Antelope Island In Utah Is Infested With Millions Of Bugs - Exploring Farm Relics & Bison Watching
Antelope Island Utah June 2022
Transcript
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today's adventure brings me to antelope
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island
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state park as a recording of the
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saturday june 4th
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2022
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and antelope island has a lot of
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bisons now this is not a real bison this
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is a piece of art here has a crane
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painted on the side
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pictures are great but please do not
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climb
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on the bison he and his paint can't
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handle it
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thanks i should also notice
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i also point out there are a lot of
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gnats and bugs out here in fact there is
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an entire swarm
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of gnats right there
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and there seem to be getting
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getting thicker i don't know if they
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translate to
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the camera or not but there's a lot of
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gnats
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circulating around
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welcome everyone adam the woo here will
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be spending time with my family my
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sister her husband
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my mom and my dad
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it's been a little family time
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just traversed over a four or five mile
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bridge onto
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what i hear is the largest island
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outside of salt lake in the straight
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salt lake antelope island
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don't know if there's any antelopes but
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i know gonna see a plethora hopefully
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not only gnats
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but also bison i'm inviting you to join
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me it's gonna be a good day shall you
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i'm also realizing my mom has this shirt
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in two different colors you were wearing
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the red one the other day and now you
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have it on today what day is what day is
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today who cares who cares you're retired
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you get a picture i am walking into a
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congregation of bugs
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there's a lot of bugs okay look at this
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right here
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okay so you can kind of see well i don't
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know if it shows up as well
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on camera personally but look at the
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mountains very beautiful
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the snow-capped peaks
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of the mountains down there
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now i had heard that they were gonna
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need to have bug spray didn't bring any
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bug spray
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and maybe i should have listened
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to advice
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of what i was reading online and
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from locals because there are
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a lot of bugs look at this let's go put
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my hand there there's a big biting fly
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right there the road to nowhere
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as you survey the vast expanse
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of inland island in the silk the
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causeway fading off into the distance
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imagine the days before the causeway
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existed i'm trying to get out of these
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bugs nearly seven miles of tangy
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saltwater separated you
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from the mainland
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wow there's a lot of insects here
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there's a whole swarm i think they
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i think they smell our
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blood or something
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all right gotta drive over to the
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visitor center
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here is a sign of a buffalo or a bison
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it says caution do not approach
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and you can see the salt there on the
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lake
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as well
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get some photos over there trying to
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avoid the gnats
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before they catch up with us also there
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are these which are
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prominent in the area brine flies actual
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size
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one quarter
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one quarter of an inch oh okay this is
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expanded so
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one quarter of an inch long
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noxious
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brine fly this little area here is known
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as lady finger point
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there's a sign back there
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designating that a lot of hiking trails
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out here too we're not gonna do too much
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hiking obviously but
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i'm just gonna drive around see what we
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can see just have a good day
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you can see the water is there
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and this is all
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which i guess you call the beach which
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is just
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very salty sand
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and the california gulls of egg island
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have made their way to utah
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the
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seagull is the state bird
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not in california but
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here in utah
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not really seeing too many seagulls
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though
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they got this guide map here it kind of
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shows the layout of the land crossing
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that bridge in
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there's ladyfinger point trail
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just shows how
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we're at
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we are right up here uh let's see
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where's the visitor visitor center
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visitor center now but it just shows
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like how oh there's a buffalo see a
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buffalo yeah right there
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oh
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oh there's the bridge too
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that we drove over probably like a four
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mile bridge
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and there are some real buffalo and i
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saw them off on the distance but we're
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going to drive a little closer to them
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and when a bison stops what it's doing
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to look at you
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back away if the bison raises its tail
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slightly it is aggravated back away if
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the tail is raised high
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the bison is ready to charge
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and this is a state park utah state park
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also windy out here
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and it was 15
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for
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a car full to get in so we
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packed all five of us in my car
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15 admission
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this might be easier this won't blow
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around in the
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wind a lot of different trails
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and driving areas and a lot of parking
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spots too
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you can park off the rocket system this
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is a mule deer named for their large
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mule-like ears
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and they are native
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to utah and antelope island
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this is why they're called a mule deer
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there's a bird perch right there on that
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rock
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where's chirping
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for a moment
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it's beautiful
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i love it
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you know why it's called the mule deer
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because of the ears look like a mule
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yeah that is a pretty neat design on
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that rock
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okay there are buffalo corrals here so i
