Texas Panhandle Roadtrip: Unusual and Interesting Stuff Along Interstate 40

[@richwhitaker1506]

Wonderhussy's Grand Pre-eclipse Tour is proving to be a total success. A real treasure trove. Love your tales Sarah. ❤❤😎

[@HarryHamsterChannel]

I thought she quit.

[@BillReitz]

Sarah Jane I sure hope you gave that Harley tourist your business card or a sticker with your KZbin channel ! He's now a STAR and will be recognized by your millions of followers when they see him.

[@1MadMike5]

she actually gave me a sticker but it took me 2 months to discover this video in which I had my big appearance. 😂

[@aleenbernard]

Thank you for sharing the ☮ park. I love everything about that place.

[@RichardBaker-u5h]

I do not do the internet very much but a friend sent me your post. I want to thank you so much for featuring my grave yard for 2. That being my wife Laquita Joyce Baker and I. Have safe travels and if you are so incline...smoke a bowl with the peace in mind. Peace and Love, Richard D Baker

[@karenmays8889]

Great video. Especially the biker from Switzerland. Safe travels.

[@1MadMike5]

Thank you Karen, I've had a really nice and safe travel. Unfortunatey it took me 2 months to find this cool video. 😬

[@CharlieTx]

You should have went inside the cafe. They are known for their incredible fried baloney sandwiches. I rode my motorcycle to this exact midpoint spot last year. The water tower was where a giant truck stop used to be

[@paulg845]

Two of the dates I recognized in your video 12-8-80 the date of John Lennon's assassination. 11-22-63 the date of John F Kennedy's assassination. Some of the others moved by a little too quickly.

[@darryljorden9177]

One of the dates shown was 9-11-2001

[@gsp49]

Kennedy once said, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." He was a slave master at heart and wanted everyone giving to make a bigger more controlling federal government. He was getting people killed in Vietnam and starting wars just like Biden is doing. Typical control freak democrat. Glad Oswald ended it before it got any worse.

[@davidandrews9670]

google: patriot peace park.

[@joeiborowski9763]

9-11-2001 was also there and Dec 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor.

[@Cali_Fornia869]

Remember some of those dates very well

[@mikeazeka1753]

There are so many interesting places in America, thanks Wonderhussy for making great videos to share them with everyone.

[@BaryNusz]

The Peace Park is designed to point towards the Pantex Plant. It is clearly visible as you look down the sign and the cross. Maybe 5 miles away. That is the final assembly and disassembly plant for the US nuclear arsenal.

[@silverlining9077]

I'm sitting here in New Zealand getting ready for a trip to the big old USA especially to fulfill a lifelong dream of riding route 66 on a HD . I only found you a couple of months ago just by luck while researching the route and have been totally entertained and educated . The travel information I have got from your vids is worth its weight in gold. Man ! wouldn't it be amazing if I bumped into you. That would certainly be the high light of my trip. Cheers.

[@Cali_Fornia869]

Wow that’s do cool, hope you have a great time here in the US, be safe ☮️

[@vickyAsandoval]

Love these Texas videos! Are you going to check out El Capitan in Guadalupe national park while you’re here? It amazing, highly recommended!

[@carlrice6989]

Thank YOU Sarah AKA "Wonderhussy " for sharing your world and Film Camera...

[@douglassparnell8732]

The windmill allowed the high plains to be settled , pumping water for the early pioneers that and the Winchester and colt. Hard times

[@EveningShadeLori]

LOL so many people misunderstand what right wing people stand for. Just because we love our guns and go target shooting and fly an American flag and live in Texas doesnt mean we have anything against Peace or 420 We just call BS when needed on certain situations and have enough common sense to know when "someone" is pissin on our boots and calling it a rainstorm! I am a right side girl and love to watch Wonderhussy videos!

[@williamjenkins9]

Me too!!

