People who say california sucks either never leave the couch...or plainly don't realize the diversity and beauty of California...If you are ever bored,anywhere in California you need to reassess your life.
I understand the woke politics..taxes etc going on....but given the landscape and climate that california offers I could easily overlook the politics.Most who live there most likely take the climate for granted...understandably as that may be all that they know/experienced growing up there.@@PickleRicksFATASSCOUSIN
Great video and super fun times hitting up these areas with you! One heck of a fun day and awesome times hanging out with you these past few days or so!
Jacumba is pronounced with an "H." The little settlement just across the border is El Jacume, which is also prnounced with an H. I spent a lot of time in Jacumba in the late 70's and early 80's. The town's motto back then was "Jacumba - the Rhumba lives!" The old 3-story Jacumba Hotel was still open. It stood across US 80 from the bathhouse. Unfortunately, the hotel burned in 1983. For a few years in the early 80's, a group of artists made Jacumba their home. The most famous of them was the painter David Baze, who died some time in the 90's. I still have two of David's oil paintings from that era. The Chinese Castle house [@10:24] was the weekend home of a prominent San Diego lawyer. We all hung out at the old Airport Cafe [bar], which was located across from the dirt airstrip a few miles East of town. That was a hoppin' joint in those days! One of the denziens was an old boy everybody called the "Inkopah Man," who lived a long ways up in the incredibly rugged mountains that rise above the nudist colony you passed. I could tell you stories about Friday nights at the Airport Cafe in the early 80's that would make your hair stand on end! Lord, but those were good days! It was so long ago, but it seems like yesterday ...
Came here to correct the pronunciation of Jacumba. I try to be cool about mispronounced town names, but it was getting on my nerves after the 3rd time. We used to camp here and climb the boulder mountains.
Yes, also Humberto’s Tacos is pronounced oom -berto, silent H. Adding the apostrophe S is a Spanglish thing. Technically it should be called Tacos Umberto
It's more than a weekend home of a lawyer. The Chinese Castle history: Part 1: thewackytacky.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-mysterious-chinese-castle-of.html Part 2: thewackytacky.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-mysterious-chinese-castle-of_28.html
They're old Metra commuter rail cars from Chicago! The tracks were part of the San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway, it was called the "impossible railroad", as it was through the area's mountains in the Sonoran Desert. The Goat Canyon trestle is own by the San Diego MTS. Crazy amount of train history out there!!
@@retroolschool Montreal used to have the exact same kind of double-decker cars for commuter trains on the Windsor/Lucien L'Allier-Dorion/Rigaud route right up until around the turn of the millennium. They were the train cars I took when I was a kid visiting my father's office building in downtown Montreal in the 1980s. I rather miss them.
The goat canyon trestle is awesome! A few years back Huell Hauser did an episode of California's Gold on the railroad line, the San Diego road museum, and trestle.
Nice video and exploration. Yes, I also noticed the tarantula at 21:19 as well. Also, the buzzing sound you hear is common in California deserts. It is from the male cicada insect that vibrates its tymbal, a membrane in its abdomen, which is a mating call to females in the vicinity. Remember, when walking or hiking, always look down where you step to ensure you do not step on a rattlesnake. It's difficult while filming. but using a chest or head cam can help (of course you likely know this). Thanks again for sharing. Enjoy your trip.
The abandoned amusement park in El Cajon was Marshal Scotty's Playland Park. It was used as the carnival for the filming of "Scavenger Hunt" (1979). I used to live in Jacumba, and found out it used to be a popular destination for the hot springs. Hollywood elite would travel there for a retreat. It really started to become what it is today because of the opening of the highway 8.
Totally agree how incredible it would be to go back in time and see these abandoned places in their prime! I live in a 16th century cottage in a little village in Lincolnshire, England. I would LOVE to see who was living here hundreds of years ago
The current place where you are living now will fall back in time after 100 years from now, since the source of economy keeps changing. Similar to the fact that these small towns were booming due to oil wells 5 decades ago.
@thedailywoo that lady riding the horse through Jacumba there is actually my mom Leah. She's been a local to Jacumba for over 40 years, and wouldn't mind being a tour guide if yall ever want to see more of the sites!
