@@terrikoop416 wow Terri thank you so much for watching this! I remember last year you had mentioned praying for me during the really bad parts of my life, and I am really grateful for the prayers and that God put this on your heart, and how He was worked, and continues to work in our lives! Thank you so much! Praise Him!

@@paulmartinez51 they were not the stairs I wanted, but they were the stairs I NEEDED LOL

You can burn off the calories from the pizza! 🍕 😁

Hey thank you so much! I take note of any encouragement to preach the word, and I thank God for you and the encouragement you’re sharing. It means more than you know, and it helps push me to keep being bold and trusting that the Lord will plant seeds and get the message to the right people! Thank you again and I hope God blesses you continually

@@simonsays365 thank you so much! I appreciate you!

@@dadblogCA It is nice to see someone on KZbin that talks about God's word because without him we are nothing!

@@simonsays365 amen! Praise God for all He has done! And I pray that it plants a seed with people that need to hear it, even if they get angry at me and call me names at first

@@dadblogCA Praise God!

LOL WHAT? I'm married dude, why would I do that? hahaha The second part of the trip, from Nebraska back to CA has my whole family, but I had to drive to Nebraska alone

@@dadblogCA OK. That makes sense. I must have missed that part. Just please be careful with both male and female hitchhikers. I got stabbed in the leg with a metal fork by one and I don't want that happening to you while going solo to Nebraska. Might want to also turn your phone location on for your family to keep an extra set of eyes on you.

Also, I gave your video a like and subscribed. Hope it helps the algorithm.

@@UncleLesterCam I'm taking a "mental note" for future roadtrips: Do not pick up hitch hikers! This was filmed in early July, so I'm a couple months behind in the editing process, but thankfully, I know for future trips!

Good point. Hitchhiking incidents are up quite a bit of late. Make sure you throughly screen and search anyone before giving them a ride!

@@paulmartinez51 It’s absolutely stunning, especially the pool area at the Wynn, it’s probably the most beautiful thing ive ever seen in my life lol

@@dadblogCA one of my close friends stays at the Wynn almost every year for her wedding anniversary 👍

If I can afford it I would definitely consider staying there

@@paulmartinez51 I think if you sign up for their players card, you get way cheaper rooms. This room was a little bit more expensive, I think it was like $410 before taxes/resort fees, but without the players card, it would have been like $550. That's even without a ton of players points, if any at all. I'm pretty sure I signed up online too, hopefully that helps

Thank you so much! It's my first time using "LUTs" in the video editing process : D

@@rainbow20112011 I get what you’re saying, but I really enjoyed this property. I’ve always enjoyed the “Coney Island” / boardwalk vibe, and I like the idea of the boardwalk coming to life at night. It wasn’t the room I was paying for as much as the experience imho. And I should mention a couple of other things: When I say underrated, I guess I'm speaking in general, because I hear people say so many things about the big name "deluxe resorts", that the Boardwalk tends to get overlooked. The last couple trips I have gone to Disney, I stayed at Shades of Green, which is probably the best value you can get at a Disney resort hands down, $174 a night, no tax, and directly next to the Polynesian. On this trip, I stayed one night at the Boardwalk and 2 nights at Shades of Green, and it was mainly because I wanted to film a YT video of the Boardwalk. But other than that, I do mostly agree with what you're saying, this isn't the best "value", I just really enjoyed the property.

@@dadblogCA Shade of Green is not open to the pubic, I think. It's only meant for military members and their families, veterans, etc...I could be wrong though. Also, you don't need to be staying at the Boardwalk Inn in order to access the Boardwalk. You can still stay at another hotel, access the Boardwalk at night, and then go back to a different hotel.

@@rainbow20112011 You're right about SoG, I get access as a disabled veteran. I get what you're saying, but that made no practical sense for us. I had my 1 year old son, we also went to Epcot that night, which was a 10 minute walk from Boardwalk, and I specifically wanted to film a vlog at the Boardwalk, and I've always wanted to stay here. I was hoping to get a balcony to sit on the porch at night and film the "boardwalk", but unfortunately that didn't work out. God provided what I needed financially to do this, so we didn't have to do anything crazy to make this happen.

Wow, thank you so much for the kind words! I worked at Chuck E Cheese in Patchogue NY, right off Sunrise Highway by the 112. Unfortunately, the "source" video footage I used here was so short, because my GM told me to put the camera away, and this was before it was "normal" to film, back in 2000 or 2001 I want to say. So I took short clips from a video that's probably 1 min to 2 minutes at tops, but I could email it to you if you want it for "memories" sake? I really wish I had filmed more back then TBH

Awesome! I'm so glad this helped somebody else! I couldn't find ANY videos on KZbin that explained it!

remember I use to live there and was just as confused about the tennis scene lol

@@Theway202 Haha dude this sounds like a very reasonable explanation XD

@@Those_Weirdos take it before God bro, 1 Corinthians 4:4 Also, I’m praying for you. If theres anything specific you need prayer for, let me know. If not, I will just pray that Jesus turns your heart to Him fully

Praying for you man. You obviously don’t clearly understand the message he’s giving. And that’s ok, I’m not perfect either so not bashing you man. Show compassion and love heals yourself also.. I learned that the hard way take that advice

@@catalinaszilvagyi7010 yes, I wanted to make sure I filmed a nice blog/tour of the place for anyone else that used to go here a ton when we were kids circa 1992-1995

