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so if you're looking for something a
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little bit unusual something a little
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bit quirky then today's travel trip is
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really going to appeal to you especially
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if you like the old Wild West and
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western movies and TV shows I'm Gary
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benridge tips for travelers helping you
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to make the most of your precious
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vacation time in this video I want to
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talk to you about Pioneer town it's
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about a 2-hour drive from Los Angeles
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it's quite near the Joshua Tree National
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Park it's only about 30 to 4 minutes
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drive from Palm Springs so it looks like
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it's from the 1880s it was actually
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built in the 1940s as a permanent movie
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Set they could make TV shows and films
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here without having to completely
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rebuild sets all the crew all the actors
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actually lived on the property over
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20000 westons have been made here both
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films and TV shows famous names like G
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orry and Roy Rogers to the most Renown
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names in Western's filmed most of their
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major Productions there so you can
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stroll along Main Street and you'll find
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a saloon you'll find jails you'll find a
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hotel you'll find all sorts of things
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that you needed in a wild West Town the
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buildings were actually built three
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quter size and are largely facades but
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of course the magic of movies made them
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look like they were a complete and
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full-sized Town one of the most famous
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buildings is the bowling alley which was
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actually opened in the late 1940s when
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it was opened it had six Lanes but it
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had no automation so they used to hire
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school kids who would actually reset all
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the pins until automation came in the
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1950s unfortunately the buring alley is
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currently closed today many of the
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properties have been turned into craft
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shops and the artists sell things like
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leather goods or Pottery much of which
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is actually made right here depending on
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when you're visiting there's different
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animals also that you can pet stroke or
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simply just feed like these chickens
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they used to host events like uh Mock
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gunfights and things like that these
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days it tends to be focused much more
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around one event which takes place on
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Independence Day weekend which is called
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pioneer Town Sho and chili Throwdown
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it's a really big event very popular you
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can also stay in Pine town in the
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original motel that was built to house
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the actors and crew it's the pineer Town
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Motel it's a little bit rustic but
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certainly if you really want to immerse
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yourself into the wild west atmosphere
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and a wild West Town Pioneer Town Motel
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is certainly worth something doing if
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you're looking for something a little
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bit different to do and you're in the
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Los Angeles or Palm Springs area I
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really recommend heading to Pioneer town
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it's very handy if you're going on to
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the Joshua Tree National Park a couple
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of things I'd like you to do it' be
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