Off The Grid in California - Bombay Beach / Salton Sea / Salvation Mountain / Slab City / East Jesus

[@TheDailyWoo]

Instagram - AdamTheWooATW I’d like to do more of these California off the beaten path adventures when I’m not going cross country . I think I will

[@rolandsnyder2088]

Do it!! I'll watch! :)

[@garyallsebrook3493]

All in

[@steveforsythe9264]

Shall you, this is the stuff that's exciting too watch, thanks for posting!

[@jojojo6147]

It's where you are at your best.

[@JDale56]

That iron thing you were playing with is a 20mm projectile and they may be explosive. www.icollector.com/20mm-Projectile_i32699532

[@the925lady]

Thank you for never playing music. I love listening to the sounds of the towns you visit.

[@user-kx5fw7yr6i]

yes! me too

[@Elle--lc7ep]

Agreed

[@TownieGirl1974]

I have been watching Adams videos for years. I cannot believe in all of that time it never dawned on me that he doesn't play music in any of his videos. I always felt the way he presents his videos was so unique, so yes you're right - the fact that he does not use any music is a big part of that. I can't believe I missed that all these years!

[@annmariekane8063]

@@TownieGirl1974 Me too :D

[@MikeInOregon]

Agree 150%.

[@Misksound]

I visited Salvation Mountain back around 2008. I was instructed by an old friend to bring a donation (not of cash but food). Leonard was there, and he took us around on a private tour of his mountain, and afterward, I gave him a can of beans. He was an honest person, and a good man. I only met him once, but i'll never forget shaking his hand. I'm glad there was a place in this world, even for someone like Leonard.

[@rshutterbug47]

YOU Should Have Her All The Time She is Great ,Love Her Enthusiasm

[@cersadescosmos7497]

I remember my family traveling to meet my uncle and his family who were camping at the Salton Sea. We drove all the way from Yuma Arizona where we were living at the time. It was a two lane highway and a slow miserable trip because of the bumper to bumper traffic leading to the Salton Sea but once we got there it was a great time playing with my cousins and swimming in the very salty water, just don't open your eyes underwater. This all took place in the late 1950's when the Salton Sea was a pretty thriving area. And yes I'm old!

[@robertagregory7177]

Cersades Cosmos Hooray for old! Beats the alternative. ;)

[@shawntainerosemaryshorter8444]

You're not old just seasoned properly..

[@392nightrunner]

It's now a four lane miserable trip

[@dannycalley7777]

C.C. …………...you tell and remember things like me, and Im old and got the best memory !!!!!!!!!!

[@TvshkaHumma]

It may be out of fashion for many these days, but Our Elders are something we should all appreciate and cherish.

[@carlcook231]

Thank you for letting me see all of this because without you I wouldn’t ever be able to see them

[@dmriot811]

Your friend looks like alot of fun to hang out with , love her humour

[@johngreen3543]

Your best sidekick ever

[@wldsmke2]

What a Beautiful creature you have with you...... love your videos,,,stay with it.

[@TheCarpetbagger]

I really enjoyed the stink lines on the pooping Banana

[@TheDailyWoo]

Haha yep

[@louisaloi9178]

Brings the visual to stinkiness👃👀 and fruitflies

[@cruisingwithwilliam]

you a amazing video

[@cruisingwithwilliam]

@@TheDailyWoo you have a amazing video

[@watsisbuttndo829]

Got to admire the optimism of somebody that says "you know what i think would be a great hit...........Banana museum!"

[@Po_Buoy_Fresh]

Your friend is so much fun what a great video to boot

[@raymondmcdonald7085]

It's a surreal experience and the silence you allow to fill the space adds mystery and question. Perfect twilight zone setting..

[@billtuckjr2834]

What an Amazing Video. One of the best ever. Your Both Enchanting!!

[@AH-rl9ev]

Salvation Mountain is Amazing and Beautiful!....I need to get over there to visit.....

[@RhettyforHistory]

I do remember you going here before. I think maybe even with Jacob. Nikki was a great little ball of fun!

[@victorchavez6186]

This is like California’s gold. That old tv show

[@yhenry77]

I remember going to Salton Sea for the weekend as a Boy Scout. We camped in a canyon (with bats flying at night) and we had one kid pass out due to the 100 degree plus heat. I lived nearby at March AFB, Riverside during mid-sixties, those were great memories.

[@donaldmiller8629]

@ David Henry , Nearby at March AFB ? It's more than 100 miles away from the Salton Sea !

