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Welcome back first timers. This is our 4th of July special
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And what's more American than hot dogs, apple pie and alligators? Absolutely nothing
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We're here at Shore Dogs Grill in Panama City Beach because it's 4th of July and we promised you cylindrical meats
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As soon as we arrive, we're greeted with a giant sign that fills you in with so much information
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They have live music. They have karaoke Wednesdays and Fridays. They have a motorcycle that they're giving away on a raffle
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They got shrimp oils. They got outside seating. They got inside seating
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There's an area for the kids to play arcade games. They got TVs all around to watch your favorite sports games
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And the music is bumping. That's not why we're here. Like Terry said, we're here for the cylindrical meats
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Boy, are we getting some. We're both getting what's called the frank footer
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It's a foot of cylindrical ground meat in a bun covered in things and stuff
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We're also getting their world famous nachos. So we're going to scarf down some dogs and let you know what we think
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Besides the delicious food, they also have a full bar with happy hour specials and a jukebox
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They've even got a bucket where you just grab a beer and it's two bucks. The music turned down just for a little bit, so we're going to try and make this snappy
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The nachos came out mondo-sized. Big heaping stack. Oh! She just lost half the nachos
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It's fine. We got the chicken. Oh, it's hot. It's pretty tasty chicken
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It's really good cheese. Nacho cheese. the chips are nice and thick and hearty it is a substantial chip these are heavyweight chips
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that queso is delicious a little taste of salsa oh that's homemade salsa that's delicious also that's pretty good i like that the nachos come
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with lettuce on them too you know makes it a little healthier a little fresher and i like that
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The salsa's on the side so it doesn't get everything soggy. You can dip accordingly
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When it said the frank footer, I was like, okay, it'll be a foot
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No big deal. It's probably, like, real thin. No, this is a long, thick daddy
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We definitely should have shared this. All right, you're going to use a fork. It's a really good hot dog, like, flavor-wise
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I like the skin casing. Nice little subtle spice. but the meat is really shining through
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The bun's toasted? I can't pick mine up, so. I can't pick this one up again. I kept it real simple
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Just ketchup and onion. Classic style. It's a real nice toasted bun
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And while it's completely drenched in nacho cheese sauce, chili, mustard, onions
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the bun is actually holding up pretty well. This is a substantial bun
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I thought it would just completely disintegrate under the weight and sheer magnitude of the toppings
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but not the case. Just like the chips. it's holding up huh? The toppings are really fresh too
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The onions are nice and fresh. This chili is delicious. Is it? Oh yeah
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Not even Wendy's chili. It's way better. Sorry Wendy's. Yeah Wendy's did nothing
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and they're just taking shots right now. I'm sorry. If you look around and you feel like
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hey this doesn't look like what it looked like in Florida Bama Shores it's because it's not
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They've relocated over here a couple years ago to a bigger space that they were able to serve alcohol in not just beer and wine but it a larger space to accommodate bigger groups of people and bigger hot dogs gigantic hot dogs we gonna do some work on this and then hopefully
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we'll see you back later tonight for some karaoke okay we can go back to shore dogs but i'm
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definitely not singing any songs to karaoke but i'm only gonna sing one
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But I'm not singing it at all. But if we go to karaoke, we gotta come straight home
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We can't go anywhere else. We're moving a little bit slower today
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Last night was an absolute blast. We had so much fun karaoke-ing at Shore Dogs and carrying the party on over at Miss Newby's
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But if you're out here, you definitely gotta check out Shore Dogs for the food. Stay for the fun
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The owners are so awesome. The patrons are amazing. We talked to one tourist that was just stopping by
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His brother-in-law was in a horrific scooter accident right out front of the restaurant
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Not only did the staff respond to him, they actually helped pick up all his jewelry rings that kind of flew about when he got injured
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They brought them all back for him. So, man, they got a great staff there. It's a great energy
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We definitely will be back. But today, today's the big day. We're jumping on the airboats
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We're looking for some gators. We might see manatees, we might see ospreys, but I definitely want to see some alligators
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We're here in Panama City Beach at Swamp Vet Airboat Adventures, and we're going to go find some alligators
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Make sure you bring your sunblock because you will get sunburned. This adventure starts with a gator show
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This is the only full contact gator experience that you're going to ever have
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I don't know if you can tell Terry's enthusiasm. It's just oozing out right now
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She's a little nervous. She thinks the gator's going to just jump out here. He's mad
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Now this is a little chomp. He's a 7 year old gator. In the wild they'd be about twice this size
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Cold-blooded reptiles grow by the amount of protein in their diet. So we feed a lot of food, just very little protein
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That way we can use them longer. We've been using him for almost 5 years
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Cold-blooded reptiles cannot produce body heat, so they have to get it from something else
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And today, it's going to be your hand. So you get to go first. Come on girl. Right behind the front legs and then just hold the tail
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Doesn't feel like you thought that you could turn he ain't gonna do nothing
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Okay, cool. Oh, okay. Pretty cool, huh? Here? Yeah. Oh, man. So soft
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Yeah, he's sort of a spoiled gator. Now Gators in the wild aren't gonna be as soft as this guy because they crawl on stuff
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After the gator handling experience, it's just a little short drive down to the water to get on your boat
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And so we're going on the blue boat, which apparently is supposed to be the best boat
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It's a tiered boat system, so you have good view. But our boat captain named Kristen has been operating the boat for four years, but working for the company for six
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apparently she is the best time. We really, really hope we get to see an alligator
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So if you're on the boat, make sure you turn your hat around because it'll blow
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They provide ear pro and seat pelts. Here we go. Swagger down the street
