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I am a fifth generation Texan and that is definitely West Texas. East Texas is an entirely different experience. East Texas has piney woods, a lot of lakes, and even some swamps along the border with Louisiana. Texas has mountain ranges, deserts, and the woods. Texas also has the beach down on the Gulf of Mexico. Texas is like a whole country in itself.
Well, to be fair, it was.
South West mountains & desert
On a different channel, a brit learned that Texas has beaches, and understandably they asked "Fuckin' where?" And when someone answered "about 4 hours south of here" they replied "That's too far. That's not your beach, that's someone elses"
@@michaelparham1328 hell 4 hours is a day trip in Texas.
Well, Alaska has all that and then some, and is over twice the size of Texas, with bigger mountains, more and bigger lakes, bigger and badder animals, and over 6 and a half thousand miles of coastline. In Alaska you drive 4 hours just to go around the block, and that's the few places where there are roads. So I'm afraid Texas will always be number two.
But I'm just teasing. 🙂 I've always been a big fan of Texas and Texans (at least the Texans I've met have all been great people). I've been to Alaska and it is an awesome and wild place, but I really hope to come visit Texas one day too. Maybe I'd even stay there.
I can’t express in words how safe she is on this trip. As long as she doesn’t get into a car, or go into a room with a shady character, and just stays in public, locks her motel room door, she is an absolutely no danger. You can tell when you are in a dangerous area of the United States. Rural areas are super safe. And only fractions of cities are dangerous.
She made it through Mexico! No problem in U.S. The stereo type of guns and murders on every corner is SO overblown!
@@joehannah1343 exactly. Maybe we are too desensitized to seeing guns everywhere, but I honestly appreciate seeing a gun on a hip in stores bc the ppl who open carry, I’m diving behind them if anything goes down. Lol
As a born and raised texan, I have to disagree. While she’s not in imminent danger, there is real danger in every corner of Texas. I was raised in a very rural part of Texas and I can tell you personally, while the cities are more dangerous, there are some very dangerous people in most rural parts too. As I woman, I would NEVER do what she is doing, even in the state I was raised in.
@@jasonbarney4278 Please conceal or open carry yourself as well. No one needs leeches in a disaster situation were everyone is already stressed. Use your unalienable rights. Same goes for preparing for disasters, don't build a bunker or anything crazy or financially devastating, but owning a trauma kit a gasmask/filters a hazmat suit and enough food/water for everyone in your house for 2 months is just being responsible. We live in a world of disasters please be prepared and be safe. Just don't let it control your life like some nutjobs.
Completely false my dad thought the same thing and he got mugged in the city. He was really close to the apartment too. I live in developing area and on my street my neighbors were robbed and so was the gas station they shattered the glass but I guess they didn't do much cause the owner had a gun. I keep my eyes peel cause it could had been us. We didn't get robbed cause it's gated with a dog outside. All we heard was barking but cause my dad ran out they left. I guess lesson is always lock your doors the neighbor was too lazy and sadly wasn't home when it happened so he got all his machinery stolen.
Lol, NO we do not drink liquid eggs. We cook with them.
To be fair there’s an extremely small minority who do.
It’s used for cooking and for smoothies and things of the sort
People who workout might?
Sometimes you just need the egg white, like if you battle your cholesterol levels. Sometimes you just need the yolks, like in some baking recipes.
By and large we still buy eggs. You can buy them in a massive tray or just as a dozen. I've even seen them in a 6-pack.
I just do egg whites in the cartons. I try eat healthy. I also just hate yolk anyway.
I am a native Texan. Our state is so large that from the Gulf Coast to El Paso from the Rio Grande to our Panhandle in the northwest, you will experience such a vast experience it will change your your life. Me , I hail from Dallas!
It's so fun seeing a foreigner's perspective like this. Makes me realize how much I take for granted.
Absolutely true!
Same
Me too! I’m up in north Texas and while Texans know how Texas Texas is, it is still incredible to see how Texas Texas is to the rest of the world
Liquid eggs for cooking omelettes ect.
That why I always look my self in the mirror cause there is someone out there willing to take your spot remember that
I live in North TX 45 minutes from Dallas. We have big yards, grass, trees and flower. I drove to Tucson Arizona recently and didn't realize what a boring drive it would be going through the desert. It takes forever to get across Texas. There are areas that are all cactus, prickly pear, rock and sand. Then you can go to another part and have beautiful ocean. Texas is great!
The drive to Arizona is genuinely one of the most boring drives I’ve done! I do that drive basically every year and it’s always a struggle to stay awake when all you see is flat lands and wind mills!
I've found Dallas through Kansas to be the most boring once I'm out of Dallas
Texas WAS it's own country from 1836 to 1846, after it gained its independence from Mexico until in joined the Union. It was recognized by Belgium, the UK, France, the Netherlands and the United States.
