Stuck In The Ice & Snow of Winter Texas Storm - Road Trip Day 4 / San Antonio To Houston Conditions
Winter 2021 Cross Country Road Trip Day 4
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starting off the day not in the best
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position
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i am stuck here along the side of this
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hill
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along with this other truck which do not
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back up into me
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please yeah this is i am right here
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in the ice i cannot move at all i'm
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trying to maybe wait a few moments until
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this kind of melts
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you can see hey he's starting to slide
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back this isn't good current time is 8
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33 i think my only option is maybe to
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back up back
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down the hill and not chance at the
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freeway is only about
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i don't know a mile up the up this way
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here but i don't think i'm gonna get to
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the freeway
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just checked out of my hotel okay oh my
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gosh i thought i'd go slide into me i
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was trying
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no that's why i got to stop her because
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not she's on ice and she doesn't know it
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and she's on a slant and she would have
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just kept on going so
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okay keep on doing what you're doing
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this gentleman is assisting me he said
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to put it in neutral
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not reverse i'm gonna go slow back and
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said they've iced the middle section
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down here
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to go between those two pylons he's like
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kind of cut off
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that lady all i thought she was gonna
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slide into me oh my gosh this is like
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terrifying
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okay i'm on some snow now
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welcome everyone adam the woo here it's
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now 9 a.m
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freezing cold conditions about 12
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degrees
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it is supposed to get up to to the high
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teens early 20s
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which if the sun comes out might melt
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off some of this
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i'm in this parking lot i can't go any
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further you see there is
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a thick buildup of ice here snow there
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and kind of teasing me the freeway which
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will have the snow plows
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constant traffic not as many nooks
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crannies dips hills
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the freeway traffic i can hear is right
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over there just getting to it would have
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to be over
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that hill i am in a town by the name i
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believe it's pronounced bernie i thought
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it was born
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but i i asked the hotel last night they
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said it was bernie
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and yeah i'm just i'm just waiting it
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out i don't know if i should go back get
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another room for the evening or if i
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should try to carry on i feel like if i
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get out of this area
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get on the freeway the interstate i-10
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eastbound
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everything everything will be fine but
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that was
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i thought it was going to be on the top
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of that little that wasn't even a summit
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it was just a little
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uh making i know i may be making
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mountains out of mole hills it was a
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molehill but when it's filled with ice
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it's not good i'm inviting you to join
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me i don't know what's going to happen
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today
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on this adventure shall you
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just when i think none of these days can
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get any more dramatic
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i that was intense i have made it now
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onto the freeway i'm going about 30
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miles an hour
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at least it's a kind of a straight shot
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they have a snow plows through here
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and i can kind of dodge the ice more
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than going into the small towns
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where i was staying that was
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there's no one on the roads only a few
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cars and i'm just kind of
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oh my gosh and the swerve back there
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the ice is no joke but i believe the sun
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might come out and it'll be a good day
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that was something i'm gonna do my best
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not to exit i got a full tank of gas
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and i'm just gonna i'm not gonna try to
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exit even to see any kind of like
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roadside attractions or anything
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i'm just gonna see the sun up there
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peeking up
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come on son i need you
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whatever i need you i don't want to get
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off this interstate
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this is nice my philosophy just stay on
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the 10 i could have taken the 410 well i
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think it's the 410 that goes around san
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antonio
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but i would have to got got off of an
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exit and some of the exits are closed
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the exit onto the the bypass it's kind
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of up there
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and just didn't want to veer off i just
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want to keep going straight stay on this
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dry road
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i'm just going to stay the course also
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noticing that pretty much everything is
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closed for good reason
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i would imagine employees can't even get
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to work and probably not the safest
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thing
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to try to you know to
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try to go get just go shopping
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yeah see how glossed over
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some of those sections over there are
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thankfully i'm on dry
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land on slick land
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at least the lane i'm in you see just
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one over even
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see this one here starting to kind of
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gloss back over as well but the one i'm
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in is good
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just got to find the dry patch and
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cruise along go about 30 so
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30 miles an hour sometimes i have to
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like veer over into the center
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because off to the side there you can
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see
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if i'm not in the center there's ice
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that's gonna hit my tire
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that would not be good luckily traffic
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is light so
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just find the dry spots on slick spots
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another section you got to watch out for
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too is under
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the bridges and underpasses where shade
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does not allow any sun to
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melt away okay you gotta take it really
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slow around those corners
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by reading this correctly it says ice on
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road all
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lanes closed exit now
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ice on road all lanes closed exit now it
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did not shift me over to exit
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however the next exit up yeah the
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another one of the four tents is all
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kind of stanchion and barricaded off
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you would not get up that incline there
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just kind of creeping along
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doing it you also cannot get off at this
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exit
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crossroads boulevard
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come on son let's do this
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the road above me leads to i-10 it
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rerouted me up to the lower level
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maybe this will connect okay yeah i see
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a sign this will connect but they have
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that closed off as well
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because you cannot go up the hill to get
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to it
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at a standstill now been here for a few
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minutes
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it's just a slow crawl trying to get i
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think onto the 35 which is going to
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route me back to the 10 because
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going up on the overpass there wasn't a
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here's a partial view of downtown san
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antonio it's about as close as i'm going
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to get
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just about to well it says do not enter
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this way
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however if i go straight it is
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barricaded off
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i need to get over back to the
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interstate
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somehow got veered off i'm on the corner
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santa rosa and kingsbury
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but i need to follow that car
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this is an adventure all right
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back on the tent
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should be smooth sailing now the sun is
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out
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it's been a day already and it's still
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early it's only 10 30.
