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"It Gets That Snowy In Florida?"
That's not snow, Lewis. That's actually the sand on the beaches of Florida
Sugar white sands here in Pensacola Florida where I live. On the gulf Coast side of Florida.
I think he was talking about the snowy mountains and anyone who's been to Florida knows how flat it is. No hills. No mountains.
@@Raggmopp-xl7yf No, he'd paused the video on when she was at the beach when he'd asked that question
Or possibly coccaine. Something has to explain how screwed up that state is.
That was white sand. The sun probably caused the camera to look like snow.
Snow white sandy beaches in Florida.
I can’t believe he said that….lol…..she was in a bikini.
It's the gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean coral sand.
I live in New England and it's not uncommon to see someone in shorts and a hoodie in the middle of Winter but I have NEVER seen anyone wearing a bikini in the Winter so, no that is not snow in Florida.
And Alabama. The Redneck Riviera.
Destin FL and the rest of the FL panhandle are so awesome. Gotta love those gulf beaches!
The smiling thing was the first thing I noticed when I went to Germany. My German friends told me that I stood out as an American bc I smiled at everyone.
“Paying it forward”, a term we use to describe how doing something nice for someone will result in that person doing something nice for someone else. Making someone’s day.
We were at a liquor store and were pleasant to him. He saw the bottle in my husband’s hand. He grabbed one and bought one himself. After paying for the $65 bottle of liquor, he turned around and handed us the bottle of liquor and said have a great day, it’s on me. We were shocked.
That happens more and more, I love this trend! It doesn't have to involve money, just sitting with a lonely person, acknowledged each other as human. That's enough to make someone else's day. 😊❤🙏
Man in america if someone didnt hold the door open for you if you are closer than say 10 or 15 feet you would be considered rude.
True. Especially for the elderly or anyone carrying many things. Was raised to respect my elders so I would never ever let an elder open a door for themselves if I was around. Some are really heavy for them.
I was recently in Las Vegas. Coming down in the elevator from my room one morning, the gentleman and his wife in the elevator told me, "Good Morning!" I returned the greeting. The next floor a foreign couple got on and the same man greeted them with a jolly, "Good Morning". They just turned their backs on him without a reply. The next stop an American couple got on and received a warm good morning from the man and myself. They returned the greeting and the 5 Americans on the elevator smiled at each other and the foreign couple just stood stoned faced. It's our culture to interact and hold open doors and defer to others. I've been to Europe 4 times and although I enjoyed the adventure, I love our warm, interactive culture.
My friend once had a woman chew him out for holding the door open for her. 😂
Both are Americans.
@@GutslingerWell id imagine she had blue hair a nose ring and tattoos :)
That was un lady like of HIM.@@Gutslinger
Lewis that is one reason why you have a lot of Americans watching your channel cause you are very nice and fun too!😊
Lewis me and my girlfriend went out to eat at a small restaurant tonight and was a line outside to get in. Two older ladies was sitting at a table for four ask if we wanted to eat with them. We had the best dinner and conversation with two older ladies we didn't know. So yes you can run into some nice people here.
I like watching him react to stuff in the states and then I see it through his eyes. Plus he's obsessed with food n I love that. 😊
@@cammie72 Hi Cammie, yeah me too he is awesome🙂
@@zoeferbrache Hi Zoeferbrache. I totally agree. He's nice, fun and non-troublesome. I don't think I've heard him judge anything negatively. Lewis is a breath of fresh air in what is sadly a very cynical, mostly untrue and otherwise bad opinion of the U.S..
Amen. This guy is so uplifting and upbeat.
Being born and raised and living in the USA for my entire life (32 years), I am reminded often how lucky I am. We have literally everything at our fingertips. Usually doesn't matter what you need, where you are, or what time it is... you can find it. America has alot of problems, but we also are so very fortunate to have the things we have.
Let me guess: You don’t talk to people in the elevator. In the grocery store check-out line. In the parking lot. Waiting for the bus/subway. Sitting in the park. Hiking in the wilderness. Out camping.
We strike up conversations with others in the same grocery aisle.
myself and about 10 other people had so much fun in the grocery store checkout lane the other day we said we're giving "Aisle 7 at HEB" five stars on Yelp! lol People in other lanes were looking at us, sad they weren't having so much fun...
Absolutely, we speak to people everywhere.
Oh yeah. I can’t think of a single place where a random conversation can’t start up and it’s all good. And just the basics are always saying good morning or hello or how’s it going to people you don’t know. Yet. ☺️. Question for you, Lewis. You guys help strangers, though, right? Like carrying groceries or holding a door open or picking up something they dropped?
I hate that. I've lived in America my entire life and I wish people wouldn't try to strike up random conversations with me everywhere I go. It annoys me since I'm a nihilistic introvert and an army vet with social anxiety. I wear ear buds every time I go out now so I can ignore everyone talking to me. Not everyone appreciates that fake courtesy. Don't ask me how I'm doing it's a rhetorical question no one cares.
@@joshuaortiz2031 You’re quite right. Sometimes, mostly, I hope, our radar kicks in and we know enough to leave people alone. Hope so. When I choose to be left alone or am sick, what have you, I open my iPad or, like you, use ear buds. We really don’t yank them out to chat. ✌️
Hold on to your seat, Lew; in the US, almost every grocery store has a pharmacy within it.
