Shadowing Practice: I Visited the Top 10 Places in America - Finale - Learn English Speaking with Video

Good morning, sleepyheads.

It is the final day of testing the top 10 tourist attractions in America.

Yesterday we traveled all the way to the Grand Canyon, where we hiked and marveled at the best views we have seen in our entire lives.

And today we travel to Colorado to watch a concert at Red Rocks Amphitheater.

It is considered by many people to be the best concert venue in America.

It is once again a 4 a.m wake up to catch our flights.

I am very excited to travel to Denver, Colorado with Haley.

Fine, let's go to the airport.

After 10 days straight of flying, I cannot believe we haven't been delayed even once.

And just when I'm gonna thank Shopify for sponsoring this series, our flight gets delayed severely.

This is not good, y'all.

This is bad.

This means we are at risk of missing our concert.

Our interfaith is not working.

I'm not able to communicate with the flight attendant.

You're not able to communicate with me.

We need to have that fixed.

I appreciate your patience.

I'll give you updates as I know.

Thank you.

Our flight has now been delayed nearly two hours, but this guy must be the real deal, because he walked on the plane, and within minutes we were boarding and in the air on our way to Phoenix for a connection.

Our first flight is in the wrong direction, but luckily I'm really fast, and we were able to get on our flight to Colorado for the final tourist attraction!

Yes!

We got a rental car to drive places.

Alpha, move.

The final bucket list day.

Let's go to Denver.

Let's gooooo!

Despite our delayed flights, we made it to Colorado with time to actually explore before the concert.

You already know what that means.

We're going to find a cool structure downtown.

That is the state capital of Colorado.

We went inside, I bought stickers and a postcard.

Also, a guy offered to take a picture of Haley and I when we were in the middle, and...

Let's just say he went off.

He kept offering to take more and more photos with different angles.

Honestly, they're all really impressive, so thank you.

Today's episode is kind of like the road trip Golden Gate Bridge episode where it's a mixture of things.

Number one, Denver, Colorado.

It's the Mile High City.

There's Rocky Mountains.

It's beautiful.

Number two, Red Rocks Amphitheater.

This is a venue that people visit even if there's not a concert going on, because that's how beautiful it is.

And number three, Louis Capaldi.

I can't believe we get to see him live.

He has so many bangers, like exclusively hits.

Our flight was late getting here, so we don't have that much time, unfortunately, to explore Denver.

However, first we need to go back there and take a picture next to the one-mile-high marker.

One mile!

We drove over to a cool shopping area in downtown Denver called 16th Street.

It's a cool shopping area.

They have a hat store, so naturally we entered with intentions to purchase a hat.

This one is a Red Rocks hat.

We're going to Red Rocks later for a concert.

Nice.

Yeah.

Haley and I made it to the shopping area.

We just purchased head accessories.

Not a ton going on right now because it just rained.

It's kind of raining a little bit still.

Haley, this is a surprise, but I got us a dinner reservation at a really cool restaurant, but it's at 4 p.m because we have to go to the concert kind of early, so.

I'm never mad about an early dinner.

Amen.

We need some snacks to hold us over.

We're going to Target.

Let's go.

Haley and I just got our snacks.

Here's what we picked up.

I got a coconut water as a beverage.

We both got portable protein packs.

I got a peanut butter perfect bar.

And of course, it is not a Target snack run without Joyride.

I found fruity zips and fruit chews here.

I have not been able to find these this entire trip.

As you know by now, Joyride Day is right around the corner.

It's June 13th.

Hopefully by now your calendars are marked, you've RSVP'd, and you're ready to go to the store to set a new world record.

I'm going to be doing a 24-hour livestream on Joyride Day on my channel as we try to break this world record.

So be there.

It's going to be so fun.

It's me, Ryan, from the future.

We're working on the 24-hour live stream set right now it's gonna be way cooler

and more built out on joyride day almost 40 000 of

you have already rsvp'd for joyride day i'll see y'all this saturday for the coolest 24-hour live stream ever and

if you go to target look for this in cap display

it has rare joyride flavors it's the perfect photo op shout out to all the joyride runners all around the country.

Ohio, Texas, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, Florida.

The list goes on.

Thank you so much.

We're going to go back to the car because we have to drive to this dinner restaurant.

Should we get jeans?

Oh yes.

The lady at the hat store did say it was going to be really cold at Red Rocks

because it's higher elevation and it's kind of a chilly day.

The way she looked at me when she saw my shorts, I think it's highly recommended I get some jeans.

Let's go shopping and then we're going to dinner.

Hailey is very scared that it will be cold and rainy at the concert tonight, so she picked out some jeans.

Okay, the sun has decided to come out here in Denver.

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We'll see if that lasts, but we're going to drive to the dinner restaurant.

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Haley has pants now.

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Let's actually go.

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Let's actually go.

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We are listening to Lewis Capaldi songs and eating snacks on our way to the restaurant.

