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- In this episode, we begin the journey north
away from South Florida.
We're going to visit a brewery in Titusville
and a bluegrass festival in Perry, near Pelicamp,
our North Florida retreat,
still under construction at this point.
Then, I have a feeling Georgia will be on our minds.
♪ I'm riding ♪
♪ Riding, riding ♪
♪ Riding in my RV ♪
♪ My RV ♪
♪ Wherever I want to be ♪
♪ Because I'm free in my RV, yeah ♪
(sanitizer bottle spraying)
Well, I always hitch up...
I always hitch up before...
I mean, I always fill up before hitching up,
but today I forgot.
So, we came to our tight gas station here in Flagami,
and hopefully we won't hit anything.
(bell dinging)
There we go.
- [GPS] Turn right onto West Flagler Street.
- New adventure begins.
I mean, the main part of the adventure
is probably gonna be getting out of Miami.
There seems to be a little bit of traffic.
But other than that, first stop, Titusville, Florida,
very close to Cape Canaveral - In half a mile,
turn left onto Northwest 42nd Avenue.
- And Kennedy Space Center.
For now, enjoy the ride.
I mean, we've seen this before,
but I'll show it to you again just because.
It's a beautiful day in South Florida.
Very hot, very warm.
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836, also known as the Dolphin Expressway,
our main east-west road.
Not too bad today, actually.
We can see Marlins Park here on the right
as we approach downtown.
(cash register ringing)
Of course, there's always a little bit of a bottleneck
in this area.
And this is the thing:
There is only one lane going to I-95 North
and then the people who want to go downtown
or Miami Beach, and it is a mess.
Yeah, a real mess.
Everybody cutting everybody off.
It is insufficient, considering the amount of people
who want to get on I-95 North.
Anyway, welcome to Miami.
I-95 North a little congested too.
And that's downtown Fort Lauderdale
and the Fort Lauderdale International.
Coming up, Martin County Rest Area,
the first one we encounter on the way north after we leave
the crazy South Florida metropolitan area behind.
This is where I usually take my first break.
All right, we're having some mahi-mahi dip,
and it's really good.
What's all this traffic?
Up here, probably an accident.
Ooh, I hope they're okay.
Check it out, Buc-ee's!
Here we are at the Titusville KOA.
In the past, I've been able to get a good site.
I've been here before as part of my almost biweekly commute
to develop the property, but not today.
This time, we're all the way in the back
and the neighbors have taken over our site.
This is the type of thing
that can turn a potentially good experience into a bad one.
And I almost ran over the neighbor's kid.
I'm so glad we're here for only one night.
Also, long time chief Pelicanheads Yajaira and Odie
happen to be staying at the campground as well,
so they came to say hello.
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Ily found a brewery, so that's where we're going,
to a brewery.
Playalinda or something like that it's called.
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We decided to drive by downtown first
because there was another taproom,
but we've decided to go to the original instead.
And here we are, Playalinda Brewing Company.
Well, here we are, this is Playalinda Brewpub
here in Titusville, and look what they have.
That's like a...
Yeah, if an orca and the Space Shuttle had a baby,
this is what it would look like.
Yeah, they have a...
Dream Chaser by Sierra Nevada Beer Corporation.
All right, let's go inside.
Space Guardians IPA.
We got a pretzel, and this is supposed to be poutine.
There's supposed to be fries under that, so let's dig in.
And we got one to go, of course.
Well, this was the Titusville/Cape Kennedy-
Kennedy Space Center KOA, which is very nice
unless you get one of these sites here in the back.
This part is not-
- [GPS] Head west toward Old Pennsylvania Avenue,
then turn right onto Old Pennsylvania Avenue.
- It's not bad, but it's not as good
as the sites near the front.
And this is the third time we're here
and it's a good sort of halfway point to Taylor County
if you don't wanna take the turnpike.
And at some point we're gonna come back
and maybe visit the Space Center,
which is what most of these people are here for.
Busy family campground, it's all good.
Cool to meet up again with Yahaira and Odie,
and now we continue.
- [GPS] The next left toward Florida 46 East.
Then turn right onto Florida 46 East.
- Next destination?
We are neither hungry nor we need gas,
but there's a new Buc-ee's in town,
so next destination, Buc-ee's!
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Originally from Texas, Bucee's is quickly becoming
one of the most popular gas station chains in the nation,
mainly because of the huge size, cheap gas,
clean bathrooms, decent barbecue,
and an outstanding marketing campaign.