Not where I live.
Yeah, the passport is just a thing you can buy as a keepsake, and bring it with you when you visit the national parks. It isn't required to get into the parks.
I think it's cool. You can look back years later and remember the fun and interesting visit. A nice souvenir.
To add to that.. get the national parks pass... It almost pays for itself after 1 visit ... If you really wanna see all that stuff that's the way to go. 👍
I just found out a year ago that people can get a passport form their state capital and get it stamped at other state capitals.
I seen it on another TH-cam reactors channel.
It's a nice keepsake of journeys taken.
Thank you all for clarifying, I had no clue what she was talking about. 😊
I never knew that one existed and not sure if I'd get one (probably will) but, I am definitely getting the passport for Route 66!
When my youngest was 8 we were sitting on a wall above a busy street just being lazy. When I saw a fire truck coming our way I suggested he wave at them and in response we were treated to the horn. We spent hours while he waved at vehicles and people in the vehicles waved back and blew their horns. It was great seeing all the smiles something that simple and easy produced.
Just smile at people as you walk past, it’s contagious. It does lift your day especially if you’re having a bad day.
I never realized how nice we apparently are in the US as opposed to some other countries because it’s that whole assumptions thing, that other countries would just naturally want to be nice and talk to others and stuff. I wasn’t aware that THIS is what some countries felt like made American’s very rude, the way we will come up and want to chat or say hello, and the REALLY friendly ones will welcome with a hug which can be very off putting to those not used to it. But I can tell you, I’ve been in plenty of situations where I’ve been helped by a perfect stranger, or someone has seen me in a bad or sad mood and tried to really cheer me up and I didn’t know them at all. I think that’s good for humanity to connect like that.
I live in Tennessee now and one thing i've noticed is everybody holds the door for you. Even the little kids 4 or 5 years old seem so happy they can hold the door for you.
My husband and I traveled from PA to FL last year, and the further south we traveled the more helpful people became. My husband has physical limitations and people were so quick to jump out of line to hold the door for him! Really warmed my heart.
Manners 2 us😊
I grew up in NYC (and 4 years upstate NY in mountains) and always held doors open for others. Maybe it's more typical down south but it's definitely individual as well. 🤔
We’re 3 or 4 generations away from settlers . In order to survive , we had to help each other .
That’s the real reason we revolted in 1776 . Because we’d been fighting for and against European oligarchs and. Said no more !
Also , we have crazy weather and at least once a year someone has a flood or tornado or earthquake !
Any state if damaged is a problem for the nation .
But our government has been subverted by capitalists just like yours has . We need Keynes at Versailles system that employs 100 % of people and rather than creating money and giving it to business owners it gives it to the citizens and to the business . No debt system . No zero sum . A stable system where natural resources are the only determination on whether something neccessary gets done .
Common sense the rich will hate it
Here's a shocker for you....WalMarts all have pharmacies. In fact they bill themselves as a low price alternative pharmacy. They sell an enormous amount of pharmaceuticals.
She also mentioned accents in one of her videos. Some of the accents she encountered, made it slightly more difficult for her to communicate. We find accents endearing. Most folks will take extra time making sure we understand and are understood.
As far as friendly. I'm small town, 4800 folks. Some one drove by, tooted their horn, I waved before I looked. I realized, I had no idea who they were. When they returned, leaving the neighborhood, they rolled down the window, apologized for the mistake. Thought they knew me.
Lewis - if you stop off in central Ohio - I'll buy you a pint of your choice (or three). We often forget as Americans how cool things are here - love watching your videos - they always make me smile and think to myself - "yep, I knew that but don't often take advantage of XYZ - I really should...."
I love the fact that the sand in Florida was so clean that he mistook it for snow. 😂 Speaking as someone who has lived in nine different US states, America really is like 50 different countries. Each state has its own culture and laws and people but combined we're a power house of a nation.
Edit: yes, pharmacies in the US sell alcohol (wine and beer). 😀
Alcohol sales differ greatly from state to state. In PA, you can only buy liquor from a State store and there are beer distributors where you get cases and kegs. Other places you can get it in grocery stores, gas stations, and pharmacies.
The sand is white where she was. Its not cleanliness that makes sand white, sand colors & textures vary all over for various reasons.
@@katscullybut trash does affect how that beach looks. I grew up in Cali and I feel like the beaches were more littered. Here in Florida where I live now the beaches seem cleaner. Not everyone but most.
Trash doesn't affect the color of the sand.@@occheermommy
@@MorgaineThe sell wine and beer in grocery stores in certain places in PA.
I just thank you all, you Lewis, and the people you feature. Y'all's appreciation of America just makes me so proud to be an American!
Me only ever living in the us, i still feel so happy to talk to people randomly
I had a Brit friend once seem a bit surprised when I mentioned running over to do some shopping on a Sunday, which in turn surprised /me/. tbf, many US businesses are closed that day, but typically any major retailer (be it a grocery store, drug store, electronic store, clothing/department store, etc.) are open, albeit with shorter hours.
