The Road Less Traveled Thru Oklahoma - Day FIVE of Cross Country Trip / 8 States In 8 Days Challenge
Day number Five of my cross country road trip , today devoted to Oklahoma . Took the backroads and lesser traveled areas to see what I could find .
Day 1 Georgia -
https://youtu.be/3eNabF8aEdo
Day 2 Alabama
https://youtu.be/WyuGvv3VSBk
Day 3 Mississippi
https://youtu.be/DqxF6TEcajM
Day 4 Arkansas
https://youtu.be/eWNkxFnHPgU
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Transcript
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welcome everyone Adam with the Wu here
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today number five of an eight part
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journey one state each and every day
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through the backroads the rural areas of
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America as I head back towards
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California Oklahoma let's get in there
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join me Shia in an attempt to stay off
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the major thoroughfares diving in right
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about over in here and just going to
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explore the nooks and crannies of the
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southern area down towards the bottom
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and then later on ending right around
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there get a nice little overview of the
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entire area from this road atlas
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carved wooden owls seem to be the only
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residence currently in the downtown
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section of Broken Bow not a lot going on
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at the moment it might be hard to
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imagine but this area was very bustling
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at one time and busy all the stores now
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most of them the majority have closed
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their doors looks as if the owners of
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the former Rexall drugs building do it a
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little remodeling brand new doors there
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on the side next to the old school mural
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whatever used to exist here had a TV
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airtime schedule posted there on the
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window you see the faded out letters and
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numbers still exist there
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sometimes the community's name is not
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written up on the water tower this one
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belongs to Millerton coca-cola
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promotions still in full effect genius
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wonderful coke had any inclination that
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even though these businesses would fall
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by the wayside that their product would
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still prominently be displayed so many
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years later don't want to get too much
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closer than this because it is private
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property but look at those planes right
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there
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just tucked away over there near the
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woods
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pretty good clearing in the trees to get
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a look at this one valiant it's a great
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name they have a watermelon festival in
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fact you could see one Oh a squirrel is
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going up to that one right there on the
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left up dogs scared the squirrel off
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almost looks as if the fuse could be lit
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not really but that's that's kind of
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sort of what it looks like remnants of
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the VHS generation here at Glover's
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video corner the laundry mat still open
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but the other shop isn't however a
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throwback to the good old days the drop
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box
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oh man that brings back some serious
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memories
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let it flow it's automatically flowing
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thanks to that little switch self
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pumping ever love it
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that's a very interesting name for a
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trailer park Swink Sunny Acres SW I&K
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area code seven four seven six one as
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stated on the post office
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the F in the end are kind of wrapped
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around the sides all the letters don't
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fit on the front for Towson this murals
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decaying a bit but you can still make
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out parts of it in certain sections that
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haven't fallen off few of the local
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storefronts
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neither of these three seem to be open
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map of Hugo Lake I'm currently standing
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right about here there's some fishermen
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down there not just referring to the guy
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with the rod but also those birds
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waiting for their next meal see them
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they're perched on the concrete
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got a juggling clown a bull fiddle
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player elephant
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quite an assortment up there
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one good selling point is that it
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relieves fatigue and the fact that it's
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only a nickel just five cents you got to
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love that I approve with the name of
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this grocery store do unto others as you
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would have them do unto you I think I
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got that right the station here is
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rather impressive with the Kai amici
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train parked out front and a smaller one
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sitting here in this park for all to see
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little piece of history nice little wind
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gusts going on cut the u.s. flag up
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there as well as the Oklahoma State
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version might be tough to read it though
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because that thing is whipping around
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quickly sure is peaceful out here you
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can hear the cows mooing across the road
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is the fish Hut or the remnants of what
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it once was big tree has fallen in the
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front Soper is where this is located
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side-by-side they stand one is
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considerably older than the other and
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one may or may not be filled with water
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not 100% sure come on that's right yeah
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franchising yeah
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yeah yeah
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the abiding word church is located next
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to feed store
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someone is selling an assortment of rugs
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and burn barrels front of this home
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might not be residential it might be
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just strictly for business where the
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star is located is a general pinpoint
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exactly where I'm at
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right there this is not the first time
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I've seen a barbershop attached to a
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movie theater like this in these small
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towns certainly the sense a theme here
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this one's kind of a tough one to make
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out it's hard to read it because it's so
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faded as tempting as it is I'm going to
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advise not taking a chomp out of that
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it's made of concrete it's a permanent
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display you'll probably most likely chip
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a tooth or two
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nice little relic sitting here some
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clear gas vehicle it's a dinosaur of
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sorts
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hopefully saw what I did there a lot of
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times you'll notice certain buildings
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have been destroyed either by fire maybe
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they just fell down on their own accord
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it could be a number of reasons it's
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almost on every block perfect example
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the one here on the far left just gone
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erased existence one thing's for sure
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there are some very desolate areas out
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of here sometimes I'll go 5 10 15 times
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20 minutes not even seeing another
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vehicle gives you plenty of time to be a
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one with your socks on the open road
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sometimes people don't like you parking
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in front of their home to get a video
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clip the photo I don't think I have to
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worry about it in this case there's no
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one living here certainly like this
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keeping history alive by either
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repainting what was there or creating a
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brand-new mural it's got that old-school
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feel
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what are you doing out here oh never
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mind you're not a real snowman you're
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made of propane tanks
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whoever's property this is they have a
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nice assortment of old vintage signs and
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even more on this structure here it's
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good stuff
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sometimes you just got to take a dirt
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road you just have to
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friendship was once called alfalfa
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serving the site of the post office from
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1903 to 1905 then the name changed when
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the church came to town in 1908 at its
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peak friendship included more than a
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dozen businesses there are still a few
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residents but not as many as there once
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were the last stop off very close to the
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next state line is here in Altos
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standing in front of the plaza theater
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which is now a Christian Fellowship Hall
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the bird and that's ready making one
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heck of a racket that's gonna do it for
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