My First Class Flight Experience on American Airlines From LAX To Knoxville / Layover in Charlotte
American Airlines LAX to Knoxville
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today's adventure begins I'm checking
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out of my hotel as a recording of this
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Thursday November 3rd
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2022 a windy crisp day in Southern
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California and I am heading
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to LAX
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departing SoCal
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this is the hotel I stayed in
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look you can see the medieval Medieval
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Times sign right over there welcome
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everyone out of the woo here at a spot
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that I have started my intro for the
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past more than a week 10 10 11 days I've
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kind of lost track here at my tenure in
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SoCal I now have my backpack on and my
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suitcase ready to roll going to LAX
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flying to Knoxville but not before a
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delay in overlay they call it
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I think I'm going to Charlotte yeah I'm
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going from LAX to Charlotte from
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Charlotte to Knoxville renting another
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car turning this Rental Car in at LAX
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taking a shuttle from the rental car
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place in LA to the airport
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flying to Charlotte North Carolina back
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to Knoxville Tennessee getting another
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rental car and going to Pigeon Forge for
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a time frame there
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I'm inviting you to join them
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Charlie this was my Chariot my time
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frame here and these were my humble
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accommodations here on Beach Boulevard
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feels the cars you know for a tall guy
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like me I'm 6'3
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it's small but the thing that's nice
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about driving this around Los Angeles
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Orange County SoCal it's easy to
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parallel park so I prefer smaller
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Vehicles when in California
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fun fact just my opinion and of course
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it wouldn't be the La Vie without a
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riveting game of gridlock
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La traffic's always an experience I
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don't mind it though I'm kind of used to
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it and fueling up we're taking it back
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five dollars and 19 cents a gallon and
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to be completely honest I was expecting
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it to be more than five dollars and 19
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cents a gallon
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man it's not cheap but yeah right here
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at the rocket where I'm returning the
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rental car goodbye small rental car
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I'm heading over
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to take the shuttle
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to the airport via this bus right here
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flying American Airlines
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I don't think the six foot thing is even
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a thing anymore
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but a lot of the stickers still remain
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just got dropped off now I gotta go find
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my gate and security check gonna check
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the status board
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here got the arrivals and departures
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should be listed on here
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departures to Charlotte let's see that
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oh there it is
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Charlotte
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American Airlines
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1925. I moved over here now okay gate
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53a all right evidently there are
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there's four and five for Americans so I
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got to go down to five I was at four
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Americans at four and five okay there's
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a few people in here
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just a few okay that took a little bit
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longer about a half hour wait in the
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line I put my shoes back on my belt back
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on I take the laptop out and I think
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about these seats I never know if you're
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supposed to sit on this or sit on this
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like is this where you store the stuff
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is this cushioned seat where you sit
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he's here at LAX always confuse me I
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don't think anyone really knows is that
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the seat or is that the seat two all
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Gates I don't need all Gates though I
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only need 53 a that's my game yeah just
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showing some of the merchandise at the
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gift shops leave it Los Angeles and
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leaving California and passing by one of
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the rare FAO Schwartz this giraffe looks
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kind of eerily similar to a stuffed
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animal that John Ritter used in a
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Three's Company episode when he went to
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the psychiatrist
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just kind of reminds me of that I don't
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know why I thought of that but yeah okay
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the plane over there that's loading the
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luggage is 51b
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so that would be the one adjacent to the
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one I need to be out on a 53a which
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would be this little walkway out
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board's in 33 minutes departs at 1 31 pm
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and arrives at 9 11 p.m of course
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there's a three hour time difference
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that's why it seems like it's longer
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than it is but it's still going to be it
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all day all day experience because once
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I get
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I'm gonna get on another plane and then
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backtrack a little bit to Knoxville and
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I'm kind of peeking out this window you
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can see a lot of the American Airline
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planes out here with a little hanger out
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there
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51b there I think that me yeah so I
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think that right there is my my flight
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and I am going to be sitting I'm doing
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first class today
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so be towards the front of the plane and
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we'll be able to board first
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so basically this flight going there
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he's sitting in the front of the plane
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and then also from Charlotte
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as well to Knoxville in front of the
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plane as well and got window seats also
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I always like to get the window seat so
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I could film out the side
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or out the side window get the take off
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The Landings it is kind of kind of
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appropriate to have some Academy Awards
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and Oscars in here inside the gift shop
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at the LA airport of course Hollywood
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you know the Mickey Mouse's
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I Love L.A I really do love LR all right
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I was boarding group one and I will be
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sitting in seat one F which I think is
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the very very first row so I don't think
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there'll be a seat in front of me which
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give me a little even more legroom than
