Finding Things In New Mexico I Never Knew Existed - Day SEVEN of Cross Country Road Trip
Day Seven of my cross country road trip from Florida back to California . Spent the day in New Mexico checking out stuff I’d never seen before .
Day 1 Georgia -
https://youtu.be/3eNabF8aEdo
Day 2 Alabama
https://youtu.be/WyuGvv3VSBk
Day 3 Mississippi
https://youtu.be/DqxF6TEcajM
Day 4 Arkansas
https://youtu.be/eWNkxFnHPgU
Day 5 Oklahoma
https://youtu.be/DQ83E3DRWG8
Day 6 Texas
https://youtu.be/W11E80eXsLo
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Transcript
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the Sun is now rising in the East
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heading west I just crossed the state
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line the New Mexico
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welcome everyone Adam the whoo here
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today number seven of my cross-country
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journey into Americana the back roads
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less traveled areas staying off major
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thoroughfares just checking out the
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nooks and crannies of this great US of A
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there was no there was no sign coming in
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from this direction it's either been
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removed stolen who knows let's get in
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there I'm inviting you to join me shall
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you getting a general overview by
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looking at the road atlas made my entry
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point right around here where that 83 is
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on the line a meander across the bottom
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portions you see the sheer magnitude of
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this entire proximity not gonna hit all
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of it just the areas right around in
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this section got a lot of ground to
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cover today can't do too much
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dilly-dally
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the town of mal Jamar this is the
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Welcome Center and the church there in a
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distance in the window is a tattered
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American flag
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we are still in oil territory
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see the pumps out there a couple of them
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moving but a few of them are just
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sitting still there's also a fire
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burning out of that post there's a lot
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going on over there some sort of power
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grid station some sort
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got some relics here over this fence
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line classic vehicles sitting under the
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elements
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or crop Dustin
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very good size sculptures here in this
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downtown area a nice shot of the Western
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Wear Bill then behind him
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this monument honors and depicts the
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cowboy lifestyle of the 1880s a tribute
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to those with an independent spirit who
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were determined to make their way
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through the difficult conditions of this
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territory he's waving his pistol high
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six-shooter out on the plains no big
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skyscrapers there this theater looking
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pretty sweet plays brand-new movies but
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still has this nostalgic vibe neon
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included above this fountain is the
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recreation of a 1950s drilling rig a lot
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of workers on there and to the left or
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to gentlemen that are having a
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discussion on top of a hood of a truck
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you know it's a serious conversation
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when the hands start flailing we get
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down to business
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those who operated these rigs back then
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were given the name the roughneck crew
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that's them right there
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you can kind of see the architecture
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starting to change this is called the
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hope store it's also a craft shop and
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there there wasn't a whole lot back
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there that was the community of hope not
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the only business in town best I can
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tell the terrain is definitely starting
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to change quickly some elevation hills
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and even some mountains even a little
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River down there this popped up out of
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nowhere it is desolate out here hello
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was surprised to see this little store
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set up here and they are open
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attached to this also is a petting zoo
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and they said I could wander around and
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look at some of the animals hello
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captain want a little food you want a
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little food there get a little food get
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a little food might be a little easier
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if I just dump it in here you probably
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like that better huh
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there you go get it down there can you
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reach it oh you got this all figured out
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they're looking it up there with your
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tongue what about if I just dump it in
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here yeah and then you go down low
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that'd be easier for you right one a
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little bit here I'll put it right there
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you go just just dig in there just dig
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in just dig in there yeah what are you
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all staring at waiting on something you
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waiting on me get your head out of there
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get your there you go look at your head
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stuck in there take a little bit just go
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come on
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oh there you go just have a did a little
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nibble there you're safe some save some
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for some of your friends have a little
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nibble move on here you go you want a
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little nibble Nikko gets get a little
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get a little tape oh you already had
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some give a look give a little guy his
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piece
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the restroom facilities are located
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right here amongst it all what you doing
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just chillin looks like that's kind of
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the consensus of of everyone out here
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having a lazy day huh looks like you got
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plenty of chavalier to keep you busy
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yeah I know that's what I'm saying
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hey no push it picked up a little snack
