Route 66 - Much more than Standin' on the corner: Winslow, Arizona and beyond

0:03 interstate 40. it's sometimes parallels

0:03 interstate 40. it's sometimes parallels sometimes bypassed and sometimes sits

0:06 sometimes bypassed and sometimes sits

0:06 sometimes bypassed and sometimes sits right on top

0:07 right on top

0:07 right on top of old route 66 through northern arizona

0:11 of old route 66 through northern arizona

0:11 of old route 66 through northern arizona today i'm on my way to stand on the

0:12 today i'm on my way to stand on the

0:12 today i'm on my way to stand on the corner

0:13 corner

0:13 corner in winslow arizona on old route 66 but

0:16 in winslow arizona on old route 66 but

0:16 in winslow arizona on old route 66 but before we get there i've decided to pull

0:18 before we get there i've decided to pull

0:18 before we get there i've decided to pull off the interstate and check

0:19 off the interstate and check

0:19 off the interstate and check up on an old friend this is

0:23 up on an old friend this is

0:23 up on an old friend this is meteor city named for the nearby meteor

0:26 meteor city named for the nearby meteor

0:26 meteor city named for the nearby meteor crater this place started life on the

0:27 crater this place started life on the

0:28 crater this place started life on the side of old route 66 in 1938 as a simple

0:31 side of old route 66 in 1938 as a simple

0:31 side of old route 66 in 1938 as a simple texaco

0:32 texaco

0:32 texaco gas station was later upgraded with a

0:34 gas station was later upgraded with a

0:34 gas station was later upgraded with a large souvenir store here

0:36 large souvenir store here

0:36 large souvenir store here in a very different shape the iconic

0:38 in a very different shape the iconic

0:38 in a very different shape the iconic dome came along in 1979 later burned

0:42 dome came along in 1979 later burned

0:42 dome came along in 1979 later burned down and was rebuilt in the 1990s and

0:44 down and was rebuilt in the 1990s and

0:44 down and was rebuilt in the 1990s and served travelers on route 66 and later

0:47 served travelers on route 66 and later

0:47 served travelers on route 66 and later i-40

0:48 i-40

0:48 i-40 for decade after decade until finally by

0:51 for decade after decade until finally by

0:51 for decade after decade until finally by 2015 or so

0:52 2015 or so

0:52 2015 or so it became completely abandoned and

0:55 it became completely abandoned and

0:55 it became completely abandoned and derelict out here now my name these days

0:57 derelict out here now my name these days

0:57 derelict out here now my name these days is justin scarred and i got that name

0:59 is justin scarred and i got that name

0:59 is justin scarred and i got that name because i was in a band called the scard

1:01 because i was in a band called the scard

1:01 because i was in a band called the scard who used to travel

1:02 who used to travel

1:02 who used to travel up and down the highways of america on

1:04 up and down the highways of america on

1:04 up and down the highways of america on tour and since meteor city is pretty

1:06 tour and since meteor city is pretty

1:06 tour and since meteor city is pretty much in the middle of nowhere we often

1:08 much in the middle of nowhere we often

1:08 much in the middle of nowhere we often would stop here to go uh well use the

1:11 would stop here to go uh well use the

1:11 would stop here to go uh well use the facilities

1:11 facilities

1:12 facilities inside that dome back in those days at

1:13 inside that dome back in those days at

1:13 inside that dome back in those days at the turn of the century meteor city

1:15 the turn of the century meteor city

1:15 the turn of the century meteor city featured a

1:16 featured a

1:16 featured a large wooden mural there were signs

1:19 large wooden mural there were signs

1:19 large wooden mural there were signs advertising it as the largest or longest

1:21 advertising it as the largest or longest

1:21 advertising it as the largest or longest route 66 mural

1:22 route 66 mural

1:22 route 66 mural in the world sadly no trace of it seems

1:25 in the world sadly no trace of it seems

1:25 in the world sadly no trace of it seems to have

1:26 to have

1:26 to have survived although a few of these sort of

1:29 survived although a few of these sort of

1:29 survived although a few of these sort of roof tar

1:29 roof tar

1:30 roof tar and wood teepees are still here some of

1:32 and wood teepees are still here some of

1:32 and wood teepees are still here some of them have seen

1:33 them have seen

1:33 them have seen better days at least some of them

1:35 better days at least some of them

1:35 better days at least some of them survive another

1:36 survive another

1:36 survive another old-school meteor city claim from back

1:39 old-school meteor city claim from back

1:39 old-school meteor city claim from back in the day were signs advertising

1:41 in the day were signs advertising

1:41 in the day were signs advertising the world's largest dream catcher

1:44 the world's largest dream catcher

1:44 the world's largest dream catcher and look at this it's still here now on

1:47 and look at this it's still here now on

1:47 and look at this it's still here now on either side of this large hoop there

1:49 either side of this large hoop there

1:49 either side of this large hoop there used to be these gigantic

1:51 used to be these gigantic

1:51 used to be these gigantic man-sized feathers and the ropes were a

1:53 man-sized feathers and the ropes were a

1:53 man-sized feathers and the ropes were a lot tighter so this hole

1:55 lot tighter so this hole

1:55 lot tighter so this hole was much smaller it was much easier to

1:57 was much smaller it was much easier to

1:57 was much smaller it was much easier to catch dreams

1:58 catch dreams

1:58 catch dreams uh than it looks like it is today but

2:00 uh than it looks like it is today but

2:00 uh than it looks like it is today but what's amazing is this has stood

2:01 what's amazing is this has stood

2:02 what's amazing is this has stood the test of time i was here in 2016 i

2:05 the test of time i was here in 2016 i

2:05 the test of time i was here in 2016 i believe traveling across country

2:06 believe traveling across country

2:06 believe traveling across country at the time this site was still

2:08 at the time this site was still

2:08 at the time this site was still completely abandoned as a matter of fact

2:11 completely abandoned as a matter of fact

2:11 completely abandoned as a matter of fact i actually went inside the dome and took

2:13 i actually went inside the dome and took

2:13 i actually went inside the dome and took a look everything had been

2:15 a look everything had been

2:15 a look everything had been pretty badly vandalized there was broken

2:17 pretty badly vandalized there was broken

2:17 pretty badly vandalized there was broken glass

2:18 glass

2:18 glass everywhere all the display cases and

2:20 everywhere all the display cases and

2:20 everywhere all the display cases and counters were destroyed inside this old

2:23 counters were destroyed inside this old

2:23 counters were destroyed inside this old concrete dome it looks like there's

2:25 concrete dome it looks like there's

2:25 concrete dome it looks like there's still a lot of stuff

2:27 still a lot of stuff

2:27 still a lot of stuff left over from its days as a trading

2:29 left over from its days as a trading

2:29 left over from its days as a trading post

2:31 post

2:31 post must have been pretty cool on its heyday

2:34 must have been pretty cool on its heyday

2:34 must have been pretty cool on its heyday to come in this giant dome

2:36 to come in this giant dome

2:36 to come in this giant dome and see whatever the heck was in here it

2:38 and see whatever the heck was in here it

2:38 and see whatever the heck was in here it really sucks that people have to smash

2:41 really sucks that people have to smash

2:41 really sucks that people have to smash and destroy everything because you

2:42 and destroy everything because you

2:42 and destroy everything because you almost guarantee that the place

2:44 almost guarantee that the place

2:44 almost guarantee that the place will never never never be able to reopen

2:46 will never never never be able to reopen

2:46 will never never never be able to reopen as anything so please if you ever come

2:48 as anything so please if you ever come

2:48 as anything so please if you ever come to some place like this

2:49 to some place like this

2:49 to some place like this like don't smash stuff come on man it's

2:51 like don't smash stuff come on man it's

2:51 like don't smash stuff come on man it's just rude

2:53 just rude

2:53 just rude also i think we better be going because

2:54 also i think we better be going because

2:54 also i think we better be going because it looks like

3:01 some guy named satan was here this is

3:01 some guy named satan was here this is probably his place

3:02 probably his place

3:02 probably his place and i guess he was really really bored

3:04 and i guess he was really really bored

3:04 and i guess he was really really bored so he left but if he comes back

3:06 so he left but if he comes back

3:06 so he left but if he comes back i don't want to be here when he comes

3:07 i don't want to be here when he comes

3:07 i don't want to be here when he comes back so it really didn't look like

3:09 back so it really didn't look like

3:09 back so it really didn't look like meteor city

3:10 meteor city

3:10 meteor city was long for this earth in fact there

3:12 was long for this earth in fact there

3:12 was long for this earth in fact there were rumors that the dome was going to

3:13 were rumors that the dome was going to

3:13 were rumors that the dome was going to be completely demolished luckily in 2016

3:17 be completely demolished luckily in 2016

3:17 be completely demolished luckily in 2016 a couple from texas called the browns

3:19 a couple from texas called the browns

3:19 a couple from texas called the browns purchased the property and although it's

3:21 purchased the property and although it's

3:21 purchased the property and although it's sort of hard to tell from the outside

3:22 sort of hard to tell from the outside

3:22 sort of hard to tell from the outside admittedly they've been shoring up the

3:24 admittedly they've been shoring up the

3:24 admittedly they've been shoring up the inside of the dome and trying to secure

3:27 inside of the dome and trying to secure

3:27 inside of the dome and trying to secure the property from further vandalism

3:29 the property from further vandalism

3:29 the property from further vandalism in fact there's their facebook right

3:31 in fact there's their facebook right

3:31 in fact there's their facebook right there only time will tell i guess what's

3:33 there only time will tell i guess what's

3:33 there only time will tell i guess what's going to happen with meteor city but one

3:34 going to happen with meteor city but one

3:34 going to happen with meteor city but one thing's for sure i've been out here for

3:36 thing's for sure i've been out here for

3:36 thing's for sure i've been out here for about an hour

3:37 about an hour

3:37 about an hour and at least 60 or 70 people have

3:39 and at least 60 or 70 people have

3:39 and at least 60 or 70 people have stopped by and taken pictures so

3:41 stopped by and taken pictures so

3:41 stopped by and taken pictures so clearly the iconic dome still serves its

3:43 clearly the iconic dome still serves its

3:43 clearly the iconic dome still serves its purpose and pulls people

3:45 purpose and pulls people

3:45 purpose and pulls people right off the interstate to which by the

3:47 right off the interstate to which by the

3:47 right off the interstate to which by the way it's time for

3:48 way it's time for

3:48 way it's time for us to return yes sir i'm just running

3:51 us to return yes sir i'm just running

3:51 us to return yes sir i'm just running down the road

3:52 down the road

3:52 down the road trying to loosen my load i think the

3:53 trying to loosen my load i think the

3:54 trying to loosen my load i think the best way to do that is to find some

3:55 best way to do that is to find some

3:55 best way to do that is to find some place to

3:56 place to

3:56 place to take it easy all right we've followed

3:58 take it easy all right we've followed

3:58 take it easy all right we've followed old route 66

4:00 old route 66

4:00 old route 66 into winslow arizona where don't get too

4:03 into winslow arizona where don't get too

4:03 into winslow arizona where don't get too excited

4:04 excited

4:04 excited we're about to stand on the corner

4:13 so this is what taking it easy is like

4:13 so this is what taking it easy is like oh all right you got me that's not the

4:15 oh all right you got me that's not the

4:15 oh all right you got me that's not the famous standing on a corner in winslow