I agree with other comments. These are some of your best videos when you go to abandon or out of the way little towns. I have a thing for tumbleweeds. I actually saw my 1st tumbleweed in Florida. I didn't realize they had them there but I noticed I didn't see any tumbleweeds in your video today. Unusual given the conditions and the wind.
Wow Adam excellent video today I enjoyed it so much I watched it twice.That double decker train car was amazing.I can't wait for tomorrow's vlog.Thank you Adam,from Universal Jamie.
Adam, really enjoyed your awesome video! Those train cars are really cool looking! Beautiful scenery and train trestle! It's 94 and feels like 110 here in Oklahoma. Looking forward to your next awesome vlog. YOU TOTALLY ROCK!!!!!
I visited that area around 1997. What I remember was that the railroad tracks were destroyed not by an earthquake, but by the remnants of a hurricane that came up from the Gulf of California around 1976. The earthquake sounds more plausible for the area this video was filmed, essentially given the age of the railroad passenger cars. I think the hurricane damaged track was northeast of there in a canyon on the descent into the desert east of the Desert Tower. I had also once read that passenger service on that railroad ended around 1951. The mile or so long tunnel on the railroad you mentioned crossed the border as west of there the railroad traveled through Mexico to Tijuana before once again crossing back into the United States. The reason the railroad traveled through Mexico at all is because when it was built more than a century ago the terrain through Mexico was easier to build a railroad through than it was on the American side of the border.
When you heard that beeping sound it made me think of Christmas vacation when she said "What's that funny sound" when she heard the squirrel in the tree lol
Adam can I just say your videos bring me so much joy more than you’ll ever understand. Also, you have the voice of an angel lol seriously your voice is iconic I absolutely love it it sounds like it belongs in commercials, movies, etc UA-cam as well is just as good. Keep up the incredible work you do you truly bring joy to people you don’t even realize you do. 🙏🏻😊❤️
As a child I lived on traincars in the 1960s...because my dad was an electrical engineer for SP. Railroad. Train cars were like mini apartments..only they were trains. That was our life until I was 11....this train was cool to see. Of course. I'm partial to trains. Can't imagine why😂. Great video. Great fun. Thankyou sir❤
252 million views ATW!!! Outstanding Hoss!! Put it away hoss and take care your family... Have always enjoyed your vlogs! You've helped me thru cancer the last 3+ years..... Longways to go but better than the alternative!!Thank You...!!!
This was all so interesting, Adam. I love these kind of videos. You and Danny did a great job of making us feel we were there. I found those trains so fascinating. a cool place 🌞👏🤠🤠 supper looked good, too 🌮 🍚 🌯
Watching you hit some places I like to go here in SD has been fun. It's getting a little late in the season for desert trips, but I'm hoping to see you check out the steel sculptures down in Borrego Springs one of these days. The same artist that did that snake you saw in Jacumba created several sculptures down there and it's very much worth the trip!
If you'd continued east a few more miles, you could have visited mountain springs and its old mid-1800's stage coach station.... Good video Adam! That nudist resort is right next to an arm of Anza Borrego State Park.... We used to camp there when I was in scouts back in the 70's..... fun rock scrambling and learning a little about rappelling - but no nudist resort back then.
I've noticed something on your camera lense. Left hand side about a third of the way up from the bottom. Bit of dirt maybe? Saw it on one of the other videos too - think it was the Hollywood sign hike.
I was blown away at the end of the video. I used to live in the apartments right across the street from Humberto's! That was ten years ago and I know the neighborhood has changed a lot. I used to call it MMMBerto's, because it was so good! I got pretty chubby back then! I'm so glad you checked out Jacumba! The town always fascinated me when I lived in SD and moreso once I drove though it. In January of 2017 I stayed at the Jacumba Hot Springs Hotel. I think the place is closed down now, but even back before the pandemic there seemed like nobody was around and felt very surreal. I like how the border just stops at one point and goes into a hill. You can see it from the park you were at. It's like the people who originally built the border were like, "Well, fuck it. If anyone wants to cross over here in this heat, they can knock themselves out!" I loved exploring Campo RD, old Hwy 80. Talk about experiencing surreal. In the town of Campo is the Southern terminus of the PCT which is right next to the border, so you can get a good look at the border from there. A little closer to SD along the road is the turn off to Tecate. Campo RD feels desolate and quiet, but then you turn down a road, and within a mile WHAM! A busy border crossing and a bustling town over the border with a ton of people.
