The Unusual World of Backroad Arkansas - Day FOUR of Cross Country Road Trip / 8 States In 8 Days
Day 4 of my cross country road trip documenting the states between Florida and California over eight days . Traveled thru Arkansas and saw some unusual sites and dealt with bad weather .
Day 1 Georgia -
https://youtu.be/3eNabF8aEdo
Day 2 Alabama
https://youtu.be/WyuGvv3VSBk
Day 3 Mississippi
https://youtu.be/DqxF6TEcajM
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Transcript
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today's
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adventure begins by crossing this very
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foggy bridge over
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the mighty miss it's
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like pea soup to barely see a few feet
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in front of you
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welcome everyone Adam the whoo here
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today number four of my cross-country
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journey where I dive deep into Americana
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small towns no freeways no interstates
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no theme parks and no major attractions
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just cruising along enjoying the vibe
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I'm inviting you to join me as we delve
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into Arkansas shall
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you looking
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at the road atlas to give an overview
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kind of focus on the southern portion
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right around here going kind of in this
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general region from
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east to west
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fire truck that was probably once in use
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sitting
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in the field in front of those silos
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over there if only these gas prices were
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still relevant if
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only clothes mechanic shop still has
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their spark plug advertisement on the
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side of the building I can make out the
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Firestone tires a lot of the other
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lettering and wording is kind of hard to
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read since it's so faded over time the
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elements have taken its toll a jeweler
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in there as well
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Mott's Sela as
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written there on top of the water tower
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far
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for the course fueling
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up at the corner express gas
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pumps kind of look like robots
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dang it's not every day you see a barks
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logo that
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might be the first first one I've seen
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bark
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Scott sparks I think that was their
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slogan at one point or even predating
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that drink it it's good if
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to look closely but that's what it says
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I don't
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want to bother you while you're eating
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just
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passing through didn't want to say hello
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however there wasn't a lot of adequate
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parking in front of this cafe but
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a cozy little diner nonetheless
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is that a tomato way up there the
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logo of worid is a tomato possibly
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ok this answers my question there's a
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whole basket full of them and even in
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the middle of the street look
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at this cute tasty little guy this
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marquee on this theater is pretty
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fantastic you can't even see the old
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neon still wedged in there be a little
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bit better shot if that automobile was
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it other way but you can't blame them
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they're getting a haircut that
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downtown barber shop at the moment
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here in banks the population is 120 if
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you blink you
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just might miss it it begs the question
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could this have been the bank in banks
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things
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that make you go hmm just
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a few more residents than Harrell 293
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to be exact if I read the sign correctly
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upon entry
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this homestead and off in the distance
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the community park definitely seen
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better days that's for sure some wooden
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hogs out front of this trailer I don't
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know if those are the people that live
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here or that's the name of the
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characters of the pigs very confusing up
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necks Hampton starting
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to get a little cloudy as cumulonimbus
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rolling
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in looks like this time of the year they
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have a little April celebration called
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hog skin holidays they've decked this
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van all out with some sweet shades
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looking
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good even the hubcaps are themed
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accordingly snout
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ring and sharp fangs might
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be hungry flying proudly
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wave on Pig
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wave on chance
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I'm no meteorologist just a mr. guess
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cool
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bridge alert
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I'm sure you probably figure that on
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your own but
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not much data
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coming down pretty good thunder
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lightning
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heavy rain all
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of the above
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is where I start to wonder what would I
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do if a tornado touchdown here in
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Chichester not
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a whole lot of options but I
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don't think it'd make much of a
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difference to mercantile it's
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already pretty beat up and
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okay I think that wave is passed got a
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little intense for a few moments
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marrying
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on
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there
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are 315 people living in Blevins
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obviously
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not enough to keep that NAPA Auto Parts
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in business
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strain
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it again by the way
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just got to roll the window down for a
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bit might be tough to see there's a
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painting on that fence line it's
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a different animals deer and a few other
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ones Nashville
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not the one you're thinking of but the
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other one
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a little classic car action right
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over there most of them rusting away but
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some nice little relics
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this peaceful moment with cows brought
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to you by Arkansas
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how
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you doing
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we
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think of this weather
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don't you think this
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is an interesting how cannon
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sits
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in the front yard and night the edge of
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the driveway it's
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a private residence I don't think you're
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allowed to go up to the any closer than
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this but very fascinating this right
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here off the side of the street there's
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another night on the opposite side of
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the circle driveway very peculiar indeed
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but very fascinating it pretty neat
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place to live last stop of the day will
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be in de queen where
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the community has a town built inside a
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town behind
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this fence line it's all locked up you
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can see there's an entire assortment of
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buildings and a bottle tree there on the
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far right the Hotel de Horse for man and
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beast that's
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what it states on the side in the
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doctor's office behind that wishing well
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to the left even a jail and the First
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National Bank had
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everything in there oh my
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goodness
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think that rolling up the window up and
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down with all this water man
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these little wd-40 wanted to share this
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flag is a very large American flag
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that's gonna do it for today I am just a
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stone's throw from the state line of
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Oklahoma which means tomorrow we'll be
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