September 3, 2024 • 20 mins
From Scotty B and Skeery going to Jamaica, to Danielle's safari at Six Flags Great Adventure, and Gandhi's road trip with Josh, Andrew and Diamond - we tell you about all the fun we had last week while on vacation.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Today's Daily Highlight from Elvis Duran in the morning show.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
I don't know if you're following along while we were
on vacation last week, but both Scary and Scott e
b were in Jamaica hanging out hits some of the
most incredible, incredible all inclusive resorts, and we're gonna send
you to one of those. Simply go to Elvis Duran
dot com. You get the rules and you can enter
to win your trip today. That's Elvis Duran dot com.
Go now for all inclusive Paradise. I mean, Scary, how
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was it? Did you love it?
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Wow?
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (00:30):
I went to Sandals Dun's River and I didn't realize
what they've unfold what's unfolded there? Like they had this
this nightly entertainment. One night was a magic show. The
next night it was the trapeze acts.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
I saw a fire. They did a slight they did
like a fire, you know the fire. They have fire
there with fire and hula hoop of fire and uh.
And they did a silent disco one night.
Speaker 4 (00:56):
And then and you know me that, you know, I'm
such a big foodie and I love I love my restaurants.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
They at this specific resort.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
They had a Greek spot, they had this most amazing
fresh sushi, and and and a French restaurant which was
second to none. I was like, wow, I was bowled over.
I could not believe it was all inclusive. Which was inclusive.
Yeah that's and and all these you know, you know,
I'm not a big water sports person, but all that.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Stuff they had, I can't believe just hearing you say
the words water sports, I'm anything. You're like, you like water,
you're with water sports.
Speaker 4 (01:35):
So they have anyway, go ahead, the goad, they give
you unlimited uh land and water sports, you know.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
And I went to Dun's River Falls and I don't know.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
If you guys can describe it better than I can,
but it's it's a huge waterfall that's streaming water. I
didn't know what I was getting into it first, but
Robin and I climbed the falls. We went from the
bottom and it took us about an hour. You gotta
wear water shoes and you get to the top and
we we made it. And and I'm not in that
athletic person by any stretch of the imagination, but I
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made it. I walked over to the fall, I literally
climbed up the fall from the bottom and I didn't fall,
And it was amazing. That was and that was all
part of the Sandals experience that I got at Dun's River,
So I highly recommend it.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
What's the matter? Elvis is in disbelief?
Speaker 4 (02:22):
Unless we lost, Elvis, I think we lost. Usually when
I tell a story like that, he tells the whole
room be quiet, everybody.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Just were you and Scotty at the same place?
Speaker 5 (02:40):
No, I I was at beaches in the grill. It's
funny because when two teenagers like are in awe of
the beauty of a place, they've done something right there.
So it was just we had so much fun. We're
on the beach every day. We did the water sports
like Scary, you went to falls like Skeary did, and
there was also it was really cool because we got
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to be a part of Sandals has a foundation called
Sandals Foundation where they go into the communities and the
schools and they help out and it's actually something you
can do if you're a guest there. It wasn't just us,
So we were able to go to a local school
and distribute backpacks and that was really cool. I was
so happy that my girls were able to be a
part of that, and so that was just a small
part of our trip. And it's just it's just so beautiful.
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It was beautiful. Waking up to that every morning was insane.
Speaker 6 (03:25):
And then you land back in New Jersey and you
love Okay, No, I'm kidding, I'm kidding, we love you.
Speaker 4 (03:29):
I was checking out Scottie. I'm like, hmm, you know,
if I ever did have kids, I would go to beaches.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
I would do it. Oh my god, it is just
what I hello. I can't believe I was disconnected. I
come back and you're talking about having kids. I don't know. Okay, sorry, yeah,
I was in this. I was in such disbelief about
you climbing those river falls. Like what I had to.
I had to. I had to take a moment.
Speaker 7 (03:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Anyway, where were we? What did I miss? We thought
you were doing your silent routine for about five minutes
and talk Scotty was sharing, you know, about his book. Well,
let's hear it for Jamaica. You guys have a great time,
all right. If you want to win your trip for
your all inclusive Caribbean getaway to Sandals or beaches resorts
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in Jamaica, got Elvis, duran dot com, get the rules
and enter today. Now I think we can move over
to Danielle. Danielle believe it or not, found a spie.
We've always been talking about the need to go on Safari, right, Yeah,
so you said, well, we only have a limited amount
of time. We can't really make it to Africa. So
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you drove down the Jersey Turnpike and you found something
that you really, truly, truly believe is going to be
an incredible destination for almost all of us at some point.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
So good.
Speaker 6 (04:48):
So it's in Jackson, New Jersey.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Six Flags great adventure.
Speaker 6 (04:51):
If you're from the area, you know they have the Safari, right,
so now they have something called Savannah Sunset Resort and
Spa and what it is, it's like a family glamping adventure.
