A Lengthy 800 Mile Road Trip In One Day Thru 4 States - Small Towns & Roadside Oddities Thru America
800 Mile Road Trip In One Day
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welcome everyone Adam the woo here as a
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recording of this Saturday June 15th
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2024 standing here in calhoon Georgia at
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a bues you see the Calhoun Georgia sign
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right up there this Beacon of the Beaver
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piping hot caffeinated beverage I have
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about 300 miles to go down the
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interstate really before this episode
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begins I'm going to go through the rest
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of Georgia through parts of Tennessee
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through parts of Kentucky and then start
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later in the afternoon after I have
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driven for many hours and go through
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some of the back roads of Illinois so
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I'll see you there I'm inviting you to
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join
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me that's warm got to cover some ground
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shall you up the road a bit Tennessee
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welcome center right on the state line
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of Tennessee again will not be in
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Tennessee for very long continuing on
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from here to Kentucky and then Kentucky
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to
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Illinois there's the Tennessee flag
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right up there and the US
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flag it's good to be
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here if only for a brief moment I don't
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know if I've ever seen a Fruit
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Stripe
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18wheeler I don't know if I ever have
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little traffic jam here is a
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wreck I pulled over to check this out
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real quick
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too continuing on they used they buy
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used cars but
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evidently there's a plane right here in
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the parking lot over on its side look at
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those
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mountains covering some
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ground hold off at another rest stop
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here
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Kentucky stretch the legs use the
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facilities got to carry on
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and I believe by crossing over this
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bridge puts me in
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Illinois the
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Land of Lincoln
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Abraham
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Lincoln yeah there's the welcome sign
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right
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there
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Illinois says it right there Land of
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Lincoln it feels good to get out of the
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car stretch my legs I stopped a couple
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times but now I'm going to walk around a
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little bit more I have made it into
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Illinois I've got a long way to go I'm
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trying to get to Northern Illinois this
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evening I've already driven a long way
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but I have to stop right over went over
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the river in Metropolis Illinois the
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home the Man of Steel the one and only
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Superman this theater has seen better
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days love the Marquee is still here
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though it's got the neon on there
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obviously say probably does not work
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anymore I'll board it up across the
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front I love the Marquee still exists in
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some
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fashion this a little toasty outside too
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took me a little longer to get up here
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it was a long drive it took me longer
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than I expected cuz there was a couple
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of traffic jams some
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wrecks that slowed down things took me
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about an hour longer than I expected
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even with the couple stock I took here's
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a Wheel of Fortune moment on what that
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could say right
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there right around the corner is a
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gigantic
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Superman
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sculpture been a long time since I've
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been through this area now is it a dip
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and dots or is it a metropolis Chamber
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of Commerce I'm going to say it's
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probably the Metropolis Chamber of
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Commerce and possibly they have diping
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dots inside the Chamber of Commerce has
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closed this hour is 350 3 now I did lose
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an hour no I gained an hour from where I
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was earlier there was a time
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difference so that helped a little bit
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because when I left it was an
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hour I've gone back in time an hour
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because I'm heading even though I'm
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heading northward I'm heading Northwest
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which hit the time
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change the last time I was here which
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was many years ago many years ago the
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super Museum over here
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was
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closed so I'm hoping it is not like the
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city hall or not like the Chamber of
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Commerce and the super museum is open
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for business cuz I would like to stop in
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there deemed super
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City Metropolis
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Illinois if they have a daily planet
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here wonder if the local newspaper
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called The Daily Planet I would hope
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Reeves went to New York last year and I
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got to go in the Daily Planet building
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and go to some of the filming locations
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from that Superman one the Richard
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Donner
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classic and man that was just such a
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cool experience seeing those in
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person this is pretty neat too though
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look at this thing truth justice in the
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American way
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want
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super there he
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is all you got to do is put a suit a tie
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and some glasses on them and you would
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never recognize him you would know him
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it's Clark
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Kent he's The Master of
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Disguise he has he's mult multiply
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talented don't be fooled it's really me
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it's not Superman I know
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this is very misleading for you to
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assume that I am
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Superman so also underneath my chin this
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wood warm very warm wood love this
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downtown also just a
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classic type of old timey
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downtown Illinois
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downtown even a classic car in front of
