Bizarre Attractions & Empty Towns On Kansas Backroads - Oz Museum / Truckhenge / Yellow Brick Road
Kansas Road Trip Summer 2023
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welcome everyone Adam the woo here as
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the recording of this it is Monday July
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17 2023 I am in Lawrence Kansas
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we are in Kansas Toto
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I'm not sure if anyone out there is
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named
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after the dog from Wizard of Oz I'm
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probably gonna see hopefully about an
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hour from here is a Wizard of Oz museum
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that I'm going to be heading over to in
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another town but first I'm making a wish
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that a tornado does not strike today
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where I will be heading to miss Kansas
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is known for their twisters
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I'm on the wishing bench right here on
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the corner of 9th Street and Delaware
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Street
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throughout the course of this day and
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with every episode of Adventure that I
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go on I'm inviting you
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to join me
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where to Kansas
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at first I was hesitant about sitting on
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this because I didn't know
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I was gonna need
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to get checked for tetanus
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but it's pretty structurally sound at
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first I thought it was going to be
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rickety it's not rickety it's very
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sturdy
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it's made of kind of rusted out metal
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it's a very artistic neighborhood
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through here
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and I sat and made a wish
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but the sky will be stowed nothing
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that's very dangerous today
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on myself
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and I will not be disappointed
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almost looks like it's a solar panel but
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I don't believe that is a solar panel
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it is
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cleverly disguised this building right
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next door might not be around too long I
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see there's a public notice sign there
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say they're going to be a site plan
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here on the side of this
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but it's okay
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it's okay
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look at this old cores on tap
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signage up here that is a relic of the
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past an antique if you will
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nice little mural right here on the side
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of this building
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of the town I'm in
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cruising along
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the big teepee right here
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in fact there's not just one there's
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this really tall one and there's two
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smaller ones
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right over there apparently you can rent
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out this building if you want to have a
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party
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teepee
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now this
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also look at this truck coming by
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cardboard truck with a sighted on the
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side looks like it used to be a gas
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station at one point you see the pumps
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down here or where the pumps used to be
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Roadside Attraction former Roadside
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Attraction
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now possibly used for storage or maybe
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someone lives in there though
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the front window there is
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shielded off with a curtain
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I don't know if I've ever seen one that
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was geared towards having parties though
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good in between both of the two of them
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there go through a door
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it looks like you go into that back
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building
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there's a pool table over there next to
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that dumpster
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an old dilapidated piece of farming
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equipment a couple of them here taken
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over by the foliage
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the corn takes it back I have arrived at
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a place called truck henge here at the
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Lessman Farm
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okay just talked to the owner the lady
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was very kind gave me some information
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gave me a rundown of the property
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they do not charge for this but they do
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accept donations so I gave twenty
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dollars
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drive through she said I could walk
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but she said because of the heat
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probably better just to drive it's like
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a circle
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it is very unusual that all this is out
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here
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on private property
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quite a few boats
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heavily spray painted
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look at this it's like
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a Kansas version of Cadillac Ranch
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so this they're calling
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boat hinge now boat hinges over there
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and if I want to go so I'm looking at
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this map that she gave me
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right here
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30 acre fishing lake she said the way
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they make their money is charging people
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to fish they obviously take donations
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for
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for the house itself
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there's some of our I believe that maybe
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her husband Ron chainsaw art projects
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part of the call region Art Park they
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recycle Rock dirt concrete lawn
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clippings men are beasts
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just one of the any I don't know why I
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said it that way just one of the many
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art pieces Ron has done
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come picnic stroll or fish
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so that's the way out and then also boat
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hinge
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but look at these this is definitely
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reminiscent
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Cadillac Ranch
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ah like some bottle art here Bottle Tree
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Art
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it's a bicycle in a tree a couple
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bicycles in a tree
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more bottles there
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made up of glass bottles going up to the
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top there
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surging them in
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it's like the Earth has taken over
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grown around the trucks
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this is the selfie
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Stone Booth
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look at this thing
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that is so good
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all right I gotta get out and do that I
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did it I got my selfie in the selfie
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Stone booth
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looks like the truck
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is coming after me
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I've been sitting in a lot of rusted out
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metal items today already
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there's also
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I got my selfie
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right here in the chair
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there's a bunch of boots right there on
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the shoe
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I mean what did I say a bunch of boots
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on the fence I'm going to say shoes on
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the fence
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but I said boots on the shoe
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this place has me tongue-tied
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lots of women's shoes some slip-ons here
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some bowling pens
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Crocs
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if you ever come here
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drive up in the driveway make sure you
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stop get some information for the people
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who own the property
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leave a little tip
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show some thankfulness for all the
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artwork that they have created here
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again there's no charge unless you're
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going to be fishing in the lake
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and it looks like they're open eight to
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eight every day seven days a week
