Exploring Ludlow: Route 66 Railroad Ghost Town With a Pioneer Cemetery the Feds Tried to Kill

Welcome to Wonderhussy Adventure #778
Date of adventure: 2/22/24
Checking out the extensive ruins of Ludlow, an old railroad town at the side of Route 66 in the Mojave Desert...and imagining the lives of those who lived there!
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  • @johnbersuch1767
    @johnbersuch17674 ай бұрын

    I am all for Wonderhussy doing a round trip adventure on Route 66. Go for it!!

  • @soonerbmama6727
    @soonerbmama67274 ай бұрын

    I don’t understand the gripping over longer videos. I listen as I am working at my job or at home. I go back when I want to see everything. Long time subscriber. Luv all topics, all areas of exploration. I can’t thank you enough Wonderhussy, much appreciation. You bring much grace and diplomacy to the world of social media. My safe space I guess. The narrations always entertaining.

  • @KellDogg1965

    @KellDogg1965

    4 ай бұрын

    I agree! I can’t stand “shorts”! I do the same thing at work while listening to the wonderful Wonderhussy!

  • @GraveyardmusicandAvengers63

    @GraveyardmusicandAvengers63

    4 ай бұрын

    I hate shorts myself it shouldn't even be allowed to be on here.

  • @ogarvin7064

    @ogarvin7064

    4 ай бұрын

    When I first found Sarah Jane, I would click on the video, look at the length of it, and ask myself "do I really want to listen to this woman talk for the next 23 minutes?"After answering YES a couple of times, I subscibed,. and have been happy ever since. Can't wait for Wednesdays, whatever the length of the video!

  • @Gregknows-uj8gg

    @Gregknows-uj8gg

    4 ай бұрын

    Some people just complain about everything. And I mean everything. Nothing better too do I guess. Like me. I just comment on everything sometimes good sometimes bad but apparently I have nothing better too do but sit here on my butt commenting and reading other loozers comments.

  • @dieterkoch6563

    @dieterkoch6563

    4 ай бұрын

    It is rare to get an honest man!@@Gregknows-uj8gg

  • @barbaratraveler1905
    @barbaratraveler19054 ай бұрын

    You should definitely do a Route 66 trip.

  • @johnrogers6291

    @johnrogers6291

    4 ай бұрын

    Ever since watching Adam the Woo and Carpetbagger doing Route 66 I have hoped that Sarah would tackle it.

  • @chrisgentry7242

    @chrisgentry7242

    4 ай бұрын

    I definitely agree.

  • @patrickleclaire6404

    @patrickleclaire6404

    4 ай бұрын

    @@johnrogers6291 I think her trip would be much more entertaining than those two .......

  • @terryderush2657

    @terryderush2657

    4 ай бұрын

    I to agree 👍

  • @rosemarycastronuovo6056

    @rosemarycastronuovo6056

    4 ай бұрын

    I agree 💯👍🏼 .... Rt. 66💖

  • @melvinmulder7750
    @melvinmulder77504 ай бұрын

    At those gas stations, you would drive over a rubber tube that made a bell go ding ding. The attendant would come and wash your windshield, check your oil and the air in your tires, and pump your gas. We kids always had to stay in the car. There was always a coke machine, and a bubble gum machine, and maybe a machine with those candied peanuts. The convenience store gas stations didn’t appear til much later.

  • @melvinmulder7750

    @melvinmulder7750

    4 ай бұрын

    … and, out there in the desert, most cars had a burlap bag thing hanging in front of their radiator to help keep it cool, like a swamp cooler.

  • @Cali-ForniagirlinMichigan

    @Cali-ForniagirlinMichigan

    4 ай бұрын

    @@melvinmulder7750oh my gosh you just reminded me, I grew up in Vegas and we lived in a trailer with a swamp cooler on top of the roof 😣

  • @Ang85323

    @Ang85323

    3 ай бұрын

    Miss them days 😢

  • @edsteward7717
    @edsteward77174 ай бұрын

    In 62 you used a can opener for your beer. Any good dad just had one of the kids open it. 😂

  • @randalroe1929

    @randalroe1929

    4 ай бұрын

    U kept a can opener on your key ring

  • @dennislesh2374
    @dennislesh23744 ай бұрын

    My Dad and I most probably went thru Ludlow in 1962. We were headed to the Navajo Reservation in a 1959 Ford Galaxy. We went all the way across AZ on Route 66.....what a trip that was.

