#572

Welcome to Wonderhussy Adventure #572
While headed to check out some land art in an exceptionally desolate part of Utah, I stumbled on more interesting stuff along the way...including a ghost town and a marker for some guy who rode his bicycle cross-country in 1903. This is my new favorite part of the country...it's FULL of weird stuff!
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[@artiehess7110]

Hi Huss, love your videos. George A. Wyman was the first person to cross the U.S on a motor vehicle. He attached a 1.5 HP gasoline engine to a standard pedal bicycle, and drove it (rode it?) from San Francisco to NYC in 51 days in 1903. He rode on railroad tracks for most of the journey. As he neared the end, his engine conked out, and he had to pedal the last 150 miles. He finished 20 days before the first 4 wheel automobile transcontinental trip was completed.

[@TheWozWizard]

Tacoma, Nevada was a depot station in the late 1800's to approximately 1920. It was the stopover for the Central Nevada R&R during the silver boom. The steps and foundation was the depot.

[@jimcharlton7869]

Motor Cycle. He is famous in many motorcycle pioneer stories. Not sure of the make. I' m gwanna look it up, again...

[@markpashia7067]

@@CarportCarl Actually common. Steel track was very costly back in those days so lesser used areas it got moved to where it was needed for more traffic areas. And as RRs got in financial trouble they often scavenged for repairs on other lines rather than purchase as they were broke.

[@markpashia7067]

@@CarportCarl Really depends on location and needs. Some leave them in place for future salvage also. Mostly based on finances but rare to see them totally abandoned as they are really high grade steel. Excellent for anvils and tool steel. Those wheels beating on them over the years make them harder still. Kind of like hammers beating them for years.

[@NiceMuslimLady]

@@CarportCarl Yes. There have been times when they have completely removed abandoned tracks, other times they have just abandoned the tracks in place. The old SP (originally it was Pacific Electric) West Santa Ana Branch from Santa Ana, thru Stanton, thru Bellflower to Paramount (in California) where they're building the new Orange County Street Car all that track was removed. The part from Stanton to Santa Ana was removed in 1977 and the part from Stanton to Paramount, I'm not sure, but, there were parts where the track was abandoned in place, and other parts where the track was torn out.

[@duramax78]

How do you know that, are you a historian.?

[@Tanks-Link]

George Adams Wyman (July 3, 1877 - November 15, 1959) was the first person to make a transcontinental crossing of the United States by motor vehicle. In 1903, Wyman rode his 1902 California Motor Company motor bicycle from San Francisco to New York City in 51 days that is some pretty hard-core stuff

[@rrich52806]

Nancy Holt's Sun Tunnels (1973-76) is located in the Great Basin Desert in northwestern Utah. Composed of four concrete cylinders that are 18 feet in length and 9 feet in diameter, Sun Tunnels is arranged in an open cross format and aligned to frame the sun on the horizon during the summer and winter solstices.

[@peadubyah6327]

The first person to bicycle across the US was Thomas Stevens in 1884 on a penny farthing (the old fashioned bike with a big tire in front). It took him 103 days to ride from San Francisco to Boston, there he boarded a ship to London and continued to ride across Europe and Asia. He returned to San Francisco in 1887 on a ship from Japan which makes him the first person to circle the globe by bicycle.

[@michaeljdeaguilar7891]

Thanks for letting me tag along. And I like your impression of Laugh-In...

[@themistocles4683]

The Rowan and Martin Laugh-In homage is cool.

[@jaytrock3217]

It actually is the first person to cross the US by motor vehicle. It is a motorcycle. I remember seeing one of these signs in Utah.

[@geejoe4506]

Fuel tank and looks like a Vee Twin.

[@jaytrock3217]

@@geejoe4506 Single Piston 90cc

[@geejoe4506]

@@jaytrock3217 It's just amazing he made it!!

[@michaeldennison436]

@@geejoe4506 The motor gave up for good in Albany and pedaled the rest of the way into NYC according to the write up from 1903 in Motorcycle Magazine.

