Forgotten Small Towns & Empty Desert Spots in Nevada - Extraterrestrial Highway / Bandit Hideout
Nevada Small Towns 2022
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starting off the day
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fueling up
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5.19 a gallon
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self-pumping gas nozzle that over there
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is interstate 15
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just north of las vegas but i will be
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veering off onto a highway
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i'm gonna stop in this little gas
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station convenience store
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rest stop
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get a case of water and a piping hot
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caffeinated beverage there's an entire
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grid of solar panels over there there's
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also a little work being done here at
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these silos
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and across the 15 where it connects with
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highway 93 which i will be venturing
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down
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there's a train going by
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next to the interstate welcome everyone
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adam the woo here as a recording of this
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tuesday may 31st as always
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i'm inviting you to join me
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where i go where the wind blows no real
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rhyme or reason on what the plan is
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today except to head that direction join
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me
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shall you this is a massive amount of
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solar panels
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i love the rock formations over here
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these mountains
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and just the unique
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design the sides of them
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this little community here is called
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coyote springs
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however
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it's all blocked off from that angle
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of fence and stanchioned off
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the road i'm traversing on is right up
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there so i turned off
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onto this road
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this is the coyote spring sign here
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amongst the cacti
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plural for cactus it's also a golf
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course out here
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and i would imagine this whole area
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is filled with snakes and possibly
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scorpions
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it is neat seeing you know a golf course
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out here
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in the middle of all this dry land
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got the sprinklers on over there to
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keep the grass
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growing and whatnot
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and there's some greenhouses
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back there as
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well this also
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is a headlight zone turn on headlights
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next 54 miles so i got my headlights on
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not sure the reasoning behind that
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but according to the sign supposed to
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have headlights on
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all right continuing on
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off in the distance is a horse
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not a real horse
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that is perched upon that rock
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here at western elite
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i'm gonna drive down this road
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see what's back here
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looks like there's a little chapel
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church over there
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okay there's a map on the ground here
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in the center of this
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you got all the trucks pulling into the
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what appears to be some sort of landfill
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over there
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this is very interesting there's a
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railroad track
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got the little church over there
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and got some animals there's a zebra
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some cows
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a horse
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a camel
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a donkey
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wow this is cool
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just out here in the desert
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hello there
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come over say hi
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hello
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it's good to see you
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it's amazing there's just a camel right
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all right the camel
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is coming over to say hi now too
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how you doing camel
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even some classic vehicles like this
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fire truck here
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and train cars the colorado
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midland
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now main street station
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when i was over in vegas very recently
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there's a casino called main street
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station
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also some
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train relics here as well
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but the fascinating thing is when i
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saw main street station i thought of
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church street station which was a very
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very prominent and popular tourist
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attraction
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in orlando from back in the day it's
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still there but
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not thriving like it once was but take a
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look at this
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this train car is from orlando florida's
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church street station church street
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i almost did a little connery
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voice there
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what are the odds
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what the heck
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all the way out here on the west coast
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deserts of nevada
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orlando florida a relic
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of church street
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in central florida
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unless i am incorrect and it's just
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an advertisement for it but
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here's a little more info it's called
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the blackhawk also known as the private
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card number 92
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shown right there
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was built in 1903 for charles elliot
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perkins president of chicago burlington
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quincy railroad in his heyday number 92
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served as a personal car of dignitaries
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and for buffalo bill cody theodore
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roosevelt and annie oakley
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so maybe this was not sitting at church
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street station but it does have
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orlando florida church street station
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prominently displayed on the side
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those notable famous names all
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resided and traveled in here
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on cross country journeys
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wow
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buffalo bill theodore roosevelt and
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annie oakley
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that's amazing that is one item i was
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not expecting to see
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something from the east coast all the
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way out here
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that property sits adjacent to all this
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heavy machinery
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and this landfill with the beautiful
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mountains behind it
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and all these trucks parked over here
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this antenna right there in the middle
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is making a very
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kind of screeching noise
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can faintly hear it
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now i've heard of alien fresh jerky
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before
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well i've stopped at alien fresh jerky
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in baker california a few times
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this is e.t fresh jerky
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in nevada
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look at those cows being
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pulled up into the ufo
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yeah i'm in a jerky mood so
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i'm gonna get some area 51
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is