[@dannygrissom1]

@@williamjenkins9 me too

[@jazzcatt]

Did you know that the majority of her followers are right wing folks? All the way from the extreme to the moderate right, but most are on the extreme side. I'd conservatively estimate it at around 80%. Personally, have both left and right views so I guess I'm the oddball of the bunch. And I know darned well when someone is pissing on my boots and telling me it's just rain.

[@ripvanrevs]

I also know when someone is trying to sell me a miracle elixir that will keep me from dying (or trying to make me take it)

[@cargotrailerkenny]

You cannot simultaneously admire war and the people who fight it and love the Prince of Peace at the same time..... It is literally a contradiction in terms and complete hypocrisy

[@johnkrager]

I love you, Wonderhussy! Please do a video about the wild horses!

[@johnhenryholiday4964]

Historical factoid: Gestas was on a cross on the left of Jesus and Dismas was on the right had side of Jesus. Just a bit of information that people may be interested in.

[@railfan439]

Two dates side by side, one was Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima. Another was building the World Trade Center and 9-11 when the planes flew. Each pair seems to mean the start and the end of something - wars? Thanks for the video. Jon

[@ocsrc]

Cafe Motel was very common back in the 50s and 60s before the interstate Every 30 miles you would have a motel and diner It is sad seeing these in this state of decay 😢😢😢

[@tracyphillips3325]

Great video Sarah. I have been going by all of the locations in this video for years. But never stopped. But I did stop at the leaning water tank back when it still had the gas station. I was only about ten years old then.

[@johnglasgow4176]

My dad left the panhandle of Texas in 1927 he always said it's a good place to be from thanks wonder hussy

[@perceivedvelocity9914]

Haha. I've met a lot of people from Texas. They are always quick to let you know that. Makes me wonder why so many people leave.

[@christopherallen9580]

@@e13m10 my dad was born in 1916

[@mrnt1257]

@@perceivedvelocity9914a lot come back as well

[@RoadTrekker866]

Origins. In 1971, five high school students in San Rafael, California, used the term "4:20" in connection with a plan to search for an abandoned cannabis crop, based on a treasure map made by the grower. CALIFORNIA Penal code 420 has nothing to do with cannabis.

[@henrytowne7463]

a lot of effort was put into this display... moreover, it seems to be respected as it is clean, well-maintained, and free of graffiti... Impressive!

[@Syncopator]

Using cut metal kind of makes it impervious to graffiti...

[@ebenezerwheezer2957]

@henrytowne7463 'Impressive' Not really, when you consider the type of person who visits.

[@satoshijames4134]

If Alaska were divided by two, Texas would be the third largest state

[@melvinice5727]

Well the republic of Texas was bigger than California but the United States carved her up so it would not be bigger than California folks need to learn their history.

[@andyelliott1866]

And?

[@bobjeffrey8863]

LOVE LOVE your Rte 66 reports,,,,, GREAT JOB,, Thanks

[@spudwas]

Giant old timey windmill....like the one James Dean sat on in the film "Giant." Which was filmed in...drum roll....Texas. "

[@underthetornado]

You find the coolest places! Be careful of the spring tornado season in your travels!!!😮it's gonna be a tornado record breaking season.

[@mauricemarcucci1738]

Enjoy watching your videos I learned so much from them thanks so much❤

[@bowman321123]

While on your NM explorations, a fun side trip is to pull off of I-40 and go South at Santa Rosa to Fort Sumner to check out the Billy the Kid museum and grave.

[@mannybravo237]

There's been massive solar winds blasting earth, from corona mass ejections...so the winds are stronger 🌞🌬🌬🌬🌎don't git blown away! Hemp hemp hurrah for Fo'twenny!☮️

[@kayciehulett9615]

I have lived in Tx my entire life, a couple hrs from Dallas, and been to and through Amarillo more times than I can count and didn't know these things existed...great video!!

[@GoingNoWhereFast]

It is "The Stoner Patriot Peace Garden of All Faiths". Just an interesting art installation. The dates are historic dates like 9/11, Challenger Explosion, Lennon Shot, Civil Rights Signed, etc.

