TheDailyWoo - 860 (11/8/14) Non Touristy Gatlinburg Areas
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here's a book Little Johnny you need to
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read this you need to read that
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book like there's no tomorrow I'm not
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talking about tomorrow I'm talking about
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today and today happy Saturday I'm
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actually standing right in front of the
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Aquarium of the Smokies Ripley Believe
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It or Not
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owns that aquarium a lot of people don't
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associate Ripley who of course a lot of
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people remember from the Believe It or
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Not books and the series and the TV
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shows they actually own and operate 8
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different attractions here in Gatlinburg
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Tennessee which is just up the mountain
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about 5 miles from Pigeon Forge so if
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you're ever in the area yesterday I was
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actually given a little backstage tour
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by Ryan the general manager want to give
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a little shout out to him and say thank
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you for the awesome tips about
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Gatlinburg some of the behindthescenes
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stuff not only of the aquarium but of
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Gatlinburg some of which I'm going to
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try to share with you now and I'm
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probably going to botch up disclaimer
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alert I that person is honking at me I
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am not an expert on Gatlinburg history
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but I however have people that watch my
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travels and I would love to share some
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interesting facts and figures with me
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that people have shared with me so
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curiously I'm going to tell you about
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some of the wonderful things here off of
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the main touristy drag of Gatlinburg
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traffic light number five is right there
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traffic light number six is right there
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you can actually see posted is the
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number six so if you ever come to
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Gatlinburg stop here go in the aquarium
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tell them Adam the woo sent you and then
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after you do that come over here and
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check out the cabin of Martha Ogle it's
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right there the oldest cabin in
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Gatlinburg and we're talking centuries
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old early
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1800s and it's right up there and I'm
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going to go up there and show you we're
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going to start off this Vlog by showing
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you the cabin right here in
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Gatlinburg hope you're excited it's my
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second channel daily Vlog channel it's
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the daily trolley stop the good thing
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about gatl and Pigeon Forge is they
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actually have trolleys that run through
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town which actually only cost about 50
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cents to go quite a distance so you can
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actually get some pretty good deals
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there aren't a lot of taxis in this town
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it's a very laidback southern town
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population of only 4,000 however there
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are tens of thousands of people that
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stay here every season gazillions that
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is not an accurate assumption of how
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many rooms there are but in my mind I
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would say there are gazillions of hotels
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all along that strip fantastic roadside
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attractions tourist goodness and all
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kind of other fun things to do when it
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comes to tourism as you know I love
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theme parks I love roadside attractions
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I love wacky weird things that involve
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touristy objects that I love in my life
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however this Vlog is going to be about
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the area of Gatlinburg parts of the
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areas gatlinburg's kind of spread out
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but I want to show you at least the
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stuff that I can walk to that next time
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you're in Gatlinberg park your car or
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take the trolley either from Pigeon
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Forge or from wherever you're staying
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whatever Hotel you are and come check
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out the historic Ogle
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cabin this is the actual cabin from the
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early 1800s the first settlers of
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Gatlinburg were the ogles and they built
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this right right along this little
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stream or a river I'm going to tell you
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a lot of things that I'm probably going
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to get incorrect so definitely fact
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check me do your own research and please
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leave some comments down below or go to
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Facebook Instagram or Twitter especially
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Facebook back/ the daily woo and post
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some articles about the stuff I'm
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talking about if I have misinformed you
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or if I am correct give me a pat on the
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back a high five virally through the
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internet and social networks and tell me
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what you think of these Vlogs so let's
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go check check out the Ogle cabin look
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at
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this now you're probably wondering what
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year exactly was this Built Well I
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before I started filming I walked over
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here to the door and I saw what I
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thought was an
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address normally on the front of your
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home or your friend's homes or whoever
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else's home that You' visited there's
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normally either on the mailbox or wedged
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across the door is an address stamp
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however I do not think that is the
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address I think that is the actual year
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1807 that this cabin was built right
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here
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1807 look at the moss growing across the
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top of the roof there here's a placard
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that they established in 1970 dedicating
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this
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1807 cabin I believe the naal historic
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registry actually what is the word when
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they actually Christen something in 1986
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this become became a National Treasure
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here in the good old USFA in Gatlinberg
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a really like gurg I was discussing
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yesterday with Ryan over at the aquarium
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about the difference between Pigeon
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Forge in Gatlinburg and I was equating
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it to Walt Disney World and Disneyland
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if you've been to Walt Disney World and
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Disney Disneyland you know the Walt
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Disney World is massive it's very awe
