Leaving Florida On Two Month Road Trip - Bat Houses & Bridge To Nowhere / Small Towns On State Lines
Two Month Road Trip Begins
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welcome everyone adam the woo here as a
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recording of this tuesday april 26
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2022 i
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am departing right now at 8 a.m
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celebration florida
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for at least an eight-week
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road trip i will not return here for
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two months
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possibly even more but at least
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two months from this point
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gonna get in my car decided not to get a
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rental not to fly anywhere just getting
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my own personal vehicle and hit the
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great
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roads of the usa some will be back roads
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some will be thoroughfare some will be
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interstate some will be highways
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today no real rhyme or reason except to
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just get out of florida into alabama and
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at least
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make it to montgomery alabama i'm
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inviting you
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to join me
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i'm excited i like being on the road
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shall you it is so peaceful through here
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in the morning hours
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i just love this area and gonna miss it
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for a while as the spires of the theater
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they are showing the
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ascension
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of the sun the day begins
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and i'm hitting the road
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it's about 500 miles or so
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to montgomery
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a little bit of a commute and i'm gonna
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try to get about 500 miles
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a day for the first few days and try to
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cover some areas that i don't usually go
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through
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so i'm gonna have to cover some miles
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over the first few days
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all right i'm off
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and it's gonna be nice having big the
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foot
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tagging along as well
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this is the okahumpka
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travel plaza right off the turnpike and
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there is no self
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self-pumping nozzle mechanism on this
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broke off
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price of gas four dollars 14 cents a
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gallon
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here at the stock these are convenient
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because not only can you
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fill the car up with gas
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but also get some snacks
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in this case piping hot caffeinated
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beverage and after achieving the first
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goal
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of the day from over there looking at
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these fish inside the tank here next to
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the convenience store
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area there's a fish tank
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in here as well take a look hello
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fishies about to go under this bridge
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that is made for golf carts the villages
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has a plethora
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of golf cart using residents
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stopped off in gainesville now
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where there are three very large bat
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houses
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over here it is said
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that the largest congregation of bats
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in the u.s
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is right here
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in these three bat houses with a little
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information right here on the signage
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please avoid
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standing directly under the house
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do not touch a grounded bat
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a little history of the bats here
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bat house was built in march of 91.
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if you read a little bit further in 95
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the bats moved in permanently and the
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colony continued to grow
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and a bat barn was added
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in 2010
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so there was a bat barn
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back there as well and from this
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distance i'm not seeing any
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well other than the
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the emblem up top there
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also a garden over here
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right next to the university
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i can hear him up in there
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chirping and making the noises
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look at the ground although they call
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that guano
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down there dung
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listen closely let me zoom in you can
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see the grates
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it's like a high
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hitch squeal coming from up in there
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thousands of bats
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above those greats some are probably
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snoozing and the other ones are awake
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making some noises
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conversing with each other
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supposedly at sundown they will rear
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their head
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and fly off and back fly around
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i'll be at alabama by sundown
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but noted
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if you ever meandering around this area
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there's a pump
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house right there a pump
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area
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you're in this area at sundown
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there might be bats in the sky
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and i was driving off the campus i
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noticed this on the way out
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this little placard
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the birthplace of gatorade
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the sport drink was started
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that's the sport drink that started in
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industry was invented here
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in gainesville
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i have been continuing northbound
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for a bit still in florida but have
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veered off onto a side road
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here in live oak
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take a look at these buildings back here
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in the woods
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full of memories but have seen better
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days not my memories
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but memories of
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others who once resided here
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as well as a facade over here
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as well the reason i pulled off of the
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interstate
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is to show a bridge that is on the same
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road
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but as i parked to walk to the bridge i
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noticed these buildings
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had to check these out
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see the fireplace over there
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the rock work
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got the window there it's a shed back
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there
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as well
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it's also a house in the woods
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most likely someone lives there
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oh very unusual noises
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the insects out here
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someone might live there too now up
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ahead here is what is known as the
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bridge to nowhere
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bridge that was closed down when the
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highway was rerouted years and years
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decades ago
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i have not been here
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in 11 years
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it's been a while this is bringing back
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some memories for me because
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when i first started doing youtube
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full-time
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you could say i
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quit my job in august august 9th of 2011
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and two two or three months later in
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october
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of 2011 i went on my first road trip
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living in my van sleeping in the van i
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had at that time
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and this is one of the the first spots
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that i
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stopped to document and it's still here
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right across the river
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still spray painted up
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here in 2022
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see the new road over there
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the newer bridge
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all the spray paint down here my
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goodness
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ah fresh spray paint smells in fact
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people behind me back there spray
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painting as well quite a few people are
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walking people up there walking
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lady walking your dog
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people park back where i parked
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and then just go through here and i
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guess this is you can consider this
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similar to how cadillac ranch is
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in texas on route 66
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i guess it's not frowned upon to spray
