My First Time Staying at Knott’s Berry Farm Hotel - Chicken Dinner & Outdoor Pool / Staycation Day 6
September 2020 Staycation Series Day Six. Knott's Berry Farm Hotel .
Transcript
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welcome everyone adam may the woo
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here today number six of this current
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hotel series changing it up a little bit
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in this episode
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and heading a few miles up the road i
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booked a room at the knott's berry
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farm hotel located on the property of
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the theme park and at the threshold
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of the marketplace never stayed there
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before i'm inviting you
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to join me shall you
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since i'm only staying one evening i'm
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taking along a limited amount of
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accessories
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and utilizing this bag
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look at that an appropriate
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carrying case you know i haven't decided
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big the foot if i'm gonna get
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a chicken dinner if if i decide to
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though it'll be close by
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i have arrived you see the wooden
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coaster there off in the distance
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that is the proximity and closeness
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of where the hotel is parking
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appears to be included in the stay
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they do have a little stand with team
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member working
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show them your reservation they let you
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park here
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in front restaurant here by the name of
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amber waves
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also a roundabout if you'd like to do
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your
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your check in there before finding a
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spot
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very nice flower arrangements here along
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the sidewalk
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leading inward
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yeah after all these years of being here
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i've never never stayed here
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after checking in got the room key but
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also
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parking pass had to put on the dashboard
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so i had to walk back out here
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one thing that's very noticeable is the
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color scheme that goes
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up the side of the balconies with the
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purple there
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you can see the knottsbury farm signage
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up top
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as well also got a pool reservation
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for 7 p.m
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a little time before then
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i'm on the fourth floor
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two beds even though it's just me
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staying here this evening
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got the two beds added a couple friends
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onto the pool reservation
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so they are also on the room paid the
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difference in price
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to get the the extra sleeping
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arrangements even though they will not
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be staying over
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sanitized i'm ready to enjoy
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my stay got the air conditioner unit
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over here which is a
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protruding out of the wall there you can
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adjust the temperature on
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this side over here a lamp
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very good-sized window
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see the purple railings there and by
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looking out i'm on the fourth floor so
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i'm not
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at the the top but there
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there's the wooden coaster ghost rider
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over there
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maybe pretty neat if that was running
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it's not even though
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doing a food festival
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you can't get in they do not have any of
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the attractions
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operating there's a gazebo down there
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as well and then by turning over this
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way
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you can see the desk with a chair
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you got the telephone oh
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all right this is a
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a positive we got a coffee maker
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and even some of the other accessories
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there stir sticks
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cream and sugar we got some
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chest of drawers there
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remote control down here
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that is encased in plastic a couple of
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cups an ice container as well
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total price was 111 and change about 12
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or 13 dollars of that were
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taxes and other fees not too bad when
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you think about it
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comparatively because parking is
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included
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being so close to knotts well
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technically
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on knott's property but being just right
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there
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is the marketplace and the entrance to
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the theme park
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there is a starbucks over there i'm
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going to walk down and get myself a
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cup of coffee also look at some
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merchandise and just kind of
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meander around this would be great
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during events
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or if you're just here to enjoy the park
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the amusement park
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but for when scary farm is usually going
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on
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this would be this would be great after
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a very late night
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just crawl back in here and tuck into
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bed
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advertisement for this restaurant is for
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in the morning so prior to checkout if
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you wanted to get
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an omelette some buttermilk pancakes
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a burrito and some of the hours here are
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adapted a little bit the
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fitness center which is usually open
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until
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11 is not open at all during these times
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and the pool
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i was told closes at nine on here they
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have it till 11. so you know things have
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been
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adjusted a little bit you know during
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the
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during this time frame there is no
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smoking allowed
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the way it looks looks to be pretty
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comfortable only one way to find out we
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got
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four pillows on each bed here and then
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above
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the frames some of the coasters that's
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the sierra