4:17 famous standing on a corner in winslow

4:17 famous standing on a corner in winslow arizona although in my defense

4:18 arizona although in my defense

4:18 arizona although in my defense in the eagles song you know the take it

4:20 in the eagles song you know the take it

4:20 in the eagles song you know the take it easy song the one that single-handedly

4:22 easy song the one that single-handedly

4:22 easy song the one that single-handedly made standing on the corner in winslow

4:24 made standing on the corner in winslow

4:24 made standing on the corner in winslow arizona famous they don't exactly

4:26 arizona famous they don't exactly

4:26 arizona famous they don't exactly specify

4:27 specify

4:27 specify which corner today's extremely popular

4:30 which corner today's extremely popular

4:30 which corner today's extremely popular standing on a corner park location

4:32 standing on a corner park location

4:32 standing on a corner park location where hundreds of tourists stop every

4:34 where hundreds of tourists stop every

4:34 where hundreds of tourists stop every single day to take sick obligatory

4:36 single day to take sick obligatory

4:36 single day to take sick obligatory selfies with eagles statues and with

4:38 selfies with eagles statues and with

4:38 selfies with eagles statues and with that flatbed forward

4:39 that flatbed forward

4:39 that flatbed forward was chosen specifically and rather

4:41 was chosen specifically and rather

4:42 was chosen specifically and rather ingeniously in the 1990s to help

4:44 ingeniously in the 1990s to help

4:44 ingeniously in the 1990s to help revitalize downtown winslow you see like

4:47 revitalize downtown winslow you see like

4:47 revitalize downtown winslow you see like many other towns on route 66

4:49 many other towns on route 66

4:49 many other towns on route 66 when the interstate came and bypassed

4:51 when the interstate came and bypassed

4:51 when the interstate came and bypassed the town of winslow all the traffic that

4:53 the town of winslow all the traffic that

4:53 the town of winslow all the traffic that used to go

4:54 used to go

4:54 used to go straight through the downtown dried up

4:56 straight through the downtown dried up

4:56 straight through the downtown dried up leaving the businesses high and dry

4:59 leaving the businesses high and dry

4:59 leaving the businesses high and dry as well even before route 66 winslow was

5:01 as well even before route 66 winslow was

5:01 as well even before route 66 winslow was a very important and very busy

5:03 a very important and very busy

5:03 a very important and very busy railroad town in fact the town itself

5:05 railroad town in fact the town itself

5:06 railroad town in fact the town itself was actually founded by the a

5:07 was actually founded by the a

5:07 was actually founded by the a p railroad which became the santa fe who

5:10 p railroad which became the santa fe who

5:10 p railroad which became the santa fe who had freight yards and maintenance yards

5:12 had freight yards and maintenance yards

5:12 had freight yards and maintenance yards and regional offices here in winslow

5:15 and regional offices here in winslow

5:15 and regional offices here in winslow and at the same time the highway was

5:16 and at the same time the highway was

5:16 and at the same time the highway was being bypassed not only was passenger

5:19 being bypassed not only was passenger

5:19 being bypassed not only was passenger service dwindling on the railroads but

5:21 service dwindling on the railroads but

5:21 service dwindling on the railroads but the santa fe was also

5:22 the santa fe was also

5:22 the santa fe was also shrinking its operations here which

5:24 shrinking its operations here which

5:24 shrinking its operations here which meant that hundreds possibly thousands

5:25 meant that hundreds possibly thousands

5:25 meant that hundreds possibly thousands of railroad employees who lived and

5:28 of railroad employees who lived and

5:28 of railroad employees who lived and worked here in winslow

5:29 worked here in winslow

5:29 worked here in winslow lost their jobs and moved away like the

5:32 lost their jobs and moved away like the

5:32 lost their jobs and moved away like the employees of this place

5:33 employees of this place

5:33 employees of this place the incredible la pasada hotel this

5:36 the incredible la pasada hotel this

5:36 the incredible la pasada hotel this place is

5:36 place is

5:36 place is absolutely breathtaking one of the

5:39 absolutely breathtaking one of the

5:39 absolutely breathtaking one of the finest of the old

5:40 finest of the old

5:40 finest of the old harvey houses the giant elegant railroad

5:43 harvey houses the giant elegant railroad

5:43 harvey houses the giant elegant railroad stops and hotels and for my money

5:45 stops and hotels and for my money

5:45 stops and hotels and for my money pretty much the only place in winslow

5:47 pretty much the only place in winslow

5:47 pretty much the only place in winslow worth staying in it's that good after

5:49 worth staying in it's that good after

5:49 worth staying in it's that good after the passenger travel dried up it was

5:51 the passenger travel dried up it was

5:51 the passenger travel dried up it was turned into

5:52 turned into

5:52 turned into santa fe railroad offices the building

5:54 santa fe railroad offices the building

5:54 santa fe railroad offices the building was pretty much

5:55 was pretty much

5:55 was pretty much gutted and then eventually abandoned in

5:57 gutted and then eventually abandoned in

5:57 gutted and then eventually abandoned in the 1990s it was

5:59 the 1990s it was

5:59 the 1990s it was purchased and beautifully and lovingly

6:01 purchased and beautifully and lovingly

6:01 purchased and beautifully and lovingly restored which will have to be a story

6:03 restored which will have to be a story

6:03 restored which will have to be a story for a future episode when we stay here

6:05 for a future episode when we stay here

6:05 for a future episode when we stay here again but the important part is with

6:06 again but the important part is with

6:06 again but the important part is with this massive

6:07 this massive

6:07 this massive restoration project underway winslow

6:09 restoration project underway winslow

6:10 restoration project underway winslow began to seriously consider

6:11 began to seriously consider

6:11 began to seriously consider how can we bring traffic back to our

6:14 how can we bring traffic back to our

6:14 how can we bring traffic back to our downtown their solution of course

6:16 downtown their solution of course

6:16 downtown their solution of course take that one line from the eagles song

6:18 take that one line from the eagles song

6:18 take that one line from the eagles song make a park out of it it's actually

6:20 make a park out of it it's actually

6:20 make a park out of it it's actually genius because it's right here

6:22 genius because it's right here

6:22 genius because it's right here on route 66 walking distance from the la

6:24 on route 66 walking distance from the la

6:24 on route 66 walking distance from the la pasada and the railroad tracks

6:26 pasada and the railroad tracks

6:26 pasada and the railroad tracks right in the heart of the old downtown

6:28 right in the heart of the old downtown

6:28 right in the heart of the old downtown business district and as anyone can tell

6:30 business district and as anyone can tell

6:30 business district and as anyone can tell you who's seen the hundreds of tourists

6:32 you who's seen the hundreds of tourists

6:32 you who's seen the hundreds of tourists per day rolling through to take those

6:33 per day rolling through to take those

6:34 per day rolling through to take those selfies the plan worked like a charm the

6:36 selfies the plan worked like a charm the

6:36 selfies the plan worked like a charm the funny thing is though if you were to

6:37 funny thing is though if you were to

6:37 funny thing is though if you were to jump back to the heyday of route 66

6:40 jump back to the heyday of route 66

6:40 jump back to the heyday of route 66 and someone had had to choose an

6:41 and someone had had to choose an

6:41 and someone had had to choose an official corner to stand on back in the

6:43 official corner to stand on back in the

6:43 official corner to stand on back in the day

6:43 day

6:44 day it probably would have been a block away

6:46 it probably would have been a block away

6:46 it probably would have been a block away at this corner of 2nd street and

6:48 at this corner of 2nd street and

6:48 at this corner of 2nd street and williamson avenue where not only did

6:50 williamson avenue where not only did

6:50 williamson avenue where not only did route 66 meet highway 87 and 99 but you

6:53 route 66 meet highway 87 and 99 but you

6:53 route 66 meet highway 87 and 99 but you were within really easy walking distance

6:56 were within really easy walking distance

6:56 were within really easy walking distance of the santa fe's la pasada station this

6:58 of the santa fe's la pasada station this

6:58 of the santa fe's la pasada station this was a very popular spot in town back in

7:01 was a very popular spot in town back in

7:01 was a very popular spot in town back in the day

7:02 the day

7:02 the day just to the west of this intersection

7:04 just to the west of this intersection

7:04 just to the west of this intersection this row of buildings here was a

7:05 this row of buildings here was a

7:05 this row of buildings here was a very popular postcard photo spot not

7:09 very popular postcard photo spot not

7:09 very popular postcard photo spot not only were there postcards taken here

7:10 only were there postcards taken here

7:10 only were there postcards taken here from the 1930s and 40s but all the way

7:12 from the 1930s and 40s but all the way

7:12 from the 1930s and 40s but all the way into the 50s and 60s i love old city

7:15 into the 50s and 60s i love old city

7:15 into the 50s and 60s i love old city view postcards like that because you can

7:17 view postcards like that because you can

7:17 view postcards like that because you can see that this used to be a sprouse

7:18 see that this used to be a sprouse

7:18 see that this used to be a sprouse rights

7:19 rights

7:19 rights dime store something that would have

7:20 dime store something that would have

7:20 dime store something that would have been universal to our grandparents and

7:23 been universal to our grandparents and

7:23 been universal to our grandparents and our great grandparents back in their

7:24 our great grandparents back in their

7:24 our great grandparents back in their days but weirdly in ours has

7:26 days but weirdly in ours has

7:26 days but weirdly in ours has completely disappeared although we have

7:28 completely disappeared although we have

7:28 completely disappeared although we have 99 cent stores and dollar generals

7:30 99 cent stores and dollar generals

7:30 99 cent stores and dollar generals almost the same thing kinda the next

7:32 almost the same thing kinda the next

7:32 almost the same thing kinda the next door building is very interesting you

7:34 door building is very interesting you

7:34 door building is very interesting you can see the word

7:34 can see the word

7:34 can see the word skylark on it today but back in the old

7:37 skylark on it today but back in the old

7:37 skylark on it today but back in the old postcards we could see that it was the

7:38 postcards we could see that it was the

7:38 postcards we could see that it was the cafe

7:39 cafe

7:39 cafe national got to wonder where that cafe

7:42 national got to wonder where that cafe

7:42 national got to wonder where that cafe sign and where the big neon

7:43 sign and where the big neon

7:44 sign and where the big neon sign ended up they're so cool looking

7:46 sign ended up they're so cool looking

7:46 sign ended up they're so cool looking anyway what's fascinating is if you look

7:48 anyway what's fascinating is if you look

7:48 anyway what's fascinating is if you look behind the cafe national in the old

7:50 behind the cafe national in the old

7:50 behind the cafe national in the old postcard you'll notice

7:51 postcard you'll notice

7:51 postcard you'll notice there's another building called the

7:52 there's another building called the

7:52 there's another building called the skylark the skylark cocktail lounge

7:55 skylark the skylark cocktail lounge

7:55 skylark the skylark cocktail lounge which today is this strange open lot the

