeing those places out in the desert before you get to Arizona brings back a lot of old memories I spent Time there has a 16-year-old maybe 17. But those places some of them I do remember. There’s a lot of cool places in Palm Springs to that were still there now. I really enjoyed traveling with my mother and father and seeing all the sites in the United States, 1971 we ran across country in a motorhome what a blast, I’ve traveled a lot sure miss it. I’m 70 years old now and both of my parents are gone but she knows bring back memories. Thanks so much for such great videos. Have a beautiful day.👍🏼😁❤️ Sure miss those good old days❤️👍😎
Amen to that.
Great story. It would be nice if you could travel it again.
All of those dreams long faded... now only whispered on the wind and in the sound of the tumbleweeds. It sure would be fantastic to hear the stories of the dreamers, and learn what became of them.
Mesmerizing, thanks for sharing your journey.
Thanks for watching!
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I like your wording and how you described it all.
@@Ann-st8et Thank you very much. 💖
Wow! Thank you for this! What an amazing archive of ghost towns and abandoned places! 2 million views! You deserve this!
Thank you!
My wife’s great grandfather was Sydney Casey. She actually lived in the house behind the storefronts for a while. I used to store my bass boat in the garage. I’ve heard lots of great stories about Spencer. I even did some metal detecting there before her family sold the property.
Neat place!
I love how you don't dwell on stuff, nor exhaust us with history. Simple details... and next. Perfect style for this viewer. 👍
I appreciate that!
I like history...
As with that watch with the Swastika on the back, though is such an IMPORTANT piece of History, I couldnt help myself elaborating on WHY it was so important or at least, COULD have been. Yes, it was a war, and had things are done in a war by all nations involved, but consider that HITLER, who with his Nazi party, started that war, might have actually handled that watch...
TY for this wonderful video , in 1972 my family moved from Kentucky to San bernardino just off Norton Air Force Base and we took RT.66 on part of that journey
and i remember well Fort Courage and man was it full of visitors and vacationers. it was a very busy place,of course F troop was a very popular tv show back in the day.
TY soooo much for the return of my childhood memories with my family.
Well done Sir, God Bless
Wow thank you!
I've watched quite a few videos on this subject but thought your coverage of the abandoned places along route 66 was especially wonderful! Great job!
WOW thank you!!!
Good video. I have traveled hwy 66 with my family many times from the late 1960 until I-40 just wiped out most of the businesses. My parents stopped at all the cool places. We stayed in the teepee shaped motel rooms. Stucky's was a frequent stop. My parents loved the pecan rolls, and they sold Texaco gasoline, which my dad preferred.
The weather looks so nice on a clear winter day, but on our yearly trips between Amarillo to L.A. near Christmas the weather could be horrible. One year we had thick fog for 2 days. My dad drove 15 mph in our Chrysler Imperial with the factory sun shade.
When it rained, it poured. Often very large hail, and an occasional tornado.
Somewhere on 66 there is a restaurant in a large cave in a huge rock. That can't be closed now, it was too cool. Does anyone know where it is?
Thanks for posting this video. Interesting memories.
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This is one of the best videos I have ever seen. Its so artistic that I can't stop watching. GREAT job!
Thank you so much!
I'm from Brazil and I like to travel the world, the American desert has always fascinated me, I don't know if it's because of the movies, but these landscapes really catch my attention. I really want to one day get in a car and drive along this road, and be able to have coffee and beers in these places, sleep in these small towns that are still alive and, of course, be able to park the car somewhere and enjoy these beautiful American landscapes. Congratulations on the excellent content, I watched everything, from beginning to end.
Thank you!
Thank you, i loved the road trip you made, much appreciated, watching frm Australia.
Awesome, thank you!
I was stationed at Fort Leonardwood and when we received an off base pass, I spent the day at Route 66 cafe.
15 years later, we took a family trip across the country and I took my family there. The magic had died.
But I took the time to take the historic Route 66 and a regular gas stop had large single page maps showing the original Route compared to modern maps.
I am currently building a 64 Chevy truck and am planning to drive up to Chicago and follow as much of the original Route as allowed all the way to Cali. I will be taking my daughter for the trip. I expect it to be about 5 years from now. (When she is 16 and has a learners permit so she can be a part of the drive)
I fully plan to hit every single stop you made in this video too.