  • @NetWit20

    @NetWit20

    4 ай бұрын

    My mom had a light blue '59 Fairlane Galaxie. That was the first year for Galaxie and they stuck it with both names.

  • @dennislesh2374

    @dennislesh2374

    4 ай бұрын

    My folks car was a light green. That was the last Ford my Dad ever bought. He had quite a bit of trouble with it.@@NetWit20

  • @BakersfieldGuru

    @BakersfieldGuru

    4 ай бұрын

    Born in 62. Years gone. Dad had a 59 Galaxy 500.

  • @dennislesh2374

    @dennislesh2374

    4 ай бұрын

    16 in 62..........helped my Dad drive to AZ.@@BakersfieldGuru

  • @ChuckFasst

    @ChuckFasst

    4 ай бұрын

    All the way across, eh? Purty sure, that was your 59 Ford I seen sittin' back there. 😐

  • @kennethlarson3392
    @kennethlarson33924 ай бұрын

    Yes......do take a trip back in time along Route 66. I enjoy your patter!

  • @jamesburns2232

    @jamesburns2232

    4 ай бұрын

    You can't drive the entire journey from Chicago to LA. There's a lot of Route 66 that is closed to traffic now. 🏁

  • @robertalcorn9591
    @robertalcorn95914 ай бұрын

    My father-in-law was born alongside the railroad that you’re standing by. It was called , Tie plant New Mexico.. They would bring railroad box, cars, and pressure, treat the wood on site and live there in those little cabins. They would have to carry the railroad ties into the box cars, and then pressurize them with creosote from another tank car. After this was done, they would unload the boxcars with dripping creosote and stack them by hand. Many of the workers all Mexicans would develop cancer lesions on their shoulders from the creosote. This was all done and above 100° temperatures. So many of the railroads were paved with the lives of workers and those days. Just thought you’d like to know .

  • @deborahanderson5508

    @deborahanderson5508

    4 ай бұрын

    Damn

  • @tim1299

    @tim1299

    4 ай бұрын

    So, the house could be built without the creosote. Because I was thinking "no thank you".

  • @susiek.johnson3923

    @susiek.johnson3923

    4 ай бұрын

    Worked themselves to death for pennies on the dollar.

  • @IEchuckie

    @IEchuckie

    4 ай бұрын

    Si senior. Mucho trabajo, poqito dinero

  • @Super_Chief
    @Super_Chief4 ай бұрын

    Being an old fart, I can tell you that back in the 50s and 60s, about the only food or drink you might find at a service station might be a coke machine and some penny gum ball machines. They pretty much kept stores and service stations separated back in those days. The area that you thought might have been a convenience store was probably full of car parts, tires, fluids, etc. If you are really into huge piles of railroad ties, the next time you are at Scotty’s Castle, check out Tie Canyon right next door to the castle. They stored railroad ties there to burn in the fireplaces in the castle in the winter. It makes the piles of railroad ties you ran across in this video look small. Also, I think a video of you as you described heading west along the historic Route 66 would be an absolute perfect addition to your videos and right up your alley.😉

  • @Dills1995

    @Dills1995

    4 ай бұрын

    Fellow old guy here. Your description is on point. We didn’t know better so we were happy. 😂

  • @maggiesfarm7970

    @maggiesfarm7970

    4 ай бұрын

    I'm an old fart too. I remember my mother packing picnic lunches to take in the car.

  • @dieterkoch6563

    @dieterkoch6563

    4 ай бұрын

    Ignorance is bliss!@@Dills1995

  • @MikeKelly-ku6rq

    @MikeKelly-ku6rq

    4 ай бұрын

    60's kids would have bought a Bird Whistle contained in a small 1 inch square flat paper packet for sale and on display next to the checkout register. They'd place it on their tongue to let the metal frame whistle's membrane get moist. Once moist and pliable, the operator would push it to the roof of their mouth with their tongue and whistle like a bird. It could produce about 150 dB SPL.

  • @outandaboutwithsamiam5034

    @outandaboutwithsamiam5034

    4 ай бұрын

    I guess you never heard of "General Stores" that sold gas, groceries, produce and could even order clothes from the Sears and Roebuck catalog ....

  • @lancestaab2372
    @lancestaab23724 ай бұрын

    One of the best streamers in the Nevada area. Watch the Hussey everytime she is on.

