Exploring Elmer's Bottle Tree Ranch 

WOW! That Elmer guy must have been the Worlds Heaviest Drinker to collect that many bottles.

Cool Oddity video WITH dad jokes! Love it!!!!! Although she had that "This relationship has ran it course." look on her face in the end. HAHA!

As a glassblower myself I can tell you that: A Glassblower would blow as much glass as a glassblower could blow glass. 🤣❤️ I love you guys. ✌️❤️Best content, ever!!

Great video B&D! Thanks for the shot of BNSF, I m a train guy!

(You forgot Grandma Prisbee's Bottle Village! 🤔) Glass-inating: all your explores are! The best, as yet undiscovered Urbex channel on RU-vid! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

No doubt about it Bethany and Drew, Elmer's Bottle Tree Ranch is a "Glass" Act. Love your channel, and enjoyed seeing your kitties at the beginning of this episode. 🤠

For some reason RU-vid hasn't been recommending your videos to me for a while. So I've just gone back and watched what I missed. That algorithm is up to its old tricks.

Seems like Drew has a giant bottleful of dad jokes and Bethany is trying to put the cork back in. He managed to let out a few though. 😅 Always happy when you guys post.

Elmer was a great person. I met him back in 2003 while working on a photographic project about Route 66. At the time, he was retired and living full-time at Bottle Ranch. He invited me into his home, and we talked over a cup of tea, his favorite drink. He also showed me how he was self-sustained with water and recycling. He was a truly great guy. I will always remember him. Thank you for sharing this gem and its story.

I loved this one. I found it relaxing....except when the train passed. LOL! Love this forest!

you guys deserve a million plus subscribers, you guys make excellent production videos!

Thankyou so much for this video! What wonderful things there are to see in the desert. Love it! ❤️

I met Elmer back in 2007. He was a very sweet man willing to speak on his collection to all that stopped by. Always meant to go back, but never found myself in that area or travelling through.

This place reminds me of Hula Ville, with its derelict refrigerator containing a wooden leg, which used to be along side Route 66 now a frontage road next to Interstate 15 just outside of Victorville. Sadly Hula Ville was demolished around 1997 after its creator Miles Mahan a carnie and accidental folk artist died.

Hello Bethany and Drew, I have learned about from watching your channel! Thank you!! Wishing you, your families, and friends have a Merry Christmas🎄🎁⛄ !! Take care!!

Down the road a bit. Welcome to the Mohave

Thanks for the tour! My dream is to drive Route 66 start to finish and see all of the oddities 😄

Interesting, thank you. While you were walking talking to the camera, it would have been a good blooper if Drew walked in to a bottle tree 🤣

HA HA i was there about 7 years ago!!! I remember talking to Elmer. He was such a cool guy and gave me tour to his metal shop. I remember asking him his plans for the farm when he gets tired. He had everything planned out or at that is what he told me....

What do the woodsmen use to fall trees in the glass woods. A Glass Cutter. Thanks for sharing another fun adventure.

Was there eons ago, believe Elmer was there back then. Think it closed for a time after his passing believe volunteers keep the place open. It's one of those unique points of interest that everyone drives by and takes just a little effort to pull off the freeway to get there.

Such a pretty and peaceful location. Thank you for sharing it with us.

Thank you “OO” love your adventures ❤❤

Bethany, I live in southeast Georgia. I gave been watching your videos for a while now. I do not travel and probably will never make it to LA. I enjoy your videos very much. You are absolutely beautiful.

Hi Bethany and Drew great video production as usual. My partner and I want to come over from the UK and drive Route 66. If you guys did a series on it, I know it would be awesome xx love you two 🥰

Get that laugh track going Drew! You two are awesome and the kitties were sweet, even the barffer 😂

Thank you for sharing this video. I am going to visit this place very soon. I`ve never heard of it before...

Cheers you two👍👍👍

Very cool. Missed this one too. Thanks. Will be heading over from Palm Springs to check it out.

