The Empty Roadside Stops From Los Angeles To Las Vegas - Closed Waterpark In Desert / Baker & Zzyzx

Los Angeles To Las Vegas March 2023

[@timnoel511]

Going through the small towns and abandoned buildings in the desert on your way to Vegas is somewhat reminiscent of back when you used to do your abandoned videos on your main channel which were your most popular videos amongst fans, so thumbs up to these kinds of videos 👍

[@TheFinnMcGovern]

Doesn’t get much better than Woo on the road.

[@goodson77784]

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ Amen

[@Redbaron_sites]

Thank you for the years of clean fascinating entertainment, the places we have gone with you that we would have never seen , someone I can confidently watch with my granddaughter ❤

[@TheRustBug]

These are my favourite kind of vlogs from you, Adam. Amazing to see all this vintage/retro American History from what was such a golden age. Wish I’d have been around to see it all in its glory.

[@robertjean659]

Just love these roads trips, don’t think anyone does them better. 🇦🇺🇦🇺👍

[@orl2222]

That fenced off area was a Stuckeys. Back in the 70's my family had to pull into Stuckeys due to a serve sandstorm. I remember my dad's 72 F250 with our camper got its whole grille area sand blasted. I also remember my mom giving a blanket to a couple of bikers to cover their harleys at the time. Old boomer here!

[@Mr.Thrasha]

HECK YEAH ADAM!! Thought you may be skipping a day. Enjoy the city of Sin, good Sir!! 👍

[@Purple8012]

Love this just driving through the desert and random stops. LoveVegas too.

[@robindavis2137]

Lo ve your videos..They are very Interesting.Thanks for taking us along on your jouneys..😊

[@desireesakow3626]

The machine next to the gas pump is where you would pay for gas, when Arco was doing it that way. For awhile, most Arco stations had you pay at a machine that wasn’t where you pumped the gas, it was a little odd. The only plus for the machine was that if you wanted to pay in cash you didn’t have to go inside. Then Arco changed it to pay at your pump.

[@vegasr8iders43]

Yup. ARCOs in SoCal would only take cash or debit, no credit at the time. They would charge you a transaction fee if you used debit. Now taking credit cards.

[@timnoel511]

Yeah I never carried any plastic on me, I would only pay cash for things I bought back then, so those machines were convenient for me not needing to go inside and stand in line.

[@celtekrider2]

They also had one for cash

[@jimkear6749]

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ Jesus still has to pay cash.

[@aaronoxen]

Can confirm. That was the older style of payment, which for us in Eugene, Or, would allow bills. Maybe that one would still take cash, but like others, most likely defunct and not worth the cost to remove.

[@theelizabethanway]

Hoping I would have run into you at John Wayne yesterday when I came in 😭 I just love your videos so much. You are easily one of my top favorite channels.

[@teresapaskell5459]

Love love love your back roads trips🇬🇧🥰

[@kranwa15]

Definitely more vegas sight vlogg, hope to see dani702.

[@danno3497]

FYI That extra machine at the Arco was probably a central point of paying for gas and picking which pump, they have since replaced their pumps to pay at each pump We had an Arco here in Washington like that

[@Poopguy1976]

My wife and I made that drive last year because of your previous video when you stopped at the alien jerky place, and we loved it! There’s also a pretty cool place to check out if you ever make that drive again, it’s called Calico Ghost Town. If you’ve never been there, I highly recommend it. Lots of history, and they also put on a pretty cool thing for Halloween.

[@AngieL2038]

This was so interesting! Thank you.

[@donselke9487]

Safe Travels Adam, Love Your Adventures.....

[@johnalonzo9945]

Hi Adam, thanks for sharing, always look forward to your stuff. I hope you run into Dani702, it would be so cool if you two did a video together. 😊

[@keithmabe6015]

Thank you Adam...

[@maryannrenzulli2426]

You Amaze me with all the Places You Visit.. Thank You, for doing all the walking, and visiting places, I would never get to see. . Vegas trip for me was Playing the Slots & Roulette, hoping to go home with some $$$$ This Vlog was very Interesting!!! Have Fun!! Be Safe!! 🌞🌞

[@aprylrittenhouse4562]

Hi there Adam. It's 6.00 a.m here. There's 4 inches of new snow and I'm going to enjoy your show B4 heading to bed.

