Justin: Fire in the hole! *Presses button* Speaker: MY NAME IS BILL *Justin jumps back* Justin: Oh Bill! That scared the heck out of me... I laughed/beeped so hard
My mom grew up in Milan/Grants and her family moved to Southern AZ when she was in high school but her childhood was all in Grants. We visited awhile back and saw her childhood home and she said the town was actually pretty depressing compared to how she remembered it as a kid but she still had great memories of everything there. But I just showed her this video and she said she knew about the uranium mining (which her dad, my Pa, would've worked at if he wasn't already a Sergeant in the US Army), but she didn't know there was a museum about it, so we're definitely gonna plan a trip to go back out there just to visit that museum. Happy to learn more about the state I live in than I ever knew before!
My grandparents retired to Grants, so we sometimes travel down there for a visit. I thought the mining museum was pretty cool, and we saw a couple of movies at that old theater. My grandpa liked taking us to the national parks in the area, they were neat but my feet hurt afterwards.
I love all those little museums. When I was a kid my dad would drive straight through on long hauls, so when I became a parent I would stop at the museums to let my kids get out and see something interesting. It got to the point where my kids would whisper, "Don't let mom see that there is a museum in this town!" LOL
Just wanted to say how much I am loving this series mate! New Mexico holds a special place in my heart, being one of the places I've probably visited most when I've travelled over to the United States from the UK. Such a beautiful land of enchantment indeed! I've made the California to New Mexico trip several times, even taking in some route 66 along the way, but I've never driven further east than New Mexico, so your next videos will be a complete new experience for me!
Awesome videos...makes me homesick for I'm from New Mexico and traveled Route 66 often as a child. Can I fill in a gap you're missing as you pass the ruins? While the roadside places with "Rattle Sn..." on them might have had the occasional snake in a box to look at it was actually advertising that their diner SERVED rattle snake meat....a curiosity for all you outsiders who never ate true ranch food...and certainly coming from Chicago there were a lot of those. Most all trading posts/souvenir shops also had some small diner...it was standard. Rattle snake was a local cuisine and readily available for free!! I have long since moved away from the southwest and have been watching your videos, wondering why you hadn't shown one of those restaurants, for there used to be about 5 along the old 66. I guess this one might be telling me what happened to those uniquely NM Route 66 Diners.... Note that in your memory as you pass them next time.....and you might be able to poke around and still find one or two places that serve the snake meat!
5:50 ! Agreed! A LOT of people don't necessarily understand that's the point of traveling. Most see it as "instagram op" to take selfies just to *prove* to the world they were there. I always said (and believed) that travelling is the key to understanding and LOVING humanity. You begin to love the world a whole lot more when you travel AND bonus jonus, your chances of experiencing "culture shock' is minimum! 7:06 : That train just seems to really want to be part of the videos, hahah. New Mexico always reminded me of the landscaping of Mars! With the Burgundy/Orange rock! Hmm..maybe that's why the aliens came crashing into it, pahah. Oh my goshhh all of those gift shops, all of those jewelry stops! I'd be buying at least two items each place!! The Kachina doll is adorable! That's crazy how they figured you out so quickly! 11:31 BOOKS! Oh my goodness I'd be spending the rest of the day there. Woul dit be bad if I took some with me LOL. I'd leave money for the spirits! Maybe it was an old book shop! Or a library?? That's incredible those books stayed on those shelves! It looks like storms hit that place pretty darn good. Oh my goodness this is definitely hitting my bucketlist! People there seem to be really nice~ To let you in at last minute like that! What an experience. I think doing that mine-tour alone like that really gets you to feel like the workers down in the real deal! Another great video! Thank you (once again) for sharing your adventures with us! It certainly inspires a lot of us (if not all!) to dothis ourselves :)
Justin when you take the back roads you get to see a part of America that has been passed by when the interstate came along there is so many places of interest out there.
