Exploring the Topanga Time Tunnel

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This hidden gateway in Topanga Canyon leads to a magical place with clear streams cascading through the mountain boulders.
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[@41478norod]

O M G You two took me back... back in the mid 90's, when attending Venice High School, my buddies and I used to go there at night time. Thanks guys!!!

[@tobiconlan4559]

I lived in Topanga in the early 1980;s. I would visit the time tunnel and travel down the creek to twin lagoons where occasionally a group of Venice beatnicks (right out of the 1950's) would meet, recite poetry and smoke the evil weed. One was Louie and he actually owned the Moon Fire Temple at the time which included all the major religions. I think i heard it was one half of a square mile at the time.

[@ally4rmcali495]

I live in los angeles and thanks to both of you i will try and go see all these amazing places.

[@OddityOdysseys]

That's awesome!

[@residentpotato6023]

I wanna see Bethany’s pink tunnel.

[@AlisongsLA]

I live in Topanga and have been wondering why there are people walking along the side of the road in that area, because it is very dangerous. Now I know! Great video!

[@JohnDoe-pv2iu]

There was a large concrete drainage tunnel near to where I grew up. As kids we walked thru the woods and played there. It was about 10 feet square and a few hundred feet long. It passed under Interstate 20. When I was a teenager it came in handy knowing it's location. My car was broke down at the time and I bought an old motorcycle to get around for a few weeks. Being a teenager and needing my money to fix my car, I didn't waste a bunch of money buying tags and insurance for 'the bike'. I happened to be in a little hurry on a 'frontage' road that paralleled the interstate one day. A Deputy Sheriff decided to turn around as I passed him. I didn't know what he was doing but thought it would be better if we didn't stop and talk. I rode down the embankment and thru the 'tunnel'. When I came out the other end it was a different time! I was enjoying a slow ride along a path in the woods and no one was wanting to bother me. What a drastic change in time, in just a few moments! Great video and Glad to hear from yall. Take Care and be safe, John

[@brillblonde6705]

Lots of gems in this one, and SOOTHING is the word that comes to mind. Lovely. Perfect for the times we are in. It's a reminder that beauty and magic are all around is, including the two of you. Keep up the good.

[@enchilada1956]

Lol, I would have liked to see you guys climbing back up that storm drain!

[@gordybishop2375]

Wonder how that went...lol

[@danr5105]

Beach Boy Dennis Wilson (1944-1983) had a home in the canyon. He picked up two hitchiking girls off of PCH. This started the invasion of his home by the "Manson Family". Topanga Canyon Blvd. is at the west side of the San Fernando Valley. It runs into the Santa Monica Mts. On the east side of the valley (a natural break in the Santa Monica Mts.) is Verdugo Pass. The traditional and ancient geological exit from the valley. Hitchhiking from the valley (in the 60's-70's) over Topanga Canyon, all the way to the beach was the cheapest,fastest way to get to the beach as a teen. The Manson family was living up in Spahn's Ranch in the Santa Susana Mts (Simi Hills.) Coincidently this was pretty much at the northern end of, Topanga Canyon Blvd. Charlie probably had the girls out hitching to see what they could come up with. They scored big with Dennis Wilson.

[@JesseStLouis]

🙌Always fun to explore new places in your own backyard ❤

[@Nickolaswright]

Really enjoyed this fun little episode. You guys have great chemistry together.

[@emc8481]

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[@gtrmike32]

Thank you Drew and Bethany for this video. I went to there to take some photos for fun a few days ago. When I arrived, I have to swear that without the help of this video, I don't think I would have ever found this one on my own! Your abilities at finding hard to locate spots should be commended! Thanks!!!

[@sthrnbll2u65]

I absolutely love the two of you, and your videos! Please never ever stop! Simply perfect!

[@johnscannell4189]

Good to see you two! Thanks.

[@gikar1948]

You two are the best explorers on the tube. You find such interesting places and you share there location with us just in case we might sometime be in the vicinity of one of them. So many of the explorers on KZbin keep their finds a big secret.

[@stevemoravec2555]

It's Saturday morning in Minnesota and your video is complimented by a first cup of coffee... No matter what sewer you've discovered to share your humorous byplay is a consistent source of joy. Thanks from Up North!