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I know it's probably unwise to eat snacks while actively embarking to dinner, but we have had a very weird diet on this entire trip, so please don't judge us.

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We made it.

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It's that pink building.

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Haley and I have arrived to our dinner reservation And it is at Casa Bonita

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It's right next to a Dollar Tree

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And Adventure Dental I don't think I want my dental vision and orthodontics To be that adventurous Your dental and vision?

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Yes, they do all three there Oh, that's nice, I do want that

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Luckily we have a reservation I'm not going to tell you too much about this restaurant Okay, fair enough I mean, just looking at the outside I don't know what to expect The sun came out Maybe it's

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because we were listening to Lewis Capaldi.

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His music's actually really sad, but he does drop bangers.

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He only has bangers.

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True.

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We walked into Casa Bonita with an open mind.

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I heard this restaurant is full of surprises though, so I'm kind of nervous, but that went away when I saw how awesome it is in here.

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Hayley and I were seated in a booth near the back of the restaurant and quickly served chips and salsa.

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Casa Bonita is more like a theme park than it is a restaurant.

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Every 15 to 20 minutes they have a new type of fun going on.

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For example, arcade and gaming, merchandise, and the dude from South Park.

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Here's some context.

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First of all, this is a 52,000 square foot legendary Mexican restaurant.

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In 2003, South Park put it in one of its episodes.

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17 years later, the owners filed for bankruptcy, but the creators of South Park bought it and restored it for $40 million.

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So yeah, there's also great live music and people diving into pools of water, every 15 minutes.

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I have a question for you, Ryan.

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Okay.

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Do you know what bunny that means?

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Yeah, it means Haley.

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Beautiful.

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More like Casa Haley.

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More like Casa Haley because that's synonymous.

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They mean the same thing.

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Things started getting a little awkward and boring between Haley and I, so I decided to spice things up by doing a little magic trick.

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Whoa.

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You thought I disappeared.

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Yeah.

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Really?

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Yeah.

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You thought I disappeared.

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No, it looks really realistic.

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Oh my gosh!

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Haley's on my side now.

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Yes, I am, and I'm staring at these glistening sopapillas.

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These are the dessert that comes with your meal.

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They look delicious.

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Let's try.

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It's a fried dough with honey and cinnamon sugar.

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And it's delicious.

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Before we go to this concert, I think it's a perfect time to do superlatives.

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Mmm, I love superlatives.

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Yes.

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We did this before we got to Hawaii on the 50 States series.

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It's so fun to reflect on the adventure that we just had.

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So number one, Hailey, what is the best meal that we ate on the entire bucket list series?

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First, we ate barbecue at Disney.

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That was delicious.

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And then we got Ben's Chili Bowl in DC.

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That was unreal.

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Gordon Ramsay's Fish and Chips also stands out.

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Oh, stationary in Carmel by the sea.

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And the Dodger dog definitely lived up to the hype.

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But the New York City dog lived up to the hype even more.

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I think we can both agree Ben's Chili Bowl was the best meal.

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Absolutely as you speak with honey on your face.

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Best stranger we met.

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Ooh.

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I gotta go with Jeff from Washington, DC, our bike tour guide.

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He was so cool.

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But also Ben's mom at Ben's Chili Bowl.

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She is 92 years old and she was cleaning up our table for us.

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Yes, they're neck and neck.

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Honestly, it's a tie.

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Best souvenir that we bought, our favorite collectible.

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I really did like my Mickey ears.

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I gotta go with my I Survived New York City shirt.

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Yeah, that one's really good.

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Favorite photo from the entire trip.

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Ooh, honestly, I really like the photo of us under the arch at Yellowstone.

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Best view in America.

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Grand Canyon.

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Yeah.

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Just as unbelievable as everyone makes it out to be.

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Most unexpected moment.

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Honestly, how I felt watching Hamilton.

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When I was just sitting there crying, I was like, wait a second, what's going on?

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Yeah.

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For me, I think it was the bison crossing the road at Yellowstone.

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Oh, that's a good moment too.

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I knew you were going to like that one.

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We could sit here and reflect all day, but you made scrapbook pages for each of these days, so we can just do that for the rest of our lives.

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Yeah, and pass it down.

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This has been so much fun.

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I just want to say again, thank you guys so much for watching this series and hanging out with us this summer.

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It's going to end this concert, and then we'll have our rankings of the top 10 tourist attractions in America.

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Just like that.

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It's time for us to drive to Red Rocks Amphitheater.

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This was delicious, really fun dinner.

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Let's go to a concert.

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In just 17 minutes, Hayley and I will be arriving to our final tourist attraction.

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To say we're nervous is an understatement.

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The stakes are high because today, Hayley and I will crown a winner of the number one tourist attraction in America.

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We are now seeing Red Rocks in the distance, which can only mean one thing.

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We've arrived.

