Exploring the Republic of Slowjamastan - A Micronation in the California Desert

[@slowjamastan]

The Sultan, Parliament and citizens thank you tremendously for this piece of excellence in journalism. You are a national hero and your harem awaits you upon your return. They aren't the prettiest, but they get the job done.

[@conniewojahn6445]

ha ha ha on getting the job done. Meanwhile, don't forget he is married and his Mrs. might have some say in this.

[@SidetrackAdventures]

Thank you! I'll have to check with my wife about the harem though.

[@gobbleguk]

Thanks for the Sunday Night Slow Jamz on 92.5!!😊

[@dougm.635]

We were out there Saturday 3/17 and there were quite a few signs down due to wind..just FYI

[@slowjamastan]

@@dougm.635 Yes, re-enforcements have been called in!

[@DovieRuthAuthor]

That entry booth is hilarious. I need one for my house to confuse all the solicitors. Haha!

[@CarsandCats]

I'm thinking about of the mine field signs for my front yard!

[@troysierra5228]

Scare all the Johova Witnesses away.

[@conniewojahn6445]

@@troysierra5228 Nothing scares Jehovah Witnesses away, believe me, I've tried everything.

[@troysierra5228]

@@conniewojahn6445 Not even the live mines??

[@DovieRuthAuthor]

@@conniewojahn6445 I asked them to pray for my pregnant horse because she was overdue. They left in a hurry.

[@rclooking99]

Wow covering an entire nation in just 8.5 minutes....what a world traveller! Great video!

[@SidetrackAdventures]

Thanks. Hopefully we didn't miss any of the many sights there!

[@michaelsimonds2632]

!! Magnificent Video !! Thank you Mr. Adventures!

[@SidetrackAdventures]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@tortugalisa4748]

I would have never known that place existed if it wasn't for your video☺️ How fun is that!

[@CarsandCats]

I can't stop laughing! That DJ has a fantastic sense of humor. I really hope he keeps building his "empire".

[@SidetrackAdventures]

Me too. It was hard to film because I was laughing so much.

[@samsmom1491]

I'm honored to report that I was just notified of my approval of citizenship to Slowjamastan! I'm saving up to purchase my little slice of heaven, Quietstormia, of which I will be the Countess of. I'll also need to work on getting citizenship for my dear husband, Count Chocolate Thunder. Can't wait to make my first visit. I'm so envious.

[@idontknow2293]

Hopefully he keeps the developers out. They'll just come in and ruin the beautiful scenery and put up Wal..... and Mc....... 😢

[@samsmom1491]

@@idontknow2293 The Sultan will never sell out to them. Keep Slowjamastan free! I visited an island in Central America and their motto is "Go Slow" and it should be adopted for Slowjamastan.

[@Supernimo735]

​@@SidetrackAdventuresit's all fun and games until the sultan increases military spending and builds an army

[@SoberDaze1]

I grew up in San Diego I live in Dallas now. I love your channel. You should do Ocotillo Wells. Maybe do some of the local reservoirs and tell their story Morena, Barrett, Jennings etc.

[@SidetrackAdventures]

I'll probably have something on the reservoir's at some point because of the rainmaker story.

[@johnchedsey1306]

This has got to be one of the ultimate gems for Desert Weirdness! I just looked at the map and I could make it there for a holiday weekend inside 4.5 hours. Not sure why I'm just sitting on my couch!

[@pudee3]

Absolutely one of your best!!!! I can't believe that I've lived And traveled this state for over 70 years, and yet am constantly amazed at your finds. 👏👏👏🤣🤣🤣

[@pennyinaz]

Fun and interesting. Surely many plans were made for this new nation over bottles of spirits and bowls of green goodness. Thanks for taking us on another cool adventure!

[@Katmai_Bear_480]

At first glance, I thought it read "bottles of spirits and bowls of green goddess" and I wondered if Green Goddess dressing soup was a rite of passage into the Sovereignty.

[@SearchingNewAdventures]

I have to say that I thoroughly enjoy all of your videos. This one in particular I really get a kick out of because other than Canada I've never been outside of the United States haha! As my husband and I plan to do the rving lifestyle this is one of the place that I have earmarked to stop in to visit. Thank you for bringing these videos to my attention I find them very fascinating.

[@gobbleguk]

All hail this glorious nation!!!

