Zzyzx Road is named after Carl Zzyzx, the first person to eat a cat in space. Please, no corrections, since facts don't care about your feelings! Yay!!! 😁
@@SurrealAdventure There's still a lot of controversy surrounding whether Carl Zzyzx was the first to consume, or merely choke, on one. Some say the "choking" controversy was just to drum up support for fellow astronaut, Ezra Zyphron, who was jealous of Carl and wanted to alphabetically be the last astronaut logged into the flight manifest. But, even though Zzyzx DID survive the trip, thus making the degrading of his legacy (by apparent choking) all the More demeaning, Ezra wasn't even on the same Shuttle mission as Carl Zzyzx! There's widespread and well-known video footage of him saying they were each in different programs, and only had a shared career timeframe period as astronauts of 4 months; During which time, NASA had no planned orbital missions. (We had already gone to the moon at this point.) But whatever theory you believe, it does well to keep an open mind about getting to the truth, and not letting passions stir you away from any of the hard evidence, as much of it is bound to continue to surface! It is as Oliver Wendell Holmes the II once said, "To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man." We must never let the chore of continual reassessment turn us one-sided and stubborn; When the effort is not ours to make, there is neither crime nor shame in pondering towards such moments with wonder, and uttering the common, yet simple words, "I just don't know."
Being a trucker I passed there everyday when I had a dedicated route from the Central Valley to Las Vegas. I didn’t pay much attention to it coming from Vegas, but going into Vegas.... I always looked forward to see it, since I knew my shift was almost over. Mexican truck drivers call this exit EL ABECEDARIO ( the alphabet ).
I find it so fascinating that people are always so intrigued about Zzyzx on their way to and from Vegas. I live in Baker so I know all the Mojave and Death Valley deserts. I also recommend taking KelBaker road all the way to Desert Springs, lots of unique stuff out there
Yes! We did a hike back there. I think it was called Painted Canyon. Amazing! And driving through to AZ with those mountains that look like they were turned on their sides. Just fascinating!
A long time ago I was told this was the only road in America that was that was spelled with all consonants. (NEVER FACT CHECKED,LOL) That is why I always stop there, as a toast to individuality. Strange I know!! But it is what it is...
I visited ZZYZX resort in 1969. I was twelve years old. We were staying at Mountain Air Ranch family nudist camp in Indian Hills, Colorado; when we met Mike, the manager of the rock group "The Chambers Brothers'. He told us about a health resort called "Zzyzx" in the Mojave desert in California. So, we traveled in our rambler station wagon to the resort (my parents and five brothers and sisters; I was the oldest kid). We stayed in one of the rooms and took alot of vitamins as it was definitely a HEALTH resort. At midnight we went hiking because it was so hot in the day that you couldn't hike. We hiked out on Soda lake. I had never seen anything like it to hike on; it was like white sulphur! We were from New Jersey and had just moved to Colorado the year before. I had never seen or been to any place like it. It was like another planet to me! Like Arizona was!! Anyway, I loved it and we then drove on to Calico ghost town and I bought a ring there which I mailed to Paris Hilton, forty years later!!! She MIGHT have it? I can never forget visiting ZZYZX health resort in the Mojave desert! TOM LIPPI Denver, Colorado
Thank you, Tom, for sharing the memory. Your maybe the 3rd person now to share an experience of actually having gone there back in it's heyday. Do you remember if you met Curtis Springer? He would have been the old white haired man that ran the place...
@@SurrealAdventure After seeing this video; I recall the building looks the same, and I remember how when we ate at the table in like a small cafe, he had vitamins laid out next to the cereal bowl, which reminded me of my Dad at home; how he laid out a line of vitamins for us every morning. I loved hiking at night because I had never done this, it seemed like walking on the moon or something, a little scary but adventurous! I think I remember the mineral baths, and my dad became mineral crazy after that. He bought a water softener after that for our water at home. Plus Aurora, Colorado has some of the cleanest water in the USA; our hometown at the time. I think I barely remember the guy but my Dad was extremely interested in his philosophies. My Dad's reason for moving to Colorado from New Jersey was because his chiropractor, Dr. Pagano, told him that a dry climate would cure his bersitus! Then I saw Dr. Pagano on "Unsolved Mysteries" because of his UFO studies! I was on that show once in Telluride, Colorado, playing the brother of Eva Schoen; who was murdered (U-haul family). Staying on this subject; Zyzzx seemed like a special place, very healthy. The leader might have looked like Dr. Smith on "Lost in Space"! I felt like an explorer, like Will Robinson. I really loved visiting the Petrified Forest in Arizona a couple years before! I still have a piece of Petrified wood from the sixties, which I treasure. When we visited Arizona, I was taking a leak by the roadside, and when I got back to the car, my Dad said, I said that I thought I saw space creatures!!! I was ten years old then. I saw in the movie about Jim Morrison, that he had a similar experience in the desert. Also the guy who guided us while hiking might have been him. I have traveled thru the 48 states mostly by myself. South Dakota is another fascinating area. The Lakota woman in a gift shop, asked me, if it was okay that she burned sweet grass while I was in there. I then felt like my body was halfway in the ground! I pulled over and laid down on the ground in a rest area, til I felt okay to continue. When I got back to Colorado, I asked a person they called, "The Church Lady" ( native American) what happened, and she said that I was bound to the Earth by an Indian maiden. She said that this can only be done to a special person! I felt important. I was born on Easter Sunday on Queen Elizabeth II's birthday. I have also hiked up thirty-two fourteeners to the top, almost all by myself. I have had an OBE (outta body experience) after being hit by a car, while walking in the crosswalk, and it made me an even more devoted Catholic because I realized that God is my Father! Thanks, Tom Lippi
wow... always wondered where this road's name came from whenever I saw it on my way to Vegas. He must have found some gold since it would have taken a fortune to build in middle of nowhere. If you exit on this road at night, you will see beautiful sky full of stars.
One of my co-workers mentioned that he and his friend drove down this road several years back. He had passed it many times going to Vegas but decided on a whim to exit and see what lay beyond the sign. He said that he saw some guys digging in the dirt. They turned right around after that LOL.
I was driving to law Vegas up the 15 North last week and saw this road and wondered what it was and told myself I would research it. I forgot and hadn’t looked it up at all and all of a sudden I’m recommended this video. What a trip but I’m glad I was recommended this and watched cause now my curiosity has been filled thank you
I was part of a Geology field class that stayed there several days in the spring of 1983. We were in that valley for a week studying the amazing Geology in the area and this provided an excellent base camp. Looks about the same as it did nearly 30 years ago. Apparently there is a large bull dozer that sunk into the playa to the north. It got stuck and could not be recovered. Springer had used a mining patent to occupy the property. If you hold a patent, it's required to spend a certain amount on mining and complete mineral assays every year. When he stopped completing the annual requirements, the BLM seized the patent. It's pretty clear that Springer's mining effort was purely ceremonial. There were thousands of patents developed using the same ruse all over the Mojave. The BLM has since cleared many of them out. This same loophole is currently being used for occupied properties in the national forest in Boulder County CO. Folks have built some fairly high end places on these mining patents.
