Middle Of Nowhere Small Towns From Georgia Into South Carolina - Oldest Church / State Line & MORE
Small Towns in Georgia Into South Carolina
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today's adventure begins as a recording
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of this sunday
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january 9
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2022 at the corner of the zip in
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food store
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in elabelle
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georgia let me flip this around and
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you welcome everyone
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adam the woo here this is definitely
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not a large but it is a piping hot
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caffeinated beverage that i got from
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said zip in store
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located in this very tiny community on
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the outskirts
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20 miles or so of savannah georgia where
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i stayed last night
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and i'm just gonna go through some of
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the the small towns and the rural
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i always have trouble saying that
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communities
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around georgia before dipping in across
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the state line today we'll be going
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over to south carolina up into south
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carolina
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it feels great i'm glad that it's warmed
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up a little bit 65 66 67 degrees on the
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cusp
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of those temperatures and i'm inviting
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you
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it's good being out here
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join me
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shall you might be tough to see where i
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am
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currently at the
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the tip of this pin you can see where it
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kind of in the little cusp
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of the atlas book elabel
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and state line is right up here
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now later this evening
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at some point i need to make my way over
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to
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to hilton head island
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but first i'm going to kind of venture
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through this area look at this there's a
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little place over here called egypt
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egypt georgia so this is kind of on my
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radar right around in here and i'll
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probably cross over the state line into
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there and then venture around in these
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areas so this could be a two a two for
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state
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two states in one day some of the back
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roads that's the general layout of the
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land anyway by looking at the atlas here
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always good to have an atlas an actual
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hard copy atlas
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a lot of old homesteads around this area
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most of which have seen better days
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this one's still standing though
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see the woods kind of decayed and the
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overgrowth
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has engulfed even the chimney area quite
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a bit
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notice there are some train tracks back
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in there
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might see a train today might not see a
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train some of those tracks
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are inactive and not in use anymore
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so you see a lot of unused railroad
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tracks
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there's a possibility
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across my fingers
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this is a little area called lanier
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turned on to somerford lane
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discover this
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old store
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oh look around the back
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looks like some bars on those windows
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and a homestead next door over there as
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well
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a couple of quaint little stores here
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this is mike's package shop
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with the ice machine out front
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and then over here is
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grocers
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and also a feed store
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look at that little cabin there
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i really like the painting here on the
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side of this
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farm and feed shop
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and hardware
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nice
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there's a truck parked here but i don't
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see anyone around
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says closed due
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to buck fever
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maybe someone lives up top maybe that's
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whose truck that is
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i don't see anyone
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there's a firestone tires place over
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there too
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another package store bnb
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this community's name is blitchton
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blitch
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ton
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very unique name for a town
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there's a power sports
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building
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looks like ken's iga is the place to be
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around here
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yeah
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quite a few people there now here's
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something you don't really see roadside
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on a daily basis
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a cb
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shop written on the front and the side
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and has the antennas up
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that old cb shop in the form of a
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trailer
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was parked here off the side of the road
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you need to get any work done on your cb
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if you have one in your truck this is
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the place to do it right here in
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blichton
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i could have gone straight from savannah
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up to hilton head which is only about an
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hour drive but where's the fun in that
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i always like to take the longer
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more off the beaten path room
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it's just more fun that way
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i see over on that property against the
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fence
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got an american flag there
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against the fence line
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an old barn behind it too and it's a
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private residence now but that old gas
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station back there
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has been turned into a home
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and there's an old truck
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right there in the yard too see that
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little truck gotta wonder why that road
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is closed
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this is pionora
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i guess i'm gonna go this way wasn't a
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whole lot in that little area
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continuing on definitely very beautiful
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little scenic drive of tree limbs
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and they just over the top of the road
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like a canopy
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beautiful trees
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i love it
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stopped in an area called guyton
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g-u-y-t-o-n
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i noticed this van
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on the top of the van the top of the
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rusted out
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area of the van
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is a light
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possibly uh
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a van version of an ambulance
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that's just a just a guess probably not
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true but that's just my first thought i
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have some antique theater seats right
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here corner of central boulevard
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and lynn
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bonds ave
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it was very gusty it's like a wind
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tunnel
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through here and there's the water tower
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the guy
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g-u-y-t-o-n guy ton
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water tower
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and this is the little downtown stretch
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right here very nice
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gas station over here with some pumps
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out front still the name max along the
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side of the wall
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right up there
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max
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not with an x with a ck
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yeah this place has seen some years
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also designated the yellowstone
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train station or at least has the sign
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with some corn back there behind the
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into effingham now now when i pulled
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into this area
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saw the the sign heading in said what
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the f
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ingham but i wasn't going to say it in