Another thing about our big roads; the national freeway system was also intended for quick military transport. They wanted big roads so they could move trucks, tanks, and trailers on easily and quickly
Friendliness - one thing people forget to mention is it was a matter of survival, too. Say back to pioneer days. If you lived in a cabin on the frontier, and new settlers passed by, they stopped to talk. You'd tell them what the trail was like ahead, where to find water, how far the next actual settlement was (many families were miles from a town, and 'town' might be three houses), offer help if they needed it, sell or give them some food, ask them to stay overnight if it was getting on towards dark and it was a little too far to the next good campsite. You might invite them inside for the meal and let them sleep in a bed if you had an extra. Say, if you had a bed for your kids, they'd sleep on the floor and your guests would be given that bed. Or a space on the floor in front of the fire. If not that, you'd offer them the barn, if you had one, or a space on your land by the house to park their wagon and tether their horses, and they would sleep in the wagon or under it. Whatever you could do to help. You'd feed them breakfast next morning, too. Often even if you went hungry.
And in the real wilderness areas - say, the mountains, or in Alaska - lots of people wouldn't lock remote cabins if they left for a while. This could save a life. If anyone came by in need, they were free to stay in the cabin, eat your stored food, and use the wood you'd stored. They'd leave some money or something in trade if they could. If nothing else, it was good etiquette to chop enough wood to replace what they'd used. This went on for a long, long time in the wild places. Alaska especially. I believe it's still the custom in some places. Pretty sure it's so in remote areas of Alaska.
That sort of thing over centuries leaves a mark. Other customs, too. Like if you dropped by a house after dark, it was the polite - and safer - thing to do to stop some distance from the place, and yell, "Hello the house!" Then wait until you got a invitation to approach closer. Otherwise you might get shot at. 😆 You never knew what might be approaching after dark.
OMG, I actually laughed out loud when he called the white, beach sand snow. I live near Daytona, and that's what our beach sand is. Caution: that stuff is not cold. In the summer, it's HOT!!!
Yeah, you can burn the bottoms of your feet if you're not careful!
Pharmacies offer other goods because they are also a convenience store. The other goods generally cost a little more than at grocery stores but if you need to pick up your prescription and you need a box of cereal, I would rather pay an extra dollar at the pharmacy than make another stop. You can also get cleaning products and paper goods. It's just convenient. We like things to be easy lol. By the way, that was white sand in Florida, not snow. She was a little long winded in the video but I appreciate all she likes about the USA. I've traveled around in France and it's beautiful too and the food is fantastic!
People in America love to drive around. It's freedom and independence. I was happy once I got my driver's license and bought my 1st car which was a 1980 El Camino with a manual transmission.
Yes, you can buy cigs & wine/beer (depending on state all alcohol) at a pharmacy. We also have pharmacies inside grocery stores & Walmarts/Targets. What you would consider a pharmacy we would call a “compounding pharmacy.” They only sell meds & vitamins and specialize in making (compounding) salves and such onsite from whole ingredients. They are a speciality pharmacy and there are not many of them.
Cigarettes are expensive at the pharmacy I go to!
Hmmm. I've never heard that before. "Compounding" pharmacy. And I'm kind of old. LoL
@@traciemcdaniel3660 I too, am old. I only learned this a few years ago when I needed a specific thing and learned the one around the corner from me is this sort of pharmacy. I’d never been in there because, well…Sam’s club, lol! It seems they also do quite a business in pet meds that need very specific doses for weight & breed. 🤷♀️ Who knew? 😊
Born and raised in California ... but the fact that you can drive into a service station and leave with 18 gallons of gas and a six-pack of beer still seems a little weird to me.
@@magsstewart5488 😂 funny.
I've never been to Sam's. I do Costco. Same thing.
That was white sand in Florida, not snow! One of the big clues was she was wearing a bathing suit.
I found that hilariously adorable. 😂 We might be able to wear bathing suits in the winter, but we definitely don't get snow. 🙈😂
That white sand is on Florida’s west or Gulf coast. The grain is finer and silkier than the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The water is warmer too.
Pensacola, Florida with sugar white sandy beaches
Convenience often results in things that dont make sense. Yes, they sell smokes and alcohol too. They ARE drugs, after all, right? Lol
@@gregharris3202 😂😂😂😂 He is too funny. Cracks me up
There is a historical reason for the Americans to be friendly, and it goes back to when they started moving here and then moving westward.
If people did NOT help each other, then they died. People had to pool their resources just to survive. It was a necessity. So people HAD to be friendly in order to be more likely to have help from their neighbors who lived 5 miles away, and with the townsfolk, when the small towns started being built in the west, in order to get better deals on the supplies they needed to survive.
People needed help with so many aspects of life and there was so much give and take and sharing of resources. If someone was Not friendly, they were less likely to be helped by their neighbors.
Our traditional pharmacies mostly went the way of the dodo when major grocers started including them. Then, in order to compete, pharmacies started adding groceries. Then many department stores started adding pharmacies and groceries. Now most all of them are department/pharmacy/grocery stores of varying sizes.
Don't forget, however, many of our traditional pharmacies were also soda shops & burger joints. You like Coca-Cola... have you researched its origins. Who else here remembers when K-Marts, Woolworth's, etc. had their own diner sections with booths & bar-stools?
The park's "passports" are great for kids and foreigners to show where they've been and to keep memories. They are great ideas and you can get them from any park.