  • @shawnscrimsher2207
    @shawnscrimsher22074 ай бұрын

    Shows a picture of a Bunny hangin and says well executed😂😂😂😂

  • @paulg845
    @paulg8454 ай бұрын

    Gosh Wonderhussey! Don't you call my 1971 Chevrolet Vega GT a *Datsun*. Those tail lights and that black racing stripe gave it away in a second. I had one of those puppies from '71 to '79! While you were just a twinkle in your daddy's eye! Keep up the good work! Paul Baldwin MD

  • @underthetornado

    @underthetornado

    4 ай бұрын

    I had one of those Sport Vegas!😂❤

  • @hestheMaster

    @hestheMaster

    4 ай бұрын

    Hmm, she doesn't know very much about vintage cars but knows about when they were made.

  • @Snarkapotamus

    @Snarkapotamus

    4 ай бұрын

    I had a '74 Vega and it was a POS! That orange car looked like a Ruster 'er I mean Duster.

  • @jeffreyvietzke228

    @jeffreyvietzke228

    4 ай бұрын

    I cringed a bit too, but she's the first to admit she doesn't really know cars.

  • @simonagree4070
    @simonagree40704 ай бұрын

    Trying to remember what I saw at those roadside stops in the early '60s -- mostly stuff like racks of paper road maps and postcards, sunglasses, chewing gum and lifesavers, comic books, cigarettes, rolls of antacids and tiny metal tins of aspirins... And of course, your ever-present Coke or Pepsi machine, either a cooler with a lift-up lid or a device with bottles you could see through the glass door. Oh, and the gum ball and peanut machines, put in a penny and turn the knob.

  • @Jennieallen415

    @Jennieallen415

    4 ай бұрын

    Maps--especially the free ones--chewing gum, cigarettes, hard candy, pop, straw folding seat covers. We traveled Route 66 every summer from Barstow to Texas without air conditioning. This was during the 50ies and 60ies. There used to be wonderful round house in Ludlow but the railroad tore that down. I believe there were some Chinese families who lived there in the 30ies and 40ies. The school bus driver was one of the teachers in Barstow who lived in Ludlow.

  • @IEchuckie

    @IEchuckie

    4 ай бұрын

    I remember the men's restroom usually had a 25 cent machine with different things but only advertised a pecker stretcher. I spent the 25 cents and it was a small army cot.😅

  • @underthetornado
    @underthetornado4 ай бұрын

    Love your channel. Wonder Hussy!!!❤❤❤❤❤ I recognize a Dodge in those muscle cars. I remember The Greyhound Bus used to stop in Ludlow. We'd buy beer, terrible beef jerkey and fake cheese sticks, chips, soda pop. Ice blocks were big in the day for your ice chests. And gas cans and those burlap bags that held waterfor your overheating radiators. Fuses. Hoses for radiators. Hats, sun glasses and bandanas. Popcicles, lifesavers, Beemans, Cloves and Blackjack gum am I right? Favorite meals at Cafe? Hot turkey sandwiches, meat loaf and grilled cheese. Mac and Cheese.

  • @user-ff8vo1se8v

    @user-ff8vo1se8v

    4 ай бұрын

    I want the hot turkey sandwich so much 😊❤

  • @djoldskool5763

    @djoldskool5763

    4 ай бұрын

    Yup, orange popsicles. 10 cents

  • @klsmith9428
    @klsmith94284 ай бұрын

    Yes! Would ❤ to see you share your video adventures all the way along Route 66. And please don’t pay attention to anyone who tells you your videos are too long!

  • @proteusnz99

    @proteusnz99

    4 ай бұрын

    Yes, and the song would suit your voice well, probably out of copyright by now.😊❤

  • @HannahSpring
    @HannahSpring4 ай бұрын

    Aurelia Pierce McCoy, Born in 1903, no known date for her death, she was possibly born in Arizona as was her siblings

  • @christopherhutchings9621
    @christopherhutchings96214 ай бұрын

    Back in 1957 my Father drove an old Vauxhall Cresta from Toronto to California, he stopped in Ludlow to get gas and water for his "bag" that hung in front of the radiator to cool it,I remember that my Mother brought back a coke and some chewing gum. Thank you Sarah, faint but still memories of Mom Dad.

  • @pattyrosales1249

    @pattyrosales1249

    4 ай бұрын

    Same, Christopher! I believe they sold those bags for $1.00?🏜

  • @otishertz286
    @otishertz2864 ай бұрын

    WOOT

  • @jeffburton2625

    @jeffburton2625

    4 ай бұрын

    Doot doot

  • @marmenta29
    @marmenta294 ай бұрын

    RC cola, orange or grape soda, maybe some sugar daddy lollies coming outta that gas station 😂

  • @jeffreyvietzke228

    @jeffreyvietzke228

    4 ай бұрын

    Orange Crush and Tab, and Fresca too!