Yup $17 a year. My father had multiple claims, turquoise, opel, & agate mines. Drove out to them twice a month in order to get the $100 a month assessment you needed to spend in order to keep them. Until Coors funded the Bureau of Land Management; in I believe 1973, to ban all motorized vehicles to pass across the land we needed to in order to get to our mines. I don’t drink Coors to this day cuz of it. At the time I was upset about it to the point that my father and I went to the Bureau of Land Management meetings to try and stop the restrictions, to the point of writing a school report about the issue. Knowing what I know today, I’m happy that they did restrict motorized travel. That was a time that people started creating rail buggies out of VW motors and not respecting the already established roads. Been a bit since I discussed this! My two cents.
Same here -- a week-end geology field trip in the mid1990s' -- it was "trippy!!" I was surprised to see the disrepair that the place is in today -- I think that the CSU system still owns the place and still for field trips.
I got a picture of me in 1978. I was 4 years old. I stood in front of the sign with my arms up like what the hell does that say🤣😂🤣pretty cool seeing this video
I would love to see that. I bet it's one of the signs in the KCET article? www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/zzyzx-revisiting-doc-springers-boulevard-of-dreams
We've driven past the sign many times and wondered what the name meant and what was down the road. We never checked, so seeing this video is enlightening. Thanks.
It was mandatory for my ecology-based Biology class to attend an overnight stay in Zzyxz. I never expected the trip to fulfill my wish to see a wild tarantula.
@@Daniel-yd8jg The purpose of the trip was to study desert ecosystems. All my classmates needed to observe the environment in order to answer our worksheet questions.
Finally someone else is curious about this road, and how it got it's name, I've been wanting to know about it for years and years and years. It's a shame that they just let it go, I bet it was awesome back in the day. Thank you 👍💯😁
A great example of what we leave behind as individuals. Within a 100 years nothing. Cherish relationships with family and friends, they are all we really have that has value. Money, prestige, material things all disappear like smoke blown away by the wind.
Maybe you will leave nothing behind but I will leave a dynasty. I have 5 children, 16 grandchildren, and one great grandchild so far. My genes will go on for quite some time. Maybe until the end of mankind.
The saying is like dust in the wind! Kansas recorded in 1977 A meditation on mortality and the inevitability of death, the lyrical theme bears a striking resemblance to the well-known biblical passages Genesis 3:19 ("...for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.") and Ecclesiastes 3:20 ("All go to one place. All are from the dust, and to dust all return.") as well as to the famous opening lines of the Japanese war epic The Tale of the Heike ("...the mighty fall at last, and they are as dust before the wind.") and from a book of Native American poetry, which includes the line "for all we are is dust in the wind."
Smoke is on the water! Deep Purple 1971 a true story about the Montreux Casino in Switzerland burning down the night before they were set to record there!
There is more information about this place, as well as some interesting stories here: www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/zzyzx-revisiting-doc-springers-boulevard-of-dreams
Thanks for posting this! All the times I've driven by the exit on I-15, I had no idea any of this was back here, and no idea how bizarre its founder was. (And, I've never found out whether "Zzyzx" is supposed to rhyme with "Isaac's" or with "physics.")
The late Huell Howser's PBS TV series "California's Gold" had a show on Zzyzx resort and Springer. It was pronounced to rhyme with Isaac's by Huell and several docents. Having driven L.A.. to Las Vegas past Zzyzx Road many times I always thought it rhymed with physics myself, but I guess I was wrong.
I moved to Las Vegas from Buffalo in 1980, first time drive to LA in 1981 I couldn’t help but notice the sign. Never knew until now what was down Zzyzx Rd.
Trip out! I love exploring old places. It’s so weird to me that there’s all of these massive buildings resorts etc. just abandon in the middle of nowhere. super interesting 🤔
I enjoy being there via camera!...but I would worry about such things as snakes, tarantulas, etc. I would not even want to walk around such a place, fearing to get bitten by something!
They had a belief 100 years ago that desert spring areas were good for your health. They are partially right. Thin desert air does help with lung issues.
I really enjoyed this very intresting video. But what was even more interesting was that I just couldn’t pull myself away from reading all the interesting and funny comments😄
Very cool. I've stared at that off-ramp countless times (making the annual drive to Vegas for NFL opening weekend), but I've never ventured off. Figured there was something to see but I should've known better. I absolutely love the Mojave Desert for it's ghost towns and "old west" relics.
I have a field trip there with my college eco class in Spring 2018. It was surprising to me that you can actually stay there over night (in the old resort) with the right arrangement. Although, it's a bit chill-spine to me. Amazing experience!
Wow this place looks interesting. One day i might want to explore it too but with my family or friends I enjoyed this video. like always Safety always is first. I look foard for more Desert videos.😉
Thank you so much for the tour....I believe Huell Howser too visited some years back...in your video it is special to actually see people in the picture...'arrested decay'....so much of our California desert in this present status...I think of Salton Sea...that there might eventually bring the place back to past glory....
I've heard that there's been talk about that very thing. But who knows if it would ever come to fruition. We all know that it would take some wealthy developers to get another "vision" to re-build there. And they wouldn't bother to save anything historical. Maybe the Bar. But they are more likely to level it all out, like they do most things. Sorry to sound so cynical, but that seems to be mostly how it is. .
the salton sea is forever doomed, no chance of bringing the place back to its past glory. the sand from the lake that gets blown into the air is deadly.
Man that little pool they found in the back, was being maintained. That water was crystal clear. Someone was staying near and keeping that water that clean.
@@SurrealAdventure must be expensive for CSU to keep someone out there 24/7. That water was skimmed and sparkling and in an odd place- behind rooms that no one was staying in.
Fulton says Zzyzx got its name from Dr. Curtis Springer, a radio preacher who always insisted on having the last word -- Springer claimed "Zzyzx" would be the last word in the English language. In 1944, he established the Zzyzx Mineral Springs and Health Spa.Oct 27, 2017
I lived in those dorms at 4:00 back in 2001 while researching the desert tortoise, and the pool is life saving but definitely not a hot spring. Thanks for the update!
Cool, and thanks for sharing that! I'm pretty sure Curtis Springer, back in the day, was promoting it as a "Hot Spring" even though he had hot water heaters out behind that spa building heating the water.
@@unclejack41 Springer had big diesel generators for electric power.... Nowadays, DSC has a huge 50 KW solar electric station on site. So everything is still "off-grid".
