The thing about the water at the drive thru shop... "sparkling or still" is a European thing. I heard that question a lot when I took a trip to Ireland a few years ago, but in the States you'll get confused looks with that question because "still" is what you'd almost always get by default when you want a bottle of water, but no one calls it still water. If you want sparkling, you have to ask but it's not something you commonly see outside of stores.
Really? I feel like I get asked that a lot especially at restaurants they will ask sparkling or still or sometimes tap water. Maybe that’s just where I live in California.
@@rebeccahanson6941 Yeah, sounds like a California thing. I only spent about a month total on the west coast, and that was just in San Diego. I spent most of my life in "sweet iced tea and coke" areas of the US, so water's not something most around here drink on the regular, so maybe that's why I hadn't heard the question until I went to Ireland.
@@rebeccahanson6941Must be a Cali thing. I have never in my 62 years heard non-carbonated water called still water. Although it would be easy to figure out from context.
A lot of Route 66 is gone, replaced directly by the Interstate. In some places, though, the original highway is still there. Eva was driving on an original piece right next to the Interstate. Other original sections are miles away from the new road. It's like traveling back in time, driving on these old roads. You can experience what it would have been like crossing the country in the early part of the 20th century.
Unfortunately true, in New Mexico especially it is impossible to drive a lot of the road as there is literally no trace that there was ever a major highway, it's gone completely back to desert. The earlier it was bypassed by the interstate, the more chance that it has disappeared.
Yeah, I was thinking about that. She only drove on a tiny sliver of it, but said this at 21:16. Seemed like a blanketed statement for the entire road, and sounds naive of her to say, since she barely drove on it in a flat empty desert beside an interstate.
It's not just Texas that everybody owns pickups, basically the most common vehicle in the southern and central united states are pickups! We love them cause it's a lot of farm land, ruff terrain, lots of snow in the northern central US in the winter, and the convenience of having something to pull whatever you want any time :D
There is a difference between camping and RVing, and there is often a difference between an RV park and a campground. RVs are usually self-propelled vehicles, and many campgrounds don't allow them. RV parks will have an area that is designated for RVs (these usually have water, sewer, and electrical hookups) and are sometimes paved. Many are also used long term as a few people actually retire there. Campgrounds are meant more for tents and small camping trailers (pop-ups), no hookups. Then there are the combo sites which have spaces for both. The latter are usually found at KOAs (Kampgrounds Of America), which are a chain of campgrounds found all over the country. I did have to laugh a bit though at the gentleman that suggested she buy a gun. That would be fine if she was going to stay in Texas, but crossing state and international borders would have made her experience at the southern border look like a picnic going into Canada.
It’s both . We also have the best geography in the world. The founding of the US was the right people at the right spot at the right time. Our native resources is a major part of what makes our Industrial capabilities so high. We also got the brightest minds in Europe in the 30’s and 40’s because they fled to the USA in the face of rising dictatorships and persecution. We got some of Germany’s brightest minds after the war as well ( operation paperclip) which helped us defer at the USSR in the space race. Id bet this pattern has happened in other countries as well but I’m not too well versed. Its good be patriotic but you also got to be realistic lol
I live in California -- the Silicon Valley in the San Francisco Bay Area. As beautiful as this area is, I think that Texas is probably my favorite state to visit. It's friendly, huge and filled with some amazing places. The food is fantastic and the people aren't, well, "fake."
I was born and raised in Texas now living in West Virginia. TX is so large that the land changes vastly depending upon where you are visiting. I used to travel from the Wash DC area to Tx over to Florida and all kinds of points in between. Granted this was the 70s and 80s. Wishing her well on her way.
Small World Im from West Virginia now living in Maryland I've yet to get to go to Texas but someday I hope maybe when I finally retire I'll get to go In about 13 years I can set out and actually get to experince more of our great country have a good day
To help Europeans understand how large Texas is: It's bigger than France. And for Americans . . . The distance from Texarkana to El Paso is greater than El Paso to LA.
I watched Eva's trip across the U.S. I was concerned for her safety when she crossed the Mexico - U.S. border (Eva being detained was a symptom of the danger, the border patrol can't take chances) and I was a little concerned when she travelled through the Yukon to Alaska simply because of how remote this area is and how quickly winter can come to the mountains. I wasn't concerned for her safety in the other areas she visited. The vast majority of people are good and will help anyone in need. I was very happy when she got Vilk, her canine companion. Shepards, even puppies are very protective of their families.
There is a guy skateboarding across the USA all by himself with just a backpack right now. He is going from Venice Beach CA to Virginia Beach 100% on a skateboard. The interactions along his journey have been really fun to watch. His name is Chad Caruso or searching 'skate across America' will bring it up. He's about 25 days in or so right now. Something you may be interested in. It pretty much that Forest Gump scene, but on a board lol.
@@ΒΞΔΝ sounds amazing, tbh. does he allow himself to be pulled along by car while riding his skateboard? There are massive distances between towns and cities the further west you go and without doing something similar to that, I don't think it will be feasible at all once he leaves the crowded little areas of Florida and the traditional South. Getting across Texas if he goes that souther coastal route till then will break him. And if it doesn't, the desert starting before and through El Paso all the way through NM, Arizona and the rest till California probably will. Hope he has his trip planned well and allows him to travel more north as he goes west or the sun alone will kill him pretty fast. Even this vlogger blatantly skipped most of west Texas by cutting directly north and smartly avoiding the long desert (and a huge seat of Hispanic border culture). And she still spent HOURS DRIVING before she encountered any towns or other drivers.
@@azurepulse1870 Go check out his journey so far. It's gonna blow your mind judging by your comment. My favorite part is all the friendly yet confused Americans asking him what he's doing in the middle of nowhere and offering help.
I was surprised that she stopped by and gave a small tour of some of the scenic areas of my home town Spokane. It's the 1st time I'd seen anyone post about their time here. Even though there's almost a 1/4 million people in the city. It's not a big city, but it's also not a small town.
She went to stereotypical Texas, which is probably good for her trip. If she went to Dallas or Austin it would have been totally different.. probably even running into people from Poland. Each state has its urban and rural areas. I live in western/upstate New York and it’s absolutely nothing like New York City (I forget it’s even in the same state sometimes because it seems so foreign to me).
The drive-thru store you are asking about typically is not a grocery store and won't have fresh produce, but is just the gas station with a store for mostly drinks (lots of beer) and a few shelf items like bread, small containers of mustard, mayonnaise, catsup, pickles, etc. Some will have a kitchen so you can get hamburgers, hot dogs, sandwiches, and sometimes BarBQ. She passed all the way thru Texas in this episode from entering at the Mexican border in the south to Route 66 in the northern panhandle all in one episode and stayed where the land is typically dry and fairly flat, west of the population centers. This is what we call small town Texas. If she had stayed on Interstate 35 to the east you would have seen San Antonio (7th largest city in the US), Austin (11th largest US city), Dallas (9th largest), and Fort Worth (13th largest) and she would have had a much different experience. If she had driven east to west across Texas she would have started in a thick pine forest for a couple hundred miles, then a rolling prairie, then the hill country, then the dry prairie (what she was driving in), then desert, and finally the mountains around El Paso. She carefully chose the route to tell a wonderful story, but don't think this is the typical Texas experience. As always I love your reactions.
Yeah, I live in Texas and I’ve never seen a drive-thru convenience store, definitely seems like more of a rural thing. As soon as I saw her route, I knew this was gonna be more like a Europeans first impression of rural Texas. I guess it’s better than just going to Houston and thinking that was a great representation of Texas as a whole.
In Texas, one has to consider how many people have to haul food and hay out to feed livestock, which requires a pick up truck. After you drop it off in the field, the truck bed is empty. Also, they haul things like fence posts and poles and tools to patch fences with and build things. Pick up trucks are a necessity in Texas.