You're basically staying on the Safari. It is so insane
and so incredible, and you're in what you think is
a tent obviously, and then when you get onto your
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like veranda, at least the room we were staying in
it was the Safari was my backyard. I woke up
to giraffes every morning, I woke up to all different
animals every morning. It was the coolest thing. And then
you got to go on the safari. You got to
feed giraffes every morning. We fed the giraffes. They like,
by the way, they have very long tongues and they
love ice cream, cones and sweet potato. And I fell
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in love with giraffes on this trip. I'm so obsessed
with them right now. They're so cool because they're curious,
they're friendly, they're cute. I mean, they're just I love them.
And then there's some VIP experiences you could get. So
we went and we pet rhinos, and then we went
and we had some giraffes stick their heads into the car,
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which was hysterical, and they were licking the pollen off
the car because that's what they do if they're around
your car.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
But yeah, you know, and you know they have they
have a three hundred and.
Speaker 6 (06:07):
Fifty acre wild safari, so you just you're part of it.
And then when you're staying there, there's like little cars
and stuff that will take you to and from the
water park or the amusement park. So we got to
ride all the rollercoasters and we got to do all
the rides. One day and just it is just such
a great experience and everybody who works there obviously are
experts on the animals, and they take care of the
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animals and they make sure the animals are safe. That's
their number one priority. And they're just all so cool
and nice and you eat and you drink and you
sleep and I just can't even its amazing.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
It's amazing.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
Yeah, and how long have they have they been opened,
so they've.
Speaker 6 (06:43):
Only been opened since June. Yes, it's brand new. The
spa isn't one hundred percent open yet. That will be
opening and they're adding more rooms. But they're open now
for weekends I think through the beginning of December and
then obviously next summer they'll be open again all you
know season. So it's just it's really something you should
look into because it was such an incredible experience and
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I can't believe how amazing these animals are.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
You know, my.
Speaker 6 (07:09):
Family loved it and we just had a great experience,
a great family experience, or you know, if you want
to go with your girlfriends, your guy friends, you whatever.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
I would love to go now and now has it
made you stop and think I need to take my
family on safari. Now I need to do it, you know.
And we talk about our friend of Vienna all the time,
who is a guide down in Africa and Tanzania, and
we always reiterate, reiterate, you can go. It's it doesn't
cost an arm and a like to actually go on
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safari in Africa. Believe it or not. It just sounds
so foreign because it's like, well, who can afford that?
You can? Everyone can, And what a great way to
get an intro to that, like you just did. I
love that And I'm going to post more pictures later
on today. I haven't really you know, because we were
I was trying to just enjoy it. So now we're back,
so I will pre posting and you'll see tell everyone
where to go to find out more information.
Speaker 6 (07:56):
So it's Savannah Sunset Resort and Spa in Jackson, New Jersey,
six Flags Great Adventure. So if you look google six
Flags Great Adventure you can read all about it.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
There you go. Excellent. Now, So watching the crazy Antics,
Gandhi and Diamond and Andrew and Josh, I'm surprised you
all four got back alive, as am I as maybe
it's not, you know, eaten by a bear just killing
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each other, even by a.
Speaker 8 (08:28):
Josh because you give Josh five seconds to himself and
he's choking somebody.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
Yeah, it was insane, but it looked like you guys
had the most magical time in the most incredible, incredible
part of our country. It looked beautiful.
Speaker 8 (08:41):
I think it was one of the most fun trips
that I've been on in a while. I had so
much fun with them. I am so proud of Diamond
and the things that she did. Your girl over there
who cannot swim, went whitewater rafting and she did a
great job. It was wonderful. I have never seen things
like that with my own eyes. I love to get
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out and you know, explore Man Glacier National Park is insane.
I there were times I wanted to cry because it
was so pretty, and we just kept being like, wow,
oh my god, Yellowstone incredible, Grand Tetons incredible.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
We hiked.
Speaker 8 (09:17):
I don't know how many steps we got in. We
got in so many steps. I feel like it was
such a good workout for us. And we still partied,
and we saw the dumbest people on the planet Earth.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
Oh, really talk about that there.
Speaker 8 (09:31):
First of all, when you get to Yellowstone and when
you go into the rooms that we were at, which,
by the way, shout out to Delaware North because they
hooked us up with all of this and it was amazing.
There's a video playing about all the ways you can
die in Yellowstone, so clearly bears buffalo. Everybody wants to
touch the buffalo. The buffalo don't want to be touched.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
You don't get near a buffalo.
Speaker 7 (09:50):
Oh my god.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
People do people pull people pull over to the side
of the road. I've seen them do it at Yellowstone
and they run after the buffalo, faking the buffalo. It
wants a hug. The buffalo does not want to hug.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
I learned so much about how fierce they are.
Speaker 8 (10:05):
By the way, they can clear a six foot fence
from a standing position a giant buffalo. And these idiots
are bringing their children and holding their kids in front
of a buffalo in its face. Crazy people. Same with bears.
We had two bear encounters, technically three. One of them
was very safe. It was from far away. Our guide
found this bear up in a hill. It was awesome.
