Abandoned Route 66 - Massive Amount of Forgotten Relics & Destroyed Roadside Attractions In Arizona
Abandoned Route 66 Attractions Dec 2021
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welcome everyone adam the woo here 27
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degrees
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in arizona there is an elk moose or some
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sort of
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animal
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deer like creature behind me
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do not be alarmed it is made of plastic
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it is not going to nestle
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its teeth into my earlobe nor is it
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looking for food
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in the shape of these sunglasses which i
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do not need yet it is 7 15 a.m
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27 degrees you can almost see
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the coolness
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in the air wearing my hoodie
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i am heading eastbound now i am located
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right here williams arizona
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the gateway
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to the grand canyon which is about an
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hour north
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says it right there
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i'm not going to the grand canyon today
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i'm on a bit of a not a time crunch but
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i am trying to make my way eastward
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to florida over the next week
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to 10 days
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give or take and i'm inviting
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you
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i love this weather
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below freezing
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32 is freezing
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about five degrees below that the sun
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the sun is rising there's a sunset
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over here
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of course it's starting to fade away
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just a little bit you can kind of see it
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there
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i'm inviting you to join me
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shall you
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stroll around this little area before
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getting back in my car
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and what you're seeing here in the
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bottom of the frame my sunglasses which
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i really don't even need yet
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here at this restored
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gas station
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the rock shop the rock shop
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you want a rock
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this is the place to get it
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there's an old canoco gasoline
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petroleum products
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painted right there on the side
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love it
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love it so much i do want to come back
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at some point
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i've been to the grand canyon a couple
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times in my life and it is really does
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not
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pictures and video do not do it justice
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but i would like to return in the future
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and stay there for a couple days at
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least in the grand canyon area
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now is not the time for that
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imagine getting fuel
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out of one of these
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back in the olden days
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i'm having a good time on the road so
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far i've stated this before but this is
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kind of a teaser if you will
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of what's going to be happening with
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travel starting after new year's except
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after new year's i will not be going as
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quick as a pace classic not car alert
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but classic truck alert
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long-winded intro i'm gonna get going
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but not before showing
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this gentleman here who is in the
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holiday season he has his festive attire
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on
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and the shape
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of a santa cat
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how you doing partner
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how you doing buddy
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a little cold out here huh
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you're cold
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you stop your feet
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yeah
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all right
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we'll get moving and in the excitement
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of that cool crisp
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intro
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i forgot to give the date as a recording
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of this it is december
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1st
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oh bison you're behind that fence
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december 1st
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2021
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those are deer
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hello bison deer
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cougars
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jaguars
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and
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even an eagle
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up is that who is that who is that
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right there
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that is the real sasquatch
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that is the real bigfoot
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we all know who's more important
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the one and only
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big the foot
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that's me laughing that's not big the
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foot laughing
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that's not big the foot laughing
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i'm i'm putting putting words in his
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mouth
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driving into the sun
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it's kind of a challenge for now as it
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has just risen you know in a little
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while
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sun gets a little higher in the sky
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won't be
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quite as bad but
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kind of tough to see the road sometimes
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with the sun
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right here glaring in the face
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but it adds to the ambiance
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used as a filming location
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in the movie easy rider
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a good road trip
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flick
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of course starring peter fonda dennis
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hopper
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and jack nicholson as well
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nice touch with the train going by
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they were denied lodging
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here when they were going
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on their road trip on motorcycles i'm
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not on a motorcycle
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but they were
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i am loving the weather
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this is pretty close to flagstaff i'm
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probably 15 15 minutes from flagstaff
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more or less
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and the road it's on
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kind of ends down there so you have to
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veer off of interstate 40 to find it
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and then get back on i-40 you go that
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way
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it's a complete stop
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looking in the window here through the
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glass
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some good stuff in there some antiques
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coca-cola machine 7-up sign
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this is inside the building i just
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showed the exterior of
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and on the other wall is a large poster
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of the three main stars from easy rider
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as well
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i'm gonna get moving
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also pretty neat they have this
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this relic here parked in front next to
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the
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the gas pumps worked out perfectly
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when i parked
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but that train went by
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having some good luck with trains
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so far
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this is a ford
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decided to wear the t-shirt i purchased
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yesterday
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from roy's
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motel and cafe
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which was kind of out in the middle of
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nowhere
