I just want to take this opportunity to say that Pee-Wee's new movie (on Netflix) is way better than anyone has a right to expect.

On this very night, 3 years ago, along this same stretch of road in a dense fog just like this. I saw the worst abandoned diner I ever seen. There was this sound, like a two tons of drywall crumbling off a rotting beam. And when they finally pulled open the door from the crumbling wreck, it looked like....

Like two weeks ago I ended up watching about an hour's worth of this dude's videos. I'm still not sure why. I don't even like him.

There's something about how this guy is speaking of the place like some sort of important historical event took place there. Like a place where they filmed part of Pee Wee's Big Adventure was up there with the room where the Declaration of Independence was signed, or the caves where the dead sea scrolls were found.

I'm just surprised by how much the place has deteriorated in only two and a half years since it closed. I thought abandoned buildings last longer in the desert? Or is some of the deterioration likely due to people scavenging empty buildings for copper (probably why the ceiling collapsed, at the very least)?