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Monthly Archives: June 2014
Final Day – Cross Country Adventure
We started the day innocently enough–let’s stop by Gettysburg, I mean, how often do you find yourself just passing through Pennsylvania? Well, it’s official. I’ve found my next job. I’m going to march my happy ass into the parks department … Continue reading
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Tagged memorials, New England, Travel
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Day 7–Cross Country Adventure
Today, I saw the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!!! Nestled into six levels of abject loveliness, this place was a fun and tasteful tribute to all things Rock and Roll. There were stories, artifacts and installations, music was everywhere, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cleveland, Cross Country Drive, Groundhog Day, memorials, Penn, Punxy, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Route 66, Travel
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Day 6–Cross Country Adventure
As we rolled onto the freeway, on our way to the World’s Largest Baseball bat in Louisville, we discovered that there was a National Monument called Mammoth Cave on the way….we started to brainstorm other “mammoth” things to see and … Continue reading
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Tagged Cross Country Drive, Louisville, Mammoth Caves
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Day 5–Cross Country Adventure
I woke up in a roadside motel in what I had been certain the night before had been Tennessee, but it turned out that I was in Arkansas. I should have guessed. The carpet was a wet spot. No, I … Continue reading
Posted in Just Being Me, Lick the Bowl, Travel, Weird America
Tagged Cross Country Drive, Dukes of Hazzard, Elvis, Food, Fried Chicken, General Lee, Graceland, memorials
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Day 4–Cross Country Adventure
We didn’t make Amarillo before sunset yesterday so we altered our plans a little –we NEEDED to see The Cadillac Ranch in the daylight. We woke early in the morning to find torrential rains and cloud cover that made it … Continue reading
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Tagged Amarillo, Cadillac Ranch, Cross Country Drive, Devil's Rope Museum, memorials
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Ode to a Late Night Check in Roadside Motel Bathroom
Just kidding. I can’t rhyme for crap. This happened….the shower was an excellent massage—for my lower back. I can never decide whether to bend over frontwards and grab my ankles in order to rinse my hair or limbo under a … Continue reading
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Tagged Cross Country Drive, Route 66, Travel
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Day 3–Cross Country Adventure
1. Wigwam Motel–I must ask you all a question? Have you slept in a Wigwam lately? What can I say, you see the pics. It is TOTALLY worth it. 2. Painted Desert and petrified forest – this world, it baffles … Continue reading
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Tagged Cross Country Drive, memorials, Petrified Forest, Route 66, Travel, Wigwam Motel
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Day Two–Cross Country Adventure
1. When staying at a Comfort Inn, the 40 pound weight limit for a pet is more of a guideline than a rule… 2. You can’t go to the Hoover Dam if you’re towing a UHAUL. Um, park ranger, sir, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cross Country Drive, Grand Canyon, Route 66, Travel
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Day One-Cross Country Adventure–
1. Needed roadside assistance BEFORE we left Reno. Tire guy wasn’t hot. Two strikes, Uhaul, two strikes. 2. Took the dogs a little while to figure out that the plan was. They’ve been WONDERFUL. Polite, they didn’t bite the statie … Continue reading
70 year anniversary of D-Day.
The attached photos are from our trip to the memorials in Normandy. The first shows, by the presence of the simple letter, “A” the sheer numbers of the brave. When you are there, standing on the cliffs, it changes your … Continue reading
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