@@WalterWild-uu1td the former Texas Embassy (called a "Legation" in the 1800s) was located in London across the street from the St. James Palace. The building is still there. There is a historical marker on it Texas placed there. The Legation in Paris is also marked, but the building no longer stands. It is marked on the outside of a hotel. There were two Legations in Belgium, but I can't find the locations. I think between WWI and WWII the whole neighborhood may have been destroyed. They are fun to hunt out and find if you ever go to Europe.
@@WalterWild-uu1td if you do a little research, Anson Jones (the last Texas president) was approached by the British, offering to assist with loans to help Texas with its finances and even offering to station British troops, if needed, to help maintain Texas security. President Jones politely informed them that the decision was up to the Texas Congress and People, not him alone. Still, interesting footnote.
There is a bill floating around the Texas Legislature. Abbot has not killed the idea and allows it to be freely discussed, called "Texit". It is a referrendum, asking the People of Texas to vote whether to remain in the US or become a republic again. It is very possible it might make it to thw ballot in 2025. Abbot has been increasing the Texas State Guard (independent military separate from the National Guard) building new bases along the border. Abbot also has created an independent Texas Stock Exchange, perhaps in preparation for a future split. "Texit" is listed as a policy goal by the Texas Republican Party and the right to become a Republic again is in the Texas Constitution, accepted in the 1870s by the US Senate when Texas rejoined the US.
We bought a “pop-up” camper in 1979 when our kids were young. It was the only way could afford to travel with kids.
The camper was towed behind our station wagon. It had room for 8 people to sleep in it. The top “popped up” to make it possible to sit and stand up inside.
It had a small kitchen with a sink, stove and the two large tables converted into double beds. It had pull/out ends that were also beds. My husband and I slept on one pull-out, our daughter slept next to us on a separate bed. On the other end, 2 sons slept on the pull-out, 2 on the inner bed.
We took so many wonderful trips! Many weekends, but also longer ones farther away from home. The memories are always with us!
The US Highway system has existed since the 1920s. There is a numbering scheme that goes with them. Even numbers go east-west and odd numbers go north-south. They are loosely geographic too. US 2 is in the far northern part of the country and runs parallel with Canada and US 98 runs along the Gulf Coast in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Since US Route 66 was somewhere in the middle, that's why it was 66 and not 1. The reason for it's fame is that it was purposefully designed to carry traffic from Chicago to Southern California which was really the only major connection (uninterrupted) between the East and West at the time. I think it was also made famous with the Dust Bowl migration in the 30s as well.
Our highway system is beautiful and logical.
Yes, and it became a symbol of American freedom. The whole buy an Indian motorcycle and "go west, young man" thing. Movies like "Easy Rider" popularized it.
Im guessing the road was there before the numbering system tho.?
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Highways are named by the order they were built, not how popular they are.
Route 66 was the only highway that stretched from East coast to West coast before the invention of the Interstate system. so it was very common for people that were traveling cross country to take that highway in order to access the rest of the country.
It additionally helps when it was referenced in popular songs from Country, to Folk, to Rock.
This! And since the interstate system was built, Route 66 became less traveled and thus not as popular for businesses or tourism. The fact that it doesn't have much corporate tourism attention is a huge part of what attracts people to seek traversing it. They can pass through lots of small towns that have seen better days and lots of small businesses. They can slow down their busy pace of life for a short while.
Don’t forget the TV show Route 66!
There was also the Lincoln highway
I’m retired now but I was an OTR trucker for many years. It’s fun to watch your videos of so many different places that I traveled through.
West Texas is very much wide open spaces, wonderful respectful people and hard working people.
Yes, we still have plastic straws. The paper straw fad disappeared pretty quickly.
We're a car culture in the States. Some places you can even find drive through liquor stores!
You'd be fine traveling alone across America. 99% of the places you'll visit are safe and happy to see you. And if you bump into the sketchy 1%, you turn around and just go back the way you came.
Hawaii has paper straws
Back in the 50s and 60s all straws were paper.
I've still never used a paper straw. Seems very unhealthy to me.
@@Blue_Star_ChildCalifornia does, too, by law.
“You literally need a pickup truck to carry all those beans bro” That is why all those pickup beds are empty. There’s no beans yet.
I've traveled the interstate from Dallas to Houston at night. It's common for truckers (if noticing a woman traveling alone) to flash their headlights once you pass. They communicate via radios. Watch out for us ladies. Sorta like Smokey and the Bandit. 😂
I always love seeing other people’s perspectives, while learning about the US, and especially TX. TX is my home, but I’ve lived, and traveled all over the country.
