My Date In Death Valley Exploring Small Towns & Unusual Places / China Ranch & After Dark In Pahrump
Death Valley Nov 2024
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welcome everyone Adam the woo here as
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the recording of this it is Monday
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November 18th
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2024 out standing outside of the hotel
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I'm staying out the flamingo the Las
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Vegas Strip I think I'm going to do some
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outside Vegas proper stuff today and go
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on the outskirts maybe find some other
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towns just on the outskirts of Vegas
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just see where the day leads I might end
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up back here a little later this
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afternoon just kind of winging it this
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has been defin defitely a impromptu trip
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no real game plan but I'm definitely
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finding a lot to do each and every day
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and I'm sure today will be no exception
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I'm inviting you to join
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me shall we all right first stop is over
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here at Red Rocks now I've been to Red
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Rocks in Colorado but never Red Rocks in
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this area take a look at this I guess
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there's a lot of tortoises so if you're
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driving check under
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cars before
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moving take a look at the scenic Beauty
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over here of Red Rocks it's probably
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half hour outside
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Vegas little gift shop here pop in the
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gift shop maybe grab a magnet and then
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check out the scenic views The Visitor
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Center is pretty nice here on the little
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outside of it also I got this Turtle
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magnet right there for my metal cabinets
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in my garage when I finally get home
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this suppos just symbolize
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fire right here yeah just look how
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beautiful those mountains over there are
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or the the Red Rocks I should say all
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right so there's a little lookout tower
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over
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here as well so speaking of
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turtles off in the distance is turtle
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head Peak the reason I know that it
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shows it right here you can
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see right there looks like a turtle
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head the turtles are a big part of Red
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Rocks here in fact that
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Peak is right there see little turtle
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head peeking up over there turtle head
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peek this the way to do it right here
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it's old bus been converted it's got the
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solar panel up on
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top nice
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people hiking all through the boulders
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over there through the
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rocks and you can see
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how they get very red Calico Hills all
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right that might be the most unusual
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umbrella I've ever seen it's like a
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Sunbrella look at that
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it's like a big like a big piece of
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tentin foil he's holding on a stick it's
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in a rectangular form I got to get me
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one of
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those I got to get me one of those and
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right near where I just was is a little
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Community called Blue
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Diamond little basketball courts over
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there some heavy machinery of some sort
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but take a look at the Village Market
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right here here in Blue Diamond this is
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the Village Market mertile
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what if anyone
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here with the name of
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Phillips if you had the last name
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Phillips would you be Blue Diamond
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Phillips Phillips from Blue Diamond it's
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a bad joke The Village Market and Merc
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tiles also Sheriff Department what if
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the sheriff's last name was Phillips any
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Outlaws that came through oh you got to
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beware beware of Blue Diamond
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Phillips I don't want to run that into
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the ground but yeah
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this is pretty interesting there used to
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be a big tree out in front of the
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Village stores people taking photos here
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from
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1949 and take a look at this news
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clipping a 2-year-old plunges 500 ft
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down a cliff and
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lives I'm not seeing anyone named
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Phillips however there is a
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Phelps that's close to
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Phillips Blue Diamond
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Phelps all right the Machinery outside
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I'm going to go take a look at it when I
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walk back outside it's called a joy
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drill It prepares
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holes for blasting in the mine on the
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Hill from 61 to the mid1 1970 this is a
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mining
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town oh dang this area has been used in
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some
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films including this
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classic oh God there's also the sequel
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oh God you devil Apple Dumpling G Rides
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Again who filmed in area there you go
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the photo I saw inside little Mercantile
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this is it the old Joy
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machinery and here's a little more info
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on it the joy
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drill as stated the operator would watch
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the see what would come up after
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blasting with the dust turned to White
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to beige it indicated the end of the
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deposit not sure exactly what that means
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but yeah the little bells and whistles
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the gears the knobs the seat belt right
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there
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you never know what you're going to find
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in some of these little small towns not
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going to walk past this cuz it does say
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private property there's a park here it
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has some interesting things in there
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it's like a little little barbecue area
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I guess for some of the locals but take
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a look at the sign right here that's
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their
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slogan all right made it way out the
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very quiet secluded area out in the
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desert a bit pretty good I don't know
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maybe 15 20 miles from where I just
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was this is quo it was buried here in
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1919 next to some Cathedral
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Indian he
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survived he survived alone he was laid
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to rest here this is kind of an
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interesting thing it's called Cathedral
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Canyon because there was little
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Cathedral
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built down here in the canyon and
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there's the remnants of it the relics of
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it are down there so I think I'm going
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to I'm going to go check that out down
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there there is some sort of like a
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little structure here that at least used
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to be there possibly going over to the
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other side of the canyon trying to
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figure out how to get down there if you
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look over this way seems to be a little
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sculpture here with the head has been
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removed right over there
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and this is the canyon itself there's