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you would have in the typical like first
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class which is kind of part of the
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reason I even chose to do this because I
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you know I'm not thin and I'm very tall
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so
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safety briefing regarding our Airbus 321
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aircraft
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you know it might seem kind of pointless
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but I don't know if I've ever been on a
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plane where I was able to cross my legs
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like I just did
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and have the room to do that which is
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pretty awesome
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I'm not complaining because informed us
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we are expecting on and off bumpy air
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for the first 90 minutes of the fight
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after that it should smooth out nicely
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so he has asset everyone please pay
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extra attention to the passen seat belt
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sign we now invite you to sit back relax
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and enjoy our fight
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service on this fight we're offering a
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selection of complimentary beverages
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with accompaniments you may also
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purchase alcoholic beverages and snacks
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using only a debit or credit card
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you may not begin using approved
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electronic devices
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Wi-Fi and free entertainment are
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available in today's fight connected at
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aam flight sign on your device
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I would like to recommend that why you
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see it keep your seatbelts faster at all
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times
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it's called schedule
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the visit of North button outside
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temperature is 73 degrees
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always like looking at the clouds
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just so beautiful
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all right
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this is what we're dealing with this
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looks amazing it's a good grilled
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chicken
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the biscuit side salad some nuts Dr
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Pepper
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the cloud formations out there it's time
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for some dessert
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that's pretty much the magic how we're
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out there
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the sun is about to set
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very beautiful
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you can kind of see the wing
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from the front seat you really can't get
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much of the wing but you can kind of see
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the wing
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conditions there I think it's called
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wins together clouds at a temperature of
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67 degrees it's been a pleasure having
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you on work this evening
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this
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is
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directly below is Charlotte North
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Carolina
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just about ready to land
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and that looks like downtown
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off in the distance over there
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all right coming in for a landing
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to have a touchdown
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success yeah that's definitely downtown
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over there
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sitting in Charlotte we will be arriving
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at Gate C as in Charlie 11th
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please remain seated with your seat
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belts fast and the key power clear of
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all carry-on items take a moment to
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check your seat back pocket for any
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personal items like tablets and cell
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phones when you open over a compartments
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please be careful zones may happen to
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apply you may not use yourself
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I'm in Charlotte
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at least for like another hour and I
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don't have to go too far I'm over here
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at the sea Gates and looking up here
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what am I looking for I'm going to
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Knoxville I almost forgot where I was
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going he had Knoxville 10 40 is to party
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flight number 2639 and it's at Gate C3
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but since I have a little time for the
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next plane boards I'm gonna walk around
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a little bit
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just kind of stretch my legs
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never been inside this airport before
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from what I can remember I don't think
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I've ever been in here it's pretty nice
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there it is Charlotte sweatshirts
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noticing this clock up here it's 9 30.
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boarding starts at about 40 minutes for
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my next flight check out all the
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all the different years of Aviation got
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the hot air balloon
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you got the airplanes you got
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helicopters
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all the different styles modes of
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transportation through the through the
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scholar there's like a I think there's
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even a NASA item up top there I can't
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tell I think that might be
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like a space shuttle spaceship of some
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sort
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oh yeah there's a space shuttle over
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there coming around
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all the different eras
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this is a really nice Airport
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thank you
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look even the top of the clock there's a
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guy right there that's like guiding the
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airplanes around all right I think
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that's my plane right there
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it's also kind of interesting that
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pretty much went over Knoxville by like
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200 miles to arrive here to have to
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backtrack to go to Knoxville because
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Charlotte is about 180 190 miles east of
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Knoxville except there was no direct
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flight so I didn't really have a choice
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it's all part of the experience
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it's okay though I've never been to this
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airport before so kind of worked out
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not that I have a checklist
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looks like they're about to
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fill the plane up with fuel by going up
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on the top of that ladder there
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I think that's the fuel
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that goes through that hose
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up into the wing
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I'm not an expert at this but I've seen
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it done a few times I think that's
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what's going to happen
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now on this flight I am in seat two hey
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I think I'm sitting on the other side of
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the plane that I was on the last one
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windows
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handles first and for those passengers
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seen the pressure of each cabin all of
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your Carolina's must be placed in an
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overhead bin that includes laptop