  • @davidbird7540

    @davidbird7540

    3 ай бұрын

    Dont For Get The Moon Pies,????

  • @cynthialahti-wong1800
    @cynthialahti-wong18004 ай бұрын

    Way back when I was a kid we always took long trips and in my recollections the gas stations were always dirty and stanky. And they sold sodas and chips, candy bars and cigarettes.

  • @itsdiane2you11
    @itsdiane2you114 ай бұрын

    Always stopped for gas in Ludlow when riding from Orange County to Laughlin. Never knew the history. Cool.

  • @underthetornado

    @underthetornado

    4 ай бұрын

    Me too!😂

  • @leannyK
    @leannyK4 ай бұрын

    Hi Huss! Thanks for making my Wednesday a Happy Hussy day. !!!

  • @jodyhartman8177
    @jodyhartman81774 ай бұрын

    Thank you for all that you keeping sharing with us . A Route 66 trip would be great !👍😊❤

  • @Spider7102
    @Spider71024 ай бұрын

    Outstanding Sarah, no one realizes the work behind the scenes you put into your work👍👍👍🇺🇲

  • @jamessindt3616
    @jamessindt36164 ай бұрын

    Woohoo 1964 Ford Galaxie wagon

  • @mobiltec
    @mobiltec4 ай бұрын

    Would LOVE to see you do Rt 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica...

  • @robertdonaldson6584
    @robertdonaldson65844 ай бұрын

    I parked my black 1963 Ford Country Sedan station wagon and I am fiddling "Swinging on a Gate. on my Violin...... Hello from Brunswick, Maine, US. I was hatched in 1952...

  • @JPClef
    @JPClef4 ай бұрын

    You would do Route 66 proud! Great idea!!

  • @williamjones3462
    @williamjones34624 ай бұрын

    Before pull tabs there was the 'church key'. Used while driving.

  • @bobgraichen850
    @bobgraichen8504 ай бұрын

    YES, Document Route 66 from Chicago!

  • @donaldpowell3469
    @donaldpowell34694 ай бұрын

    Keep that imagination fired up, makes an even better video. I remember riding in the back seat and stopping at Ludow to stretch our legs and use the fancy turlets. Thanks for sharing.

  • @vetburnerchick
    @vetburnerchick4 ай бұрын

    I'm glad the crosses can stay. We drove through Evelyn on our way to Tecopa. We saw the paved circle. I might stop into Ludlow sometime for lunch.

  • @lisah7304
    @lisah73044 ай бұрын

    Yes! “Everyone get your kicks on Route 66!”😮😂Do it on yr. Way back from visiting yr. Friends in Arkansas? 🤔

  • @chuckmurphy08
    @chuckmurphy084 ай бұрын

    Nope ~ I checked & none of my family had a general store in Ludlow, Calif. Loved hearing about the Murphy Brother's store & the spooky face that watches over it.

  • @sheriwalderman385
    @sheriwalderman3854 ай бұрын

    I was born 1961. Our road trips were so fun. We actually sang songs. Corny I know, but it's an amazing memory. Dad would of bought a coors and fried pig skins, mom a pack of Winston's, coke and a Hershey bar. Us girls, coke beef jerkey stick, candy necklaces. 😊

  • @mpgofast

    @mpgofast

    4 ай бұрын

    I FORGOT ABOUT THE CANDY NECKLACES, I HAVE 6 SISTERS. WE WENT ACROSS THE DESERT AT NIGHT, IT WAS COOLER, NO A/C IN THE OLD CAR, I HAVE BEEN ON ROUTE 66 4 OR 5 TIMES IN THE 50'S, CALIF TO OHIO, BORN 1946

  • @67cans2
    @67cans22 ай бұрын

    Wonder Hussy, thank you for preserving historical content, making it fun and educational.

  • @troywatson9588
    @troywatson95884 ай бұрын

    Hello from Las Vegas, love the channel and your compassion. Hell yes, that would be an awesome series, a blast from the past road trip!

  • @Sunny8888
    @Sunny88884 ай бұрын

    I'm thinking if was a 1964 Ford Country Squire Wagon. I'd probably want an A&W Root Beer or Cott Ginger Ale (they used to say "It's Cott to be good!"). Some Hostess Twinkies would be good too. I think they still used can openers for beer/soda bottle or cans etc. . . in the early '60's. They used to sell rubber bugs (in small plastic containers) and big gumballs in the machines also. They would have probably had "Jawbreakers" or "Fireballs" also. Great video!