[@marauderhot]

And a big old bush growing in the middle of it... LOL, I almost spit out my coffee.

[@Dr.Pepper001]

Some people just have dirty minds. 🤣

[@MyassesDragon]

Evidently, I'm the millionth viewer who felt compelled to inform WH that he rode a motorcycle. The way we scrutinize every detail in her videos is both good and bad. It's good that we are attentive her content. It can get a bit pedantic in a negative way when we point such things out that it becomes criticism. I wonder how many viewers were "Laugh In" ?

[@NiceMuslimLady]

An engine mounted on a bicycle frame, something like a moped.

[@californiasun5866]

@@NiceMuslimLady Mopeds came later. It was an early motorcycle. They were faster than the Model T.

[@NiceMuslimLady]

@@californiasun5866 It was an early form of motor or pedal power. Motorcycles don't typically have pedals.

[@bnln1939]

Boy the "laugh In" reference really dates us.

[@henrytowne7463]

It looks like an early take on what would become the Whizzer which started in the 40's... As for an I-80 route option; US 80 was designated on November 11, 1926, along with the rest of the U.S. Routes. The asphalt road was constructed through the valley as the main east-west route, and was open by 1927. Another road was constructed in the early 1930s, to remove curves and widen the lanes. Hogan's Heros Sgt Shultz?!?!

[@tn_bayouwulf2949]

I"m digging your "Rowan and Martin's Laugh In" vibe! (Yeah, I'm that old) May you have the Happiest of Birthdays! Sending love from the Appalachian Mountains.

[@debbiblakeslee2373]

Huh I’m that old too 😆

[@3generations393]

Hey! Who you callin old?? 👀🤷😂

[@techreviews.heretoday.gonetomo]

Loved "Laugh in". Remember the "Flying Fickle Finger of Fate award"? RIP Arte Johnson.. "Very interesting, but Stupid" was one of the lines I remember.. :^)

[@brianlanders5306]

I don't understand it, Wonderhussy isn't that old to remember Rowin & Martin comedy. Maybe her mom saved some old tapes from the show, but VHS wasn't invented then, I don't think. I can remember watching it and having a school skit on the show back in the 70s. I don't consider myself to be old though, just lived a full life.

[@slowyourroll839]

I guess I'm that old too! 🤔😂

[@ndeep45]

Undoubtedly the biggest event of the year for the company was George Wyman's success in crossing the continent on his California motorcycle. The publicity generated by this event was huge: not only did it consume pages of the specialist press (for example The Motorcycle Magazine and The Bicycling World and Motocycle Review both carried extensive reports over several issues), but the event captured good coverage in newspapers of the day

[@milotorres6894]

Thanks for the share of cool info history , ✌️👍💪🤙🖖😎🙏🌲🌎😸🇺🇸

[@tommylitz4543]

Nope. 1902 California Motor Company Motorized Bicycle. The "moto-cycle," or "motorcycle" then was considered a novelty, a play toy for young men and boys, and not realistic as a mode of transportation.

[@ndeep45]

I stand corrected

[@youruptownlowdown7745]

Your tours and exploration of the Wasteland is Amazing and Entertaining!👍

[@richwhitaker1506]

Hope you're having a great day. Watching you frolicking around the Sun Tunnels was a fun reminder of your modeling days. You've still got it. Riding a 1903 HD any where was a major event. Cross-continental trip was a supreme feat. 🎂🎉🎊

[@piratasdecordoba]

It was no HD, but a 1.5 hp, 1902 "California" brand motorbike. The founder, Roy C. Marks, created the first moto bicycle in the United States in 1896 in San Francisco. At this time HD was not in the game.

[@bubblesezblonde]

happy bday! Hey looking at that pic, it looks like an ancient motorcycle not a bicycle. I think the firs cross country bike ride was in the 1880's. Great vid! always love your enthusiasm.

[@williambent9636]

My favorite part of the sun tunnels was that the sun shone through them, casting a white shadow constellation inside the tunnel. I am guessing the constellation on each is appropriate for the season. I am grateful for your thorough critique of this work of art because I didn't get it at first glance. You do have an "artist's soul," and show someone can be smart, sensitiver, and sexy at the same time.