[@g.b.gareful5569]

That's awesome! So close to the city yet far, far away.

[@xvsj-s2x]

“Topanga Cyn” I remember it well. 💞 miss you guys and you Vlogs...... I ❤️ LA as well 🚒🚒🚒🚒❤️❤️❤️ Thank you for sharing your adventures with us 😑

[@bertelliott1456]

Bethany looks slim and super cute in this episode!

[@nathanbugg3221]

List of loves: you two Videoing of nature Editing Your humor The content Banter Thank you again for the break from the crazy. That was so peaceful and calming. What ever planet that was I want to visit. Hope the reentry to Earth went ok.

[@richardhoover4471]

Way cool discovery. Loved the Time Tunnel leading to the Hidden Grotto and Waterfall!

[@littleman8674469]

Another great video!!! Keep up the great work!!!

[@AbandonedMines11]

That was a pretty cool exploration! It would be something to be standing below that tunnel on its far side when a flash flood comes through it. That would take some planning and timing in order to be down there before a heavy rain storm hits. Nice creek area below that drainage tunnel! Thanks for taking some time to show that and the little waterfall.

[@OddityOdysseys]

That would be awesome! Great suggestion. Thank you! :)

[@BeyondTheCompass817]

Very fun video, as always,, and I was just in that area a few weeks ago with two friends who would totally dig that tunnel. But I'd have stayed in the tunnel and fast-forwarded through the rest of 2020! 😆

[@OddityOdysseys]

We certainly tried! Might be worth another visit? Stay safe, friend!

[@gerryh6861]

Liked the camera work on the mini- waterfalls. Nice job!

[@andrewadkins727]

Nice Hitchcock zoom at 4:52! Very smooth.

[@USAVLOG.]

3:39 *let's apply ladies 1st method* 😁🇺🇸♥️ *thank you for discovering my neighborhood live here 10 years always you guy's show me everything* 🤗

[@robertwiddasart6947]

A nice video for a UK Saturday afternoon.

[@valeriegoode9762]

Love your adventures.

[@FernAndoRelax69]

Great video!!! I'll try it in 2022, so the future... thanks for sharing!!!

[@johanna7254]

I wish I had someone to go on mini oddity adventures with. lol Another great episode!

[@HectorPerez-ue3wq]

Let's go 💯

[@josels1292]

Count me in.

[@noahcount7132]

Topanga Time Tunnel seems to be another way of saying "You've been pranked." Enjoy your odysseys, Drew and Bethany. Please keep 'em coming!

[@louisegalczynski1543]

Love your videos! Hope you’re both doing well in these crazy times ❤️

[@jennifurzoe1302]

Very good,and I'm gonna probably take a small lightweight ladder if I go to this one,(drag some friends along for it),.have you two went to Switzer Falls? Or Mount Disappointment which has an old missile tube? Also a Nike Mistletoe site near Whittier Narrows Recreation Park,just inquisitive and glad this video showed up I needed an Oddity Oddesy fix,Thank You.

[@dugroz]

It looked like the tunnel came out in a magical Forrest in a fairy tale.

[@davidrichards3194]

Cue creepy music while approaching tunnel 👍🏼🤣

[@RErnie-gv1hv]

Have you seen their trip to the abandoned KEA grain storage mill? Super creepy. Check the video here > kzbin.info/www/bejne/anbbn4Zme9V-sMk

[@magicunicorn6535]

I think this is my new favorite KZbin channel. :)

[@OddityOdysseys]

Glad you're here! 😊

[@Therealtorjosue]

Shout to you guys I’m going this weekend

[@carolinafernandez4049]

I miss you guys,glad to see you guys back.Another great video thank you me and my kids have visited couple of places you guys have posted!

[@OddityOdysseys]

Love that! Hope you guys get a chance to have another adventure soon.

[@alin5646]

Thank you for posting all these videos and sharing your adventures with us! I live in LA and I’ve been able to go visit so many cool places because of you guys! Much love!💗

[@OddityOdysseys]

Love this so much. Nothing better than local adventures. Stay safe! :)

[@gailsernaPsychicMedium]

This is my first time stopping by your channel and watching the videos. You guys are really cute and I love to watch hiking in Topanga Cyn.