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you never know what you're gonna find
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this is very close to where i just was
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about a quarter of a mile down that road
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a treasure trove
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if you will
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holy cow look at these
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beautiful relics
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right here
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all these old
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buses and vans well all bus no vans all
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buses
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freeway traffic going by
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this is off the access road that has no
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in you you cannot
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gain access back to the freeway that way
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you got to backtrack
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look at these
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what in the heck
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i am
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so glad i noticed these
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streamlined travel home
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wow
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take a look
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at this
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just sitting here
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obviously they are owned by someone
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city of commerce
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municipal municipal i can't talk it's so
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cold my lips aren't working municipal
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bus
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has the arizona license plate up in the
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window
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oh man this this is this is good
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this is good stuff
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oh i can't get over i cannot get over
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this
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number 58 signified right there on the
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no indication on if they are for sale
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or if they're going to be restored
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or just
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collecting dust out in the elements but
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they are
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magnificent
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are they not
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well a couple seats
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because the driver has a seat
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oh and
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another train going by
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oh
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it's the little things folks it's the
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little things
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let's just enjoy the sounds of the train
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and the traffic behind me
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one last look here at these beauties
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what the heck
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is that
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the campus of northern arizona
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university look at this very futuristic
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dome
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here
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but it's not the dome
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that i wanted to showcase
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it is this is rumored to be
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the first if not one of the first
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muffler men seen across the u.s
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and it could have i cannot confirm or
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deny the fact
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that this could have been built in the
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early 60s
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for the lumberjack cafe
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here in flagstaff as well and of course
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been moved over here to the campus now
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the reason these are called muffler men
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is because the formation of
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the hands
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you can see
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he's holding
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this axe
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but the formation of the hands could
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have a muffler
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which some of them were also utilized to
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you know to give business
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to a lot of mechanics
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and whatnot
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you know you'd be driving down the road
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and this would be like a beacon i need
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to get my muffler fixed
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and a paul bunyan-esque figure like this
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would be holding a muffler he just
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happens
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to be holding an axe
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so that's the the kind of the back story
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of
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a muffler man
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true americana right here
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when you think of roadside attractions
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and road trips at least for me
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i think of the muffler man there are
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quite a few of them across the u.s
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and this is a this is quite a mighty
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piece of history
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in northern arizona
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all right moving on really is some
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beautiful countryside out here
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i've gotten off the 40 onto another
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access road
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about to pull up to us kind of a
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familiar spot here
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more or less from this angle could be
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seen in forrest gump
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where him and
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a bunch of others are running along here
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and it's the mud scene where the smiley
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face ends up on the t-shirt
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it's kind of from right from this angle
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also speaking of filming locations
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a lot of people make the mistake
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i have noticed over the years people
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have said oh you were at twin arrows
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arizona
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that was in the
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the movie joe dirt
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starring david spade the fireworks scene
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and that is incorrect
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that was not filmed here
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joe dirt was not filmed here at twin
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arrows in arizona
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i'm gonna get out
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park my car right over here
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and just kind of meander around
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someone has left these down on the
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ground
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it is a simple mistake however
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because they do show two arrows
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in that scene from joe dirt
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but if you watch it back closely there
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mountains directly behind the fireworks
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stand where here the mountains are are
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way off
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if you pay close attention to that
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one one one other film that always comes
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to mind that i get a lot of comments on
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if i ever go to the la brea tar pits
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in los angeles by the way this looks
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like a robot
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i will have people late people later say
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oh you should have covered one of the
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spots from last action hero
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where they went to the la brea tar pits
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but in fact if you've ever seen that
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movie as well
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even though they make it seem like it's
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the tar pits
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it was a pre-built
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tar hit area
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that was not filmed on the property
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the same property at la brea tar pit so
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fun fact
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just for future reference
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sometimes things are not
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what they seem
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also the arrow oh yeah noticing here the
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arrow
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the bottom portion of the second
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twin arrow
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has finally fallen off and been removed
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probably been by here
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at least five times in my lifetime
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and each time
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the bottom portion of the arrow is
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starting to get a little bit more
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decrepit and fall it off
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and finally following someone must have
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got it as a souvenir
