Zzyzx Road is named after Carl Zzyzx, the first person to eat a cat in space. Please, no corrections, since facts don't care about your feelings! Yay!!! 😁

@tammymartinez7488

3 жыл бұрын

?????

@SurrealAdventure

3 жыл бұрын

I have to correct you. He was the first person to CHOKE on a cat in space. Some say it was a hairball though.

@bentonrp

3 жыл бұрын

@@SurrealAdventure There's still a lot of controversy surrounding whether Carl Zzyzx was the first to consume, or merely choke, on one. Some say the "choking" controversy was just to drum up support for fellow astronaut, Ezra Zyphron, who was jealous of Carl and wanted to alphabetically be the last astronaut logged into the flight manifest. But, even though Zzyzx DID survive the trip, thus making the degrading of his legacy (by apparent choking) all the More demeaning, Ezra wasn't even on the same Shuttle mission as Carl Zzyzx! There's widespread and well-known video footage of him saying they were each in different programs, and only had a shared career timeframe period as astronauts of 4 months; During which time, NASA had no planned orbital missions. (We had already gone to the moon at this point.) But whatever theory you believe, it does well to keep an open mind about getting to the truth, and not letting passions stir you away from any of the hard evidence, as much of it is bound to continue to surface! It is as Oliver Wendell Holmes the II once said, "To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man." We must never let the chore of continual reassessment turn us one-sided and stubborn; When the effort is not ours to make, there is neither crime nor shame in pondering towards such moments with wonder, and uttering the common, yet simple words, "I just don't know."

@SurrealAdventure

3 жыл бұрын

@@bentonrp like a communist party summer camp, I consider myself “re-educated”. Thank you Comrad.

@bentonrp

3 жыл бұрын

@@SurrealAdventure Thanks for the fascinating video! 😀

I am 70 years old. I can still remember driving to Vegas with my parents when I was a little girl and seeing that sign. We sailed past it in our big yellow Buick and it always remained a mystery. They were not the type to venture off the beaten path. Thanks for being brave and for the interesting video.

@SurrealAdventure

4 жыл бұрын

Your welcome. I wish I could have seen this place during it's heyday. There is a certain energy to this place that I missed being too young. Check out this photo: www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=ov9HuPsT&id=3DC85A8EF449993CC01AD2FE837DF2DB09F3617B&thid=OIP.ov9HuPsTxw17suUsKD83lQHaE5&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.kcet.org%2fsites%2fkl%2ffiles%2fatoms%2farticle_atoms%2fwww.kcet.org%2farts%2fartbound%2fimages%2fZzyzx_Mineral_Springs_pools_CSU_Desert_Studies_Center_Mojave_Desert.jpg&exph=384&expw=580&q=zzyzx+road+pool&simid=607990906067094934&ck=1748B4100179882CC50A5D021ABC1807&selectedIndex=2&ajaxhist=0

@cfmechanic

4 жыл бұрын

@@SurrealAdventure I'm with u If i had time machine i would go back. Its amazing he made all that for the gov to swoop it out from under him. But iij am sure there are truths to the stories unknown

@SurrealAdventure

4 жыл бұрын

I have a couple of his original broadcast recordings. If your interested, I can send you a link?

@savedgez

3 жыл бұрын

@@SurrealAdventure I'm interested

@1990758

2 жыл бұрын

Damn 70 years ago How many lanes were there back then. What was that state line 70 years ago

My husband and I drove down this road twice, once in daylight in 1996 and again at night two years later in 1998. The second time we got out by our SUV, watched the stars in the nighttime sky and it was soooo quiet you could hear the sky humming.... Very peaceful....

@vincestar5537

3 жыл бұрын

I love stories like that I love the desert I would rather go to the desert than anywhere else and I'm 25 minutes away from Sequoia Park National monument don't get me wrong it's a gorgeous place to go visit and I would want everyone to go see it but I would much rather be in the desert I love it

@davep9266

3 жыл бұрын

Could you see the light from the Luxor that far out??

@victorcastro9440

3 жыл бұрын

You guy did more than that

@edgein3299

3 жыл бұрын

The hum was the UFO that abducted you. But you don't remember.

@alexandergarrett5987

3 жыл бұрын

It was the hummer he was getting

It's amazing how much you can explore in just California alone!

@SurrealAdventure

2 жыл бұрын

There is lots of great stuff here!

@applejack2911

2 жыл бұрын

I know when I worked the railroad from Vegas to Yermo and Vegas to Utah, I saw some strange things out in the Desert at night. Strange lights and such

@e-money5851

2 жыл бұрын

Just stay away from the folks out there !!

@1990758

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly I'm so interested in highway 395 north.

@wicked8139

Жыл бұрын

@@applejack2911 man that's baddass

I was named after that road due to how my parents thought it was cool. At one point I had the opportunity to visit the resort and was in awe to learn the real origin of the name and history. Can't wait to visit again.

@SurrealAdventure

2 жыл бұрын

That's really cool. Thanks for commenting!

@undertheyarrowbear

2 жыл бұрын

Bot.

@bettyahlheitt8812

2 жыл бұрын

bs

@1990758

2 жыл бұрын

That's nice so what exactly is down there.

@1990758

2 жыл бұрын

@Tom Jones lol

Thanks to the Internet and the KZread algorithm one more mystery has been solved after 32 years.

@BiGjavi

3 жыл бұрын

Yup''''''

@FlyingJournalism

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaa.. right .. the source of intelligence these days.. straight from a computer!🤙

@linusp9316

3 жыл бұрын

It's Bigfoot's summer home.