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sidewinder and another above that one
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so very close
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that's a little firm it's a little
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it's got a firmness to it it's not bad
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though
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it's kind of a good mid-range not too
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fluffy and not too solid
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kind of right in the middle there also
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they give you a wristband down at the
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front desk
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in order to gain access to this section
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of the property
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and i have three other wristbands one
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for me and
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two friends who are showing up a little
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later for the pool
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so we're gonna have some serious
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wristband action going on
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i know i could utilize this at the
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moment for coffee but as stated
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i might walk down to that starbucks at
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the marketplace and
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utilize this in the morning you know
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after i awaken from slumber
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i want to do a little explore and walk
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around and frequent some of the
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establishments
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down the down the stretch there the door
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keys
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have the calico river rapids attraction
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on it
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got two of them there and then a little
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tissue
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dispenser down here
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as well as the sink a soap
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tray for yes you guessed it
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knott's berry farm brand
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body soap and hand soap and balancing
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shampoo
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and nourishing body lotion
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see how that shampoo right there is just
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balancing right there
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on its top yeah
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i always wonder where that got its name
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the logo there on
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a plastic bag as well a
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safe right here these sliding doors that
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conceal it
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just a bit down there we got the the
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tray that you can put your luggage on
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and ironing board as well tub
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is as follows decent decent sized tub
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i'm six foot three so i don't know if i
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would fit in there accordingly
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but pretty decent size and a spot over
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here to
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to place the knot soap
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and a little place to put your towel
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a very tiny balcony area
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out there let's see if this how far up
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this window goes open there we go
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even though that does slide over
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there is no access to that it's not it
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is not made
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to be to be utilized as a balcony
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it's just a window to get some fresh air
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you can still kind of peek over there
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past the tree line up
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yeah i'm gonna walk down there take a
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look around the grounds
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on top of the room key also have this
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pool key you see it's
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slated from seven to nine pm and the
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three wristbands we would need before if
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we head down there a little bit later we
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still got
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plenty of time
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i hear you up there
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view from this courtyard area is as such
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never knew until now that as i
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walked out of this exit here
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and the pool is behind me behind a
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little partition
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but there is a tennis court i never
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i never knew there was a tennis court
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here on site
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and that tennis court next to it as well
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oh no i see a basketball hoop
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now currently it says it's closed
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there's a basketball hoop down there
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it's a full-size basketball court
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and full-size tennis
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court as well dang
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that's pretty awesome little seating
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area up there too i see some umbrellas
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and tables
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and over here there is some heat being
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being pushed out through that tube i was
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standing there thinking
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boy this is like the opposite of a cool
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breeze because i'm right in the
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directional
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section of that tube that heat tube the
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pool's right over there
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and kind of goes that way and then
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regular parking
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for guests is over there
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i have walked past this on the the other
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side
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there's a walkway i have walked past
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this so many times never realizing that
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was a basketball
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at the moment aren't being utilized but
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they have a couple vans
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and other shuttle buses that are
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stationed here
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you got the vans and then the larger
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size ones here
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to accommodate more gas
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outdoor area for seating outside amber
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waves
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if you look over there is the recreation
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of independence hall
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off in the distance i'm gonna start
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walking that way
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to help clarify some proximity
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coordinates
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there's the hotel and there's the arrow
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for
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main entrance join the fun if you add in
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what it
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it is to park the usual rates which i
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think is like 20
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25 dollars i'm just just guesstimating
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put that towards your hotel study which
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parking is included
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then again when everything kind of gets
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back to a roll and maybe parking is not
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included at the hotel
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but if you add that onto you know 111
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dollars a day it really
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kind of helps with the difference and
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you're in the same area
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just want to get a cup of coffee for now
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and then i'll go back to the room and
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then
