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Seeking Ice and Discovering Abandoned Sites in Perry, Oklahoma

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What happens here

Arriving in Perry, Oklahoma, the travelers realize they need ice for their cooler after a previous stop was out. They then drive past what appears to be an abandoned amusement park in Wichita, noting remaining structures and debris like old couches and mattresses. The navigator's GPS announces their arrival at 2400 East Wassall Street, then an 'abandoned amusement park.' Later, the narrator spots an operational, vintage Sinclair gas station (Kemnitz Sinclair Station, established 1937), which also serves as an oil company. He finds it fascinating due to its historical aesthetic combined with functionality, including old gas pumps and a Royal Crown Cola vending machine.

Goal: Acquire ice and explore interesting, historical, or abandoned locations encountered during travel.

Tools and materials

  • Cooler — Storing drinks, requiring ice
  • Edge Insight CTS Monitor Edge Products — Used for navigation and checking vehicle status
  • Old Amish Carriage — Seen at a local attraction
  • Sinclair Gas Pumps Sinclair — Refueling the truck
  • Truck — Transport vehicle for travel
  • Ice — Cooling drinks in the cooler

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farms how about that sounds pretty cool to me i found an abandoned amusement park in wichita you can see some remnants of the structures in there and the weirdest thing is is we drove through a neighborhood to get in here which is i don't know what is this oh we got some couches no hotel today no we can just sleep on the road that thing there's like a little trolley track there there's definitely some interesting stuff going on in here no lightering dang it i wanted to loiter today the destination is on your right 2400 east wassall street arrived and there's people zipping around on quads like they live in that neighborhood i kind of want to ask him like hey is like can you walk around in there without getting thrown in jail because we literally there's two dudes around the quad and they just went right on past the sign that said no motor vehicles like they didn't care at all that's the parking lot back in there and there's really if you look on google earth there's not a whole lot left of this place but you can see it's in the middle freaking neighborhood it's just so strange i don't even know i'm sure you can get in there if you really want to but i don't feel like getting arrested today do you feel like getting arrested today just not done looking at stuff yet i think we're in perry oklahoma now and we still need ice for the cooler because quick trip didn't have any we found this weird you know this ice tower thingy so we're gonna use it and go find stuff we already passed like three abandoned gas stations and diners and things it's pretty neat well they don't even have any bags left so the quick trip in wichita was out they're out of bags here there must just be a national ice shortage in the american midwest because it's cracking right there it's been a bazillion degrees they're out of out of ice everywhere because everyone is melting down this place looks cool so we're gonna just look at it it's an actual functioning gas station still but it's like all historical and awesome which is basically the coolest thing ever because it's cool to look at and it still works does this thing still work 60 cents oh my god this looks like it's from the 80s yeah my like great grandfather did stuff with like rc cola when i was like i don't know when my mom was little and he always had like rc cola and like snacks all the old sinclair stuff that's the coolest thing they even took they have original old signs up there that you could tell they've been clear-coated and…

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