I'm thinking it'll be torn down completely at some point (maybe sometime just after the new year). Not sure what's gonna happen after that. I think it'll largely depends on if (and who) will by it and what they want to do with the property. I got a feeling someone will buy the land and will open a 'Tourist Trap' type of thing there.
Thought of you yesterday. Was flipping through channels and stumbled across "Decorating Disney" they were decorating for Christmas. Showed the transformation of the Haunted mansion. I really enjoyed it. They bring the Christmas trees in on semis. Massive. Merry Christmas to you and yours! Hope you brought mom some petunias!
I just watched the video from seven months ago. One of those mysterious “Recommended” videos that looked vaguely interesting. Thankfully I watched it and in the Comment Section was news about the destruction caused by a semi.
@@jennymisteqq695 me too, i just saw the video he did on this former hotel from a few months ago and saw this vid, so here i am and it's really too bad because it's another historic building gone !
I feel one of your greatest strengths when visiting places such as this is your long silent pauses where you let the viewer soak in and reflect upon a given scene or object. You instinctively, or consciously, have the knack for the "silent pause", not wasting words. And as always your camera work, as if you were using a tripod, is top notch.
So sad another roadside attraction gone. With that level of traffic passing by its amazing it never happened earlier. This shows the importance of your filming and documenting of all these amazing places and recording them for all time. Thank you.
Blimey it was in a really vulnerable location, never ceases to amaze me when major roads are built next to protected ( listed in UK) buildings. Such a shame that a historical building now looks to be lost 😪
Woo, it was you who introduced me to this site; so many places in America share this history; so many disappearing, with little concern....thank you for sharing this, and your feelings....& even a hope for a better time
I would imagine the sign will stay on the property. We’ve lost a few historic landmarks where I live and the signs remain to show the location. Most famously, where I live, the once popular Hi-Lo Club where Del Shannon used to perform and premiered Runaway.
Remember staying at places like that as a kid. I always try and take the family on the back roads to come across gems like this as so many are disappearing. Thanks for documenting for posterity.
Sad. Have stopped here many times over the years. Originally, from the stills, thought perhaps it could be shored up. This video really brings it home. The roof is bowing and part of the 2nd floor has collapsed inside. I hate to say, but RIP Desert Inn. Yeehaw Junction will not be the same. Thank you for taking the time to video this. Much appreciated.
I sensed your sadness while surveying the history doomed to be a memory. Thanks for all your videos that capture historical sites that may vanish unexpectedly.
I remember the daily woo where you stayed here it is really sad but whats cool is we can still go back and watch that daily woo its like the treehouse that burned down you documented these and alot of other awesome places for posterity that no longer exist but actually still do in your videos
preachercaine I’m a trucker and that’s not enough. Wouldn’t surprise me if it wasn’t a trash or rock hauler they run them poorly maintained trucks through there 7 days a week under the radar. It’s going to be the same driving through on my way home
@@561candyman I agree, he has destroyed something important and his story just sounds wrong. He claimed it was "too dark" but I could swear most trucks come with lights these days. Some of them more than two!
Yeah I heard that on the news, My first thoughts were, "You didn't realize you had driven off the road"? Okay, So the building coming at you in your headlights wasn't any type of clue?
Was it a foreigner that didn't speak English? I noticed a lot of truck drivers now are foreigners, makes me wonder if they even have a CDL license, how do you get one when you cant even speak English? And if you can Speak English than you can't read road signs, it's dangerous.
@@mikehoncho8268 Where does this happen? All the truckers I see are burly white men(I live in Alabama)🤣🤣🤣🤣I've seen one black lady driver and I met her at Walmart. She had her makeup and nails stunningly done. She was dressed to kill then she hopped up in that truck. That was the biggest conundrum my eyes had ever seen 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thomas Jefferson y’all righty’s love saving babies because they need to go die in wars for your corporate masters. When y’all gonna realize your just as corrupt as lefty’s ?
Adam should have taken the fuel pump since they were Close.😄 see his other video's. I guess I will never see this landmark on my trek. Sadly so will other's. Road trip to Florida soon.
So glad you had documented this historic site before disaster struck. So important these places are filmed before it is too late. Thank you Adam for your wonderful work.
Thank you for the trip down memory lane. Drove through here in the early 1980's and most of 1990's on the way to Seminole, FL to visit aunt & uncle there. Remember building all lit up at night surrounded by cars and people coming and going. Never stopped in, now sorry I did not stop. Have not been through here on Route 60 since moved from Stuart, FL to West Palm Beach, FL in late 1999. That stretch of highway could be dark and desolate at night. Glad you memorialized it while something is still there for future generations.
