I Drove 500 Miles To Miami & Back To Go To Baseball Game In A Storm - Turnpike Hurricane Idalia Trip
Miami Round Trip
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welcome everyone Adam the woo here as
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the recording of This is Tuesday August
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29th
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2023 I am wearing appropriate hat and
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t-shirt because the rays are playing
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today I have tickets to the game not in
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Saint Pete because if it was a Tropicana
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Field in Tampa Bay it would probably be
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either postponed or not happen at all
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because there is a hurricane going up
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the shoreline away it's not going to be
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coming across Central Florida Orlando
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area it's going to be going up towards
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the Panhandle but a lot of wind over in
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the Tampa area St Pete
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the Bay Area if you will however the
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rays are playing down in Miami and I
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have never been to that Stadium if the
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game happens it's about 230 miles 280
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miles 250 miles I'll look that up if I
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end up going to the game it will be my
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18th Stadium
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while seeing the Rays play gotta knock
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another one off the list I'm gonna make
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a very lengthy commute down and back in
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the same day got to be back later
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tonight
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raise up I'm inviting you to join me
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there's a hurricane out there shall you
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now the first pitch is at 6 40 p.m it is
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about 12 25
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at the moment
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well you have a hard time seeing that
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it's gonna take a little while to get
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down to go southbound but I would
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imagine traffic will not be too bad
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heading that down that direction or back
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up up it's moving and it's time for me
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to get going by taking the turnpike
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South to showing 229 miles there's
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different other routes I could take 95 I
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want to do this a little bit longer so
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I'll say three and a half hours plus you
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know different spots I'm gonna stop at
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on the way down and here's the weather
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where I am at this moment at exactly 12
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30. you can see it's a tropical storm
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status
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and let's just kind of go over to what
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the Miami situation is going to look
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like
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hurricane local statement it's going to
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be very very windy so you look here the
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hourly forecast let's see at game time
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very very windy 6 40 it's going to be
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windy but there is a dome so I don't
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think the rain is going to matter but
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the wind might be an issue who knows
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what the game will just like that I made
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it a little ways down the turnpike to
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the Canoe Creek
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service station sunning with sea cows
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there's a Dunkin Donuts out here so I'm
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gonna give myself a coffee
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get caffeinated for the drive
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and after stepping inside learned a
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couple things about manatees
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kind of a nice little just by really
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really promoting manatees in there
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Sailors used to think manatees were
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mermaids
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true story well according to what was up
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to the side of the wall and it did get
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in fact a regular coffee a little cream
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and sugar in there and just looking at
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the sky clouds don't look too bad
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as of this time frame now that probably
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will heightened
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as I get as the day progresses right now
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in this spot
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not too bad about 30 or 40 miles south
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of where I just was
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Jihad Junction
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pulled off here
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at the former Desert Inn Bar and
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restaurant which was hit by a truck
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a few years ago and I had heard a rumor
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that they finally tore it down I've done
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updates on these before
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it's still here what the heck they have
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not bulldozed this yet just sitting here
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rotting away
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this was I'm guessing still is
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the on the national register of historic
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places there used to be a sign right
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here at the front but about a year ago
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they took the sign down but someone's
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got a little souvenir
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and this thing is not getting in any
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better shape it is really
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dilapidating worse than it ever has been
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kind of surprised that someone has not
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come in here and torn it down this is
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Prime real estate
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right off of the turnpike
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look at this the fence is just wide open
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now
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and anybody can just walk up in here
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look at this
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this door is wide open
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amazing if this still stands I've
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covered this a lot over the years in
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fact I stayed here Packwood was open
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back before the truck hit it
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whenever I when I heard the news I did a
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video on it so just real quick quick
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little stop off I'm gonna fuel up here
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at the yeehaw
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intersection at a active gas station and
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I'm going to continue down south of
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Miami price of fuel here
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3.79 cents a gallon at this old stuckies
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at first I thought I was pumping diesel
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in there but it's not the pump is green
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for a regular yeah this is an old
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old former stuckies while it's still
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open I don't have the stuckies painting
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on the side but they do sell sucky
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Stucky products right inside there here
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in Yeehaw Junction
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starting to get a little windy
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starting to feel the wind a little bit
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stopping another little rest stop here
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West Palm Beach rest stop
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stretch the legs and I think it's about
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another hour or so from here south
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to the stadium
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I love the turnpike because you don't
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have to get off and exit you just
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pull off with the little rest stops in
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the center between the North and
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southbound spots quick and easy and no
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manatees in here you can pose with the
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Panthers
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going from manatees to panthers Florida
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has more than 700 freshwater Springs the
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Everglades features the largest wetlands
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in the world and Florida has the longest
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Coastal coastline
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in a contiguous U.S things you learned
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at rest stops
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the same kind of design is the last one
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was yeah clouds are rolling in
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definitely pretty gust getting a little
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gustier nothing nothing too intense yet
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but definitely a wind is picking up this
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is what news broadcasts will do they'll
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show palm trees that just have
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smallest bit of wind will make the palm
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trees look really dramatic
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but it is Gusty it's a little it's a
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little windier than normal
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I think it's going to pick up quite a
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bit so it's a good thing that the game
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is going to be underneath a roof because
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if not you'll probably be rain delayed
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or postbound starting to hit a little
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bottleneck now getting into Miami big
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guitar over there
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take a look at that building it's a
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guitar
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building in the shape of a guitar except
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it doesn't have the fretboard going all
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the way up
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three quarters of a guitar just the body
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all right I have arrived I have parked
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in the structure here next to downtown
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Miami off in the distance and adjacent
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to Lone
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Depot
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Park home
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of the Miami Marlins
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should be called the Florida Marlins but
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they're called the Miami Marlins now and
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I have never been to the stadium before
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this will be number 18 that I have been
