Las Vegas to Los Angeles Road Trip: 10 Must See Stops

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  • Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025

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  • @ellensburgwa5087
    @ellensburgwa5087 2 года назад +2

    Pops is back. Nice video again.

  • @SerafiaMusic
    @SerafiaMusic 2 года назад +2

    My mom and I rewatched the whole Route 66 vid two days ago haha! It’s such a comforting re-watch! 😂😂

  • @YellowProductions
    @YellowProductions 2 года назад +3

    A great set of 10 stops Josh! Glad to see the Bottle Ranch has reopened!

  • @martyweeniehead1792
    @martyweeniehead1792 2 года назад +4

    When my Dad and I would go on roadtrips we would stop at every border and he would pop a cool one and toast the border. I took pics of him doing it. He’s gone and those memories I hope I’ll never lose. Enjoy this time with your dad. You’re blessed to still have him. Love the videos.

  • @thetravelinglibrarian
    @thetravelinglibrarian 2 года назад +11

    Your travels with your dad are my favorite videos on your channel!

  • @MichaelRei99
    @MichaelRei99 2 года назад +13

    Always great when I see one of your videos pop up! Never a dull moment and you and your dad are so great to watch together. You are blessed !

  • @primarytrainer1
    @primarytrainer1 2 года назад +22

    I live in Vegas and my mom lives in LA, so we do this drive together a lot and look for new things every time. Enjoyed this video since it really reminds me of that. We also like Kelso Dunes (south of Baker), Rainbow Basin (close to Calico), Mormon Rocks (before you hit the San Bernardino Co.), and if you're up for more driving, Amboy crater, Pisgah crater, Bristol salt flats, etc., as my main interest is geology. I've even been out to the NASA/JPL DSN by Barstow which is a cool tour if they still do it. I am sure in other videos you've already visited these places though. Two places I have never visited but are interesting are Huell Howser's old volcano house and that old closed down water park. Looking forward to seeing more of your adventures.
    (edit for typo)

    • @popshiking
      @popshiking Год назад +1

      @Jam 168 Yeah, I love stopping by the Mormon Rocks. So unique and so beautiful. Thanks for reminding us of that!

  • @violetbf3773
    @violetbf3773 2 года назад +9

    This video is a great example of why we love seeing you guys traveling together. So nice to see you guys having fun together! 🙌🏽😊

    • @popshiking
      @popshiking Год назад +1

      @Violet BF Thanks so much!

  • @skinnwalker4515
    @skinnwalker4515 2 года назад +52

    "Used all my money to raise my son." nice clap back, pops. Well done.

    • @robinwc4672
      @robinwc4672 Год назад

      I know! I loved his dad's response, "Yeah I was basically being a responsible good parent son, so when was there time or money to travel?" 😂😂😂

    • @popshiking
      @popshiking Год назад

      @Skinn Walker Hahaha thanks for the support!

    • @osnat057
      @osnat057 Год назад

      right.

    • @philiphodgesnz
      @philiphodgesnz Год назад

      was about to type exactly that! :-)

  • @shirleyhughes1248
    @shirleyhughes1248 2 года назад +2

    Love all your videos and seeing Pop,

  • @cabe_bedlam
    @cabe_bedlam 2 года назад +5

    That Route66 video was the one that really kicked off the planning for the NY>LA road trip I did last year. Every coffee and donut stop made me think of you and Pops!

    • @travelwithpops
      @travelwithpops Год назад +2

      @cabe2006 so cool that we were able to help your planning a bit!

  • @marshak1926
    @marshak1926 2 года назад +2

    Love all of your video. Cherish these times with your father.

  • @phxgidget
    @phxgidget 2 года назад +3

    Rain or shine! It's always a great day to watch you guys! Many thanks 😊

  • @charlesnaretta5205
    @charlesnaretta5205 2 года назад +4

    Great video Josh! Your videos with your father are the ones that I watch before any others.