[@roosterj2599]

My Boy Scout troop spent a week at Salton Sea in 1982. It was neat to is boys. We were too young to remember what it was like when it was thriving. Now it looks like a dystopian landscape. In all these documentaries I always expect Mad Max to pull up in his interceptor (when he was still with the MFP and before he went mad). Minis the water it looks a lot like the town Mad Max was filmed in. A guy can dream! Lol!

[@cersadescosmos7497]

Slab City looks like it's right out of a Mad Max movie!

[@user-kx5fw7yr6i]

that would be in Little River/Back roads of Lara, Victoria, Australia

[@johnabbot1585]

Omg I loved the airplane fish/andufo airplane and the cylinder artwork.sooooo cool.

[@johng5710]

This part of CA has always intrigued me (live in the Chicago area). Went to Death Valley last summer and it was almost life changing, the temperature was like 118 F the day we got there. Never experienced anything like that before. I would have liked to explore the Salton Sea area but I was with my 12 yr old daughter...maybe someday I'll be back in that area. Rather go there than LA or SF for sure.

[@teamswitzerland95]

Came across this video a whole year later and you were in my neck of the woods! I actually had the pleasure of meeting Leonard before he passed away. Such a sweet man.

[@davidhanesworth8027]

Bombay Beach elevation was -233. That’s BELOW SEA LEVEL..Love the travel videos of abandoned places. And please KEEP the eye candy, I’m in love.

[@btdtagain]

I dig your chick's energy. She adds to your channel

[@DMBabyGurlAdventures]

I lived in Palm Springs back when Sonny Bono was mayor and wanted to clean up the Salton Sea. I worked for airlines so flew over it a lot too. The history of it is interesting as to what is once was like to the ways of run off from Agricultural issues into Colorado River. The Art area is pretty interesting! Liked the Drunk turtle 😂

[@xaviersmith5567]

Cool video Adam!!! Yes do more videos like this and bring your friend along!!!

[@nik4077]

She has a ton of energy , great video

[@aaarista]

Where did she get her blouse from (beginning of video)? I love it!

[@jbncnow]

Shes cute too

[@tinamariedanke8719]

I have been binge-watching every single video on Slab City and you are the first person that didn't stop to talk to the people that live there!

[@jerryhack5192]

There is a great documentary on this area in its hay day and eventual decline. It is called Plagues and Pleasures. Great video y’all!!

[@johng5710]

Yep I watched it once...then I had to watch it again...love Hunky Daddy! LOL

[@nickynick3527]

Huell howser did one too back in the early 2000s it's on KZbin, may he R.I.P!

[@EphemeralProductions]

I love your friend. She is cute and funny. And quirky! (In a unique and good way!. :))

[@kathleenhorner9296]

I really appreciate how you are switching from amusement parks to the on the road vlogs--something for everybody. Of course, I am especially fond of your on the road travels like this one. Got a hoot out of your travel companion this time around! 😄

[@anthonywstanton]

I certainly hope that you include the lovely lady in future explorations!

[@odestog8903]

Adam, thanks for letting us tag along on your adventures. It's great to see these old places and "remember when", but it sure hurts to mourn their deaths. Thanks for honoring them.

[@marksnider8914]

Please bring your friend more often, she's fun and entertaining.

[@Yzabeaux1]

THANK YOU ADAM FOR AN "AWESOME " EXPERIENCE!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@mustangcindy1303]

I really like the airplane art. Very creative and unusual.

[@michaelmorrow6152]

From Rise of the Resistance to The Salton Sea... that’s what I love about your videos. Vast differences

[@TheDailyWoo]

I try to always mix it up

[@macpdm]

New to the channel from the UK 🇬🇧. Loving your presenting style and eye for the weird and wonderful 👍

[@pkacc1]

8:10 That would be elevation of negative 223

[@caroltobin6288]

Ò

[@ItAllAddsUp-Lori]

Slab city is so awesome. Thanks for the videos. I haven't been half as lonely since I found your videos.

[@lindawright2790]

I was afraid to blink, so much "Goodness" packed in this wonderful video. Must watch about a thousand times to catch it all. Thanks Adam and Nicky!!

[@maxiepattie85]

Crazy how different California is from North to South. That liquor store is SO Palm Springs style *Truly California's Gold!*

[@shannongodbey7420]

I love that silver whatever at 11:52, the sun through the dome, those birds..and so much more

[@12015068]

Dude I just love these types of videos!! Thanks Adam.

[@MrAmericanworkmule]

Your sidekick compliments and enhances your videos.

[@ahuehuete4703]

Hard to believe that people went there to enjoy themselves. My dad went fishing there in the 1950's.

[@blazed1945]

What did he used to catch?