You need to review her visit to a real rodeo in Montana. Very interesting, I grew up in rodeo and its normal to me, but its all new to her. It's very cute she got a crush on one of the cowboys.
That was the only video of hers that I actually watched. I was sort of surprised that Montana had rodeos. I'm from Oklahoma and don't know much about Montana, other than they have beautiful mountains. Didn't know rodeo culture went that far north.
@@Gutslinger Surprisingly, a whole wide stretch from all the way up there all the way down and deep into Mexico have cowboys and rodeos. Cowboys originated in Mexico through the Vaquero (combining native ranching and Spanish horseback riding) and white settlers in the southwest areas of the US learned from them and adapted it to suit their own needs and style. Also, that huge vertical swath of land shares an arid climate that cattle are able to thrive in compared to other animals. Montana might seem too cold to be a desert, but it's the amount of rainfall that makes a desert, for the most part.
We don't use the phrase "still water." There's water, and then there's sparkling water. So it wasn't her accent -- it was because the clerk didn't know what she meant by "still water."
I didn't watch all of her vids on her US trip but I was really glad to see her going to more rural areas and smaller towns. Often many people in US cities and especially people overseas often only see us portrayed in the media and such often negatively. Truth is the vast majority of us can get along.
Liquid eggs are for cooking without having to crack eggs. Expensive relative to buying eggs, but of course the carton of egg whites would be convenient if all you want is the egg whites.
@22:58 if ever you guys come to U.S, don't do what she did, which was going into establishments/businesses bare foot. it is NOT ALLOWED, because of health issues and on top of that they don't want to get sue when you cut your feet, yes you can sue for anything here. She got kick out of starbucks for that and she still don't know what the deal is. 😂 'no shoes, no shirt, no service' is the motto here.
It is amazing how unfamiliar Europeans are with towing trailers...That is the number one reason to own a pickup truck and can explain why there are so many...
Interstate created by President Eisenhower. The original purpose was to be able to move troops, vehicles and military equipment more efficiently across the country.
Do you know what a 7 11 is? It is sort of a "fast foods" grocery store. She probably could not get a mango, but maybe a bag of freeze dried or frozen. They started as a quick place to stop on the way home from work for things like milk and bread, so you didn't have to take the time to go into a regular store. There were some drive thru ones before COVID, but more added that feature to build business.
I was wondering about that, I didn't see a sign and 7-11s in my city don't have drive-throughs, at least not that I've seen, but I believe Slushy is a brand name owned by 7-11 convenience stores.
In 2019 I spent 5 months traveling in a circle around the U.S. pulling a camper. I was and still am in my 70's and was by myself. I visited 17 National Parks and lost count of the number of state parks. I did have some people say that I was crazy to try it but my family encouraged me to do it. The experience was unbelievable and I am so grateful that I did it. I saw ad did things that most people in this country and from foreign countries never take the time or get a chance to do.
First, that drive through was probably just a convenience store, like a gas station. Second, we have both, Slurpee's and Slushies. The big difference is, Slurpy is a trademark of 7-11. Some slushies are made with very small ice "balls", little tiny particles of actual ice. Some are smooth. Lastly, I moved to TX in 2013 from Pennsylvania. It's true that most all TX people are very friendly. And, I've lived in 6 states in my life and, I have found the place I will live for the rest of my life. No other state, except for North Carolina, has come close to being as good as TX.
This was a good example of rural west Texas. My mother was born and raised in a small town in Archer County, that resembled what was shown here. A tourist would have to go out of their way to see what Eva recorded. I've watched a few of Eva zu Beck's videos, and I really enjoyed: "European Reacts to Her FIRST American RODEO". I would recommend you watch that one. ❤
That is indeed rural west Texas. Shame she skipped out on El Paso though by cutting straight up north after an incident. THEN she'd be getting real border culture.
Right. I also wondered if "surreal" would've been a term she could've used. I'm from Oklahoma, but my trips to the Colorado mountains to hunt elk as a young teen felt very surreal and exotic. The views, and the realization of the scale of those mountains blew my mind in words I can't explain.
Y’all don’t need to worry so much about how you’re looking in the video or the background. 😂 I reckon many of us who enjoy your videos just like hearing your thoughts on things and it’s like checking in on friends. ❤ I enjoy watching you both because you’re you! Now, go have a great day!
When I was a kid, we had drive through dairy stores. They sold typical dairy products, plus eggs, bread and a few basic produce items is all. And it was really drive through, not a window to a store. It was more like just under a roof, but open to the outside. Supermarkets killed the concept because they offer so much choice. The dairy stores only sold that dairy's brand.
Guys, FYI, the "fireplace" was electric, no gas, no logs. Having ice cream with a soda is something that's been done for ages in the US, though it's generally vanilla ice cream and ROOT BEER, not Coke for a root beer float. The one thing I noticed with her route thru Texas is that she missed the green areas of Texas, which are in the eastern and northeastern parts of the state. Texas has many different types of terrain from heavily forested to plains, desert to mountainous/hill country and pretty much everything in between. Her route basically kept her in the drier regions of the state. There are drive-thru stores (usually liquor stores) where you do actually drive into and out of the buildings. Not just in Texas. Pickup trucks, especially modern ones, are used as much for day to day transportation as much as moving/hauling things. The interior of a quad-cab (pickup with 4 doors and a back seat) is as luxurious as most modern cars and as comfortable, if not more so because of the additional room they provide. Not all pickups are used as "working" vehicles. US-66 was decommissioned many years ago, though parts of it still exist. Most of it has been replaced by interstate highways I-55, I-44 and I-40 with portions of the old highway running alongside or near them. But the parts that still exist are more fun to drive. Anywhere you go along Route 66 you'll find businesses that showcase the history of Route 66, especially that section of it. My son once had a British girl visit, not quite 20 years ago. One of the places we took her to was Meijer, which is a Michigan competitor to Walmart. Walmart wasn't as widespread then as it is today and there weren't any Walmart's in Michigan at that time. She was astounded by what could be found in the store from food to practically everything needed to outfit a home other than major furniture.
When I was in my 20's I did that with a cereal my mom wouldn't buy us back in the day because she said it was just sugar. She was right. As an adult it tasted horrible.
She got delayed/detained at the US-Mexico border for 2 reasons. First, she didn't have a legal document that she needed to get auto insurance in the US and had to wait until a family member in Poland located it and sent it to her. Second, her passport contained stamps from countries the US has flagged as high risk -- Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan. She had to undergo a lengthy interrogation by border patrol agents and her vehicle was thoroughly searched top to bottom before they approved her visa.
Mark 20:47. Yep! Nice highway. I've used the Oklahoma portion of it. I've been on school buses that used it for field trips. For me, it wasn't Serindipity. I have funds to go to "Trek Expo" in the City of Tulsa, County of Tulsa County, Great State of Oklahoma. (Back in the late 1980s and the 1990s during my time at "Pizza Hut" and in 2000 to 2003 during my time at "Walmart".) I used I-35 and the Turner Turnpike, not counting mixed exits, wrong turns, et cetera, to get to there. I save enough money to pay the toll for the return trip. But hunger or temptation has me spend it anyway. So, to get home, I had to use Route 66 and various state highways with slower speed limits and winding routes to get home. 😁
Texas is like another country in itself but I guess if you want to be technical all states in America are actually countries hence why they call states countries outside of America.
@@JustMe-gn6yf Every state in the US has its own government, laws, and military. The only difference between a US state and a European country is that the States have a federal framework that ostensibly connects and represents the States externally.
When I first watched this several months ago I was surprised she's Polish. She sounded British to me. Maybe she lived in the UK for while or went to university there.