  • @jeffreyvietzke228

    @jeffreyvietzke228

    4 ай бұрын

    Pop top cans came in about 1965-66. At least on name brands like Shasta. the Cragomont soda's we got (Safeway house brand) still needed to be opened with a 'church key', as did the cheaper canned beers. Around 1968, the two-metal cans came in, tin bodies with aluminum tops and bottoms. Then by the mid -late '70's, the all-aluminum can with the attached tab we know today. I remember making stuff out of the old pull-off tabs as a kid....and stepping on them barefoot on the beach and getting cut.

  • @godfellas483
    @godfellas4834 ай бұрын

    Next time I am on BLM land, I am setting up some kind of cross. 😎 And after a look at that cemetery, it appears that there are more "Ludlow" residents in that cemetery than living in town today. Thanks, Wonder Hussy! I had my morning coffee and watched this. Keep up the great work!

  • @mgratk

    @mgratk

    4 ай бұрын

    Our human right of freedom of religion is supported by the constitution and weirdos think it means no religion allowed.

  • @morning...morning

    @morning...morning

    4 ай бұрын

    so I'm sure that the zealots that felt it necessary to put a cross on every grave went ahead and verified that the person underneath and/or their heirs was actually a christian and would've wanted it there?

  • @frednorton1704

    @frednorton1704

    4 ай бұрын

    Freedom of religion = freedom to be a fool.​ It does not mean the freedom to go around annoying people that aren't as dumb and gullllable as you are.

  • @banjomandh

    @banjomandh

    4 ай бұрын

    Maybe have some stickerz with a cross on it for B L mis-M land only 😂

  • @violethart61

    @violethart61

    3 ай бұрын

    Well for one thing how do you even know all those dead people were Christian?

  • @MusicalJeanAz
    @MusicalJeanAz4 ай бұрын

    Back in the 60's I remember they had some snacks, free maps and motor oil.

  • @hermitfrodo7730
    @hermitfrodo77304 ай бұрын

    Driving Route 66 sounds fun. I would watch those episodes. Lot of history there.

  • @janblake9468
    @janblake94684 ай бұрын

    The RR crossing in Ludlow was removed after the Bagdad-Chase Mine, 14 miles south closed in the 1970's. Only way to cross now is to go under a bridge east of town. Too low for RV's. Bagdad-Chase was one of the few gold mines to be left in operation during WWII because if the high amount of coper it also produced. You completely missed the T&T rail yard at the west end. Ruins of the engine work shop and other buildings are there. The road beside the tracks through town was the original 66. Stores, hotels, and gas stations. The front of the general store collapsed during a 1998 earthquake.

  • @Wonderhussy

    @Wonderhussy

    4 ай бұрын

    I couldn't really shoot anything over by the T&T ruins because it was marked no trespassing... if I am filming myself for public broadcast I have to be mindful of such things, no matter how much I want to check them out

  • @janblake9468

    @janblake9468

    4 ай бұрын

    The No Trespassing sign was for the pile of old RR ties, not the land behind it. T&T railyard is open for exploration. I was there several years ago.@@Wonderhussy

  • @Wonderhussy

    @Wonderhussy

    4 ай бұрын

    Ah, ok! Bummer...wish I'd known that when I was there!

  • @johnmonaco1028
    @johnmonaco10284 ай бұрын

    all for Wonderhussy doing a round trip adventure on Route 66

  • @adriannurse1502
    @adriannurse15024 ай бұрын

    I would absolutely love to see you do a series on RT 66 this year. Love it! Love it! Love it! 🙂🙂🙂🙂

  • @shelbykeefe971
    @shelbykeefe9714 ай бұрын

    Route 66 is a dream to do for me as an artist! I want to take my camper van and art supplies and spend the large portion of a summer discovering! Thanks for the inspiration, WH!!

  • @edwardtraylor3984
    @edwardtraylor39844 ай бұрын

    The wagon in question is a 1964 Ford country Squire. I saw an early early 70s Chevy Vega that you thought was a Datson. Thanks for taking us along with you Wonderhussy. Enjoyed the video.

  • @mtacoustic1
    @mtacoustic14 ай бұрын

    Continually amazed at how you can make a tour of a random collection of junk cars and abandoned building ruins interesting!

