I suffer from depression and anxiety. I just want you to know that your posts always make me feel better. Your calming way of speaking is wonderful. Your appreciation for small towns and dismal buildings/homes makes me feel glad to have what I have and live where I live. I love your appreciation for cats too. I have one who is 16. I look forward to every time you post a new place to explore. I just find what you do fascinating. You bring places that most people will never see in their lives to their own world. Thank you so much for what you do. You are my favorite channel to watch. ~~~Liz in Milwaukee, WI. It would be so wonderful to meet you some day. :-)
I love watching you travel. I see things I could never visit. I'm in Alabama and have seen you in my state. Visit northern Ala sometime when you can. Would love to meet you
I’m 63 depressed male have everything but still depressed but I do love my black 14-year-old tomcat meanest thing ever walk the face of the Earth lol good luck
@@rickmiller1429 I wish I could visit those places in the near future. I always wanted to see the rural areas since big cities are more or less the same everywhere. Have a great day!
In January 1976 at the age of 19, Uncle Sam sent me to Cannon Air Force Base, near Clovis New Mexico. It was windy and cold, and desolate just like you’re showing here. Being an LA city boy I thought this was possibly the worst place in the world. I would spend most of four years and nine months there. In that time however, I grew to really love New Mexico even the area you’re showing in this video. I fished and water skied Lake Sumner in the summer and snow skied Taos, Angel Fire, and my favorite Ruidoso in the winter. Lots of small game and upland bird hunting and through that got to know a lot of the farmers and ranchers in the area who would allow us to hunt on their land. They are among the nicest people I’ve ever met and interesting to talk to too. Through those contacts I did a little bit of farm implement repair and steer branding, dehorning. inoculation and castration. Those places were in decline when I was there but I’m sure they’re worse now. Whenever I happen to be traveling that way I’ll sometimes detour from I 40 and go through the area just to see it again. Because just like your video going through always brings back fond memories and a smile. Thanks for sharing.
I am from India and accidentally came across your video. I loved it, the sense of loneliness of these abandoned towns reminds me of lonely life we are living in modern world. thanks for showing us the invisible.
Don't let yourself be seduced, these cities are dying out, people can't find jobs and can no longer afford to live in the suburbs - everything is being driven into the metropolitan areas, like yours in India
I was born and raised in New Mexico. I hope people seeing this particular area won't think all of our beautiful state looks like this. There's mountains,lakes, white sands,Sands, many beautiful parts to this magical place. Isn't called the land of enchantment for nothing. Thanks for seeing the beauty even in these desolate areas.
We drove out of Portales heading southwest toward Roswell. My brother-in-law was driving about 90mph for over an hour amd we.didnt see.a single car, another human, a house.we.saw.nothing! It was so cool, very beautiful!
in my time in the Army I was stationed at Ft Bliss in El Paso TX for 4 years and I seen quite of bit of New Mexico, Ruidoso ski resort was beautiful and very popular destination for personnel stationed at Ft Bliss
Joe, your format is by far the best of these types of tour videos. Some others will get out and spend several minutes filming themselves talking. What's the point in that? Your format is much more relaxing because you drive and talk at the same time so we get to see an unbroken tour of a town while we hear the same types of statistics for each town so we can compare them, if that's what we're into. PLEASE DON'T change the way you do these videos, it's perfect the way it is!
Thank you for this. When I started this channel I studied many other travel channels and saw what you described - the camera pointed at the person and not the sights. And I would think "Show me the area, not you!". So that's why I started doing videos that did just that - show the area and not me. A little view of me at the end of each video is plenty! :)
Thank you for visiting our little town of Melrose. You are correct that most people here are a little older. The Dollar General did just open up a few weeks ago. It’s convenient as the nearest Walmart or grocery store is about 30 miles away. It’s pretty peaceful here once you get used to train horns and roosters.
Is it a Dollar General or a DG Market? That's my new snob distinction. I just found out DG had more. Previously I thought, this town only rates two letters. So sad. 😂
Joe and Nic, thank you so much for taking me places that I could never afford to go. When I watch your videos, I actually feel as though I have been there. Actually , in reality, I’m just a poor old Alabama boy that has only been to neighboring states. I sure appreciate all your videos and all the information that comes with them. Keep up the good work! Love you guys!
I live in a big city surrounded by millions of people and I tell myself I do not have time to watch your videos! But for some reason once I start watching I cannot stop! Thanks for making these videos! I cannot wait for Roswell, NM!
May I suggest you to have a game plan to get out of a very big city as soon as possible. It's obvious that there's going to be issues in this upcoming year being in a large city is going to be uncomfortable when we have riots martial law interstate highways will be closed down there will be no food in the stores it will happen it's only a matter of time
@@SteveAustin-jp3ev Yes I have a doomsday plan! Even if it is something as innocent as a large Earthquake everyone will be on their own and the Governments both Local and Federal will be helpless!
Yeah, these videos are definitely addictive. I try to limit myself so I don't run out of his tours to watch and have to watch others. Joe is for sure the best!
Grew up watching westerns here in England. Was a teenager when Young Guns came out and i still regard it and the sequel as two of my favourite films. Made my wife watch them both a few years ago and she loved them too. We both watched this with some excitement. Thanks for showing us the grave of Billy the kid
I went to the museum n the grave of Billy the kid in ft Sumner was interesting . Was on my way to shear sheep in Vaughn New Mexico for Dom n Rica Perez.