[@paulpeterson5214]

Another superb episode.

[@texascowboy3000]

Another fantastic video. Thanks to both of you for sharing your adventures with us. Keep up the great work. See you next time.

[@DEEDEEGARRETT1]

That was fun and interesting. Glad to see you,have missed you ! Love your channel.

[@mikekelly9851]

A magical place where the camera man is there before you are. :-0 Nice relaxing place but I wouldn't go there without a gun.

[@chipworrell6025]

You two are my favorite you tubers

[@gordon8753]

Very cool!! I wish we had places like this in Detroit! Thanks guys!!

[@ayutthayatrojan]

Thank you for your usual great videos -- ❤😂❤😂.

[@pamverburg563]

Love you guys and your video's

[@cynthiatyler1606]

What a cool place

[@eimdeima]

Watching this looking down, i'm thinking i'd love to skate through that thing. Then @ 3:39 Drew "Did you bring a skateboard?" (edit) @ 4:38 maybe not....🤣

[@yehman71]

This one looks super cool and chill!!! Will add it to my list!! Thank you!!!

[@OutandAboutWithDiane]

This was a fun video! I lived in Agoura Hills for a few years and I always remember being excited when I would find a nature surprise

[@OddityOdysseys]

Nature surprises are the best! Are you surviving the heat in your area?

[@OutandAboutWithDiane]

@@OddityOdysseys barely! I am escaping to Glacier National Park on Thursday for a vacation. Thanks for asking!

[@jonathanlane4496]

You mentioned that you did not know how the storm drain got to be called the time tunnel but I would like to propose a guess. In 1966 there was a short-lived TV series called “The Time Tunnel.” I have a feeling that prior to that time it had no name.

[@neilfraser1235]

This feels like premise for a choose your own adventure book

[@nhcharmedone]

oh, it's definitely magical on the other side. Beautiful, peaceful, if I wasn't 3k miles away, I would so love to take a trip through time, can you guys maybe beam me over? Just FYI, I tend to get motion sick lol

[@rs2143]

Well I guess it is a time tunnel it was filmed a year ago and I'm looking into the past now watching it . Thanks 😊

[@flamingoshake]

Great video! I immediately wonder if you pack snacks.

[@karianned3211]

Coool

[@barynovacek5982]

Checking email is always brightened when I see I have a new video from you to watch. Then the decision watch NOW or later and know I have a treat waiting for me. OK could not wait, NOW it was and thank you for always brightening my day. Note to self check out ZOOM stock today. :)

[@billm8442]

Top content, well framed

[@joetarded7591]

You walked right through that poison oak. Ignorance is bliss. Lol

[@mikefitchNYC1971]

Awesome exploration

[@jmdoutdoors5729]

You guys are awesome.

[@melperry3576]

what's the name of the creek?

[@darthfrancium1166]

Best channel on KZbin

[@hugogomez7372]

Im à valley boy .....and i love it

[@mikieson]

Alright!! watching as i type :D

[@jimwaxer8166]

Interesting I never heard of that spot. I was dumb in high school and rode my bike on Topanga Canyon. It wasn't nearly as busy as now. There is a semi-secret spot trail off Malibu Canyon kind of like this where people go to check out the Rindge Dam. A guy died there a couple years ago so I heard the made it tougher to get there now. Kind of a freaky place and not good place if you are afraid of heights.

[@TMcConnaughhay]

I have really enjoyed watching your video's. I am 5 hours east over here in Phoenix AZ, and there are a lot of places I'd like to see next time I cross over into Cali-land. Keep up the good work, thanks for excellently made videos worth watching :-)

[@DonalDocRavioli]

Another great show, thank you! Looking good Beth, loss some too! You know if you run out of interesting places to show and wanted to spread out to other states, I'm sure others like myself would be willing to donate to help cover the cost. Just a thought

[@OddityOdysseys]

Hi Donal! Being able to travel full time to film episodes in our other states is definitely the goal. Thank you so much for watching! We do have a Patreon set up with $1 and $2 tiers. We're pinching all the pennies and will hopefully be able to branch out soon. Take care! www.patreon.com/oddityodysseys

[@DonalDocRavioli]

How do I access it? The contribution that is.....