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leaving san antonio city limit that's
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what that sign says
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carrying on even though i have almost
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three quarters of a tank of gas a little
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over half
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decided to stop for some fuel however
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there is no fuel at this particular
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station however i am
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still going to stop go inside because
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bucky's is a is a place i always
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i always like to frequent it's kind of
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like i always refer to it almost as the
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disneyland
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of gas stations there are 100 gas pumps
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none of which
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which have fuel but i have a little bit
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of gas that should be okay if i see any
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as i continue down i'll pull off but
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i have to stop here go ahead and get
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myself finally for the morning a
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piping hot caffeinated beverage
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it's chilly i'm also very thankful that
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i'm still not stuck at the top of that
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and a big thank you to
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the gentleman who helped from the texas
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department
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they were cones department of
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transportation
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for giving me the advice i was up there
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for probably about a half hour
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or so you see everyone's kind of just
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parked over here even though
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there are see they have they have bags
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over over the nozzles letting everyone
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know that there is
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no fuel but thank you big thank you to
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that guy
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and everyone here in texas that is
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helping everyone out who is not familiar
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with driving and snow and ice and bucky
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himself bucky the beaver
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he's either trying to stay warm we're
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following the precautions during all the
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the regulations by wearing the wearing
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not a scarf or not a facial covering but
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a t-shirt around i might actually i
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might actually get myself a t-shirt
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in here maybe you also gotta walk
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watch where you're walking here yeah
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what's your name
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adam do you have a bucky's hat i got a
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[\h__\h] suit on bro
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you have a bucky suit on that's amazing
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i need to get one of those to keep you
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have you been in here yet i haven't been
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in this one i've been at a bunch of
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buckies
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you're gonna be in the video now awesome
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this is awesome
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i almost got i got i almost got stuck in
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the ice about two hours ago you've been
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stuck here two days now
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two days you've been stuck here yeah
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yeah i've tried i'm trying to make it to
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houston california right now
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you're going to california so i'm going
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to florida
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cool we're going the opposite way good
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to meet you they have quite a few items
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in here including these chairs here
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these would be pretty neat to have in
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the in the yard perhaps or maybe this
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tent over here
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oh nice i've never seen this one before
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it says i wash my hands
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at bucky's wash your hands you filthy
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this is so good i might have to get one
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of these i wonder if they
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oh look at the name of these hand wipes
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that is so good and they have the little
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facial coverings here
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as well yeah this is awesome they have
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so
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many items in here lots of food i'm
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really looking for
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definitely for coffee yeah i think i
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might i think i might get
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some merchandise and here's another one
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oh look at this you're not gonna do any
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going on any of these little out of the
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water today that is for sure
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this is new too they always have a good
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assortment of merchandise in here
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including these little keychains these
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little
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little plushes here as well
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about to procure this piping hot
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beverage i do have enough cash
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to buy it however the they said the
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credit card machines are down so i don't
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know if i'll have enough only have like
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a 20
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bill so i have to be very very very very
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cautious on how much i get because i
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cannot i can't stock it's a wine glass i
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can't stock up
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because they do not have the credit card
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machines the power
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talking to another local they said that
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the power
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was in and out has been in and out
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for quite some time and now it's on
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there's a look at this this is like left
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over from the season there
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right down there the throw i should
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maybe i should get no you know what i
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don't even know if i have enough
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to get i'd rather get a t-shirt
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everything is is a beaver that is a
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therma seat
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yeah i want a t-shirt and just look how
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many
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different items they have
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looks as if the name of this town is
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luling
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l-e-l-i-n-g so
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right up there if you want to represent
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what town
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this one is in and they also have oh
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what is this buckle up
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with bucky you know this would be very
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useful not just the pajama pants but
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this like
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hooded sweatshirt here they got some
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caps
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okay i'm gonna i'm gonna go see i'm
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gonna get go ahead and pay for this with
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the cash and then
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see these blankets are good
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little stuffs oh you know what i could
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get
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i could get i'm gonna get some k-cups
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because i have a keurig yeah i'm gonna
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do that i almost just tripped i almost
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just fell backwards over my own foot
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my feet are a little chilly and numb
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yeah i'm gonna get i know what i'm gonna
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get i don't know if i need another
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t-shirt so maybe i should just get some
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k-cups because i do have a keurig back