7:58 which today is this strange open lot the

7:58 which today is this strange open lot the original skylark building

7:59 original skylark building

8:00 original skylark building is gone but the name survives today what

8:03 is gone but the name survives today what

8:03 is gone but the name survives today what would have been the inside of the

8:04 would have been the inside of the

8:04 would have been the inside of the skylark

8:05 skylark

8:05 skylark cocktail lounge is now what they call

8:07 cocktail lounge is now what they call

8:07 cocktail lounge is now what they call the world's

8:08 the world's

8:08 the world's smallest church it's a little outdoor

8:11 smallest church it's a little outdoor

8:11 smallest church it's a little outdoor church with

8:12 church with

8:12 church with paraphernalia bibles it's dedicated to

8:15 paraphernalia bibles it's dedicated to

8:15 paraphernalia bibles it's dedicated to the country's veterans

8:16 the country's veterans

8:16 the country's veterans surrounded in this beautiful courtyard

8:18 surrounded in this beautiful courtyard

8:18 surrounded in this beautiful courtyard by all kinds of

8:20 by all kinds of

8:20 by all kinds of artwork and statuary and these really

8:23 artwork and statuary and these really

8:23 artwork and statuary and these really cool and very informative panels

8:25 cool and very informative panels

8:25 cool and very informative panels telling you about winslow's history

8:27 telling you about winslow's history

8:27 telling you about winslow's history check it out there's the la pasada hotel

8:29 check it out there's the la pasada hotel

8:29 check it out there's the la pasada hotel right there

8:30 right there

8:30 right there awesome i wonder what the bar flies back

8:32 awesome i wonder what the bar flies back

8:32 awesome i wonder what the bar flies back in the day would have thought about

8:33 in the day would have thought about

8:33 in the day would have thought about their bar

8:34 their bar

8:34 their bar becoming an outdoor miniature church i

8:36 becoming an outdoor miniature church i

8:36 becoming an outdoor miniature church i love those historic photos and postcards

8:38 love those historic photos and postcards

8:38 love those historic photos and postcards because without them i'd have

8:39 because without them i'd have

8:40 because without them i'd have no idea that this first building right

8:42 no idea that this first building right

8:42 no idea that this first building right here was once

8:43 here was once

8:43 here was once the white cafe and next door was the

8:45 the white cafe and next door was the

8:45 the white cafe and next door was the grand

8:46 grand

8:46 grand cafe and down the street this skinny

8:48 cafe and down the street this skinny

8:48 cafe and down the street this skinny little building which last served as a

8:50 little building which last served as a

8:50 little building which last served as a coffee house and art gallery was once

8:52 coffee house and art gallery was once

8:52 coffee house and art gallery was once called the palace hotel

8:54 called the palace hotel

8:54 called the palace hotel which you could see back in the old

8:55 which you could see back in the old

8:56 which you could see back in the old black and white era now i find all this

8:58 black and white era now i find all this

8:58 black and white era now i find all this fascinating

8:58 fascinating

8:58 fascinating but i know in the back of my mind i'm

9:01 but i know in the back of my mind i'm

9:01 but i know in the back of my mind i'm well aware that most people that stop

9:03 well aware that most people that stop

9:03 well aware that most people that stop here don't care about that all they care

9:04 here don't care about that all they care

9:04 here don't care about that all they care about is the corner well luckily i did

9:07 about is the corner well luckily i did

9:07 about is the corner well luckily i did manage to find one old postcard

9:09 manage to find one old postcard

9:09 manage to find one old postcard from the corner itself and look at this

9:12 from the corner itself and look at this

9:12 from the corner itself and look at this that is a dramatically different view

9:14 that is a dramatically different view

9:14 that is a dramatically different view than the one we have today for one thing

9:16 than the one we have today for one thing

9:16 than the one we have today for one thing as you see that corner was once

9:18 as you see that corner was once

9:18 as you see that corner was once a walgreens pharmacy which is really

9:21 a walgreens pharmacy which is really

9:21 a walgreens pharmacy which is really crazy because i honestly had no idea

9:23 crazy because i honestly had no idea

9:23 crazy because i honestly had no idea they would have had

9:23 they would have had

9:23 they would have had walgreens back in northern arizona that

9:26 walgreens back in northern arizona that

9:26 walgreens back in northern arizona that far

9:26 far

9:26 far back in time it actually makes this

9:28 back in time it actually makes this

9:28 back in time it actually makes this whole corner more interesting to me that

9:30 whole corner more interesting to me that

9:30 whole corner more interesting to me that what you have

9:30 what you have

9:30 what you have here as a backdrop for all the

9:32 here as a backdrop for all the

9:32 here as a backdrop for all the merrymaking and tourism

9:34 merrymaking and tourism

9:34 merrymaking and tourism and photo taking are shored up bits of

9:37 and photo taking are shored up bits of

9:37 and photo taking are shored up bits of the walls

9:37 the walls

9:37 the walls plural separating that old pharmacy from

9:40 plural separating that old pharmacy from

9:40 plural separating that old pharmacy from the jc

9:41 the jc

9:41 the jc penny next door it's crazy to think that

9:43 penny next door it's crazy to think that

9:43 penny next door it's crazy to think that jcpenney is now

9:44 jcpenney is now

9:44 jcpenney is now disappearing from the landscape right

9:46 disappearing from the landscape right

9:46 disappearing from the landscape right before our eyes but it stretches back

9:48 before our eyes but it stretches back

9:48 before our eyes but it stretches back all the way to the 1800s i mean there

9:50 all the way to the 1800s i mean there

9:50 all the way to the 1800s i mean there was one in

9:51 was one in

9:52 was one in every town and now look at this a lot of

9:55 every town and now look at this a lot of

9:55 every town and now look at this a lot of them are becoming like this just big

9:56 them are becoming like this just big

9:56 them are becoming like this just big open lots before i quit this picture

9:58 open lots before i quit this picture

9:58 open lots before i quit this picture i noticed that in the middle distance

10:00 i noticed that in the middle distance

10:00 i noticed that in the middle distance right there you could see that big

10:01 right there you could see that big

10:01 right there you could see that big hand painted shoe store advertisement

10:04 hand painted shoe store advertisement

10:04 hand painted shoe store advertisement and that was right on the side

10:06 and that was right on the side

10:06 and that was right on the side of this building you can see they

10:08 of this building you can see they

10:08 of this building you can see they painted a lot more ads

10:09 painted a lot more ads

10:09 painted a lot more ads afterwards but you can almost make out

10:12 afterwards but you can almost make out

10:12 afterwards but you can almost make out where that shoe store ad

10:13 where that shoe store ad

10:13 where that shoe store ad would have been things like that

10:15 would have been things like that

10:15 would have been things like that absolutely fascinate me you know i'm not

10:18 absolutely fascinate me you know i'm not

10:18 absolutely fascinate me you know i'm not sure that this building was the actual

10:19 sure that this building was the actual

10:19 sure that this building was the actual shoe store itself maybe it was just you

10:21 shoe store itself maybe it was just you

10:21 shoe store itself maybe it was just you know where they painted the ad but when

10:23 know where they painted the ad but when

10:23 know where they painted the ad but when i walked through a historic downtown or

10:24 i walked through a historic downtown or

10:24 i walked through a historic downtown or somewhere like winslow that i've been a

10:26 somewhere like winslow that i've been a

10:26 somewhere like winslow that i've been a million times before back in the band

10:28 million times before back in the band

10:28 million times before back in the band touring days

10:29 touring days

10:29 touring days if i just see old lots or old buildings

10:31 if i just see old lots or old buildings

10:31 if i just see old lots or old buildings i'm like okay but if you can tell me

10:33 i'm like okay but if you can tell me

10:33 i'm like okay but if you can tell me that oh that was a shoe store this was a

10:35 that oh that was a shoe store this was a

10:35 that oh that was a shoe store this was a hardware store or that this building

10:36 hardware store or that this building

10:36 hardware store or that this building right here was owned by the famous

10:38 right here was owned by the famous

10:38 right here was owned by the famous babbitt brothers the ones that also had

10:40 babbitt brothers the ones that also had

10:40 babbitt brothers the ones that also had that huge merchandise store in flagstaff

10:43 that huge merchandise store in flagstaff

10:43 that huge merchandise store in flagstaff we saw the other day and you are quite

10:45 we saw the other day and you are quite

10:45 we saw the other day and you are quite quite prominent in local northern

10:46 quite prominent in local northern

10:46 quite prominent in local northern arizona history well now all of a sudden

10:48 arizona history well now all of a sudden

10:48 arizona history well now all of a sudden i'm totally engaged it completely

10:50 i'm totally engaged it completely

10:50 i'm totally engaged it completely changes the dynamic of the way you feel

10:53 changes the dynamic of the way you feel

10:53 changes the dynamic of the way you feel stopping in a town like this which is

10:54 stopping in a town like this which is

10:54 stopping in a town like this which is why history and particularly

10:56 why history and particularly

10:56 why history and particularly local history and the people who

10:57 local history and the people who

10:57 local history and the people who preserve it and share it are so

10:59 preserve it and share it are so

10:59 preserve it and share it are so important local history plaques can make

11:01 important local history plaques can make

11:01 important local history plaques can make a big difference and the people who

11:03 a big difference and the people who

11:03 a big difference and the people who purchase

11:03 purchase

11:03 purchase restore and preserve local history

11:06 restore and preserve local history

11:06 restore and preserve local history landmarks and buildings

11:07 landmarks and buildings

11:07 landmarks and buildings everything from gas stations to churches

11:09 everything from gas stations to churches

11:09 everything from gas stations to churches those people

11:10 those people

11:10 those people are my personal heroes speaking of

11:12 are my personal heroes speaking of

11:12 are my personal heroes speaking of churches you'll notice this very

11:13 churches you'll notice this very

11:13 churches you'll notice this very historic church

11:14 historic church

11:14 historic church right here was in the background of that

11:16 right here was in the background of that

11:16 right here was in the background of that postcard we were just looking at which

11:17 postcard we were just looking at which

11:18 postcard we were just looking at which is how i know by the way that this

11:19 is how i know by the way that this

11:19 is how i know by the way that this postcard contains a mistake

11:21 postcard contains a mistake

11:21 postcard contains a mistake we're not looking east we're looking

11:22 we're not looking east we're looking

11:22 we're not looking east we're looking west somebody made an

11:24 west somebody made an

11:24 west somebody made an error that church saint joseph's church

11:26 error that church saint joseph's church

11:26 error that church saint joseph's church was founded in 1921 and the whole

11:29 was founded in 1921 and the whole

11:29 was founded in 1921 and the whole town is full of buildings from the early

11:31 town is full of buildings from the early

11:31 town is full of buildings from the early 20th century

11:32 20th century

11:32 20th century and before everything from the old west

11:35 and before everything from the old west

11:35 and before everything from the old west cowboy stopovers to the railroad

11:38 cowboy stopovers to the railroad

11:38 cowboy stopovers to the railroad buildings all the way up to mid-century

11:39 buildings all the way up to mid-century

11:40 buildings all the way up to mid-century modern

11:40 modern

11:40 modern route 66 stuff if you take the time to

11:43 route 66 stuff if you take the time to

11:43 route 66 stuff if you take the time to walk around winslow or drive around

11:45 walk around winslow or drive around

11:45 walk around winslow or drive around through the neighborhood

11:45 through the neighborhood

11:45 through the neighborhood you'll find a treasure trove of just i

11:48 you'll find a treasure trove of just i

11:48 you'll find a treasure trove of just i don't know

11:49 don't know

11:49 don't know architecture and old-timey buildings

11:51 architecture and old-timey buildings

11:51 architecture and old-timey buildings everything from these sort of ornate

11:53 everything from these sort of ornate

11:53 everything from these sort of ornate victorian-esque little houses which

11:55 victorian-esque little houses which

11:55 victorian-esque little houses which represent that sort of

11:56 represent that sort of

11:56 represent that sort of middle strata of society the family you

11:58 middle strata of society the family you

11:58 middle strata of society the family you know maybe the dad's sort of a manager