@alexmadness19

2 жыл бұрын

@@FlyingJournalism cheers to computers and technology.

@jack-of-all-trades1234

2 жыл бұрын

It leads you to the hidden boss fight.

Being a trucker I passed there everyday when I had a dedicated route from the Central Valley to Las Vegas. I didn’t pay much attention to it coming from Vegas, but going into Vegas.... I always looked forward to see it, since I knew my shift was almost over. Mexican truck drivers call this exit EL ABECEDARIO ( the alphabet ).

@SurrealAdventure

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@schokey3513

Жыл бұрын

@@SurrealAdventure I once knew a woman who had named her female child "Abcd" (pronounced Abeced)..

@garygerard4290

Жыл бұрын

Wow Miguel, I use to haul sack cement to Vegas then drywall back to the Antelope Valley. I remember always looking at that off ramp sign.

@jrrtransport236

Жыл бұрын

Jaja it’s true I’m one of them call abecedario exit. Take care fellows

@kirrus4781

Жыл бұрын

Yes, la salida "del abecedario" The exit of the "alphabet"

I find it so fascinating that people are always so intrigued about Zzyzx on their way to and from Vegas. I live in Baker so I know all the Mojave and Death Valley deserts. I also recommend taking KelBaker road all the way to Desert Springs, lots of unique stuff out there

@SurrealAdventure

2 жыл бұрын

Julia, thanks for the tip. I probably will next time I’m out there.

Thank you, guys. Imagine that. For a couple of years I lived just down the road in Apple Valley of Roy Rogers fame, and passed this sign a hundred times. Always wondered what was down there. Moved back East and never found out. You folks did a great job on the video, too. Don’t know if you’re into “filmmaking,” but you’re vid was really enjoyable, very professional.👍👍

@SurrealAdventure

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. No, I'm really an amateur, but I've since learned to edit better, and upgraded to a mac/final cut. I think there has to be some inspiration behind a video, and I would like to think these make people "feel" a certain way when they watch them, at least that's my goal. I hope they feel the same way I did, when I was creating them. Thanks for watching, please give it a like and subscribe!

@miriamappelbaum1310

2 жыл бұрын

@@SurrealAdventure be

@HoyaSaxaSD

2 жыл бұрын

I know it’s mostly open desert between the two, and thus distance is relative, but I still chuckled at an almost 100 mile drive being described as “just down the road.“

@gramirez72

2 жыл бұрын

Into “filmmaking”…. ??? This is amateur for sure. At least he can admit it. Nothing artistic about this. It’s just a vlog with music slapped onto it and captions that you can barely read against the sunlit areas.

@HoyaSaxaSD

2 жыл бұрын

@@gramirez72 who pooped on your Pop Tart?

I love these little forgotten places in the Mojave and Anza Borrego deserts! Always hidden gems.

@SurrealAdventure

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Please subscribe for more!

@frozenauna8733

Жыл бұрын

Yes! We did a hike back there. I think it was called Painted Canyon. Amazing! And driving through to AZ with those mountains that look like they were turned on their sides. Just fascinating!

I love this place. I used to always stop here on my way from L.A. to Salt Lake City driving my 18 wheeler. Would sleep here and frequently hike up in the hills overlooking this place. Would usually see coyotes and wild sheep. Would walk through all the structures and imagine what the place was like in the past. I’m quite an elderly man and my boss and children would always worry I would get snake bit or break a leg when hiking around alone, but I always did and never had a bad experience.

@SurrealAdventure

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, David.

@4everu984

2 жыл бұрын

Great share, thank you sir! 🥰

@brucebakir6218

2 жыл бұрын

Hope ur well and still hiking David

@BegoneJonah

2 жыл бұрын

An elderly man with a spirit of adventure. Love it!

@gottasay4766

Жыл бұрын

You made good use of your traveling time and explored amazing places. I would do the same.

I’ve driven past that road hundreds of times! When we used to be headed into Vegas is was kind of a sign that we were getting close. Never stopped and always wondered about the name of the road out in the middle of nowhere. Thank you for the tour.

@SurrealAdventure

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! Please give the video a like, and subscribe! I'm out of commission for a few months, was in a bad accident, broken bones, wrecked shoulder and physical therapy, but the videos will start again soon!

@socaljimmyd

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear about your accident, I’m laid up at the moment as well. Had a work accident on the tablesaw and almost lost two fingers back in November. Surgery went well and I had an amazing Dr! He was able to save my fingers and they are still attached! Two pins in my left index finger and lots of stitches! Just finished my PT and will hopefully be back to work next week! It’s been a long 4 months. I have partial use of my index finger but I’m happy with that considering is was severed and hanging on by just some skin! Heal up soon

I've driven past that exit many times and always wondered what was down there. Thank you so much for your entertaining view of that wonderful old establishment.

@SurrealAdventure

3 жыл бұрын

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I've driven by this thousands of times, and never really knew what it was.

@msohsosolo

3 жыл бұрын

Same here!

@lawrencerasmus

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@eddyvideostar

3 жыл бұрын

To Greg: Make sure your car doesn't break down on you. Flatulence will engulf your soul.

@eddyvideostar

3 жыл бұрын

Dear Greg Webster: Why were you driving though so frequently? Where were you going or doing?

@eddyvideostar

3 жыл бұрын

​@@msohsosolo: Why were you driving though so frequently? Where were you going or doing?