I haven't spent too much time in Texas, but I have only experienced "open carry twice in my life." If you see it just keep to yourself and stay cool. There once was a little old lady in Texas, who chased away a TV crew that was covering something next door, for trespassing on her lawn. Texas is huge, except for Alaska.
If you see open carry in TX you’re probably safer than you expect. The hoops people had to go through to get their LTCs were ridiculous & actually took away more rights. There are many, many more who carry all around you that you’ll never know about.
In Texas you should just assume that everyone around you is armed. You just won’t see the object. You’d be surprised how many of the ladies around you have something in their purse.
The liquid eggs are to make scrambled eggs, not to drink.
I’ve literally driven through every state in the continental United States by myself, and I’ve had a blast!
Alaska?
@@Tony-yd1vx Alaska is my final state, but while it’s on the continent, the reference is about the lower 48. I have also driven around in four of the Hawaiian Islands. I am planning to go to Alaska, but I’m thinking about going on a cruise because I have never done that.
From the Amarillo area, now in Houston. This is great!!!
Route 1 is the main north south route from Maine to Florida. The numbered route system is even east to west and odd north to south
I had a pickup truck for many years. It was a chevy stick shift with 8 ft bed. I spent many weekends moving family and friends. When you have a truck many people ask you to haul things for them. As long as they paid for the gas i was willing to help out. Currently i drive a van. Some people still ask me to help them move 😊
Drive-through liquor stores. Also the reason that Walmart is selling so many oversized things is probably because some people in that area probably are driving an hour to get their groceries so they might be stocking up so they don't have to go back again that soon.
And you aren't wrong, most motels are creepy. Diners, on the other hand, are often really good. Not always, but often.
Rt 66 was (before interstates) THE best way to get from Chicago to L.A. It was built when roads moved with the land instead of cutting through it like interstates do.
re Route 66: In my childhood, it was the only highway from Chicago to LA. There was a TV show dedicated to a road trips along Rt 66- I think 2 dudes in a corvette.
Nobody's gonna be hauling something and park it in a big parking lot 😂
Right the truck is for the monthly shopping
Why not? I do all the time here in Texas.
Definitely not in California.. too many looters
People do it all the time in Texas at Walmarts around me
In DFW area.
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America is the country where almost all new technology is created (it may be assembled or built in Mexico or Taiwan or China, but most of it is created and developed in America (Israel is another country that creates a lot of technology, usually medical) ), there for it's on the forefront of it's use in nearly every major city and most small towns. Additionally, people HIGHLY value their time and want to be able to take care of things quickly to get on with other stuff they need to do, so anything that can be automated, or nearly so, is done to help people complete their tasks quickly so they can be on their way.
A "campsite" is usually tent only. An RV park also has hookups for your Winnebago, fifth wheel, or trailer.
I’ll never understand why all pharmacies aren’t drive throughs. Sick people should be encouraged to stay in their vehicle as much as possible. I don’t even like going to the pharmacy counter to pick up my daily medicine, because I assume the person in front of me, or behind me is contagious, and didn’t wash their hands, properly.
It’s also great for people who super sick feeling horrible so they can get their meds and go back home to rest
They pretty much are all drive thru in Houston. You can go in but most have a drive thru for those who don't want to go inside the store.
Walmart will bring it to your car because many don't have drive-thru windows. Seems like they should build a window or 3.
@@bettyir4302One of the local WalMart Neighborhood Markets has a drive-thru for the pharmacy.
As a person who was born and raised in Texas i love seeing people from the East react.
A few comments from a Texan…
Chicken Fried Steak is what a lot of us call it. It’s really Country Fried Chicken. I don’t know why we call it chicken fried steak.😆
Texas is mostly safe, but we have had a lot of new people moving in from other states (crazy Californians, bold New Yorkers, etc.), probably looking for jobs since those are pretty vast in our state, and/or cheaper living costs and lower taxes. I would have to say Texas is probably one of the more prosperous states right now in 2023. With all these new folks coming in, we do have more than our fair share of dangerous people that have moved in. Most of our dangerous folks are in the big cities (Dallas, Austin, Houston, etc.) As long as you keep your nose in your own business, be polite when you’re talking to other Texans, and don’t trust anyone in terms of getting an emergency ride, or helping someone put something in a truck or a van, things like that, but most people are very friendly and more than willing to help in any safe logical way they can. Also, with guns being big in Texas, and has been forever, guns aren’t new here, so majority of us are very responsible and well meaning. Texans don’t go about their days looking for people to shoot. We’re safe!😁But we will kill your ass if you threaten us or our families/friends.😅
All in all, there is nothing new under the sun, just different ways, different tastes, different brands, etc. I do think I’m blessed to be born in arguably the biggest best city in Texas (Dallas), in the best state (probably the strongest richest most important state in the US), in the greatest nation on the planet, built on God’s standards, with the right to defend ourselves, even against our own government, and with arguably the nicest most caring awesome people in the country. Aside from money, I feel like a hit the life lotto.
