Hi guys welcome to another episode of ultimate bucket list and today I'm
driving along route 66 actually I'm stood in a carpark droning
where you get the idea route 66 the great American higher
this road stretches over 2,000 miles across several states and there's a lot
of states that it goes through this historic road opened up America to the
west and there's a lot of historic things to see along this stretch of road
now admittedly I'm only driving a small portion of it's mainly through Arizona
Nevada California but so far us it's a pretty cool stuff now my journey starts
here in Kingman Arizona whereby there's plenty of cool things to see starting
with this the powerhouse visitor center and right
next to it this is rather cool locomotive this rather ancient steam
train which you could actually stop go inside which is actually kind of Awesome
and the most interesting thing is that driving along it you see a snapshot of
American history with every state in every town that you drive through
there's plenty of things to see along everywhere along route 66 and every
business along the road won't hesitate to tell you that that on this historic
road from 50 style diners to historic cars all of which will pass to some kind
of route 66 logo and there's plenty of places and things to take photos on so
if you do want that Instagram ready shot of something historic there's plenty of
it here on route 66 but once you get bored of one town it's time to get in
the car and drive to another so guys I'm traveling on route 66
look at the scenery out there and if you can see it but the scenery is pretty
amazing there's just one problem right now it's
about five 14 in the afternoon I'm fighting against daylight to try and get
to my next stop in Williams so just come out of Kingman so was it drew why
driving on route 66 through Arizona very scenic very scenic it's kind of like
driving through Scotland except the hot dryer the drive around Arizona was going
quite well until this happened guys I don't know if you can see this but
behind me there's a police officer I've just been nicked the speeding so yeah
this is gonna be a really expensive trip okay guys back on the road boy I have
had a bad day from losing the hard-disk with all my travel footage on it too
this morning in Vegas to the Sun have almost killing me around the group and
down to this meeting ticket which I just got you know he you know he's an officer
of the law he's just doing his job so I can't cause it too much but he could
have cut me a break man so there's no chance of me making Williams before
sunset because obviously the Sun is literally over there and it's setting
pretty quickly but yeah what's the worst that could happen
okay guys I don't know where the hell I am I turned off for what I thought was
the Starbucks and I'm outside a place called Bear rizona Bear is owner I'm not
making it up if you can see it it's that but guys I
don't know what the hell I am the Sat Nav has frozen and there is no cell
phone signal so I can't use the internet so yeah just reitman out
you know just shoot me now it's cool what's the worse that could happen oh
shit I'm in Barrie's hora could beat up my bears so after spending an extremely
rough night in a motel somewhere I wake up in the town of Flagstaff now
determined to have a better day today I decided to walk around the town try and
find some breakfast and explore this rather 50s looking town it's a kind of
sleepy railway town that you kind of see on the TV and in the movies and you know
what I actually found that kind of cool but nothing really has changed over the
years be sure to visit be flex that fist the
center this is where you can see this the cool thing that's in the middle of
the carpark and inside well there's not much there but the staff there are very
helpful be sure to check out the museum Club the famous music venue that's in
Flagstaff this is also home to the retro famous sign that you probably see in
publications but once you get bored of that it's time to go back onto the road
and on to the next place Williams now this is the place that I went to or
tried to go to before I got Nick speeding and you'll quickly realize that
this again very historic very retro lots of neons and cool Americana and route 66
is kind of what defines this particular town it's a cool towel to walk around in
but they obviously tell you that you're on route 66 and this place hasn't
changed in years but it's still kind of cool to walk
around anyway from the retro style motels to the retro style vehicles
parked on the side of the road wait are the people in that are they
dead nope wait they're just mannequins pledgers mannequins that's okay that's
okay but yeah cool vehicles and check out this retro Dairy Queen
I'm not seen that local in years although everything inside it is pretty
modern once you get bored of that it's back on the road and once again on to
the next place you also get given a passport yes they
they give you passports so that you can actually check off what to see and they
even stamp it so kind of prove that you've actually been there and this
provides a fantastic keepsake if it did you want to travel the entire length of
route 66 once you're going through this place be sure to take a detour through
the Mojave deserts and I'll explain why now guys I'm stood here in the middle of
the Mojave Desert it's a big desert what can I say
and it surprisingly agreed for a desert I thought it just kind of be like sand
and rocks and that's about it but no it's just one problem
I'm in the middle of nowhere and I've not sent a car for or for a while now so
yeah it's not a big place if you are driving through the Mojave deserts I
highly recommend stopping off at the Kelso visitor center this is pretty much
a stop off point where you can see this rather creepy looking jail and it'll
give you a chance to have a rest use the facilities and take a look at their
visit center the staff there are very helpful or biet there's not really that
much to do other than see natural beauty like this which is still actually kind
of cool but what'd you send all that natural
beauty is time to hop back into the car and go towards California you'll
eventually reach the town of Barstow now this is a historic town that's along
route 66 and the best thing to do is actually go to Barstow station the
former train station whereby they have boxcar mcdonald's wait is that an actual
mcdonald's inside holy crap it is well now it's time to sniff a burger in my
face and look out you are doing so
pastor is home to some of the coolest murals you'll ever find and they're
literally plastered all over the streets some are works of art some are very
elaborate and some even belong in an art gallery there's plenty of photo
opportunities especially here at El Rancho the famous moats help don't be
like me and try and drive the whole length of it and try and stop off as and
when because most of the time you will miss the attractions because you know
you're on the road and you're traveling 40 50 miles an hour you know you can't
physically stop and turn that fast so plan in advance get a decent sat-nav
and make sure that you see every point that you want to see so if you carry on
driving along the Californian part of route 66 you'll eventually get to Santa
Monica now Ashley made a video about Santa
Monica Pier right here but this is the end of the line so guys this is it the
end of route 66 I'm not driven all of route 66 of course
I only started in Arizona but yeah this is it and lying 2,400 or
so miles ends here in Santa Monica but overall guys if you are in the
western part of the United States I highly recommend driving on route 66 one
time in your life mainly for nostalgia but partly because of the novelty okay
so what do I do it's a long road there's a long bit of it you could start at any
point that you wish it starts in Illinois I think and ends
in LA it doesn't really cost you anything
to drive along route 66 but obviously if you want to see some attractions along
the way that's going to cost you a bit of money and if you get a map or a
guidebook you can find these online or you can go to one of the visitor centers
this will tell you the most interesting bits to see you've enjoyed my short
footage of route 66 and hopefully it's by you to drive along the same Road if
you do like this video and you want to give me a comment feel free to comment
on the comment section below and if you've got any other ideas for bucket
list how it is things to do before you die tweet them at me and if I get enough
suggestions I'll be more than happy to go ahead and try and do that so guys
thank you very much for watching and we'll see you next time
hopefully I'm not too squinty because the the sunlight is really blinding me
boy when you're a guy operating on a budget and you're scrimping and scraping
every penny that hurts Arjun $30 may not seem like a
lot of money to a lot of you but that really hurts so I wonder if I can get a
good price on kidneys when I get home
Ninh Ly - www.ninh.co.uk - @NinhLyUK