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show up a little bit later and i might
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even get a meal of some sort to take
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back to the pool
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little piping warm a little bit of a
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little bit of cream no sugar i just got
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some
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some vanilla in there
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as well let's go back here and relax a
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little bit and then
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go back over get some food and go to the
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pool afterwards
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or maybe maybe not in that order but
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both those things will happen
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also on the lower level is a fitness
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center
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temporarily not open and it looks as if
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it faces out to the pool as well through
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those windows however the laundry is
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open until
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10 pm this is still currently
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operating that's why it has the
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operating hours on there
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there's no one in there now but door is
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noticing these tables out here was
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thinking about getting some
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some chicken take out and eating here
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but i asked at the
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in the lobby and they said no also
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katie and spencer have arrived yes so
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they're going to let us in the pool a
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little early
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so we can eat because there's tables
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there i hope i don't like fall backwards
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i'm walking backwards sorry sir sure
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we're good we're gonna get some food
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we're gonna eat and then we're gonna go
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up to the room change into our bathing
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suits and then go back down and swim so
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we're gonna be spending a lot of time at
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the pool and hot tub area
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this is 20 20. i brought my notch mask
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i'm ready
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sun over there a little bit of a little
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bit of haze
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got the bag full of goodies here you
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guys got your
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bag full of items we're set and your
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beverage is some soda pop
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that's right i forgot to get
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a drink i think i have a water up in the
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room though
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we've opted for the gazebo to eat our
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meal i guess we could there's no tables
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but we could maybe put the
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the food on the chair and then utilize
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that dining package
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that you ordered for us this is it dang
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you really went all out i do my best
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you break that yeah i did pull the salt
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and straw there but
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uh you know i'm gonna i'm gonna still
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kind of manage to make it work here
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broke the spoon so we're kind of like
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doing a little makeshift table here
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and this is what i'm dealing with i got
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the three-piece
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meal got some biscuits there i got the
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soup the chicken noodle soup
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and we were going to get mac and cheese
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but we just we forgot to tell them
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that instead of corn we wanted mac and
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cheese so we're going with the corn
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and this looks like some tasty oh you've
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already you're already going right going
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right on in there
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chicken yummy oh good
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it works oh this is so good this soup is
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so good
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it's good soup it's like the perfect
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chicken noodle soup it's hearty yeah
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it is good every time
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i can eat a whole van of this
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did you ever know that there was a
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basketball court in tennis sports here i
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would have never
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known that the things you learned
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a bird just went right up right around
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the coke machines
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nice you can even see
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oh yeah you can see that some of the
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attractions over there as well even from
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pool area it is a little brisk
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a little brisk
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oh yeah it's warm
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once you get used to it it's warm
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assume the chair position again
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is that copy written have you uh you
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know the paper works in but we haven't
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got anything back yet so
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hopefully you registered it yeah it's
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just a lot of red tape and bureaucracy
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the chair position
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yeah it's not too bad i think there is a
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little bit of a heating element in here
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so it's not
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i mean it's not it's not warm but it's
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not too cold
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oh it does feel good once you're in yeah
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you get used to it real quick
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that doesn't even look as pretty as i
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thought it would
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just me in here i'm about to head over
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to the hot tub
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um
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want to give your estimate of what the
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temperature is i'm guessing about
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98 i'd say 98 too really yeah
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i thought a hot tub was always like over
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101. this definitely isn't it
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i think you might be right on the edge
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of 9900 maybe
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i really well maybe you could have
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gotten acclimated to this
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i can definitely say it's not over
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it's 98 degrees 78 degrees
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trying to think of one of their songs
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and i'm drawing a blank you would think
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i would know but
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yeah got my wristbands
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got one on that one on this one you guys
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got your wristbands yeah but i put them
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both on the
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right yeah we did like i like to be
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different
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i double arrested i like to be different
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sometimes i forget that knoxville is
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right there i was just saying
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that you would never know did you guys
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go to the food festival
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we did fine
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whoa i think they're good those are one
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of my favorite things there yeah
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