You come on and enjoy! We’ll leave the light on for y’all!🤠
Everywhere in America no one orders “still” water. It’s just water. The only place you can really ever get sparkling water is a grocery store. It wasn’t because of her accent that they didn’t know what she was talking about. It’s because no one orders sparkling water 😂. We still have plastic straws but are slowly transitioning away from plastic straws. Almost no major city has plastic straws but country areas do.
Everywhere in the US has drive through ATMs all over the place. Drive through pharmacies are slightly less common. Drive through stores are not something I’ve ever seen before and drive through liquor series don’t exist in a lot of states because they’re not legal in every state.
Liquid eggs, aka egg beaters, are for cooking without the hassle of cracking eggs. No one drinks it straight. That would be gross.
Route 66 was the first road to travel all the way across the US (kind of)-from Chicago to LA. After the interstate system was built, no one went Route 66 anymore because it was slower. I’d recommend watching the movie “Cars” if you haven’t! It actually has a decent amount of historical significance around Route 66.
Where I grew up in Kentucky, we had drive-thru liquor stores. It still boggles my mind.
Louisiana has drive through daiquiri stores.
@@mikedechant1 Years ago, TX did, too. They taped the straw across the lid and magically it was no longer an open container! Crazy! You still see drive-thru beer and liquor stores, but no more Daiquiri Express.
Great when parking is limited. And you're not likely to get served a drink, but rather bottles and cases o' booze.
Texas has dry through liquor stores
Those big portions of groceries are good for big families, parties, and small businesses like food trucks.
Eggs in a carton are good for travelers or someone that doesn't want a bunch of broken eggs lol There's always someone who needs things, otherwise they'd quit selling them. 😉
Eggs always come in a carton.
@garycamara9955 Right. Either for eggs in the shell, or liquid form. Both cartons lol
Froot Loops really are that good. They’re also artificial, but deliciously so.
Groceries in the US are offered in big portions because we generally only shop once a week, and do so for the entire family. It’s not like an individual American buys a gallon of baked beans and consumes it in one meal by him/herself 😂
Yes, we have plastic straws. A few places use those paper straws. But only a few. Liquid eggs is just eggs that have been scrambled. Pour the liquid eggs into a pan, heat them up and make you some scrambled eggs. You don't drink the liquid eggs.
21:39 odd numbered roads are typically north/south & even numbered roads are typically east/west. Exceptions occur, especially when terrain dictates everything.
lol, I love it " I thought Britain was up there with technology..." Brother, in some places we can have packaged delivered to our houses with drones...
Fun fact: Texas used to be its own country before it joined the Union. Also, we have drive thru liquor stores, too. The liquid egg stuff is for people that are too lazy to crack their eggs, so they just pour it out of a carton onto a pan instead.
Frfr they think we drink it???? 🤮 Don't worry y'all, just cause it's liquid and comes out of a carton don't mean it don't get cooked before we eat it.
NO, liquid eggs ARE NOT regular eggs. They have no yolks.
She may be adventurous, but that kind of adventure is fraught with danger. The family she spent time with in Texas were giving her good advice about traveling solo through the US... especially as a solo woman. You'll hear about how friendly and welcoming Americans are. And that's generally true, but there are some Americans who will take advantage of people they see as weak or vulnerable, like a single woman on a long distance "adventure". There are people with evil intentions all over the world and America is no exception. Hope she stays safe.
Fr she’s brave for talking to them for a while and going into their rv. Gotta be careful with the people with different political opinions in the south. Lynchings are still a thing.
They were probably more worried about her journey through Mexico, Central and South America
If she breaks down on a remote stretch of road, she will be very vulnerable indeed.
@@HBC423 Right, many in the rest of the world say's going America mean North, central, and South America. It's all one continent. You have to say the States. The problem is using the last word in the official name of the country as short hand for the country and it's people. Their are people who get butt hurt when you say you are an American. When they are from one of the countries that are in the Americas. To them there is only one America. They think we are being arrogant when it's the way language is used.
@@faervas1234 South America and North America are two separate continents, if you say you’re from America that means you’re from the US, if you say you’re from the Americas then you could be from North or South America
Everything in the grocery store is so big. Because we have big families and a lot of people from restaurants. Shop at those stores. You're not gonna buy 20 single cans of beans? When you can buy one big, can. It's gonna be cheaper to buy one big can than twenty small cans. We don't drink liquid eggs. You're supposed to cook with them. It's just eggs without the shell. Also here in Texas. We have pickup trucks because we do haul things, but we don't haul things constantly. They are also handy for fishing and hunting and camping and helping friends move. They also sit up higher off the ground than a regular car. So when it rains, we can get through the water much easier and we don't have to worry about our car flooding.