[@timclark8722]

Thanks ... I wasn't successful with "google guessing".

[@1MadMike5]

Hi Sarah, please excuse me for taking so long to find this video. It was nice to meet you. I had a great end to my trip and arrived home safe and sound. I don't want to withhold my photo which you mentioned. So have a look at it. I wish you many more exciting journeys and stay healthy. Best regards, Mike

[@yelapa999]

I graduated form an Iowa high school in 1970. After a lovely career or two, I'm retired and have returned to my hippy ways in weed legal Oregon. All of the stuff in the peace park is really meaningful to people my age. Enchanting.

[@NomadicBrian]

I remember as a kid circa 1969, 70 folk guitar masses with peace signs everywhere and tie dye shirts. The two finger 'V' for peace was just a popular as Spock's Vulcan greeting from Star Trek.

[@davidborgerding8429]

Yeah, man.

[@patriciastaton6182]

🎉❤🎉

[@richardrichard9953]

Too bad. Wasting your time and money. Try something new

[@JamesWoodring-mu2iz]

lol sorry for you weed head im retired to

[@Howdy76]

Holy Crap, I and my brother and Parents DROVE All the way from southern il. towing a travel trailer behind a 1957 Chevy ,to San Fransico and back. All on Route 66. I fell in love with Corvettes on that trip. Still have one....

[@Gary-f4m]

What a really Kool place thanks for showing us safe travels

[@McGussen]

I've been near there. I have to go north when I reach the Texas state line though until I can go into oklaheemus because of warrants in texas. No matter if I'm heading west or east, I have to make a big c shaped detour up around the panhandle or its the slammer.

[@dlschgo]

St. Christopher is the Patron Saint of travelers/truckers. The Stations of the Cross only represent moments during the Crucifixion. I think we were witnessing dueling ideologies at that Peace Memorial. The Pro-Military, Pro-American installations honoring service were added on adjacent property by other groups. Same with anything specifically Christian. The Peace Sign was specifically for nuclear disarmament, with the center line being the semaphore signal for the letter D. The slanted lines are the 'N" in semaphore.

[@LagerThanLife]

It looked like a dust bowl heading across Texas to the eclipse, nice mural and silos at the midpoint.

[@johnmattoon5487]

That water tower.. there used to be a truck stop there. The huge cross.. at night it is well lit and when it’s foggy.. it looks really cool.

[@tonykeltsflorida]

Amarillo and Shamrock are my favorite Route 66 Texas stops. It has been a long time since I went through that area.

[@gvinnydog5500.]

The dust bowl was in North Dakota too! Maybe Canada. It was the whole middle of the country. You can still see where the sand dunes piled up in the section lines by the farm I grew up on.

[@Stevieray55]

Pretty good place for thought an love Imagine that is when Lola Christine is singing using the very luvly sound of the Hand Pan really brings Joy soothing feeling

[@gordony8196]

Thanks for the tour. Keep the videos coming!

[@oneparticularharbor144]

Hey we just crossed paths- had to drive from OKC down to sunny Sunray TX then on to McClean and passed that tilty water tower in Groom as well as the big cross....was very windy when I was down there couple weeks ago , plenty of dispensaries in OK though- go figure . Sorry we missed- next time.

[@bentstrider]

Made a video of the old Texas Longhorn steakhouse and motel back in 2019. The roof was still intact on the rooms in the back and there were more signs of recent habitation. Guess after the dispensary went in, the Longhorn was cleaned up as well for some anticipated business of another type on the TX side. Also, right across the old 66 lays the remnants of the old, Choctaw route of the Rock Island line. Rails were ripped out in the mid 80s after The Rock went belly up in 1980.

[@Markpatrickrich]

Very informative I enjoy your videos all your fun sense of humor, positive energy. I’m sure you know this the wooden windmill was used as a water pump pump in the ground and the windmill pump the water usually into a water tank, but I’m sure you knew that thank you again for all your fun. It really helps out in tough times.