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Diamond was all about that one. The second one was
an actual bear encounter where we were hiking and there
was like a crowd sort of stuff like, what's happening,
what's going on? We hear a little rustling like Jurassic Park,
and then the scariest thing you could ever see a
nature popped out, which was a bear cub.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
It ran up a tree.
Speaker 8 (10:45):
So Diamond panicked immediately and did everything wrong that you're
told not to do.
Speaker 7 (10:51):
She ran.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
She ran. You're not supposed to run in front of
the bear because they say dinner, they take your dinner.
Dinner runs from bear.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
She tried to run with our bear spray by the way.
Speaker 8 (11:02):
And then she instead of of just leaving us, she
ran off with strangers.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
We didn't even know who they were. We didn't know what.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
Turn scary turn on Diamond, Diamond, Diamond. I mean, you
know you that was a little frustrating for the rest
of the group. Right.
Speaker 3 (11:19):
Well, first of all, I think we're over exaggerating. I
didn't run.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
It was more of like a brisk.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Walk to them. That's to them, that's running.
Speaker 3 (11:28):
But I uh, I just asked the people around me
who has bear spray, and a woman raised her hand
and I said, I'm going with you, girl.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
I'm out of here. I'm not staying around where.
Speaker 3 (11:39):
There are bears, and then people are just standing there
taking pictures of the bears and stuff like that. A cub,
those are some things you don't play with.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
Okay, you know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
You're playing with them. There's distance between you and the cub,
I'm sure, right, a little bit, very.
Speaker 3 (11:53):
Very close, and people wanted to get even closer.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
I'm like, that's stupid. That's stupid, because where there's a cub,
there's a mother, and the mother will kill you.
Speaker 8 (12:03):
No, no, no, because here's the thing, and this is
I was trying to explain this to them. I was like,
you guys, there are so many idiots standing here that
are trying to get up on these bears. We just
keep walking, keep her head down, keep walking, go up
and around.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
The way they told us to. Someone else is gonna
get it from one of these bears.
Speaker 8 (12:16):
It's not gonna be us, because there are dummies over here, like,
we're fine, let's just keep moving. But we got separated
in the woods, and Diamond was with strangers. We didn't
talk about where we're going to meet up. There's no service,
there was nothing. When I tell you, Andrew was panicked.
He's like, she's gonna be dead. She died, She's gonna
be dead. Diamonds at the bottom of the trail, thinking
we died.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
So it was because I'm all back by the way.
Speaker 8 (12:38):
So we saw those two bears on the way. We
never saw Mama, which was even more terrifying. On the
way back, we saw the big one and that was
up in a hill, and I said, we just keep
just keep going, just keep walking, of course, and I
take my phone out and record as I was walking.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
Yes, I did.
Speaker 8 (12:53):
But we got out of there, and when we got
to the bottom of the hill, We're like, Diamond is
not going to be in the woods clearly, So she's
out on the road somewhere.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
So we walk out to the road.
Speaker 8 (13:03):
We're walking maybe like thirty yards, and I just see
somebody dancing under a road sign and I was like,
there she is, Oh my god, thank god there is.
Speaker 1 (13:10):
Everybody was so happy. We jumped out of each other.
It was great.
Speaker 2 (13:13):
It was great, And that was just one of many situations.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
One hike. That was one hike.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
These people, jeez, but yeah, but Glacier National Park, did
you guys see like you saw the river trails and
things like that. There's no way to describe it. It's
a trail, but it's river.
Speaker 8 (13:33):
There's no way we The first hike we did, I
think it was like six miles. It was up to
Avalanche Lake and you hike up this mountain, which is
by the way, riddled with bears, and you get to
a place that is only what I would describe as
like heaven. I mean, wow, it was so beautiful, this
lake in the middle of a mountain that was crystal clear,
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with three waterfalls coming down into it from the mountains.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
It was just it was beautiful. It was so so
so pretty.
Speaker 8 (14:01):
And Andrew was like, oh my god, I've never seen
something like this in America.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
I can't say it enough.
Speaker 8 (14:07):
Go out there, go out west, go to the national parks,
even the ones down east, whatever. The national parks are amazing.
America has it all. We have everywhere we do.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
We really do. And you know what, and I'm assuming
you guys are already starting to think about your next one.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 8 (14:20):
We sent each other so many little plans. The Pacific
Northwest looks amazing, Olympic Park looks awesome. I would go
back to Glacier and just spend the entire time at
Glacier because there was a lot that we didn't even
get to do. I mean we were there for three days,
three four days, and we did horseback riding that was amazing.
My horse was the problem child of the group and
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would wait until all the other horses went down a
hill and run. It would run down the hill. Nate,
I know, you think you can ride a horse that's running.
It's terrifying.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
No, especially a horse going downhill or uphill. Especially if
you go uphill, the horse celer rates right because and
it scares you if you're not used to it. But
a horse, you know, just like a person, you can't
just walk up here. You got to run it, and
a horse will do it. But going down here, you're like,
I'm gonna die.
