The Desert Inn - Haunted Bordello & Creepy Motel
http://www.AdamTheWoo.com - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE - For nearly a century The Desert Inn in Yeehaw Junction , Florida has been a stopping point to weary travelers. The history of this place is an incredible one . Everything from a former brothel upstairs to suicides to wacky rubber spiders in the diner downstairs . What better way to soak in the atmosphere of this place than by renting a room overnight. Enjoy !
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welcome everyone I'm in Florida today
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right here at the crossroads of State
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Road 60 Highway 441 and a lonely Toll
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Road exit on the turnpike
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southbound right up here you'll notice a
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sign that says the historic desert in
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well I'm going to actually spend the
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night in this fantastic place a place of
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mystery hauntings even suicides and a
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very unusual tale of what's on the top
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floor that is off limits to the general
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public and I'm going to take you inside
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not only during the day but I'm also
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going to stay on the property throughout
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the
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at the top of the stairs lies something
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amazing the entire second floor has been
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closed to the public for years in fact
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some employees and a lot of guests at
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the diner down below won't even set foot
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up here this entire area used to be home
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to Travelers as well as a place of ill
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repute a
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local stories and folklore will tell you
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that even when the top floor is empty
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and you're sitting in the diner below
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you can hear footsteps above you on the
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floorboards of these former
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rooms some say ghosts some have no
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explanation all depending who you talk
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to According to some you can hear
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laughing giggling and yelling from the
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windows
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knowing the history and backstory of
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this place the darkness alone upstairs
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would have been more than enough
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Ambiance to get a little creeped out
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however the unrelenting Central Florida
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storm outside definitely added to the
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the roof's
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leaking you can hear the water dripping
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from the roof down to there that's
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actually the original painting of The
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Madam whose room this was right there on
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the wall still
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you can actually see there's two
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separate areas of the motel the back
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quote unquote Bungalow area and then the
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original
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1925 built structure that's facing the
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corner of 441 and Highway State Road
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60 as late as it is as much Darkness Has
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Fallen and there are still truckers and
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travelers and weary some folk driving
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through the countryside and some of them
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may need a place to stay but no one is
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stopping here except for me I have
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stopped here and I will be here all
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night let's get a closer
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look you'll notice the desert in sign is
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illuminated at least half of it Motel
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good food bar but the only thing that's
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lit up now is the motel good part of
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this this actual construction of this
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facade building was built in
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1925 this place is actually on the
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National Registry of historical places
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the former owner once did a news
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interview in a paper and quoted this was
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the very first wh house on the National
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Registry very
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interesting
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I'm now walking down the middle of the
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road years ago just think this would
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have actually been a dirt patch that was
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back when the brothel was still
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upstairs Travelers would stop off here
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for a quote unquote good time end quote
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if you know what I mean exclamation
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point quote unquote end quote on the top
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floor earlier I was lucky enough to get
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an inside view a peak if you will at the
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bordello room wait we should get out of
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here as you can see behind me the office
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is closed but the office light is on I
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was here earlier and I got myself a room
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I'm in room number three but just two to
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three doors down for me are part of the
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history of this place which is a little
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bit scary a little bit frightening room
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five and room six room number three is
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the room I'm staying in you can see the
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light I have left on through the window
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there but just two doors down in room
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number five of a lady checked in years
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ago when housekeeping showed up to clean
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the room a couple days later the woman
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was found dead a self-inflicted gunshot
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wound to the head that's in room number
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five just two doors down from room
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number three that I'm staying
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in room number five room number five
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that's room number
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five right next to room number five of
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course is room number six and in room
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number six the story is told that a
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gentleman checked into the hotel fell
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asleep in the bed with his cigarette lit
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the mattress combusted burned him alive
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that's in room number
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six a beacon of light an oasis if you
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will calling us come to us come to the
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desert
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in I'm not really sure if that's the
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actual Cadence or the pronunciation or
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the sound of how the desert end actually
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speaks that was only my
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successfully made it through the
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night see what time it
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is 5:48
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a.m. you see the traffic light shining
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through the
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crack the
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window drapes over there
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you hear the trucks going
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success good
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morning I'm still
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here the sun is now around Rising the
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sun is now coming up there was one other
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thing I forgot to mention in one of the
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rooms on the top floor gentleman years
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and years ago back when you were
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actually allowed to rent out the rooms
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on the top floor a gentleman checked in
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and actually hung himself on one of the
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water pipes in the rooms and that was
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one of the last residents to rent the
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rooms
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upstairs oo
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creepy Yeehaw Junction is actually the
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name of this place now but but back in
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the day it actually had another name do
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you know what the name of yha Junction
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used to
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be do you know what the name of yeaw
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Junction used to
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after a full night of Adventure and very
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little sleep I figured I owed it to
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myself a good hot meal I ventured down
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to the diner which was absolutely
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amazing not only because of the food
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which by the way that bacon you see
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right there some of the best bacon I've
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ever had in my life but also because of
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the history the knickknacks and the
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wonderful things that abounded on the
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first floor of this historical place
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from the old school bumper sticker
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placed on the wall to this set of
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bullhorns dangling from the ceiling this
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place had it all a little bit of history
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in Central Florida tucked away from the
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rest of the world almost in the middle
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of
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nowhere if you ever stop by definitely
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do not hesitate to stop into the
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restaurant
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in fact this is probably the best part
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of the entire
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property yes the creepy Bordello is
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upstairs looming over us and this place
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will always be on the National Registry
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of historical places but inside is some
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of the most wonderfully fantastic stuff
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you'll ever see the stuff that makes
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Americana great roadside attractions and
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quirkiness at its finest so definitely
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do not let this place pass you by if
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you're in the area stop by and see the
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Jackalope beware because while you're
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eating you might get attacked by one of
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these friendly rubber spiders don't be
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too alarmed though they're not real
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they're made of rubber and they're
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attached to this fishing line string
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which stretches over your table down
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behind the bar the waiter or waitress or
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maybe the owner plays the joke on You by
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sliding the spider down on your head or
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your meal a little harmless fun here at
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the desert End Diner in Yeehaw
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Junction the desert in in Yeehaw
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Junction make sure you bring a Sharpie
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with you take the top off of that there
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Sharpie and you can leave your name here
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too just like Adam the woo I'll come
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back now you
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rain this is actually the room do you
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want to see the room I stayed in room
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number three you want to see the room
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that I actually stayed in last
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night ooh look at this
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guy he's saying good morning also when
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the nighttime is
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around the
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illumination the Desert Inn was the only
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thing that actually protruded through
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the air and the Darkness the nether
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regions if you will amazing how much
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traffic actually
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festoons down the
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roadways where am I going with
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this a couple days later when room
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service no there is no room
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service and for whatever reason who
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knows what
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his I don't know what to say out of
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everything that's interesting and
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peculiar and
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quirky the original name to ehw Junction
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well that's because when the Turnpike
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exit right down that
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road came into play they decided after
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building a Greyhound bus station also
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down the road which no longer exists
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they did want they did
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talk
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honey