  • @userslickcrownvic
    @userslickcrownvic4 ай бұрын

    Hussy, best line in forever...."molded liver pate". Ludlow is sumpin' else. That part of the Mojave is starkly terrifying.

  • @jtdo1622
    @jtdo16224 ай бұрын

    Thanks for another interesting video! I vote "yes" for a Route 66 trip!!!

  • @charleshicks3492
    @charleshicks34924 ай бұрын

    Another great video from the Queen of Death Valley ⭐️🤩😎

  • @rebeccalane9400
    @rebeccalane94004 ай бұрын

    Yes 66 road trip

  • @charleneheiland8803
    @charleneheiland88034 ай бұрын

    No one is forced to watch anything !!! What is wrong with you people ? Shut up and enjoy this great lady's hard work or don't watch !!! Don't need any sassy replys . Peace be with you 😇

  • @badgerpa9
    @badgerpa94 ай бұрын

    Grandpa had no problem opening a beer with a church key while he was driving. Route 66 is a good drive but so is the Lincoln Highway from New York to the Pacific.

  • @robinallen8773
    @robinallen87734 ай бұрын

    Yes I’d like to see you drive Route 66 from Chicago to the end!! To see all the roadside attractions would be very interesting

  • @bonnie76017
    @bonnie760174 ай бұрын

    Aurelia Pierce Birth 1903 - San Luis Obespo County, California, USA Death 1921 - Ludlow (San Bernardino) CA Mother Abigail Legora Condron Father James Thomas Pierce Born in San Luis Obespo County, California, USA on 1903 to James Thomas Pierce and Abigail Legora Condron. Aurelia Pierce married Ray McCoy. She passed away on 1921 in Ludlow (San Bernardino) CA.

  • @user-df3nx8cs7x
    @user-df3nx8cs7x4 ай бұрын

    That graffiti face was impressive. Some of the lettering was nice as well.

  • @superman9772
    @superman97724 ай бұрын

    back in the day... when i was 15, me and my 870 pump ( which i kept it hid in the used tire rack and my 410 rigged at the cash drawer) got a job at one of those lonely gas stations pumping over priced gas and oil, fixing over heating car, engine belts , hoses and broken dreams of the people passing through while selling warm soda pop and frozen toms sandwiches to them...

  • @brianmclaughlin358
    @brianmclaughlin3584 ай бұрын

    Once again, the most interesting channel on KZread. Thanks Wonder Hussy!

  • @garymcmullin2292
    @garymcmullin22924 ай бұрын

    I think the old green truck at the Ludlow cafe is a "Travelall" made by International? They started as a panel truck that was "modified" with windows to a more like modern times Suburban or Excursion type vehicle

  • @jeffburton2625
    @jeffburton26254 ай бұрын

    Genuine alien jerky? I'm there dude..

  • @davidking6151
    @davidking61514 ай бұрын

    In the South, gas stations had a box outside with Cokes in ice cold bottles. Inside you could find peanuts, and other snacks along with minnows and worms for fishing.

  • @janibeg3247
    @janibeg32474 ай бұрын

    i not only traveled route 66 but also watched the Route 66 tv show.

  • @WilliamSmith-bj8gt
    @WilliamSmith-bj8gt4 ай бұрын

    Would love to see you do a video of driving along route 66.

  • @michaeldunn3088
    @michaeldunn30884 ай бұрын

    Please do a route 66 series that would be so fun!!!!!.

  • @jpancrazio
    @jpancrazio4 ай бұрын

    Yes please plan a trip on Route66

  • @909Adventures
    @909Adventures3 ай бұрын

    A route 66 trip would be awesome.

  • @pamelag2223

    @pamelag2223

    3 ай бұрын

    I agree 100%!

  • @deanehammitt7604
    @deanehammitt76044 ай бұрын

    When I was a kid in the 50's and 60's the service stations didn't have much junk food, but they always had a soda machine. No soda in cans in those days. The sodas were in bottles. So I would have gotten a nice ice cold bottle of NEHI grape soda. Thanx for the memories.