Hello Folks! I've been waiting for the next video. Great Job of keeping this man's dream alive! Really nicely done. I hope your Kitty cats enjoyed the trip. I have a friend of four legs but she is scared of riding. She was in a Animal Shelter for a long time when she was a Kitten. Some folks adopted her and after a few days brought her back because one of them turned out to be allergic to her fur. I think that when you put her in the car, she thinks that she is going to be put back in that tiny prison. Oh well, I have took her out to the car and just sat in the yard for a little while but she doesn't settle down. She has anxiety the entire time. Well, she is fine at home but I would like to be able to take her on road trips so she wasn't home alone with just a visitor feeding her. Anyway... Nice video! I look forward to your next one. There is a couple of things out your way that could possibly be cool videos. I was driving a large commercial truck from LA to Las Vegas one time and saw what looked like a horror movie. On the West side of Vegas, there is a long, steady, steep uphill grade for about 20 miles(I think). It has a number of lanes Eastbound for the big trucks that are slow. The truck I was driving could pull about 38 mph, so I was in the right lane. It was close to dark and it was, like I said, kinda like a horror movie! The desert was all dark and up ahead over the horizon looked like the world was on fire. It was all the lights of Vegas shining up in contrast to the long dark hill. That was cool but not the horror part. As it got dark, I started seeing snakes on the road, a LOT of Snakes! There were a couple of big trucks, along the way, pulled over on the shoulder. They must have broken down, pulling the load of that grade. I started thinking about breaking down and all those Snakes. I mean there were a Bunch of them. I made it to the crest, saw the lights of Vegas and started picking up speed. I got to the hotel that I was going to stay at and found the Oversize parking lot in back of it. I got checked in and was talking to people and asking about the snakes. Evidently, after the sun goes down and it starts getting cool in the desert, the snakes crawl onto the warm asphalt of the highway for the first couple of hours. From what I got from some locals, this is a regular nightly thing and after it has been dark for a couple of hours they leave the highway and go about their regular 'snake lives'! I doubt that a lot of people, who aren't from around there, know about this. I swear it was like watching a horror movie! Ya'll Take Care and be safe, John

i hope you guys explore more haunted locations.

Another great adventure very cool

A unique way to honor the time he and his father spent together and the collection they shared. And thank you for introducing your kitties!

Love love watching your videos fun informative and of course.the Bethany and Drew comedy show.

Haven't seen y'all for a while. Glad to see the cat is still in charge lol!

You guys are awesome. Thank You very much from Fresno California.

Great video - I need to create a bottle “sculpture” in my garden I think - thanks guys….

Driven by the place dozens of times but never stopped to check it out. Looking forward to seeing what's there and hearing the story behind it.

Well, that’s one more place we gotta see before we leave the state.

Great Video!! Love that you took the time to tell Elmer’s story. Was a super nice guys and I loved hearing him talk story. So happy that his family has kept the ranch open for folks to enjoy. If you haven’t already, you should stop by the Route 66 museum in Victorville and chat with Delvin. He is a wealth of Route 66 knowledge and a great guy. And tell him Banyan says 👋.

Hey guys! Been traversing Rt 66 from Chicago end to the west. Right now in historic El Reno Oklahoma visiting Fort Reno. So many iconic spots I could not pick just one.Your video today was very enjoyable dad jokes and all. Thank you for sharing this stop along the route, we will certainly stop there too. Bethany you are looking good, you are obviously doing something different and it shows. Keep up the good work. 😊

Wonderful video of this site. What an unusual but very interesting location. Always enjoy your wonderful videos and it is a fun part of my day getting to go on your adventures with you ... Looking forward to the next ... 👍🏻

Another great find! Thanks for sharing with us!

Such good videos! Absolutely love the cat cameo. I have two grey cats that walk on leashes but can’t get them to take a car ride. I wish I could take them to the desert like you guys.

Been watching your videos since you had only 200 subscribers. Glad to see your success. I enjoyed both your creative shots as well as your Dad jokes.

I was wondering if it was still open, glad to see it is!

Route 66 is so explorable. There's quite a bit to see around Route 66 even in the Tulsa area. Just northeast of here, near the town of Catoosa, is an attraction called the Blue Whale. Check it out sometime. It would fit in perfectly with the places you have in California!