About 20 years ago, my buddy and I stopped for a breather after a drive from LA to LV. It was approximately 11:30 pm. The road was cracked and to 8 foot slopes on either side. We were excited and talking about eating at toucan Pete's. I am facing the freeway and my buddy is looking down zzyzzx. There was one lamp post on the west side just beyond that, about 20 yards from the entrance, there was this swarm of bugs in about 3 feet in diameter. I thought it was. It was self illuminating and moving along the ridge towards the post. My friend who has always been able to experience unusual phenomenon, freaked. I felt drawn to it though. An audible hum could be heard emanating from it. It was in the middle of the road and grew to about 6 feet in diameter. I could tell it was not bugs. I then felt a sense of dread and my friend who is the tough guy was yelling at me to get in the car. When I started running to the car the humming got deafing. It followed us to the entrance of the freeway it the back of the car and dissipated with some particles clinging on the rear glass for a few minutes. We got to the large thermometer and ran out screaming. So big white dude with his family asked us what is going on? We told him and he believed us. He loaded up his family and headed towards Vegas with a quickness. I have not told anyone this. These occurrences are becoming more known with the accessibility of information. I did not believe before that stuff like this existed. I have spent half my life wondering if I go back what happens?
So ah were you like these other replies they stopped to smoke? The real question is what? Peyote or something! Maybe you were seeking a vision & were afraid rather than becomeing enlightened? Hmm 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Whew. Scarry huh? Don't imagine you had a gager counter with you to check the particles for radiation did you? Thinking if and when i do go down that road, am carrying a gager couter just in case. God bless.
Nice discovery. I did always wonder when we passes that sign. Pity we never drove down there. Do wish the background music was lower...so your commentary was is the foreground.
The post production quality of this video was pretty poor, it was edited in Windows 7, using Windows Movie Maker. I think this was the last video I made before I ended up buying a Mac for editing purposes. I don't really have anything very interesting to say. This was an impromptu visit, and I hadn't done any research. Thanks for watching! Please give the video a like and subscribe for more offbeat stuff!
I saw it on wonderhussy’s channel. It’s an old hot springs resort that’s now a research center for desert research. She actually stayed there in one of the fixed up rooms.
Thanks for this video. I've passed this road tons of times, never knowing it went anywhere. Maybe one day I'll get to drive down it & explore a bit. Just to say I did. I understand classes might be in session, so yes, I'll absolutely be respectful. I love this video! Thanks again! 💞
Glad you enjoyed. Getting to be an old video now, but I’m sure the place hasn’t changed much. Thanks for watching! Please give it a like, and subscribe for more offbeat stuff!
Always was a bit curious about the road in Vegas trips but also figured it was just more dirt or maybe a freaky rundown building or two like most of the desert.
I know this is old but be cautious, I was in my new Toyota truck not a 4x4 with my then boyfriend & went for a drive. It became dark as the roads became narrower, then the fog rolled in. We drove forever with no place to turn around finding oddly number & letters little signs & we had to move some rocks by hand to get through. Eventually we ended up at the bottom of this very steep lose rocked hill I ended up sliding down & unable to see where we were we had to stop until morning. We awoke to ammunition sounds to see we were at the edge of a cliff several yards down the mountain side. So we hiked for hours and found a sign saying caution projectiles or something of that effect, finally came over a ridge to see the strangest thing we had ever seen, there was a small lake with a guy in street clothes next to his truck fishing to the left & to the right was choppers landing with a bunch of guys in fatigued jumping out doing exercises, we had driven onto camp Pendleton & let's not forget the buffalos, this was in 1984. They round up 8 jeeps of guys to come help us get out, lost the axle on one of them asking the way & the guys pushed my truck back up the mountain. They of coarse escorted us back to where we found them at the fishing hole to consistently ask us how we got there. I couldn't really tell them since we could see more than ten feet in front of us & the signs have no names or numbers that one would remember. In the end we laughed it up & figured they should just get us off the base before we had to do paper work & charge us with something. I love those mountains & hiked them often & kept that truck for over 20 years, great little truck, bizarre time..
Then you went the most beautiful, scenic way to Death Valley. Next time, stop at the Amargosa Opera House, and explore around the old small town there! Thanks for watching, please give the video a like and subscribe for more offbeat stuff!
I always thought that there must be Zzyzx's down that road lol. Driven past it many times and always wondered WTF? Thanks for quenching my wonders. Who'd of known lol. Thanks again!
Here is a great website that has a lot more history of the place: www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/zzyzx-revisiting-doc-springers-boulevard-of-dreams Thanks for watching! Please give the video a like and subscribe for more offbeat stuff!
Great video. I used to drive trucks and have been through the Mojave a few times, and that exit sign has stuck with me. It's cool to know a little bit about the story behind it.
Glad you enjoyed it! Please give the video a like and subscribe for more offbeat stuff! If you want to learn more about Zzyzx here is a great KCET article:www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/zzyzx-revisiting-doc-springers-boulevard-of-dreams
For the record the animals seen in the early part of the video are Desert Big Horn Sheep ( Ovis Canadenis nelsoni) . I've seen the sign for Zzyzx and heard the stories, but never took the off ramp. Thanks for the stimulating views, I may take time to explore next time I'm in the neighborhood.
@@firstamendmenttshirt4768 The Desert Big Horn Sheep appear in the center of the road at about the 48 second mark in the video, They are moving left to right. The vehicle will stop and the sheep will be on the passenger side of the vehicle.
Use to go camping there. There's some cool little caves if you go out beyond the sand dunes and old Rr tracks. You'll even find a pay phone in the middle of nowhere.
After attending CES in 2020, I drove back to California on I15 and as it was after midnight I noticed this road and decided to stop on at the side of it and get a nap. I slept 6 hours in my car parked in the middle of the desert, I realized when I woke up.
Your not the first to post that they slept on this road! It's a pretty remote area. Thanks for watching, please give the video a like and subscribe for more offbeat stuff!
A really fascinating place. A couple rules though. Don't go out at night. It really freaks out the residents. Don't just walk into the buildings. They actually had someone walk into someone's bathroom, while a resident was in their shower. A lot of great photo opportunities there too.
I lived on a mineral spring area in Reno. The hot water would heat up our rooms. Every room had pipes going through them filled with the hot mineral water. Oh, it was so good for our hair and skin too! We cleaned the walls and tubs with bleach water. It's the only thing that works. As with every hot springs, you have to drain and clean the pools OFTEN
There is a funny story here, Curtis Springer, the original proprietor of this place, billed his baths as "Hot Springs" when in fact, he had a bank of hot water heaters near the bath house. The water was from a spring though. People thought they were at a actual hot spring.
I knew Mr, C. Springer's son. Back in the 70's. He told me about as a kid helping plant all the palm trees, an how he would have to water each one them from a wagon with a water tank on it pulled by a donkey... He remembered helping dig the well's, the ponds, the ditches, building the resort building, etc... Wish now I had gone to see it when I had a chance!!! If T or D or S see this, Please leave a reply!!... S D....