Spectacular video👍 I love learning new things through your videos. Love the history! !!!! Thank you again for sharing the adventure with everyone. 🇺🇸👏👏👏👏🎥
You mentioned that people want to know why Rt66 is so special. Since you love history, it's simple, Rt 66 IS history. Hwy 90 is very similar to Rt 66 but on a more southern route. These videos are lots of fun ( and a lot of work for you ). Enjoy your time on 66.
Justin, you've topped yourself again! As informative and colorful as your previous entries have been, this one is Packed with cool things! The Navajo Code Talkers have long been one of my favorite stories about WW II, and their largely unsung contribution to the war effort is now being recognized for the critical importance that it was (along with the Tuskegee Airmen and the Nisei, among many others). I've noticed also, that Europeans seem to be much more aware of the historical aspects of the Mother Road than a good many Americans. Wonder if it could be from all the Westerns that we've exported to the rest of the world, or just the fact that despite of US history being rather brief, it's been Very Colorful?
I hope with the permission of you or your grandmother I'm going to start using the small town spitting rainstorm saying. That's something my grandmother would also say. That museum about uranium was fantastic. I now need to go. This I bet you already know but just the length of the trains that run alongside Route 66 and out west in general, are enormous. I can't wait to see what's yet to come on this trip.
Im from NM. You didn't just SEE the rattle snakes at those places...at most you could eat them too. Look close and the faded word "cafe" was on that building. People coming from the east had never really seen a rattler and most certainly hadn't eaten any. Both were a tourist event that had to be tried! What does it taste like? Same thing every new and bizarre meat tastes like... CHICKEN!
Great video - I'm really enjoying this tour!! I've never looked at "1.21Gw" the same way after the last company I worked at. We had a machine that discharged 7.6 TERRAwatts... in 4 nanoseconds. It was fun creating man-made lightning bolts. :-)
That mine museum reminds me of the Scottish mining museum, just south of Edinburgh, they too have a mine simulator in the basement but it's much darker and the tour guides are all ex-miners who actually worked there back in the 70s and 80s before the mine closed
that was awesome! I grew up near o Oak Ridge, Tn., the home of where many nuclear weapons were built created etc.. I had no idea New Mexico held the mines for the Uranium. that was awesome!!!
If I remember right a Nisei Japanese American soldier from Gallup NM has an interchange on I-40 named after him and a high school also in his hometown of Gallup. He was Staff Sergeant Hiroshi H Miyamura who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Korean War.
Great video! One point on the "underground" mine though -- the real thing is a lot more damp/wet. I grew up in a uranium mining town in Canada, and later on went to work summers (as a high school student) at a gold mine. Look up the song "Muckin' Slushers" by Stompin' Tom Connors. It's about the uranium town I grew up in.
I've been to that mining museum before, pretty cool. If you want some really good mines where you really go underground you need to check out Cripple Creek, CO.
You know, its trips like these,....a single person taking a long road trip, that makes me think it's going to end up as one of those "found footage" movies.
That mine reminds me of my local natural history museum. Here in Cincinnati out museum has some "caverns" in the basement. Too bad they are doing a huge renovation on the museum right now.
yesterday video when you said I hope I make it to new mexico I thought you weren't going to make it till today's afternoon. Hope you cold went away and have fun. Bye
where I'm from we're the largest producer of nickel and we have a mining museum here, if you're ever in Ontario Canada you should check out dynamic earth , you get to go underground
if you think that these landscapes are gorgeous, you would shit yourself if you came to Ireland lol I have lived here all my life and it still takes my breath away
I'm a guy who rarely even leaves the house. Thanks to you, I've traveled more then I could ever imagine! LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!! and THANK YOU bro...
Why dont you leave the house? C'mon now......
I'm Speechless! I've traveled this part of New Mexico numerous times. Not once have I stopped to look. Thank You Justin.
FIRE IN THE HOLE!
"My name is Bill."
XD
"Oh Bill! You scared the tar out of me!" I laughed so hard my sides ached. Love it!
i watched it 3x
That uranium mine was amazing with all that detail. Nice
of the worker to reopen for you. Be safe.
Justin: Fire in the hole!