Love it! I, love your idea to do a series on Route 66.

You two are great. Thanks for all the tours.

You should visit the Volcano House in Newburry Springs/Barstow

Enjoyed, but it was a little painful at the end. snicker snicker

I believe I left my own vomitus in Victorville in the 80s.

We went there a few years ago. It was fun. It can be seen quickly, or take your time and search for the details. Have you two never been to Tio's Tacos in Riverside. Look it up. It's a must see.

Love this channel ❤ you guys both are awesome, great format, Happy Holidays 2u both

How do you know when a joke is a dad joke? When it's apparent.

cool place. thanx

I've had cats (8 total) since 1987 and not one have ever been pleasant to travel with.

G`morning O.O.

Bethany and drew some cats get car sick travelling all the movement you may be able to get something from the vet to help it discuss it with your vet a really interesting video as usually well done and presented

Bethany looks awesome! has she been working out ?!

That’s been there since the late 1970’s

Imagine Elmer Fudd in Elmer's Forrest lol Ba-dum Tss

Little curious, why did you 2 bring your cat's with you?

Justice Brothers automotives on Route 66

I got stuck here once in my stupid low car I sold cus it was to low hahaha

Hi guys, merry Christmas from NZ! Do you ever take trips up to Trinity County by any chance? My family had some mining claims there, and had some unusual historic tales to tell.

Great video guys! You should video the "shoe tree" in California :)

Who upgrades it if things break

😅👏👍

why would you need a fence around it?

Oh, to be an 8-year-old with a BB gun.

cant wait!

Wow, this is way cool! As others have mentioned, I've driven this stretch of 66 a bunch of times and never stopped to check it out. Thanks for the virtual visit--now I have another roadside attraction on my bucket list! I hope you had a chance to stop at the RT 66 museum in Victorville and see the cool little diorama of Hula Ville. If not, well, there's a suggestion for you. Happy trails!

Hello Folks! I've been waiting for the next video. Great Job of keeping this man's dream alive! Really nicely done. I hope your Kitty cats enjoyed the trip. I have a friend of four legs but she is scared of riding. She was in a Animal Shelter for a long time when she was a Kitten. Some folks adopted her and after a few days brought her back because one of them turned out to be allergic to her fur. I think that when you put her in the car, she thinks that she is going to be put back in that tiny prison. Oh well, I have took her out to the car and just sat in the yard for a little while but se doesn't settle down. She has anxiety the entire time. Well, she is fine at home but I would like to be able to take her on road trips so she wasn't home alone with just a visitor feeding her. Anyway... Nice video! I look forward to your next one. There is a couple of things out your way that could possibly be cool videos. I was driving a large commercial truck from LA to Las Vegas one time and saw what looked like a horror movie. On the West side of Vegas, there is a long, steady steep uphill grade for about 20 miles(I think). It has a number of lanes Eastbound for the big trucks that are slow. The truck I was driving could pull about 38 mph, so I was in the right lane. It was close to dark and it was, like I said, kinda like a horror movie! The desert was all dark and up ahead over the horizon looked like the world was on fire. It was all the lights of Vegas shining up in contrast to the long dark hill. That was cool but not the horror part. As it got dark, I started seeing snakes on the road, a LOT of Snakes! There were a couple of big trucks pulled over on the shoulder that had broken pulling the load of that grade. I started thinking about breaking down and all those Snakes. I mean there were a Bunch of them. I made it to the crest, saw the lights of Vegas and started picking up speed. I got to the hotel that I was going to stay at and found the Oversize parking lot in back of it. I got checked in and was talking to people and asking about the snakes. Evidently, after the sun goes down and it starts getting cool in the desert, the snakes crawl onto the warm asphalt of the highway for the first couple of hours. From what I got from some locals, this is a regular nightly thing and after it has been dark for a couple of hours they leave the highway and go about their regular 'snake lives'! I doubt that a lot of people, who aren't from around there, know about this. I swear it was like watching a horror movie! Ya'll Take Care and be safe, John