Desolate Areas In The Desert On Road Trip To Las Vegas - Sand Storms / Zzyzx Road & Odd Travel Spots
Road Trip LA To Las Vegas
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welcome everyone adam the woo here as a
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recording of this saturday may 28 2022.
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i am in rancho cucamonga
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heading
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out of the state of california beginning
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here with the piping hot caffeinated
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beverage
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this gas station behind me is over
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100 years old 1915 it was built
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technically i'm on route 66 but i am not
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doing a route 66
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journey i will be venturing off to other
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roads i'm heading to las vegas nevada
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should be there by this evening i'm
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gonna just document
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the road trip there not too far from la
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to vegas
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that's good i'm inviting you to join me
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that car's going very fast
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and backfiring shall you and according
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to this placard this reopened on this
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100th anniversary back in 2015
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as a 66
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museum it says out of gas over there on
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that washboard because it really is not
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an active gas station anymore but i
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loved it this place and others have been
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restored just about to connect with the
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15
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classic car alert
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slow moving traffic through this area
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getting a little bit of
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a little bit of a backup but i'm not
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complaining because i'm getting so good
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view with these
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trains over on the horizon and the tippy
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tops of some trucks
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pay no attention to the trucks
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just the trains
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top of that truck had something flapping
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on the top of it saw this over on the
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side of the road
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community of hesperia
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very windy out there so my camera
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inside the car
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zoomed out the window
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also went through the mountains it was
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very very foggy
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this place sells a lot of lamps
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it's called main street collectors
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but it's basically just a couple
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windmills
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and a lot of street lamps
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kind of interesting
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there's a classic car over there too
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old car
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it appears to be closed at the moment
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i'm not in the market to buy a street
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lamp
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also there's a cactus
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with the light on top of it see just
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look how windy this is look at this
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it's a little gusty
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over in apple valley now
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where this rather large horse sculpture
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is
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this is trigger roy rogers king of the
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cowboys
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he was titled
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this is his horse he used to sit in
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front of the roy rogers
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museum
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but he was moved here a few years ago
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spirit river center is the name of this
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little development
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down at the base
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you see some horseshoes
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just the correlation of the building and
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the
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height of this sign shows
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how large that horse is
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and this is a cactus
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with the little prickly
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items going off the side here
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you know it seems pretty commonplace
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like i think everybody knows including
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myself what a cactus is
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but do you really i don't
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recall ever really taking the time
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to look at a cactus up close
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so i'm looking at a cactus up close
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a street sign up there says apple valley
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one way victorville the other way
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this is mineral road
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which is just off of the thoroughfare
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that runs below this very impressive
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rock formation
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but i found an old bridge well i didn't
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find it i just saw it off the side of
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the road
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so i pulled off down this little dirt
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path
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see if i can get up close to this old
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timey bridge
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this is pretty dang cool
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looks like i'm not going to be able to
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go too far past this barbed wire
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it does say past this point
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private property
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that's probably a little sharper than
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the cactus
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before the new road was built and the
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new bridge that runs adjacent
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over there was built this was used
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to get across this and it still has the
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truck entrance sign
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right there
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they don't want anyone climbing around
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because that's why they put all this up
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i mean you could traverse along that
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and with all that wind gonna be a lot of
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dust and dirt
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going through this little stretch of the
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planes
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very dusty
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all right fueling up 659
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a gallon
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right here at a place called
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terribles
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you see just how windy it is out here
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one thing that's kind of neat about this
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area
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barstow
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is there's four train tracks here
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there's a train going by down there
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there's this train that's parked
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bnsf
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railroad
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it's a multitude of trains to go through
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here
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back before i pulled over here i counted
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four
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so you got this one
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it's on that track
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another one that's there and then there
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was another tray oh you can kind of see
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you can kind of see the other one just
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slowly going by there
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now i've done this drive many times
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i'm doing it again
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spoiler alert there's only a few things
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on the road to vegas from la
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and this is one
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that i always stop out stop at
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peggy sue's
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dinosaur park
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look at this tree
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look at look at this
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i don't know what the wind gusts are
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but they are
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very strong
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very strong through here
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i mean look at this mannequin that's
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dangling from the tree it is holding on
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for dear life
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the gusts are like blowing that
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mannequin
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all around
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dramatically
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back and forth to and fro from those
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tree limbs
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pears just waving in the