[@irvingr.fatback886]

Bent, W.

[@williambent9636]

@@irvingr.fatback886 Thanks.

[@duramax78]

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[@BL-jt3qt]

Love the "Laugh In" quotes. Our Wonderhussy still has 'it' and she still knows how to flaunt 'it'.

[@Katseye102]

Your so funny! You do manage to make you videos interesting. Your a hoot! ❤️❤️❤️

[@chrispenn7144]

Great video as always :) Glad you got ya rear end sorted....on ya car !;)Happy Birthday 45 looking good would pass for 35 !:)x

[@richardkeen5828]

Fun stuff! When you need a break, Wonderhussy Adventures takes you there.

[@wildweasel8564]

Love the hommage to Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.

[@doctor2bob]

to all those people who say that an art degree is a waste of time... Inspiration strikes at the strangest of times! Great episode of Wonderhussy Adventures. Well done , I enjoyed this

[@pixelpeter3883]

Love the stark contrast of that remote desert emptyness and things artifical like them concrete pipes; luckily those constellations were drilled in them, otherwise one could have mistaken them for just been abandoned after some work project :-) Girl, you really rocked that red dress!!

[@rhondalyn100]

If it didn't seem like art before Wonderhussy got ahold of it she certainly made it art through her eyes. Loved this, Sarah Jane!

[@Sparose3]

You are so entertaining Sarah! I really look forward to your videos. You take me with you when I watch them. Gets me out of the house.🏡 Thank you 😊

[@scubatrucker6806]

That looks like a 1903 motorcycle .

[@kennysherrill6542]

Well I'm not putting that place on my bucket list, it was interesting to see you doing your stuff, beautiful as always and I want to wish you a happy birthday. 🎂🥳👍❤🇺🇸

[@RagnarokArrives]

Your videos are not boring, usually interesting, and always surprising. Looking forward to Death Valley videos soon.

[@jason..1051]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Sarah jane,, you never lose it, beautiful the lady in red .. have a great day…best wishes to you 🎂❤️

[@jaminova_1969]

Hey Sarah Jane! Happy Birthday! It's always fun to see you enjoying the moment! Never lose that spirit! It's also my childhood friend's birthday today! Woo Hoo!

[@gordbaker896]

Happy Birthday Sarah.♥♥♥ Coffee and Beer. Loved the Laugh In . Loved your previous nude shots in the kiln.

[@johnholcomn8560]

Yes, Happy Birthday.

[@michaelburroughs7494]

Your a trip. I didn't think you were old enough to remember Laugh In.

[@petebradt]

Reruns, man. She's 45 today.

[@michaelburroughs7494]

Happy 45th Wonderhussey!

[@DJDouglasWarden]

Man I can't wait to get my life back in order and stable enough to take a road trip out west. It's been 10 years this week since my last visit to the mountains and desert. I so terribly miss the mountains forests and deserts. Safe travels all ☮️❤️🎵🤗🌍🏁

[@mattblack7876]

Happy birthday to you-those sun ☀️ and moon 🌙 tunnels rule Sarah-thanks for the song-🇬🇧😎

[@doctorwacky5680]

Wayback in the day, there were some of those pipes near where I grew up, we used to ride mini bikes through those things it was a lot of fun

[@lesleystrahan4665]

Still got it Wonderhussy! Love it. From Ireland....

[@Miriam-gl6vd]

Hey Wonderhussy I just so happen to be drinking a bud light mango seltzer while watching your video so.... Cheers to the memory of Mr George A. Wyman!! 🍻

[@johnrobinson5156]

First moto cross country off road desert dirt biker. FREEDOM WINS! Badass. Love the adventures🙂👍

[@nunnaurbiznez8815]

Happy bday you hussy! I remember when you had just a few thousand followers. Congrats on the glowup!

