Going Home For The Rest Of The Month (Maybe) - My Return To Celebration Florida & Planning Next Trip
Going Home
Transcript
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Today's adventure
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begins. I can hear airplanes going over
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the hotel I'm staying at. As the
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recording of this TGIF, it is Friday,
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March
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14th, 2025. This is the accommodations I
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stayed at last night on my one evening
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layover out of Canada. Back to Orlando.
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I am in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I'm
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going to walk over to the Mall of
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America, get a piping hot caffeinated
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beverage, and then grab an Uber and get
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to the airport. I'm going
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Florida, huh?
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Yep. Can hear the airplanes from here.
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My hotel right
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here. Mall of America right over there.
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IKEA. Mall of America. Welcome everyone.
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Adam the Woo here. Bags all packed up,
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ready to rock. It's a travel day. I'm
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going home. I'm inviting you to join me.
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But first, Mall of America for some
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coffee. Shall you? That is the double
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tree.
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even though there are more than two
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trees. That's one or two minutes after
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10:00 a.m. the mall opened. Well, the
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shops open at 10:00 a.m. I imagine a
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little bit before that. They allow
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people to go in and walk around, mall
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walkers,
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etc. I'm not sure if luggage is allowed
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inside, but I don't see why not. I'm
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sure being right here next to the
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airport that is not frowned upon.
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They're used to people walking through
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with their luggage when they have their
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connecting flights. I mean, it's just
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right next to the
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airport. Coffee time. The shorts on
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today. Have a light
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hoodie. Got my Vegas hoodie
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on. And I probably have to take this off
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because it's going to be warm in
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Florida. But dawning the shorts. Don't
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need pants anymore. I'm good. I was
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going to go to Starbucks, but I realized
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they have a Dunkin Donuts. Also some
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stingrays down there at the Sea Life.
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So, I think I'm going to get instead of
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getting Starbucks, I think I'm going to
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get some some Duncan. It's not Tim
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Hortons, but it's pretty dang
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close. A little Duncan for the taste
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buds and a little caffeinated piping hot
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persuasion for the road. Well, for the
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for air for the air. Also, one last look
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at that fantastic indoor ferris wheel. I
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rode it last night with a shroud of
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nightfall, but the sun is coming up now.
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It's all illuminated in there. Yeah, it
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was neat being here after dark right at
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close right before 9:00. One of the last
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rides on the ferris wheel. All right,
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see you later, Mall of America. All
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right, order the Uber. Be here in about
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1 minute.
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Rolling
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out. Engine number
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three, Bloomington Fire
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Department. That's technically the
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little town I'm in. All right, dropped
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off here at the Delta section. Boy, it
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is nice and sunny
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out. Weather's going to be good. I think
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I could probably take my little sweater
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off. Let's get going. Flight is Delta
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DL22 5, which is right up
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here. Right
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there. Looks like it is on time. No,
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wait. It's not on time. It's
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delayed. It's delayed by 14
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minutes. 14-minute delay. Still, that's
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not really a major delay. I can handle a
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14-minute delay. I'm good. If I want a
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wait time, then less than 5 minutes for
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checkpoint. Not bad. Speaking of
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sweatshirts, some pretty nice ones here.
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The North Star and also the Boundary
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Waters of the US. Don't need once I get
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to Florida. Not going to need a
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sweatshirt. Speaking of weather, let's
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take a look at what it's looking like
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across the great US of A. Looks like 72°
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over there in Orlando and where I was up
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at, you know, Calgary. Well, I wasn't in
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Calgary. I was like a north of Seattle
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above the line there in Vancouver.
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36°. They're just showing the US there.
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The only one they're showing
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international up in Canada is Calgary in
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Canada. So, it's going to be it's going
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to be definitely the warmest conditions
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I've had in a few weeks. I'd say or over
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two weeks because I was in Vegas just
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about a week and then Vancouver a week.
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So, it's going to be it's going to be
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warm when I get home. Shorts and t-shirt
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weather for sure. I think there was an
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song named after named after this
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particular
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section
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here. You can walk on that side, but you
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stand on this side. You guys want to
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stand or This is the standing.
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I got time. I got time. Yeah. Got this
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delay. So, I got time to stand. I could
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be walking. Be walking there.
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walk. Oh, look at this. It's a
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mobile tool case. Look at
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van. Look at all this down here. Not
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sure what those are,
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but little metal racks.
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It's a long walk over to my gate. Pretty
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lengthy walk. Get my steps in, which I
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enjoy walking a lot before getting on a
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plane. When you're sitting on a plane
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for hours, you want to stretch your legs
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before sitting down. So, I'm not not
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against it. Yes, MSP, you are correct.
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Minneapolis, St. Paul is my gateway.