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like an archway that direction was
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looking for a path that leads down there
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this is a really neat little little
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Gorge here little
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canyon down here on the lower level
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there's like a little Archway here like
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a metal Archway probably had some
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signage or something at one point uh
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yeah want to walk over there in a moment
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but I'm noticing over here is like like
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some little dwellings almost like a
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couple rooms
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of some sort are like over here built
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into the side of the cliffs little Cliff
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Dwellings I don't know what's going on
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in that one
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but some tile
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work down here tile looks to be
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completely covered by rocks and some
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sticks and looks like a lot of
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leaves a lot of leaves in
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here oh wow they even had Plumbing look
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at that
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interesting there's another door there
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but I think I'm going to look at that
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one you know being out here it's kind of
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interesting to think that there were
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probably people living out here kind of
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alone with their thoughts in the quiet
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probably was very quiet out here really
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like no noise
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you got to be kidding
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me I file that under unusual
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experiences in the desert but now it's
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quiet again so this is also interesting
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right through here these almost like
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look like little windows but they're not
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they're like little
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boxes all through the cavern right on
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the side of the little Cliffs the canyon
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there like right
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there and then you got up here as
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well pretty amazing through
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here
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honestly this is definitely different
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noticing a little sculpture it looks
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like it has like
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holes that head's removed and the arms
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removed but there's also like holes in
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the Torso of the sculpture there that's
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on that mound all right that definitely
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was an inch
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weight what the
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heck all right I made it out here even
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farther than I was and there's kind of
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like a little Oasis here in the desert
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away from
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everything through some cavernous areas
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to a date farm I mean it
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is kind of in the middle of nowhere fact
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I think I've crossed over into
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California I think I'm over the
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California line now deserts of
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California so right there dangling from
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the trees it's a palm tree but it's a
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date
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palm right there oh I'm hearing
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something in the
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woods look at this this is like a
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quintessential image right here of the
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cactus with the little Hillside behind
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it
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awesome this is called China Ranch dates
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China Ranch they have
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dates classic truck
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alert this old shack behind
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it man I'm loving
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this when I drive back out I'll show
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kind of the layout of the land it was to
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get in here I mean you would never know
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this was back in here if you didn't find
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the
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info somewhere else stumbling on this
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would be
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wild that's such a cool image right
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there all right you got the gift shop
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Bakery right here see what they have
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inside maybe I'll get another magnet in
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here worried about dates a date palm is
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the oldest known cultivated tree crop
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dating back to at least 6,000
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BC look at this they got samples honey
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dates Black Beauty dates orade
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dates that was pretty dang good the
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aftertastes are really good on a date
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so here they're making some date shakes
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in here so I might actually get a date
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Shake oh look at
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this kind of tempted to get a whole box
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of these man those are so good so good I
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don't even know I've ever eaten a date
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before I order my date Shake they're
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going to make it sit over here and
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nibble on these a little bit I got a
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bottle of water I got those and I also
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got a magnet the only magnet they had
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they have their name on it so grab this
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little uh little magnet collection keeps
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growing they call the wind call the name
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out over there the trail mix is really
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good I'm looking at this that says
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caution do not microwave contents may be
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hot it's not though it's a it's a frozen
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date Shake just using a cup that says it
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might be hot I've never had a date shake
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before first time first time for
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everything all
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right yeah I think this is the first
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time I've ever had a date
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Shake it's pretty
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good dates are a lot better than I
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thought they'd be
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Kit Carson slept here according to the
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side honest the spring of
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1844 Carson was a lead Scout for John
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Fremont and the party of the US soldiers
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returning from California
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fun all right back in the car
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now to point out how
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unusual The
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Rock terrain is out here
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beautiful all right I didn't get too far
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because I noticed this a modest Museum
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says a modest Museum come on in still on
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the property I didn't notice it when
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driving in
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pretty neat few different items in here
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got some arrowe heads maybe or possible
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rocks right
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there he in the Mojave Desert
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again getting in here it's just wild you
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have to go through these
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dates it realizes be crossing over the
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line into California only by a couple
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miles I got to head back over to the
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area I was at but this is
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toopa
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92389 the zip code I love this angle
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here of the post office little satellite
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dish and that old
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church over there in the distance with
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the mountains behind it it's like
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something out of a TV show right that
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view right there that's so
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cool quaint little community of
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TPA the downtown must be rush hour at
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the moment happening over here look at