For the double decked train cars - if they have French writing - then my guess they came from the Montreal commuter lines. I recall riding those cars in the 70’s and 80’s on the suburban lines. The cool thing was the seat backs would flip so you could always face forward. That was probably not a dining car but just had some of the seat backs half turned. Yes - at least until the late 70’s you had smoking cars.
Yes yes yes a road trip and forgotten towns video. I’d go out on a limb and say these are our favorites! 😊
Speak for yourself, amigo
Yes sir, my favorites also.
You would be correct,sir.
Yes , my favorite.
@@tommymacias5434 ok brochacho
Love anywhere the Woo chooses to share but these backroads adventures are a special treat. Documenting for posterity!
Yes, Similiar to Justin Scarred's channel with his Randomland series.
People who say california sucks either never leave the couch...or plainly don't realize the diversity and beauty of California...If you are ever bored,anywhere in California you need to reassess your life.
Dude i agree. i live in Cali and I love it!!!
It's the politics they are talking about not the scenery and history.
Being honest, California is still great but the politics all around the state is really keeping it from being great...
I understand the woke politics..taxes etc going on....but given the landscape and climate that california offers I could easily overlook the politics.Most who live there most likely take the climate for granted...understandably as that may be all that they know/experienced growing up there.@@PickleRicksFATASSCOUSIN
@@stinkletoes8285 oh ok
Thank you for paying respect to my nephew Agent Eric N Cabral (border patrol) July 2007
🙏
Sorry for your loss. Thank you for his service 😥
Great video and super fun times hitting up these areas with you! One heck of a fun day and awesome times hanging out with you these past few days or so!
Had a blast buddy
Jacumba is pronounced with an "H." The little settlement just across the border is El Jacume, which is also prnounced with an H. I spent a lot of time in Jacumba in the late 70's and early 80's. The town's motto back then was "Jacumba - the Rhumba lives!" The old 3-story Jacumba Hotel was still open. It stood across US 80 from the bathhouse. Unfortunately, the hotel burned in 1983. For a few years in the early 80's, a group of artists made Jacumba their home. The most famous of them was the painter David Baze, who died some time in the 90's. I still have two of David's oil paintings from that era. The Chinese Castle house [@10:24] was the weekend home of a prominent San Diego lawyer. We all hung out at the old Airport Cafe [bar], which was located across from the dirt airstrip a few miles East of town. That was a hoppin' joint in those days! One of the denziens was an old boy everybody called the "Inkopah Man," who lived a long ways up in the incredibly rugged mountains that rise above the nudist colony you passed. I could tell you stories about Friday nights at the Airport Cafe in the early 80's that would make your hair stand on end! Lord, but those were good days! It was so long ago, but it seems like yesterday ...
Came here to correct the pronunciation of Jacumba. I try to be cool about mispronounced town names, but it was getting on my nerves after the 3rd time. We used to camp here and climb the boulder mountains.
Yes, also Humberto’s Tacos is pronounced oom -berto, silent H. Adding the apostrophe S is a Spanglish thing. Technically it should be called Tacos Umberto
It's more than a weekend home of a lawyer.
The Chinese Castle history:
Part 1: thewackytacky.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-mysterious-chinese-castle-of.html
Part 2: thewackytacky.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-mysterious-chinese-castle-of_28.html
I am a long time viewer and has never commented. I really enjoy your content, and you have become part of my lunch time routine - sandwich and Woo
Marshall Scotty’s!!! Very cool. I’ve ridden every one of those old rides!🎉 kids used to have their birthday parties there.
