The Last Day of My 7 Week Winter Road Trip - Heading Back Home To Florida / 550 Mile Travel Day
Last Day of My Winter 2022 Road Trip
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today's adventure begins as a recording
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of the saturday february 19th
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2022
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metal
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morphosis
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play on words of sorts
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there is a rather large noggin right
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here see the gentleman walking by shows
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the comparison of the height ratio
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of this
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magnificent head
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that is spinning around in front of this
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building
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oh it's looked direct oh we're having a
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staring contest
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i'm amazed that it was spinning it
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stopped spinning now it's a fountain
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now it's going back the other way
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metamorphosis
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today is my last and final day
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of this winter 2022 road trip that i
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started back on new year's day january
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1st
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and if my math is correct that puts me
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at just a day or two over
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the seven week cusp
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promise i made it myself
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a resolution
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to travel more in 2022 to take it more
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how i used to do things
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movie locations roadside stuff small
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town back roads
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left my home in celebration florida
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just over seven weeks ago
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things glaring also piping hot
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caffeinated beverage and i will be
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making the
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550
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i think it's 540 from this point
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but i've already driven 10 miles from
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the accommodation that i there is
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it's like it's like a disco in here
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i'm inviting you to join me
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as i traverse back to florida central
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florida
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crossing through a couple of states
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enjoying
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some caffeine
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i am looking forward to being home
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i am ready
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it reaches a point
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going out every day
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having the muscle memory kick in staying
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the course
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developing the habits
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that you just need
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to sleep in your own bed and that's what
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i'm going to do this evening if all goes
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well i'll be home i'm inviting you to
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join me
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this place is called
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water
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water bean coffee right up the road
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there
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i like it
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was not expecting it to be moving like
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this i thought it was just going to be a
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stationary
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noggin
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i'm moving on oh oh you're looking okay
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you're saying goodbye
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going back the other way
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this is fascinating
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just got to show this from across the
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road there
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it just turned turns all day and all
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evening
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well they might turn it off at night
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either way
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impressive
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most impressive
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and just a few miles from where i just
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was in north carolina is the south
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carolina state line
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of course i pulled off the
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interstate to show this is at a rest
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stop but they have a sign here
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as well
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you very rarely will see anyone
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picnicking at rest stops i pointed out
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that out before
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sometimes you will but it's rare
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today
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no picnicking
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is happening
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at least not this early and to give a
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general layout of the land got the atlas
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open here and we'll show exactly
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where i'm starting i was recently within
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the last week or so
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of this tenure the seven week road trip
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i was in the charlotte area and i will
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be going down 77
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which will connect with 26
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and then 95
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down to i4
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and then across over to celebration
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we'll not be taking any back roads no
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small towns only we'll be stopping to
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stretch the legs and show a few items
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and make some time we gotta got a ways
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to go
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and want to get home oh this is kind of
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neat here at the welcome center for
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south carolina
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they have porch swings i think i've ever
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seen that before
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that's pretty nice
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yeah you have a cozy swing
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if you so choose here at the rest stop
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welcome center now it might be tough to
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see it with the glare from the sun that
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is rising or has risen
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but there is
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a baseball water tower
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one thing i was looking forward to when
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getting back to florida over the next
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series of weeks coming up
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was the start of spring training and
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that isn't a lockout right now
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mlb is having a lockout and it is not
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rectified yet
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so will the baseball season be affected
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i hope not i have some tickets
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to tampa bay ray spring training
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and regular season games
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let's see what happens fueling up at
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kwik trip qt for short
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self pumping nozzle here
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and price of gas
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at this current station
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3.23
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3.24
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rounding it up
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a gallon certainly seven weeks
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is not considered
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a quick trip
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it's how long have i gone i have to keep
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reiterating that because it's been a
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while since i've been in florida now
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since this is only a couple of miles off
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of the interstate
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pulling through
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bowman
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chartered in 1894 there's a cow on that
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sign
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bowman south carolina and here in this
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very small community
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is the ufo welcome center i stopped here
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this is probably the third time
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i've stopped here over the course of my
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life this was built by jody pindarvis
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and every time i am in this area well
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not every time but a few times i've
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passed through here i'm always looking
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to see if he is here
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i have heard that sometimes his truck
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will be parked here on occasion
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as of right now
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no sign of him
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no signs i think there was there was a
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movie about
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aliens called signs there was a no pun
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intended
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however i did meet him once
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who created this magnificent
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sculpture at area 51
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a few years ago
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but i haven't seen him on property it
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doesn't look as if
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he's here today this fence has fallen