  • @tedebear108
    @tedebear1084 ай бұрын

    Hello Wonder hussy. It's Ted from Texas. Back in the 1960s an early 70s we went on road trips. At that time I lived in Queens New York highways between the ages of 6 and 10 when we did this. I remember long stretches the road with nothing to see. Miles and miles of cornfields. But some of these Road stop places were exciting to visit. I remember one of them that had a very big business attached to the building in a glass bubble. You could actually see inside the hive when inside the store. And you can get fresh honey. Pretty cool. I also remember one time of having to get off the road for tornado and take shelter. I was only 7 years old we went to the KOA of America if any of you know what that is. Great show Wonder hussy

  • @Britcarjunkie
    @Britcarjunkie4 ай бұрын

    Gotta be careful with buildings made out of old railroad ties: There used to be a restaurant at Cinco Station, Calif. (North of Mojave, on Hwy 14) called Tokiwa's: a very well-known place, that had many regulars from all over the area (Chuck Yeager , his wife, and Pancho Barnes, used to ride horses there, from Barne's ranch at Cantil, not far away). Tokiwa's was built out of old railroad ties. One day, some guy in a VW Beetle suffering a engine fire, parked out front to use the phone & call for help: he parked right next to the building. The building ignited, and the whole place went up like a Roman candle! The old T&T railroad grade is still there, and can still be followed all the way to Goldfield. The Ludlow Cafe used to have pretty goid food - but I haven't been there in about 15 years. Would love to have that '62-'63 Galaxie Country Squire wagon! Wonderhussy talking about the gas station mechanics reminds me of a story that Chuck Yeager once told, about going on leave while in flight training at Tonopah, and going to Mina to party...🤣😅😂 That hotel was still in use into the 1970's, judging by the "new" electrical work.

  • @SharonBook

    @SharonBook

    4 ай бұрын

    Ludlow Cafe is pretty good. They have hot roast beef sandwiches that are really yummy. It's still open😊😊😊😊

  • @victoriamaaske7420
    @victoriamaaske74204 ай бұрын

    You want to stop for Aldon Restaurant in Illinois. Oldest on Route 66 in illinois. I think it's in Lincoln. Probably not your style tho no Carna Asada fries. Farmer food.

  • @playwithmeinsecondlife6129
    @playwithmeinsecondlife61294 ай бұрын

    As a boy in the Sixties I do not remember any convenance stores. Gas stations sold oil products. Grocery stores sold groceries. There might be machines for soda, candy and cigarettes, but no actual store. The West might have been different. I didn't get out of eastern Pa until the Seventies. Get your kicks on route 66. I love to stare at your face and listen to your voice.

  • @bonnie76017
    @bonnie760174 ай бұрын

    The painting of the man’s face looks kind of like your neighbor, the one-legged miner

  • @racheldelfin342
    @racheldelfin3424 ай бұрын

    I remember the service stations of the '60's having vending machines full of Coke, Pepsi, Fanta and 7-up. They also had plenty of cigarettes. It may have been the late '60's or 70s that they started having other items like potato chips and gum. I use to like those bays with the mechanic draining the car oil down below 😅 now they just put the car on the hydraulic lift😮 thanks for taking us to Ludlow. Its nice to see that the railroad is still being utilized. ❤ I've seen signs on freeway but never bothered to stop. I may stop and explore.

  • @jeremiahmatthewgreatmanofpeace
    @jeremiahmatthewgreatmanofpeace4 ай бұрын

    That "Datsun" appears to be an Opel Manta.

  • @jeffburton2625

    @jeffburton2625

    4 ай бұрын

    Chevrolet Vega livery

  • @jeremiahmatthewgreatmanofpeace

    @jeremiahmatthewgreatmanofpeace

    4 ай бұрын

    @@jeffburton2625 I was thinking it could be a Cosworth Vega.

  • @alkennedy1124
    @alkennedy11244 ай бұрын

    Ford country squirrel 🐿, lolkool thank you BigAl California ❤

  • @martybaran5509
    @martybaran55094 ай бұрын

    Please drive Route 66 this summer. As a child we drove it twice in the early 60's

  • @rodneycarey44
    @rodneycarey443 ай бұрын

    Hey 👋🏻 Ludlow is about 50 miles east of Barstow and 90 miles west from Needles. I go through there, in one way or another, every day on the train. There was a time when those cars were someone’s pride and joy. Sad about the little girl who died in 1925, people must’ve really loved her to mark her grave with granite. Love that show, thank you

  • @maryannmcpherson2811
    @maryannmcpherson28114 ай бұрын

    I would love it if you could do a Route 66 trip this summer! We are planning to do the drive but it would be really helpful to see what things you stop and visit athat are interesting along the way Wonderhussy! Thanks for such a great video on Ludlow!!!!!👌👌👌

  • @garymcmullin2292
    @garymcmullin22924 ай бұрын

    your prowling around the old Mojave Desert sure is enjoyable to watch, we get to see details of the past and enjoy the desert landscape, great job Wonderhussy.