As a kid growing up on the edge of the Arizona desert outside of Tucson, I'd frequently ride my bike out for a ways, then just walk through the desert, taking in all of the sights, sounds, and smells that surrounded me. It was as a tonic for my soul. This video has the same effect on me. Please keep up the great work, friends!
You missed the awesome Dave's Grocery as you passed through. You were filming left in downtown. Had you filmed right it was across from the Bowling Lanes. An excellent place for groceries and camping supplies. They pack a lot of groceries in what some people would think of as a small store. However, it's the size of stores when I was a kid. We stop there every time we stay at Sumner Lake State Park which is a great place to camp and fish.
My husband and I have been watching since you guys started..we really enjoy your style and Joe's narrating. Thank you so much for showing the Post Offices in your travels..the history of the post office is very important to the growth and prosperity of towns and communities throughout our nation. We always look forward to your next video.
Liked it very much. For a person like me who hails from India, this is an unbelievable experience. Thank you for taking so much of pain for making this video and sharing it.
What surprises me most is as your driving around and quote your figures and the time you are there that there are no people doing their day to day business. Even in the very small towns here down under as you drive through there will be people everywhere either locals or tourists. Thankyou for your time and effort putting these videos together Joe🇦🇺🦘🪃🇦🇺🦘🪃
Just moved out to NM from NOLA and Lincoln, NM, where Billy got famous, is one of our favorite places we used to visit as vacationers. It's like an outdoor/indoor museum. Those lonely roads out there are great too. Always prefer the backroads to interstate.
Lonely places, remote locations and abandoned buildings hold great charm for me. Behind an eerie feel, these places offer great peace, solitude and calming effect. I paused at so many places to look deeply into those desolate streets, buildings. Even wonder how cats survive there. I literally travelled with you through your videos. Thank you so much. Your narration is precise to the point. Your voice and tone adds value to the soothing effect of your video.
After a hard days work i come home and love playing your shows, your voice and the programs are so relaxing, wish i could travel more, your episodes make me feel like i took a vacation 👍🏽 thank you from 🇲🇽
I passed that way a long time ago. Stopped at a cafe in Yeso and had a plate of some of the best enchiladas I've ever had in my life. Thank you for sharing.
Your videos already started to suck me in and now I see you went through New Mexico!?! I traveled back and forth from Kansas to El Paso using Highway 54 and have enjoyed those lonely roads myself so many times. Nothing but solitude on those desert highways through mountains from Santa Rosa all the way to Alamagordo, what a long, winding, beautiful, lost-in-thought kinda ride. Thank you for making all these "discover America" type videos. Great work!
Taiban is actually pronounced "Tie-ban" by locals. I lived in nearby Clovis for almost 20 years and left in 2012. I've got pictures of the church somewhere, where the building is still painted white. I think I read once that it's the most photographed church in New Mexico or something like that. I've driven through the area a gazillion times over the decades and it gets more desolate every year. Great video!
I grew up 60 miles East of Fort Sumner. We used to drive by Billie's grave all the time but, my parents never stopped. It wasn't until moved 160 miles away that I go to visit the grave, when I came to visit friends and we went to a nearby lake. From inside Canada, across the plains states, Montana, Dakota, Kansas, Texas, etc the small towns mainly served farmers and ranchers. Today one farmer can do what ten did back in the 1950s. Some of the "villages" that once had school, post office, and general store are completely gone. Too bad you didn't show Pete Maxwell's grave marker. At one time he was the largest landowner in the US. He owned land all the way into Colorado, Texas and a big chunk of New Mexico. Billy was shot in his house. One of the first, if not the first Indian Reservation was just outside Fort Sumner, for the Navajo. Of course, they were treated badly and experienced their own Trail of Tears being brought from West New Mexico and AZ. Taiban is really pronounced Tie-ban. During WW2 a train caring bombs and other things was pulling into town when the bombs started going off. I can't recall how many it killed, damaged or destroyed most of the town. I didn't know that Hanna was born in Melrose. My grandparents lived there, you drove by their house but, it was out of camera range. I think at one point I was related to half the town. I was to young at the time. My great grandparents also lived in Melrose. My great grandmother used to watch T.V. with my older brother and sister and watched a Western T.V. show called Wagon Train. She would tell them what was true and what wasn't as she came to N.M. by wagon train. She was married at 14 and mother at 15.
My grandma was born near by here. She married at 13 and had my dad at 14. Family left the area. She managed to attend high school part time and graduate. After my dad and his siblings grew up she began college part time and graduated college at 60.
NM has been my Home since 1/1996. It is beautiful, and diverse. Yes, we are a rather poor state, but rich in history and character(s). Our wonderful multicultural population of predominantly Hispanic, Spanish/Hispanic, Anglo and Native American is both diverse and united ... most of the time. We are characters.
New Mexico is nice many people are moving here from city states because it’s cheap. I been noticing New Mexico grow in different small towns. New Mexico is really nice there more to it then empty towns there’s also big towns.
MURALS everywhere. It never ceases to amaze me that even in the deadest of towns, someone has painted murals on the walls of buildings. Where do all these artists come from? Who would even have the thought or gumption to take on the project of decorating unoccupied buildings?