Route 66 was the main East to West road system in the US before the Interstate Highway System in the '50's which made it mostly obsolete. There are many spots and many towns and cities that it runs through that havnt died off, but for long travel it's not used much.
RV park is where you park your RV's. Campsite can be cabins, tents, etc.
Original motels (motor hotels) were individual businesses owned by private citizens. Now almost all the motels are part of a national or in some cases international chains stretching all over the US. The tiny little motels you see in the horror movies have been replaced by essentially hotels. The motel sprang up because the distances in the US between towns and places where you could get overnight accommodation were just so vast by the standards of the vehicles. Hundreds of miles stretched across the nation. Now many more towns have grown up much closer together.
we don’t drink liquid eggs, they’re like instant scrambled eggs, you pour some on a griddle or frying pan and scramble them up or make omelets with them. sometimes its just quicker or easier if you’re cooking breakfast for a large group to use the pre-scrambled/instant eggs. Most people prefer fresh cracked eggs though.
In my opinion, Fruity Pebbles (Post brand) taste better than Fruit Loops (Kellogg’s brand). I typically do prefer Kellogg’s things but not when it comes to fruity cereals. If I’m living like Seinfeld, you will find Frosted Flakes, Fruity Pebbles, Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Reese’s Puffs in my kitchen. These 4 are my favorite and cover all cravings.
I can confirm fruity pebbles far supersede fruit loops. However, you need real milk for cereal to taste good.
I love fruity pebbles.
My parents grew up in a small town in Oklahoma called Vinita that was along Route 66. Route 66 was once the easiest way to traverse half the country from Southern Illinois to California. It became known as the "mother road", because before the advent of large 4 lane interstates (sometime in the 70's I believe) it was simply the fastest relatively straight road to the coast. Thousands of small towns suddenly received large influxes of money and it stimulated the local economy. I think that it's easy to underestimate the sheer size of the United States if you're a European because of the way that the globes and maps are graphed out. For perspective you should compare Great Britain (yes the entirety of Great Britain i.e. Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland) to Alabama because it's about the same size. In Oklahoma we have a county that's as large as an entire state (Delaware), Texas is about 2 and a half to 3 times the size of Oklahoma and we have so many counties I'd be hard pressed to name 1/10th of them. I can remember telling Europeans that it would take at least 5-6 hours to cross the state of Oklahoma if you drove constantly without stopping and them disbelieving me as they rented a car in the second largest city in OK which is pretty far in the Northeast of the state. The sheer scale of land and property is hard to believe from your perspective. My parents own a relatively small piece of land (from our perspective at least) in rural Oklahoma that is 5 acres, from what I've been led to believe from English friends it would dwarf most town commons in England. When you try to explain that yes your family does own a couple of thousand of acres of farmlands (something reserved in G.B. for the ultra wealthy and the aristocracy) but because of the expense they're not even considered close to wealthy it boggles the European mind. I guess it all comes down to what perspective you grow up with.
We absolutely still have plastic straws and free plastic grocery bags! Some states don't but mine does.
We have a shop around Houston where you drive thru the shop itself instead of the outside drive thru. You can even order tacos and get beer while you wait in the car inside the store
Yup. We have those stores here in South Texas. I'm down by Corpus Christi. I would have loved to see her go through the Gulf Coast area.
This video is so funny, I'm a Texun, I love Texas, but the U.S. and all of its states, is a fantastic place snd Beautiful place to see. I've been to Europe as well. It has great Beauty too!