Oh wow! Thanks for commenting. Despite over 1 million views, I've only seen 2 comments from people who actually went to the resort when it was running, and they were both kids. I wish I could have interviewed someone from the family for this video, that would have been really awesome! I know that one of his kids was a lawyer or judge, but so much time has passed now, who knows. Someone really should write a book about the family and history of this place. It would make a great story.
Your like the 4th person to say that. One guy said he was expecting a giant scorpion. Thanks for watching, please give the video a like and subscribe for more offbeat stuff!
I stayed the night there when I was in college I have lived in the high desert my entire life. I’m kind of into the fish Hobby i’ve always wanted to go back and get a hold of people to try and legally breed some tui chub I think if endangered fish like the tui and the death Valley puppet were brought into the hobby it could save the numbers edit: pupfish not puppet
I think it's amazing, that fish managed to survive for hundreds of thousands of years, and at the very last moment of their existence, right when their last little spring was about to dry up, Curtis Springer comes along and moves them to his new lake, saving the species.
Thank you for stopping and showing what is out that road. Have always wondered what was on that road going to Vegas but that is far as my thought process went. 😂 What a GREAT video!!! How could that small pool be so clean?
I drove past it for 20 years without stopping. Then one day I was meeting a friend for lunch from Arizona, and we decided to go to Baker, and I suggested we take a drive down Zzyzx Rd. just to see what's there. Watch the whole video / read the subtitles, I explain the pool. Thanks for watching!
"xyzzy" was a secret code in the early 1980s computer game, Adventure: Colossal Cave. It was one of the earliest single player fantasy RPGs. I wonder if there is any connection to this place.
Zzyzx Road is named after Carl Zzyzx, the first person to eat a cat in space. Please, no corrections, since facts don't care about your feelings! Yay!!! 😁
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I have to correct you. He was the first person to CHOKE on a cat in space. Some say it was a hairball though.
@@SurrealAdventure There's still a lot of controversy surrounding whether Carl Zzyzx was the first to consume, or merely choke, on one. Some say the "choking" controversy was just to drum up support for fellow astronaut, Ezra Zyphron, who was jealous of Carl and wanted to alphabetically be the last astronaut logged into the flight manifest.
But, even though Zzyzx DID survive the trip, thus making the degrading of his legacy (by apparent choking) all the More demeaning, Ezra wasn't even on the same Shuttle mission as Carl Zzyzx! There's widespread and well-known video footage of him saying they were each in different programs, and only had a shared career timeframe period as astronauts of 4 months; During which time, NASA had no planned orbital missions. (We had already gone to the moon at this point.)
But whatever theory you believe, it does well to keep an open mind about getting to the truth, and not letting passions stir you away from any of the hard evidence, as much of it is bound to continue to surface! It is as Oliver Wendell Holmes the II once said, "To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man."
We must never let the chore of continual reassessment turn us one-sided and stubborn; When the effort is not ours to make, there is neither crime nor shame in pondering towards such moments with wonder, and uttering the common, yet simple words, "I just don't know."
@@bentonrp like a communist party summer camp, I consider myself “re-educated”. Thank you Comrad.
@@SurrealAdventure Thanks for the fascinating video! 😀
Being a trucker I passed there everyday when I had a dedicated route from the Central Valley to Las Vegas. I didn’t pay much attention to it coming from Vegas, but going into Vegas.... I always looked forward to see it, since I knew my shift was almost over. Mexican truck drivers call this exit EL ABECEDARIO ( the alphabet ).
Thanks for sharing
@@SurrealAdventure I once knew a woman who had named her female child "Abcd" (pronounced Abeced)..
Wow Miguel, I use to haul sack cement to Vegas then drywall back to the Antelope Valley.
I remember always looking at that off ramp sign.
Jaja it’s true I’m one of them call abecedario exit. Take care fellows
Yes, la salida "del abecedario"
The exit of the "alphabet"
It's amazing how much you can explore in just California alone!
There is lots of great stuff here!
I know when I worked the railroad from Vegas to Yermo and Vegas to Utah, I saw some strange things out in the Desert at night. Strange lights and such
Just stay away from the folks out there !!
Exactly I'm so interested in highway 395 north.
@@applejack2911 man that's baddass
I find it so fascinating that people are always so intrigued about Zzyzx on their way to and from Vegas. I live in Baker so I know all the Mojave and Death Valley deserts. I also recommend taking KelBaker road all the way to Desert Springs, lots of unique stuff out there
Julia, thanks for the tip. I probably will next time I’m out there.
I love these little forgotten places in the Mojave and Anza Borrego deserts! Always hidden gems.
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Yes! We did a hike back there. I think it was called Painted Canyon. Amazing! And driving through to AZ with those mountains that look like they were turned on their sides. Just fascinating!
Last 25 years I have always stopped here and smoked a bowl on way to Vegas. Always
I love it. I’ll have to do that someday!
A long time ago I was told this was the only road in America that was that was spelled with all consonants. (NEVER FACT CHECKED,LOL) That is why I always stop there, as a toast to individuality. Strange I know!! But it is what it is...
When presented with a road named Zzyzx, whilst possessing the requisite paraphernalia and consumables, that seems an entirely reasonable thing to do.
I would like to someday stop in and check out this place.
Wants to go to Vegas with you now..just sayin💨💨💨
I visited ZZYZX resort in 1969. I was twelve years old. We were staying at Mountain Air Ranch family nudist camp in Indian Hills, Colorado; when we met Mike, the manager of the rock group "The Chambers Brothers'. He told us about a health resort called "Zzyzx" in the Mojave desert in California. So, we traveled in our rambler station wagon to the resort (my parents and five brothers and sisters; I was the oldest kid). We stayed in one of the rooms and took alot of vitamins as it was definitely a HEALTH resort. At midnight we went hiking because it was so hot in the day that you couldn't hike. We hiked out on Soda lake. I had never seen anything like it to hike on; it was like white sulphur! We were from New Jersey and had just moved to Colorado the year before. I had never seen or been to any place like it. It was like another planet to me! Like Arizona was!! Anyway, I loved it and we then drove on to Calico ghost town and I bought a ring there which I mailed to Paris Hilton, forty years later!!! She MIGHT have it? I can never forget visiting ZZYZX health resort in the Mojave desert! TOM LIPPI Denver, Colorado
Thank you, Tom, for sharing the memory. Your maybe the 3rd person now to share an experience of actually having gone there back in it's heyday. Do you remember if you met Curtis Springer? He would have been the old white haired man that ran the place...