12:00 know maybe the dad's sort of a manager

12:00 know maybe the dad's sort of a manager or maybe an office worker for the santa

12:02 or maybe an office worker for the santa

12:02 or maybe an office worker for the santa fe

12:02 fe

12:02 fe so lots of smaller dwellings and of

12:04 so lots of smaller dwellings and of

12:04 so lots of smaller dwellings and of course those old hotels where itinerant

12:06 course those old hotels where itinerant

12:06 course those old hotels where itinerant workers or the more working class guys

12:08 workers or the more working class guys

12:08 workers or the more working class guys could get a room after all lots of the

12:10 could get a room after all lots of the

12:10 could get a room after all lots of the guys who worked on the railroad hall to

12:11 guys who worked on the railroad hall to

12:12 guys who worked on the railroad hall to live long day

12:12 live long day

12:12 live long day had to travel up and down the line and

12:14 had to travel up and down the line and

12:14 had to travel up and down the line and often really wouldn't put roots down

12:16 often really wouldn't put roots down

12:16 often really wouldn't put roots down they just stay in the town for a few

12:18 they just stay in the town for a few

12:18 they just stay in the town for a few weeks maybe not to mention the hundreds

12:20 weeks maybe not to mention the hundreds

12:20 weeks maybe not to mention the hundreds maybe thousands of cowboys

12:22 maybe thousands of cowboys

12:22 maybe thousands of cowboys ranch fans and native americans living

12:24 ranch fans and native americans living

12:24 ranch fans and native americans living in the surrounding area who came to

12:26 in the surrounding area who came to

12:26 in the surrounding area who came to winslow to work

12:27 winslow to work

12:27 winslow to work to trade to go to church to get

12:29 to trade to go to church to get

12:29 to trade to go to church to get groceries or sell their wares all of

12:32 groceries or sell their wares all of

12:32 groceries or sell their wares all of which you can learn about just a block

12:33 which you can learn about just a block

12:33 which you can learn about just a block up actually half a block up from the

12:35 up actually half a block up from the

12:35 up actually half a block up from the famous corner there

12:36 famous corner there

12:36 famous corner there at the very close very cool and very

12:39 at the very close very cool and very

12:39 at the very close very cool and very free

12:39 free

12:39 free old trails museum which i highly highly

12:42 old trails museum which i highly highly

12:42 old trails museum which i highly highly recommend not only do you learn a lot

12:44 recommend not only do you learn a lot

12:44 recommend not only do you learn a lot about route 66 and the railroad the

12:46 about route 66 and the railroad the

12:46 about route 66 and the railroad the harvey girls la pasada downtown winslow

12:49 harvey girls la pasada downtown winslow

12:49 harvey girls la pasada downtown winslow and of course the local cowboys and old

12:52 and of course the local cowboys and old

12:52 and of course the local cowboys and old west stuff but you also start to get

12:53 west stuff but you also start to get

12:53 west stuff but you also start to get your first

12:54 your first

12:54 your first glimpse at the fact that this whole area

12:55 glimpse at the fact that this whole area

12:56 glimpse at the fact that this whole area was populated long before european

12:58 was populated long before european

12:58 was populated long before european settlers with a little

12:59 settlers with a little

12:59 settlers with a little hisatsunome or ancestral pueblo in

13:02 hisatsunome or ancestral pueblo in

13:02 hisatsunome or ancestral pueblo in history here this weather's getting a

13:05 history here this weather's getting a

13:05 history here this weather's getting a little weathery

13:06 little weathery

13:06 little weathery now speaking of native american history

13:08 now speaking of native american history

13:08 now speaking of native american history i've been coming to winslow

13:09 i've been coming to winslow

13:09 i've been coming to winslow for decades on and off on tour or making

13:12 for decades on and off on tour or making

13:12 for decades on and off on tour or making random land episodes and i had no idea

13:16 random land episodes and i had no idea

13:16 random land episodes and i had no idea that just

13:16 that just

13:16 that just outside of town is homology state park i

13:20 outside of town is homology state park i

13:20 outside of town is homology state park i had no idea how close it was it's a

13:21 had no idea how close it was it's a

13:21 had no idea how close it was it's a location

13:22 location

13:22 location of some sort of ancient pueblo people's

13:25 of some sort of ancient pueblo people's

13:25 of some sort of ancient pueblo people's archaeology they're not big on the term

13:27 archaeology they're not big on the term

13:27 archaeology they're not big on the term ruins because they consider them sort of

13:29 ruins because they consider them sort of

13:29 ruins because they consider them sort of spiritually alive even though they're

13:31 spiritually alive even though they're

13:31 spiritually alive even though they're sort of abandoned if that makes sense

13:33 sort of abandoned if that makes sense

13:33 sort of abandoned if that makes sense anyway the weather's looking a little

13:35 anyway the weather's looking a little

13:35 anyway the weather's looking a little frightful for outdoor activities and i

13:37 frightful for outdoor activities and i

13:37 frightful for outdoor activities and i think since i'm planning on being back

13:38 think since i'm planning on being back

13:38 think since i'm planning on being back in winslow

13:39 in winslow

13:39 in winslow fairly soon to go back to la posada

13:41 fairly soon to go back to la posada

13:42 fairly soon to go back to la posada anyway today just might be the perfect

13:44 anyway today just might be the perfect

13:44 anyway today just might be the perfect day

13:44 day to check it out see sometimes i think i

13:46 to check it out see sometimes i think i

13:46 to check it out see sometimes i think i might be stupid or something because

13:48 might be stupid or something because

13:48 might be stupid or something because this is right off old route 66 where

13:50 this is right off old route 66 where

13:50 this is right off old route 66 where i've driven before right off the i-40

13:52 i've driven before right off the i-40

13:52 i've driven before right off the i-40 exit with that pb in a teepee place that

13:54 exit with that pb in a teepee place that

13:54 exit with that pb in a teepee place that i've filmed before

13:55 i've filmed before

13:55 i've filmed before i don't know if i never saw the signs or

13:57 i don't know if i never saw the signs or

13:57 i don't know if i never saw the signs or i was just i don't know what the heck i

13:58 i was just i don't know what the heck i

13:58 i was just i don't know what the heck i was thinking but literally from the

14:00 was thinking but literally from the

14:00 was thinking but literally from the standing on the corner place

14:01 standing on the corner place

14:01 standing on the corner place it took seven minutes to get here i mean

14:03 it took seven minutes to get here i mean

14:03 it took seven minutes to get here i mean i can actually see

14:04 i can actually see

14:04 i can actually see winslow down there from the visitor

14:07 winslow down there from the visitor

14:07 winslow down there from the visitor center here i can also see the storm

14:09 center here i can also see the storm

14:09 center here i can also see the storm moving in with

14:10 moving in with

14:10 moving in with heck of lightning one of the rangers was

14:12 heck of lightning one of the rangers was

14:12 heck of lightning one of the rangers was just warning me it might be a little

14:13 just warning me it might be a little

14:13 just warning me it might be a little dangerous to go out to the main site

14:15 dangerous to go out to the main site

14:15 dangerous to go out to the main site but i told him my middle name is danger

14:18 but i told him my middle name is danger

14:18 but i told him my middle name is danger which isn't accurate but but still all

14:21 which isn't accurate but but still all

14:21 which isn't accurate but but still all right

14:21 right

14:21 right they think i'm crazy but i got my hang

14:24 they think i'm crazy but i got my hang

14:24 they think i'm crazy but i got my hang tag

14:25 tag

14:25 tag and lightning or no lightning i'm gonna

14:27 and lightning or no lightning i'm gonna

14:27 and lightning or no lightning i'm gonna go for it really quick please never

14:29 go for it really quick please never

14:29 go for it really quick please never follow

14:30 follow

14:30 follow my example and heed the rangers advice

14:32 my example and heed the rangers advice

14:32 my example and heed the rangers advice which i am not doing the wisest course

14:34 which i am not doing the wisest course

14:34 which i am not doing the wisest course is always to avoid being struck by

14:36 is always to avoid being struck by

14:36 is always to avoid being struck by lightning not to go out

14:37 lightning not to go out

14:37 lightning not to go out risking getting struck by lightning

14:41 risking getting struck by lightning

14:41 risking getting struck by lightning doesn't look nice the reason this is

14:42 doesn't look nice the reason this is

14:42 doesn't look nice the reason this is particularly stupid is because the site

14:45 particularly stupid is because the site

14:45 particularly stupid is because the site we're going to

14:45 we're going to

14:45 we're going to homology 2 is actually kind of a high

14:49 homology 2 is actually kind of a high

14:49 homology 2 is actually kind of a high point which of course is where the

14:50 point which of course is where the

14:50 point which of course is where the lightning

14:52 lightning

14:52 lightning tends to strike oh it's so windy out

14:54 tends to strike oh it's so windy out

14:54 tends to strike oh it's so windy out here

14:55 here

14:55 here if you guys have never seen my episode

14:57 if you guys have never seen my episode

14:57 if you guys have never seen my episode from choco canyon i recommend it it's

14:58 from choco canyon i recommend it it's

14:58 from choco canyon i recommend it it's basically

15:00 basically

15:00 basically a massive ancient native american

15:03 a massive ancient native american

15:03 a massive ancient native american city more or less built by what old

15:05 city more or less built by what old

15:05 city more or less built by what old documentaries and history books would

15:07 documentaries and history books would

15:07 documentaries and history books would call the anasazi but which most scholars

15:09 call the anasazi but which most scholars

15:09 call the anasazi but which most scholars now refer to as

15:10 now refer to as

15:10 now refer to as ancestral puebloan people who built

15:13 ancestral puebloan people who built

15:13 ancestral puebloan people who built fantastic

15:14 fantastic

15:14 fantastic pueblos and dwellings cliff dwellings

15:18 pueblos and dwellings cliff dwellings

15:18 pueblos and dwellings cliff dwellings all kinds of stuff all across the

15:19 all kinds of stuff all across the

15:20 all kinds of stuff all across the southwest

15:21 southwest

15:21 southwest and we're the ancestors of these people

15:22 and we're the ancestors of these people

15:22 and we're the ancestors of these people who in turn became the ancestors of

15:24 who in turn became the ancestors of

15:24 who in turn became the ancestors of today's hopi people and from what i

15:27 today's hopi people and from what i

15:27 today's hopi people and from what i understand

15:27 understand

15:28 understand a lot of the archaeology conducted here

15:31 a lot of the archaeology conducted here

15:31 a lot of the archaeology conducted here in hamalavi was with the help of modern

15:34 in hamalavi was with the help of modern

15:34 in hamalavi was with the help of modern hopi people

15:35 hopi people

15:35 hopi people and look at this

15:39 and look at this

15:39 and look at this look at these buildings these

15:42 look at these buildings these

15:42 look at these buildings these excavated rooms here are part of a

15:45 excavated rooms here are part of a

15:45 excavated rooms here are part of a massive complex built all atop this mesa

15:48 massive complex built all atop this mesa

15:48 massive complex built all atop this mesa here overlooking the little colorado

15:50 here overlooking the little colorado

15:50 here overlooking the little colorado river down there and an even earlier

15:52 river down there and an even earlier

15:52 river down there and an even earlier homology settlement without the

15:53 homology settlement without the

15:53 homology settlement without the excavation if you didn't know

15:55 excavation if you didn't know

15:55 excavation if you didn't know what you were looking for you might just

15:56 what you were looking for you might just

15:56 what you were looking for you might just think oh there's some rocks on top of