  • @kayleebeare
    @kayleebeare 2 года назад +2

    Hey pops is back! Always love yalls road trip videos. You made a comment at the end about it being 2 hours of our time, but the long videos are my fav! Thanks for sharing with us as always.

  • @GregoryPrimm
    @GregoryPrimm Год назад +1

    Hi guys thanks for stopping at PRIMM! Love watching the road trips with Pops!!! Greg PRIMM

  • @zantigar
    @zantigar Год назад +2

    The humorous interplay between you and your pop make the trip so heartwarming and enjoyable - "ya gotta good thing goin' heah!"

    • @popshiking
      @popshiking Год назад +1

      @zantigar Thanks we really do have a good time together!

  • @lisaharrison5397
    @lisaharrison5397 2 года назад +2

    We always took that route back and fourth from Florida. I have so many pi’s of the sign from original days. My dad took my moms and to see everything. I’m 52 now and so greatly appreciate my dad taking us to see the country. I ran in the spot with rocks as a kid . I do miss the original state signs from back in the day. Today you can fly rite by ✨✌️💜

  • @steveschwartz6138
    @steveschwartz6138 2 года назад +1

    Nice trip. I like the Calico city tour. You are lucky to be able to enjoy that stuff with your Dad.

  • @ck4426
    @ck4426 2 года назад +2

    Great video and great to have Pops along!!! Go Illini!!!🧡💙🧡💙🧡💙

  • @marleneclark4186
    @marleneclark4186 2 года назад

    This video gave me a chuckle. My daughter and family lived in North Las Vegas and now in Pahrump. Have driven this road many times. I have never stopped at any of these. Drove to destination. You have shown me to slow the drive down, stop and see along the way. I will be driving it next week Thursday, I will be stopping at the Bottle ranch and Alien in Baker. We now take off 15 at Baker and head towards Death Valley on our way to Pahrump. I’ve been to Death Valley and Ash Meadows. Keep exploring, making the stops, and sharing your adventures with us. Go Pops.

  • @HELLARARE4ever
    @HELLARARE4ever 2 года назад +3

    You 2 make a great team, best son and dad duo. As well at Josh you're looking more and more like a man the more and more I see your videos. Thank you for your video content as your my number 1 channel

  • @laptopturbo
    @laptopturbo 2 года назад +6

    I usually turn my Vegas road trips into a multi day event. Starting in Southern California driving to Julian, camping in anza borrego, then driving to Laughlin for a night. And finally on day 3 visit the Oatman donkeys then driving into Vegas.

    • @jasonpacific111
      @jasonpacific111 Год назад +1

      Perfect way to go to Vegas

    • @frank.........
      @frank......... Год назад

      @@jasonpacific111 Nah, I'd rather take a plane and get to Las Vegas in an hour.😂

  • @rephaelrechitzky9763
    @rephaelrechitzky9763 2 года назад +1

    Thank you Josh. This was great. Loved to see your father again. I love that area of the USA.

  • @rosiev.445
    @rosiev.445 2 года назад +3

    I love the bond you guys have. ❤

  • @EJTExplores
    @EJTExplores 2 года назад

    I have watched most of your videos 3/4 times. It’s a morning staple for me.

  • @joewenzel5142
    @joewenzel5142 2 года назад +1

    That mountain in the background of the Calico picture at 11:18 - I live at the base of it. Elephant Mountain is what they call it now, old timer's called it Table Mountain.

  • @MrVectrexUK
    @MrVectrexUK 2 года назад +3

    Another classic road trip video from you both, thanks for making it. I remember watching the Route 66 video you made - it might even have been the first one of yours I'd ever seen - and really enjoyed that too. Recommended!

  • @user-kf3vq4bn7y
    @user-kf3vq4bn7y Год назад +1

    Greetings from Melbourne, Australia..thanks for the great videos..my favourites were Monument Valley and Route 66.. I would dearly love to drive those!

  • @joewenzel5142
    @joewenzel5142 2 года назад

    The seamless built-in commercial - nice.

  • @fizzysausage
    @fizzysausage Год назад

    Really chilled watch thanks guys. Really want to do this run at some point. Thanks for the info and detail.