Froot Loops taste like fruit, flavored candies like strawberry, lemon lime in crunchy hoops that are kind of like little cookies that get soft after a while like a Cheerios kind of thing …and yes, it is fantastic as a kid!!❤ 😋Which may be why people like it as a guilty pleasure as an adult.♥️😋I’ve watched quite a few of her videos, and discovered that she seems to give the United States a lot of backhanded compliments if you know what I mean!! 🤣😂 Have you ever seen a commercial where they’re selling “super sharp” and expensive knives and they use a “regular” knife that can barely cut through a tomato? 🍅 And it won’t work even when they are working “as hard as they can” 😖🙄🙄but the “cheap” knife just squashed the tomato 🍅 showing that other knives are not as sharp/good as the ones that they are selling??…Well sometimes she seems like that to me. Like umm I’ll try this yucky 🤢 stuff but ewww🤢 It looks like pink, yellow etc colored circles⭕️ and smells like fruit. 🍒🍓🍊🍎🍋” how can any kid want to eat fruit flavored cookie hoops??!! Please don’t get me wrong she seems like a really sweet person and I don’t mean to offend her in anyway, but often not all the time, but often she kind of seems a bit like that type of commercial.😂 That maybe not that much food is good enough for her…. and maybe 🤔 she exaggerates a bit to make her point.😂 Cuz I mean come on! She put nut juice on them!!🤣 😂 That’s like kale flavored ice cream…🤢🤣
Anyway I totally get to each his own but I don’t think she even gave them a fair chance…. maybe☹️?? At least imho… . I think 🤔 maybe unless food is vegan , gluten-free, organic bark, she’s not gonna like much of anything offered to her no matter what you give her…. After all the look on her face was a little bit like she was going to eat live worms before she even put them in her mouth!!😂🤣
I bet you can’t tell I on rare occasions eat Fruit Loops♥️😋and love them could you!! 🤣 Don’t mess with my Loops! 😋
Route 66 was so famous because when it was built it was the first road that you could almost cross the entire country on. It was freedom to drive without all of the traffic and taking little roads that you had to go slow and go this direction and then that direction making drivers frustrated and a bit claustrophobic and then they built Route 66 and it was amazing!!! You could put the top down on your convertible and drive fast without congested traffic. Anyone could see more of the country now. Because America was in love with cars already and like i said Route 66 represented freedom to drive fast on an open road and see all kinds of places when many people had ever really traveled much further than home. But now road trips became attainable and super fun at the time!! On Route 66 is you saw all types of places desert, cities, woods, mountains! People finally saw America with their own eyes and loved it in away no one was able to do before! But years later they built large interstates where you don’t have any side stores, little motels or mom and pop gas stations, or ice cream stores on the road ….anything like that isn’t on an interstate. So all the little stores shops, hotels, motels, diners etc.. started to close because there were no longer people there and Route 66 began I guess not be too dramatic but it kind of died in the name of “progress.” My in-laws when they retired still drove a good bit of it just to do it and they really enjoyed it!It allows you to still see lots of americana still and many different aspects of the the country. I think if you’re going to go on route 66 and you do just a general Wikipedia search before hand that’s about what you will read in the very first paragraph. I’m glad that she will get to see some beautiful. parts of this country. and she seems very nice and I hope she enjoys the rest of her trip!😊 I think I’ve seen her through Montana or Wyoming somewhere that she likes and she really seemed to enjoy so I’m glad there were places she enjoyed. It seems all the people she met were kind and welcoming to her. And that she will go home with some beautiful memories. Great video once again!! 😁♥️
That road, is all over the US. For instance in my city, when route 66 passes through it's called Watson Rd. Also some parts of the newer interstate system follow along the old route 66.
As previously noted: the liquid eggs are used for cooking. Scrambled eggs, omelettes, etc. Fruit loops are pretty disgusting. Roadside motels can be pretty sketchy. We used to stay in them all the time when I was a kid on family vacations. Holiday Inns were too fancy for us back then.
14:14 The beans, haha! Some superstores have an area filled with 'bulk items' that are prepared to be placed in a family's long-term storage or for usage to cater a small event or gathering of people.
Before that, the cartons of pre-cracked eggs - I'm so amused by Lewis & Eva's reactions! These eggs are for people who have more money than time to make food prep easier or quicker. Pour a desired amount in a pan, season it, and cook it. Done.
Froot Loops probably aren't sold in the UK because of some banned ingredients, such as the food coloring & flavoring. Better for you! You're not missing out on much, after the thrill of the novelty diminishes.
Rt 66 is a shell of its former glory days. It used to be the main highway going out West and to all the oil fields. What's left mostly is the old timers from back then just getting by. Still iconic from its glory days tho.
I'm a 72-year old 4th generation native Texan grandmother. The route she took was not a usual route from the border to the northern Panhandle of Texas. She showcased a more rural, and sparsely populated area that borders the more desert area of far west Texas. The Interstate highway (I-35) is really the main north/south highway through the state and it's farther east (to the right) of her chosen route.
Route 66 predates the finished freeway systems. It was a highway that continued directly from Chicago to Las Angeles. During the depression many traveled it hoping to find work in California.
There were popular diners and motels along the way to cater to travelers. It was considered the fastest and safest route to the coast.
i haul tools, welder, fire wood, camping supplies, hunting dogs, fuel cans for tractor and farm equipment,,,lawn chairs and fishing equipment when i fish
We even have multiple flavors of adult slushies in some convenience stores here. It can definitely be dangerous anywhere, but I’m a single woman and I drive around the US by myself a lot. Just be aware and trust your gut a lot.
I've seen one of this lady's videos about Jarbridge, Nevada. It's the most isolated town in the USA. It was well done, very interesting! A good education about why people in more remote areas live and do things the way they do.