Love your videos my four great grandfathers were the regulators Silva Chavez Sanchez Trujillo my great grandfather is Chavez Chavez we share Billy’s DNA I really don’t care who believes it Love those videos thank you my great grandmother, nana Geronimo Lincoln, New Mexico our old stomping grounds
Appreciate you sharing the silence and peace at the beginning. On the rare occasions I am out on a road like that, I always stop, turn off the car engine and just feel the remoteness. It's wonderful and a privilege to experience that.
The Post Cemetery in Ft. Sumner was very interesting. I liked the wording on the grave markers. Also like the cats. lol Oh my! The horse and rider fit perfectly. These towns were fun to look at, but no way would I ever want to live like that. Thanks, Joe.
Me and the family drove from texas all the way to Las Vegas but what I remember most from the trip is always stumbling into Route 66 and how many ghost towns there is but so beautiful 😊new Mexico has a strange vibe that I can’t pin point
Interesting to see the Taiban Presbyterian Church ten years after I’d visited… At the time I’d seen it I believe the floor was intact and there were still window sashes in several of the windows as I’d taken a photo looking out across the landscape showing the sash as well as the latch. How many persons have stared out those windows at that desolate landscape… It’s really a shame that so many feel the need to vandalize old buildings with graffiti and take “souvenirs” of their visit. Please leave it for others to discover. There are so many old and dying towns such as this scattered across the west, I appreciate the time you take to document their existence.
Thanks for all the Great Videos. We are all watching the history of America though your camera from the pass to the present. We all get to see so many great places and so many sad places. We I just made the popcorn and it's time to watch another video. Again Thanks.
I love your adventures and appreciate you giving statistics. So sad to see once populated cities and neighborhoods just crumble and rot away. Your videos help me appreciate what I have and lets me have empathy for the less fortunate. Even if these houses are abandoned or families live in a run down house I’m amazed some have nice cars like that newer model blue MB E Class😂
There a a great little grocery store in Ft. Sumner, well stocked with a meat market. There are also a couple of nice diners and convenience stops, too. Up the road to Santa Rosa is a veteran memorial rest stop at the turn off to Sumner Lake State Park, a well stocked reservoir on the Pecos River.
Good morning Joe and, thank you for sharing this great article/video. Lots of History there which just happens to be one of my passions. I'm a bit envious of you. I'd love to be able to travel like you and Nicole but, age and physical conditions just won't allow us to partake of your experiences. Again, thanks for taking us along with you. Stan
Idk how u drive and narrate etc, very impressive! Very sad towns. Its amazing it functioned @ one time and then turns into what it is. A shame. Lots of cat sitings. And the guy with one horse power riding thru town! Ty Joe an Nic b safe.
You should see the night sky during a sunmer thunder storm. Wike long lightning making she sky pink and gold. Cool to cold wind sweeping strongly over you making you shiver. Gusts of rain obscuring vision. Claps of thunder almost shaking your vehicle. I LOVE ❤️ 😍 💖 NEW MEXICO. AND THE SMELL OF SMOKE😊😊😊 FROM BURNING PIN~ON ( PIN NYOHN) WOOD FIRES. A CHRISTMAS BURRITO. ( 1/2 GREEN CHILE, AND 1/2 red.!!!) !!!!!.
I drove through this area back in November. It is indeed pretty desolate. You hope you never break down as you may be the only person in the area. Thanks for showing the desolation in the opening. It may surprise some of your subscribers. This will be the 2nd time in Roswell. I'm interested to see what your take will be this time. You are getting much better with your format and I enjoy the Courthouses you document. Lately they have been quite utilitarian. The last great example was Goliad. Thanks again for the journey and entertainment value you provide.
Hi from England, love your videos, love the history on Billie the kid, keep up the great work,unfortunately our country have areas like these as the coal and steel industries died the town dies unless the people are strong and rise against problems surrounding them, as in my town, factories nearly all gone but people remain strong, look forward to roswell, all the best to you and family
I drove on that same road on the way from Midland Texas to Taos after work on a friday afternoon and evening. It was a cloudy dark night and I did!t see another cat for hours. Just the headlights on the pavement in front of me. Nearly had an accident when the radio came back on suddenly when I neared Santa Fe. I hadn’t turned it off after I lost the signal hours before.
I don’t think there is even Dollar Generals in those smallest communities out there in New Mexico is pretty desolate especially in high plains closer to Texas. When I drive to Colorado go almost 90 miles from Clayton to Raton and all 4 of those communities in between don’t have hardly nothing 1 or 2 has a gas station.
@@bellestarr6484 No I'm not being ironic. They have to assume a marked risk to open up in places that no other stores will touch. Obviously they have to make money or they cant operate. I assure you that everything you own and have eaten was made available through profit motive.
I am in awe of the stark ugliness of the towns. Yikes. I would never want to go there snd thank god I was not born there.god bless u both and stay safe in your travels.