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inspiring when you first go but the more
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you go to Disneyland it starts to feel
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more homey and actually a lot homie the
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clown every time I say homie I always
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think of homie the clown so basically
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the difference between Walt Disney World
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and Disneyland they're both fantastic
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places just like Pigeon Forge is
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fantastic but it's massive it's spread
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out where Gatlinburg is more like a
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Disneyland to Disney World comparison
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Gatlinberg is a very small area you can
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park you can walk down the strip you can
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walk to almost everything or take the
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trolley it's a definitely more of an
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intimate area so that's my comparison if
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you're wondering what the difference
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between Gatlinberg Berg and Pigeon Forge
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it very cold out here by the way I'm
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wearing this Elvis shirt I think day
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number four in a row I wore this same
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shirt I really badly need to do laundry
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so laundry is definitely going to be on
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my mind however you'll probably see me
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wearing the shirt tomorrow cuz I don't
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know if I'm going to do laundry today
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I'll be going to Dollywood later to
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check out the lights tonight is today is
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the first weekend of Dollywood where
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they're doing the light so I'm going to
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go check that out I wanted to show you
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something else right over here in the
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form of a tree not this tree exactly but
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the other tree that you're seeing
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Straight Ahead this is kind of a local
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historical landmark not officially but
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in the hearts and minds of those who've
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lived in Gatlinburg for their entire Liv
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Liv I want to show you this tree real
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quick before we venture up the mountain
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behind the main tourist
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STP so this whole area is going to be
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renovated into a shopping mall of some
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sort some sort of an area a touristy
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area and within years from now I don't
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know how many years a few years this
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will all be renovated with shops and
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wonderful things when it involves
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tourism so a lot of the locals the old
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school people do not want this tree
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right here look how fantastic that tree
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is they do not want that tree removed in
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fact this school right here has actually
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gone a step ahead and actually put the
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fence see how the fence goes around the
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tree they actually put the fence where
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it actually goes around the tree instead
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of through the tree so that kept the
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tree here so far and I was told through
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heay that some of the locals are going
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to have what they qu call a quote
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unquote sit in in the tree which means
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if the bulldozers come in some of the
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locals hypothetically a little birdie
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told me that maybe some people will be
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sitting in that tree some of the locals
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are so hardcore affectionately drawn to
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that tree that they will be festooning
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the branches and and not letting the
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bulldozers knock the tree down which is
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a very awesome story when you think
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about it's like something out of a movie
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or something out of a tale of old your
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grandfather would tell you tals Yarns of
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people that were that dedicated to the
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history of that town and stuff like that
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still exists here in Gatlinburg which I
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think is really cool so now we're going
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to head up the mountain it's not really
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a mountain it's just kind of a hill but
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when you're driving down the main drag
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the main drag are all those Ripley
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attractions there's the Guinness Book of
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World Records attractions there's a lot
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of miniature golf courses a lot of fudge
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they saw a lot of fudge and Candy along
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that main drag a little Mountain Mall
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over there the world of Illusions is
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over there couple other places I'm going
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to do main Channel videos of and other
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Vlogs on The Sky Ride is over there but
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we're going to venture off right here at
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traffic light number six so park take
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the probably wherever take this road at
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traffic light 6 go look at the tree go
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look at the cabin and then
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Walk This
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Way and as you're coming up the hill
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from the cabin turn right here into the
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village this is the back nether regions
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if you will of a little shopping area
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called The Village
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one thing about Gatlinberg that's crazy
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too and Pigeon Forge they have tons and
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tons and tons of pancake breakfast
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places the people love there's one place
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here in the village right over there you
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can see the smoke coming out of that
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Smoke Stack there is a line of about a
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hundred people waiting to get their
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share of Pancakes and it's right over
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here to the right if you look down there
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you might be able to see some people
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yeah look there's the line holy cow
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that's the back in portion of the line
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this whole area here kind of reminds me
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of world showcase at Epcot which is
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really cool if you look at some of the
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old buildings stuff which is the sock
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shop there so we're going to go up here
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look at this look at that little thing
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right
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there all right let's go up the
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hill sometimes this is probably locked
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when it's very snowy and icy however
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it's unlocked today so walk through here
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walk up the hill
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straight up
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this and you can see the leaves changing
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it was snowy here last week very very
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very snowy they probably had this closed
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when it was super snowy but you can see
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the leaves changing up there see the