  • @rdg6750
    @rdg67504 ай бұрын

    Hi I did do the trip I went to downtown Chicago where Route 66 started and drove west to Los Angeles back in the 1960's Great trip some area's they had started to make it into the interstate 44 but still lots of old Route 66 in use. Remember one restaurant was named the Garbage Can but the food was good. Take the trip you will enjoy it and your comments on it will make it special.

  • @nunabiz
    @nunabiz4 ай бұрын

    Cool didn't know the bandos were there! Going to go there for free style FPV! Might be a good place to fly

  • @patm6157
    @patm61574 ай бұрын

    Gas station snack shops came out after the fuel crisis of the early 70's. What you are looking at is the mechanics shop, that gas station used to have. I know it's hard to believe, but gas station attendants would wash your window, and check your oil. Some places (often in the desert or other remote places) would "find" leaking radiator hoses, or failing belts, that the attendants had damaged, because they were paid a commission. You then would pay twice as much for the repair that you would pay at home (looking at you Amboy). This was such a big problem, that many people would chain the hood down to keep the attendants from accessing the engine compartment. Cars in those days, weren't as reliable as today, they also got poor milage. Thus, fewer stops today. This is why there are so many abandoned gas stations in remote areas on the freeway. You should absolutely do a route 66 series.

  • @virgilklein7553
    @virgilklein75534 ай бұрын

    The station wagon is the lower trim level '64 Ford Country Sedan. The Country Squire was the one with the wood grain decals and a bit fancier.

  • @chrismathes5165
    @chrismathes51654 ай бұрын

    We've eaten at that cafe. You didn't miss much. Cool stuff in there but food isn't anything to write home about.

  • @davidkucher5.0Coy
    @davidkucher5.0Coy4 ай бұрын

    I would love to see you do something like that Sarah, that would be a real adventure. ☺️👍

  • @virginiacentral
    @virginiacentral4 ай бұрын

    I learned to drive in a Country Sedan!

  • @shawnscrimsher2207
    @shawnscrimsher22074 ай бұрын

    My favorite is breakfast at the Ludlow cafe hard to go wrong with breakfast. Last time I was through there and talked to people a lot of them lived in 29 palms.

  • @rlhuber76
    @rlhuber764 ай бұрын

    I would watch a route 66 series

  • @chrissiemaher3091
    @chrissiemaher30914 ай бұрын

    Yes please would love a route 66 trip!!

  • @sharonbaptista1122
    @sharonbaptista11224 ай бұрын

    I think a road trip on route 66 is in your future. Do it Wonderhussy. It would be interesting.

  • @virginiacentral
    @virginiacentral4 ай бұрын

    Kingman and Barstow = route 66! Cool train.

  • @alchristensen8121
    @alchristensen81214 ай бұрын

    The hallway of hotel rooms brought back memories of the abandoned brothel you explored, only without shag carpeting.

  • @anniem9595
    @anniem95954 ай бұрын

    The 100th anniversary for route 66 is coming up in 2026...that is when you should travel it! What a way to celebrate the route... Wonderhussy vlogs!! 💪♥️

  • @MilePost106
    @MilePost10623 күн бұрын

    I love these videos of the old railroad towns. The west has so many cool things and history.

  • @lolalydon
    @lolalydon2 ай бұрын

    I vote hell YES for a route 66 trip!!

  • @sabybaby
    @sabybaby4 ай бұрын

    Yes🎉A Route 66 Adventure. The way only WonderHussey can do It 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @EastPeakSlim
    @EastPeakSlim4 ай бұрын

    If you decide to do a Route 66 trip, please take the Oatman Hwy to Kingman, AZ. It's a great drive!

  • @johnrogers6291
    @johnrogers62914 ай бұрын

    Very interesting blog, Thanks Sarah, really enjoy this style. Ghost towns are amazing.😊

  • @DougB-pg1tf
    @DougB-pg1tf4 ай бұрын

    Remote gas stations in the 60's also carried gum and chocolate bars to eat with your Cokes. Our family went on yearly trips from Vancouver British Columbia, down the west coast to California to visit my uncle in Whittier California. So I'm well acquainted with remote Cali gas stations and diners.

  • @johnglasgow4176
    @johnglasgow41764 ай бұрын

    Nice Adventure yes I would like to see you do a Route 66 Adventure nobody could do it better than you thanks for the video