We will have modern follow cars along for the trip for added security/safety.
Over night lodging will be tents on the side of the road in some cases when local motels are either too dangerous or the crime rate is just on Democrat levels.
So far we have a 65 and 69 mustang, 64 chevy C10 truck, and maybe a 70 Nova lined up for the trip.
I went to boot camp 1994 fort Leonard wood.
@@skipper1975e 2005 lost in the woods here. 31 Bravo, 787th MP Battalion
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Great video. I appreciate that you showed some of the lesser visited types of places on Route 66.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
Very cool video. I’ve always dreamed of visiting Route 66. Good work.
Thank you 😊.
Thank you!
thanks for tagging us along your journey virtually I enjoyed this vid
Glad you enjoyed
Chris, I'm a Canadian who has been living in America since 2014, I'm very appreciative of your unbelievably comprehensive video! I most recently drove parts of Route 66, when in mid-December I drove from San Diego to Chicago. I saw several of the places that you have highlighted. Thank you for your hard work!
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Thank you, hope you enjoyed your trip!
Excuse me, mister: is not America, is the United States. America is the whole continent.
Chris you did a really great job on your video
THank you so much!
I really enjoyed this Chris, thanks for sharing! In the 1980's my wife and I made the same journey. I was amazed to see how many things I remember and how many things that were there in the 1980's are not there now. Most things that were destroyed or barely standing were still intact in the 1980's. I even remember eating at a couple of restaurants along the way shown in your video. In the 1980's parts of these abandoned locations were still open and VERY HAPPY to see you. I wish I had video of those spots, but only memories and a few crappy photos!
That's terrrific! I wish I got to travel this highway back in the 80's. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Wow. But it makes me quite sad how much of it is in ruin now.
Excelente recorrido mi amigo. La fama de la ruta 66 trasciende fronteras y hasta por aquí soñamos con viajar por ella una vez en la vida al menos. Pregunta; es todo o falta otra parte? Desde ya muy agradecido por el video. Lo he disfrutado mucho. Saludos !!!!🇦🇷
Thanks for sharing this video with us! I made the trip in 1967 at the age of 18, with two other ladies, from central Arkansas to Fresno, CA where three of my brothers lived at the time. We spent one night in Tucumcari, NM. I loved seeing it again, at a time when I no longer travel. Awesome job, Chris!
Thanks for sharing!
Man, I needed that, Chris. Thank you. Brought back a lot of good memories
Thank you!
Absolutely fantastic Chris! This is the kind of America I would love to visit, both now and when these places were still alive, it is also extremely heartbreaking to see the changes
I hope you get to visit!
also that graffiti
Thanks for showing us these places.
United states its a country not America,,,,America its a continent,😅😅😅😅
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Awesome video!! I really enjoy watching videos of abandoned / historic places. You are an excellent narrator!!
Thank you!
I really enjoyed your video! Thanks for showing us and all your effort and money spend on traveling. Greetings from Europe, comrades!
Thank you!
An amazing mini documentary on the route 66. I stayed for the entirety of it and loved the nostalgia. Unfortunately I have only ever seen int in its dilapidated state. But it would've been nice to have something like this in my own lifetime. Glad to have a taste
Thanks for this sensitive and well researched tour. You've captured the spirit of our fragile pride set against the passing of time. Beautiful work. Keep it up. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
That was a wonderful interlude, following along as you checked out so many of the abandoned towns and buildings along the famous Route 66. It was fascinating to see so many of the sad, derelict buildings, along with some information on them. Also, to see so many of the wonderfully restored ones, too! By the way, I love how you sometimes feature the "mayor" of a town in your videos. 😊 Thank you so very much, Chris!
Thank you! I LOVE meeting the mayors!
Those Mayor's are very smart kitties to avoid being taken by Coyote or Bald Eagle, 👍😼💕
before I started watching I assumed your comment was referring to some historical plaques on the former Mayors, imagine my surprise when instead we get to meet such esteemed civil officials instead, truly an honor lol
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We feel like we're traveling both through space and the decades when this road was alive. Congrats on really nice video, you know how to make people want to come visit it ! I wish i will one day even if i need to cross the Atlantic for that. Road 66 is truly a fantasy all around the world !
Yes! Thank you!
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Best Route 66 Tour ever. very detailed and wide range of Nostalgia shots
Thank you!
