The Road to Moab on Travel Day Thru Scenic Utah - Small Old West Towns & Amazing Desert Views
Road To Moab June 2022
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today's adventure begins by looking at
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this lighthouse in spanish fork utah as
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the recording of this sunday june 5th
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2022 the mountains in the background
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the traffic going by
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my mom and dad making their way up to
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this landmark we're going to be heading
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182 miles south
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of here to some scenic countryside
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a little family trip
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out of salt lake
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into moab welcome everyone
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out of the woo here file this one under
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travel day
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we'll be traversing down to some pretty
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scenic regions down highway six and then
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connecting with another road before
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getting to moab where we'll be spending
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at least
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a night or two and some accommodations
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there
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it just
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no real rhyme or reason other than going
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to see some beauty
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mom and dad heading down there with me a
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little bit of a family trip
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i'm inviting you
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to join me
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shall you
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that's good and reading this placard
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here
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the first settlement of the icelanders
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in the united states
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leif ericsson and icelander discovered
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america
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in 1000 a.d
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eight centuries later 16 pioneers from
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iceland established in spanish fork
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utah and there is a viking ship
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up top here at the tippy top of this
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lighthouse which stands probably about
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20
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feet tall
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or so it's kind of a nice little park
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got a seating
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arrangement over here and this rock
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which sets here and quite a few
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yes a veritable
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plethora
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of information placards
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scattered through here at least eight or
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nine
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of them but the rock
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in question it actually says right here
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and it stated
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rock from iceland
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right down here
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it says
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this rock was removed from the shores
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on may 6 2005 and brought to spanish
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fork stands as a symbol of commitment
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courage and sacrifice to those who love
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their posterity and legacy of faith
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perseverance
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and endurance
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there's a lot less bugs out here today
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than yesterday
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so far it's bug-free also a nice little
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array of flowers and gardens here okay
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mom trivia question you're
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you know a lot more about flowers than i
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do what kind of flowers are these
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that i do not know that's the snapdragon
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the purple one that's a snapdragon
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the other ones a lot of these flowers
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i'm not familiar with because this is a
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different area what about this one here
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i don't know that either some kind of
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daisy everything daisy but that's
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definitely a snapdragon
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yes and here's a pure winkle
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we carry away from florida we have those
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that grow real good now is that a
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snapdragon also yep that's snapdragon
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beautiful color too
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there's another one up there
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different color
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i have some of those blooming in my yard
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in my house some of these no it goes up
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there those lilies up there oh those are
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lilies are those petunias no
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what are they dead i thought those might
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you took a bunch of them i took a
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picture i took a picture i was like i
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think you was like just you're
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collecting roses
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your mom the rose thief
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definitely a lot different terrain than
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what you're used to in florida right uh
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look at the yes on that mountain over
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there the clouds
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yeah
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another thing that's fascinating is this
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little parking area
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but they had to blast their way through
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this to create this road
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so basically they had to remove part of
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the mountain you go right through the
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middle of the mountain in order to
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continue to mow up you see this a lot
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across the country where they use
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dynamite
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and what not to
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clear a path
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for the roads
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pretty pretty amazing and moved a few
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more miles up the road
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saw something pretty fascinating here
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off the side
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a few hundred or more
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sheep maybe even
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close to a thousand sheep over there i
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mean
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it seems like an outrageous number
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take a look
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few hundred there
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they are traversing up the side of that
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hill
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and that's not even the bulk of all the
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sheep
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there's a few more scattered there
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and then a large congregation
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just nestled over there in the shade
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even though it is kind of overcast
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it's hard to hear their
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eyes
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because of the traffic
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notice how there are no power lines on
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these power poles
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evidently the
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power lines through here are now placed
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underground
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or
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have been rerouted to another area
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a little further up the way is this rest
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stop
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pulled over here and they have
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a display of how trains work with the
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how the train turns around
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and you'll see
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there is a train
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right there i'm just guessing this
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signifies how the train will go to here
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and this turning circle could have it go
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back the other direction turn turn style
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don't quote me on that
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it shows here the water tower where the
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train will pull up
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steam powered train
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and the water will go out of that into
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the train i've seen this at disneyland
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obviously
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and since this is not an active track
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walk down it
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see the circle here
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and then all the variables
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for different directions
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435
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hey son
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what are you doing here mama
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look at this old train
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got not only the u.s flag up top and
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then below it the utah state flag
