Bless Your ‘Hardt - Amy’s Bar Must Haves & Dale’s Unbelievable Karaoke Story

Summary

The Dale Jr. Download: Episode Summary Episode Title: Bless Your ‘Heart - Amy’s Bar Must Haves & Dale’s Unbelievable Karaoke Story
Release Date: March 13, 2025
Host: Dale Earnhardt Jr. & Amy Earnhardt
Platform: Dirty Mo Media, SiriusXM

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1. Introduction and Setting (00:24 – 01:30)

Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Amy Earnhardt kick off the episode from their beach house in Sandy Shores, South Carolina, enjoying their children's spring break. The relaxed atmosphere sets the stage for an engaging conversation about recent adventures and family life.

Quote:

• Dale Jr. (00:52): "We're doing this remotely from South Carolina, the coast, Sandy Shores. We're on our kids' spring break, so it's been a great week."

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2. Amy’s Trip to Miami (01:31 – 04:17)

Amy shares details about her recent girls' trip to Miami, highlighting the luxurious Faena hotel and a unique speakeasy-style sushi restaurant. She expresses her enjoyment of the "girl time" and her appreciation for returning home to her family.

Quotes:

• Amy (01:48): "We had a blast. The hotel was insane. It felt like you were in a different world."
• Dale Jr. (03:29): "I admire how you take care of them and how they look to you."

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3. Life at the South Carolina Beach House (04:18 – 09:20)

The conversation shifts to their life in South Carolina, where Dale describes his role in managing the household and taking care of the children. Amy recounts the family dynamics, emphasizing her role as the "crew chief" in maintaining order and ensuring everyone's needs are met.

Quotes:

• Amy (04:17): "Amy's kind of the crew chief of the family, making sure that everybody's fed and making sure that everybody's clean."
• Dale Jr. (09:20): "What a blessing, man. It's a lot of fun and we're enjoying it."

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4. Dealing with Powder Post Beetles Infestation (15:00 – 18:44)

Dale and Amy discuss an unexpected pest issue at their beach house—an infestation of powder post beetles in their Thai blinds. Dale explains the lifecycle of these pests and the steps they took to eliminate them, including professional pest control treatments.

Quotes:

• Dale Jr. (15:10): "These boys had been in this blind way back wherever it came from and traveled all the way over here."
• Amy (18:25): "We have an extra baby monitor that we just took down."

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5. Dale’s Unbelievable Karaoke Story (24:35 – 31:16)

One of the highlights of the episode is Dale's recounting of his karaoke adventures at Bobby's Monkey Bar in Key West. Despite his initial reluctance, Dale shares how he unexpectedly found himself singing "Good Thing" by Fine Young Cannibals, receiving enthusiastic applause that encouraged him to perform a few more times.

Quotes:

• Dale Jr. (25:14): "I sang 'Good Thing,' and it was amazing. I'm surprised we don't have any video of that."
• Amy (27:45): "He didn't do a bad job, but we couldn't believe that the whole situation even happened."

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6. Guest Segment: Real or Fake Bar Game (39:22 – 44:18)

A guest joins Dale and Amy to play an interactive game where they guess whether certain bar descriptions and reviews are real or fabricated. The segment includes amusing and creative fictitious bars like "The Horny Harp" and "Broken Promises," alongside genuine establishments such as the "Village Idiot Pub" and "Ray's Happy Birthday Bar."

Quotes:

• Guest (39:22): "The Horny Harp... If you've ever been to a cowboy bar in the United States, you'd love this place. Instead of riding a bull, you can ride a leprechaun."
• Amy (41:59): "That's fake."

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7. Discussing Must-Haves for a Fun Bar (51:23 – 54:00)

In the "Ask Amy" segment, the trio discusses listener questions about what makes a bar fun. They list essential elements such as music, comfortable seating, very cold beer, neon lights, and the ambiance of a well-established dive bar.

Quotes:

• Dale Jr. (51:26): "Cold, cold beer. There was a place we used to go to in Key West that the beer was so cold."
• Amy (52:03): "Comfortable seating."

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8. Vacation Plans and Favorite Bars (54:00 – 58:44)

Dale and Amy talk about their favorite bars during vacations, sharing their strategies for bar hopping and appreciating dive bars with rich histories. They reveal their planned visits to iconic establishments like Schooners in Key West and discuss their aspirations for future trips to places like Italy and Australia.

Quotes:

• Dale Jr. (55:24): "Schooners is... the first bar when we go to Key West. We end up back at Schooners to cap off the night."
• Amy (57:18): "Letting her see it in person is a good way to start."

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9. Ask Amy: Listener Questions (50:19 – 58:44)

Listeners submit questions which Dale, Amy, and their guest address. Topics include finding specific merchandise Amy wore, must-haves for a fun bar, and tips for getting a fiancée interested in racing. Their responses blend practical advice with personal anecdotes, providing valuable insights for their audience.

Quotes:

• Amy (51:15): "It was that shirt that says, sorry for having great tits and incorrect opinions."
• Dale Jr. (56:19): "You want to go?"

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10. Conclusion and Social Media Promotions (58:44 – End)

Dale and Amy wrap up the episode by promoting their Dirty Mo Media merch store and encouraging listeners to follow them on various social media platforms. They express gratitude to their audience and hint at more engaging content in future episodes.

Quote:

• Dale Jr. (58:44): "Don't forget about the merch store. Visit shop.dirtymomedia.com to check out all the new stuff."

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Notable Moments:

• Karaoke Triumph: Dale's unexpected success at Bobby's Monkey Bar showcases his fun-loving spirit and willingness to embrace spontaneous moments.
• Pest Control Challenges: The candid discussion about dealing with powder post beetles adds a relatable and humorous touch to the episode.
• Interactive Games: The Real or Fake Bar game engages listeners and adds an entertaining dynamic to the conversation.

Key Takeaways:

• Family and Balance: Dale and Amy emphasize the importance of balancing personal adventures with family responsibilities, highlighting their supportive partnership.
• Appreciation for Local Establishments: Their love for dive bars and local pubs underscores the value of community and shared experiences.
• Engagement with Audience: Through interactive segments and the Ask Amy Q&A, they foster a strong connection with their listeners, making the podcast both informative and entertaining.

This episode of The Dale Jr. Download offers a delightful mix of personal stories, practical advice, and interactive fun, encapsulating the hosts' vibrant personalities and their dedication to engaging their audience.

Transcript

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[Amy Earnhardt]

Bless your heart. Oh, yeah. This is what it's going to be, girl. We're going to hang out.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Oh, you look amazing.

[Amy Earnhardt]

I could stare at you all day.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Are you kidding me?