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paint through here
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crossing over
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into georgia
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as i was driving along stopped off here
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in the city
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keep in mind every city doesn't
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necessarily have to be a metropolis
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this is the city of tai tai
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t y
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space
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and even though today i'm not really
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focusing 100 percent on small town and
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places that have gone by the wayside
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downtown areas and back roads
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these type of things always pull me in
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like a tractor beam
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these type of buildings so obviously
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if i see anything on the commute
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have to pull over and
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document this look
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at this corner store
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the small former downtown here in taitai
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i love it
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the architecture of this building is so
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cool
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corner of
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north street
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and church street
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got the iv back here growing along the
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side
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of the back
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of the building
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someone has knocked down that door
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don't want to poke the ant beds
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could have been an air conditioner unit
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there at one point
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got the sidewalk over here all tore up
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some salon equipment standing water in
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the tub
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all right see you later lizard
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this was a nice little stopping point
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right here
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wheel of fortune moment something
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fashions
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wa
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something fashions
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across the road there is the radium
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springs food mart here in georgia
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the community named after
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radium springs
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which is on the other side of this fence
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just looking for an opening in the fence
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to walk down there
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always like when they have
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information like this
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radium springs resort a sparkling
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swimming hole
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radio activity was revealed
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it's when they changed the name to
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radium springs there was a casino here
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and due to fire it closed in 82 and
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there was a flood in 94 and 98
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that damaged the building beyond repair
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as a non-tourist destination
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but very beautiful park grounds look at
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this
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made out of limestone local limestone
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the cave at radium springs goes
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underneath the state highway houses and
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roadways
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therefore what happens above can affect
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the water below
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here's a general layout of the land here
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about radium springs cave
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right next to fat man's misery
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and mermaid's tunnel is over there
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and there's also a rubble pile all the
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way down there and don't forget about
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the hall of giants
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look at that bridge you can walk over
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to the island right
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there and some former structures over
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there in the corner as well
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this place is awesome i will say however
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the mosquitoes
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are very thick out here i can already
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feel them
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gnawing at my skin
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probably because of all the standing
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water
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might breed mosquitoes
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you have to walk down that staircase
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is this a ladder
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i think it might have been a ladder at
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one point
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yeah it is
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check that out
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it's not very deep one could just wade
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through there
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that is pretty refreshing
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this peaceful moment
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brought to you by radium springs
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each day the springs are replenished
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with approximately 100 million gallons
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of olympic
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of underground water enough to fill an
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olympic-sized pool more than a hundred
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times
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here's some casino guests had a view of
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the springs
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on this little archway here this bridge
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with a water look at this little
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miniature waterfall right there
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definitely off the charts when it comes
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to beautiful through here
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the mosquito factor
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is noticeable however
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i get back to my car and keep moving on
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in fact there was a family
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when i was walking up
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that came out of the woods quickly they
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were exploring over there down that path
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and they were all slapping their skin
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and itching
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and you know talking amongst themselves
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about
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we got there's a lot of mosquitoes in
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here
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as i passed by this town
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looked over and saw the downtown area
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of it
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i verbally out loud went
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oh yes
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the perfect
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quintessential small town
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i'll show a little more in a moment but
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look at the name of this restaurant
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this could be a place that i would would
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have if i ever
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started a place to eat
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this is woo's cooking
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so you don't have to
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i like that
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also the railroad has gone by the
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wayside
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railroad tracks are kind of all torn up
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the woodwork
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all still here
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of course the railroad track signs are
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still over there
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and the water tower for sasser sass er
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still in georgia at the moment still
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haven't crossed over the alabama state
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line
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i just love
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these type of towns
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you have the
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stores well former stores that used to
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be here
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birds chirping
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gazebo
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right over here
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doesn't look like any of the businesses
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that is one negative thing the
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businesses aren't open down here
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mechanic shop here
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up top an advertisement on the side of
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the brick
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called ballards
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oh
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could it be
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i'll go over there in a moment but
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as i turn this way
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this is a good view of the sasser water
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tower
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and the reason a lot of the downtown
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areas like this dry up is because
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newer roads where all the traffic busy
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traffic just bypasses it
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so a lot of times people don't even
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realize or care
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that the downtown is just off to their
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and you know i have to point this out i
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mean come on
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a coca-cola mural in here
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yes please
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and i do believe after going over this
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body of water
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i will be in alabama
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alabama state ahead
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yep follow alabama right in the middle
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of the intersection
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look at that
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and it might not be a bad idea
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to get some fuel
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probably should get gas
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time to fill up again
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i'm not going to fill up it was cash
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only so i just went in
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gave it 20.
