Goodbye to The Desert Inn - Florida Landmark Destroyed By Truck / National Register Historic Places
A visit to The Desert Inn in Yeehaw Junction which was destroyed by an 18 wheeler truck . A landmark on the national register of historic places .
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today's adventure takes us off the
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beaten path the backroads of Central
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Florida enroute to a location that's on
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the National Registry of historical
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places and in recent days has fallen on
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tough times
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welcome everyone Adams and Wu here
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subject matter at hand is a place by the
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name of the Desert Inn which has been in
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existence over a century at some cross
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streets basically out in the middle of
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nowhere an hour or so from any other
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great civilization or populated area and
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I'm making the trek to see with my own
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eyes what happened the other evening
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when a truck driver steered off-course
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through the light and demolished the
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entire front portion of the facade the
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building has collapsed judging by
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pictures that I've seen but I have not
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noticed any video that's what I'm doing
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I'm inviting you
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to join me
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shalyah this does not look good
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these premises are declared unsafe by
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the Osceola County Building Department
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notice that truck that just went by one
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similar to that one is what caused this
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it is a very busy intersection all the
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times I paved this place a visit I
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always thought that there was a chance
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this could happen being so close to the
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crossroads right up in that room was
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what some said to be the most haunted
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area of the establishment if you do some
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research you will find that quite a few
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people believe so
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what a deep history
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this place has a rich documented past
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one that has come to an end most likely
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this will be bulldozed see how all the
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18-wheelers just go to and fro just a
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stone's throw from the front of this
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facade right up on the side of the wall
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is another one of those plaques
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documenting the National Register of
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historical places
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yee-haw junction was not always the name
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for this place in this neck of the woods
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there's this original name there's no
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trespassing sign you see here on the
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door has been posted for many many years
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even before all of this destruction
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and what shipped over this piece of wood
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almost stumbled pieces up the the
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building just kind of strewn around
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very sad to see history demolished as so
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and just laying here for all to see what
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was once inside the building is now
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outside this chair some of the window
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dressings and drapes part of the couch I
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was right up there that open window
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the bordello room as they called it
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many years ago when it was open for
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business it's sad abandoned for quite
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some time but prior to that it was
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accessible and I rented a room around
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the back of the property and the owner
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at that time let me wander around and I
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walked all through that area right up
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there which most of it has fallen here
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onto the pavement and underneath the
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awning itself right here was a fence
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you'd see part of it over here and a
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little picnic area that led into the
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restaurant in the diner over that
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direction founded as a trading post back
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in the late 1880s the present building
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dates before 1925
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those walls could talk it seen some
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things
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some of the antiques that were in the
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courtyard area are strewn around as well
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see the mattress and the box springs of
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that bed kind of tucked away there in
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the shadows this entire section
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stayed intact and just fell straight
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down the truck could have been right
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right in there there just darted
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straight in what really drives the point
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home and gets to me is the neon from
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that classic signage that seen in so
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many photos and in person over the years
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you zoom in just a little bit you can
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see
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you can see it right there
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cowboy painted on the side of the wall
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there
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holding some signage saying entrance
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come on in partners except for not
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allowed broken glass and police do not
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cross caution tape
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and doors completely busted out and it's
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for good reason it's all taped off kind
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of peek in just a bit see the damage it
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is not structurally sound nor safe to
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say the least
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all the wreckage
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back in there the entire the entire
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section above has fallen into the former
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restaurant area
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he's always remind me of accommodations
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at Norman Bates with Brett out
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they are unattached from the main
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building
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about 20 yards or so behind that front
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front section a few items have even been
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moved back here
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that's where they were it kind of
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shifted I'm sure even more of that will
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take place over the next coming days and
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weeks
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and who knows in the near future none of
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this might exist anymore
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he didn't know any better you'd swear a
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tornado hit this thing
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the real question is what happens to a
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building that's on the National Registry
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of historical places when it is no
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longer able to be salvaged will the sign
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remain even though everything else could
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possibly be gone if you look closely
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faintly the Sun is beaming
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on that woman on the balcony waving
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paint has faded just a bit
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you can still see her if you look
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closely
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looks like the salvagers have already
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or he arrives
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I however I'm not going to set foot
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indoors there are others out here
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admiring and
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doing things in their own way some of
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the locals you have a lot of memories
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here
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I'm gonna keep my distance
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at least as much as possible
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it is not safe in that what I was just
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showing through that broken door is
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directly below all this I think a stiff
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wind would
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make that take a tumble so not the best
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option to be underneath it
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it is kind of amazing how desolate this
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region is but the light is extremely
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backed up in that direction there is
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also a couple news organizations have
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arrives in a very interesting twist
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an 18-wheeler down the way has been
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pulled over you can see the police
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officers lights
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seeing they're off in the distance come
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to think of it this might be my last
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view of this classic Central Florida
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landmark upon future returns it might
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not be here
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probably letting you know your order
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would have been ready it's a little
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gusty out here I would not be in total
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shock if this whole thing just collapsed
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all of a sudden
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I keep staring at that one piece of the
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top left of your screen hanging on for
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dear life by a couple nails or splinters
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old strongboard
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totally unrelated but the mailbox way
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back here has also been cast out and
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fallen brewed it up from the ground you
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can just see it's buckled termites might
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have got ahold of that one
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it is a constant flow not only traffic
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but people stopping off to take a gander
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and maybe even some souvenirs counted
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about a dozen so far and while that is
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not my forte if this was your watering
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hole and you had plenty of memories here
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and this ends up in the trash somewhere
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or a dump site I can see the appeal
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I just had a conversation with a local
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lady didn't want to be on camera but
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state as she has been coming here for 28
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years the last couple it's sad empty but
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prior to that it's had a few owners and
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back in the day this was the best place
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to eat anywhere around these parts for
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miles and miles it will definitely be
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missed she went on to say that she's
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pretty confident bulldozers would come
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in and take care of the rest of it in
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the very near future this will be the
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final documentation
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for posterity I visited when it was open
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ate a meal inside the restaurant stayed
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back in the cabins and now this is my
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goodbye
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the path of the truck was this direction
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if you notice over here to the side of
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these little pylons made to stop a
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normal sized car I don't even think
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those would have helped I could be wrong
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but if they were even over just a little
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bit
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I believe these concrete pillars
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at full force high speeds
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the truck coming through and probably
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would have taken them out and still
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still gone right towards the building
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sad demise and ending to this Florida
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landmark
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see in the next video of the vlog it's
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over