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but this is an iconic 66
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spot
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if ever there was one
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twin arrows arizona
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it
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all right gotta walk up here
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should be able to get inside it's all
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pretty much
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open to the elements open air now at
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this point in
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okay there are some nails down there
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don't want to step on those
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and the structural stability of this
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has seen better days
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front portion used to be a diner
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back in the heyday
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would have been neat to eat here
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back in the day when it was still
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still open for business
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however those days are long gone
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long
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a gone of history in here
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this is probably not safe
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you know i'm gonna i'm not gonna stand
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underneath here too long this is not
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yeah just have a hard hat in here
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i'm gonna go ahead and exit out this
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side
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into where the diner was
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hey this looks a little bit better
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but over here
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that's about to cave in there
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really surprised this is even still
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standing
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however
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parts of the base here
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parts of the structure
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are made out of
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this concrete and brick
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and rock work
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so this probably isn't going anywhere
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but the woodwork
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not going to be around forever
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even part of the tile
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tile down here all broken up
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this is completely open to the elements
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back here
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looks like it got smashed in by
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something
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and the diner section
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look at that this is the kitchen
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very small this diner
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very cozy little diner
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awesome
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that is now gone by the wayside even the
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checkerboard
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right down there and try to step through
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this door
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if possible
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be able to show the front
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got the twin arrows over there
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this is a spot i always have to stop off
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when i'm
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trying to make up time getting
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going coast to coast or going down i-40
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yeah if you use your imagination you can
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see the diner there
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that textbook
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classic architecture
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of a diner even still says cafe
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amongst the graffiti up top
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i love it
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all right moving on
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approaching some relics here just above
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canyon
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diablo
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been a little while since i passed
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through this section i have been here a
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number of times i should call this an
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update
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what it looks like now
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this silhouette there might be tough to
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see
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but there's a silhouette of a cowboy
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painted right there on the side of the
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cylinder
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you kind of see
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him with his hat on
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his arm rays there
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and this building up here which
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used to be standing
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is falling down now it's gone oh yeah
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this is great
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once again the sun is silhouetting it
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out but
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check out the painting
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below behind the graffiti there
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it was part of the theming that was once
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out here
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at this i guess a rv resort of some sort
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back in the day this is the water tank
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this gentleman with the quite the scruff
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wagon going on
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the beard is a kicking
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check out his cap
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even current day if you want to do a
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little camping up here a little
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boondocking if you had an rv or if i
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still even had my van and you had a
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you know air mattress in the back
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you could easily
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completely accessible
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to pull up in here for the evening
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get 40 wings get a little shut
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what it was created for even as a
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business and you can even see when it
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was the rv park
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you have some of the electricity
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portions right down there and they
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stretch all across this plane
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across the old dusty plains
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i believe the last time i was through
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this building was still standing
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it was a
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a shaped a shaped frame that went up
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like that
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and then down
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but not anym
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as clouseau would say
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about the priceless steinway
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not that this is a piano
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and i have never
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noticed that there was a pool over here
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but there is in fact
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a pool now if i fancied myself as a bit
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of a skater
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with any talent
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on a skateboard other than just
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simply going down the road
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this would be oh my gosh
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this would be a skater's dream right
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here holy cow this is perfection
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well i say that i'm not a skater
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but i would imagine
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this would be good for anyone that could
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dawn a skateboard and utilize this to
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its full potential
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right look at the curve
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i mean it's a pool so i don't know i'm
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getting so excited but
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yeah you could just see someone on
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skateboard kind of dipping down grinding
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the side
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so if you want to make the commute
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anyone that
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fancies themselves is a bit of a skater
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here's your spot right here
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here's your spot
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i'm gonna go down the hill just a bit
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show see show something that's down
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there hopefully it still
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still remains they used to have mountain
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lions
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cages down
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there and the sign
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should still be there it's been there
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been there for decades since this place
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closed it's at the bottom
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over there near interstate 40
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of canyon diablo reminds me of the video
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game
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for playstation i used to play back in
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the day diablo and diablo 2.