15:58 think oh there's some rocks on top of

15:58 think oh there's some rocks on top of this hill but notice how all these

15:59 this hill but notice how all these

15:59 this hill but notice how all these stones are nice and flat

16:00 stones are nice and flat

16:00 stones are nice and flat hundreds of thousands of them maybe

16:02 hundreds of thousands of them maybe

16:02 hundreds of thousands of them maybe millions of these stones

16:04 millions of these stones

16:04 millions of these stones they were all used as building materials

16:06 they were all used as building materials

16:06 they were all used as building materials just like chaco canyon

16:07 just like chaco canyon

16:08 just like chaco canyon just like aztec ruins or any of the

16:09 just like aztec ruins or any of the

16:10 just like aztec ruins or any of the other ancestral pueblo and

16:11 other ancestral pueblo and

16:11 other ancestral pueblo and archaeological sites

16:13 archaeological sites

16:13 archaeological sites look at this now what you'll see here on

16:15 look at this now what you'll see here on

16:15 look at this now what you'll see here on the side of the trail

16:17 the side of the trail

16:17 the side of the trail are all these pits these round pits

16:19 are all these pits these round pits

16:19 are all these pits these round pits these were not rooms

16:21 these were not rooms

16:21 these were not rooms these were holes dug by pot hunters as

16:23 these were holes dug by pot hunters as

16:23 these were holes dug by pot hunters as they're called out here and not even

16:25 they're called out here and not even

16:25 they're called out here and not even amateur archaeologists but people just

16:26 amateur archaeologists but people just

16:26 amateur archaeologists but people just straight up

16:27 straight up

16:27 straight up digging holes looking for pots selling

16:30 digging holes looking for pots selling

16:30 digging holes looking for pots selling them on the black market

16:31 them on the black market

16:31 them on the black market and that's it they completely vandalized

16:33 and that's it they completely vandalized

16:33 and that's it they completely vandalized and destroyed archaeological sites i

16:35 and destroyed archaeological sites i

16:35 and destroyed archaeological sites i mean early archaeology was

16:37 mean early archaeology was

16:37 mean early archaeology was sloppy enough but these guys were just

16:40 sloppy enough but these guys were just

16:40 sloppy enough but these guys were just after pots and there were lots of them

16:43 after pots and there were lots of them

16:43 after pots and there were lots of them here back in the day

16:44 here back in the day

16:44 here back in the day in fact just to the sides of the trail

16:46 in fact just to the sides of the trail

16:46 in fact just to the sides of the trail you'll see

16:47 you'll see

16:47 you'll see thousands and i mean thousands of little

16:49 thousands and i mean thousands of little

16:49 thousands and i mean thousands of little shards or actually they're called

16:51 shards or actually they're called

16:51 shards or actually they're called shirts pot shirts before the pot hunters

16:54 shirts pot shirts before the pot hunters

16:54 shirts pot shirts before the pot hunters or treasure hunters

16:55 or treasure hunters

16:55 or treasure hunters there would have been literally

16:57 there would have been literally

16:57 there would have been literally thousands of pots and pieces of pots

17:00 thousands of pots and pieces of pots

17:00 thousands of pots and pieces of pots strewn

17:00 strewn

17:00 strewn all over this place because all

17:03 all over this place because all

17:03 all over this place because all underneath our feet

17:04 underneath our feet

17:04 underneath our feet are hundreds of those square rooms

17:06 are hundreds of those square rooms

17:06 are hundreds of those square rooms sometimes they

17:07 sometimes they

17:08 sometimes they still had full-on intact pots in them

17:10 still had full-on intact pots in them

17:10 still had full-on intact pots in them like the people just walked away without

17:11 like the people just walked away without

17:12 like the people just walked away without their stuff

17:12 their stuff

17:12 their stuff other times they were obviously sort of

17:15 other times they were obviously sort of

17:15 other times they were obviously sort of ritually closed

17:16 ritually closed

17:16 ritually closed archaeologists have even uncovered

17:18 archaeologists have even uncovered

17:18 archaeologists have even uncovered evidence that later

17:19 evidence that later

17:19 evidence that later descendants had come back here and left

17:21 descendants had come back here and left

17:21 descendants had come back here and left some ritual offerings in pots they think

17:24 some ritual offerings in pots they think

17:24 some ritual offerings in pots they think out here even today just off the side of

17:26 out here even today just off the side of

17:26 out here even today just off the side of the path even

17:27 the path even

17:27 the path even you'll see little tiny potsherds look at

17:30 you'll see little tiny potsherds look at

17:30 you'll see little tiny potsherds look at that that one even has

17:32 that that one even has

17:32 that that one even has some decoration on it and these ones

17:34 some decoration on it and these ones

17:34 some decoration on it and these ones have been placed here obviously by a

17:36 have been placed here obviously by a

17:36 have been placed here obviously by a visitor but you can see thousands more

17:38 visitor but you can see thousands more

17:38 visitor but you can see thousands more scattered around it's very important not

17:40 scattered around it's very important not

17:40 scattered around it's very important not to

17:40 to

17:40 to take these home if there's some on the

17:42 take these home if there's some on the

17:42 take these home if there's some on the trail or whatever you can take a look

17:44 trail or whatever you can take a look

17:44 trail or whatever you can take a look it's very important to put them right

17:45 it's very important to put them right

17:45 it's very important to put them right back where you found them and not to

17:47 back where you found them and not to

17:47 back where you found them and not to pickpocket the ancient sites you know

17:49 pickpocket the ancient sites you know

17:50 pickpocket the ancient sites you know what i mean all right

17:51 what i mean all right

17:51 what i mean all right that storm is really rolling in you can

17:54 that storm is really rolling in you can

17:54 that storm is really rolling in you can see down below us the little colorado

17:55 see down below us the little colorado

17:56 see down below us the little colorado river which has a lot of spiritual

17:57 river which has a lot of spiritual

17:57 river which has a lot of spiritual significance for hopi and even zuni

17:59 significance for hopi and even zuni

17:59 significance for hopi and even zuni peoples and then up on top of the hill

18:01 peoples and then up on top of the hill

18:01 peoples and then up on top of the hill here

18:02 here is this square depression what we have

18:04 is this square depression what we have

18:04 is this square depression what we have here is an

18:05 here is an

18:05 here is an ancient partially restored kiva now

18:08 ancient partially restored kiva now

18:08 ancient partially restored kiva now akiva

18:09 akiva

18:09 akiva basically sort of an underground

18:11 basically sort of an underground

18:11 basically sort of an underground dwelling or room

18:13 dwelling or room

18:13 dwelling or room is usually associated with modern

18:15 is usually associated with modern

18:15 is usually associated with modern puebloans religious

18:17 puebloans religious

18:17 puebloans religious quarters the hopi the acoma a lot of

18:19 quarters the hopi the acoma a lot of

18:19 quarters the hopi the acoma a lot of modern pueblo peoples descendants of the

18:22 modern pueblo peoples descendants of the

18:22 modern pueblo peoples descendants of the also have kivas in which they conduct

18:25 also have kivas in which they conduct

18:25 also have kivas in which they conduct seasonal or ritual ceremonies the

18:27 seasonal or ritual ceremonies the

18:27 seasonal or ritual ceremonies the interesting thing is back in the chaco

18:29 interesting thing is back in the chaco

18:29 interesting thing is back in the chaco canyon era a thousand years ago

18:31 canyon era a thousand years ago

18:31 canyon era a thousand years ago a lot of the cuba's down on the ground

18:33 a lot of the cuba's down on the ground

18:33 a lot of the cuba's down on the ground were round they eventually became

18:35 were round they eventually became

18:35 were round they eventually became square all the modern pueblos have

18:37 square all the modern pueblos have

18:37 square all the modern pueblos have square kivas so sites like this are

18:39 square kivas so sites like this are

18:39 square kivas so sites like this are really

18:40 really

18:40 really important to show the transition from

18:42 important to show the transition from

18:42 important to show the transition from those hisatsinom

18:43 those hisatsinom

18:43 those hisatsinom people the ancestors of the hopi down to

18:45 people the ancestors of the hopi down to

18:46 people the ancestors of the hopi down to modern hopi people i used to love

18:47 modern hopi people i used to love

18:47 modern hopi people i used to love watching old history documentaries where

18:49 watching old history documentaries where

18:49 watching old history documentaries where they would talk about the mystery of the

18:51 they would talk about the mystery of the

18:51 they would talk about the mystery of the anasazi and how they had

18:53 anasazi and how they had

18:53 anasazi and how they had disappeared which must have struck

18:55 disappeared which must have struck

18:55 disappeared which must have struck modern-day pueblo people who live

18:57 modern-day pueblo people who live

18:57 modern-day pueblo people who live all over this area that's particularly

19:00 all over this area that's particularly

19:00 all over this area that's particularly confusing because they were like

19:02 confusing because they were like

19:02 confusing because they were like we're right we're right here all right

19:03 we're right we're right here all right

19:03 we're right we're right here all right we're way up top now

19:05 we're way up top now

19:06 we're way up top now and look all around us you can see the

19:08 and look all around us you can see the

19:08 and look all around us you can see the disturbance you can see the rock piles

19:11 disturbance you can see the rock piles

19:11 disturbance you can see the rock piles just covering the entire hilltop here

19:16 just covering the entire hilltop here

19:16 just covering the entire hilltop here i mean for acres there were hundreds of

19:18 i mean for acres there were hundreds of

19:18 i mean for acres there were hundreds of rooms here multi-story

19:20 rooms here multi-story

19:20 rooms here multi-story dwellings where they stored grain

19:22 dwellings where they stored grain

19:22 dwellings where they stored grain particularly corn which they farmed all

19:24 particularly corn which they farmed all

19:24 particularly corn which they farmed all over the southwest and beans oh my gosh

19:27 over the southwest and beans oh my gosh

19:27 over the southwest and beans oh my gosh it's getting windy these were

19:28 it's getting windy these were

19:28 it's getting windy these were sophisticated people with their own

19:30 sophisticated people with their own

19:30 sophisticated people with their own architecture technology agriculture

19:33 architecture technology agriculture

19:34 architecture technology agriculture and the artifacts prove that they traded

19:36 and the artifacts prove that they traded

19:36 and the artifacts prove that they traded across

19:37 across

19:37 across hundreds of miles of the southwest

19:40 hundreds of miles of the southwest

19:40 hundreds of miles of the southwest and beyond down to mexico to the west

19:43 and beyond down to mexico to the west

19:43 and beyond down to mexico to the west coast to the mississippi river valley

19:45 coast to the mississippi river valley

19:45 coast to the mississippi river valley it's just an extremely different picture

19:48 it's just an extremely different picture

19:48 it's just an extremely different picture of native america than you get from tv

19:51 of native america than you get from tv

19:51 of native america than you get from tv and the movies even old documentaries or

19:53 and the movies even old documentaries or

19:53 and the movies even old documentaries or history books

19:55 history books

19:55 history books really never grasps the full complexity

19:57 really never grasps the full complexity

19:57 really never grasps the full complexity of native societies i mean look at this

19:59 of native societies i mean look at this

19:59 of native societies i mean look at this take for instance this pottery i feel

20:01 take for instance this pottery i feel

20:01 take for instance this pottery i feel pretty sophisticated and advanced

20:02 pretty sophisticated and advanced

20:02 pretty sophisticated and advanced because i've got an iphone which just

20:04 because i've got an iphone which just

20:04 because i've got an iphone which just buzzed at me about a flash flood warning

