Crossing Royal Gorge On Scary Walkway Bridge & Gondola Ride 1000 Feet Above River In Canon City CO
Royal Gorge in Colorado 2023
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welcome everyone out of the Wu here as a
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recording of this it is Sunday July 23rd
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2023. today I'm heading over to Canyon
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City to Royal Gorge Bridge
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Park possibly a gondola Sky Ride
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not really sure all they have there but
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I'm gonna find out
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taking my mom my dad my sister and my
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sister's husband Rago are five of us are
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going to The Gorge I'm inviting you
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to join me shall you I made the commute
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to Canyon City got to see up on the side
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of the mountain over there got this
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building here as well getting a little
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fuel here at this gas station
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6 standard around here
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the last few days
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got a little piping hot caffeinated
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beverage here Green Mountain Coffee
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Roasters from the gas station
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not really sure how the day is going to
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progress
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just kind of depends on what I saw from
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my family end up seeing what they choose
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to to do but we do want to do the
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gondola there's also a train here the
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Royal Gorge root train
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Santa Fe railroad station right over
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there
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like heads up that way six seven eight
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miles up to the Gorge
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I think we're gonna drive up and then do
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the pedestrian bridge and then also
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do the the gondolas
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depending on how busy it is it is the it
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is the weekend
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but should be able to to get on them see
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what happens all right I've parked over
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here to admissions the plaza the bridge
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the shops and the attraction
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over off in the distance so they have a
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sky swing as well over there a little
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bit of a walk but that's the main
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information center and gift shop now
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this is not the same railroad that I saw
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earlier over by the gas station this is
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like a miniature railroad it looks to be
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kind of empty and abandoned now that
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runs along parallel along this bridge
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heading up to the information session
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you can still see the
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still see the the tracks here as they
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merge into what is now the sidewalk at
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first I thought those were like deer
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sculptures they are real deer
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well the what wait a second the one's
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not moving though
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yeah good drinking oh there you go yeah
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oh there's more over here
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where's the I don't see him all right
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there's like a dozen of them
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a couple Longhorn
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I guess maybe they're not are they deer
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or Ram
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I think they're deer like mountain goats
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Big Thunder Mountain style oh maybe I
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don't know best
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parking through here
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is pretty congested
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but right in the parking area one of the
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couple parking areas this old Rio Grande
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Railroad
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helicopter tour going by
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a very long bridge over the gorge down
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there now hoofing it back up the side of
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this parking lot have to keep reminding
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myself that this is some serious
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elevation so what gets you a little
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winded on sea level is going to get you
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winded quicker when you're going up the
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side of a very steep incline so gotta
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pace yourself winning the Rocky
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Mountains something I got to keep
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reminding myself because I keep
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forgetting sometimes now these are the
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prices to either take the gondola and or
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walk across the bridge 35 for adults and
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if you want to do the zipline
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skycoasters additional
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so we're just going to do the general
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Mission 35 for five adults and take the
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gondola over and then probably walk back
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and you can do as many Gondola rides as
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you so choose so it's not like a one way
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thing you take it both ways one way you
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can ride it you know the course of the
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operating hours 35 per person these are
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the gondolas here very reminiscent of
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the anarchista gondolas that they have
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in Gatlinburg except this is way higher
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above ground bubble that dog's going on
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there that Pooch is gonna look at that
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pooches are scared of heights the Royal
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Gorge Bridge and park America's Bridge
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come across got a helicopter tour going
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by over there too
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no alcoholic beverages on the Gondola
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my anakisa calls theirs a chandala
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it's called the gondola
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I'm familiar with the ride ask the
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attendance
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oh here is the
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eight people per car or 1400 pounds per
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car
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Wheel in the Sky keeps on turning
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I don't know where I'll be tomorrow it's
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at the songs house
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it's going across there's three attached
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so all three are kind of connected they
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don't send one at a time I think I'm
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gonna step into the Sun for a minute you
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see how there are three connected over
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there who are waiting in the shade
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the next three to come back across
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they just maybe it's not nothing too
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intense but once you get
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once you get the height
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oh yeah now it's taken off
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I'm gonna go up over the hill and then
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down oh that's going pretty bristly
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kind of teetering down a little bit
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zip liners then coming at a fast rapid
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Pace one
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all right it looks like it's set up when
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one launches the other one launches it's
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with the halfway point you'll meet up
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with the other Gondola be able to wave
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across at the halfway point so it's kind
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of set up
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it was similar to the other systems that
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run on the same kind of pulleys and
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mechanisms when they go up and down the
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side of mountains this was just going
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across
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The Gorge who's excited
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Bob are you excited
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yeah you're you're biting your
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fingernails how many feet is this up off
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the Gorge
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ous 855 feet you sweating a little bit
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Ryan
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oh it's the mister yeah there's misters
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up here
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right there that's a mister you gonna be
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able to handle this Dad
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nope the cable don't break