[@edwardtraylor3984]

What a fantastic video, Sara! Meeting that guy from Switzerland who seemed to be a cool dude. That hippie shrine was a trip. And unusual to see here in Texas for sure. Some of these places I already seen on a KZbin channel called "Through my lens" a few years back. Thanks so much for sharing with us. Really enjoyed this one, and you were funny. Don't pee in a field again here in Texas.

[@JanetMinton8313]

lol. Good job wanderhussy! Was getting my kicks on Route 66 since the 60s. There was a town so much more…. The area your in is historically an enigmatic part. I guess beauty in the eyes of interested wanderers. Good job. ☮️🌾

[@yamagata008]

I wish you told one of your fictional stories about the old motel. I love those stories and your creativity. But, even without a made up story, it is a great video. Thank you for doing this!

[@yamagata008]

Wrote too soon -- loved the story about the Bakers!

[@greyangelpilot]

I passed through those parts of New Mexico in Texas many times on my way to and from Maryland. Beautiful landmarks and always interesting pieces of Americana.

[@blackbob3358]

My giggle for the day; " My name is Bwian" !! There was "some curfuffle" when that film came out.

[@suzannehackett-morgan5051]

Can't wait to host you at Goldwell Open Air Museum next weekend!

[@JonBass-h1t]

Well gee Wonderhussy,, did you know about the disputed mile between New Mexico and Texas ?

[@faerieSAALE]

You have heard, Don't Mess With TEXAS...The other known fact is - Do not mess with Jesus in Texas!

[@texaslonestarrider]

You missed Slug Bug Ranch at the next exit from the Leaning Water Tower. Awesome Video!

[@anitahamlin2411]

I have driven past there a few times and never even knew this was there. Thanks for sharing, Sarah.

[@williamjenkins9]

You are cutting a grand trail all over !!! OK city !!! And you are not afraid to stop ! You are a Wonder… Sara…

[@nomadicdullard]

Should have stopped at the old restored Conoco station in Shamrock TX. Very cool art deco.

[@johnhaug1747]

Been there, done that many times (Britten, TX) en route from Edmond, OK to Trinidad, CO via Raton, NM.

[@AbleHammer]

Who remembers the giant PEACE ☮️ SIGN on sunrise mountain in Vegas. Early 70s

[@Cali_Fornia869]

Hey!!! I do !!! I went to Eldorado high school when it opened until I graduated in 76, remember the giant E?

[@prf54]

Amsterdam has some good seeds! They mail them to us. And they have good instructions on planting them up too. All my exes live in Texas and Texas is the place I truly want to be. So I hang my hat in Tennessee!

[@mikeservais888]

Thanks another good video..Be careful going into abandoned buildings .Saw a video of an abandoned house the hole wall was a big bee hive.The person was stung to death!

[@DIZEMANPHOTO]

I mentioned before about my son's Shepherd/Coyote Mix getting bitten by a rattlesnake in Texas, which she did not survive. The REST/PICNIC AREA behind you is at Mile Marker 12... the last Picnic Table with the Shade Cover in the group of 6 heading toward Amarillo was where she was bitten. In fact, right over your shoulder at 15:32 I can see the very table. Don't want to be morbid, but it was a tad emotional when I looked over your shoulder and saw the very location where "TINY" was fatally bitten. That was June 26th, 2010. I still cannot walk through tall grass or sit anywhere that has a shadow without investigating what might be hiding there. Old Junk Cars... Can't do it! And now moving on to a lighter note... Been that route several times, that Gallery/Memorial is relatively new. THANKS AGAIN FOR SHARING! Fellow Las Vegan for 46 years, moved to Pahrumpatonia 6 years ago.

[@rickybobbytexas3487]

There is a nearly 200ft tall cross at Effingham IL (it looks surprisingly like the one in your vid). Thanks for sharing your road trip!

[@onlyone2948]

People are like animals. They go somewhere fresh, and prosper for a while. Once that land is worn down, they go someplace else.

