Hidden Small Towns On South Carolina Backroads - Roadside Relics / Lowcountry Ruins / Healing Water
Small Towns in South Carolina
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welcome everyone adam the woo here as a
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recording of this thursday january 13th
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2021.
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i am in an area just on the outskirts of
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yemissi
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south carolina starting off the day here
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at the ruins
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of an old structure a very fantastic
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structure
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known as the sheldon church
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now i will be starting here and
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venturing my way 120 100 300 450 or my
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more miles if i was to go you know
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straight it'd be probably 130 miles to
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columbia south carolina where i have
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procured a hotel for a few evenings and
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i will use that as a central point to
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kind of explore in the middle of the
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state and go around for you know a few
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hundred miles out about every day
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looping around to all the different
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directions and kind of exploring south
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carolina but i'm starting
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right here at this very historic
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and fantastic structure as the sun is
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like right there
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in my eyes feels nice at about 55
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degrees i'm inviting you to join me
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on this excursion today
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as i traverse i like that i'm using that
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word a lot
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around south carolina
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shall you
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preserved here
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with a fence around the front of it
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just to make sure no one
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you know goes over there and damages or
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desecrates or
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steals or paints anything
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there's an information placard on the
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road and there's a little bit of traffic
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that goes by it's kind of out here
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kind of out here in the let's say the
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middle of nowhere but it's out here but
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a lot of people do stop by
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it is a well-known historical place
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at the moment is probably
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you know three or four other people
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walking around besides myself
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it was burned back in the 1700s
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give a little more information when i
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show that plaque
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by the road there's also some other
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stuff written up here on the side
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of the wall i'll zoom in
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see what that says
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it says friends who have come into the
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church yard please treat these sacred
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ruins
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and those that surround them
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respectfully with reverence they deserve
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let us leave feeling old sheldon is not
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worse but better for our presence
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yeah i really like that the sun is
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shining very prominently kind of warms
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things up a little bit which is nice
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been very chilly last few days still
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it's still a little chilly but
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the sun helps
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considerably and the wind's not too
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gusty so that also helps now some of
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these are dated back to 1850
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this is anne bull hayward
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the wife of daniel hayward
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middle name of bull b-u-l-l
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i don't know if i've ever met anyone
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with the middle name of bull could have
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been a nickname
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but on october 4th 1851
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was late here
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at the age of 38.
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and there are a few others kind of
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scattered around the property including
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right here
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in front of the fence line
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and even more around the back here
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take a look at these
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1805 wow
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this was dated 1805.
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there's some over across the fence but
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then there's others here
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for example this one
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1832
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one thing for sure about this area
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definitely has its own vibe as far as
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trees go
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and with the moss
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kind of dangling from the limbs
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definitely that south carolina feel
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not only a very tall building but rather
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large windows too here on the side
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and possibly a door frame because you
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got the steps here in the middle this
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would be around the side
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but you could just see how tall those
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were so if there were
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any sort of windows in there
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that is very impressive with the front
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beating around this end
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but yeah just look at these limbs here
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so cool
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a little picnic area over here as well
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and this would be the front
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of the former building now ruins
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this is a good starting point
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we're hitting some of the back roads
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it's a cool place and this is very
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unique there are some
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little concrete bricks in here
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stabilizing this tree
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that's different
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and there's a pump over here
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appears as if it works because there's a
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little bit of water here on the ground
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with this pump
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for you take this
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i always gotta check the water
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the information placard is right over
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here against the road
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dates back
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1751-57
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is when it was utilized and then it was
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burned
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oh there we go bulls plantation
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okay
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that was her middle name
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okay this is interesting it was
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partially burned
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in 57 and rebuilt in 1825 however
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reading around the other side here
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in 1865
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it was dismantled which leaves what is
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seen here today
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just to give some bearings here the tip
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of the pen on the map is about where i'm
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at
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and where i'm going to be going also got
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myself a coffee over here piping hot