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look how these wood carvings
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and also the home is very interesting
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architecture here
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so I've done the loop and I'm heading
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back out there's some owls over there so
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see where it says stop ahead
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all right see you later Chuck Edge price
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of fuel three dollars
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34 cents a gallon self-pumping gas
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nozzle here
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Plaza of the Flint Hills very fancy
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gas pumps
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they also have something called
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our Buckle Mountain Fried Pies I'm gonna
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go out and get a coffee but Fried Pies
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they have it there as well
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E34 gallon here in Kansas I'm only 10
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miles I'm on the road to Oz
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from the Oz museum
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crossing over the river here
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Kansas River
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it was already in Kansas but this is the
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heading into another small town
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really nice little Main Street here
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Wamego
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w-a-m-e-g-o look at this it's like a
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theater
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it's the Oz
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Museum
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oh yeah I am so ready for this now
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before stepping inside there
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point out that there is in fact
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the yellow brick road
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Emerald City Toto
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got the
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name tag right there on the collar
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there is in fact a yellow brick road
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the wonderful
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Wizard of Oz
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Follow the yellow brick road
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Follow the yellow brick crowd
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man this makes me
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Miss great movie rod
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Oz I never did give the 10 man something
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that he didn't already have you can
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learn that from a song
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in the movie ends up over here at that
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tree next to this restaurant
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ruby slippers a couple pairs of ruby
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slippers
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10 man
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follow it back the other way and head
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into the Oz museum got wizard Toto right
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here too this was Toto's dressed as the
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wizard
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hot air balloon and another mural
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the Emerald City here Follow the yellow
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brick road
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right through this dark alley so here's
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the tornado
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see The Farmhouse there see the cow
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see the little cart
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they have a little Walk of Fame down
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here hand press
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some of them kind of weather worn and
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faded out but yeah
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there's a lot of todos here this must be
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like a thing in town
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they have different ones painted in
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different Renditions
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and cost of admission ten dollars
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heading in and I have stepped look at
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this OZ museum right there on the ground
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I have stepped into or out of The
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Farmhouse and into Oz
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attack it is the real munchkin land to
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honor the 50th anniversary of the MGM
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film Macy's created a bunch of figures
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and I guess this is one of the last ones
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and it's here on display oh all right
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there were 60 figures and the munchkin
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mayor is one of a handful of figures
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that survive generously donated to the
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museum
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by International Wizard of Oz Club
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Dorothy's house and the Wicked Witch of
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the East
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and they say Crush down there underneath
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the house itself so this is where you
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buy the tickets this is the backside of
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the ticket the ticket booth is right
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there you can see it's all theme but the
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clouds the mayor munchkin munchkin mayor
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right here and then of course the Wicked
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Restaurant down there yeah I just love
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this so much very quirky very kitschy
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and absolutely
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awesome and there are a lot of artifacts
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in here as well not just the figures
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from the shortest place even a first
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edition of Frank Baum's uh with
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wonderful Wizard of Oz book right there
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and he signed it down below in that
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little paper down below other books
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called the scally wagons of I like the
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name of that the scally wagons of Oz and
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the Magical mimics I never knew this too
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Bob traveled in 1883 as a Salesman that
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sold Axel grease for a family owned
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caster and Company look at this Bob's
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everybody caster and axle oil and this
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showcases a lot of the pop culture items
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that were sold when it comes to Wizard
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of Oz and even these might be some
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screen used outfits over here all right
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these were not screen used these are
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replicas worn at a festival that they
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were doing but you know pretty pretty
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accurate
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pretty accurate the slippers these
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slippers were made by Jeffrey Merrill to
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commemorate the 50th anniversary of the
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making of the movie oh here is one of
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those store displays that is now here in
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Kansas of the Scarecrow right here looks
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like he's doing a little bit of thinking
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over there you've heard of The Thinker
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scarecrows doing some thinking probably
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thinking about crows this is a handmade
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quilt by someone here in Kansas
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completely handmade with all the
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characters and Emerald City and yellow
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brick road right there okay it appears
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as if this one was screen used one of
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the Fiddlers like the Fiddler jacket
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right here that can be seen in the film
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according to that that was in the movie
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and there is the Tin Man right there or
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look that is so cool really are quite a
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bit of displays in here this place is a
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lot bigger than I had expected to be oh
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man remember the the movie The Wiz It's
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a poster that as well this was not used
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to film it but this is a newer version
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of the same kind of light that was used
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sold 20th Century Fox in 1954 also the
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Ruby slivers slippers had felt on the
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Soles to muffle the sound of footsteps
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during filming and the Tin Man's funnel
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was full of compressed air and talcum
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powder to give the special effects
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during his dancing routine and right
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past the delivery cases there are even
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more hand prints on the ground then you
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got the Wizard of Oz Club there as well
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and inside the theater with all these
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posters are they are playing the movie
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on repeat yeah they really are there's
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probably like a couple dozen hand press
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through it here you got a bunch all
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around here you got some over here you
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got a few over there and I would imagine
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that these are real actor or people who
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worked on the film handprints or maybe
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just other celebrities that kind of came
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through here there's quite a few I'm not
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going to be a coward however and I'm