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in while rooting for the raises seeing
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the Rays play at all of us
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trying to do all 30. hopefully I can
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have that accomplished by the end of
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next year certainly is a rather
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interesting looking stadium look at the
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little walkway that Bridges out like
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that I don't think I've ever seen a
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stadium that looks like that before yeah
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check it out there's like some chickens
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and roosters coming over here like just
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going right along here maybe they're
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going to be going into the game too
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there's a few look at this there's a big
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rooster right there actually there's
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quite a few roosters the Marlins have
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won two World Series the Rays have still
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not got that World Series yet I'm hoping
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this is the year yeah the Marlins
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they've got two 97-03
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there's a pretty good view of the city
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skyline off in the distance too if you
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look out here you can see the Miami city
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skyline like off in the distance out of
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the center field pretty dang awesome
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looking to be on it looks pretty pretty
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freaking cool now you can't step outside
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like once you're inside you can step
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outside on this little kind of like
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outdoor area and it's a good thing I got
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here when I did because it is coming
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down dramatically it's already starting
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to rain very very heavy the wind's
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blowing you got the rain coming down
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from come all angles and even when I was
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inside looking out the window before I
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walked out here I was like holy cow I
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got in here just in time and I must say
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the stadium is pretty you can see the
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skyline also off at the distance or at
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least partially throughout the wind
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blowing and the in the rain but the
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stadium is really nice I wish the Rays
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would when they finally get a new
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Stadium built something similar to this
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that is you know open when the weather
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is good and then closed and it's like
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more of a enclosed Stadium when the
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weather is bad that would be kind of
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nice if they had something like this the
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incredible thing is I have never been to
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this stadium so I'm glad I'm finally
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knocking this one off the list even
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though it's in Florida it's just so far
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south there's a promotional VHS
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promoting a team that was coming to town
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and there's Tony the Tiger there wearing
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his Marlin's gear Florida Marlins back
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when it was Florida Marlon ooh they had
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a Back to the Future night as well 70s
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night a zombie night a Mardi Gras night
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Back to the Future tonight sounds pretty
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pretty dang fun 1997 and
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2003. Florida boys got two of them so
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yeah if you want to go old school
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Florida Marlins you could go with the
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old Florida Marlins logo which is pretty
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awesome all right this is my seat I got
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my water right here I am sitting in the
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front row here number 13 which I could
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be lucky could be unlucky I'm kind of
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wondering this might be a really really
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really empty game
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from Durham but it also looks like they
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don't sell the upper deck seat just like
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the trop doesn't either
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and again this place has filled up a lot
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more than I thought it thought it was
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going to at the beginning of the the
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beginning of the evening
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piece of gum right
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let's go
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Siri with the double two RBIs raise it
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out four to two
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all right
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Siri coming in close
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just walking around stretching my legs a
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little bit before I go back to my seat
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the weather's like outside right now all
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right not too bad it actually feels
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really good it's not raining you see the
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skyline off in the distance over there
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beautiful Miami Skyline off in the
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distance it is not raining it's a little
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it's a little windy still obviously but
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it is not precipitating us
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the fights
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and then so I'm gonna go back out now
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lone Depot Park
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this massive Windows
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looks like they may roll up or open they
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probably oh yeah they probably open
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right in the center field we got the
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Batters eye there
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now you can just anybody can just walk
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right out here you know over here in
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left field you see Randy down there in
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left field
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craze are still up
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that's gonna drop that Renee Pinto with
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a double there
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everybody's got a guy on top of the
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seventh yeah and he's up now continue to
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get another RBI here get a little
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insurance
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about to run over to third though all
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right they put Wasabi in it third is a
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pinch Runner looks like Cara Ramirez is
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in Baton too oh yeah
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Wise Choice Wise Choice
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Randy bomb got back to my seat just in
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time
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yeah but not to see the iconic arm cross
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here very soon
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excellent
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J-Lo Josh low camera one to right
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eight to zero wow once he crosses the
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play right right
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so this is the running list Tropicana
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Field obviously being the raised home
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field and 17 others for a total of 18
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stadiums I have seen the Rays play out
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this place is cleared out considerably
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now it's top of the ninth one out
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Brady's is up
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Randy's over on first yandi's at second
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oh that's gone
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three eleven to two Easton Paradis
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rushing it
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11 to 2.
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the new parade is to do
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red on the road definitely was worth
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coming down for knocked off my 18th
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stadium watching the Rose and it was
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nice to have and getting the W yeah that
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ended up being pretty good Ray's really
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just man they they destroyed
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now for the very lengthy Drive I gotta
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go up to the third floor and get my car
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and the Very linky drive home
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take a look over there
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that's the Hard Rock Hotel that's that
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guitar I passed earlier when I was
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coming in
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the shroud of Nightfall it's all
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illuminated
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all right pulling now into the West Palm
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Beach service plaza rest stop eat some
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gas
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3.89 cents
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a gallon self-pumping thing is it
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working so I gotta hold it myself I
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think of the next rest stop I'll get
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some coffee
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got to make up some time we'll start
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start getting back home
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this one I'll get fuel and then the next
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one about 50 miles up grab some coffee
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also check out all these electric
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charging stations over here
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there's not one car at the electric
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charging sessions
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also really thankful that at this hour
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this late hour
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that the Duncan inside there was still
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open because I definitely
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needed some late night Cafe so
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approximately would be about 2 A.M
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if I get on a plane tomorrow
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with my plane
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it's going
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where I needed to go and leaving from
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where I needed to leave
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I'll just be really surprised
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but with this thing rolling in
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I don't know
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see the next video the Vlog
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is over