It is almost a destination unto itself, loved by most,
except truck drivers because they are not welcome.
Let's put gas
and get some of their famous brisket sandwiches.
And we happened to stumble upon
executive producer George and his family.
It is always so great to meet viewers on the road.
Well, here we are, Buc-ee's Daytona Beach.
Remember when this was only in Texas?
Now they're expanding to Alabama and now in Florida.
Well, here we go,
they have a huge, huge inflatable Bucky here by the entrance
and I'm gonna take a selfie right now.
(camera shutter snapping)
There's something about it, isn't there?
Well, this time I decided to get the sliced brisket,
and we have some fries because they didn't have tater tots,
not fries, chips.
We're gonna take State Route 40,
the scenic route west towards Ocala.
Is that a nest I see on the Walmart sign?
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Very pretty area here as we approach Ocala.
And this is pretty much the horse capital of Florida.
One of these days,
we will do an in-depth video on this area.
Always a traffic jam at the junction with I-75
and some of the cheapest gas too.
It is horse farm after horse farm.
Very beautiful and cool to see the horses sometimes.
To make a long story short, eventually we made it to Perry.
But at this point, in April 2021, Pelicamp is not ready yet,
so we decided to stay at the KOA.
Besides, there's a bluegrass festival in town,
so we want to be close.
Well, I just did the livestream here from the KOA.
Internet is iffy.
And now we're going to the bluegrass festival.
- [Man] I'll now pass it to Kat and she'll tell you.
We're gonna do one of those songs for you-
- Here we are, the Perry bluegrass festival.
We're gonna get something to eat and enjoy the music.
(light bluegrass music)
I don't know if you've ever heard me say it before,
but I really like this music.
(bluegrass music continuing)
All right, here we are.
I forgot to film it because I'm a bad YouTuber,
but we installed our 50/30-amp box down there.
And now Rob is figuring out how to connect it
to the main panel.
Yeah, that's all we got done in Pelicamp
during this trip before heading up to Georgia.
(rain pattering)
Well, yeah, good morning.
Yeah, it's a rainy day here in Florida, as you can tell.
Whew, let's do this.
I need to dump because I wanna take a shower,
and the gray tank, it's probably pretty full.
(thunder rumbling)
Whoa, listen to that.
Yeah, gotta do the black first.
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This is once again Perry, Florida,
also known as the Tree Capital of the South
and Forest Capital of Florida, Taylor County's seat,
and the closest city to our North Florida property.
And what is all this traffic?
Hmm, must be all these people moving in
from other parts of the state, huh?
All kidding aside, it is not a bad-looking small town,
all things considered.
And it's got everything we need, for the most part.
And if anything, Tallahassee's just an hour drive away.
And it does feel a lot more Deep South
than I was originally expecting,
definitely more South Georgia
than the Florida we're used to, but I don't mind at all.
That was kind of the point of finding property in this area:
that slower pace, that simpler life,
that Southern hospitality.
That is totally a thing, by the way.
We're now going under I-10,
which means we're almost in Georgia.
And there it is, Georgia state line.
They don't bother with a big sign
on these less-important roads,
but I actually love riding on them,
especially when we're not in a hurry,
which unfortunately is rare.
Eventually, we take I-75 for a little bit.
Our destination, Tifton KOA.
Well, yeah, we've been all day in here working on stuff,
pretty much working, and now we're gonna go eat dinner.
And every time I come up I-75 as I hit Tifton here,
I've seen this sign for this Mexican restaurant
called El Cazador, so let's go check it out.
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Dos Equis Amber, of course, my favorite Mexican beer.
Ily got the carne asada and I got the carnitas.
Well, that was El Cazador in Tifton, Georgia, here.
Very good carnitas.
Now, let's go back to the campground.
Well, good night.
On the road again.
Yeah, we didn't do much here in Tifton.
It was just basically a couple of working days.
And now, we're gonna find a post office
and then we'll continue north towards the Atlanta area.
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Driving through Atlanta, of course, always an adventure.
Totally worth it because we are going
to one of my favorite areas in the entire United States,
one of my happy places: the North Georgia mountains.
The Blairsville area this time, to be exact.
We are even going to revisit Georgia's tallest mountain,
local wineries, Vogel State Park,
but more about that on the next episode.
Until then, thank you so much for watching,
and see you on the road.
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♪ I'm riding ♪
♪ Riding in my RV ♪
♪ Wherever I want to be ♪
♪ Because I'm free in my RV, yeah ♪
♪ I'm riding ♪
♪ Riding, riding ♪