[@ahuehuete4703]

@@blazed1945 I don't remember

[@warmfluffysocks1404]

They used to have: corvina, sargo, talapia fish in the lake. They used to be big fish in that lake, back in early 80's. We used to camp & fish at Salton Sea. Used to be fun, because you'd have an appreciation for running water, toilet, electricity, even brushing your teeth after camping. We're talking tent and sleeping bags. We did upgrade to cots, once adults took down the tent & found scorpions under the tent. This video, is like going back in time, and everything is now dead. No productive growth. Place has a growing staleness to it. Sad.

[@michaelmichaelfordloverman8332]

Hi adam thanks for letting me tag along thank you for remembering and honoring these places that used to be in the old days

[@joconnor3846]

This is what you do best Adam , totally loved it . Cheers from Australia

[@Rayo_Rob_No.17]

Mr. Woo! Loved it! Great fun, and crazy stuff to see, on the lesser traveled roads of CA! My wife and I watch your channel every night, great fun, keep it up!

[@conniecrawford5231]

Great directions, Adam - “ right past the dumpster”! Lol ! Makes me really want to go there!

[@LifetheWildRide]

I very rarely watch any videos that are this long, but I really enjoy the stuff that you are showing and hope to visit many of them when we finally hit the road in our converted school bus. Thanks for sharing as always.

[@TheDailyWoo]

I appreciate that . I know it’s a little lengthy but wanted to do one big episode

[@nicklongo2939]

Dot matrix printers were popular in the 80's and 90's when laser printers still cost $1000+

[@leontindle2894]

You're doing a great job Adam the woo thank you so much

[@MitchJ]

I love Nikki! Bring her along for more!

[@maxiepattie85]

Wow two of my favorites The Salton Sea and the Woo. Nicky.... Hello

"The International Banana Museum, just past the dumpster." That really sold me, I gotta go see it... the museum, not the dumpster.

[@passthebutterrobot2600]

What gets me is that it's not just called the Banana Museum, it's the INTERNATIONAL Banana Museum

[@marksnider8914]

Never what you might find in the dumpster as well !

[@fixitmann6685]

Lots better place to be than say, and international airport, where those great big jet engines fly and hundreds of people congregate. Can't stand anywhere where there are more than 100 people.

[@sylviamorgan2710]

The plant at minute 2:36 appears to look like a Crown Of Thorns plant. Thanks for taking us on your adventures across the US. I've really enjoyed the out of the way old towns in the south. The Cali trip maybe the only way I see that state.

[@follkiej]

Love this one!! Nicky (nikki, nickie, I know I'll get it wrong) is a great cohost. Thanks Adam!

[@guntherflume7129]

Jim Follkie would like to see more of her 😉

[@scarystardust5175]

I love it so much. So bizarre and wonderful. From the pooing banana, to the creepy kissing booth, pure gold.

[@L8-APEX]

Love these types of videos! Keep up the great work Adam!

[@mikefitchNYC1971]

I love these offbeat places you are going to Adam! Awesome job!

[@MuiTube]

Some great ‘into the wild’ locations! Love it!

[@TheDailyWoo]

Yep totally

[@brandonzayres]

Gotta love that part of southern California. Strange but beautiful too.

[@alexispena7924]

That crows nest she climbed is always the high point of the ship.The rest of the ship must be really deep down there!!

[@B1G_B]

Thanks Adam for this impress look on this area. I have a really facination for this area behind Palm Springs.

[@ronh8199]

You and Nicki are the next Desi and Lucy. She's a hoot. Thanks for getting the hell out of Disneyland. Ant hill reminds me of L.A. Good stuff.

[@mchrome3366]

Great video. Your observations and interests are the same things I find interesting when I travel.

[@Trainy2]

I've been waiting for you to go to the Salton Sea forever. Yesss

[@christophermiller853]

Mr Woo, is visiting towns of various sizes,and in the background can be heard the nearly continuous sounds of traffic,the interstate is the reason the town is now a ghost town,very similar situation to that which is happening in Southern Ireland at the moment,a great shame, some people call it progress.

[@kennethm.pricejr.8921]

This was extremely interesting, and to see that anyone can just drive out there and check it out, amidst peace, quiet and free from crowds. I think your video is going to drum up a lot of interest. It certainly would wake up the minds of a lot of young people if they could leave their regimented school system for a day and observe pure unadulterated creativity.

[@debi1451]

This video was so cool. All the odd art and other imaginative displays etc!. Props to you Mr Woo!.

[@callsignenterprise6895]

Took a trip out to the Salton Sea a few month ago with my mom. I tried getting the water to say I touched it, but the stench finally got to me and I headed back to my car. Took me some time to get the smell off of me and my clothes.