[Amy Earnhardt]

I couldn't believe it. What's going on? The world is not your trash can.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I slept till 2, smoking cigarettes and drinking Amp Energy.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Lord have mercy.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Hey, Everybody, it's Dale Jr. And Amy, back again for another episode of Bless yous Heart. And we're doing this remotely from South Carolina, the coast, Sandy Shores. We're on our kids spring break, so it's been a great week, but let's dive right into the show. Really been a pretty fun past several days. Everybody knows about the trip that Amy took, so let's get right into. Into that.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Well, I went on a fun girls trip to Miami, and I'll be honest, I think I lost a kiddie life on that trip. Yeah, we didn't do anything too crazy. I just think recovering from all the fun is harder these days. But we had a blast. The hotel was insane. We stayed at this beautiful place called the Faena, and it felt like you were in a different world, but a lot of beach time and good food. There was one particular restaurant Dale would have loved. It was like a little speakeasy. And there was a sushi. Sushi chef there that just made pieces of sushi, like one after the next. And so you just ate whatever you made, but it was hidden. And there was only six bar stools and, like, very dark and cool. So all in all, it's a fabulous trip. It was fun to have some girl time, but I'm glad to be here with my fam.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, we're glad that you're back.

[Amy Earnhardt]

You guys had a rough time while I was gone all together.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. So Amy's trip looked amazing. And I've. You know, we used to. We used to. I've not really spent a ton of time in Miami. It's been a couple of decades since we really kind of went there and hung out. I remember you Know, I remember going there a couple times after Homestead or for some. For some NASCAR responsibilities. Yeah. So I really was nervous because, you know, I wanted you to have a great trip, but I was kind of taking a gamble on where to send you. There were some other. So the girls that you're friends with were giving me some other resorts and stuff that they knew would be. Would be good and. But those resorts. And this may be where I send you next time, but those resorts are full relax. Like, full spa, full relax. I wanted you to, like, be able to choose. Like, I'm all chill or I want to go have a little fun and some cocktails.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

So we did.

[Amy Earnhardt]

We did all of that.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Sounds like it worked out. The rest of the family drove to South Carolina, and I was so excited about that because, you know, when you're. I was. I was talking about this a couple minutes ago, like, Amy. Amy is kind of the crew chief of. Of the family, you know, and making sure that everybody's fed and making sure that everybody's clean and just all the basic things. Amy's kind of the. The. The one in charge or the one that sort of over. Over all that. She's the. She's a shop foreman, but.

[Amy Earnhardt]

And these titles.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. So that's the way guys can kind of understand. But I was really excited about taking the girls and do. And. And me just them having no one but me. I don't know how to articulate this without sounding weird, but, you know, I admire how you do. I admire how you take care of them and how they look to you. Right. And I admire how they envy a bit sometimes how they. They know that you're the one that can do it and handle anything.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah. Sometimes we have to remind them that you're around. Like, if they want apple juice or anything from the refrigerator. I'm like, your dad's. Isn't your dad downstairs? Took him all the way upstairs to ask me for something. Like, wait a second, wasn't he sitting right next to you?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I know I'm standing.

[Amy Earnhardt]

I'm like, well, ask him. He can help you with whatever you need.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I'm standing right there. And they're like, mom. Mom. I'm like, what do you need? I need Mom. And I'm like, well, what is it? My shoes untied. I'm like, well, I can do that. I can tie your shoe. Like, why wouldn't you. Why don't they. Why. Something's not clicking here. But. So, yeah, I was really excited to take them, drive them down there. I had the dogs in the back and the kids. I was ready. I was prepared. I had the snacks, the drinks, the.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Full chaos crew and all the things.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

We used the bathroom before we left. Everything just went so smoothly. We got, we, we. The trip down. Like, I have drove home from here with Isla back years ago, and, you know, she had to potty. And we pull over on the side of the road and, and we had a little potty thing in the car. And I mean, so we, we. That was a. I, I. So I felt pretty confident I could do this, no problem. And, and we got down here and it was good. We had a good trip. About a day into it, like, we, we did some fun things and we went to eat. I took them out, you know, to lunch and took them to dinner. And then the next morning I woke up and I had this stomach bug. It lasted two. Two days, Two and a half.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah. So the night before I left, Nicole came into our room without getting graphic. The stomach bug started on Wednesday night before I left, and it started in our bed. And then every hour after that, she had an episode. So I went to Miami on very little sleep to begin with and praying I didn't take the stomach bug with me. And I didn't. But poor Dale got it. So he got down here and had all the kids and all the things.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Oh, my gosh.

[Amy Earnhardt]

And was sick as he could possibly be.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

So remember the week before, the week before that, I was sick with a fever for three days, like, bad. And then like the worst bedridden flu, like, sickness I've had in a decade. At least. It's terrible. And then I get this stomach bug, and I'm literally, like, for one full day, I was laying on the couch here at the beach. And I mean, thankfully the kids gave me a lot of grace. And they just kept watching movie after movie after movie. And I would put on a movie, fall asleep, wake up to them going chaos, running around. Cause the movie ended and put on another movie. They'd calm down and I'd go back to sleep. And I'm not a puker. I don't throw up. I just ain't a throw upper. Anytime I, you know, would get inebriated back in the day, man, it was rare that I would throw up. And so when I get nauseous, I can't. I don't, I don't vomit. I want to, I want, like, I was sick and I wanted to throw up. I was like, God, I'd feel so much better, I think, if I did But I just can't. I'm not. I'm not like that. But finally, like after about a day and a half, finally started to go away and it took another full day for me to like, finally get the queasiness out of my belly. And it was not fun. But usually those things are like 24 hours, but this was just a little longer and. But I'm glad it's over, man. I got. I got so happy when I felt 100%. We had a little. We had a few drinks last night and I'm. I'm getting a little hair of the dog right here.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah, same. Got a little mom coffee for High Rock, Espresso martini on ice.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

So, yeah, we had a little fun last night and we. Yeah, so we're here at the beach having fun. The kids, we go out on the. We go out for walks in the morning. It's awesome. Amy's put some posts on her social media and we have the dog beach.

[Amy Earnhardt]

So it's fun to take the dogs out and let them roam. They can just run. There's thousands of dogs during the day in and out of this beach, so it's fun for everyone to go out and play.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, I think, you know, we joke, man. Like, we've had this house. I had a place down in Florida for 10 years and. And then we sold it and got something that we could drive to because of the kids and just retiring and thinking about long term. And this is. It's a. It's such a blessing, man. It's. We talking about maybe being here full time someday down the road, but it's a lot of fun and we're enjoying it. But this year, so last year we stayed at the beach all summer because I had the whole year off. Right. And didn't broadcast or anything. So Amy was down here all of June, all of July when the kids got out of school, the whole summer, man, it was amazing. This year I'll be working. I'm not sure what you're gonna do, honey. Are you.

[Amy Earnhardt]

I think we'll go back and forth. Yeah. We'll take the kids to a couple of the races and I'll go with you to a couple by myself. So I keep back and forth.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I keep forgetting you're going to go to some races. I can't even believe that.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Well, I got to follow you around where I can get you.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I know, but you don't go to the races unless I'm driving. So it's kind of interesting to me that you're going to Go while I'm broadcasting. But yeah, we're going to. You're going to go to Mexico.

