Bottle Tree Ranch
And it brings tears to my eyes knowing there are people out there like yourself dedicated to the love of his bottle trees.
Bottle tree ranch. After stopping to grab a selfie of me on Route 66 we turned on the Cars movie soundtrack and drove the 25 miles to the stop. Elmer lives on the property and he tends to interact with his visitors. 2Chandelier Drive Thru Tree.
On the Elmers Bottle Tree Ranch Facebook page Longs son Ellsworth Hayes shared that Long He was a bad-ass Marine husband father of 3 boys and of course the bottle tree man. Elmers Bottle Tree Ranch is along Route 66 between Victorville and Barstow. However Elmer just couldnt part with his collection.
A bomb casing among the bottle trees. A junkyard turned into a bottle tree farm on Route 66 in the San Bernardino County looks like a lifelong project for Elmer Long. 791 likes 1001 were here.
Update as of August 2020. This is one of those places that use to get a lot more traffic but has been forgotten now that Route. Long passed away in June 2019 at the age of 72.
Sun-Thurs7AM6PM Fri Sat. The bottle collection grew to thousands. Currently close but visitors may take photos from outside.
Elmers Bottle Tree Ranch is located on National Trails Highway between Turner Road and Citation Street between Victorville and Helendale. Its wonderfully weird and very much worth a stop if youre traveling between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Segment from Offbeat America featuring a guy who build metal bottle trees next to his house and train tracks.