The Thing ? Mystery Of The Desert - NEW 2018 Museum ! Completely Remodeled Roadside Attraction
A visit to The Thing roadside attraction in Arizona . Recently remodeled and re themed , a quirky stop along interstate 10 .
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today's adventure brings us down the
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long sometimes very desolate interstate
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10 not a whole heck of a lot out here
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that that billboard states a roadside
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attraction is up ahead one that just so
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happens to be one of my personal
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favorites and I stopped at nearly every
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time I'm in this neck of the woods
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welcome everyone Adam the woo here but
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on my last couple of cross-country treks
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I noticed that portions of the property
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were closed for remodel a new
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refurbishment was underway which got my
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excitement Pete today it's going to
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culminate with a visit to the newly
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opened Museum can you tell I'm excited
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about this join me shall you look at
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that fresh new digitized billboard
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luring people and potential visitors off
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the freeway don't even think about
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stopping for gas without peeking inside
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and seeing all the glory of it feels
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like I've almost been waiting forever
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for this day but it's now officially
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open oh heck yeah new entrance corridor
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equipped with sunburst for effect once
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you eliminate the impossible whatever
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remains no matter how improbable must be
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the truth what is that there on the on
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the bottom left can't go wrong with a
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skele-toes dinosaur leading the way that
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away to be exact
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looks as if the price has gone up just a
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bit it used to be a couple bucks now
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it's five but I'm a sucker for all this
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stuff take my money please
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my alien clan was very smart as you will
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learn in our idiom my ancestors passed
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on great wisdom and knowledge to me Jose
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for everything from this is how I know
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your future I know you will enjoy
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exploring history in a museum I know you
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will buy a souvenir to remember the how
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did this world experience you had a
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thing I know you will cool off with ice
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cream and a Dairy Queen and I know this
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because I am Jose always remember the 10
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commandments that are listed up there
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but if there's one thing you should
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remember above all else we are not alone
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in the universe
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starting off with a volcano aliens vs
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dinosaurs he's mounted on top of its
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back a rootin tootin extraterrestrial
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cowboy of sorts what we're going to
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learn is a culmination of over 50 years
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of research prepare to be amazed and
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what if what I'm about to see is true as
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I me and Earth through this neon door
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frame I have to say wow they have really
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outdone themselves and stepped up their
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game with the new creations new flooring
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and new walls I mean this is a whole
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other level of what it once was
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pardon me fellas I didn't realize you
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guys were in a discussion no problem
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just expressing how happy I am to be
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here in May - my apologies for a poor
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interpretation of prehistoric creatures
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hmm something to think about
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oh yeah see I didn't even notice at
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first around the backside are those UFOs
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that must be an artistic rendition of
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them looking out the front of their ship
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right up there
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it takes takes five of them to fly those
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things
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for thousands of years they were their
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masters however some of them disapproved
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of the enslavement and harsh treatment
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controlled by these bizarre pieces of
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headwear almost like a motorcycle helmet
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when they approached stating we come in
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peace the t-rex and crew should have
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never trusted them never doing a little
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investigating of a rattlesnake don't get
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too close those things pack a punch as
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amazing as this spaceship and invaders
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are I'm enamoured by the Jackalope down
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there old Dave Coulier would be proud
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continuing on a bits going to learn
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about the mysterious the mysterious cave
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dwellers tough to see they're in the
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shadows hiding among these stalactites
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and stalagmites stating that the
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leadership thought they were a little
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too primitive to be concerned about but
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what happened to them are they connected
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to humans of today in these glass cases
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are some bones relics that were found
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inside a southern Arizona mine resembles
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a head of some sort at least at least
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that's what I'm picturing like tusks or
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a snout or something ancient petroglyphs
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trying to interpret what is carved in
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here we have a couple people around the
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campfire and up top appears to be an
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asteroid storm or maybe those are ships
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of some sort when the dinos found new
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intelligence they began to organize
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attacks against their masters that's
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what's going on here a full-scale battle
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of epic proportions
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go get him fella the only defense this
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basement had against their powerful foe
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was that button the red button once
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pressed total annihilation was
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inevitable sending an asteroid in at
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full speed destination that was contact
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not a not a dinosaur noise if you look
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closely the retina of the eye ball will
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follow my every move if I stop here
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staring deep into my soul and if I
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continue all the way around the front of
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the nose still looking at me by
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following the timeline they have created
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you can see what eventually happened
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throughout the future life was renewed
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and then the returned they came back who
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knew an entire history lesson would take
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place here in the desert passing by some
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farm equipment and old school
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transportation devices including this
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yoked together oxen who are pulling a
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stagecoach nice had an abrupt segue of
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sorts shifted the theming has gone to
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the Great Depression and World War two
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with this tribute to veterans and an
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enlarged newspaper from Tucson Arizona
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the morning of Tuesday June 6th 1944 but
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then were hit with the fact that what if
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history was manipulated by these
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creatures
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it's like Driving Miss Daisy
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except it's Winston Churchill back there
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what if definitely is the driving point
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ok that was a pun driving that was
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unintentional ok I'm putting things
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together now fine
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getting it from the exhaust of that
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vehicle this family tree line of sorts
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everything's connected I might be off
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base with this but have they always been
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here
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crop circles Roswell Stonehenge the
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Bermuda Triangle the sinking of the
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Titanic the king of rock and roll
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bedbugs it's all making sense now and
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what better way to ponder those thoughts
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than stepping into a mine she'll know
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the bird is gone the bird is the lights
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just turned on it was dark in here it's
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a good thing there's an exit sign too
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you don't want to get lost in a mine
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shaft without having an escape route
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some more bones in the corner and a box
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labeled top secrets what do you think is
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in there there's no talent but I do know
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I'm getting a vibe that were awfully
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close what is it it's a question that
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has bewildered us for over five decades
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and it lies just around this corner dun
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dun da dun dun da da da da da da da da
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yes the thing it's been a while my
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friend it's been a long while but I do
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like how illuminated you are they have
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displayed you properly take a moment
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with me to bask in its glory
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being you doesn't asking in all
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seriousness I do love what they've done
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with the place
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a complete 180 of sorts of what was here
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in the past back into the gift shop now
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where new merchandise has been added to
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the shelving magnets hats the classic
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shot glasses and tumblers even new
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t-shirts as well quite a few new designs
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that I had never seen before I know
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because it's an I have a particular
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style that I'm looking to purchase and
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this isn't it
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gonna go with the basic no photo version
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just to just to keep up the mystery I'm
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gonna get it in the color blue even
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though the yellow is pretty nice as well
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gonna go with this one
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that's my pony and must stay hydrated
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after all that excitement
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yeah that'll do the trick
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that'll wet my whistle properly a bit
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more head we're over here including some
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keychains bumper stickers and postcards
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the thing in Arizona do me a favor if
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you ever on a road trip and you're
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cruising down Interstate 10 and you find
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wacky interesting roadside attractions
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something of a Forte in your life stop
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off here it is aweso was always in my
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top 5 or 10 particular destinations when
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it comes to bizarre places along
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thoroughfares but now it's probably
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stepped up a notch or two I sincerely
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love what they have done with this
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experience over the last year the
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remodel is incredible I'll see you in
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the next video the vlog is over what's
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on the hand stamp there it's a alien