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the birds chirping adds a nice ambiance
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too
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always nice to see a train
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usually what i'll do if i pass one
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drive a few miles up ahead find a place
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to pull off the road
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so i can just station myself
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to get an angle like this
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sometimes it works out when you see them
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sometimes it doesn't this one just
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worked out
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a little further on now and as the
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traffic is going through there we can
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see
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blasted through the side of the mountain
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this is bryce
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canyon
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and there's a little information here
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about the carbon power plant
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which is located near the junction of
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highway 191 and highway 6 about a half
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mile from the site
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plan was retired in
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2015 after 60 years and five months
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of dependable service
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and i believe standing here
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will be able to see that same train
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that i passed by and pulled over
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a few miles back
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a little bit higher up than the other
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angle i had
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a moment ago but it's starting to pull
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past that tree
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okay i'm just going to be quiet a little
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moment of move to quietness
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as this goes by
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old sign there that says gas
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also this relic
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tucked away behind the old gas station
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also another classic truck over there in
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that yard
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looking back the other direction with
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the
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canyons in the distance
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just balancing right look at that
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balancing up there
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that is so cool now over to wellington
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and pulled over to
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notice this
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bust of jefferson tidwell
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here 1877 president
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brigham young called on jefferson
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tidwell to explore the country east
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of the wasatch reign
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watch
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range i should say
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and this pioneer cabin
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sits here
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as a relic of those days
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wellington
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continue driving for a bit longer
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stopping off at another rest stop this
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pay phone
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at first i got kind of excited thinking
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maybe it was an active pay phone but
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there is no cord
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or a phone on there so there's a relic
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of the past that kind of sorta
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still exists you get a pretty good view
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from this rest stop
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it is elevated a lot of rest stops are
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just right off the side of the
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interstate
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or the highway or freeway
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whichever but this is elevated
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quite a bit
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which gives you a real good layout of
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the land in all different directions
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probably about 45 miles or so from moab
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now
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i had to guess 40 45 miles
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just doing a
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little turn here
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this picnic air is always fascinating
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because you hardly ever see anyone
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picnicking i've said that before
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you want to explain what the difference
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between a butte
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what is a butte we were talking about
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that on the way over drive where we're
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driving
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let's see a butte is a
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raised
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area of land with a flat top
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and straight sides
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and it's narrower than a mesa
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a mesa would be where the land is like a
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flat area then it goes up and then it's
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flat again for a long way but a
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butte is narrower than a mason so this
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over here would be a butter over there
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i would think so
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but i'm not a geologist
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that's a real beaut
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that's a beaut start calling my wife
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noticing some of the fire ants that are
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here or maybe not fire ants but
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definitely do not want to get bit
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by one of these ants that is their nest
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right there
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they're just kind of roaming around the
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sidewalk there
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seeing these
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rock formations off in the distance
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and over here
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looks to be what was a church at one
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time
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we got a wagon a stagecoach
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doc
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hawks elixirs over here
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what a backdrop
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oh snake oil
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look at this
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view
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so beautiful
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and if that's not enough
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look over there
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got the silhouettes of the cowboys
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cowgirls on the window
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backing up watching where i'm walking
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there's the
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angle right there
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directional arrows to
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some of the other spots
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in the vicinity of the general store off
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there in the distance
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and the ground is this clay
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nine miles to moab
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also kanab
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lasalle
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utah lake
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new mexico
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that directional arrow is north
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i don't even want to know what's down
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that way well it states it right there
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hey we have arrived in moab
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at the colorado riverway bridge is the
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first thing we're stopping at as we're
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pulling out of town making our way over
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to our accommodations for the evening a
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hotel
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the bridge opened on may 16
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2008
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and you can walk across this is like a
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free little rest area
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no admission needed to just pull over
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here park
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and walk across the river
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that's what we're gonna do we're gonna
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walk down this
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and up that ascent
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and see what the views like looks to be
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some pretty good bike riding through
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what if they've ever taken their bikes
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down any sweet slides
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no slack lining
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or climbing our bridge
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no slackline i'm not sure what slack
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lining is
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no climbing on this bridge
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really is something else
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got a few boats out here a couple
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kayakers
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canoers
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those who are canoeing
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a boat dock
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over here to the side
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greetings
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we've arrived