  • @jeanettewaverly2590
    @jeanettewaverly2590 2 года назад +2

    Calico is famous for its ghost sightings. A photo I took from the observation point - on a clear, sunny day - came out with a patch of mist floating center frame. I contend that it’s one of the departed former citizens, coming back to say Hi!

  • @susanmuniz5359
    @susanmuniz5359 Год назад

    Always enjoy your videos and seeing the places you highlight

  • @davidnewhouse9403
    @davidnewhouse9403 2 года назад +2

    President pops is back!!! 😊

  • @kinggrow9738
    @kinggrow9738 Год назад

    I hope one day I’ll be able to explore with my son and have fun like you both did. Really enjoyed this video

  • @cesarjimenez9390
    @cesarjimenez9390 2 года назад

    Thanks!

  • @siamakaghazeinali
    @siamakaghazeinali 2 месяца назад

    when i searched the you tube and then this video came up , before seeing video I made liked first! as I am your fan and happy to see your video again . and I am happy that I see your father at start time of video too.

  • @KraftyGals
    @KraftyGals 2 года назад +1

    Hi👋🏽Josh…
    Hi👋🏽Pops…
    I’m glad to see that Josh is paying you back some of that money you spent on him😂by Enjoying his time with you on all these Road Trips.
    We all Love❤️Love❤️Love you both.
    TFS🙏🏽another Fabulous trip with us…and making me😀Smile.

    • @travelwithpops
      @travelwithpops Год назад +2

      @beverlyinajide4523 he takes good care of his old man haha!

    • @popshiking
      @popshiking Год назад +1

      @Beverley Onajide Hi Beverly!

  • @mirkomarkovic5752
    @mirkomarkovic5752 2 года назад +1

    Really beautiful video! I visited LA, Calico Ghost Town, 7 magic mountains, and Las Vegas on this road trip. Amazing places! Thanks for sharing! :)

  • @cesarjimenez9390
    @cesarjimenez9390 2 года назад

    Great job Josh and Pop!!, I can’t wait to watch your next video

  • @Brumlebass-k6o
    @Brumlebass-k6o 2 года назад

    Great video, and the Route 66 road trip-video was the first video I watch from your channel.
    Greetings from Norway!

  • @robertnelson7367
    @robertnelson7367 2 года назад

    Very cool places been many times never get tired of them

  • @senecaflint6853
    @senecaflint6853 Год назад +1

    ILL pops! 🔶🔷 Great video as always

    • @popshiking
      @popshiking Год назад +1

      @SenecaFlint Seems like there are quite a few of us Illinois grads out there!

  • @UberDurable
    @UberDurable 2 года назад +1

    Excellent and informative content as usual.

  • @robertocalzado35
    @robertocalzado35 8 месяцев назад

    Thanks for the advice, very nice suggestions!

  • @AmbientWalking
    @AmbientWalking 2 года назад

    Beautiful. Keep it up. Your videos are great. Thank you so much for them!

  • @thetripvine
    @thetripvine 2 года назад

    So many hidden gems. Worth the road trip!

  • @C-TOS
    @C-TOS 2 года назад +1

    Pop dwarfing the carboard cuts of Kirk and the Enterprise crew confirms he could have made an awesome Chewbacca.

  • @debbirbodner5358
    @debbirbodner5358 Год назад

    Enjoyed your road trips, so much to see💖💖

  • @marshaharwood8883
    @marshaharwood8883 2 года назад

    Loved your Route 66 video, Pontiac is a wonderful town, my friend and I are more than halfway from completing the Route

  • @1sfgmen
    @1sfgmen Год назад

    Back in 2010 during the Shanghai world expo, the city of Shanghai did convert an old factory chimney to a thermometer, which is 4 time taller (541.3FT/165M) then the what so call "World's Tallest Thermometer" in Baker CA (134FT/41M)

  • @hikingelevated
    @hikingelevated 2 года назад

    Great video man 👍

  • @joewenzel5142
    @joewenzel5142 2 года назад +1

    If you can buy something at the World's Largest Thermometer gift shop - it helps pay the electric bill to keep the Thermometer lit. It went dark for like a decade due to the rising costs, thus the ownership transfer.