*Presses button*
Speaker: MY NAME IS BILL
*Justin jumps back*
Justin: Oh Bill! That scared the heck out of me...
I laughed/beeped so hard
Everyone needs a Mudhead, you'll always have a smile on your face!
My mom grew up in Milan/Grants and her family moved to Southern AZ when she was in high school but her childhood was all in Grants. We visited awhile back and saw her childhood home and she said the town was actually pretty depressing compared to how she remembered it as a kid but she still had great memories of everything there. But I just showed her this video and she said she knew about the uranium mining (which her dad, my Pa, would've worked at if he wasn't already a Sergeant in the US Army), but she didn't know there was a museum about it, so we're definitely gonna plan a trip to go back out there just to visit that museum. Happy to learn more about the state I live in than I ever knew before!
Justin, I just discovered your channel and I love your attitude and how you can make me smile after a long day. Keep doing what you're doing!!
My grandparents retired to Grants, so we sometimes travel down there for a visit. I thought the mining museum was pretty cool, and we saw a couple of movies at that old theater. My grandpa liked taking us to the national parks in the area, they were neat but my feet hurt afterwards.
You are living something that is my Bucket List Justine !!!Keep it up Mr. Scarred.
I love all those little museums. When I was a kid my dad would drive straight through on long hauls, so when I became a parent I would stop at the museums to let my kids get out and see something interesting. It got to the point where my kids would whisper, "Don't let mom see that there is a museum in this town!" LOL
Really love your comparison of Route 66 to old European castles and cathedrals.
It always cracks me up when you get a Back to the Future reference in the videos.
Just wanted to say how much I am loving this series mate! New Mexico holds a special place in my heart, being one of the places I've probably visited most when I've travelled over to the United States from the UK. Such a beautiful land of enchantment indeed! I've made the California to New Mexico trip several times, even taking in some route 66 along the way, but I've never driven further east than New Mexico, so your next videos will be a complete new experience for me!
This video was AWESOME... I laughed, I learned, I successfully woke up this morning! Thanks Justin!
That Uranium Mining Museum was superbly themed. I'm definitely going to check it out whenever I get out to NM. Thank you!
l never new there is so much to see and on route 66. I'm amazed that someone so young cares about history and past generations .
Awesome videos...makes me homesick for I'm from New Mexico and traveled Route 66 often as a child. Can I fill in a gap you're missing as you pass the ruins?
While the roadside places with "Rattle Sn..." on them might have had the occasional snake in a box to look at it was actually advertising that their diner SERVED rattle snake meat....a curiosity for all you outsiders who never ate true ranch food...and certainly coming from Chicago there were a lot of those. Most all trading posts/souvenir shops also had some small diner...it was standard. Rattle snake was a local cuisine and readily available for free!!
I have long since moved away from the southwest and have been watching your videos, wondering why you hadn't shown one of those restaurants, for there used to be about 5 along the old 66. I guess this one might be telling me what happened to those uniquely NM Route 66 Diners....
Note that in your memory as you pass them next time.....and you might be able to poke around and still find one or two places that serve the snake meat!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experiences with us!
Looks like you are having a blast on this trip along the mother road, Justin! Thanks for bringing us along :)
5:50 ! Agreed! A LOT of people don't necessarily understand that's the point of traveling. Most see it as "instagram op" to take selfies just to *prove* to the world they were there. I always said (and believed) that travelling is the key to understanding and LOVING humanity. You begin to love the world a whole lot more when you travel AND bonus jonus, your chances of experiencing "culture shock' is minimum!
7:06 : That train just seems to really want to be part of the videos, hahah.
New Mexico always reminded me of the landscaping of Mars! With the Burgundy/Orange rock! Hmm..maybe that's why the aliens came crashing into it, pahah.
Oh my goshhh all of those gift shops, all of those jewelry stops! I'd be buying at least two items each place!!
The Kachina doll is adorable! That's crazy how they figured you out so quickly!