@@SurrealAdventure After seeing this video; I recall the building looks the same, and I remember how when we ate at the table in like a small cafe, he had vitamins laid out next to the cereal bowl, which reminded me of my Dad at home; how he laid out a line of vitamins for us every morning. I loved hiking at night because I had never done this, it seemed like walking on the moon or something, a little scary but adventurous! I think I remember the mineral baths, and my dad became mineral crazy after that. He bought a water softener after that for our water at home. Plus Aurora, Colorado has some of the cleanest water in the USA; our hometown at the time. I think I barely remember the guy but my Dad was extremely interested in his philosophies. My Dad's reason for moving to Colorado from New Jersey was because his chiropractor, Dr. Pagano, told him that a dry climate would cure his bersitus! Then I saw Dr. Pagano on "Unsolved Mysteries" because of his UFO studies! I was on that show once in Telluride, Colorado, playing the brother of Eva Schoen; who was murdered (U-haul family). Staying on this subject; Zyzzx seemed like a special place, very healthy. The leader might have looked like Dr. Smith on "Lost in Space"! I felt like an explorer, like Will Robinson. I really loved visiting the Petrified Forest in Arizona a couple years before! I still have a piece of Petrified wood from the sixties, which I treasure. When we visited Arizona, I was taking a leak by the roadside, and when I got back to the car, my Dad said, I said that I thought I saw space creatures!!! I was ten years old then. I saw in the movie about Jim Morrison, that he had a similar experience in the desert. Also the guy who guided us while hiking might have been him. I have traveled thru the 48 states mostly by myself. South Dakota is another fascinating area. The Lakota woman in a gift shop, asked me, if it was okay that she burned sweet grass while I was in there. I then felt like my body was halfway in the ground! I pulled over and laid down on the ground in a rest area, til I felt okay to continue. When I got back to Colorado, I asked a person they called, "The Church Lady" ( native American) what happened, and she said that I was bound to the Earth by an Indian maiden. She said that this can only be done to a special person! I felt important. I was born on Easter Sunday on Queen Elizabeth II's birthday. I have also hiked up thirty-two fourteeners to the top, almost all by myself. I have had an OBE (outta body experience) after being hit by a car, while walking in the crosswalk, and it made me an even more devoted Catholic because I realized that God is my Father! Thanks, Tom Lippi
wow... always wondered where this road's name came from whenever I saw it on my way to Vegas. He must have found some gold since it would have taken a fortune to build in middle of nowhere. If you exit on this road at night, you will see beautiful sky full of stars.
Dude that founded it was a preacher and hustled "herbal remedies".Plus, back then you could homestead for free on BLM land..
@@joeschmidl3837 today they hustle CBD so what is the difference?
@@savannahsmiles1797 one actually works lol
One of my co-workers mentioned that he and his friend drove down this road several years back. He had passed it many times going to Vegas but decided on a whim to exit and see what lay beyond the sign. He said that he saw some guys digging in the dirt. They turned right around after that LOL.
Don't blame them for turning around looks like a place to bury a body🤔😂
I think he was planting a tree...
I cant imagine being such a sheltered city person that seeing people digging in the dirt scares you....OMG they are DIGGING rUn FoR tEh HiLlS!
Bet all that area is creepy as F at night
probably just digging old valuable glass bottles ,
I was driving to law Vegas up the 15 North last week and saw this road and wondered what it was and told myself I would research it. I forgot and hadn’t looked it up at all and all of a sudden I’m recommended this video. What a trip but I’m glad I was recommended this and watched cause now my curiosity has been filled thank you
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I was part of a Geology field class that stayed there several days in the spring of 1983. We were in that valley for a week studying the amazing Geology in the area and this provided an excellent base camp. Looks about the same as it did nearly 30 years ago. Apparently there is a large bull dozer that sunk into the playa to the north. It got stuck and could not be recovered. Springer had used a mining patent to occupy the property. If you hold a patent, it's required to spend a certain amount on mining and complete mineral assays every year. When he stopped completing the annual requirements, the BLM seized the patent. It's pretty clear that Springer's mining effort was purely ceremonial. There were thousands of patents developed using the same ruse all over the Mojave. The BLM has since cleared many of them out. This same loophole is currently being used for occupied properties in the national forest in Boulder County CO. Folks have built some fairly high end places on these mining patents.
This is great info!! Thanks!!🥰🤩🤩🤩
Very cool, thanks. Geology is an amazing subject
Yup $17 a year. My father had multiple claims, turquoise, opel, & agate mines. Drove out to them twice a month in order to get the $100 a month assessment you needed to spend in order to keep them. Until Coors funded the Bureau of Land Management; in I believe 1973, to ban all motorized vehicles to pass across the land we needed to in order to get to our mines. I don’t drink Coors to this day cuz of it. At the time I was upset about it to the point that my father and I went to the Bureau of Land Management meetings to try and stop the restrictions, to the point of writing a school report about the issue. Knowing what I know today, I’m happy that they did restrict motorized travel. That was a time that people started creating rail buggies out of VW motors and not respecting the already established roads. Been a bit since I discussed this! My two cents.
Same here -- a week-end geology field trip in the mid1990s' -- it was "trippy!!" I was surprised to see the disrepair that the place is in today -- I think that the CSU system still owns the place and still for field trips.
@@matthewg4956 id like to hear more of it. best way to get ahead is to know the past I'm 33
I went down that road... found princess Zelda, 2 dragons and liquor store
Great video.
I've passed that exit dozens of times but have never gone down it.
Thank you for the revelation.
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I got a picture of me in 1978. I was 4 years old. I stood in front of the sign with my arms up like what the hell does that say🤣😂🤣pretty cool seeing this video
Head! Huh huh huh! Head!
@Richard Head neither did you
I would love to see that. I bet it's one of the signs in the KCET article? www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/zzyzx-revisiting-doc-springers-boulevard-of-dreams
Thanks to the Internet and the TH-cam algorithm one more mystery has been solved after 32 years.
Yup''''''
Hahahaa.. right .. the source of intelligence these days.. straight from a computer!🤙
It's Bigfoot's summer home.
@@FlyingJournalism cheers to computers and technology.
It leads you to the hidden boss fight.
I yawn and feel sleepy every time I drive by this road. Like I need a nap or something.
Les Rosin 😁😁
It’s haunted
Les... It sounds like you need just a few more ZZZZZ's :-)
@@BlueGoat682 it's cool you can just add tgem to tge nane! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
U just made me yawn 🥱 lol
They never renamed that road? Even when I was a kid in the ‘70s the ZZYZX road signs always got stolen. California’s Gold! RIP Huell. 💙
I thought I was the only one who watched Huell Housers tv show, LOL.
I loved that episode. I wish he were still around!
I used to watch huell’s California Gold, on channel 22 KCET of Orange County
Good ol huell
love Huell
Thanks for answering the age old question for many of us who have passed this place on the way to Vegas
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We've driven past the sign many times and wondered what the name meant and what was down the road. We never checked, so seeing this video is enlightening. Thanks.