I've lived in Clovis New Mexico for 50 years and I really enjoy seeing this video of my State. Been to just about every one of these little towns and I highly recommend Fort Sumner and the Billy the kid museum. Hope you make it through Clovis some day. We have a lot of great history as well..🤗💜
My father's family moved to Taiban in the late 1800s. They were very poor. My father was born in a dugout just outside of Taiban in 1920. In 1925 they moved into an actual house outside of Morton, Tx. Anyway, my father and his family always pronounced Taiban as "Tie Ban" or "Tye Ban". His family had many stories of this area, including some of Pat Garrett - who by the way, was not a highly thought of person by the locals due to the way he was rumored to have shot Billy The Kid. Taiban is about 130 miles from where I live in Texas, I have been there (and to Ft Sumner) twice but unfortunately have no idea where my grandparents' land was. There's just not much there to identify. Thanks for the video.
The dryness of so much of America is shocking to me as I live in East Yorkshrie, England and everything is lush and green; and this winter we have had four months of wet days!
The last time I was in NM was 1956. State Troopers drove Studebaker Hawk automobiles. That "Big" Cat that You saw was a Maine Coon Cat, not positive though. I wonder if Politicians watch Your Videos.? Thanx for sharing. 😃
If you like Studebaker cars, you should check out the Studebaker company museum in South Bend(Indiana) one day. They started off as a company making horse carriages, believe it or not!
He is so Right On ! I live in my R V and have 60 thousand miles on it in 5 years ! It's so scarie the SILENCE, in some of thies towns ! Not even DOG'S barking as U drive through ! 😮
I suffer from depression and anxiety. I just want you to know that your posts always make me feel better. Your calming way of speaking is wonderful. Your appreciation for small towns and dismal buildings/homes makes me feel glad to have what I have and live where I live. I love your appreciation for cats too. I have one who is 16. I look forward to every time you post a new place to explore. I just find what you do fascinating. You bring places that most people will never see in their lives to their own world. Thank you so much for what you do. You are my favorite channel to watch. ~~~Liz in Milwaukee, WI. It would be so wonderful to meet you some day. :-)
I love watching you travel. I see things I could never visit. I'm in Alabama and have seen you in my state. Visit northern Ala sometime when you can. Would love to meet you
I hope you escape your world of depression, and live life long and strong. Don't know you, but I wish you to be happier, friend🙏
Thank you for the kind words, Liz. :)
So creepy. Never see any people. Yikes. Great explore!
I’m 63 depressed male have everything but still depressed but I do love my black 14-year-old tomcat meanest thing ever walk the face of the Earth lol good luck
I’m from Romania, and I grew up with old Western movies. Never visited US, but I love this content! Thank you!
Don't believe everything you saw in those moveies and the rural midwest offers many such places as shown here.
Wait til you see Monument Valley
@@rickmiller1429 I wish I could visit those places in the near future. I always wanted to see the rural areas since big cities are more or less the same everywhere. Have a great day!
@@vuho2075 That will definitely be on my list. From pictures, that place seems to be from another world. Thanks for the suggestion!
@@robert-m6u7d Thank you sir and I agree, big cities, no matter where are about the same.
In January 1976 at the age of 19, Uncle Sam sent me to Cannon Air Force Base, near Clovis New Mexico. It was windy and cold, and desolate just like you’re showing here. Being an LA city boy I thought this was possibly the worst place in the world. I would spend most of four years and nine months there. In that time however, I grew to really love New Mexico even the area you’re showing in this video. I fished and water skied Lake Sumner in the summer and snow skied Taos, Angel Fire, and my favorite Ruidoso in the winter. Lots of small game and upland bird hunting and through that got to know a lot of the farmers and ranchers in the area who would allow us to hunt on their land. They are among the nicest people I’ve ever met and interesting to talk to too. Through those contacts I did a little bit of farm implement repair and steer branding, dehorning. inoculation and castration. Those places were in decline when I was there but I’m sure they’re worse now. Whenever I happen to be traveling that way I’ll sometimes detour from I 40 and go through the area just to see it again. Because just like your video going through always brings back fond memories and a smile. Thanks for sharing.
I do love New Mexico. The Land of Enchantment.Every time I've gone there something weird happens( not bad weird just unusually different) .
As one who lived in Arizona for quite a few years, that barren, open desert means a spectacular display of the heavens on a clear, moonless night.
I am from India and accidentally came across your video. I loved it, the sense of loneliness of these abandoned towns reminds me of lonely life we are living in modern world. thanks for showing us the invisible.
Thank you!
Don't let yourself be seduced, these cities are dying out, people can't find jobs and can no longer afford to live in the suburbs - everything is being driven into the metropolitan areas, like yours in India
@@windkind64 its happening and a reality
I was born and raised in New Mexico. I hope people seeing this particular area won't think all of our beautiful state looks like this. There's mountains,lakes, white sands,Sands, many beautiful parts to this magical place. Isn't called the land of enchantment for nothing. Thanks for seeing the beauty even in these desolate areas.
I thought it was incredibly beautiful. I especially loved the quiet and solitude.
We drove out of Portales heading southwest toward Roswell. My brother-in-law was driving about 90mph for over an hour amd we.didnt see.a single car, another human, a house.we.saw.nothing! It was so cool, very beautiful!
in my time in the Army I was stationed at Ft Bliss in El Paso TX for 4 years and I seen quite of bit of New Mexico, Ruidoso ski resort was beautiful and very popular destination for personnel stationed at Ft Bliss
Beautiful Ruidoso, New Mexico mountains with pine trees, snow. Deer are horses roaming through. Love it!
there "are" mountains...