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the super Museum classic car
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alert Superman there he is right up
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there taking flight there's a daily
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planet
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sign and because of watching those
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movies so much when I was young every
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time I see a standup phone booth I can't
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think of Superman can't not think of
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Superman so these are becoming
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definitely relics of the past but there
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is one right in
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here where Superman would change from
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Clark Kent into the Mana seal this is
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the Super Store look at this wow that
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has seen some years then you got the
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Daily Planet building right over there
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you got another Superman busting out
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lots of
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merchandise through here as
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well like a stained
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glass version right
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there wooden cut
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Outlet a Wonder Woman
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Batman there's the Metropolis super
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Museum security safe was established
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back in
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1993 they even have a
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t-shirt right
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there there's a talking
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telephone I don't know if it still works
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he's guarding it he's guarding the
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talking
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telephone right
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here where you supposed to talking
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telephone booth oh was the first tourist
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attraction of metropolis originally
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appeared in The Amazing World of
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Superman Museum in 1973 it no longer
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talks was a tribute to the Past of
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mopolis Illinois I'm reading that sign
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right over there there was something
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called The
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Talking
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telephone yeah check out Marin Brando
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Fortress of
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Solitude all right heading in cost of
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admission
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$8 well worth it well worth it take my
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money please take my money hello there
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all right this place is on point now I
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was in here maybe 10 years ago that I
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came in here it's been a long time since
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I've been in this Museum and it looks a
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lot more cleaned up more
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artifacts and more room than it had
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before there's Clark over
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there oh you can go in
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here I have to be honest I never saw
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Superman and the meman which George
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Reeves of course Christopher reev and
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George Reeves sometimes they make the
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mistake and say Christopher Reeves I
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think a lot of people do that but
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Christopher reev that was my Superman my
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dad when I talk about Superman he always
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says that George Reeves was his Superman
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even though he did
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love the Christopher ree versions as
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well I think it's just all what you were
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brought up on and what your generation
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was yeah here's some of the super boy
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stuff starring Gerard Chris
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Christopher which a lot of it they
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filmed in
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Florida again the one episode in St
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Cloud look at those faces over oh yeah
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right here look at
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this the series ran four years and was
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filmed on location in Florida this is in
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dedication to Marco K who passed away in
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2018 a lot of people signed it not sure
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of all the names that are on there but I
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can't remember when she passed I was
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really really sad I always just just
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think of the the scene when Superman
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finds out during the earthquake scene
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that she's been like buried under the
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ground he gets upset and there that
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scene where he just flies off into the
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air all angry and the clouds are behind
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him that image came into my mind when
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when Lois passed look at this
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whoa get the heck out of here the movie
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screen used backpack from
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1978 that he was going to The Fortress a
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solid no way
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okay that is
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freaking
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awesome oh that's the scene I'm talking
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about right
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there oh favorite super superhero movie
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ever 89 Batman Tim buron I mean
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that's and they're two different eras
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they're two different eras they're
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separated by over a decade so I can't
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really compare the two
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oh is this Chris's who it is I think
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it's
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Chris's the bat not his whole suit it's
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just his cape screen
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used no way no no no no don't even tell
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me this
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was actual props used by Marlin Brando
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and Chris re a crystal was thrown
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directly Fortress of Solitude while the
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other Crystal was used to power the the
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Starship of color
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scene you got to be kidding me they have
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so many freaking props the villains that
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were in the like the the floating mirror
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thing unfreaking
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believable do I recognize this
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astronaut's face it's Sylvester
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Stallone is it hold on let me zoom
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in is that a Stallone wax
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figure maybe it is complete costume with
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boots made of the Spandex and the
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walking Cape this was screen
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used by Chris Ree
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and no big deal just a screen used
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Superman suit right here there might be
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a flying harness up there as well for
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Helen Slater it is
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1984 also a lot of people assume that
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Helen Slater is related to Christian
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Slater because they were in the movie
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Legend of Billy Jean together they are
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not
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related just the same same last name
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I love Legend of Billy Jane SL is great
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out clever street names and signs