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this Frisbee golf a frisbee golf
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stand right here in downtown that's the
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19th Hole this gentleman here is waiting
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for his ride share vehicle to show up
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been waiting a while and there is a
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wooden
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carved there's a wooden
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carved beer right
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and random casket
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huh wow this is like kind of eerie how
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empty this is out here
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kind of
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eerie so
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quiet this is one of the coolest looking
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things this angle here This Old Car Wash
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well it's called a u u we wash there's a
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classic truck in front of it mountain
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range in the
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distance oh it's a laundry it's a
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laundry
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facility okay wow look at this thing
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this is an old laundry
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mat you can wash and dry you can dry
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your clothes for 10
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cool that is
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cool I don't know if this thing
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structurally sound but wow I don't know
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if this thing structurally sound
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probably
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not wow look at this
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place still has the washing machines in
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it man that's so
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cool that is freaking cool
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all right fueling up here little self-
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pumping gas nozzle price of gas how much
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is the price of gas
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$586 a gallon here in another little
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town with a vintage look at this vintage
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sign over here this Vintage Market
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sign I think I'm on the cusp of Death
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Valley actually in fact look at
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this like a cowboy on the side of the
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wall right
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there and there's a thing over here that
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says the famous crowbar
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Saloon the Charles
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Brown General Store and gift shop right
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there and you got the cones you got this
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Inn with a pool this is the show shony
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Inn right over there that's very
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beautiful out here I've never been
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through this particular section before
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there's the visitor center right over
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there there it's like a little Visitor
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Center with a classic car alert right
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there and you got the Post Office right
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there where that sign is all right this
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is the Oasis where Death Valley
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begins shason look over here there's a
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little
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mannequin there gentleman sitting on the
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little seat here next to the fireplace
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so I'm at the cusp of Death Valley I'm
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not going to go deep into Death Valley
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but I think the date place was was in
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Death Valley I'm not real familiar with
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Death Valley but
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yeah there's a
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snake this is a great look at this great
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old sign look at this so
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good even like look up top here this
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thing yeah right on the line right on
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the California line going back into into
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Nevada though
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also have a little
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sucker it's like tellal oh dang they
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have a free wireless hot spot
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here look at
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that oh here's a layout of the land well
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not that That's a classic
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car and that's the
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Crowbar famous crowbar Cafe and saloon
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but
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this is a layout of the
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land I don't see a I am
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here thing but yeah this is all Death
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Valley National Park take a look at that
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I'm not sure exactly where I think I'm
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like right here to be honest I'm not
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sure oh right here right here right
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here right
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there think I'm going to head up 373 go
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to there head back to pump or parump and
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then back to Vegas just cruising around
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no real game plan wait a second am I
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back in
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Alaska am I back in
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Alaska why are there snow clouds
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here back in Alaska all right gotten to
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the state line now Sun is going down
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over there this little Junction right
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is appropriately named this also looks
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like it was an old motel that has not
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been open for many many years you can
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see it over there stretching is a opera
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house that says interesting this is
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Death Valley Junction historic
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district right
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there this is a vast difference
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from Alaska
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Hotel I don't even think this is open it
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might be
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open I don't
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feel like at one point there might have
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been gas pumps right here usually you
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could see these little islands that have
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the markers for gas pumps but I don't
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know if there have been gas pumps
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underneath this little overhang but
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there a possibility
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be dark soon it's going to be dark soon
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out here the historic Crossroads has
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been used by Indians
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clampers Death Valley 49ers ranchers
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Farmers settlers and
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tourists reminds me of quote from
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Blazing Saddles I want you to round up
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every vicious criminal and Gunslinger in
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the west I want rustless Cutthroats
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murderers bounds Desperados town was
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originally called called Amarosa in 1907
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name changed to Death Valley Junction
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interesting also curious what's going on
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with that opera
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house right over there celebration of
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Marta Becket 90th birthday in honor of
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the love and Art of Dance for 50 years
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of Devotion to the junction thank you
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for your vision of preserving art of the
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past and for creating the most magical
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opera
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house also a little plaque over on this
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one as
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well how you doing this is pretty neat
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the old fire hydrant there old school
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fire hose windy up thing a little
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dispenser here I don't if i' ever seen
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one of those in person I always see them
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on like old photos or TV or movies from
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the era where they use these pretty
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interesting also using this pipe system
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to keep people from driving up in here I
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guess it's an active
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an active Motel cuz there are some cars
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over there you that's people boondocking
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over there in their
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cars right here at the
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junction originally built by the