Speaker 8 (15:10):
I was They put me in the back. They were like, yeah,
we put you in the back because you have the
problem horse. His name was half Nick. Apparently he only
pays attention when he feels like it, and he's a
bully and he's mean to the other horses, and he
left me in the back by myself.
Speaker 2 (15:22):
Well, you and your your horse. Had a lot of
comment there, saying listen to Alley on line nineteen her
she's been attacked by bison a couple of times.
Speaker 1 (15:31):
Alli Ali.
Speaker 7 (15:33):
Yeah, So I had my daughter and my husband in
the car with me, and it's one of those wildlife
refugees or refuge refuges, whatever you call it. You drive, yeah,
where you drive through, and we stopped because the bison
were like right by the road, and you know it,
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it stopped in front of our car and started like
growling at us and fronting, and so I'm like, oh
my god, because we couldn't drive anywhere because they were
like surrounding our car. And so I actually have a
video of it getting up on a hind legs and
it put its front legs on our car and was
like rocking our car.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
Oh wow, Now was it trying to mate with your car?
Speaker 7 (16:21):
I don't know. You know, I have a minivan and
it's kind of good, a good looking minivan, so.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
Maybe maybe, yeah, Dodge caravan that I love humping on those.
Speaker 7 (16:32):
Well, and then you know, I was there a couple
of weeks later for a field trip with my class,
and the bison kind of did the same thing. They
surrounded the school bus. Wow, throwing their body weight, throwing
their bodyweight against it.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
Let me ask you where exactly where were you during
these bison attacks one part of our country.
Speaker 7 (16:53):
I live in Altoona, Iowa, and this is like a
wildlife refuge about twenty miles from an.
Speaker 2 (17:01):
Now after the then.
Speaker 7 (17:05):
Neil Smith Wildlife Refuge.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
Just wondering, okay, now, after the bison makes love to
your truck, do you have to use the windshiel wipers
with this? You know?
Speaker 7 (17:16):
Yeah, we have mud all over? Okay, well we have
mud all over I hope them.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
Okay, all right, there you go, Well listen, thank you,
and look, we got to keep in mind. And you
were reminded there, and of course Gandhi was reminded with her,
with her cast of characters, that where is their hood? Now?
They they call the shots. We're there as observers. And
as soon as you think you're in control, and you
could just go up to them as you want and
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take pictures with them and hug them, you're gonna die,
you really are. But I don't know why people can't
be happy enough just observing. Observing is where the fun is,
just watching them do their own thing, right, I would think, And.
Speaker 7 (17:55):
Well, why would they make it a drive through one though?
You know, I made it a drive through refuge? If
they didn't want people to be so close.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
Well, yeah, there's that.
Speaker 8 (18:05):
I don't Well it's either driver walk, You're not gonna walk,
and now it's gonna get shut down.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
Yeah, people can't just stand in their car.
Speaker 7 (18:12):
All right.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
Well look, thank you so much, Ali, and I'm glad
that you and your your mini van survived the bison attacks.
I've never seen that to any listener ever told today anyway,
just what yes, go.
Speaker 8 (18:25):
So I'm basically a junior park ranger. Now I just
need everybody to know that got the book and everything.
Speaker 4 (18:30):
And.
Speaker 8 (18:32):
I was taught how to safely clear bison from the road.
There is a safe way to do it, and they
let you do it.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
How do you do it?
Speaker 8 (18:38):
So they have really bad site, but they have pretty
good hearing. You just stick your arm out of the
car and bang on the side of your car and
they flee. They did this, they run off.
Speaker 6 (18:46):
This happened when we were in the Savannah sunset because
we needed to get out and there was a bunch
of bison sitting in front. So the guy came by,
the guy that was in charge of the whole thing,
the ranger, and he did that.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
He banged on the side of the car.
Speaker 2 (19:01):
There you go, just it.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
They walked on watch on car.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
That's what you do. Yeah, as far as Bison goes,
you bang on your car before they bang your car.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
It's fine.
Speaker 2 (19:12):
It's just one way of looking at it. Anyway. We
could go on and on for hours. I just want
to make sure if you haven't had an opportunity to
do it. I know it's all work. Danielle and Gandhi
and Scary and and Scottie, be put as much up
on your social media as you can because people want
to see this stuff. I was watching you guys, but
the stories disappear, you know, and it looked like you
just had the best time. My favorite thing that you
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posted Gandhi was nothing but stars at night. Oh my god,
it was breathtaking. I know you didn't use any filters.
That was all all natural. People think it's it's not real.
It is as real as real can be. I loved
seeing that.
Speaker 8 (19:49):
It's incredible, and that was a moment where I realized
Josh and I are also not the brightest bulbs. We
were very stupid to do that, but it was totally
worth it. And your iPhone, by the way, can take
really amazing pictures. Of this, so I can't even imagine
how great the androids are, probably even better. But they were.
I mean, those stars were out. I felt like they
just came out to show us a good time. It
was incredible.