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in
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in florida oh florida i'm ready for your
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warmth one item that is very popular
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that everyone suggests and i've tried
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them before
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and i think i'm gonna get them again are
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the
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beaver nuggets this is kind of what
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they're known for
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and they might go good with my coffee
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the piping hot caffeinated beverage
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perhaps maybe
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they're 3.99 i think i'll have enough
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with my 20
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bill because they don't accept only have
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cash at the moment get some
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beaver nuggets my coffee and the k-cups
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all right heading out gotta go to the
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register first
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been heading
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road out through here look to be pretty
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decent just kind of zipping along
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a little brisker pace trying to make up
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some time
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pulled over decided to fuel up current
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price 219 here at this loves
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and there's also across the way there
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at the 76 239 self-pumping gas pump with
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the little
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clamp there just wanted to make sure i
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still had about
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it stopped it's filled up now i had half
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a tank
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but don't want to be too careful
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especially after yesterday's
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yesterday's conundrum check those out
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those are frozen and someone has left
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their chapstick
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right there all right moving on
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got a full tank and it is a good thing i
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fueled up because it's very hit or miss
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on which places not only are open and
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have fueled
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that place doesn't have anything like so
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many others
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starting to make my way towards well
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into houston now
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just on the outskirts and
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is this are my eyes deceiving me am i
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seeing
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some sort of grass there peeking out
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from the snow
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current temperature 27 degrees it's
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melting
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i mean it's still under freezing because
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freezing is 32.
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i never thought i'd be this content to
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be
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happy and glad that it's 27 degrees
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yes if i could just get through the
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greater houston area
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i think i'll be good you have to worry
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about hydroplaning though so i'm still
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keeping my
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my speed rather slow the ice melts i got
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that
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that water on the road it's easy to be
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slick on that too
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some really slick ice through here
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especially right here at this turn off
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as i was slowing down i started to slide
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a little bit too
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underneath these underpasses where the
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shade is very dangerous
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get back out of the open the open sun
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just kind of comes out it just comes out
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of nowhere
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all right this is a disaster up here the
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ramp whoa
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truck the ramp up onto the 610
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south which connects with the 10. uh
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people are going the wrong way
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because it's completely backed up looks
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like there's a truck
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stuck up top there so everyone's backing
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up
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i need to go up there
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i needed to go up that and notice this
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ice here
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okay i just keep moving through this ice
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so it looks like there's some trucks
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that are stuck up top so now i have to
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go
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this way and reroute
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houston we have a definite problem
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not used to this kind of weather in
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these elements around here
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gosh the thing about driving through
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cities that's very tough is you know
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when you're on the regular interstate
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freeway
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the ground underneath helps no
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scientists but
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helps warm up the road conditions
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when you get into a city there are
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overpasses little nooks
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and crannies but a lot of overpass
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especially back in houston
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those overpasses are what you have to
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fear turning those corners because the
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cold air
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gets underneath the roadway and does not
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heat up the ground would heat up the
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road at a flat level like this
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so even though it is i think now it is
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hit 32 degrees which is still at
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freezing
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certain places are melting but you know
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in houston for example that i just went
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through so many overpasses when you go
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near and around downtown because roads
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have to go underneath
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those overpasses some of which i had to
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go over
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are completely still very icy and that
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is where most of
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the wrecks are by the way i'm at the bay
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town
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buckies now and the gas pumps you notice
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a minute ago just showing the gas pumps
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behind me it doesn't look like those are
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still
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operational here maybe their credit card
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machine inside is
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i can get a t-shirt and some other some
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other accessories i'm gonna
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head in obviously nowhere near the the
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same one i was at earlier
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today most of these are in texas i
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believe there might be a couple outside
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texas and
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i have heard that's a little he's got a
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heart there
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on his belly well it's actually above
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his belly this this i love his torso
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there
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i've heard a rumor that they are
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building one of these i don't know if
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it's open yet
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in daytona beach florida florida is
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going to get its first
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buckies i doubt much ice is selling
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probably not probably not
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got a few bags of accessories here
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as well and i guess i was incorrect on