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Well, there's a lot of other ones.
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Orlando's like a hub, too. Atlanta's a
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hub. New York's a hub. There's a lot of
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hubs.
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Oh, look at this. I went to Bise City
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right there, but there's plenty of other
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How what place your bets on how long I'm
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going to be home before I get a little
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stir crazy and go somewhere else again.
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My passport today because I am staying
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in the continental US. Even if I was
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going non-continental, I'm staying in
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the same country. Leave it on a jet
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plane. This should be my new my new
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slogan because I am always leaving to go
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somewhere on a jet plane. And my goal is
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to do one country a month. Sometimes
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I'll do two countries a month, but I'm
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trying to stick with the quota of one
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one country a
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month. That's the plan for this year and
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future years. This is G21. G20 is mine.
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My plane has not arrived yet because
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it's delayed that 15 minutes. The gate
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next to me is going to Salt Lake and
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there's an issue with their flight also
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making the announcement that that is
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also going to be delayed and an issue.
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But T21 plane's here. G20, which is my
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gate, should be arriving soon. Man, that
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sun is just beaming through the window.
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Feels nice. Feels different. It feels
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odd. I haven't felt the sun really the
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last couple weeks. I felt it a little
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yesterday when I left Canada, but not
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like it is now permeating through this
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window. This is an automatic. Well, look
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at this. It's an automatic trash can.
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Mix recycling trash can. Look at that.
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It's like push the trash can at Disney.
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I haven't seen push at Disney in a
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while. If you know, you know. What's
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going on with this thing? It's a
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glitch. Is it because I'm standing here?
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Maybe.
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Some airports sell gum. Some airports
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don't sell gum. This one does. I got
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some for the flight. I could chew some
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on takeoff and landing. Keeps my ears
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from popping. I don't know. I don't know
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if there's any truth to that, but I feel
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like feel like it helps cuz it your jaws
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moving around. So, you got the ears
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popping. Got it over here at the SIBO
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Express. Old dentine. Look at this.
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There's a on-site chiropractor. Well, it
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used to be right here, but it's moved.
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The Cairo port has moved to the entrance
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of the G concourse, the entrance, not
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over here in this area. So, you can get
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your you get your back aligned over at
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the entrance of the G concourse, not
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deep into the G concourse. Powered by
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sustainable design, solar panels,
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honeybee habit, high efficient water
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fixtures, and that is what is
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running this
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Well, it's probably helping power it.
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Probably not fully powering
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it. I know I'm walking on the stand
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section, but there's no one in front of
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me though. So, let me go over here. Go
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over here this side of the line. I want
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to make sure I'm on the right side of
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the line. While I was wandering around,
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my plane has arrived at G 20. I think
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it's about a 3h hour and 15 minute
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flight. wheels up to wheels down. I
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always hear the pilot saying that, so I
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don't know what that means, but I would
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imagine that's when it takes off the
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runway once the wheels are up and then
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the wheels touch. 3 hours, maybe less
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than that. I think the total total
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flight time from tarmac to tarmac is
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like 3 hours and 15 minutes. I'm talking
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like I really even know what I'm talking
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about, so don't listen to me. All right,
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I'm going to be sitting in seat
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6D just now boarding. The plane was
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supposed to take off about 5 minutes
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ago, but we're boarding now. So, I'm
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guessing probably another half hour the
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plane will take off. So, that' be like a
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45minute delay. Not too bad. This is a
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really long
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jet. Goes down and then it goes up.
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6D window seat.
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It was a it was a mad house over in the
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area gates I was in. All the flights
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were about 15 20 minutes delayed. So
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there were a ton of people crammed in to
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about a three gate
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section. I always like showing that out
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the little window.
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compliment water.
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Heading home. Heading to Orlando.
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I don't have any major plans to go
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anywhere the rest of the month, but
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again with me, you never know.
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I've already been contemplating my March
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international trip already, though.
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Wheels are
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turning. to land as quickly and safely
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as possible. We do have flight
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attendants in the owl. If you will,
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please take your assigned seat. ABC will
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be the right hand side of the aircraft.
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TEF will be the left hand side. As you
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see taking on the airplane, make sure
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that you make your assigned seat.
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Rollerboards, if you do have those
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roller boards, you're going to fit
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roller handles first. Place them flat.
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Once you do place them in overhead bins,
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those smaller items are going to go
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underneath the seat in front of you.
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We're trying to accommodate as many
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larger bags as possible. So, smaller
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items that you place underneath the seat
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in front of you.
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Flight time once for airport 2 hours 2
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hours and 39 minutes. We are covering
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Eastern Standard Time. Flight time will
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be 2 hours and 39 minutes. Light
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attendance are
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hotel. There's
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IKEA. There's the Mall of America.