[@phyllismcmullen7910]

Sarah great video loved the laugh- in stuff

[@rhondawebb3469]

Clever how you manage to amuse yourself with the art thingys out there !! Good photo shots and video effects.

[@bruceneiman5158]

That is one of your better videos I'm very impressed you can make something out of nothing your not a boring person at all.... very interesting.

[@hburke575]

I also liked how you showed that the tunnels where frames for the landscape behind them. I admire all your creativity.

[@kennethsalyers3809]

the last part made me smile.

[@jonnafry]

I was hoping you'd poke your arms out of a couple of the holes and wave them saying "warning Will Robinson" ... full respect to the artist of course!

[@GeorgiaRidgerunner]

The whole psychadelic hippy thing with tunnels had crackin up W.H. your a treasure never change

[@gregrsvr3947]

Some great pics there for your calender

[@scottyo64]

Looks like remote controlled vehicle tire marks. The sun tunnels are now on my to-do list

[@gkeyman565]

Watching you is always interesting! Have a great day

[@hestheMaster]

The hell with all this history stuff. Sarah stumbles across what appears to be a set of culverts as a piece of art in the middle of nowhere Utah and takes full advantage of it in an inpromptu photo shoot wearing a sexy red dress and hair blowing in the wind. Worthy of a 2024 calendar shot for sure. You still got it Wonderhussy.

[@aweebunny]

Love the Rowan and Martin reference.

[@johnholcomn8560]

Even if she is too young to remember that show.

[@johnholcomn8560]

Happy Birthday, Wonderhussy!

[@paulsimonds9270]

You do pick some fun and strange spots but they look cool and they look like good sites for modeling..

[@johnrogers6291]

You find some unique spots Sarah, would love to see the night sky from that spot.

[@lavernedofelmier6496]

Your videos are awesome, get to see places I’ve never heard of or would have never gone out of the way to see. Your compound makes a great home base, so much better than Vegas.

[@ronalds2080]

The only bushes I've ever seen bigger than that one are the ones under your arms. Lol .😂😋😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Love you Sarah. 😍

[@richardp6461]

I mean this in the best way possible. You are the weirdest stuff in the Utah desert 😍☮☮

[@davidsmith2509]

Another great video, and have a wonderful Birthday!🎂🎂

[@lynn7463]

I made the pipe for the sun tunnels . You went by a place where a hermit lived in a cave for years.

[@jjh8299]

Wonderhussy, you never fail to amaze! How you are in the most desolate and most boring places and make so interesting is what make's you WONDERHUSSY! The cows are telling us what they think of the sight but I have to admit it is interesting! Just do not light a match!

[@Manidahoan]

This is a easy to see...this is motorized bicycle.

[@ncfatcyclist]

Oh yeah ! Pure gold

[@nowhereman1670]

Great thumbnail composition. I think that that was Arte Johnson who played a German WWII soldier on 'Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in.' He made funny one-liner quips with a hilarious German accent. Good job on the recall, Wonderhussy. Equally as funny. Those steps aren't indicative of a building once being there. They are symbolic of the need to "step up in life," but know your limits. I mean, otherwise you'll fall off the top step that has no further purpose. Followed by the warning of the "potholes" you'll encounter along the way. Meaning of life stuff. And those pipes. They are not just "pipes." They are symbolic of a narrow mind with occasional portals representing the self-justified, which is actually self-preservation, subscription to the deception of being able to look out at life in real time, from inside the Armour of the narrow mind as one maintains a narrowly defined path through life. You should make a sign of your own and post it for good ol George. "Hey! George A. Why man? First to cross America on a bike? WTF? Concrete Stonehenge. Only in America. Boy, oh boy am I chortling. Why, I'm CMAO. I'm actually COL. If an alien landed there post apocalypse he would be disappointed. If he was a Reptilian, that is. I mean, He would chew out his wife for not bringing his Acme Super Size Prober. I mean, after all. How is he supposed to probe those with what she packed? As far as wondering their purpose. He would probably think that we were giants and those were our flutes. And that would cause him to become even more depressed knowing that he missed another opportunity to probe giants. Then his wife would unload on him. "You're such a loser. Always late for an apocalypse and a dollar short for a probing. Aren't you!?" Which brings me great pleasure knowing that these two are stuck in a mini UFO traversing the Milky Way causing each other unbearable misery. I mean, Operation Blue Book determined that 100% of all UFO crashes on planet earth were the result of Reptilian domestic violence. Yay. Relative to this somewhat chronological commentary. I am now speechless. The only thing that comes to mind is 'what fun.' Hit and run Wonderhussy antics win me over once again. I mean, screw the boring Mounds Bars. [lowers shades then lifts brim of hat] I want the candy with the "nut" in it. If I was to visit those pipes in the middle of nowhere. I seriously doubt that I, Nowhere Man, would have so much fun. I mean, I would drive up and say to myself, "Something looks like it doesn't belong here. It's not the cow pies. Oh well. I wonder what those pipes are here for. Maybe it's the fresh cow pies where there are no cows. Yeah, That's got to be it." Then zoom off into another vanishing point. Boring. Another great installment from Wonderhussy!

