Backroads & Small Towns On Way Out Of Florida - 12 Day Cross Country Road Trip Begins / Fall 2020
Day One of Cross Country Fall 2020 Road Trip
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welcome everyone adam the woo
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here cat crossing now you may have seen
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or heard the story of the chick why the
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chicken crossed the road
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but no one really really knows the
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answer
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on why the feline would
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or should starting off today's episode
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in
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cassadaga florida
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i have gotten out of the greater orlando
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area
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i have a rental car i have changed out
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the rental car i had over the tenure of
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the last
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week or so and now will be commandeering
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while
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paying for it and traveling
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cross country back to the greater los
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angeles southern california
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area over the next 12 days 12 days
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12 episodes some will be back roads
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some will be a specific location some
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might even be
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major thoroughfares interstates freeways
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i cannot guarantee or even express
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how random all this will be i do not
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know
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which way i'm going where i'm headed it
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will all
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change from day to day but i'm inviting
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you to join today i'm going to
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kind of take some of the lesser traveled
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roads out of the state of florida
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up to the georgia line i'm inviting you
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to join me
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not only today but over the next 12.
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shall you
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it's good to see the lake here in town
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is filled back in a few years been
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probably three or four years
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or more since i've been through this
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and the lake was completely dried up it
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was nothing more than a field
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but it's back it has rained enough to
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fill it back in
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i would imagine the upcoming days will
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be should be pretty popular around here
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with halloween
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just around the corner it's the kind of
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town that
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i think most would visit for this season
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looks as if the hotel is already
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properly being attacked by cobbs
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cobwebs a very quaint
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community tiny post office
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that's all they need not many residents
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now if memory serves me correctly you go
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this way on kick lighter road yep this
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is the direction
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right up the side of the hill and if
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the gate is open it should be able to go
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through and yep gates open
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let's pull in one of the most
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interesting
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legends around these parts is located
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right here
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what some refer to
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as the devil's chair
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very interesting backstory good to see
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it still exists after all these years
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built by a gentleman as the story goes
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built by a gentleman
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for his wife and he would come visit her
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and sit right there and then you know it
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just the myth
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kind of evolved over time and was given
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the name
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pretty cool nonetheless even when i
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pulled up i wasn't the only one here
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there was another group of people
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who were taking some photographs so it's
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very it is very well
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known and you feel free to come in if
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the if the gates open just make sure you
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do it daylight hours never under the
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shroud of nightfall
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you never know what might happen
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driving through deland now many years
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ago when i was in a band we played at a
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record store here called steve's
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downtown music
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that's been 10 years ago what if it
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still exists yep it sure does it hasn't
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been 10 years it's been about
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probably 15 to 17 years still there
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had my base cabinet in there and the
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rest of my band playing music
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inside that little shop that brings back
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some memories
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gotta love the scenery through here it's
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a corridor of
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beautiful trees this retro looking motel
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is no longer open but just screams
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americana the pizza hut
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over there is currently quite
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operational
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but check out that sweet neon sign the
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boulevard motel
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the pool looks as if it was filled in
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it's just nothing but grass growing in
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there no more chlorinated water
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that elevated pool one of the
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interesting things about
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lengthy road trips especially coast to
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coast
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as you start to see a lot of differences
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in the terrain
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so over time you know over the next 12
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days
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it's going to be obvious adjacent to
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these railroad tracks is the
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post office of barberville
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florida and next to the post office is a
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very unique
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store that's a much bigger property than
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this than this building is and if you
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can't
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bear to wait any longer
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to find out it is the yard art
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emporium
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with quite a few
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rather large items
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here including this zebra
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a dinosaur right up there
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it says please do not climb on the
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animals oh i see a bob's big boy
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down there in the distance as well
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nice since i'm not flying i am driving
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home i could technically this wouldn't
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be considered carry-on on a flight
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but in the back of a rental car maybe
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this
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maybe bigfoot here could
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fit in my trunk i don't know maybe not
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i have always wanted one of these
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however not gonna lie this is always
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something that i've wanted to have
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procured in my yard and just on display
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how awesome would that be
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or a large giraffe large
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necked giraffe that you can walk
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underneath the torso of
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so this leads into the is it the gift
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shop itself
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but it could lead into your homestead if
