Exploring Meteor City Abandoned Ghost Town - Historic US 66

[@johntilson2535]

Thank you Russ and all the other YT content providers like you for showing alternate, more pleasant realities to take our minds off of the insane ones gripping our urban centers. Those of us that have to live in these s**tholes appreciate the relief of escape, if only temporary. And that's all I'm gonna say about that!!

[@vickikirks9959]

Thank you Russ. Your videos always make my day. Got my sister hooked on your vdeos too. Have a Groovy day✌

[@dalekundtz760]

Hey Russ! Today's video reminded me of years past when I traveled out west. Wife and I would hit the road early with no destination in particular and just stop as our heart decided. Was a great time and less hectic. It was before we started our family and not a care in the world. What a great life it was. Thanks for your travel videos and reminding an old man what a great life I have had. Stay safe on your travels Russ!

[@Robin-bf2ej]

Good morning Russ Im ready to go 😊

[@MFG333]

I was lucky. I got to travel Rt. 66 when all these places were alive and filled with people. Someday soon I'll be a ghost town myself, but that's ok because I got to live a bit of history that was pure Americana! Thanks Russ.

[@jimcanto3399]

Michael Groat I called on these stores as a Toms Foods Rep from 1984-1998.

[@ikeralfonso2047]

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[@maxtonuriel4924]

@Iker Alfonso Instablaster ;)

[@ikeralfonso2047]

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[@dalekundtz760]

Am there with you Mike. Traveled many a mile along Rt. 66 before they put in the Interstate. Was the best time my wife and I had as we checked out what was our "world.". We were young and not a care in the world. Stay safe sir.

[@tortugalisa4748]

Good morning Russ! Getting ready to go on another fun adventure with you, as always! Love your videos and getting ready to watch this one right now! Thank you Russ💚 Lisa from Arizona🌵

[@et375]

Hi Russ,Back in the 60's&70's we used to stop at Meteor City every time we went to Phoenix,Used to be a great place to stop for stuff you could't live without,Sad to see it half torn down.Looks like someone might have bought it the last time I was by there it was a big mess.

[@the5kdude]

The wigwam motel was a great place to stay during our journey on Route 66. I highly recommend it. Parts of Holbrook almost had a ghost town vibe, as there are several old structures and hotels (now going to rot) still there. Thanks so much for this, Russ.

[@ftkinsella]

Looks like a beautiful day to travel 66. But then any day is a good day for a road trip when there is nothing but blue sky’s. Stay safe my friend. Cheers!!!

[@garrysellers8475]

All these businesses along Route 66 that had to close because of I-40 to bad the highway Dept and state could have made I-40 to split on each side of these places so they would not have been disrupted kind of put them on an island for travelers! Enjoy your videos very much. Thanks for sharing!!

[@stuartroland9605]

Good day Russ , l am enjoying all the little stops along the way .To many people roar down the interstate an never see all the good stuff .👍👍😊✌. See Ya .

[@dottiannblakemore9231]

Supposedly owned by the Browns who were looking for funding and Volunteer workers to restore it to it's former glory on a Facebook website. It would be really nice if that could happen. I had thought about it but the expense would be beyond my budget.

[@MarcyGreen333]

Thanks for sharing I visit meteor crater and petrified forest last month be safe have a good day

[@johnsonjohnson2777]

Thanks Russ for touring us there... Yeah... Yeah... Yeah...

[@shirleyjordan6340]

Good morning,Russ! You are spoiling me! Love your Videos. Safe travels!

[@lenf2]

I first got to drive Rt 66 in 1956 going from Phoenix, AZ to Ft. Bragg, NC and then back in 1957, then took it again from NYC to Phoenix in 1963, then again going from Monterey, CA to Washington, DC in 1975 and back to Phoenix, AZ in 1977. Then in 1992 I moved to Holbrook, AZ to work as a County Manager until 1995, so I got to see the route up close and personal. It was a lot of fun to read all the Burma Shave billboards and the ones for "The Thing" until 1965 when Lady Byrd Johnson demanded that they all be taken down as they were an eyesore.