Fascinating places and history. Imagine the amount of work it took to get electricity and water and phone to some of these. Cheers
Fun stuff. There is still a lot of magic in these places along Route 66. My family and I absolutely adore the Route 66 legacy, and what is left of it. That was handed down to me... by my parents, who are still basically obsessed with it. Route 66 was pure America, and the remnants are still part of the fiber of this Country.
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Chris, I really enjoy seeing all these old deserted buildings and relics of yesteryear. Nostalgic Americana, so iconic. Great videos.!
Thanks 👍
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When I was little 1966 on Route 66 going to California from Chicago well, Aurora Illinois ,all the way out to Los Angeles and Bel Air. Ca. that was quite a trip .I've seen these structures in my childhood at least 5 trips in the back seat of mom and dad's car kind of neat seeing them now looking as they do. . Great video. 🙋
Thanks for sharing! Lucky you got to see it back in the day!
ME too, been there, done that, but OH how "HOT" it was in backseat, NO AC back in the day! 🔥
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That was an AMAZING tour Chris of Route 66 and many bravos for posting this.... Loved this video and loved that quaint Phillips 66 gas station... Wonderful and great content' Maybe some of these old fine buildings will eventually be erased with weather unless someone buys them and restores them to their former glory, But if not we can all come back to your nostalgic video and watch and see them them all on how life used to be back in the day... God bless Chris from the uk... 😊
Thank you!!!
I really enjoyed your video.Thank you very much
Thank you!
So cool to see the places my Grandparents traveled though as Dutch immigrants in 1936.
And to see the town my father in law grew up in, Galena Kansas!
Thank you so much for the You Tube Posts.
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None of you were slaves, huh?...... You just up and came to north America from your homeland because things were so perfect, Its interesting that most black people from America don't have a story of coming and going.
Wow, what a memory rush. I miss the old days, my folks always follow the old 66 to our places to visit. Thank you. I enjoyed watching. God Bless you, I
Thanks for watching
I absolutely fell in love with your channel after watching this video. Amazing upload thank you for bringing us along on your Route 66 Adventures. Bet this video took a lot of time editing and filming. Appreciate all the hard work you did to bring this video to life. I get a chuckle for some reason how you pronounce Processing lol Great job huge fan.
Thank you so much! Yes it was a lot of time but i LOVED each and every minute!
Fort Courage: The Fort closed in 2014, and has rapidly decayed since then. Easily accessed from I-40 in Arizona, Ft. Courage is a worthwhile stop, especially for those of us who remember watching F Troop on TV.
Herzlichen Dank, dass du uns auf der Reise entlang der Route 66 mitgenommen hast. Interessant zu sehen, wie die einst belebten Städte zu Geisterstädten werden. Super Reportage und hervorragend erklärt. Viele Grüße aus Hamm, Deutschland. Daniel
This is one of the best video on RUclips! I love the stories behind the scenes! So nostalgic. So entertaining.
Wow, thanks!
I’m sorry you missed seeing the Painted Desert Trading Post, just outside of the Painted Desert/Petrified Forest National Park. It’s a great 👍 field trip along an abandoned stretch of old Hwy 66. Nice video presentation here. You’ve done your homework and have created an enjoyable video. Great drone work.
Wow thank you! I had so much fun!
Thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed your video. ❤😊
Thank you!
This was a wonderful break from watching regular TV thank you
Thank you!
@@attrell seriously, awesome video. I watched all of it sick in bed today with a respiratory virus while my wife took care of our son 👶 🤣
I stopped watching television in 2011.....Stopped filling my mind w/ garbage! Appreciate much of Utube contents.....😊
Very good video and narration!
Thank you!
Fascinating! Thank you for your video the southwest is so beautiful.
Thank you!
Awesome job Chris very well done. I love Route 66 this bar none is one of the best video of Route 66 I have seen thanks 🛠️🇨🇦🛠️🇨🇦
Wow, thanks!
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Amazing!!! 😍 Your energy and style are just magical. Thank you for cheering me up
Thank you so much!!
So great and fascinating ! Thanks a lot for this incredible job you have done. Greetings from Belgium
Glad you enjoyed it!
This was such a great video. I remember traveling through here with my family as a kid. Thank you so much for sharing and bring in back such happy memories!
Thanks for watching!
That was interesting and informative. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks!