[@dougmartin7129]

This is great. I live on 50 acres outside 29 palms. I gotta get me some “ caution landmine signs “ and a guard booth.

[@conniewojahn6445]

Go for it! If you can't get landmine signs, how about trying "rattlesnake" instead?

[@charlesboyer61]

This is awesome and somehow I knew it was near the Salton Sea before you showed it on the map. I guess you have to go on a sea adventure to get to Slab City? Places like this are what makes California so special.

[@slowjamastan]

Ahem. "Sultan" Sea please.

[@conniewojahn6445]

I don't know about "special." I'd call it nutty. But then, to each his own.

[@charlesboyer61]

@@slowjamastan This I can endorse!

[@CactusAtlas]

I'm convinced that there is something about the desert that fosters the mindset to create places like this and Salton Sea. 😅 I definitely love it. I gotta say... it's rare to even see a full pay phone these days with tall the parts even if not working so that's pretty cool.

[@slowjamastan]

"Sultan" Sea.

[@SidetrackAdventures]

I was half expecting some sort of recording when I picked up the phone.

[@shop99er]

This is hands down my favorite vid in a very long time. WIth permission, I plan to put this on the go-to list the next time we're in that area.

[@SidetrackAdventures]

Thanks. Permission granted.

[@shop99er]

@@SidetrackAdventures I may have phrased that wrong…

[@petecollins4925]

Still trying to catch up as I'm a fairly new subscriber. How brilliant is this? Loved every minute of it, thanks for a fun commentary Steve. Big thanks to The Sultan as well for ruling over such a unique micronation. Never expected to see a reference to Sealand on your channel Steve. It's visible on a good day from the North Sea ferry which sails between Harwich and the Hook of Holland. Not too far from where I live, it's a few miles offshore from the county of Essex, opposite end of the county from me.

[@SidetrackAdventures]

I saw a news story about Sealand when I visited the UK as a teenager and have always wanted to visit. I don't think my dad had the same enthusiasm for it though lol.

[@curtholloway7627]

Great video Steve!!

[@ms.annthrope415]

How cool. Never heard of Slowjammastan until now. I want to visit. Don't even have to renew my pass👍👍👍

[@dreamyjeannie3385]

Love Slowjamastan! This is exactly the absurdist humor we need here in Bizarro world. Randy Williams is genius! This place is my jam! 😂

[@Katmai_Bear_480]

SLOW Jam.

[@chknlyps2373]

Hahaha, I saw the guard shack a couple months ago driving by, I thought it was some clever compound entrance... this is awesome!

[@jtcbrt]

Many thanks to you for helping to popularize my glorious adopted republic.

[@samsmom1491]

Mine, too! Howdy there fellow Slowjamastanian. 👋

[@semiproactive9625]

Another great story. Thanks Steve.

[@WildDieWoodard]

I love this! Thanks for visiting and showing us the glory that is Slowjamastan!

[@LennyK1015]

Thanks Steve. I love your road trips. This one is Too funny.

[@nodniv1317]

About ready to move back to check all the stuff we explored as kids growing up in Point Loma! The desert was our weekend playground- Salton Sea, Church’s Chicken in El Centroid- throwing watermelons out of the truck! Good ol’ days, trippin’ in the desert!

[@conniewojahn6445]

Throwing watermelons? Oh No! What a waste!

[@nodniv1317]

@@conniewojahn6445 Feeding ants!

[@Pompomgrenade]

You are my soul guide in the Southern California desert. Thank you sir 😁

[@RandyFrench-z4c]

What an oasis in the desert a beautiful homeland God bless our Sultan.

[@davidelack8809]

I'm Rolling on the floor Brother! Thanks for starting my day off. Only in Cal!

[@daveh4283]

Great video Steve

[@SidetrackAdventures]

Thanks 👍

[@trumer-and-co]

Definitely a bucket list item. Thanks for sharing!

[@deandupont5503]

I need to speak with the Sultan, so I can create the state of Punkrocksylvania.

[@slowjamastan]

Holler.

[@SidetrackAdventures]

I was thinking about Sidetrackafornia!

[@TRSWOODWORKING]

great video amigo! Slowjamastan...that's too funny!

[@SidetrackAdventures]

Glad you enjoyed.

[@MySteamChannel]

I can't wait until the Sultan sets up a ski resort in those mountains.