Not just any Helicopter, but a Huey! The Burrito made me hungry
I enjoy your adventures taken us through the good ole' days not been seen for years. Appreciate you Adam and Danny! 🎥
Such a lovely and beautiful presentation my friend! Beautiful video, atmosphere is amazing!
I never cease to be amazed at the great places you find to explore!
man.. I love the road trips ones the most. Just so soothing. Thanks Adam!
I love this thank you I live in Rosarito Baja California Viva Mexico
They're old Metra commuter rail cars from Chicago! The tracks were part of the San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway, it was called the "impossible railroad", as it was through the area's mountains in the Sonoran Desert. The Goat Canyon trestle is own by the San Diego MTS. Crazy amount of train history out there!!
Ex CP cars made by Canadian VIcker in the late 60s.
Interesting, when did it close down and how far is this from Slab City?
@@retroolschool Montreal used to have the exact same kind of double-decker cars for commuter trains on the Windsor/Lucien L'Allier-Dorion/Rigaud route right up until around the turn of the millennium. They were the train cars I took when I was a kid visiting my father's office building in downtown Montreal in the 1980s. I rather miss them.
I believe they were going to be apart of a railway measume at one point. Old metra cars
Your backroads videos are second to none. Loved this!
The goat canyon trestle is awesome! A few years back Huell Hauser did an episode of California's Gold on the railroad line, the San Diego road museum, and trestle.
You set a great example, Adam.
Your've inspired me a number of times over the years to live my life more
Love the backroad stuff, man! So peaceful ✌️ so beautiful!!
That was just a instant classic vlog from Adam.⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nice video and exploration. Yes, I also noticed the tarantula at 21:19 as well. Also, the buzzing sound you hear is common in California deserts. It is from the male cicada insect that vibrates its tymbal, a membrane in its abdomen, which is a mating call to females in the vicinity. Remember, when walking or hiking, always look down where you step to ensure you do not step on a rattlesnake. It's difficult while filming. but using a chest or head cam can help (of course you likely know this). Thanks again for sharing. Enjoy your trip.
Same
I think Adam almost stepped on a rattlesnake while checking out the former Spahn Movie Ranch where the Manson family once lived!
I can’t get enough of these types of videos you make.
Very nice video, congrats!!!!!!!!
I love your videos, it's kinda soothing and I don't know why
The abandoned amusement park in El Cajon was Marshal Scotty's Playland Park. It was used as the carnival for the filming of "Scavenger Hunt" (1979). I used to live in Jacumba, and found out it used to be a popular destination for the hot springs. Hollywood elite would travel there for a retreat. It really started to become what it is today because of the opening of the highway 8.
Went there a lot when I was a kid. Crazy that it's all still sitting there.
I grew up in jacumba too
I lived in lakeside in the early 90s I remember this place I had forgotten the name was neat to see it on the video
@@mikefreeman9251 I too lived in Lakeside, across from El Cap High School on Parkside!
I also grew up in Lakeside in the 90's, we lived off of wintergardens blvd. Marshal Scotty's was amazing back in the day!!!
Yep, That was the first thing I thought of when you came up on the tracks. "Stand By Me"
Thanks Adam great little side trip. 👍🏻🎶🎶
*This was absolutely amazing videos very well done*
You seriously have the coolest videos!🎉
Totally agree how incredible it would be to go back in time and see these abandoned places in their prime! I live in a 16th century cottage in a little village in Lincolnshire, England. I would LOVE to see who was living here hundreds of years ago
Would love to see the 16th century English cottage that sounds wonderful.
@@jsterling6805 It is beautiful but very expensive to keep warm in the winter!
@@janeclay9684 Are fireplaces still used as a source of heating?
The current place where you are living now will fall back in time after 100 years from now, since the source of economy keeps changing. Similar to the fact that these small towns were booming due to oil wells 5 decades ago.
😂😂😂 love it when you do Arnold, it's brilliant 😂😂😂
Great Viewing Adam! Keep up The Good Work!
Your back roads videos are among my favorites. I love old trains. I hope you return for the train tunnel at some point.
Yay love these kinds of videos😍
KOOL BEANS !!! GREAT VLOG.....
Thanks for shareing !!!