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mean i would imagine most of the buffalo
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are either in the corrals or over here
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on buffalo points we're pretty close to
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where all the
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buffalo will be where they will roam
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and where the deer and the antelope
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might be playing oh inside here i'm
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getting some country bear jamboree vibes
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i think they're going to start talking
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and singing however
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this is inside the visitor center
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going through here
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brine shrimp
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life cycle
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brian there's little shrimps down in
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there
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see them swimming around and just to
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show the expansiveness of the island
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we're not going to cover every every
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inch of this today by any means but
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because just this over here is pretty
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expensive but it goes on this whole
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this whole section here you even see
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it's got a little mountainous areas of
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it as well
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okay now here's all the insects we have
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to be on the lookout for
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midge flies which are non-biting
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mosquitoes
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common through antelope island biting
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okay
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no seems
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present in sandy vegeta vegetative areas
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not along the shoreline and then brine
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flies which are non-biting and harmless
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peeking out this glass window this
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birdhouse oh that is a birdhouse
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this is dedicated to william s holt
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passed away in 89 he was the founder
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of great salt lake park and the first
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chairman of the great salt lake
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authority
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and there's a lot of information through
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here like looking at this angle across
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the bridge
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and these mountain peaks over there was
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mount ogden
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ogden
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canyon
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willard
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peak a little mountain
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and over here in the visitor center
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then it will probably be bad the best
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thing i can recommend is to cover your
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body like long sleeves long pants and
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one of the employees is
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talking to someone that called in
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talking about the biting gnats and just
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giving yes
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giving them some advice on what to wear
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long sleeves head net
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this is in the gift shop also in the
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information center
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okay you both have purchased this
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crushed penny
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yes that's an antelope on there
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oh you don't get to choose should have
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chosen oh you can choose you didn't
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realize you could choose it no well
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you're only out 51 cents you could i
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mean you could probably put another one
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up
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that's all the change we got that's all
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you have who cares more than 51 cents
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and change
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who cares honestly who carries change at
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all anymore
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all right up on the hill is an antelope
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i had to zoom way in
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to see the envelope there's another one
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over here
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and have also found the first bison
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of the day in fact there's quite a few
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out here let me kind of zoom in a little
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bit
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get a better view or attempt to
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i'd say probably
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150 yards off the road
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and then probably same distance that
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direction
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a few more
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half a dozen more over there
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is
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and we are all assuming that over there
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is the city of salt lake
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across the water
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it's pretty neat because of the
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reflection of the water you can see the
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mountains as well
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all right commuted eight miles from
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where we just were this island is very
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big so eight miles down is the fielding
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gar ranch 133 years of ranching history
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and then it's about another five miles
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to the tip of the island but we will not
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be going there because the road
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is unpaved from that point and there's
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really nothing out there
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this is the last bit of
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civilization if you will
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here's what
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one of these solar panels is missing
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i didn't realize they could jump eight
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up to eight feet
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got some farm equipment here this is not
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an active ranch anymore
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so i could find a little bit of more
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information about it
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the fielding gar ranch a timeline of
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history first settled in 1848
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represents 133 years of western ranching
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history
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while exploring the ranch you will learn
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all about his colorful past and discover
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the many periods of history represented
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here
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the gar ranch is a great place to
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explore change over time and compare
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historical periods with one another
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and it should be noted there definitely
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all through the island there are plenty
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of accommodations for
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rest stops
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restroom breaks
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past quite a few of them
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a couple more up there on that hill too
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and you can go inside here too and they
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have all these little information
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placards
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these tents were used to keep the
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newborn lambs worn
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warm during cold nights
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metal frame of the tent here
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oh you can go up there
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there's nothing here
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yeah it's just the old ranch it used to
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be here a little history of the
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farming they used to do here on the
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oh a little door for the sheep to go in
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i think it is sheep cause it's talking
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about sheep sherry yeah
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all this looks like
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style machinery
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oh getting the wool from the sheep yeah
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do you think you could shear 10 000
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sheep
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i don't know if i could
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oh look this is one of the the bug nets
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over the face
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see that right there it's like one of
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those mesh nettings
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this egg basket came all the way from
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boise idaho
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do you smell that it smells like sheep
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shearing stuff
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you thought i was gonna say the s-word
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didn't you