Mark 10:06. Wait! That's just a service window on the side of that building! She's in her vehicle, but her vehicle is not in the building! Here in the City of Pauls Valley, County of Garvin County, Great State of Oklahoma & the Great Chickasaw Nation, there is a convenience store now called "Valley Express" but it used to be known as "The Ice Chest"! When it was that establishment, you drove through the store! Entry at one end, exit at the other. You told the clerk what you wanted and then watched her fetch it for you! If you ordered a "Hunts Brothers Pizza" you watched her make it for you! While inside your vehicle, you could see her make sandwiches too! My sister-in-law even got one of her favorite cats from there, when he was just a kitten! Have you ever seen a movie or television show that featured old-fashioned full-service stores? You go in with a list, and the clerk fetches the items for you. In some floor layouts, that meant no shop lifters because it was all behind the counter. But anyway, she was very cute, so there were a lot of vehicles lined up to do business with her. But the corner is small, and by the main railroad crossing! So maybe traffic congestion led to the demise of it? Hmm. 🤔
Mark 21:03. "Garfield"! I had a collection of stuff about him until back in the day I had a girlfriend who loved him too! I gave her my whole collection, piecemeal, for different occasions until we broke up. I never replaced it. 😿
The drive-thru store was a Toot-n-Totem. It's a convenience store like 7-Eleven. Trips like this refute the idea that the USA is all urban sprawl and explains why cars are necessary.
Hello from Amarillo, Texas, I was borne here about 200 meters from route 66 , and have been to many of the places she was in in this video. As you can see this part of Texas is very flat and mostly treeless, but is very good cattle country. Amarillo is about 40 miles East of the 66 mid point. I have lived here for over 80 years, so maybe I can answer any questions you have about our part of the world.
Mark 4:33. Howdy! 🤠 Wow! Times sure have changed the RV technology since the 1970s! On my 10th birthday, I was given a "Tonka Winnebago" and the interior for it is what I was expecting to see here since they aren't Hollywood and Nashville celebrities that usually are the only ones that can afford customized coaches! On the outside, they look like busses. Whoopi Goldberg thought that she had a customized bus, not a private coach, until the Canadian border authorities told her what her vehicle's legal classification was! 😁 That RV's interior is more luxurious than the one seen in Robin Williams's movie "RV" and in the Ben Stiller movie "Meet the Fockers" and in Jennifer Aniston's movie "We're the Millers"! Most impressive!
Out in rural America you find all kinds of interest people and most are willing to help a stranger. And yes a lot of the older roadside dinner particularly in rural areas look a lot like the one she was in and many times they have some absolutely fantastic food. The reason most of their clientele are the locals so the foods got to be good to keep bringing them back.
Great things to see in Texas: 1) The Alamo/River Walk in San Antonio 2) First Monday Trade Days in Canton (worlds largest flea market). 3) Buc-Ee's (worlds largest as station/convenience store). 4) AT&T Stadium.
Beesleys, in case you're not up on your aviation history, the lady he talked about around 5:45 was Amelia Earhart, whose goal it was back in the early days of aviation (30's) to the first woman to fly around the world. She was doing fine until she got to a leg of the trip where she was starting across the Pacific, apparently got lost, ran out of fuel and crashed, with no trace of her and her navigator, nor the plane--the Enola Gay. At the drive-thru store, the lady got confused with the term still water. Carbonated or non-carbonated would have been more understandable. You have a really cute dog. The waitress in the diner couldn't remember where 66 ends, and guess Sacramento, but it's actually in the LA area at the pier of the suburb of Santa Monica, which is where the old TV program Baywatch was filmed.
It's funny. I was watching Eva when she was in Mexico. Lots of commenters have been saying it looks like hardly anyone lives here. Well that's due to the route she chose for her journey. Over 30 million people live in Texas. I live in the Metroplex, which is the Dallas, Fort Worth area. The population is approaching 7 million! Anyway, as we say here in Texas; Y'all be safe.
A big part of why the food items in the Walmart are so big is because of how rural and spread out West Texas is. That Walmart probably serves a massive area and many shoppers likely have to drive an hour or more each way to get groceries. So, it makes sense to stock up on large quantities to freeze or put in your pantry in order to avoid having to make that trip too often. Also, a lot of the pickups are used for hauling in rural areas. The thing is, they are also often used as a normal automobile when not using them to haul things around at the ranch or farm. The more rural the area in America, the higher the ratio of pickups compared to cars. In the major cities, they are far less common because they aren't as practical. In the countryside, they are common because they ARE practical.
Mark 22:56. People who frequent them who didn't take French in high school might be surprised as I relatively recently was, thanks to a coffee commercial, to learn that "cafe" is French for "coffee"! So what's a "cafeteria" then? 🤔 But because I grew up viewing "Little House on the Prairie" and "The Waltons" it doesn't surprise how some people, especially the ladies, wanted to seem fancier than they actually were, by using French words rather than English words to promote their establishments! So now that I know that, it sounds funny to me to hear others say that they are going out for coffee and a bite to eat at a "cafe" rather than a "diner"! 😁
I will say, in defense of selling huge quantities ... economies of scale doesn't stop at manufacturing. If you CAN make huge quantities of inputs, it decreases the cost. If you reduce the costs of inputs, you reduce the cost of intermediate goods, and end products as well. It is always an advantage to scale up as much as you can, provided there is a consumer. My house is home to six humans and four animals. We have a chest freezer and a stand-up freezer in the garage, and we fill it. Once a year, my wife buys bulk vegetables, chicken, and we buy a whole cow (slaughtered and processed, ofc). I contain and freeze whatever she brings home. Energy cost is negligible versus constant time and fuel costs of going to grocery stores. Add that we live in Minnesota. 1/3 of the year is cold enough that the freezers almost never turn on.
This chicken going on about the sparkling water ...that is not so common here. When I first visited Germany in the 70's almost all homes there had sparkling water and I was just as surprised about that. As far as "drive thrus" Vegas ( I don't know about now) had drive up "viewing" of the deceased at a funeral home. Drive thru funeral ...
there are 3 types of TEA depending on how they are made. tea = brew the tea and let it come to room temp before adding sugar. sweeeet tea = brew the tea then immediately add sugar. unsweetened tea = brew the tea and serve with sugar and sweetners given on the side for each person to add as they wish (all teas served over ice)
I grew up on drive through shops. You drive up to the first window, order your groceries bread, eggs, milk, beer, etc. The attendant will gather it, bag it up and put it in your car, as you pay at the second window
Mark 12:55. Hmm. 🤔 Okay, there are different motivations or combinations thereof. In random order, we have laziness, convenience, lack of parking space, personal preference, limited options, and being handicapped, et cetera. But a big factor is... AIR CONDITIONING & HEATING! If you use sunglasses/eyeshades or spectacles with prescription lenses, you will notice this more often than those that don't because the lenses fog over when you switch environments like they do when wearing a face mask. But you get all comfortable in your vehicle, and then once you park it, you switch off the motor/engine, exit, walk whatever the distance is, enter the store into a different environment, shop or use the public restroom, then exit, walk to the vehicle, get in, start it up, and the temperature that made you comfortable has gone away! Now you start over! In Texas and Oklahoma heat or cold, you only have your window open long enough to do the transaction at the window, unless you're not thinking right. It saves fuel to do it that way when compared to stopping, starting, and recooling or reheating the air in the vehicle. 🙄
Egg product (boxed eggs) are a convenience item. They are pasteurized eggs, either the whole egg or just the whites. A lot of them add some of the shell to increase the calcium. I use them as I find it easier and more convenient for me. For breakfast I have between 90g and 100g of them. The only time I buy fresh eggs is if I'm going to make some hardboiled.