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caffeinated beverage as i like to say as
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i refer to it i always like to show a
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kind of a general layout of the land of
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where i'm at so left this morning was
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down in hilton head checked out of my
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hotel
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went up here drove about an hour
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starting point right here and i'm going
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to be venturing up
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kind of in this area no real rhyme or
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reason
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and kind of want to stop in a couple
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places
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right here and then
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just somewhere in this vicinity will be
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today i don't really have a game plan
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but starting here
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and making my way
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to columbia where i will be spending a
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few days and then after i'm there i'll
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just use this as a central point
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and be going all around this area for
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the next few days following today gotta
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love the canopy of trees
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making this little like a tree tunnel
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of source going through here
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like engulfing the road
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all around these parts i'm noticing
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these horses over here
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look at this one on the far end very
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beautiful spotted horse
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hello horsies
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just doing a little grazing
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very beautiful
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and just off low country highway i
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believe that's the area around here in
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south carolina going up from the
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shoreline
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over into the middle section
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known as low country this is low country
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high hi-lo
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in the corner of shiloh loop
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and there's some antique farm equipment
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here in front of this former gas station
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this is where the gas pumps used to be
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it's also a residence
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i believe someone lives around kind of
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the back side
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so it's a former gas station turned into
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a residence you can see the rocking
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chairs up there
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on the porch
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pretty nice
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oh a bird just flew by
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when you're out here in these kind of
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middle of nowhere areas
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might not want to go down a road titled
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this
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just say it pulling into and through
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ruffin now roughing south carolina
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looks like there's a railroad station up
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here
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old railroad station in ruffin south
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carolina
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and some chickens
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hello chickens
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this whole general story looking place
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oh check this out
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the old ruffin post office
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which is now a cafe
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there is an open sign on the window but
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doesn't appear to be anyone here yeah
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it's now a little diner
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this is highway 112
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just outside of the community i was just
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in
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and a place that would make leatherface
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feel right at home
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i'm not gonna go over there but wow this
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is
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this is a relic
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this old farm house
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the barn back in the backyard
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look what your brother did to the door
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obviously
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not the state of texas this is south
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carolina but give me those vibes
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and the road that runs parallel to this
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not too busy
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one vehicle went by a moment ago
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but i've been standing here for a few
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minutes
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admiring this
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and no traffic
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notice how the vines kind of stretch up
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the side
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i was incorrect in the highway number
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it's highway 212. i think i misspoke on
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that that that house was on highway 212
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just outside ruffin
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all right continuing on
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next up is the town of
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williams south carolina
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and here's an old country store
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called b
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and j woodworking old country store
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here at 1732
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post office
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right up here
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on this little street corner
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very tiny town
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but you'll notice most communities
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almost all of them
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will have a fire department and a post
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office
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zip code
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29493 according to that sign
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poking out of the trees there is the
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water tower
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and some street signs just give the
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coordinates
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and railroad runs through here as well
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and a grown over with a lot of vines
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the old depot here too
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also in williams
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not in use anymore obviously
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and some active farm equipment back
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there probably a resident
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back down that road
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but right here along the thoroughfare
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got stuff like this
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all decayed and falling apart
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the remnants of the past
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this farmland here whatever crop there
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was
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seems to be dried up
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definitely does not look
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like a healthy
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healthy crop there and way off in the
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distance are hundreds
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hundreds of round bales
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you know for cows and horses way off in
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the distance
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passing through sycamore now
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and next to this
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garden
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just happens to be a lot of aluminum
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cans someone has collected
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a heck of a lot
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of aluminum cans
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that they're probably going to recycle
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a lot of these small areas will you know
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pay you a certain amount
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per pound