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going to go inside the Haunted Forest
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the witch's castle yeah this is a pretty
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awesome setup very cool it's a creepy
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treat right there yeah take a look at
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the tree right here you can kind of see
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it and here's the here's the Cowardly
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Lion over here in his uniform the Wicked
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Witch of the West wants you to clean up
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your room now that's a good way to get
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to get people to clean up to be uh be
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tidy I suppose look at this look at this
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right here yeah this is part interesting
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part very cool but also slightly
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frightening some of these items they're
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just very interesting very interesting
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walk through some of these exhibits I
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mean that is just a full on evil smile
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you'll get me and my little dog too no
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not Toto this original 10 and a half
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foot spear was created and designed for
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the film itself now the outfit is a
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recreation but I guess the spear itself
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is is the actual one
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that
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that was awesome
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much better than I was expecting it to
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be
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on the way out there's one final room
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and before you go into the final room
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which is a lot more exhibits and things
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and little pop culture items and things
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that for over the years pertaining to
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the subject matter but then there's also
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the hot air balloon and of course I had
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to utilize a hot air balloon and get a
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nice little photo op I also wanted to
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show these again
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ones that are outside
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oh I think this is the wicked witch
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right here Margaret is that her I think
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that's I think that might be well I
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don't know I can't tell
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no probably not
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just like
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there's my shoes versus that's probably
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not
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but also show in detail the other ones
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that are inside in front of the theater
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try to match up some of those I think
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she's I think she's in here I think
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which of the West is in that
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yeah
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some of the some of the handprints that
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they've been around for a while probably
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not originally in the spot maybe
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transferred in
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you kind of move some of the bricks and
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stuff put them in there
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not the bricks but they cut the concrete
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slabs
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and I got a t-shirt and a couple magnets
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as well
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tribute it's only ten dollars
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to get in
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spent quite a bit more on that than on
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merch the shirt I think was like 25 and
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then the
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magnets were a little more
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but it's a cool place and worth uh
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worth getting some items from it there's
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the Amigo public library right there
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pretty neat little downtown is that what
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I think it is up on top of that other
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building is that a flying monkey but
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there's no there's flying monkeys on top
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of the museum but is that one up there
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also
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this is the shirt I got I went to see
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the wizard about a brain and all I got
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was this shirt
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I had to get this one I like to add it
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to my size got the Oz museum
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Kansas down below there and then also
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got some stickers and magnets and pins
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and pencils
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I would like to get pounds they don't
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take up a lot of space we're just
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leaving town good thing I did not go
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the One Direction to head back
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towards where the GPS had me going I
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went this way
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and almost dumped out onto this road and
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I said look at this
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it's the freaking farmhouse
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and over around the corner
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take a look
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at this around the corner here
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this is pretty amazing
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so downtown is that way
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yes
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that is good
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well done very well done
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I was driving along
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and I was like no way
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all right this store wins the best sign
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for summer
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nice tie-in
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I'm melting
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those clouds look like they could turn
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into something
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a little city lots of Hollywood
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it's a no passing zone as well
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never knew this place existed until I
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just passed through it
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pretty cool
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here's the downtown
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it's like some sort of cooler right
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there like a big cooler building can't
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tell what that is
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oh you should be like maybe a gas
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station too you can see the
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the gas pumps used to be it's a very
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unique looking front of that building
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though
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very small quaint town
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got a windmill up top there
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no way is this a video store
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it's a video store
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H and B video
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well maybe not maybe it's a cable
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service
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says video and Communications
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Mechanical Services spot right here
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Plumbing place
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looks to be the train station former
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train station
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passing through another little small
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community here
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a used car place
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and you'll see a lot of Pepsi and
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Coca-Cola
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old advertisements but here is a royal
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crown
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from back in the day
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very nice
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little antique right there RC
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classic First National Bank now is
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the police department
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see the neon there that's different name
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of this area is Larned
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some classic playground equipment right
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there
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and a tornado siren for tornado warning
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horn right there
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got the city shop and also the city hall
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here in Garfield
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and library and post office
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which looking at the water tower
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Bears the nickname Midway USA
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I can only interpret that to me it's the
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middle of the U.S
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I am really loving the vibe of these
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small Kansas towns
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just so cool
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not a lot going on though I gotta be
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honest
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not a real beehive of activity a lot of
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this
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that's gonna do it for today
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from Kansas
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the Sun is setting and bouncing off the
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clouds
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the opposite direction
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thanks for watching I'll see in the next
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video of the Vlog
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is over