Visiting Most Secluded Town In ALASKA Thru Bizarre Mountain Tunnel & Everyone Lives in One Building
Whittier Alaska Nov 2024
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welcome everyone Adam the woo here as
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the recording of This is Tuesday
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November 5th 2024 I'm checking out of
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this hotel in Anchorage Alaska and I'm
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going to be heading over to Whittier
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Alaska if I can get over there through
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the tunnel that is part train tunnel
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part car tunnel it's going to be
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interesting get over to that secluded
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little town and then from there going to
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be heading back out of there and then
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Southward to Seward I believe the that's
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how you pronounce the town and I'm going
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to be going there this evening and got a
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hotel some accommodations there inviting
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you to join me Sun's about to rise it's
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another day join me shall you sun should
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be rising very soon it's 7:39 there's
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quite a bit of snow and ice on the
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ground snow does not bother me ice
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however is a little scary got my bags
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all packed up not a lot of daylight here
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in Alaska this time of the year again it
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is 7:39
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35° temperatures are going to fluctuate
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a little bit because I am going to a
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couple of other towns there's a high
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wind warning Sunrise is at
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8:40 and then Sunset it's also snowy
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most of the day Sunset is at 4:45 so not
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a whole heck of a lot of daylight got to
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get on
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it while there's light
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out fueling up little self-pumping gas
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nozzle
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here don't want to take a chance on
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going places I'm not familiar with and
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they're not may or may not be gas so
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fueling up before heading out of the
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greater Anchorage area
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$349 a gallon here I'm also going to get
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a coffee here at this Speedway
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Express on a coastal highway highway one
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I believe it
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is cruising along iced over Lake here
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iced over Waterway here see views this
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is definitely going to be slowo along
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these roads very beautiful very Scenic
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this little pullover over here it is
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Gusty
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wow look over
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there woo
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windy I just want the sun to rise why
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does the sun keep Bankers hours at this
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time of the year in Alaska the sun needs
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to come up melt this ice away and there
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is a Scenic Overlook right little Scenic
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Overlook pull off right
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here but I don't think I'm going to get
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out at this
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windy right here on the side of the car
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here looking out the window the
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Overlook the sign here is talking about
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whales
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woo wind warning that's for sure look at
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those look at the chop down
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there that's the road up there look how
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much fog there is
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too Side of the Mountain protruding out
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very very Scenic and beautiful
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but the wind definitely pushing the car
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around a little bit on the road
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thankfully doesn't appear to be a lot of
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ice a little bit of ice but not a lot of
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ice just need the sun to hurry up and
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get up and hopefully burn a little bit
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of it off even
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more definitely teaches you to not be in
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a
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hurry just soak it
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in beautiful all right snowing now now
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keep in mind this is early November gets
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a lot snowier and icier and colder
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next couple months here in Alaska but
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there is definitely a lot of snow up
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there I would imagine the Avalanche
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probably would
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happen January and February when the
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mountains are completely enclosed in
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snow check out the Caps up there though
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caps on the
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mountain definitely see how a snow
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slide would definitely take place
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there's this little pull off here just
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to give people a quick little little
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rest before heading into the the
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Avalanche area you see these signs
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everywhere through here this one goes
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for 5 miles all right carrying on slow
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going I think that's the same railroad
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tracks that I'm going to be going over
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to get to Whittier through a
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tunnel I do love how many pull offs
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there are
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however that way if you have somebody
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behind
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you pull over half them go around the
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beluga
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whales Dangerous Waters and mud
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flats also I did not realize this till
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now the great quake the world's second
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greatest recorded earthquake wre
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havoc on turn inter turn again arm which
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is where I guess this is what this is on
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March 27th of
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1964 turn again
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arm this little sound here call it a
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sound or a little corner section like an
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arm this is the reality right now look
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at how amazing this is the
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fog mountain ranges over there more
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mountain ranges
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incredible I love
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this I mean not the best
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weather but it adds to the experience
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that is for
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sure is that right Bird so that
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right Hitchcock would
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be
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cold that is not an understatement it's
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brisk I should probably put my gloves on
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I'm getting back in the car look up here
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that is snow
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snow slight sleet rain ice water just
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above freezing which is nice if it was
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below
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32 I don't know if I'd be probably
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traversing this I it's already I'm going
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slow enough as it is but if it was like
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full on
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Ice would not be fun all right going to
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Veer off here in a little town by the
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name of
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Girdwood Girdwood Alaska there's the
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sign
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showing a bunch of flowers on the side
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not a lot of not a bountiful amount of
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foliage out right now and the FL the
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flower
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persuasion welcome to
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Girdwood see what I can find here get
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off the get off the Coastal Highway for
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just a bit get out of the
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wind maybe maybe get out of the
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Wind a little Bakery over here
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things all right continued on a little
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bit holy cow there are some freaking
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Buffalo over here look at this
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wow there's like Buffalo right
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there look at that little
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snowfall a little mountain