[@fluxfaze]

Time travel happens during flash flood when one’s life flashes before one’s eyes as one drowns.

[@hyenamanlionkiller608]

Love your videos!!!!!! 🇨🇦

[@skywolf2012]

We used to call it the tunnel spot.20 years ago it was different.

[@mikieson]

Thanks for another video.Its always so long between videos..too bad you cant put one out every week or 2..BUT thanks for what you do always!!

[@OddityOdysseys]

We definitely have some plans to release more bonus content over the next couple of months. Not full episodes, but they're places definitely work a stop. Stay tuned! :)

[@AngelFlores-up5vj]

Second comment! Always enjoy these videos! :) Stay safe !

[@Emy53]

I couldn't go the way you guys went. It's interesting but there has to be a marked path that is easier to arrive there.

[@scottmcfaden9250]

Hollow earth. Interesting video as always.

[@jamesdugan3079]

How 'bout 2022 with a Covid-19 vaccine. Really enjoy you guys!

[@mikeault4782]

Great video!

[@CoreRopeMemory]

this was a cool place

[@DjmDjm-hl8pt]

Tight!

[@whatsleftbehind6539]

I just watched this today and as I was plugging in the coordinates on my gps Rikki Rockett dropped a video on his Legend Tripping channel about the tunnel. Apparently he’s tried to contact you about doing a collaboration. That would be awesome.

[@sciencesurf]

really wish you'd try this during a rainstorm... meet ya at PCH!

[@OddityOdysseys]

Sounds like fun! And we just bought a kayak anyways!

[@jamiehershon]

if i'm not mistaken, isn't the bacteria level in the water kind of high?

[@michaelparra8719]

been ther a couple of times. there is a car grave yard in one section where all the cars that flew off the ro and landed.

[@captaingordon]

Ha to the Zoom stock suggestion. I kept thinking it was already too high too. 🤦‍♂️

[@udontknowmeman]

Is that clean water you can drink

[@franksnyder1357]

Oddity Odysseys matters.

[@jorgen497]

We enjoy your adventures since we came across them a couple of years ago. Besides the bridge to nowhere, have you done or know of good "OO"-worthy places around Alhambra?

[@DeanRam23]

Was it super steep and hard to get back up the tunnel? Or quite easier than it looks?

[@OddityOdysseys]

A little easier than it looks! At first, we thought it would be a trek, but once we got our footing, it was much easier than going down the tunnel.

[@DeanRam23]

@@OddityOdysseys Thank you for the respond. WILL defenitely check it out. Love your content haha

[@johnfoggjr2458]

Did you bring a skateboard?

[@VisualArtist3]

Thanks for this uncommon gem! Also, did Beth sound a bit weird when talking? Or is it just me?. Anywho, great video! 👍

[@theinvisibledude1141]

Here’s what I got out of this you’re traveling to a place that hasn’t been touched yet by man and it is set to be a cleaner future for years to come

[@LennyWeen]

Stay outta Topanga Lebowski!!!

[@june_bot]

insta 360 one r? Cool Video

[@emmacaba90]

Was the climb back up the drain hard?

[@OddityOdysseys]

Easier than it looks! But we definitely recommend wearing some good shoes. :)

[@cartman4885]

Great episode but I bet the climb back was fun.............

[@mitch5077]

Do you guys only Explore LA primarily? Should venture out to Northern Nevada

[@OddityOdysseys]

We do since we live in the area. Looking forward to branching out soon! We've heard there are some amazing places to check out in Nevada.

[@RErnie-gv1hv]

@@OddityOdysseys Explore the ghost town of Bodie for starters. Going over Tioga Pass is a thrill too. My wife and I made the drive up and over at night. I wondered why my headlights picked up nothing as we went around curves. Ignorance really is bliss. I enjoy your adventures, a lot. Thanks.

[@dugroz]

Video of a group going in the tunnel: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3und3V3pbCVhMU

[@WishfulWalkingVideos]

Didn’t JessieStLouis make a video about this too? Awesome! Although I think he kept the directions hidden lol

[@JesseStLouis]

Yes he did!