You really need to live somewhere for at least a year or two to really understand the purpose behind the customs of a place and why they view things the way they do. Sometimes it has to do with survival or the topography of the area.
I live in the Midwest. A lot of people around me have pickups or SUVs because many live aways from town. You need the space for groceries if you're only going to the big store once or twice a month. It's also nice just to have the extra space 'in case.' I have a small SUV and know that most stuff I buy, like from a Home Depot, will fit and I can take it home and not wait for delivery. And - people just like pick ups. If I could justify a 2nd vehicle, I'd get one, too, and I'm a retired lady. You don't drink liquid eggs. They're a substitute for eggs in cooking.
We are once a monthers .,town less than 3000. Half hour away. BUT ITS GOT A WALLY WORLD ( Walmart)
Things are so large here because not only do we eat larger portions, we also have the larger sizes for families, get togethers, etc. You can get smaller packages and stuff.
The lady at the drive through said "do what?" When she asked if there was sparkling or only still. Nobody asks that question in Texas. Lol
She drove from Mexico to Alaska. Only some places have plastic straws. The environment conscious businesses will have paper straws. I agree with you, paper straws are the worst. If i use them i take it out of the liquid if im not sipping from it. Also, nobody hauls anything in there pick-up when they're shopping at Walmart.
Whether or not there are plastic straws will depend on the state & the company.
Not all states or companies care about the environment
Route 66 was the first ever interstate. that's a bit why its mythic. but it also just winds through so much of the country and there are so many curiousities along the way.
I can't believe she missed San Antonio, Austin, Houston, and Dallas/Fort Worth. She missed all of the big cities.
That’s the best way to experience real Texas
My thinking too! Urban Texas is part of the complete experience too!
Route 66 was the original cross country route before the Interstate system was started back in tbe 50s. The Interstate System was originally planned as just a way to rapidly move military equipment and men in case of an Invasion, but it soon became the premier way for civilians to travel long distances in shorter periods of time, because they offered multiple lanes and bypassed all the small towns along the way. Instead of taking 2 hours to go 45 miles, you could do it in 35 to 40 minutes on the Interstate.
I drove from Alaska to Texas when I got out of the Army thats a hell of a drive.
Packaging things in larger containers allows us to reduce the cost of supplying products thereby passing on the savings to the end consumer.
I can't count the number of long road trips I have taken by myself, starting when I was 17. Some of them were "only" across Texas, in various directions, and some of them were from Texas to various other states. I have also often taken road trips with only my two kids for company, from the time they were babies, since my husband rarely takes time off work to travel. Traveling across the U.S. is not scary (other than some idiot drivers). It would be much scarier to drive across Europe due to the language barriers (but I'm game for that too). I LOVE a good road trip!
Route 66 wasn’t the first street, but it was the first highway that ran through most of the country. The east coast had highways, but no road went straight thrutge country to the west coast. You have to take other highways to Chicago, and then Route 66 runs from Chicago Illinois, to Santa Monica, and ends right on the SM Boardwalk at the Pacific Ocean. I’ve always wanted to road trip Route 66, but I won’t do it until I find and fix up a cool classic car to do it in. Just doesn’t seem right to cruise 66 in a modern car.
Everything is so spread out in rural texas, many folk shop for the month so bulk buying is necessary.😊
I have never had liguid eggs but people cook them they don't drink them. I use to give my kids fruit loops in small bags for them to eat as a snack
They also like them in a bowl with milk. I only tried them dry but I liked them.
RV park? No. We just call it a campsite, whether you're using an RV or a tent.
LOL! The reason the person at the speaker at the drive-thru was confused is because, nobody says still water. That's such an abnormal thing to hear, that anyone working at a drive-thru would think they were hearing it wrong.
Most people use regular eggs and don't buy the more expensive liquid eggs.
Beans and most items can be bought in bulk especially at Sam’s or Walmart or Costco…think about if u have a ranch in Texas and u have like 30 ranch hands that maintain the stables and property…u have to feed a lot of ppl every day every meal…so u definitely need to buy in bulk.
Route 66 was the first road that went coast to coast. Empty land, complete boredom, however, it went from coast to coast.
I really wish she'd gone a bit east on Rt. 66. Just over the Texas/Oklahoma line is Elk City, Oklahoma. There they have a Route 66 Museum with all kinds of cool Americana. It's a museum complex consisting of 6 or so buildings. My son is the museum curator there.
Route 66 used to be the only HWY that traveled from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, covering a distance of 2,448 miles
Yes we have plastic straws in Texas. Slurpee comes in dozens of flavors.
17:12 US Highway 66 was the primary east-west thoroughfare through most of the United States until it was replaced by the Interstate Highway system in the 1960's.