I got a picture of me in 1978. I was 4 years old. I stood in front of the sign with my arms up like what the hell does that say🤣😂🤣pretty cool seeing this video

@corvettefever360

3 жыл бұрын

Head! Huh huh huh! Head!

@nutcase1

3 жыл бұрын

@Richard Head neither did you

@SurrealAdventure

3 жыл бұрын

I would love to see that. I bet it's one of the signs in the KCET article? www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/zzyzx-revisiting-doc-springers-boulevard-of-dreams

Wow. I have driven by that sign, more times than I could count and always wondered what was out there. Thanks for sharing. Great video

@SurrealAdventure

2 жыл бұрын

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Super interesting, I've always wondered what was down that road during road trips. I thought it was some kind of private road, so I never took the exit.

@SurrealAdventure

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, and good luck with your channel. The whole place is maintained by the CSU Desert Studies Center, so it's a campus of sorts.

I went down that road... found princess Zelda, 2 dragons and liquor store

One of my co-workers mentioned that he and his friend drove down this road several years back. He had passed it many times going to Vegas but decided on a whim to exit and see what lay beyond the sign. He said that he saw some guys digging in the dirt. They turned right around after that LOL.

@peanuts1173

3 жыл бұрын

Don't blame them for turning around looks like a place to bury a body🤔😂

@najadahe2828

2 жыл бұрын

I think he was planting a tree...

@trillinflossin412

2 жыл бұрын

I cant imagine being such a sheltered city person that seeing people digging in the dirt scares you....OMG they are DIGGING rUn FoR tEh HiLlS!

@applejack2911

2 жыл бұрын

Bet all that area is creepy as F at night

@THEBULK1023

2 жыл бұрын

probably just digging old valuable glass bottles ,

Very cool. I've stared at that off-ramp countless times (making the annual drive to Vegas for NFL opening weekend), but I've never ventured off. Figured there was something to see but I should've known better. I absolutely love the Mojave Desert for it's ghost towns and "old west" relics.

@SurrealAdventure

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent. Perhaps you would enjoy this video I did on Ballarat Ghost Town: kzread.info/dash/bejne/l3qDpqSRetiZhdY.html

I’ve seen this road several times on my way to Vegas and always wondered what it lead to. Thanks for showing us.

@SurrealAdventure

3 жыл бұрын

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I was part of a Geology field class that stayed there several days in the spring of 1983. We were in that valley for a week studying the amazing Geology in the area and this provided an excellent base camp. Looks about the same as it did nearly 30 years ago. Apparently there is a large bull dozer that sunk into the playa to the north. It got stuck and could not be recovered. Springer had used a mining patent to occupy the property. If you hold a patent, it's required to spend a certain amount on mining and complete mineral assays every year. When he stopped completing the annual requirements, the BLM seized the patent. It's pretty clear that Springer's mining effort was purely ceremonial. There were thousands of patents developed using the same ruse all over the Mojave. The BLM has since cleared many of them out. This same loophole is currently being used for occupied properties in the national forest in Boulder County CO. Folks have built some fairly high end places on these mining patents.

@shashabey

3 жыл бұрын

This is great info!! Thanks!!🥰🤩🤩🤩

@linusp9316

3 жыл бұрын

Very cool, thanks. Geology is an amazing subject

@matthewg4956

3 жыл бұрын

Yup $17 a year. My father had multiple claims, turquoise, opel, & agate mines. Drove out to them twice a month in order to get the $100 a month assessment you needed to spend in order to keep them. Until Coors funded the Bureau of Land Management; in I believe 1973, to ban all motorized vehicles to pass across the land we needed to in order to get to our mines. I don’t drink Coors to this day cuz of it. At the time I was upset about it to the point that my father and I went to the Bureau of Land Management meetings to try and stop the restrictions, to the point of writing a school report about the issue. Knowing what I know today, I’m happy that they did restrict motorized travel. That was a time that people started creating rail buggies out of VW motors and not respecting the already established roads. Been a bit since I discussed this! My two cents.

@barbmack7098

3 жыл бұрын

Same here -- a week-end geology field trip in the mid1990s' -- it was "trippy!!" I was surprised to see the disrepair that the place is in today -- I think that the CSU system still owns the place and still for field trips.

@prodbydramatic

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewg4956 id like to hear more of it. best way to get ahead is to know the past I'm 33

This is great. I drove by the Zzyzx Road sign many years ago and chuckled at the name, and certainly wondered what was down there but didn't care enough to turn around... now I know, thanks.

I was driving to law Vegas up the 15 North last week and saw this road and wondered what it was and told myself I would research it. I forgot and hadn’t looked it up at all and all of a sudden I’m recommended this video. What a trip but I’m glad I was recommended this and watched cause now my curiosity has been filled thank you

@SurrealAdventure

2 жыл бұрын

Your welcome! Please give the video a like and subscribe for more offbeat content!