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you so
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choose betty boop right down here
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yeah this is a very very cool place
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expansive to say the least my goodness
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this is
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this is a treasure trove of art
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through here quite a bit
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from the oh gentleman just went by on
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some sort of riding device
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from the road you wouldn't even realize
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all this is kind of tucked away back in
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here
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but it is
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i have a memento something to bring back
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home to florida with me
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it says 32 this pink flamingo
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yeah it's not too oversized
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you could fit in either the back seat or
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the trunk
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all right buddy you're coming to
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california
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sinai pass back there stated this was
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this section of road is florida's scenic
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highway
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just this little section
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going over a bridge here weight limit 15
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tons i think i should be
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okay a little bridge
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that was it two foot bridge
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that's different the trees or plants
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over there that are
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in that field are underneath a tarp of
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some sort
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they're covered up from the elements
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from the rain
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from the sun piercing fresh
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produce this was the stand
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seen better days however
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right here on the side of the road like
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the old signage there at papa luigi's
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pizza
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see a little mural there also of luigi
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flipping one of the pizza pies
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on the side of the wall this building is
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for rent
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the town of seville that's the discount
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outlet there
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got a blinking red light which means i
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can turn
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after the stop
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a few feet back it stated this is the
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bass
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capital of the world crescent city
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i never knew that bass capital of the
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world now i understand
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why or at least where look in the rear
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view there
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or the side mirror very large
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lake back there body of water
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according to this it was the fire
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department up until 1965 from 36
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to 65 this building was
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check out this ace hardware
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it's good stuff right there classic
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classic cars alert
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more than one quite a few in fact
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over here is this little tiny one
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i don't want to get any closer this sign
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says keep out
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i don't know if it means keep out from
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under the awning or keep out of the
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vehicle but either way i'm gonna
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kind of stay right here
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oh very clever on that signage there it
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well the sign says it is and then
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pointing to a clock
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to fish meaning it's time to fish no
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matter what time it is
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right there with the water on the
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backdrop
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whatever was here was torn down
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and then this is perhaps an old
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storefront
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also on the same waterfront where some
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accommodations the signage is still
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there
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used to sit right there along the shore
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heading north on 17 this is satsuma
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s a t s u
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a i believe it has a
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alabama tag but technically still in
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florida
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downtown palatka corner of north 2nd
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street and
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st john's avenue angel's diner that has
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curbside
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service at the moment slightly obscuring
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a subway sign
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states it's florida's oldest diner
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that's pretty neat i never realized that
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was here in palatka on this mural is a
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tightrope walker up at the top there
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going across the
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the two buildings and all the onlookers
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the streets are very muddy but they're
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looking up at the
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entertainment there in the tight
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tightrope walker
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looks like a little bit of road work is
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taking place heading over to
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penny farms area and the namesake of
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the small community is james cash penny
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which you might know as jc
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for the store that is very well known he
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purchased
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this area back in the 1920s and they
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have erected the statue here in his
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honor
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this is the town hall established 1927
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not
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not the town hall building that you're
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seeing but
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the city itself here's a general
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overview of the area
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also a scenic highway named after him as
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well
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this could also be the fire department
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perhaps
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i believe it is based on the siren there
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above the the back side of the map
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as well
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there he is
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the sun's setting behind him
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making up a little time hopped on toll
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road 23 north
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not too much congestion
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smooth sailing
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back on some of the slower paced roads
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see the sun setting there through the
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pine trees
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getting into some serious lumber
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over here
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or timber there's
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trees the callahan water tower
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laying over there on the ground is the
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northbound 95
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that's where i'm going not west
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but north well for now anyway
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i mean eventual goal is westbound
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there it is thank you for visiting
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florida with an impressive sunset
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something like this where i'm taking
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back roads each day will be a little
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different
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sometimes i will may even skip a state
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drive hours and hours to get to a
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certain subject matter
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i really do not have a game plan
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other than 12 days so today 11 more days
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plus this
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to get back to southern california
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