11:31 BOOKS! Oh my goodness I'd be spending the rest of the day there. Woul dit be bad if I took some with me LOL. I'd leave money for the spirits! Maybe it was an old book shop! Or a library?? That's incredible those books stayed on those shelves! It looks like storms hit that place pretty darn good. Oh my goodness this is definitely hitting my bucketlist!
People there seem to be really nice~ To let you in at last minute like that! What an experience. I think doing that mine-tour alone like that really gets you to feel like the workers down in the real deal!
Another great video! Thank you (once again) for sharing your adventures with us! It certainly inspires a lot of us (if not all!) to dothis ourselves :)
Justin when you take the back roads you get to see a part of America that has been passed by when the interstate came along there is so many places of interest out there.
Spectacular video👍 I love learning new things through your videos. Love the history! !!!! Thank you again for sharing the adventure with everyone. 🇺🇸👏👏👏👏🎥
Really enjoy these videos Justin. Thank you for doing them.
You mentioned that people want to know why Rt66 is so special. Since you love history, it's simple, Rt 66 IS history.
Hwy 90 is very similar to Rt 66 but on a more southern route. These videos are lots of fun ( and a lot of work for you ). Enjoy your time on 66.
Grants resident here glad you put up this vid
Edit: i know its 3 years late haha
Really great with lot's of very cool information..really fun..Thanks..Justin..
Awesome! Great series! Justin!
I can't get enough of these videos! You're awesome Justin!
Thank you once again for the history lesson on Route 66. You do an amazing job!! Keep it up!
My hometown!! Gotta love Gallup.
I was waiting for the back to the future reference! Hahaha awesome video! 😂
So cool at the uranium museum. That would be spooky
Justin, you've topped yourself again! As informative and colorful as your previous entries have been, this one is Packed with cool things! The Navajo Code Talkers have long been one of my favorite stories about WW II, and their largely unsung contribution to the war effort is now being recognized for the critical importance that it was (along with the Tuskegee Airmen and the Nisei, among many others).
I've noticed also, that Europeans seem to be much more aware of the historical aspects of the Mother Road than a good many Americans. Wonder if it could be from all the Westerns that we've exported to the rest of the world, or just the fact that despite of US history being rather brief, it's been Very Colorful?
hello Justin, awesome series so far!!
Amazing Tour!
I hope with the permission of you or your grandmother I'm going to start using the small town spitting rainstorm saying. That's something my grandmother would also say. That museum about uranium was fantastic. I now need to go. This I bet you already know but just the length of the trains that run alongside Route 66 and out west in general, are enormous. I can't wait to see what's yet to come on this trip.
Im from NM. You didn't just SEE the rattle snakes at those places...at most you could eat them too. Look close and the faded word "cafe" was on that building. People coming from the east had never really seen a rattler and most certainly hadn't eaten any. Both were a tourist event that had to be tried! What does it taste like? Same thing every new and bizarre meat tastes like... CHICKEN!
Great video Justin.
Want to give you a glowing review and thumbs up for today's video!
Great video - I'm really enjoying this tour!! I've never looked at "1.21Gw" the same way after the last company I worked at. We had a machine that discharged 7.6 TERRAwatts... in 4 nanoseconds. It was fun creating man-made lightning bolts. :-)
That mine museum reminds me of the Scottish mining museum, just south of Edinburgh, they too have a mine simulator in the basement but it's much darker and the tour guides are all ex-miners who actually worked there back in the 70s and 80s before the mine closed
That movie "Windtalkers" with Nicholas Cage was actually pretty good in regards to the code talking indians of the war
that was awesome! I grew up near o
Oak Ridge, Tn., the home of where many nuclear weapons were built created etc.. I had no idea New Mexico held the mines for the Uranium. that was awesome!!!
" I haven't seen this much coal since Christmas ". Gotta love this stuff!
halfway through the video i notice I'm wearing my randomland tshirt 😊 great video, Justin! thanks for all you do. safe travels and God bless you 😇
Super job justin.