[@ebenezerwheezer2957]

I was hoping 🙏 you were going to visit The Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Groom, TX east of Amarillo. You did miss the tomb which is directly below the crucifixion. Wow, what difference in the looks of what I call the Amarillo cross complex and the Cadillac Ranch pigsty.

[@joemanpjg]

Also the Stations Of the Cross are in order Counter clockwise 1 thru 14.. Stopped there a few times. AWESOME !!!!! all the way from Pa... The Big Texan Steakhouse,definitely worth a stop. The Iconic, Blue Swallow motel on rt66 in Tucumcari N.M.great overnight-er.

[@CaptainJackScrapper]

dadgum it...I was in Texas for the eclipse as well (it was great where I was) one of these days we are bound to cross paths a little bit closer me thinks... I intend to do M66 in near future..so cool meeting ppl who are doing their dreams (like you, like me) Fair Winds !

[@braddclaybaugh6584]

Hi Sarah, I have a feeling that, that Peace Park was at least in part was created by one or more Baha'i. If you are so inclined and have the time goggle the Baha'i Faith. Love you channel and happy trails.

[@tplugnickel]

They have an impressive water fall just outside the gift shop thwere at the cross

[@Anchoress1]

Oh Sara you missed the super clean restroom ..it is remarkable!

[@godfellas483]

You do need to brush up on your bible stories WH! The diorama of Jesus lying under the cross was him falling beneath the weight of his burden. The two men hanging on the cross next to Jesus were thieves. One repented before dying, the other was rebellious till the bitter end. The gift shop when I was there had an awesome full size replica of the "Shroud of Turin"....a fascinating place to be sure!

[@ralphcrosby4051]

Thanks for sharing the adventure looking forward too more stay safe, wild ,and free

[@krissharpe6459]

I admire your free spirit and ability to travel and not nailed down to a job ! lol ! By this time you are in Oklahoma ! Welcome and Enjoy my beautiful home state ! don't forget to stop at Pops in Arcardia and see the large pop bottle and the thousands of brands of sodas , kinda of cool

[@rockytopwrangler2069]

... YES ,, American History with the Hussy ... Plenty of info on the Peace Park on the 'ol NET ...

[@ToriLynnH]

I'm glad you got your screen fixed. (Because you're making more videos...)

[@roberthealey526]

Someday you have to make it to Florida lots of quirky stuff here. Safe travels

[@philipjones9458]

Never knew what the reference in the Rolling Stones song to Mid point meant until now. Thanks WH.

[@guyjulius8078]

Ummmm, how do I get to meet Mr. Switzerland?

[@briang70]

We all should recognize 9-11-2001. I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I saw on the news... And 12-7-1941 was when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. I guess all those signs are of important dates in history. I haven't googled anything, I just recognize those two dates.

[@thelifeandtimesofcrazypatr699]

That leaning tower was a truck stop many, many years ago.

[@vernwallen4246]

As with the"leaning tower of Pisa" and the leaning water tower.....non union labor.🤣😂

[@Britcarjunkie]

The giant cross: there are several in that part of the country. I believe there's one in Oklahoma, Alabama, Arkansas, and I think there's another one somewhere. I forget exactly where, but I've seen several of 'em.

[@realNetGear]

So, the "don't breed" reminded me of Alan Saxe, my polysci prof at UTA. That class was kind of like having Johnny Carson as your teacher. One day the lights went out in the back of the classroom. Something was going on back there and he stopped speaking, then he yelled, "No breeding back there!" Students were so distracted he finally dismissed class. Hilarious!

[@michaelmcleod1579]

Super cool and interesting video!

[@richardnelson7098]

God bless wonder hussy good cometary! Thanks a million

[@bobdaniello3370]

Texas doesn't need drugs, we got tequila and hot women.