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through here too so I got the museum
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over there the corner of truth justice
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and the
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unintentional frog and I got a couple
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items too I got a chunk of kryptonite
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right here and a magnet for my metal
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shelving that I have in my garage at the
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house I was like mag plenty of room for
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Magnus now a lot of metal shaving that I
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can or a shelving that I can put magnets
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on another one to add to the collection
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I don't know what I'm going to do with
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the Crypt Tonite though probably not
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healthy to have it in front of me I
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drove a little bit farther found a fuel
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station place that has candy and
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Gifts price of gas here
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$3.59 now the other day I think it was
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you know I was in Georgia well I was in
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Georgia today but I crossed through a
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few States but the other day I went to
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the first Stucky location which is since
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closed but check this out
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there's an open
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stues here in Illinois I almost forgot
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what state I was in I've been through a
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few today and I am about at my halfway
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point of driving today I've already gone
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399 miles from my hotel outside truest
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Park the outskirts of Atlanta Georgia
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and I'm going all the way to North
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Illinois about
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another 380 mi from here so it's going
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to put me at about
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780 miles let's call it 800 mil pretty
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close to 8 miles I'll be doing driving
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today so I'm about halfway so hopefully
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Chuckies has a a second cup of coffee it
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seems ridiculous to drive that much in
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one day but lately I've tried to just
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drive a lot in one day and then I'll get
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a hotel in an area for 2 days instead of
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just driving getting a hotel driving
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getting a hotel driving getting a hotel
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each day I tried to get a hotel for two
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nights that's what I did outside truis
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park that's what I want to do tonight so
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that's why I'm trying to trying to make
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up a lot of time and get get North
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northward and then the next couple days
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I won't have to drive a lot I can just
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drive around where I'm going to be in
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the general area this is awesome look at
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this they have the stues eat here and
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get gas classic
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shirts what right I changed my mind I
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went with the the classic since 1937
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Stucky USA only
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$7 I've been really watching what I eat
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so I'm not going to go with any of the
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peon logs or anything but they do have
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all the classic snacks here the f this
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peacon
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candies also some hunky
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dory popcorn down there peanut
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ridle man look at the size of this
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thing
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wow
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wow yeah oh we even have all these look
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at
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these they got some uh Double
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Bubble Dolly ranchers piping hot
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caffeinated beverage achieved I got the
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shirt that I showed and I went with some
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star light
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mints Grandpa used to eat these on my
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dad's
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side I don't think he had did the Stucky
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one but he always had peppermints in his
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TV
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room every time I think of the like
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peppermint mints like these I always
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think of my grandpa
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I got off the interstate for a little
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bit pulling into the community of AA
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that's AA antiques in front of
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me population according to the sign
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pulling into town only 2400 people live
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here see the water tower off in the
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distance Furniture
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Store little pizza the
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place birds are
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chirping church building up ahead here
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that's the post office I just passed
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6284 6 the ZIP
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code cute little tow there a little bell
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right here on the side there's the free
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AA Free Will Baptist
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fire department up here I think this is
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the Bell i n a
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AA Jefferson fire department AA Illinois
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there's the siren up top right
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there that's the town oh there's also a
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little I thought it was a gazebo but
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it's the front of a house this town is
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called Mount
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Vernon I get back on the interstate and
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cover some ground but I did want to hit
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a little small town Back Road
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stuff just to mix it
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up again got a long long way to
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go definitely good to get off the
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interstate sometime I'm going to be
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driving in Nightfall got the water tower
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right over there next to the train
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tracks and this must be appreciated not
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the
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Sunburst but what is on the wall and all
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its Glory it's kind of tough to see it
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but there is a old
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Durham ghost
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side hope I'm not stepping on a
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snake walking through
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here a look at
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that barely could see
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it that is the ghosti EST of ghost sides
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b d r h a m
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old tobacco
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sign love
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movie speaking of baseball I was
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listening to the ray game game two
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against Atlanta I went to truest Park
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yesterday the Rays lost they lost again
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today game just
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ended Rays aren't doing good this year
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it's all good though got some bricks
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here on the
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street and because I am in am in the
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Land of Lincoln it's a good
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thing that here at the appal latte or