That museum indeed looked awesome!! Also, I loved the Back to the Future reference at the end ;-p
my hometown is named Possum Trot and is like that one place you said if you spit it would cause a rainstorm. We'd say you sneeze you'd miss it
Whenever we pass by super small towns my mom will say "if you blink, you'll miss it!" Never heard the spitting one before...
104 years
Justin I Love your content
yes, a lot of trains! and loud horns
facinating uranium museum
I was wondering how long it would take for Doc Brown to appear...
If I remember right a Nisei Japanese American soldier from Gallup NM has an interchange on I-40 named after him and a high school also in his hometown of Gallup. He was Staff Sergeant Hiroshi H Miyamura who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Korean War.
Sweet Dude!
Good video :)
That was fun....
So did you go watch Lego Batman?
The code talker info was really neat
We stopped in Gallup and drove by some famous hotel. We were looking for a dairy queen down the street for my dad
Justin you should count how many new friends you make along route 66
Cool justin
I subscribed, because you appreciate history like I do.
ahhh GTown, just moved here and its nice. love being with my people. miss Orange County tho
I noticed you adding 10 years to some of your dates. It's ok tho :) Love your videos...very interesting and entertaining!
Great video! One point on the "underground" mine though -- the real thing is a lot more damp/wet. I grew up in a uranium mining town in Canada, and later on went to work summers (as a high school student) at a gold mine. Look up the song "Muckin' Slushers" by Stompin' Tom Connors. It's about the uranium town I grew up in.
Love the Kuchina Doll
Are you going to review the El Rancho Hotel anytime soon. Pleeeeeaaaase!!! 🤣🤣🤣
I've been to that mining museum before, pretty cool. If you want some really good mines where you really go underground you need to check out Cripple Creek, CO.
20:00 That voice just came out of nowhere!!!
You know, its trips like these,....a single person taking a long road trip, that makes me think it's going to end up as one of those "found footage" movies.
Love my Route 66.
I'm learnin. too with 26 "Route 66's"
Hello Justin
I love your videos, but this one my favorite part was when you got scared by DAVE from inside the mine 😂😂😂
Been watching for years man great stuff, ever thought about doing a more haunted location series?
That mine reminds me of my local natural history museum. Here in Cincinnati out museum has some "caverns" in the basement. Too bad they are doing a huge renovation on the museum right now.
That's great they let you into the museum after closing. Did you arrange for that ahead of time?
I was waiting for a Back To The Future line
Yes the museum is spooky
yesterday video when you said I hope I make it to new mexico I thought you weren't going to make it till today's afternoon. Hope you cold went away and have fun. Bye
This guy sounds like spongebob. Subscribed.
Also, I wrote a paper about Fred Harvey, Route 66 and I-40!
wow that mine museum was themed like Disney did it.
You should go in the mine in the museum of science and industry
The popcan had the old pull-tab pop top...
Nice Japanese prayer flag. Usually those are only seen in the big museums.
Are you planning on WDW in July at all? Maybe like the 14th to 20th? It would be SO COOL to run into you!!!
Where's your Legoland Hard Hat you should be wearing in that mine?
I sleep with mine on.
'FIRE in THE HOLE!!'
'My name is Bill.'
'UAHH BILL!!'
WHOA!
Wow
I was wondering if u was going to do a BTTF quote. haha
i live in hagerman n.m we need a double sided sign for city limit .my dad use to say you are just entering and leaving dont blink your eyes.
I live in New Mexico 😄
was that Large Marge at the continental divide?
I wonder how many snakes you've seen so far this trip. :)
where I'm from we're the largest producer of nickel and we have a mining museum here, if you're ever in Ontario Canada you should check out dynamic earth , you get to go underground
wanupgurl I live in Ontario. About 4 hours from Sudbury.
NoXinEspecially cool I'm born and raised here
if you think that these landscapes are gorgeous, you would shit yourself if you came to Ireland lol
I have lived here all my life and it still takes my breath away
justin you need to get some Little Feet they rock Tucumkarry is in a song called Willin check it out then tell Adam the woo
"The town is so small that if you spit it would be like creating a rain storm!" lmao