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over as well there's a lawnmower down
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here
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kind of a quirky unusual
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setup
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that he has created here in
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in this yard now this says ufo buy like
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goodbye bowman which is the name of the
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town
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and then over here says space people
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however it looks as if the bottom of
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this
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starting to
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fall apart
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right over in here there's a ladder here
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maybe someone's on property
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and there's also some clothes over there
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drying
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on the line
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there is a vehicle on property over here
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behind me
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however i don't
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see anyone on site i kind of wandered
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around the perimeter
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always nice to stop off with this so
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just couple miles off the interstate off
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the freeway
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all right carrying on to florida
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at another rest stop now
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kind of
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kind of gusty with the wind
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i definitely like the back roads more
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than the interstates but you can get
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places a lot faster but there's not a
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lot to see
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that's why i'm not showing much
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this video is all about
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going home
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yeah and notice again
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picnic tables
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and no one at them got some covered ones
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got a covered one here
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but there is no one
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on the picnic tables
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it's a rarity as i stated
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awesome
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when i got fuel
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a while back
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lady working in there said is this walt
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disney she was looking at my shirt
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probably because i have this hollywood
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studios hoodie on which honestly
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probably needs to be in a campfire and
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burned
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at this point this has been
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a staple of this road current winter
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road trip actually since new year's day
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i pretty much had this on a couple days
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it was warm enough to not have it on but
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i have had this thing on i have washed
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it
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a couple times at hotels i think two or
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three times i've done laundry maybe
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three times i've done laundry each time
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i've thrown it in there so it has been
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cleaned
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however i am looking forward to taking
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this off i would imagine by the end of
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the day
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when i'm back in central florida i will
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not need to have this on anymore when i
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was at the convenience store getting
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fuel getting gas
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lady at the register said is that walt
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disney i had to explain because you
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probably saw this this is a disney
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hoodie
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and i had to had to realize though this
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is floyd the barber from the andy
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griffith show
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and he is pink
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making him
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pink floyd and you have to wonder
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you really have to wonder
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what these machines did
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to be incarcerated like this what
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exactly
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did they do and how much time are they
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serving
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right there
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if you need a refund you put your
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place the card in there for a refund
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yeah what did these machines do hello
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it's just a joke i know but
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incarcerated machines
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no they're open
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yeah you just got to reach your hand
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through the through the bars on the
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window
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awesome i wonder how many people use
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these
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there's still there's a few of the
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little motel coupons in here
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most that stuff's done online now
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i think this gentleman was a little
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confused on why
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why all those machines were behind bars
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notice here in the parking lot in the
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pavement
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when the concrete was wet it's like a
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little puppy walked along here there's
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some puppy paw prints
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this puppy left its mark right here
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in the parking lot of this rest stop oh
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someone is over there utilizing the
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documented for posterity got some slow
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moving on this side of 95 the other
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side's moving quickly but
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stuck in some traffic here
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just kind of idling along gives me time
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to show
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enormous flag up there about this rv
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dealership
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just kind of going along at about a mile
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an hour
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a little bit of backup
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for whatever reason
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possibly a wreck up ahead
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or just
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bottlenecking congestion
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that's a good size
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okay i'm stopping
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it's a good size flag right gotta be
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patient big the foot nope we're moving
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big the foot
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we're moving it's been good to have big
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the foot with me on this trip as well
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it's been fun
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definitely slow going through here
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the traffic you're hearing is on the
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other side of the road but see how it's
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all red
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approaching hardyville south carolina
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pulled off this side road
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a little shortcut trying to avoid that
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traffic
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i'm gonna get back on interstate in a
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minute but
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this should bypass a little bit of it
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even though this is slow going too but
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not as slow going
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as 95 is right now
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plus i get to look at a train a park
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train over here
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in the woods
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oh wow looks as if these two elephants
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which are kind of a
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very well known along
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i-95 you know you always
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see route 66
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pieces of route 66 that are very popular
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this is very well known on
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i-95 getting a new paint job these two
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elephants a gray one
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and of course
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pink one here
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says please stay off the elephants and
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sign right there
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yeah fresh coat of paint since the last
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time i was through here
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probably been a couple years since i
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stopped off at these elephants
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this is around the back side not the
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back side of water but the back side of
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elephants
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with that antique signage behind this
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and i do believe it is time
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to take off
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i could probably still keep it on for a
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few bits but it's going southbound not
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going to leave this on anymore