[@Jacquesshorts]

Adam Never Leaves Us Hanging!!!

[@richardhales92]

well, we've got that special event happening at the 7 magic mountains; I would sure like to know what that is!

[@Jacquesshorts]

@@richardhales92 Me Too!!!

[@richardhales92]

@@Jacquesshorts what could possible be happening there? LOL. Maybe a scout camping trip or church group camping trip?! Not sure!

[@markduncan6690]

Heading in the Right Way Adam ! Excellent Viewing!

[@playedout148]

Should've been a 🤡

[@markypea8900]

That's cool. I did that trip with my family in reverse pre-covid on one of our trips from the UK, we even filled up our rental car at the same Arco! I remember there was a cool fifth wheel horse box being pulled by a pickup, we don't have anything like that in the UK. Love USA, just so different to the UK! Man, I'm only four minutes into this video and loving it already! :D

[@GregsGameRoom]

A waterpark in the desert just seems like you’d get cooked pretty fast. Anyone got some 10,000 SPF sunblock?

[@beth1627]

I always wanted to do some stops along the way. It looks so interesting. I love the desert 🏝️🏜️.

[@dawnsacks5161]

Keep doing road trips. Best part of your channel

[@aaronerickson3117]

Gotta love the Wooster road tripping.

[@cathycarroll3788]

The glass/plexiglass is a wind barrier. It keeps strong gales from blowing the door open.

[@ItsJustMeAngieB]

How funny. I was going to head that way & was going to make a stop at Calico, then the Barstow Train Station & more. Cool. Thanks for the vid 🥰

[@wheelchairmanjon]

Great video as always. Thanks for sharing

[@rhondaz356]

I LOVE these roadtrips, Adam. YIPPEE and YAHOO 👏👏👏🤠🛣⛽️ We can be sure there are Seven Magic Mountains.😅

[@krkf8]

The "Area Closed for Private Event" signs reminded me of the Toll stop in Blazing Saddles. "We gotta go back and get a s***-load of dimes!"

[@galenhiveley6876]

That's Adam the WOO right there.....go Adam, go!

[@markrenstrom3986]

I stopped in Baker the day the "original" thermometer was "installed"....it fell over! A bit of excitement ensued.

[@loriwalker5922]

Thank you for the video Adam! I have never been to Las Vegas. Looking forward to your future vlogs there! Have fun & don’t gamble too much. Lol 😊

[@bonwatcher]

The water park was Lake Dolores. I remember they used to have local TV commercials in L.A. for that place back in the 70's-80's. I wouldn't be surprised if that video was on YT too. 🤣

[@kingsofvegas777]

We love watching your daily videos! So cool that you are heading to Vegas! Lots of filming locations and history here too!

[@theathjr]

“I wun I wun I wun zah money” classic

[@ericanavarro6951]

Love this Road Trip to Vegas 🫶🏽 Have you had the Barstow Deltaco! Wrapped in yellow paper! So yum 😋

[@adamleinss]

Damn that shake looks good!!!

[@alanbower9296]

ADAM GREAT VIDEO ❤👍

[@rondalynn8884]

I'd liked to see u make another video with Dani.702 while your in vegas , love your work Adam

[@rrelectric5159]

Always love the trains. My favorite McDonalds!

[@vegasands]

Those prospectors outside Terrible's actually date from 1954 and were built by YESCO (makers of the famous "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign, and many others) in their Salt Lake City factory. They originally sat on the roof of the Lucky Strike Club in Downtown Vegas until 1963 when that casino was dismantled (now taken over by the Golden Nugget). They were saved and moved outside the Gold Strike Inn casino near Boulder City, NV (now the Hoover Dam Lodge) where they remained until 1998 when that casino burned down. Again they were saved and were moved to their current spot in Jean, NV and left there til this day. Fun fact, when they sat on the roof of the Lucky Strike Club, they were electro-mechanical and their gold pans moved from side-to-side and the "gold" inside them lit up. Would love to see them saved and preserved

[@andrewj4442]

Woohoo! Another adventure with the Woo! Riveting!! Safe travels!