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appelate
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Courthouse Abraham
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Lincoln has a bird on his hat right over
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there the building was constructed the
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southern division of the ill Illinois
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Supreme
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Court Mount Vernon
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Lincoln check out the bird let me zoom
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in stay right there bird don't
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Majestic right on Lincoln's Top
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Hat good on you Bird good on
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you okay this is explore the history by
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reading the plaques at the base of the
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statue so I opened up this gate I
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thought it was locked but it's
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not I'm going to walk over
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here you still up there bird oh my gosh
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that's not even a real
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bird oh it is a real bird I thought that
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was part of the sculpture Abra him
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Lincoln here oh my gosh
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Abe you are a man of stature the
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Sunburst there this cannot be his real
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height because I'm
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6'3 and he's like 3T taller than me so I
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don't think he was a giant I know he was
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tall this commemorates AB Lincoln's
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visit to this very courthouse on
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November 18th and 19th of 1859 what the
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heck Abe
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Lincoln was right inside there doing his
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lawyering things
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state of Illinois Illinois Central
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Railroad
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placard Illinois Supreme Court in Mount
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Vernon why is Lincoln
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beardless this depicts Abraham Lincoln
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as he appeared in the late
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1850s in the fall of 1860 a few weeks
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before he was elected President Lincoln
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received a
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letter to a young Grace urg Lincoln to
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grow a beard to approve his appearance
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to help him get
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elected so he has no beard he is
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beardless right here you got no
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cooperating it's a beardless Lincoln
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yeah just look how tall this this is so
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I'll put my hand here right
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here my head top of my head is right
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there as his boat to at his bow
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tie it's like a good 2 and 1/2 3et
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taller than I am I don't know if this is
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the scale I don't like I said I don't
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think he was he was wadow size Robert
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wadow tallest man I don't think a
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Lincoln was that tall stand the Tire
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man got the US flag here at this lovely
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lady standing here as well their skirt
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on see a lot of Muffler
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Men you don't see a lot of the ladies
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out St the tirean knows where to find
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ladies really
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does well I'm shattered out shattered
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out let me go over here we get a little
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closer
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o that s is bright she's definitely a
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little taller than Abe Lincoln little
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taller than
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AB pretty cool I don't know if I've ever
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seen one of those before might be the
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first time ever seeing one of
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nice little Sunset over
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there Sun's almost over the
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horizon rest stopping it up this is
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called the Coal
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Field rest area you see it on the side
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probably
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about 60 mil to go to my
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destination Mother Jones Coal Field
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organizer passed away in
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1930 she worked as a seamstress but lost
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everything in an 1871
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fire no one more successfully moved
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working men and women to fight for
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better wages and conditions
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pray for the dead fight like hell for
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Illinois better rest
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time all right I'm over in Elkart now
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just going to get on old Route 66 for
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just a couple minutes not too far but
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just dropped off the interstate and was
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like you know what Route 66 right here
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cruise to Elkart yeah my good friend
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Justin scard is doing I don't know if
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he's doing all the Route 66 again but
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he's out on a route 66 trip I don't
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think he's made it over this
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far but I know he's
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the you could say he's basically a
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connoisseur of Route 66
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I think he's tackling Route 66 again
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check it out right there there's uh
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there's Ronald McDonald on that bench
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would be kind of cool to meet up with
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him some point but I don't think our
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paths are going to cross on his road
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trip and my road trip you never know but
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I don't think that I don't think it's
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going to
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happen to be honest I don't know where
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exactly he is on Route 66 but I know
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he's I know he's on it R 66 is a long
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mother Road
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I'm the only person at this rest stop
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stopped at another one about 30 mil from
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hotel that I have
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booked there's no
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one this rest office over there there's
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a couple trucks
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people resting for the evening it's
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11:30 p.m. Illinois
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time should be getting to my hotel at
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midnight
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all goes well it's been a long
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day it's been a very long travel
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day I just looked up how many miles it
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is from this particular rest stop back
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to truest Park where the Braves play
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where stay in the hotel right outside
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the ballpark left this morning 753 mil
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and I got about 34 more miles to go yeah
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pretty close to 800
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miles hasn't been that bad though it's
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been so long since I got in a car and
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just
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drove for a long period of time I
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actually don't mind
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it although I am a little I'm pretty
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tired I'm I'm tired but