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breeze right over there hold on
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hold strong mannequin
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i never knew this existed
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liberty
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sculpture park
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can't see much from the road
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however
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the gates open and just gonna follow
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this dirt path all right there
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definitely are
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some sculptures out here in fact there's
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the sign
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i don't even know if i want to get out
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of the car it is so windy and so dusty
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there's even some people doing some work
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over there
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i don't ever recall
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seeing this area
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before
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or these sculptures
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pretty neat
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there's a bunch more
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right over there now
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you're seeing a rather large ice cream
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sundae that's eddie's world
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so all of these are right next to
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eddie's world
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but in order to get close to them you
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have to go down the side road and take
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the dirt
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path little bit closer up to that it's
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not a real not real ice cream if it was
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it would be packed with calories
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cracked the window just a little bit so
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i could peek the camera out without a
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glare
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this is the corner of oh gosh maybe i
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gotta roll the window up but the dirt is
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getting in the side
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corner of mountain view and hacienda
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there's a water park that's closed over
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here i gotta roll the window up
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oh my goodness
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look at the stop sign
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waving in the breeze
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obviously i will not be walking over
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there
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holy cow look at this
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sandstorm
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my car thinks
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i put it in park
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my car oh my gosh
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what in the name of heck
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there is a serious sandstorm rolling
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through here right now
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i can't see anything
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oh my lord you can't even see the relics
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of the water park over there just so
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sandy
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and dusty the wind blowing through here
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that got a little intense for a moment
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and this road is not a busy thoroughfare
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it's off the side of the freeway
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but i did definitely pulled over the
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side of the road didn't want to
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didn't want to risk someone not being
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able to see me
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okay it's cleared up a little bit yeah i
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will not be going over there it looks
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like someone's over there skating in
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this
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yeah someone was just skating and they
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are
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they are making their pilgrimage back to
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their car
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whoever that is is saying oh heck no
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not
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the best weather conditions to be in
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after driving for about another half
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hour turned off the interstate onto
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zizek road or maybe it's isaac very
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unusual spelling
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and about three or four miles down that
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road gonna see what's still left
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at the end
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of zizik road
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and from this point the road is gonna
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get a little bit a little bit rougher
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over here is the dried up salty
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lake bed
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it is now the desert studies center
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but some information here says explore
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sizzix
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many of the roads buildings ponds and
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plantings date from the curtis springer
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area when a radio preacher from la
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developed a religious health resort here
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a nature trail circles the pond and it
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includes exhibits
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of the area
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walk over there
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now about six seven eight years ago i
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was out here
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and i do not recall then
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that there were
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active facility so they are requesting
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that only the staff
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that's allowed go over there so
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gonna stay behind these stanchions of
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this rope and just follow the hiking
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trail that is
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for anyone that wants to walk around but
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not going to go
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over there where they say stay stay out
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of
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a sanctuary of green that says
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this green oasis known as soda springs
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that was the original name
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soda springs
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i find the desert
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incredibly fascinating
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kind of eerie a little bizarre
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but very fascinating
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small body of water here probably a
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retention pond
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the dried up lake bed over there
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the plains of the desert
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and this very interesting
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fountain that has seen better days in
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the middle
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of this very tiny amount of water in
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comparison to how dry the whole area is
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and i just lost my hat
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i just lost my hat it was so windy our
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tampa bay rays spring training cap
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right down there dang it
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dang it
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a huge wind gust just blew through here
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check my hat
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got to get my spring training cap that's
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a rare
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a rare thing
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come on cap
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that wind just took it right off my head
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well i won't be wearing this the rest of
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the day
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so it dries out
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got it take a look at this though
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you can see parts of the old resort
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right here the boulevard of dreams
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is that cross street
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and castle way
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this is the old resort from way back in
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that was built by that radio evangelist
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now being used as offices
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for whatever they're using it for right
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here now
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definitely see that this was built a
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long time ago
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nice
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that's cool
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looking up top here there is a
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bell
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the question is
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i think this applies to if a tree falls
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in the woods if anyone hears it if a
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bell rings in the desert
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is it heard
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i don't think that bell's been wrong in
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a long time got back on the interstate
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and now pulling off at the exit for
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baker also figured putting the hat on
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the dashboard like that sun would dry it
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out a little quicker it's pretty hot out