[Amy Earnhardt]

I'm going to go to Mexico City with you and Sonoma, and I'm going to take the kids to Pocono.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

That's right. We're going to get a house. We're going to go to Hershey Park.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yep. We're going to do all the fun things.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

So that'll be fun. But the kids are having a good time on their spring break. We got a few more days.

[Amy Earnhardt]

We did some obligatory history things. We took them to see the Yorktown. USS Yorktown's parked here in the bay, so we drive past it every time we come into town. And finally took the kids out and looked at it, and it was. It was cooler than I thought.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Isn't there a battleship or something out there, too there?

[Amy Earnhardt]

Well, Laffey is out there.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

We went out there. I thought we went on a boat. We went on a battleship or something or some other boat. This over that way.

[Amy Earnhardt]

I thought the Yorktown was the battleship.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

So I've not. But I don't think I've been on the Yorktown before.

[Amy Earnhardt]

No, I haven't been on another one.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

The Yorktown's a carrier.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Right?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Carrier. But I think there's another boat out there that we went on when we first got this place.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah, I don't remember that. There's things on the island here. There's a fort here and a lot of history around, so we took the kids to see some of that.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

The Yorktown was awesome.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah, it was really cool.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

The Yorktown, it's really. There's like three tours that. There's these three tours that you kind of follow down in the belly of the boat. And you got to watch these signs because you get lost. It's kind of weird.

[Amy Earnhardt]

You do have a free roaming opportunity to get all over this boat.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I was so surprised by that.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah. Everything's unlocked.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. There is nobody guiding you. You can roam around this big, giant carrier aircraft carrier all on your own. And every valve and every knob and every switch, pipe, whatever the hell it's right there in front of you.

[Amy Earnhardt]

And Nicole tried to mess with every single one of them.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And I'm sitting there, man, walking through this thing, and I'm loving it.

[Amy Earnhardt]

The stairs are super steep, so I was so nervous that the kids were gonna slide down, especially since they're always pushing on each other, not giving each other enough space.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I was trying to.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Somebody's gonna fall down and, like, break a leg or bust their Face open on these metal stairs.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I was trying to put myself, like, imagine being on that boat and miles out into the ocean, right? And they, you know, everybody's. You're in this, you know, in these cots, and there's a room full of cots and every, you know, four or five cots stacked on top of each other, and that's what you got. And it would have been tough. I don't. I know it. It's exciting to go toward it and then neat to walk down through it. But I bet it was not as glamorous. As glamorous and exciting and fun to have been on that thing for a. For a long period of time. But. And imagine it was just work, work, work. Get up every day, work all day, go to bed. Bet your ass was. I was like, man, I bet they can't sleep in these cots. These cars don't look comfortable. I bet your ass was tired. You didn't care. You just wanted to lay down. But it was pretty neat. Yeah. And I would. I would suggest anybody that's down in the Charleston area to go to the Yorktown and check it out, because again, you. You can tour it. You're by yourself, you take your own time, you kind of absorb it at your own pace, and then you can. You can literally go almost every square inch of this boat. And they do a good job of kind of.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Having a lot of interactive things.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Interactive things. But props. There's tons of props to display and.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Show how all the spaces were used.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

What was going on. And it's so like the dentist. There was like five dentist chairs.

[Amy Earnhardt]

They were medieval looking.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. Old school.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Can't imagine what dentistry on that boat was like back in the day.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

They were just like, hey, we're pulling it. Got a little cavity here. It's just going to get pulled out. I bet that's what happened. I don't think they were doing any real.

[Amy Earnhardt]

You know, they weren't. They weren't fine tuning and making your mouth look nice. They were just getting rid of the bad stuff.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

They weren't doing veneers or anything.

[Amy Earnhardt]

No, no.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

But that was pretty cool. We had a. If you look around this room, there's some blinds on the, on the, on the, on the, on the windows. And when we. The fun thing about this place and the environment, it's rough, but.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Rough?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Well, the environment is like the ocean.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Being so close to the ocean.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Salt in the air, all that. Yeah. So everything kind of gets its ass kicked. And so.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Including us.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. All the stuff. Yeah. Including us. But like all the piping, wiring, all the, you know, all the things that, like the water heaters and all the stuff around the house, you got to stay on top of stuff. You're always working on something. But we came up here and there was this fine powder on two of the window seals. And it was wood. It was like a little sawdust. And these blinds. Amy ordered. Ordered these blinds from where? Thai.

[Amy Earnhardt]

I got them on Etsy. They came from Thailand, I think it, you know, they. They came over in one box all rolled up. They're called chick blinds. And I wanted something like, authentic and just really, really laid back. And so like, we're in the bar area, and the whole idea of here is for it to feel like just like an old beach bar, fish camp, whatever, you know, and so they fit the vibe, but they are without. They aren't without their challenges.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. So looking at the windowsill right here, and there was this fine dust on a couple of window seals, and they were, what I learned were powder post beetles in these blinds. And so a powder post beetle. This is.

[Amy Earnhardt]

How long have the blinds been hanging in here?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

The blinds been in here for at.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Least for a year.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

A year. Six months to a year. So the powder post beetles will get into raw wood and unfinished, and it's, you know, it's going to be. They don't really. I don't know that they get into, like, walls and things like that, but they get into dressers and furniture and things like that. And so somewhere along the line, and they'll get in there and. And. And we. They'll. They'll plant their larvae in the wood, and it's in there for years. So these boys had been in this blind way back wherever it came from and traveled all the way over here, and we put it up and then they've been here and they'll be in the wood for up to three years before it finally hatches and comes out.

[Amy Earnhardt]

And then they're alive for two weeks. Is that what you learned?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And then they're alive for like two weeks while they're trying to put more eggs somewhere. And then they die. And then the new larva.

[Amy Earnhardt]

The whole process is repulsive.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

For a year to three years. Yeah. And so these things were full of beetles and they started hatching and started coming out and started burrowing into new things. And so they burrowed back into the blinds to re. Infest the blind. And then they got in a chair. So I found a little powder underneath one of the chairs. So we had to Basically call a pest control. Come out here. I took all these blinds down. We sent the blinds with the pest control folks, Leadford Great company here in South Carolina and family owned. And so they treated all these blinds and then came back and treated the.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Furniture, the wicker furniture. And so anything hollow they can bury in.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And so we're hoping burrow buried that treatment that they put on there. Got them. And I'm sitting right here and I see two dead beetles right here on this windowsill.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Oh, really?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, they're two right here, Amy.

[Amy Earnhardt]

That fell out of that thing when we rolled it up.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

There's another one. So they're, they're. Hopefully we don't see more powder as long as there's no powder because that means they're, they're live and working. But that's one of the, that's one of the fun things about.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Well, you're always trying to kill something around here.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

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[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

So. Oh yeah. So I was wondering if rats listen to podcasts because we had this big long spiel on how I was going to come down here and take care of business because you had some rat.

[Amy Earnhardt]

To take care of. Some business kill honey?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

No. So I put out two traps, the little zappers that puts them to sleep forever. And we ain't caught nothing yet.