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of course
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no electricity out here to play video
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games
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it's roof caved in the whole the whole
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building has fallen down the roof
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crushed the walls
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kind of looking for the feet
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the wicked witch here the west
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wouldn't surprise me if
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it kind of reminds me of wizard of oz
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also you might notice i'm doing a lot
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longer unedited takes now obviously
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these videos are edited i'm trying to do
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lengthy takes
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and really soak in the ambiance not just
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for myself but also for the viewers for
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those that are watching you
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and i figure even though they might be
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longer videos and not everyone could sit
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and watch every moment of it at least
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it's documented and can be skimmed
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through or if someone wants to watch the
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entire thing
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they have the ability
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but i'm just honestly in all honesty i'm
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completely
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at this stage in my game
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and doing this
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i just want to
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i want to have some peaceful moments
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not quit cuts not quick edits
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and kind of go for a different type of
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pacing so if you've noticed that
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it is intentional it's completely
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intentional
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just wanted to state that
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as a very noisy truck goes by
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off in the distance
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i'm happy to say that the mountain lion
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wording here is still here across
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this old abandoned zoo
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pretty fantastic
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now the lions well
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i would imagine the lions are not here
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anymore at least in the past when i
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went through here i didn't see any
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mountain lions around
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don't want to witness any of those or
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meet any mountain lions
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just personal preference
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you can see over there there's a lot of
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rock work
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former buildings across the canyon
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watch your footing here so these are the
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cages
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they have been freed
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still have the kind of chicken wire
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there on top of it
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we're not chickens in here though well
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maybe they were
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i would hope they did not have full-size
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mountain lions
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inside this tying these tiny cages if
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they did
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it is a good thing that this place
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is no longer here this is a that's a
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tiny
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little area
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for a mountain lion
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i would say
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over here most likely these are this is
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a little bit of a bigger area
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bigger a bigger hoop
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right in there oh yeah
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definitely see you do not notice this
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going down i-4 i-40 i'm going to say i-4
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so
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i'm thinking of florida already once i
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get back out there i-40
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which is off in the distance you don't
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even see this from the road you have to
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get out of the car
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drive off the access road and even walk
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down here to notice these so if you ever
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pass by
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all this that i am showing if you're
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ever on a road trip i highly encourage
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to take your time get out
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and just witness this history
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that is along
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not only route 66 but interstate 40.
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both of those roads run pretty much
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parallel to each other
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through this section
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this is the canyon diablo i've said that
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a number of times
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i just want to make it clear that there
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is really a canyon back here which
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really
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you cannot see from the road either
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not in great detail like this
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you think of the grand canyon but this
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is pretty
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great
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it's the great canyon of the diablo
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action
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now another you know how rumors and
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hearsay and stories
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can mold and morph over time you never
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know if there's really truth to it but
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this bridge
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right here is a strong rumor
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that this very bridge which i do not
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think is structurally sound
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and you cannot drive over at the moment
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unless you are
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brave to go over rocks and what not to
33:27
even get to but this bridge was
33:29
supposedly
33:30
this is what i've heard over time and
33:32
looked up
33:34
over time over the years
33:36
was one of the inspirations for cars
33:39
radiator springs same type of bridge
33:43
now there's a lot of bridges that look
33:44
like this
33:46
but you know the movie cars based on 66
33:49
this is on 66 and there's a bridge that
33:52
looks just like this in the pixar film
33:56
cars
33:57
there you have it
34:00
moving on
34:15
i love these old
34:15
relics of the past
34:40
you didn't think i was going to leave
34:41
you did you
34:42
don't worry
34:48
come along keep come come along with me
34:48
it might just be me probably not just me
34:52
but time the last couple of years
34:54
really has no bearing sometimes it seems
34:57
like it's gone by really fast
34:59
sometimes it seems like it's dragged on
35:02
i think because of 2020
35:08
really kind of messed everyone
35:08
you know their their ability to for time
35:10
but me especially in my brain
35:13
so i do not
35:14
recall exactly how long ago when i was
35:16
here maybe a year and a half
35:18
two years
35:19
but it almost seems like yesterday
35:22
but it wasn't yesterday it was a couple
35:24
of years ago
35:25
maybe a year and a half ago see i'm
35:27
having a trouble
35:29
with the concept of time you have no
35:31
concept of time
35:34
this is meteor city road i'm
35:36
i'm just kind of rambling now this is
35:38
meteor
35:39
city road that runs parallel to the 40
35:44
back in the day
35:45
long time ago they used to have what was
35:48
stated according to them
35:50
this gift shop
35:51
called meteor city trading post
35:54
they used to have what they stated to be
35:57
the largest map
35:59
of route 66
36:01
on a wooden fence that went around the
36:03
property you can see the wooden fence is
36:05
gone now
36:07
it is just a
36:08
chain link fence
36:11
that has fallen over
36:17
last time i was through here was snow
36:17
all over the ground
36:19
it was not the
36:21
trip i did across i-10 from california
36:23
back to florida
36:25
last year
36:27
well i guess that would have been
36:28
this year but winter of this year
36:30
earlier
36:31
just after new year's
36:34
a different trip but still a lot of snow
36:36
on the ground the last time i went
36:37
through here
36:39
i-40 is a lot farther north than i-10
36:43
but sometimes even i-10 gets a lot of
36:44
snow but i-40 gets really cold
37:00
says kick it
37:00
on 66.
