well good morning everybody from route 66 Barstow California is where we start
today I'm gonna take the bike out a little bit
I've made one upgrade to my my bike accessories and that is I got a
full-face modular helmet I've had these before they're really super comfortable
and easy to use because they open up right here easier to get on my fat head
and more just more comfortable and I'll feel safer they'll be less wind noise my
ears won't ring as much my eyes won't water as much it's gonna make me feel a
little safer on the roads so got my full face helmet I'm gonna get all the rest
of my gear and batteries and we're gonna go explore Barstow California on route
66 this morning
that's right it's early it's 7:30 in the morning this is my attempt to beat the
heat I just missed ridin ol Roxy here so this is my excuse for an early morning
ride before we head out of town in Barstow route 66 with the old bail air
on the pedestal there ya and Barstow California is full of these route 66
business corridor I don't know why it says Illinois we are in California we
we're at the other end but ok I know what you think and Eric too straight
route 66 videos featuring McDonald's what's up with that
well McDonald's really hidden is embracing the route 66 theme and I think
it's awesome as a matter of fact if you are a business and you're on route 66
and you don't somehow incorporate that into your business like Starbucks over
there just plain nothing no effort check out McDonald's with the train cars that
you can eat in outside oh yeah it's officially the Barstow station let's go
check it out inside by the way I am super early
they don't really even set up this station inside until lunchtime like
11:00 everything still tarped up I can get a magnet problem if they have a
magnet oh oh oh Ronald Ronald wanted to talk to you
Ronald I'd love what you've done over the 56 keep it up we're walking through
one of those three train cars that I showed you outside so you come all the
way to the back sit here and eat food at this Travel station in a legit train car
that's pretty cool so since this is a legit still working you know train
station and everything I think I think that water tower up there is actually
for the old steam trains that were here I don't think that's for drinking water
that's pretty cool that they preserved it to still the look look like a
modern-day water tower of sorts and I got to magnet walls here since they had
quite the collection I actually got a Santa Monica California magnet it's got
the pier and the ferris wheel and everything because I didn't have one in
Santa Monica when I was there at the start and I got a Barstow railroad route
66 station magnet for this particular place because there's so much here in
Barstow there is no shortage of quirky old route 66 themed motels around here
the Stardust in motel with free HBO yeah with vacancy y'all and evidence of
route 66 all over the place I personally like being reminded where we are
constantly on the road not too many roads paint it right on the road and
just follow the brown route 66 signs
and the cactus motel classic quirky road side route 66 quiet nice rooms and at
night this sign comes to life neon green that cactus motel here's the cactus oh
it's right across the street at the route 66 hotel this one is closed up
yeah another one bites the dust here they got boarded up doors so yeah no
vacancy here you got to stick to your roots man it's a motel soon as you start
trying to call it a hotel yeah nobody's gonna come over it's not route 66 enough
you know alright and perhaps my favorite of all here in Barstow the route 66
motel with almost a really old payphone but no payphone in there huh free Wi-Fi
round beds yes those are my favorite kinds so the motel has some old trucks
and cars outside between each hotel room is like a route 66 garage type thing
that's open closer look at one of the many garages between all the rooms
complete with lots of route 66 stuff yeah look at those taillights those
Mopar taillights the Chevron gas pump back there pretty cool little addition
possibly the quirkiest motel in Barstow here at route 66 motel
ok the torch's motel is right next door to route 66 motel and they've got this
cool painted mural get your kicks on Route 66 hey we're doing that riding a
motorcycle starting in Santa Monica California then we'll head on into
Flagstaff Arizona continue on over into New Mexico then Texas and Amarillo
and Oklahoma a little bit of Kansas on the southern side Missouri Illinois with
mr. Lincoln and yeah Main Street America I love exploring on the old Mother Road
guys there's one more spot I wanted to stop at but it's actually not open for
another hour it's actually I'm gonna go back to the RV make one more cup of
coffee put the bike back on the RV and Jackson iíll take Miranda back through
one last time before we head east on Route 66 to make one more stop okay all
right all right I'll shower it up got my coffee there's
no tater haters here believe that place I want to go visit opens in about 15
minutes so I'll just pack up a few more things and Jackson I'll hit the road on
the Mother Road what do you mean you're not ready yeah that all morning to get
ready what do you have to do still Oh yawn
okay now you good good deal okay let's go are you kidding me for a third time
in Barstow I think it's closed again randomly it's
Friday at 11:30 in the morning everything is closed up I don't get it
this is the third this is the third time this place this place is just never open
Google says they're open Tuesday through Sunday this sign says only Friday
Saturday and Sunday and boom boom on the plus side though route 66 is going up
into the mountains we may not hit triple digits today depending on how far I get
so we'll just freestyle it for the day how's that sound
all right route 66 here we come goodbye Barstow Museum for a third time
$4.99 a gallon and they are lined up for $4.99 a gallon oh sorry but $5 a gallon
for fuel California you are smoked out okay we're in Baghdad now Baghdad
California on the Mother Road this is probably one of the better paid versions
of the back roads is this place open it says cold beer and cocktails there's a
new berry springs now everything's closed every single thing here is closed
but there is a human right there that's a good sign