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and getting 20 worth
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there's a cat right here there's a
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couple cats right there
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hello cats
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the name of this convenience store is
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called hills
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this place has
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eyes i have now made it to montgomery
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went by my hotel dropped my bags off and
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a few miles away is riverwalk stadium
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where i'm going to a montgomery biscuits
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game to close out the evening first time
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here now the montgomery biscuits are the
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double a the 2a affiliate farm team of
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the tampa bay ray so i'm wearing
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an appropriate hat i've been going to a
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lot of raised games
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both the tropicana field the trop and
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went to chicago
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and there will probably be the white sox
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series and a cubs game at wrigley
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probably will be more throughout the
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course of the year and since this is on
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my route for the road trip
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realize that there was a home game here
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gonna go to a biscuits game and it looks
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like the field is attached to the
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western railway of alabama established
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in 1898.
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i really hope they have merch with their
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mascot look at this
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the biscuit the tongue is some buttery
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i've also heard that they serve biscuits
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and gravy in the stadium if that happens
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i will be happy i might not get a hot
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dog tonight i might be getting a biscuit
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check this out right in the middle of
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the intersection
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is a baseball
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it was only five dollars to park too i
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parked over there i'm used to tropicana
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field it's like 20. all right i'm inside
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the gift shop now
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merchandise shop look at these t-shirts
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look at this this is like a big headed
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biscuit right here prices are pretty
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twenty good
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and i was looking at this on the website
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and then i realized they have them in
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the shop too so i'm gonna try to find
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but i like this here
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also bama mike's here
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hello when in alabama
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you gotta have m1 bama mike has it used
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to be a season ticket holder here yeah
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at one point for many years many years
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so the thing i like about this
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is it has the tampa bay
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emblem on the side the tv
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i kind of like that one you like this
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one yeah that's because it has bacon
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right there bama mike you like you're
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but you're a bit you're into bacon yeah
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that's definitely a cool cool vibe being
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able to get this up close
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to the players
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okay i got myself a soda and it appears
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as if the biscuit mascot
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name
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is
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gumpy
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why is he called gumpy
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the city has her nickname the gun
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the city is the business
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nickname so montgomery's nickname is the
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gump yes so this would be gumpy
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okay
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i like it
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are you kidding me
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is this brewster's millions
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are these just normal ticketed
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yeah
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yeah so anybody can be a suit anybody
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can do this
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they do have a lot of different food
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options
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but of course
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biscuits
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even says
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of course right here
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it's biscuit time okay the sun is
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setting
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and this is what we're dealing with
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look at the amount of gravy they put on
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that there's a biscuit underneath there
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in gravy and let's see the sausage
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underneath
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okay that's the sausage
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you might have to share this with me man
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i don't know if i can eat all this
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did you think this was gonna be a lot
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more sausage
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they made up for it and the gravy's off
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you all right
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this is the 2a farm team triple a would
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be durham bulls this would be the next
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step up and then after durham the
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players go right to
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the other ray so usually someone go from
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here to durham you know sometimes they
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go straight up from here most of time
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you go from 2a to 3a and then
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to the it will be race the big show
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but i was looking at some of the players
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that came out of montgomery and kier
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meyer played here
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it was pretty awesome hit the walk-off
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home run the other night that i was at a
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game with my dad out of trouble
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hello there
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good to see you fist bump
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nice to see you now i know this is a
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biscuit
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obviously
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so big mo
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what exactly is big mo like is
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what is big mo
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is it an animal and i did end up getting
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the montgomery
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hat there with the biscuit
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for a 7 and five eighths
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and repping tampa bay on the side
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and that's the game
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the game is over
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the biscuits lose
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six to three
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against the mississippi braves i'll see
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the next video the vlog