It was mandatory for my ecology-based Biology class to attend an overnight stay in Zzyxz. I never expected the trip to fulfill my wish to see a wild tarantula.
Better you than me!😲😬
Really
@@Daniel-yd8jg The purpose of the trip was to study desert ecosystems. All my classmates needed to observe the environment in order to answer our worksheet questions.
We did the same when I attended classes at Long Beach City... we stayed a weekend and hiked and enjoyed outdoor classes on nature studies.
I spent a weekend there with my Dessert Ecology class in 1982. Most fun class i’ve ever taken. Thank you Mick Bondello and Hancock College.
Wow. I have driven by that sign, more times than I could count and always wondered what was out there. Thanks for sharing. Great video
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I see Zzyzx all the time going to Vegas..The sign is on the side of the mountain on the Freeway..
It is in the middle of nowhere..
Wow amazing..
Working for Caltrans Maintenance i remove several illegal stickers from that sign.
Finally someone else is curious about this road, and how it got it's name, I've been wanting to know about it for years and years and years. It's a shame that they just let it go, I bet it was awesome back in the day. Thank you 👍💯😁
Driven on i-15 from san diego to vegas countless times. Always wondered what was at the end of Zzyzx Road. Thank you for posting.
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The humans: ha, goats. That's something you dont see everyday.
The Goats: ha, humans. That's something you dont see everyday
Lmaoo
the Goats: they're hiding in that metal box. obviously afraid of us.
LOL
I never knew this existed, I just thought Zzyzx Rd was a road to nowhere. Those buildings could be rehabilitated and a resort made there.
A great example of what we leave behind as individuals. Within a 100 years nothing. Cherish relationships with family and friends, they are all we really have that has value. Money, prestige, material things all disappear like smoke blown away by the wind.
Maybe you will leave nothing behind but I will leave a dynasty. I have 5 children, 16 grandchildren, and one great grandchild so far. My genes will go on for quite some time. Maybe until the end of mankind.
The saying is like dust in the wind!
Kansas recorded in 1977
A meditation on mortality and the inevitability of death, the lyrical theme bears a striking resemblance to the well-known biblical passages Genesis 3:19 ("...for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.") and Ecclesiastes 3:20 ("All go to one place. All are from the dust, and to dust all return.") as well as to the famous opening lines of the Japanese war epic The Tale of the Heike ("...the mighty fall at last, and they are as dust before the wind.") and from a book of Native American poetry, which includes the line "for all we are is dust in the wind."
Smoke is on the water! Deep Purple 1971 a true story about the Montreux Casino in Switzerland burning down the night before they were set to record there!
Found the stoic
Unless your an Egyptian.
Thank you! Been going to Las Vegas for nearly 50 years and always wondered what was on this road every time we'd pass it!
I know on your way you stopped at Primm for a little fun on the way.
There is more information about this place, as well as some interesting stories here: www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/zzyzx-revisiting-doc-springers-boulevard-of-dreams
Just when I thought watching about the Lilac Bridge was enough, this comes up on my recommended.
Passed by this road hundreds of times and never new this existed. Thanks for the tour very informative...might have to visit one day.
After watching this video and what a nice place to visit and next time I go to Vegas and now I know what's off that exit. Thanks for the video
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Thanks for posting this! All the times I've driven by the exit on I-15, I had no idea any of this was back here, and no idea how bizarre its founder was. (And, I've never found out whether "Zzyzx" is supposed to rhyme with "Isaac's" or with "physics.")
🤗 physics
Thank you!
@@atsf1920 funny, I’d never even thought of Isaac’s… you’re more of a thinker than I 😅
I've heard Curtis Springer (?) on audio pronounce it as rhymes with Isaac's. Everyone in SoCal calls it Ziz-x but they're all wrong
The late Huell Howser's PBS TV series "California's Gold" had a show on Zzyzx resort and Springer. It was pronounced to rhyme with Isaac's by Huell and several docents. Having driven L.A.. to Las Vegas past Zzyzx Road many times I always thought it rhymed with physics myself, but I guess I was wrong.
There's a California's gold segment on this place, Hewell Howser ! That's AMAZING !!!
Yes, I saw that. I really miss that guy!
Right 💜 He was everyone's friend. Still watch him every night 😄😄
Hewell rocked!!!
Don't forget Louie the Camera man
@@podcastfan2544 Your Right 👍😎😎😎
I moved to Las Vegas from Buffalo in 1980, first time drive to LA in 1981 I couldn’t help but notice the sign. Never knew until now what was down Zzyzx Rd.
I used to always pass the Zzyzx exit as a truck driver leaving Cali entering Nevada and always wondered what was down that exit
Always wondered, never explored. Didn't want to be its next victim?
Trip out! I love exploring old places. It’s so weird to me that there’s all of these massive buildings resorts etc. just abandon in the middle of nowhere. super interesting 🤔
I didn't show too much of it, but the place is still in use by the Desert Studies Center. I showed mostly the abandoned portion.
@@SurrealAdventure i see.. still cool 😎
I enjoy being there via camera!...but I would worry about such things as snakes, tarantulas, etc. I would not even want to walk around such a place, fearing to get bitten by something!
@@curbozerboomer1773 snakes 🐍 and tarantulas are super friendly. You be ok 👌
They had a belief 100 years ago that desert spring areas were good for your health. They are partially right. Thin desert air does help with lung issues.
I really enjoyed this very intresting video. But what was even more interesting was that I just couldn’t pull myself away from reading all the interesting and funny comments😄
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I’ve seen this road several times on my way to Vegas and always wondered what it lead to. Thanks for showing us.
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Very cool. I've stared at that off-ramp countless times (making the annual drive to Vegas for NFL opening weekend), but I've never ventured off. Figured there was something to see but I should've known better. I absolutely love the Mojave Desert for it's ghost towns and "old west" relics.
Excellent. Perhaps you would enjoy this video I did on Ballarat Ghost Town: th-cam.com/video/eFODBXJu3Us/w-d-xo.html
Always wondered about this driving by the exit. Thank you for solving the mystery.
I have a field trip there with my college eco class in Spring 2018. It was surprising to me that you can actually stay there over night (in the old resort) with the right arrangement. Although, it's a bit chill-spine to me. Amazing experience!
Very cool! I was stationed at George AFB in Victorville and have passed by this road hundreds of times! Thanks for posting!!!
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So was I, in 1976-77. Worked in the telecommunications center as a Teletype maintenance tech.
Looks like someone creating a password that has no imagination😀😂🧠
Ive been by there a few times!Love the name always catches my attention.
Wow this place looks interesting. One day i might want to explore it too but with my family or friends I enjoyed this video. like always Safety always is first. I look foard for more Desert videos.😉
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Thank you so much for the tour....I believe Huell Howser too visited some years back...in your video it is special to actually see people in the picture...'arrested decay'....so much of our California desert in this present status...I think of Salton Sea...that there might eventually bring the place back to past glory....