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97 degrees
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pull it into baker
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a lot of neat things and this is like
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one of the really the few stops between
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la and vegas
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that has anything of substance in it
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often the distance past the royal
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hawaiian motel
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sign way over there i'll drive by there
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is the world's largest
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working it wasn't working for many years
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but we got it working again thermometer
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tells the temperature
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and
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arnez's or arnie's a-r-n-e-s royal
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has seen better days
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i like the theming of this place though
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with the paintings on the
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side of the poles there
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this appears to have been the front desk
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where you'd go and
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you know request a room
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and there's an andre the giant skull
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painted on the side here at this country
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store it's a nice painting on the side
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that kind of shows
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the general progress
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of getting to where i am
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so you got hollywood there there's even
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a universal studios hollywood sign and
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an oscar there
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the boulevard with the pantages
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a look down here
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hollywood tower
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disneyland resort
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also the staples center
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and i am somewhere in this area
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halfway give or take maybe not halfway
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but close to halfway probably a little
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more than halfway
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before getting into
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welcome to fabulous las vegas nevada
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an oasis of the desert so i am right
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about here in the middle
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started there
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and i'm just cruising oh there we go you
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are here up top okay i missed that
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country store
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and look at this
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there is a
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painting of the mural that i'm looking
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at inside the mural itself
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that's kind of wild
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and then there's the thermometer i'm
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gonna go see what the thermometer shows
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temperature wise
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now the inside of my car is showing 95
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degrees
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so between 91 and 95.
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and look there's even like two areas of
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the top in case it gets hotter hey can
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you imagine getting it to 130 through
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here my goodness
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i have stopped at the mad greek
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20 times in my lifetime first time i
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ever heard of baker california's when i
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was on tour with a band
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and every time we play vegas we'd always
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stop off here and get a milkshake at the
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mad greek and that's a tradition that i
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have upheld
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probably half the times i've gone
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through here so i've had at least 10
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milkshakes dare i say the best milkshake
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in existence
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this will be one of those times i don't
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get a milkshake though
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they are really dang good
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but i don't need a milkshake right now
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that's this mother
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mad greek cafe milkshakes
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next level good though and since the
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last time i passed through this area a
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couple years ago
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give or take
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this has opened up is it open is it not
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open
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i do not know if i'm supposed to drive
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through here but the gates open
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and there's other cars back here
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this is behind the alien fresh jerky
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spot now i think
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i don't think this is open supposed to
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be a big hotel now i did try to
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coordinate
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stopping here but i just figured that it
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was not going to be open for guests yet
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but one day who knows when it'll be i
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would like to come back here and stay
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at this alien fresh jerky hotel
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if they're even still working on it
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i'm staying in vegas going to vegas to
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stay in vegas tonight
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well one day i want to stay here
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yeah this is not open
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i don't even know if i was supposed to
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drive through there but the gate was
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open and i saw a vehicle back here so i
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just assumed you know what they say when
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you assume something you make a
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you-know-what out of you and me
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which i just did so i'm going to go back
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into the shop
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and buy some alien fresh jerky
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i'm doing the loop
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they are not progressing with this very
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quickly
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it was sitting kind of in this mode a
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couple years ago when i went through
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here but right up here is
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the alien fresh jerky shop been here
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forever it's a rite of passage in baker
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you have to stop in baker
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when going from la
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to las vegas
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you have to you don't have to but i do
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i always do i always do
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you've
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always been the caretaker and i'm happy
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to report that the galaxy peace patrol
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vehicle
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is still out here as well
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interplanetary
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galactic federation
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with inside if you look at the front
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you got an alien there
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and then looking in the window
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there's one here in the passenger seat
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looking out the side
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also one in the back
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back there
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hello there
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there are a total of four inside here
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let's see one in the driver's seat
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oh there's even some up top up there to
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see him in the window
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can i zoom in on that let me zoom in
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oh they're up there
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they are up there and next to the
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vehicle is this space
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pod and i do believe i'm gonna go inside
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now a few years ago when they renovated
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it they made this look like this kind of
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tank looking thing
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from
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from this outer space but the building
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looked completely like a regular
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building for years and years and years
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and years but now it looks like this
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but as i go inside you can see they are
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properly properly have this place themed
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to how it should be how you would expect
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it to look inside with
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you know kind of odds and ends
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merchandise things like that when it
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comes to aliens
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and they have jerky and i'm gonna get
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some drink i'm gonna get myself some
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alien fresh