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to recycle they got quite a few dollars
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in aluminum cans there over to fairfax
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now looking at the water tower
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only 2 000 or so residents
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here in fairfax
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at the store right on the corner of
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hampton avenue
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and 6th street
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but look at this relic
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across the way
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from that store
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this pay phone
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still exists however
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looks like it's been gnawed out nod at
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by
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something
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some human or animal should test the
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dial tone huh i've got a wager there's
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probably not a dial tone
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hello
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no dial tone
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so it is not working however
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pretty dang awesome that this is still
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still here
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only the second time probably in the
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last month or so even in these small
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towns that i've seen a pay phone
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that has the
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shell around it sometimes you'll just
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see the shell
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but not the actual pay phone unit
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so that's pretty neat even though no
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dial town
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still pretty fantastic next to
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rufus's
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car care
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rufus ferguson
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has a car care center i like the
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architecture of this
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the style
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and look at the
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antenna up top there
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there's a tv antenna
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i like that as well got a pay phone and
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the old timey antenna on the roof
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i like that
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tire disposal ten dollars each so all
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these tires
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customers that came through and dropped
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their tires off they got ten dollars
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each
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see what else i can find oh look at this
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still has the phone emblem
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up here as well letting anyone that's
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driving down the road or walking by
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to know that there is a phone
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look at that
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also in town at wally's collectibles
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got a little
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enjoy coca-cola sign up there
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some other items here in the front yard
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of the store
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does it appear to be open today at the
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moment
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it says here that they pay they pay cash
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for old signs
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here at wally's collectibles
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in fact up on the top there is a a
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vintage rusted out 7up
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rc cola
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and ooh what's who's this
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over there on the porch
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wearing a jacket
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got a fox of some sort there's a pepsi
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sign there another one up top pepsi
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yeah a lot of good stuff through here
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look at this
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say pepsi please and even a coca-cola
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cooler down here a couple of them that
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you'd see in the
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old-timey stores
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and then up top golf
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american and esso and buy sell and trade
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through here and also
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you know pay cash for these old signs so
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if you're in the air and you have an old
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sign you want to sell
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just got to figure out when they're open
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they're not open today
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this is good stuff
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you know obviously i love
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i love the old vintage americana metal
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signs
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this place has got a lot of them and gas
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pumps
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it's almost like i could own this place
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you know this kind of place i i would
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have
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if i had a store and i lived in a small
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town
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i like it
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all right moving on this motel fairfax
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motel on the outskirts of town
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still has satellite dishes hey remember
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those days
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stay in a motel to have satellite dishes
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traveling along highway 321 now
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northbound on 321.
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go through a couple
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couple tiny communities on 321.
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for example
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ulmer ulmer
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1891 established
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and i looked it up only a population of
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under 40 residents
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look at this beauty
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wow
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you don't see many of the old school
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ones that look like this
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check that out
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ulmer
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fire department
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printed on the side there with the
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stickers
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from back in the day
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this old ford
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fire engine fire truck
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even has the words tanker
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on the side tanker number one
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i'm gonna i'm gonna wager and say
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there's probably not more than one
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tanker well they probably have a newer
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one but back in those days probably only
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they probably only had the one tanker
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town hall right over here
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adjacent to the volunteer fire
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department
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see the ulmer
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sign there and also the town hall
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side down there behind that air
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conditioner unit this is around the
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backside not the backside of water but
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the backside of the ulmer
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town hall
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i always like pointing out water towers
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too
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it does have a post office there on the
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far end
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this place here that says sisters
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printed on the side inside the windows
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there's some gym equipment in there
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i don't believe it's a diner anymore
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someone has their workout equipment
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stored in there
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this gas station here has some very
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unique windows