20:05 buzzed at me about a flash flood warning

20:05 buzzed at me about a flash flood warning so

20:05 so

20:06 so that's a fun one but i gotta tell you if

20:08 that's a fun one but i gotta tell you if

20:08 that's a fun one but i gotta tell you if the power went out

20:09 the power went out

20:10 the power went out and i had to go and build myself a pot

20:13 and i had to go and build myself a pot

20:14 and i had to go and build myself a pot i couldn't do it could you do it without

20:16 i couldn't do it could you do it without

20:16 i couldn't do it could you do it without anything with just the tools you see

20:17 anything with just the tools you see

20:18 anything with just the tools you see around us

20:18 around us

20:18 around us could you come up with a pot make

20:21 could you come up with a pot make

20:21 could you come up with a pot make drinking and cooking vessels

20:22 drinking and cooking vessels

20:22 drinking and cooking vessels i don't know not only that but surviving

20:25 i don't know not only that but surviving

20:25 i don't know not only that but surviving and even thriving out here

20:27 and even thriving out here

20:27 and even thriving out here in a balanced way you know or the

20:29 in a balanced way you know or the

20:30 in a balanced way you know or the buzzword now would be sustainable way

20:32 buzzword now would be sustainable way

20:32 buzzword now would be sustainable way we can't even do that as a fan of

20:34 we can't even do that as a fan of

20:34 we can't even do that as a fan of history

20:35 history

20:35 history i just really appreciate places like

20:37 i just really appreciate places like

20:37 i just really appreciate places like this the kind of place you come though

20:39 this the kind of place you come though

20:39 this the kind of place you come though and normally i would want to sit quietly

20:43 and normally i would want to sit quietly

20:43 and normally i would want to sit quietly on a bench and contemplate and

20:45 on a bench and contemplate and

20:45 on a bench and contemplate and stare out over the landscape but with

20:47 stare out over the landscape but with

20:47 stare out over the landscape but with this wind and the storm

20:49 this wind and the storm

20:49 this wind and the storm whoa that was close and the storm

20:53 whoa that was close and the storm

20:53 whoa that was close and the storm uh coming a little too close for comfort

20:55 uh coming a little too close for comfort

20:55 uh coming a little too close for comfort actually now

20:56 actually now

20:56 actually now it's uh it's hard to do and i'm sorry if

20:58 it's uh it's hard to do and i'm sorry if

20:58 it's uh it's hard to do and i'm sorry if it sounds to you like i'm yelling i'm

21:00 it sounds to you like i'm yelling i'm

21:00 it sounds to you like i'm yelling i'm talking over the wind which i only just

21:02 talking over the wind which i only just

21:02 talking over the wind which i only just now realize you probably can't hear

21:04 now realize you probably can't hear

21:04 now realize you probably can't hear hopefully most of the wind noise is cut

21:05 hopefully most of the wind noise is cut

21:05 hopefully most of the wind noise is cut out for you but out here it sounds like

21:07 out for you but out here it sounds like

21:07 out for you but out here it sounds like we're standing

21:08 we're standing

21:08 we're standing next to a freight train or something ah

21:10 next to a freight train or something ah

21:10 next to a freight train or something ah there's my car way out there

21:13 there's my car way out there

21:13 there's my car way out there we walked all the way up this massive

21:15 we walked all the way up this massive

21:15 we walked all the way up this massive hill and look at this

21:16 hill and look at this

21:16 hill and look at this this would be the central

21:20 this would be the central

21:20 this would be the central plaza apparently so that kiva up there

21:23 plaza apparently so that kiva up there

21:23 plaza apparently so that kiva up there would be in one part of the central

21:25 would be in one part of the central

21:25 would be in one part of the central plaza

21:26 plaza

21:26 plaza we would be standing right in it at the

21:28 we would be standing right in it at the

21:28 we would be standing right in it at the hub of

21:30 hub of

21:30 hub of the community the idea that the land

21:33 the community the idea that the land

21:34 the community the idea that the land remembers

21:34 remembers

21:34 remembers you know and that the ancestors are

21:38 you know and that the ancestors are

21:38 you know and that the ancestors are still here in a way is it's pretty

21:41 still here in a way is it's pretty

21:41 still here in a way is it's pretty powerful

21:42 powerful

21:42 powerful the wind is really picking up now i know

21:45 the wind is really picking up now i know

21:45 the wind is really picking up now i know it's hard for a lot of us

21:46 it's hard for a lot of us

21:46 it's hard for a lot of us modern people to look back and actually

21:48 modern people to look back and actually

21:48 modern people to look back and actually be able to picture

21:50 be able to picture

21:50 be able to picture people living here before there's a

21:52 people living here before there's a

21:52 people living here before there's a tendency to sort of see mannequins in a

21:53 tendency to sort of see mannequins in a

21:53 tendency to sort of see mannequins in a museum or something and think of these

21:55 museum or something and think of these

21:55 museum or something and think of these people as

21:56 people as

21:56 people as primitive but other than the tools they

21:58 primitive but other than the tools they

21:58 primitive but other than the tools they used they weren't any different

22:00 used they weren't any different

22:00 used they weren't any different from us people today they lived here

22:02 from us people today they lived here

22:02 from us people today they lived here they lived laughed loved here

22:04 they lived laughed loved here

22:04 they lived laughed loved here people slept here they ate here they

22:06 people slept here they ate here they

22:06 people slept here they ate here they worked here

22:08 worked here

22:08 worked here they laughed here gossiped here talk

22:11 they laughed here gossiped here talk

22:11 they laughed here gossiped here talk with their friends

22:12 with their friends

22:12 with their friends practice their faith

22:18 not that different and when you realize

22:18 not that different and when you realize that they were just like

22:19 that they were just like

22:19 that they were just like us and then now there's only echoes left

22:26 i don't know it changes the way you

22:26 i don't know it changes the way you think it makes you want to walk a little

22:27 think it makes you want to walk a little

22:27 think it makes you want to walk a little more softly

22:29 more softly

22:29 more softly and not too proudly on the earth if you

22:31 and not too proudly on the earth if you

22:31 and not too proudly on the earth if you know what i mean very humbling

22:33 know what i mean very humbling

22:33 know what i mean very humbling all right i'm sorry to get so reflective

22:35 all right i'm sorry to get so reflective

22:35 all right i'm sorry to get so reflective there sorry to get a little deep

22:38 there sorry to get a little deep

22:38 there sorry to get a little deep maybe it's just the crazy storm coming

22:40 maybe it's just the crazy storm coming

22:40 maybe it's just the crazy storm coming in probably time to uh

22:42 in probably time to uh

22:42 in probably time to uh to push on

22:50 getting very dusty and i can feel the

22:50 getting very dusty and i can feel the fat raindrops too

22:53 fat raindrops too

22:53 fat raindrops too holy smokes so dark out here you'd never

22:56 holy smokes so dark out here you'd never

22:56 holy smokes so dark out here you'd never know it's still the middle of the day

22:58 know it's still the middle of the day

22:58 know it's still the middle of the day i know a lot of people just like to come

23:00 i know a lot of people just like to come

23:00 i know a lot of people just like to come out and have sort of a leisurely

23:02 out and have sort of a leisurely

23:02 out and have sort of a leisurely drive down route 66 they want to know

23:04 drive down route 66 they want to know

23:04 drive down route 66 they want to know that they're going to be in comfort

23:05 that they're going to be in comfort

23:05 that they're going to be in comfort maybe they bring an rv maybe they book

23:07 maybe they bring an rv maybe they book

23:07 maybe they bring an rv maybe they book all their hotels in advance but

23:09 all their hotels in advance but

23:09 all their hotels in advance but personally i like to have a little bit

23:11 personally i like to have a little bit

23:11 personally i like to have a little bit of adventure and a lot of bit of

23:13 of adventure and a lot of bit of

23:13 of adventure and a lot of bit of question marks over the whole thing so a

23:15 question marks over the whole thing so a

23:15 question marks over the whole thing so a day like today didn't turn out at all

23:16 day like today didn't turn out at all

23:16 day like today didn't turn out at all like i planned

23:17 like i planned

23:17 like i planned but then again for me on route 66

23:20 but then again for me on route 66

23:20 but then again for me on route 66 that's part of the point i'm now in a

23:22 that's part of the point i'm now in a

23:22 that's part of the point i'm now in a little bit of a race against

23:24 little bit of a race against

23:24 little bit of a race against time to get back to the highway and down

23:26 time to get back to the highway and down

23:26 time to get back to the highway and down the road because

23:27 the road because

23:27 the road because with the afternoon advancing and the

23:29 with the afternoon advancing and the

23:29 with the afternoon advancing and the storm creeping up so much i'm worried

23:30 storm creeping up so much i'm worried

23:30 storm creeping up so much i'm worried that my next destination is going to

23:32 that my next destination is going to

23:32 that my next destination is going to close early

23:33 close early

23:33 close early all right hopefully it'll still be open

23:35 all right hopefully it'll still be open

23:35 all right hopefully it'll still be open but we've made it to our next

23:36 but we've made it to our next

23:36 but we've made it to our next destination and

23:37 destination and

23:37 destination and here it is the jackrabbit

23:41 here it is the jackrabbit

23:41 here it is the jackrabbit trading post just to the west of joseph

23:43 trading post just to the west of joseph

23:44 trading post just to the west of joseph city arizona the jackrabbit trading post

23:46 city arizona the jackrabbit trading post

23:46 city arizona the jackrabbit trading post is built right on

23:47 is built right on

23:48 is built right on old route 66 along the old santa fe

23:50 old route 66 along the old santa fe

23:50 old route 66 along the old santa fe railroad track some say in a former

23:52 railroad track some say in a former

23:52 railroad track some say in a former santa fe railroad

23:53 santa fe railroad

23:53 santa fe railroad building and since 1949 has been serving

23:56 building and since 1949 has been serving

23:56 building and since 1949 has been serving travelers along

23:57 travelers along

23:57 travelers along route 66 advertising their business with

24:00 route 66 advertising their business with

24:00 route 66 advertising their business with a ton of small

24:01 a ton of small

24:01 a ton of small hand-painted mileage signs and of course

24:04 hand-painted mileage signs and of course

24:04 hand-painted mileage signs and of course billboards all up and down the mother

24:05 billboards all up and down the mother

24:05 billboards all up and down the mother road before visitors coming from either

24:07 road before visitors coming from either

24:07 road before visitors coming from either east or west would

24:09 east or west would

24:09 east or west would finally see the place and its iconic

24:11 finally see the place and its iconic

24:11 finally see the place and its iconic sign that left

24:12 sign that left

24:12 sign that left no doubt that here it is the jackrabbit

24:15 no doubt that here it is the jackrabbit

24:15 no doubt that here it is the jackrabbit at last every single time i travel this

24:18 at last every single time i travel this

24:18 at last every single time i travel this way

24:19 way

24:19 way without exception i stop at the

24:21 without exception i stop at the

24:21 without exception i stop at the jackrabbit trading post

24:22 jackrabbit trading post

24:22 jackrabbit trading post the problem is sometimes that can be in

24:24 the problem is sometimes that can be in

24:24 the problem is sometimes that can be in the middle of the night or really early

24:25 the middle of the night or really early

24:26 the middle of the night or really early in the morning

24:26 in the morning

24:26 in the morning and it's not always open i was worried

24:29 and it's not always open i was worried

24:29 and it's not always open i was worried about it today with the storm that was