Little eerie and lonely but strangely serene.
Joe, your format is by far the best of these types of tour videos. Some others will get out and spend several minutes filming themselves talking. What's the point in that? Your format is much more relaxing because you drive and talk at the same time so we get to see an unbroken tour of a town while we hear the same types of statistics for each town so we can compare them, if that's what we're into. PLEASE DON'T change the way you do these videos, it's perfect the way it is!
Thank you. I've begun commenting on those I-me-I travel sites. I just say: "Less you; more place."
Thank you for this. When I started this channel I studied many other travel channels and saw what you described - the camera pointed at the person and not the sights. And I would think "Show me the area, not you!". So that's why I started doing videos that did just that - show the area and not me. A little view of me at the end of each video is plenty! :)
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Exactly. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for visiting our little town of Melrose. You are correct that most people here are a little older. The Dollar General did just open up a few weeks ago. It’s convenient as the nearest Walmart or grocery store is about 30 miles away. It’s pretty peaceful here once you get used to train horns and roosters.
Melrose, Massachusetts
Is it a Dollar General or a DG Market? That's my new snob distinction.
I just found out DG had more. Previously I thought, this town only rates two letters. So sad.
😂
Amazing to see towns like this. Nothing like this in Scotland 🏴. The odd derelict castle but that’s it. This is like something from a movie
"grocery store is about 30 miles away"
That might be the only thing that I would not like much.
I often wonder where people work who live in these little towns? I'm guessing it's a considerable commute to a neighbouring town.
Wow! The crazy stark emptiness of those towns is stunning!
Joe and Nic, thank you so much for taking me places that I could never afford to go. When I watch your videos, I actually feel as though I have been there. Actually , in reality, I’m just a poor old Alabama boy that has only been to neighboring states.
I sure appreciate all your videos and all the information that comes with them.
Keep up the good work! Love you guys!
Thank you, Billy!
What do you do for a living
@@manikyum
I’m retired and just turned 82 years old.
@@billyb.9533 Thank you for the reply Sir. I hope you've had a fulfilling life.
N.M. The Land of Enchantment ! Born , raised and proud of it !
Same! I live in Clovis.
@@tameramares5785 I've lived , and worked in ABQ. all my life. More than likely I'll probably die here !
Entrapment if your low income
@@SHerit-q3v Says the Navajos!!
@@sierrachoco5271 not everyone loves that state and can’t afford to move either
I love the sound of silence
Me too.
I live in a big city surrounded by millions of people and I tell myself I do not have time to watch your videos! But for some reason once I start watching I cannot stop! Thanks for making these videos! I cannot wait for Roswell, NM!
Wow, thank you!
May I suggest you to have a game plan to get out of a very big city as soon as possible. It's obvious that there's going to be issues in this upcoming year being in a large city is going to be uncomfortable when we have riots martial law interstate highways will be closed down there will be no food in the stores it will happen it's only a matter of time
@@SteveAustin-jp3ev Yes I have a doomsday plan! Even if it is something as innocent as a large Earthquake everyone will be on their own and the Governments both Local and Federal will be helpless!
lol, I'm in the same situation! Not enough time to watch everything all the time!
Yeah, these videos are definitely addictive. I try to limit myself so I don't run out of his tours to watch and have to watch others. Joe is for sure the best!
Grew up watching westerns here in England. Was a teenager when Young Guns came out and i still regard it and the sequel as two of my favourite films. Made my wife watch them both a few years ago and she loved them too. We both watched this with some excitement. Thanks for showing us the grave of Billy the kid
Don't just watch - visit.
I'm sure you two would love it.
I went to the museum n the grave of Billy the kid in ft Sumner was interesting . Was on my way to shear sheep in Vaughn New Mexico for Dom n Rica Perez.
Miles and miles of nothing but miles and miles. Love it.
Watching your videos is like travelling through those distant non-touristic places in the US. Great videos!
Thank you!
I flew over that area for many years when stationed at Cannon AFBin Clovis, NM.
There is so much of the US that many do not visit. Thank you for the miles you travel. Be safe. Be bold!
As a kid growing up on the edge of the Arizona desert outside of Tucson, I'd frequently ride my bike out for a ways, then just walk through the desert, taking in all of the sights, sounds, and smells that surrounded me. It was as a tonic for my soul. This video has the same effect on me. Please keep up the great work, friends!
You missed the awesome Dave's Grocery as you passed through. You were filming left in downtown. Had you filmed right it was across from the Bowling Lanes. An excellent place for groceries and camping supplies. They pack a lot of groceries in what some people would think of as a small store. However, it's the size of stores when I was a kid. We stop there every time we stay at Sumner Lake State Park which is a great place to camp and fish.
Joe,
That silence is what we had for many many generations.
IT is so relaxing!
History buff here. Your videos are so informative and fun. Love watching them.
My husband and I have been watching since you guys started..we really enjoy your style and Joe's narrating. Thank you so much for showing the Post Offices in your travels..the history of the post office is very important to the growth and prosperity of towns and communities throughout our nation. We always look forward to your next video.
You're right.
It would be fun if you mentioned how far away medical care is.