I visited ZZYZX resort in 1969. I was twelve years old. We were staying at Mountain Air Ranch family nudist camp in Indian Hills, Colorado; when we met Mike, the manager of the rock group "The Chambers Brothers'. He told us about a health resort called "Zzyzx" in the Mojave desert in California. So, we traveled in our rambler station wagon to the resort (my parents and five brothers and sisters; I was the oldest kid). We stayed in one of the rooms and took alot of vitamins as it was definitely a HEALTH resort. At midnight we went hiking because it was so hot in the day that you couldn't hike. We hiked out on Soda lake. I had never seen anything like it to hike on; it was like white sulphur! We were from New Jersey and had just moved to Colorado the year before. I had never seen or been to any place like it. It was like another planet to me! Like Arizona was!! Anyway, I loved it and we then drove on to Calico ghost town and I bought a ring there which I mailed to Paris Hilton, forty years later!!! She MIGHT have it? I can never forget visiting ZZYZX health resort in the Mojave desert! TOM LIPPI Denver, Colorado

@SurrealAdventure

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Tom, for sharing the memory. Your maybe the 3rd person now to share an experience of actually having gone there back in it's heyday. Do you remember if you met Curtis Springer? He would have been the old white haired man that ran the place...

@tomlippi7763

Жыл бұрын

@@SurrealAdventure After seeing this video; I recall the building looks the same, and I remember how when we ate at the table in like a small cafe, he had vitamins laid out next to the cereal bowl, which reminded me of my Dad at home; how he laid out a line of vitamins for us every morning. I loved hiking at night because I had never done this, it seemed like walking on the moon or something, a little scary but adventurous! I think I remember the mineral baths, and my dad became mineral crazy after that. He bought a water softener after that for our water at home. Plus Aurora, Colorado has some of the cleanest water in the USA; our hometown at the time. I think I barely remember the guy but my Dad was extremely interested in his philosophies. My Dad's reason for moving to Colorado from New Jersey was because his chiropractor, Dr. Pagano, told him that a dry climate would cure his bersitus! Then I saw Dr. Pagano on "Unsolved Mysteries" because of his UFO studies! I was on that show once in Telluride, Colorado, playing the brother of Eva Schoen; who was murdered (U-haul family). Staying on this subject; Zyzzx seemed like a special place, very healthy. The leader might have looked like Dr. Smith on "Lost in Space"! I felt like an explorer, like Will Robinson. I really loved visiting the Petrified Forest in Arizona a couple years before! I still have a piece of Petrified wood from the sixties, which I treasure. When we visited Arizona, I was taking a leak by the roadside, and when I got back to the car, my Dad said, I said that I thought I saw space creatures!!! I was ten years old then. I saw in the movie about Jim Morrison, that he had a similar experience in the desert. Also the guy who guided us while hiking might have been him. I have traveled thru the 48 states mostly by myself. South Dakota is another fascinating area. The Lakota woman in a gift shop, asked me, if it was okay that she burned sweet grass while I was in there. I then felt like my body was halfway in the ground! I pulled over and laid down on the ground in a rest area, til I felt okay to continue. When I got back to Colorado, I asked a person they called, "The Church Lady" ( native American) what happened, and she said that I was bound to the Earth by an Indian maiden. She said that this can only be done to a special person! I felt important. I was born on Easter Sunday on Queen Elizabeth II's birthday. I have also hiked up thirty-two fourteeners to the top, almost all by myself. I have had an OBE (outta body experience) after being hit by a car, while walking in the crosswalk, and it made me an even more devoted Catholic because I realized that God is my Father! Thanks, Tom Lippi

wow... always wondered where this road's name came from whenever I saw it on my way to Vegas. He must have found some gold since it would have taken a fortune to build in middle of nowhere. If you exit on this road at night, you will see beautiful sky full of stars.

@joeschmidl3837

2 жыл бұрын

Dude that founded it was a preacher and hustled "herbal remedies".Plus, back then you could homestead for free on BLM land..

@savannahsmiles1797

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeschmidl3837 today they hustle CBD so what is the difference?

@haoleharold6556

2 жыл бұрын

@@savannahsmiles1797 one actually works lol

Last 25 years I have always stopped here and smoked a bowl on way to Vegas. Always

@SurrealAdventure

3 жыл бұрын

I love it. I’ll have to do that someday!

@kjkkoch1036

3 жыл бұрын

A long time ago I was told this was the only road in America that was that was spelled with all consonants. (NEVER FACT CHECKED,LOL) That is why I always stop there, as a toast to individuality. Strange I know!! But it is what it is...

@davej3781

3 жыл бұрын

When presented with a road named Zzyzx, whilst possessing the requisite paraphernalia and consumables, that seems an entirely reasonable thing to do.

@brandonhethcox5354

3 жыл бұрын

I would like to someday stop in and check out this place.

@Fred2681

3 жыл бұрын

Wants to go to Vegas with you now..just sayin💨💨💨

Very cool! Thank you showing us this hidden gem and it’s unique history.

@SurrealAdventure

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Please give the video a like, and subscribe for more!

Every time driving back from Vegas this exit always caught my attention, thanks for exploring

@SurrealAdventure

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome, thanks for enjoying! Please give the video a like and subscribe for more as soon as my broken arm and dislocated shoulder heels…

I used to run loads back and forth between Los Angeles and Denver. That sign was definitely a landmark when coming back into Southern California.

10 years ago no one would give this place a second thought...now it speaks of peace and quiet we wish we had in our communities.

@linusp9316

3 жыл бұрын

Other than the several decades that people inhabited it, you mean? ;)

@HeadNtheClouds

2 жыл бұрын

Lack of upkeep & crumbling decay?

@joelspringman7748

2 жыл бұрын

(Singing) I wish, I wish, I wish I could be a Zzyxx... (Apology to Mr. Limpet.)

@joelspringman7748

2 жыл бұрын

@@HeadNtheClouds Like the Rust Belt?

