The Non Tourist and Empty Areas of Florida - Day One of Cross Country Road Trip / Small Town America
Starting day one of my cross country road trip for January 2020 . Nine states in Nine days heading out of Florida thru the lesser traveled areas .
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today's adventure begins with the the
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sounds of heavy traffic over that tree
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line the Florida Turnpike
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sunrise is beautiful beginning a nine
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day Trek
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welcome everyone Adam is the whoo here
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prepare thyselves for some serious
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Americana as I trek from here this
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particular spot back to my home in
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Southern California but not before
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venturing into some areas that I have
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never been and that are not filled with
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crowds theme parks major attractions off
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the beaten path if you're well been
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looking forward to this throughout the
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holiday season which is a lot of fun
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but sometimes it's nice to just
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decompress we are a couple days into
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2020 the new year has reared its head
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it's time for a new series inviting you
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to join me over the next nine days and
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nine states
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shalyah now will change a bit there is
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no exact path but from this perspective
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from the atlas just show you I'm
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starting right around there and then
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kind of up through this section making
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my way into the Panhandle which is
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designated here and then later this
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evening stopping right on the state line
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more or less could be anywhere in that
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section
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I would imagine at some point back in
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the day the skating rink was very
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popular
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it's since closed its doors the retro
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sign still remains wishing someone a
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very happy birthday
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that wheeled shoe has a roof on it also
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on the outskirts of Inverness is this
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establishment which I also believe is
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not open
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pretty good mural though the turkey and
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a deer and some other some other animals
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around the lake this is still an
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operation the look of it is very
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nostalgic
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there you go pink elephant with glasses
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on and glooming eyes staring staring at
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me I see an automobile or two driving
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down Florida Avenue which is where I'm
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heading northbound I'm noticing some
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little burrow holes here quite a few of
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them scattered through the terrain
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something's out of the ground on the
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property of the Citrus Springs Medical
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Center hundreds of these little piles
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could easily be mistaken for ant beds
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but they're not
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cruising through Dunnellon now a
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bustling little tiny community that sums
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up the landscape in this area I just
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noticed a sign that this side street is
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on the National Registry of historical
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districts fire department very quaint
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a place where time stands still or in
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this case doesn't exist at all
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continuing on a ways noticing this
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giraffe looming over the thoroughfare at
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a pretty good perspective from way up
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top
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and a stethoscope around your neck a
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very long neck I might add he's a doctor
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under the silhouette of the Sun next to
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this past year are some very interesting
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domes
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almost looks like the brick goes up to
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make up the roofline
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growing through
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don't see these every day quite a bit of
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peace and quiet through this section
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behind
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and forward
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straight ahead
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you have to look really closely it's
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very grown over there's a few homesteads
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back in there even a satellite dish in
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the yard if you look on the far left a
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truck a broken-down truck our way that's
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a broken-down car back in the woods back
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on to a wider road space it's still not
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still not heavily traveled
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former service stations still standing
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it'll stop off point for travelers
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something about these little downtown
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areas
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I'm in williston established back in
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1914 this bank has gone through a couple
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different names
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fascinated by the glass blocks
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to find the wall
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tucked away back here is an unused
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portion of the town but if these walls
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could talk they could tell some some
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stories
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the Public Library also used to be a
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bank up until 1991 still has the night
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depository box on site looks as if the
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high school has been moved but this is
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where it used to be
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staying to keep out or off the premises
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just a quick little peek inside the gym
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very interesting
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you almost can't miss this right off the
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side of the road a very large headstone
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no longer train tracks running beside it
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but this is the Depot now the Chamber of
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Commerce as I stood over there I noticed
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the back end of the property is this
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small building
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first thought was a public restroom but
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upon closer investigation I don't
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believe that's the case
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there is a section where you could
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utilize the facilities however bars
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no placard or signage a jail cell he's
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my best guess not only they rusted out
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metal roof on this one but we really
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caught my eye was the design
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and next to the windows and the corner
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pieces
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that's to to the thought itself drove
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for just a bit more and now have arrived
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at Fort Fanning just passed this is
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something amazing no not that washed up
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boat that you can take a peek out
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through those two pillars but the
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historic swanee River but that bridge
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goes over there is a warning that says
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drop-off originally called Palmetto the
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fort was renamed in honor of Colonel
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Alexander Campbell Wilder Fanning who
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passed away in 1846 made of real wood
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and situated in a warm humid climate
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remnants of the actual fort have long
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disappeared that's a tight walk way to
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get a better peek only like a few inches
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at other times you can tell where the
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railroad tracks used to be example in
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the town of Cross City they've converted
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theirs into a walkway and bike paths can
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faintly see in the top corner where the
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name of the community signage used to be
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it's since fallen off the water tower
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and City Hall this tree is completely
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good thing that doesn't work because
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that ant bad would have gotten soaked
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did you know there's a Salem Florida in
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fact there is
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the words read groceries meats
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ice cream dairy products fishing
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supplies Shaw's grocery certainly seen
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better days
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the neons been removed you can see where
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it was with the holes they're mounted in
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the side that is indeed a relic and just
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down the track a bit located in Perry
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outside of this decaying establishment
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is this beauty
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vintage advertisement alert over there
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painted on the brick no date stamp that
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I can see they look like it's been there
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for quite some time
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the pillars on the building at the end
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is something you do see in a lot of town
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square
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style areas we're now dipping into the
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Apalachicola National Forest
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and now leaving it the o'clock nee River
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I believe is how it's pronounced
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whoa
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automobiles over my head
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the pinecone very prevalent in this
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states this neck of the woods the woods
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pine count go back home so youthful
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ground chuck $2.49 a pound of Piggly
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Wiggly in Bristol it's a grocery store
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where normally there would be another
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shop on Main Street is a courtyard with
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the gazebo
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I'd say there was a storm through here
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in the not so distant past
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that's gonna do it for today tomorrow
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