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range a little
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Buffalo unaffected by the weather
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conditions their coat of fur their
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Hooves in the muddy snowy mud doing just
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fine over there Buffalo chowing down on
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that hay
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man I'm getting ready to take the road
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now to go over to
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Whittier 15 minute I was looking online
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15 minute increments where it's a one
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lane road and then after 15 minutes they
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let the other lane go so you got to wait
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a little bit before it's your turn all
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right approaching a sign here
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Valley porge Valley really next to no
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one on this road the road I veered off
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of off the Coastal Highway which will
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eventually get down to my destination
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tonight but I veered off and I'm going
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to go through a mountain
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again I'm going to go through a mountain
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evidently you could not get over to
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Whittier Alaska years ago until they
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made it to where you could go through
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over the
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top of the railroad tracks you drive
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along the top of the railroad
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tracks which should be
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interesting you just have to take a boat
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or a plane over there
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it's brisk I should probably roll this
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window up yeah the snow is definitely
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coming down
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now there another Avalanche
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sign the only one on this road no one
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else woo this is some winter
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conditions in early November
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forage
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Lake I guess this is probably the
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mountain I'm going to be going through
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again I don't know what I'm getting
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myself into
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but Whittier porridge glacier to the
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right Whittier Straight Ahead that's
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where I'm going Whittier slow going
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going through this
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tunnel drive with headlights on and
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tunnel I will be doing that
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soul no one behind me no one in front of
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me no one out
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here woo that window up the waterfalls
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over here look at that look at the water
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coming down the side of the freaking
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Mountain
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W all right it says stop ahead pay toll
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so it is a toll road to get through
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here all right let's see what they say
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up here I guess I'm going to guess
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that's the mountain I'm going through
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right there stop here and pay toll $13
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was the price so it's $ 950 now I cannot
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go through the tunnel until 10:40 so I
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got to wait
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50 50 minutes
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cuz it is a one-way tunnel so you got to
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be patient to get over to Whittier I'm
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going to go right through this freaking
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Mountain but I'm going to be hanging out
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in the car for a little while before
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being able to pull through this is
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something I am the only only car parked
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here waiting to go through the tunnel
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now what I saw online that it was every
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15 minutes or or so but I got to wait
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about 45 to 50 minutes to head through
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that Tunnel right over there when I
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handed the gave her 20 she gave me seven
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back $13 she said no faster than 25
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milph no stopping unless there's an
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emergency and I'm going to be going
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through right
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there very interesting all Lanes standby
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hello bird hey how you
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doing so I'm in Lane one
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which is for the automobiles there's the
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car
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there these birds are just coming in
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hot I am the only one going to Whittier
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interesting thing from what I was seeing
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online that 95% of the population lives
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in one building there's a store in there
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there's a restaurant in there I think
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there's a restaurant in there post
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office in there accommodations are all
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in there
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everyone well not everyone but a good
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percentage of the Town live through that
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tunnel in one building and W
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here me get back in the car though it's
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cold out here cold out here bird are you
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cold
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bird you
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cold yeah I'm back in the car bird
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getting out of the elements so here is a
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general layout of the land of Whittier
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so here's the tunnel I'm going to be
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going through
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half railroad tracks part of the time
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half oneway Road the other half and the
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other half well that's three that's
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three Hales so it's really a third third
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and
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third but this is the size of the town
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and there are some things to do got a
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little grocery store Little Fudge
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company a bar Seafood Cafe ice cream
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here next traffic release it's 10:00
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right now how long do I have to wait
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10:40 40
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minutes all right there's now someone
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behind me so now we got two people in
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line to go through and the automobiles
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are being let through the oneway road
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out out of Whittier where I'm
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at good just waiting
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patiently this is definitely very
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interesting very
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interesting wow the wind's really
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picking
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up holy cow look at
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that here we
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go it's happening Gates opening
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wow it's almost like right at 10:40 the
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snowfall started
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again there's actually a few cars behind
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me
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now this is wild look at this I'm going
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to be going on the railroad tracks like
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on the actual
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tracks okay
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okay holy Lord I'm driving on railroad
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tracks I don't need these
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on this is
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this is long too this is like a few
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miles or more through
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here this is not a short tunnel at least
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a few miles possibly
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more I think that might be the end up
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here but tough to
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tell all looks the
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same
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wild the light at the end of the
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tunnel keep
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left keep left left when exiting I think
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this is the
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end back adding to the
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elements that was freaking
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wild and now into
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Whittier exiting off of the
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tracks do not want to stay on the
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railroad tracks got a Veer off this way
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back out into the
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elements that was
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wild that just happened gateway to
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Prince William sound