[Amy Earnhardt]

We stuffed Hershey bars in them this time. No Reese's cups to be found. So he stuffed the s'more. Basically, our s'more stack we stuffed in there. They must not like the s'mores.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

No, I think they like. I've gotten. They'll like. They like chocolate. I've gotten them with chocolate.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Just chocolate?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, I think they like. They'll eat chocolate. They'll eat anything.

[Amy Earnhardt]

I'd have put some cheese in there. Like, is that the standard. Is that too cliche? Does that not work?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, they'd probably be insulted. Insulted, these humans. But I haven't called any rats. So, you know, I'm a little. And, you know, I was thinking around this poop that I found are some acorn shells. And so I looked it up on the Internet, and squirrel poop and rat poop are very similar. Just shaped exactly the same, but different color a little bit, which really is not relative or. What am I looking for?

[Amy Earnhardt]

Relevant.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Relevant. And so it could be squirrel poop. Could have been squirrels just chilling out during the freeze. Because we had a couple of freezes. They may have been just chilling out, eating some acorns. Rats eat acorns too, they say so I don't know.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Who knows?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

We might not have rats at all.

[Amy Earnhardt]

We have an extra baby monitor that we just took down. Dale sliced his hand trying to take this thing apart. We moved Nicole into the other to, like, the bunk room, and so we. We have a camera we could put down there to investigate. Maybe we should just do that so we don't have to keep guessing.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

That is the worst. When you, like, cut yourself right where your. Your fingerprint is, like, where you're gonna touch things all the time.

[Amy Earnhardt]

You must have been manhandling it. It's.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I was taken apart.

[Amy Earnhardt]

I don't even understand what. You broke your finger on the.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

The tripod.

[Amy Earnhardt]

The whole thing's made out of plastic.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I know. The tripod. The tripod part of the nanit camera comes apart, like, slides apart. And it sliced my hand.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Going too hard.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Going too hard. So speaking of going too hard, we were. I want to get into our karaoke conversation. So we talked about music cleanse. I was wondering what people thought about the music cleanse. If they really. If they're. If they. If they kind of understood what I'm. You know, if anybody else does a music cleanse. But we were.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Does anyone else need to do a music cleanse? Tim, do you do anything like that there?

[Guest]

You know what? There are winter and summer genres for me.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Oh, really?

[Guest]

I'm not a big country guy in the winter because it's too sad. I'm More of a summertime. There's some songs coming up that are like summertime songs.

[Amy Earnhardt]

So if the sky is Gray, you're not doing any sad country songs?

[Guest]

No, not really. That needs.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Really. That's interesting.

[Guest]

More of a mood guy. But it's. It's kind of a cleanse, I guess.

[Amy Earnhardt]

I mean, the, like, sad 90s country is always my favorite, no matter what the sky looks like. That's. That's funny.

[Guest]

Sick ones. Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

But so.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Okay.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

In my. So what. I think a music cleanse is to kind of revisit, basically, you know, you. You kind of hear all these new songs, or you listen to this sort of hard, heavy stuff or whatever it is you like. Right. You know, techno or whatever. Right. You listen to all these things and you really dive into it. And inadvertently, accidentally, or even on purpose, you at one point go back to something known, comfortable, and probably old. Right. Or vintage. Like a. For me, it's going to be late 70s rock and some 80s pop stuff that kind of resets you, recalibrates you, or takes you back to your childhood. That's kind of the music cleanse I'm talking about. And so I get on this. You know, I get on these wild tangents and go off and listen to, you know, some. Some crazy, hard stuff that maybe is Amy's favorite or the kids aren't into. And every once in a while, I kind of got to mash the reset button. And we were talking about how. What band that was for me was Fleetwood Mac. We'll do that. But another one popped up. I was in the. We was in the. Was having lunch the other day, and they played some fine Young Cannibals.

[Amy Earnhardt]

That's always a favorite.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

She Drives Me Crazy is one of their top songs. And Good Thing. Good Thing is such a good song.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Are you familiar?

[Guest]

I had to look.

[Amy Earnhardt]

No, it's. Maybe Del can sing us some since that was such a karaoke fan for you. Come on.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Oh, man. I can't do it.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Dale used to sing karaoke in this really cute little bar in Key west called Bobby's Monkey Bar. And his favorite thing to do when he got super drunk was to take his little flip flops, his heavy feet all the way down. Because it was like, not really at the end of the island. We. There were a lot of bars around, so, like, you had to trek all the way down there. And he would get on stage and seeing good things.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yes.

[Amy Earnhardt]

By finding young cannibals. And it was amazing. I'm surprised we don't have any Video of that.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I know. So. So the first. So find young cannibals is a great example of an 80s pop, you know, song that would definitely hit the reset button for me and ground me. Right. But we go to. I don't do karaoke every time. I wouldn't. I would even avoid karaoke bars because I didn't want to be pressured or asked and have to refuse and be that, you know, be that bummer, be that party pooper. And so. But we go to this place called Bobby's Monkey Bar in Key West. We're down there for, you know, weeks throughout the year for many years. Many years. Right. We're enjoying all the bars down there, having a great time. We've gone to Bobby's a few times and there's a couple karaoke bars on the island. But we go into that one and we're hanging out, we're having fun. It's a good bar.

[Amy Earnhardt]

It's a lot more locals too.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, it's very, very, very local bar. But it's kind of off the ball one block. But I don't know why, but I got that drunk where I was like, I'll go up there, I got a song I'll sing. And I don't know why I picked Fine Young Cannibals. Good thing. Out of all the songs in the world. And it's. I mean, it's not. It's a song I like, but not something that's like on my, you know, favorite playlist. But dude, I'm not joking. And Amy, you back me up here. I get up there to sing this song and I'm like, I'm instantly regretting this choice. When I stand on stage, you didn't.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Seem like you regretted it. You seem like you're all into it.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Well, once I got going dancing, like.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Working the stage side to side, we're going side to side. Oh, yeah. Doing all the things himself. It was amazing. And he got drunk enough to do it a few times because that wasn't just a one man show. It wasn't one time deal. He did it over again.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I just want to make it clear. I sing this song. Probably the first time I'd ever karaoke at a bar. Legit karaoke, you know, I've done it at the house in front of, you know, my friends and Amy and my mom, but this is real deal Holyfield karaoke. And you're in Key west at Bobby's Monkey Bar. That's, you know, it's a. They don't. They don't let just. You know, they'll boo you off the stage. Yeah, they will, but. And I get done, and this place started they cheering and clapping.

[Amy Earnhardt]

We couldn't. None of us could believe our eyes.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Not just Amy.

[Amy Earnhardt]

He didn't do a bad job, but we couldn't believe that the whole situation even happened and played out the way it did.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

The whole bar was like, really? Were they not, Amy?

[Amy Earnhardt]

They were. They were. You did a good job. And so that's why, I guess you went back for more. You liked. You liked the whole scene.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. So, like, fast forward probably two or three years later, and we get there. Bobby's. One night, I go up to hand the guy my slip. He goes, I don't even have to look at it. Let me guess. Good thing. Find young cannibals. I was like, damn, do I need to sing another song? He goes, would you?