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those are pretty cool looking windows
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there
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the way you can always tell if it's a
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former gas station
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or where the pumps used to be right
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and this is all blocked off can't pull
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up in that parking lot
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but the sign states interstate
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was the name of this possibly a truck
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stop
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perhaps
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you can see right up here
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it says interstate
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given a little wave from my shadow well
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i'm waving but my shadow's also waving
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this is a
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amazing side
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as these trucks go down the road
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this arrow right here
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pointing to a restaurant of some sort
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this rusted out metal arrow
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on a heavy-duty
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metal sign in a holder
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stanchion if you will
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yeah that is
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that is good
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all right if i was if i was a betting
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man on the other side
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might be able to tell what this says
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and that is why
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i am not a betting man because you
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cannot tell what it says i think it may
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i thought maybe the sign would be
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readable
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on this side which is not
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so it's just a guessing game
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could have been something there
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stating as well
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yeah this is good
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building you know interesting
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architecture of the building
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but really that arrow
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on the sign there
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that's what drew me and the air the
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arrow worked the arrow did his job
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yeah a couple trucks were going by but
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now nothing
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just solitude out here
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and old tires
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i do like the way the the side of the
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building here
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you is like i said the architecture of
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it the style
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stylization of the slanted windows
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and of course the
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the bars here on the side as well
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and it adds to the ambiance having the
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all the vines up there dangling as well
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arrived at the water tower in olar
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and the store over here on the corner is
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open it's a gentleman with his dog
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he just got some lottery tickets
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scratched them off
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this is the main thoroughfare the busy
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intersection in olar
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and across the way is something very
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very interesting i'll show a little
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closer up walk over there if you are in
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need of assistance
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i believe the post office is over there
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the olar post office
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not a substation you'll see
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substations that are this size no this
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is the real department
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well it could have maybe former
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department because
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the only one on duty
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is right here behind this desk and it's
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just a mannequin
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and appears to be one of the old
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vehicles i just kicked
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i just kicked a rock
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yeah here on display inside this
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building
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right over here
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take a look
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kind of tough to see with the glare
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old ford i just saw something that got
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me really excited
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oh yes
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take a look at this
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on the side of the brick
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not graffitied over not tagged up
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decent condition and still readable yet
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faded my favorites when i am looking for
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these items
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across any sort of small communities
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this is glorious
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yes
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can you see it can you see the coca-cola
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emblem in the side etched in the side i
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can
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i can see it
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that is very very faded very
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timey
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maybe one of the best i've ever seen as
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far as faded out but still visible
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wow yeah yes
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and not just on the side okay i'm
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getting really excited this is i need it
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needs to be like a scale system
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on something that hasn't been retouched
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up but still exists
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but it has not been desecrated in this
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in the form of
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vandalism
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this would be upper echelon right here i
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don't have a grading system
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someone might
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yes that is what i'm talking about
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and then up here you can faintly make
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out the words
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as well coca-cola right there
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that's a good sign look at that even the
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lamp up there
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oh yeah even still has the lamp light oh
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man
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okay this town is good
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this is known as the
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this is creech's
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variety store
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creatures variety store
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c-r-e-e-c-h-s
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or c
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c r e e c h
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and then the plural creatures are not
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the plural but the
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whatever that word would be symbolizing
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the creech owned it
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oh man
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yeah like i said like i always say it's
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the little things that get me excited
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you can tell these are the original
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wooden doors right down here too
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original wooden doors
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that's inside creatures
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yeah look at that
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wow you got to be careful of the glass
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evidently this building is for sale
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right over here on the side of the
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window
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there is not a price tag but it does say
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the price has been reduced
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so whatever the price was
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it's lower than originally