Mark 13:58. Even here, we wonder why the parking lots are so vast, but then along comes Black Friday to remind us why! That, or a big movie premiere! That's why traveling carnivals, circuses, and such were able to set up in those parking lots during the off-season. I've been taken to a few when I was still small enough to be carried by an adult as well as pay my own way in. 🙃
I haven't been inside an RV/Camper since 1998, which was our 26 ft long 1984 Mallard model. And it was a step up from our previous 1982 camper, but what they make now, it's like night and day three or four times over. With the advent of flat screen panels, you can put a lot more technology in these things that you couldn't prior to about 15 years ago. So yeah, expect to have at least one, if not a couple flat screen TVs in them. You know like one for the common area and one for the master bedroom. And then on top of that having the ability to tap into satellite TV or WiFi to stream stuff, you got your home away from home, for sure. What we were using in our '84 Mallard in the 90s was a little portable 13" CRT TV with rabbit ears antenna. Reception sucked, and it was all it could do to pull in the nearest local channel. Not sure what the max length of a camper today is, but I'm betting it's close to 52 ft which is max size for a 5th wheel trailer (semi trailer). But where these things are so cool now, and even back in the 90s, when they first started doing this, is the pop out sides that make your camper wider whenever you reach your destination. I'm not sure how those work as I've never been around or inside one when they deploy or fold back up, but they obviously do, and make what is just your standard width of 8 ft to 12 ft I think.
Not illegal to drive barefoot in the US, the UK, Ireland, Mexico, Australia, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, or China, but it is illegal to drive barefoot or in flip flops in Switzerland, and in Japan it is not only illegal to drive barefoot but also while wearing ANY open toed shoes, saddles, or in high heels! As far as her saying it feels exotic, by definition it's something so unusual it must be from some unfamiliar place, or something originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country, which America, Texas, and Roite 66 would be to her!
OK, regarding the Pick-Up Truck culture in the US, it can be explained as "It's better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it." Much like guns, tbh. But seriously, it's just that you may never know when you may come to a situation where a truck would be a necessity, like hauling large home appliances, like Fridges, Washing Machines, large screen TVs, etc, as well as building materials and tools, like wood planks, plywood, drywall, sand, gravel, etc, and ladders, lawn mowers, trimming equipment, etc. Another reason for having a truck culture is the sheer amount of space in the country that isn't paved. Like farms, trails thru woods, desert, remote areas with just dirt or gravel roads. It's always better to have a truck there than a car. Along these same lines, because the US gets a lot more snow and ice than Europe does, it helps to have a high ground clearance with 4 wheel drive. Most trucks sold today that aren't work trucks are 4x4s. It's almost impossible to find 4x2 (rear wheel drive) trucks anymore. And those that do, have the ability to lock the rear axle so that you can get at least both rear wheels to turn rather than just one if you're stuck or in terrain where you might get stuck. Basically what I'm saying is that because we have so much space, and an independent nature about us, that we tend to wanna be able to go anywhere and haul anything we want whenever we want. And we have the road width to do it. Our standard road lane width is 12 ft. You can almost get two cars within the same lane. I recently saw a video where it took two police cars to fully block an exit ramp. A truck is a wee bit wider than your standard passenger car, but not much. Ok, yes, standard car width is 5.8 ft, and standard pickup width is 6.7 ft. (6'8"-ish) So yeah, you can fit two regular cars in a single lane of traffic, and almost 2 trucks. But some of these off roading versions from the factory like the Ford Raptor are 7.25 ft (or 7'3")
Love enjoying things with you two. It's been fun watching your channel evolve. Shoes required for driving in case of a major accident with broken glass I think. JM2C.
In Florida we have drive thru stores. Not as many as there once was. Yes, you can buy a pair of scissors. It's a convenience store. Most as the one in the video are more drive up than drive thru. In Cape Coral there is one that you actually drive thru and you can see the shelves and coolers on each side of your vehicle. It's a real drive through.
That looks like a convenience shop with a drive-through window. And drive-up ATMs are very common here in the US, & have been for more than 40 years now.
Great video! I would love to see your reaction to her American Rodeo video. I’ve lived here most of my life but watching that video felt like stepping into a new world. There’s culture and just a way of life depending on where you are in America and that’s just insane to me
I live in Oklahoma about 200 miles due East of Amarillo and I don't think I would drive to Alaska by myself....she's a brave lady. I'm 72yrs old and I've never seen a drive through shop before either. I think this one may be one of a kind.
We've had a Ford 4door F150 or F250 since the 1990's would not have anything else. it hauls whatever we want and carry 5/6 passengers depending on your fron seats. It rides as comfortably as a plush car.
drive thru shop is a gas station/corner store, not a full grocery store... they might have scissors and a Slurpee is the "brand name" for a 7-11 slushie, general use of a brand name like Jacuzzi, Kleenex, etc etc
The drive through "shop" must be unique to that little town. I've spent a lot of time in Texas and have been to many different parts of the state and have never seen a drive through like that.
There's a drive-thru store or barn in the small town near me in Oklahoma. I've only been through it once. It was different to the one she was at. It was like a big metal shop building that you drive straight through. There was food/drinks/items on both sides, and you just tell them what you want as you drive through it.
The drive through. ....regular stores, they have pretty much whatever you want...they sell small sewing kits with needles and threads and a small pair of scissors.
There was a drive through store across the street from my apartment when I lived in the suburbs of Columbus Ohio back in the 90s haven’t seen many since. Slurpies are sold at 7-11 stores only. They are are basically a type of slush. 7-11s are a national chain of stores. They were everywhere when I lived in Ohio and when I visited Florida. But they are kinda rare here in Georgia. The parts of America she traveled through are much more barren and undeveloped than most of the states I’ve ever visited or lived in.
I had to laugh a lil when they said "this is just our temporary place we have a house" 😂 it was said very Texan-like 😂
The thing about the water at the drive thru shop... "sparkling or still" is a European thing. I heard that question a lot when I took a trip to Ireland a few years ago, but in the States you'll get confused looks with that question because "still" is what you'd almost always get by default when you want a bottle of water, but no one calls it still water. If you want sparkling, you have to ask but it's not something you commonly see outside of stores.
Really? I feel like I get asked that a lot especially at restaurants they will ask sparkling or still or sometimes tap water. Maybe that’s just where I live in California.
@@rebeccahanson6941 Yeah, sounds like a California thing. I only spent about a month total on the west coast, and that was just in San Diego. I spent most of my life in "sweet iced tea and coke" areas of the US, so water's not something most around here drink on the regular, so maybe that's why I hadn't heard the question until I went to Ireland.
@@rebeccahanson6941Must be a Cali thing. I have never in my 62 years heard non-carbonated water called still water. Although it would be easy to figure out from context.
As far as the pickup trucks question not everyone is hauling something but just in case you have to your ready … 😂
Yeah Texas has it's fair share of snow too.
A lot of Route 66 is gone, replaced directly by the Interstate. In some places, though, the original highway is still there. Eva was driving on an original piece right next to the Interstate. Other original sections are miles away from the new road. It's like traveling back in time, driving on these old roads. You can experience what it would have been like crossing the country in the early part of the 20th century.
Unfortunately true, in New Mexico especially it is impossible to drive a lot of the road as there is literally no trace that there was ever a major highway, it's gone completely back to desert. The earlier it was bypassed by the interstate, the more chance that it has disappeared.
Yeah, I was thinking about that. She only drove on a tiny sliver of it, but said this at 21:16.
Seemed like a blanketed statement for the entire road, and sounds naive of her to say, since she barely drove on it in a flat empty desert beside an interstate.
@@Gutslinger Agreed. If she drove the section over Sitgreaves Pass near Oatman, AZ, she would have a different opinion.
It's not just Texas that everybody owns pickups, basically the most common vehicle in the southern and central united states are pickups! We love them cause it's a lot of farm land, ruff terrain, lots of snow in the northern central US in the winter, and the convenience of having something to pull whatever you want any time :D
There is a difference between camping and RVing, and there is often a difference between an RV park and a campground. RVs are usually self-propelled vehicles, and many campgrounds don't allow them. RV parks will have an area that is designated for RVs (these usually have water, sewer, and electrical hookups) and are sometimes paved. Many are also used long term as a few people actually retire there. Campgrounds are meant more for tents and small camping trailers (pop-ups), no hookups. Then there are the combo sites which have spaces for both. The latter are usually found at KOAs (Kampgrounds Of America), which are a chain of campgrounds found all over the country.