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don't even put that in don't even put
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that out there
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hope the cable don't break well say that
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too loud other people might get
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frightened so this is a three pulling up
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here it's interesting how their three
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are connected like that it must be like
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a weight management issue
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because you got three on this end and
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three on that end and then this is gonna
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loop around or no that's actually going
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to go back or is it gonna loop around uh
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we're moving into the sun now might not
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be on the next Bastion of
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of carts
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oh there's a little behind the scenes of
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the start and reset button there's the
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three we're gonna be on the next series
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of threes
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run by Leitner comach
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oh this must be the control tower right
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here you guys
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beeping means that was about to Launch
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it should be
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on the next one yep it's moving very
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very slowly right there we'll be on the
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next set of three oh someone's got their
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hands against the glass saying help me
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this is very hot too don't touch that
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you did the same thing you put your
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hands on there we went over there to
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take a selfie
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it's like Fletch hey
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hey
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it's all ball bearings these days
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the Rio Grande train we're waiting here
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at mine right on the side of the cliff
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here comes the next three these are the
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ones we're going to be boarding on
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this bridge
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the ride stops unexpectedly recall
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inside the
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cabinet
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there's a call box up here though
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we're still in here
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remember us
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chose not to rock the cabin
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ET
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okay so I'm fine now but we haven't got
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over the court shot
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yeah you're all right
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piece of cake
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it's kind of hot it's kind of warm in
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here
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so this is kind of like the the
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gondolas they have at uh what do they
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call it the Skyliner at Disney a little
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thing open like that with a windmill
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Augusta all right it's happening I could
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see the worry on both your faces
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okay here's the draw Faith was a daring
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when you were the one that was kind of
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took me a while to come into my house
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we're going out
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here it goes
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straight
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back
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ous
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oh my God
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I can't even imagine living there
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so cool there also is a scene yeah
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I think it's just wind coming up
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that is so sick look at the sun room
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yeah there's a river down here too
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at the Arkansas River that's the
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Arkansas right I believe so yeah we just
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rode the train you did the train oh it
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was so cool definitely worth it really
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cool experience yeah
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you're doing that yeah we're doing that
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and the zip line yeah wow gutsy you got
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to see youth where you all from uh here
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well I'm stationed in Fort Carson but uh
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oh there it goes California bye was
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there like a little bit above us
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away
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we've almost made it across yeah it
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wasn't that bad
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was that someone yelling down there from
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the cliff help me
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wow I want to see a mountain goat
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climbing the side of this like right up
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there like the Thunder oh no train ride
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we saw someone scaling the gorgeous
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what'd you say about this Dad it was
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what
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gorgeous
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you said it too
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yeah Mom and Dad are taking that back
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right she lost her hat
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she didn't drop her phone
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totally holding my phone and recording
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all right exiting off
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that actually was not as frightening for
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me as I thought it was going to be yeah
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that was pretty dang fun here's an old
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bus that they used to break people up to
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the top a short trip to a world Wonder
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right here in Canyon City and it looks
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like the bus is open it's no longer used
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for transporting people up and down the
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side but it is open and accessible for
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whatever reason this whole bus is right
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here and you can kind of like pop out
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the side of the door and look down into
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the gorge itself
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from right here
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two people going down the zip line my
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sister
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and her husband Ryan
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are waiting in line to go across the zip
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line and my mom and dad are going to
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take the gondola back across I have got
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to walk across the lengthy Bridge
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down this way
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and get a view into the Gorge
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from above it that's an interesting
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little like Igloo tent over there
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the sunroof on it
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oh I got some more deer here
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and this little pasture looking down so
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I gotta walk down there to the bridge
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whole family of them right here grazing
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sitting in the shade they got the right
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idea be it in the shade because it's hot
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out here current temperature at this
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moment in Canyon City 95 degrees and
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pretty sunny place right here called
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Grill on the hill where I got a
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nice salty water Dasani
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a place up here called Tommy knocker
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Lane
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that's a try it's like a little play
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area
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it's like an old barn
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feeding around the old west of the
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little Carousel up there so I'm turning
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this way padding heading down this dirt
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path and over to the bridge oh even
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looks like there's one of those little
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orange carts going across the bridge
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right here to the closest end and also a
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non-orange cart going by there
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a lot of carts out here but you see that
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one
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so evidently not just a walking bridge
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but also the workers can go across the
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little carts
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this is a long Bridge
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it made no difference in walking across
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a bridge that goes over like a river
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you know in a populated area