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the video
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but now i'm noticing that that's the
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slogan on the side of the wall
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what the effingham
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so i'm not the only one that thought
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that probably a lot do
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clever this is a really nice area
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they have the town all fixed up very
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nicely
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there's a theater
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right over there appears to still be
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open
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they have some some things playing later
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on in the month
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and this is right next to
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the train tracks train tracks are right
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behind these buildings
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so i haven't seen a train today though
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no trains yet
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cross are some silos there
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and a a hair cutter replace
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and my shadow
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decided to park and walk over here and
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show the marquee
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on this theater it's called it's called
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the mars so you can see they do have
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some stuff taking place i love the front
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the annual historical preservation award
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was also awarded
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for the mars look at this
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yes and even the
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the neon appears to be on even during
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the day
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and the
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little glass squares that make up the
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front
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yeah love that very retro
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very retro looking as well awesome look
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at that neon up top there
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found this off to the side of the corner
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of stillwell clyde road
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or clio road and long bridge
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road
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as far as the coordinates go
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and on someone's property
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is a general store from the past
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but i'll walk over here
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off the side
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also these strips here in the road
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just to alert everyone that there is a
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stop sign
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going up
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doesn't appear to be an attraction of
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any sort or an active store
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and it's on someone's home residence
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nothing saying that it's any sort of a
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business or museum or anything like that
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and then over there
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is a shed that has a lot of old
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coca-cola memorabilia
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so what i'm going to do is zoom in
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smith's you can make out the sign there
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the coca-cola the gas pump
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this
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antique vehicle
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and then another signage up here saying
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smith's
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and the front porch
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this reminds me so much if you've ever
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been to epcot center
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i highly recommend the american
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adventure which is an attraction all the
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way in the back of world showcase this
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reminds me of that scene and that
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the guys are on the porch wondering if
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anyone's going to come through and get
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any gas
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very similar to
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that style
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i can see a train way down there it's
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parked but there is a train on the track
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and the lights on and the smoke stack
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almost reminiscent of
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michael myers home
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i feel like loomis approaching this
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thing yeah somewhere not exactly
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from the carpenter halloween but
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kind of gives those vibes
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this was a store not a private residence
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just guessing by the way the door
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is there well i could be wrong
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it could be could have been a private
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residence but
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look over here it's an old pump
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looks as if there's a little swampy
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goodness over here at ebenezer
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creek
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you know for a moment
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almost look like cypress trees and
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cypress knees that grow
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but the more look look a little closer
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they're not cypress trees
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well there are some never mind there are
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some cypress trees back there
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these aren't cypress trees
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but there are cypress trees back there
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the bridge going over
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might even have some tadpoles down there
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in the water
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i am really close to the south carolina
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line
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there is a church
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that i'm going to kind of swing by
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states as the oldest church in the
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entire state right on the georgia
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state line before you go into south
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carolina and just through the clearing
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in the woods there
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is the building
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as a recording of this it is a sunday
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but it's already 2 p.m
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so if the church did meet the
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congregation has already
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gone home after the morning service
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there's also
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the georgia
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salzburger society
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over here
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as stated
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the oldest
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church
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well building wise
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here in the state
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see if i can find a little more
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information like a placard or something
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like that that is
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that's an impressive building
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get a little info about the town of
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ebenezer
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which the river runs right past it
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it was the county seat of effingham
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county
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and so served up until
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1799.
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when the courts were removed
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when the courts were moved
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to springfield i should say
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now the building that sits here
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is now the jerusalem lutheran
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originally the bat that believe it was a
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baptist church
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organized back in
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1734 the building itself was built in
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1767
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to 69.
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i'm incorrect about it being baptist
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it's the longest running lutheran used
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to be called the
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was this working
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yes
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that doesn't happen often
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used to be called the old ebenezer
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i wasn't expecting that to
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put out any water sometimes a lot of
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those old pumps don't work
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i like the leaves
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they're crunching under my feet
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got the steeple
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there as well and a swan
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at the very top
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pinnacle of the steeple
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like a weather weather vane a weather
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main
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i always get those confused weather main
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weather vane
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some sort of weather something or other
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or maybe a lightning rod could be a
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lightning rod probably a lightning rod
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1733
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johann martin
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bolt zeus
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that's a good last name which chosen to
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serve as the minister
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so he spoke no english
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and little of
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salzburg dialect he quickly learned and
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communicated well with the salzburgers
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very interesting
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and here is johann
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pastor in ebenezer georgia
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until
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1765.