[@jamesbutterson5218]

@3:28 that's not a bicycle it's a motorcycle the pedals are for starting it. Love the videos!💚👌💨☕✌

[@fiestaadventures]

Great shooting and production quality on this one. Kudos to you!

[@duramax78]

Wow it was 1903 the first crossing on bike, thought it would be earlier. That’s awesome, you’re seeing exactly same things as that guy.

[@vividdreams7072]

Love this ...I really enjoyed seeing these sun tunnels in such remote place 💛

[@Urbansilverback]

Wonderhussy is at her fave spots. The burning man site 😃

[@thomaslemay8817]

No it is not a bicycle. It is a pre 1904 motorcycle is my guess. It was a California Motor Company motorcycle, establish for the purpose of building motorcycles in San Francisco California. Most motorcycle looked like that until about 1915 or so. Flat side tanks rigid suspension.

[@makot2378]

Nice history about George A Wyman and his crossing on his motorcycle Wonderhussy! The remote Sun Tunnels were an interesting piece of art with the constellation holes. Humorous take on the Aliens lol.🙂😁👍👌✌

[@Andy-ty2ni]

Columbo was a detective on TV...LOL

[@jfinnall]

The red dress was especially spectacular!

[@iakazul]

Happy Birthday from San Francisco!

[@patsym8420]

Looked like loads of Fun

[@almusur1781]

What a totally fascinating, educational and fun video. You have out done yourself. Thank you soooo much.

[@franklinerickson449]

quite a few people go out there, mostly old hippies. we were out there on the road following a mail truck delivery mail to the ranches. the mail truck truned down a dirt road a we decided to follow it. next thing we knew we were on a paved road ending up in a semi deserted ghost town, in the middle on nowhere. beautiful little green valley, what a trip to see it.

[@georgesmith8113]

You always bring a smile to my soul! Love your adventures and spirit! 👍👍👍👊😎

[@jacobdanneskjold8472]

Way cool show, you brightened up the whole evening. You go girl!!

[@Me__Myself__and__I]

Actually, those sun tunnels would be a great setting for a photo shoot! Get one or more models dressed up in super bright & flamboyant outfits (like that showgirl outfit WH has) and have them pose either just in front or just inside with the circle and stark bland desert background. I think that would look really cool.

[@Snappy-ut4bj]

Oh yeah. The Sun Tunnels are really cool. Love how they want you to camp there.

[@proteusnz99]

Nice shot composition looking at one sun tunnel through another. 😊

[@switch1408]

Happy Birthday 🎂!

[@okpainter9700]

Love the Laugh In refences 🤣✌🏼❤️☕

[@tracyphillips3325]

Great video Sarah ☺️

[@bernierissen339]

Yer rockin it sis,the scribe lines in the tunnels is how the lady new where ta drill the holes ? Another brilliant video WH.

[@jake6618]

Hay sweet heart that’s a motorcycle he’s riding. Love your videos.