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Whittier Whittier
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Alaska all right let's check this
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out very secluded town so that tunnel
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only runs to a certain time frame
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tonight after that you can't get in or
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out of
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got the US Coast Guard auxiliary station
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District 17 a little train car
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there not a lot going on in town right
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now Harbor store Outpost liquor
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door nothing's really open I mean this
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is definitely the off seon for things to
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be open it's cold not a lot of
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people over here just other than the
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residents I mean there was only a couple
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cars even waiting that 40 minutes to go
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through the
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tunnel satellite dishes at the end of
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the road
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here
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charter boats as well this is not the
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season to be taking charter boats but
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they are
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here looks like there's a hotel here
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however I don't know if there's any
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vacancies or if it's even even
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open does it look like this place is
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open
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no not
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open so the building that everyone lives
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in appears to be this place at the very
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end of the road right up
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here the majority of town resides in
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that one building that looks like a mass
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Hotel those are all
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residences we drive over
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there right there is a motel open here
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well a hotel open the anchor in there's
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a grocery store gifts laundry
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mat anchor
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in look at all the snow and ice on the
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road up
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I had thought that maybe there would be
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a restaurant open or something here
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that' be open but not a whole lot going
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on granted inside there where everyone
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lives I believe there's a post office
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inside there I don't really know if
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you're supposed to be going inside
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there that's basically just one big
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residence everyone lives in there
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heat some signs on the door I don't know
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what that says wher Army port historical
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district Hodge building US Army Core of
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Engineers that sign says we reading it
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from
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afar
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wow he's old rundown
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boats definitely an interesting Town
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especially this time of the year the
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thing is the weather's only going to get
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worse I imagine they just want to be
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kind of all sheltered and secluded here
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in this one building so it makes sense
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to have everyone here in that one
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spot once winter really rolls in I mean
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it's already Winter by my standards but
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even imagine what this place is like in
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January and
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town and this is the school right here
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right next door to where everyone lives
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just walk out the door and walk over
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into the school
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it says Log Cabin
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gifs again nothing really seems to be
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open right
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now here we go celebrating 35 years in
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Whittier the
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store since 1979
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all right I got a few minutes before I
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can go back through the tunnel on the
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other
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direction so now going to pop inside the
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grocery store anchor in hotel gifts and
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laundry mat there's also a little
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mum again I'm not sure what exactly all
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is open here there here you go Whittier
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Alaska Port historical
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district telephone exchange 1954 to
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1960 acquired by the Shen family 1980s
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building was in great distay through the
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efforts the building was restored and
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now houses the anchorin hotel Anor
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General Store and the Prince William
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sound
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Museum all right
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okay that's the Buckner building that's
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the building I showed check out the
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Whittier Chapel right
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there there's the Buckner building in
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it's
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Heyday got some seats
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here birth of Whit here
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oh wow there used to be a bowling alley
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in the Buckner building that's what
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these chairs are
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from how freaking cool is
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there just amazing they the history of
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this
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place there's we Willie and
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insignia for 21st bomber
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over in the General Store side you got
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some anchor in Whittier shirts got
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Whittier Alaska gateway to the Prince
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Williams
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Sound things like that
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gear little Necessities inside here
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there's the fire
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station all right I'm start making my
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way back out over towards the tunnel
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wait for the next time frame for me to
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go back
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through continue on
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snowfall got about 20 minutes to wait
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here go back through the other direction
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think I'm going to read off some
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comments kind of been doing that the
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last few days reading viewer comments on
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yesterday's
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video bernardet Resnik says who knew the
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woo was an adventurous Beyond amusement
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parks beautiful
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I do a lot of amusement parks but I do
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some other stuff too I got to admit
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though going out and getting out of my
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element it really is much needed and it
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really is a
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precursor
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to to next year something very beautiful
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about snow just sticking to the side of
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the window that's what's happening right
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now just sticking to the side of the
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window as I'm waiting patiently to go
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back through noon is is when I can go
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back through here burning daylight here
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burning
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daylight again these are comments from
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yesterday on yesterday's video
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helicopter ride and all that Jake Davis
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says let should go on a Sasquatch hunt
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while I'm here all right it's
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time gate is
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up going back through the mountain watch
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for rocks
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2 and a half miles that sign set okay
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it's 2 and a half mile
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tunnel see you on the other side see on
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the other side way down
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there see on the tail end out of the
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tunnel now now entering Alaska's Kai
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Peninsula k n a i
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Peninsula heading a little south from
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point not too far but a little South all
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right one thing's for sure the snow
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plows have not gone on this