24:31 about it today with the storm that was

24:31 about it today with the storm that was rolling in and just with all the fun

24:32 rolling in and just with all the fun

24:32 rolling in and just with all the fun distractions we have

24:34 distractions we have

24:34 distractions we have over there in winslow but finally thank

24:36 over there in winslow but finally thank

24:36 over there in winslow but finally thank goodness

24:37 goodness

24:37 goodness we've made it when the jackrabbit is

24:39 we've made it when the jackrabbit is

24:39 we've made it when the jackrabbit is open

24:45 oh it is great to see this funny bunny

24:45 oh it is great to see this funny bunny again look at the shine of that

24:47 again look at the shine of that

24:47 again look at the shine of that jackrabbit and i'm glad to see they

24:48 jackrabbit and i'm glad to see they

24:48 jackrabbit and i'm glad to see they finally fixed his stirrups

24:50 finally fixed his stirrups

24:50 finally fixed his stirrups put some metal plates on that bad boy

24:51 put some metal plates on that bad boy

24:51 put some metal plates on that bad boy looks like they've added another rabbit

24:53 looks like they've added another rabbit

24:53 looks like they've added another rabbit as well

24:54 as well

24:54 as well a volkswagen rabbit look at the ears on

24:57 a volkswagen rabbit look at the ears on

24:57 a volkswagen rabbit look at the ears on that guy

24:58 that guy

24:58 that guy oh all right it's windy i am thirsty and

25:00 oh all right it's windy i am thirsty and

25:00 oh all right it's windy i am thirsty and under caffeinated

25:02 under caffeinated

25:02 under caffeinated we're going in oh it's great to be back

25:04 we're going in oh it's great to be back

25:04 we're going in oh it's great to be back in here one of my favorite places

25:06 in here one of my favorite places

25:06 in here one of my favorite places crazy to think they've been selling

25:07 crazy to think they've been selling

25:07 crazy to think they've been selling stuff in here since 1949

25:10 stuff in here since 1949

25:10 stuff in here since 1949 72 years of sales my favorite room here

25:14 72 years of sales my favorite room here

25:14 72 years of sales my favorite room here though

25:14 though

25:14 though is the small museum room here it's

25:17 is the small museum room here it's

25:17 is the small museum room here it's filled

25:17 filled

25:17 filled with all kinds of epic stuff dude check

25:20 with all kinds of epic stuff dude check

25:20 with all kinds of epic stuff dude check out this route 66 sign

25:22 out this route 66 sign

25:22 out this route 66 sign original and epic in fact everything in

25:24 original and epic in fact everything in

25:24 original and epic in fact everything in here is epic

25:25 here is epic

25:25 here is epic look at this old cash register an old

25:28 look at this old cash register an old

25:28 look at this old cash register an old jet spray

25:29 jet spray

25:29 jet spray cooler oh there's something you don't

25:30 cooler oh there's something you don't

25:30 cooler oh there's something you don't see every day just the city eggs you

25:32 see every day just the city eggs you

25:32 see every day just the city eggs you know one thing i've never noticed before

25:34 know one thing i've never noticed before

25:34 know one thing i've never noticed before not just in here but everywhere how many

25:36 not just in here but everywhere how many

25:36 not just in here but everywhere how many rabbits there are

25:38 rabbits there are

25:38 rabbits there are there are hundreds of them look at all

25:40 there are hundreds of them look at all

25:40 there are hundreds of them look at all these rabbits weird

25:42 these rabbits weird

25:42 these rabbits weird this one's my favorite oh he's

25:44 this one's my favorite oh he's

25:44 this one's my favorite oh he's terrifying all right i bought a ton

25:47 terrifying all right i bought a ton

25:47 terrifying all right i bought a ton of swag from the jackrabbit i figured

25:49 of swag from the jackrabbit i figured

25:49 of swag from the jackrabbit i figured for people who

25:50 for people who

25:50 for people who can't get out here i could stick some in

25:52 can't get out here i could stick some in

25:52 can't get out here i could stick some in the booth back home

25:53 the booth back home

25:53 the booth back home and that way you know helps them helps

25:55 and that way you know helps them helps

25:55 and that way you know helps them helps me but my favorite piece of swag and

25:57 me but my favorite piece of swag and

25:57 me but my favorite piece of swag and this is mine is my official

26:00 this is mine is my official

26:00 this is mine is my official jackrabbit mileage sign that's the exact

26:04 jackrabbit mileage sign that's the exact

26:04 jackrabbit mileage sign that's the exact mileage well actually more or less to at

26:06 mileage well actually more or less to at

26:06 mileage well actually more or less to at least the edge

26:08 least the edge

26:08 least the edge of my neighborhood back home in anaheim

26:10 of my neighborhood back home in anaheim

26:10 of my neighborhood back home in anaheim 527 miles

26:13 527 miles

26:13 527 miles away they also make big wooden ones so

26:15 away they also make big wooden ones so

26:15 away they also make big wooden ones so that other people who live along

26:16 that other people who live along

26:16 that other people who live along route 66 can put them up for travelers

26:19 route 66 can put them up for travelers

26:19 route 66 can put them up for travelers to see so people can go how many miles

26:21 to see so people can go how many miles

26:21 to see so people can go how many miles how many miles

26:22 how many miles

26:22 how many miles here it is okay i almost forgot

26:26 here it is okay i almost forgot

26:26 here it is okay i almost forgot but i still have some handmade route 66

26:29 but i still have some handmade route 66

26:29 but i still have some handmade route 66 signs that i made in my garage

26:31 signs that i made in my garage

26:31 signs that i made in my garage i'm going to leave one in the jackrabbit

26:35 i'm going to leave one in the jackrabbit

26:35 i'm going to leave one in the jackrabbit for people to take pictures with tag me

26:38 for people to take pictures with tag me

26:38 for people to take pictures with tag me all right time to push on see the thing

26:40 all right time to push on see the thing

26:40 all right time to push on see the thing is i have trouble on route 66 now

26:42 is i have trouble on route 66 now

26:42 is i have trouble on route 66 now because not only do i want to pull over

26:43 because not only do i want to pull over

26:43 because not only do i want to pull over at every

26:44 at every

26:44 at every tumble down structure and trading posts

26:47 tumble down structure and trading posts

26:47 tumble down structure and trading posts and not only do i want to pull off on

26:49 and not only do i want to pull off on

26:49 and not only do i want to pull off on every old stretch a mile but i also have

26:51 every old stretch a mile but i also have

26:51 every old stretch a mile but i also have a tendency to get

26:52 a tendency to get

26:52 a tendency to get really chatty with everybody 166. so

26:55 really chatty with everybody 166. so

26:55 really chatty with everybody 166. so over the last couple of years my uh

26:57 over the last couple of years my uh

26:58 over the last couple of years my uh my my times between destinations tend to

27:00 my my times between destinations tend to

27:00 my my times between destinations tend to get longer and longer so if you're the

27:02 get longer and longer so if you're the

27:02 get longer and longer so if you're the chatty type like me and you like to

27:04 chatty type like me and you like to

27:04 chatty type like me and you like to interact with everybody and all the

27:05 interact with everybody and all the

27:05 interact with everybody and all the different stuff make sure you budget in

27:07 different stuff make sure you budget in

27:07 different stuff make sure you budget in extra time for uh

27:09 extra time for uh

27:09 extra time for uh chewing the fat oh no we're perched here

27:13 chewing the fat oh no we're perched here

27:13 chewing the fat oh no we're perched here just on the outskirts of joseph city

27:15 just on the outskirts of joseph city

27:15 just on the outskirts of joseph city arizona

27:17 arizona

27:17 arizona and look at this this is all that's left

27:20 and look at this this is all that's left

27:20 and look at this this is all that's left of

27:21 of

27:21 of ella's frontier trading post a place

27:24 ella's frontier trading post a place

27:24 ella's frontier trading post a place that

27:24 that

27:24 that long predated route 66

27:27 long predated route 66

27:27 long predated route 66 and then ran all the way up to the 1980s

27:31 and then ran all the way up to the 1980s

27:31 and then ran all the way up to the 1980s under its last owner ella the last time

27:33 under its last owner ella the last time

27:33 under its last owner ella the last time i was out here filming it you may

27:35 i was out here filming it you may

27:35 i was out here filming it you may remember

27:36 remember

27:36 remember there was still plenty of the building

27:37 there was still plenty of the building

27:37 there was still plenty of the building left i really thought there was a

27:39 left i really thought there was a

27:39 left i really thought there was a a slim but a chance but maybe they'd

27:42 a slim but a chance but maybe they'd

27:42 a slim but a chance but maybe they'd prop it up you know do some bodhi style

27:44 prop it up you know do some bodhi style

27:44 prop it up you know do some bodhi style arrested decay or something but

27:46 arrested decay or something but

27:46 arrested decay or something but it looks like this was intentionally

27:49 it looks like this was intentionally

27:49 it looks like this was intentionally raised and piled up there

27:51 raised and piled up there

27:51 raised and piled up there ella's frontier trading post

27:54 ella's frontier trading post

27:54 ella's frontier trading post is no more this is one of the oldest

27:57 is no more this is one of the oldest

27:57 is no more this is one of the oldest trading posts like i said

27:58 trading posts like i said

27:58 trading posts like i said if the building i think predated the

28:01 if the building i think predated the

28:01 if the building i think predated the city predated route 66. i have heard a

28:03 city predated route 66. i have heard a

28:03 city predated route 66. i have heard a lot of uh

28:04 lot of uh

28:04 lot of uh anecdotal admittedly stories about

28:06 anecdotal admittedly stories about

28:06 anecdotal admittedly stories about whoever owned this place not being very

28:08 whoever owned this place not being very

28:08 whoever owned this place not being very friendly at all to travelers

28:11 friendly at all to travelers

28:11 friendly at all to travelers it's always been barbed wired off no

28:13 it's always been barbed wired off no

28:13 it's always been barbed wired off no access maybe they were just tired of the

28:14 access maybe they were just tired of the

28:14 access maybe they were just tired of the vandalism that's why it's very important

28:16 vandalism that's why it's very important

28:16 vandalism that's why it's very important to take only photographs and leave only

28:18 to take only photographs and leave only

28:18 to take only photographs and leave only footprints or whatever you know

28:19 footprints or whatever you know

28:19 footprints or whatever you know dang this is the kind of place though

28:21 dang this is the kind of place though

28:21 dang this is the kind of place though where i wish they'd let people like me

28:23 where i wish they'd let people like me

28:23 where i wish they'd let people like me raid the remains you know as it were

28:26 raid the remains you know as it were

28:26 raid the remains you know as it were make signs or things out of the old

28:28 make signs or things out of the old

28:28 make signs or things out of the old boards in fact

28:29 boards in fact

28:29 boards in fact there's some on this side of the fence

28:31 there's some on this side of the fence

28:31 there's some on this side of the fence i'm very tempted

28:32 i'm very tempted

28:32 i'm very tempted to walk away with this is one of those

28:35 to walk away with this is one of those

28:35 to walk away with this is one of those spots that was just a ruin for so long

28:38 spots that was just a ruin for so long

28:38 spots that was just a ruin for so long i think people took it for granted like

28:39 i think people took it for granted like

28:39 i think people took it for granted like yeah there's been that ruin out there

28:41 yeah there's been that ruin out there

28:41 yeah there's been that ruin out there forever it'll always be there kind of