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i don't know if there's a downtown we've
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arrived into the town of moab
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this truck looks like a four-wheel drive
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honcho here
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personal vehicle for rental i'm not sure
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but nonetheless
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greetings from moab
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you've arrived went ahead and checked in
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the hotel now made it over to downtown
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moab look at this piece of artwork it
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looks like a almost like a wave
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flowing up now downtown moab
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can be shown here
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there's a general layout of the land
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next to this quilting shop
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just a few city blocks here a few town
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blocks
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close out the day
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it's a little sculpture
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yeah we're gonna grab some food over
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here at a place called pasta jays but it
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seems as if everyone else has the same
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idea we have because there seems to be
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quite a few people congregated out front
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got a name on the
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reservation list that it's gonna be
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about a half hour so we're just gonna
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wander around until then i'm gonna need
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to rent one of these
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go around the canyon country
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yeah pasta jays
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oh is that a sasquatch is that who i
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think it is
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it might be related in some some fashion
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to big the foot it's not big the foot
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but that's the wild thing
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probably related and this is the main
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street through moab in fact it's called
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main street there's the moab garage over
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there that's now a
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this would be an expresso shop
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i really like this
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store here with this
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you know unique looking window it kind
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of looks like something you'd see like
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san francisco or something
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just randomly in utah all right have
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been alerted now heading into pasta and
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we have an outdoor table here for
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checkerboarded outdoor table
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looking at the menu they have an
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assortment of salads pizzas
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and then on the other side different
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entrees and at one of the stores before
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walking into the restaurant got a little
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magnet here
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all right going on some salads here i
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went with the caesar salad he went with
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the house salad no daddy did oh what is
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this it's just range just a regular
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ranch dressing salad
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and dad went with the house salad with
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what kind of topping what kind of
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dressing italian italian dressing and
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time for the entree i got the house made
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ravioli
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with all the additional stuff dad got
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meatballs spaghetti and meatballs over
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there so you got the
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salad spaghetti and meatballs i got the
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housemate i guess you call it home bay
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but they call it housemaid
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broccoli i think and uh some little side
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of bread there fettuccine alfredo that's
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what it is right fergie alfredo
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is that that looks like that
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all right pretty dang good
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i really like my meal the ravioli i'm
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kind of looking at this like a very
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unusual
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little face here in this sculpture
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all up the side
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of these
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these three different
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sculptures that go up you got some
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snakes here
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as well
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and then up top
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you got these
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the thing i'm really being drawn to is
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this face
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right here which is a happy face that's
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kind of like after i'm at pasta jay's
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that's how my belly feels all happy okay
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i got excited for a minute i thought
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maybe there'd be a
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phone in that booth just a bunch of
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stickers there is the
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old-timey sign right there the metal
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sign
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and with the sun just about to peak and
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set over
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the mountains over there the buttes over
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there i should say gonna end here at
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lynn ottinger's
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rock shop rock
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shop
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because you know they sell rocks
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and you rock and roll so
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look at that sun
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starting to disappear
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they have minerals crystals and
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gemstones
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right up here nestled
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in this hammock well uh is it a hammock
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it's a metal
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contraption of some sort at the neon
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open sign they're open a little bit
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later
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even though it's already 8 p.m
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maybe they're about to close nonetheless
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looks very cozy
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dinosaur bone
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they also have geology maps here as
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shown on the there they also have
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petrified wood
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anything on this table is three dollars
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and then anything in here these are a
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dollar
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all these items like a fossilized clam
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is only a buck
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kyanites
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no price on that one
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picture sandstone
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windrock is a dollar
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and a tiger's eye three bucks
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wow and stepping in take a look at this
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let's watch old lanterns
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up there as well now this is interesting
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this bone has teeth marks
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from an allosaur
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and up here some sort of fish
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giant fossil fish swam the lake
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seaway of north america during the age
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of the dinosaurs
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so that says now these items this is
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from a cave bear for 750 dollars
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you could purchase this
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this is
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the noggin of a cave bear
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and there's a wagon back here known as
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utah stone section because that's
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currently in utah
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this piece of art
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is called anasazi pots in the valley
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says it right down there
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here is a fossil
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cave bear
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so this shows and that says my head
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up top
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right there my head
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no touching or else
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and i have no idea what that in the
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center of the screen contraption is
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but i do know that that's gonna do it
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for today
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made it to moab
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who knows what tomorrow
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will bestow upon myself
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and my mom and dad
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gonna find an adventure i'll see the
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next video the vlog
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is over
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what is that