[@Tony67032]

just came across this video, its great and just wanna drop a thanks for sharing the beauty that is there ,that many don't see

[@jamesthomas9164]

I like your shows and the places you go. I think it's great you have Nike with you. Not meaning to be rude, she is one beautiful lady!

[@iguardian1]

32.29 mins of sheer awesomeness! What wonderful places and the sculptures and artwork were imaginative and often spectacular! Thanks, Adam and your lovely lady friend for the most outstanding and thoroughly enjoyable vid I've seen from you in years. Keep your always excellent work up, see you in the next.

[@TheDmac66]

The tree with shoes at 24:30 is “the tree of lost soles” a pun on lost souls for the Folks who live there. The heat does strange things to people. Did you check out the library?

[@blazed1945]

The heat along with the meth

[@itchymoche]

I want to get back to explore some of that one day. Very interesting creative art.

[@mike856ms]

This the Woo I love to watch. Exploring Americana

[@dianebrown075]

You find the most facinating places, love your videos

[@fuzer909]

Toro Toro Licquor was featured in GTA5. I recognized it right away, glad it still is standing. Great video Adam.

[@brentlichtenberg]

Wasn’t it trevor’s meth lab?

[@Ben-tg2uw]

Went here a couple of years ago. Was so interesting to see, and that smell in the air is unforgettable

[@theadventuresofbrockinthai4325]

BE GLAD YOU WEREN'T ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SEA. LOL

[@AngelS-br3vv]

What is the smell everyone is taking about?? What’s it smell like??

[@rockstarofredondo]

Angel Seddon Rotting eggs and dead fish.

[@TheModbeats]

Hard to tell the garbage from the art. The late Huell Howser did one of his "California's Gold" series about Slab City maybe 25 years ago. It was a bit more neatly kept and seemed to be inhabited by older retirees and snow birds. Now, it's degenerated into a mess.

[@CarsandCats]

Yes I have watched that episode many times. It's really great.

[@jkocher6973]

Ah Huell Howser - he was doing vlogs before vlogs were a thing.

[@lilefanvids]

Just watched this after reading your comment. Great short documentary!

[@jayneneewing2369]

Holy moly! I think I saw that ep of “California’s Gold”. Miss Mr. Howser.

[@punchline43]

@@jkocher6973 Right he even had a show in the early 80s on PBS called "Videolog" which is obviously what vlog is short for. He practically coined the term.

[@JimForeman]

Remember, you are there in the dead of winter, it gets over 130 degrees in the summer. BTW, how did you like the smell (stench) of that place.

[@contrabandjoe7974]

The entire place looks like an episode of The Walking Dead.....

[@e92bruh37]

ContraBand Joe GTA 5 this place was called sandy shores

[@generalkayoss7347]

This is what America looks like with liberal Democrats in charge.

[@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306]

@@generalkayoss7347 Well it seems there is not much government there. I thought that is what conservative republicans are all for. So now we can see a working model. I'll pass.

[@photonotavailable7936]

My thought exactly.

[@contrabandjoe7974]

@@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306 You've got it entirely backwards. The Government IS at the Salton Sea,.. California Law makers have been arguing for decades on what to do with this hell hole and cannot agree on a plan.. They approve and set aside funds for study after study after study and NOTHING gets accomplished. THERE'S your wonderful Democrat Controlled California government at it's best.. If PRIVATE industry (mostly Republicans) were allowed to repair and fix this place, it would likely be back to it's 1950's and 1960's resort heydays......

[@RichadTheLionHeat]

Mr. Adam the Woo. The train was carrying various troop carriers, track vehicles, and artillery track rolling pieces. Continue the great work. Old Apple IIC had a printer that produced that very type of print work.

[@johnniebgoode]

Great video. And, just between us, any woman willing to climb that crow's nest is a keeper.

[@kgoger]

This is best video I have seen by you don’t know how I miss it been watching you for long time

[@hanginglow420]

Im been wondering when youd do a video like this, there are so many awesome things in California to see !! Excellent video!!!

[@TheDailyWoo]

More to come

[@johng5710]

@@TheDailyWoo Do a trip to Death Valley! I was there and loved it!

[@rrrrrrtt1]

Very interesting video of the golden oldies. Thanks, Mr. Woo.

[@Powertuber1000]

I remember my family taking me to the Salton Sea as a child, I mainly remember the stench in the air. You should incorporate drone footage in some of your vlogs.