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be careful up here you might end up
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stepping in some
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sheep shearing stuff that was back there
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there was some
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that's the joke of the day
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they do horse riding out here but i
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don't see any horses
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this might be the off season
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some old saddles
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and tack
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believe it's called
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this is what they
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picked up
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so this would go they put a horse on
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either side of that yeah and this would
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be attached to the
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wagon i think
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right
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yeah so
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the piece of equipment displayed here is
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called a log dog
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it's hooked into a log and attached to a
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harness so a team of horses could pull
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the load to a location a log dog
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that's new i never know what that was
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called
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getting over into the wagon section
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from the late 1800s to the mid 1900s
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advances in technology such as railroads
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and later motorized vehicles made the
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outsourcing supplies cheaper and easier
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to get consequently ranch residents use
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cinder blocks
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and corrugated 10
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in the construction of the later
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buildings
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is it a cement mixer yeah i wonder what
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these deform the brick so
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okay so here's the difference so you got
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the cinder blocks
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and then you got the older style
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of the wall construction here
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got this boat here
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eventually trucks replaced the wagons
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in 1952 a causeway was built on this
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sandbar that's the one i think we
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crossed in
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on
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i don't know i don't know what kind of
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truck this is
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this looks like a ford
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no it's international
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it's a dodge yeah
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oh god
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i would think
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that's pretty cool
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a lot of solitude out here
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very peaceful
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out here on the farm on the ranch
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yeah this is like a sled
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see the sled style bottom of that that's
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on how it
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commutes probably have the horses in the
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front
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and the we go across
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what if it cranked up i've driven one
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about this album you've driven one like
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that yeah
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a lot of old machines
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i love the birds chirping
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there in the tree
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do a little lawn maintenance
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driven one like this before have you
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you driven one like that before
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back in the day
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the old models the old models i think
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that might be current yeah that one's
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probably
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i think that
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that might be that might be a current
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when they use for lance for uh mowing
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the yard
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yeah it's very unique
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it's called new osborne well it's the
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name on the side of it there
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it was made in auburn usa
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this whole farm equipment's so cool
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all rusted out
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yeah
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it's been sitting out here for decades
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looks like if you just put a little bit
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of grease on it
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gotta wonder if that was moving or just
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for the photo op him standing up there
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that'd be hard to keep your balance
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residents use horse drawing wagons on
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the island from 1848 to 1960
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due to the cost of hauling fuel to
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antelope island
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so up until 1960
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they were using horses
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there's probably seven or eight horses
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at least maybe more a couple of them
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feeding down there
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on the hay and then a few congregation
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of them right over here
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there they are just kind of hanging out
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in the shade
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the silo here it's empty
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silo used to store
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grain
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such as wheat
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after the silos were filled the
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remainder of the wheat was sold in salt
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lake city
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oh looks like he could do a little
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roping over here
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oh look at this this uh can you go
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inside this or stairs up to it
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this wagon
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some photo ops over here
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you can go in there
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oh you can practice uh lassoing
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i have no expertise in the
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feeling you do as quickly as you
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wouldn't grab the rope
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i don't even know why i'm attempting to
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have no idea what i'm doing
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get along little dope
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get along
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even though it's a horse
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if you make the shh noise it makes it go
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better
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clearly
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throwing a rope or making a pizza
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yes
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a barrel leg pummel
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that's the horse's name barrel like
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tommy just named it
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all right let's take a look what's up
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inside here
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got some plates got some cups got the
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pop coffee pot kettle
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got the accommodations for the bed over
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there the box springs
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nice little
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accommodations nice airstream
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kind of is
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this will be my new large march
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all right it's just
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no trespassing sign
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it's been kind of riddled
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little holes there
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that's the family yeah it's a
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ranch foreman
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there's a snow in there across the dry
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bed yeah
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construction of the rooms near the north
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of the house we haven't been to yet
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the barbed wire that fenced
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the west
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oh look at this
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oh yeah
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here's the guy his car
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that's him i don't know it's a caretaker
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this shows how to make a horseshoe the
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making of any item requires knowledge
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obviously i don't know how to make
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horseshoe and the type of metal used to
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the best temperature
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showing some horseshoes there
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some of the tools of the trade here
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you would heat this up i've been a
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knott's berry farm and watch them make