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mr johann
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and he's looking over at the building
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that's obscured by this tree
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but you can see the swan up there
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getting a good view of that
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lightning rod swan
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looks as if the building has been
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you know a little attachment has built
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and been built in in recent years
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thankfully i can peek in the window and
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get a little view inside there of the
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pews
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and the pulpit
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and if you do show up there's a sign
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here
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that says to enter with reverence
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in continuous worship
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since 1738
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no one
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no one here at the moment however
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sunday service has a recording of this
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is
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earlier in the morning
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made of handmade bricks molded from clay
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sourced nearby
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dedicated in 1770
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fingerprints are still visible on some
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of the bricks
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there's a photo there
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to demonstrate
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that's incredible
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uses a stable and a hospital
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along back in those olden days as far as
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getting over to south carolina across
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the state line
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from here across the river
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is not going to happen now if there was
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a bridge here at one time
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which cannot confirm or deny that
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no longer a bridge here
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and the road just abruptly ends
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you can see the water down there so i'm
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about to backtrack and reroute
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and find a way over into south carolina
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a ways away from this
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from this road
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now turn around
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had to hop on interstate 95. northbound
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for just a bit
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yep had to go northbound just for a tiny
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bit to get into south carolina now
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heading over towards the coast
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of south carolina and once over the line
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like fireworks are a big thing
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this is just over the state line
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through rows of trees
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on either side
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i have arrived in the town of bluffton
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this dodge right here
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and this is the bluffton trading post
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looks like this community has a lot of
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golf carts they use yeah i really like
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scott's market established 1970.
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look at that old signage
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and traffic's starting to get a little
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backed up here at these cross streets
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there's the old town bluffton in right
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over there
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as well a lot of the homes here have
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historical significance the
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gulford house
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1921
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that is dated
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but take a look at this this is a thing
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of beauty right here on the side
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says the rate
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they had sundries cosmetics they sold
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the
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the siltiest seal oh seal test
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not stealthiest i can't i can't speak
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seal test
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ice cream
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exclusively candies and tobaccos
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with this old mural here
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the ice cream cones that looks delicious
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and a sundae
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and this is no longer
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utilizes that it's now
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a construction
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well a construction office uses this
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but the rate
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back in 1948
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it was not meant to rhyme
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but they have the historical
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preservation society
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sign there as well
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yeah this just feels
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like south carolina
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with the trees
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and all that
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and the plantation style homes
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this is so neat this is still here the
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paintings there on the side
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this is the first time i've ever been in
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this area
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this is all new for me being over here
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on the island
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they're using terminology that i use
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sometimes meandering feature is
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circulated water
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here along
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i plan on staying in this area for a
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couple days got some accommodations
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tonight
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and tomorrow night
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at least
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for that long so expect tomorrow's video
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to be
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from this neck of the woods
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spoiler alert
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don't always don't always give away
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where i'm gonna be each day but
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i'm gonna be here tomorrow
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charles
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frasser
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right here
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2010 this was placed here
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made of bronze
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this gentleman is walking with an
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alligator
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look at that
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he's got an umbrella
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i am prone to take an umbrella out from
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time to time man after my own heart he's
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got the hat
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as well
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got the umbrella there i don't know if
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he's shooing away
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are you a local resident
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here on hilton head island gator
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that's a gator not a crocodile pretty
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sure because the nose isn't as pointy
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that's the obvious way you can tell
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you could tell the difference
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crocodiles would have more of a pointy
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snout
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that's going to do it for today
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i am here in hilton head island
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and will be
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for at least a day or two
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that's pretty exciting
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see how the future goes after that
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flip this around do the outro
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as i already hinted
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that is
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not only going to do it for today but
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also a man walking an alligator how
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often does that happen
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an homage
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to a real event i'm guessing
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or someone with a great imagination
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or the famous gator walker of hilton
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head
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i'll see you the next video the vlog
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i'm excited to be here something
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something exciting and new
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i got a song
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i'm a love bow
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i'm not getting on a boat i'm not
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staying on a boat but i'm staying
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somewhere awesome
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you might be able to guess it if not
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i'll cover it tomorrow
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i'll see you then the vlog
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is over