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jerky and out of all the flavors they
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had in there i went with the pepper
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teriyaki beef
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jerky premium the best jerky
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in the universe i got kind of frightened
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there's a car over there
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my same make and model maybe a year or
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two off
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you don't have to touch you
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walk up to your car you think it's your
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car and then you get there and you
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realize it's not my car the whole side
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of that car is smashed in i thought
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someone just had a hit and run out here
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with my vehicle and then i realized
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my car's parked right here that is not
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my car over there
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fun fact
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pepper teriyaki beef jerky
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oh man
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i like it
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this is only 3.2 ounces 3.25 ounces
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there were some in there there were huge
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bags and continued on a couple exits
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to this spot
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the low gas and eat sign
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been here for many years
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probably will be here for many more
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classic
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i love the arrow as well
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so you got the old neon like the neon's
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been removed for the low gas and the e
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this is about an exit or two up from
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baker
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i love that old
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rusted out arrow there
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now over to this wagon that sits
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here and above the wagon at this exit
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at the sema
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mining company the name of this
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convenience store has the grand canyon
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shows how far it is so there it shows
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hollywood 220 miles
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the other direction
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las vegas 75 more miles through 66 90
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miles
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the other way now i do not need any gas
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at the moment
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but i wanted to stop off here because
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years ago
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there used to be a few guys that were
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over here they were wearing cowboy
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accessories cowboy hats
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and whatnot
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animatronics
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that have been removed they're gone
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they've been erased
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from existence
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in fact it says push the button to see
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us work
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so i'm going to push this button
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to see them work
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however there is nothing here to see
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work
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they were doing a little bit of mining
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and it appears as if they have gone
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underground to continue the mining
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because they are not out front
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next to these fake rocks
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where the heck are they
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they're gone
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looks like there was one here
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and a couple over there one there one
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there one there maybe they were in the
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middle i don't it's been a long time but
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they're gone i was excited to see these
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and also inside it's been a long time
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but if my memory
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is correct inside this building is one
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of the most
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probably disgusting
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rest areas
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that i've ever been in it was like a
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weird yeah without a doubt the most
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awkward weird
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and smelly
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facilities
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i mean i had to wait till there was no
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one else in there just like it just so i
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could get
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you know just i could show it but wow
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what the heck
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it's like enough for four or five people
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to stand next to each other nothing in
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between them and really the waterfall
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system doesn't work so it doesn't
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properly
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go down
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the drain like it's supposed to
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so bizarre i
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i don't know it was weird almost to the
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nevada state line
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what the heck are those lights over
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very tall
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very bright
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still about another 60 miles or so from
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vegas
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this is prim
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p-r-i-m-m
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but i am now well 20 yards away once i
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cross over that line
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i will be in nevada
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a while back well gosh probably half a
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decade ago
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i stayed
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at what at the time was an open resort
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called buffalo bills
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casino
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it has hints closed there's no cars over
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there everything's blocked off
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now this roller coaster
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i even went on that
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it was
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scary
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it doesn't look like much i mean it kind
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of does look like much but it's scarier
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than it even looks
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there was also inside buffalo bills here
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there was a really cool log ride
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and i remember this descent really well
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this very steep
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drop that goes into this tube
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i felt like if i was going to raise my
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hands
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it would not end well in fact there was
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signage everywhere saying do not raise
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your hands
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on the coaster so i did it
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look at this
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this concrete tube is like
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just above where your head would be as
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it drops in yeah i didn't raise my hands
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on that thing
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right in the middle of the frame there
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is seven magic mountains an art
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installation that was put up
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a while back here in the desert
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because there are seven pieces of art
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too like basically just rocks stacked on
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top of each other
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painted different colors
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way over there one two three four five
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six
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seven
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magic mountains
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there it is over there
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i can see the skyline the oasis in the
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nevada desert
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getting off here at frank sinatra drive
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i've arrived hey it looks like the las
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vegas airport
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obviously i didn't fly in i drove my car
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across country
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to the west coast
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the airport is right next to
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well runs parallel to the welcome to
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fabulous las vegas nevada sign which is
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up here there's quite a congregation of
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people at it and that's gonna do it
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for today
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from las vegas nevada i have made it
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from the greater l.a area to las vegas
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sin city
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i'll see you in the next video
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the vlog