Today's Daily Highlight from Elvis Duran in the morning show.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
I don't know if you're following along while we were
on vacation last week, but both Scary and Scott e
b were in Jamaica hanging out hits some of the
most incredible, incredible all inclusive resorts, and we're gonna send
you to one of those. Simply go to Elvis Duran
dot com. You get the rules and you can enter
to win your trip today. That's Elvis Duran dot com.
Go now for all inclusive Paradise. I mean, Scary, how
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was it? Did you love it?
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Wow?
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (00:30):
I went to Sandals Dun's River and I didn't realize
what they've unfold what's unfolded there? Like they had this
this nightly entertainment. One night was a magic show. The
next night it was the trapeze acts.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
I saw a fire. They did a slight they did
like a fire, you know the fire. They have fire
there with fire and hula hoop of fire and uh.
And they did a silent disco one night.
Speaker 4 (00:56):
And then and you know me that, you know, I'm
such a big foodie and I love I love my restaurants.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
They at this specific resort.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
They had a Greek spot, they had this most amazing
fresh sushi, and and and a French restaurant which was
second to none. I was like, wow, I was bowled over.
I could not believe it was all inclusive. Which was inclusive.
Yeah that's and and all these you know, you know,
I'm not a big water sports person, but all that.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Stuff they had, I can't believe just hearing you say
the words water sports, I'm anything. You're like, you like water,
you're with water sports.
Speaker 4 (01:35):
So they have anyway, go ahead, the goad, they give
you unlimited uh land and water sports, you know.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
And I went to Dun's River Falls and I don't know.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
If you guys can describe it better than I can,
but it's it's a huge waterfall that's streaming water. I
didn't know what I was getting into it first, but
Robin and I climbed the falls. We went from the
bottom and it took us about an hour. You gotta
wear water shoes and you get to the top and
we we made it. And and I'm not in that
athletic person by any stretch of the imagination, but I
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made it. I walked over to the fall, I literally
climbed up the fall from the bottom and I didn't fall,
And it was amazing. That was and that was all
part of the Sandals experience that I got at Dun's River,
So I highly recommend it.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
What's the matter? Elvis is in disbelief?
Speaker 4 (02:22):
Unless we lost, Elvis, I think we lost. Usually when
I tell a story like that, he tells the whole
room be quiet, everybody.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Just were you and Scotty at the same place?
Speaker 5 (02:40):
No, I I was at beaches in the grill. It's
funny because when two teenagers like are in awe of
the beauty of a place, they've done something right there.
So it was just we had so much fun. We're
on the beach every day. We did the water sports
like Scary, you went to falls like Skeary did, and
there was also it was really cool because we got
(03:00):
to be a part of Sandals has a foundation called
Sandals Foundation where they go into the communities and the
schools and they help out and it's actually something you
can do if you're a guest there. It wasn't just us,
So we were able to go to a local school
and distribute backpacks and that was really cool. I was
so happy that my girls were able to be a
part of that, and so that was just a small
part of our trip. And it's just it's just so beautiful.
(03:21):
It was beautiful. Waking up to that every morning was insane.
Speaker 6 (03:25):
And then you land back in New Jersey and you
love Okay, No, I'm kidding, I'm kidding, we love you.
Speaker 4 (03:29):
I was checking out Scottie. I'm like, hmm, you know,
if I ever did have kids, I would go to beaches.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
I would do it. Oh my god, it is just
what I hello. I can't believe I was disconnected. I
come back and you're talking about having kids. I don't know. Okay, sorry, yeah,
I was in this. I was in such disbelief about
you climbing those river falls. Like what I had to.
I had to. I had to take a moment.
Speaker 7 (03:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Anyway, where were we? What did I miss? We thought
you were doing your silent routine for about five minutes
and talk Scotty was sharing, you know, about his book. Well,
let's hear it for Jamaica. You guys have a great time,
all right. If you want to win your trip for
your all inclusive Caribbean getaway to Sandals or beaches resorts
(04:17):
in Jamaica, got Elvis, duran dot com, get the rules
and enter today. Now I think we can move over
to Danielle. Danielle believe it or not, found a spie.
We've always been talking about the need to go on Safari, right, Yeah,
so you said, well, we only have a limited amount
of time. We can't really make it to Africa. So
(04:37):
you drove down the Jersey Turnpike and you found something
that you really, truly, truly believe is going to be
an incredible destination for almost all of us at some point.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
So good.
Speaker 6 (04:48):
So it's in Jackson, New Jersey.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Six Flags great adventure.
Speaker 6 (04:51):
If you're from the area, you know they have the Safari, right,
so now they have something called Savannah Sunset Resort and
Spa and what it is, it's like a family glamping adventure.