[@iangrimm]

Looking good Adam. Seems like a fun drive. Whip looked pretty rad in that opening as well.

[@Repubcreek]

The Count says "Today's episode is brought you by the number 7"

[@brandiesedillo9056]

The Mad Greek❤❤The only place I will order a Strawberry Shake from. The Best Ever!

[@ronniecardy]

This video is so interesting. Reminds me of things from the past . Of your old videos

[@margaretwolak9849]

Wounder Hussy just VBlog the Town...☺️ you gave more nice video.

[@johnniebgoode]

We went to that water park way back in the day. Fun times.

[@Lh1981]

Hello from Vegas love the channel been watching years love the old vlogs

[@sickstyles6837]

Those rocks by the 15 that look so much like Vasquez Rocks... Are called Mormon Rock... And is also where the San Andreas Fault is visible bisecting the hills... Hence the similarities in appearance

[@mustangcindy1303]

Lots of unique stuff to look at as you make the drive.

[@Freakwhencee]

You should go to the Private event !

[@cmoreson4281]

A few years ago I spent 8 hours in Baker. I was on my way home from Vegas and they closed 15 because of high winds. There were cars and trucks parked everywhere. Got home about 13 hours later.

[@TheDailyWoo]

The winds can be no joke out there

[@desireetatco4725]

Mr. Woo at my fav city !!! Enjoy !

[@youngatheart1839]

Greetings from Denmark. Love your channel😊

[@TheOtherMeLV]

Big fan. Next time you're in Vegas would love to say hello.

[@ferg1680]

Road trip.....Nice ! 👍🏻

[@bombaybeach208]

That abandoned water park used to be called Lake Delores. They used to have commercials for it all the time here in LA. You can still find them on You Tube. This latest failed incarnation was called "Rock-A-Hula water park. Supposedly its been purchased (again) and they want to try redeveloping it.

[@medionlvr]

16:18 in 1978 i hitchhiked across the country. when i made it to Baker i got a job at the gas station across the street from that motel. it was owned by the gas station owner along with the bar next to the station (long ago demolished). he hired me and the pay was minimum wage (I believe it was $2.65 at the time), a room in the motel and one meal a day at the bar.

[@RR-fg2rl]

Lake Elsinore was a great water park went there in 70s and 80s before I moved to NYC in 84. In San Dimas is Raging waters where they filmed Bill and Ted excellent adventure. In van nuys used to be a water park go karts on roscoe Blvd and bush gardens in that area also all gone now only raging waters remains

[@mkmadrigal]

Great video! Can’t wait to go back to Vegas! Maybe one day I’ll actually have the guts to drive there but it’s a ways out from Sacramento!

[@glory9932]

Peet’s Coffee is one of my favorites! Cafe Domingo. ☕️ #pipinghotcaffenatedbeverage

[@CM-yo9jh]

That water park started out as Lake Dolores in the 50's. It was initially closed in late 80's, that's when I saw it in first abandoned state going back and forth to Vegas as a kid . Apparently it reopened in mid 90s. And closed than reopened again in 2002 then finally closed in 2004.

[@tammybrown4901]

It did yes

[@loslocos1313]

Yeah I remember in Los Angeles. Lake Dolores was advertised while during the afternoon cartoon shows. Never got to go but always wanted to.

[@glennscotti8891]

Love the back road trip videos

[@jrnlakewood7388]

That thing you wanted to know what was at the arco gas station is for customers paying only with cash to pump. Keep up the great video's, Adam

[@dianapearson1771]

That shake looked good! We have a business here that serves a beverage in 2 different carry out cups, claiming one to be a medium and the other to be a large, when, in fact, the cups are the same size. I bought both and after consuming them, added water to large cup and poured it into the medium cup. They were the same. They charge 1,50 more for the large size. Now, when I go there, I order the medium size.

[@katkadabra601]

Love ur travels. That ATM thing, was an option to pay for gas outside before pay at the pump.

[@christianbryan1]

ATW, that thing at gas pump was from when AM/PM had everyone pay from one kiosk. You’d put the pump number in and pay. Very exciting

[@thetravelingmen3993]

The event you saw at 7 magic mountains is the mint 400, it starts from primm and goes through that mountain area. It's a 400 mile off road race.

