Forgotten Small Towns in Southern Alabama - Day TWO Backroad Cross Country Trip / 9 States In 9 Days
Day Two of my 9 states in 9 days challenge to stay only on the backroads and search small towns . Alabama was full of amazing places .
Day 1 Florida
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welcome everyone Adam the whoo here
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today's adventure begins with the very
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dreary and overcast morning as I've
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crossed the state line into Alabama a
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cross-country journey the nooks the
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crannies the non populated areas no
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theme parks no major attractions just
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good old Americana for my second of my
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nine state challenge one per day we'll
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be focusing mostly on the bottom
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southern portion heading west kind of in
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this general area I'm inviting you to
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join me starting to sprinkle show you
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straight ahead the town of Cottonwood
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was to be an old mill here on the right
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for the production of peanuts
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when does gusting and making quite the
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racket over there without a loose metal
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just barely hanging on hold strong metal
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gutter remnants of the past here painted
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on the side of the brick you can always
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tell what an establishment used to be
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even years later based on these
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what was the general store over there
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not even a stoplight just a blinking
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yellow one at this intersection
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Danford x' quick mark the backside of
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this has been removed fallen
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and the shop is closed a convenience
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store
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nice shot of the water tower peeking up
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there over the top portion is gloomy
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you know you're in a secluded area when
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there is a weight limit signage for
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vehicles I'm good
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the road narrows
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it's not a single lane bridge but
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pretty close quarters if you had two big
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automobiles on the pavement has changed
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into more of a whoa little bumpy oh
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let's went over a pothole to more of a
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gravel substance there's some cotton
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it's a field of cotton
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the bustling community of Madrid corner
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of Commerce Street and Decatur no more
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fuel available at this particular
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station quaint little Church building
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over there I'd say at one point this
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residence used to have a business in a
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mechanic shop next to his homestead
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gridlock level
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at zero
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absolutely none
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don't do that that field just goes on
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and on and on so see if cotton
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Oh
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free ice for fishermen dr. pepper glory
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no telling what year that was painted on
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they're serious old school very
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difficult to make out but written on the
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door that rusted out door states auto
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repair far left of the screen I believe
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it's an outhouse
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Suns finally starting to peak out a
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little
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the church windows are not stained-glass
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the kind of tinted marble
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now I've heard of Sunday school and
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morning service not familiar however
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with a training union that's been
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scratched out
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right they spotted me
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they spotted me
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downtown Sampson there's a megaphone
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placed up there on that telephone pole
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way up there around the back alley this
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statement might not be relevant in this
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day and age nonetheless how cool is that
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Kinston water tower on the horizon this
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shop is closed on Mondays
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as stated the few locals at the post
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office they're in the middle of this
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little section it's coming down again
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doing all right doing good there okay
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stick together
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picking your nose huh yeah I do that
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sometimes I get it
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on the top of porn Hill sits this
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grocers or former grocers
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then I have this umbrella drove a little
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bit of a ways
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first thing I'm greeted with when
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pulling into Bruton is this mural of
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some gentleman on a river on top of logs
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and that is a heck of an awesome looking
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auto parts shop pronto and I like how
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the railroad tracks line up parallel to
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the shops
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it's almost unnoticeable at this point
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it faintly make out the furniture store
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and we'll goodness water's coming down
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if you're looking for a bar that was the
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ideal 1-var is falling off but it's a
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clever name
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that's a rather good-sized painting to
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say the least
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what's the logging in this region as
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shown here
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in fact there goes
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a logging truck now the Ritz theater is
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once on this spot
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the last film it played was Crocodile
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Dundee back in 87
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known as the hub of the community and
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even though it's gone
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they have built this in its place as an
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homage which also bears the signage
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currently it's a banquet hall you can
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make out what it used to be one is the
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rain job doesn't as a kid though that's
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what that is
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a very unique looking Bank facade closed
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in 1912 opened in 1889
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there really isn't an inch of clear sky
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all clouds
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the O is a heart these style are always
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very interesting made out of plastic not
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a metal sign or wood a plastic probably
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seventies ish and just across the way
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there it's the Strand theater
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