You're basically staying on the Safari. It is so insane
and so incredible, and you're in what you think is
a tent obviously, and then when you get onto your
(05:13):
like veranda, at least the room we were staying in
it was the Safari was my backyard. I woke up
to giraffes every morning, I woke up to all different
animals every morning. It was the coolest thing. And then
you got to go on the safari. You got to
feed giraffes every morning. We fed the giraffes. They like,
by the way, they have very long tongues and they
love ice cream, cones and sweet potato. And I fell
(05:36):
in love with giraffes on this trip. I'm so obsessed
with them right now. They're so cool because they're curious,
they're friendly, they're cute. I mean, they're just I love them.
And then there's some VIP experiences you could get. So
we went and we pet rhinos, and then we went
and we had some giraffes stick their heads into the car,
(05:56):
which was hysterical, and they were licking the pollen off
the car because that's what they do if they're around
your car.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
But yeah, you know, and you know they have they
have a three hundred and.
Speaker 6 (06:07):
Fifty acre wild safari, so you just you're part of it.
And then when you're staying there, there's like little cars
and stuff that will take you to and from the
water park or the amusement park. So we got to
ride all the rollercoasters and we got to do all
the rides. One day and just it is just such
a great experience and everybody who works there obviously are
experts on the animals, and they take care of the
(06:28):
animals and they make sure the animals are safe. That's
their number one priority. And they're just all so cool
and nice and you eat and you drink and you
sleep and I just can't even its amazing.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
It's amazing.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
Yeah, and how long have they have they been opened,
so they've.
Speaker 6 (06:43):
Only been opened since June. Yes, it's brand new. The
spa isn't one hundred percent open yet. That will be
opening and they're adding more rooms. But they're open now
for weekends I think through the beginning of December and
then obviously next summer they'll be open again all you
know season. So it's just it's really something you should
look into because it was such an incredible experience and
(07:05):
I can't believe how amazing these animals are.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
You know, my.
Speaker 6 (07:09):
Family loved it and we just had a great experience,
a great family experience, or you know, if you want
to go with your girlfriends, your guy friends, you whatever.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
I would love to go now and now has it
made you stop and think I need to take my
family on safari. Now I need to do it, you know.
And we talk about our friend of Vienna all the time,
who is a guide down in Africa and Tanzania, and
we always reiterate, reiterate, you can go. It's it doesn't
cost an arm and a like to actually go on
(07:36):
safari in Africa. Believe it or not. It just sounds
so foreign because it's like, well, who can afford that?
You can? Everyone can, And what a great way to
get an intro to that, like you just did. I
love that And I'm going to post more pictures later
on today. I haven't really you know, because we were
I was trying to just enjoy it. So now we're back,
so I will pre posting and you'll see tell everyone
where to go to find out more information.
Speaker 6 (07:56):
So it's Savannah Sunset Resort and Spa in Jackson, New Jersey,
six Flags Great Adventure. So if you look google six
Flags Great Adventure you can read all about it.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
There you go. Excellent. Now, So watching the crazy Antics,
Gandhi and Diamond and Andrew and Josh, I'm surprised you
all four got back alive, as am I as maybe
it's not, you know, eaten by a bear just killing
(08:27):
each other, even by a.
Speaker 8 (08:28):
Josh because you give Josh five seconds to himself and
he's choking somebody.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
Yeah, it was insane, but it looked like you guys
had the most magical time in the most incredible, incredible
part of our country. It looked beautiful.
Speaker 8 (08:41):
I think it was one of the most fun trips
that I've been on in a while. I had so
much fun with them. I am so proud of Diamond
and the things that she did. Your girl over there
who cannot swim, went whitewater rafting and she did a
great job. It was wonderful. I have never seen things
like that with my own eyes. I love to get
(09:02):
out and you know, explore Man Glacier National Park is insane.
I there were times I wanted to cry because it
was so pretty, and we just kept being like, wow,
oh my god, Yellowstone incredible, Grand Tetons incredible.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
We hiked.
Speaker 8 (09:17):
I don't know how many steps we got in. We
got in so many steps. I feel like it was
such a good workout for us. And we still partied,
and we saw the dumbest people on the planet Earth.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
Oh, really talk about that there.
Speaker 8 (09:31):
First of all, when you get to Yellowstone and when
you go into the rooms that we were at, which,
by the way, shout out to Delaware North because they
hooked us up with all of this and it was amazing.
There's a video playing about all the ways you can
die in Yellowstone, so clearly bears buffalo. Everybody wants to
touch the buffalo. The buffalo don't want to be touched.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
You don't get near a buffalo.
Speaker 7 (09:50):
Oh my god.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
People do people pull people pull over to the side
of the road. I've seen them do it at Yellowstone
and they run after the buffalo, faking the buffalo. It
wants a hug. The buffalo does not want to hug.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
I learned so much about how fierce they are.
Speaker 8 (10:05):
By the way, they can clear a six foot fence
from a standing position a giant buffalo. And these idiots
are bringing their children and holding their kids in front
of a buffalo in its face. Crazy people. Same with bears.
We had two bear encounters, technically three. One of them
was very safe. It was from far away. Our guide
found this bear up in a hill. It was awesome.