[@Project-Jaden]

Wow a splash mountain posted in the middle of the desert

[@camanay77]

@4:44 that key pad used to be used to pay for gas. You would enter the pump number then pay for gas. Now each pump has their own key pad.

[@StonedSince1976]

That place with the slides in the water park was called lake Dolores, in the mid '70s we used to go there was a lot of fun and even had a zip line before people even knew what zip lines were closed because of wet and wild in Vegas

[@hellojojo9065]

The hubs and I actually really enjoyed our drive to Vegas! It was our first time there and driving there! We went to the 7 Magic Mountains too! So cool but I hated seeing graffiti on them 😠Thanks for sharing your experience Adam! ❤

[@Sunny_B4]

Oh really? There is graffiti now? I got lucky and went when there was none. Been a few years, though.

[@hellojojo9065]

@@Sunny_B4 I was there less than a year ago and it was terrible. I hope they were about to cover it up.

[@mikeyrios]

Great video 💯

[@Easter_Bunny0]

You're at Mormon rocks cajon junction I-15 and 138 cleghorn canyon how do I know I live right down the road see that beautiful view every morning of my life

[@johnconnolly6011]

I love seeing those ARCO gas stations. The Atlantic Richfield company was founded in Philadelphia. They moved to cali and left the east coast.

[@Blaise666]

13:32 when you said that's clever, it looks like Scott from Scott on Tape lol

[@willsco76]

12:47 Top Gear USA was here in a driving challenge and drove vehicles through this part.

[@blakesupra4440]

Rumor has it that the water park will open under new ownership. When? Who knows but cool history with that place

[@davidb7699]

The devils playground…those Rock formations are the same as Vasquez and were at one time the bottom of the ocean…killer Videos brother,,,keep them coming

[@kevintheomanharris]

5:00 Arcos used to have a thing where you paid at a kiosk instead of right at your pump. So they've upgraded their pumps, but didn't take out the kiosk.

[@sandin6689]

You missed the BONNIE & CLYDE DEATH CAR on display at PRIM,NV.

[@MK-ft3qt]

They look similar to the Chatsworth mountains off of Topanga.

[@adventureswithdiamonddizzl9805]

Hope ya hit up tom devlin's monster museum. Would love to see your take on it

[@videosbyvangie0553]

Adam, have you watched expedition themepark's documentary on Rock-A-Hula water park. Interesting before was a full water park was just a couple dirt/cement waterslides some guy created to escape the desert heat.

[@bocat7482]

The Mad Greek was in Stanton on Beach Blvd.

[@richiet5000]

Mint 400. Held near Primm this weekend.👍

[@donnytucker]

For some reason you counting the rocks over and over was so funny lol.

[@micheleholiday2669]

The water park was originally called Lake Delores and later renamed Rock a Hula. Kids from Vegas would go there during the summer.

[@TotallyPaulyFan]

Am PM used to be cash only and the machine is how you prepay. That's how it was when I lived in Seattle in the late 1990's for am/pm stations. Strangely there is one of their stations between Tampa and Orlando which I have been wanting to check out. Seems to be near Plant City.

[@MiNuSThisDay]

They used to have that payment center in between the gas pumps at certain gas stations but they didn’t last long

[@supposedly1-2]

a water park in the desert sounds like a good idea unless you know how hard it is to get water to the desert and that they have a lot of trouble getting enough water just for people to survive in most cases then you'd realize its a money pit which might be what the mobsters wanted a place to launder money!

[@adventuresinbandoland]

It used to be a popular place in the 70s and 80’s it just happens to be in a stupid location. Literally nothing around it and only 1 exit that you have to back track a couple miles to.

[@icedogfan1]

I think the waterpark is/was Lake delores/RockaHola. It closed long ago, and many attempts have been made to bring it back

[@ky8hu]

Adam the woo, if you had a T-shirt with your logo or pic, that also says, Shall you? in big letters, I would definitely buy it.

[@randomhero6365]

Mad Greek apple pie shake is the best thing ever. They put a full slice of apple pie in the shake

[@charlessedlacek5754]

The device on the pump at arco is for credit cards..that's why it says "insert card here"..