[@StanFarleyMusic]

I have always seen many Europeans traveling the entirety of Route 66, usually on motorcycles, when I take much shorter trips on Route 66. I wonder if the fascination is due to Europe never having had such a major migration as happened on Route 66 (including some of my relatives). 🤔

[@toymaster5464]

Well Sarah aka Wonderhussy....I guess size does matter in Texas and....bigger is always better! Thanks for the video.

[@paullanyi516]

Being In West Texas . . You Need To Listen To Terry Allen, or Paul Newman in 'Cool Hand Luke' . . ' Plastic Jesus '

[@FASKY2788]

Hello🤠 -- Ha, What InTarnation! I love it. Your beans are legal and they sure are magic! 'Nuff Said. (Fasky)

[@rkmatt8761]

Texas is pretty straight. It’s like saying. I’m old I’m grumpy and get off of my lawn ! But I love my state but I think Texas needs to loosen their collars a bit with the weed thing. Nice video as usual. I love how you put them together. Stay safe stay healthy

[@PaulLewis-bw7gd]

You do great at entertaining people you're such a character never give up your job when I see even if you get bored you make everything totally fun to watch

[@KraftRacingandMore]

On Feb 7, 1964 @ 1:20 p.m. the Beatles landed @ JFK airport

[@someguy9778]

oh....

[@underthetornado]

Beatles fans.

[@ripvanrevs]

On December 25, 1964 @ 2:14 pm I landed in a hospital in central Ohio!

[@frank1720]

And ruined American music

[@cargotrailerkenny]

Yep, I think ed Sullivan show was Feb 9, 1964. I'm old enough to have seen it.

[@wallykramer7566]

WH, maybe you can pick up a tripod while you are getting your screen fixed. Something more secure than leaning it against a random stick.

[@boondockinnrockin5184]

Thanks to the Beatles I got my first guitar in 1964. I was 8 yrs old. Still playing. It kept me out of a lotta trouble and got me into a little. Lol. Good vid Sarah!

[@BigBoyz33]

Nice 4Runner !!

[@hestheMaster]

If you work and/or pray for peace you should/will have peace. Very inclusive park display. Those are straight line winds from the jet stream WH. When they meet up with wind from the south from the humid Gulf of Mexico ,that's where all hell can and does break out. Tornado Alley! Imagine meeting a guy from Switzerland on a Harley living his dream of traveling the "old mother road". Nice. Broken cellphone screen , horrors!

[@lakesnake2005]

Come see us down here in Spicewood, west of Austin. We don't act like SOME of the other Texans...LMAO. Travis County is different. The eclipse was awesome from my front yard.

[@craftymumonthewebb8377]

U need a glass screen protector next time xx

[@johnburton8135]

The Peace sign originally stood for SANE, stop all nuclear explosions. An organization started by Bertrand Russell.

[@millwrightrick1]

The peace symbol is actually the semaphore code for ND or nuclear Disarmament

[@jeffburton2625]

No nukes! Became "no nuclear power!" In America, now the US is fifty years behind the rest of the world in nuclear energy production. Green party eradicated true green energy.

[@Americathebeautiful49]

CND or Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament was the organization that first used Houltons design. That was in Great Britain in the late 50’s. It eventually was used by the Civil Rights movement in America and then as a general sign for peace and the major antiwar symbol to protest the war in Vietnam.

[@tomrinde4487]

Nice boots girl. You cover a lot different things.​@millwrightrick1

[@arguitnick7943]

You haven’t lived till you’ve heard Yoko sing.

[@davidmorris4826]

I lived till I heard Toko sing. Then I wanted to die.

[@Cali_Fornia869]

My ears started bleeding the first time I heard her sing 😂😂😂

[@arguitnick7943]

@@davidmorris4826 I can’t, “Imagine” wtf Lennon was thinking!

[@arguitnick7943]

@@Cali_Fornia869 Yoko was screeching. What was Lennon thinking unleashing her on the public and his fellow musicians?

[@johnmcmahon5225]

Yoko actually had a whole other very successful club dance music career known by people who have evolved culturally beyond 1973.