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the on the ice
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because they are oh they're stocking up
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the ice i guess
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i guess ice is a commodity right now
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yeah i got quite a bit
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the machines the credit card machines
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weren't working we're working so i got a
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few other items i didn't get the other
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the other spot and gas pumps are not
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restrooms were not
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available because the water is not
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working and no soda or
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coffee but that's okay that's okay i
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think i'm gonna drive about another hour
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and get a hotel close to the state line
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just
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still in texas but just off the state
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line
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oh my god oh my goodness bucky someone
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has
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has desecrated your forehead there
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all right gotta love some buckies let me
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show you what i got let me go
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through the car and show you this on top
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of what i purchased at the other spot
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i got some cheese curls double cheese
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with the bucky's logo on it also some
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buckos
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a t-shirt some virginia salted peanuts
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some pickled oat okra some
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tip top pop also with the
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the bucky's logo yeah see the all these
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have the
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bucky's insignia right there
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and this i could if i want to open up
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like a coca-cola classic or a pepsi
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i don't drink i drink alcohol so that
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wouldn't really work with
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alcoholic beverages maybe if i had
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someone visiting over my homestead
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take that off the fridge and crack open
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a cold one
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but nonetheless it's really cute also
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underneath there is my
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sitting on my bass guitar bringing my
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bass guitar to
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florida too i guess i should throw the
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couple other items in there and show the
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entire
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the entire lot where they call that a
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hall a hall
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and i've already kind of already nestled
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myself into the beaver nuggets those
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things
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could become slightly
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time consuming well addictive
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because they are tasty if i read the
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sign correctly back there this is the
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old and lost
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river oh maybe
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it's an old river a lost river
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i am really ready to be off this road
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for the evening not too much farther
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another 40 minutes 40 miles or so well
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40 miles might not take 40 minutes at
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this rate but
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soon these last few days have been
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something else
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you can see they're over there it looks
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like this maybe just i thought maybe
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this is just regular road work but no
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they're
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they're pushing the ice off here
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here
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let's not forget before bucky's that has
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gotten so popular
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was stuckey's
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which sounds familiar but stuckey's was
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the precursor
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and has been around a lot longer well
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i guess i assume so i've always i've
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always
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supported these places but for a while
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it was very difficult
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there were not a whole heck of a lot
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left but there has been
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a resurgent you know i do a lot of road
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trips and i travel so
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you start to get familiar with a lot of
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these places but stuckey's
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kind of went by the wayside for a while
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but they're back they are starting to
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formulate
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into a promising business once again and
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i don't want to
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slip and do the business right here on
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this but i'm going to go in because they
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are known for their pecan rolls
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which i'm going to get a couple of those
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just for the rest of the tenure of this
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trip
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but they sell all kind of items
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including hamburgers fried chicken
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ice cream shakes gator heads
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side note don't mess with texas do you
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know that that was based on a
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littering campaign that's what that
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means don't litter
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fun fact oh yeah
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i like buckies but i also love
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some stickies
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and get yourself a souvenir coin here
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the texas souvenir coin got the
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stuckey's saltwater taffy
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a few mix of those that's just on top of
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what i really
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pulled over for look at the
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gargantuanness
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of this original pecan log
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looks like the the trucks are there well
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not quite it looks like a
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full full amount of folks
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yeah this thing will last a while i got
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i got plenty of snacks the last
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last the next couple of days
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while i'm traversing the whole balance
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on to this
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all right off to my hotel and
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accommodations for the evening
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right around the corner well not around
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the corner but hello bird
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it's a bird on a wire i think you just
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you just did some business you ever seen
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that film bird on the wire
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yeah you're not the only one that hasn't
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it's a good one though check it out
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it's a deep cut when you get the time
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over by the hotel they got doing a
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little work on the powerballs
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even with the slow going and very
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poor conditions icy roads managed to
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make it
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300 miles today making it through san
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and houston 300 plus a 3 15-ish
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not far from the state line maybe an
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hour or so i'm in
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beaumont texas still in texas texas is
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its own
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entity it takes a heck of a long time
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even
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usually without inclement weather
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to get through it so i spent some time
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in texas
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