[Amy Earnhardt]

That's hilarious.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yes.

[Guest]

So do you guys have a go to karaoke song with that?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Well, that would be mine.

[Amy Earnhardt]

That was his.

[Guest]

Yeah.

[Amy Earnhardt]

I used to not get up there by myself because I don't really like doing all that. And sometimes I would get pressured or just be drunk enough to do it.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I did a nail this song once up there.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah, you did.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I forget which one it was.

[Amy Earnhardt]

I always did Love Shack, which is a hard song to sing, but you just start screaming. Yeah, I didn't get up there.

[Guest]

Yeah, a crowd participation is good. Like, getting a song that everyone else can sing and help you out too is key.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah. Neon Moon's another one I like to sing. My sister likes to sing that one with me.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, I like a duet.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. But something got Gus's attention.

[Amy Earnhardt]

He was. He was just asleep.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy Earnhardt]

What's up, buddy?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

He's getting. Ain't nothing out there, bud. But anyways, we had a lot of fun at Bobby's. Shout out to Bobby's monkey Bar. Good folks down there missing Key West. We were just talking about going to Key west and getting over to the raw bar and getting some buffalo shrimp and a couple orders.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Hanging out for a day.

[Guest]

Sorry, I still never been to Key West. That sounds fun, though.

[Amy Earnhardt]

You haven't?

[Guest]

No, haven't been. I've always wanted to go.

[Amy Earnhardt]

It's amazing.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Well, I've been trying to plan this trip to go down there and been talking about taking you and Travis. Oh, did you know that?

[Guest]

No, I did not know that.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Oh, you didn't know that? Well, I've been talking to Travis about it.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Travis is not telling. He's not spilling the beans.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Me and Travis have been debating on whether you, you know, we should take you along. Why? What do I gotta prove?

[Amy Earnhardt]

That's so.

[Tim]

What do I gotta prove?

[Amy Earnhardt]

I'm just kidding.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

You want to go?

[Guest]

I would love to. That's a guy's trip. Of a guy's trip.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy Earnhardt]

I feel like it's a guy's trip.

[Guest]

Yeah. I could drink beer all day.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Buffalo shrimp and cold beer. Flip flops and karaoke. You might have to do some karaoke.

[Guest]

If I get drunk enough, I could do karaoke for sure.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah. Yeah, It's a good time.

[Guest]

I could just sing the Tequila song if I get nervous anyway, so.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Really?

[Guest]

Oh, yeah. Well, that's just it. Just sing Tequila. It's just. Oh, yeah, Tequila.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Oh, I thought you said you drink tequila.

[Guest]

But I could do, too, and get that.

[Amy Earnhardt]

But do you do the Pre Wee Herman dance while you've seen that?

[Guest]

I don't know what that is.

[Amy Earnhardt]

No, you don't even know what that is.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Damn it. Oh, God, these boys. Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

How's it going?

[Amy Earnhardt]

On his toes?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. Yeah. Damn, we're getting old.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah, we are.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Oh, I did. What's the. Is the back. Did I do Backstreet Boys?

[Amy Earnhardt]

I don't remember that. That might have been on a guy's trip on there.

[Guest]

You tweeted at.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I did.

[Guest]

Because Backstreet Boys is sponsoring a car this weekend, I think. And you tweeted this, and you're like, I'm willing to admit that I turn this up, this song up every time I hear it.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Oh, hell, yes. Show me the meaning of being lonely.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah. You'll sing the hell out of that song.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

The Backstreet Boys are sponsoring. Whose car is it?

[Guest]

John Hunter Emachecks this week?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

That's right. And, yeah, a long time ago, I was riding down the street back when you tweeted pretty much every thought in your brain. I was driving down the road, and that song came on, and I was like, oh, hell, I gotta tell everybody that I love this song. Oh, man. You know how you were back in the old days of Twitter, But I had a moment. Show me the meaning of Being Lonely is a jam. If that comes on, I'm singing it. Damn right I'm singing it in the car whether you're in there or not. Probably more loudly if you're in there, because I'm trying to impress you.

[Amy Earnhardt]

He works hard at that.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

My range, but.

[Amy Earnhardt]

All right, so see your Backstreet fan. And were you more of a Backstreet fan than an NSYNC fan? Because Everybody kind of picked one. It was like Brittany.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, that's tough. I liked them both. Like them both? I. I liked them both almost the same. And they both had like three or four songs that like, I, I'd play them.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Right now I was more of an NSYNC girl, really. And Christina. Yeah, I like Brittany, but I felt like she just wasn't as good of a singer as Christina was.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy Earnhardt]

So I always picked her. But yeah, I also liked how raunchy she was.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I wasn't into nose rings. I think Christine Aguilera had one of those. Yeah, it's kind of weird.

[Amy Earnhardt]

She probably had rings at all times.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I wonder, like with a nose ring, like how the. It gets all crusty and boogery in there.

[Amy Earnhardt]

That's where your mind goes.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yes. I mean, it's in your nose. Like it's catching all the. Just like your nose hairs. How do you keep.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Well, she's not a man. She doesn't have like burly nose hairs.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

It just grosses me out to think about boogers. Getting hung up on it. Now everybody's grossed.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah, well, I mean, good job.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Am I the only one that thinks about that when they see a nose ring?

[Amy Earnhardt]

What do you think about when you see belly button rings?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I don't think about anything. I think. Well, I think it's. I can do without it, I guess is what I think.

[Amy Earnhardt]

What'd you do that for?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, why'd you do that?

[Guest]

I, I just, I just pictured like if they take it out, how weird it looks. I'm like, I don't like that.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Then you got a hole in your belly.

[Guest]

Yeah, I don't like that at all. So I.

[Amy Earnhardt]

A lot of my. I didn't never get one. But a lot of my girlfriends who now have children have really weird looking belly buttons from those belly button holes. Yeah. Including my sister Katie. Katie's belly button got so weird looking that she had a couple of vacations. This is post kids. She's going to kill me. Where she went. At one point, a crab latched onto it.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

It's hilarious.

[Amy Earnhardt]

And they were in the lake once in. A fish bit it, thinking it was like, mate, oh my gosh.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, she's gonna kill you.

[Amy Earnhardt]

She's gonna kill me. But yeah, so don't do that. Girls, belly button rings are a. No, no. You're gonna regret that.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

We can take this out if this is too much. But it was like that little thing that pops out of the turkey. Is that what it was like the thermometer? Yes. Is that What? Her belly button rings.

[Amy Earnhardt]

I don't think it was quite that bad. But in the same vein, I guess.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

When she had her kids pop, this one's ready. She is going to kill me.

[Amy Earnhardt]

All right, Sorry, Katie.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

We need to talk about sitting on the opposite sides of the booth.