  • @bethdixon501
    @bethdixon501 Год назад

    Thank you for sharing ❤

  • @jeanchristophelaporte9062
    @jeanchristophelaporte9062 Год назад

    Great video Josh! hello from france

  • @yesis4926
    @yesis4926 2 года назад

    What a fun journey from Vegas with Pops! I never knew about Alien Fresh and now it’s gonna have to be a stop next time.

    • @slavetomasterjim
      @slavetomasterjim 2 года назад +1

      Alien Jerky charges 4% if you use a credit card so bring cash!

  • @anthonywarthold
    @anthonywarthold 2 года назад

    Great video guys ! Once we were driving from LA to Vegas and the interstate was closed due to a bushfire. So we took a detour through Big Bear and then down to Barstow. Found a great place for lunch called Slash X Ranch Cafe. You should check it out !

  • @paultrujillo9923
    @paultrujillo9923 8 дней назад +1

    Its 4+hours, AT BARE MINIMUM, from Las Vegas to L.A., best case scenario. Now factor in trucks, weather, day of the week, time of year, and time of day. Yup, its a trek, indeed.

  • @joewenzel5142
    @joewenzel5142 2 года назад

    I had no idea that Jenny Rose restaurant was in Sheryl Crow's song, I do remember her singing about Barstow.

  • @osnat057
    @osnat057 Год назад

    SO INTERESTING AND excitante VLOG, THANK'S

  • @joewenzel5142
    @joewenzel5142 2 года назад

    Great video.

  • @2011woodlands
    @2011woodlands 2 года назад +1

    Maybe stop at some of the Mojave Desert attractions.

  • @mikeholmes5824
    @mikeholmes5824 Год назад

    Can't believe you didn't stop at Peggy Sue's for lunch. Love your videos.

  • @wildzenventures
    @wildzenventures 2 года назад

    Great guirky sites! Happy trails 😊

  • @catherinecasselle6891
    @catherinecasselle6891 2 года назад +1

    Keep making videos with Pops!

  • @joewenzel5142
    @joewenzel5142 2 года назад

    Looks like you had the Calico Ghost Town to yourselves. I imagine in better weather and on weekends it would be a lot more crowded.

  • @jeanettewaverly2590
    @jeanettewaverly2590 2 года назад

    I love the desert too.

  • @mylifewhereilive
    @mylifewhereilive 2 года назад

    I always wanted to go to the Calico Ghost Town. Next time I will stop there!

  • @Unhall0wed
    @Unhall0wed 2 года назад

    Its not a stop but I remember being fascinated by the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility the first time I drove from SoCal to Vegas. Alien fresh is always my favorite stop on that drive.

  • @sunisaroberts2167
    @sunisaroberts2167 Год назад

    Love this highway ..thx

  • @joyce-in-Outreach
    @joyce-in-Outreach Год назад

    The Seven Magic Mountains !!! 1:41

  • @mixeddrinks8100
    @mixeddrinks8100 2 года назад

    that gas station, 99 pumps hahaha and that big of a store! what... pass thru this route more than at least 20 times never knew this existed... hahaha

  • @ianhansen6754
    @ianhansen6754 2 года назад

    This is the best drive in the United States. Especially if you take the detour off interstate to Joshua Tree. More times than not you’re the only one on the road and it’s a spiritual experience!

  • @MoneyMC209
    @MoneyMC209 2 года назад

    Alien Jerky is the spot. Did you guys see any indecline graff in the desert?

  • @markyuen2312
    @markyuen2312 2 года назад

    Could you give us a hint of when your next road trip is going to be? And where?

  • @Rayyahilmyvlog
    @Rayyahilmyvlog 2 года назад

    Nice trip...