I did have to laugh a bit though at the gentleman that suggested she buy a gun. That would be fine if she was going to stay in Texas, but crossing state and international borders would have made her experience at the southern border look like a picnic going into Canada.
RV's are basically self propelled British caravans... but far less miserable.
I don't consider it "camping" if you're in anything larger than a tent.
It's not luck, it's ingenuity.
The USA has always bred people who think outside the box and don't mind pushing boundaries and limits.
It’s both . We also have the best geography in the world. The founding of the US was the right people at the right spot at the right time. Our native resources is a major part of what makes our Industrial capabilities so high.
We also got the brightest minds in Europe in the 30’s and 40’s because they fled to the USA in the face of rising dictatorships and persecution. We got some of Germany’s brightest minds after the war as well ( operation paperclip) which helped us defer at the USSR in the space race. Id bet this pattern has happened in other countries as well but I’m not too well versed.
Its good be patriotic but you also got to be realistic lol
I live in California -- the Silicon Valley in the San Francisco Bay Area. As beautiful as this area is, I think that Texas is probably my favorite state to visit. It's friendly, huge and filled with some amazing places. The food is fantastic and the people aren't, well, "fake."
Homelessness is beautiful? Crime is beautiful? Insane gas and food prices are beautiful? Taxes on taxes is beautiful? State was bad, Newsom ruined it.
Texas gets so much hate. I was a hater before I moved here, even told myself I'd never live in TX. I love it. Much love to you from Central TX.🤙
I follow Eva and having you comment on her experience in Texas(my home) is way cool!
I was born and raised in Texas now living in West Virginia. TX is so large that the land changes vastly depending upon where you are visiting. I used to travel from the Wash DC area to Tx over to Florida and all kinds of points in between. Granted this was the 70s and 80s. Wishing her well on her way.
Small World Im from West Virginia now living in Maryland I've yet to get to go to Texas but someday I hope maybe when I finally retire I'll get to go In about 13 years I can set out and actually get to experince more of our great country have a good day
To help Europeans understand how large Texas is: It's bigger than France.
And for Americans . . . The distance from Texarkana to El Paso is greater than El Paso to LA.
True. I was kinda hoping she'd have gone to some of the cities in Texas, particularly Houston, which was my home for 41 years.
Hope you get to see her reaction to her first Rodeo.
Next trip, she needs to go to a pow wow
I watched Eva's trip across the U.S. I was concerned for her safety when she crossed the Mexico - U.S. border (Eva being detained was a symptom of the danger, the border patrol can't take chances) and I was a little concerned when she travelled through the Yukon to Alaska simply because of how remote this area is and how quickly winter can come to the mountains. I wasn't concerned for her safety in the other areas she visited. The vast majority of people are good and will help anyone in need. I was very happy when she got Vilk, her canine companion. Shepards, even puppies are very protective of their families.
There is a guy skateboarding across the USA all by himself with just a backpack right now. He is going from Venice Beach CA to Virginia Beach 100% on a skateboard. The interactions along his journey have been really fun to watch.
His name is Chad Caruso or searching 'skate across America' will bring it up. He's about 25 days in or so right now. Something you may be interested in. It pretty much that Forest Gump scene, but on a board lol.
@@ΒΞΔΝ sounds amazing, tbh. does he allow himself to be pulled along by car while riding his skateboard? There are massive distances between towns and cities the further west you go and without doing something similar to that, I don't think it will be feasible at all once he leaves the crowded little areas of Florida and the traditional South. Getting across Texas if he goes that souther coastal route till then will break him. And if it doesn't, the desert starting before and through El Paso all the way through NM, Arizona and the rest till California probably will. Hope he has his trip planned well and allows him to travel more north as he goes west or the sun alone will kill him pretty fast.
Even this vlogger blatantly skipped most of west Texas by cutting directly north and smartly avoiding the long desert (and a huge seat of Hispanic border culture). And she still spent HOURS DRIVING before she encountered any towns or other drivers.
@@azurepulse1870 Go check out his journey so far. It's gonna blow your mind judging by your comment. My favorite part is all the friendly yet confused Americans asking him what he's doing in the middle of nowhere and offering help.
for the yukon to alaska, she did the trip with other people so not really as dangerous as going alone
I was surprised that she stopped by and gave a small tour of some of the scenic areas of my home town Spokane. It's the 1st time I'd seen anyone post about their time here. Even though there's almost a 1/4 million people in the city. It's not a big city, but it's also not a small town.
She went to stereotypical Texas, which is probably good for her trip. If she went to Dallas or Austin it would have been totally different.. probably even running into people from Poland.
Each state has its urban and rural areas. I live in western/upstate New York and it’s absolutely nothing like New York City (I forget it’s even in the same state sometimes because it seems so foreign to me).
"this video has been a bit of a shambles" = my favorite video so far. you two are great. don't stop being you.
The drive-thru store you are asking about typically is not a grocery store and won't have fresh produce, but is just the gas station with a store for mostly drinks (lots of beer) and a few shelf items like bread, small containers of mustard, mayonnaise, catsup, pickles, etc. Some will have a kitchen so you can get hamburgers, hot dogs, sandwiches, and sometimes BarBQ. She passed all the way thru Texas in this episode from entering at the Mexican border in the south to Route 66 in the northern panhandle all in one episode and stayed where the land is typically dry and fairly flat, west of the population centers. This is what we call small town Texas. If she had stayed on Interstate 35 to the east you would have seen San Antonio (7th largest city in the US), Austin (11th largest US city), Dallas (9th largest), and Fort Worth (13th largest) and she would have had a much different experience. If she had driven east to west across Texas she would have started in a thick pine forest for a couple hundred miles, then a rolling prairie, then the hill country, then the dry prairie (what she was driving in), then desert, and finally the mountains around El Paso. She carefully chose the route to tell a wonderful story, but don't think this is the typical Texas experience. As always I love your reactions.
Yeah, I live in Texas and I’ve never seen a drive-thru convenience store, definitely seems like more of a rural thing. As soon as I saw her route, I knew this was gonna be more like a Europeans first impression of rural Texas. I guess it’s better than just going to Houston and thinking that was a great representation of Texas as a whole.
In Texas, one has to consider how many people have to haul food and hay out to feed livestock, which requires a pick up truck. After you drop it off in the field, the truck bed is empty. Also, they haul things like fence posts and poles and tools to patch fences with and build things. Pick up trucks are a necessity in Texas.
You need to review her visit to a real rodeo in Montana. Very interesting, I grew up in rodeo and its normal to me, but its all new to her. It's very cute she got a crush on one of the cowboys.
That was the only video of hers that I actually watched.
I was sort of surprised that Montana had rodeos. I'm from Oklahoma and don't know much about Montana, other than they have beautiful mountains. Didn't know rodeo culture went that far north.
I live in UK rodeo would be my first stop I'm a big bull rider fan
@@Gutslinger Surprisingly, a whole wide stretch from all the way up there all the way down and deep into Mexico have cowboys and rodeos. Cowboys originated in Mexico through the Vaquero (combining native ranching and Spanish horseback riding) and white settlers in the southwest areas of the US learned from them and adapted it to suit their own needs and style. Also, that huge vertical swath of land shares an arid climate that cattle are able to thrive in compared to other animals. Montana might seem too cold to be a desert, but it's the amount of rainfall that makes a desert, for the most part.
Her journey in traveling the U.S. was so great!
We don't use the phrase "still water." There's water, and then there's sparkling water. So it wasn't her accent -- it was because the clerk didn't know what she meant by "still water."
I didn't watch all of her vids on her US trip but I was really glad to see her going to more rural areas and smaller towns. Often many people in US cities and especially people overseas often only see us portrayed in the media and such often negatively. Truth is the vast majority of us can get along.