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feeling good hello elephants
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freshly painted
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i'm going home yes
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can you tell i'm excited i'm excited the
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elephants of papa joes
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it's good to see you
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staring attentively
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look at this elephant's eyes
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it's like the hypnotoes it's an elephant
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down below is the savannah river
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and by going over the savannah river i
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am now
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in
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georgia out of south carolina into
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georgia
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i remember when i was younger you play
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hide-and-go-seek
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here or you'd be
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hank marco polo in a pool
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is your eyes closed and someone would
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say you're getting warmer you're getting
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warmer maybe not hide and seek we were
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trying to find something
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trying to find something that was hidden
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around an area someone would say you're
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getting warmer
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you're getting warmer well
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it's getting warmer temperature wise
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that was a lot of explanation to just
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prove that
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point that didn't make much sense
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another rest stop here
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and picnic table over there
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and no one's out and some more coupon
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books here for hotels
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still wondering does anyone use
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hotel books anymore this is a really
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nice welcome rest area through here with
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the soothing sounds of the hand dryers
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coming out of the facilities just off to
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the side oh and look who's over here
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there's forest got the he's got the box
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of chocolates and the comfortable shoes
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down there
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you know because
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savannah four scum surveys this says
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press the button to see the lighthouse
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light up does it light up up there
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is the lighthouse okay it didn't work
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let me try it again
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light up it's not lighting up i don't
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think it works but this is a lighthouse
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in here too
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and one of those big same kind of fan
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fans they have at the indiana jones
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stunt show at
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studios
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same kind of they have a unique name if
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you know it
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you know this is not a real alligator
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nor the real
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use about upon its back but yeah this
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once again the soothing sounds of the
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hand dryers
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often than just a lot of hand dryers
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in this facility random thought
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i have a lot of random thoughts
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when you're using an air hey well the
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hand that hand dryers where the air
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blows out at very high speeds
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you don't really notice how loud it is
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but when you're away from it let's say
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you're in the same room as someone else
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that's utilizing it
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you notice how incredibly ear piercing
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that sound is has anyone ever lost
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hearing because of standing in close
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proximity to a line
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of people using hand dryers automatic
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hand dryers with the air
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things that make you wonder things make
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you go hmm
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what am i talking about
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i have moved on to another rest area
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down the way
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a bit
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just outside of brunswick
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or i believe they have a pot that the
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first brunswick stew
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was made in
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over here and i kind of recall years ago
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going through this area and there was
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another one of these somewhere else i
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think there's a couple
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but this one says
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the first brunswick stew was made here
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in the brunswick golden isles area in
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early colonial days
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and remains an american favorite could
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that be the the actual item it was
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brewed in
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you decide
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also there's this little house over here
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looks like a little little dog house
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and more picnic tables over there too oh
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hello squirrel
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that squirrel thought about crawling up
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my leg to say hi but change his mind
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that's why i stopped for a moment
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sometimes you'll find a friendly
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squirrel that likes to walk up on your
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shoes that one didn't do it though
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but i've had it happen before oh yes
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it's happening
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over the saint mary's river
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the welcome side right here
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got to stop
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check out the sign there's easier to do
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it's easier to get an angle of the sign
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from here when you're not driving by
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it's kind of nice that a lot of these
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places do this but put a put a sign a
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little photo up for posterity
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i have returned i'm still you know two
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and a half three hours
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from the state line i'm way down in
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central florida
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florida is lengthy kind of like how
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california is
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getting from one one point to the other
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very lengthy length and they will give
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you a free little teeny tiny cup of oj
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when you cross the state line which is
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pretty nice
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you get grapefruit juice or orange juice
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i chose orange juice
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cheers
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downtown jacksonville over there
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here at bucky's
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just outside st augustine three dollars
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and
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40 cents a gallon
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self-pumping nozzle and also as i hoist
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this up into the air
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this should kind of tide me over until i
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get another a second piping caffeinated
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beverage
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and the last of this winter road trip
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returning back
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home there's my shadow hoisting it
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up in the air
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cheers the sun is setting
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it has been a lengthy driving day that
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is for sure
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beautiful sunset though
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and that's gonna do it for today
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i have returned
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back to my homestead well this isn't my
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homestead this is just
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look
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big ben
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parliament
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just always thinks this looks very
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fascinating
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after nearly two months a little over
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well i think a day or two past seven
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weeks
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seven weeks and one day seven weeks and
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two days i've lost count
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for the next trip be here for a bit
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a few weeks at least maybe even a month
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and then venture off on yet another
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lengthy
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road trip
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florida adventures for a little bit
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i'm getting kind of dizzy going around
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this i'll see you the next video
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