Most American and Canadian municipalities were built after they were designed BECAUSE everyone hated the narrow winding streets of Europe.
In fact our major roadways were designed and built for LARGE military and motor vehicles. We (America and Canada) also had laws on the books early on that prevented property owners from putting anything close to the roads.
Most of the interstate hwys in the US are designed after Eisenhower saw the German Autobahn.
The two large pharmacies we have in Houston, Texas are Walgreens and CVS. Walgreens sells cigarettes and vapes, but CVS stopped selling them years ago, due to the health issues with these products.
Yes. America and Canada were incapable of moving troops and equipment with the pitiful road systems we had.
In the ‘60s lots of the pharmacies (Drugstores) used to have Soda Fountains there. It was a counter/bar along one wall where you could get French fries, hamburgers, cokes and malts, ice cream. Lots of people loved to hang out there and chat with the cooks. There were swivel stools at the counter. And you could snack while you waited for your medicine to be ready. Those were the good ole days!
And obesity wasn't rampant. Eating ice cream doesnt make you a sickly person unless its an every day thing
Being able to get anything at a pharmacy is part of the convenience we like. I can go to a CVS, Walgreens or Rite-Aid and have a prescription filled, buy a bottle of booze or beer, get some flip flops, a towel or earbuds, buy cleaning products, get make-up and food or snacks. Some have sodastream system canister refills and charcoal for the grill as well. It’s a total smorgasbord of things and that’s the way we like it 😅
Driving on pretty much any given Highway in the US during Sunrise or Sunset is always one of those experiences that reminds you how much life is worth living.
And on the East Coast, Back Road driving can take you to some beautiful places... Don't even get me started on Driving down a Back road in the Mountains at Sunset... My guy... When you watch the Sunset from above the clouds... just miles of mountains and forests as far as the eye can see, every dip and curve illuminated in a unique way by the twilight... I wish i had the words to describe it.
I remember when we first moved to the mountains of the East. We lived down at the base of the mountains--and never saw the sun actually set. That happened BEHIND the mountains. The first time we drove across one of mountain tops at sunset...oh my goodness...we had to pull over and drink it in. At twilight--it was as you described, the unique illumination. Magical!
That's not snow in Florida. That's sand. The beaches have white sand.
The National Parks passport is a memory book. You can get stamps with the date and location at each National Park as a momento. You don’t have to have one, it’s just an adventure book for tourists.
Yep. It’s a marketing campaign. A good one. But marketing by an advertising agency all the same.
If you go to a pharmacy for medication, you're probably not well emotionally either: So grab some ice cream, popcorn, and a movie or weird toy before you go home to recover for a day or two.
Edit: Most Pharmacies are inside other stores too, so it's not JUST a pharmacy: it's a store with a pharmacy in it.
OR in order to make enough money to keep the pharmacy open they have to sell other things.
The pharmacy in my hometown was a gift shop with a licensing registry in the back next to the Pharmacy. You would have to go past all the nik-naks, figurines, yarn, greeting cards, a small old fashion candy section, and a large first aid + senior care section just to GET to the pharmacy. As I recall there was a large scented candle and garden decoration section in the front too.
My grandmother (Omi) from Germany came to visit my family in Phoenix Arizona in the mid 90s and was overwhelmed with how big everything was and that stores were open on Sunday. She said people smiled a lot. Very different cultures...
You talking about getting to choose our climates made me think of "snow birds". In Michigan a good chunk of our older population goes south for the winter. Stereotypically Florida, but they do it just to avoid the winter here.
I live in southern Arizona & every winter (around late November) you can see the traffic increase on the roads as the snowbirds start coming back. I even have a (poorer) friend who works summers as a waiter at the Mackinac Island resort & comes down here to live from November-April. I must admit, I’m a little jealous🤣
Except for privately owned pharmacies, the pharmacies in America are basically in a mini store where you can get some food items, makeup, seasonal items, and wine, and you can also get film developed and passport photos. We tend to like one-stop shops here, aka (also known as) convenience stores because we tend to be in a hurry often.
Also, we are very complementary we complement people. And it comes from the heart. The other day I was at the grocery store and this lady next to me we were in the produce aisle and I happen to glance over at her and she had this most amazing short blonde hair with these beautiful glasses and she looked gorgeous, and I looked at her and said those glasses look amazing on you and then we stopped and just chatted with each other for a few minutes her girlfriend came over and said to me as the lady I was talking to walked away she said to me, keep on doing what you’re doing because you never know what’s going on and somebody’s life and when you complement them, it makes them feel good. I have a 15 year old daughter and she’s the same way. She loves to complement people when she sees something amazing she’ll give them a nice compliment. She will think first responders for their service just very kind and compassionate and respectful.
She's a nice person and really sweet ☺️
I live in WV. Talk about some narrow roads! If you meet someone coming the other way, sometimes you have to back up or down a twisty mountain road to find a spot your (likely) truck wheels can get off the road enough to pass each other. You have to be careful cuz off one side of the road is the solid side of the mountain above you, usually with a ditch, and the other side is down the mountain and that would be a hell of a drop!!
Yeah, mountain roads definitely get a bit narrow.
The roads in America were built for being able to mobilize militarily equipment nationwide. Yes traffic became concern but military transport inspired big roads.