I've heard that there's been talk about that very thing. But who knows if it would ever come to fruition. We all know that it would take some wealthy developers to get another "vision" to re-build there. And they wouldn't bother to save anything historical. Maybe the Bar. But they are more likely to level it all out, like they do most things. Sorry to sound so cynical, but that seems to be mostly how it is.
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the salton sea is forever doomed, no chance of bringing the place back to its past glory. the sand from the lake that gets blown into the air is deadly.
That was pretty interesting. Now on our yearly drives to Vegas I'll know what we are passing.
Man that little pool they found in the back, was being maintained. That water was crystal clear. Someone was staying near and keeping that water that clean.
Watch the whole video, the maintained portions are in use by CSU Fullerton
@@SurrealAdventure must be expensive for CSU to keep someone out there 24/7. That water was skimmed and sparkling and in an odd place- behind rooms that no one was staying in.
Fulton says Zzyzx got its name from Dr. Curtis Springer, a radio preacher who always insisted on having the last word -- Springer claimed "Zzyzx" would be the last word in the English language. In 1944, he established the Zzyzx Mineral Springs and Health Spa.Oct 27, 2017
I lived in those dorms at 4:00 back in 2001 while researching the desert tortoise, and the pool is life saving but definitely not a hot spring. Thanks for the update!
Cool, and thanks for sharing that! I'm pretty sure Curtis Springer, back in the day, was promoting it as a "Hot Spring" even though he had hot water heaters out behind that spa building heating the water.
How would you heat the water in a place FAR FROM AN ELECTRIC COMPANY !!? I DOUBT HE HAD THERMAL/SOLAR HEATING
@@unclejack41 people have taken hot baths since way before electricity.
@@unclejack41 Springer had big diesel generators for electric power.... Nowadays, DSC has a huge 50 KW solar electric station on site. So everything is still "off-grid".
Never stopped there with all times I kept driving north to Vegas. Now, I must stop for a visit. Thank you for sharing.
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Zzyzx....sounds like a word from Dr. Seuss books. A zzyzx here and zzyzx there...😜
Yes!... "I see Zzyzx everywhere!"
Or a Pokemon
No longer allowed
You can't say Dr.Seuss anymore.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@Dog.soldier1950 incorrect :o)
About 20 years ago, my buddy and I stopped for a breather after a drive from LA to LV. It was approximately 11:30 pm. The road was cracked and to 8 foot slopes on either side. We were excited and talking about eating at toucan Pete's. I am facing the freeway and my buddy is looking down zzyzzx. There was one lamp post on the west side just beyond that, about 20 yards from the entrance, there was this swarm of bugs in about 3 feet in diameter. I thought it was. It was self illuminating and moving along the ridge towards the post. My friend who has always been able to experience unusual phenomenon, freaked. I felt drawn to it though. An audible hum could be heard emanating from it. It was in the middle of the road and grew to about 6 feet in diameter. I could tell it was not bugs. I then felt a sense of dread and my friend who is the tough guy was yelling at me to get in the car. When I started running to the car the humming got deafing. It followed us to the entrance of the freeway it the back of the car and dissipated with some particles clinging on the rear glass for a few minutes. We got to the large thermometer and ran out screaming. So big white dude with his family asked us what is going on? We told him and he believed us. He loaded up his family and headed towards Vegas with a quickness. I have not told anyone this. These occurrences are becoming more known with the accessibility of information. I did not believe before that stuff like this existed. I have spent half my life wondering if I go back what happens?
if you do ever decide to go back you should video document everything.
So ah were you like these other replies they stopped to smoke? The real question is what? Peyote or something! Maybe you were seeking a vision & were afraid rather than becomeing enlightened? Hmm 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
@@pattihainline1573 right. Like whatever the hell he was smoking I need some
Whew. Scarry huh? Don't imagine you had a gager counter with you to check the particles for radiation did you? Thinking if and when i do go down that road, am carrying a gager couter just in case.
God bless.
The big thermometer makes me think this was the town of Baker California, just up the road from the "Bun Boy" eatery. Close?
Very cool! Thank you showing us this hidden gem and it’s unique history.
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"Well", now that's a deep subject!
Creepy. Imagine this place at night 😬😱
@Shelley Lloyd Deep in the heart of Zzyzx
The times we have went to Vegas My Husband & I we’ve seen this sign & always wondered about it! Now we know thanks for sharing video 👍🏼
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"The 15" ends at the Zzyzx Rd. exit. Northeast of there it's "I-15" with no definite article.
"So these are the trespassers on Mr. Springer's land."-👽🛸🌐🌎🌍🌏🌐..
I pass by it often but I was curious myself, and now I know. Thanks for sharing 👍
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That’s always my “Z” playing the alphabet game on the way to Vegas.
Lmao! I used to do this too as a kid lol
Nice discovery. I did always wonder when we passes that sign. Pity we never drove down there. Do wish the background music was lower...so your commentary was is the foreground.
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I saw it on wonderhussy’s channel. It’s an old hot springs resort that’s now a research center for desert research. She actually stayed there in one of the fixed up rooms.
Yes, I saw that one too. She has a good channel.
Cool
I've been wanting to drive down that road for 30 years. Thank you!!
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Zzyzx Road is featured prominently in Michael Connelly’s “The Narrows”
Thanks for this video. I've passed this road tons of times, never knowing it went anywhere. Maybe one day I'll get to drive down it & explore a bit. Just to say I did. I understand classes might be in session, so yes, I'll absolutely be respectful. I love this video! Thanks again! 💞
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I did give it a like & subscribed. Thanks again!
Always was a bit curious about the road in Vegas trips but also figured it was just more dirt or maybe a freaky rundown building or two like most of the desert.
Lived in Baker and never knew what was up there. Hmmmmm
Hundreds of people disappeared mysteriously and found wandering in LA. skid row not knowing who they are...check the record in La.to probe.
@@samsondelilah1643 please tell more
I know this is old but be cautious, I was in my new Toyota truck not a 4x4 with my then boyfriend & went for a drive. It became dark as the roads became narrower, then the fog rolled in. We drove forever with no place to turn around finding oddly number & letters little signs & we had to move some rocks by hand to get through. Eventually we ended up at the bottom of this very steep lose rocked hill I ended up sliding down & unable to see where we were we had to stop until morning. We awoke to ammunition sounds to see we were at the edge of a cliff several yards down the mountain side. So we hiked for hours and found a sign saying caution projectiles or something of that effect, finally came over a ridge to see the strangest thing we had ever seen, there was a small lake with a guy in street clothes next to his truck fishing to the left & to the right was choppers landing with a bunch of guys in fatigued jumping out doing exercises, we had driven onto camp Pendleton & let's not forget the buffalos, this was in 1984. They round up 8 jeeps of guys to come help us get out, lost the axle on one of them asking the way & the guys pushed my truck back up the mountain. They of coarse escorted us back to where we found them at the fishing hole to consistently ask us how we got there. I couldn't really tell them since we could see more than ten feet in front of us & the signs have no names or numbers that one would remember. In the end we laughed it up & figured they should just get us off the base before we had to do paper work & charge us with something.