[Amy Earnhardt]

We had a lot of feedback, by the way. I put that on my Instagram story and pulled it, And I think 60 something percent said that it was an ick.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy Earnhardt]

And. But it was kind of split otherwise. And so I got a lot of messages too. So a lot of people like to respond and explain themselves. And apparently Dale and I are weirdos.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy Earnhardt]

For sitting next to each other. I don't get it.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

We concede.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Concede to being. We accept our weirdo ness. We're not going to change it, but, you know. Yeah, I was shocked.

[Guest]

You're definitely the minority, but, yeah, definitely stick to you don't conform to the norm.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

To further this just a bit. All right, so I was thinking that we're not weird. That most of the people that are answering ick or nope. Won't do that. Like yourself, Tims are looking through it through the lens of someone who's in a good but not like a new fresh relationship. Yes. A new fresh relationship. So on the front end of that. Yes. I would not sit on the same side as somebody that I just recently started seeing. And I probably wouldn't do it until we got really in deep, deep romantic love. Right. And so, like, me and Amy are, I think is as in love as one couple could be. Right. And so when you reach that point, I think it becomes like, all right, why don't. Let's just sit together? I want to hold you and put my arm around you. I want to hold your hand. I just want you next to me.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Or steal your food.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Just like people. Like when you're riding down the pickup, you know, riding down the street in a bench pickup truck, right. They. The girl wants to slide over and sits in the middle. I mean, I think that's cool when I see it. And so some people might look at that and go, gosh, you know what? How you know love. Yeah. Yeah. But I was gonna ask you. So this.

[Amy Earnhardt]

You are dating someone, right?

[Guest]

No.

[Amy Earnhardt]

You're not?

[Guest]

No, I'm single.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

All right. He's single. Ladies.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Okay. I saw that you went to a wedding or something and you had posted a pic with people. I thought maybe it was your date.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

So if you're sitting at a square table with four chairs, are you needing to be completely opposite or would you be Catacorner or what is it called?

[Amy Earnhardt]

Adjacent.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Adjacent.

[Guest]

I'm adjacent. I actually think sitting totally across on a four sided table is a little bit too extreme.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Too much, too far.

[Guest]

Yeah. Unless there's obviously like three people. But I like to be one on one. It's caddy corner or adjacent.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Okay.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, gotcha. Yeah, I was a bit surprised that we were in the minority there.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah, I was too. A lot of the explanation was no, we just want us to be able to sit and cross and talk to each other. I feel like when Dale and I get to go sit by ourselves, especially it's just two of us, we don't say anything. Yeah, I mean we talk in the truck. I guess we get all of our conversation out on the ride over and just kind of relax while we're sitting there together.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yep.

[Amy Earnhardt]

I don't know. We're weird. I'm willing to accept it.

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[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Play a game now. Is this a real bar? Tim's is gonna Read off some bar names and a customer review. And then me and Amy must decide whether it's a real bar. So some of these are fake, some.

[Guest]

Of these are fake, some of these are real. And I'll have some of them have customer reviews. Some are just like the description of the bar, so it'll give you some context clues if they're real or not.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

All right, here we go.

[Guest]

So the first one is going to be the Village Idiot pub. And this review says, my wife and I come here every year for our anniversary. We love it so much that our daughter was conceived in the parking lot. Four stars.

[Amy Earnhardt]

I would say it's real. They seem like some pretty rowdy people gonna go fake.

[Guest]

That is real. It is a real bar in Patchog, New York. I actually been to this bar.

[Amy Earnhardt]

You have.

[Guest]

It is fun. It is very fun.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Hey, we should so the real ones. Let's make a list and hit some of them up. Yeah, okay. Keep going. This is fun.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Well, there's. There's these. Talking about places you've been, there's a couple handles I follow on social media, on Instagram, actually, like this dive bar account. And then there's this guy that does dive bars strictly in Wisconsin. And dude, these place, every time everyone they post, I'm like, gosh, that looks great. Like, it does make you want to kind of go on a little tour. Yeah, it does.

[Guest]

Yeah. I see once a week the Thirsty Beaver get posted because of their whole story. It's a local bar in Charlotte, and I'm it.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

It.

[Guest]

It's a great bar. I love it. Don't get me wrong, but it does. Everyone in the comments is like, I gotta go there. That sounds sick. So those accounts are awesome. Our next one is Ray's Happy Birthday Bar. And the description here is it 1938, when our founder, Ray Capozzoli dedicated his life to saying Happy birthday every time a customer walked through the door. Real or fake?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I'm gonna say real.

[Amy Earnhardt]

It sounds like it could be real. Sounds like a fun place. If it is real, it is real.

[Guest]

In Philadelphia.

[Amy Earnhardt]

It's real. Ray's Happy Birthday Bar.

[Guest]

They named it Ray's Happy Birthday Bar after he passed away or moved on. So very cool. Our next one is called the Horny Harp.

[Amy Earnhardt]

The Horny Harp.

[Guest]

The Horny Harp. Customer review is. If you've ever been to a cowboy bar in the United States, you'd love this place. Instead of riding a bull, you can ride a leprechaun. And instead of finding a tall cowboy, you find a fat Drunk, bald Irishman.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Fake.

[Guest]

That is fake. Yes.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Very creative blurb.

[Guest]

Yes, I came up with that. That. Our next one is Broken Promises. It's a divorce bar. Marriage failed on your first time around. Grieve with a cold drink. Use our bartenders as therapist. Then try round two with the guy at the end of the bar. Real or fake?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Fake.

[Amy Earnhardt]

I'm gonna say real just because it seems like it's in the middle.

[Guest]

That is fake.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Fake.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

That's fake.

[Guest]

All right, I got two more for you.

[Amy Earnhardt]

We're tied, by the way, Ralph.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Oh, we're counting.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Oh, yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Okay.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Of course we are.

[Guest]

Two, maybe three then. Sister Louisa's church has two locations, both in Georgia. I didn't know if there was a God until I walked in here. Great food and even better artwork on the walls. 10 out of 10 recommend P.S. music kind of sucks, though. Five stars.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Real.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Real.

[Guest]

That is real.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah.

[Guest]

Two locations.

[Amy Earnhardt]

My girlfriends and I wanted to create a place we called Church. Did I tell you? Did we talk about this with Jamie? We. We all said we were going to put some money in and buy like, a little house somewhere. And we were just going to say it was. We're going to call it church. And so if we had to tell our husbands we were going to church or going somewhere, we're going to church. And we were just going to go hang out in this house, like, as an escape, like a man. Not like a man cave, like a lady. What do they call it?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I don't know.

[Amy Earnhardt]

What's the lady version of a man?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

A man. Yeah. I forget what they call that. Those little buildings they have out in the backyard.

[Guest]

Oh, she shed.

[Amy Earnhardt]

She shed. It was gonna be like our she Shed, but we were gonna call it Church.

[Guest]

I've heard people say I'm gonna open a bar called Gym. So I'm going to the gym.

[Amy Earnhardt]

But, yeah, going to the gym. Kind of like. Yeah.

[Guest]

All right. This one is called the Whale Sex Club.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

The Whale Sex Club.