[@resin_Hd]

FYI Meteor City was recently bought and the people are renovating the site to bring it back to how it looked in its heyday. Hope they succeed. :)

[@Route66World]

Yep - I am out there at least every other weekend helping them out to get it reopened! A LOT of work has been done, and a lot of work still needs to be done... Ed Route 66 World

[@kimberlyshalaby1134]

🙋‍♀️Hello Russ! You had a chilly start to your day. Sure is a better time to travel, & beat the heat! I enjoy seeing all these places & small towns. I've never been to any of these places, but there is so much to enjoy when ever I do get out to your part of the world. My world was a balmy 50°ish this morning. If it made it to 60° yesterday, you had me fooled, I stayed chilled. We have an "Atmospheric Roadblock" above the Carolinas' keeping a cool front over us. Sure not complaining. Rain & thunderstorms the next 9 days, with Temps 70-80's. 1st time I ever recall putting heat on 6/17 in Southwestern Virginia. Stay on the sunnyside! Have a nice day!

[@rustypugh123]

Good video! Joseph City was home to the world famous Jackrabbit Trading Post. I'm surprised I didn't see the ruins when you drove through.

[@itsthehumidityyall8303]

All caught up. Four days behind in videos and made the whole trip today. Fantastic ride on 66. Thanks!

[@stevea8351]

Your videos are awesome. After a long day at work, I enjoy going out on a virtual road trip with you across the magnificent western U.S.A. Some of the greatest scenery on earth. We live in a fabulous country.

[@henrywardell4635]

Bravo - Outstanding Video Russ. Your RVerTV Fans enjoy each RVerTV video - Thank you Russ. God Bless you , Happy Trails Russ , RVerTV Fans .

[@lancecharley8822]

I remember going inside the Meteor City trading post a couple of times when I was growing up my mom and my uncle used to do business them

[@stephenbrown3763]

Nice morning!! Early driving less traffic and cooler pavement for your tires.. be safe Russ!!

[@jasonsmith9401]

The wigwam motel was one of the most comfortable beds I’ve ever stayed in. It was a hoot! My wife and I loved it.

[@kathleenernst7935]

Greetings from NewJersey. I stumbled upon your youtubes while planning our trip out west in either late August or mid-Sept. OMG! They are absolutely wonderful and I feel like I am riding "shot gun" with you in every one. I've already re-thunk my itinerary with your suggestions and looking forward to watching additional ones. Safe Travels!

[@rvertv]

thank you

[@sandratessem9980]

Great video. Stay safe.

[@hbatwell]

60 years ago, our dad took us from Safford, AZ up to the Grand Canyon, and then to the Petrified Forest on the way home. I remember stopping at some of the roadside stores, but at 9 years old, the only that registered was Hank’s Trading Post.

[@lornaz1975]

At 5:50 those mountains are about 130 miles away.

[@dottiannblakemore9231]

Love the area so much, I bought property in the area just Northeast of Holbrook.

[@dennisisthedroningsmalley9807]

Wow, Holbrook brings back memories. Its a great jump off point heading down to Phoenix then back on to Quartzsite. What a great scenic route. Maybe, I’ll meet you next winter when I travel from Oklahoma to Quartzsite when I will camp there.

[@loop1800mickey]

I am in Flagler Beach Fl. and enjoying your adventures brings back some wonderful memories . THANK YOU ❗️ Mickey &. Pluto

[@johnstephenson1533]

About Meteor City, there is a couple from I believe Kansas that is working to open it back up. Also if you have seen the movie Starman Meteor City & Meteor Crator where in it close to the end.

[@salvadoraviles3822]

Wow suns so high for it being before 6 am

[@jaya.0069]

Very interesting Russ, especially Rt 66. Thanks for taking us along!

[@susanstrickland6774]

Nice ride along as always, enjoyed all the sights. 😊👍

[@timf6916]

Nice road trip

[@stephanielong6879]

Giant armadillo housing! Whew ! Cloning probably revive ancient critters bigger than very bug! Cars were about size of original critters!

[@dennysisk6260]

Cool looking Dome building. It's a shame that it's closed down looks like it can make a cool Taurus kind of place.