37:09
help us restore
37:09
what that sign says
37:15
now according to the owner of the
37:15
property
37:17
who has
37:19
sealed this whole area up so you can't
37:22
wander around
37:26
it's going to be called earl's
37:28
oh no it's not called earls
37:30
says over over there
37:33
that you can
37:35
sleep on a corner at earl's
37:38
in winslow
37:40
just like the song says
37:42
says pardon the dust while we're
37:44
remodeling
37:46
meanwhile
37:47
visit the jackrabbit trading post i
37:49
think i will do that i'm going to visit
37:51
the jackrack jackrabbit
37:53
trading post
37:55
i'll do that
37:57
this is this
37:59
piece of wood with the painting on it
38:00
has been here for about two
38:02
years oh we are look at that it's not
38:06
we're remodeling it says we are
38:08
and the r is in quotations why is the r
38:11
in quotations
38:13
i don't know
38:24
but i am going to abide
38:24
okay i got distracted i was going to say
38:26
i'm going to abide by what they stated
38:28
on that would that piece of wood with
38:30
the paint but i got distracted to the
38:32
jackrabbit trading post momentarily
38:34
down the way
38:36
but look at this there's a train over
38:38
there another train
39:15
yeah i'm liking these long drawn out
39:15
takes
39:16
just to just to give the feel the
39:19
ambiance
39:20
the reason i'm driving down this dirt
39:22
road
39:23
the pavement turns into a dirt road
39:26
is because i want to show the old
39:28
signage up here
39:30
that used to promote
39:33
the store
39:35
i caught it from the interstate and
39:37
wanted to get a better view of it from
39:39
the dirt area here
39:43
there it is
39:50
look at that
39:50
little relics of the past
39:59
okay moving on the next spot
40:00
and after about a 30-minute commute 30
40:02
miles
40:04
from meteor city road
40:07
i have now arrived
40:09
at an iconic spot now when you think of
40:12
disney california adventure if you've
40:13
been to dca in cars land you will notice
40:18
but the reproduction there is based on a
40:20
real
40:22
spot and i'm always happy when i'm able
40:26
to
40:27
go by here and where is here
40:32
okay that that didn't work here it is it
40:34
is here or here
40:37
it is
40:38
which always gets me thinking about you
40:39
know theme park especially disney thing
40:41
i love about it is the fact that it is
40:44
based on real places americana main
40:47
street usa small town life things like
40:49
that
40:50
but
40:51
90 of what is in there is a reproduction
40:55
really exists
41:09
why not
41:09
go out
41:11
and witness it
41:18
across america
41:18
like i said i love theme parks
41:21
but i also love the real deal
41:24
getting out in it get it out of the
41:26
nitty-gritty the nooks
41:28
the crannies
41:43
that worked out well
41:43
the train i showed back at meteor city
41:47
road trading post
41:48
was going from this direction it's going
41:50
westbound that train you just saw was
41:52
eastbound i passed the train
41:55
going down i-40
41:58
thinking i would see it going this way
42:00
but it worked out well caught it the
42:01
other way it's just a little store a
42:03
little roadside store
42:05
sells t-shirts and magnets
42:09
things like that
42:14
there's the rabbit
42:14
and here are some
42:17
classic car
42:18
classic cars
42:20
alert
42:21
here it is here's the classic car alert
42:25
as shown
42:27
right there on the license plate that
42:28
they also sell
42:30
inside and there's some ears
42:33
top of this one and a couple other
42:36
over in the distance over there you can
42:37
kind of see them you see all the trucks
42:39
going by on the freeway
42:50
there's been times during winter time
42:50
that they will close off the interstate
42:52
and you can't go any farther
42:55
than this point
42:57
i was told that story when i went in
42:58
here once
42:59
and the owner said
43:01
yeah interstate's closed down too much
43:03
snow
43:04
it snows a lot and gets very icy in this
43:07
area i was just talking to the current
43:08
owner
43:10
and he was saying so this logo is the
43:11
one you see on the shirts this style
43:14
rabbit
43:15
with the angle there was kind of down on
43:18
the hindquarters are down and the
43:20