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computers backpacks and purses if you
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can't find a place where you care in
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Lego SpaceX one of the flight attendants
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boarding is complete flight attends
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prepare the cabin for departure for
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customer seated in the next it will be
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on our way at about 10 or 15 minutes
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should be an all-time departure for an
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on-time arrival into Knoxville should be
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31 minutes from take off the touchdown
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like to thank you for playing with us
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tonight sit back relax enjoy the flight
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bumpy
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not too bad though
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use the light on my phone to show a
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little snack on this 40 minute flight
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Farm Fresh Supreme mix almonds cashews
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pecans
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two of them
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and
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a Dr Pepper and a glass
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probably no meal on this one because
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it's such a short flight just to lay
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over
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but plenty of legroom
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plenty of electric which is nice
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uh basically they're uh should have you
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all the time at the games I'd like to
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thank you for playing with us tonight
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and hope to see you again soon on
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another American Airlines flight
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assuming that over there
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starting in this Subs now
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came in fact came in Fast and hit the
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brakes pretty quick
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must be a short Runway
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that came in very fast and hit the
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brakes fast
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trying to remember if I ever have landed
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in Knoxville
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before obviously I've been to this area
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many many times but
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usually flying to Atlanta and drive up
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or just drive through I would like to be
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the first to walk me into Knoxville by
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the local time it's 11 37. as a reminder
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please stay seated with your seatbelt
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fast into the seatbelt sign is off in
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case they are farewell items don't
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forget to check receive back pockets
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around the area to show you have all of
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your belongings
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apartment please be careful what a day
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I'll be happy you're in turn approved
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like thanks for going with us we know
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that you have a choice for traveling by
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air and we think which isn't American
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Airlines have a great night
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you can already feel the coolness
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in the air I can already feel it's
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cooler here even even walking down the
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they call this
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jetway
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but there's even a there's even a
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Zamboni in here
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cleaning the floor
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just nice and quiet in here there's a
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little airplane up there
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dangling from the roof
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wow you can't even come in they have the
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gates pulled down over here it's all
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exit only no entry at this point so I
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guess there must not be any flights
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coming in all the checkpoints are closed
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up
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oh this door's not opening okay parking
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garage rental cars baggage claim I have
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my bags with me so I gotta go this way
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to rental car area
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10 minutes to midnight
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I hope there's someone still at the
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rental car area yeah this is a lot more
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mellow than Las granted it's also
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midnight now and I was able to get the
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keys to my rental car all righty worked
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out pretty good
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got a car there weren't a lot left but
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there was one that I was able to get
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under the cusp
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well I almost handed the cut because
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maybe they're 24 hours but I was kind of
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worried that they might not be open past
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midnight it's now 12 18. I'm on my way
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to Pigeon Forge about a 50 minute drive
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give or take
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ready to be there
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gotta check into my hotel once I arrive
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check out Dr Macy's
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bird dog
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right here the sculpture
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is an homage to Dr Macy's bird dog
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local to the area
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and also local to the area
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is the one and only
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Dolly Parton
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whenever I arrive to this area I always
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go by the sculpture here of Dolly just
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to say hello and
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let her know I'm back in town
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I'm back
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up there according to the clock
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it's about six minutes until 1am it is
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late
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and I'm gonna be in this area
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for at least a week I don't have a
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definite amount of dates in mind or days
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in mind
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but I'm gonna go full
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Pigeon Forge Gatlinburg Sevierville
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areas
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over at Lisa next week give or take a
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day
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say a week
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give or take a day
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I used to make it a tradition to come
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out here
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this time of year every year I did it
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for a few years in a row
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it's been a while though it's been a
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while since I've been here at this time
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frame I have been here since then
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when I used to come out here as a
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tradition
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but it's been a while since I was here
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in this date range
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I love in the early into mid-november
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and the Great Smoky Mountains
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just in time for the holidays Halloween
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is over
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and Christmas is gearing up yes
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Thanksgiving is coming up as well
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but Thanksgiving is a day
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Christmas is a season
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is starting to kick off here
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near the Great Smoky Mountains
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Sevierville Pigeon Forge Gatlinburg
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that's gonna do it for today
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I'm tired I'm gonna go check in my hotel
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get some slumber
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I'll see you in the next video the Vlog