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and you have like a walkway next to
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traffic about the same length
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you hear people oh someone's up on the
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Sky Ride that looks smaller than the one
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at Old Town Kissimmee yeah that's like
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probably half the size of what a little
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town
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suspension Style
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and they have all the state flags lining
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the side of the bridge as you walk
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wooden bridge here
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there's a little barbecue place over
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here called bridge view barbecue and
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then there's the Plaza theater off to
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the sides on this side of the Gorge
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yeah
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it's nice I like it nice little breeze
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up here too here's George Washington ooh
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oh that's a little uh
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that right there
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whatever you do don't look down that's
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not even that high because you can see
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you haven't even quite gone over the
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gorge yet gets a little shakier from
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this here's a John D oh is it like a
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there's a you can take a little ride
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across here on this John Deere tractor
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there's no one in it
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but they'll ride you across the bridge
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in this John Deere tractor no one is
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utilizing this though
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I do got to say the creaky boards now
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this thing's shaking
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yeah I'm just thinking about one of
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these one of these pieces of wood
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buckling
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oh the hear the creakiness of it
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look at this my gosh
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kayakers down there some boaters the
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train tracks
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there's The Sky Ride
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it takes you up over the Gorge
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really a lot of driving traffic it's the
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only way to get from one side to the
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other is this bridge there's also a
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vehicle Bridge so here's the state
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flag for Nevada there
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orange cart
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really is something else
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looking down down
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way down there to the Roaring Waters
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the only thing beside the side is this
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little metal
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mesh
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zoom in on it a little bit
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there it is right there that's what we
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were on a little bit earlier there's a
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little brand here on the ground where
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they have burned this in there where it
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says Royal Gorge Bridge and Park
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established 1929.
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came out here and meshed the
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brand in there with the fire and the
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Heats that they would with cattle and
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aside a couple zip liners going by there
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must be good luck to throw a coin down
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here on the side of the cliffs The
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Cliffs of insanity
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he's trying to do princess bride there
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but just kind of failed I don't know why
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did that gurgling sound inconceivable
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Wallace Shawn classic actor
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I remember seeing an interview with
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Wallace Shawn how he didn't understand
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why he thought
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the vincini people thought it was a
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funny
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it was a it was a funny role he was
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playing it serious
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I don't know I don't know if Wallace
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Tron was kind of just joking about that
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but
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just classic
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you fell victim to one of the classic
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blunters the first is Never Gonna
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evolved in a landform in Asia but only
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slightly less well known as this
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never go in against a Sicilian
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you know the rest Zebulon and Pike and
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his men who traversed through this area
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in November and December of 1806 where
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the first American explorers to view the
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Arkansas River Canyon known now as the
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Royal Gorge I believe there's a little
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Lookout right here which I didn't notice
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at first until I saw that signage that
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you can see Over The Gorge itself
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going off in the distance this is a good
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view
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so you see the bridge there and then you
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see the Gorge
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down there you see the gondola is going
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by
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and you can also see the Gorge
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this direction
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I have successfully crossed the Royal
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Gorge both by Gondola and by Bridge
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excellent
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knock that one off the list
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and I hadn't even planned on doing this
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so a couple days ago just then I just
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realized what's in the area
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there's a Gorge here
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love it beautiful okay imagine
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merchandise here kind of like kind of
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like yellow shirt right here
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yeah nice look at that with the gondola
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on it
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yeah I like that one and from this angle
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you can even touch
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cable that holds it together
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and over here is another kind of look
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down area
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a little Lookout
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oh you could walk out on it look at this
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you can walk out oh
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that's something
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out to the edge there's an Aerosmith
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song about living on the edge oh
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so it looks like there's some remnants
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of the old incline railroad down there
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still too
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I think the incline railroad runs
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anymore maybe if it does I haven't seen
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the
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uh
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the side portion of the gorge
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yeah look at this this thing
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kind of frightening truthfully kind of
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frightened me you can see how it just
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kind of goes out there I guess it's
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nothing compared to the actual bridge
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but just like seeing it from this angle
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seems like it's a little more
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frightening than walking over the the
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deepest part of the gorge it's weird how
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your mind works that way and another one
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a little Lookout area on this side
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look at this people have carved their
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name in the side
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nice breeze up here though
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out the other side there
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cross where I just was
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little
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over here to get you out of the elements
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this little
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vestibule sorts
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that people have written their names
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they've
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etched themselves
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and stone will not sewn in wood
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over the years that was dated back to
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2018.