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what the original thought would be
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another fuel station right here mechanic
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shop
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got the mechanisms out front to lift the
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car up
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chris's car chris's car care chris's
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auto care
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and post office
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and no way of knowing but that's what it
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reminds me of
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and the post office right here
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little tiny post office
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29843
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and just on the outskirts of
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olar the town o-l-a-r
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are some classic car alerts well classic
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cars alert
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including this one
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which has a for sale sign in the window
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can't make out a phone number but there
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is a for sale sign
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not really drivable but pretty cool
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looking
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oh yeah
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i'm gonna say hello to these cows right
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how's it going cows
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doing good cows
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just sitting around watching the logging
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trucks go by
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a lot of logging trucks go through here
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huh
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that was a logging truck
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cows
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all right enjoy the day i'm gonna keep
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continuing on
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yep heading to columbia
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south carolina columbia south carolina
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if you were so much confused there
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this is downtown denmark next to helen's
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florist
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the dane cultural center
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looks to be the old theater down through
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here and if you look over there at that
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intersection
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on the side of that wall another
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ice cold in bottles five cent
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mural
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the old reliable
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obviously it's been retouched but
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still pretty dang cool
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all right
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i had to turn around
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show these it looks like these are some
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of bernard coffindafer's crosses
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from the mid-80s yep
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he was a preacher named bernard
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coffindapper they can be found in random
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places across the country but mostly in
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the south
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there are still quite a few are still
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left to this day
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made of wood
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and always the always the three crosses
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but he's the one responsible for for
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putting them all over and you'll see
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them in other areas obviously
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but the ones that are made of wood
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with the gold one in the middle
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those are usually
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bernard
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cough and daphne's crosses
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from the mid 80s till now they still
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exist
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that's a throwback from the past
33:34
this is downtown blackville
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mural here on the side
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the train tracks
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yeah here we go
33:45
it's like a cart that
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operates on the train tracks
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as these trucks go by you see the
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vehicle is painted here
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but then
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the trax has that card on it it's a
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gentleman on the front
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and across the way the grocery store is
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called ken's galaxy
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the galaxy grocery store
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right over there ken's galaxy
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is the name of the store
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and it was erected in honor of solomon
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blatt senior
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born in 1895
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a courageous gentleman and statesman
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who loves blackville and all its
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citizens
34:48
this marker is on the site where mr
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blatt's father ran a mercantile business
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for nearly 50 years
34:54
right here in the little downtown area
34:56
cautions murals right here off the side
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of highway
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three is a general store
35:04
and in front of that general store
35:07
is this signage
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god's acres healing springs
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by tradition the springs the healing
35:14
springs got its name
35:16
back in 1781
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and the springs are still there
35:30
ownership of the springs pass from the
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tribes who revered them
35:33
as an indian trader
35:35
nathaniel walker
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who bought them with corn the site
35:39
passed through several hands and was
35:41
acquired by lp
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boylston
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back in july of 1944
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the waters by analysis are exceptionally
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pure
35:50
and contain healthy minerals people
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today as in the past believe they truly
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are
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healing springs i'm gonna go get myself
35:59
some water from the healing springs
36:01
wow there is quite a congregation of
36:03
vehicles and people down here at the
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springs
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like a half a dozen cars and trucks
36:08
everyone
36:09
loading up on that healthy water
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the healing water of the springs
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it just comes right out of the ground
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like that
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like that huh
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i'm from out of town i've never seen
37:18
anything like that
37:50
yeah i don't have it i don't have a
37:50
gallon but i have this
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and the rest of it just kind of bubbles
38:12
over into this brook
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a little
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cross over there too
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give it a try
38:27
cheers
38:38
that's going to do it for today from
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south carolina i will still be in the
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state for a considerable amount of time
38:42
be staying up in the columbia area
38:44
venturing around to other areas
38:47
for the next three days at least and
38:49
then after that not not just in
38:51
specifically in that town but on the
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outskirts i'll be driving quite a bit of
38:55
ways around
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doing lots of wonderful things and then
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after that probably head back over to
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the coast still
39:02
in south carolina so i've covered a lot
39:04
of
39:04
south carolina over the tenure of the
39:06
next
39:08
week and a half let's just say you know
39:10
no real
39:11
game plan but that's basically
39:13
kind of sort of game plan
39:20
i'll see the next video the vlog
39:30
over
39:30
okay chicken
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you're doing it and i want to know why
39:34
why are you crossing
39:37
the road why chicken
39:39
chicken why
39:41
everyone wants to know not just me
39:44
the age-old question
39:49
why chicken or are you a rooster
39:51
nonetheless
39:53
you just crossed the road
39:55
and for that
39:56
i am very thankful oh another chicken
39:59
might know the answer you got another
40:00
chicken's gonna cross the road
40:02
why did the chicken
40:05
plural
40:06
cry i just saw a chicken cross the road
40:08
that is amazing also should point out
40:11
this is this evening sunset
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south carolina sunset
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not bad
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at all