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road however enough cars have driven
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over it and the Sun is starting to Peak
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out 35° so a little above freezing so it
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shouldn't be any major issues with ice
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but this is definitely not a
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snowplow Road
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beautiful through
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here got definitely got some snow in
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area Mountain's just covered in snow
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through
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here see a plow did come through here
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through the rest stop area but on the
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roads doesn't look like one's gone
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through in a
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while got the emergency call box
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there my rental
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car all right and carry on continuing
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on beautiful scenery here a lot of snow
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cap
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mountains lot of
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incredible this little town is known as
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moose
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pass a old water wheel right
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here moose pass is a peaceful little
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town if you have an axe to
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grind do it
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here esa's water wheel
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moose pass was founded in 1909 as a
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supply point for miners on their way to
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Alaska North
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goldfields the water wheels restored in
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several phases in
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1980 take a look at the S this side when
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it was a little in a little bit better
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shape now it's like weather worn there
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there's the water wheel no longer
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turning any
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water little waterfall up there I can
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hear
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it is this the axe grinder I think it
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is you can if you have an axe to grind
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grind it
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there here in Moose pass
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top of a roof right
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there here's the estaz Brothers Grocery
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doesn't look like they're open at the
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moment have ice
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cream things like that
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check out the ice formulated right here
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on the parking
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lot every R the cars kind of parked in
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it a little bit but I should be able to
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get out it's more slushy ice than slick
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ice all right moving
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on
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look at that
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thing that is an impressive snowman
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right
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there little carrot nose and everything
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I love
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it
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dang well
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done well done whoever did that well
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done well
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done yeah take a look across the road
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it's like an old General Store it's like
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a big oversized knife in front of it and
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then there's even a carved bear couple
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carved
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Bears it's like a lumber yard some
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sort pulling into
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sewer
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Alaska check out this old neon little
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martini glass right there here at the
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pit
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bar Neon s's not working but that is a
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sweet
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Relic it is
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incredibly dreary out here incredibly
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dreary I don't know how much is going to
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be open in this town either this is
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where I am staying for the
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evening but gosh it is Dre out
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this is kind of the end of the road
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right here I think mile marker zero is
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up
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taxi front of Tony's liquor store that's
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a good
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thing just amazingly dreary right now
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with the rainbow going across the
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road train station over
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here booked a hotel here in town for the
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evening well Motel here in town for the
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evening Trailblazer the IID a rod Trail
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Centennial
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1908 to 2008 mile
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zero this little sculpture right
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here so it's not snowing now it's
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actually cold
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rain here at Mile
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zero downtown over there take a little
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strut down downtown see what I can
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find got the water right over there
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yeah it's miserable out here right
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now be much more pleasant if it was just
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snowing this is a little more nasty
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there's the train station known as the
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gateway to
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Alaska that's the train station there
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there's some
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trains hobin Park the gateway to
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Alaska m zero the Gold Rush be beastro
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yeah give me snow not cold nasty
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rain sweet Darlings Browns and
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Hawkins all right that's pretty cool the
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Liberty Theater there and check out the
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van Gilder
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Hotel you got this cute little church
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right here
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think be getting some seafood but this
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seafood place is not
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chukes luckily it's stopped raining it's
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a little more comfortable to walk around
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now
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Explorer local tour ship here that
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probably is not running this is the off
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season it's a tugboat right
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there variety of boats here at the Port
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here at the harbor
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the mountains are just so
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gorgeous snow
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capped oh here's the harbor Master's
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office all these Marine Tours over
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here here's an
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anchor Harbor Master's
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office once in a blue moose
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about a blue moon Blue
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Moose there's a fish on top of that
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light pole kind of a bent light pole so
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kind of like Dr Seuss or
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something yeah I definitely want to get
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a little uh Alaskan Seafood in fact
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here's the Alaska Seafood Grill if
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they're open maybe I'll get some kind of
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a seafood item right
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here let's see
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if milkshakes I don't see an open sign
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in that portion there is an open sign
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here though here we go this says
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open okay
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yeah puffing fish Charters meet here
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okay I don't think they're doing any
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fish Charters right now but I am going
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to get I'm going to Charter some fish
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for my
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belly it's a bad joke I don't know where
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I'm going with that all right brought my
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food back to the room this is what we're
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dealing with got a little tarar sauce
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here I asked what he recommended he goes
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oh get the halib it
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so like fish and chips
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halet there you go a little Alaskan
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halet I like I love toer
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it that's tasty there's a bear oh
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actually no the bear is where's the Bear
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right there the bear is eating a fish
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and eating a fish I'll see you in the
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