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for myself as well roasted and salted
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jumbo corn mmm
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probably throw wash my hands first also
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in need of a fill-up gas is required
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ASAP
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come on gas station rear your head drink
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up drink up as an added bonus this
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police has free coffee the may Hill
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store that's awesome I understand that
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no smoking but is the cell phone policy
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still a thing and is that really a cell
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phone I think I may have just stepped
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into the twilight zone
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doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo up the
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ways a bit is Cloudcroft where they have
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adorned their dumpsters with these
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murals the sign lets us know some of the
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different grades we'll be going through
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on the way down a good thing about this
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is you so choose you don't even have to
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accelerate just coast at your own
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leisure tap the brake occasionally and
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just coast it's pretty good views from
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up here too even though I've already
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about halfway down still pretty high up
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you can see where the road runs right
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along the side of the rock to the left
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pretty majestic at another overlook
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looking back at where I was just
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standing if I pan this direction just a
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bit you can see just how expansive
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made it back down to normal elevation
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first thing I see is this train car
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sitting there abandoned White Sands
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National Monument
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that's something I've never seen with my
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own eyes check that out the cost is $10
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to get in I think that's too bad of a
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deal it's run by the National Park
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Service not something you would expect
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to find way out here usually an ocean is
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attached the beach isn't New Mexico who
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knew look at this
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it's requested that you stay on the
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boardwalk instead of walking on the
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dunes astronauts can see this from space
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it's pretty neat after walking this
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entire length from the parking area I've
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reached the end point of where I'm
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allowed to traverse this is where you
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are to look out on the horizon and just
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get a feel for the entire section kind
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of expecting to hear the roar and
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crashing of waves but there are not kind
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of messes with your senses a little bit
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it's also noticeably brighter at least
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it seems like it the Sun must bounce off
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the dunes and right back at you I'm no
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scientist but just seems like it's seems
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like it's brighter the paved section of
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the street ends right down there
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and you are allowed to drive on the sand
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not the dunes per se but the road seems
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to be less weeds in this section you can
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see where the drivable portion has that
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direction just like that it's gone
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it's very loud from the drilling that's
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taking place but I want to peek just
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through this barbed wire and take a look
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at that prospector
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with this trusty fuel walking through
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the desert this shovel probably a
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canteen full of water or maybe even a
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little something extra
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I really like this
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what size glass of water would you need
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to cool that down that is that is a huge
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chili pepper you consume that might not
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have a good even have a bad night I
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think this could be the first water
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tower I've seen on this trip that didn't
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have a town name but the state logo yeah
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I think I think it might be if I've seen
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another one I've totally slipped my mind
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some new trees are gonna be springing up
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there soon cut the PVC pipes and then
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the little twigs going down them into
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the ground like row after row after row
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of them located in Deming no no this
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trains not reserved for the Chief of
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Police it's because I'm in the parking
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lot next to the building the police
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station
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that's why mate you may have been
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confused by that the Chief of Police is
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not it's not going to be driving this
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locomotive
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some animals partial to this landscape
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they had the names up top of the coyotes
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foxes bobcats falcons owls and hawks but
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the birds I'm not a hundred percent sure
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on I'm thinking maybe one of them is a
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roadrunner I'm probably incorrect on
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this yeah I think I'm wrong this
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downtown crossroads centerpiece not only
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is here for looks but it's also active
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water is being emitted from the top
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portion down to the bottom we didn't
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notice that at first I like walk closer
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that's gonna do it for today made it up
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the road a bit more to lordsville which
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is pretty close to the next state line
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made it pretty far did I cover a bunch
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going into Arizona for the eighth and
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final day of this cross-country roadtrip
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for now it's a vlog it's offered do you
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think donjuan burritos before it closed
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and before it was a Mexican food place
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it was a Dairy Queen