[@spiritlove2]

Happy bday and I was thinking to myself we haven't got to hear u sing in a while so thank u for that nice treat...lol have a great bday

[@magnatripper7944]

It was in fact a motorcycle he rode. There are many pictures on Wiki all with a clearly defined small engine in the usual location. Agreed, still a gnarly effort and a first is a first. Love your channel Sarah.

[@VE3UET]

Happy Birthday Wonderhussy

[@apolloskyfacer5842]

Those concrete tubes look similar to the 'time warp' tubes in one of the scenes in the film, 'Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy'. Perhaps they actually are ! Oh , and I love your underarm hair Wonderhussy. Once again , a good quality fun video by the Mistress of good quality fun videos.

[@SantaAna-ig6nn]

A very enjoyable video.

[@vickimanning3900]

What a great video, Hussy!

[@kevins1114]

It takes real imagination to create art with drainage culverts. :-)

[@robertbiastre6037]

loved the Laugh-in references!!!!

[@barackmycat9448]

The Laugh In Show stuff killed me.

[@DesertHound7]

I enjoy many of your videos. Just want to add some history on Tecoma it was created as a stop during construction of the transcontinental railroad in late 1868 or early 1869 and rapidly became a place of importance because of its close proximity to the mines at Buel Nevada 6 or 7 miles southeast. Colonel David Buel of Austin Nevada fame purchased the Tecoma mine for $125,000 and constructed a $40,000 smelter that shipped bullion from Tecoma. A stage line ran between the 2 places twice a day. In the early 1870s it had a fine hotel. Tecoma was also a shipping point for the Harrell & Sparks ranching operation one of the largest privately owned ranches in the U.S. it covered parts of Utah, Idaho but most it was in northeastern Nevada. Jasper Harrell started with a herd of about 4 or 5 thousand longhorns that he trailed up from Texas in the 1870s, in 1882 he shipped a $120,000 worth of beef. John Sparks who eventually became his partner served as governor of Nevada from 1903-1908 and Sparks Nevada is named after him. There was a Chinese population here, one of the business owners was called China Jim and a pass on Pilot Mt. to the south is named after him.

[@TheWozWizard]

From Wikipedia: "George Adams Wyman (July 3, 1877 - November 15, 1959) was the first person to make a transcontinental crossing of the United States by motor vehicle. In 1903, Wyman rode his 1902 California Motor Company motor bicycle from San Francisco to New York City in 51 days, finishing 20 days before Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson, the first person to cross the continent by automobile."

[@alchristensen8121]

That was back when motorcycles were essentially bicycles with motors cobbled to them.

[@brianlanders5306]

I kind of wonder what the fastest is going across on a motorcycle is in 2021, without getting caught at higher speeds disregarding the limits.

[@alchristensen8121]

@@brianlanders5306 - The current Cannonball Run record, NYC to LA, on a motorcycle is 37 hours, 7 minutes set by Adam Frasca in 2015. That's slightly longer than the car record (25:39) because of more frequent fuel stops and snow in the Rockies.

[@brianlanders5306]

@@alchristensen8121 : Thank you.

[@ChrisOutdoors137]

That awesome! Never rear about that crossing on bike on that time! Most unique experience on that time 😎

[@mykofreder1682]

Probably Utah funded, tunnels catching the sun rise of the 4 seasons and probably also has a midnight consolation alignment on the same days, would be useful for setting a watch before the electronic age. For the most part they are large sewer pipes with some calculations for position and hole placement.

[@brianlanders5306]

Exactly, I doubt those were tire marks, those were diagrams penciled out to know where to drill the holes is my estimation. It wasn't only art, it was math and science also.

[@gordonv2456]

@@brianlanders5306 OK, having just gotten an Radio Controlled car I thought it could have been one of those.

[@brianlanders5306]

@@gordonv2456 : I never thought about RC cars in the tubes, I guess that's possible, but the lines looked to be at an angle, I really don't know.

[@bucknk8edrobertlee734]

Happy B day miss Sarah, Thanks for all your hard work. WLY.