I used to work near Yeehaw Junction. My coworkers and I would eat at the Desert Inn a lot. It's sad to see the place gone now, many good memories there! Adam, thank you for doing the memory justice with this video :)
I used to drive past this all the time and I loved the video you did on it. Sad to see a piece of old Florida history go like that. I hope something like it is put in its place. Thanks for documenting it, Adam.
I have almost lost my life at this intersection due to tractor trailer in white out rain. Can see how this could happen.Big thanks for this video. Excellent!
Just sad. Plain and simple. Thanks for documenting this Adam. Merry Christmas to you and yours. Happy new year too. Looking forward to what you have in store for 2020!
Great job Adam. True history gone. I remember as a kid eating there. Wow. Glad you took the time to document this event. Good to see you in Florida, if not for just a few days. Love your channel brother.❤️👍
Good evening Adam. Miss seeing you on here . Been really sick so it was stay in bed and rest... Hope you have a great Christmas Holiday. That's Aweful. Just glad know one was in there. All our landmarks are getting destroyed
6:25 I absolutely LOVE that old gas pump. Very sad to see a historical landmark completely destroyed. It also disgusts me to see people looting the property.
MERRY CHRISTMAS ADAM! enjoy the festive season, much appreciation for your videos, and yes, I feel honoured to join you on your adventures. best wishes from Australia.
I'm so pleased you decided to document that place just 7 months ago. Just goes to show how worthwhile what you do is. Maybe somewhere like the Osceola County Pioneer Villlage would be able to salvage and rebuild for future generations. Thanks Adam, keep up the good work and Merry Christmas
Thanks Adam for documenting this, I loved your original video of this place and wanted to ride my bike out there to get a beer but found out it closed, so was waiting for it to reopen but never got the chance. Hope you and your family are having a great Christmas. If you're ever in Ybor take the Teco Line Streetcar System I'm a mechanic for them and their free now. BTW I'm also a class A CDL holder and that driver must have been asleep or incredibly stupid lol.
I've seen worse repaired, we had an old downtown building where I was raised completely collapse on One side and it was rebuilt . Hope the same is done here.
My family owned an amoco gas station that was right next to the Desert Inn back in the 70s, spent many a nights in the restaurant bar having a burger or whatever when our dad would drive out from Lakeland to do the paper work and collect the deposits multiple times a week. I live in California now really sad to see the place destroyed like that. I have many awesome memories from our trips to YeeHaw Junction its like it was just yesterday. Thanks for your time driving out there and sharing the video.
Adam, thanks for visiting this place and video documenting the damage. I guess you didn't notice the two ropes still attached to the ceiling of the "exposed" bordello room on the 2nd floor. The very ropes that attached to a swing seat. I visited this place about 2 years ago and photographed it from the outside. They were still cooking up and serving meals at that time. Sad to see it get smacked by a big truck. The present owners (a preservation org) could rebuild it and make it even better, if they wanted to. It could be a tourism magnet, if they "knew" what to do with it. A few solar powered street lights could fix what the truck driver claims of the area being too dark. It's always dark if you drive with your eyes shut. After 100+ years of existence, all it took was "one dark night".
The most recent Operators of the Inn are running our lodge dinning room on the weekends, we are lucky to have them. The inn was supposed to only be shut down "temporarily " for restoration but it's been a lot longer than any one hoped and now it's done for good I'm afraid.
Thomas S I so hope it reopens. It was a great stop when touring on my Harley. Great burger and I got a buzz on one drink. Never stayed there but thought it might be interesting. I’ll never forget JackAss Junction. Smack dab in the middle of nowhere.
Thank you Adam. You're videos over the years on this place really spike my memories of the place from when i first set eyes on it back in the early 1970s as a kid with my Parents. I have ventured back there a few times since then. The last time was in 2001. So very sad to see it disappear from florida as it seemed to be the Center hub of Days gone bye. When i was there as a kid. There were only a very few Vehicles crossing the 5 way Crossing. To see so many now is very strange to see. Now at age 55 seeing it for the last time closes another page in life. Thanks again Adam. 👍
It is very sad to see a really cool historic place get destroyed like that.Also Merry Christmas Adam I hope you and your family have a amazing Christmas😎
I both grew up and still live 45 minutes from there...I'm in vero beach...route 60 which runs right next to the inn runs through my home town...I have passed that place literally 100's of times in my life...very bummed to see it go.
Apologies to the Woo! Unlike some of the other rude comments, I feel your sadness. It echoed in your voice. Sorry and thanks for the video history of this landmark's final hours.