[@Powertuber1000]

@Mike Bailey I grew up in LA in the 60s back in the real California. (ethnically European) "We have chosen the wrong future" --- Peter Hitchens

[@Powertuber1000]

​@Mike Bailey Living within the transition period (like you did) might seem acceptable to the complacent mind, but _demographics is destiny_ and our populations will eventually shrink to extinction.

[@whackamolechamp]

I went there in 1985 when my family just moved to CA. We brought our bathing suits and towels thinking it would be a nice day to swim and relax. Looked like a nice place on a AAA Map. Boy was that a bad call.

[@Powertuber1000]

@Mike Bailey Our lack of ethnocentrism was exacerbated by neo-Marxism's hegemonic rise along with the emancipation of the protected white female. I say with regret, under these scenarios, and those you described, there appears to be little hope. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ep_UgKSPj7KMi9U

[@123s453e56a6l]

you look like me

[@seagull7]

This was awesome trip my brother people love seeing things that they did not know existed great fun take care my brother

[@carlewald46]

Really one of your best! The choppers are from Yuma where Harry learned to fly Apaches! I thought you would do your Arnold impression when you saw them!

[@NNJPRGreg]

I've been binge watching all your videos. Great stuff man. Glad I found it.

[@joeschmoe4030]

Congrats, You found the weirdest place on earth.

[@Powertuber1000]

@veronica carlson They are a weird bunch, I guess you would have to be to live there longterm.

[@nickynick3527]

All these locations actually have history if you look it up, in the 1950s the salton sea was a big summer tourist attraction for boating fishing and slabs city was actually placed there after WW2

[@Beemstarr]

veronica carlson not dry just toxic and extremely salty so you can’t swim, all the fish died, and it stinks.

[@deeremies2266]

@veronica carlson There still is a salton sea there, its just smaller

[@1deadhead]

And the people that live there think we are the weird one's ... Who is right, is up for debate ,,,, Hummmmm ??????

[@Julie_rand]

Some great art work. I love the fish plane and the seal plane, balancing the iron work ball on its nose.

[@jackaction7077]

Everything was cool except the commercials for Bloomberg🙄

[@dallasguy3306]

You should pay for YT Premium. No commercials.

[@Metalkitty33]

Get ABP problem solved .

[@un-limited7009]

@@dallasguy3306 how much?

[@dallasguy3306]

@@un-limited7009 $11.99/mo

[@jcspider7259]

@@dallasguy3306 YES! I've had it since its inception. I would go crazy having to watch ads again. It is one of THE BEST THINGS I've ever done.

[@SDSunriser]

How about doing a video of the west side of the Salton Sea (Salton City) and interviewing residents? I am curious what it is like living there.

[@classiclife7204]

Slightly better than here, was my impression

[@garyallsebrook3493]

That plant is called a “crown of thorns”. Those MVs were probably headed to the Ft Irwin in Barstow.

[@saguaro2231]

I believe the plant is an ocotillo; it has red blooms, and is a hummingbird favorite. the purple cactus is a Santa Rita prickly pear, and the "spongy thing" is the skeleton of a cholla cactus......

[@Chrisb8s]

saguaro 22 yup. Ocotillo. I have three of them in my yard. Such a cool plant. They get water through the thorny arms. It must have rained recently thats when the pop out the little leaves. That one is a beauty. Personally I like them to be crazy

[@Chrisb8s]

And I should add that I also have a crown of thorns and it is similar Just smaller. And my favorite the purple prickly pear and that thing that looked like a sponge is the skeleton inside a cholla plant.

[@garyallsebrook3493]

You’re probably right. My mother collected it, in so cal desert someplace, and it did resemble the ocotillo I have on my land in Marana AZ. I didn’t think Ocotillo occurred here. That’s what my mother told me it was. She liked to collect and propagate cacti...

[@jeanettewaverly2590]

I vote ocotillo too.

[@CapitaineBeaudet]

Beautiful images...i took so many screen grabs. Thanks

[@TheDailyWoo]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@misspearlpearl7530]

I like her! She is really funny and cute. Hope we see more of her.

[@ronstopfer2315]

She’s definitely cute...and charismatic.

[@kingoscar5884]

I agree!!

[@wldsmke2]

@@kingoscar5884 Very beautiful creature for sure.

[@huggyjd]

Thanks for taking us along Adam.

[@TheTAMMY97]

Is this the same place Wonderhussey explored too. Looks familiar.

[@blazed1945]

Yeah it is slab city

[@patrioticpitbull8388]

That badass prickly plant is an ocotillo. Fun fact-they make great fences,huge in New Mexico! I have one in my front yard here in Arizona!

[@TheDailyWoo]

Awesome thanks for the info