19:55 "It is, in essence, a ghost town" (Skeleton leaning nonchalantly against the front porch). Yup, checks out.
Grew up in New Mexico and y work took me all over…but I always enjoyed the “big empty”…all that lonely land in the central part of the state.
Liked it very much. For a person like me who hails from India, this is an unbelievable experience. Thank you for taking so much of pain for making this video and sharing it.
YES !!!! Finally New Mexico video
It is amazing. Imagine riding the roads on a motorcycle. I felt like a cowboy traveling on horseback. I loved every minute of it.
What surprises me most is as your driving around and quote your figures and the time you are there that there are no people doing their day to day business. Even in the very small towns here down under as you drive through there will be people everywhere either locals or tourists. Thankyou for your time and effort putting these videos together Joe🇦🇺🦘🪃🇦🇺🦘🪃
Just moved out to NM from NOLA and Lincoln, NM, where Billy got famous, is one of our favorite places we used to visit as vacationers. It's like an outdoor/indoor museum. Those lonely roads out there are great too. Always prefer the backroads to interstate.
The proper term is: 'seen better days'
Love your programs. The big places & the small.
And the ones that are ... gone.
Lonely places, remote locations and abandoned buildings hold great charm for me. Behind an eerie feel, these places offer great peace, solitude and calming effect. I paused at so many places to look deeply into those desolate streets, buildings. Even wonder how cats survive there. I literally travelled with you through your videos. Thank you so much. Your narration is precise to the point. Your voice and tone adds value to the soothing effect of your video.
I totally agree. I love these out of the way, remote places as well. I am at my most relaxed in these places.
Drove through there back in 1978, on our way to the Grand Canyon.
It’s like driving through time thank you for posting theses videos
After a hard days work i come home and love playing your shows, your voice and the programs are so relaxing, wish i could travel more, your episodes make me feel like i took a vacation 👍🏽 thank you from 🇲🇽
Thank you!
Thx Bro you are enlighting the globe.
Your efforts are remarkable
I am indian watching you from Phnom Penh Combodia.
Love you All.❤
What do you do in Cambodia
He's sick... down with yellow fever last ive heard
Bar none, the best cat spotter on You Tube or possibly the world.
I passed that way a long time ago. Stopped at a cafe in Yeso and had a plate of some of the best enchiladas I've ever had in my life. Thank you for sharing.
The silence is heavenly, i could listen to it for hrs at a time .
Bringing back some good memories of days gone by.
Your videos already started to suck me in and now I see you went through New Mexico!?! I traveled back and forth from Kansas to El Paso using Highway 54 and have enjoyed those lonely roads myself so many times. Nothing but solitude on those desert highways through mountains from Santa Rosa all the way to Alamagordo, what a long, winding, beautiful, lost-in-thought kinda ride. Thank you for making all these "discover America" type videos. Great work!
@@amyschmidt1113 Thank you! 😀👍
Thanks for the great Saturday drop Joe & Nic!!. Billy the kid very interesting....so peaceful and desolate there.
Taiban is actually pronounced "Tie-ban" by locals. I lived in nearby Clovis for almost 20 years and left in 2012. I've got pictures of the church somewhere, where the building is still painted white. I think I read once that it's the most photographed church in New Mexico or something like that. I've driven through the area a gazillion times over the decades and it gets more desolate every year. Great video!
I grew up 60 miles East of Fort Sumner. We used to drive by Billie's grave all the time but, my parents never stopped. It wasn't until moved 160 miles away that I go to visit the grave, when I came to visit friends and we went to a nearby lake.
From inside Canada, across the plains states, Montana, Dakota, Kansas, Texas, etc the small towns mainly served farmers and ranchers.
Today one farmer can do what ten did back in the 1950s. Some of the "villages" that once had school, post office, and general store are completely gone.
Too bad you didn't show Pete Maxwell's grave marker. At one time he was the largest landowner in the US. He owned land all the way into Colorado, Texas and a big chunk of New Mexico. Billy was shot in his house.
One of the first, if not the first Indian Reservation was just outside Fort Sumner, for the Navajo. Of course, they were treated badly and experienced their own Trail of Tears being brought from West New Mexico and AZ.
Taiban is really pronounced Tie-ban. During WW2 a train caring bombs and other things was pulling into town when the bombs started going off. I can't recall how many it killed, damaged or destroyed most of the town.
I didn't know that Hanna was born in Melrose. My grandparents lived there, you drove by their house but, it was out of camera range. I think at one point I was related to half the town.
I was to young at the time. My great grandparents also lived in Melrose. My great grandmother used to watch T.V. with my older brother and sister and watched a Western T.V. show called Wagon Train. She would tell them what was true and what wasn't as she came to N.M. by wagon train. She was married at 14 and mother at 15.
My grandma was born near by here. She married at 13 and had my dad at 14. Family left the area. She managed to attend high school part time and graduate. After my dad and his siblings grew up she began college part time and graduated college at 60.
NM has been my Home since 1/1996. It is beautiful, and diverse. Yes, we are a rather poor state, but rich in history and character(s). Our wonderful multicultural population of predominantly Hispanic, Spanish/Hispanic, Anglo and Native American is both diverse and united ... most of the time. We are characters.