I'm from California, but I lived in Mississippi for a few years. Christmas of 2004, it snowed in the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. I mean it was literally SNOWING ON THE BEACH! Totally baffling.
I lived most of my adult life in FL and will never forget when I experienced snow on the beach in Cape Cod for the first time. It’s still just the oddest scene to me, lol. Beach and snow just don’t go together, haha.
American roads are much wider than the narrow major roads I've seen in the UK.
Eisenhower was president when we started the Interstate Highway system. He had seen all the problems of the European road systems. He wanted to be able move atmies, equipment and supplies quickly across America.
That's beacause our towns , villages etc have been established for hundreds of yrs we built the roads around them , as back in the day it was horse and cart. But what we call motorways were much later and yours are still very much wider . We are a island after all.
@@claregale9011we understand that. Older cities here are much the same. Like New Orleans. Even New York City. One way narrow roads are very common.
The cities were built for walking traffic and horses and carriages.
But we have the space to reroute highways around congested areas through wide open spaces that are many lanes wide. At least in the vast majority of the country. That doesn’t happen in cities that have been around for a long time.
He'd also seen the Autobahn in Germany and wanted that crisscrossing the country.
@@anonygent that was his inspiration.
When you go to America, go west or south. That's where the wide open spaces are. The big eastern cities, like NYC, might remind you of London.
Yes, New England area will be more like that
or the midwest aka Americas bread basket where it's just open big areas.
I agree on the comparison of NYC and London, but the east is not "packed". I live 1h north of the border (in Canada) and going to NYC is maybe 6h, out of which probably 5h are outside of cities, all highways. Going to Florida takes maybe 24h (non stop) by car assuming no traffic.
Canada and the States are big. Going from NYC to Las Vegas is about 6h of plane, not counting the time in airports. I think London to NYC is maybe 2h more that NYC to Los Angeles.
Agree. When I visited London it totally reminded me of New York City without the skyscrapers.
Fwiw, except for the population density, I've always felt the NYC grid system and London's winding roads requiring "taxi drivers" there to be super geniuses made the cities fundamentally different.
I don't talk much and I'm not very sociable, but when I lived in Scotland for 3 years, the Scots were always polite with me when I spoke to them.
We don't really do the National Parks passport, but we should. It's a great idea. She's quite lucky to have been able to do the traveling she has done. I am proud of her for doing it and for her reporting back on her various experiences. Yes Lewis, you need to come to the USA.
In the early days of the United States, many people lived in small, isolated communities, so meeting new people became an event. It led to a greater sense of warmth and hospitality towards outsiders, as people welcomed the opportunity to learn about new places, experiences, and ideas.
Europeans, who historically lived in more densely populated and urbanized areas, may have had less reason to be friendly and welcoming towards strangers, as they often had regular interactions with their neighbors and community members.
It's now part of our DNA. Besides, most of us were raised to respect the rights of others, so we tend to put our best foot forward. Some dont, but that's their problem.
I live among a lot of immigrants, so i can't say who is or who isn't American. As a result, as an American, I'm obliged to respect their rights just as they are obliged to respect mine.
Richard I think you're right---It's now part of our DNA.
I loved this!. She really took the time while here in the U.S.and got to see alot. One thing she said that stuck out to me." l amtalking how America came to be and she said America stemmed from Europe and it was just an accident".
I know she was grasping for words because English is not her fist language; but back in the day when America was created, we were not an accident of Europe, we were the antidote.
I think she said 'Occidental', the 'occident' being "a term for the West, traditionally comprising anything that belongs to the Western world. It is the antonym of the term Orient, referring to the Eastern world." I could be wrong, but that's what it sounded like to me...
@@justaride1366I think she did say Occidental but I think she misused it. Occidental just means West in the cultural sense. She seemed to use it to mean opposite. France and the US are on opposite signs of the world, or at least the ocean. She was using it to indicate a great distance but it's really not what it means at all. But I can see how she might have confused the words opposite and occident. They have similar sounds and syllables and length.
That brown paste on the plate was refried beans. SO YMMY! And yes, you can pet a hedgehog. Their spines aren't needle sharp like a porcupine's would be. They're just kinda scratchy, so it would hurt another animal's tongue if it was trying to eat the little fella, but they aren't sharp.
That was kind of funny listening to her talk about how the roads were because yes we have big roads but what's really funny to watch is when you live out in the country and you watch the farmers taking their tractors and different implements down the road they will literally take up the whole width of the highway with one gigantic tractor and this huge thing your dragon behind it if not before five or six things and you you just can't even imagine how big these vehicles are until you realize they take up the entire highway and then they have to find some way of getting them off road and on the field they're fine but these things are gigantic and it's really amazing when you watch him drive by
Dude, at 12:09 that was a sandy beach, not snow. :P
No snow in Florida! That is the beach: white powdery sand.
Actually it has snowed in Florida before look it up 1977 in Miami lol i think some parts of north Florida has also
@@noelramirez1551 Yes, it has. It can get below freezing and frost has destroyed citrus crops before....but it isn't a normal thing. LOL
@@noelramirez1551 I lived in Miami Beach in the 1970s and 1980s and it has never snowed that far south. There was ONE time when there were snow flares that promptly melted towards the north. Never any snow accumulation.
