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- All good things come to an end they say.
And today, we conclude this epic multi-month road trip.
I've lost count of how many miles we drove.
Probably close to 20,000.
Although, the exact figure we may never know.
Today, we've got one more stop in Northern Florida.
And then, back home to Miami.
I won't bore you with the whole drive on I-75.
It is not that scenic.
Suffice to say at some point
we saw the familiar welcome to Florida sign.
And an hour later,
we are arriving at O'Leno State Park.
Why O'Leno?
Well, we've never been here.
And it is along the way.
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♪ I'm riding ♪
♪ Riding, riding ♪
♪ Riding in my RV ♪
♪ My RV ♪
♪ Wherever I want to be ♪
♪ 'cause I'm free in my RV yeah ♪
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This is really nice actually.
Today, we're just gonna get to our site
and take it easy.
Tomorrow morning,
we'll explore a little bit.
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Hello Charlotte.
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Good morning from O'Leno,
or something like that state park
here in Northern Florida.
Let's go for a hike.
As as I said good morning.
Beautiful morning here.
Well, kind of beautiful.
It's kind of cloudy but,
there's supposed to be a hanging bridge,
no what do you call it?
Suspension bridge somewhere nearby so,
we're gonna see if we can see that.
Then, it is pretty much nonstop back to Miami.
Maybe I'm gonna take the turnpike,
which is something I don't do every time, but.
Time is kind of of the essence.
Let's look for that bridge.
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Well, this is from 1935 to 1936.
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Oh, there's the suspension bridge.
I see it.
And this is like a day use area, I guess.
I love the look of the Spanish moss on the trees.
It reminds me of Savannah.
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This, by the way,
the picturesque Santa Fe River.
A tributary to the Suwanni.
And this was once the location
of a town called Keno,
renamed the Leno in 1876,
which then became a ghost town
and the name of the park refers to old Leno.
Hence, O'Leno.
It is one of Florida's first state parks.
As the sign we saw early said.
Developed by the army core of engineers in the 1930's.
The bridge, it bounces as people walk on it.
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It is so beautiful,
with the bald Cypress trees reflecting on the calm waters.
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No jumping from bridge.
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Let's walk a little more here on the river trail.
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Let's see what this is.
Like a dining hall perhaps?
I don't know.
It is dark.
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These protrusions are called Cypress knees.
And nobody really knows exactly what their function is,
but they are commonly seen in swampy lands
in the Southeast.
Like this one.
Some say they reduce erosion.
Others think they might help aerate the trees roots.
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And these bald Cypress, so beautiful.
So elegant.
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Let me tell you something,
this is a nice park.
I think we're gonna make a point
to return here at some point.
It kind of has that look,
same as Suwanne River State Park sort of.
That it looks a little more like Georgia
than Florida in a sense with all the Spanish moss.
And there's the historic bridge.
All right, it's time to go.
Before we continue,
let me tell you about Harry's,
and basically it is a personal care brand
that is reinventing the way we shave.
And I'm unboxing it here.
It comes with the textured rubber handle razor.
Very nice, five razor cartridges.
And the foaming gel
and even a travel cover for your blades.
This is what happened.
The founders, Jeff and Andy,
they were tired of all this overpriced,
over designed razors that weren't all that great.
And what did they do?
The bought a German razor factory
so they could provide the quality and the craftmanship
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And that's what this is.
It is convenient,
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They deliver straight to your door on your schedule.
It is actually an insanely good value
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The razor blades factory in Germany,
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Well, you're gonna have to imagine the trip South,
because the Go-Pro decided not to cooperate.
And it wasn't filming.
Perhaps it is sad that the trip is over.
Who knows.
I think it's one of the batteries,
I think is the culprit.
In any case,
the turnpike is still the fastest way
to drive through the Florida spine.
Through the state of Florida.
Still the most boring and most expensive way to do it.
But, yeah.
But, sometimes you'll have to do it right?
Listen to this, 18,575 miles.
And we still got about,
how many miles to go?
About 100.
114 miles to go.
I've made my peace with the Colorado.
It's been a reliable towing machine for the most part.
So, yeah.
It still has many electronic annoyances,
but we can overlook those as long as it gets us home.
Which is where we're going.
The trip is over,
but don't despair.
Many other trips coming in the future.
I'm sure.
Well, enjoy the ride back to Miami.
Until next time,
thank you for watching
and see you on the turnpike this time.
On the turnpike, turn?
On the turnpike this time.
On the road.
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A few weeks after our return to South Florida,
we had the second Miami meetup
in the trendy Wynwood neighborhood.
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The main tourist attraction here is the Wynwood Walls.
Which is considered an outdoor museum,
with all these large scale works,
murals by some of the world's best known street artists.
All around this area.
We're gonna find converted warehouses,
which now these are craft breweries,
shops, art galleries,
all adorned with tasteful graffiti.
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Actually, this used to be a pretty rough neighborhood
back in the day.
And it still is,
except for this touristy area.
If you walk too far in any direction,
it can become dangerous pretty quickly.
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It is a vast installation.
