Why zzyzx road

Loved this post! So interesting how much history there is if we only look. We have driven this highway from LA to Vegas tons and tons of times. We would always comment on it but we never took it.

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If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this. Zzyzx Road palm trees At the end of the 4. The immense vastness of the Sandy Lake Salt Flat. Feel free to save it for future reference and to share it!

If you liked it, please share it. Thank you! Glad to hear, Nicholas. I had passed the road and the famous sign on the interstate plenty of times, but this time was different.

I had it all figured out. After I finished my sandwich, I was determined to find out The Secret of Zzyzx Road! I approached the famous boulevard and considered foregoing the excursion. It was, after all, in the middle of the damn desert. Gulping away my insecurities, I pressed on, flipped on my right-hand turn signal, and exited the interstate.

I was met with warnings:. No return. My fate had been sealed. There was no turning back. I turned right. Bad luck. Or was it the looming fingers of fate stretching towards its victim? A dead end was all I found to the right. Flipping around, I plowed on. A bridge had been constructed to cross the interstate. I wondered if it was safe to venture over. I had no choice. I plodded on. Successfully crossing the bridge and turning due east, I was met with a ribbon of pavement in disrepair.

Who knows when Zzyzx had last claimed a victim? What horrors were witnessed on this small strip of road? Who had previously met their end in this wasteland? I shook off my nervous daydreaming and pressed my foot to the gas. Following the road's devilish curves, and facing due south, my last semblance of hope, the pavement, dropped out from beneath me.

I plodded on carefully. The gravel road seemed to be made out of speed bumps that had been broken down into smaller speed bumps and then constructed into a road. For about a mile only desert and rock met my gaze, but what's this? An oasis? We will have to exit one day! How fun! Which beach? I miss the water! Sounds like an adventure! And I love your pics! That is the most awesome name for a read ever 2.

I love this link up idea! I linked up with my only Explore-Adelaide post, but I agree that exploring your backyard can be just as fun as travelling far and away!

I plan to explore more in the future 3. You take amazing photos! Thanks so much Annabel! So glad to have you be a part of it! Sounds like an amazing place! And the pictures are just fabulous! I really wish I get to visit there one day! Sucha a great idea for a link up. I love investigating the local area and finding things to do.

I have passed this road on the way to Vegas and I have always wondered what this was all about! Thanks so much for reading! Yes on my way home from vagas I exited the road but I made a right and we drove for a minute or two and hit like a dirt field I went out to take pictures of the stars and somthing walked up hit my car or a cart that was next to me I was not sure but there where hand prints on my car that scared the crap out of me and I just had a bad vibe not sure what it is I went back to that spot and still did not feel right.

Just thought i would share with you guys. Thanks for sharing, Christopher. That sounds super creepy!! I can only imagine how weird it is at night. We always loved drying by Zzyzx road and trying to figure out how to pronounce it!

Your photos are so gorgeous :. Even though I learned the proper way to say it I still get confused every time I try. What an adventurous little side trip! Thank for sharing the neat back-story. Honestly, the place seems a bit creepy to me. I remember driving past this exit on our epic road trip wondering what the heck it was, haha. Really neat history! Now that you know, think you will explore it yourself? Do you think you would have?

Oh my gosh! I have never heard of this but this is awesome!!! I feel weird typing it out but does this make sense? What a cool story! And I personally do believe that miraculous healings do happen. There are places back in the day where they would have healing pools and the sick would come to get healed.