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Heat
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up
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here. Heat up
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here.
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Central Florida. I am
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back.
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please hold on to the handbrake. Few
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people are like
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just in time for the start of spring
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break.
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Well, I think spring break starts around
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this time,
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right? Maybe these are spring break
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crowds. I don't
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so. I'm already scheming up some ideas
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for next month's international travels.
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I think it's going to be a good one. And
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I don't know if I'm going to go to
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another country this month for the rest
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of March. I mean, it's still only
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halfway through March, so I could hop
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into one.
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But I'm also thinking maybe just staying
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put around the Central Florida
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area till next
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month. Let's see what happens. Oh, the
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fountain is not working here. Only time
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I've never seen it not working is during
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Christmas when they put the tree
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up, but it is way past that time
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frame and the sh the fountain is not
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working. Also, speaking of things not
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working over here in front of the Disney
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store, this LCD screen, the screen that
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is promoting the parks is not working.
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I've never seen it not on
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before. next to the magic of Disney
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shop. And I'm definitely missing some of
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the Disney parks. So, looking forward to
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maybe popping into some of those while
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while I'm
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around. I've been having a hankering for
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some Disney parks. Always good to see
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this gentleman again. The guy resting
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here. Not a real person. Not a real
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person. Is made out of bronze polychrome
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in oil. Mixed media with accessories
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made by Dwayne Hansen back in 19 You
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still working on 85
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Orlando. Another Duncan. Another Duncan
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coffee. We're heading by Uber. Love some
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Duncan coffee right here next to the
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Minions with a Universal Orlando Resort
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gift shop. And then uh we got Harry
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Potter over there. You're a wizard,
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Harry. You're a wizard. And dinosaur.
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Got a
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dinosaur. This dinosaur is like staring
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directly into my soul.
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You want to come with me, dinosaur
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raptor? You can come with me if you
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want. Out on level two. Order an Uber.
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Should be here in about a minute or
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two. Head to
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Celebration. Been gone a couple
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weeks. Good to be home. Haven't been
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home much of this
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Anyway, made it back home now. Walking
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into the corridor of goons, my little
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nerd room. Got a few few new things to
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add to it, including this cotton candy,
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which at first I thought it was an ice
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cream cone, but I got this from Circus
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Circus when I was in Vegas. And I got a
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few other things here that I'll put on
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the shelf over there.
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the corridor of goons. I always pick
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things up when I travel and I'm on the
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road. I got my
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Rambo dog tag here that I'll put right
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there. Added the little Wayne's World
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car right
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there. Couple of press pennies I got
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from Vegas. I have a couple books here
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that you can put the press pennies in.
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I'm not going too wild with the press
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pennies, but I do have a book I can put
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some if I if I occasionally buy. I was
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in Vegas, met up with the GIV. We got
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our heart attack grill photo there. So,
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I got that as a souvenir. And then I was
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at Hope Canada with Nerd Locations. Got
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all this First Blood Rambo
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stuff.
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Nice
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souvenirs. All my Canadian coins and
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Canadian currency to add to the stash of
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international money. I got my coin purse
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from Ecuador. I got some Bleise cash.
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Well, that's Yeah, that's the Bise
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money. Ecuador money there, Bise money.
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I even have some Disney dollars which is
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kind of not really international. And
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then I have when I went to the UK as
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well. So I've got UK, Ecuador, Bise, and
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now my fourth country currency little
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souvenirs, coins, loonies and tunies,
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and I actually have some in my wallet
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too I can add to this. But so as of now,
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this is how I'm categorizing all of it.
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But I'll probably come up with a little
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bit better system as time goes on. Every
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country I go to, I want to bring back a
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bunch of currency and just have it on
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have it as a little souvenir. Yep. I
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also got my little
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Mounty duck. I got my Elvis duck. And
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can't forget this from
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Vegas. Nice. And I can also add in
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couple magnets.
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one US magnet from Vegas and then a
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couple that will go here in the
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international
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section. Let me throw the one in the US
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first. I have this elongated
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cow, the Omega Mart elongated
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cow, which I'll
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put down
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here documented. And I got the currency
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from Canada. And I got the
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magnets. I got my Bise
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Got my
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Ecuador. I got my
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London. And now I
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got
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Vancouver and the Sea to Sky Gondola in
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Canada. Slowly but
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surely. A lot more travel plans to come.
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Some a lot more dramatic and farther
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than the places I've already gone soon.
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very soon. First things I wanted to do
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was take Mini Marge out a glorified golf
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cart. Just three days from right
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now will be St. Patty's
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Day. And this house always does it
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upright. It's really nice to be back.