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back top areas of the businesses
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we are now above the storefronts and the
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businesses on that main drag
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Gatlinburg so after you visit the cabin
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after you visit the tree walk through
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the Village Walk up this hill and there
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is an old awesome Cemetery right here
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look at
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this this is one of the oldest
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cemeteries you will probably ever see in
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person so if you're in
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Gatlinburg depart from the strip of all
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the hotels and the parking and the
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roadside stuff which is awesome and get
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a glimpse of History right
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here it's time for your 10 or 15c moment
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of quietness brought to you by me here
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at the White Oak Flats
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hope you enjoy that moment of quietness
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I've been trying to do that in a lot of
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Vlogs I do talk a lot so I'm trying to
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incorporate about 20 or 30 seconds into
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each Vlog of just the experience the
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iance and the sounds of what I'm
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witnessing when my mouth is not
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yammering on annoyingly and rambling
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you're probably wondering why is this
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called White Oak Flats Cemetery when we
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are in Gatlinburg because White Oak
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Flats was actually the original name of
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Gatlinburg proper before the town
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changed the name to Gatlinburg in fact
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back in 1830 when the cemetery was
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erected and dedicated it was the town
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which you see over here before all these
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hotels Sky rides and roadside
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attractions came in it was called White
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Oak and The Story Goes hypothetically do
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some research on your own I would
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actually like to learn a little bit more
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about this as well so if you can figure
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out the facts by looking online try to
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figure out what is hearsay and what is
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truth I think and what I've been told
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through few people that white oak
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changed the name to Gatlinburg cuz there
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was a general store owner way back in
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the day between the changing of the
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names and his last name was Gatlin and
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he was a very rambunctious annoying man
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that no one in town liked in fact he was
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feuding with basically his neighbors and
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the rest of the Town folk so the town
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wanted to run him off of the property of
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white oak so they came to kind of either
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a verbal agreement or probably a written
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agreement and he told them if I leave
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town I will never come back however you
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have to legally change the name to
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Gatlin Berg because my name my last name
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is Gatlin so research that story and
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tell me if that's true would that even
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work in this day and age if you were so
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incredibly annoying that people hated
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you and they told you get out of town
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and you said change the
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name to my last name do you think they
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would do that if you lived in New York
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City and your last name was Smith would
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they change it to Smithville just
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because you're the most annoying New
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Yorker or if you live in Boston where
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they change the name of Boston to
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Smithville who knows but that's
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basically how that story originated and
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it might be true and it's up to you to
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research that fact here in White Oak SL
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Gatlinburg vicariously because some of
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you watching this probably have never
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been here some of the locals from here
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are probably watching this and like I
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was saying I'm not a historian I'm just
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going off what people tell me what I've
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read online I love to learn things as
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well I'm not trying to pronounce to the
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people out there that I know everything
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there is to know about everything I only
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know probably about 133% of the facts
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and figures that I tell you but there is
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something I do know I'm talking about
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the grave the memorial marker of Martha
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J Ogle
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right there 18 and 27 is when she passed
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away and this is actually the grave and
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the placard and the memorial of the
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woman whose cabin I first showed you at
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the end of the Vlog at the beginning of
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the Vlog this is where she's buried
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right here of course some people say
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she's not buried here they say it's just
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a memorial a lot of the other ogles are
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all buried all through this Cemetery so
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some people are hesitant about saying if
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she's actually buried here or if this
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just is a memori memorial they built in
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1827 so very interesting a lot of old
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Graves very very cool a lot of old
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graves in the Smoky
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over imagine a cemetery dating back to
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to 18 and 30 of this magnitude that you
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can just walk out to you don't need
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permission just walk up the hill and
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check out some of these awesome
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gravestones memories of the past history
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of the Smoky Mountains and Gatlinberg
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I really like this there's a whole area
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here dedicated to the ogles and you can
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see they have a massive pillar there a
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massive gravestone and I'm guessing
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eventually this will be filled with all
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of the ancestors that are still alive of
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the ogal all right in this area but I
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was looking at this here this is
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actually really cool it's a tree stump
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with this really awesome old school
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gazebo on top of it
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that's so awesome with the sun coming
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over the horizon here oh look at
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this this is actually cool too a little
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woodworking against the side of this
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tree two little chairs and some kind of
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a spindle do not want to prick your
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finger on that nail oh that would not be