@@annfrost3323 oh then idk saw an article that looked like it had snow on the ground
Oh it snows in Florida. But not the actual snow kind, the powdery kind that comes from South America 😂
I have a National Parks Passport. They’re just souvenirs - Yes, you get it stamped for fun. I love it & would really be happy to get a stamp for each region.
Dude when i was a trucker i used to take my friends across the country i could show you damn near 48 states in 30 days but no cap the scenery was my favorite thing about being a trucker
4:08 while she is talking about the freeway and the bridge is shown over the American freeway, that bridge has won several awards for design.
The corner where you could see the rollercoaster where the photo was shot from was about 59 meters from where my mother lived as a child.
Seeing these videos bring back some great memories, I live in the desert now, we have tons of space but there is a lot to miss from San Diego
I have a pet hedgehog, i can pet him! When he's pissed off in spines up mode i don't try, but i can pick him up, touch his spines etc it's not a big deal.
Lewis, i have a National Park passport since the program started in 1986. I have 13 different National Parks stamped in mine - the two here in the Miami area - Everglades & also Biscayne National Park (which I go to at least once a year on Labor Day weekend at Elliot Key), Grand Canyon in Arizona, Zion NP in Utah, Yosemite in California, Arches NP in Utah, Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, Shennendoah in Virginia, Rocky Mountain in Colorado, Great Smokey in North Carolina & Tennessee, Big Bend Texas, Bryce Canyon NP in Utah and Sequoia in California and Redwood also in California.
I think many people before they visit have the preconceived notion of people here being standoffish or worse. Then are suprised that most ,not all, love being helpful. I remember finding a lost driver 20 miles out in the backwoods and had him follow me back to the town just for a smile and thanks. Made my day to do that.
That was sand.. not snow for the “That’s Florida?” Part. 😂🤣😂🤣
Her being French and talking about places in Europe being closed on Sundays reminds me of when I lived in Louisiana 40 years ago. Blue laws prevented many places from being open on Sundays. For places that were allowed to be open, they were limited on what that could sell. Police would conduct stings and try to buy underwear on a Sunday. Yes, you could get arrested for selling underwear on Sunday.
What made me think of this, is that much of Louisiana was settled by the French who were deported from Canada by British troops. Louisiana even has a different system of government than other states.
What interested me was that Louisiana uses the French law system rather than English common law. It's so different that only people who have gone to Louisiana law schools are allowed to practice law in Louisiana.
I went to college with a guy from Scotland who was so fun to do stuff with. Yiu just never knew what was going to blow his mind. Theaters were one of those things. He said movie theaters were for kids and we were like wtf? We get there and of course theres surround sound and reclining seats with cup holders. You can order pizza or nachos during the movie without having to go to a concession area. He was dumbfounded.
You mentioned choosing the climate of where you want to live - we have something in the US called "snowbirds". These are people (mostly elderly) who live in one state (for instance, Washington) during the spring and summer and then go to another state (for instance, Arizona) during the autumn and winter. Thus living in good weather all year around.
A typical plate of food at a Mexican restaurant will almost always include rice and refried beans. That big white lump in the middle looks like a smothered burrito.
The passport is like a guide and check list and is optional not needed but keeps track of your memories
Yes, it snows a lot in Florida. It almost looks like white sand because it’s so warm out.
Smart Aleck!!!
LOL. Don't be trolling, he looks just gullible enough to believe you! 🤭
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I know this is fairly old and and someone might have already said something about it, but the National Park Passport book you buy, but most of the parks are free to go to. They have date stamps for the book just so you can put the date you were there. Mine is the bigger one that has all national parks, historic sites, battlefields, presidential sites, and a few other places in it.
Hers is the smaller one that i used to have, but living here and having access to all of them, I filled mine up fast and ended up getting the bigger one and going back to all the places i previously visted. Plus, the bigger one has spots for stamps for each site, too, which are just stickers that have a picture someone took that the company that sells the book chose for the sticker. Hope that explains it.
Yooooooo! The bridge at 4:05 is north of San Diego, CA.
If you live in Southern California, San Diego for example - you can go water skiing in the ocean and snow skiing in the mountains in the same day. It’s a two hour to three hour drive from San Diego to Big Bear or other ski resorts in the mountains and minutes to an hour from the beach, depending on where you live.
Where I live, food wise - inexpensive sit down restaurants are so common that you don’t have to eat fast food places for convenience or price. Within one mile of my house - I live in the suburbs - there are literally without exaggeration several dozen places to eat from fast food to resorts. I can walk to at least a dozen in then minutes. Hawaiian, American, Italian, Mexican, BBQ, regional food places from Texas, Memphis, TN, New England, pizza, burgers, salads, steaks, …. more than I can list here.
We have professional football, soccer, baseball, hockey, rodeo, bowling, equestrian events, NASCAR, NHRA and other racing and more than I can list. Here, I can do it all within a one hour drive and most within thirty minutes.
That is the cool thing about southern California. Everything is there. Pretty close. I'd say your timing is due to speeding lol. How many tickets do you have? Ha ha ha.
