Ok I think we're about an hour outside of the California border
Here on the Oregon coast.
101 It's still super foggy, you can't see
much of anything.
What do you think? it's beautiful, I like it
Yea it is Beautiful; and I also like it.
haha So if you ever need to get to California from
Oregon or vice-versa I suggest taking highway 101 along the coast
because there's a lot of excellent scenery
Very scenic, and highly recommended It was kind of a bummer because I knew today
was just a driving day to get to our destination
so we were passing though the Redwood forest It was foggy, it made it mystical, it was
gorgeous And I couldn't take it any more, I'm like
"Dad you have to pull over at least once, let's do something kitchy"
And he did.
Ok we're at the giant drive thru tree and it's gridlock.
Raleigh is right there Lynn is right there, and she's gonna take a
photo But I wanna go check out this tree
In the flesh, if you will, before I get back in the car
Wow Look at that thing
Wow ok so Raleigh's driving through this thing and it is really tight
Really really tight; he had to put his mirrors in and yea
I think he's a little freaked out; it's pretty funny
Lynn forced her dad to drive through a tree Oh, by bad
And then I broke the mirror haha We're screwing up his day big time
It's be like Tommy boy; that guy in his car haha
"What'd ya do?"
You actually hit going through?
Yea!
On that side there Ahh good times
Again, this was basically just a driving day so our time in California was short
But kind of hectic, I forgot how fast people drive in California
So we basically just nicked the state, but We found ourselves very quickly in the chaos
of the two lanes highways that you find out in the high desert of Nevada
And most specifically related to how aggressive people are
with passing on these highways And so it was a little unnerving at times
Very reminiscent of some of the traveling we did in Asia
Especially with like mini busses that we'd take and what not so
It took a little bit of getting used to.
Well Noah's being sweet and diplomatic The word he's looking for, is people were
assholes Yea they were assholes
Ok we got a guy behind us who wants to pass us now but there's a semi
right there And there's the guy that wants to pass us
there whose also in a Tahoe coincidentally
Oh is gonna go for it?
He's stupid it's blind, he can't see what's coming
OMG Wow!
Holy shit!
And he's going again! he's going again!
Passing is a high stakes game So, I'm in heaven because I love all things
abandoned And these towns are all abandoned
The watering hole, a thrift store in ruins Everything is shut up, and yea it's like
something out of a movie.
Look at that motel right there, look at that sign
OMG they have vacancy We're in Lunning Nevada
We had a rest stop And I come across the street here, and there's
this really cool abandoned, trailer
But then it was a store at one time So like here come check it out
It looked like it was a thrift store It was once a business; someone's house
And now there's books A creepy doll
Lots of books; there's lots of VHS tapes over here
Oh, my left foot!
Daniel Day Louise Oh wow, free!
All yours Yea this whole table is just filled with all
kinds of junk I don't know why it was left out here, but
if you look on the side It says "dollar table"
So maybe they expect people to give donations for their junk I'm not sure
What's really funny is that there's actually a casino in this town
It's crazy, even out in the middle of nowhere effectively there's a casino
There's the creepy clown motel It's, it's creepy
Tonopah Nevada is where we are currently located and it is slightly creepy
It's very much like "The hills have eyes" type movie
You come into Tonopah, but you don't go out
I'd be really surprised if this place was fully booked
Where is it right there?
We're across from that creepy building That's where some of the "others" are
staying (creepy people) This is home for the night
Ok quick recap It's so beautiful here
We got in; I didn't really know what to expect
This town is amazing!
It's haunted; there's a lot going on; there's a lot of history
And, while the woman here is super sweet and she was like, in our kitchen
She was really chatty I had to stop her, I'm like ok, stop, sorry,
I'll come bug you later but I gotta check out this sunset, and this
sunset; amazing
Ok what are we doing today?
Today, we are… oh there's a bunny!
Got distracted.
I can't help it Today we are in the town of Tonopah; it's
early morning We got to see the sunset last night when we
came in which was amazing Today we're exploring this little mining
town And I'm really excited
Right across our place is this tiny boarded up..
I guess it was a hotel They must of had like one room and they were
like "Rooms starting at $20/night" But then if you look at it, what is up with
that?
Why would they have a pentagram as the signage of their place
Or actually what's crazy, it looks like there was a sign there, but behind it was
the pentagram You can see that the sign is gone, but behind
it is totally a pentagram Something creepy, what does that mean!?!
The triangle OMG another triangle
Three of em THREE OF EM OMG
Urbex man, urbex - this is where I get it from
What's in there?
There's a bunch of dead pigeons in there on the floor
Everywhere And then there's this thing; i don't know
what this is.
What is this here?
What is that?
I don't know, a furnace! it's a furnace!
My dad called it the boybox The boybox?!?!
He's like… shudder, some sacrificings Too many movies
Too many weird hysteria type things They've been watching too many movies
There's the clown motel, the creepy freaking clown motel
Wow; who does that?
Who creates a clown motel?
I don't know Checking in?
Creepy clown motel, or hotel What's the difference?
I don't get it What's the difference between a motel and
a hotel?
I don't know Me neither
Internet, help us out!
Angry youtube commenter, help us out!
So as if, the clown hotel wasn't creepy enough
Right next door… right next door there's a cemetery
There's a cemetery next door, for all the victims right?
Haha For all the victims
All kidding aside this place actually houses the graves of many of the settlers; the founders
of Tonopah, Nevada and reading the gravestones really gave you
a sense of the hard life that they had to deal with out here in the desert
it was actually pretty humbling This is infinitely interesting
a lot of mine accidents that happened here It's a mining town; it's what they do
It's actually kind of beautiful Beautiful in a weird way; it's special I guess
what does that say down there Lynnie?
Charles smith, age 33 from british columbia Died august 1906
Was murdered in his cabin behind the midway mine
Wow So these people
Age 28 and 22; a married couple Both died as a result of a runaway ore car
accident near the Tonopah belmont mine; 1907
*music plays* Song: "send in the clowns"
So after all the build up, I really wanted this place to be creepy
and it was not.
at all It was quaint and chill and we had a great
talk with the owner who is super sweet and he's just a really
great guy So are you on vacation?
Yea, we're road tripping, all three of us, and driving down to go to Vegas
to see his dad; my grandpa You have family in Vegas?
Yea Then you don't have to pay $300/night for
a room! haha Right exactly!
We're good!
We rolled in lastnight This is so cool!
Thank you, I appreciate that Yea we're gonna put it up for sale; I'm
just trying to get the details worked out, but it's probably going to take a while.
and then one of the conditions is that they can't every change
It's gotta stay the clown motel It feels like I'm in a David Lynch film
Like I said there's the clown motel And then across is like a defunct abandoned
hotel And then an old cemetery of miners
And it's very David Lynchy; there's a lot of characters here in Tonopah, Nevada
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