two front legs
43:21
so that's different than the the photo
43:24
op you can get it right over here he
43:26
said this is the third
43:28
bunny that has been here
43:31
and someone was passing through and they
43:32
were
43:33
according to him
43:34
they were creating or taking
43:36
some items to a theme park in california
43:38
non-disney related another theme park
43:40
they made fiberglass or at least
43:43
these type of structures characters and
43:45
he said do you have a bunny they said we
43:47
do have a bunny so this is this is where
43:49
this bunny came from
43:50
the third
43:52
incarnation if you will of the bunnies
43:54
here in front of
43:56
the trading post
43:58
i was also asking if they get any sort
44:01
of percentage or a cut
44:04
from the utilization of the here it is
44:06
sign that disney uses at disneyland
44:10
california adventure
44:11
second theme park at disneyland
44:13
because they have one very similar to
44:16
he stated that john lasseter
44:19
came through here he talked to lasseter
44:21
years ago
44:22
went in and talked to him
44:24
and the deal they came up with is
44:27
if they want to make a sign like this in
44:29
the park they did not get any kind of
44:31
cut for that or any monetary gain
44:35
but any merchandise
44:36
anyone uses
44:38
that is similar to this this is
44:41
copy written however
44:43
the sign according to the owner
44:48
they did not get a percentage
44:50
so when you go if you ever go to cars
44:52
land radiator springs area a dca
44:55
that sign
44:57
that looks like this based on this
45:00
they just let them have that image for
45:02
free very interesting but merchandise
45:07
they get a cut there will be a legal
45:08
issue
45:09
fun fact i also asked if he had coffee
45:13
so get myself a piping hot caffeinated
45:15
beverage and he said he does not sell
45:17
coffee
45:18
because not enough demand not enough
45:21
none of the turnover rate
45:24
with people stopping in to have a
45:25
freshly brewed
45:27
cup of coffee now this is the
45:30
jackrabbit camper ground
45:33
or former
45:34
campground we're going to get another
45:35
train coming by
45:38
and there's a swing set up here
45:41
that is just kind of sitting here
45:42
rotting away
46:19
a lot of equipment and vehicles on that
46:19
one
46:20
another access road
46:23
fork courage
46:25
well the former
46:27
fort courage
46:28
straight ahead here
46:30
and it seems like every time i revisit
46:33
this place
46:34
it is more dilapidated more downtrodden
46:37
and more destroyed
46:40
than it was before
46:42
it's been empty and closed off for years
46:46
and i believe they had a fire recently
47:00
there was a time many years ago
47:00
that part of it was still open so i was
47:02
lucky enough
47:04
to visit it back when part of the gift
47:06
shop
47:07
was still open the pancake house
47:10
at that time guys was probably
47:13
seven eight years ago maybe even
47:16
maybe even more than that
47:18
when the gift shop was open
47:20
the gift shop was right over here
47:28
it was the only thing that was open
47:28
right there fort courage
47:39
i wonder where the fire was
47:39
i saw a news article there was a fire
47:41
that burned part of this down
47:43
i'm gonna get out i'm gonna stop and get
47:45
out and see what i can find
47:48
oh yeah
47:50
i see the oh yeah i see where the fire
47:51
was back there
47:54
now this roadside attraction well used
47:56
to be roadside attraction
47:58
fort courage based on
48:00
tv show from the 60s called f troop
48:11
you can see over here this is where the
48:11
fire
48:13
took place
48:34
this whole section has been
48:34
pretty much closed down for a long time
48:37
except for that gift shop i mentioned
48:39
you know from half a decade ago
48:42
or longer
48:44
which closed shortly after
48:46
that it's just been sitting empty
48:58
got to watch where i step there is
48:58
it's like maybe a horse or cows have
49:00
been out here grazing and have left some
49:03
remnants
49:05
from their digestive tract
49:08
you know what i mean
49:14
so i'm having to kind of trod around
49:32
oh even though
49:32
definitely not something you want to
49:33
walk across
49:36
falling in all caved in
50:58