To be fair, those trucks are at Walmart and probably emptied to get the groceries home. People that live miles from the stores buy in bulk because you can’t just order fast delivery or hop in a truck to go after a gallon of milk. I live in the country and generally buy a few cartons of milk at each grocery run, to last a full month. 😂 Country folk drive trucks because they’re tough and have to get to places on the farm or ranch to upkeep property, fending, animals, fields, etc.
Ironically, the first time that I saw an RV like that was 1980. In Europe. It belonged to a family that owned a carnival.
Fun fact. All highways and interstates going east to west or vice versa are given an even number and the highways and interstates going north to south and vice versa are given odd numbers.
10:50 😂 nah, we're relatively free here in Texas...no paper straws that I've seen...they did that nonsense with the dissolvable-I mean, *paper* straws in California years ago though...not too free in Cali. 😅
Route 66 was a TV Show, we have here in New Braunfels a road caed Purgatory Road and Hills called the devils backbone, we are between San Antonio and Austin
I have 4 7-11s and 3 gas stations within 5 mins walk. 7-11s have 6 to 9, with 3 having carbonated slurpee like coke and pina colada, add a shot or 2 of rum. Gas stations has 3, your typical blue/red and cola.
"Liquid" eggs (egg beaters) are a good egg replacement that actually tastes and has a texture like eggs. But way less cholesterol
Front loops, toast and butter- yum- I like to dunk my toast and butter in the front loops as soon as the milk turns pink! Brings me back to my childhood.
His reactions are the best.
Route 66 required you to slow down for every town, where the interstate has a faster speed limit and doesn’t require you to slow down often. People usually drive more to get places. I’ve heard that when people used to drive Route 66, the trip, going through the towns, was part of the experience. For some of the towns, a main focus of the economy was the travelers along the highway.
Texas is huge! You can’t drive through it in a day. There are also very urban areas in Texas, so her experiences there are one aspect of what you can encounter, not the whole picture.
About the slushies, one of our local owners experiments to create his own flavors-his Big Red is amazing (apple, cinnamon, and something else I can’t remember). His stand has over 60 flavors. Sometimes, it takes a while to choose. Most places have at least 10 flavors.
Not all of our stores carry the huge sizes she showed in the grocery store, but certain chains are noted for selling in large quantities (Costco and Sam’s Club are the two best known).
I’m not so concerned for her personal safety (although some areas are problematic) as that her stuff might get stolen out of her vehicle.
My in-laws drove to Alaska decades ago. At that time, the highways through Canada and southern Alaska were awful; hopefully, they are better now. (The roads were so bumpy, it was hard on their tires and on the vehicle’s suspension.)
This will definitely be the trip of a lifetime.
Hahaha glamping! Lots of folks live in them fulltime. I travel in my diy converted '97 Ford e 150 van full time. Home is where i park.😊
Route 66 one of the first highways that you could travel across the US. A Route or Highway was replaced in the 60's and 70's by what we call Freeways.
as a texan myself, we're pretty friendly, easy to talk to and very welcoming unless you say youre from california, lol. we just get mad when people try to preach and change our values and way of life.. thats a Texan FAFO moment. a lot of retired (pensioners to yall) often buy rvs and travel.. its pretty common. in texas still water or sparkling water isnt usually served.. its either bottled,tap or filtered. trucks are just a Texas thing.. theres a lot of country roads and Texas is so big .
Route 66 carried farm boys from the Midwest off to war in the Pacific during World War 2. It goes from Chicago (midwestern farmlands) to San Diego (naval bases.) The young farm boys hadn't seen the western states before so after the War they took their families down the same road to see Indian pow wows and canyon country in the 1950s and 60s.
We don't drink liquid eggs...but if you have a family of 8, rather than pick up 2 dozen eggs that can break, you can buy a carton of eggs already mixed, pour them into a pan and make scrambled eggs. Or you can measure out eggs needed to bake a cake or mix a dish that requires eggs. And the carton isn't going to break.
The giant can of baked beans is called a number 10. It was originally created for restaurant cooking.😂🎉
We own trucks because you never know when you will need to haul something, or help a friend, family, or neighbor move, or come across a rare find and need to take it right then. 😊
The egg in the carten is just uncracked eggs that are put into a carton so you unscrew and pour the eggs into a pan and start cocking.
It's so funny to see foreigners saying "this is SO COOL" to the most mundane things.
You don’t drink liquid eggs. Those are usually used for recipes where you need raw egg but you want the egg to be pasteurized so they’re safe. Like eggnog or edible cookie dough …. Etc. Some people on a diet will use the egg whites only for a healthy omelet.
I think one of the things that people that are not from the US don't take into consideration when it comes to our Groceries, is that American's are very social people as a society, and gathering around a meal together is a big thing. Buying things in bulk tends to be cheaper per unit as well.