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their horseshoes and whatnot and
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basically what they do is they heat this
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up with a fire
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and they take
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this
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after the metal is heated
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and they will just basically bang it
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into the fashion that it needs to be in
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the design it needs to be because the
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hot metal can be bended
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and there are some people on horseback
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right up there
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rolling through the planes
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riding the horses
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i drove to another area of the island an
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elevated area drove up a hill and
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there's this parking area where a few
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cars are
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parked mine here it's known as
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ferrari or frary peak
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there is a trail that goes
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a little farther up either that way
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or up there
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but already pretty far up in fact
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you are here which is where i'm standing
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at the moment
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near dooley knobs spur
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and there's this little dirt path
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you go up to a ledge and you can look
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down
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across
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salt lake
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very beautiful
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expansiveness of the
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mountains
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those are the hiking trails there you
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can see the dirt path that people have
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carved out by trotting up the side of
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the hill
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up to the very top i even see a few
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people
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yeah that is up there that would be
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a magnificent and tiring view for all of
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us to climb up there
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we're pretty good we're at a pretty good
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spot from here
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he says i wish we had more time i'd
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climb up there
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this is an amazing area this island
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antelope island i only saw two antelopes
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so far
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and maybe six or seven bison
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buffalo
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bison buffalo
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the view is astounding
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salt lake over there salt lake city over
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if my
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coordinates are correct
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just nice and peaceful out here
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and bugs not as many bugs
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at this spot than they were on the way
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in that was that was something else some
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of the plants that can be found
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here in the back country they call it
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not bat but back back
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refrain from picking flower blooms
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many of the plants are critical food
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sources for the island's wildlife
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quite a few like sagebrush
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milk vetch
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we got a fiddle neck
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a broom snake weed
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and a
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spreading fleabane
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looking over at the mainland the
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shoreline
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and the town and cityscapes
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right across that mountain range
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snow-capped peaks of that mountain range
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i was a fly in my ear
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why am i here and the sign going down
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this incline said 23 grade
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that's the percentage i want to walk up
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here to this
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little hill look down
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oh there's a fly right there my hand
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look look look
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right there
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don't bite me fly
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don't bite me
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please don't bite me
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they're still on me
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i thought just shaking my hand would
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help
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this is like a magnificent spot
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looking over the top of this
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i don't know if standing there would be
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wise probably slide down the side but
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pretty awesome
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see the car is going up and down
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gonna head out this way and then it's
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like five miles back out of the island
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before going over that four mile bridge
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like 10 or 15 miles to get out from this
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spot hopefully gonna pass some bison on
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the way out and i did contemplate
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standing on that peak
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but i think the wisest thing is not to
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chance it so i'm not going to because
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that incline
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not wise
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not wise here comes a tandem bike
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moving down this hill
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just moving
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but i pulled off at this spot because
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this is a bison beach
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right down there is a herd of
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bison
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on the water or on the salt
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sand beach before you get to the water
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right about there in the middle of the
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screen
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i would say maybe
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four or
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five or six or so
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zoomed way in but they're down there
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having a nice beach day bison
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my sons what's the plural
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i think bison might be a pluralized
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singular word as well
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now on the way out noticing these boat
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docks over here it's completely dried up
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there has been a huge drought in this
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area for quite a while
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but you see
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that's where the boat should be
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i'm gonna take this four or five mile
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commute out oh there's a lot of bugs
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they're right up there
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a lot of bugs swarming around
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some of them
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oh there goes some where's your gnats
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roll the window up
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roll them up they are all out this is
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something out of a horror film
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for real
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i want to roll the window down so i get
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a better glare but i don't i don't think
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i'm going to
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there's thousands of gnats
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right there and directly in front of me
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what the heck
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it's a horror film
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look at this
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night of the living nets
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yeah that's the best way to describe it
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tornadoes of bugs out there
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wow look at the traffic approaching
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through this
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wow
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that's something else
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and we complain about love bugs in
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florida yeah my mom just sent me this
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she took this
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earlier we first got there
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a very candid photo of me trying to get
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away from from all the bugs
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that's a good one that one's for
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posterity they were everywhere
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that's gonna do it for today
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i'll see the next video the vlog
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it's over