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good woo do not want to prick your
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finger on that nail but look at all
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these old Graves
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lot of history and a lot of awesome
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stuff here in the Smoky Mountains the
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Great Smoky Mountain Park National Park
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is actually right over the horizon about
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a couple miles outside of Gatlinburg but
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before it was a national park speaking
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of the Smoky Mountains I want to end
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this Vlog with the grave of a fantastic
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Legend SL folk hero that a lot of people
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in other area of the country have no
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idea about but his grave is right here
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I'm talking about the roaming man of the
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mountains
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Wy Wy Oakley look at this there's his
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grave born in
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1885 it doesn't have a date stamp of
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when he passed away but I think he died
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around 1950 1960 is probably incorrect
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on that but I think that's around when
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he died Wy
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Oakley the Roman man of the mountains he
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wasn't a Roman like when in Rome but he
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was a roming but see here in the South
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they don't use G's r o a m i n with no G
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so he was just a Roman Man of the
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Mountain a local hero a folk lore hero
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if you will a very young age his mother
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passed away he was very distraught and
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he pretty much dedicated his life to
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adventuring to traveling to roaming
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through the Smoky Mountains which gave
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him the name the roaming man of of the
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mountains he always thought the the
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farther and the higher he climbed up
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into the mountains the closer to Heaven
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he would get to see his mother maybe get
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a glimpse of his mother he would see the
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clouds and he would always think to
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himself that the white bushy clouds were
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part of her clothing that she would wear
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she'd always wear white clothing and he
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always Associated that with the bottom
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of her dresses or her skirts or her
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pants or her clothing so he was always
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dedicated to his mother and because of
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the weariness after she passed away way
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and him in his time of need he decided
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to start traveling and roaming and he
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never stopped and he became basically a
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rider and a historian and a guide
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through the Smoky Mountains which
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eventually led to and be became the
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Great Smokey Mountains so Wy Oakley the
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ogal
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graves the
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tree where people are going to be
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sitting up in the limbs if they tear it
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down and the cabin that's a lot of
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history that has nothing to do with
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tourism here in Gatlinburg so when you
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come to Gatlinburg for the touristy
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stuff which I am all for definitely make
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sure you go check out the aquarium the
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other Ripley stuff and a lot of the
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other awesome things on the main drag
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however take some time for yourself take
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some time for the Smoky Mountains come
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up here view some of these
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Graves especially the Wy Oakley grave
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which is really awesome and the memorial
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over there to Mrs Ogle
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the best things in life are free and
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everything that I just showed you in
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this Vlog costs nothing all it costs for
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you to come here and check it out or you
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can watch this Vlog which also costs
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nothing so basically you gotten a free
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quote unquote free dose of entertainment
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if you will hopefully you will entertain
22:50
let's talk about something personal now
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things in my life originally today I was
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actually going to go to Knoxville to a
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convention called the Fanboy convention
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however I'm actually not going to be
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able to make it over there today I've
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actually extended my stay here in
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Gatlinburg until Thursday Wednesday
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they're doing a chili cook off here
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which I love chili so I will not be
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missing the chili cook off they're
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closing the streets down and they're
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doing their once a year festive
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tradition of turning on the Christmas
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lights so I will be here until Thursday
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originally I was going to stay till
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Monday but I have been prompted and
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talked in to staying until Thursday
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also instead of going all the way to
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Knoxville it's about an hour and a half
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drive from here spending a lot of money
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at this convention and probably because
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there's some celebrities there I wanted
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to meet I'd probably spend some money
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for some
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autographs and says temptation is not
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good with me I've decided stay away from
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that instead I'm going to go to
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Dollywood today so if you're at
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Dollywood later I'll be there at
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Dollywood tonight Dollywood is doing
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their Christmas light turn on today they
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feston the entire area of Dollywood with
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lights and I'm excited about seeing that
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for the Christmas season even though
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it's a ways off till Christmas today is
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the first day of quote unquote Christmas
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lights at Dollywood and Dollywood has
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actually gotten the rights to the
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claymation figures of the abom
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Abominable Snowman Rudolph the Red-nose
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Reindeer so they're going to have those
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characters out there so check me out on
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Instagram Adam the woo and Twitter Adam
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the woo and Facebook slthe daily woo and
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you can see some pictures later
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hopefully of some of the Christmas
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lights from Dollywood and me posing with
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Rudolph that awesome I love those old
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Christmas claymation things all right
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about the history of Gatlinburg that
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tourism let's talk about the history the
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