[Guest]

Sex Club. Not what I was expecting, but tasty cocktails. Kid friendly, too. With unlimited basket of chicken fingers. Five stars.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Fake.

[Amy Earnhardt]

It's gotta be fake, right?

[Guest]

That's real. Oh, yeah.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Arizona.

[Guest]

Arizona. It's called the Whale Sex Club.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Whale Sex Club. It's kid Friendly.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I think they were being sarcastic.

[Guest]

Yeah, they might have been. It gave him five stars, though. All right, our last one. Unless you guys tie. Then I have another one. It's called Ye Olde Bad Decisions.

[Advertiser]

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[Guest]

What a ride. Seamus the bartender poured me a. A Regret on the rocks cocktail. And I never looked Back. Woke up with a tattoo, a missing shoe, and a phone number labeled please don't call. Three stars.

[Amy Earnhardt]

The phone number says please don't call. I'm going to say it's fake.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Real.

[Guest]

It is fake.

[Amy Earnhardt]

All right.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. We had to do it. I had to go the other route.

[Guest]

I know.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

See who wins. Well, all right. Yeah, that's pretty cool. I always, I. I love a dive bar. Love them.

[Amy Earnhardt]

You used to get dive bar T shirts.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I was part of the. I was part of that. You got to dive bar T shirt every month.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Once a month from real places.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. It's like a twenty dollar kind of a subscription. Yeah.

[Guest]

Oh, that's cool.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Subscription.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Subscription.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. Dive bar T shirt.

[Amy Earnhardt]

It got out of hand, though. He had like way too many of those things.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. After like a year and a half, I had to turn it off.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

But yeah, I mean, I've. I'm all four, like going somewhere just strictly to go to the cool dive bar in town, you know, like take a, Take a real trip just for the bar.

[Guest]

Yeah. There's nothing like going somewhere and you walk down like the main strip and you see this really divey or, you know, Irish pub and you're like, let's just go in there and, you know, drink and.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah.

[Guest]

All day.

[Amy Earnhardt]

There's always a good time in an Irish pub. Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

We went to Montana this past year and I mean, any, any trip we took, that's like the, that's like the.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Research, researched what those were first.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Everywhere you go, you're like, okay, yeah, I'm going to do this. There's this, there's that. If you're going to Ireland or England or whatever, we've got this on the. We're going to eat here. We're going to do that. But you're, you're a radar. Your dive bar radar is like on all the time.

[Amy Earnhardt]

And if they have touch tunes.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. When you're in different countries, it's just pubs or whatever, but you're like, oh, yeah, that's an old place. I need to go in there. We can stop in there. And you. Yeah. And you never want to leave. You go in there and you're like, damn, I'm ready. I just don't want him leave.

[Guest]

Yeah. Do you guys, when you guys are on vacation, do you try to, you find a bar like that? Do you stay at that bar all day, do that, or do you try to bar hop? And try.

[Amy Earnhardt]

It depends on the town. Like if there's a lot of options, we might hop around. But if we're having a good time, we don't really try to get up and ruin the. Ruin the vibe, because sometimes you can do that. And so we've got plenty of vacations where we'll start in a pub, have some lunch, and then have such a good time. We also have dinner the same place.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. Like, we don't move.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah, we don't move.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I think. I think when it's just like me and Amy, if we. If we go somewhere, we'll probably spend longer. A longer time at the first bar and before we move to another one, or maybe not even move to. When you got a big group, it's.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Hard to do that.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

It's hard because you're. Everybody feels antsy. Everybody's like, what's next?

[Amy Earnhardt]

There's so many opinions.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

What's better? I will tell you this, though. What I've learned in my experiences is that even though you leave that first bar thinking you're going to go to the next one, the next one, next one, they're just going to keep getting better, or you're going to find another cool place, or the first one's always the best one, and you always end up back at that bar at the end of the night, more often than not going, we should have never left here. Why did we do that? You know, And I'll tell you what bar that is in Key West. It's Schooners. It's kind of the first. So we. When we go to Key West, I have this sort of system.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah, he's got a map.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. So we'll hit the. We're gonna land and go have lunch at the Roll Bar. Walk from the Raw bar to Schooners and have drinks. And then you just go from there, wherever you go. Right. And it's usually. Captain Tony's is great. There's a bunch of awesome bars. Everybody's heard of several of these bars. But you always, like, end up back at Schooners to cap to finish the night. And you're like, man, you know, this is a. This is pretty good damn place. Why did we leave here earlier, you know? But, yeah, you're gonna love it. I got a little system.

[Guest]

Sounds amazing.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

The other thing that I wanted to do, so I'm kind of torn because I wanted to. I have. I've been. I've been down in Key West Old Town a ton, and I know pretty much all the stuff going on down there and all the great bars to go to. I never really did a lot of investigating. Yeah. From Homestead to Key West, Old town, all that in between all the middle keys and I never. There's a bunch of great places with a lot of history and I wanted to do like a north to south three day tour and hit all these kind of cool spots. So that's something I want to do one day, but I'm. I'm not sure when I'll get to it.

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[Amy Earnhardt]

H-E-L-P.comdalejr hey guys, this is Ask Amy. We are on Bless yous Heart and on location at our beach house here in South Carolina. So you guys have sent us some questions. Thanks for sending Tim's. What do you got?

[Guest]

Our first question is. Or he wants to know where his wife can get that sweatshirt you had on your Instagram story yesterday.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Oh, what was it? What'd your shirt say?

[Amy Earnhardt]

It's that shirt that says, sorry for having great tits and incorrect opinions. I'll put it in my story with a link because I. I think I saw someone else with it on and Googled it. Like, did a Google image search. So I'm not sure where I bought it. It could have been Amazon, but I'm not sure.

[Guest]

Interesting. Yeah. I couldn't read it. It was backwards and I'm like, it.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Was backwards and I felt like it. I felt like I needed to keep it backwards. Like, if you were clever enough to flip it and read it, then it was good. But otherwise it was kind of one of those shirts that are. Half of people can't read it.

[Guest]

Yeah. Our next question kind of goes what we just talked about. What are some must haves for a bar to be fun?

[Amy Earnhardt]

That's a good question. Must haves for a bar to be fun.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Number one. Touch tunes. That's number one.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Music. Comfortable, Comfortable seating. Very cold beer.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I was going to say cold beer. Very cold. Like, cold beer. Like beer. Like cold, cold beer.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah. Yeah. Cold, cold beer. There was a place we used to go to in Key west that the beer was so cold and they served it in a mug that they had to give you a hot pad so that it didn't stick to the bar top. And now it's gotten so popular they can't keep the mugs cold enough. But yeah, Cold, cold beer, music, comfortable seating. I don't know. What else do you think?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Neon lights. Always fun. Yeah, Neons help. Neons cool.

[Amy Earnhardt]

To help the vibe. Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I think we think we nailed it.

[Guest]

Yeah. Is it. What about like, dark or light? Is it more like no windows kind of, or do you want some sunlight in there?