(10:27):
Diamond was all about that one. The second one was
an actual bear encounter where we were hiking and there
was like a crowd sort of stuff like, what's happening,
what's going on? We hear a little rustling like Jurassic Park,
and then the scariest thing you could ever see a
nature popped out, which was a bear cub.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
It ran up a tree.
Speaker 8 (10:45):
So Diamond panicked immediately and did everything wrong that you're
told not to do.
Speaker 7 (10:51):
She ran.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
She ran. You're not supposed to run in front of
the bear because they say dinner, they take your dinner.
Dinner runs from bear.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
She tried to run with our bear spray by the way.
Speaker 8 (11:02):
And then she instead of of just leaving us, she
ran off with strangers.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
We didn't even know who they were. We didn't know what.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
Turn scary turn on Diamond, Diamond, Diamond. I mean, you
know you that was a little frustrating for the rest
of the group. Right.
Speaker 3 (11:19):
Well, first of all, I think we're over exaggerating. I
didn't run.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
It was more of like a brisk.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Walk to them. That's to them, that's running.
Speaker 3 (11:28):
But I uh, I just asked the people around me
who has bear spray, and a woman raised her hand
and I said, I'm going with you, girl.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
I'm out of here. I'm not staying around where.
Speaker 3 (11:39):
There are bears, and then people are just standing there
taking pictures of the bears and stuff like that. A cub,
those are some things you don't play with.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
Okay, you know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
You're playing with them. There's distance between you and the cub,
I'm sure, right, a little bit, very.
Speaker 3 (11:53):
Very close, and people wanted to get even closer.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
I'm like, that's stupid. That's stupid, because where there's a cub,
there's a mother, and the mother will kill you.
Speaker 8 (12:03):
No, no, no, because here's the thing, and this is
I was trying to explain this to them. I was like,
you guys, there are so many idiots standing here that
are trying to get up on these bears. We just
keep walking, keep her head down, keep walking, go up
and around.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
The way they told us to. Someone else is gonna
get it from one of these bears.
Speaker 8 (12:16):
It's not gonna be us, because there are dummies over here, like,
we're fine, let's just keep moving. But we got separated
in the woods, and Diamond was with strangers. We didn't
talk about where we're going to meet up. There's no service,
there was nothing. When I tell you, Andrew was panicked.
He's like, she's gonna be dead. She died, She's gonna
be dead. Diamonds at the bottom of the trail, thinking
we died.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
So it was because I'm all back by the way.
Speaker 8 (12:38):
So we saw those two bears on the way. We
never saw Mama, which was even more terrifying. On the
way back, we saw the big one and that was
up in a hill, and I said, we just keep
just keep going, just keep walking, of course, and I
take my phone out and record as I was walking.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
Yes, I did.
Speaker 8 (12:53):
But we got out of there, and when we got
to the bottom of the hill, We're like, Diamond is
not going to be in the woods clearly, So she's
out on the road somewhere.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
So we walk out to the road.
Speaker 8 (13:03):
We're walking maybe like thirty yards, and I just see
somebody dancing under a road sign and I was like,
there she is, Oh my god, thank god there is.
Speaker 1 (13:10):
Everybody was so happy. We jumped out of each other.
It was great.
Speaker 2 (13:13):
It was great, And that was just one of many situations.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
One hike. That was one hike.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
These people, jeez, but yeah, but Glacier National Park, did
you guys see like you saw the river trails and
things like that. There's no way to describe it. It's
a trail, but it's river.
Speaker 8 (13:33):
There's no way we The first hike we did, I
think it was like six miles. It was up to
Avalanche Lake and you hike up this mountain, which is
by the way, riddled with bears, and you get to
a place that is only what I would describe as
like heaven. I mean, wow, it was so beautiful, this
lake in the middle of a mountain that was crystal clear,
(13:54):
with three waterfalls coming down into it from the mountains.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
It was just it was beautiful. It was so so
so pretty.
Speaker 8 (14:01):
And Andrew was like, oh my god, I've never seen
something like this in America.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
I can't say it enough.
Speaker 8 (14:07):
Go out there, go out west, go to the national parks,
even the ones down east, whatever. The national parks are amazing.
America has it all. We have everywhere we do.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
We really do. And you know what, and I'm assuming
you guys are already starting to think about your next one.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 8 (14:20):
We sent each other so many little plans. The Pacific
Northwest looks amazing, Olympic Park looks awesome. I would go
back to Glacier and just spend the entire time at
Glacier because there was a lot that we didn't even
get to do. I mean we were there for three days,
three four days, and we did horseback riding that was amazing.
My horse was the problem child of the group and
(14:42):
would wait until all the other horses went down a
hill and run. It would run down the hill. Nate,
I know, you think you can ride a horse that's running.
It's terrifying.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
No, especially a horse going downhill or uphill. Especially if
you go uphill, the horse celer rates right because and
it scares you if you're not used to it. But
a horse, you know, just like a person, you can't
just walk up here. You got to run it, and
a horse will do it. But going down here, you're like,
I'm gonna die.