  • @miahmarieeeeee
    @miahmarieeeeee 2 года назад

    I love calico Ghost town you should go during the month of October for the Halloween festivities

  • @xm10922
    @xm10922 2 года назад

    Hey Josh, how was the Flamingo? We're going to Vegas in July and Wife wants to stay there.

    • @ThroughMyLens
      @ThroughMyLens  2 года назад

      It was totally fine, nothing crazy. We were in one of the more renovated rooms I think but it was still pretty well priced and it was easy walk to Caesar’s and Bellagio to see the fountains so it worked for us

  • @winter23961
    @winter23961 Год назад

    Hello which highway you took from Las Vegas to LA to be able to pass by to these places? Thanks

  • @joewenzel5142
    @joewenzel5142 2 года назад

    Your Dad is 6'7" - no wonder he towered over those Star Trek characters.

  • @JamesVanCleaf
    @JamesVanCleaf 2 года назад

    Calico has the coolest birds

  • @andreajohnson1796
    @andreajohnson1796 2 года назад

    Are usual is take pictures at the state line

  • @wanderlust62
    @wanderlust62 2 года назад

    The rocks look like giant size chunks of play-doh!

  • @DavidHaney1
    @DavidHaney1 2 года назад

    GR8 !!!

  • @francisgathu9552
    @francisgathu9552 Год назад

    Have you tried Kenyan central province coffee? Best on the World 😉

  • @darlar.9043
    @darlar.9043 2 года назад

    I didn’t realize there was a shop at the thermometer.

    • @Nagranddan
      @Nagranddan 2 года назад

      I've been there, it's pretty small. Looked like it was supposed to be an old gas station once upon a time, but not sure how long the thermometer gift shop will be there for - it was called a Temp Shop when I was there in Dec 2022?

  • @Revival_Channel
    @Revival_Channel 2 года назад

    Have you heard about the Asbury revival, going strong since February 8th since today!

  • @joewenzel5142
    @joewenzel5142 2 года назад

    Shout Out to the Seven Magic Mountains bulldozer driver because without him it wouldn't have been possible.

  • @ianc88
    @ianc88 Год назад

    You should have gone to Omega Mart in L.V. also your dad is 6'7?!

  • @robertsmithUH60driver
    @robertsmithUH60driver 2 года назад

    Went to Calico in the late 1980s. Not much seems to have changed since then. Barstow🤢🤮

  • @Isayah15
    @Isayah15 11 месяцев назад

    You forgot about Franklin

  • @annieis300
    @annieis300 2 года назад

    ❤❤❤

  • @C-TOS
    @C-TOS 2 года назад

    What happens in Vegas...

  • @ralphwiggum250N
    @ralphwiggum250N 2 года назад

    Pops is 6'7" - how tall is the kid?

    • @popshiking
      @popshiking Год назад

      @Perry Jones Josh is a mere 6'2" or 6'3" Hahaha

  • @joewenzel5142
    @joewenzel5142 2 года назад

    They phone tagged you. But eventually you found the car.

  • @iamcoreilly
    @iamcoreilly 2 года назад +1

    How can there be no graffiti on that colored rock installation??!

    • @primarytrainer1
      @primarytrainer1 2 года назад +1

      It was only supposed to be here for a limited time, but as they have extended that, it gets repainted periodically afaik (just what i've heard though)

    • @Nagranddan
      @Nagranddan 2 года назад

      @@primarytrainer1 Makes sense, the colors always look so vibrant.

  • @joewenzel5142
    @joewenzel5142 2 года назад

    Surprised some drunk (or non-drunk for that matter) teenagers with baseball bats haven't destroyed that bottle tree ranch yet. It's what they do.

  • @benjaminthomas6663
    @benjaminthomas6663 11 месяцев назад

    Just say no to clickbait arrows.

  • @avaughn816
    @avaughn816 Год назад

    Did you see the covid head?

  • @alexwest4253
    @alexwest4253 Год назад

    Been enjoying your videos since discovering your channel a few days ago, but now that you are including sponsored ads I won't be watching anymore. Way to ruin a good thing!