@@kingtrav wow this is actually a really interesting fact! I was wondering why there were cheese curds

@@brandonlabbe3577 amazing analogy and 100% accurate, I’ve heard all the stores are closed now, and I kinda want to do a follow up video now that I’ve upgraded cameras before they permanently shut this place down

@@dadblogCA it was just an immensely strange place to build a nice and, if I remember right, fairly big mall. I just happened to remember it today from my last road trip to Vegas 5 years ago. Even pre-pandemic, it was maybe 60% shuttered, maybe 70%. It was pretty sad. Looked nice and new, though maybe looked new due to lack of use and foot traffic. I really don't know what they were thinking. It looked new enough to have been built long past the old casino's heyday, so I really really really don't know what they were thinking. Only a gas station and convenience store could survive in that location now. If you're really going to go again, be safe and don't go alone. If it really is completely abandoned, you never know if someone's waiting to commit an easy opportunistic crime. Also I'm not going to say all but I think most of the art was probably innocent. A lot of artists do drugs and paint what they see. If you think drugged hallucinations could have demonic influences, well then there you go, but I think most of the artists probably had innocent intentions.

@@brandonlabbe3577 I definitely think the drugged out visions are demonic, although the artists themselves probably look at it as an "insight into the spiritual world", but these demons all use the same symbology, that's why you see the "all seeing eye" all over the place, along with a lot of similar patterns.There are a lot of pieces that I couldn't find symbolism in, so I shouldn't make that absolute broad accusation, but the stuff with the flamingos was weird, and I actually didn't even notice it until I got home and was video editing. In the end though, there is a ton of occult symbolism, and this is in an abandoned shopping mall that is still running like a day to day business, that is clean, and open, and it's connected to a hotel that's completely empty, has a parking garage, and a road that leads to an airport. Not trying to be "WHOA WHAT A CONSPIRACY" but something is definitely off about the place. There was a part in the video where I felt something zoom past my ear, and I just commanded it to be silent in Jesus name. I edited that part out cause I don't want to be using stuff like that to promote the channel or get views, but I figure since most people aren't reading this comment it's important to note. Whatever spirits or demons are there, they can't touch somebody who belongs to Christ. So my intent for the follow up video would really be to outline how the hotel and the mall connect, but I think I've already said what needs to be said in this video.

@@dadblogCA a mall without stores, a hotel without rooms, a casino WITHOUT EMPLOYEES (I can't get over that one; you're right, there probably isn't money in the machines to win if you played). I'm definitely not a conspiracy theorist but something is NOT right about that. Money laundering, perhaps? Seems like the simplest explanation. The owners should probably be investigated.

@@brandonlabbe3577 I agree, I’m really not trying to sound weird LOL, it just doesn’t make sense.

@@janmead5896 I’m not sure, and actually, when I tried to describe the roller coaster in this description, I got flagged for the word “shoot!” So I had to change it LOL Thank you so much for the kind words, I really appreciate it! I’m hoping to keep working hard at this and hopefully by next year the videos will be way better!

@@janmead5896 thank you so much for this encouragement, I kid you not, I was kinda just beating myself up after checking some stats and wondering if this could be effective at all for the Lord, and then your comment came up and was super encouraging. I truly appreciate you!

Hey I truly appreciate this, thank you so much!

Hey thank you so much for these kind words, I can't tell you how much I needed this encouragement today! God bless you bro!

I appreciate you G-money, thank you!

@@bigtush85 nope! We just had to pay for the bay itself, and if I recall correctly, they said the bay covers up to 6 people!

@@dadblogCA awesome thank u.

Yes! Believe it or not!

Yes

Hey thank you SO much for the kind words! I'm glad you noticed that part (the journey) I'm trying to include "the journey" in all my videos : )

@@dianezierau haha that makes it even better! How old was I? 0?

@@dadblogCA it was 1984 and we were on our way to San Diego for spouse duty. I know we both had to report in October. Arizona would definitely have been near the end of the cross-country drive, and you would have been about 8 months old. Lol, we must have been seeing signs for it for at least 500 miles - probably since TX - and there was no way Dad wasn’t going to stop! I got a poncho out of it and a black hills gold ring, both from the (much smaller) souvenir shop. 💙

@@edandveddastravels3251 thank you so much! In a few weeks I will be filming videos from the VIP sections at the Marlins stadium and the Rays stadium! God has made a way for these tickets to be available! I’m super stoked!

@@CaptainJackScrapper thank you for the kind words, I appreciate you!

Fo sho! There's a reason everyone votes PETCO! ITS THE BEST!

@@MiltenMichal honestly man, i think 2 hours for 4 adults should be fine, and you can always extend, it also depends on budget, if you’re going midday/midweek it is much cheaper. But with the kids I think we took longer between turns, and especially when the food came, we all sat down and ate together, so we really kinda “wasted” the time (although we were spending time together, so we were cool with it)! Thanks for the compliment, I appreciate you?

We didn’t get a campsite, but I passed the campground and they looked very very pretty compared to some of the other places we’ve gone to so far! The first half of the video was no exaggeration, the second half (by the meadow) was at least bearable, but it was still pretty bad. I’ve been to Palomar mountain during the spring and winter, and it wasn’t nearly this bad

@@dadblogCA I’m going to visit another time!

When I called pest control, it was the first thing they asked me. I mean its like 50 feet from our bedroom LOL

Bees