Speaker 8 (15:10):
I was They put me in the back. They were like, yeah,
we put you in the back because you have the
problem horse. His name was half Nick. Apparently he only
pays attention when he feels like it, and he's a
bully and he's mean to the other horses, and he
left me in the back by myself.
Speaker 2 (15:22):
Well, you and your your horse. Had a lot of
comment there, saying listen to Alley on line nineteen her
she's been attacked by bison a couple of times.
Speaker 1 (15:31):
Alli Ali.
Speaker 7 (15:33):
Yeah, So I had my daughter and my husband in
the car with me, and it's one of those wildlife
refugees or refuge refuges, whatever you call it. You drive, yeah,
where you drive through, and we stopped because the bison
were like right by the road, and you know it,
(15:56):
it stopped in front of our car and started like
growling at us and fronting, and so I'm like, oh
my god, because we couldn't drive anywhere because they were
like surrounding our car. And so I actually have a
video of it getting up on a hind legs and
it put its front legs on our car and was
like rocking our car.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
Oh wow, Now was it trying to mate with your car?
Speaker 7 (16:21):
I don't know. You know, I have a minivan and
it's kind of good, a good looking minivan, so.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
Maybe maybe, yeah, Dodge caravan that I love humping on those.
Speaker 7 (16:32):
Well, and then you know, I was there a couple
of weeks later for a field trip with my class,
and the bison kind of did the same thing. They
surrounded the school bus. Wow, throwing their body weight, throwing
their bodyweight against it.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
Let me ask you where exactly where were you during
these bison attacks one part of our country.
Speaker 7 (16:53):
I live in Altoona, Iowa, and this is like a
wildlife refuge about twenty miles from an.
Speaker 2 (17:01):
Now after the then.
Speaker 7 (17:05):
Neil Smith Wildlife Refuge.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
Just wondering, okay, now, after the bison makes love to
your truck, do you have to use the windshiel wipers
with this? You know?
Speaker 7 (17:16):
Yeah, we have mud all over? Okay, well we have
mud all over I hope them.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
Okay, all right, there you go, Well listen, thank you,
and look, we got to keep in mind. And you
were reminded there, and of course Gandhi was reminded with her,
with her cast of characters, that where is their hood? Now?
They they call the shots. We're there as observers. And
as soon as you think you're in control, and you
could just go up to them as you want and
(17:42):
take pictures with them and hug them, you're gonna die,
you really are. But I don't know why people can't
be happy enough just observing. Observing is where the fun is,
just watching them do their own thing, right, I would think, And.
Speaker 7 (17:55):
Well, why would they make it a drive through one though?
You know, I made it a drive through refuge? If
they didn't want people to be so close.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
Well, yeah, there's that.
Speaker 8 (18:05):
I don't Well it's either driver walk, You're not gonna walk,
and now it's gonna get shut down.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
Yeah, people can't just stand in their car.
Speaker 7 (18:12):
All right.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
Well look, thank you so much, Ali, and I'm glad
that you and your your mini van survived the bison attacks.
I've never seen that to any listener ever told today anyway,
just what yes, go.
Speaker 8 (18:25):
So I'm basically a junior park ranger. Now I just
need everybody to know that got the book and everything.
Speaker 4 (18:30):
And.
Speaker 8 (18:32):
I was taught how to safely clear bison from the road.
There is a safe way to do it, and they
let you do it.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
How do you do it?
Speaker 8 (18:38):
So they have really bad site, but they have pretty
good hearing. You just stick your arm out of the
car and bang on the side of your car and
they flee. They did this, they run off.
Speaker 6 (18:46):
This happened when we were in the Savannah sunset because
we needed to get out and there was a bunch
of bison sitting in front. So the guy came by,
the guy that was in charge of the whole thing,
the ranger, and he did that.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
He banged on the side of the car.
Speaker 2 (19:01):
There you go, just it.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
They walked on watch on car.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
That's what you do. Yeah, as far as Bison goes,
you bang on your car before they bang your car.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
It's fine.
Speaker 2 (19:12):
It's just one way of looking at it. Anyway. We
could go on and on for hours. I just want
to make sure if you haven't had an opportunity to
do it. I know it's all work. Danielle and Gandhi
and Scary and and Scottie, be put as much up
on your social media as you can because people want
to see this stuff. I was watching you guys, but
the stories disappear, you know, and it looked like you
just had the best time. My favorite thing that you
(19:34):
posted Gandhi was nothing but stars at night. Oh my god,
it was breathtaking. I know you didn't use any filters.
That was all all natural. People think it's it's not real.
It is as real as real can be. I loved
seeing that.
Speaker 8 (19:49):
It's incredible, and that was a moment where I realized
Josh and I are also not the brightest bulbs. We
were very stupid to do that, but it was totally
worth it. And your iPhone, by the way, can take
really amazing pictures. Of this, so I can't even imagine
how great the androids are, probably even better. But they were.
I mean, those stars were out. I felt like they
just came out to show us a good time. It
was incredible.
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