@f87115

2 жыл бұрын

You can have this quiet in your community , it’s called don’t live in a community ,, the woods are peaceful

Stopped in there just because of that sign, just had to see what up😊 great vid. Thanks🌹

Thank you for such an amazing and informative video. I always wondered what was on this road. And now I know. Seems like a nice historical outing.

@SurrealAdventure

Жыл бұрын

Your welcome! Here's some more info on the place I think you will enjoy: www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/zzyzx-revisiting-doc-springers-boulevard-of-dreams

10 years ago, I lived in Tehachapi for almost a year while I was helping build a windfarm. I remember seeing this exit sign many times as I drove around exploring the area. I always wondered about that name. So cool finally understanding the history of that area. Now a have to get back out and see SoCal again. I miss it out there!

@joeschmidl3837

2 жыл бұрын

Stop lying, 4 hour drive from Tehachapi to this exit

@adamdavis7663

2 жыл бұрын

Okay keyboard warrior!!! You talk big for someone who can talk big without having to worry about getting a punch in the mouth!! I come from a generation that doesn't take getting called a liar lightly!! I drive all over Socal when I lived out there!! So shut your damn mouth dumbass!!!

@Species5008

Жыл бұрын

Take the retard driver with you

I've always wondered where that road led to. I pass it all the time. Now I'll have to check it out for myself. I love your choice for background ambient music. Great video, thank you.

Something so appealing about an oasis in a vast desert. Very livable. What an awesome place. Thanks so much for this well done video.

@SurrealAdventure

2 жыл бұрын

Well, thank you so much for watching and enjoying! Please give the video a like and subscribe for more!

Always wondered where old Zzyzx went! Nice video.

@SurrealAdventure

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Please give the video a like and subscribe for more offbeat stuff!

These 'places that time forgot' are always fascinating. 😃

Wife and I made a baby there,1981. On the way to vegas.

@jerryeastman170

3 жыл бұрын

What kind of shape was the place in at that time? I am very curious as to the history

@SurrealAdventure

3 жыл бұрын

There is more info available here: www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/zzyzx-revisiting-doc-springers-boulevard-of-dreams

@Michael-fx9xr

3 жыл бұрын

Tmi

@ObeyyShadesz

3 жыл бұрын

Gross lmao

@lyndonethomas1237

3 жыл бұрын

I was born in 81....Daddy?....

Thanks for sharing . I would often find myself going through older places as such just to see what once was or could be now but I've gotten too old and too lazy to do as such these days . .

@SurrealAdventure

2 жыл бұрын

Thats what youtube is for. Search for the channel Wonderhussy, she goes to a lot of remote ghost towns and explores a lot of the desert. you would probably enjoy!

As with many motorists I’ve driven by the road but never had a curiosity to follow it. Thanks for the enlightenment maybe the next time I come upon it I’ll go and breathe the air.

@SurrealAdventure

2 жыл бұрын

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I yawn and feel sleepy every time I drive by this road. Like I need a nap or something.

@RW-pc5ih

3 жыл бұрын

Les Rosin 😁😁

@Brujadel89

3 жыл бұрын

It’s haunted

@BlueGoat682

3 жыл бұрын

Les... It sounds like you need just a few more ZZZZZ's :-)

@pattihainline1573

3 жыл бұрын

@@BlueGoat682 it's cool you can just add tgem to tge nane! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@moniqueh7993

2 жыл бұрын

U just made me yawn 🥱 lol

We've driven past the sign many times and wondered what the name meant and what was down the road. We never checked, so seeing this video is enlightening. Thanks.

I'm really digging your choice of music for this video, I had to finish watching it in the other room because my wife was anticipating screaming any minute. lol Thank you for sharing & I will definitely check the place out the next time I'm in the area.

@SurrealAdventure

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Have respect if you go there, the maintained buildings are part of the CSU School system. Also, the road is very long and washboard, so don't take your lowered 350z there. Also, don't go in the middle of summer, or you might not come home. Thanks for watching, please give the video a like and subscribe for more offbeat stuff!~

Thanks for answering the age old question for many of us who have passed this place on the way to Vegas

@SurrealAdventure

2 жыл бұрын

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Wow I have passed this place so many times wondering where do it goes. Wow thank you for the upload

I too, like many others, have wondered for years what was down this road and how it got it's name. We were always in a hurry to get where we were going or in a hurry to get back home. Thank you for sharing this!

@SurrealAdventure

3 жыл бұрын

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Thank you! Been going to Las Vegas for nearly 50 years and always wondered what was on this road every time we'd pass it!

@WorshiptheFatherandStayclean

3 жыл бұрын

I know on your way you stopped at Primm for a little fun on the way.

@SurrealAdventure

2 жыл бұрын

There is more information about this place, as well as some interesting stories here: www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/zzyzx-revisiting-doc-springers-boulevard-of-dreams

Great video. I've passed that exit dozens of times but have never gone down it. Thank you for the revelation.

@SurrealAdventure

2 жыл бұрын

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Always wondered about this driving by the exit. Thank you for solving the mystery.

Passed by this road hundreds of times and never new this existed. Thanks for the tour very informative...might have to visit one day.

This was great, How I wondered driving by what was out there, other than a place for a pit stop in the middle of the night.

I pass by it often but I was curious myself, and now I know. Thanks for sharing 👍

@SurrealAdventure

Жыл бұрын

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Wow! Thank you so much! I was born in Las Vegas and moved to Southern California when I was 12. I moved back to Las Vegas about 5 times because of construction work. My family always stayed in Southern California. The reason I bring this up is because I have driven past this road over 250 times. At least. And I never checked this road out, so thank you for checking it out for me! Awesome video!