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that direction where that truck is
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turning
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you can kind of hear the sound
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but area 51 is
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that way i will not be going to area 51
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i'm going to continue on
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that direction
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but i'm gonna get a little snack here
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first
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some unidentified well they've been
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identified but these are
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some flying saucers here
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it was very gusty
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almost lost my hat a second ago there
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and i would imagine they had they could
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not choose the same name as the place
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miles away over in baker
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so they had to call this one e.t
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a lot of merchandise in here as well i
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got some ice cream down here
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all kind of things that you can purchase
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some mugs up top
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there's grogoo
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and then over here in the corner
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oh this almost looks like a
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an ewok
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it's not i mean it's from outer space
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like i said ewok is from outer space
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take a look
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oh wow what
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i like that guy oh yeah so look over
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here is alf
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from back in the day that's the reason
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there are no kittens here on property
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bad elf
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and i ended up getting quite an
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assortment of
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of stuff i got a magnet a sticker i
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ended up getting three there were three
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for 33
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bags of
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ichi jerky
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very fresh
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got this magnet here for when i finally
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whenever i finally get back home could
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put that on my fridge with my other ones
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got the sticker one with a pepper pepper
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beef flavor
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a teriyaki beef
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and a chipotle flavor
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so i got some road trip snacks
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might not be the best place to be cows
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kind of getting over in this area there
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rumors of ufos
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and according to that sign back there
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you are a prime candidate
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be on the lookout cows
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be on the lookout
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take care guys this is earth station 51
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oh it's very bumpy driving through here
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earth station 51.
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last time i was out here was years ago
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when they were gonna do everyone was
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gonna rush the gates
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i showed up and documented that entire
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experience
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you know it's like another hour probably
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to the gates from here 45 minutes the
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other way that i'm not going
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there was a quite a few people but
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definitely not the turnout
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that they expected
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also i really love this type of
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landscape out here
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not your normal looking
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type of
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mountains but boulderous
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or boulders making up the mountains
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or the hills
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very
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fascinating it's just a bunch of rocks
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making up the hillside
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there are vast segments of this road
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where there is no cell phone service
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and cannot get a radio station on the
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dial
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so just at one with my thoughts through
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many miles of this road
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just seems to go on
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just the barren wasteland for miles and
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miles and miles
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alone with my thoughts
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and of course
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take the foot
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i just love how the scenery changes
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it goes from boulderous mountains
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to joshua trees
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to regular trees
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oh goodness
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now i've seen some signs that you'll see
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cattle and horses
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off of this road
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but i did not think i would see a horse
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over here just walked into the woods
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you over there horse
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over there in the woods
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i saw at least one but i think there's
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another one
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be careful of this road okay
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oh there's a whole herd
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wow wild horses
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that caught me by surprise just
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it's a horse was standing right by the
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road
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more terrain and landscape changes
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still rocky but a little bit different
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than what i passed through before
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and you think about how they probably
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had to blast through here to get the
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road to go through right through
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this section
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just fascinating how all that is done
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road work like that
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carl's burgers
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the neon's old neon sign is still there
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at sandwiches the building has seen
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better days but
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the signage
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looks like the neon's been removed you
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can see where
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the corals are still spelled out
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and then over here
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this says bottled bottled goods
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i thought it said bottled foods but it
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says bottled goods on the side of this
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brick wall
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now that is a thing of beauty right
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there
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got the mountains behind the old theater
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that has
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been closed for many years
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you see where the marquee used to be and
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front doors and everything
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i'm always on the lookout for old
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theaters like this
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this whole downtown is great shamrock
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pub
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caliente food town
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even a true value hardware
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right there
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that's a really nice view looking down
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into the valley over there
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got some clouds starting to formulate
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too cumulonimbus
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elevation about 6 000 feet up
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this is an old aerial tramway
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dating back to the 1920s and 30s
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the only reason i know that is because
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the information that's stated here
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carrying ore from the mines on treasure
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hill
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to god be mill built by the
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pioche mine company that's the name of
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this town p o j p i o
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c h e the tramway was mainly gravity
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powered
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with the aid of five horses
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five horsepower motors i should say
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you can see
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all the gears down there
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and then also