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Y'all, we made it to Red Rocks Amphitheater!

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This right here, for example, is a Red Rock.

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I don't know if that's the one.

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I don't think it is.

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The amphitheater is just up ahead.

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We're already hearing noises that are musical, which is very exciting.

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Also, yes, I just bought merch.

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There was a trading post.

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They had all kinds of cool stuff.

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I also got magnets, pins, and this has to be the coolest postcard yet, right?

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That is so fun.

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I think it's made of wood.

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Oh, it is.

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Yeah, super thin.

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Out of every single tourist attraction, this one has the highest percentage of five-star reviews.

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Wow.

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So what is all the hype about?

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Jenny left a five-star review and said, Amazing.

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Amazed and in awe entire time.

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Everything was perfect, even the moon.

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Five stars.

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Well, don't get my hopes up.

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Well, mmm, don't get my- Kristen's review is a little more simple.

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This place rocks.

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LOL laughing emoji.

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Five stars.

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Someone had to do it.

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Somebody had to say it.

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It's sitting right there, the opportunity to leave that pun as a review.

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And Kristen took it.

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Kristen got there first.

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Red Ribbit said, Ribbit.

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Best music venue in the country.

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Did I mention it's the best?

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It's number one.

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Second to none.

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Five stars.

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This is crazy, but I think I just understood what second to none meant for the first of my life.

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That is pretty crazy.

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Top two

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and it's not two is a similar way to kind of establish the same premise with a different sort of approach.

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That one clicks for me instantly.

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I like that one.

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Top two and I'm not two.

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I think the venue is opening very soon.

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People are in line.

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We should probably get in line as well.

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Let's do this.

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It's a beautiful evening for the final day.

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Even the walk up to the entrance of this venue is a beautiful experience.

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We caught up to the crowds and scanned our tickets for the concert.

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Look at this place y'all.

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There's already so many people here.

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Being here in person is truly remarkable.

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We got a photo for our scrapbook before the legend himself takes the stage.

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We have arrived to our final tourist attraction of this series and look at this.

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Oh my gosh.

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That's downtown Denver in the distance.

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We were just there earlier.

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This series would not have been possible without Shopify and I've had

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so much fun fun building my bucket list boxes with souvenirs and collectibles.

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And the final step of building our store is to make it easy for our customers to find it.

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That's why I'm asking Sidekick for a domain name that's available, affordable, and makes sense for our store.

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Based on the options, I think we should go with bucketlistboxes.com.

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I like that.

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Luckily, Shopify makes it really easy to purchase a new domain.

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And now our bucket list box store is live.

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There are only 10 boxes.

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That's it.

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As you saw in the last 10 episodes, it is so easy and fun to build a store with Shopify, and you can start your trial today at shopify.com slash Ryan.

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Thank you so much, Shopify.

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It's time for the concert.

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Gentlemen, I just went to the concession stand and got Haley and I hot dogs.

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It's going to put a smile on her face.

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It's the simple things, gentlemen.

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Come on, gentlemen, watch this.

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Hot dogs.

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Alpha move.

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Hot dogs in Red Rocks.

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I love you, baby.

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Gosh.

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We have eaten more hot dogs in the past 10 days than most people eat in a year.

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I got this really cool time lapse as we waited for a couple hours for Lewis Capaldi, and as the rain came down, Hayley felt validated.

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Good thing I'm not in shorts.

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Yeah, thank goodness Hayley got jeans.

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And suddenly, through the fog, Lewis Capaldi is ready to take the stage.

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Something has happened.

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Usually I'd be singing by now.

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Something technological has gone wrong.

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He said he's gonna do the cool dramatic intro again and that we're gonna act like the technical error never happened.

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That's what's gonna happen.

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You never, I was never here.

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I love him.

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Yeah, he's so funny.

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And now, under the moonlight, it's Lewis Capaldi time.

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This is embarrassing.

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Lewis told us he's gonna perform acoustically, which is fine by me.

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He has an amazing voice.

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Here we go!

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Oh I've been told, I've been told to get you off my mind, but I hope I never lose the bruises that you left me out.

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Oh my lord, oh my lord, I need you by my side.

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Wow guys, here we are.

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The cinematic outro of the 2026 Summer Series.

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The past two summers have been absolutely unforgettable.

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Thanks to you, and thanks to my best friend.

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Talking about Hayley.

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We have pretty much explored America to completion.

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I am so grateful to be able to go on adventures like these, and make memories that we can share with our friends and family for decades.

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But the real privilege is being able to share them with you.

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And I mean that.

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I remember when I started posting on this channel almost 10 years ago.

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I dreamed of moments like this one, where I get to turn ideas into videos into memories.

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We ranked Red Rocks at number 7, and we completed our final stamp.

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I'm going to miss doing this.

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And that means our number one tourist attraction in America is the Grand Canyon.

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Take care guys, see you soon.

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