@SurrealAdventure

3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

Driven past this exit countless times, thanks for the insight.

@eddyvideostar

3 жыл бұрын

Tim G. Why were you driving though so frequently? Where were you going or doing?

@glidden67

3 жыл бұрын

@@eddyvideostar Running drugs.

Great video. I used to drive trucks and have been through the Mojave a few times, and that exit sign has stuck with me. It's cool to know a little bit about the story behind it.

@SurrealAdventure

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Please give the video a like and subscribe for more offbeat stuff! If you want to learn more about Zzyzx here is a great KCET article:www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/zzyzx-revisiting-doc-springers-boulevard-of-dreams

Very interesting. Driven by that sign took many times to count. Had no idea where it led to until this. Thanks for sharing!

@SurrealAdventure

2 жыл бұрын

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Excellent video, drove past that road I don't know how many times during the 33 years I lived in Long Beach California. Probably came within moments of turning off that exit so many times, but there was always something that couldn't wait and I figured I'd get back there. Left California nine years ago, and now my personal mystery has been solved LOL. Thanks for posting this!

@SurrealAdventure

3 жыл бұрын

I also live in Long Beach. Be glad you left, it's getting much worse.

Hopefully there's a couple of vowels down there somewhere.

@gringa978

3 жыл бұрын

Top comment 🥇

@jamesbckmstro3

3 жыл бұрын

Well there is the 'sometimes Y' rule

@randyg666

3 жыл бұрын

Ok you get the award 👏🤣😂

@williamwingo4740

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesbckmstro3 Sometimes 'w' too, as in "cwm."

@moedollas4194

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Like so many who commented on here, I drove past many times on the road to Vegas. I’m glad to have my curiosity sated. It looked beautiful in the first pictures. It would be nice for someone to restore it to be used as a refreshment stop or an overnight inn. I don’t know how far down the road you’d have to drive. Probably too far for it to be feasible and those going to Vegas were probably as anxious to get there as we were. I had been driving that route in the 70’s and I’m happy to see what was out there. Thank you for showing us all. There’s a lot of interested people.

@SurrealAdventure

Жыл бұрын

If you watch the whole video, the Desert Studies Center, part of CSULB occupies the maintained portion of the property, which is over 90% of it. Thanks for watching, please give the video a like and subscribe for more offbeat stuff!

Very cool! I was stationed at George AFB in Victorville and have passed by this road hundreds of times! Thanks for posting!!!

@SurrealAdventure

2 жыл бұрын

Your welcome. Thanks for watching. Please like and subscribe for more! (as soon as I have rotator cuff surgery, and my broken arm heals).

@noremorse6898

2 жыл бұрын

So was I, in 1976-77. Worked in the telecommunications center as a Teletype maintenance tech.

Finally someone else is curious about this road, and how it got it's name, I've been wanting to know about it for years and years and years. It's a shame that they just let it go, I bet it was awesome back in the day. Thank you 👍💯😁

Ive been by there a few times!Love the name always catches my attention.

Driven on i-15 from san diego to vegas countless times. Always wondered what was at the end of Zzyzx Road. Thank you for posting.

@SurrealAdventure

2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome, thanks for watching, please give the video a like and subscribe for more offbeat stuff!

thanks for showing this, when I was a kid we would drive past Zzyzx Road on our way to trips out of town, Saturday morning cartoon taught how to say the name.

When I was 10 in 1965, I met Mr Springer there at Zxyzx Springs. I remember him telling us that when he first arrived there were a few descendants of Beale’s camels still around.

@c7adventures376

3 жыл бұрын

Like General Beal,????

@illhaveanother4365

3 жыл бұрын

Like Jerry?

@linnymaemullins3319

3 жыл бұрын

Cool

@linusp9316

3 жыл бұрын

I think he was pulling your leg a little. That's almost 80 years and hundreds of miles from the last sightings.. If not, he should've taken a picture!

@miriamappelbaum1310

2 жыл бұрын

Wow! We used to go out to Apple Valley, to visit friends that moved out there; but my dad wouldn't have let us explore elsewhere, because we had to get back home to tend to our farm.

I used to camp out there with Alan Romspert who contributed greatly to The Herbarium at the CSUF Desert Studies Consortium that is mentioned in the video and one of my mentors from college Dr. Allan Schoenherr....man those were some good days. ‘ROMS’ (as he was known by his friends) unfortunately passed from cancer in 2009. May we meet again. -JIm

@sherilynlum-alarcon5007

3 жыл бұрын

So is it still a research lab?

@scottwhite6266

3 жыл бұрын

RIP Alan Romspert.

Wow this place looks interesting. One day i might want to explore it too but with my family or friends I enjoyed this video. like always Safety always is first. I look foard for more Desert videos.😉

@SurrealAdventure

Жыл бұрын

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I’ve always wondered what was down that road!! 😆😆 Thanks for sharing!! 😁

@SurrealAdventure

Жыл бұрын

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I was just there over the holiday weekend and it was quite the experience. My kids were scared at first since it's so remote but loved it at the end.

@SurrealAdventure

5 жыл бұрын

Veronica Almendra glad you enjoyed, it’s quite beautiful!

I see Zzyzx all the time going to Vegas..The sign is on the side of the mountain on the Freeway.. It is in the middle of nowhere.. Wow amazing..