I love those mountains & hiked them often & kept that truck for over 20 years, great little truck, bizarre time..
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I’ve passed this sign a hundred times on my way to Death Valley. Thanks for the video.
Then you went the most beautiful, scenic way to Death Valley. Next time, stop at the Amargosa Opera House, and explore around the old small town there! Thanks for watching, please give the video a like and subscribe for more offbeat stuff!
There's Staff there, and how deep is the lake. were does the water come from
There is a natural spring. The lake doesn't look that deep. Probably a few feet.
I always thought that there must be Zzyzx's down that road lol. Driven past it many times and always wondered WTF? Thanks for quenching my wonders. Who'd of known lol. Thanks again!
Here is a great website that has a lot more history of the place: www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/zzyzx-revisiting-doc-springers-boulevard-of-dreams
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“well well well” dad joke of the century
Always smile when I pass that going to Vegas! Such a freaking cool name!!😎
Passed the sign directing to Zzyyx many times growing up. Thanks for taking us there. 👍
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For years I lived in socal and have passed by this road a few times. Never thought much about it until you posted.
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Great video. I used to drive trucks and have been through the Mojave a few times, and that exit sign has stuck with me. It's cool to know a little bit about the story behind it.
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First time I ever saw Zzyzx I was instantly taken with the name. My kids are lucky I didn’t see it before they were born 😉
YEAHHHHHHH, no vowels.
For the record the animals seen in the early part of the video are Desert Big Horn Sheep ( Ovis Canadenis nelsoni) . I've seen the sign for Zzyzx and heard the stories, but never took the off ramp. Thanks for the stimulating views, I may take time to explore next time I'm in the neighborhood.
That's what I thought. Thanks!
Where are the goats?
@@firstamendmenttshirt4768 The Desert Big Horn Sheep appear in the center of the road at about the 48 second mark in the video, They are moving left to right. The vehicle will stop and the sheep will be on the passenger side of the vehicle.
I have passed this road many, many times. Never drove down to see what was there. One never knows what you might find . . . .
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The .music couldn't be more maudlin.
Like being in a funerals. Precession
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What’s “precession”?
@@BoulderCreekSteve
Sorry. It's a typo. I meant procession.
Geezer with none nimble fingers.
It’s ‘surreal’! 😝
Music not annoying than God, I expect a slasher jump out lol
Use to go camping there. There's some cool little caves if you go out beyond the sand dunes and old Rr tracks. You'll even find a pay phone in the middle of nowhere.
I've been down there, years ago. There is a facility run by Cal State University down there.
After attending CES in 2020, I drove back to California on I15 and as it was after midnight I noticed this road and decided to stop on at the side of it and get a nap. I slept 6 hours in my car parked in the middle of the desert, I realized when I woke up.
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A really fascinating place. A couple rules though. Don't go out at night. It really freaks out the residents. Don't just walk into the buildings. They actually had someone walk into someone's bathroom, while a resident was in their shower. A lot of great photo opportunities there too.
If you go out at night, you will be abducted and turned into Alien Fresh Jerky, for nearby Baker. Thanks for watching!
Its a place for research and stuff. I used to ride there all the time haha
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Zzyzx. Mountain bike suspension from the late 80 to the early 2000s.
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I lived on a mineral spring area in Reno. The hot water would heat up our rooms. Every room had pipes going through them filled with the hot mineral water. Oh, it was so good for our hair and skin too! We cleaned the walls and tubs with bleach water. It's the only thing that works. As with every hot springs, you have to drain and clean the pools OFTEN
There is a funny story here, Curtis Springer, the original proprietor of this place, billed his baths as "Hot Springs" when in fact, he had a bank of hot water heaters near the bath house. The water was from a spring though. People thought they were at a actual hot spring.
3:50 This is Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams."
Just saw this road last week on my way to vegas
I knew Mr, C. Springer's son. Back in the 70's. He told me about as a kid helping plant all the palm trees, an how he would have to water each one them from a wagon with a water tank on it pulled by a donkey... He remembered helping dig the well's, the ponds, the ditches, building the resort building, etc... Wish now I had gone to see it when I had a chance!!! If T or D or S see this, Please leave a reply!!... S D....
Oh wow! Thanks for commenting. Despite over 1 million views, I've only seen 2 comments from people who actually went to the resort when it was running, and they were both kids. I wish I could have interviewed someone from the family for this video, that would have been really awesome! I know that one of his kids was a lawyer or judge, but so much time has passed now, who knows. Someone really should write a book about the family and history of this place. It would make a great story.
The tone of your vids is cool. Very interesting.
This looks like the type of place that you'd find on Mojave desert on Fallout:NV.
Your like the 4th person to say that. One guy said he was expecting a giant scorpion. Thanks for watching, please give the video a like and subscribe for more offbeat stuff!
Drove past that road for decades. Always wanted to drive down it, but never did. Thanks for sharing your experience.
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I've wondered this almost my entire life 😆... been driving the 40 thru California for 30 years. Always wondered what this road meant
Here is a great website from KCET about the place: www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/zzyzx-revisiting-doc-springers-boulevard-of-dreams
I stayed the night there when I was in college I have lived in the high desert my entire life. I’m kind of into the fish Hobby i’ve always wanted to go back and get a hold of people to try and legally breed some tui chub I think if endangered fish like the tui and the death Valley puppet were brought into the hobby it could save the numbers edit: pupfish not puppet
I think it's amazing, that fish managed to survive for hundreds of thousands of years, and at the very last moment of their existence, right when their last little spring was about to dry up, Curtis Springer comes along and moves them to his new lake, saving the species.
What a cool idea!!
Thank you for stopping and showing what is out that road. Have always wondered what was on that road going to Vegas but that is far as my thought process went. 😂 What a GREAT video!!!
How could that small pool be so clean?
I drove past it for 20 years without stopping. Then one day I was meeting a friend for lunch from Arizona, and we decided to go to Baker, and I suggested we take a drive down Zzyzx Rd. just to see what's there. Watch the whole video / read the subtitles, I explain the pool. Thanks for watching!
This Is something weird because the place is different from how I thought but it's okay I think
"xyzzy" was a secret code in the early 1980s computer game, Adventure: Colossal Cave. It was one of the earliest single player fantasy RPGs. I wonder if there is any connection to this place.
The name had been around since the 40s, when Curtis Howe Springer ran his resort here, and gave it the name. The programmers likely knew of it.
I always wondered why it was called zzyzx lol