28:43 forever it'll always be there kind of

28:43 forever it'll always be there kind of thing

28:44 thing

28:44 thing i mean look at that you can see the log

28:45 i mean look at that you can see the log

28:45 i mean look at that you can see the log construction of that little

28:47 construction of that little

28:47 construction of that little remaining piece there these were pioneer

28:49 remaining piece there these were pioneer

28:49 remaining piece there these were pioneer buildings right here you know for as

28:50 buildings right here you know for as

28:50 buildings right here you know for as many

28:51 many

28:51 many hardy and amazing people as there are

28:53 hardy and amazing people as there are

28:53 hardy and amazing people as there are like the owners

28:54 like the owners

28:54 like the owners of the jackrabbit trading post for

28:55 of the jackrabbit trading post for

28:56 of the jackrabbit trading post for example who keep it going out here

28:58 example who keep it going out here

28:58 example who keep it going out here for each story like that there are

28:59 for each story like that there are

28:59 for each story like that there are probably ten maybe a hundred places that

29:01 probably ten maybe a hundred places that

29:01 probably ten maybe a hundred places that just

29:02 just

29:02 just disappear and never come back like howdy

29:05 disappear and never come back like howdy

29:05 disappear and never come back like howdy hanks over there by the way if you did

29:06 hanks over there by the way if you did

29:06 hanks over there by the way if you did not know

29:06 not know

29:06 not know joseph city arizona is the oldest mormon

29:10 joseph city arizona is the oldest mormon

29:10 joseph city arizona is the oldest mormon settlement in the state it was one of a

29:12 settlement in the state it was one of a

29:12 settlement in the state it was one of a number of early mormon settlements and

29:14 number of early mormon settlements and

29:14 number of early mormon settlements and is in fact named for

29:16 is in fact named for

29:16 is in fact named for joseph smith as a matter of fact outside

29:18 joseph smith as a matter of fact outside

29:18 joseph smith as a matter of fact outside winslow way before the modern railroad

29:20 winslow way before the modern railroad

29:20 winslow way before the modern railroad town was established they actually had a

29:21 town was established they actually had a

29:21 town was established they actually had a little city called brigham city

29:23 little city called brigham city

29:23 little city called brigham city which means this is the mormon stretch

29:25 which means this is the mormon stretch

29:25 which means this is the mormon stretch of route 66

29:28 of route 66

29:28 of route 66 oh look at that there's some horses

29:31 oh look at that there's some horses

29:31 oh look at that there's some horses i wonder if they're mormon horses we'd

29:33 i wonder if they're mormon horses we'd

29:33 i wonder if they're mormon horses we'd better proceed with caution here

29:36 better proceed with caution here

29:36 better proceed with caution here for goodness sake somebody might pull

29:37 for goodness sake somebody might pull

29:37 for goodness sake somebody might pull over and try to be friendly to us

29:39 over and try to be friendly to us

29:39 over and try to be friendly to us look at this pioneer house pioneer

29:42 look at this pioneer house pioneer

29:42 look at this pioneer house pioneer mormon house

29:43 mormon house

29:43 mormon house actually all joking aside this really

29:45 actually all joking aside this really

29:45 actually all joking aside this really does remind me of a lot of small towns i

29:47 does remind me of a lot of small towns i

29:47 does remind me of a lot of small towns i see throughout utah and nevada it's a

29:49 see throughout utah and nevada it's a

29:49 see throughout utah and nevada it's a handsome little community lots of old

29:51 handsome little community lots of old

29:51 handsome little community lots of old people walking around kids walking their

29:52 people walking around kids walking their

29:52 people walking around kids walking their horses

29:54 horses

29:54 horses what the heck is this i've never seen

29:56 what the heck is this i've never seen

29:56 what the heck is this i've never seen this before they've got their own

29:58 this before they've got their own

29:58 this before they've got their own pioneer museum out here how in the world

30:01 pioneer museum out here how in the world

30:02 pioneer museum out here how in the world have i never spotted this oh

30:03 have i never spotted this oh

30:04 have i never spotted this oh just watch the watch the barbed wire

30:06 just watch the watch the barbed wire

30:06 just watch the watch the barbed wire there as you uh

30:07 there as you uh

30:07 there as you uh go down the sidewalk looks like they've

30:08 go down the sidewalk looks like they've

30:08 go down the sidewalk looks like they've got a ton of artifacts in there

30:10 got a ton of artifacts in there

30:10 got a ton of artifacts in there this kind of explains why i might have

30:12 this kind of explains why i might have

30:12 this kind of explains why i might have never noticed it i don't think i've ever

30:13 never noticed it i don't think i've ever

30:13 never noticed it i don't think i've ever been here

30:14 been here

30:14 been here saturday from eight to four but this

30:15 saturday from eight to four but this

30:16 saturday from eight to four but this place looks amazing they've got an old

30:17 place looks amazing they've got an old

30:17 place looks amazing they've got an old building out there

30:18 building out there

30:18 building out there all kinds of old farm equipment an old

30:21 all kinds of old farm equipment an old

30:21 all kinds of old farm equipment an old windmill

30:22 windmill

30:22 windmill folk art everywhere look at this folk

30:24 folk art everywhere look at this folk

30:24 folk art everywhere look at this folk art cowboy wait a minute

30:27 art cowboy wait a minute

30:27 art cowboy wait a minute this is no museum this is a trap run for

30:29 this is no museum this is a trap run for

30:29 this is no museum this is a trap run for it it's a mormon trap

30:31 it it's a mormon trap

30:31 it it's a mormon trap all right well i hate to leave the land

30:33 all right well i hate to leave the land

30:33 all right well i hate to leave the land of joseph behind but somehow

30:35 of joseph behind but somehow

30:35 of joseph behind but somehow it's almost six o'clock at night and

30:36 it's almost six o'clock at night and

30:36 it's almost six o'clock at night and this whole evening thing has really

30:38 this whole evening thing has really

30:38 this whole evening thing has really crept up on me

30:39 crept up on me

30:39 crept up on me fast so it's time to push on just a few

30:42 fast so it's time to push on just a few

30:42 fast so it's time to push on just a few more miles really down

30:43 more miles really down

30:43 more miles really down route 66 to our final destination

30:46 route 66 to our final destination

30:46 route 66 to our final destination no not not death no no we're just gonna

30:48 no not not death no no we're just gonna

30:48 no not not death no no we're just gonna head around these rocky buttes to one of

30:50 head around these rocky buttes to one of

30:50 head around these rocky buttes to one of my favorite

30:51 my favorite

30:51 my favorite route 66 towns of all time holbrook

30:55 route 66 towns of all time holbrook

30:55 route 66 towns of all time holbrook arizona it's a town full of history and

30:58 arizona it's a town full of history and

30:58 arizona it's a town full of history and mystery like whose shoe was that

31:00 mystery like whose shoe was that

31:00 mystery like whose shoe was that epic roadside architecture and ruins and

31:03 epic roadside architecture and ruins and

31:03 epic roadside architecture and ruins and most importantly to me motels

31:06 most importantly to me motels

31:06 most importantly to me motels i'm not gonna lie to you guys i'm pretty

31:08 i'm not gonna lie to you guys i'm pretty

31:08 i'm not gonna lie to you guys i'm pretty well done at this point

31:10 well done at this point

31:10 well done at this point sadly i did not procure a room at the

31:12 sadly i did not procure a room at the

31:12 sadly i did not procure a room at the wigwam motel here in holbrook one of my

31:15 wigwam motel here in holbrook one of my

31:15 wigwam motel here in holbrook one of my favorite places to stay and i have

31:16 favorite places to stay and i have

31:16 favorite places to stay and i have stayed here before nope

31:17 stayed here before nope

31:18 stayed here before nope they've been so busy they are booked up

31:20 they've been so busy they are booked up

31:20 they've been so busy they are booked up in advance for several days

31:22 in advance for several days

31:22 in advance for several days and in typical me fashion i decided it

31:24 and in typical me fashion i decided it

31:24 and in typical me fashion i decided it was a good idea not to call ahead so

31:26 was a good idea not to call ahead so

31:26 was a good idea not to call ahead so there's no

31:27 there's no

31:27 there's no room in the tv for me luckily though i

31:30 room in the tv for me luckily though i

31:30 room in the tv for me luckily though i did procure

31:31 did procure

31:31 did procure another if a more conventional hotel

31:33 another if a more conventional hotel

31:33 another if a more conventional hotel room for the night

31:35 room for the night

31:35 room for the night and so i think this is where we're gonna

31:37 and so i think this is where we're gonna

31:37 and so i think this is where we're gonna leave off for now my friends

31:38 leave off for now my friends

31:38 leave off for now my friends you can guarantee we'll be back for some

31:41 you can guarantee we'll be back for some

31:41 you can guarantee we'll be back for some more adventures because although i'm

31:43 more adventures because although i'm

31:43 more adventures because although i'm just about ready to keel over at the

31:45 just about ready to keel over at the

31:45 just about ready to keel over at the moment i'm so tired

31:46 moment i'm so tired

31:46 moment i'm so tired i have not yet begun to route 66. make

31:49 i have not yet begun to route 66. make

31:49 i have not yet begun to route 66. make sure to check out our online store where

31:51 sure to check out our online store where

31:51 sure to check out our online store where we sell all kinds of crazy stuff i've

31:52 we sell all kinds of crazy stuff i've

31:52 we sell all kinds of crazy stuff i've got instagram i got patreon with

31:54 got instagram i got patreon with

31:54 got instagram i got patreon with podcasts and then there's the whole

31:55 podcasts and then there's the whole

31:55 podcasts and then there's the whole subscribing and liking and yada yada

31:58 subscribing and liking and yada yada

31:58 subscribing and liking and yada yada yada but if you really like this show

31:59 yada but if you really like this show

32:00 yada but if you really like this show what you can do is forward it along to

32:01 what you can do is forward it along to

32:01 what you can do is forward it along to somebody else you think might enjoy it

32:04 somebody else you think might enjoy it

32:04 somebody else you think might enjoy it and in that way you'll have done your

32:06 and in that way you'll have done your

32:06 and in that way you'll have done your duty which means at the end of a very

32:08 duty which means at the end of a very

32:08 duty which means at the end of a very long day

32:08 long day

32:08 long day we can hotel and sleep well

32:47 [Music]

32:47 [Music] because i uh because i had no idea they

32:50 because i uh because i had no idea they

32:50 because i uh because i had no idea they would have had

32:51 would have had

32:51 would have had walgreens in arizona back in that time

32:54 walgreens in arizona back in that time

32:54 walgreens in arizona back in that time darn enterprising pioneer mormons with

32:57 darn enterprising pioneer mormons with

32:57 darn enterprising pioneer mormons with their

32:57 their

32:58 their nice houses

33:04 what is that weird noise is that coming

33:04 what is that weird noise is that coming from this truck

33:10 from this truck

33:10 from this truck oh they got aliens in there these were

33:12 oh they got aliens in there these were

33:12 oh they got aliens in there these were sophisticated people with

33:15 sophisticated people with

33:15 sophisticated people with code what's the word i'm looking for

33:18 code what's the word i'm looking for

33:18 code what's the word i'm looking for architecture we're signs advertising the

33:21 architecture we're signs advertising the

33:21 architecture we're signs advertising the largest

33:21 largest

33:22 largest dream catcher ah i can't talk wow run

33:24 dream catcher ah i can't talk wow run

33:24 dream catcher ah i can't talk wow run for it it's a mormon trap

Route 66 - Much more than Standin' on the corner: Winslow, Arizona and beyond

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