@asiasmaster

3 жыл бұрын

Working for Caltrans Maintenance i remove several illegal stickers from that sign.

Thanks for the video ! It’s interesting that long ago, these health resorts were pretty common. There was one on the island on Mono Lake, Pasadena, Mt Lowe ..

@SurrealAdventure

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting. I didn't really realize that. I know that on her channel "Wonderhussy" went out on mono lake to that fake volcano there, and explored what she called a "tuberculosis" camp that used to be there. I know about the Mt. Lowe resort, that was more or less a posh resort for the rich and famous until it burned down...

@charleyfolkes

3 жыл бұрын

@@SurrealAdventure Yeah, the one on Paoha island has ruins of the chicken coops and goat pens and it’s near a permanent natural fresh water spring that flows into the salty, alkali Mono lake. Thanks for the videos! I subscribed

@SurrealAdventure

3 жыл бұрын

@@charleyfolkes Your welcome, and thanks for the info. It sounds like I'm going to have to go there. I would like to see all that stuff, and I haven't been to Bodie yet. I don't do this full time, like some youtubers, I have a JOB lol, but when I have time and energy, there's stuff to find!

@charleyfolkes

3 жыл бұрын

@@SurrealAdventure Haaahhhh ! Job .. I hear that. We spent a couple weeks around there canoeing and exploring side trips from guidebooks. I’ll look for your email and send you some info. Thanks again !

@SurrealAdventure

3 жыл бұрын

@@charleyfolkes Sure surrealadventure@yahoo.com

I've seen that sign for decades and always wondered. Thanks!

@SurrealAdventure

Жыл бұрын

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It was mandatory for my ecology-based Biology class to attend an overnight stay in Zzyxz. I never expected the trip to fulfill my wish to see a wild tarantula.

@leilal8053

4 жыл бұрын

Better you than me!😲😬

@Daniel-yd8jg

4 жыл бұрын

Really

@RegularInvader

4 жыл бұрын

@@Daniel-yd8jg The purpose of the trip was to study desert ecosystems. All my classmates needed to observe the environment in order to answer our worksheet questions.

@daveclark7983

3 жыл бұрын

We did the same when I attended classes at Long Beach City... we stayed a weekend and hiked and enjoyed outdoor classes on nature studies.

@haroldhatley4275

3 жыл бұрын

I spent a weekend there with my Dessert Ecology class in 1982. Most fun class i’ve ever taken. Thank you Mick Bondello and Hancock College.

They never renamed that road? Even when I was a kid in the ‘70s the ZZYZX road signs always got stolen. California’s Gold! RIP Huell. 💙

@georgeespino3929

3 жыл бұрын

I thought I was the only one who watched Huell Housers tv show, LOL.

@SurrealAdventure

3 жыл бұрын

I loved that episode. I wish he were still around!

@georgeespino3929

3 жыл бұрын

I used to watch huell’s California Gold, on channel 22 KCET of Orange County

@the1truth420

3 жыл бұрын

Good ol huell

@SearchIndex

3 жыл бұрын

love Huell

After watching this video and what a nice place to visit and next time I go to Vegas and now I know what's off that exit. Thanks for the video

@SurrealAdventure

2 жыл бұрын

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Thanks for this video. I've passed this road tons of times, never knowing it went anywhere. Maybe one day I'll get to drive down it & explore a bit. Just to say I did. I understand classes might be in session, so yes, I'll absolutely be respectful. I love this video! Thanks again! 💞

@SurrealAdventure

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed. Getting to be an old video now, but I’m sure the place hasn’t changed much. Thanks for watching! Please give it a like, and subscribe for more offbeat stuff!

@NettieJeter

2 ай бұрын

I did give it a like & subscribed. Thanks again!

I was always fascinated with that exit.

@parksusan1288

3 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@summerstorms1289

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! I love road trips and always wondered where that exit took you.

@manofthematchbox8422

3 жыл бұрын

@@summerstorms1289 why you never drove this road ?

@megalorain

3 жыл бұрын

@@manofthematchbox8422 usually people are going someplace and don't have time

@manofthematchbox8422

3 жыл бұрын

@@megalorain okay, if you mean

I never knew this existed, I just thought Zzyzx Rd was a road to nowhere. Those buildings could be rehabilitated and a resort made there.

Seen that sign so many times, it's nice someone brought a video for us.

@SurrealAdventure

2 жыл бұрын

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Great video and education. Thanks for sharing!!!! I learned so much.

@SurrealAdventure

2 жыл бұрын

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40 yrs of seeing that sign. mystery finnally solved. gonna take my kids there if i ever go back to cali.

One of my favorite videos, a beautiful and eerie place with lots of history.

@HiThere-jd5ir

6 жыл бұрын

Surreal Adventure I have always been curious about that road. I'm from Las Vegas

@douglasbair5647

3 жыл бұрын

Here in southern Utah near St George, there is an area designated as the “ lambing grounds”, as I have explored some of the Jeep trails, I’ve seen sheep on the hillsides. If you drive west through the Gorge early mornings, you sometimes will see sheep on the side of the freeway, making their way to the river. It’s a fun experience to see them!

@ekdaman13

3 жыл бұрын

Those annoying 2 notes you have playing in the background make it hard to watch. Had to turn the sound off

@robertowens9979

2 жыл бұрын

Government shut him down because it was probably healing people and they want you sick so you can rely on big pharmakia

I really enjoyed this very intresting video. But what was even more interesting was that I just couldn’t pull myself away from reading all the interesting and funny comments😄

@SurrealAdventure

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Please give the video a like, and check out some of the others in my library!