I love my country ❤
I was very blessed to be born and raised in America! Super thankful 🙏
Liquid eggs are for cooking without having to crack eggs. Expensive relative to buying eggs, but of course the carton of egg whites would be convenient if all you want is the egg whites.
And egg whites for low cholesterol diets and making marangue pie topping and other recipes that cut out the yolk.
@22:58 if ever you guys come to U.S, don't do what she did, which was going into establishments/businesses bare foot. it is NOT ALLOWED, because of health issues and on top of that they don't want to get sue when you cut your feet, yes you can sue for anything here. She got kick out of starbucks for that and she still don't know what the deal is. 😂 'no shoes, no shirt, no service' is the motto here.
It is amazing how unfamiliar Europeans are with towing trailers...That is the number one reason to own a pickup truck and can explain why there are so many...
We small city Texans take our hospitality serious. We're always ready to give a visitor the shirt off our back if we find them in need,
Interstate created by President Eisenhower. The original purpose was to be able to move troops, vehicles and military equipment more efficiently across the country.
From Toronto Canada. Love the video for our friends of the south. America is a beautiful country to visit. Also love the puppy
Do you know what a 7 11 is? It is sort of a "fast foods" grocery store. She probably could not get a mango, but maybe a bag of freeze dried or frozen. They started as a quick place to stop on the way home from work for things like milk and bread, so you didn't have to take the time to go into a regular store. There were some drive thru ones before COVID, but more added that feature to build business.
I was wondering about that, I didn't see a sign and 7-11s in my city don't have drive-throughs, at least not that I've seen, but I believe Slushy is a brand name owned by 7-11 convenience stores.
In 2019 I spent 5 months traveling in a circle around the U.S. pulling a camper. I was and still am in my 70's and was by myself. I visited 17 National Parks and lost count of the number of state parks. I did have some people say that I was crazy to try it but my family encouraged me to do it. The experience was unbelievable and I am so grateful that I did it. I saw ad did things that most people in this country and from foreign countries never take the time or get a chance to do.
Ted is so cute. No worries about his barking 😊
First, that drive through was probably just a convenience store, like a gas station. Second, we have both, Slurpee's and Slushies. The big difference is, Slurpy is a trademark of 7-11. Some slushies are made with very small ice "balls", little tiny particles of actual ice. Some are smooth. Lastly, I moved to TX in 2013 from Pennsylvania. It's true that most all TX people are very friendly. And, I've lived in 6 states in my life and, I have found the place I will live for the rest of my life. No other state, except for North Carolina, has come close to being as good as TX.
This was a good example of rural west Texas. My mother was born and raised in a small town in Archer County, that resembled what was shown here. A tourist would have to go out of their way to see what Eva recorded. I've watched a few of Eva zu Beck's videos, and I really enjoyed: "European Reacts to Her FIRST American RODEO". I would recommend you watch that one. ❤
That is indeed rural west Texas. Shame she skipped out on El Paso though by cutting straight up north after an incident. THEN she'd be getting real border culture.
Drive thru ATMs are everywhere here. Completely normal for us.😎
Slurpee is a brand name for the slushiest at 7-Eleven, which is a convenience store chain.
Exotic is unusual, different from the norm. Also characteristic of a foreign place or country. So she used it correctly!
Right.
I also wondered if "surreal" would've been a term she could've used.
I'm from Oklahoma, but my trips to the Colorado mountains to hunt elk as a young teen felt very surreal and exotic. The views, and the realization of the scale of those mountains blew my mind in words I can't explain.
Y’all don’t need to worry so much about how you’re looking in the video or the background. 😂 I reckon many of us who enjoy your videos just like hearing your thoughts on things and it’s like checking in on friends. ❤ I enjoy watching you both because you’re you! Now, go have a great day!
You need to put Bobby on a diet. That boy ain't right.
When I was a kid, we had drive through dairy stores. They sold typical dairy products, plus eggs, bread and a few basic produce items is all. And it was really drive through, not a window to a store. It was more like just under a roof, but open to the outside. Supermarkets killed the concept because they offer so much choice. The dairy stores only sold that dairy's brand.
Guys, FYI, the "fireplace" was electric, no gas, no logs. Having ice cream with a soda is something that's been done for ages in the US, though it's generally vanilla ice cream and ROOT BEER, not Coke for a root beer float.
The one thing I noticed with her route thru Texas is that she missed the green areas of Texas, which are in the eastern and northeastern parts of the state. Texas has many different types of terrain from heavily forested to plains, desert to mountainous/hill country and pretty much everything in between. Her route basically kept her in the drier regions of the state.
There are drive-thru stores (usually liquor stores) where you do actually drive into and out of the buildings. Not just in Texas.
Pickup trucks, especially modern ones, are used as much for day to day transportation as much as moving/hauling things. The interior of a quad-cab (pickup with 4 doors and a back seat) is as luxurious as most modern cars and as comfortable, if not more so because of the additional room they provide. Not all pickups are used as "working" vehicles.
US-66 was decommissioned many years ago, though parts of it still exist. Most of it has been replaced by interstate highways I-55, I-44 and I-40 with portions of the old highway running alongside or near them. But the parts that still exist are more fun to drive. Anywhere you go along Route 66 you'll find businesses that showcase the history of Route 66, especially that section of it.
My son once had a British girl visit, not quite 20 years ago. One of the places we took her to was Meijer, which is a Michigan competitor to Walmart. Walmart wasn't as widespread then as it is today and there weren't any Walmart's in Michigan at that time. She was astounded by what could be found in the store from food to practically everything needed to outfit a home other than major furniture.
Not exactly sure of her route, but thought she would go through hill country. Which is the opposite of the flat areas shown.
When I was in my 20's I did that with a cereal my mom wouldn't buy us back in the day because she said it was just sugar. She was right. As an adult it tasted horrible.
She got delayed/detained at the US-Mexico border for 2 reasons. First, she didn't have a legal document that she needed to get auto insurance in the US and had to wait until a family member in Poland located it and sent it to her. Second, her passport contained stamps from countries the US has flagged as high risk -- Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan. She had to undergo a lengthy interrogation by border patrol agents and her vehicle was thoroughly searched top to bottom before they approved her visa.
Yeah, I don’t think she grasped that, hence the complaining.
Mark 20:47. Yep! Nice highway. I've used the Oklahoma portion of it. I've been on school buses that used it for field trips. For me, it wasn't Serindipity.
I have funds to go to "Trek Expo" in the City of Tulsa, County of Tulsa County, Great State of Oklahoma. (Back in the late 1980s and the 1990s during my time at "Pizza Hut" and in 2000 to 2003 during my time at "Walmart".) I used I-35 and the Turner Turnpike, not counting mixed exits, wrong turns, et cetera, to get to there. I save enough money to pay the toll for the return trip. But hunger or temptation has me spend it anyway. So, to get home, I had to use Route 66 and various state highways with slower speed limits and winding routes to get home. 😁
Texas is like another country in itself but I guess if you want to be technical all states in America are actually countries hence why they call states countries outside of America.
States have their own government,laws and military (national guard)
@@JustMe-gn6yf Yes that's exactly like I said
@@JustMe-gn6yf
Every state in the US has its own government, laws, and military. The only difference between a US state and a European country is that the States have a federal framework that ostensibly connects and represents the States externally.
@@garyballard179 Well that explains countries wanting to leave the EU....
Nope...this is upper eastern Texas .
Why would I ask for fish n chips there?
Just order a burger in a country town...lol
I have been to Texas. They make the best ribs.
When I first watched this several months ago I was surprised she's Polish. She sounded British to me. Maybe she lived in the UK for while or went to university there.
I always thought she was German.
Non-English speaking Europeans always have a British accent when they learn English. Proximity.