[@Visitor2Earth]

You are very fortunate that the great Sultan allowed you airspace clearance, as the Surface To Air missile batteries are quite formidable and lethal!

[@Katmai_Bear_480]

Also invisible.

[@nickidaisydandelion4044]

Your videos are very relaxing. Thank you for making those amazing videos.

[@adventureswithcorrine]

I was in that area for an entire month last fall! I cannot believe I missed this

[@legendgamers7065]

There is nothing to see here loo😂

[@uwantsun]

quirky is awesome. good one.

[@conniewojahn6445]

Another fine example of what desert heat, large swatches of flat ground, and no rainfall does to people. And, that's before raccoons get to them.

[@rtalways]

When I was a kid in the seventies we used to take the soul train to there

[@jameshogan1871]

I love your videos. Lived in San Diego for 16 years... Keep up the good work

[@SidetrackAdventures]

Thank you! Will do!

[@potatothorn]

so much fun thanks for sharing this wonderful Nation with us!

[@DW-qe7qe]

That was interesting. Surprising the site hadn’t been trashed yet.

[@jerrysullivan8424]

Give it time. LOL! It will be.

[@slowjamastan]

Landmines prevent such rabble-rousers.

[@SidetrackAdventures]

Hopefully people leave it alone, but unfortunately some people just want to destroy things.

[@skyking4501]

Okay, that was hilarious!!! Very good video!!

[@HerbertWingfield]

That border was in "Blazing Saddles."

[@RetroRobbin59]

A true Sidetrack Adventure! 😂

[@leonajameson8902]

Holy cow. That was fun. I don’t know how you found that but thanks for sharing

[@dronelaw]

One of your best yet! Very good stuff. If you have a chance, Slowjamastan puts on a number of very fun events. You can see a list on their website.

[@robertreynolds1044]

I also had an eerie encounter in '82 while riding my bike through the Anza-Borrego state park on 87.A car passed me slowly, driver was staring at me intensely, turned around and said, "Steve?",no, not me. He said I looked just like him and it sounded like he was dead. Both of us freaked out.

[@ClutchEastwood]

We just did a road trip to Yuma via Hwy 8... now want to go back.... you should have stopped in Dateland, for a date shake. They are amazing! We stopped off at Painted Rock which was cool, and I'd love to see you do a show there. Glad I found your channel today. I subscribed and look forward to seeing your other uploads.

[@SidetrackAdventures]

Thanks! I actually have a Painted Rock and Dateland video on the channel somewhere.

[@espressobuzz1253]

"Semper Ubi Sub Ubi" = Always where under where. (always wear underwear) Thanks, high school Latin class!

[@SidetrackAdventures]

haha I meant to look it up but forgot. That is hilarious.

[@user-tp1bi6of3v]

The other one says never wear underwear

[@billmcgahey1926]

the full saying is semper ubi sub ubi ubique = always where under where everywhere. i didn't take four years of latin for nothing

[@shooter31m]

I’ve heard about this before, but you sir have the best video on Slowjamastan on KZbin!

[@ThomasLeonard454]

I Love this. Ingenuity at its best. Here we go on this guy and his Real Imaginary world. This is so cool as my mind runs wild as to my own sovereign nation or to be different a new state and have the different cities signs. Here we go a new trend. I have just the property for this new state.

[@Bama7-UncleLou1]

It’s treason to declare a nation inside the US. You all do understand this, right? Morons.

[@larrys.feraca306]

Lots of room for expansion!

[@dezertraider]

THANK YOU STEVE,,GREAT JOB..SAFE TRAVELS

[@Bailey.465]

There is a Slowjamastan Embassy located in the United States. You can find it in Sorrento Valley.

[@michaeldeal1625]

Great video! (But I was hoping to see you put that sign back up for them.)

[@slowjamastan]

I was too!

[@SidetrackAdventures]

It was heavier than it looked!

[@michaeldeal1625]

@@SidetrackAdventures That explains it. :)

[@brentnearhood8874]

Thanks! Steve

[@Liddledriver]

Very cool! Love it.

[@OdySlim]

awesome!! Never heard of it until now..

[@frankmcmanus5142]

How cool! Thank you

[@coyotegrad-collectables]

I've seen that place while visiting the Salton Sea area. It was interesting, but I didn't have time to stop by unfortunately

[@slowjamastan]

"Sultan" Sea please.