Hi from UK, i find this kind of stuff fascinating, so much history and mystery its no wonder people from outside the U.S have so much interest with America, it just makes one wonder why with 21K views already and only 339 likes of it 🤷
Those numbers of likes is not unusual.
It will never have as much meaning to a foreigner as to an American. This route is just not something fun to see, it was a lifeline to millions of Americans during the depression. The hopes, dreams, & future was on every mile of the historic road. My family traveled this road from OK. during the depression . They settled in CA.. This road is the heart & soul of, and, is part of being an American. Other countries just see the road as a cartoon., but, to US, it's part of our hearts & fabric of our lives. There were literal tears shed on this road, the people didn't want to leave their homes, but, had no choice , as it all became a Dustbowl.
@@estelleadamski308 I don;t know where my comment vanished to, but I think maybe you could write a book, It was very educating and heartwarming how you described how it really was and how its shaped this part of American history, people would love to hear in detail I feel...and its only thse who speak from true experience that can educate others with real events.
@@MyammiRose U R kind. I am 48 % British Isles DNA. But I am a American of long standing since the 1700"s. So only an American can understand this epic Mother Road as a Lifeline across America. and what it meant to them.. We have always traveled long distances in the USA. I've been to all 50 states. My maiden name was Smith, my mom's was Brown. You can come visit the RT, 66, a lot of fun spots, but really no deep meaning for you, but, really interesting nonetheless I love the Open Road. I've never been to England, the land of my ancestors, but I always wanted to go. That would have meaning to me
@@estelleadamski308 I'd swap places any day, lol - Yes I understand and appreciate what you mean, although I don't feel the UK has as much awe inspiring and mystical events happen...I gues it does but I thinks its the useual cae of what one is used to and other places that are more unfamiliar seems to pull that imagination out, Its nice to hear of the American History, I just feel more connected to it..Thanks for your reply and insight. Hey the likes have gone up to 2.1K now so that's cool to see...Have a great day.
Brilliant video.
Found it really interesting.
Cheers.
Thank you!
Fantastic video! Thank you for all your work. 🤗
Thank you!
Thanks for that wonderful tour of Route 66!! I always wondered what was or is still on that Route! It looks like mostly abandoned historic buildings! That is almost breathless. And thanks for some elevated drone shots!!
Glad you enjoyed it
What a great video. Thanks for posting so much content on this.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you, Great video about Route 66.
Thank you!
Nice job. I appreciate the amount of work it took you to make this video. Between the filming and editing I’m sure it took a while. Thanks. 😊
Thank you so much!
Great video, thank you. i watched it from beginning to end.
WOw thank you!
Chris, your work is so beautiful, to include the little tidbits of data you put on the screen. The narration doesn't really do it justice. I just signed up to watch your filmography and put some relaxing music behind it. Brilliant. You've won me over. Just looking at your abandoned places works for me. I only need to see, not be told. You are wonderful. You have a new fan! Thank you!💗
Thank you so much!!
I guess this video saved me a trip to the USA because now I can remove "travel along route 66" off my bucket list. :)
Thanks to the creator for making this video!
Thanks! My video does not do it justice, I hope you get to make the trip. It is better than I expected!
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@@attrell well, your video is at least $1000 cheaper than going myself, i forgive it not being the real experience
Exactly..now I don't have to travel along all this rubble
Yeah especially 7 dollars a gallon 😮
Thank you for this.
While driving for a major trucking company, I traveled Route 66 frequently.
Never had the chance to stop and explore
Yep, I used to stop often at the old Tucumcari Truck Terminal back in the 70's before the interstate. It was a relay hub for consolidated freightways. Very busy place.
THank you!
You're a little ways away from Route 66. But I really do appreciate it. I am new to your channel and will have to look to see if you have done any travelling in Washington. Your videos are so well done and extremely informative. And very appreciated! ❤
Cool, thanks! I ahve not been to Washington since 1980 when I was 9. Very eager to go visit!
Just watched the whole thing in one seat. Great video, i felt like i was travelling along.
Thank you!
Wow, nice video! Sometime I wanna visit that places!
You should!
Interesting/informative/entertaining. I’ve had the good fortune to travel & experience different area’s from Illinois to California. Special thanks to the historians filming & orating those areas that they found interesting. For viewer’s whom won’t have the opportunity to see Route 66 in person.
Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you for sharing. It was very interesting😊
Hello 👋, hope you having a good and pleasant day today?
Great video, great photography!! Thanks, Chris!
Many thanks!
Thanks for your video!
Thanks!
I really enjoyed watching this. So much rich history and you narrated it very well. Watching from all the way across the world on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands 🇸🇧..
Thanks for watching!
Some of the places have really cute mayors! 😺
I totally agree!
Smart very Smart, not easy living in Desert for kitties, Coyotes, Eagles and such. 😺💕
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Love your videos Chris. They are awesome. You show all the places I wish I could go to see in person. And now I don’t have to. Great job. Thank you!
Wow thank you!
Love this video man hope you had a great Christmas. I’d love to come over there to check out stuff like this I’d really love to dig into the stories of these towns and how it came to this
Thank you so much! Happy New Years!
@@attrell happy new years I really love these type of videos
Thanks for making the film, Chris, I really enjoyed it. The commentary is very sympathetic and doesn't distract from the pictures. I've done the Arizona-California stretch a couple of times and loved it. One of my larger artworks is based on Hackberry, Ca. I stopped at Ash Fork too where I think you had to edit out? Maybe one day I'll fly over again and do a different stretch? The Lincoln Highway for you next?! Best wishes, Brian
Thanks for sharing. I am adding Ash Fork in my cool towns video this year. I may do a Lincoln HIghway one day, just not planned yet.
You're welcome, and good luck with the next film. B
This is a very poetic and also a very moving video. This is the first video I have seen to illustrate a more human side of not just Route 66, but also you can tell all places are alive. People who established themselves in these places breathed all their hopes, their dreams, their fears, and their optimism into them. People came west to establish and invent a life that really existed /exists nowhere else on this planet.
I like the fact that artists renovated buildings and even built something that mirrors the Ghost theme of route 66. Not as something grim, but as something like the renovation of a painting. All places along Route 66 are as those paintings. All these places need artists to come along and, like a Phoenix, make all places along Route 66 express the dreams of those who lived years ago. Some places are not meant to be touched. But, I like those cars standing up right where anybody can take a can of spray paint and put their own mark on them.
And this is the idea. One set of artists do their work. A second, third, fourth, etc, artists come along and put their impressions on the original established art work. Idea, the life of the Western U.S is forever shifting and redesigning itself. That is, the West is as a person who is always dreaming. Those who encounter the art work, are also part of that unspoken conversation that can only exist along Route 66 to the Pacific Ocean.
Oh that is a good idea!
I took my kids on a round the USA road tour in 1992 and we took Hwy 66 from Amarillo, Texas ti San Bernardino, California. Still have my Hwy 66 neckerchief that I’ve always use as a dinner serviette ( napkin) at family dinners.
I loved watching it was like I was with you along the tour lots of nostalgia in every stop I would love to buy a house in some old abandon town and just kick back with a cold one 😂❤😅 !!!
So many amazing areas to catch some great photos! Thanks for giving us all the history behind the towns as well.
Really amazing video !! Thank you so much! Greetings from Greece.
Thank you very much!
I didn't realize Siberia still had so many ruins! I'll have to get out there. Not too long ago, Mojave Desert ruins weren't so graffitied/ tagged/painted up and were more in their amazing, natural state and ambiance. It would be nice if the were still that way, but the paint doesn't completely ruin things. Great video.
I really love that whole area. It is too bad about the graffiti!
Thanks for sharing great stories of route 66. 👍
Great video❤
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Dude! Thank u so much this awesome video! 10/10
WOw thank you so much!
Thank you for making this video, I really enjoyed it. Stay safe!
Thanks, you too!
Great to see a video about the subject matter rather than using it as an excuse to show yourself like so many others do nowadays. Very interesting. Enough to make one miss the old days even if we weren't there. A shame to see so much "heritage" lost......
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Brought so many memories
Best on you tube a must watch
Thank you!
I love videos like this! I'm a big abandoned towns, buildings fanatic!❤
Glad you like them!
Awesome virtual tour. Thanks, Chris. Some very eerie places.
Thank you!
Probably the best route 66 Video I,ve seen Great job Chris
WOw thank you!
Beautiful video - I traveled Route 66, once. When I was able to drive both day and night long distances. It was hard without GPS, cause much of the route was gone and had to do pick ups in various states...
They are adding good signage now to help you find original route