[Amy Earnhardt]

I prefer windows. Even if the place is dark. Like some natural light in just. It's just good for your mind, right?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I don't like bright places. I like them kind of dingy. But yeah, I don't mind some windows, but I like a dive bar. Kind of been around, local vibe. Feels like it's been there for a long, long time. And.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah.

[Guest]

No bar games or anything like that.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I'm not into bar games.

[Guest]

No, no.

[Amy Earnhardt]

His bar game is playing the music on the.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

My bar game is drinking beer.

[Amy Earnhardt]

We have friends that'll travel with, like, a pack of cards and so like, I like that. But sometimes too, we're just playing games without tools. Like instead of I Spy, it's more like try to guess what that person does for work or you know, like guess someone's story. And it's just fun to chit chat about things like that.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

There's a place in Kannapolis or around Enigville, North Carolina called Sandy Ridge. And it's a gas station with a bar in the back and you can play keno and things like on the tv.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And you can make. You can this little gambling going on with the North Carolina lottery. But that's kind of fun. But after about three or four beers, like, I can't do them. I can't do the math. I can't pay attention. I can't.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Like, you've lost. You've lost.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, I've kind of lost my ability to like, really focus.

[Guest]

Yeah. I'll give you two that are. I love to spot where you can people watch, like maybe like outdoors, like watch people walk by.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah.

[Guest]

And One of the TVs has to have like a game show network on or something. That's just like not a typical game or anything like that. Just so.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah.

[Guest]

Because I set a bar, watch the game show network. And I was basically playing along with.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Them and I was, what station is it too that plays all of the clips where people are falling? It's like that.

[Guest]

It's like.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah.

[Guest]

So I don't know what sound. Yeah, it's a special one that. Or Mav TV maybe has that. Something like that.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah, maybe that's pretty good.

[Guest]

Our next one is. Where is the next place you guys like to vacation that you haven't been before?

[Amy Earnhardt]

We've been trying to figure out how to get to Italy. I've been. Dale has not.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Australia.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Australia.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I've been. Amy has not.

[Amy Earnhardt]

That's right. We want to take the kids, though, so we're going to wait a little longer.

[Guest]

Is it tough to find a spot you guys both haven't been to that you want to go to?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I mean, I think.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Greece. Yeah, that would be fun. Yeah, I like to go to all the really pretty places that don't have divers.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

No, no. We've been talking about this. Is it Amsterdam or Austria or. There was like a. You know, remember the.

[Amy Earnhardt]

We talked about going to Prague and there's some beautiful like places around, like.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Coastal towns on these big o. Big lakes.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Lake Como.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Lake Como.

[Amy Earnhardt]

That's in Italy.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Oh, yeah. Well, yeah, we. There's kind of like Central Europe or Eastern Europe. There's some really, really beautiful places that we thought about going to.

[Guest]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Kind of. Cool. Yeah.

[Guest]

October.

[Amy Earnhardt]

I feel like we've mashed the brakes completely on a big trip because we've just. We did so much last year.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. We're kind of taking it easy this year and just working and being at home.

[Guest]

Yeah, that makes sense. This next one is. This is funny. Would you rather be drunk on a rainy day or sober on a sunny day? A lot of drinking questions this week.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, good. I like those drinking questions. I'm gonna say sober on a sunny day, I think.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah, I think so, too. Drunk on a. Drunk on a rainy day.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I don't want to on a rainy day. You know, rainy days aren't fun, no matter what.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah. I mean, you can't. I mean, you can't go outside and do anything. We have plenty of rainy days. You're always going back to Key West. But rain in Key west does not deter you. Even though it's very outside place, it's.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Often sunny while it's raining in Key West.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah, that's true. You can have both at the same time.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

But I'm gonna take that sunny day even if I have to be sober.

[Guest]

I have one more for you guys here. Matthew wants to know any tips to help get my fiance into racing. Would taking her to a race help?

[Amy Earnhardt]

Yeah, taking her is a good idea. It's completely different in person. I tell that to anyone who hasn't been. And every track is very different, too. Different atmosphere, different vibes.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

So Amy, which.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Choose wisely. But yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

So, like, Amy, of all the tracks that you went to, if you were, say, hey, I'm gonna take one of my girlfriends that's never been, which one would you take? You know, feeling confident that that would be the one that. Where she probably had the most fun. Excluding the race, like, maybe. What? What?

[Amy Earnhardt]

Oh, excluding the race.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, like, which one did you go to where you're like, it's the most comfortable seating or the best experience pre race, the most festive or the best location to be able to go to restaurants or whatever. Right. So, like, that's how you're trying this. You want.

[Amy Earnhardt]

That's how I'm selling it.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, you're selling that. Sell that to me.

[Amy Earnhardt]

That's really hard. So I was. I was thinking about the racetrack experience. My, like, alone, which, you know, any of the bigger tracks are epics. Like, Daytona is incredible, but Bristol is also very amazing because it's so loud. Everything's on top. You're like, on Top of it and just a very different experience. The racing's different, too. But if I'm going to take a girl and I want the entire weekend to be awesome, I'm going to take her to Sonoma or probably to Texas, because in Texas, there's a racetrack's kind of outside of town, but you can. There's a lot to do. There's a lot to see and do, and I don't know, I feel like Buc EE's. Yeah, there's Bucky's Security.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Bucky's.

[Amy Earnhardt]

I mean, you can go into the stockyards and.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy Earnhardt]

See some. Something that you don't usually get to see.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Billy Bob's.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Billy Bobs. Yeah. Sonoma is just great because it's beautiful and it's wine country, so every. Every girl, even if they don't love wine, appreciates the atmosphere and it's just beautiful out there. But I don't know, they're just all so different. Go to the one that's closest to you that, like, start there, and I think that you get the buy in. I kind of almost wonder whether where these people live so I can give them, like, a direct answer. But I think taking her and letting her see it in person is a good way to start. It's just so cool. Very different.

[Guest]

Yeah, totally.

[Amy Earnhardt]

Than seeing it on tv.

[Guest]

Yeah. That's all we got for Ask Amy this week.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

All right, thanks, everybody. It's a lot of fun. Appreciate y'all joining us here for a few minutes on our. On our little vacation away from the house and away from the studio. We'll be back in the studio next week once we get the kids back home, back into school. Don't forget about the merch store. I want to mention that DirtyMome Media has launched a brand new E Commerce merch line. A lot of awesome T shirts, hats, sweatshirts, and there's more coming all the time. Great new ideas always popping up. So make sure, you know. And we got. We got shirts for all of our podcasts and all of our. All of our content. So visit shop.dirtymomedia.com to check out all the new stuff. Let us know what you like and what you'd like to see more of. Subscribe to bless your heart on the YouTube and support that for us. We got a lot of great content always coming up on there as well. The full show, a lot of shorts and things like that as well. So we're having fun with this. This show and feel like we're. We're starting to get our sea legs. And we'll see you. Yeah, we'll see you next week. Check out, check, check out Dirty Mode media. Check out Dirty Mode Media. Twitter, Facebook, TikTok and Instagram. Check out, check, check.