[@rayworx]

Yeah...... Right!!

[@pgk60]

Crazy fun.

[@azlanameer4912]

Thats why i love USA. People live the way they wish.❤

[@michaelhager2846]

Thank you 😊

[@Mangabhidalgurdaspur]

❤❤

[@kurtbilinski1723]

This could have been a reference to "Captain Slow" - James May from the BBC show Top Gear. Top Gear did an episode where they drove through this area, heading toward the border.

[@cowprez]

Awesome!! How the HECK do you FIND these places? Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

[@desirayelawrence9676]

Slowjamastan is by no means a joke it's a very serious nation as you see we have landmines to deter anyone who attempts to illegally cross our borders. Not much construction had started when you came to visit there is much more to see now

[@1984xlx]

Awesome! Who knew?

[@JackF99]

I hope the no-Crocs zone concept catches on nationwide.

[@jongerdemann2824]

There is a micro nation outside of reno that does have buildings, a space program, and even its own currency. But it’s only open to the public on specific days. It’s called Molossia.

[@davidpierce3217]

Great video. Also, if you enjoy such things, you might want to look up the Freetown of Christiania, which is a very interesting place to visit

[@RevMikeBlack]

I live in the southeast, so I know more about swamps than deserts, but it seems to me that wearing Crocs in the desert would be a really bad idea... unless you WANT to get bitten.

[@FG-bn3qq]

Reminds me of Tanaris in WoW

[@olliespackrt5763]

I'm just in shock I don't know what to make of this like are these places that you can go camping How is it a separate country within a state of a country

[@carlupthegrove262]

very fun. thx

[@LifeinThe70sand80s]

I read about Slowjamastan a few months ago, but this video really explains it better. I wonder if I should do something like this with my desert land near the Mojave?

[@paultellez8805]

@7:35 She sells seashells by the seashore of ... Slowjamastan.

[@timothyprice1407]

I love the State mottoes of Palmerstan and Upper Palmerstan, respectively "Always Wear Underwear" and "Never Wear Underwear"

[@michaela6147]

Why am I not surprised this is in California?

[@stevef.8041]

Funny stuff!

[@joewenzel5142]

All those seashells. That's considered beachfront property in Slowjamastan.

[@tutuhuckelberry2983]

Where is their housing, or do they live underground? Great vid.

[@justnerdystuff]

I was thinking this was the same as another place called Republic of Molossia, which is in the desert of California and was wonder where the buildings were. But if you haven't done a video on it, it's just outside of Reno, Nevada.

[@w9jim]

Fun stuff! I'm a citizen! 😀

[@stokedtoker9455]

How do I apply for citizenship?

[@davidsparks6146]

Where can I get a building permit to build a tower in Slowjamastan? A tower so I can crank my guitar amp from the top!

[@handymanr4729]

slowjamastan word count is over 9000!!!! Too much dude

[@roboftherock]

I had to check the post date of this contribution to make sure it wasn't an April Fool spoof. Nope, posted 17 days before, so it is a hoot instead of a spoof.

[@RockPunkFloyd]

I want to know the story of Randy's childhood trauma that involved a raccoon.

[@slowjamastan]

You don't wanna know.

[@jeffdav7338]

Wonder if there is Lithium underneath Republic of Slowjamastan?

[@skydiverclassc2031]

Well, at least they don't have to pay for a Navy.

[@conniewojahn6445]

Not unless it rains.

[@ronrubacher1425]

Is the land public or private?

[@slowjamastan]

Slowjamastan Federal Territory.

[@conniewojahn6445]

Good question.

[@ronrubacher1425]

Not buying the federal territory.

[@SidetrackAdventures]

Private.

[@CloneTechDrones-619]

The strong desert winds may have blown everything away in that tiny nation.

[@leechjim8023]

LAND OF SLOWWW JAMMZZZ

[@BlackdogADV]

Could I tent camp there? Passport needed?

[@paul9156c]

I hear Borat visited with his sister, and used the phone to call home.

[@tommanion5504]

When I first saw the "catcher", my first thought you was heading out to the Republic of Molossia (that's how its listed in both Wikipedia and on Google Earth), then I had to remind myself that you DID say CA! (Molossia is located just outside Dayton, east of Reno.) Another fine video from vou.

[@SidetrackAdventures]

I just learned of Molossia recently and want to check it out too.