Very interesting
I really do enjoy your videos Adam
Excellent video. I grew up in SD County and had driven the 8 East many times but never stopped. The Mexican food in San Diego is always great.
@thedailywoo that lady riding the horse through Jacumba there is actually my mom Leah. She's been a local to Jacumba for over 40 years, and wouldn't mind being a tour guide if yall ever want to see more of the sites!
I thought that was Leah!
Really great episode!!
Fun and great video. Thank you.😊
This trip was very enjoyable !! THANK YOU
I agree with other comments. These are some of your best videos when you go to abandon or out of the way little towns. I have a thing for tumbleweeds. I actually saw my 1st tumbleweed in Florida. I didn't realize they had them there but I noticed I didn't see any tumbleweeds in your video today. Unusual given the conditions and the wind.
Excellent vlog with Danny!👍🏻
OMG I wanna go there right now! Love this video. You guys are so funny.
Love your back road exploring
I loved going through the trains❤
Wow Adam excellent video today I enjoyed it so much I watched it twice.That double decker train car was amazing.I can't wait for tomorrow's vlog.Thank you Adam,from Universal Jamie.
Thank you Adam...
I use to live in Yuma , and vacation as a child in the 1970s to San Diego. I remember passing by on I·8 . great Memories
Sup adam, love the vids dude,much love from jacksonville florida!!!
Love the abandoned places! Love the Arnold impression so funny!
Thank you Adam. It was lovely
Very cool thanks.🚂
Back to the Future III was filmed near Jackson, CA. Off of highway 120. Would be cool to check it out.
Adam, really enjoyed your awesome video! Those train cars are really cool looking! Beautiful scenery and train trestle! It's 94 and feels like 110 here in Oklahoma. Looking forward to your next awesome vlog. YOU TOTALLY ROCK!!!!!
Excellent ❤
This was fascinating! The comical relief with the nude guy in the background was classic! 😅 😮
Great video Adam.
I visited that area around 1997. What I remember was that the railroad tracks were destroyed not by an earthquake, but by the remnants of a hurricane that came up from the Gulf of California around 1976. The earthquake sounds more plausible for the area this video was filmed, essentially given the age of the railroad passenger cars. I think the hurricane damaged track was northeast of there in a canyon on the descent into the desert east of the Desert Tower. I had also once read that passenger service on that railroad ended around 1951. The mile or so long tunnel on the railroad you mentioned crossed the border as west of there the railroad traveled through Mexico to Tijuana before once again crossing back into the United States. The reason the railroad traveled through Mexico at all is because when it was built more than a century ago the terrain through Mexico was easier to build a railroad through than it was on the American side of the border.
You do Arnold, better then Arnold does Arnold! Jah... Great video as always...
When you heard that beeping sound it made me think of Christmas vacation when she said "What's that funny sound" when she heard the squirrel in the tree lol
😂😂😂great video, love the naked Arnold impersonation 😂
I just saw the video of your lunch with Smashing Pumpkins star Billy Corgan from 6 yrs ago ..How cool was that??? Hello from Gatlinburg TN Mr Woo 🐻🌄🏞️
Adam can I just say your videos bring me so much joy more than you’ll ever understand. Also, you have the voice of an angel lol seriously your voice is iconic I absolutely love it it sounds like it belongs in commercials, movies, etc UA-cam as well is just as good. Keep up the incredible work you do you truly bring joy to people you don’t even realize you do. 🙏🏻😊❤️
I like these abandoned town videos 😊
Great video. I love the back roads.
As a child I lived on traincars in the 1960s...because my dad was an electrical engineer for SP. Railroad. Train cars were like mini apartments..only they were trains.
That was our life until I was 11....this train was cool to see. Of course.
I'm partial to trains.
Can't imagine why😂.
Great video. Great fun.
Thankyou sir❤
It's been a long time since I've seen that particular site thanks for the venture
Another interesting vlog
Excellent...
‘’ I don’t think it’s even his birthday “ pretty sure I’m going to laugh all week after seeing this one. Great video as always Adam
That box with the chain it was a hand break system for that car.
hello again Adam , very cool interesting video , the train cars were real cool , well done and thank you 😊
I had my 3rd birthday party at Marshall Scotty’s, that abandoned amusement park.