As some of you may know,
when I'm in Miami,
I don't get out all that much.
So, I had never actually been here.
I've driven by the neighborhood,
and actually I thought all the graffiti painted buildings
was what was referred to as Wynwood Walls.
Not this separate facility.
Let's start walking towards the meet up place.
And as you can see,
most of the buildings have the walls decorated
with some kind of painting or mural.
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This one is designed to be appreciated
from a certain angle.
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Pretty eclectic I must say.
Wine bar and there's a block party going on.
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Well, our party is going to be
at the Veza Sur Brewery,
one of the newer ones.
Let me tell you,
very, very nice.
Here we go, we're gonna do a tour right now.
Should be fun.
You know, it is nearly impossible
for me to film at the meet ups,
because I spend the most of the time talking.
So, here Alex,
Mr. C-L-T himself,
culture, lifestyle, travel,
took over the camera duties.
He also happened to organize the event
which came out great, so thanks.
Cheers.
All right, let's get a tour of the brewery.
- [All] Yes.
- [Robert] The name of the brewery,
Veza Sur, is a combination of
veza, short for cerveza,
or beer in Spanish,
and sur which means South.
Cerveza del Sur
Beer from the South,
as in South America.
- [Tour Guide] That we have here is two row malts.
Also referred to as brewers malt,
this is essentially the base malt
of just about every single beer that you drink.
They range in darker color,
Vienna, caramel malt,
and you finish with your roasted barley.
This is what we use for our coffee porter
to get that strong, dark color.
Gonna get notes of dark chocolate,
coffee, sliced international fruits as well.
- We get a very detailed tour of the facilities.
And the beer making process.
- Once the grain has all been milled,
and the brewers are ready to make a beer,
they'll drop all the grain into this tank
which is called our mash tun.
Here's where we add hot water and steep the grain.
Almost like a tea.
From that tea, you wanna extract two things.
One is the color from the grain,
and two are the fermentable sugars
from the starchy interiors.
The expose we initially built in.
That's gonna give you a murky,
sugary water called wort.
W-O-R-T.
And that's essentially the beginning stages of beer.
Once the wort has been fully extracted from the grain,
it'll get taken out through a false bottom here.
Transferred into our boil kettle,
the grains that get left over,
we have no use for them anymore.
So, we donate 'em to a local farm
to use as feed for their livestock.
And once the wort gets transferred
into the boil kettle,
bringing it up in temperature to a boil,
and concentrating those fermentable sugars
contingent on the style of beer
that the brewers are making.
In the boil,
is also where we add our hops.
So hops are a very special plant to the kadupul flower.
You guys can pass it around.
Smell it.
They grow on a vine,
on a trellis similar to wine grapes.
They are the sixth cousin of cannabis.
They're non-physcoactive.
And it's purpose in the beer,
it serves as a natural preservative.
And you can also getting bittering test,
cirtusy and floral aromatics.
Contingent on the strain of hop that you use.
That's actually El Dorado,
and that hop is what we use to make
our Mala Yerba Session IPA.
That's good beer, right?
- Yeah it is.
It actually is good beer.
- These are grown on the west coast.
So, once the wort has been fully hot,
it'll get chilled through our wort chiller.
And transferred through pressurized hoses
into these vacs.
So, we're gonna walk back over this way.
Comes directly from in here.
You guys are more than welcome to walk in there
if you'd like.
It's a nice, warm 37 degrees in there.
Those house our three most popular beers,
which right now is our Spanglish,
Mangolandia, and our No Reservations IPA.
So essentially, it gets moved from one big tank
to a smaller tank.
Straight out the faucets.
Then, right up top on this mezzanine
is where we keep our barrels that we have.
Beers aging.
So, we just released a beer yesterday.
It is a Tiki Tiki is the name.
Tiki Tiki.
- [Crowd] Tiki Tiki.
- It's a coconut rum porter.
Thank you so much for joining me today guys.
I appreciate it.
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- [Tourist] Thanks for making the beer.
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- Well, this was definitely a fun meet up.
As they usually are.
This one was particularly special
because it happened here on the home turf.
I can't wait for the time when it is safe
and appropriate to get together like this once again.
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♪ In my RV ♪
- You know, it's that unpredictable
South Florida weather right?
- Cheers Robert.
- [Robert] Cheers, brother.
- We appreciate you.
Absolutely amazing, thank you.
- Thank you.
Of course, we took a group picture.
So, thank you to all who came.
As you know,
getting to meet those of you who watch
and hearing your stories
is the most gratifying aspect of this that I do.
So, once again,
thank you for watching.
And see you on the road.
So now that the epic summer 2020 road trip is over,
what's next?
Well, I still have a couple of trips from back when
things were normal.
Coming up next is a trip we made
to the Myakka River State Park near the Gulf Coast,
right after the Tampa RV show in January.
We went to Siesta Key,
and Sarasota, Venice Beach.
And then, we spent a couple of days
in Homestead with our friends the Forrys from Ohio.
And there will be another meet up at
the Miami Brewing Company.
Then, we'll resume summer 2020.
So, yup.
The adventure continues.
Stay tuned.
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