Mark 10:06. Wait! That's just a service window on the side of that building! She's in her vehicle, but her vehicle is not in the building!
Here in the City of Pauls Valley, County of Garvin County, Great State of Oklahoma & the Great Chickasaw Nation, there is a convenience store now called "Valley Express" but it used to be known as "The Ice Chest"! When it was that establishment, you drove through the store! Entry at one end, exit at the other. You told the clerk what you wanted and then watched her fetch it for you! If you ordered a "Hunts Brothers Pizza" you watched her make it for you! While inside your vehicle, you could see her make sandwiches too! My sister-in-law even got one of her favorite cats from there, when he was just a kitten!
Have you ever seen a movie or television show that featured old-fashioned full-service stores? You go in with a list, and the clerk fetches the items for you. In some floor layouts, that meant no shop lifters because it was all behind the counter.
But anyway, she was very cute, so there were a lot of vehicles lined up to do business with her. But the corner is small, and by the main railroad crossing! So maybe traffic congestion led to the demise of it? Hmm. 🤔
Mark 21:03. "Garfield"! I had a collection of stuff about him until back in the day I had a girlfriend who loved him too! I gave her my whole collection, piecemeal, for different occasions until we broke up. I never replaced it. 😿
The drive-thru store was a Toot-n-Totem. It's a convenience store like 7-Eleven. Trips like this refute the idea that the USA is all urban sprawl and explains why cars are necessary.
Your hair looks great M’s. Beesley!
I thought the dog bark was in the store, and that was funny
Yes most of America you will find many people driving trucks. The point is that if you need to you CAN haul stuff if you need to
Hello from Amarillo, Texas,
I was borne here about 200 meters from route 66 , and have been to many of the places she was in in this video. As you can see this part of Texas is very flat and mostly treeless, but is very good cattle country. Amarillo is about 40 miles East of the 66 mid point. I have lived here for over 80 years, so maybe I can answer any questions you have about our part of the world.
Mark 18:10. We love your dog! Thanks! ☺️ From: KoKo, Marshmallow, S'More, Cleo, Oliver, Shadow, Bella!
Mark 4:33. Howdy! 🤠 Wow! Times sure have changed the RV technology since the 1970s! On my 10th birthday, I was given a "Tonka Winnebago" and the interior for it is what I was expecting to see here since they aren't Hollywood and Nashville celebrities that usually are the only ones that can afford customized coaches! On the outside, they look like busses. Whoopi Goldberg thought that she had a customized bus, not a private coach, until the Canadian border authorities told her what her vehicle's legal classification was! 😁
That RV's interior is more luxurious than the one seen in Robin Williams's movie "RV" and in the Ben Stiller movie "Meet the Fockers" and in Jennifer Aniston's movie "We're the Millers"! Most impressive!
Out in rural America you find all kinds of interest people and most are willing to help a stranger.
And yes a lot of the older roadside dinner particularly in rural areas look a lot like the one she was in and many times they have some absolutely fantastic food. The reason most of their clientele are the locals so the foods got to be good to keep bringing them back.
Great things to see in Texas: 1) The Alamo/River Walk in San Antonio 2) First Monday Trade Days in Canton (worlds largest flea market). 3) Buc-Ee's (worlds largest as station/convenience store). 4) AT&T Stadium.
Beesleys, in case you're not up on your aviation history, the lady he talked about around 5:45 was Amelia Earhart, whose goal it was back in the early days of aviation (30's) to the first woman to fly around the world. She was doing fine until she got to a leg of the trip where she was starting across the Pacific, apparently got lost, ran out of fuel and crashed, with no trace of her and her navigator, nor the plane--the Enola Gay.
At the drive-thru store, the lady got confused with the term still water. Carbonated or non-carbonated would have been more understandable.
You have a really cute dog.
The waitress in the diner couldn't remember where 66 ends, and guess Sacramento, but it's actually in the LA area at the pier of the suburb of Santa Monica, which is where the old TV program Baywatch was filmed.
I think Eva meant exotic in the sense that she is experiencing what she has seen on television for real, that would seem exotic to some.
Ted is adorable! Your parents' dog(s) are why I sent y'all dog biscuits a while back 😄
Texas is my home.
Where I was born ...it has a very special place in my heart.
My whole family is from here. Born in the 70s and lived it.
It's funny. I was watching Eva when she was in Mexico. Lots of commenters have been saying it looks like hardly anyone lives here. Well that's due to the route she chose for her journey.
Over 30 million people live in Texas. I live in the Metroplex, which is the Dallas, Fort Worth area. The population is approaching 7 million!
Anyway, as we say here in Texas; Y'all be safe.
campgrounds are different from RV parks. RV Parks require that you are in an RV. Campgrounds are for anyone who wants to camp. Tents or otherwise
A big part of why the food items in the Walmart are so big is because of how rural and spread out West Texas is. That Walmart probably serves a massive area and many shoppers likely have to drive an hour or more each way to get groceries. So, it makes sense to stock up on large quantities to freeze or put in your pantry in order to avoid having to make that trip too often. Also, a lot of the pickups are used for hauling in rural areas. The thing is, they are also often used as a normal automobile when not using them to haul things around at the ranch or farm. The more rural the area in America, the higher the ratio of pickups compared to cars. In the major cities, they are far less common because they aren't as practical. In the countryside, they are common because they ARE practical.
Mark 22:56. People who frequent them who didn't take French in high school might be surprised as I relatively recently was, thanks to a coffee commercial, to learn that "cafe" is French for "coffee"! So what's a "cafeteria" then? 🤔
But because I grew up viewing "Little House on the Prairie" and "The Waltons" it doesn't surprise how some people, especially the ladies, wanted to seem fancier than they actually were, by using French words rather than English words to promote their establishments!
So now that I know that, it sounds funny to me to hear others say that they are going out for coffee and a bite to eat at a "cafe" rather than a "diner"! 😁
I will say, in defense of selling huge quantities ... economies of scale doesn't stop at manufacturing. If you CAN make huge quantities of inputs, it decreases the cost. If you reduce the costs of inputs, you reduce the cost of intermediate goods, and end products as well. It is always an advantage to scale up as much as you can, provided there is a consumer.
My house is home to six humans and four animals. We have a chest freezer and a stand-up freezer in the garage, and we fill it. Once a year, my wife buys bulk vegetables, chicken, and we buy a whole cow (slaughtered and processed, ofc). I contain and freeze whatever she brings home. Energy cost is negligible versus constant time and fuel costs of going to grocery stores. Add that we live in Minnesota. 1/3 of the year is cold enough that the freezers almost never turn on.
This chicken going on about the sparkling water ...that is not so common here. When I first visited Germany in the 70's almost all homes there had sparkling water and I was just as surprised about that. As far as "drive thrus" Vegas ( I don't know about now) had drive up "viewing" of the deceased at a funeral home. Drive thru funeral ...
10:48 nobody says “still water” 🤣🤣🤣
I think she was being pretentious.
there are 3 types of TEA depending on how they are made. tea = brew the tea and let it come to room temp before adding sugar. sweeeet tea = brew the tea then immediately add sugar. unsweetened tea = brew the tea and serve with sugar and sweetners given on the side for each person to add as they wish (all teas served over ice)
I grew up on drive through shops. You drive up to the first window, order your groceries bread, eggs, milk, beer, etc. The attendant will gather it, bag it up and put it in your car, as you pay at the second window
In Las Vegas they have drive thru wedding chapels.
It's flattering to see people who want to come to my home state
About time one of the good cute doggo boys in your videos! Should always be in them!
Mark 12:55. Hmm. 🤔 Okay, there are different motivations or combinations thereof. In random order, we have laziness, convenience, lack of parking space, personal preference, limited options, and being handicapped, et cetera. But a big factor is... AIR CONDITIONING & HEATING!