[@kevingray7917]

I wonder if this was the setting idea for the movie Cars? You know it was themed around Rt66. It had a dome shape building and teepees that cars parked in.

[@momsvancrazyjourney4443]

Love Holbrook. Lots of old cars in front of the Wigwam. That petrified wood shop is a lot of fun. I stop there every time on my way to Show Low

[@Dive-Bar-Casanova]

Nice campground but get your larger RV pin striped by the trees entering.

[@roxstorm2227]

So Cool!

[@jonharper7930]

Looks interesting

[@MySORRELL]

THANKS

[@johnpinckney4979]

Russ, had you taken the other Joseph City exit, you would've seen Rt. 66 icon Jackrabbit Trading post, ruins of other "attractions", and the BNSF Southern Transcon line...

[@michelewalburn4376]

My sister and I are going to Winslow next week. I want to see the crater.

[@alanc.795]

This is where the restaurant scene was filmed with Jeff Bridges in the movie Starman

[@chrisgale5634]

Imagine all the people back in the 50s and 60s who used that road and what adventures people had back in the day?

[@johnfortes2171]

Russ- you missed Jack Rabbit trading post in Joseph City!- Glad you showed Grays Rockery in Holbrook - it's a great place! I remember when Whiting Brothers gas stations were the brand name in the area. Hope you stop at Mesa Lands Dinosaur Museum in Tucumcari N.M. fantastic place to visit!

[@Pelerincha]

Great stuff....

[@johnchalleen3278]

I tried to outrun a thunderstorm approaching the south entrance to the Petrified Forest. I flanked me and the road turned into a bed of stream...never seen anything like that before. Bought a piece of petrified wood before getting to the park which I declared that I had purchased it from private land and didn't pick up in the park.

[@ronaldclark2624]

Thank you, nice video! Ron PTL USA

[@dalekundtz760]

Joseph City was a nice bedroom community. Thought the Meteor City Dome was cool. Do you think the station wagon at Petrified Forest was a little over weight limit? Time for air shocks. Stay safe!

[@adamrivers6522]

I bought land in the mojave right on the petrified forest edge, I was wondering what would be better for off roading over that terrain, a fifth wheel, travel trailer or class A RV? I have never really driven either and before I purchase would like to know how either handles.

[@timdurrell1170]

I still recall many of these old stops and towns along 66 from 58 years ago when my recently widowed 32 year old mother threw her four young kids into the back of a 1960 station wagon driving from Buffalo, NY to California. I remember much of the highway being gravel through Arizona. The Petrified Forest was nothing more than a stop along the shoulder and you could take as much rock as your pockets could hold.

[@johnchalleen3278]

How is mom?

[@timdurrell1170]

John Challeen She passed away eight years ago but not before making ten more trips across country.

[@vernwallen4246]

Russ,you still da' man.🗽🗽🗽👍👍👍👍

[@desertrose9499]

I stopped there in Feb 2010 but it was closed.

[@cierragraves3725]

Enjoyed your video! Got very fond memories of that part of AZ.

[@keeshahdarkfurr8328]

Fly the drone through the hoop at the end of the road.

[@jesscarey7666]

Very cool Russ!

[@juliebradford2999]

Thanks.👍

[@johnbrownlee7623]

Very Interesting Russ....Good Morning, and yes its too early....But thanks for the Video..Sure like your Drone shots...Just the best.......JB..................

[@Pelerincha]

What kind of camera (GoPro) are you employing, as well what camera and drone are using....Nice camera work...

[@bacino2552]

Good morning! I like the rock formations or shapes of mountains? around Geronimo.

[@elizabethvandeventer5487]

Wish you would video the side of the road instead of straight down the middle, might make for more interesting scenery.

[@jameshenry2457]

Looking through the side window would not be very good. You would not see what's coming and it would go by so fast you wouldn't even know what it was.

[@elizabethvandeventer5487]

Yes, but just pan to the side a bit so it's not directly on the road.

[@Allen-in6de]

Hey Russ, long time viewers. I was thinking why can’t you vent your A/C unit threw your front fantastic fan, I am sure if cut out a circle from a square piece thin wood or ever cardboard and stick the hose into it fasten the hose to that wood/ cardboard then lift it Into the bottom of the fantastic fan, maybe magnets or some other way of keeping it up there. But I think it would be better than hanging it out the window no bugs will get in and you won’t loose any of that precious cool air. Just a suggestion. Keep on trucking.