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With your red lips and funky beat You better hunt your head up to the sky I gonna roll with you till the day I die
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Hey, swing those hips around. Can't stop, roll back down. My ladies, show up home in a while
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Always down and ready to ride. If y'all didn't know, airboats have no neutral, no reverse, and no brakes
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to go and go faster. I want to go fast. That's the reason why we idle. In case we find something
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hopefully everybody can see it. Now our freight track is a 180s. I just didn't do it. Now this
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creek here is called West Bay. It's about four miles long. Average depth anywhere between three
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to five feet depending on tide. Water is still going up from 922. Then we're going to be going
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down all day till eight o'clock tonight. Now we do have a pretty intense tide out here. We normally
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raise and lower about two to three feet a day and that's why you see all the tidal erosion on the
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banks. These waters are constantly moving. Now we do have a full moon tonight, so y'all check that
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out if you can. Now if you're looking for the gators in the water, what you want to look for
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is the eyes and the nose. Also be paying attention to things and even inland. With us having a high
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tide, they will go into the forest. Now some of these banks are tall. Gators can climb, so check
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those out too. In this creek alone, we got gators ranging from six inches all the way to our alpha
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It's about a 14-foot male. I've got a four-foot gator that I can make here to the right. Y'all
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see how it goes right over that little hump grass is matted yeah gator tunnel so at a normal tide
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that's completely exposed so y'all can see how much water we got today so we're looking for gators
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we're seeing trees plants we're getting a history we're getting a lay of the land
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but we now know gators climb and they burrow i got to stay out of the water there's even sharks
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in these waters let's hope we don't see that today now the shark attacks aren't common in this area
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but right now it is mating season with that sandbar being so close to the bank these bait
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fish are kind of like a little c going through and that's what's bringing them so close to the
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bank now again not common for the start pack so we're out here looking for their big alpha which
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is about a 14 foot gator but then there's another one called mama that runs about nine and a half
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foot long so these are some massive gators there is a weather surge going on in the gulf and so the
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the tide is a lot higher, and it might be causing some disturbances with the alligator
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So we're still on the lookout, and we hope we get to spot something. But so far, it's an awesome trip
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We didn't see any gators, but we did see some dolphins
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we had an amazing boat ride the wind through your hairs it was great it was an amazing boat ride and
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i think we're gonna have to come back to catch those gators but our day isn't over now the final
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stop apple pie let's go so as we were getting off the boat the boat captain actually highly
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recommended the little cafe right next to the boat dock it's called bayside cafe now they don't have
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a traditional apple pie but they do have an apple pie empanada before we even got our apple empanadas because we met Billy Weird author extraordinaire So I got his book I going to give it a read I let you know what we think
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Enjoy. As we mentioned, this restaurant just opened a couple weeks ago, and it smells so good in here
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They have all kinds of baked goods. They have lunch. They have breakfast
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It's open until 2, so you got to get here early. And I think we're going to share a couple different items here
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They got a big breakfast called The Boss, which basically has everything you could ever want for breakfast
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And then they have biscuits and gravy we're just going to try. And obviously we're getting the apple pie empanadas
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I mean, you've got to get the apple pie. Per usual, we may have overordered
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We got a little bit of everything, and everything looks amazing. The French toast
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I mean, you get a lot of French toast covered in powdered sugar. These biscuits and gravy
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I mean, this is homemade biscuits. This is homemade gravy. It's the one-two combo that you always wanted
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And this big breakfast? It's big. It's an entire slaughterhouse of meats
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I'm going straight for the biscuits and gravy. Those biscuits are soft on the inside, crispy on the outside
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Even with the gravy on top, they're not soggy. Not mushed at all. That gravy's pretty good
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Peppery. That gravy's delicious. It's real rich. a lot of flavor not too heavy though i like that it's still wet it's not like
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concealed and look at these potatoes i mean dang soft on the inside crispy on the outside
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just like i like them the prices are so good very inexpensive and everything's made to order
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man you can taste the love in this let's give this french toast a whirl huh
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cinnamon-y. It's custardy. It has a really good egg coating. It's rich and it's decadent
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You don't even have to put butter on that. So for the big breakfast, you get every single
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breakfast meat known to man. And I think sometimes ham is an overlooked breakfast meat
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Definitely is. Not too salty. Nice amount of fat. That's a winner
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Oh, smoky. Yeah. And the hash brown's extra crispy. We got scrambled eggs
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Fluffy. Oh, yeah. It's finally pie time. I'm so full, but we're doing this for America
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It's a caramel apple empanada. Here we go. Oh, my God
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It stays hungry. Lucky that wasn't a finger. My mouth didn't want to let go
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It was good. This dough is flaky, buttery, homemade in the back
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That filling, apple, caramel, steaming. It's thick. And it comes with ice cream
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Phenomenal upcharge. That's about as much sweetness as I can fit into this body right now
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Definitely got to come here for breakfast or lunch. You got to get this empanada
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It's delicious. You put anything in this and it would be good. I think this is going to be a super popular spot
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It's a great view, great location, awesome, cute little restaurant on the water
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But if you like this video, check out this video right here where we checked out St
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Andrew's State Park. Thanks again for following along in this episode and join us next time when we try something
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else new for the first time. Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe. First timers
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