If you use sunglasses/eyeshades or spectacles with prescription lenses, you will notice this more often than those that don't because the lenses fog over when you switch environments like they do when wearing a face mask. But you get all comfortable in your vehicle, and then once you park it, you switch off the motor/engine, exit, walk whatever the distance is, enter the store into a different environment, shop or use the public restroom, then exit, walk to the vehicle, get in, start it up, and the temperature that made you comfortable has gone away! Now you start over!
In Texas and Oklahoma heat or cold, you only have your window open long enough to do the transaction at the window, unless you're not thinking right. It saves fuel to do it that way when compared to stopping, starting, and recooling or reheating the air in the vehicle. 🙄
Egg product (boxed eggs) are a convenience item. They are pasteurized eggs, either the whole egg or just the whites. A lot of them add some of the shell to increase the calcium. I use them as I find it easier and more convenient for me. For breakfast I have between 90g and 100g of them. The only time I buy fresh eggs is if I'm going to make some hardboiled.
I love this set up please stay with that set up. That is awesome.
Mark 13:58. Even here, we wonder why the parking lots are so vast, but then along comes Black Friday to remind us why! That, or a big movie premiere! That's why traveling carnivals, circuses, and such were able to set up in those parking lots during the off-season. I've been taken to a few when I was still small enough to be carried by an adult as well as pay my own way in. 🙃
I haven't been inside an RV/Camper since 1998, which was our 26 ft long 1984 Mallard model. And it was a step up from our previous 1982 camper, but what they make now, it's like night and day three or four times over. With the advent of flat screen panels, you can put a lot more technology in these things that you couldn't prior to about 15 years ago. So yeah, expect to have at least one, if not a couple flat screen TVs in them. You know like one for the common area and one for the master bedroom. And then on top of that having the ability to tap into satellite TV or WiFi to stream stuff, you got your home away from home, for sure. What we were using in our '84 Mallard in the 90s was a little portable 13" CRT TV with rabbit ears antenna. Reception sucked, and it was all it could do to pull in the nearest local channel.
Not sure what the max length of a camper today is, but I'm betting it's close to 52 ft which is max size for a 5th wheel trailer (semi trailer). But where these things are so cool now, and even back in the 90s, when they first started doing this, is the pop out sides that make your camper wider whenever you reach your destination. I'm not sure how those work as I've never been around or inside one when they deploy or fold back up, but they obviously do, and make what is just your standard width of 8 ft to 12 ft I think.
Not illegal to drive barefoot in the US, the UK, Ireland, Mexico, Australia, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, or China, but it is illegal to drive barefoot or in flip flops in Switzerland, and in Japan it is not only illegal to drive barefoot but also while wearing ANY open toed shoes, saddles, or in high heels!
As far as her saying it feels exotic, by definition it's something so unusual it must be from some unfamiliar place, or something originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country, which America, Texas, and Roite 66 would be to her!
OK, regarding the Pick-Up Truck culture in the US, it can be explained as "It's better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it." Much like guns, tbh. But seriously, it's just that you may never know when you may come to a situation where a truck would be a necessity, like hauling large home appliances, like Fridges, Washing Machines, large screen TVs, etc, as well as building materials and tools, like wood planks, plywood, drywall, sand, gravel, etc, and ladders, lawn mowers, trimming equipment, etc.
Another reason for having a truck culture is the sheer amount of space in the country that isn't paved. Like farms, trails thru woods, desert, remote areas with just dirt or gravel roads. It's always better to have a truck there than a car. Along these same lines, because the US gets a lot more snow and ice than Europe does, it helps to have a high ground clearance with 4 wheel drive. Most trucks sold today that aren't work trucks are 4x4s. It's almost impossible to find 4x2 (rear wheel drive) trucks anymore. And those that do, have the ability to lock the rear axle so that you can get at least both rear wheels to turn rather than just one if you're stuck or in terrain where you might get stuck.
Basically what I'm saying is that because we have so much space, and an independent nature about us, that we tend to wanna be able to go anywhere and haul anything we want whenever we want. And we have the road width to do it. Our standard road lane width is 12 ft. You can almost get two cars within the same lane. I recently saw a video where it took two police cars to fully block an exit ramp. A truck is a wee bit wider than your standard passenger car, but not much. Ok, yes, standard car width is 5.8 ft, and standard pickup width is 6.7 ft. (6'8"-ish) So yeah, you can fit two regular cars in a single lane of traffic, and almost 2 trucks. But some of these off roading versions from the factory like the Ford Raptor are 7.25 ft (or 7'3")
A lot of retired people live in RVs when they get tired of a place they just up and move to a new spot, all over the US.
Cap'n Crunch; Cap'n Crunch peanut butter; and Cap'n Crunch with crunch berries.
I'm 60 and still have some Capt Crunch every now and then.
Yay Crunch berries
Love enjoying things with you two. It's been fun watching your channel evolve. Shoes required for driving in case of a major accident with broken glass I think. JM2C.
The lighting seems okay
Not a shambles, very sweet! You both are really sweet!
Peanut butter captain crunch is awesome.
Aw man cookie crisps is where it is at but I love honey almond cornflakes with granola lol
In Florida we have drive thru stores. Not as many as there once was. Yes, you can buy a pair of scissors. It's a convenience store. Most as the one in the video are more drive up than drive thru. In Cape Coral there is one that you actually drive thru and you can see the shelves and coolers on each side of your vehicle. It's a real drive through.
That looks like a convenience shop with a drive-through window. And drive-up ATMs are very common here in the US, & have been for more than 40 years now.
Great video! I would love to see your reaction to her American Rodeo video. I’ve lived here most of my life but watching that video felt like stepping into a new world. There’s culture and just a way of life depending on where you are in America and that’s just insane to me
Raisin Bran, Cinnamon Toast Crunch... Still my go to for cereal. My kids don't mind them either.
I live in Oklahoma about 200 miles due East of Amarillo and I don't think I would drive to Alaska by myself....she's a brave lady. I'm 72yrs old and I've never seen a drive through shop before either. I think this one may be one of a kind.
In many states it's illegal to drive without any shoes.
Pickup truck is mainly for pulling your horse trailer
or cattle hauler !
Thanks for watching this .. i'm interested in your reactions .. Love little Ted 💛 🤗
New scenery and an exhaust pipe! Millie, you’re beginning to glow!
We've had a Ford 4door F150 or F250 since the 1990's would not have anything else. it hauls whatever we want and carry 5/6 passengers depending on your fron seats. It rides as comfortably as a plush car.
drive thru shop is a gas station/corner store, not a full grocery store... they might have scissors
and a Slurpee is the "brand name" for a 7-11 slushie, general use of a brand name like Jacuzzi, Kleenex, etc etc
The drive through "shop" must be unique to that little town. I've spent a lot of time in Texas and have been to many different parts of the state and have never seen a drive through like that.
Its in Amarillo. It's a drive through convenience store called Toot an Totem.
@@kjw1886 that’s what I figured it was
You occationally see them in Ohio but the much more common ones stock items similar to gas stations but also liquor.
Several drive thru beer barns in my part of Texas, not quite the same thing 😉 lol
There's a drive-thru store or barn in the small town near me in Oklahoma. I've only been through it once. It was different to the one she was at.
It was like a big metal shop building that you drive straight through. There was food/drinks/items on both sides, and you just tell them what you want as you drive through it.
Driving across Texas can seem like driving across Mars. Miles and miles of nothing.
The drive through. ....regular stores, they have pretty much whatever you want...they sell small sewing kits with needles and threads and a small pair of scissors.
There was a drive through store across the street from my apartment when I lived in the suburbs of Columbus Ohio back in the 90s haven’t seen many since. Slurpies are sold at 7-11 stores only. They are are basically a type of slush. 7-11s are a national chain of stores. They were everywhere when I lived in Ohio and when I visited Florida. But they are kinda rare here in Georgia. The parts of America she traveled through are much more barren and undeveloped than most of the states I’ve ever visited or lived in.