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some gear wheels up there
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see if i can zoom
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in over there
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but it's getting kind of gusty
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it's a lot cooler up here than it is
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down at normal elevation
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they're still there just
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just dangling there
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gosh almost a hundred years ago
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when this thing was built
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that's what the sign says
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okay i officially love this town
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look at the gym theater down there the
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overland hotel in saloon
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thompson's opera house
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down on the end
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silver cafe right here
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historic
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signage
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dating back to a simpler time
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one with souvenirs and movie rentals
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movie rentals
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got this phone booth relic over here
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this guy's inside
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got some artifacts from the mining days
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or when they would mine through this
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area back in the day
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it's an outhouse right there
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incredible way you just stumble on when
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you're
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just driving through certain areas
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never know how a day is going to pan out
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pioche p-i-o-c-h-e
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is its name
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the bank over here is now called the
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vault
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the former bank
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you see a mine cart up top there
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at the dinner house
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lincoln county
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the nevada club is over here
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and the alamo club
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is right here with the signage
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there's a bathtub there that says free
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bath
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at the alamo club or
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you can go over there and say hello to
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this guy
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at the nevada club
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this is some sort of a club here
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this is what i call a wheel of fortune
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moment where you can't really make out
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all the letters you just have to guess
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also probably had some flooding going
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through here the sandbags
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but the gym theater
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i do love a good theater can't forget
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about this
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the firehouse the historic firehouse
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established 1864
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this is where the fire truck would have
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been put in and out of
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firemen would have gone in there
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a relic of the past
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with the bell up top
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starting to get a little bit of rain now
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i think that might have just been it
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just a few moments of rain
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enough for the windshield again
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well there it goes again
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i decided to pull over right here
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about to go through the mountains
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over that direction
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but i'm noticing over here to the side
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are a bunch of windmills
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and some snow-capped peaks
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of the mountains behind them
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including more
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snow-capped mountains that way
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quite a few of them out there
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probably a hundred or so
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i will be taking this road
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through those mountains
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gonna get back in the car and
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go that way
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this is also
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pretty interesting
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this former homestead that still sits
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over here like a log cabin type style
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but look at the fence line
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reminds me of something that i like
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texas chainsaw
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especially with the wind blowing it kind
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of adds to the bizarre ambiance
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as far as the correlation goes
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major's junction that sign says is a
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half mile from there
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that's where this is
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veered off off this dirt clay road
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let's see where it leads
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it's all part of the part of the
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experience part of the part of the
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adventure
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it's not paved
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it seems okay so far
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and now it's raining so add that add
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that into the equation
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and this is what lies at the end of that
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half a dozen
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rather large charcoal ovens
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they only use them for three years
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1876
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to 1879.
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that was a long time ago
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charcoal burns slower and hotter than
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raw wood characteristic necessary for a
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smelting ore
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and this is how they would pile the wood
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down in there
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each one of these could hold six acres
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of trees
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i was reading a little bit more about
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those stagecoach bandits
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there was at least one or two that hid
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out in here and i could see why this
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would be
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very good to get out of the elements
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and to hide
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he's just so neat
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it is at least six maybe seven miles off
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the paved road
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out here to find these
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still in really good shape
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drove for about 20 more minutes 20 more
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miles
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back to paved roads
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and this town appears to have quite a
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few accommodations
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so i think i might end the episode here
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and stay here for the evening
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seems like a pretty neat little downtown
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area
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got a donkey up there frying up some
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ham or something
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and here's another donkey mule
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a prospector right here got himself a
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chunk of gold
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and some mining
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check it out there's even a walk of fame
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we got gary cooper
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there's also a motel casino there
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next to mr g's
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and also another
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motel casino
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plenty of options here oh i miss you
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oh prospector
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with a pickaxe
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great room rates
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why pay more and that's going to do it
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for today i appreciate you watching i'll
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see the next video the vlog
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today was good
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didn't really have a game plan
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rolled around went to some places i
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didn't not did not even know existed
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until i saw them with my own eyes
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i'll see the next video
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the vlog
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is over also the el rancho
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that's a pretty sweet song old vintage
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song that is a giant pool