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now if there's where we started from
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right up there back over at the parking
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lot now it looks like this is also a
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parking lot shuttle John Deere parking
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lot shelves looks like the other one
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going across the bridge they have one
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take people's car they've got lady
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was taking a picture
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of us here in the car or maybe the view
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probably The View
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we're in front of a good view all right
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so about a mile or two from where we
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probably three miles from where we just
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were is the history of Point Alta Vista
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and Ryan and I wanted to check this
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place out called Buckskin Joe
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which was a kind of a theme park
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attraction
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that was next to the gorge but this was
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used in the troma film
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from Trey and Matt from South Park they
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did a movie called Campbell the musical
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effect I recognize that building
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from the film now all these buildings
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have been removed
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from here a billionaire bottom according
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to the interwebs
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but they used to be right over there
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we're gonna walk over there and see if
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we can see any relics of Buckskin Joes
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old attraction old western town
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where really kind of deep cut film
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I think I like that movie more than
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South Park to be honest which is kind of
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weird but
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I was looking at some old historical
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Aerials so basically the blue dot is
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where the start of the old western town
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began where they filmed and he said they
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what they all say family here John Wayne
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movie
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scenes from True Grit Ryan Messiah
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but it started here and you can kind of
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see where the dirt path is on either
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side and there are buildings old western
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buildings
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stretching up so pretty much kind of
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right in here is where the old
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foundations were
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and I stayed at someone with a lot of
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money had a move to his private property
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not even a something anybody can visit
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the old jail post office and the saloon
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all from that kind of cult classic film
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the old western town was right here it
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was a Frisbee Golf Course out here now
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okay after some guessing and kind of
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coordinating and looking at some photos
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and looking at the
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the map itself so down the hill there
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was like a hill going that way like the
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old town was right here
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so this is where the main main drag of
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the town was
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not really a whole heck of a lot left
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but we're standing at the spot and
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there's also a rainstorm coming in
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of mom and dad over the car with the AC
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on so we'll be right back kind of went
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up on this little berm
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and had to see this
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it's weird that I wanted to see this for
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like many years see where the old west
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Town used to be
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I probably like a handful of like maybe
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12 people out in there in the world they
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would even care
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but anyway that's why I tacked it on
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kind of later in the video in the
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episode
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as we're leaving the Gorge
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when the last time somebody played
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frisbee golf out here
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what if Trey and Matt walked up Where'd
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I come out here and play Frisbee golf
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they seem like frisbee golf guys
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and you're wearing the Casa Bonita shirt
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oh yeah we were there yesterday they
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started Casa they uh put the money into
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Casa Bonita and they also made a movie
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that only about 87 people have seen
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a location yeah weirdest location ever
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right here right next to the gorge in
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fact you can see part of the Gorge
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off way over there
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so when you visit the Gorge
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visit the second popular tourist spot
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the old west town right over here where
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it was
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before the storm rolled in the sky well
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parts of the sky is blue and all the
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leaves are green these are the years as
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pure as a baked potato I think you know
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precisely what I mean when I say it's a
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badoinkel day and stormy Fox well they
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film Cat by you here yep or cat balloon
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and Duchess and the dirt water Fox
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nothing about uh musical through here
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though too surprised that's not like a
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point of Interest
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Ah that's so cool though I could just
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picture the movie they use this a lot
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the Sheriff's Office and the jail and
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all that
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is cool
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gotta get to see that I mean there was
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not much to see but something I've
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wanted to see for a while so
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taking a quick little drive through
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downtown Canyon City
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the wind is blowing the dust is coming
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in the car
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over here check out this this old store
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that is great
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Palace drugs
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the mural there Canyon City Colorado
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with the bike on it in the mountains
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here's a decorating Center
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opening soon
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at the Marquee there the Skyline Theater
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with a sweet neon Marquee there pretty
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awesome good dinosaur on the corner on
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the corner of Maine and second
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like postcards attached to his body
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stamps
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stamps on the body if you go into the
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gorge you need a place to stay right
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here in downtown
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City
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you got The Pioneer Motel
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I've even noticed this until my sister
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showed
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Skyline court has some vacancy too
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old most say welcomes you to Kansas up
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the name of the bear King of the
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Grizzlies
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or old moose
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that's the king of the Grizzlies right
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and in the parking lot of this liquor
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store is a big boy
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right there with that RV driving by
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boy is
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trying to catch a ride but they're not
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stopping
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I'm not sure if that's a fisher's big
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boy or Bob's Big Boy or just a random
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big boy but it is the big boy mascot
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all right back over in Pueblo now and
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that's going to do it for today
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it was a fun day
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thanks for watching I'll see you in the
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