This is Awesome 👍👍👍 Thank you ! I love New Mexico!! 👍👍👍
New Mexico is nice many people are moving here from city states because it’s cheap. I been noticing New Mexico grow in different small towns. New Mexico is really nice there more to it then empty towns there’s also big towns.
MURALS everywhere. It never ceases to amaze me that even in the deadest of towns, someone has painted murals on the walls of buildings. Where do all these artists come from? Who would even have the thought or gumption to take on the project of decorating unoccupied buildings?
I've been through a lot of New Mexico and I think it is a beautiful state
Thanks for showing my home state. I was born in Clovis, and for many years I lived in Las Cruces . I have been in Minnesota now for 30 years.
Hello my fellow New Mexican. I live in Clovis. Been here 50 years
@@tameramares5785Hello, come to the Clovis Lawnmower 20th Anniversary BBQ on August 24th, 2024. Free.
Love all your videos! With my health issues, I'm unable to travel much, but watching your videos, I feel as if I'm tagging along with you guys!
Awesome!
Love your videos my four great grandfathers were the regulators Silva Chavez Sanchez Trujillo my great grandfather is Chavez Chavez we share Billy’s DNA I really don’t care who believes it Love those videos thank you my great grandmother, nana Geronimo Lincoln, New Mexico our old stomping grounds
Outstanding heritage! ❤
Appreciate you sharing the silence and peace at the beginning. On the rare occasions I am out on a road like that, I always stop, turn off the car engine and just feel the remoteness. It's wonderful and a privilege to experience that.
I agree.
I always enjoy your videos. New Mexico is my favorite state...I love it ❣
The Post Cemetery in Ft. Sumner was very interesting. I liked the wording on the grave markers. Also like the cats. lol Oh my! The horse and rider fit perfectly. These towns were fun to look at, but no way would I ever want to live like that. Thanks, Joe.
Me and the family drove from texas all the way to Las Vegas but what I remember most from the trip is always stumbling into Route 66 and how many ghost towns there is but so beautiful 😊new Mexico has a strange vibe that I can’t pin point
Brilliant I loved it especially Billy the kids grave wow I love your videos thank you from the west of Ireland
Awesome!
Interesting to see the Taiban Presbyterian Church ten years after I’d visited…
At the time I’d seen it I believe the floor was intact and there were still window sashes in several of the windows as I’d taken a photo looking out across the landscape showing the sash as well as the latch. How many persons have stared out those windows at that desolate landscape…
It’s really a shame that so many feel the need to vandalize old buildings with graffiti and take “souvenirs” of their visit. Please leave it for others to discover. There are so many old and dying towns such as this scattered across the west, I appreciate the time you take to document their existence.
Lolol, remarkable
Thanks for all the Great Videos. We are all watching the history of America though your camera from the pass to the present. We all get to see so many great places and so many sad places. We I just made the popcorn and it's time to watch another video. Again Thanks.
That Joe Grant story was awesome! How cool to have a story like that at your grave site, even if you were on the wrong end of the situation.
We have stopped in Ft Sumner as well to check out the Billy the Kid stuff. I recommend going to the museum. It is pretty cool.
Nice Saturday afternoon drop Joe
Depressing to see these old country towns withering away. This is a very similar sight to what you see in outback Australia.
I love your adventures and appreciate you giving statistics. So sad to see once populated cities and neighborhoods just crumble and rot away. Your videos help me appreciate what I have and lets me have empathy for the less fortunate. Even if these houses are abandoned or families live in a run down house I’m amazed some have nice cars like that newer model blue MB E Class😂
There a a great little grocery store in Ft. Sumner, well stocked with a meat market. There are also a couple of nice diners and convenience stops, too. Up the road to Santa Rosa is a veteran memorial rest stop at the turn off to Sumner Lake State Park, a well stocked reservoir on the Pecos River.
Daves Grocery is the best!! My sweet friends!
I've watched many of your adventures through our country . Enjoy your explanations of the areas you visit !
Even the wind sounds as if it is lonely!❤ Thanks for taking me along.
That' lonely, sad, but makes a great video....annnd had several kittys!
As always, Thumbs up!👍
These small rural towns out in the middle of nowhere are the best! This is my 6th time watching this video
Good morning Joe and, thank you for sharing this great article/video.
Lots of History there which just happens to be one of my passions.
I'm a bit envious of you. I'd love to be able to travel like you and Nicole but, age and physical conditions just won't allow us to partake of your experiences.
Again, thanks for taking us along with you.
Stan
Thank you, Stan.
Very interesting. Watching from Austria in disbeliev
Idk how u drive and narrate etc, very impressive! Very sad towns. Its amazing it functioned @ one time and then turns into what it is. A shame. Lots of cat sitings. And the guy with one horse power riding thru town! Ty Joe an Nic b safe.
Thank you!
My grandparents lived in Tucumcari, N.M. during the 1960’s. We loved visiting there every summer.
Nice but of history with ft summer and Billy the kid👍
You should see the night sky during a sunmer thunder storm. Wike long lightning making she sky pink and gold. Cool to cold wind sweeping strongly over you making you shiver. Gusts of rain obscuring vision. Claps of thunder almost shaking your vehicle. I LOVE ❤️ 😍 💖 NEW MEXICO. AND THE SMELL OF SMOKE😊😊😊 FROM BURNING PIN~ON ( PIN NYOHN) WOOD FIRES. A CHRISTMAS BURRITO. ( 1/2 GREEN CHILE, AND 1/2 red.!!!) !!!!!.