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Pacific coast borax company in
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1924 the original name of the facility
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was corkill
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Hall there a social Junction here in the
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valley from 24 to
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48 fascinating all right this this is
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interesting there's a dress shop out
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here just like a random store that has
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mannequins with dresses on I don't think
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it's a supposed to be a dress shop but
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looks like a dress shop and it's just
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right it's right over here right this
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this a State Line
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Road I was reading some information on
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the what I thought was a dress shop
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they're just display dresses that were
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used in that opera house there also
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other couple other people pulled up to
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read the placard over there pretty
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fascinating yeah you got the
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sun starting to set up I guess it's
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already set you're just getting that hay
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The Dusk
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Haze take a look at this
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massive massive cow next to the windmill
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here right here on the state line so of
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course got a casino right over there at
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the state line windmills not moving at
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all go into the underbelly of the cow or
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at least walk up to it see how big this
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cow
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is hello
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cow how you
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doing so right here is the top of my
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head uh 12T tall maybe good siiz
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cow right here on the California
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Nevada state
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line play any slots
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cow well you got
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the you got the eye eye of the tiger
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even though you're a cow look at you are
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very attentive to something over there
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look it's a
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cow it's a big old cow right here on the
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state
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line This is in front of Long Street in
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Casino cow is around the back I've seen
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a lot of big cows my day but I haven't
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seen a lot of big roadside
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pigs there is one here big old
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Pig yeah I would say I have seen 100 to
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One roadside
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cows you know fake ones big uh big
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roadside creation I've seen a lot of
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regular cows a lot of regular pigs but
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ones that are not real that are made in
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huge form like this but I've never seen
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a big
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pig at least that I can
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car oh
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wow wow look at
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this big old
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Pig right
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there you could park next well you could
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almost Park next if you had a motorcycle
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you could park next to this pig right
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Pig I know you want to go back you back
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over to Vegas right go to one of those
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buffets and pig
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out bad
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joke gargantuan fake
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Pig and the cow is way over there but
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the cow looks pretty triumphant there
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with
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the little the glare of the sunset it's
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a pretty triumphant looking cow out here
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in the desert I made it over to
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parump I think that's how you pronounce
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the town now Nightfall has reared its
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head but there's a place here called
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coffinwood it's a
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residence and it's basically almost like
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Halloween time all the
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time cuz the entire yard has been turned
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into
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a
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makeshift Cemetery
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here again it's very
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dark not a lot of lights but each of the
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headstones is kind of
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illuminated over this way
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it's also tough to see too but there's a
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bunch of herses in the yard
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different also looks like like a little
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skulls there lining in the
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driveway all right very interesting
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though had to check it out I drove a
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little bit
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farther towards the town of
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perum so one thing is interesting about
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this area guess there's like a lot of
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brothel this one is not
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active it's like an abandoned
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one but
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evidently it's allowed out here to
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facilitate and open these
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places and then there are still some
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open this one's not open
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little staircase right
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there little winding
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staircase dark out here take a look at
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this there is a big
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boy here as well Burger
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shakes
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breakfast the tea is
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missing over there andy and there is a
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big boy out front as well my favorite
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big boy is Bob's Big Boy in Burbank but
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this I don't know if it's a Bob it's
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just a big boy it's a it's boess it's a
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boess big
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boy and there he is right there he's
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looking down oh he's looking over here
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look at
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these these are like in the ground here
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look at these they're like little
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missiles
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pretty cool Bob's Big Boy this is maybe
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the only Bob's Big Boy that you could uh
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play some slots if he's ever won any
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money this uh this big
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boy but check it out there's a Terribles
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Casino right
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here I do love a little big boy what if
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they have any merch oh that must be
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terrible right there look he's got a
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little lass oh it's a it's a gas pump I
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thought it was a lasso it's a gas
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pump interesting
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this is so wild look at this there's
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like missiles are like crammed into the
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ground there next to the big boy now
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they actually close at 7 and it's 7:02
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right now but take a look at this right
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up there is Bobs in Burbank right over
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there and there's another Bob's there
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this is also in La this is Bob's Big Boy
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Broiler all right I've arrived back off
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the Las Vegas
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Strip back at the Flamingo hotel where
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I'm staying my accommodations during my
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duration here in Las Vegas Viva Las
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Vegas good
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day really didn't have a major game plan
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but saw a lot did a
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lot covered a lot of
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ground now I'm
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back the
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flamingo I going to do it for today
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thanks for watching I'll see you in the
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next video the
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Vlog is over