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I'm happy to be back home. Headed
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downtown to the
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lakefront. I've already had plenty of
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coffee. No more coffee the rest of the
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day. I think I'm good on coffee. A spot
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here at the electric vehicle
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parking. Sometimes you'll get regular
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electric vehicles that are not gyms,
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E2s, or glorified golf carts that are
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park in these
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spots, which makes sense because it is
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kind of a confusing sign. But I always
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figured this is for mini Marge because
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it looks just like my golf
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cart. I've kind of noticed in the last
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year or so, I bought my house about a
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year and a few months ago, I think more
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golf carts are popping into town. So, be
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kind of neat. Longer I live here, the
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more golf carts I just be cruising
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around to Vegas for 5 days and then I
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went to Vancouver for a week, meet up
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with my buddy Nerd locations who flew up
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from North Carolina. We had the hotel
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booked, we had the flights booked, all
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that. And then I thought after that,
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after he flies out, I could go somewhere
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else in Canada. And I thought maybe stay
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another week or so, maybe even longer
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than that around Canada. And I just
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thought, you know, next next month and
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the month after that are going to be a
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lot more international travel. So I
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figured I should probably spend some
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time at home. So came back up. Former
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Cornerstone Delhi Market over there on
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the corner. Closed down for a few months
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and then the Bakery Boys took it over.
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Now it's the Bakery Boys Market in
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Delhi. And I popped in. I was going to
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get an Arizona green tea and they have a
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flavor I really like that has the added
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cucumber. I love cucumber water and I
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love cucumber green tea. So, I got a
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little refreshing refreshing beverage.
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I've already booked I've already locked
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in 2
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weeks in May, early May for 14 days.
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Already booked an international trip and
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accommodations, hotel, etc. in a
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different country. trying to figure out
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what I want to do in April, which would
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be next month. I probably within the
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next day or two will book another twoe
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trip. I have my eyes on a spot that will
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be the farthest that I have gone. I did
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go all the way over to England. That was
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a pretty lengthy flight, but this one
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would be farther than
26:45
that. So, I pretty sure in the next day
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or two I'm going to probably book that
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and do do a couple weeks in that
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country. I like I like the two week
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thing. The only reason Vancouver I only
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did a week in Vancouver because I had
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technically been in a band and I
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traveled around Vancouver and or uh
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through Canada before. I just kind of
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wanted to go get the currency, knock out
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the IT
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locations, Rambo, which I've always
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wanted to do, and just take care of that
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and knock Canada out for my 2025 and
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onward
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travels. But I'm back for probably a
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couple weeks before I leave to the next
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spot. There's probably going to be some
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Disney Well, there will be some Disney
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videos. It's not an overload, but there
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will be some Disney videos, some
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localized stuff, and I have a few other
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events that I want to want to catch
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while I'm here. Guy's got like a not a
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onehe. It's like a It is a big onehe.
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Look at this. Is that a onehe? Okay,
27:47
he's pulling over there. It was bigger
27:50
than a regular standard onehe. That's a
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That's a scooter. That's a motorcycle
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right there. The other one was like a
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onehe. The sky looks pretty awesome
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there with the Celebration Theater,
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which hasn't been open for like 11 plus
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years with the sun setting over. I think
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I'm going to do a walk around Lake
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Reinhardt and uh loop back around.
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Pretty pretty busy downtown at the
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moment. And maybe even before the end of
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the month, I might take a couple days
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off. I took a couple months, couple off
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in January, and now that I'm home, might
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do might do the same before the end of
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the month. So, I miss a day or two,
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that's why. Yeah, it looks pretty neat
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with the clouds up there and then the
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sun not only bouncing off the clouds in
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the sky but also reflecting off of the
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lake down
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below. See if the gate any gators out.
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Sure. This looks really This is a really
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cool It looks pretty dang cool right
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Yeah. How dang cool does this look with
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the reflections and the clouds are just
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so like streaky tonight like across the
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across the sky there and the way they're
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reflecting. This is just such a neat
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This is just such a neat little
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little view across the water. There goes
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the
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birds. Very nice. It's also good that
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I'm back home for a little bit because
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the weather, especially in the evening,
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isn't too bad. Now, ask me tomorrow when
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I'm here during the daytime and I'm
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gonna probably be miserably hot and
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sweaty and nasty. But right now, it's
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pretty pretty decent out. So, this is a
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good time if I'm going to if I'm going
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to be home for a couple weeks in a
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month, this is probably the time to do
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it. I probably should have done it the
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last first few months of the of this
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year, but I can't sit still. I go that's
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a it's a real problem. But I'm home now.
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see how I feel in a few days. And that's
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going to do it for today. I am back home
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in Central Florida in celebration. It's
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good to be back for a bit. Thanks for
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watching. I'll see you in the next
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video. The
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vlog is