oh man there's dark in there
50:58
very dark in there
51:16
i'm good
52:22
hello
52:22
is there anyone hiding there in the dark
53:55
looks to be the only remnant
53:55
of the name still here on this water
53:57
tower
53:58
water tank
54:09
can be seen from the road as you drive
54:09
by
54:17
nothing more than a moderate shell of
54:17
what it once was
54:18
this roadside attraction
54:21
like many along this interstate okay i
54:24
stand corrected there's another sign
54:26
that has the name on it
54:38
next to the closed gas station
54:38
i'm also noticing
54:40
right down here this has reserved
54:43
for the mailbus
54:45
which i would imagine means the post
54:48
office
54:49
employee
54:50
and the mail car but it faintly says
54:54
reserved for the mailbox
54:57
and up here as well
55:00
also states the name so it says there's
55:02
three different signs that have the name
55:06
that would be a good relic
55:08
to have
55:10
others
55:11
seem to have taken
55:13
some of the former stuff that used to be
55:15
along the side
55:17
of the walls here where it says
55:20
curio's gifts and groceries
55:22
along the side of that wall there
55:25
used to be some some wooden
55:28
figures
55:29
they've been removed you can still see
55:31
where those used to
55:33
be mounted and
55:34
nailed up to the wall there
55:38
just touring the fence down
55:45
right there you can see the silhouette
55:53
someone has taken it off of the side
55:54
you can still see the outline
55:57
from years of the sun
55:59
bleaching the
56:01
the outskirts of this
56:03
this figure
56:30
about a mile or two behind the distance
56:30
of where i'm walking
56:32
is the state line of new mexico
56:38
where
56:38
this place is kind of
56:40
falling on some hard times that says
56:42
hard right there
56:44
so new mexico is right over that way
56:47
see all the trucks going by
56:50
it's very interesting that this also
56:52
burned down last time i was through here
56:55
you know a year or two
56:56
ago there was a gift shop a rather large
57:00
gift shop here
57:02
as well similar
57:04
in style
57:05
to the one
57:07
a while back
57:08
over at meteor crater road
57:12
the same kind of dimensions
57:14
as that
57:16
almost almost exactly the same probably
57:18
the same architect
57:20
built that one
57:21
you know a few hours back a couple hours
57:22
back
57:24
built this one this one is now been
57:26
burned down to a crisp
57:42
fact
57:44
you see the signage right there that
57:45
says museum
57:47
and all that gallery gift shop
57:51
goodness
57:56
i know that
57:56
charcoaled remains and the smell of burn
58:00
will last a long time but it is still
58:02
smells pretty fresh
58:04
like it definitely smells like a
58:07
campfire
58:13
and i went in here before i
58:13
did go in here when it was open and when
58:15
it was abandoned
58:17
over a series of different years
58:29
there you go a little update
58:29
a little update
58:31
an unexpected update
58:34
state line right over there
58:36
new mexico i will be going to
58:38
albuquerque tonight i'm not going to
58:39
film anything in new mexico i'm going to
58:41
try to make up some time i have some
58:43
family
58:44
in new mexico
58:46
just for the time being
58:48
it just kind of coincidentally
58:50
works out
58:52
that they are in albuquerque the same
58:54
time i'm going to be around albuquerque
58:56
so we're going to
58:58
link up
59:01
so i'll spend a couple
59:02
days in albuquerque like bugs bunny says
59:05
i don't want to take a wrong
59:07
wrong turn i want to take a left turn
59:09
in albuquerque
59:12
so i'm going to be there
59:15
next couple days
59:17
and that's gonna do it for today
59:21
have you seen a more trash filled
59:25
former gas station before than this
59:28
i never have
59:30
that is a sight to behold
59:33
it is a wasteland of garbage
59:38
this garage
59:40
is no longer being utilized
59:43
to fix up cars right here arizona
59:48
new mexico
59:51
new mexico is right there i mean i could
59:53
probably walk over the state line to be
59:55
very dangerous
1:00:00
what was that noise something moved in
1:00:01
i'll see you in the next video
1:00:04
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