Passed the sign directing to Zzyyx many times growing up. Thanks for taking us there. 👍

@SurrealAdventure

2 жыл бұрын

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We pulled off and filmed a short scene in the movie “Malevolence” there in 2003 on our way from Vegas to LA. Beautiful desert landscapes, handy to the highway, and remote enough to not get hassled by gawkers.

@mr.bigglesworthyoumagnific4281

2 жыл бұрын

And no permits!

Always was a bit curious about the road in Vegas trips but also figured it was just more dirt or maybe a freaky rundown building or two like most of the desert.

My partner and I visited here a few days ago on a small roadtrip out west. They now have most of the campus blocked off with various signs asking people to stay out of the campus. We were allowed to walk around he small pond, but unfortunately didn't want to risk crossing the boundary into the old resort as we saw various vehicles on the lot. Very cools to see what it actually looks like on the inside.

@SurrealAdventure

2 жыл бұрын

I made this before the band "Stone Sour" sung their popular song "Zzyzx Rd." which attracted a lot of attention to this place, so I'm sure they're just doing what they need to protect the place. At least it's on various videos, which serve a public interest.

@1990758

2 жыл бұрын

Always pass it on the way to Vegas would you recommend I go visit it.

@grigorigahan

2 жыл бұрын

@@SurrealAdventure Just how old is this video? Zzyzx Rd the song came out in 2007, 15 years ago.

@sathanas420

Жыл бұрын

@@SurrealAdventure says you made this video in 2017. the stone sour song was made way before that like in 07

@sathanas420

Жыл бұрын

@@SurrealAdventure more likely, all these vloggers going up there is what prompted them to block it off.

great video, always got a kick out of the name of the road passing by. now I want to check it out. thx

@SurrealAdventure

2 жыл бұрын

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Thank you so much for the tour....I believe Huell Howser too visited some years back...in your video it is special to actually see people in the picture...'arrested decay'....so much of our California desert in this present status...I think of Salton Sea...that there might eventually bring the place back to past glory....

@miriamappelbaum1310

2 жыл бұрын

I've heard that there's been talk about that very thing. But who knows if it would ever come to fruition. We all know that it would take some wealthy developers to get another "vision" to re-build there. And they wouldn't bother to save anything historical. Maybe the Bar. But they are more likely to level it all out, like they do most things. Sorry to sound so cynical, but that seems to be mostly how it is. .

@sathanas420

Жыл бұрын

the salton sea is forever doomed, no chance of bringing the place back to its past glory. the sand from the lake that gets blown into the air is deadly.

I see that name everytime I go from CALIFORNIA to Nevada

@acctadmin4073

3 жыл бұрын

@@fayemarshall2254 was that English?

@illhaveanother4365

3 жыл бұрын

@@acctadmin4073 Russian

@lindaseel8633

3 жыл бұрын

@NiteStorm, there is a Zzyzx road just outside of Las Vegas. It dead ends at the hill and I believe that one may be a native burial ground. Always got creepy feelings just as we passed it.

Wow I always wondered about that road. Great video!

@SurrealAdventure

Жыл бұрын

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Thanks so much for the video. I always asked me what this road sign is all about. I am swiss tourist and a Vegas freak and saw several times this road sign and finally I realized what I missed to visit instead of driving direct to Vegas. Wish to visit next time this place.

@SurrealAdventure

2 жыл бұрын

Next time your in the area, stop at Baker (the town up the road) and check out the cute restaurants. There is a road there, next to the Mad Greek, that goes north into Death Valley - Death Valley Rd. It's one of the more Beautiful and scenic roads in this area. It will take you through Tecopah Hot Springs, the old town of Amargosa, where there is a beautiful old hotel, miles of desert and playa, then you will come to the northeast end of Death Valley, where you can stop at Furnace Creek, and see the beautiful resort they built, the ghost town of Rhyolite, and the old town of Beatty Nevada is nearby. Thanks for watching, please give the video a like, and subscribe for more offbeat stuff!

@eljefe1153

2 жыл бұрын

@@SurrealAdventure thanks, I put that on my schedule too for the next trip. Thanks for the tip.

Oh wow thank you. You solved my long time Mystery.

Very interesting video, you chose the best background music for it, good job 👍🏼

@SurrealAdventure

4 жыл бұрын

Not everyone can feel it, glad you could!

@russb8151

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds a bit like Boards of Canada

Thanks for sharing. We’ve passed that road and alway curious as to why the name.

Thank you for stopping and showing what is out that road. Have always wondered what was on that road going to Vegas but that is far as my thought process went. 😂 What a GREAT video!!! How could that small pool be so clean?

@SurrealAdventure

Жыл бұрын

I drove past it for 20 years without stopping. Then one day I was meeting a friend for lunch from Arizona, and we decided to go to Baker, and I suggested we take a drive down Zzyzx Rd. just to see what's there. Watch the whole video / read the subtitles, I explain the pool. Thanks for watching!

That was pretty interesting. Now on our yearly drives to Vegas I'll know what we are passing.

I have a field trip there with my college eco class in Spring 2018. It was surprising to me that you can actually stay there over night (in the old resort) with the right arrangement. Although, it's a bit chill-spine to me. Amazing experience!

Every time I've driven past that sign I wondered what that road leads to. Thanks for showing us!

@SurrealAdventure

Жыл бұрын

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