@@traciemcdaniel3660 Actually I live in Las Vegas. I have lived in San Diego and still have lots of family there. It’s the same in Vegas essentially as I can water ski on Lake Mead or snow ski at Lee Canyon. Vegas has blown up for sports, we have everything and more on the way. Even little known sports like Hai Lai.
The weather in San Diego is a little more moderate but I like Vegas too.
@@daleswanson1784what you are frequently missing, this winter aside, is water!
It's hard to water ski on lake Mead when you can't launch your boat off the ramps. Same with Lake Powell here in Utah.
@@daleswanson1784 Las Vegas has turned into a traffic nightmare. The news this morning said we've had 18 pedestrian deaths this year! It's only February!
People under the influence has always been an issue.
I think the state flower is a construction cone. Every road has them.
You'd think someone would have a brain that when they add knew things they can go South or the next street over off the strip. Traffic is bad enough, but no parking is bad! The city blocks are big. You can fit 4 NYC blocks in one Las Vegas block! 😑
Plus 118 degrees is miserable.
@@daleswanson1784 Jai alai was a thing in the 80s. MGM had it all the time. The old one that burned down.
Same with racketball. An 80s thing. Lol
Sure, Las Vegas is a fun place. The entertainment capitol. Great for tourists. Not good for locals trying to commute.
My niece has a hedgehog as a pet. When they are nervous, they bristle their quills and will be prickly. They take time to get used to people but once comfortable around people can be playful.
True but it’s not a porcupine those aren’t thorns they’re just prickly hair. I remember the first time I seen one in Germany just running around my girlfriend just picked up a wild hedgehog. I thought it was the oddest thing.
I live in Utah and we get all four seasons. Snow and cold in the winter, hot and sunny in summer, and cool and wet spring and fall. It’s pretty nice
I first subscribed when you had 20k subscribers. Now you’re over 100k. It couldn’t have happened to a better TH-camr! I’m looking forward to seeing you get a mill!
If you go in an actual local pharmacy, they are a lot like ones in Europe. If you go in the big chain stores (CVS, Walgreens, etc.), they are just stores with a pharmacy in the back of the store. But, they are definitely more geared toward health and beauty products although they carry stuff convenient for shoppers.
I Fall and winter in Georgia and summer, spring, in Colorado ❤ and visit each in between. I go back and fourth to my family and work. Home is wherever my dog is 😂
Yes business 101. To understand the set up of the stores, it's good to take a business class or more specifically a marketing class.
12:12 lol. The entire panhandle of Florida has white quartz sand for it's beaches. It washes down from the Appalachian mountains and gets bleached by the sun. It's so white and fine that it's called sugar sand. It's so prevalent that when I was growing up, I was shocked to learn that other beaches didn't have white sand.🤣
Yes, they offer everything alcohol, cigarettes, etc. They are convenience stores that happen to have a pharmacy in them. European pharmacies are stand-alone shops when in the U.S. we are all about 1-stop-shopping and convenience.
Lewis 😂 notice how the people in the “snow” in Florida are wearing almost no clothing. It’s hot! That is powder white sand. The beaches in Florida are like their own tourist destination.
Being Alaskan myself, I am used to driving 4 to 5 hours to the closest city. I know that can be across 2 or 3 states down south, but I could never imagine being so confined and isolated to such a small area. Traveling that far for us isn't abnormal but in some cases, just one way out of a round trip for groceries, events or just a day trip. Hope you make it this way soon my friend. Thanks for the content.
The first was Tacos, the 2nd looked like probably a Taco Salad. That Mexican Food plate looks like Refried Beans topped with a little Cotija Cheese, a Chimichanga or a Burrito smothered with white cheddar cheese sauce, and Yellow Rice (frequently topped with salsa). Usually the restaurant will serve this with a basket of Tortilla chips that are great for scooping the refried beans to eat.
It’s not snow, it’s white sand❤️
You thinking that the sandy beaches were snow is probably my favorite video moment of yours so far...made me laugh so hard 😂😂😂❤❤❤
We have mostly regular free highways but large cities do have some toll roads
For years, we had Blue Laws. All businesses were closed on Sunday, except for a neighborhood pharmacy. New Jersey still has Blue Laws.
If you live in a rural area, things aren’t always that convenient. For example, Walmart can be 36 miles round trip.
Most Interstates are free to use. In some metro areas (like Atlanta), they've added lanes that are TOLL ONLY - so you get there faster, but pay for the privilege. I'm getting to an age where I'd pay it so I don't have to deal with the traffic. If you're driving down to Florida, the Florida Turnpike is a toll road, but is easiest to get to the Orlando/Disney areas. You can get a "Peach Pass" (in Georgia; works in many southern states, including Florida), put the sticker in your window, and zip through so you don't have to stop to pay a toll. Those are white sand beaches in Florida, not snow.
In the Mid-Atlantic(Philly, NJ, Delaware) we have a convenience store called WAWA(wah wah). They don't have automatic doors, cause everyone holds the door open for everyone. They tried it at one store and the customers complained.
Thank you for confirming my theory! 🤩 We have a good amount of Wawas here in Florida, and it always seemed to me that more customers hold the door open there than at almost any other place. So I started being very intentional about holding the door open myself. ☺️ All this time, I thought it was just my perception that more and more people did it there. But thank you for the confirmation! ☺️
most Wawa's here in Pennsylvania have one automatic door on the entrance, I've noticed the one's near or around major cites don't maybe because of Crime just saying
Shout out for WaWa!