[@petepeterson4540]

good morning russ

[@johnsonjohnson2777]

Good morning people....

[@cowboygeologist7772]

I just got a new gopro 8. Is your playback on double speed? In those 25 - 35 mph towns, it looked like you were going 55 - 60. It was sad to see Meteor City in that condition. I went there a lot in the 1960's and 1970's. I still have a signed Kachina I bought there around 1973.

[@nitrofish1974]

Hello,I'm not an rver yet but Was wondering the cost of these campsites ? And how is that Mercedes treating you.

[@laytonhaese7888]

good morning Russ...

[@Badgeweefixstuff]

awesome video 🇨🇦🛠️🇨🇦👍👍

[@michaelhutto2521]

well u coulda flown inside the trailer

[@theresaboothe3642]

Any motorcycle, ATV, or golf cart businesses on historic 66?

[@ernesthiatt6499]

at the time; thats where my dad and i got very cheap cartons of cigs, like 4.50 each carton..lol

[@voodoo-rides]

Hi russ, rv looking great hey i like the wheel coves/hub caps can ya tell me who makes them ??

[@christopherrasmussen8718]

Something like 90% of folks are born, raised and die in the same town. I imagine out there flight was bit more. Cholla Power Plant , a coal powered plant first in service in 1962.

[@sherrycambridge1531]

Where Was Holbrook ??? Huh I Guess I Missed IT !!!!!

[@petepeterson4540]

no apache would be caught in a teepee

[@oddopops1327]

😊

[@samphillips4124]

What?...don't you show Winslow...sad.

[@araftofwanderingotters206]

Gee, Russ, you’re whizzing past a host of iconic 66 spots, such as Jackrabbit Trading Post and the Dino store.

[@tygerbright117]

Star man filming location.

[@DannyShaw3388]

The quality of the fissils in those local shops was not that good and they were expansive.

[@knife-wieldingspidergod5059]

By the time those fossils make it to the Midwest Geo markets, the price would be triple.

[@jwells4853]

I remember that place from the 70's and 80's. that was a motel and they did rent out the Tee Pee's. If you have ever seen the movie Cars, you'll see the motel in that Disney movie represented. It was a Iconic piece of Route 66's historic novelty. A lot of those ghost towns were part of the mining communities, before they were closed down.

[@mr-mizu]

There must have been a 3-D dinosaur salesman who roamed the southwest in the 1970's I wonder what his tales were......

[@petepeterson4540]

any wickiups

[@johnsonjohnson2777]

Sir good am, i observed u r top commenter in rvertv, it obvious u r avid fan of rvertv, same to you sir.. take care

[@robertbutler3053]

MY WIFE AND I TRAVELED FROM OKLAHOMA CITY TO LOS ANGELES ON OLD66 IN THE SUMMER OF 64 GRAND TRIP . IF YOU BOUGHT GAS FROM A CERTAIN STATION THEY WOULD GIVE YOU A CARD COUPON FOR A FEW CENTS OFF YOUR NEXT FILL UP, HOW GREAT HA

[@craighodgson7850]

Petrified forest painted desert

[@tenminutetokyo2643]

DOOD!

[@gomeljohn9]

I like your videos, but they would be better if you did a little research before you went. So you could narrate some good history. For example. in Holbrook, you blew past the Wigwam hotel without as much as slowing down. Should have taken a circular trip through the parking lot, to see all the old cool cars in front of the units. NO, it wasn't "full". Those are cars parked there as part of the effect. Then, just past the Wigwam, you said "... A steakhouse ..." but if you did any research you would have said "Butterfield's steakhouse, situated where the old Butterfield stage coach station once was, well before even Route 66 went down this road." Then, you would continue on. But you don't know the areas, and that makes your videos a little lacking. You made the same errors with Two Guns, Twin Arrows, Chloride and Meteor Crater. If you knew some, your videos would have been better. Just sayin'. Still like them, but they could be better. Thanks.