there is life on route 66 guys messy and then every once in a while it looks like
we're out in the middle of the desert right Oh pops up some random clue that
something used to be here I mean this is a neon Motel sign calling people in from
the Great Mother Road right here it's just it's kind of hard to believe there
was ever power out here right although there is it says there's a cafe I would
be highly shocked if the cafe is open over there they do have an old Airstream
out here outside Baghdad cafe that says American Car Club into the wild impact
dead cafe in reference to the movie when he lived out of the bus in Alaska
oh wow a lot of people have broken into here and wrote their names lots of
different years try our buffalo burger a bunch of stickers there's room for a
nomadic fanatic sticker right there this can't be it says open 7 days a week 7 to
7 but originally built in the 1950s it's a world-famous restaurant location of
the 88 film Bagdad cafe oh I know that movie this cafe was in the movie it says
seven days a week it's you oh yeah something I'm sorry I thought
that was a joke I did not think it was actually gonna be open it looked
completely closed up didn't it look at all the dollar bills on the wall saying
wow
classic route 66 and that's cool historic Bagdad cafe kitchens closed
but bid you sell some souvenirs here come on no seriously I did not think
that door was gonna open let me stand back and get a better look at this did
you guys think this thing was gonna be open at all it's all dark and none of
the lights there's no power inside but she's selling merchandise with cash only
like shirts and t-shirts and stuff strange so since they're closed and not
serving food does that mean I'm gonna make it a whole day on route 66 without
a 66 burger why are you licking your chops why are you licking your chops
kiddies don't like ham kiddies like him you want some ham
how's that pretty good then okay I was gonna make a sandwich you're even
stealing my food now let's see how it is man it's not a burger it's a ham sammich
uh-huh still delicious you wouldn't like it what's this strange thing I believe
you call it in a peel a @ peel a
I'm gonna actually gonna pop Miranda and autopilot here cuz I gotta stay
refreshed
I'm gonna go get a drink
stay straight but you got to stay hydrated on the road
it's really really important three
she's anything good on
Oh Simpsons is on
well you know what I'll have time later I'll have time
later
that's a carpet the carpet the carpets a cop what look good
and route 66 is a little creepy today love it but I mean something burned down
right there this apparently used to be a gas station and to keep people out now
they've added fence and barbed wire on top of the fence I mean look at this old
building generators regulators water pumps and fuel pumps you typical route
66 garage no signs I'm going in the stories this old place could tell this
is the wood countertop now we're going back behind the counter lots of glass so
I'm just gonna watch my step oh and lots of nails in here also but yep these are
gas pumps these are old gas pumps so this may have been a gas station as well
or they owned the gas station next door and just brought the pumps here there's
the cradle right there part of a plastic sign of advertising some kind maybe
Pepsi look like not Chevron so it was a Chevron gas station these are all
acrylic yeah this is acrylic and what's left of the toilet yeah arc welding also
ruins abandoned places all thanks to I forty over there look at this one it's
got eyes ah he sees you and you're exploring he knows when you're going
into the old buildings now I'm not sure what this was or what it could have been
I just know they're not doing anything with it now now this building on the
other side of route 66 you can see that cyah next to my RV that little oval
advertising who knows we may never know what this place was I feel like it looks
a little like a church almost from the top area there but
oh well they left the door open anyway uh okay
just watch your step cuz we don't have a full house here man
what was it who knows okay yeah let's keep driving looking for a spot to
boondock thank you find an RV park open on route 66 no that's okay though
with a son
we know
we have now broke another record here on the nomadic fanatic channel the hottest
temperature I have ever been in in my entire life not just YouTube logging but
in my entire life it's a hundred and eleven degrees
we got an extreme heat warning on my phone it advises everybody to stay
indoors well I'm running the a/c as much as I can and we're keeping it just at
about 85 to 86 degrees inside the RV just working as hard as I can not gonna
be spending a whole lot of time outside obviously but did want to talk about
this because we are now officially in the Mojave Desert here in California
this is the Mojave Desert and it's record-breaking heat for this time of
year although I'll bet it's often like this for me this is unusual now all of
the ash and lava burn off around here pretty unique see that over there I'll
pop the drone up because that is an 80 thousand year old cinder crater there so
it's been inactive for quite a while and there's even like I said there's that
trail that leads right up over the rim on a less than hot as hell day you can
actually walk that and look right down but since I have the drone I figure
wouldn't it be easier to just fly that over there and enjoy it from the
air-conditioned of the RV and yes I do fly my drone with the controller inside
the RV sometimes but I still have line of sight through the window so yeah I
got a piece all those people Eric's breaking rules not really but no it's a
pretty area and you're you are allowed to overnight park your RV you're fully
self-contained RV in this lot right here
and I want to remind you all that I'm putting everything I have into this
YouTube channel and I appreciate all of you for following my channel for liking
my videos for subscribing sharing them with your other friends I'm so excited
about route 66 I can't stop smiling I love it so much I love route 66 so have
a good night and please stay tuned at the route 66 video coming up soon can I
guess
syncing both cameras right now I'm trolling you guys hard oh here this is
great actually gonna pop Miranda and autopilot here no no no no no no
now still totally worth it