Need to do more New Mexico videos. Love the desolate towns and the mesas in the back ground.
Two more on the way! :)
The church is gorgeous. Worth the trip. If I were younger, I'd take on that project. Hungry for quietness.....
I drove through this area back in November. It is indeed pretty desolate. You hope you never break down as you may be the only person in the area. Thanks for showing the desolation in the opening. It may surprise some of your subscribers. This will be the 2nd time in Roswell. I'm interested to see what your take will be this time. You are getting much better with your format and I enjoy the Courthouses you document. Lately they have been quite utilitarian. The last great example was Goliad. Thanks again for the journey and entertainment value you provide.
🙏Joe & Nicole never have their car breaking down. The nefarious world we live in.
Hi from England, love your videos, love the history on Billie the kid, keep up the great work,unfortunately our country have areas like these as the coal and steel industries died the town dies unless the people are strong and rise against problems surrounding them, as in my town, factories nearly all gone but people remain strong, look forward to roswell, all the best to you and family
I drove on that same road on the way from Midland Texas to Taos after work on a friday afternoon and evening. It was a cloudy dark night and I did!t see another cat for hours. Just the headlights on the pavement in front of me. Nearly had an accident when the radio came back on suddenly when I neared Santa Fe. I hadn’t turned it off after I lost the signal hours before.
This has been fascinating. I'm a car rider. I could do this all day, every day. Thanks for sharing. Blessings from Michigan.
Thank you, that's the idea!!
There is a serenity in traveling through the desolate towns . Great video as always from my favorite channel
Thank you!
Home sweet home. I've passed the site several times over the years. I might even stop next time. Thanks for sharing your trip.
Thank you Joe and Nic for this educational video be safe out there on those roads peace.
Hello your videos help me fall asleep as I have problems falling asleep😂. Thanks to your calming voice
Dollar General's dedication to serving these small populations is admirable.
I don’t think there is even Dollar Generals in those smallest communities out there in New Mexico is pretty desolate especially in high plains closer to Texas. When I drive to Colorado go almost 90 miles from Clayton to Raton and all 4 of those communities in between don’t have hardly nothing 1 or 2 has a gas station.
I hope you are being ironic. I am sure that Dollar General's dedication is to profits, not the people of small towns.
@@bellestarr6484 No I'm not being ironic. They have to assume a marked risk to open up in places that no other stores will touch. Obviously they have to make money or they cant operate. I assure you that everything you own and have eaten was made available through profit motive.
@@Endymion766Dollar generals are depressing and awful places. It sucks that small towners don't have any other place to shop.
I am certain local folk will appreciate having a store in their town.
Love this channel.....takes me back to the feeling of Old School America from childhood.....a feeling more than anything else.
These little towns are just endlessly fascinating to me.
Fort Sumner is an impressive place. I was fortunate enough to spend half a day there. Thank you for taking me back to this awesome historical place. ❤
Se ven varias casas muy sospechosas, mal lugar para visitar a pie. Nice Video Güero
These videos are addictive and I am not even American. I have explored similar town like this in my native South Africa, especially old mining towns.
I am in awe of the stark ugliness of the towns. Yikes. I would never want to go there snd thank god I was not born there.god bless u both and stay safe in your travels.
It's truly a beautiful scenery state
I've lived in Clovis New Mexico for 50 years and I really enjoy seeing this video of my State. Been to just about every one of these little towns and I highly recommend Fort Sumner and the Billy the kid museum. Hope you make it through Clovis some day. We have a lot of great history as well..🤗💜
My father's family moved to Taiban in the late 1800s. They were very poor. My father was born in a dugout just outside of Taiban in 1920. In 1925 they moved into an actual house outside of Morton, Tx. Anyway, my father and his family always pronounced Taiban as "Tie Ban" or "Tye Ban". His family had many stories of this area, including some of Pat Garrett - who by the way, was not a highly thought of person by the locals due to the way he was rumored to have shot Billy The Kid. Taiban is about 130 miles from where I live in Texas, I have been there (and to Ft Sumner) twice but unfortunately have no idea where my grandparents' land was. There's just not much there to identify. Thanks for the video.
Enjoyed your comment here. Thanks for sharing.
Ray Ban sunglasses 🕶️
The dryness of so much of America is shocking to me as I live in East Yorkshrie, England and everything is lush and green; and this winter we have had four months of wet days!
The last time I was in NM was 1956. State Troopers drove Studebaker Hawk automobiles. That "Big" Cat that You saw was a Maine Coon Cat, not positive though. I wonder if Politicians watch Your Videos.? Thanx for sharing. 😃
If you like Studebaker cars, you should check out the Studebaker company museum in South Bend(Indiana) one day. They started off as a company making horse carriages, believe it or not!
Wow, creeping closer everyday… thank you!
He is so Right On ! I live in my R V and have 60 thousand miles on it in 5 years ! It's so scarie the SILENCE, in some of thies towns ! Not even DOG'S barking as U drive through ! 😮
Thank you for your excellent videos and great commentary. Greetings from Sweden.