Enjoyed this one 👌
❤ I love this kind of stuff🎉🎉🎉
Looks like it is a hot one out there, fellas. Glad we joined you. 🌞😎🥵😅
The landscape there is incredible! Good stuff Man!
Adam 2 days before summer. “You wouldn’t wanna do this in the summer”
love your adventures
252 million views ATW!!! Outstanding Hoss!! Put it away hoss and take care your family... Have always enjoyed your vlogs! You've helped me thru cancer the last 3+ years..... Longways to go but better than the alternative!!Thank You...!!!
This was all so interesting, Adam. I love these kind of videos. You and Danny did a great job of making us feel we were there. I found those trains so fascinating. a cool place
🌞👏🤠🤠 supper looked good, too 🌮 🍚 🌯
Holy crap I just realized your friend with the Digital Underground shirt on. Legend!
Love this video
Good job, good video, and Thanks, you are spending money with gas, meals, your time to get us pleasent time.
That abandoned amusement park was where our family would go when my dad’s work would book an all day employee/family picnic event. Great times!
Sdpd used to have family day out at that park. I remember the man who shot his son in law who actually owned the park.
Good video!
The impersonation of Arnold, with actually seeing your face, was hilarious, burst out laughing 😂
Watching you hit some places I like to go here in SD has been fun. It's getting a little late in the season for desert trips, but I'm hoping to see you check out the steel sculptures down in Borrego Springs one of these days. The same artist that did that snake you saw in Jacumba created several sculptures down there and it's very much worth the trip!
Chad Everett played 1 of the doctors on emergency did he Love your vibes Adam
Its a out 3 hoirs each way yo the trestle. Plus a couple hiurs for lunch and to take it all in. Was a nice 8 hour day. Super fun
Just found your videos today…. AWESOME!
I’m sure this has been suggested to you…with the places you go to, I’d recommend snake gaiters😊
If you look at the side of the rails the manufacturing date is embossed on it. End of the line- traveling wilburys. Good song.
If you'd continued east a few more miles, you could have visited mountain springs and its old mid-1800's stage coach station.... Good video Adam! That nudist resort is right next to an arm of Anza Borrego State Park.... We used to camp there when I was in scouts back in the 70's..... fun rock scrambling and learning a little about rappelling - but no nudist resort back then.
I've noticed something on your camera lense. Left hand side about a third of the way up from the bottom. Bit of dirt maybe? Saw it on one of the other videos too - think it was the Hollywood sign hike.
This is amazing❤❤❤❤❤
Absolutely love these videos Mr Woo. Keep them coming.
I was blown away at the end of the video. I used to live in the apartments right across the street from Humberto's! That was ten years ago and I know the neighborhood has changed a lot. I used to call it MMMBerto's, because it was so good! I got pretty chubby back then!
I'm so glad you checked out Jacumba! The town always fascinated me when I lived in SD and moreso once I drove though it. In January of 2017 I stayed at the Jacumba Hot Springs Hotel. I think the place is closed down now, but even back before the pandemic there seemed like nobody was around and felt very surreal. I like how the border just stops at one point and goes into a hill. You can see it from the park you were at. It's like the people who originally built the border were like, "Well, fuck it. If anyone wants to cross over here in this heat, they can knock themselves out!"
I loved exploring Campo RD, old Hwy 80. Talk about experiencing surreal. In the town of Campo is the Southern terminus of the PCT which is right next to the border, so you can get a good look at the border from there. A little closer to SD along the road is the turn off to Tecate. Campo RD feels desolate and quiet, but then you turn down a road, and within a mile WHAM! A busy border crossing and a bustling town over the border with a ton of people.
For the double decked train cars - if they have French writing - then my guess they came from the Montreal commuter lines. I recall riding those cars in the 70’s and 80’s on the suburban lines. The cool thing was the seat backs would flip so you could always face forward. That was probably not a dining car but just had some of the seat backs half turned. Yes - at least until the late 70’s you had smoking cars.
Great to see a road trip video again,thank you