Thanks Adam for covering this unfortunate event at the Desert Inn...I was wanting to travel to there to get some footage before it is demolished. Not looking promising for any re-building the way things go nowadays. Always a fan of your channels from the start...✌🏻
Merry Christmas Adam, hope you have a good Christmas and hope you can be with your loved ones this holiday season. All the best to you my friend 👍🏻🎄👍🏻🎄👍🏻🎄👍🏻🎄👍🏻🎄👍🏻🎄
We saw you there filming!!!!! It was stupid traffic so I could not stop. When I passed you I pulled my air horn a few times in the big truck. Wonder if you heard my obnoxiousness, ha ha. I was so excited to see you. Soooo wanted to stop!!!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!
Wow Bro . You are so Soothing to Listen to as you walk around . Even the sound of the Traffic behind you so7nds different . There was a place like that where I grew up . So Cool . So many Memories . Thks and Mery Xmas Adam .
I thought of your previous vids of the Desert Inn. I was there a few times in better days...glad you came back to give the final eulogy... it will be bulldozed for sure. Thanks!
I am not so sure that it will be bulldozed. Lawyers should be feasting at the owners door. They will argue for restoration because it means more money for them.
Broke my heart when I saw the Desert Bar and Inn destroyed, And here is why. I stopped there when I was down in Florida on a week's vacation back in April 1979. I was driving up the turnpike from Fort Lauderdale heading for Orlando. I pulled off at Yeehaw Junction because a week before I flew down to Florida from Toronto, I saw the name on a State Map. I figured any place with a name like that, Yeehaw Junction, I have to check that place out. So I pulled off the turnpike at about 11:30 that morning first week of April in 93' heat ! I walked into this beautiful bar. Sat down and a nice barmaid brought me a BIG ice cold can of Budweiser. The best beer I have ever had ! The place gave me a really good feeling, and I just loved the barmaid's thick Florida drawl. Suddenly a Sheriff's deputy walked in wearing the biggest revolver I had ever seen, with a whole array of bullets on his belt. (I now realize it was a .357 magnum revolver) He had even more of a Southern accent and sat there mesmerized feeling like I was in a movie....like "In The Heat Of The Night". I LOVE the South, and the further south I travel in America, the friendlier the folks get. I left a few minutes later. That place was MAGICAL. I had flown down to Florida for the first time ever on an exploratory trip to try to discover Canadian snowbird's fascination with the Florida. I soon discovered it's because it's Paradise ! I tell folks all the time, the closest i have been to Heaven is FLORIDA ! I love the State so much that the next year we drove down all the way from Toronto to Daytona Beach, my favourite place in Florida. Thanks so much for the great videos about Yeehaw Junction.
That’s an awesome shot where you’re zoomed in on the historic plaque, it’s all you can see and then you zoom out to the crashed building directly behind it. Nice 👍
Guessing I shall Not get to see this in person unfortunately. Thanks for posting the final day's of the establishment. So we all May see what WE missed on our Trek through Florida.🍄🌴🌴 How many love bugs have been Displaced OH the tragedy.😞🐞🐞
I haven't been by that place since 2007 while coming back to Orlando from Miami after dropping off "A family of royalty" and stopped off at that gas station just off the Turnpike, fueled up, a bite to eat and a alligator head souvenir when I noticed The Desert Inn just down the road and thought "WOW! To heck with gas station food that looks like a good place for a burger". I was not disappointed at all. Such a sad, unfortunate, yet inevitable outcome. I think it will be rebuilt as best to it's original looks, but with a little more up to date materials and maybe a slower speed limit in that area. All I can say is" That sucks"!!
Me too . I probly featured it in 3 or 4 videos bit only stayed overnight and are in diner once . Looking back I’m thankful I did so . Legendary central Florida landmark
It's amazing this place survived natural disasters for years and then taken out by a truck. News reports said it happened at 3:15AM. If you look at Google maps and click on Highway 60 westbound to do a virtual drive, you can see how that building is so close to the road at the intersection that all it would take is a sleepy driver and the next thing he'd hear would be an explosion of wood and glass especially if the building is completely dark at that hour.
To bad this happened! Most likely will be demolished now with only a roadside marker remaining. Well documented Adam. Have a Merry Christmas with your family!
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I saw this on the news the other day and had a feeling you would be paying your respects. Glad ya got to see it before it's completely gone. I'm surprised it hadn't been hit before now. That intersection gets busier every year.
I can see how that could happen being so close to the road. I'm sorry this has happened. Hopefully they can fix it up again. They can still use the motel. Thanks Adam for sharing this.