So, the pharmacies are in fact pharmacies, but they are inside a convenience store of sorts. The name is an umbrella that encases both. CVS, Walgreens, Rite Drug, etc. You'll find pharmacies in Walmart, Target, and other larger stores as well. She did need a few more examples before rambling on about it, but yes, we are different, and this will always be a good thing.
Wife and I love our National Park Passport! Really fun to check parks off of the list and get your stamp. Hard to get them all though not just because of Alaska and Hawaii, but there are a number of parks in territories like American Samoa, Guam, etc.
Dude! You need to come to America right away!! I love videos like this of people that like our country so much and find it fascinating, but YOU have to be the most enthused and excited I've seen, and for that I do hope you make it across the pond my friend, you won't want to leave! Godspeed! 😊 🇺🇲 🇬🇧
Britain technically has a saltwater swamp called The Wash. it’s pretty nasty as it’s subject to some very high tides when the moon is full. I know a king’s treasure is lost in that swamp as an entire treasure caravan was lost by a freak tide change and created a massive tsunami. The king died just weeks later as he was in the process of moving to his summer residence. The legend is that the royal guard managed to only recover one box of treasure but the rest couldn’t be found. Archaeologists are searching the swamp for the treasure but they found a lot of things from much earlier in English history. It’s quite strange too.
Nasty ? What's nasty about it
That's cool.
@@claregale9011I think the TV program Expedition X has had an episode about this place. But it reminds me of the tidal marshlands that we have in some states here or Florida’s Everglades.
For the most part we do not strictly have pharmacies. We have stores that have a pharmacy in them. That’s why they offer a variety of things like food, makeup , greeting cards, toys, housewares, etc.
Her accent sounds like she’s been in America for a while. You can tell she got her practice in. That’s awesome
She actually lives in France but has visited the U.S. extensively. In a video I saw recently - don't know if it was a new one or if it was just an older one that popped up on my feed - she explained that she's been studying American English since she was quite young and still consciously works to improve it.
@@jackhogston6119It could be entirely that it's a phenomenon that I know the language so I don't think it's that difficult. But isn't English an easier language to grasp? Than other ones especially if you visit and talk to the people. I've known some bright individuals and I can't see them learning mandarin 😅
English is NOT an easy language to adopt. IF never exposed to it. It’s literally the most bastardized language on earth with germanic roots and a lot of Latin and especially French pronunciations. The internet has only made it readily available in the last 2 decades.
@@happyfairyjerry of course it’s easy if you’re a native English speaker, but I’m pretty sure it’s a bit difficult for people to learn as a foreign language. To a Westerner it’s obviously not as alien as Chinese, but English is a lot more irregular than a lot of languages in terms of spelling and grammar, I think that drives people a bit nuts. But there is the advantage that it’s not hard for a foreigner to listen to and practice English since it’s such a pervasive language in media.
@@happyfairyjerry I have heard linguistic experts say that English is one of the more difficult languages to learn.
Canadians are known for kindness❤
Be careful when you trust someone known for "kindness"
The national park passport is like a souvenir. You buy one and you can get it “stamped” at each park to document all the ones you have been to.
Road sizes are always interesting simply because they are a historical aspect. Most of Europe was populated when horse and cart was the mode of transportation, building roads is manual labor intensive so they would be only as wide as needed. as technology advanced and the horse was replaced with the vehicle, the roads were already build along with structures around them, so expanding is not a feasible option in many areas. in the US much of the nation was sparsly populated by the time the vehicle came about. along the coasts you will still find plenty of narrow road ways as a result of them being older but most of the nation had the benefit of being able to build road ways larger with machinery and taking vehicles into account.
Lew…dude…that’s sand! The only time it snows in Florida is very very rare and it wouldn’t stick like that. lol my Floridian blood is just…weirded out…
Also, many pharmacies here DID sell cigarettes, chewing tobacco, and other stuff, but have since stopped. Mostly a southern thing. My dad is a pharmacist and explained that the history comes from pharmacists branching out and selling other goods. Usually this was because there was like…one store for a whole town. That store just happened to be the pharmacy and everything else. Also, pharmacists back in the late 1800s-1900s were not regulated or really instructed the way they are now. Much more emphasis on selling stuff as a storefront. Coca-cola was invented by a pharmacist that sold drinks out of his pharmacy.
Dude, Texas is like 2 Germanys, and almost 1/3 the people.
Standard lane width in the US is 12 ft. It's just 9 ft in Europe. So our vehicles are about 18 inches wider than European equivalents...on average.
The passport is just a sort of memory book, with official places at almost all parks to get it stamped. There are entry fees at some parks, and you can get an annual pass for a park, or a pass for all parks (if you are 65+ yo or if you are a military veteran -- free for vets.)
Louis, you don't need an official passport to visit state or national parks, or all states for that matter. You will have to pay an entrance fee at most of them. But Americans or visitors from other countries are welcome to travel to any of our parks. The passport that you see on this video is simply a directory of the park system. And as a keepsake, the folks at the reception stations will stamp your passport if you wish. Your option. Parks in the U.S. are open to everyone.